Right now, we are running our Freeplaytech Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to manufacture them. They come as a DIY kit that takes a little bit of effort to build, but the end result is well worth it. There’s even an option to have Retro Modding build the system for you.
Even if you don’t back our Kickstarter, please leave a comment over there saying that OneHitKO sent you. It’d be nice to hear from you after so long. Read More
Trouble With Robots is here!
I would VERY MUCH appreciate it if you would download it. I would LOVE if you would rate the game on iTunes App Store. I’d be ECSTATIC if you would share this elsewhere (with friends or on the internet).
Richard Garfield, Game Designer (Magic: The Gathering, King Of Tokyo) says,
“It is terrific to be able to play Trouble With Robots again – it is overdue for iOS. It surprised me that it still feels unlike anything else I have played, I would have expected some other game developers to use this obviously good game formula to make a bunch of exciting new games. I hope that it gets the success and attention it deserves – and inspires the new games which >I< deserve!"
You could describe the game as “Pokemon: Trading Card Game” meets “Plants Vs. Zombies,” because it’s a mix of CCG and real-time strategy action.
Here’s a video of me playing one of the more advanced levels.
Go to http://www.troublewithrobots.com/ to sign up for the iOS pre-release and news emailings.
If you don’t know me, I’m Ed. I started this site years ago, but I haven’t been playing much Pokemon lately. That’s because I’ve been hard at work bringing you a new gaming experience, and it’s very close to the public launch.
Trouble With Robots is a collectible card game that has real-time strategy battle elements. In the game, your troops battle against the oppressive robotic invasion, and you must collect cards, build decks, and play spells (the cards) to assist them in beating back the invaders.
Pokemon TCG players really seem to love this game, as the card collecting and deck building elements are already second-nature to us. Instead of typing a bunch of marketing speak, what I would like to do is invite you to play a free pre-release version of the game on your iPad/iPhone. I think that’s the best way to get the idea across. If you go over to http://www.troublewithrobots.com/ before the game is released, you can sign up for our mailing list. I have been personally going over these signups and adding them to our Apple test group invitation list, and, once added, you should receive an invitation email from Apple with instructions on how to get the game.
In addition to me wanting to share this opportunity with you, I am also in need of some help. Going into this, I was very optimistic, because I knew that we were working on such a great/fun game. What I didn’t anticipate was the difficulty in getting noticed. It doesn’t matter how great a game is unless it gets players. People must know about it before they can play it. Once they play it, I think they’ll enjoy it.
What I’m asking is for you to help spread the word. Could you please post a link on FaceBook, Twitter, Reddit, Google+, your personal blog, etc.? I would appreciate that so much! Here are some links you could use.
Leave a comment below, if you have any questions or thoughts!
Gameplay Footage
For those of you that want a little more information about how the game works, I have made a video of me playing the first couple levels of Trouble With Robots. Check that out here.
Hello, readers of One Hit KO! Today I’m going to decide to go on the budget challenge, as what Ed did. As I’m pretty sure I can’t accept donations, I want to somehow try it out. This time, you comment on what you want ME to run. Those cards can be any ten cards of your choice. Here are a couple rules to make it more interesting:
No EX Pokemon with over 130 HP.
This is probably the most important rule. Since I’d rather go with an actual challenge rather than storming with a
ridiculously overpowered deck, I’ll just go without the EX decks.
I will supply my own basic energies.
Simple. As I don’t want to be running a two energy deck, I’ll just do that.
Each card only counts as one.
ex: If you said you wanted me to play Colress Machine, it only counts as one. If you want me to run 2 or more of a card, that would count for your ten cards. ex: If you wanted me to play 4 Colress Machine, that is 6 cards left.
Now here’s a list of reminders!
-If you want me to run an evolution, remember to supply me with Rare Candy and/or the pre evolutions!
-You only have ten cards to choose from!
