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| The Playstyle Scale | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 27 2005, 11:04 PM (328 Views) | |
| Vampire Lord | Jul 27 2005, 11:04 PM Post #1 |
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The Playstyle Scale Every duelist approaches the game of Yugioh differently. Some people like to remain totally in control throughout the duel; they seek to manipulate the hand and field to best suit them. These decks start out slowly and increase the heat throughout the duel, whittling away at the opponent’s options while increasing their own. Decks that follown this strategy are called Control decks, and people who use Control decks are often called conservative players. Here are a few random examples of decks that follow this strategy: *Anything with “Control” in its name. *Bounce decks *Hand destruction decks *Deck-out decks *Tsuku-Lock Decks *Goat Control decks *Fiend decks *Most Chaos decks *Burn decks On the opposite side of the scale is the Aggro player. Aggro is short for “aggressive.” Aggro players try to hurl threats at their opponent more quickly than their opponent can respond. The Aggro deck is often less stable than Control, but it typically swarms the field and simply overwhelms the opponent. Here are a few random examples of decks that follow this strategy: *Anything with “Aggro” in its name. *Beatdown decks *Beastdown decks *Gravekeeper decks *Some Zombie decks *Dragon decks Where do you lie on the Playstyle Scale? You may have heard of the political continuum; the Playstyle Scale is similar to that. Here’s a graphical representation of it: Pure Control _____________________ | ____________________ Pure Aggro Close to Pure Control, you’d find Goat Control and Tsuku-Lock decks. A bit further along are Deck-Out and Hand Destruction decks; closer to the center you’d find Bounce decks. CCCC (Cookie-Cutter Chaos Control) Decks could fall anywhere from at Pure Control to the center. Beatdown decks fall close to Pure Aggro. Beastdown decks are right there with them. Gravekeeper decks are about halfway between the center and Pure Aggro; certain Zombie decks fall near Gravekeepers (while others fall on the Control side). Control is more popular than Aggro, but both have their merits. |
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| tea'sfavoriteharumboy | Jul 28 2005, 02:58 AM Post #2 |
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i'm actually more of a fiendish dude then a bouncer, really.... hhhmmm...... i'd prolly be pretty close to pure aggro..... |
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| Vampire Lord | Jul 28 2005, 04:22 AM Post #3 |
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Nah, your deck would fall on the Control side. Both Fiends and Bounce are huge Control archetypes. |
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| tea'sfavoriteharumboy | Jul 28 2005, 10:29 AM Post #4 |
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yeah, what with tinzo, and necrofear x2, ans added to my bouncers, i suppose i would go pretty high control.... |
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| Vampire Lord | Jul 28 2005, 02:15 PM Post #5 |
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Don't forget Ha Des, who is one of the ultimate control cards. He has flip effect management, gives flip effect management to your other monsters, and maintains field presence and control through his stats. |
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| tea'sfavoriteharumboy | Jul 28 2005, 05:51 PM Post #6 |
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yeah, i've been trying to get ha des for AGES (I had one at one point, but traded it for a fusionist back in my early days.... i recently got my vengeance by stomping his face in with kuriboh :-) ) |
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| Vampire Lord | Jul 28 2005, 06:06 PM Post #7 |
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They released Ha Des as a promo in MC1, you can find him for a few bucks online. |
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| Apocolypse | Jul 29 2005, 02:58 AM Post #8 |
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Hmmm...not really sure where I would fall. |
| I will kill anyone who dares stand in my way of world conquest! *ehem* I mean, if I am opposed you shall indeed regret it! | |
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| Vampire Lord | Jul 29 2005, 03:02 AM Post #9 |
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Burn depends on control of the board, but your dragon deck depends on offense. Weird -- your decks fall on totally opposite sides of the scale. |
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| Raging Flame Sprite | Jul 29 2005, 09:30 AM Post #10 |
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ditto. although i'm still working on being able to run burn to full potential...no matter what, i'm much more comfortable with my Gravekeeper's. not exactly opposites, but they're close to it. |
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| Apocolypse | Jul 29 2005, 05:46 PM Post #11 |
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yah, mine are opposites huh? lol, that is weird, but hey, works for me! And RFS I am sure you will always be more comfortable with teeh GK for you have been using those longer then the burn deck and you have doen well with them. |
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