Leveticus and Emissary Blitzkrieg

[Artifact]

I have not played many games and I'm not too familiar with the meta. If any of this has been refined to efficiently elsewhere, I'd appreciate direction. The two title topics are loosely related by Leveticus being my only master. 

 

1. I've had the metal for a while and liked his m1e stat card which seemed to support his crew and engage the enemy. Most threads are about his offense, though I assumed that is simply what he was better at. I was disappointed by the arrival of my m2e cards seeing offense was basically all he could do, however, it's the only path which interests me so off the cliff I march. So, I'm using Leveticus to harass/kill scheme runners to draw cards for the crew or Entropic Demise Unmades.

 

2. The Entropy Horse proxy not only looks amazing, but it's thematic. So I've been trying to use the Hodgepodge Emissary to:

-A Weary Road forward, behind cover

-Something in my Pack... a The Monkey's Paw on to a Hog Whisperer

-potentially On the Tides of Fate for suits

-potentially Call of the Lost with Empty Road trigger the Hog Whisperer forward

-rush the Hog Whisperer 25"-32" up field to usually suicide through Pig Sticker with Dumb Luck trigger to summon Killjoy on a weak flank/exposed linchpin

 

Just interested in how competent players have explored these avenues.

Thanks.

 

[Manxfaux]

I've seen this theory crafted using a Ronin as while they don't have the speed of the hog whisperer you get a guaranteed sacrifice and 2SS back. I think at the end of the day the main problem with the whole setup is that it costs around 35SS+ to bring Levi (plus upgrades and a bit of cache), Killjoy, Emissary and Hog Whisp/Ronin, and at the end of it you only have one anchor. Also if they can nail your runner or deflect killjoy after he appears (or he whiffs) then you're in a big hole.

Imo you're better off creating abombs as much as possible and use bette instead if you want to play that style, as if it goes wrong you lose an 8SS model rather than invest 35.

Tbh I can see this being more effective in a Viks crew (albeit a very small one) as the Emissary's conflux with them is pretty decent, and forces your opponent to face two angry melee monsters.