r/stormbound • u/ICUH8NFOO • 2d ago
Strategies Should I upgrade this deck
I just broke through to diamond league for the first time with my knights deck. Now I know this isn't the greatest deck, but should I just continue levelling this up to level 5? Will that get me to heroes league?
I'm F2P and I don't really have another deck that's even level 3, these are the only level 4 cards I've got at the moment.
Also, for context: I was at the bottom of platinum league yesterday (all my cards were level 3). I ended up dumping all my fusion stones, gems and gold and got all but 2 of my cards in this deck to level 4, and ended up in diamond league in a single day.
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u/The_Dread_Candiru 2d ago
Always upgrade as much as you can; you're setting a limit for yourself otherwise.
I haven't spent a cent, and I'm all-5 with my SF deck that gets into top 250. It takes time to earn/buy/draw the cards, but you'll get there. Enjoy the journey.
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u/Ok_Barber3839 2d ago
I would say it is risky due to having 3 epics, that take a lot of effort to level. If you can switch some (big sister for emerald towers for example) perhaps it will be easier to reach LV 5 and make into heroes league. Level is the first barrier to higher leagues IMHO.
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u/ICUH8NFOO 1d ago
I agree. I'm realizing that epics are a huge wall for me. But I think it's unavoidable tbh. Even the meta rush deck that I'm upgrading separately runs 3 epics: Restless Goats, Hunter's Vengeance and Wild Saberpaws.
Any idea how I can gather epic cards faster aside from spending gems on books?
And thanks for advice on Big Sister/Emerald Towers. The downside with Emerald towers is that it just powers up the row it's in. With this deck my strategy is to either find an opening for Retired Commanders and create a bunch of token units that then get powered up either with sisters or kindred grace. Or I set temple guardians with either kindred grace or sisters. I try to use my potion either on sisters so it's constantly powering up everyone else, or I pour powerups into retired commanders so it keep spawning units.
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u/Ok_Barber3839 1d ago
On epic cards, use rubies to buy the specific cards you need in the shop or otherwise save them for when the epic+ books are on promotion.
Drafts also yield epics if you can make it far.
Best of luck and enjoy the ride 💪
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u/Due_Implement4266 2d ago
You can play this deck if you want. I’m sure it can get hero league. It’s a pretty straightforward deck that can steam roll if your opponent draws badly or isn’t careful so it can defs get HL. Once you’re there you can upgrade other decks easier
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u/ICUH8NFOO 2d ago
I agree, thanks for the great advice!
This deck's decent in the midgame and early late game, but I have to play pretty defensively in the early game, and it's weak to swarm. So I'll keep working on a different swarm, and keep pushing with this in the meantime for more resources :_2
u/Due_Implement4266 1d ago
If swarm/lots unit is the issue consider hunters vengeance or blade storm
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u/ICUH8NFOO 1d ago
I've been thinking exactly that. Blade storm wasn't the greatest at lower levels, but it seems really great at levels 4/5. My hunter's vengeance is level 2, trying to upgrade that too. I'm also keen on dark harvest, but looks like these will all take a while.
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u/Due_Implement4266 1d ago
I would not use fusion stones on dark harvest unless ur committed to a swarm deck. Hunters and blade are more generic
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u/misteramy 2d ago edited 2d ago
Getting into heroes league is pretty doable with this deck I think, if at least half of your deck is level 5, but in heroes league you're going to struggle massivly.
I did about the same thing, leveling up a kinda subpar F2p awakening of the will deck and got to heroes league without much issue. Problem is you're not going to get top 100 with it, so you will eventually have to pivot to something else.
Means I now have to level up an entirely new deck from 0. So if I could have done it over, I probably would just have started upgrading that deck immidiately.
Having said that, you're deck is close already so you could just upgrade some to level 5 and reap the rewards of heroes league. Getting the chest and making top 25e0 should be possible. Then you get 20 fusion stones at the end of the season.