Heatmor - The Answer to Durant?
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I'd like to see a deckmthat runs one of these, 4 FSLs, 4 Super rod, 4 Good rod, 4 junk arm, 4 recycle, and 39 energies. The durant troll
alexmf2 said:
And any of those decks would be stupid also.
People who lose to Durant are either
1. Not playing the Durant Matchup well by playing too many draw supporters and using their PONTs too early.
2. Just plain unlucky with their starts.
Honestly, Heatmor is not that necessary to counter Durant (unless you're Gale) and just playing smart is enough for one to beat it.
1. Not playing the Durant Matchup well by playing too many draw supporters and using their PONTs too early.
2. Just plain unlucky with their starts.
Honestly, Heatmor is not that necessary to counter Durant (unless you're Gale) and just playing smart is enough for one to beat it.
TBH, durant can win against any deck against an unprepared player. ZPST really hurts it because they can apply the pressure T1, but durant can tear apart magneel, goth/reun, megazone, and any deck that heavily relies on sage's/juniper/electrode. However, if the opponent knows what to do, it's harder. Even though people might tech this in, if you devour it, there goes their counter. Durant is not a stupid deck. Just because you win by milling them doesn't make it stupid. So what if it runs only one pokemon? Thats all it needs other than rotom.
alexmf2 said:
Woah, hold on. I play The Truth and Durant is by far my easiest matchup. Play aggressively to get out Vileplume+attacker that can OHKO Durant (Cobalion, SEL, Donphan, Zekrom, etc.) and its an autowin so long as you have 15 or so cards left in your deck-not that hard. I've never even come close to losing to Durant using The Truth. If you have unfavorable The Truth, Reshphlosion, Reshiboar, probably Magneboar, Eelzone, and ZPST matchups, I don't think the deck is good enough or going to see enough play to warrant the use of Heatmor.
Glaceon said:
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Cake does not have 50-50. It goes through a 4th of its deck just in order to get charged up. Thats not even including the 1-2 other times they will need to pop the 'trode if they don't get any energy off the first. Nobody DOES play ReshiBoar, it's not that good anymore if people did. Magnezone loses to Durant so badly its not even funny. What happens when Durant mills three of your four N? How are you supposed to get that 2 energy you need every turn without using Magnetic Draw? It's a huge autoloss. Twins may not be crucial when you only want to set up Vileplume, but it certainly slows them down a lot.
Guys, we're talking about Heatmor here, not Durant. However:
That's...strange. If they like to play it, props to them. I don't think I'll be playing it because of this, but does it change anyone else's opinion?
Oh and Zero got de-modded and Shakespeare got re-modded
Celebi23 said:
That's...strange. If they like to play it, props to them. I don't think I'll be playing it because of this, but does it change anyone else's opinion?
Oh and Zero got de-modded and Shakespeare got re-modded
pokemonjoe said:
It's not an autowin, but a very favorable matchup. If they set up Vaniluxe and Vileplume, they pretty much win
Getting back on topic, is there anything else even as close as heatmor at countering durant? (A counter, not a deck)