Vayu's best friend isn't Sirocco.I assume everyone's heard of Blizzard's combo ability with Whirlwind to dodge card effects like Divine Wrath, Gladiator beast's War Chariot and Royal oppression. Now for those who haven't; let me break it down here.
Blizzard and Whirlwind have optional effects that if used together; their effects will try to activate at the same time. Now as the turn player, you can choose which effect goes first, essentially giving you two spots on the response chain. Putting Whirlwind in chain link 2 and Blizzard's effect in chain link 1 will protect your Blizzard's special summoning effect from cards like Oppression and Chariot. "Why?" you ask? Well because those cards have to be directly chained to the effect of Blizzard, but with Whirlwind taking up chain link 2, the opponent is shut out from chaining to Blizzards effect.
Chain link 1: Blizzard's effect <- (Chain link 1 & 2 activate at the same time and you get to choose the link order)
Chain link 2: Black Whirlwind <- (This is where Royal Oppression should be to negate Blizzard's special summoning effect)
Imaginary Chain link 3: Royal Oppression (since it's not directly chained to Blizzard's effect it will not work or even let you activate it.)
If you still don't understand then I apologize. I'm not very good at explaining these things.
Now for some more confusion with Whirlwind, Blizzard and general game mechanics.
Most people have heard of the earlier abuse of game mechanic but some actually haven't yet heard that by reversing the order you want to resolve the chain, you can have the monster you special summon with Blizzard dodge cards like Bottomless Trap Hole and Torrential Tribute.
I've actually forgotten about this little tidbit since it's really only helpful in VERY few situations but looking over my deck prompted me to remember it and post about it. I've never been able to use this in a real duel but I still think it's worth posting about.
In this combo, you exploit the chain so that you close off your opponent from the"summon response window" of whatever monster you decide to special summon with Blizzard.
Opponent has a set bottomless trap hole
Turn player successfully summons Blizzard and activates effects as such
Chain link 1: Black Whirlwind
Chain link 2: Blizzard the Far North special summoning effect targeting Bora
Resolving backwards, Bora is summoned first and then Black Whirlwind's effect is applied and is also the last thing to resolve. Since Bora's summon was not the last thing to resolve, then there can be no "response window" to his special summon.
In that scenario the opponent could respond with a Torrential Tribute in Blizzard's summon response window. Resolving backwards Torrential destroys Blizzard; Bora is summoned due to blizzard's effect and then whirlwind fizzles due to having no attack reference. So in the end you're left with a defense position Bora.
This is a lot harder to explain than I thought.
To fully grasp the concept you'd have to look at headache inducing guides to "summon response window"; the difference between "responding" and "chaining" and to a lesser extent "summon negation window" and priority.
Well here's an example of where you can use this info.
You read that your Opponent has a set bottomless trap hole
Turn player successfully summons Blizzard and activates effects as such
Chain link 1: Black Whirlwind
Chain link 2: Blizzard the Far North special summoning effect targeting Bora
Blizzard and Whirlwind have optional effects that if used together; their effects will try to activate at the same time. Now as the turn player, you can choose which effect goes first, essentially giving you two spots on the response chain. Putting Whirlwind in chain link 2 and Blizzard's effect in chain link 1 will protect your Blizzard's special summoning effect from cards like Oppression and Chariot. "Why?" you ask? Well because those cards have to be directly chained to the effect of Blizzard, but with Whirlwind taking up chain link 2, the opponent is shut out from chaining to Blizzards effect.
Chain link 1: Blizzard's effect <- (Chain link 1 & 2 activate at the same time and you get to choose the link order)
Chain link 2: Black Whirlwind <- (This is where Royal Oppression should be to negate Blizzard's special summoning effect)
Imaginary Chain link 3: Royal Oppression (since it's not directly chained to Blizzard's effect it will not work or even let you activate it.)
If you still don't understand then I apologize. I'm not very good at explaining these things.
Now for some more confusion with Whirlwind, Blizzard and general game mechanics.
Most people have heard of the earlier abuse of game mechanic but some actually haven't yet heard that by reversing the order you want to resolve the chain, you can have the monster you special summon with Blizzard dodge cards like Bottomless Trap Hole and Torrential Tribute.
I've actually forgotten about this little tidbit since it's really only helpful in VERY few situations but looking over my deck prompted me to remember it and post about it. I've never been able to use this in a real duel but I still think it's worth posting about.
In this combo, you exploit the chain so that you close off your opponent from the"summon response window" of whatever monster you decide to special summon with Blizzard.
Opponent has a set bottomless trap hole
Turn player successfully summons Blizzard and activates effects as such
Chain link 1: Black Whirlwind
Chain link 2: Blizzard the Far North special summoning effect targeting Bora
Resolving backwards, Bora is summoned first and then Black Whirlwind's effect is applied and is also the last thing to resolve. Since Bora's summon was not the last thing to resolve, then there can be no "response window" to his special summon.
In that scenario the opponent could respond with a Torrential Tribute in Blizzard's summon response window. Resolving backwards Torrential destroys Blizzard; Bora is summoned due to blizzard's effect and then whirlwind fizzles due to having no attack reference. So in the end you're left with a defense position Bora.
This is a lot harder to explain than I thought.
To fully grasp the concept you'd have to look at headache inducing guides to "summon response window"; the difference between "responding" and "chaining" and to a lesser extent "summon negation window" and priority.
Well here's an example of where you can use this info.
You read that your Opponent has a set bottomless trap hole
Turn player successfully summons Blizzard and activates effects as such
Chain link 1: Black Whirlwind
Chain link 2: Blizzard the Far North special summoning effect targeting Bora
Though I guess a lot of players would actually hold off with their bottomless anyway and wait for a synchro, or at least something more threatening than a defense position Bora. But with this info you can make sure that they NEVER bottomless your Bora and keep you from synchroing. Also you can keep your Blizzard and the monster he special summoned, from BOTH being destroyed by Torrential Tribute. Since the opponent can only respond to Blizzard's summon; and if he chooses to wait for Bora you could totally rule shark their ass.
I have a few more examples but this is getting a little long and I'm starting to veer off.
I'm sure there are other sites that can explain this concept far better than I can because frankly, I'm a terrible teacher. This post was my attempt at adding substance to my blog.
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