Overgrowth Elite

Elite note

Elite pages should teach route discipline. Overgrowth-style fights punish decks that draft for a future engine before solving immediate damage, block, and potion coverage. A reward is not strong if it makes the next elite unpathable.

• Take enough damage before forcing a greedy elite path.
• Use potions when they preserve both HP and upgrade options.
• Skip rewards that make the next elite hand slower.

Route discipline checklist

Overgrowth Elite should be used as a route audit before the player commits to a greedy path. The deck needs a realistic plan for the first two turns, not just a promising late engine. If the next campfire, shop, or potion reward cannot patch the missing job, the safer route is usually the better play.

• Damage: enough front-loaded output to prevent the fight from stretching.
• Block: a way to cover pressure without spending every turn purely defensive.
• Potion cover: one emergency answer if the opening hand misses.

Reward-screen warning

Do not let a powerful synergy reward erase the elite check. A slow payoff can be correct after the deck already has damage and block; before that, it can make the next elite worse. Treat Overgrowth-style pressure as the test for whether a reward is actually pickable now.

After-fight review

When a run loses or bleeds too much HP to an elite, record the missing job instead of only blaming the matchup. The useful question is whether the deck lacked damage, block, draw smoothing, potion cover, or a route that gave the build time to mature.

• If damage was missing, lower slow setup picks until the deck has output.
• If block was missing, prioritize survival before another payoff.
• If potion cover was missing, reconsider shop and route choices before the elite.