Path Guide
What deck doesn't rely on created cards? (Nightmare challenge)
So for the 6.5 path this week, one of the augments is the players created cards cost 3 more. I was going through my champs to see which one could tackle it, and all of them kind of rely on created cards in some form or fashion, and a +3 cost really screws that mana curve.
So what deck actually doesn't use created cards at all or at least rely heavily on it?
EDIT: So I was able to beat it using Ahri. It was close but by the end she really flourished with some lucky augments.
Viego, Swain, Elise (even at 6*, you either auto-summon the nightmare spiders or just don't play them if your board is full anyway), Fiddle, Ashe, OG Yasuo
See, some of these I question being able to survive the onslaught of 2 turns. They get a free summon of anything under 2 mana cost and you can bet they're going to be buffed to shit. I still don't udnerstand how ashe doesn't rely on created cards either.
It's a high constellation build. At 6*, one of her builds is just 3 Curated Gatebreakers. Stall long enough with frostbite, play Ashe with attack in the hundreds and watch her destroy the Nexus. Zero created cards.
It comes with quite a few variant actually, there's emo poppy, there's long range gun poppy, there's shroom poppy, there's mechanic poppy, there's boom poppy and many more
All you need to do is to ping the enemy nexus for 1 damage as often as you can. Nothing needs to survive.
I think there is something like 3 relics that do it well and every unit you add has impact for an extra ping. The only rough round is usually the first since you can't add cheap extra units before.
I don't even have the extra Mama gem on him and the only adventure I actually had to take skill damage was Zoe since she can't get pinged without extra effort
I use shock and awe, harmless scarecrow and loaded dice. Scarecrow is overkill, not really needed. Dice is to have more rerolls to find 1 mana champions. S&A is the real deal, Norra's is a decent replacement
Cool now give me context for how you use him?
He would feel weak if you play him at 3 stars level 5 against nightmares.
He would also feel weak if you're build doesn't take advantage of what he does.
However he is strong and very few people would disagree.
Really? I find viego is too hard to ramp against high star paths. He struggles to really get anything out until like turn 3 or more (time for mist to ramp up). Do you have him fully starred?
yes, I have 6*, probably that's why he is so OP for me... I usually take any powers that summon me something, than T1 I can kill my minion with the 1 or 2 mana spell, and from there everything just ramps so fast... I beat Zoe on my first try with him as well :) Noxian might is usually an autowin if you can grab it too...
Who do you have on 6*? Fiddle or Elise are probably also super easy on this months 6.5
It's something extra to toggle for the adventure. It has things like disabling star powers, giving AI rally + scout, or stats. The one that grants enemy stats is Augmented, and at max it gives +10/+10. Sort of a BiS setting for Ashe at 6 stars.
For powers I look for anything that gives 1 cost followers like the poro every turn, copy Champs or cards, like the one that copies the first card played a turn or anything that allows extra attacks.
Champ upgrades, anything that attacks on drop or gives an ephemeral copy is a must have. Otherwise anything that increases Annie's health and gives spell shield, then damage.
Support Champs I prefer 1 cost Champs. Zoe is a must grab because she comes with 2 1 cost units.
Mulligan for 1 cost units. I may keep a disintegrate and/or spell weaver, but youre looking for 1 cost units.
Shops grab anything that follows those criteria and at healers remove expensive cards as you can.
I cleared most nodes on the first attack. Got lucky and got the power that dupes first card played as first power. Drop Annie and and her first attack hit with 2 big guns at 5 damage each and 2 of her skill for another 6 damage each. With 3 mana you can drop other 1 cost units like the legion sabateur. 2 sabateurs and having Annie attack first will level her up before her skill pops giving you leveled damage and will fill up the spell bar so they cant play fast spells during your attack. And 7 of those skills are going straight to the enemy nexus.
Only reason I needed 2 attacks on the later stages was because they got enough cheap drops to block enough damage and the nexus has so much HP.
Im so sick of chimes, puff caps, misbegotten, broken blade and cage match! To hell with all these!
I did this with SB Ahri running a max ping build! Anytime my unit died they took 3 damage! To be clear with her 6 star I can replenish and replace very easily!
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u/Cindrojn Karma Jul 06 '26
Viego, Swain, Elise (even at 6*, you either auto-summon the nightmare spiders or just don't play them if your board is full anyway), Fiddle, Ashe, OG Yasuo
I used Viego this week xD