Meteor Strike

Meteor Strike is an Attack card for The Defect that deals a huge amount of damage, channels a lot of Plasma Orbs, and has a notoriously restrictive Energy cost.

Upgrading Meteor Strike increases its damage from 24 to 30.

Strategy Edit

• Meteor Strike requires The Defect to generate two extra Energy just to play it! The payoff is worth the effort - big damage, three Evokes, and six Energy to play with the following turn.

• Taking Meteor Strike without high-powered Energy generation is extremely risky. Instead, gather up Fusion
  
  , Aggregate
  
  , Double Energy
  
  , and Energy-generating Boss Relics like Cursed Key and then find the Meteor Strike.

• Since Meteor Strike provides no defense, expect to take some damage the first time it's played. Subsequent plays will actually generate Energy, since remaining Plasma Orbs will probably be Evoked.

• Plasma Orbs consistently generate Energy turn after turn, so Meteor Strike stabilizes a single-turn Energy boost like Double Energy
  
  into an Energy advantage that can last through the rest of the game.

• Meteor Strike obviously requires Energy generation. Relics are best, but in practice, a combination of Relics and Skills will probably be necessary. TURBO
  
  is actually a good choice, as the Plasma Orbs offset Void
  
  's Energy loss.

• Subsequent Meteor Strikes will likely Evoke some Plasma Orbs and refund their own costs. Add Skim
  
  and Machine Learning
  
  to keep the combo going.

• Playing Meteor Strike with an active Echo Form
  
  is frankly ridiculous.

• One of Meteor Strike's strongest synergies is Tempest
  
  . Tempest Evokes the Plasma orbs, enabling a 12-Energy turn. Meteor Strike then Evokes the Lightning Orbs, dealing 45 total damage and restoring the Plasma.

• Because Plasma Orbs aren't affected by Focus, consider playing Meteor Strike alongside Hyperbeam
  
  .

• Snecko Eye can reduce Meteor Strike's cost enough to play without Energy generation. Snecko Eye will also never raise its cost, making the combo pure upside.

Update HistoryEdit

• Weekly Patch 28: The Ritual
  • Fixed issue where Strike (blue), Thunder Strike, and Meteor Strike weren't used by Perfected Strike.
• Weekly Patch 27: Hello World
  • This week adds the long anticipated third character into the game!
  • A new character with unique mechanics, keywords, and art.
  • Content: 75 Cards.

Defect Cards
Starters		Defend • Dualcast • Strike • Zap
Attacks	Common	Ball Lightning • Barrage • Beam Cell • Claw • Cold Snap • Compile Driver • Go for the Eyes • Rebound • Streamline • Sweeping Beam
	Uncommon	Blizzard • Bullseye • Doom and Gloom • FTL • Melter • Rip and Tear • Scrape • Sunder
	Rare	All for One • Core Surge • Hyperbeam • Meteor Strike • Thunder Strike
Skills	Common	Charge Battery • Coolheaded • Hologram • Leap • Recursion • Stack • Steam Barrier • TURBO
	Uncommon	Aggregate • Auto-Shields • Boot Sequence • Chaos • Chill • Consume • Darkness • Double Energy • Equilibrium • Force Field • Fusion • Genetic Algorithm • Glacier • Overclock • Recycle • Reinforced Body • Reprogram • Skim • Tempest • White Noise
	Rare	Amplify • Fission • Multi-Cast • Rainbow • Reboot • Seek
Powers	Uncommon	Capacitor • Defragment • Heatsinks • Hello World • Loop • Self Repair • Static Discharge • Storm
	Rare	Biased Cognition • Buffer • Creative AI • Echo Form • Electrodynamics • Machine Learning