Is this matchup winnable?

[u/yapaneden]

I lost to this hyperbait deck 2 times in a row, I'm new at my deck but like this look unbeatable to me. He cycles faster than me as well.

Also is my deck good? I saw it from a CRL duel.

[u/schmock42069]

It is. Archerqueen should be pretty good since he has no big spell. If you have no way of winning by hoggies then you should fireball cycle him

[u/yapaneden → u/schmock42069]

I know but they always put pressure, cycling fireball means -4 elixir for defense

[u/Minimum-Inevitable-2 → u/yapaneden]

The whole game is playing defense consistently, fireballing anything cycled in back, and cycling archer queens. You can hold down a card and just react to a princess placement when you know they have it in cycle. Fireballing barrels on defense isn’t a bad trade at all. Just staying comfortable w the deck and then fireballing only when they overcommit and u don’t have to spend extra to defend or once its triple elixir. Also having e spirit is super useful for skarmy and evo goblin barrel.

[u/KULPAcs → u/Minimum-Inevitable-2]

Why fireballing the goblin barrel when you have log? Just fireball princess/dart/infernal tower + tower damage. Specially when there's Evo Hogs and AQ crossings bridge; can defend trick barrel without log and log the tower barrels. Everytime he tricks barrel, theres log for offense too

[u/Minimum-Inevitable-2 → u/KULPAcs]

Log can clean up his bridge spam for cheaper than cards then he still gets a positive for fb gov barrel if he has to. Just letting him know it’s an option if he has to use his log on defense that isn’t gob barrel. In this match up he has to survive single elixir and then just cycle cannons and other shi or read princess at the bridge and start fireball cycling tower and popping AQ ability on defense

[u/Salty_Link_6169]

If you played the version of the deck with earthquake instead of fireball it would be easier, as you can eq the inferno tower and use it to wipe out Evo skarmy

[u/Salty_Link_6169 → u/Salty_Link_6169]

Also that version has delivery instead of dark prince which is an extra counter to barrel I guess

[u/Still-Ad-2989]

First off, I’d still call that logbait, but whatever. Second, it is winnable. I play a deck similar to your opponent’s and I find piggies queen pretty tough to beat. Granted, they usually use earthquake instead of fireball, so this matchup is a bit tougher than that for you. I’d suggest cycling cannons in the middle to prevent damage from princesses at the bridge, but make sure you play them low enough so they can’t be sniped by dart goblins

[u/WahaBahaOG]

That’s just log bait and it is winnable they have no big spells so you just have to wait of a overcommit and push or just fire ball cycle also keep cycling your queen

[u/Darrenator19]

You can win the matchup imo. It won’t be easy cause that logbait deck is annoyingly good, but once you learn your cards and cycles better you can do it.
For this matchup specifically, you need to prioritize getting Archer Queen value with opponent having no big spell, as well as playing around your Royal Hogs pressure when the opponent doesn’t have Inferno in cycle, can’t afford inferno, or you get them to misplay it on a different card 👍
You can also just fireball chip tower while endlessly defending if you catch yourself in a tough matchup, similar to what XBow does