-If you want an interesting time, don’t give me ridiculously weak cards like Psyduck BCR (unless you want me to play Golduck)
-Remember that I’m taking it from YOUR cards that you “give” me. That means if your idea would be killed by Garbodor, I’d recommend to give me an extra Startling Megaphone, or you could be nice and “give” me a staple. So if I wasn’t given any Pokemon Catcher, I still couldn’t play it although it’s played in many decks.
Alright, that’s all. Have fun, everybody! Since I’m a chicken and I don’t want to play supporter-less, here is my list of ten cards:
Professor Juniper (4)
N (3)
Jirachi-EX (1)
Startling Megaphone (1)
Skyla (1)
NEXT TIME: A shocking collaboration!
Hello, everybody! I’m finally back with another article! The Pokemon Regionals are coming quick and you still have no idea what to play! No worries, the unorganized, unprepared, terrible senior with zero accomplishments will help you out today! Let me get straight in the article. (Side Note: I HATE most of these decks with a passion, but they are simple and easy! So!)
Yveltal/Garbodor
Why I chose this deck: I chose this because of how simple the deck is, how it would most likely not be teched against, and how it can easily fight Pyroar decks. Here is a quick list of what I would do for a Yveltal/Garbodor deck.
POKEMON-13
3 Yveltal EX (XY)
4 Yveltal (XY)
2 Darkrai
2 Trubbish (PLS)
2 Garbodor (LTR)
Trainers-40
DRAW/SUPPORTERS- 22
4 Professor Juniper
4 N
3 Colress
2 Lysandre
2 Skyla
2 Pokemon Fan Club
3 Bicycle
2 Roller Skates
ITEMS/STADIUMS- 18
2 Pokemon Catcher
3 Ultra Ball
2 Virbank City Gym
3 Hypnotoxic Laser
1 Sacred Ash
2 Muscle Band
2 Startling Megaphone
1 Dowsing Machine
2 Float Stone
ENERGY-7
7 Darkness
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For almost a month, I’ve been working on a Flareon deck. I chose it due to economics and the fact that I like decks that play fast and loose. I had it almost built in the Cofagrigous Six Feet Under configuration. It was something of a “Turbo Flareon” build if you will.
There was a tourney coming up, and I didn’t think that version gave me enough chance against all decks. I looked around and found Pooka’s decklist online, so I built that version. I kept playing solitaire and tweaking it, but I never felt comfortable with it. Basically, his build is a metagame counter, and I wasn’t very confident that the meta here would be anything like that of the real world.
The final straw was that, on Friday night, I played a game against my daughter, Ava, and she beat me. The tourney was Saturday, and I didn’t have another deck. I was REALLY kicking myself for not building the deck I had lots of experience with (Darkrai), due to not owning any Darkrai.
As it turned out, I did trade for a Darkrai EX the week before at league. On the downside, that same day, I traded away all my Dark Patch, because I knew I wasn’t playing Darkrai. On Friday night, I was really bugging Omar about this via text. Could I get away with just 2 or 3 many Darkrai? How many Dark Patch would I need, minimum? If I could trade/buy/borrow some Darkrai and Dark Patch, I might switch decks.
On Sat morning, I looked up a decklist for it, and the first one that popped up was Jason Klaczynski’s Worlds list. I printed it off, stopped at the cash machine on the way, and hit up Who’s Game House.
When I arrived, the Tournament Organizer had a box of commons and uncommons. I looked through it and came up with 2 Dark Patch and some other useful stuff. Then I started asking around for Darkrai EX. I thought maybe the only ones that existed in the town were in Brad’s deck. That was almost true. I was able to trade for one from Austin (the same guy that traded me one the previous week, actually). Zach, yet another player, offered to lend me his full-art copy for the day. The final piece fell into place when Ken offered up 2 Dark Patch and a couple Virbanks.
I had what I needed, and I had about 15 minutes to build the deck and write the decklist. It was VERY hectic, and Zach ended up writing my decklist as I tossed newly-sleeved cards at him. As the entry deadline was called, we realized I was 10 cards short, and I started tossing in Crushing Hammer, Energy Switch (LUCKILY), and something else. I made it. Read More
Hi guys! Today I would like to go look over Empoleon variants.
