![]() Xander Spitfire brought one of these to the 2014 Europe/Africa regionals and made it into the top 8 with it. They also don’t have Victor’s limitation of having no use for shadow energy against solo decks. They will present more of an offensive threat with weapons, but don’t have Victor’s ability to recycle traps. Other hunters, like Gwenneth and Baduruu can do trap decks as well. These decks are very limited in certain matchups making them not consistent enough to be highly competitive. Victor can make decks that focus largely on traps for control, and then use other cards to establish win conditions (night prowler, gravedigger’s cloak, weapons, etc.). They tend to have a mixture of utility allies for the early game, along with fatties for the late game. There is some difficulty in setting these decks up at the beginning of the game (establishing presence and playing WoTF / Anmor’s call), but once they get going, they are capable of some very strong mid-late game plays. ![]() He can overwhelm opponent removal cards and still have occasional and strong targeted removal of his own.Īnmor’s call and Wrath of The Forest make for some interesting Victor decks aimed at playing consistent threats and then capitalizing on opponent responses to these threats with draw / resource gain / both. Victor then begins to dominate the mid-late game with fatties. I’m less familiar with this style of deck, however it is possible to use allies or abilities to control the early game. Victor’s Troll Deck – by Xander Spitfire.T5 – Victor’s ability + Hunter’s Gambit + other cards.Currently I’m playing something that could probably be described as a variant on Preybird’s Pussy Galore deck, and I’ve been steadily rising in rank since the beginning of the season (today, currently ranked 290). This approach uses allies like Layarian Seductress, Deepwood Bobcat and Viska to win the board even without Victor’s ability. It features a mid-range resource curve, utility allies, consistent draw and haste. This is my favorite style of Victor deck. POPULAR STYLES OF DECKS: There are many ways to play Victor, here are some of the popular ones in SF. These can be interesting, fun to play and strong in some matchups, but have certain hard counters that still constitute near auto-losses. There are also a large variety of trick decks available to Victor. Victor is generally considered a tier 1 hero (if not, tier 1.5 or 2).Īlthough Hunter’s Gambit is nearly mandatory in all Victor decks, there are several styles of competitive Victor decks, differentiating themselves by the resource curve and types of allies used. This is because solo decks gain advantage by completely nullifying opposing cards devoted to ally removal (making 1/3 of an opponent’s deck irrelevant) Victor doesn’t need a lot of cards devoted to ally removal and so solo decks only nullify a small number of his cards and his SE ability, still leaving him free to mount a strong offense. ![]() Even when facing a solo deck and denied of their shadow energy abilities, most Victor decks can still present with decent draw and consistent threats. Now Victor has few bad matchups and no auto-losses. ![]() Shattered Fates, and specifically Hunter’s Gambit and Deepwood Bobcat have greatly changed this. At the same time, his ability requires opposing allies in play, which made him very weak against solo decks (decks without allies) which used to be much more common. ![]() On top of that, his strongest ally killing cards were Death Traps, which had the disadvantage of triggering Ill-Gotten Gains, making Rogues a near auto-loss matchup. He could recycle cards, which was pseudo-draw, but had few cards that offered any kind of good consistent draw. Although he was capable of being strong in certain matchups, he used to have great difficulty with others, potentially having several decks and heroes that would be auto-losses. In Dark Prophecies and before he was often underrated. Victor has always been a favorite hero of mine. ![]()
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