Love the Zelda and Fire Emblem music throughout! Great matchup, way closer than I thought it would be. Also love Chad weighing in when the character had been previously covered. Please keep up this series!
I'm a huge Nintendo fan and those are some of my favorite series. So I always like to play those as background music for my streams. Will definitely continue the series as long as people are supporting it and watching! Thanks for the feedback with Chad too, I think I will have him cover any fighter analysis that I've already done.
It is so funny you did this matchup, like the day before you uploaded this video I was thinking about how tough this had to be for Genie, because of how Gaze of Stone gets through many of his defenses, I was very surprised to see Genie actually keep it competitive (and even win through fatigue?!), very cool match.
Haha nice! Yeah he doesn't have a ton of defenses to deal with gaze, but Medusa can't just carelessly attack all the time in case Genie is ready to explode with a wishes hand dump combo turn.
Another great edition to the series! Also loved seeing Chad give his insights! Also a random note, the "click" sound of the keyboard is oddly satisfying. As you're revealing the cards, it sounds like you're going through slides in a slideshow! Random, I know, but I love it!
@twisterstrudel4931 no thanks :P I don't like it for recording because it's so loud and noticeable, but I do like it in general because it is satisfying haha
Have you heard the news about Restoration Games putting Cobble & Fog/Robin Hood vs Big Foot "in the vault"? Love to see a video with your thoughts on this direction.
I have heard! I think it's fine because we will still have them available for online play and they can't keep every set in circulation forever. Though it is a bit sad for those who get into the game later, but i think that's the nature of any board game.
As always love to see Chad in any format. But also glad to hear that you John is tired to tell the same information about Meduza twice. Cause from my point of view it's duplicated information and isn't isn't worth to tell it every time before video. Meanwile sometimes you say really intresting information regarding current much up in this block which might be moved to "Key points" block. I think it might save your time and give us even more uniq content ♥
Thanks for your input! For the key points I try to come up with specific interactions and talking points ahead of time. During the fighter analysis it's all just free-form rambling haha. So yeah sometimes I kinda mix some strategy stuff into those sections. If we get the same fighter a 3rd time then maybe we will skip the fighter analysis for that one.
@@zeroskatr12 Key point is the best one! I haven't finished video yet. But already got it's make sense for Meduza to work on quantity of attacks against value in this match up. looking forward to check my assumption soon.
@@zeroskatr12 I didn't want say that. But I've thought about that since very start... Please forgive me, but I wanna explaint my point of view. I know it may be annoying ^_^ I am a developer. And one of the concepts of development is DRY - Don't Repeat Yourself. It means if you already have some piece of code you can't just write another one but similar. You have to use this part of code for your needs cause every additional code takes some resources... And... I don't wanna be offending. Don't get me wrong. you have some special ideas in that block as Chad has. But mostly it's sort of duplicating information after yours and Baked Goods' strategy guides. And in the way I highly appreciate your content I just wanna save your time for us :) P.S. Please tell Chad I am waiting for new puzzles XD or steal his idea finally because he hasn't released anything for a long time
@front_ed169 no worries man! Happy to hear any input. As I've said before I do the analysis because newer players like to hear it. But if people are following the series then I definitely don't want to be going over the same fighters multiple times. But if it's the first repeat I just thought it would be a nice change for the viewers to hear Chad's take on the character.
Great video! I was so confused at the end of the first game when chad didnt play the snipe to def your last attack, I was like... am I missing something out?? hahaha what a cool match
Thanks! Yeah I was confused too haha. He thought it was just over and he figured it would be cool to see the offensive wishes attack deal damage by forcing the draw. Guess he threw for content 😂
@@zeroskatr12 I think he missed a damage from Careful what you Wish for, it looks like she should have been at 4, not 5, so it should have still killed Medusa from card draw.
These take a lot of work to make. Sadly I don't think I have the time to do more than one per month. Though I do still want to get some other videos out on the channel besides just MotM.
