The Benji Facts:
Outside of extremely lucky turns, Benji presents roughly 8 to 10 damage per turn outside his Spring Tidings turn.
48.5% of the time, he won’t see Spring Tidings in the first 3 turns.
22.4% of the time, he does not have a reaction to push the damage above 2 in the reaction step (if he runs 4 reactions in the deck, recalculate if the meta changes).
8.46% of the time, he has both Spring Tidings.
How to beat Benji:
If you run a playset of 3 Ironhide + 1 Ironrot, you can save those and block the Spring Tidings. Or run equipment with equivalent block values. You need 7 block available in your equipment: so, 3 pieces that block 2, and one piece that can block 1.
Scenario #1
Benji has access to 1 resource, either through Pitch, Tunic, or floating, has Spring Tidings on the combat chain, and 1 card left in hand.
This could be a reaction or a second copy of Spring Tidings (bluff with the resource). The solution is: block 5 with 2 Ironhide Pieces + Ironrot, pitching a blue. Block 2 with Ironhide on the second Spring Tidings.
Scenario #2
Benji plays Spring Tidings and has no floating resources, no access to a resource from equipment, and only one card in hand.
Solution: Worst case, this is either a Spring Tidings or Ancestral empowerment. Block 3 with your equipment, and then block 2 if a second copy of Spring Tidings gets played after.
Scenario #3:
Benji won the dice roll; the deck will likely deal about 8 damage to you and then arsenal a card. Nothing much to do about it; this puts you at 12-ish life depending on your hero. Since Benji generally deals about 8 to 10 damage a turn, this puts you on a 2-turn clock to force him into blocking from hand. Go full aggro in your turn, don’t even bother Arsenaling if you can present lethal.
Scenario #4:
You won the dice roll. Benji has a 19.2% chance of finding Spring Tidings in his opening hand, which means if you go first, it is best not to allow him to filter his hand by blocking unless you are sure you can push 5 damage in the first turn.
Solution: Arsenal a card, maybe filter a card or two with activations, or play a non-attack, but do not attack unless you can push a ton of damage in that turn! If you attack, only a little damage leaking is not worth it! It does not help you generate better breakpoints and increases Benji’s Spring Tidings odds up to 36.4% if they block with their whole hand.
Either way, that is all for today on how to beat Benji! If you run into specific scenarios and need more help, I will gladly update this guide.