u/WhoDeniedMeMyDestiny

I know RNG is the point of the challenge but Jesus actual Christ I hate my luck.

1st run I get Artemis‘ keepsake when I reach Cerberus. 2nd run I have a 5 minute timer for on the surface but foes have increased hordes, shields, and 50% chance to become revenant, and my first boon is an onion. 3rd run I get Artemis keepsake against frenzied Eros. 4th run I get Artemis keepsake AGAIN in Ephyra, and no healing arcana at each location. Fortunately I make it out of Ephyra with death defiances, but lose on Olympus against hordes + extra HP + shadow servant + Frenzy.

I normally play bad runs but these feel genuinely unsalvageable and out of my control.

This character is degenerate slop. What can AKI safely do against Alex player‘s that like to ”steal” turns?

“Steal” probably isn’t even the right word because it implies it’s actually your turn, when in reality AKI doesn’t have the kit to contest his most degenerate tools.

What can I do with AKI - or with any character for that matter - when the safety/threat of light elbow, lariat, and his charged heavies means it’s too risky to call out his “fake” pressure when Alex players start getting greedy? Every defensive “option“ for a character without a true reversal or cancellable low forward is a wild, disproportionate gamble on a ”mind game” that doesn’t have to actually be earned by the Alex player at round start.