As seen in the latest Online WW Championship rankings, Panda is up there along with Paul and here's why: Trout Sweep. This card combined with Panda's monstrous base damage forces the opponent to focus against a Panda with 5 cards and risk a potential One hit KO (or the worse case, 135 HP). If you don't like to leave your entire health bar to a coin toss and choose to block, you may lose 15 HP, and sometimes, that 15 HP (or more depending on how many Trout Sweep the panda has) could mean death by the last 3 cards of Panda. That being said, here is the Panda deck a friend of mine used to get to the top 50 of last week.
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- 3x Trout Sweep: 20 Damage, Punch, After the attack: Dual Block: Opp -15 HP
- 3x Bear Slash: 10 Damage, Punch, After the attack: Block missed: P cards + 8 Hit
- 3x Salmon Swipe: 18 Damage, Punch, After the attack: Block Card +20 Hit
- 1x Killing Uppercut Grizzly Claw: 30 Damage, Punch, After the attack: This card hits: Keep card & Card -30 Hit
- 1x G-Clef Cannon: 40 Damage, Punch, Before the attack: Opp Strike & Opp cards = 1: Opp +50 HP
- 1x Salmon Hunter: 60 Damage, Punch, After the attack: Focus & Opp HP ≤ 80: -30 HP
- 1x Rabid Bear: 55 Damage, Punch, After the attack: Focus & Opp cards ≤ 1: -40 HP
- 1x Grizzly Claws: 25 Damage, Punch, Before the attack: Opp Strike: +20 Protection
- 1x Ultra Kuma: 40 Damage, Punch, After the attack: Block: Cards +10 Hit & +40 Protection
- Power Card: 210 HP
Strategy: Focus till 3 cards if Trout Sweep is not part of the 3 cards, press Strike and repeat, else Focus till 5 cards, Press Block. Flip a coin, heads press Block, tails press Strike. Repeat flipping coin till 0 cards then repeat from beginning.
The probability of drawing at least 1 Trout Sweep is 76%. The Minimum damage a set of 5 cards can do is 135 HP, but that is with 3x Trout Sweep. According to the Tekken Twitter, Trout Sweep is on the watch list for changes. I am not sure about the Pauls and Pandas out there but, I am looking forward to a Tekken Card Tournament where I never have to see my health bar drop from 100% to 0% in a couple turns.
Hi, Do you think this deck still good in the current meta game?
ReplyDeleteHi Igor,
DeleteCurrently, the top players use Lili - Punch Deck/3rd card buffer, Kazuya - 3x Skull Smash and Twin Fang Double Kick, and Paul - One Hit KO.
I used to play a 3x Skull Smash And Twin Fang Double Kick Kazuya deck. I ran into Pandas who used decks similar to this, (keeping Trout Sweep and Ultra Kuma of course) and I found the matches challenging for both players. I would say 45 Panda, 55 Kazuya. The match up does not particularly favor either character.
I am not sure how it fairs against Lili, I would imagine if you DO NOT draw Ultra Kuma, you will definitely lose. Lili capitalizes when opp Cards ≥ Lili's cards & when opp Cards ≥ 3. This deck is based on having 5 cards and doing block shenanigans. I suppose it is in Lili's favor to win this matchup.
For Paul, I would say even matchup. Paul and Panda used to run the top charts a couple weeks back. Paul shouldn't be able to KO panda with 5 card draw (if you have the 210 Power card). Paul should probably end up with 130ish HP from the recoil of his cards which is an easy KO for Panda.
Hope that helps.