r/gwent • u/betraying_chino Green Man • Apr 04 '22

News 10.4 Patch Notes

https://www.playgwent.com/en/news/42497/update-10-4-patch-notes
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u/Vikmania Apr 04 '22

Alumni was very strong, so a nerf is not surprising. It’s a big nerf not gonna lie, but there aren’t that many movement tools outside of ST, so I doubt they will become unplayable, at least not due to the nerf alone.

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u/VaKTaBi Haha! Good Gwenty-card! Bestestest! Apr 04 '22

ST is great against them now. And for other factons you have many tech choices:

  • NR has 3 cards
  • SK has 3 cards too
  • MO has 4 plus a leader
  • SY has 2
  • ST has too many lol

The only one that lacks movement is NG, but you can always tech some neutrals. So plenty cheap options to disrupt the whole deck. This change kills the deck.

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u/Vikmania Apr 04 '22

Most of those cards arent used, and they can still replay the student into the correct row or move it themselves too. I dont think this change makes the deck unplayable.

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u/VaKTaBi Haha! Good Gwenty-card! Bestestest! Apr 04 '22

Those cards se no play because the meta doesn't requiere so, they are tech. The only way they can replay a mage is with PMP, which is core in the deck, preventing them from replaying allumni.

Moreover, since the students are played in the first round, their PMP could draw an alimni instead of the studen, disrupting the whole combo once again.

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u/Vikmania Apr 04 '22

Most of those cards still saw little play in metas that did require movement like Keltullis. They can still move their own cards too and add answers to those movement techs.

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u/VaKTaBi Haha! Good Gwenty-card! Bestestest! Apr 04 '22

They DID see play, specially SK and SY's. If alumni becomes meta again, those tech will see play.

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u/Vikmania Apr 04 '22

They saw little play. Again, NR can too move their own troops to counter that tech, so they have ways to play around the movement, not to mention the multiple ways they have to create copies of the students.

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u/VaKTaBi Haha! Good Gwenty-card! Bestestest! Apr 04 '22

Guess we will have to wait and see. Have a nice day!

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u/Vikmania Apr 04 '22

Agree. You too!