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Is it more common to use the 2-liner or 3-liner in both type 1 2-player and multi-player?

I have encountered more 3-liners than 2-liners in type 1 2-player.

We use whatever we have here, but I think the three liner's better overall.

In 2-player, 3-liner only limits your options. There is literally no reason to use it over 2-liner.

In Multi, 3-liner is better.

Outside of very weird and rare circumstances, there is no reason to play 3-liner.

Outside of very weird and rare circumstances, there is no reason to play 3-liner.

One very weird and rare circumstance can be the difference between winning and losing a tournament if the two players are evenly matched.

I haven't had an experience where the two liner would be better but I am sure there are some. I personally prefer to stick with my three liner just in case

The two liner can be an advantage in two player; if your opponent rescues half, you can SoG/NJ it so you both get half and you get another one. It can also be good in multi if one person has four and has half, someone else can rescue it to keep them from getting the other half.

just pointing out that in multi if someone has 4 redeemed souls and half a 2-liner and someone else rescues the other half both players get half of the 2-liner so the person with 4 would then have 5.

I prefer 2-liner in two player and 3-liner in multi. I believe that being able to rescue your own ls in two player is more advantageous more often than being able to waste sog/nj on one half to stop your opponent.

I really don't see how taking half of your own 3 liner could be all that beneficial. You basically just wasted NJ because you can never rescue the other half of that soul, unless you opponent is stupid enough to exchange for it. Sure it may stop him once but so does tapping the three liner in the first place. 2 liner is better then 3 liner in 2P because you can SOG/NJ the other half of the soul you still get one and stop him from getting the other half. In multi it can go both ways. If there's someone with 4 souls going right after someone with 1 or 2 then the obvious thing to do is tap the 3 liner, but if the 3 liner is the only soul you have and the opponent has 3 tapping it just means you can't give the other half of the soul to someone else, it's basically guaranteeing that soul will be there the next time that opponent needs to make a rescue and if you couldn't block them the first time it's unlikely you'll be able to block them the second time.

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