bilbo.baggins;n9392411 said:
As a, for the time being, ST player who finds Dwarves really boring, to say that i was hugely disappointed after the stream would be an understatement ( i do like the Pyrotechnician ). If you want a viable ST deck, it's pretty much Dwarves or Spellatel.
ST control goes hand in hand with Eithne. Now, with the Sage card which is a teeny tiny Eithne wannabe, isn't it safe to assume that Eithne's ability got changed?
Movement was more of a joke archetype ( i personally find it very fun, but definitely not competitive ) and now a movement related gold becomes a fancy Alzur's.
After the Francesca change, i don't know if the Mulligan archetype is legit. Don't get me wrong, i think the new Francesca sounds really good, but i don't think a Mulligan deck makes sense anymore. The most maddening thing is that NR has now cards with mulligan abilities. Whatever...
And what's up with 9 strength Aglais? I hope they removed or at least reduced the "effort". Unless she's completely changed.
Most pleasant thing i've seen so far is stupid Donar finally not being able to steal cards from the deck.
Eithne wasn't changed, that's one of the thing I made sure off. (and yes, Donar's change was really needed).Yes, NR has now a mulligan card and SK has now a pretty good movement card. I didn't get it as well.
To sum up all the changes I've seen on ST
Leaders :
Francesca now 7str, mulligan only one card, but you choose whatever you want from your deck after that, and boost that card by 3 if it's a unit.
Broover hoog does his current ability but can also choose any bronze dwarf instead of a silver unit if he wants to.
Bronzes :
Mulligan side,
Vrihedd officer is 6 str instead of 7, and boost itself by the base power of the card you got after mulliganing away one card in your hand (if it's a spell it buffs itself by 5).
vanguards now buff the whole elf ally board by 1 every time they're mulliganed away, as well as on deploy.
Movement side,
The
marksman got a very interesting buff. It's 7 instead of 6, still has the same deploy and "when moved" ability, BUT on top of this also has the old Iorverth ability (will damage any unit moved on the other side by two).
elven mercenary got nerfed by one.
Wardancer, Sappers, DB archers, vrihedd dragoon, dwarven mercenaries, skirmishers, mahakam defenders got buffed by one. (note : many cards across the board on every faction received a similar +1 str buff)
Smugglers and vrihedd brigade got buffed by 2 (4->6 and 6> 8)
Commando neophyte was changed into a "whenever you DRAW a card, damage a random enemy by 2".
Mahakam guard now STRENGTHEN the ally by 3 if it's a dwarf, and boost it by 4 if it's not a dwarf. he also went from 5 to 6 strength.
hawker healers is now 1 more strength and boost 2 units by 3 (no mention of the place they are, so probably direct target).
Silvers
Idea is now 3str, but got quen replaced by overdose ( which will do what tremors is currently doing)
Eleyas went from a useless silver to a the first official mulligan silver(6str that boost himself by 2 every times he's drawn or mulliganed away).
Ciaran is 9 strength. Exact ability is unknown.
Morenn is 8 instead of 6, same ability.
Barclay now STRENGTHEN the summoned dwarf by 3.
Other silvers seems completely unchanged.
Ithlinne is now loyal 2 strength instead of disloyal 5, so that's a 7 strength change. However, it's only weather and spells rather than "specials". So no more double potions, double lacerate, and the like.
Aglais is 9 strength but no longer has an effort tag, so she stays at 9. It's still special for her, just like eithne.
Iorverth is just a 7 str damaging 7.
Milva now boost by 3 the returned ally, and ehr ability specifies tha tit cannot affect herself, but is unchanged otherwise.
Saskia is now a 10 str gold that mulligan away two cards and pick any bronze from your deck instead
Saesenthessis has the same ability, but is now 10 strength instead of 9.
Schirru however is pretty much KILLED by the patch. As the scorch he creates can kill him now, and he was left "unchanged". Clearly the patch change about the gold card is released with Schirru completely forgotten.
Zoltan now also damage moved enemies by 2.
Still watching the end of the stream to see if I catch on something else.
ImO you can still not create a competitive deck with mulligan or movement as a core (a mix of some of those with other cards may emerge though). We're getting something that looks better overall though. First gold and first silver for mulligan, more interesting mechanisms for mulligan bronze, a movement bronze that became quite a bit stronger for offensive movement, zoltan is stronger offensively as well and can combine nicely with the mar, and the stupid Iorverth is no longer a gold for movement (I wish they made it simply better/different but still for movement rather than a boring "7 damage 7" though). I was hoping for more than that, but we're going in the right direction.
Furthermore, with the change to gold and how imapacted some cards like Schirru are as a result, after the patch scorch centred ST decks are pretty much a thing of the past.
We may see a buff-centred elf deck emerge with several of the new cards, maybe with a hybrid variant including a part of the mulligan archetype. Not sure it will be able to take on the stronger decks around, but too soon to say anything~