Yeah i have. I have a decent amount of stats on UMLeague due to tourneys and ladder. But it's just too much work to log every single game I ever play haha
I have not tried that one yet, but I imagine Genie could have a decent chance. He can likely take out her first life fast enough where he won't just get exhausted on her 2nd life. The res combo would be the concern.
Yeah I've seen a couple great players essentially resign. No like official statements or anything, but they just don't really play competitive anymore for various reasons.
@@zeroskatr12 Oh interesting. I meant more along the lines of quitting before a match is over because you can tell you have no chance of winning...but Unmatched retirements? Wow.
@foxygramps1207 I think I might agree with this exactly. I just remember the hype of seeing Ike back in action. I actually JUST finished playing through PoR with my GF a couple months ago and we plan to start up RD soon 😁
@@zeroskatr12Noice. I just replayed the two of them back around November and they still hold up. Funny enough Radiant Dawn was my first FE when it came out so I knew I had to go back when I realized it was a sequel.
Genie seems increadibly fun. Shame the game is just now coming to my country so I will probably have to wait quite some time for him. Good video as always.
@@zeroskatr12 I'm in Brazil. Last year there was a crowdfunding campaign to bring translated Unmatched to here and I backed it but due to COVID the ship with the already printed translated version has only being able do leave China now and the game will only arrive by the end of the month. We will be getting every PD set except for BOL vol 2 and the Houdini Genie set. Excited to get my hand into the game but I can wait a bit longer 😄
@@zeroskatr12 All too true. I've heard rumblings about Squirrel Girl might be Sherlock's bane, for that reason. Medusa feels like she's perpetually on top though. She has matchups ranging from ideal to equal, but hardly any where she's actually at a disadvantage the whole time.
@ClawsAndTeeth yep I do agree that Medusa doesn't have as many weaknesses as Sherlock does. And I have seen Squirrel Girl beat Sherlock. We will see if that's consistent at all.
@@zeroskatr12 can't wait to explore him a bit more off-ladder. He seems like has such an incredibly powerful deck, yet unbelievably well-balanced with very noticable downsides
Your actually wrong about "this is no parlor trick" momentous shift won't be 5 because no matter what the value is the card is going to be the boost value. Even if there card affect increases THE VALUE
@@zeroskatr12 if thats the case.... parlor trick being 1 value makes its a dead card... because it really doesn't have much use and makes him so much weaker when dealing with high damage people when he has low defenses and attacks.... i see it as a perm change that couldn't be undone
@@zeroskatr12 thats not a viable purpose for the card.... because if I draw it and need to defend myself ..... how is a 1 defense that has no effect on boost and addon value ..... that unreasonable
@Liquidbleugraphics yeah it's bad haha I'm not arguing that. It can be good against certain cards like Commanding Impact and Sweet Christmas. But it's always so risky to play.
@@zeroskatr12 To quote you "Who cares what the viewers think, aren't they just a bunch of crazies." I'm offended beyond comprehension, but I guess I'll take the ping damage.
@antonioterraparreiras192 yes! We are just over 2 weeks into pools. I've already finished mine but we have about a week and a half left of those matches before starting the elimination bracket.
@@antonioterraparreiras192 Yep they are on Twitch! I have a playlist on my channel for WoC 2023. All the match VODS are under there :) www.twitch.tv/zeroskatr12/videos
It would certainly be nice, as I'm a huge Genie fan. But if he can stand up to Medusa (one of the best characters in the game) then he really isn't struggling too much 😂
@@LordofdeLoquendo i used someones buffs for bloody mary she isn't that viable as is. thres a whole list of buffs and nerfs this guy made and tested to balance out a bunch of the heroes including sherlock and medusa and king arthur and muldoon its really good and has made it much better to play for my group
Канеш очень убого сделана игра в стиме. Самому нужно карты перетаскивать, уродливый голый белый фон позади... Видать только хартстоун в этом плане 10 на 10
Love the Zelda and Fire Emblem music throughout! Great matchup, way closer than I thought it would be. Also love Chad weighing in when the character had been previously covered. Please keep up this series!
