Gangrel trouble

if you are willing to use the inferior auspex found on a lot of good !/gangrel, you can try Mind of the Wilds, Action Modifier, Animalism & Auspex, C , [HttB:C] [ani][aus] If this action is blocked, this vampire gets an optional maneuver in the first round of the resulting combat, and the blocking minion cannot strike to end combat. which is incredibly useful. If you play Nadima, Randall, Caitlin or Doyle, then go wild !

you can also try the potence angle, with Ryder or Soldat, Fergus etc... Which allows you to grapple. Ok, It won't work against the classic grinders, but against torries and other s:ce it's quite nice. Don't forget that lilith's blessing allows you to tool up very quickly your gangrels with the desired discipline right after recouping their cost with villein.

I am going back to the !/gangrels after a long time, and I think the specials are what makes them good. But you have to go big/mid caps, like Nostoket & Talbot to pinpoint weak vampires and destroy them. I have to admit that the games where I was most succesful was when I was willing to sacrifice a small cap like Bill butler of Fergus to amaranth a big vampire. 3 pool to never see a justicar again seems a good bargain.

There are plenty of options if you use their specials and take the time to tool up a bit. I have yet to try the anarch angle, but I think they can be fearful like any other clan.

Reyda wrote:

if you are willing to use the inferior auspex found on a lot of good !/gangrel, you can try Mind of the Wilds

I've had a lot of luck playing Mind of the Wilds in the past. Great card. Anyway, curious about crypt possibilities, I just went and looked for vampires with ani/aus/pro, and noticed this:

Name: Monique
Clan: Gangrel antitribu
Group: 2
Capacity: 5
Discipline: ani aus for pro
Sabbat.

Name: Caitlin
Clan: Gangrel antitribu
Group: 2
Capacity: 6
Discipline: aus dom ANI PRO
Sabbat bishop.

Quite a difference a generation makes.

I have a Gangrel combat deck that I love to play. It has won a few games for me and got into the final of a tournament recently.

It is Group 1/2 featuring Badger and Zach North's for Immortal Grapple. The basic combat is aggravated hands and Fortitude prevention with the occasional grapple. I also use intercept in the form of Raven Spy, Falcon's Eye, and Speak with Spirits. Never forget that the Gangrel can block - your combat deck is so much more effective with a reaction module. This deck has 9 untaps, all of them needed. Admittedly, the deck has problems against damage prevention - you have to press to continue, I guess. What's important is winning the war of attrition. The deck's not perfect - I've had some crucial card flow failures - but it's effective in a lot of metas and very fun.

Crypt
Badger x4
Zack North x2
Camille Devereux, the Raven x1
Ramona, Adv. x2
Roman Alexander x1
Ricki Van Demsi x1
Giuliano Vincenzi x1

Masters
Archon Investigation x2
Ecoterrorists x2
Fame x1
Fortitude x2
Gangrel Revel x2
Haven Uncovered x1
Life in the City x5
Tension in the Ranks x1
Zoo Hunting Ground x1

Actions
Ambush x1
Bum's Rush x2
Harass x4
Ritual Challenge x1
Shadow of the Beast x1

Combat
Amaranth x1
Bone Spur x1
Claws of the Dead x6
Drawing out the Beast x4
Form of the Ghost x2
Hidden Strength x3
Immortal Grapple x5
Indomitability x4
Resilience x2
Rolling with the Punches x3
Shattering Blow x1
Skin of Rock x3
Unflinching Persistence x1
Wolf Claws x6

Equipment
Ivory Bow x1

Reaction
Delaying Tactics x1
Falcon's Eye x2
Rat's Warning x1
Speak with Spirits x2
Wake with Evening's Freshness x8

Retainers
Raven Spy x5
Mr. Winthrop x1

DeathInABottle wrote:

Reyda wrote:

if you are willing to use the inferior auspex found on a lot of good !/gangrel, you can try Mind of the Wilds

I've had a lot of luck playing Mind of the Wilds in the past. Great card. Anyway, curious about crypt possibilities, I just went and looked for vampires with ani/aus/pro, and noticed this:

Name: Monique
Clan: Gangrel antitribu
Group: 2
Capacity: 5
Discipline: ani aus for pro
Sabbat.

Name: Caitlin
Clan: Gangrel antitribu
Group: 2
Capacity: 6
Discipline: aus dom ANI PRO
Sabbat bishop.

Quite a difference a generation makes.

Slightly out of topic, but I found these guys when looking for friends for Nu, the Pillar. They share loads of his disciplines.

I used to play G4 !Gangrel with Luke Fellows and stuff, and it did okayish from time to time. The next time I'll build something around those peeps it'll be pretty straight forward celerity plus protean, with a combat package of gadzillion Psyche!s, enough Flesh of Marbles to last a day in our (lately) combatish environment and aggropoke to deal with the opponents. Ousting by fame, tension and laptop computer bleeds, probably with Flurry of Actions. Fortitude is a bitch to beat, but what can you do. Survivability should be doable with protean intercept and abbots.

yesferatu wrote:

Thanks for the link, Squidalot but it looks like the majority of the combat is 13 Earth Melds.
I see lots of intercept and untap, but when you get into combat...it's just untap wall. I'm sure it works, it's just not what I had in mind.

it's more based around Janey so opportunistic but yes - that decks contains a range of the cards so you prod and choose as needed to get the proportions right