http://duelacademynpcs.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] duelacademynpcs.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] duelacademynpcs 2008-08-30 07:10 am (UTC)

Dear Mr. Yuuki,

First off, I apologize for the racket I will doubtlessly cause, and the running I will doubtlessly do after said racket. It's better if our communication is kept strictly to this letter. Trust me on this one.

I am two things. First and foremost, I am an Elemental Hero enthusiast. Secondly, I am something of a fan of yours. These two facts are not unrelated, I assure you. Not since Hibiki Kouyou have I seen somebody wield Elemental Heroes with the...style that you do. So, naturally, I was very happy to learn that you would soon be entering the Pro Leagues with Mr. Kouyou as your manager.

Thus, and I hope you do not find me to be too forward with this, but I have observed many of your duels at Duel Academy, and have found that while your style and cleverness in Duels are top-notch, the technical side of your deck is...lacking something. Thus, taking notes of your deck choices, I have assembled what I hope will help you. I will completely understand and not take offense (although, obviously, I'll never know) if you crumple this letter, toss it over your shoulder, and go about your business.

First things first. Base E-Heroes aren't very good, but unfortunately, for a lot of the fusions, they're essential. So, cut out one each of Featherman, Burst Lady, Sparkman, and Clayman. Ocean and Forestman's effects aren't all that reliable either, so, ditch one copy of both of them. Friendog is okay, but again, his effect isn't as reliable as it should be, compared to what you could be running, so drop both. King of the Swamp is a great card, but with the other stuff you're gonna be doing (like Synchro), the focus on him will hurt more than help. Ditch one.

Necro Darkman...he can be ditched for Thunder Giant or Plasma Viceman, and then you can drop Edgeman yes, but it's just way too situational, and most of the time he'll just be dead weight in your hand, so get rid of him. Neos has practically no utility in this deck since none of his support is showing up (which is a good thing, since the Neo-Spacians are all balls). He's a very iconic card, yes, but...he's just not very good. Ditch him.

Three Polys when you have two Kings of the Swamp doesn't bode all that well for you. Drop one Poly. O - Oversoul can only revive normal E-Heroes, so I'd just forget it entirely. The only E-Heroes you're gonna wanna revive are gonna be the ones with effects. Ditch both Oversouls. Skyscraper is a very handy card, but you don't need two with Captain Gold. Ditch one. And there are better choices for S/T elimination for R - Righteous Justice. Drop one. Hope of Fifth is good drawtech if you can get into a good groove with ditching heroes, and then constantly recycling them, but unfortunately it clashes HORRIBLY with Miracle Fusion. Ditch one.

A Hero Emerges is a pretty jank card. Yes, it fits thematically, but not very much beyond that. Drop both. Hero Signal's a good card in its ability to instantly tutor Airman, Prisma, etc. from your deck, but there's better. Ditch one. Hero Barrier is a perfect example of "Dozens of other cards do this in far better ways". Ditch both. Elemental Recharge is interesting, but when you get to the point where you need the life points it grants, you're probably only gonna have one or two E-Heroes on your field, if that. Ditch two.

That's all for subtractions. Let's get to additions.

First off, Hane Kuriboh. You're probably already running it, but, just to make sure. Add it in.

Secondly, Elemental Hero Prisma. It is, literally, the BEST Elemental Hero card, and the best fusion support card in the entire game. You want to run this card. You want to run two copies of this card. If you don't, then the only people running it will be those dirty Gladiator Beast users. You don't want that, do you?

Then there's Elemental Hero The Heat. He's good. You don't use him for fusion, he's there for pure brawn. Just one Elemental Hero besides him and he's at 2000. That's pretty goldarn good. Add one.

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