I'm a huge Nintendo fan and those are some of my favorite series. So I always like to play those as background music for my streams.
Will definitely continue the series as long as people are supporting it and watching! Thanks for the feedback with Chad too, I think I will have him cover any fighter analysis that I've already done.
It is so funny you did this matchup, like the day before you uploaded this video I was thinking about how tough this had to be for Genie, because of how Gaze of Stone gets through many of his defenses, I was very surprised to see Genie actually keep it competitive (and even win through fatigue?!), very cool match.
Haha nice! Yeah he doesn't have a ton of defenses to deal with gaze, but Medusa can't just carelessly attack all the time in case Genie is ready to explode with a wishes hand dump combo turn.
Genie might not be the best character in the game, but he has the BEST art 🧞♀️
I love the purple color theme in Genie's deck
Another great edition to the series! Also loved seeing Chad give his insights!
Also a random note, the "click" sound of the keyboard is oddly satisfying. As you're revealing the cards, it sounds like you're going through slides in a slideshow! Random, I know, but I love it!
Haha glad you enjoy the click. I have a mechanical keyboard so it's very loud. It always bugged me personally 😆
@@zeroskatr12 I'll swap keyboards with you 😜
@twisterstrudel4931 no thanks :P I don't like it for recording because it's so loud and noticeable, but I do like it in general because it is satisfying haha
@@zeroskatr12 👍
Great video 👍
Thanks!
I didn't get how to play this matchup. But very intresting. Hope to see you playing Genie on tourney. a lot of fun. thank you
Have you heard the news about Restoration Games putting Cobble & Fog/Robin Hood vs Big Foot "in the vault"? Love to see a video with your thoughts on this direction.
I have heard! I think it's fine because we will still have them available for online play and they can't keep every set in circulation forever. Though it is a bit sad for those who get into the game later, but i think that's the nature of any board game.
Around 10:00 I don't think the fact your opponent draws first matters for loss anymore with "the new rule" *spooky noises*? Or was it reverted?
You're right. Now if both fighters die to Wishing for More Wishes then Genie wins if it was an attack and the opponent wins if it was on defense.
As always love to see Chad in any format. But also glad to hear that you John is tired to tell the same information about Meduza twice. Cause from my point of view it's duplicated information and isn't isn't worth to tell it every time before video. Meanwile sometimes you say really intresting information regarding current much up in this block which might be moved to "Key points" block. I think it might save your time and give us even more uniq content ♥
Thanks for your input! For the key points I try to come up with specific interactions and talking points ahead of time. During the fighter analysis it's all just free-form rambling haha. So yeah sometimes I kinda mix some strategy stuff into those sections. If we get the same fighter a 3rd time then maybe we will skip the fighter analysis for that one.
@@zeroskatr12 Key point is the best one! I haven't finished video yet. But already got it's make sense for Meduza to work on quantity of attacks against value in this match up. looking forward to check my assumption soon.
@@zeroskatr12 I didn't want say that. But I've thought about that since very start... Please forgive me, but I wanna explaint my point of view. I know it may be annoying ^_^
I am a developer. And one of the concepts of development is DRY - Don't Repeat Yourself. It means if you already have some piece of code you can't just write another one but similar. You have to use this part of code for your needs cause every additional code takes some resources... And... I don't wanna be offending. Don't get me wrong. you have some special ideas in that block as Chad has. But mostly it's sort of duplicating information after yours and Baked Goods' strategy guides. And in the way I highly appreciate your content I just wanna save your time for us :)
P.S. Please tell Chad I am waiting for new puzzles XD or steal his idea finally because he hasn't released anything for a long time
@front_ed169 no worries man! Happy to hear any input. As I've said before I do the analysis because newer players like to hear it. But if people are following the series then I definitely don't want to be going over the same fighters multiple times. But if it's the first repeat I just thought it would be a nice change for the viewers to hear Chad's take on the character.