Before that, I would like to say thanks to Plus Four, Alex, and Jeff C. Because I do not know how to respond to things using this account,(Hit me with your best shot technology lovers.) I would like to respond to your comments here.
Jeff C:
Thanks for the thumbs up on the VGC comment! Also, I forgot to add catchers.Whoops. Four catchers are good catchers!
Alex:
I forgot rare candies too. Oh well. We all make mistakes.
Plus Four:
Thank you very much! I will try to make this and other articles as long as possible, Also, Ed decides who writes on what date. If Tyler, Ed, Owen, and Mike could write again, that would be amazing! Right now, as I write this on Thursday, I am the only active writer. It’s much harder than your think for a seniors player to do this.
Now we return to your regularly scheduled article.
Empoleon Thoughts
I believe Empoleon is a very good deck. It can abuse Max Potion, has amazing draw power, benefits from the new rules, and can make your opponent struggle bench wise. Here is my first deck list for Straight Empoleon. Read More
Hello guys! Today I have a nice little article for you guys! This article will cover both competitive sides of Pokemon. However, I need to go over something pretty important to the future of this website.
I do understand that we have gotten a shout out from both the Deck Out and SixPrizes. I believe we can scratch off the Deck Out off the list, unfortunately. It looks like Esa took down the domain. I believe we can “replace” the Deck Out as your #2 source for Pokemon tcg. (SixPrizes for the win!)
If we want to succeed as a fanbase of pokemon, then we need your help. As it said in Balasar’s article, ever since Pikkadogs left, we were left in the dust. We need you guys to comment on our articles, even if you are not logged in, tell your friends, and keep reading, no matter how stupid our articles are.
Although some of our writers are new, still tell your friends about this website! I cannot force you, only beg. Now anyways, moving on…
FOR NOOBIES ONLY
TCG
Blastoise, the energy machine. Surprisingly, most Blastoise cards have to do with a fat retreat cost, and energy. If you guys are new, then this deck is used in the very popular Blastoise/Keldeo/Black Kyrem. Let’s take a good ‘ol look at this amazing deck.
Pokemon-13
3 Keldeo EX
3 Squirtle
1 Wartortle
3 Blastoise
3 Black Kyrem EX BRC
Trainers-29
4 Professor Juniper
3 N
4 Skyla
11 Supporters
4 Superior Energy Retrieval
4 Pokemon Catcher
4 Ultra Ball
3 Heavy Ball
1 Dowsing Machine/Computer Search/Scramble Switch
15 Items
3 Tropical Beach/Pokemon Center
Energy
10 Water
6 Electric
This deck is very good and cheap, so I believe the average noob should start with this deck.
When maneuvering this deck, you need to make sure to load up Keldeo with Blastoise and sweep with Black Kyrem. Only use Blastoise in an emergency.
FOR VGC PLAYERS ONLY
VGC
Blastoise is a big boss. I believe it should be trained as an attacking wall. Max out the Special Attack and Special Defense stat and put the rest on the Special Defense.
The moves should be Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Dig, and Rain Dance. Let’s get on with the why part.
Hydro Pump
This is the most obvious choice for Blastoise. It is extremely powerful, especially with Rain Dance.
Rain Dance
This guy gets the team set up. Always start with a Rain Dance or Hydro Pump.
Dig and Ice Beam
These guys are the type counters. Whenever a Zapados comes, Ice Beam can stop it. When any electric type comes, Dig stops it. It’s nothing but common sense.
This isn’t the only way! Here are some suggestions:
Hydro Cannon
Toxic
Split attack and special attack EVs
Withdraw
Alright, that was the article! My question to you guys is, what do you think about my new idea to add VGC tips, too? Remember to tell your friends and league about this website! Peace!
Hellooooo readers of OneHitKO, I am back once again with a new article full of great content for your reading pleasure! This time around I would like to touch a little bit on what you can do to get ready for Fall Regionals, and then we will take a look at one of the New Upcoming decks for the Regional format.
