Brawler Jenny

I really like this approach. After playing with Ashcan and Duke lately, I’ve realized how important easy damage can be.

What are some of your ideas for spending experience with this deck @jmmeye3? I was thinking about at least taking the new Hard knocks for cheaper play. Is it worth it for the cheaper Leo?

Your math is super off. Why did you double the resources required to play Jenny's Twin .45s? And why didn't you count Knuckleduster + Hard Knocks as cards and actions? Here's the true math:

Jenny's Twin .45s: X resources + one card + one action + y actions --> y attacks with +2 combat strength and +1 damage, up to a maximum of X times.

Knuckleduster + Hard Knocks: XX resources + 4 + two cards + two actions + y actions --> y actions with +2 combat strength and +1 damage, for which the enemy gains retaliate.

If used once, Jenny's Twin .45s costs you 2 actions and 1 resource, granting you a single attack with +2 strength and +1 damage. If used once, Knuckleduster and Hard Knocks costs 3 actions, and 6 resources, granting you a single attack with +2 strength and +1 damage. Used twice, Jenny's Twin .45s is 3 actions and 2 resources. Knuckleduster and Hard Knocks used twice is 4 actions and 8 resources. Three times, Jenny's Twin .45s is 4 actions and 3 resources, while the two card combo is 5 actions and 10 resources.

I'm super confused. Could you please explain yourself?

@BroodyGambit: I'm not sure yet because I need to see how the deck performs but I'm thinking Bulletproof Vest, Emergency Cache would be good because they can be fetched by Backpack. Ace in the Hole and The Gold Pocket Watch are great if you have a "full rig" and just need more swings at the enemy. I will try to post some thoughts after I test this out.

@JelleeCat: Thanks for your post, I corrected the error in the original post. The concept behind my post is that in comparison to Knuckleduster, other weapons often only add a (sometimes temporary) combat bonus that may not be worth the card slot if you are planning to lean on Hard Knocks and Knuckleduster. Here are a few examples assuming that Knuckleduster and Hard Knocks are already in play and you are considering playing another weapon:

1. .45 Automatic = 1 card, 1 action to play it, 4 resources for +1 combat strength x 4 attacks (4 resources, 1 card and 5 actions total, versus 4 resources and 4 actions for the same attacks from knuckleduster and hard knocks).
2. .41 Derringer = 1 card, 1 action to play it, 3 resources for +2 combat strength x 3 attacks (3 resources, 1 card and 4 actions total, versus 6 resources and 3 actions for the same attacks from knuckleduster and hard knocks). So this would save you a few resources, but only if you only need 1 damage each time!

You could ask "what if you didn't have the knuckleduster and hard knocks in play already?" To compare, let's assume you replace the .45 Automatic with another one when it's out of ammo to see what the ongoing cost would be for attacks at 1 combat, +1 damage.

.45 Automatic 1st attack - 1 card, 2 actions (one to play), 4 resources 2nd attack - 1 card, 3 actions, 4 resources 3rd attack - 1 card, 4 actions, 4 resources 4th attack - 1 card, 5 actions, 4 resources 5th attack - 2 cards, 7 actions, 8 resources 6th attack - 2 cards, 8 actions, 8 resources 7th attack - 2 cards, 9 actions, 8 resources 8th attack - 2 cards, 10 actions, 8 resources 9th attack - 3 cards, 12 actions, 12 resources 10th attack - 3 cards, 13 actions, 12 resources

Knuckleduster and Hard Knocks 1st attack - 2 cards, 3 actions, 5 resources 2nd attack - 2 cards, 4 actions, 6 resources 3rd attack - 2 cards, 5 actions, 7 resources 4th attack - 2 cards, 6 actions, 8 resources 5th attack - 2 cards, 7 actions, 9 resources 6th attack - 2 cards, 8 actions, 10 resources 7th attack - 2 cards, 9 actions, 11 resources 8th attack - 2 cards, 10 actions, 12 resources 9th attack - 2 cards, 11 actions, 13 resources 10th attack - 2 cards, 12 actions, 14 resources

From this you can see that the .45 Automatic does not save you much over the long term, even when compared head to head with total costs of Knuckleduster and Hard Knocks. Of course, you are unlikely to have an unlimited supply of guns as well, and Knuckleduster is always better than an empty firearm. The retaliate effect could be problematic, so I have to see how that plays out, but it is potentially less dangerous than Machete's limitation which can make you weaker when you need to kill multiple engaged enemies.

Wow that text all jumbled together, sorry.