Have You Tried Turning it Off and Turning It On Again?

Tr33beard 248

This is the build that I've come up with so far for Replicating Perfection with IT Department. It's running slightly more ETR ice than I'm used to seeing in RP as I need to get IT Department protected and running. Once that happens, the trouble starts as the Runner has to deal with RP shenanigans as well as Ice that explodes with strength.

I generally try to setup at least a slight tax on R&D and HQ before dropping IT Department, but if you see your window to get the first 6 counters on there, you take it, as the rest of the game starts to fall into place after that. It can also be a hard start until you've got money to rez both Ice on centrals as well as Ice protecting IT Department. Icewise, I'm running Ashigaru to try to clear out as many D4VID counters as possible. I'm also running the swap of Markus 1.0 for Eli 1.0 which I've liked so far. It's nice to be able to use him for protection as well as to give a central some teeth.

I can imagine that D4VID/E3 Quetzal will be the worst matchup for this deck and a quickly setup Stealth rig has proved to be troublesome. Noise can be a problem, as I can be slow to start up but I've still managed to get a couple wins out off him. So far, the biggest issue I've had is with an Overmind/Grappling Hook/E3 Feedback Kate deck, and honestly it was such an off the wall deck that I think it deserves a good matchup. All in all, this is an absolute grinder of a deck, and many runners don't have the tools to stop it once it takes off.

3 comments
28 Dec 2014 jeibel

This is going to be the end of Netrunner as a fun interactive game i'm afraid.

29 Dec 2014 TonyStellato

I never really thought of Guard in the build, but other than that, it seems like a very similar deck to mine, adjusted for the meta. I like it, I really do want to put a Komainu in there.

But moreso I want to hear what you have to say about Guard. Does it pull its own weight? I might consider it in my build if it works. Smart thinking, man

29 Dec 2014 Tr33beard

So far I've liked the Guard addition. It lets me safely start setting up the IT Department against Criminal with 1 Ice which gives the deck a little more speed which it definitely needs at times.