Questions About Reshi[EX]Boar

Blakexd9

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First of all, Rocky Helmet or Eviolite? I am leaning towards Eviolite but I am not sure.
Also, will I be needing any Fishermen or Energy Retrieval? I think not, Reshi EX doesn't discard any energies for main attack. I am really thinking it is necessary to have two Seekers and two Super Scoop Up.
Is Fliptini necessary? The main reason I want him is because Reshi EX's main attack makes you flip a coin if heads you receive 50 damage to yourself. Fliptini would help me not get the recoil.

I am running Mewtwo EX.
I am not running RDL.

Thanks! :D
 
This should be asked in the Competitive Collective or the Deck Garage! Thanks!

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Answers about Reshiram EX

- Eviolite. If you're playing a huge EX that hits for heavy damage you won't be needing Rocky Helmet, it's a waste of space

- NEVER add Fisherman, there are better Supporters out there that Fisherman could steal the spot of per turn. I personally would add Energy Retrieval only if you're running low energy or if you're running Ninetales [Roast Reveal]

- Seeker should be used if it's helping you too, otherwise I find it useless, unless you're using it like SSU for healing/recovery

- Flip-tini IS necessary. You CAN prevent the recoil damage by flipping again with Flip-tini. Also, it works with both of Reshiram's attacks not just the main 150 Fire-Killer attack

I hope I answered your questions. Have fun!
 
I would disagree with never adding Fisherman. Fisherman can function under trainer lock, Energy Retrieval cannot. Fisherman is great if you are concerned about recovering energy, a one card tech may be worth your time to play, but if you are more concerned about simply having the energy to attack at anytime, I would look into Cilan, which will be in our next set Next Destinies.

Cilan – Trainer’s Support

Choose 3 Basic Energy cards from your deck, show them to your opponent, and put them in your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward.

You can only use 1 Support card during your turn.
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This card is amazing in Emboar variants, and if you are wanting to play Reshiboar, I would suggest trading for a few of these at your prerelease, I feel that 2 to 3 Cilan is a must. As for your Rocky Helmet vs. Eviolite predicament, I feel that Eviolite is the better play. Eviolite can prevent a lot of damage, because if you do end up hitting yourself for recoil, you only do 30 damage to yourself if you have an Eviolite attached as opposed to the usual 50 damage you would hit yourself for. I would support Reshiram EX's amazing ability to be extremely bulky, an Eviolited basic with 180 HP is going to be hard to take down.
 
Eviolite is better because it reduces your recoil damage and attack damage done to your active pokemon.

No more Fisherman or Energy Retrieval because Reshiram[EX] doesnt discard energy.

Seeker is 100% recycling of any damaged EXes but you'll need to have Switch to be able to use Seeker since Seeker applies to benched pokemon. SSU on the other hand is 50% chance but can be reused if you have junk arm. If you dont plan to use Fliptini then you'll need this tech.

Fliptini is a good tech if you dont plan to use Seeker or SSU as a tech.

yes Cilan is a lot better than Interviewer's Questions.
 
@Vulpix Yolk - I say never to use Fisherman because of Cilan and because he needs to recover energy back into his hand not his deck.

@RobertBejamin - I disagree. Cilan works WITH Interviewer's Questions in this deck. Interviewer's Questions let's you setup really quickly especially when you know what's on top of your deck. Cilan is more of a recovery card since discarding energy is hard in this deck (Unless he was running Juniper, Sage, and/or RR-Ninetales). Cilan would be used right after a Resh-EX got KO-ed. Interviewer would be to setup in the beginning of the game. They are not cards that compare, like Prof.Oak & Prof.Juniper which do similar things.
 
Blakexd9 said:
First of all, Rocky Helmet or Eviolite? I am leaning towards Eviolite but I am not sure.
Also, will I be needing any Fishermen or Energy Retrieval? I think not, Reshi EX doesn't discard any energies for main attack. I am really thinking it is necessary to have two Seekers and two Super Scoop Up.
Is Fliptini necessary? The main reason I want him is because Reshi EX's main attack makes you flip a coin if heads you receive 50 damage to yourself. Fliptini would help me not get the recoil.

