Zoetic Knowledge

Hoooboy. I considered not publishing this for a long time. It's a pretty unorthodox Zoey build, to be honest, and I wasn't sure I wanted to walk down every choice. With that said, I've got a few moments and unpacking this is useful practice.

This is built for three and four player games.

So, to start simply: Flamethrower isn't just the best guardian weapon, it's probably the only one other than machete that's truly good enough to play. It's really that simple. It's not overpowered, it's just finally good enough. It goes in to replace .45 Automatic, I think, though you could easily justify .32 Colt.

Premonition is very very good. It's actually honestly great. If you absolutely need to land a hit, it's the best way to do it, and with flamethrower running hot in our hands, we have more moments like that than any other Guardian.

Lucky Cigarette Case is surprisingly easy to trigger for Big Z.

Peter Sylvestre is simply too strong to not run. He solves deep issues for Zoey and allows her to play "forward" more than a guardian that doesn't have a reliable horror soak.

Custom Ammunition is really interesting on flamethrower. The bonus damage from it will trigger even if you flow one damage out of four onto a monster. Six shots is enough to clear most adventures completely, too.

Second Wind is astonishingly easy to trigger. In fact, you can bet pretty comfortably on triggering it productively any given turn.

Flashlight could be dropped for Evidence!, based on personal preference, or alternatively one of the upcoming guardian cards.

You might consider dropping Overpower for one of the upcoming guardian cards. In particular, a certain flatfoot might be good, but she's more contention for a very busy ally slot. Handcuffs is really good, definitely really good, and it's incredibly useful for managing cultists or other enemies that might gain doom. That said, it's a card you could swap out, especially if you feel the asset layout is too dense.

The cards that are Also Good Enough to run are: "Let me handle this!", Taunt, and Stick to the Plan.

Finally, a lot of choices here were driven by icons or costings, to help ensure that there was a steady cost curve. If you do make drops or subs, or when figuring out what to run while waiting to upgrade into flamethrower, bear that in mind.