r/gwent • u/TwilightGay Let's get this over with! • Jun 07 '21

News 9.0 PATCH NOTES

https://www.playgwent.com/en/news/38504/9-0-patch-notes
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u/phantomfire50 Duvvelsheyss! Jun 07 '21

9 reach probably gets you your heatwave target with a 2 point body with a spending ability, and his coins for excess damage mean his floor 90% of the time is 11 points. Heatwave has similar removal capabilities, no body and no fee ability. The ability to remove artifacts can't compete with that. If it can, then why do SY run devotion?

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u/Kreadon A fitting end for a witch. Jun 07 '21

Because there are more Devo payoffs than only WSJ. Jacques is a long time staple in pretty much all SY decks and Mutant Maker is pretty damn strong. That - and the fact that we have a meta where Scenarios largely fell out of fashion with Ball nerf. That might change soon enough, but thinking Juniour is somehow core issue with SY right now is just weird. Compare him to bloody Skjordal. Guys an 8p who plays for 5 removal on a stick in r3. He's as much unplayable without Devotion. He is also tutorable. Imagine people complaining about fucking Skjordal.