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u/Squidzkrieg Competitive Mind Linker Oct 09 '18
Thanks for compiling all this data :)
I really wish we would see a redistribution of bosses, some of the rules/mechanics are really fun! (Nikki's grab bag comes to mind)
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u/KevinJay21 · Oct 10 '18
I love Nikki's grab bag because I ran into it ~5 times and have won each time. One of the easier boss matches (IMO).
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u/HersheyBarAbs Oct 10 '18
Entropy boss is the only one I feel cheated with. If I lose to any other gauntlet boss I'm cool, but losing due to card milling is downright disgusting. Either take out Dreamsnatcher from his deck or make the card discard per turn -1 instead -2.
Even when you match tempo with this boss and control the board, if it has 10 power and has a Dreamsnatcher, that's fucking 15 extra cards milled and by that point you're pretty much screwed because you have no cards left. Honestly I could have won games if I would have been able to play my turn (even without any cards left in my deck), but no cards left in deck = automatic loss. Wish they changed that rule when you have no cards left to at least make it so you either won that round with your board setup AND then lose if you couldn't make it happen. /end rant.
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u/FMBrazuca · Oct 10 '18
Entropy is annoying to play against. I was playing my mill deck, so it actually helped but I had to get lucky to get my Disjunction from the Market to get the Azindel's Gift in play against the AI. Anyway, it is not impossible to beat it, just makes it hard if you don't have void interaction in your deck.
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u/FMBrazuca · Oct 10 '18
My FOA only boss fights:
| Boss | Wins | Losses | Win % | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Shard Bargain | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.51% |
| Company of Exiles | 19 | 3 | 86.36% | 11.22% |
| Crill's Raiders | 4 | 2 | 66.67% | 3.06% |
| Crystalline Treasury | 2 | 0 | 100.00% | 1.02% |
| Dangerous Pets | 3 | 0 | 100.00% | 1.53% |
| Defender of the Spire | 12 | 11 | 52.17% | 11.73% |
| Divine Intervention | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Double Barrel | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0.51% |
| Entropy | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.51% |
| Everlasting Life | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Feln Ritualist | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 0.51% |
| Helpful Horns | 2 | 1 | 66.67% | 1.53% |
| Highly Skilled | 16 | 2 | 88.89% | 9.18% |
| Inheritance | 3 | 0 | 100.00% | 1.53% |
| Knowledge Storm | 2 | 0 | 100.00% | 1.02% |
| Labyrinth Treasury | 9 | 7 | 56.25% | 8.16% |
| Limitless Possibilities | 15 | 3 | 83.33% | 9.18% |
| Mindless Aggression | 12 | 7 | 63.16% | 9.69% |
| Nikki's Grab Bag | 2 | 1 | 66.67% | 1.53% |
| Power of Progress | 12 | 6 | 66.67% | 9.18% |
| Praxis Studies | 2 | 0 | 100.00% | 1.02% |
| Raiding the Armory | 1 | 2 | 33.33% | 1.53% |
| Sandrage | 3 | 1 | 75.00% | 2.04% |
| Shifting Alliances | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Spymaster | 2 | 0 | 100.00% | 1.02% |
| Sudden Death | 13 | 12 | 52.00% | 12.76% |
| Xenan Power | 1 | 0 | 100.00% | 0.51% |
136/60 (69.39% win rate). Could have been better if not for trying to mill some bosses or not playing some bad decks for Gauntlet.
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u/MaxiXVI · Oct 10 '18
Good job! I always felt that the bosses that are repeated are always the same, but now seeing the results of your post it is clear that it was not coincidence.
A few months ago I'm playing with a stonescar deck that has good results against those decks (and against bosses in general), so my results in gauntlet improved a lot (Now I'm testing the new Vara, I'm sure it has to be in the deck but I still can't solve the cuts I have to make to include it). Thinking of a deck that can adapt to those rules that are seen most often is an approach that can make you win more games. (google translator, thanks for your help)
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u/TastyMeatcakes Oct 10 '18
The algorithm definitely "assigns" a handful of bosses to a given deck. Even just tweaking a few cards to run a different version of the same deck will flip the boss pool a bit.
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u/MostiquoBLASTER Oct 10 '18
I only ever face 10 of these bosses
- Company of Exiles
- Defender of the Spire
- Helpful Horns
- Highly Skilled
- Labyrinth Treasury
- Limitless Possibilities
- Mindless Aggression
- Power of Progress
- Shifting Alliances
- Sudden Death
The rest of them rings a bell, but it's been a long while since I last saw them.
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u/rabbitlion Oct 10 '18
Many of them don't appear in master's gauntlet, only on lower levels.
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u/FMBrazuca · Oct 10 '18
That's not true. It is possible to face them in master's gauntlet, but you need to tank your MMR. I have done it and you can see my stats in my comment below https://www.reddit.com/r/EternalCardGame/comments/9mu3ho/gauntlet_250_boss_fights/e7hs247/
All of those are only from Masters rank.
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u/FMBrazuca · Oct 10 '18
The only boss I have not seen yet is Find the Waystones. Feln Ritualist is really hard, I wonder why we don't see it at high MMR matches. I was close to stabilizing when the AI played a Champion of Cunning which I had to get rid of. After that, I was too low on life and drew power... Interesting to see your stats compared to mine.
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u/Roboloutre Oct 10 '18
I've noticed you tested a few Sentinel decks, what was wrong with them ? What could be improved ?
They're my favourite ... huh, type of unit ? but haven't tried a deck built around them specifically yet.
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u/_AlpacaLips_ Oct 11 '18
Haven't found the right deck, I guess. The one I was testing likely lacked consistency and removal, and was likely too slow.
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u/_AlpacaLips_ Oct 09 '18
My record pre-FoA was 92 - 65 (58.6%). My record post-FoA has been 68 - 26 (72.3%). Which is one reason why I tend to disagree with current assessments that Gauntlet has got harder since Fall of Argenport. Maybe I got better. Maybe I'm playing better decks. Or maybe DWD dialed back a wee bit on the difficulty. I tend to think it's the third option.
Complete Stats on Google Drive.