(Nov. 01, 2021 10:44 PM)MagikHorse Wrote:(Nov. 01, 2021 8:59 PM)JCE_13 Wrote: Well, having one of a part is fine in a deck. Using any driver has a downside, being drift has a bad same spin side, bearing is easy to burst and, and so on. But having two means that you can eliminate that. In deck, you can constantly switch to opposite spin drift, and same spin bearing. So just the two of those should have only one version. I myself use drift as attack, not LAD. So I don't think we need to jump forward to banning it completely.
Drift's same-spin is underrated somewhat, and I have beaten even Bearing with it before... though some of that might be the fact that I was using Roar while they were using the more defensive Vanish. I seem to have a really good winrate with Roar Vs. Vanish to begin with so that helps immensely. It's still definitely not undefeatable in same-spin though, or in opposite spin either, and I feel like that's what people seem to fear the most. The same applies to Bearing too, people seem to live in fear of it and/or give it more credit than is due.
Still, it's very arguable about whether it's unfair at all, or whether people just need to get more creative when it comes to facing these sorts of decks. There is a point where skill can overcome even a poor matchup, and I feel like that is often ignored. Heck, I've said time and time again the story of how I beat opposite spin Drift using Orbit, a matchup that should be unwinnable. Is Drift really so bad if I can pull off that in first stage, unable to use a deck to find a better matchup?
I agree, but a double drift deck means you can constantly switch to opposite spin. It's not an unwinnable matchup, but it's not pretty. You have to be really good to overcome that, and most new players aren't. The concern is not for me, it just seems that it's a bit tricky, and I've had to use really funky strategies to win deck matches. I actually disagree with the fact that people live in fear of bearing, as I have had some very lucky wins with it. Most people I face think they will win with opposite spin drifts, even in prelims, 9/10 times they do not.
Again, I have had to switch to Drift as attack, and I use bearing as my same spin and LAD combo. I HIGHLY recommend this when or if facing Double drift decks. It's a solid strategy.