The best way to prepare for a large event like Regionals is to playtest, playtest, and playtest some more. I cannot stress how important it is to play game after game with a deck to know all of its strengths, weaknesses, and options. I often found last season I did not do enough play testing for an event, so I would usually just fall back on Darkrai which I had piloted to top 32 at the World Championships in 2012. Also, you need to find the perfect deck list not only for the tournament, but for you. And nothing can help you out more with this than play testing to see what works and what doesn’t. Deck choice can also make a huge impact at a large event like Regionals. Predicting the metagame for your Regionals is a huge deal if you want to do well. In a format that often comes down to coin flips and drawing well, getting as many good match ups as you can against the top decks is probably one of the most important things you can do.
Once you know what decks your opponents will mostly be playing, and what deck you want to play, you can start testing different techs and builds accordingly. If you expect a lot of Garbodor, play more tool scrapper. If you expect a lot of Plasma, run enhanced hammer and Drifblim. Simple things like this can tilt matchups in your favor to make games a little less luck based.
Not only is being prepared for playing important, but travel plans, hotel plans, budgeting, and getting enough sleep is a huge part of doing well at these events. And honestly, going to these events is all about having a good time, so try to make it as enjoyable as possible for yourself.
But enough about that, there is honestly nothing better at getting you ready for a tournament than playing as many games as you can and using the deck you are most comfortable with. With that in mind, I would like to give you guys another deck option to use for the upcoming Fall Regionals that was made popular by Henry Prior. Here is my list for the deck, Genesect/Drifblim/Virizion.
4-2/1 Drifblim (2 Shadow Steal, 1 Derail)
3 Genesect Ex
2 Virizion Ex
1 Lugia Ex
13
4 Juniper
4 N
4 Skyla
1 Colress
2 Tropical beach
4 Catcher
3 Ultra ball
3 Colress machine
4 Float stone
2 Enhanced hammer
1 G-booster
1 Tool scrapper
1 Super rod
1 Shadow triad
34
4 Plasma
9 Grass
13
I haven’t done as much testing with this deck as I would have liked, but the list is very solid. I tried to mimic Henry Prior’s list as much as possible, while still making some changes I felt necessary. One Shadow Triad seems to be enough so that it doesn’t get in the way, but you still have a way to get G-booster back. Being able to do 200 damage consecutively against decks like Darkrai is huge, and with the increase in Tool Scrapper in the format you are required to have a way to get it back. Tropical beach gives you something to do on turn 1, and 4 Skyla will allow you to go fetch one. 4 Skyla also gives you a reliable way to get G-booster when you need it.
The matchups for this deck are quite even across the board, except for Plasma which this deck absolutely destroys. This deck was almost designed to beat Plasma, especially with a heavier Drifblim line. If you aren’t expecting much Plasma at your Regional, I recommend cutting the line down to 3-3 or even 2-2, or possibly even taking it out altogether.
Your other matchups that you would be concerned with are Blastoise and Darkrai. Blastoise is about even, to slightly in your favor. You do run 10 useless cards for the matchup, but you also have type advantage against over half of their deck and speed on your side. Darkrai on the other hand is probably slightly unfavorable. Garbador shutting of Virizion, Genesect, and Lugia’s abilities really hurts and allows them to utilize Hypnotoxic Laser.
This deck is definitely a contender for winning Regionals, and you should be prepared for it. One thing you can do to give yourself a good matchup with this deck is to run one or two copies of Victini Ex. This card can single handedly win you the game against this deck.
Once again thanks for reading my article this week, and make sure to comment below and give us feedback! Until Next time!
-Mike Lesky
Hello once again One Hit KO community! If you saw the last article, there was a pretty interesting deck idea. However, all that Mike did was giving the decklist. So here you are reading this article, while you lazy bums are just waiting to decknet.
Anyways, here is the decklist, as shown in Mike’s mini-article:
Alright guys, let’s take a look at the strategy!
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Ed 
Eric 
Mike Lesky