Jim's Top 10 Favorite Faction Combos (2019)

[@alchemygal3285]

I find grandma vigilantes and disco faeries to be some good combos.

[@martinez4marketing]

With aliens, if you can't get at least 10 points off of 1 invader... Your doing something wrong..

[@davehaynes9136]

Thanks for the video. I had a pretty rough day. And I needed this.

[@sergentecortez6788]

My winner combo Is zobies-ghosts

[@evilpellu]

Quick Top 10- based not only on what combos are stronger, but also on which I enjoy playing the most 10) Pirates + Mad Scientists (the "Rise of the Ubermate ") Good ol Uber First Mates make you everybody’s number one target. Many other cool plays too ! 9) Cyber Monkeys + Fairies ( the "Creatures of the Forest") Consistent, strong, versatile ! 8) Rockstars + Pre-Titan-Innsmouth (the "Dagonforce on tour ! ") The video explains it well ! 7) Itty Critters + Shapeshifters (the "Ditto I choose you !") Maybe not the strongest combo but really fun ! Mimics for big power plays and Copycats for every other need ! 6) Kaiju + Steampunks (the "Kaijus of Electroswing ") A little bit broken maybe, but always fun ! 5) Ancient Greeks + Wizards ( The "Disciples of Medea") Play the whole deck in a turn-> Odysseus destroys everything 4) Superheroes + Spies (the "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D" ) Round 2 Secret Agent completely warps the field 3) Dragons + Tornadoes (the "Dragonstorm OTK") I once went from having no minions on a base to winning it only thanks to special cards. Awesome ! 2) Ghosts + Time Travelers (never played with the new titans for these two) (the "Christmas Carol Extravaganza") Not the easiest combo to play but oh so satisfying and surprisingly solid ! You get to play some really powerfuk actions round after round ! 1) Aliens + Star Roamers (the “Next Generation Combination”) Utterly , ridiculously broken. A “brake the glass in case of fire” combination, only to be used in the extreme cases when your opponents whip out Robo-Ponies or some other powerful combo. Still not invincible and really fun to abuse.

[@CrankItUp]

10) Love them 9) Love them 8) They're OK :) 7) Situationally very strong 6) Can be broken, but love them 5) Classic 4) Very strong and annoying, perhaps too annoying for me on occasion 3) Almost rage quit against this combo once 2) I've heard a lot about this combo, but never actually tried it myself. 1) Very strong, but not necessarily broken. I just beat them the other day, actually

[@B0BtheNinja]

My all time favorite combo comes from the base deck... zombie+aliens.. when you start playing the +1vp alien, you can then put it back in your hand with alien cards or play it from discard with zombie.. I have won games without winning any bases.. just stack extra vp

[@martinez4marketing]

Take out zombie add plants

[@МегаГусь-ц7о]

Try ninjas with elder things. I can explain why this combo is powerful in big companies.( for example I described 6 players play ) At first you use Isanity( give other players 2 madness card) . When the base is gonna capture you play Shinobi and power it with The price of power( for every madnes in other player card minion gets +2 power). Now Shinobi has power 23 ( or less)

[@castsmeteor3]

Oooh that’s dirty! Going to try this

[@temmeh2665]

I love the Giant Ant/Mad Scientists. I destroyed 3 bases in one turn! I've made a rule banning Ghost/Zombies. It's so stupid

[@philosophyispicklerick8981]

i really dont undersstand why he didnt talk about them cause thos guys are just so powerfull

[@Bundeskaiser]

I had some great Orc combos. Orc Vigilantes and Orc Pirates for example are 2 combos I really like.

[@CrankItUp]

Did you like Vigilante Orcs before March Smashness made them cool?

[@Sonus2011]

Orcs have been really bad for us. So many of their cards are specials with decently strict restrictions, and I often get stuck holding 4 or more of them at once. I've only had success putting them with swarm, like mythic horses cause then the specials are all easy to meet the requirement on

[@Bundeskaiser]

@@CrankItUp I would have but they were in the same draftpool after March Smashness for the first time. I will try them with Tornados in the near future. They shine with many movement factions. Yesterday I had fun with Magical Orc Girls even when it's hard for Lunar Captain to bring Topper Chopper and Sword Lord back.

[@gianpierogiacomini2468]

Based on my top 10, here is my top 10 combo pairings: 10 Astroknights-Musketeers 9 Aliens-Cowboys 8 Kitty Cats-Itty Critters 7 Musketeers-Shapeshifters 6 Cowboys-Rockstars 5 Kitty Cats-Dragons 4 Aliens-Itty Critters 3 Dragons-Shapeshifters 2 Vigilantes-Shapeshifters 1 Aliens-Shapeshifters

[@castsmeteor3]

Hey Jim! What are the rules for tournaments? I own everything. Can I run them myself? Thanks man

[@CrankItUp]

Tournaments are of the official and unofficial variety. Official tournaments are pretty rare, usually at major conventions. I've run many unofficial tournaments where the prizes are supplied by the local game store, or by Crank It Up itself. For your internal group, you may want to consider doing something like running a local version of March Smashness and playing through the bracket.

[@castsmeteor3]

@@CrankItUp ok I will check this out!! Thank you!

[@beckettkriner8050]

Use the zombie and robot mix. It is INSANE.

[@godsigner]

Is Zombie Aliens good? I have the base set and pretty pretty and I have never lost with it but I managed to win against it by slapping down half my deck to capture two bases by my own with wizard dinos. (rng as hell)

[@CrankItUp]

Zombie Aliens can work really well in two player because they can farm VP quite well and Terraform multiple times. I used them in the first round of a tournament I eventually won

[@castsmeteor3]

Aliens and Zombies is one of the best. Draw power is low, but you don’t care. You get the Invader chain going and it’s a snowball that turns into a snowfield. Of VP. For you. You play Solitaire pretty much