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Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) Call me out for this but imo Expert Negotiator is not as unbalanced as one may suspect. There's good counterplay, and it's got major weaknesses like being utterly useless versus Bosses |
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**Note that an opponent counterplaying an Expert Negotiator may steal one of your more valuable Monkeys instead of their recently stolen Monkey. | **Note that an opponent counterplaying an Expert Negotiator may steal one of your more valuable Monkeys instead of their recently stolen Monkey. | ||
*Keep a note of how many Expert Negotiators the opponent used; if they already used all 3, they will be forced to use other monkey removals to neutralize their stolen Monkeys | *Keep a note of how many Expert Negotiators the opponent used; if they already used all 3, they will be forced to use other monkey removals to neutralize their stolen Monkeys | ||
*[[Favored Trade]]<!--and parting gift if it ever becomes not horrendous--> can be used for freeing up space for Expert Negotiator. Other viable alternatives include [[Adora (BCS)|Adora]]'s sacrifice ability. [[Parting Gift]] also works, but is a very expensive combo. | *[[Favored Trade]]<!--and parting gift if it ever becomes not horrendous--> can be used for freeing up space for Expert Negotiator. Other viable alternatives include [[Adora (BCS)|Adora]]'s sacrifice ability. | ||
*Expert Negotiator is an expensive power. If the opponent is currently playing aggressively,<!--sorta thinking midrange but deciding to switch to the aggro side when the opportunity opens--> stealing a Monkey that lacks defense or ammo on the current turn is unwise. Likewise, Expert Negotiator is virtually useless against aggro because most aggro decks have few or no Monkeys. | ** [[Parting Gift]] also works, but is a very expensive combo. | ||
** [[Return to Sender]] also works, but it's preferable to save it for removing an enemy Bloon or scaled Monkey instead of using two Monkey removals for one Monkey. | |||
*Expert Negotiator is an expensive power. If the opponent is currently playing aggressively,<!--sorta thinking midrange but deciding to switch to the aggro side when the opportunity opens--> stealing a Monkey that lacks defense or ammo on the current turn is unwise. Likewise, Expert Negotiator is virtually useless against aggro because most aggro decks have few or no Monkeys. | |||
**Expert Negotiator is completely useless against Bosses, as they cannot run Monkeys. | |||
*Many control decks bring Expert Negotiator to prevent the opponent from capitalizing on their Monkeys, as well as benefit the player. | *Many control decks bring Expert Negotiator to prevent the opponent from capitalizing on their Monkeys, as well as benefit the player. | ||