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You should hate too. (lemmy.likes.cat)
submitted 3 days ago by sag@lemm.ee to c/balatro@lemm.ee
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[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

it's basically for pivot builds, like when you go from straights to straight flushes; the problem is that it's only good in the middlegame , and needs to be found early, and needs to be replaced in the endgame.

so basically it sucks

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

I looked this one up online to figure out what strategy would even work with this joker and there really isn't one.

https://balatrogame.fandom.com/wiki/Obelisk_(Joker)

[-] palebluethought@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

It could kinda be viable if ties for most common hand worked in your favor, but they don't. The only way I can see getting any value out of it at all is if you go hard on a single hand build for the first half of the run, pick it up at the halfway point and abruptly pivot your whole strategy, I guess?

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Yeah, the wiki calls that out, but that puts a lot of risk on changing your strategy mid/late game.

[-] lolonaut@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago

In a run without discards, where you basically use High Card hands to discard cards, it can be pretty good..

[-] breckenedge@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yep. Worked well with the “gain 3 hands lose all discards” joker up to level 11 blinds

[-] jacksilver@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Oh, hadn't thought about that, or maybe just haven't played that deck enough.

[-] sag@lemm.ee 5 points 3 days ago

But ironically it helped me in my first Balatro wins but after that it never work for me.

this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2024
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