Puzzle: How fast will Professor Xavier win?

[salvor]

Suppose you have a magic power of predicting your opponent's decision (you ""win" every decision point). How many turns do you need to kill your opponent?

Of course, parafod from the very first turn is not an answer (there are full-proof defences via blindness).

For some time I thought that you can guarantie a win from FFFFW/SPFPW forked with FFF/SPW, but now I don't see how it forces a win vs FF/WW.

Any ideas?

[Bat]

How does FF/WW defend against an opening para/FoD? And if it doesn't, isn't F/W vs D/P the first decision point?

[salvor]

FFFFF
WWPSPFP

vs FFF/SPW, paralysis is thrown at the opponent every turn. FFF/WWP also block the antispell.

Perhaps, the optimal strategy may involve other openings vs paraopenings.

Or maybe you should change your strategy, trying to resolve Haste/Invis as soon as possible.

P.S. Actually, invisibility strategy is quite promissing. If your opponent plays paraline, you play SW/PP and force either a Fear or invisibility.

[Bat]

I don't know if you meant

FFFFFF
WWPSPFP

to be the only defense or just one possibility but in that case, at

FFFF
WWPS

FFF
PWP

if they cast para at you, you can instead do

FFFF
WWPS

FFFF
PWPP

and paralyse them for a

FFFFCCC
WWPSFFF

FFFFFFFFFFF
PWPPWPFSSSD

or a

FFFFCxx
WWPSPFC

FFFFFFFFFFF
PWPPWPFSSSD

(edited with monospace formatting.)

[salvor]

FFF/WWP was a defense vs FFF/SPW. Against F/P, F/W-player can play FFF/WSP or FFF/WWSP. I am not sure which one is better, but anyway. FoD against a paraline does not look promising to me.

[Bat]

Then maybe OgreParaFod is the answer? I can't really tell what the numbers are and haven't really been able to convince myself either way

FFFFF
WSPFC

FFFFC
PSFWP


FFFF
WWSP

FFFF
PSFWP


FFFF
WWP

FFF
PSPFP

(Is this enough for AntiParaFoD?)

And of course, try for a straight ParaFoD if they do anything but F/S or F/W on turn 2. I know there are more than a few gaps in the argument here...