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Title: Decent Defence
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 18, 2010, 03:25:29 PM
I'm not sure what defence in Redemption is considered good or bad(considering that I have't tried all of them).
                   Anyone have any ideas for a decent d-fence?
  I currently use Egyptians,I still need some suggestions from all you so called pro's here on the boards.
            Out of the two,Philistines,Babylonians.Which one is better? Which defence PERIOD is best?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Decent D-Fence
Post by: Red Dragon Thorn on May 18, 2010, 03:26:50 PM
Philstines.
Title: Re: Decent D-Fence
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on May 18, 2010, 03:27:37 PM
One suggestion is just correctly typing defence... its faster than d-fence, as the e is right next to d.  ;)

As for your deck, my honest suggestion is to just try them all out and see what fits YOUR playing style. Personally, I prefer monstrous, hard hitting defenses... and I mean 30-70 card defenses.
Title: Re: Decent D-Fence
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 18, 2010, 03:32:54 PM
One suggestion is just correctly typing defence... its faster than d-fence, as the e is right next to d.  ;)

As for your deck, my honest suggestion is to just try them all out and see what fits YOUR playing style. Personally, I prefer monstrous, hard hitting defenses... and I mean 30-70 card defenses.
 

30-70 card defences? WOW!   Will modify topic.
One more thing,out of the two, Babylonians,Philistines.Which in anyones opinion is better?
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: D-man on May 18, 2010, 03:35:34 PM
Philistines.


Instead of crossing things out, you could just remove them from the post entirely. :)
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 18, 2010, 03:36:53 PM
Do the Phillies go through different color brigades?
Are all the Phills the same color brigade?
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: D-man on May 18, 2010, 03:38:34 PM
Philistines are pretty much in Black, but there's Lahmi, Ishbibenob,  Saph, and Delilah are Evil Gold, Crimson, Grey, and Brown respectively.
Title: Re: Decent D-Fence
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on May 18, 2010, 03:40:40 PM
30-70 card defences? WOW!

Defense is serious business. I don't design my defenses to simply hold off the opponent until I win, I design them to outright stop them.  :P

A sitelock or demon defense of this size is never easy to break through.  :)
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: BubbleBoy on May 18, 2010, 03:42:32 PM
I've heard a spade is a pretty good de-fence. :)
Title: Re: Decent D-Fence
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 18, 2010, 03:44:02 PM
30-70 card defences? WOW!

Defense is serious business. I don't design my defenses to simply hold off the opponent until I win, I design them to outright stop them.  :P

A sitelock or demon defense of this size is never easy to break through.  :)
I've heard a spade is a pretty good de-fence. :)


Thanks for the Tips :2cents:
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: SomeKittens on May 18, 2010, 06:53:17 PM
I've heard a spade is a pretty good de-fence. :)
I prefer dynamite
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: that one kid on May 18, 2010, 06:59:32 PM
I use the Lahmi-Saph-Isbibinob-Philistene Garrison band (with the draw two play one enhancements). This is draw 8 and play 2(due to stupid requirements). this is a VERY effective defense with Ashdod.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: SomeKittens on May 18, 2010, 07:06:35 PM
"The best defense is a good offense" -Patton (I think)
Scissors.

Or Site Lockout/ECless.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on May 18, 2010, 08:37:08 PM
See again its what you want your defense to do.
If you want it to win a game? Babylonians
If you want it to just block? Philistines.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 18, 2010, 08:38:22 PM
See again its what you want your defense to do.
If you want it to win a game? Babylonians
If you want it to just block? Philistines.


Got 2 Q. Are Babs expensive,do babs come in diff color brigades?
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: TheKarazyvicePresidentRR on May 18, 2010, 08:43:20 PM
No, getting the Foof/Roa set of babylonians and the protect fort gives you most of what you need besides starter and uc/common cards.
No, they stay in crimson for the most used ones.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 18, 2010, 08:45:31 PM
No, getting the Foof/Roa set of babylonians and the protect fort gives you most of what you need besides starter and uc/common cards.
No, they stay in crimson for the most used ones.


Cool.

I wonder how much all the BABS would be?
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: D-man on May 19, 2010, 10:35:49 AM
All the good Babylonians are Crimson.  There are a lot of good Babylonian cards, but none of them are very expensive (pretty much all of them are FooF and RoA, plus a few from TexP).
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: BubbleBoy on May 19, 2010, 10:39:59 AM
Astrologers is a Babylonian, so you could get him in gold, but that's the only non-crimson bab i can think of.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: D-man on May 19, 2010, 11:28:03 AM
Good point.  Also, Astrologers is Crimson/Pale Green and the Winged Lion is Orange/Crimson.  Crimson also has Seven Sons of Sceva to work with Orange.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: BubbleBoy on May 19, 2010, 11:44:02 AM
Babs/Demons work well.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: Good Samaritan on May 19, 2010, 12:35:25 PM
I'll need to get some Babylonianss soon :D
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: Professoralstad on May 21, 2010, 06:20:49 AM
FWIW, Chaldeans are gray Babylonians, and are also Magicians.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: BubbleBoy on May 21, 2010, 08:51:39 AM
FWIW, Chaldeans are gray Babylonians, and are also Magicians.
Interesting...
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: Professoralstad on May 21, 2010, 09:10:35 AM
FWIW, Chaldeans are gray Babylonians, and are also Magicians.
Interesting...

Interesting indeed. Gray actually has a lot of magicians, they just aren't very good. Elymas, Laban, Balaam, and Chaldeans are all considered magicians.

Also, I'm going to start a thread checking on The False Prophet. He performed/will perform/is performing miraculous signs and wonders, and his power was/will be/is definitely Satanic (depending on your interpretation of Revelation of course).
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: Red on May 21, 2010, 09:14:09 AM
Elymas is abuseable.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: Professoralstad on May 21, 2010, 09:20:36 AM
Elymas is abuseable.

Not really. There are some nice combos with him to be sure, but it takes a bit of setup, and he can only hurt a hero in a territory. If he said discard a hero in play, then he would be far better.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: Red on May 21, 2010, 11:39:42 AM
Elymas is abuseable.

Not really. There are some nice combos with him to be sure, but it takes a bit of setup, and he can only hurt a hero in a territory. If he said discard a hero in play, then he would be far better.
Oh my combo is deadly.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on May 21, 2010, 11:41:23 AM
Erm... I also use Elymas, but I cant think of a truely "deadly" combo to use him in. Best is just using orange's epic demon recuring powers with Elymas.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: Professoralstad on May 21, 2010, 12:03:42 PM
I'm going to assume the combo is the one I told you about over PM. If so, then I originally heard of it on something Lambo posted. So if it is so deadly, I think Lambo would know about it. The only way it could really be deadly is if there was a way to use it more than once in a turn, which there is not because there is no way a unique EC's ability can activate twice in the same turn.
Title: Re: Decent Defence
Post by: Red on May 21, 2010, 12:10:14 PM
I'm going to assume the combo is the one I told you about over PM. If so, then I originally heard of it on something Lambo posted. So if it is so deadly, I think Lambo would know about it. The only way it could really be deadly is if there was a way to use it more than once in a turn, which there is not because there is no way a unique EC's ability can activate twice in the same turn.
oh there is.
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