Why do people take true grit?

[Guffmaw]

I dunno if im missing something but 9 block seems very bad considering it removes one of your cards at random for the rest of combat?

[Zales]

True Grit usefulness not only in thining your deck but also in removing trouble card (status, curse) for you too, some mob, elite or boss have them and True Grit really help you to not trouble by those thing in a long fight

[Direbear]

The most annoying thing here that Ironclad is very focused on exhausting. And I expect that True Grit (not Shrug it off) should be core block card. But situation is reverse. I can think that it's just me. But I watched a lot of streamers and most of them react like this: "Shrug it off? Sure! Why not?" But True Grit do not recieve same love.

[kebabsoup]

Sure Shug it off is really good, it's a good block card that doesn't take away any of your card pulling power. But True Grit is more useful on a meta level.

Discounting the fact that you can use True Grit to refine your deck down to the perfect deck during combat, especially in longer fights such as bosses and elites, True Grit also allows you to play more risky with events and relics that give you curses. With Ironclad and True Grit, I usually pick up cursed key when I find it and open up chests anyway. Especially if I have good card pulling capabilities in my deck. Something I wouldn't necessarely do as the Silent! (with one exception, if you have a really strong discard deck)

Of couse True Grit is one of those cards that need to be upgraded to be really worth their weight in a deck. So yeah check your map and your deck and figure out if and when you can afford to upgrade it. If you have more urgent things to upgrade and next camp is far, then maybe skip it.

And yeah less streamers use True Grit but in this specific case I can assure you that just means it's underrated, it doesn't mean it isn't good.

[Answulf]

Shrug it Off vs. True Grit isn't an apples-to-apples comparison.

Main advanatages of True Grit over Shrug it Off:

1.) Improves the quality of your deck on the fly by culling the weakest cards against that specific monster,
2.) Removes negative cards so that they won't affect you or clog up your hand,
3.) Exhaust synergy.

I think that in most cases, those advantages are worth 1 block less. Both cards are great for slightly different reasons.

I think without an upgrade Shrug it Off is stronger overall, but with an upgrade True Grit is the stronger of the two cards. I never upgrade Shrug it Off on purpose, but I make upgrading True Grit a high priority.

Depends on my deck of course, but I usually take 2-3 Shrug it Offs and 1 True Grit. I might take a second pre-upgraded True Grit late in the run if I don't have any other exhaust cards, like Immolate, for example.

[robofish126]

Exhaust-Other effects have three core uses:

A: The various Exhaust deck archetypes, that tend to burn or play the whole deck.
B: Removing status cards that are clogging your deck.
C: Tuning your deck on an encounter by encounter basis.

True Grit, due to only Exhausting 1 card, is mostly oriented towards C.

[DaviddesJ]

Автор сообщения: Grohuf

You have in your hand unpgraded "Shrug it off" and upgraded "Defend". Which card will you play? Question is very simple. If I need to draw a card than I will play Shrug it off. Otherwise it's better to play Defend to avoid getting good card in your hand (and discard immediately).

In my opinion you're just playing badly if this is your approach.

If you build your deck so that you aren't so dependent on reaching or skipping one particular card, you'll do better.

[Stevie Nyx]

True grit is easily the top 3 strongest common card in the game for ironclad and probably top 15 strongest cards even when comparing it to rares. Obviously, it requires immediate upgrading.

Thinning the deck is probably the most reliable way to win. Not only does it cost gold at a shop, but it costs a move/turn to go to a shop just to remove one card.

True grit can remove all strikes/defends (crap cards). Can remove wounds from enemy, power through, wild strike, etc. Can remove curses, or anything your deck does not need as the fight goes on, which is most cards. Combos very well with feel no pain (15 block, 1 energy). Combos very well with rampage or limit break (very strong cards to play every turn and sometimes twice).

No matter what type of deck I am building, at least one true grit makes the cut, though in most cases I take two.

[dkj]

The extra advantages of upgraded True Grit can become more obvious if you also find a Battle Trance

[Sarah Walker]

Автор сообщения: DaviddesJ

Автор сообщения: Grohuf

You have in your hand unpgraded "Shrug it off" and upgraded "Defend". Which card will you play? Question is very simple. If I need to draw a card than I will play Shrug it off. Otherwise it's better to play Defend to avoid getting good card in your hand (and discard immediately).

In my opinion you're just playing badly if this is your approach.

If you build your deck so that you aren't so dependent on reaching or skipping one particular card, you'll do better.

Lol this guy. There isn't just one way to play, also Grohuf isn't talking about being dependent on reaching one card here. Nobody really does that, but there are always cards in your deck that are 'better' or more pivotal to the situation, and in that way Shrug It Off is a quicker and lower risk way to play towards that.

True Grit can be detrimental in some situations where you need the block and have to exhaust one of your 'good' cards. Do that a few turns and you might find yourself running out of options and having a hand full of Strikes.

In my opinion, you should try to understand a different viewpoint of the game, you'll do better.

[MechaTails]

Автор сообщения: Guffmaw

Who knew a simple question could cause so much drama.

The problem is how judgemental everyone is of people who enjoy things differently. I don't understand why people have to take a sh*t on anything they don't agree with. This doesn't happen in face-to-face discussions at card shops, for example. Sure, players argue over what deck is the "best", but they don't start calling each other trash and stupid and whatever. Soon as that happens, nerd rage is going to kick in and someone is getting stabbed in the neck with a pencil.

Grab a yogurt and chill, everybody. rofl

[Dyer1981]

Автор сообщения: MechaTails

Автор сообщения: Guffmaw

Who knew a simple question could cause so much drama.

The problem is how judgemental everyone is of people who enjoy things differently. I don't understand why people have to take a sh*t on anything they don't agree with. This doesn't happen in face-to-face discussions at card shops, for example. Sure, players argue over what deck is the "best", but they don't start calling each other trash and stupid and whatever. Soon as that happens, nerd rage is going to kick in and someone is getting stabbed in the neck with a pencil.

Grab a yogurt and chill, everybody. rofl

Its because anonymity makes humans jerks.

[Xiarn]

Zombie thread, zombie thread, should be dead.