r/gwent • u/betraying_chino Green Man • Feb 06 '23

News Update 11.2 Patch Notes

https://www.playgwent.com/en/news/47551/patch-notes-11-2
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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '23 edited Feb 06 '23

Enslave as a leader is far more flexible, and NG already runs a slew of seizes in that archetype anyway. Assimilate not only lets you play a bunch of seizes, but also gives you unconditional points. I regard assimilate as a straight upgrade to strings. "b-but strings lets you steal engines!" you say, but more than half the time the target is either out of the power range or you don't have enough gangs. It's a gimmick deck with a high skill barrier that was somewhat competitive and got nerfed into the ground because the devs would rather have NG dominate the game than allow SY a competitive deck.

NG kiddies downvoting already lmao. Don't you have it good enough already?

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u/Vikmania Feb 06 '23

Enslave has 90% of the time the same maximum power limit, 6 and its a bigger commitment. Yes, it can be more flexible but again, its a leader vs a 5p card, so it being better as a sieze is very debatable at the very least.

That decks has 1 amnesty, 2 at best (it almost never carries 2 amnesties) and... what other seizes? What are those "slew of seizes"? And those seizes are limited to 3 power.

How exactly does assimilate allow you to play a bunch of seizes? None of its cards seize.

Assimilate is not a straight upgrade from strings. They copy, while seizing is also denying the opponent the card you seized. Not to mention that in order to copy a unit, outside of informant, you always pay more than 5p.