[Zealot] Daisy & Skids - Umôrdhoth One Turn Killed

Collections: Revised Core Set Only

Taboo List: 2022-08-26

Difficulty: Standard (2-players)

See also: Skids's deck

Overview

• Umôrdhoth has 14 health in 2-player game.
• Police Badge + Leo De Luca + Skids's + .41 Derringer (2) = 8 actions
• Skids + Beat Cop + Lita Chantler + 2 * Encyclopedia + Machete = 10 (v.s. Umôrdhoth's 5 fight)
• Daisy need to keep using Old Book of Lore to find all necessary cards early.
• In case of bad luck, make sure you two can survive Umôrdhoth's attack 1 time.

With Skids fighting for you, Daisy's missions are:

• As a seeker, get clues ASAP, especially for victory points.
• Use Old Book of Lore to help Skids getting his necessary weapons. (Machete first, of course)

Starting Keycards

• Old Book of Lore: The most important card for Daisy. Mulligan aggressively to try getting this ASAP. Use this to find other keycards for Daisy and Skids ASAP.
• Dr. Milan Christopher: Even being nerfed, this card is still strong. Constant +1 and 1 resource per turn. Not useful in 0-3.
• Magnifying Glass: Pay 1 resource and no action to have +1 (only for investigating). And it can be easily sacrificed to Crypt Chill. Not useful in 0-3.

Key Upgrades

• Encyclopedia: Keycard! Take 2 in hands, having Daisy's Tote Bag is better.
• Old Book of Lore (3): Wow! They put this upgrade into Revised Core Set. (This is not in original Core Set.) Now Diasy is more stronger!

Other Cards Explain

• Research Librarian: Lessen Murphy's Law, and additional damage absorption
• Ward of Protection: You might want to prevent Frozen in Fear, Crypt Chill and Ancient Evils
• Mind over Matter: For emergency fight or evade
• Drawn to the Flame: More general and cheaper solution than Working a Hunch.

Not Picked

• Blinding Light: Diasy's is not high, and it has additioal risk. So this card is really expensive.
• Charisma: Good card. But since Lita Chantler is not useful in 0-2, and Dr. Milan Christopher is not useful in 0-3. We actually don't need this.

Zealot Guides

0-1 The Gathering

• Easy scenario, 6~8 XP (normally 7 XP)
• Choose (R1). Get Lita Chantler for +1 and additional damage absorption. Also, buring the house save you both 1 action. (Actions are expensive!)
• Daisy doesn't really need Flashlight in 0-1. The only problems are Cellar and parleying Lita Chantler at Parlor.

Upgrades

• +2 Encyclopedia (MUST!)
• -2 Arcane Studies
• Upgrade +1 Old Book of Lore (3) if you have enough XP

0-2 The Midnight Masks

• The hardest scenario in Zealot, and your result will largely affect the difficulty in 0-3.
• Try your best to get 5 unique cultists, this makes 0-3 much easier.
• Get 6 unique cultists is possible if Leo De Luca comes early.
• Get The Masked Hunter. You don't want to see him in the woods with (+1 fight and +1 evade)
• Miskatonic University, Northside and Graveyard (and Downtown if you're lucky) have victory points. Get them!
• You should get at least 8~9 XP
• Get a Flashlight early, because Miskatonic University is in early route.
• Hunting Shadow: Always take 2 damage (while actions are more expensive than your live) or use Ward of Protection.
• False Lead: Prevent this by spending clues early, or use Ward of Protection.

Upgrades

• Upgrade +1 Second Old Book of Lore (3)

• If you have some additional XP, replace some useless cards to other for 0-3. Remove like Dr. Milan Christopher, Deduction, Magnifying Glass, etc.

• You can have Seeking Answers for faster investigation and additional icons.

• You can also add Bulletproof Vest or Overpower for fighting,

0-3 The Devourer Below

• Time goes very fast. Use Ward of Protection to prevent Ancient Evils.
• Note that Lita Chantler's +1 damage would not apply on Umôrdhoth. Since Umôrdhoth is Ancient One (Elder God), not a monster. Have some respect!
• Lita Chantler's +1 and +1 damage are still useful to elite monsters and Agenda 2a aura (+1 fight and +1 evade)
• Get into Ritual Site early and do sufficient prepare if you want to kill Umôrdhoth.
• Daisy need to promise successful evade from Umôrdhoth before using Encyclopedia.
• Good Luck! Umôrdhoth.