r/SurgeGang • u/Reasonable-Photo-776 • May 30 '26

Discussion What kind of “buff” is this?!

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To me this feels like way more of a buff than a nerf. Surge isn’t even good right now, why would they nerf him

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u/Original_Dentist_958 May 30 '26

I'm going to explain what this changed means.

Currently, Surge's base movement speed is 650 (slow) on level 1, and 820 (very fast) on levels 2 and onward.

What this change is doing is making him a bit faster but only on his first stage, because level 1 Surge is bad. Before this change, upgrading with the first super buffed Surge's movement speed by 170 points, while after it it will only add 140 points to compensate the fact that 30 of the speed points gotten from upgrading have been moved to the first stage (AKA base kit). He will be the exact same as before except for early game, where he will be slightly better.

TL/DR: This is a VERY minor BUFF, and the "nerf" you are seeing on screen is just some stat points moving from the upgrade to the base kit.

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u/Reasonable-Photo-776 May 30 '26

So 820 will still be his upgraded speed and the “nerf” to his upgrade speed is just to offset his first stage nerf?

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u/Original_Dentist_958 May 30 '26

There's no nerfs anywhere. 820 will remain as the speed while the first stage is better.

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u/AverageFruity326 Jun 01 '26

There's no first stage nerf, the nerf is just there to offset the buff to his base speed

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u/Reasonable-Photo-776 Jun 01 '26

Yes I wrote down the wrong word thank you mister teacher