Can't Crack Stygian/Wurmkin Combo

[rumplstiltskin]

Overall, I don't find Wurmkin synergizes as well as the other clans, especially as a secondary, but I'm having particular difficulty with Stygian as the primary.

The most consistent advice I've seen is "just lean into your primary", but that doesn't sit well with me. Surely Wurmkin has its strengths as a secondary and I'm just overlooking them. I refuse to accept that the best way to use them is to... not.

Any advice?

[Limdood]

wurmkin has amazing strengths as a secondary. Bogfly egg can win runs on its own (get endless on it, multistrike or quick, a really solid infusion that buffs stats - kinhost carapace infusion is nuts - and you're golden). Wurmkin has some of the best scaling cards as well, with extract 1, +10 hp, and extract 2, +15 attack. You can use the former to boost Coldchannel Solgard's (or titan sentry's) survivability and damage, and the latter to boost your sweepers. Wurmkin also has the consume recycling aspect if you want to go spell-heavy, though that might be rougher on Cov25.

Wurmkin's strategies are often at odds with each other (reap/extract/eggs all compete for the same resources) but are each VERY powerful if you lean into one heavily.

[Happiness Officer]

Yeah, I can see the conflict. The Stygian love playing cards... the Wurmkin love to consume them. Both like things played on their floor, but neither have reliable means of cramming more units onto said floor.

So, further to Limdood's point above, your best bet is probably leveraging getting lots of echoes. If you lean onto the Stygian spell-heavy play, that opens the door for you getting lots and lots of cards played, which equals lots of echoes. This means you can either get a good egg play or make heavy use of 'Extract' cards, where most of the lower-level ones are free (which will only add to your spell-heavy play).

[Limdood]

I agree....consume is probably a bit too hit or miss with Stygian/Wurmkin....Maybe Exiled champ Wurmkin/Stygian, but you're probably going to want to be using Solgard, unless you think you can keep the channeler Tethys going. In either case, (solgard or reduced-cost tethys) you want to go spell heavy, get costs reduced, lean into spellchain (free card casts each turn) and hope you snag an egg or plenty of extract.

I'd probably go with exiled wurmkin, since without reliable healing and limited +armor/+hp available, you'll want to be able to snipe some of those backrow heavy hitters before they attack. It also conflicts with eggs and extract less than reap.

You also have the option of snagging a Titan Sentry and getting endless on it, toss it on the bottom floor and set the rest of your stuff up on the mid or top floor. Just keep in mind that you won't want to throw too many spells on that setup's bottom floor, or risk missing out on incant/inspire triggers higher up.

[Nightmyre]

Stygian/Wyrmkin is one of the strongest combos, IMO. They just put out ridiculous damage with their spells. Wyrmkin has the strongest and cheapest nuke spell in the game, with 50 damage for free and also boosted by spell damage. You can easily make it a 250 damage nuke, or put piercing on it instead.

[Ultradad]

It's one of the strongest combos IMO. Inspire and incant are very similar mechanics.... Something like a keeper of echoes with either Siren on the same floor is incredibly strong. Inspire and incant builds basically want to do the same thing - play a ton of cards on a single floor with inspire/incant units. I've had Cov 25 wins where I basically just fill my deck with infused cards that I can play consistently on any floor. What those cards are doesn't even matter that much sometimes - just want them low or zero cost and infused. Keeper of echoes in particular is super strong because his inspire effect is floor wide (siren of the Sea makes a very good infusion - the armor totem is another good infusion)