Thoughts on Skervox?

**Storknest** · 02-04-2014, 12:30 AM

I have not built Skervox

but if I did, I do not think I would use Poison Arrow

. Net Trap

perhaps.

Originally Posted by maskee

I am testing Victor a lot, so curious about the trick you speak about. Can you point me to some game? (If its not T3 Zailen Crusader

, T4 Deepwood Bobcat + Raven

's Gambit on oponent t3) thx

The 2 tricks referenced Rothem

, I think the Victor is known since I ran into a few each day over 2-3 days.

**ir7xps** · 02-04-2014, 12:17 PM

I've spent a good chunk of time working on a Ythan

deck, more recently I've turned my attention to Skervox

, going with something of a 'wild hunt', undead theme.

I've only had a chance for one competitive match so far and I lost to Portal

Majiya

. I was able to keep things on a even keel for most of the match, basically trading blows (and allies) but eventually I lost board control. Now I'm looking to remove some of the more fanciful cards from my deck. So far I've been able to find a bit more synergy with Skervox compared to Ythan

(who I've found to be pretty good, but inconsistent). My major concern so far is dealing with solo decks and finding a use for shadow energy if allies don't turn up.

I guess Net Trap

is useful if it shows up early game, otherwise there are better options.

**painful_smile** · 02-04-2014, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by Fionn Maccumhail

What was your deck with him?

something like that.

Skervox

3 Death Mage thadeus
3 Shadow knight
2 poisen arrow
4 shadow fond
2 sac lamb
2 bad santa
4 karash
3 morbit acolyte
4 furion terror
4 bounty hunter
2 bloodthirsty
2 slingblade demon
2 ravens gambit
2 shriek of revplution

**ir7xps** · 02-05-2014, 12:53 PM

Any thoughts on using ravens gambit? I have been using four of them alongside bounty hunter, but it doesn't seem to be much use for Skervox

. Sacrificial lamb is starting to look like a far better option to me?

**the_MUKe** · 02-09-2014, 01:19 PM

I played Skervox

a bit, mainly to test many new cards. Here is the deck I play with (but unfortunately I did not reach a rating of higher than 150).

1x Skervox

3x Infernal Gargoyle

3x Death Mage Thaddeus

4x Net Trap

1x Shriek of Vengeance

1x Acid Jet

1x Ley Line Nexus

4x Frostmare

4x Rampant Krygon

3x Grimghast

2x Grimjaw Hydra

2x Flameborn Defiler

2x Falseblood Cultist

2x Pack an Extra

2x Raven

's Gambit
2x Mark of the Feared

4x Weevil-tipped Crossbow

41 cards plus hero

The strong points of the deck seem to be ally control. Several hasted allies plus Skervox

's ability (in combination with Net Trap

) can deal with many board situations.

The weak points of the deck seem to be card draw and item destruction.
Cards for card draw are: Ley Line Nexus

, Falseblood Cultist, Pack an Extra, Raven

's Gambit
Cards for item destruction are: Shriek of Vengeance

, Acid Jet

, Ley Line Nexus

, Weevil-tipped Crossbow

But it seems that these are not enough.

This deck still needs a lot of tweaking to be competitive.

Possibly I should substitute the Mark of the Feared

for 2 more Raven

's Gambit, but I do like Mark of the Feared for dealing with fatties. Raven

's Gambit is situational card draw. Would be good to be able to attach it also to a friendly ally.

Pack an Extra

is highly situational, so I would need more weapons (e.g. Soul Seeker

) in the deck.

Bounty Hunter

may be useful - given it's played in early game. Then I could save cards in mid game to compensate for the lacking card draw. But I found that Bounty Hunter

is a great tempo loss in early game (and not that important in late game). Mostly I find it better to play Net Trap

. In this regard, probably Sacrificial Lamb

(instead of Bounty Hunter

) would be a better addition (for mid to late game to take advantage of disabled allies).

**Jo3yb0i** · 02-09-2014, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by the_MUKe