40enThu, 14 Feb 2013 11:22:01 GMTThu, 14 Feb 2013 11:22:01 GMTThu, 14 Feb 2013 09:26:13 GMTDr Falkenstein or Stompah. There is already such a character. Gatline. I'm not saying Gatline is a good character. I was assuming the OP was asking for a character with a design similar to Dr Falkenstein or Stompah, not for a character that is simply above curve.]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:32:20 GMTWed, 13 Feb 2013 15:25:40 GMTsurvivor hahahahaha XD

@ghelas honestly you should compare La Junta to Jungo. why is Jungo so successful in elo? why is La Junta not? i think it comes down to a simple DR. something big not Gatline @kitsune. Gatline is pathetic, id honestly rather use Brianna, Bryan, Arnie, Isatis all before Gatline.]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:58:53 GMT
&D would ensure that they can keep up the pressure with another good late-game counter option, instead.]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:06:14 GMT
Either the classic 6/4 support +3 attack

Or 7/3 + 11ish attack

11 changes it up a bit

Or 7/4 - 8 attack or similar

Fills in their biggest hole]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:54:57 GMTGatline.]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:16:51 GMTLa Junta needs a Falkenstein/Stompah-esque card.
I'd prefer a non-support based ability though, just because it'd be nice to have the option to run new cards in non-Mono builds.]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:29:54 GMTLa Junta is not a clan built for DM..... What? ]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:45:56 GMTelo tho, La Junta is not a clan built for DM.

yah and some of you guys pointed out it lacks the most major component -- attack manipulation. everything looks so good on paper for La Junta (mono) Thormund 11 power, Tolliver 9 power, Isatis 9 power, Pilzken 7 -4 power. other than the fact that they all get killed by SoA, they sure go well with pillz, but without pillz its a total mess. something needs to fill up for Emeth. a mini Emeth? i mean Jungo has Boohma, and though all of you may say hes terrible I say hes wonderful, a must in mono Jungo. how bout a 5/4 support: +4/5 attack. 3*]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:09:19 GMTPilzken might be player b& every once in a while, if La Junta gets something with good attack manipulation. Overall, it's a very good yet balanced card. I guess it's going to see heavy use in survivor type 2 and DM type 2.]]>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:05:00 GMTLa Junta an interesting choice for mono La Junta in elo at least(which have sorely been lacking since the old days of Emeth and easy 1300s),he's not the answer to split decks though,and i dont think he needs to be exactly.

Who does he remind me of though? Im gonna say he's the anti Marco Cr of the La Junta.Both need their clan at their best to be effective and dangerous cards,both don't exactly fair great against SOA,(coindicentally both have pretty decent stop cards),and both are very scary cards to face with damage to back it up.]]>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:27:27 GMT
Really? Really?

That's about all they can do.

Thormund 11 power very good against high powered cards
Dean bring 9 power cards down to his level
Tolliver has 9 power
So does Isatis
Now Pilzken takes 11 power card down to his level

What they can't do is win a low pill fight.]]>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:38:45 GMTGHEIST and Roots, All Stars, Uppers and Montana are going to be a big hurdle for mono Junta to beat as well, especially since they have no Protection: Power and no commonly played SOB characters. All the AS can fight Pilzken pill for pill, and of course Harrow Ld, Alexei and El Gringo dominate him. Nellie and Herman are perfect counters to Pilzken. Montana has Desmond and Mona. Mono Junta cannot be top tier if they have no answers to All Stars, Uppers and Montana. It seems most of the commonly played clans in ELO have good answers to Pilzken. I think he is going to be a popular character but that difference between his min. 5 and Spyke's min. 4 is going to make a lot of difference against AS and Uppers.

As exciting as it is to have a "fixed" Spyke back in ELO (and Pilzken is certainly much more fair than Spyke), what pushed Spyke over the top was that he had Melanie and Elvis to cover his weaknesses. Wardog is not as good as Melanie and Bryan is not as good as Elvis. And I think the designers have learned not to give mono Junta that support.]]>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:32:48 GMTPilzken is a more solid Yoshida that has to be played mono. He'll be used, but IMO not nearly enough to face ban, since you have to play mono Junta to use him. He's a bit weak against SoA and does mediocre damage for a 5* vs SoB.

You might think that he's Junta's answer to high-power cards, but he has no synergy with his clan -- none of them can fight high power effectively, there's no decent SoB in Junta like FPC has.]]>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:10:16 GMTELO. SOA and protection: power are both popular. His damage can be negated by DR and SOB. As a character he is probably on the same power level as Beeboy. He is like a 5* Buba.

Junta is not really a popular clan right now, so the more interesting question is what he'll do for the mono Junta strategy. Combined with Isatis and Sabia, it looks pretty good. Junta was many pieces away a few months ago. I'm not sure Sabia and Pilzken gives them enough, they might still be 1 piece away.]]>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:01:40 GMTHerman, Spyke, etc.
not to mention that min. of 5 means that most atk power manip clans could still compete (since their base powers are mostly 6 or 7 to begin with.

he's a threat, but he's managable]]>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:27:47 GMTRay bad by any means. He's different. Solid and playable without his ability.

As for Pilzken

I like this card really do. Brings down powerhouse card. Ulu are ripped up. Sting becomes laughable. E.C.T E.C.T.

Overall a very powerful card. Massive reduction to a good minimum. If it were any lower then it woul dbe a more poerful Rolph and lets face it we want to keep this card playable unlike Emeth.

Is he the best elo 5* the have? Debatable. You could use him Naginata or Ray. They are all valid choices. I'm using Ray at the moment, but will test him out in the future.

The only obvious weakness I see is power reducers with a lower minimum or power reduction + attack manip. But that can be played around. Also I'd play Ray in soa weeks.

As for a ban. Maybe on occasion but I still feel that the clan is let down by a lack of 3* cards that are above average and cards that can't win low pill rounds.

Maybe I'm wrong but they're my 2 cents]]>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:55:06 GMTPilzken is actually 7/6 lol, i just accounted the bonus in . sorry for the confusion. do you guys think he will be used? lets say in elo mostly. think he might face a ban]]>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:20:17 GMTRay is not bad.
Most reliable card in mono vs. SoA, and doesn't rely on facing SoA to be effective, unlike the Stop cards. The revenge allows for mindgames as well.
Rant over

Btw good review ]]>