my balatro moots, i need advice on how to win with a straight build. i have never won ante 8 going straight
@wallhackio decide early if you want high or low straights, you don't want to do both. and you probably want high straights
when sculpting your deck remember that every straight includes a 5 or a 10. if you want high straights, you want to focus on getting cards around 10 before committing specifically to "ace high" or anything, it gives you more flexibility to find what you're looking for
@wallhackio if you're holding 4, 5, 6, 8, but no 3 or 7, apparently the math works out such that you should generally discard the 8 if you otherwise wouldn't be able to discard 5 cards. i haven't done this math myself but i trust the person who did crunch those numbers. it does depend on what's actually left in your deck though, if you're not going to draw a 3 then you know you need the 8 so that probably changes things
@wallhackio straights sit at a really good ratio of "difficulty to find" to "quality of their planet card". ime straight builds live and die by their celestial packs. they're really worth checking when you have the spare cash (as long as you're not losing interest) and Telescope is an incredible voucher for you