Lance Strategy?

[Shinkiii]

I appreciate all the advice. Thanks everyone. However, the match-ups against Zaladar and Moonstalker mentioned in my opening post seem be unique to the matches I encountered later.

I lost to two Moonstalkers because I had run out of cards. Rain Delays, Full Moons, Moonstalker's ability, and 50+ card decks had delayed me from really doing anything until my Lance killed himself. Against Zaladar, the combination of Energy Discharges, Soul Reapers, and Eternal Renewals threw me off guard. Since then, I have made a few minor adjustments to my deck and now I can hold my own, if I get the proper draw.

However, my deck is far from tournament efficient. What would you all recommend I change to create a decent tournament deck that also does well in QMs.

Hero
Lance Shadowstalker

Allies
3x Jasmine Rosecult
3x Puwen Bloodhelm
3x Raven Wildheart
3x Birgitte Skullborn
3x Aldon the Brave
2x Aeon Stormcaller
3x Nightshade

Abilities
3x Assassination
4x Stop Thief
3x Retreat

Artifacts
4x Ill-Gotten Gains

Hero Armor/Weapons
2x Spelleater Bands
4x Anklebreaker

Total Card Count: 41

[Crynus07]

I know that I'm not an expert, but I find that Spelleater really helps to stamp on those mages...how about you rate my deck? It IS over the 4 card by 1, but...

1x Lance

4x Jasmine Rosecult
4x Nightshade
3x PoTL
3x Raven Wildheart
3x Aldon the Brave
3x Sandworm
3x Aeon

3x Assassination
4x Stop Thief
4x Ill Gotten Gains

4x Anklebreaker
2x Spelleater Bands

hope this helped...

This is almost what I've been using. -3 SW +2 TO

It works fairly well in qm. Still has some bad match ups tho.

[charlie-meng]

Wow how'd you get so many expensive cards if you only started 5 days ago...

[GrimGuardians]

Wow how'd you get so many expensive cards if you only started 5 days ago...

They are not that expensive. Only x4 Anklebreakers and a couple of fatties, most of the other cards you can get from Starter Decks.

[Shinkiii]

Wow how'd you get so many expensive cards if you only started 5 days ago...

They are not that expensive really, but this lineup of cards does pale in comparison to what I have total. As for how I acquired them, I can only say that Quick Matches and NPC grinding has helped me immensely.

It now has been over a week and a half since I started Shadow Era, and nearing level 20 with a 220 Quick Match rating has produced decent results towards furthering my collection.

[Jao]

I appreciate all the advice. Thanks everyone. However, the match-ups against Zaladar and Moonstalker mentioned in my opening post seem be unique to the matches I encountered later.

I lost to two Moonstalkers because I had run out of cards. Rain Delays, Full Moons, Moonstalker's ability, and 50+ card decks had delayed me from really doing anything until my Lance killed himself. Against Zaladar, the combination of Energy Discharges, Soul Reapers, and Eternal Renewals threw me off guard. Since then, I have made a few minor adjustments to my deck and now I can hold my own, if I get the proper draw.

However, my deck is far from tournament efficient. What would you all recommend I change to create a decent tournament deck that also does well in QMs.

Hero
Lance Shadowstalker

Allies
3x Jasmine Rosecult
3x Puwen Bloodhelm
3x Raven Wildheart
3x Birgitte Skullborn
3x Aldon the Brave
2x Aeon Stormcaller
3x Nightshade

Abilities
3x Assassination
4x Stop Thief
3x Retreat

Artifacts
4x Ill-Gotten Gains

Hero Armor/Weapons
2x Spelleater Bands
4x Anklebreaker

Total Card Count: 41

one thing you need to accept for Lance is that Zaladar and MS will always be a bad match up. Zaladar just completely shits on Lance with MC and burn ability. to defeat Zaladar, you will have to tech exclusively for Zaladar, which will leave your deck losing to all the other heroes you easily beat. for MS, you need to carry retreats instead of assassination. i also advise to remove the puwens and replace them with PotLs. helps a lot in sooooo many of your bad matchups. i have x4 PotL in my deck.

here's my deck that's a compromise so you can at least somehow deal with Zaladar and MS

Lance

x3 Jasmine
x2 Birgitte
x3 Raven
x2 Aldon
x4 PotL
x2 TO
x2 Aeon
x3 Assassinate
x4 Stop Thief
x4 IGG
x3 Shade
x3 Spelleater
x4 Anklebreaker

you can remove 1x AB and add 1 more Birgitte if you like. 3 spelleaters is a must, since most decks carry only 2 LLNs. and bad luck can be so bad all of them can be buried so far down. i'll assume you'll know why Birgitte is good against Zaladar. as for Moonstalker, just conserve your assassinate (or return) and just use it when MS hides. and only use it for the most dangerous fatties! PotLs will allow you to stop spam hide, delay Zaladar's ability, delay Majiya's ability, delay so many abilities that would otherwise annoy you. and it helps you survive until you can set up. 1 life gain may seem small to you but Lance specializes in great comebacks with you sporting just 1hp left most of the time.