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Reth:
Hi there,

topic says it all and to bring up this topic again (there has been a similar thread several years ago): If you have the (free) choice how do you decide upon which LS to include in your deck (mainly T1)? And does it differ between T1 and T2? Of course there might be some staples like Lawless or similar - but besides those: How do you make your choice and why?

Looking forward to get some insights!  :)

Bye

Gabe:
After the staples I choose them based on which ones help my deck strategy. There are probably 5 that are pretty staple for me in most decks though so that doesn't leave much flexibility.

Reth:
Thanks Gabe!


--- Quote from: Gabe on February 18, 2019, 04:54:30 PM ---After the staples I choose them based on which ones help my deck strategy.
--- End quote ---

If you don't mind maybe you could give some examples (also from older decks)?

Kevinthedude:
The answer to this as with all deck building questions, is to test. One of the unfortunate qualities of Redemption is that it's a very small community and not a lot of deck optimization goes on relative to other card games so in all likelihood even Nats winning decks are objectively suboptimal in at least some ways and deck building styles can go out of reason suddenly when someone finally realizes the current meta was obviously lame and better strategies were right under everyone's nose.

So the answer is that some of us think unity O.T. souls are the best for almost every deck while some of us mix the strongest stand-alone souls from both testaments and either way there are usually 5-6 souls each player can't live without and a pool of more situational souls they use to fill the remaining slots based on the needs of their deck. And no one really knows for which what's best because no one plays enough testing games against a wide enough pool of players and decks to ever know for sure!

The Guardian:
Personally I really like where the LS pool is right now--obviously there's some LS that are found in nearly every deck because they enhance nearly every strategy, so really the most strategic decisions become the "non-staple" selections.

One classic example that I like to give is the Forsaken LS, which I don't think hardly anyone considers a "staple." With so much CBN and CBP banding available, it might seem like it's not worth the slot. However, if your strategy on offense, defense or both is not very strong against banding, then giving yourself that extra potential to stop banding could be exactly what you need. It is also a LS that people often forget or don't pay attention to because they are using CBN or CBP banding so they don't use Woes or Son of God to deal with it. Countless times I have seen people misplay thinking that they will be able to band, and suddenly they are stuck with a suboptimal rescue or block.

However, I think the LS strategy will become very interesting if and when we make a "Negate O.T. Lost Souls" LS (so a player can use the N.T. souls and negate LS for opponents running O.T. LS).  8)

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