DeSalle Spoiled the Punch: Show of Force Bruise Bleed

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Brand new deck for me to try. Brujah is the new Tremere!

Deck Name: DeSalle Spoiled the Punch
Author: Dorrinal
Description:
Bruise-bleed deck based on Show of Force. Bleed for 2-3, hands for 2-3 on every action. The +1 strength from Show of Force has good synergy with the presses from Immortal Grapple and Mighty Grapple (a different crypt might prefer additional strikes). Stay in the game by gaining pool with Blood Doll, Grooming the Protege, and Spoils of War. Recoup blood with Spoils of War and Taste of Vitae.

Crypt (Capacity min=3 max=7 avg=5.42; 12 cards)
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1x Alessandro Garcia 4 pot pre pro !Brujah:4
1x Axel Von Anders 5 cel obf pot PRE !Brujah:4
3x DeSalle 7 CEL POT PRE !Brujah:4
2x Gatjil Munyarryun 5 cel obt pre POT !Brujah:5
3x Gold Pan Dan 6 cel POT PRE !Brujah:5
1x Patrick 4 pre POT !Brujah:4
1x Smash 3 pot pre !Brujah:4

Library (60 cards)
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Master (12 cards)
1x Amusement Park Hunting Ground
3x Blood Doll
1x Fame
1x Gang Territory
3x Grooming the Protégé
1x Tension in the Ranks
1x Wash
1x Wider View

Event (1 cards)
1x Narrow Minds

Action (14 cards)
14x Show of Force

Action Modifier (9 cards)
2x Aire of Elation
7x Spoils of War

Combat (24 cards)
1x Blur
1x Disarm
7x Immortal Grapple
4x Mighty Grapple
6x Taste of Vitae
2x Thrown Sewer Lid
3x Undead Strength

Created with Secret Library v0.9.4b. (Nov 28, 2013 03:01:14)

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With this crypt I would use legal manipulations instead of show of force, since bleeding for 3 is always better than 2, and it makes the blood gain from spoils to not be wasted. Also your combat isn't really terribly threatening, I would focus more on close range potence and forget the celerity, you need to be able to make a statement when your blocked so people stop blocking your every bleed.

you have almost no response to maneuvers. You could add few slams to make it better.

alek wrote:

you have almost no response to maneuvers. You could add few slams to make it better.

Id go as far as making mighty grapple all into slams. Mighty grapple is decidedly not as awesome as much of what potence has access to. Lids only go so far, even if they do knock weenie animalism on its ass fairly well, and you already run +damage strikes to use under grapple, so you dont neex to play slam unless for the manuever.
Edit: just realized you have no real defense. Mayne go to 70 cards, adding some rumble to backrush pesky malk 94, which will roll through you and possibly yoir prey since you either bleex them heavy or torp them alot. A few pursuit would rock, since your combat isnt that scary. You have to play a card to get +1 strength, so by default you need to draw a strike to be scarier than gangrel with revel out, or ravnos with WoN out.
Your fuidity at 60 helps ensure you draw what you need, but really its not like you are going to lose much consistancy by adding size, becausexof how fluid the dexk is. And is not dedicated rush bruisexn bleed, so by the time you run oit of cards, you should either be winning or ousted. Or both, if the tablexhad to fall that way.

If you do go for Slams instead of Might Grapple, maybe also consider a few copies of Increased Strength. It cycles easily and can make quite the difference, even on Sewer Lids.