tropic pike
Hello, I am trying to get better at RTA but run into some drafts that I don't feel were that great so I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction with some of them. Attached are a couple of drafts I fumbled with tonight. Any insight would be appreciated
I mostly am not sure about the haegang pick, as much as he counters giana on paper I don't think he does that well at countering her when I move first. However i'm not sure the best way to handle her without haegang
Here's my box for reference
worn cliff
haegang is fine u have no damage here after they banned ethna
worn cliff
would not consider him as a damage unit no
tropic pike
What else would you have picked?
brave forum
What is your core comp that you try to play if allowed?
And does it include any damage?
tropic pike
can you not pick a sonia here
Sonia's +190 so im not super confident in her contesting
But I guess I can ramael boost into it?
tropic pike
What is your core comp that you try to play if allowed?
I generally try to play Ramael Oke
Generally with an Oli as the 3rd
For reference ramael is +222 swift will, so im not sure if hes considered a contest unit? His added speed is fast but im worried about his base
brave forum
What set does your eshir have? Twins base is too low to be a contest unit. They are often on swift but not fastest swift so they can boost a vio/despair unit but they are not for hard contesting
brave forum
Both of these drafts just look like you take a bunch of useless turns and eventually Giana/seara fucks you - assuming you even get to take the useless turns
brave forum
twins can contest a unit like veronica
Right, but you’re not putting a fast swift set on twins to contest a low base swift unit
bitter quarry
haha no but neither do u on veronica
brave forum
That’s my point tho. They shouldn’t be on +222 swift will unless that’s like 3rd/4th swift set and isn’t needed elsewhere
bitter quarry
I feel like you have to decide between contesting and hg
bitter quarry
That’s my point tho. They shouldn’t be on +222 swift will unless that’s like 3rd...
oh, yeah for sure
tropic pike
What set does your eshir have? Twins base is too low to be a contest unit. They ...
It's a +212 eshir, only because last I checked i cant tune to top set eshir properly
These are how eshir ends up on twink set and then on absolute top set for real speed contesting
brave forum
If eshir is your contest, he needs to be able to contest. If oke is the damage in your comp, you need to pick him or be ready to replace his damage. Ethna has good burst damage into a frail fast comp that wants to race you but she doesn’t have good sustained damage output and is often nuked herself after 1 turn cycle
Don’t get caught in the trap of counterpicking too early and finding yourself without a win condition. You need to decide on a way you want to move the match toward a win, figure out what mons enable that, and pick them early. Then you can counterpick in the back half of the draft
tropic pike
So i should have stuck to a more comfortable ramael oke as opposed to trying to read the draft and counterpick off the start?
tropic pike
I feel like I could have drafted these better however im not sure. Especially the Pater Zenisek game has me questioning
I only opened Chandra sekh the 2nd game because it was the same guy from the first game and I was trying to make him a bit more uncomfortable as he was doing to me with the ramael opening
worn cliff
not an RTA expert by any means but i know you shouldn't be drafting sekh + eshir unless they're hard racing you
tropic pike
What would you have drafted instead?
brave forum
Shi hou in the eshir spot seems fine, then last pick based on their 4/5
You are still only picking one “damage” unit which can be banned, which leaves you without much of a win condition
When they open Chandra sekh, you have to decide whether you want to race or not. If you do, oke isn’t the best pick (and you should ban the lead instead of zibala because there’s another contest unit still on the field). If you don’t want to race, eshir’s not giving you a ton of value in that last pick