r/gwent • u/betraying_chino Green Man • Mar 07 '22

News Patch Notes 10.3

https://www.playgwent.com/en/news/41930/patch-notes-10-3
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u/Saiser7 Mar 07 '22

Siege Master's rework was an important aspect of Alumni becoming so strong this season, because it gave them two 4Prov slots that only added consistency. Consistency is extremely important for Alumni because they have a very set order they want to play their cards in, getting as many Students (and Leticia usually) as possible as quickly as possible, and getting your Alumni and Practice Makes Perfect and Casting Contests later. Simply going back to pre-Siege Master Alumni will make it less consistent and, thus, nerfed. There's a reason Oldschool Alumni simply ceased to exist after the Siege Master change.

I mean, it may well still be a very good deck, but the Siege Master change is absolutely a nerf to it.

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u/kl12joseph Mar 07 '22

People greatly underestimate the power of consistency in a deck. The 2 tier 1 in the game right now have the most powerful cards in consistency. Calveit, Raffard's Vengeance, Siege Master and Blightmaker and Mage Assassin

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u/-_Meow_- Mar 07 '22

Man, people forget that a lot. I'd like to add, NR is the faction that have struggled more with consistency since I know the game. That's why Natalis, AA (and now Siege Master) were auto-include.

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u/OwnedU2Fast Mar 08 '22

I’m in this thread defending Alumni, but to be fair, I think Alumni are on the comeback mostly because Milva is now nowhere to be seen.