Volatile Vapor
Volatile Vapor is a uncommon Drake card.
Description
Costs 1 energy. When played:
- 1. Attack for 3.
- 2. Lose 1 Max Shield.
Upgrades
Volatile Vapor A
Costs 0 energy. When played:
- 1. Attack for 3.
- 2. Lose 1 Max Shield.
Volatile Vapor B
Costs 1 energy. When played:
- 1. Attack for 3.
- 2. Gain 1 Shield.
- 3. Lose 1 Max Shield.
Strategy
Volatile Vapor provides a strong attack at the expense of your Max Shield. While the attack is strong, you do need to find a way to defend, and Drake's kit includes more Shield than Evade for defense, so using this card can be tricky. This is especially true on the Hardest difficulty setting, where losing Max Shield is one of the possible downsides you can choose at the start of a run - with that and this, your Max Shield may easily reach 0 mid-fight, making any Shield cards useless.
Its A upgrade is quite good if you can manage this downside and play this card consistently, as saving 1 Energy every time you draw this is potent.
Its B upgrade is not only weak numerically, providing just 1 Shield, it also is actively anti-synergistic with the card's effect itself; if you don't have the capacity to hold this Shield it's wasted.
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