Jupiter
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Title; is the new Honchkrow [UD-15] worth the time to build a deck around?
"Blindside" can be devastating depending how early you get it set up. I'm sure there's better snipers out there (Garchomp C Lv. X), but for a Stage 1, I think Honchkrow is pretty decent. Paired together with the SV Honchkrow, you can recycle your opponents weak Basic Pokemon to take easy KO's. Sure, it wont be as easy as LuxChomp, but the potential is there.
The Weakness is not good at all, but not every deck is LuxChomp. Even against LuxChomp match-ups, you can tech in so many different things to take care of Luxray. As far as Garchomp C goes, that's where the decks starter comes in.
Zangoose (PL-66) is a good starter/Garchomp C counter for this deck. As a starter, you can potentially drag up and damage your opponents Benched Pokemon. This not only spreads damage, but also disrupts your opponents set-up. As far as being a Garchomp C counter; while Zangoose is Belted, you can drag up benched Garchomp's and OHKO them. This can also be helpful by using the SV Honchkrow to bench an opponents Garchomp C, Warping/Switching to Zangoose and taking an easy prize with another OHKO.
Crobat G's also make this deck a lot easier to use.
Unfortunetly, Honchkrow Lv. X will be rotated soon. The Lv. X version would've gave this deck a lot more life by allowing you to recycle Poke Turns, or any other card from your discard pile, with the use of "Darkness Wing".
I don't know. I don't want to hype Honchkrow up and say that it's the end-all deck that's going to make women fall in love with you and make babies cry, because it's not. I do think it has potential. My question is, is it worth the time building/trying this deck, or--aside from LuxChomp--are there any other snipers out there that can do a better job?
"Blindside" can be devastating depending how early you get it set up. I'm sure there's better snipers out there (Garchomp C Lv. X), but for a Stage 1, I think Honchkrow is pretty decent. Paired together with the SV Honchkrow, you can recycle your opponents weak Basic Pokemon to take easy KO's. Sure, it wont be as easy as LuxChomp, but the potential is there.
The Weakness is not good at all, but not every deck is LuxChomp. Even against LuxChomp match-ups, you can tech in so many different things to take care of Luxray. As far as Garchomp C goes, that's where the decks starter comes in.
Zangoose (PL-66) is a good starter/Garchomp C counter for this deck. As a starter, you can potentially drag up and damage your opponents Benched Pokemon. This not only spreads damage, but also disrupts your opponents set-up. As far as being a Garchomp C counter; while Zangoose is Belted, you can drag up benched Garchomp's and OHKO them. This can also be helpful by using the SV Honchkrow to bench an opponents Garchomp C, Warping/Switching to Zangoose and taking an easy prize with another OHKO.
Crobat G's also make this deck a lot easier to use.
Unfortunetly, Honchkrow Lv. X will be rotated soon. The Lv. X version would've gave this deck a lot more life by allowing you to recycle Poke Turns, or any other card from your discard pile, with the use of "Darkness Wing".
I don't know. I don't want to hype Honchkrow up and say that it's the end-all deck that's going to make women fall in love with you and make babies cry, because it's not. I do think it has potential. My question is, is it worth the time building/trying this deck, or--aside from LuxChomp--are there any other snipers out there that can do a better job?