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Tim

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Forcemaster eliminate weaknesses
« on: March 27, 2013, 06:05:46 PM »
HI there,

I recently played my first game with the forcemaster and enjoyed it very much.
But when constructing my spellbook the weakness of the forcemaster became clear.
Problems with:
 1. direct (curses) and unavoidable damage.
 2. high equipment-build (so that opponent mage have a ton of armor)
 3. creatures with defenses and creatures that guard
 4. the easy killable toughtspore
 5. But the biggest weakness i find is to deal with flying creatures! That can be a real pain in the *...  :unsure:

To counter the weaknesses:
1. 2x dispel (can also be used on thoughtspore) + forcefield
2. 2x dissolve (") + considering a piercing strike
3. falcon precision + mongoose agility
4. i play 1 cheetah speed to get out of range for incoming attacks and i would still able to use the bind spell to it + i play 1 shift enchantment
5. this is my main concern. I included: maim wings, 2x force hold (but the problem with this is that it can still guard so that it gets a counterstrike), charm (holds the creature for 1 attack), 2x hurl boulder (this card is really good card in my opinion. I bind it to a thoughtspore and fire almost every turn), 2x battle fury, 2x mind control (but they mostly get dispelled), 2x force bash.

If you have any suggestions, tips i would really appreciate it.
Off course this is my opinion. Let me here what you think.

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Re: Forcemaster eliminate weaknesses
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2013, 06:43:50 PM »
A couple fo Psyloks are good for hunting down fliers and for dealing with armor.  They dont do tons of damage, but its Unavoidable and Critical (ignores armor) and has a daze chance.

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Re: Forcemaster eliminate weaknesses
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2013, 07:25:45 PM »
The problem with psylok is that its killed so easily by another flying creature (no armor, 8 life). So i find that psylok is not mana-efficient (cost 8 mana and a full action which means that i can't melee with my mage).

So i think it's not that great.

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Re: Forcemaster eliminate weaknesses
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2013, 10:03:53 PM »
He really sucks against a Warlock equipped with a LOH.
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