Yeah, that's why Kingdra never won anything; it doesn't stand a chance when not donking.
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Tell that to Fulop. Knowing his skill level( one of the best!! ) and what goes into his builds
( not to mention his current ranking) I bet he doesn't agree with your post.
I know I don't.
Even though Mr. Roll has 5 - that's right- FIVE t-1 wins against
me this year playing kingdra, I don't feel this deck is as donkey as champ, sableye or
gengar. It is a fast stage 2 that can swarm your opponent and can also have key
"tech" cards added to it for drawn out battles or bad match-ups. It's a t-1 deck more than
a donk deck, at least that is how I see it.
Even though I created "THE" donk deck ( but I never looked at that deck that
way, unlike most of you ), I don't like them at all in this format. At least my
bug deck gave you a turn or 2.
The biggest donk cards right now are champ, sableye and gengar imho.
Yeah, i played champ in Ga.
( as Keith said). But Ryan also stated why- meta-game. I didn't enjoy playing it and don't see
myself playing it again anytime soon.120 to the lv x from uxie for ONE colorless makes it
unplayable in my opinion.
Sableye is just stupid. Reminds me of those wins mario would pop off with your opponent
not even getting a turn. This is good for op?? I don't think it is, and my builds have more basics just
because of this card.I saw a guy win the last 2 rounds at the Sci-Fi City in Orlando by going
1st and his opponents not getting a turn because of sableye and a real dark. Both his opponents
had better decks and more skill, yet they never even got a turn to show it. I played the guy
in top 8 and Rick Rolled his t-tar deck. I also was running gigas and 70 hp pokes and because
he couldn't t-1 me, the flaws in his deck started to appear as the battle went on turn by turn.
Gengar is the clear winner here though imho. A g'ed gengar just sucks. Obv. uxie is the best option
to k.o. it, but that isn't always possible. Spiritomb helps some decks ( torterrible for sure) in dealing with this card, but sometimes you must k.o. it and hope for the best.
This card has cost me 3 games this year and every time I CLEARLY win were it not for his 2 heads
on death sentence( each game they hit at least 1). One cost me a t-tar , clean w/ a rooster tail.
Just stupid!
I'm 44-15 this year and over half of my losses were to some form of being donked. Take that
for what it is worth.
And to lolganium , you posted this:
2. POKEMON IS NOT, AND NEVER WILL BE ABOUT GETTING GOOD RATINGS. ANYONE WHO GOES AND PLAYS IN CERTAIN PLACES AT CERTAIN TIMES FOR K-VALUE SHOULD BE HUNG, ITS COMPLETELY ANTI-SOTG AND IN MY EYES UNETHICAL TO A DEGREE. a complete breach of player morality to state this as a reason for not likeing a good turn 1 deck.
So hang me then.
I bet you haven't played in many worlds have you? I didn't set up the invite system . But if you
hope to go to the dance this year you MUST play for the points wherever and whenever you
tee it up.And sorry, but losing several games without getting a turn IS a good reason for not liking
certain decks or certain cards if an invite to worlds is your goal.
I'd sure like to have the points back from the several loses I have this year SOLELY because i was
donked by the coin or sableye. And I don't see myself as anti- sotg or a player lacking morals for
feeling this way.
Besides, the main reason I dislike these decks is it takes skill out of the format and adds more
luck to a game that already requires a certain degree of luck to succeed and win games and win
events. Any good player will tell you this.