Don't underestimate the power of the... trap?

[prince_jay]

Hello all! I'm writing this as a sort of objective look at how the Trap line of gags seems to be highly under appreciated. I've read a number of posts of people wishing that they had not chosen to go Drop-less and instead forgo their Traps. While I'm not advocating a boycott on Drops, I am hoping that perhaps I can show you how in many situations, Traps can eventually become as useful and in many cases MORE useful than Drops.

Lure is already a highly important gag and its usefulness cannot be underestimated. Anyone who has done a VP can tell you that Lures are indispensable. When used in conjunction with Traps you are guaranteed a more powerful hit than any Drop of the same level. Of course this requires two Toons to coordinate their attack in order to make it work. Drops, however, do work in a much similar fashion. When someone uses a drop alone there is about an 80% chance that it will miss, unless another Toon "stuns" the target with one of their gags before the Drop is played. Even then you do not have the 100% chance of hitting like you would have with a Trap. Also, since Traps and Lures sequence before Drops, you are dealing more damage to the target earlier in the combat round, allowing the remaining Toons to use less powerful gags to finish off the already weakened target.

Now, if you can find someone who has chosen Lures to be their organic gag (which I assure you is not hard to do), consider this: Lures and Drops are the only gags that have a Low accuracy however, Organic Lures have a Medium accuracy. Organic Drops still remain Low accuracy, but have a damage increase. The odds of succeeding in Luring a target into a Trap is significantly higher with Organic Lures, and the resulting damage will also be higher than a Drop.

Once again, I am not trying to say that Traps are a better choice than drops, but I am saying that they are an effective and viable alternative. In fact, the combination attack of a Lure, a Trap, and a Drop on the same target in a round is unimaginably devastating. For example: 3 Toons are battling a level 12 Cog
First round
Toon #1 chooses Lure
Toon#2 chooses TNT
Toon#3 chooses Big Weight

Toon#2 will act first tossing the TNT, next Toon#1 will attempt to Lure, if successful, the Cog will be blasted for 180 damage (not quite enough to kill the level 12), however the Cog will be sufficiently stunned for Toon#3 to attack with his Drop, greatly increasing the chance of it hitting for an additional 45 damage. That's 205 damage in one round, which is more than enough to take out a level 12 Cog.

I hope that this post will in some way be informative to those of you who are struggling, as I did, with whether or not to choose Traps or let them pass. I wish you all the wild and wackiest adventures, and I'll see you in Town.

[Fashionista007]

You are correct! I chose drops and then lures last (no traps at all) and I wish I had chosen traps and lures instead of drops and lures. Drops miss over half the time! You also have to hope that you are *dropping* on a cog that the others in your party aren't going to kill first. Lures and traps work together better than sound and drops if you ask me.

See you in TT for more Wild and Wacky Adventures!!

Webbigail McQuack

[angel684]

that is true but be4 i knew that my main toon was trapless now im working on a toon to be dropless

[Cool Zowie]

Thank you prince_jay! I am sure that you informed many toons! Keep up the good work.

Sincerely,
Cool Zowie

[tundaplaya7]

Ehh I still think drop is 10 tims more useful.

[LilithsCat]

I despise my drop, it's the hardest i've found to work up to level 7, i'm at 9700+ and i can never get the blasted things to hit to earn points. I sorely wish i would have chosen Lure instead. My other toon will be dropless though. I love my trap gags, i just wish they gave you more TNT, lOL

[SheriffJellydonut]

Originally Posted by prince_jay

Lure is already a highly important gag and its usefulness cannot be underestimated. Anyone who has done a VP can tell you that Lures are indispensable. When used in conjunction with Traps you are guaranteed a more powerful hit than any Drop of the same level. Of course this requires two Toons to coordinate their attack in order to make it work. Drops, however, do work in a much similar fashion. When someone uses a drop alone there is about an 80% chance that it will miss, unless another Toon "stuns" the target with one of their gags before the Drop is played. Even then you do not have the 100% chance of hitting like you would have with a Trap. Also, since Traps and Lures sequence before Drops, you are dealing more damage to the target earlier in the combat round, allowing the remaining Toons to use less powerful gags to finish off the already weakened target.

I like where you get the statistic that it misses 80% of the time even though there is no such research that shows it and it wouldnt matter because it is randomely generated whether a gag misses or doesnt. That is just a matter of opinion that it misses that much. It does miss just as much as a lure at the same level of the drop. In my opinion I think that drop does more accurate with an organic gag just as lure does.

[Shika]

My drop hasen't been missing at all lately. I've noticed, as well as many others, that the higher lv. the gag, the better chance it has of hitting. Also, the more you use drop the ^ higher it's acc., or that's how it has worked for me thus far. Personally, I think drop has more of a chance to get used than trap & I think overall that drop is better. You thought this out well, though! Trap is a pretty sweet lookin' gag!