Strategy: The ultimate decay counter (in General)

This thread isn't a complaint about a game mechanic, but more of a what my next steps should be.

My growth rate is better, as I have clawed out of that terrible 10-20% max bonus range and am seeing some nice bonuses now. However, I am being held back from a full fightlist of 100% due to a few of the targets I was after using a TSA.

I wanted to try a team built around a lot of small damage and a large decay/GA. It is pretty fun so far, but I have run into this wall. Some fights I get stalemates since my decay will only match the regen of the TSA since it is applied when the round is done. Its funny that for 35 rounds the fight log is pretty much the same and I have done in the neighbourhood of 25 mil damage :)

Next Steps? There are a good 4 targets I can't beat that would give me 100% bonus for the next 2 whacky exp times and I so desperately want them on my fightlist :)

The only thing I can think of is dropping my SG for another decay, but I don't want to lose that much HP if I run into a decent sized AMF. Thoughts?

Changing minion order doesn't help...I still get 35 rounds of this lol T_T


Consequences chopped Meaty [10327]
Consequences draws strength from his weapon! [2065]
Consequences sliced into Meaty [11025]
Consequences draws strength from his weapon! [2205]
Unforseen Consequences carved into Meaty [14778]
Unforseen Consequences draws strength from his weapon! [2955]

Anti-Mass Spectrometer's Decay hit Meaty [23]

Meaty regenerated 34,906 HP

Unforseen Consequences chopped Meaty [16051]
Unforseen Consequences draws strength from his weapon! [3210]
Unforseen Consequences chopped Meaty [16536]
Unforseen Consequences draws strength from his weapon! [3307]
Anti-Mass Spectrometer's Decay hit Meaty [1,171]

Meaty regenerated 34,906 HP

Boooo, Decay always fires last even with your melee minions in front of him? =[

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thats weird because i just moved my decay minion to the back and he casted last rather than first in melee.

and this is the true counter to a decay mage

PM takes damage from his own Decay (3)!
PM Decay hit Gordan Freeman [43,339]
Gordan Freeman's Guardian Angel smote PM (25,362)

Novice just ran an awesome single minion Robf decay strategy in the previous tourney. You might want to talk with him about it.

It does change the cast order but doesn't seem to make a big difference in the fights since he ends up dieing too early to do anything. No AoF on him for a nice HP boost :P

Well, if your melee minions attack before your Decay hits, there is less HP for the Decay minion to remove. It is better to have the melee minion hitting after the Decay. Then you can increase your melee damage to tip over the regen amount as needed

What annoyed me was the decay hitting after my RoBF... Oh and TSA wearers hiding in death from the decay...

PL + TSA really does butcher decay. Giving me second thoughts about everything :)

haha so now the melee goes before the decay since he has more HP and I still get 35 round of T_T

Unforseen Consequences scratched Sloth [10579]
Greed absorbs damage [10,579]
Unforseen Consequences scratched Sloth [9905]
Greed absorbs damage [9,905]
Unforseen Consequences glanced off of Sloth [10209]
Greed absorbs damage [10,209]
Anti-Mass Spectrometer takes damage from his own Decay (253)!
Anti-Mass Spectrometer's Decay hit Greed [17,789]

Greed regenerated 37,978 HP

Unforseen Consequences glanced off of Sloth [10775]
Greed absorbs damage [10,775]
Unforseen Consequences scratched Sloth [11973]
Greed absorbs damage [11,973]
Anti-Mass Spectrometer takes damage from his own Decay (226)!
Anti-Mass Spectrometer's Decay hit Greed [17,721]

Greed regenerated 37,978 HP

Unforseen Consequences scratched Sloth [7174]
Greed absorbs damage [7,174]
Unforseen Consequences scratched Sloth [12136]
Greed absorbs damage [12,136]
Anti-Mass Spectrometer takes damage from his own Decay (203)!
Anti-Mass Spectrometer's Decay hit Greed [18,411]

Greed regenerated 37,978 HP