graeme27uk Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Does this gimp Raspi if you do NOT take Shattered Heart? I know its not cheap as an upgrade, but given the benefits to the crew and Raspi's role I find it hard not to justify taking it. Am I being too one-focused? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetid Strumpet Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Non Shattered Heart Raspy works just fine, it comes down a little bit to playstyle and philosophy. I prefer to run her with the Heart as I want her to maul the opposing crew as fast and as hard as possible and don't really care when and if she dies as long as she does that first. Non Shattered Heart, you'll most likely want to run Armor of December, in which case her deadliness drops, but its still a threat, and she becomes much harder to kill, giving her more of a control and threat presence on the board, because she will be much harder to remove, and the threat of her spells will give you some serious soft control over the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordZombie Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 To be honest, I have never taken Shattered Hearts with Rasputina. I find her to be pretty good without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rancor709 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 experiment with it, may be worth while if you find yourself always taking to play without it for a few games and see what other nastiness raspy has under that big coat of hers. Raspy has some interesting support tricks dishing out frozen heart and armor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazin Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 I think it depends on what you're trying to achieve. For my experience, I've felt that losing the penalty to Ca actions with the opportunity to use triggers at extreme range was worthwhile. But, I'm starting to see when going for a more defensive game might be worth it. I don't think she breaks without it. She just might not lay down huge tons of hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme27uk Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hmm, in my mind I just see raspi as a big glass cannon. She blasts the enemy to death in a variety of icy ways. Having played WM I like the idea of "arc nodes" and such, being able to extend my blastiness whilst remaining safe. I guess its a mindshift I have to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats Laughing Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 She still has "Ice Nodes" without the upgrade, she just loses out on the multiple casts trigger (which typically costs extra stones or good cards). As suggested above, Armor of December is a good choice is you choose to not take the Shattered Mirrors upgrade. This is more of a defensive playstyle, and I suggest it when you expect an opponent to be able to quickly engage Rasputina and thereby shut her down. Being able to use triggers when casting through an Ice Mirror is meaningless when you can't even cast in the first place. Note that for pure silliness factor, the +Armor stacks if you do the Guarded Advance action multiple times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme27uk Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Indeed, the stacking +armour is great. Shame she has not got an upgrade that can reduce damage to 0.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetid Strumpet Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 As far as I know, off the top of my head, none of those abilities that did such made it out of the last Open Beta. Philosophically I think having any ability ion the game that can reduce dmg to 0 diesn't work with how the system is set up now. Too many models are balanced on the assumption that if you attack and hit you can get at least get something through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme27uk Posted January 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 There a few things that can reduce damage to zero. Not common, but a few. A bit off topic... Am I right that if an Ice Golem has Armour of December, then it can push 6" and have Armour +4? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cats Laughing Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Armor +6 is you have Raspy or a Wendigo throw December's Touch on top, yeah. Just be wary of "condition" removal, as all but the base Armor +2 is one Condition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarbalag Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 I have never either lost a game using her in m2e (and I've run her in several games), or used shattered heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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