@@zeroskatr12 yeaaaah. I know :|
Great video! I was so confused at the end of the first game when chad didnt play the snipe to def your last attack, I was like... am I missing something out?? hahaha what a cool match
Thanks! Yeah I was confused too haha. He thought it was just over and he figured it would be cool to see the offensive wishes attack deal damage by forcing the draw. Guess he threw for content 😂
@@zeroskatr12 I think he missed a damage from Careful what you Wish for, it looks like she should have been at 4, not 5, so it should have still killed Medusa from card draw.
@Hilget well if you're talking about the Careful into the Hiss near the end of the 1st game, I wasn't adjacent so it wouldn't deal that 1 auto damage.
@@zeroskatr12 oh shoot, I totally forgot you had to be adjacent for that damage.
Really well played first game!
Nice fight, hope, there would be more than 1 video per month)
These take a lot of work to make. Sadly I don't think I have the time to do more than one per month. Though I do still want to get some other videos out on the channel besides just MotM.
I like "matchup of the month" so much
Thanks I'm glad!
Parlor trick becomes 4 after the desire and they can be hit very hard. This is often 6 direct damage. It turns out rarely, but very aptly.
Have you ever thought about tracking all of your plays of unmatched? You could use something like BG Stats and could see some interesting stats!
Yeah i have. I have a decent amount of stats on UMLeague due to tourneys and ladder. But it's just too much work to log every single game I ever play haha
@@zeroskatr12 Haha that's fair, the upkeep can be painful
Speaking of Genie vs The Big 3, Genie into Elektra is very interesting
I have not tried that one yet, but I imagine Genie could have a decent chance. He can likely take out her first life fast enough where he won't just get exhausted on her 2nd life. The res combo would be the concern.
@@zeroskatr12 Using wishes to ruin Elektra revive combo is a nice bonus. :)
@tfoksieloy yep but then all those discarded cards get shuffled back into her deck sadly.
@@zeroskatr12 I meant after the revive. You hold onto them, then trash her hand after revive putting her on the defensive.
@tfoksieloy well if you hold them then you risk mesmerize ripping them away. So it's a gamble.
You've played Unmatched competitively, do players ever resign like they do in chess?
Yeah I've seen a couple great players essentially resign. No like official statements or anything, but they just don't really play competitive anymore for various reasons.
@@zeroskatr12 Oh interesting. I meant more along the lines of quitting before a match is over because you can tell you have no chance of winning...but Unmatched retirements? Wow.
@Indubitably14 oh I see what you mean. But no not usually. I've seen it just a couple times. It's usually frowned upon for some reason.
I see you with the Path of Radiance OST 🔥🔥🔥
Path of Radiance is the best Fire Emblem! Well, maybe Radiant Dawn surpasses it. Not too sure haha.
@@zeroskatr12 Yessir 👍. Path of Radiance is probably more solid in design but Radiant Dawn is my personal favorite. It has higher highs for me.
@foxygramps1207 I think I might agree with this exactly. I just remember the hype of seeing Ike back in action. I actually JUST finished playing through PoR with my GF a couple months ago and we plan to start up RD soon 😁
@@zeroskatr12Noice. I just replayed the two of them back around November and they still hold up. Funny enough Radiant Dawn was my first FE when it came out so I knew I had to go back when I realized it was a sequel.
Genie seems increadibly fun. Shame the game is just now coming to my country so I will probably have to wait quite some time for him. Good video as always.
Thank you! What country are you in? I hope you don't have to wait too long! Because Genie is incredibly fun 😁
@@zeroskatr12 I'm in Brazil. Last year there was a crowdfunding campaign to bring translated Unmatched to here and I backed it but due to COVID the ship with the already printed translated version has only being able do leave China now and the game will only arrive by the end of the month. We will be getting every PD set except for BOL vol 2 and the Houdini Genie set. Excited to get my hand into the game but I can wait a bit longer 😄
Petition to get Bigfoot in one of these
Would love to get Bigfoot in! He's one of my favorites. Gotta join the Patreon and get your vote in! Nobody has been proposing Bigfoot matchups :(
Medusa being our first duplicate fighter in MotM! To no one's surprise.....