I am running Mewtwo EX.
I am not running RDL.

Thanks! :D
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You need both Rocky Helmet and Eviolite. Rocky Helmet counters Mewtwo EX, KO'ing it if it attacks you after you attack it and putting it into KO range if it attacks you before you attack it. Eviolite garuntees your active Reshiram EX will last at least two turns, even if you flip double tails on Brave Fire and your opponent for 160. (160-20) + (50-20) = 170. That's still 10 short of a KO.

Fisherman is optional, since you can play it late game and fully power a Reshiram EX. However, you don't need it for recovery reasons, since you should already have enough energy to power everything.

I play a pair of SSU. It's fantastic for scooping up a Reshiram EX that has been damaged, sending up a fresh one, and laying all the energy back down.

Fliptini is vital, and you should also be running some Cilan.
 
green_monkey said:
@RobertBejamin - I disagree. Cilan works WITH Interviewer's Questions in this deck. Interviewer's Questions let's you setup really quickly especially when you know what's on top of your deck. Cilan is more of a recovery card since discarding energy is hard in this deck (Unless he was running Juniper, Sage, and/or RR-Ninetales). Cilan would be used right after a Resh-EX got KO-ed. Interviewer would be to setup in the beginning of the game. They are not cards that compare, like Prof.Oak & Prof.Juniper which do similar things.
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omg obviously you havent read Cilan. Its used to search energy from your deck and not your discard pile =p

Besides you probably wont have enough room to stuff Interviewer's Questions and Cilan in a Reshi[EX]boar deck. You'll only have room for Cilan and its a better call since Cilan is 100% guarantee of 3 energy while Interviewer's Questions sometimes draws zero energy.

btw your counter for Mewtwo[EX] is Mewtwo[EX] itself. Remember the weakness of Mewtwo[EX] is psychic and you'll just need to load up enough energy to ohko your opponent's Mewtwo[EX]. With abiliboar that's easily done provided you have enough energy in your hand.

if you want to run a really consistent deck i think you'll only have room for eviolite and no room for rocky helmet.

there are many ways to build a Reshi[EX]boar deck but its usually the consistent build that wins a lot of games.
 
Knowing if you need plus power is going to be determined by the magic numbers in the metagame.... and we dont really know the metagame yet..
 
Don't forget, cilan is limited to basic energy, while IQ can pick up DCE/prism/rainbow etc.
 
27th_wonder said:
Don't forget, cilan is limited to basic energy, while IQ can pick up DCE/prism/rainbow etc.
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you wont run prism/rainbow in Reshi[EX]boar. DCE is the only special energy that you can use in Reshi[EX]boar but its optional. Cilan is a more consistent card.
 
Yes Fisherman is great because it lets you get out another Reshi EX when one dies. Eviolite is Questionable becuase i does have ALOT of Hp, and I would prefer Rocky Helmt to help you kill EX's. Victini Is necessar because it assists its first attack too.
 
No, not necessary, and it becomes an easy Catcher kill. Ive actually yet to see a list with it. If you do use it, though, you'll need Fisherman. I run one anyway, because losing a Reshiram and having another one up instantly is great.
 
Personally I don't run Ninetails in my build of the deck and it works just fine. If you want that consistent draw power I'd maybe run PokeGear in it's place, but even still my build is plenty consistent without either of them. Though I would opt for PokeGear if I had to choose between them, since you're sorta forced to run more energy recovery like Retrieval and Fisherman.

As far as the original post goes, Victini is pretty necessary in my opinion. Both of Reshi's attacks are flippy and you really don't want to hit tails on Brave Fire since it can set up your Reshi for OHKO range from Zekrom, Mewtwo, etc. And Eviolite is easily better than Rocky Helmet in this deck because in the event you get tails on a Brave fire, you still won't be in OHKO range.
 
no need to run ninetails in Reshi[EX]boar. Victini helps a lot since Reshiram[EX] has two flippy attacks. It is tricky to build a good Reshi[EX]boar deck and you'll need to get it right by playtesting. I am right now satisfied with my current build but it takes guts to pilot it because of its flippy nature.
 
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