T-Theory: Triangle of Power

DISCLAIMER: This theory is not perfect. I believe that the triangle of power I am about to describe is correct, but it is not going to give you any guaranteed wins. I think that it will help you see which matches are good for you as well as seeing how you could tweak your deck to help fight the meta at your locals. (Actually that's another thing I want to talk about which is the misuse of the term Meta in the Vanguard Community but I will save that for another post)

Alright now to get into the Triangle of Power.

There are 3 types of strategies in Vanguard, Disruption, Advantage and Pressure (see Trifecta Theory)


These different strategies allow us to make a rock-paper-scissors type power diagram.
As Rock beats Paper beats Scissors beats Rock
I have determined that Disruption beats  Pressure beats Advantage beats Disruption.


Now I'll go into more detail about each relationship and from that you will be able to see why I think that it is true.

Disruption beats Pressure:

First is Disruption and Pressure. I defined pressure earlier as making your opponent scared of your attacks so that you can force them to guard you. Generally Pressure is created by making power columns (ones that make your opponent guard for 15000 shield or 3 stages (see Stages)) or by having an imposing effect that activates when an attack hits. Thus Disruption is able to beat Pressure by killing the units that are causing pressure rendering its strategy ineffective.

Pressure beats Advantage:

Advantage is when you are able to draw more cards or increase your shield somehow so that you have more cards or effective cards than your opponent. Pressure counters this strategy by scaring your opponent into guarding your attacks through the mid game where they might have been able to "no guard" it whether to take the damage or because it wont hit. Thus they have to expend the cards gained much more than normal which negates their strategy.

Advantage beats Disruption:

Since you are able to gather a lot of cards in your hand you will likely have a replacement for a destroyed unit thus Disruption becomes less effective against you. Disruption is unable to stop an Advantage decks strategy well simply because they are able to replace vital units easier than normal.

I think an understanding of this Triangle of Power is important for learning match ups as well as tweaking your deck to make it good versus the people you play against a lot.

This idea of Triangle of Power leads also supports the main concept of Trifecta theory which is that a good balance of all three elements will be the best deck. Because you will have access to the tools you need to play versus each match up.