Haha i think it's because people always wonder how the new fighters do against the top tiers from the past. Everyone likes to see them taken down!
@@zeroskatr12 All too true. I've heard rumblings about Squirrel Girl might be Sherlock's bane, for that reason. Medusa feels like she's perpetually on top though. She has matchups ranging from ideal to equal, but hardly any where she's actually at a disadvantage the whole time.
@ClawsAndTeeth yep I do agree that Medusa doesn't have as many weaknesses as Sherlock does. And I have seen Squirrel Girl beat Sherlock. We will see if that's consistent at all.
Genie is incredibly difficult to play properly due to how little damage he actually has in his deck
For sure. It's all about timing so you can get undefended hits.
@@zeroskatr12 can't wait to explore him a bit more off-ladder. He seems like has such an incredibly powerful deck, yet unbelievably well-balanced with very noticable downsides
Your actually wrong about "this is no parlor trick" momentous shift won't be 5 because no matter what the value is the card is going to be the boost value. Even if there card affect increases THE VALUE
No because shift changes it's value to 5 after the parlor trick changes it to it's boost value since defender resolves first.
@@zeroskatr12 if thats the case.... parlor trick being 1 value makes its a dead card... because it really doesn't have much use and makes him so much weaker when dealing with high damage people when he has low defenses and attacks.... i see it as a perm change that couldn't be undone
@Liquidbleugraphics I really wish it was a permanent change effect, but yeah the card is pretty bad. Best used to trigger your ability in my opinion.
@@zeroskatr12 thats not a viable purpose for the card.... because if I draw it and need to defend myself ..... how is a 1 defense that has no effect on boost and addon value ..... that unreasonable
@Liquidbleugraphics yeah it's bad haha I'm not arguing that. It can be good against certain cards like Commanding Impact and Sweet Christmas. But it's always so risky to play.
w8t. What have you said about viewers, JOHN ?!
I don't know, what did I say? 😅
@@zeroskatr12 I am watching you 😠
@@front_ed169 haha I am confused
@@zeroskatr12 To quote you "Who cares what the viewers think, aren't they just a bunch of crazies." I'm offended beyond comprehension, but I guess I'll take the ping damage.
@bamiballetje hahaha oh yeah. Well to be fair the viewers want me to play Deadpool so... 😂
Hey this one seems familiar...
Yep and I had recorded this before my WoC match. Which is why I wasn't too worried about that matchup going into it on my advantage 😄
@@zeroskatr12 Wait, WoC has already started?
@antonioterraparreiras192 yes! We are just over 2 weeks into pools. I've already finished mine but we have about a week and a half left of those matches before starting the elimination bracket.
@@zeroskatr12 Nice! Do you know if there is a way I can watch it? Can't find the matches on Twitch.
@@antonioterraparreiras192 Yep they are on Twitch! I have a playlist on my channel for WoC 2023. All the match VODS are under there :)
www.twitch.tv/zeroskatr12/videos
I think that Genie needs a buff.
It would certainly be nice, as I'm a huge Genie fan. But if he can stand up to Medusa (one of the best characters in the game) then he really isn't struggling too much 😂
@@zeroskatr12 A slight buff, only. Medusa needs a nerf, because she is damn near invincible.
There's technicalities you need to understand with the genie he is a advanced hero to play
@@Liquidbleugraphics So, is like Bloody Mary, right?
@@LordofdeLoquendo i used someones buffs for bloody mary she isn't that viable as is. thres a whole list of buffs and nerfs this guy made and tested to balance out a bunch of the heroes including sherlock and medusa and king arthur and muldoon its really good and has made it much better to play for my group
Канеш очень убого сделана игра в стиме. Самому нужно карты перетаскивать, уродливый голый белый фон позади... Видать только хартстоун в этом плане 10 на 10