Old Yorick Shot Guns

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trepicado · 132

Old Yorick Shot Guns

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Credit: Jake Murray & Duallbrush


Introduction

Yorick took a sharp turn in his career and now makes a living unburying old guns, tools, and occasionally some demons.

I wanted to make a deck that was able to consistently setup and sustain Old Shotgun with ease to show how powerful the weapon truly is.


Table of Contents:
  • Overview

  • Main Strategy

  • Upgrade Path

  • Make Your Own Deck!


Overview:
 
Difficulty: ★★★★☆
Enemy Management: ★★★★★
Clue-getting: ☆☆☆☆☆
Encounter protection: ★☆☆☆☆
Survivability: ★★★☆☆
Economy: ★★★★★
Card Drawing: ★★☆☆☆

Main Strategy:

The main strategy of this deck is to use ALMOST EVERY event in the deck and Yorick's ability to put the Old Shotgun in play with ammo. When that fails, you can always trust Cleaning Kit, Emergency Cache recharging the Cleaning Kit or .18 Derringer to cover for you until you can do that.

What do I mean by using ALMOST EVERY event in the deck (except Bury Them Deep) to put Old Shotgun in play with Ammo? Other than the obvious ones (Salvage (2) and Prepared for the Worst (2)), there is another way.

If you can kill an enemy while playing an event, you can use Yorick's ability to recycle Old Shotgun WITH AMMO from the discard pile. We have a few ways to do that:

So, to recap, the ways to get ammo for the Old Shotgun are:

Well, that was a lot. Other than that, you also need to setup so that "Devil" can stay at 1hp and always be ready to blow up when attacked. To do that, you should:

  • Get 2 physical traumas with ITTOI so you can start with 2 damages taken.
  • Play Jessica Hyde to soak any excess damage (if you don't soak them, "Devil" will blow up on its own).

The other cards are here to fill a certain necessity of this deck. Old Shotgun NEEDS high combat tests to deal consistent damage. For that we use Wolf Mask, an ally that grants a combat boost (Jessica Hyde or Beat Cop) and the skill cards.

Cherished Keepsake is a real fighter here. It serves two purposes: as the only horror soak and as a cheap way to discard a Cleaning Kit in play for future recycling.


Pros and Cons:

Pros:

  • Really high damage output (consistently fighting for 3+ damage per action)
  • Extremely fun if you like thinking ahead and planning how you are going to use every card in hand.
  • Almost every card in the deck costs 0 (12 out of 22, or 20 out of 30 if you count skills).
  • You can fight enemies engaged with allies without worrying about hitting your allies (unless you draw an Auto-Fail)

Cons

  • Weirdly fragile for Yorick
  • You can sometimes damage your allies with the "Devil"
  • "Devil" requires that you have Jessica Hyde in play (to soak excess damage) to avoid it blowing up on its own.

Upgrade Path:

Link to the 0xp deck


 Cost  Total
Core deck: 0 XP
   Machete  →  Old Shotgun •• 2 XP 2 XP
   Unexpected Courage  →  "Devil" •• 2 XP 4 XP
   Unexpected Courage  →  "Devil" •• 2 XP 6 XP
    +  Charisma ••• 3 XP 9 XP
   Beat Cop  →  Jessica Hyde 1 XP 10 XP
 
Main Upgrades: 10 XP
   Prepared for the Worst    Prepared for the Worst •• 2 XP 12 XP
   Prepared for the Worst    Prepared for the Worst •• 2 XP 14 XP
   Pushed to the Limit  →  Salvage •• 2 XP 16 XP
   Pushed to the Limit  →  Salvage •• 2 XP 18 XP
   Emergency Cache    Emergency Cache ••• 3 XP 21 XP
   Emergency Cache    Emergency Cache ••• 3 XP 24 XP
   .18 Derringer    .18 Derringer •• 2 XP 26 XP
   .18 Derringer    .18 Derringer •• 2 XP 28 XP
 
Luxury Upgrades: 28 XP
   Vicious Blow    Vicious Blow •• 2 XP 30 XP
   Vicious Blow    Vicious Blow •• 2 XP 32 XP
   Overpower    Overpower •• 2 XP 34 XP
   Overpower    Overpower •• 2 XP 36 XP
   Cherished Keepsake  →  Precious Memento •••• 4 XP 40 XP

(View at arkham-starter.com)


Make You Own Deck!

