Chapter 11: The Explosive Multi-Archetype HERO Combo! The HERO Players are Crying!

A Destiny HERO being used to set up a Masked HERO already indicated that this mixed-archetype strategy might not be so simple. However, the audience wasn't completely convinced of its power based on that one play alone.

What truly changed their minds was the second combo demonstrated by the video blogger, "The Noble Shadow HERO Player."

The Noble Shadow HERO Player: "Combo 1 was the 'painful play,' a way to establish a bare minimum board after being disrupted."

The Noble Shadow HERO Player: "Next, let's look at Combo 2, with no bricks and no interruptions!"

The Noble Shadow HERO Player: "I'm confident that after watching this, you'll definitely change your opinion."

After he spoke, the second combo began on the duel screen, accompanied by the blogger's commentary.

"If you open with Elemental HERO Stratos, don't even think, just Normal Summon him."

"Next, we activate Stratos's effect. On Normal or Special Summon, you can choose one of two effects!"

"One is to destroy Spells and Traps, destroying more for each HERO on the field, which is great for backrow removal."

"The second is to add 1 'HERO' monster from your deck to your hand. Note, it says any 'HERO'!"

"We'll search for Vision HERO Vyon. If you already have it in your hand, search for something else."

"Then, activate Vyon's effect. We can discard any HERO monster to Special Summon Vyon."

"Vyon's effect activates, sending Destiny HERO - Malicious from the deck to the Graveyard and adding a Polymerization from the deck to our hand."

"Now, we activate Malicious's effect from the Graveyard, banishing it to Special Summon another Malicious from the deck."

"At this point, we have a basic HERO setup. I assume every HERO player knows this, right?"

"If you don't, you shouldn't be playing HEROes."

"..."

Silence.

A dead silence.

Yes, the silence wasn't in the video, but among the duelists in every single dueling world!

DM World

Even Seto Kaiba was captivated by this seamless chain of plays. He stared, completely dumbfounded and speechless. Yugi Muto and Atem just blinked, their vacant expressions seeming to say, We didn't understand a single damn thing!

How did three HERO monsters suddenly appear on the field?! How did the Graveyard get filled with so much material? As Joey's mind reeled from the shock, he had a sudden realization. This was the synergy between multiple archetypes! No way! It actually works!

...

GX World

The HERO players, Jaden Yuki and Aster Phoenix, were crying.

Yes! The HERO players were literally on the verge of tears!

This "basic" play... was something every HERO player should know?

Wait!

Then what did that make them?

And what did that make their HEROes?

You call that a basic play?

THAT is a basic play?!

What is Elemental HERO Stratos?

What is Vision HERO Vyon?

What is Vision HERO Faris? (The card described is Faris, though Vyon was named - a common fanfic mixup based on similar effects, the combo flows with Faris->Increase->Vyon)

And what the hell is Vision HERO Increase?

These cards... they had never heard of them! They were completely beyond Jaden and Aster's understanding!

"This is HERO? You call this HERO? He summoned three monsters in one go!"

"Wow! This is even stronger than Jaden Yuki and the professional duelist Aster Phoenix! I've never seen anything like it!"

"The resource management between different archetypes is terrifying! Just these few moves involved Destiny HEROes, Vision HEROes, and Elemental HEROes! If he had Mask Change, he could even bring out a Masked HERO!"

"Damn! This is a bit ridiculous, right? And this definitely isn't the final board! He can surely keep going!"

"...."

The comments from the crowd came one after another. Alexis, Zane, Bastion, and Syrus all looked at Jaden and Aster with strange expressions. Their stares made the two duelists blush with embarrassment. But there was nothing they could do. Who could blame them when they had never seen a HERO combo like that either?

...

5DS World

Seeing that this strategy didn't require a Synchro engine at all, Yusei Fudo, Jack Atlas, and Akiza Izinski fell silent. In their world, decks with a Synchro engine were the mainstream. A deck like Blue-Eyes, which had Spirit Dragon and Azure-Eyes, was at least worth watching. But this HERO deck... could create such an explosive board without any Synchros. They had to re-evaluate it completely.

"There's always someone better, and always a better deck," Yusei mused, turning to Leo and Luna with a playful look. "The decks in this world are truly not to be underestimated. HEROes, huh? Leo, Luna, this seems perfect for you two."

The twin siblings just shook their heads.

"No thanks! I think our decks are more fun."

"I'm not really into HEROes," Leo said with a pout and a wave of his hand. In truth, he was daunted by the complexity of the plays.

That looks so hard! And that's just the basic combo? How the hell are you supposed to play that?

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