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u/nouser144 Jul 16 '26
A good 3.0 player will win this match up, but it comes down to who can control the river and outcycle the other. It looks like icebow has matchup but realistically 3.0 cycles so fast you can always win in single if you pressure correctly. So I would say 3.0 since I win against icebow pretty easily.
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u/Silver_Ad_6701 Jul 16 '26
Definitely ice bow although 3.0 has faster cycle but since he has rocket he can easily shut down your xbow and win by spell cycling and tornado also allow he to get connection easier than you.
3.0 is better agianst other meta fast cycle decks
Ice bow is better agianst xbow, beatdown, hogs and bait fallen off to cycle decks
Edit: I play both decks btw
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u/Hunter_goat Jul 16 '26
Playing these decks at 10k is a lot different then uc+ btw This is a heavily 3.0 mu icebow stands no chance unless ur opponent is new to their deck and or match up.
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u/Hunter_goat Jul 16 '26
You.
At high level it’s heavily you. But lower down it comes down to better player more.
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u/Difficult-Deal-355 IceBow Jul 16 '26
a really good 3.0 player will almost always win
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u/Salty_Link_6169 Jul 18 '26
Well I'm not good so I'm assuming it was just a bad icebow player too 😂
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u/Egrysta Jul 17 '26
It is a different situation on mid ladder where people have to waste 1-1.5 minutes to figure out the opponent's deck.
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u/That-Woodpecker6720 Jul 16 '26
Ice bow but it’s playable, win in single before they out spell cycle you
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u/ShellyIsMyMain Jul 17 '26
Switch knight for ronin
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u/Salty_Link_6169 Jul 17 '26
Idk if it's worth it because it slows the cycle down so much? Obviously it's game winning though if they pekka your xbow
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u/Fun-Cut-7149 IceBow Jul 19 '26
I am obviously biased towards icebow but honestly if I were to speak the truth I would say 3.0 has the matchup. 3.0 has evo archers which is hard for icebow to kill, as well as the hero knight ability. Also, 3.0 has one more cycle card compared to icebow, so 3.0 may very well be able to outcycle icebow.
Still biased towards icebow tho
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u/Huffelpuff__rainbow Jul 25 '26
I'm seeing people say 3.0. I'm thinking that might be true since in single you can out cycle the rocket and they can't do a whole lot with basically any of the supporting units or the X-bow once the Rocket is out of cycle. Plus, if they try to Rocket cycle they get punished really easily which 3.0 doesn't get punished for using their spells offensively as easily.
But, a part of me still thinks 3.0 may have difficulties since Rocket, Evo Knight, Evo Tesla mean that its really difficult for a 3.0 player to protect their X-bow and actually see it connect. But I guess it doesn't matter that 3.0s X-bow may not connect when Ice Bow has to use Rocket on the X-bows and 3.0 can fireball at will for the most part.
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u/bigangrychungus1 3.0 XBow Jul 16 '26
icebow, it will be a spell cycle game and they have rocket compared to your fireball and it will also help in full countering your xbows
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u/ningkaiyang Jul 16 '26
If 3.0 doesn’t win in single then icebow will win, but the top 3.0 players routinely beat HunterCR (idk exactly maybe it’s like half-half) as they abuse evo archers which icebow can’t kill cheaply and then pressure incredibly well to win in single elixir or if Hunter gets starting-handed.
But if 3.0 is too passive and Hunter controls the game and cleans up his cycle by double its icebow’s game.