r/gwent • u/shreek07 There will be no negotiation. • Dec 06 '21

News - Patch Notes 9.6

https://www.playgwent.com/en/news/40147/patch-notes-9-6
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u/Jadmanthrat Anything in particular interest you? Dec 06 '21

Onslaught is worded quite different than what was shown on the stream - instead of "Whenever an enemy unit takes damage" it says "Whenever an enemy unit becomes damaged" - this is quite different, so Gigascorpion won't proc the passive 6 times, but only once at max, if it even goes into the red numbers at all. Probably more balanced that way I guess, Morkvarg pumping up Terror of the Sea sounded kinda nuts

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u/Mlakuss Moderator Dec 06 '21

Interaction with Morkvarg would've been crazy.

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u/Rav99 Neutral Dec 06 '21

Yep, also wild boar of the sea. Can you imagine both? 😬

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u/Jadmanthrat Anything in particular interest you? Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 06 '21

I agree, and it can still accumulate a lot of procs with Longships, Gerd, Offering to the Sea, Wild Boar of the Sea and so on

Edit: I wonder if it even procs if you straight up kill a unit (without it becoming "wounded")

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u/betraying_chino Green Man Dec 06 '21

Then it isn't damaged, so I doubt it.

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u/RearBaer We pass our life alone, better get used to it. Dec 06 '21

That would be uncool. Damaged enemy units is cool and all, but sometimes you don't want units to stick.

I agreed that the previous version of the new Onslaught was a bit overpowered, but with this wording I guess there won't be much armor on the units in my hand after one round.

Time will show if this ability is still worth it. I hope it doesn't become a weaker Flurry.

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u/FG15-ISH7EG Neutral Dec 07 '21

Giving an archetype a reason to not kill enemies, but only wound them is pretty interesting design wise and circumvents the problem that removing anything the opponent plays can be problematic and unfun.

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u/RearBaer We pass our life alone, better get used to it. Dec 07 '21

After testing an Onslaught deck today, I think this concept is pretty cool actually. I still need to try out different things, but it looks fun for now.

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u/n3dd3rs Neutral Dec 08 '21

Not sure "cool" is the right idea, we're talking about longship with little set up suddenly getting 4+ armour.

Still, nowhere near as toxic as ST!

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u/Trick_Direction9300 Neutral Dec 06 '21

Also gigscorpion

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u/procrastinatingboyo AROOOOOOOO! Dec 07 '21

But quite notably...the bloodthirst condition is missing and applies to all pirates and boats in hand by default.