BreakPoint’s Kolos Komplex

Small Talk

I would just like to share a little observation I found over the whole time I’ve been playing UR. A few months after the release of Kolos, players have already accepted that Kolos is not that “imbalanced”, although it has the ability to 1HKO any unprepared player. With the standard build of most decks of placing Reducers and Stoppers (SOA and SOBs), players seem to have developed a mentality, or a style of play, when using Kolos.

I call it the Kolos Komplex.

The regular mentality of a Kolos player works this way:

If the player’s opponent has reducers and SOAs, the Kolos player will have the mentality to “fish out” the reducers and SOAs in order to get their Kolos through.

Example:
Player A has Kolos, Glorg, Dahlia and Tyd.
Player B has Ottavia, Prince Jr, Zatman and Jackie

Round 1
Player A plays first by choosing Dalhia with only 1 (default) pill.
Player B reacts by choosing Jackie with more than 1 pill. Jackie wins.

Round 2
Player B chooses Ottavia with a few pills (thinking that Player A will use >2 pillz on Kolos)
Player A chooses Tyd with 1 (default) pill again. Ottavia *could* win.

Now player B has no more cards to stop Kolos from doing a 1HKO. Player A wins.
However, in a Kolos Komplex, this is what happens:

If the player’s opponent has NO reducers and SOAs, the Kolos player will have the mentality to “pill out” the opponent by using Kolos (with 1 default pill) on the first possible turn hoping that the opponent will use most, if not all, of his pills to stop Kolos. This will then allow the Kolos player to play around the mistake made by the opponent.

Example:
Player A has Kolos, Glorg, Dahlia and Tyd.
Player B has Mona, Prince Jr, Zatman and Dorian

Player A plays first by choosing Kolos with 1 (default) pill.
Player B reacts by using Mona/Zatman or even Dorian with more than 6 pillz (in random) or almost all pillz (in no-random) thinking that Player A will go all-in.

Player B wins the round but is left with a few pillz, and ultimately, loses the match.

I’m not saying that Kolos Komplex is 100% present in all Kolos users, but this type of play is very prevalent (and seems to be popular) in the game. Again, this is based on months of observation while playing in TQs. If you have opinions or thought regarding this topic or any topics I have discussed so far, feel free to comment on any of the message boards available in this site or in the Urban Rivals site.

–Breakpoint