gear frame almost never gets hit by skill drain, and i can always be noob and drop a lance on it. either way you have to be smart about timing. thats were the skill takes place. either way i only use gearframe, its soul purpose is to give me a fortress to my hand, not to equip. and because of skill drain i only play 2 gearframe anyway, also 3 over crowds; i achieve the same result by re-normal summoning thanks to bird man bouncing him back to the hand. it only looks that my deck normal summons more than special summons. but i can explode on the field if i wanted too.
gadgets:bad in my deck i main thunder king and skill drain, im not trying to make a stun deck even tho it might resemble one my goal is to make a competitive skill drain deck that can win with without skill drain, im attempting to strengthen skill drains most exploited weakness: SPEED, CONTROL, VERSATILITY, and as i said before, in the absence of skill drain i am able to win; machina Fortress meets my expectations