Cross Blitz demo Gizmo Guide

## Introduction to Gizmo Cross Blitz demo ver .59

### Disclaimer:

I wrote this guide from my experience playing the available demo of Cross Blitz on steam, as a result of my limited playing time this Guide should be considered more as a starting guide rather than an accurate strategy, feel free to leave comments if you disagree with any of the points presented in this guide.

### Bio from game:

* Gizmo is an All-purpose Golem bot that was created by Quill's Father, "Quisten".
* Gizmo was programmed to aid his assigned 'Master' , however his aid is often flawed in its execution.
* Despite his emotions being artificially generated by "Golem tech", it appears that he may be developing some sort of Advanced independent conscious.

### traits:

* Intelligent
* Empathetic

### Starting deck:

Gizmo starting deck consist of:

* 5 Junk-Bot
* 3 Tinkertron
* 3 Tinker Toymaker
* 1 Gizmo

 .

### Level up rewards

On leveling Gizmo Up in the Tavern each of these cards gain the following extra trinket effects :

* Junk-Bot ( +1 health / +1 power )
* Tinkertron ( Guard / +1 health )
* Tinker Toymaker ( -1 cost / +1 health )
* Gizmo ( -1 cost / tough )

### Starting Relic on max level :

Trap tools : After you play your first Golem in your turn add a random "trap" card to your Hand

Possible Traps to add are :

* B.W.A.K Beam
* Gizmo Provisions
* Mana Diffuser
* Recoil Rockets

.

### The Deck Blitz burst:

* Requirement : summon 8 Golems
* Effect : Summon a Bolstered Module
* Bolstered Module effect: Whenever you summon a Golem give it +2/+2 and Rush.

## Main strategy

### General View

* Gizmo can be considered the most complex starting Mercenary in the three initially introduced Mercenaries in the Cross Blitz Demo, mainly due to his decks high flexibility and adaptability to different situations, and the amount of resource management required to play the deck optimally.

* Therefore it is best to explain first how the Golem class function

### Golem Class Overview:

Please note that the info added here are from my personal experience in the game.

In general the Golems in Cross Blitz Demo can be sorted into 3 Main Groups :

1. Golem strategy Synergetic Golems{ These are Golems that improve other Golems or get Improved by other Golems, or relies on other Golems to function }

* Junk-Bot { Adds Blueprint on summon }
* Drivel { activates 5 random blueprints on Riff }
* Guts Bot { gains Stats for each Golem Summon }
* Torpedo { Deals Damage for Each Golem Summon }
* Alert Bot { Have Guard / summons Golems when it is damaged }

.

The Blueprints available in game Include :

.

2. Fortune Decks Synergetic Golems{ These Are Golems That Have effects that support other Fortune strategies }

* Chime Bot ( Support the Brigade Traps strategy }
* Glimmer Gear bot { supports the Glimmer and Splurge Strategy }
* Gear Head { supports the Traps strategy }
* Gizmo { Supports the stealing cards from other Faction strategies }

.

3. Non-Synergetic Golems { These are Golems that are just doing their Own thing, not minding others}

* Bulldozer { One of the Fortune Faction best board wipes due to its strong effect }
* Love Golem { Provides both guard and board wide heals }
* Tinkertron { Your basic 2/2 barrier minion }
* Fidget { The only war Golem and a Nuke??? }

.

### Gizmo Strategy Overview:

* The main strategy of A Gizmo deck is to control the field for the long game and out resource your opponent, this is mainly done by using Junk-bot and Tinkertron in the early stages of the Game as both Blockers and Blueprints generators, in the mid stages of the game you can use "Toy-tinker" to Redeem Golems that can help depending on the specific situation these include :

1. Adding **"bulldozer"** or **"Fidget"** when you need Board wipes
2. Adding **"Love golem"** when you need a good protector or need health puff
3. Adding **"Torpedo"** or **"Guts-Bot"** when you have a high Golem count in hand
4. Adding **"Drivel"** or **"Gizmo"** for late game pushes.
5. Adding **"Gear head"** when you have 2 or more traps on Board

* Moreover due to the Flexible nature of the deck you can easily integrate it into any other Fortune Faction strategy, also the trap box relic provides a good access to traps that you can set throughout the game.

* All in all the deck Aims to gain resources and wait for the end Game to overwhelm the opponent with your accumulated advantage.

* Another strategy that was suggested by "Helianthemum" from the Cross Blitz discord was to and i quote
* " My favorite way of playing Gizmo involves picking Bramble Cutlass as my starter relic and then leaning towards a control style deck. My top picks as secondary mercs are Rez and Coxswain. The strategy is to keep the board clear in the early stages without spending too many resources, and then eventually to build up your own board while also generating value with your top end cards, and that's basically the win condition."

### Gizmo Deck Weaknesses

* The first Main problem that Gizmo deck may Face is the high costs of most Golems, as they are intended for mid to late game usage as a result the deck can struggle to control the board in the early stages of the game, especially against super aggressive strategies.

* While the deck can generate near infinite resources with the "Trap box" relic and the "Junk-Box" , these resources can end up being more of a hindrance than a helper, as they require mana to use and take hand space which can be really problematic against poison strategies as poison takes both more of your hand space and requires mana to get rid off. Moreover traps take field space when they are set , requiring further planning for their placement.

* Bad RNG can also be a hindering factor for this deck, as you won't always get the cards that you need when redeeming cards with "Tinker-toymaker" or "Gizmo" which may leave you with suboptimal hands or cards that aren't helpful in your current situation.

## Disclaimer

* This guide is made upon personal experience of the Demo version of cross Blitz 0.59 which is subjected to change with further Updates/EA release
* Special Thanks to "Totopo" and "Helianthemum" for Giving me their insight regarding how they play the Gizmo deck.
* Note : All theses cards and Images are part of the Cross Blitz game owned by Tako boy Studios.
* Steam Page : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1619520/Cross\_Blitz/