Wrath and Ruin Solo Progression 3.0

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• 3.0

DECK NAME - The Ents Are Strong

OVERVIEW - Threat reduction, card draw, and Ents. How awesome is that?!

HEROES

• Folco Boffin - use his ability if needed, but I usually just keep him the entire time
• Merry - attach 2nd Resourceful and Fast Hitch so you can quest with him and join in attacking
• Pippin - attach 2X Resourceful; card draw is strong here

STRATEGY

• OPENING HAND - Resourceful, Quickbeam, Treebeard, and various card draw events are what you're looking for. Play Resourceful on Pippin and Quickbeam if possible turn 1. Treebeard turn 2.
• SET UP - select Contested Square as the starting staging area location
• THANE ULCHOR - add locations instead of taking his attack until you have Derndingle Warrior w Ent Draught to block
• ARCHERY DAMAGE - your hobbits will survive a round with the 3 archery damage from Makeshift Fortification but be sure to prepare for a possible archery enemy being added to the staging area; much better to spam ents and take damage early than to put out Warden of Healing
• HEALING - important to control damage in this quest. Try and live with 1 damage on each ent to boost Booming Ent's attack
• CARD DRAW - My favorite thing about this deck is the insane card draw. I have drawn into close to 15 cards during the first planning phase.
• COMBAT CANCELLATION - 3X Feint and 2X Gaffer Gamgee negate all but Ulchor's attacks
• THREAT REDUCTION - usually don't have to discard Folco for his effect
• SPAM ENTS - archery soak and eventually you get ahead of the encounter deck

CARDS

• Treebeard - get him out turn 2
• Derndingle Warrior - attach Ent Draught to each one (try and cancel enemy attacks in late game when possible to avoid Ulchor's Revenge shadow effect
• Gaffer Gamgee - keep threat low to cancel enemy attacks when needed