Yes! They function very differently from one another, and you should definitely choose based on your style. Devil has a waaay higher damage ceiling (if you consider "Dynamite-like" plays) but requires a weird setup that might not be for everybody. Beat cop is a lot more direct but requires you to leave the enemy at 1hp prior to the event, which can be challenging and will certainly lead to sub-optimal plays.

I think the same comment above regarding Beat Cop (2) also applies to Guard dogs. BUT, things are different if we consider both of them together! I think they fit each other really well and allow you to activate them to kill a 2hp enemy while playing an event, which put them at the same level as the "Devil" play. So, if you want a more explosive, high-risk, high-reward, and clunky playstyle, you should go with "Devil" + Jessica; if you want a more safe, flexible, and consistent playstyle, you should definitely go with Guard Dog(0/2) + Beat Cop (2).

It is a great card for this deck and will increase your survivability by a lot, but you will have to cut consistency for it, events or skills, it is up to you.

I don't recommend it, Old Shotgun really needs extra skill icons to function well, which long shot don't provide.

I had a weird experience with it. It was a reliable safety net when everything fails, but the shuffle effect counters Yorick's ability.

I haven't tested it, but it seems to fit weirdly in the deck. She is technically a damage soak but you can't ditch Jessica Hyde or Beat Cop (2) for her since the Old shotgun relies heavily in any Combat boots you can provide.

Another card that I haven't tested, but this time it is definitely useful. If I would use it, I would definitely replace Overpower for it.


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10 comments

Nov 26, 2024 Son_of_Gothos · 96

I like the idea of this deck. Seems fun to play. I've never thought of such synergies with Old Shotgun. I would add at least one Hunting Jacket, it's one of the better cards you can add to Yorick. However, looking only at performance, since your deck focuses only on fighting and there exists such weapons as Cyclopean Hammer, I think you can always create a better "fighter only" guardian for the same amount of xp. But I get it, it can be boring

Nov 27, 2024 trepicado · 132

@Son_of_Gothos I really like using 1 copy of Hunting Jacket (2) as an extra soaking target, but I don't think its ability is in any way useful to this deck (unless I'm missing something), it doesn't need extra resources.

If I want more soaking, I would include a Precious Memento as mentioned or a Plucky (3).

Nov 27, 2024 RFreitas · 45

The idea of using AoO's as a way to get Old Shotgun in play with ammo blew my mind. I had never considered it!

Nov 30, 2024 StartWithTheName · 69030

Ive wanted Old Shotgun to works since it came out and never cracked it. The 2 xp always felt too high for a card you have to work for and i was focusing on Bob.

Absolutely loving the concept of this deck and its combos. I agree with RFreitas (ill spare you the @) that the AoO thing is a really nice spot. If going in on AoOs, Guard Dogs/Aquinnah (3) are always an option, or just Precious Memento early in place of Emergency Caches, but honestly these are just food for thought.

Great work mate

Nov 30, 2024 trepicado · 132

@StartWithTheName Thank you for your review. I completely forgot about guard dog, my bad, I will add a comment about it in the "Make your own deck" section.

Nov 30, 2024 Bez · 1

No worries at all @trepicado. I also somehow completely missed you mention of Aquinnah in the text! I think i just always pair the two up when talking about Yorik!

Dec 02, 2024 Julio_R · 602

I have tested this deck as the main fighter in Sed de Sangre (fanmade scenario from Los Archivos de Arkham) and it works incredibly well in scenarios with Aloof enemies. I've really enjoyed every Devil explotion. Good job.

Dec 02, 2024 trepicado · 132

@Julio_R Glad you liked it. This deck is able to pull some insane plays if you can setup correctly. It performed really well in Hemlock in my playthrough. The highlight was in the Longest Night scenario where it managed to setup 3 devil "location wipes" (3-4 enemies killed each time) and easily managed half the map alone (in a 4P campaign).

Dec 03, 2024 Valentin1331 · 68198

Amazing! Wini, Yorick and Preston are my favourite Old Shotgun users, and I will appreciate anyone who can make this weapon!

And that is a great idea to think about AoO, I didn't think about it, and since Yorick is tanky af, that's genius!

Dec 03, 2024 trepicado · 132

Thank you, @Valentin1331, I'm a big fan of your decks! Never imagined Preston as an Old Shotgun user.

I'll have to leave a disclaimer to anyone that tries this deck: Even though this is Yorick, this build is kinda fragile. If you're playing a hard campaign or can't rely that much on help from your allies, I would definitely cut some consistency for more horror soak (Charisma + x2 Peter Sylvestre (2) more than covers for it).