1v1 Ranked Mechabellum vs. Top 250 Player (Ep. 69)

[@darthbane1161]

That was a fun one. I was surprised by the investment into additional arc lights, but I see now that chaff was one of the biggest threats at the time and you were able to mitigate that threat. Love seeing the high mmr game play for educational value.

[@WhoopedGG]

I don't go Vulcans and I don't go Wraiths. Arclights are basically the only way I can consistently clear chaff. (At least I try not to go Vulcans. Sometimes opponents give me no choice when they just fill their board up with chaff.)

[@LoLBeerwench]

Love your vids. You have the one unit challenge you should do an all unit challenge and try to use every unit in a game.

[@WhoopedGG]

I appreciate your support! It means a lot. That is a good suggestion. I don't think I can use every unit, but maybe we can go for 15 different ones or something along those lines. It'd be interesting to see how high we can get.

[@miksaism]

最後一体で勝てるのがいいね

[@WhoopedGG]

運が良かったですね。楽しい試合でした。コメントありがとうございます。

[@omerZauber]

Might not be a "pro move" but the funniest thing against tarantulas with spider mines are hackers - send his spuder mines back at him

[@BLOODKINGbro]

Spider infestation!

[@simontollin2004]

With a bit more spiders on the board recently there have also been more hacker play in higher mmr, it's pretty much the hard counter after all

[@WhoopedGG]

Going Hackers is actually a great defense against Spiders. I don't go Hackers much because they don't have good synergy with Scorpions and... well.. I love Scorpions :D

[@jordanb722]

Interesting that you didn't use all of your deployments on the last round. I would have thought you'd always use at least the first two on some chaff? Seems like they'd almost always find more value than they'd cost.

[@KrisRoxas]

In the later rounds, you don't always need it. The shields had more value to shut down any comeback potential

[@WhoopedGG]

I felt like I needed the shields or I would have lost that round for sure. I also felt like I needed the anti-missile devices. I think as a general rule you want to use your deployments--but Mechabellum is very situational. And this is a situational I felt like I needed what I threw down in order to close out the game. Luckily it worked. After reading your comment, I played the replay a few times. Here are the results: (I borrow, pay the Range Tax, and all the normal stuff n things in each attempt) Attempt 1: -1956 Loss. AA Mustangs, Two Mustangs, 1 Fang, 2 Shields (3 Total), 2 AM Devices. Attempt 2: -2558 Loss. AM Mustangs, Three Marksman + Range, 2 Shields (3 Total). Attempt 3: -2406 Loss. Two Storms + Fire, 1 Marksman, 0 Shields (1 Total), 6 AM Devices Attempt 4: -750 Loss. Skilled Range card. 4 Shields (5 Total). 4 AM Devices. Three Marksman + Range. Attempt 5: +533 Win. 0 Deployments. Skipped Range card. AA Mustangs. 4 Shields (5 total). 4 AM Devices. Coincidentally, the only win came from not placing units down. That being said, I think I just didn't place down the right combination of units. There are multiple ways to solve these problems. You are probably correct. I appreciate the point you brought up. I love testing these things out!

[@jordanb722]

@@WhoopedGG Can't argue with results XD. I guess he had flaming stormies and a bunch of tarantulas, so arguably chaff had less value on this board than usual. I suppose your board was so tempo-focused and he was so low on HP that you were kind of between a rock and a hard place - though it would not have been good if you hadn't succeeded that round XD

[@WhoopedGG]

@@jordanb722 🤣🤣 Let's just say I wouldn't bet on myself if it lasted another round.

[@BLOODKINGbro]

Sweaty my dude and the climb only gonna get harder

[@WhoopedGG]

Yeah, it's rough. I've been on multiple winning and losing streaks in the last few days. The smallest mistakes can cost an otherwise won game. Less room for error that is for sure.

[@letir7561]

If he got armored Rays, they would actually make problem for Mustangs. No reason for cloak here.

[@BLOODKINGbro]

Cloak gives massive dmg buff

[@letir7561]

@@BLOODKINGbro Whooped didn't have actually tanky units which deserve that damage. His only way to deal with rays were few squads of Fangs and Mustangs, which directly countered by armor. Zeraciel teched for problem which dosen't exist, instead of addressing direct counter to his otherwhise uncontested "tanks".

[@BLOODKINGbro]

@letir7561 might as well throw AA wasps into the mix

[@WhoopedGG]

He didn't have Armor Enhancement on the Rays. It was the first thing I checked 😁

[@angry1788]

Out of curiosity, can we please hear a few things you don't respect?

[@WhoopedGG]

Sure! Racism, leaving your cart in the middle of a grocery aisle, and putting milk in the bowl before the cereal.