I've been playing around with Scott Mence's character card recently and came upon a discovery. It kicks ass. I orignally disliked his card because sharing 2 symbols with Olexa it seemed like a crappier version of him. Recently however void has started to shine in ways it never has before and mence has something too him that no other 7HS character on the symbol can claim, MOMENTUM GENERATION!

I think everyone originally looked at the first ability (CCHax) and saw that it wasent quite as good as olexa and dismissed mence, but having an E ability that is playable on any attack that always has a positive effect for you (momentum or card pool clogging) is massive. I recently built a void aggro deck with him and im extatic at how good it wound up being. I recomend anyone who hasent tried this character out for some time to go back and try him out again.

Protoaddict said:

**** you Fred. ::Shakes fist:: There you go spoiling my Void deck for February.

Yeah, I remember looking at Void characters and thinking, "This guy could be good, too bad I don't have one"

He has some nice synergy with the stuff that works based on the number of cards in each player's pool (Top Turnbuckle + his ability + Lunar Slash = lols all around], and with Void's (to me) rather suprising amount of draw tech, he could definitely go places. Places like the mail, addressed to my house. Hint hint.

Wafflecopter said:

I don't have any copies of him either.

Scott Mence having the only momentum generation for Void is what made me test him out for block 2 when that was still around. We had a local player test it out with Seichu punches and stuffs, but it never really came out to be tier material, so we dropped the deck and went on to find other uses.

But yeah, now Scott Mence can probably do some nasty things. After all, Void did recieve quite a lot of stuff with the Jitvatma support...

Wafflecopter said:

Contact Scott Mence. He was really reasonable and easy to deal with.

Shaneth said:

white gi.

trane said:

White Gi is also super rare. And not all that awesome.

Homme Chapeau said:

White Gi is easier to get than scot mence. also shaneth said scot mence was the only momentum gen for void, both white gi, and aim higher (just remebered this card) are off void.

trane said:

True, but both need to be on the table for their effects to work. As opposed to Scott Mence, who starts there.

Homme Chapeau said:

i am just responding to the fact that shaneth said scott was void's only momentum gen. i just don't like it when people miss state facts (even though i do it alot.)

Such a Popular Person also works.

Wafflecopter said:

i forgot that.

Shaneth said:

Edited for clarity. Also worth noting, Scott's momentum generation is based off a glowing pink hand of death for epic win.

Glad other people noticed the momentum gen thing. Mence + Kuzuryu Reppa + Spinning Beat = turn two full multiples, which is pretty good. Will give Mence a go in Void patch, if it works out, who knows, it might be worth thinking about as a fully constructed Spinning Beat deck as well.

The only big downer is if your opponents top card is a 6cc. You need a way of discarding/shuffling/cycling the opponents deck so your momentum gen isn't switched off for the rest of the turn. Card pool clogging is nice but won't help you fully multiple out Reppa's and Beats.

yeah, but thankfully in the void event you just need to watch out for Son of a Tycoon and Glare as far as 6-checks go. Unless someone's running starter deck Ryu Seichu deck, in which case they will have quite a few more 6 checks that aren't as good.

Hewittzil said:

both clarity and a sugestion about how to build scot mence.

Well Trane, I meant Scott Mence is the only card WORTHY of Void momentum generation. And yes, he does automatically start there. Very similar to why people choose Andrew Olexa for an Evil deck because he really is the only card WORTHY of Evil momentum generation.

i know. i just was trying to say that their are other momentum gen cards off. even though scot is the only char.

trane said:

Trane,

Just a suggestion - quite frequently your posts tend to cause confusion because of the minimalist answers you provide, and then people have to decipher what you're saying. I understand that you're trying to have fun, but could you possibly respect the rest of us that are trying to discuss cards and game tech, and perhaps expand your posts to maybe a few sentences to explain your thoughts?

~~~

On topic - Aside from the ideas that Scott's card presents, is anyone else getting a little excited about the void event? There is so many neat void interactions available because of all of the support void has received over the last few months, I'm actually more excited for Void, then I am for Air, and my Air event is tomorrow. (Crap I so have to get building.)

Nah Brian, Starter Akuma rocks the Void Event

yeah scott mence is pro. his first name is scott like mine. he is sick off void. it's crazy.

Shaneth said:

Chester and ze mill master Yun-Seong would like a word with you. RAWRMILL

On topic: I actually like the pool clogging ability more than the hax for Lord knows what reason. Might be because that particular ability constitutes three separate and useful effects combined, but Iunno =/

Slightly off-topic again: speaking of which, where IS Scott these days? Haven't seen him around in ages =/

trane said:

guitalex2008 said:

awesome card, sadly i have traded my only 2 away. if i can aquire more i will play them. unfortunetly that probably won't hapen seeing as we have sold out of warior's dream.

My thoughts on Guile's Comb...

Asset side:

Anyone E: Arguably worse than Aim High, [enhance during attack, if they decide in any way to screw with your block, you lose; however, can add to hand instead, and R's are easier to negate than E's] with HUGELY inferior stats [+1 diff, -2 CC (now takes an attack slot), better block]

Guile E: Lost Cathedral Ruin on antisteroids. Reliant on momentum generation, which either makes it overreliant on previous ability, or puts it in a deck with cards like Lord of Makai that render previous ability utterly irrelevant.

Attack side:

Janky at best. 4 diff for < 4 damage, with no effect and low speed.

tl;dr: Maybe would've been worth it with a 4cc, but as-is, it's terrible. Aim High + any 3cc attack is far, far better.