Welcome to Part 2 of our introduction series. Today it’s all about Clampy!
Using Clampy successfully is currently a challenge. If we look at the matches of the current season you can see that the winrate of Clampy is just around 30%. But this also means that competitors don’t expect matching Clampy.
And expectations can be used.
Winning with Clampy?
Similar to most Promptables, Clampy is relatively small. His colouration does not attract special attention. With the right Prompt he might be a hiding champion.
The power of synonyms
Depending on the exact wording of a Prompt, his efficiency changes. Try to use different synonyms and see how the AI Referee interprets each version. Does it make a difference if you reuse words used in the scenario descriptions within your attacs?
Hiding, Camouflage, Bury, Cloak …
Dictionaries of synonyms like thesaurus.com might help you looking for just the right word.
Looks like …
Something else you can notice while looking at Clampy are his long yellow limbs. On first glance they look just like a clamp. But is this really the only way to use them?
Isn’t the shape of its tips just like little feet? Maybe Clampy can kick someone as well! They could be sharp as well, as if they were blades! They could be even used as pipes, filled with toxic fluids. Does Clampy use them for spiderlike movement?
Mini Challenge
What does Clampy remind you of?
Look at him and try to find fitting Prompts for his abilities. Test around what happens if you follow a specific theme?
How can you use as few words as possible to explain your reasoning to the AI Referee? How does the ability work? Which words are chosen by the AI Referee when he comments your ideas? How does the Duel Referee interpret your abilities?
Last Words
Could you prompt some interesting abilities for Clampy? How does Clampy do in duels with them? Do you feel challenged to use Clampy more now?
Next time we’ll talk more about Coraly.