Mastery of Cadenza requires knowing when to play your cards and when to keep them close to hand. Each style and base acts as its own countermeasure to enemy play, allowing you to keep a strong board position despite lacking proper ranged tools. A well-timed Battery Dodge can force the Active Player to switch next beat, and holding Clockwork in hand can force your opponent to debate spending their precious Dodge or not.

The most valuable tools in Cadenza's arsenal are his Drive, Shot, and Press bases, as they offer enough range during the beat to maintain an iron grip on the opponent. Cadenza needs to take and hold the central space of the board so that he can threaten Clockwork Drives and Shots, and Hydraulic Presses and Bursts on each beat. It's important to keep in mind your opponent's abilities while attempting to maintain your position, as a properly-applied Grasp or the use of Ignore Soak and Ignore Stun Guard can ruin a good play.

Summary and Discards

Strengths

1. Devastating offensive kit toting soak and high power values.

2. Inability to be stunned in the majority of duels played.

3. Grappler's toolkit prevents the enemy from escaping for any given beat.

4. Naturally low priorities prevent Cadenza's predictable attacks from being clashed out.

Weaknesses

1. Poor range qualities grant susceptibility to high mobility and pushes.

2. Naturally low priorities prevent Cadenza from clashing out an opponent's Dodge and dealing with faster heavyweights.

3. Ignore Soak and Ignore Stun Guard entirely counter Cadenza's stats.

Discards

1. Special Strike

2. Grapnel Grasp

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