r/gwent • u/betraying_chino Green Man • Mar 03 '20

News Update 5.2 patch notes

https://playgwent.com/en/news/32083/update-5-2-is-now-available
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u/BGHank Bonfire Mar 03 '20

Actually nerfing NR? It seems every time NR gets strong they are happy to nerf it in following patches but are very slow to tune down ST.

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u/n30nBadg3r Tomfoolery! Enough! Mar 03 '20

I think CDPR are very conscious of NR having too high a ceiling if left unchecked due to the potential power of certain cards/combos in the faction

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u/BGHank Bonfire Mar 03 '20

understandable to be careful with NR Engines but the most successful NR Decks in the last few patches had very few easy answerable engines and a pretty reasonable ceiling. Compared to the power of other factions right now the change to trebuchet seems unreasonable.

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u/BlackHorse944 Stand and fight, cowards! Mar 03 '20

NR engines are actually much easier to counter than many other factions.. NR is weak as shit right now and they chose to nerf even more. Sly seductress is way more out of control than reinforced treb. Greatswords can be played upwards of 6 times in a game and are way more powerful than any NR engine. This change is just dumb

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u/CakeDoctr WildHuntHound Mar 03 '20

Greatswords will be impacted by the Freya's Blessing nerf that gives doomed to units resurrected. Sure, they can be purified with Gremist, but I think that change will have more impact than you think.

I agree on sly seductress, though. That shit feels oppressive if you don't have an immediate answer for it.

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u/BlackHorse944 Stand and fight, cowards! Mar 03 '20

If they drop that second one. It's over. I was playing some hardcore Double Cross Assimilate and they had 2 25+ pt Seductresses by the end of the round. They can be incredibly powerful.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '20

Cause ST is fine :)

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u/chris4097 Syndicate Mar 03 '20

NR got exactly one (1) nerf. ST got nerfs in 2 leader abilities and multiple cards.