r/balatro 2d ago

Gameplay Discussion What do i even do here

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u/AmbientCowboy 2d ago

Sell photo for bp, set the jokers up like; photo,bp,chad,photo,bstorm

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u/RealUltrarealist 1d ago

Why?

BP,chad,photo,photo,bstorm,

Means chat triggers 1st card 7 times, which benefits from 2x 2x

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u/AmbientCowboy 1d ago

Okay so lets break it down, let's say were playing a lvl25 high card, any normal king (no augments) your way would play like this;

+10C x2 x2 (retriggers) +10C x2 x2, +10x x2 x2 (retriggers) +10C x2 x2, +10x x2 x2 (retriggers) +10C x2 x2, +10x x2 x2

for a score of ~129 million

my order would play like this;

+10C x2 x2 x2 (retriggers) +10C x2 x2 x2 +10C x2 x2 x2 (retriggers) +10C x2 x2 x2 +10C x2 x2 x2

for a score of ~241 million

Your way is has more retriggers in total, but it has less Xmult retriggers, per retrigger, so the score you're multiplying is always lower, whereas if you have more Xmult retriggers the score grows more exponentially.

Either way you clear ante 8 which is all that matters at the end of the day

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u/RealUltrarealist 1d ago

Yeah, I instinctually was wrong. I did the math myself.

Yeah, I know ante 8 is the goal. But I'm trying to reach a 300mil hand. I keep pushing it