Leela is better at the patient, set up HQI/Gang Sign I guess but where Fisk shines is early aggression that forces agenda’s into HQ without a good plan of scoring them out. It isn’t right to consider Fisk’s ability as part of the mill combo, although in some situations it can contribute there, rather think of him in terms of his ability to destabilise HQ and compress the corp’s ability to do anything with the cards in it. It took me a little while to realise that you must just fire it pretty much every time without fail, unless the corp has been able to manage their HQ early, then you need to be patient and start setting up DLR before you start hammering centrals again. At that point they will build up slow, and try out econ your plan, which will fill up HQ again naturally before you can start hurting it again.
The DLR combo works well here because it forces a response and a rushy play-style which is exactly what you want. Then you can Faust into remotes or just let them score while you FIS and run a central so they have an 8/9 card HQ with an advanced agenda on the table. You’ll have a gang-sign or two out, so the corp is in a pretty horrid position at that point. It also makes the corps want to sit back, build up creds and try trash stuff, which means they aren’t installing and your HQ flood plan works great.
I have tried the Source, Traffic Jam plan but it doesn’t seem to apply the same brain-freeze to the corp DLR does. And it’s cheaper to DLR, so you can manage your income easier with a much better curve. DLR also gives you archives pressure, which is essential when you are trying to hit centrals as often as possible.
Val I guess has blackmail for remote pressure, but HQI/GangSign is just as solid, and makes managing overdrawn hands when you try get an agenda out pretty revolting.
Another thing I’m sure people will say when they see my list is, you can’t beat Turing. Honestly, it doesn’t matter. I’m generally always happy to see people trying to score out agenda’s in a remote. This is why FIS is a priority event, it would be completely broken if I could deja it or same ol it at that point.
@steve_houston yeah I remember that game pretty well! Heh, that’s a classic Fisk maneuver.
Here’s the list I guess cos you asked @Chuftbot :
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Laramy Fisk: Savvy Investor (The Universe of Tomorrow)
Event (16)
Hardware (4)
Resource (24)
Icebreaker (1)
- 1x Faust (The Underway) ••
15 influence spent (max 15)
45 cards (min 45)
Cards up to The Universe of Tomorrow
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