Heartichoke + Venus FlytraplanetToday marked the first day where my Gargantuan opponent had 20 health and I had 1 health left. The next turn I only used ONE card: 2nd Best TacoNo block meter left. I went from 1 hp to 20 hp. My opponent? 20 hp to losing the game.I'm going to keep using this deck until they patch Heartichoke. It's fun to watch half your games end in rage quits, lol!

That's not the only way you can abuse heartichoke. You can also spam high health nuts and then heal them all with geyser or taco. your opponent takes a ton of damage if more than one nut is damaged. Heck you don't even need to play an environment to get the benefit from heartichoke..loops like this shouldn't exist in the game. It forces the zombie to conserve brains for the trick phase every turn just so that they can replace the venus flytraplanet environment.Infinite loops removes strategic value from a ccg by making even the most well thought strategies by zombies useless.

Here's my deck. I concentrated on making my main attack around 3 damage since 3 is the safe zone against destruction cards.When you play this deck, hold onto your healing springs until you've assimilated enough damage to heal yourself and start the loop. This deck will not work unless you're hurt. Save the loop for when your opponent has no charges on their block meter and you have low health for max damage.To fix this exploit, I suggest making Heartichoke's healing attack not work more than once per the same healing source. Like if i use healing springs, and it heals myself and one plant, Heartichoke should do damage for both healing myself and the plant ONE TIME. Not multiple times.

Lots of threads on this combo. It's potent, but it's not OP. There are ways to defeat the deck/combo. Next week there will be a shiny new combo I'm sure that people will be calling on EA to strike down. 🙂BPRD

@904e8d29c3cd2aa2 wrote:Add grave digger /pogo to the list lolI hate both of them so very much. I'm surprised I haven't smashed my phone yet.

Most high health nuts have 0 attack power... Hence the reason I suggest limiting all plant cards to 3 damage. Negates destruction cards.But yeah I agree with you that this needs to be patched.

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ThCakeIsALie
8 years ago
Here's my deck. I concentrated on making my main attack around 3 damage since 3 is the safe zone against destruction cards.

When you play this deck, hold onto your healing springs until you've assimilated enough damage to heal yourself and start the loop. This deck will not work unless you're hurt. Save the loop for when your opponent has no charges on their block meter and you have low health for max damage.

To fix this exploit, I suggest making Heartichoke's healing attack not work more than once per the same healing source. Like if i use healing springs, and it heals myself and one plant, Heartichoke should do damage for both healing myself and the plant ONE TIME. Not multiple times.
Anonymous
8 years ago
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That's not the only way you can abuse heartichoke. You can also spam high health nuts and then heal them all with geyser or taco. your opponent takes a ton of damage if more than one nut is damaged. Heck you don't even need to play an environment to get the benefit from heartichoke..
loops like this shouldn't exist in the game. It forces the zombie to conserve brains for the trick phase every turn just so that they can replace the venus flytraplanet environment.Infinite loops removes strategic value from a ccg by making even the most well thought strategies by zombies useless.
ThCakeIsALie
8 years ago
Most high health nuts have 0 attack power... Hence the reason I suggest limiting all plant cards to 3 damage. Negates destruction cards.

But yeah I agree with you that this needs to be patched.
BlazinsZ
8 years ago
What said, this trick Heartichoke + Venus Flytraplanet will destroy the game as more people learn to use it. EA the clock started running...
ThCakeIsALie
8 years ago
Yeah that's why I revealed my deck. I have like over 80% win rate with it. Speaking from someone who is currently abusing this exploit, I can tell you 100% it's broken and needs to be patched.
OldSchool9210
New Vanguard
8 years ago
Man these Set 2 cards are impossible to beat. I can't even beat one deck since Season 2 starts and I wanna get to Ultimate League.
I think Popcap should disable losing stars because I never get ranked up and still stuck.
BPRDHB
Hero (Retired)
8 years ago
Lots of threads on this combo. It's potent, but it's not OP. There are ways to defeat the deck/combo. Next week there will be a shiny new combo I'm sure that people will be calling on EA to strike down. 🙂
BPRD
ThCakeIsALie
8 years ago
Well when there's a common denominator across many games, it's not just invalid data we should ignore. Now are there real stats that back up our allegations? PopCap surely knows. If real data shows our concern is true, then yes the combo is broken and/or overpowered and needs to be patched.
904e8d29c3cd2aa
8 years ago
@ThCakeIsALie wrote:
Well when there's a common denominator across many games, it's not just invalid data we should ignore. Now are there real stats that back up our allegations? PopCap surely knows. If real data shows our concern is true, then yes the combo is broken and/or overpowered and needs to be patched.
I'm with BPRDHD. I'm not sure how you know what the "common denominator across many games" is Cake from a couple of board posts and the few games you play in the grand scheme of things. I'm not trying to be harsh, just pointing out what your reality is doesni't mean that is what the entire platforms reality is. Ever had a Space Cowboy gallop across the whole screen unblocked or the had a high level trickster or Valkyrie teleported in and have no way to block it? Those strategies have defenses if you know what to look for, so does heartichoke. Maybe it will be "patched" , maybe it won't. In the meantime, work out strategies to find ways to beat it.
904e8d29c3cd2aa
8 years ago
Add grave digger /pogo to the list lol