Question about Wyrm Icebreaker

By CrimsonBlazer, in Android: Netrunner Deck Building

Hey all,

Just wondering if you could help clarify something for me. I am just looking through my collection of new (and older core) cards while trying my hand at deck building, and have become a little confused with how Wyrm works. It is to my understanding that an icebreaker needs to equal the strength of the piece of ICE it is trying to interact with in order to interact with it. So for example: say you run into a piece of ICE with a strength of 3. In order for Wyrm to be able to use its ability of paying 1 credit to lower the ICE strength by 1, does it first have to buff itself to a strength of 3?

Thank you all in advance!

Edited by CrimsonBlazer

Yes it does. It makes using Wyrm by itself woefully inefficient.

However. Consider it in combination with the following cards:

Datasucker

Parasite

Mimic

Yog.0

Morning Star

Awesome! Thank you for the clarification! Will greatly help with my choices in future building!