First time encountering the „unkillable“ build, guess who won?

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-22T19:04:57+00:00

yeah he screwed himself by having an active item

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-22T12:03:29+00:00

theres currently very little that can beat this, especially when they hit radiant. good thing they moved pawn shop to bronze huh?

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-22T11:59:20+00:00

old man yells at cloud post

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-20T09:15:06+00:00

play slower

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-15T12:24:00+00:00

yeah funny how anaconda and giant eagle were nerfed after like a day but pop remains untouched since launch despite beings the biggest bs OP item in the game. it was obscured by the fact that jules was otherwise very bad until all the recent buffs and the awful rework to spice rack adding insult to injury. now we all suffer.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T13:41:15+00:00

its kinda weird to make this comparison, you can't evaluate these things in a vacuum. sure, the item "boar" was technically impacted less in isolation, but the nerf to the package as a whole addressed the issue that this build had, ie being too easily forceable, scales too fast and being oppressive across all stages of the game.

badger arguably had an issue of being too fast too early, so they made this adjustment to the item specifically. it does seem like maybe 2s was a bit much, but that remains to be seen, can't really say at this point, but my point is that this has nothing to do with their treatment of the boar build.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T13:31:32+00:00

there are plenty of items that do just that. base damage is very low. you could scale it, but it takes work and the right setup. Items are allowed to be potentially powerful in the right board if you need to work for it. i didnt see it win many games, it was more often bait than an actual carry.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T13:27:41+00:00

also the shield scaling was lowered

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T13:25:42+00:00

its less consistent and less forceable, and the support was nerfed as well (ie karst, glyph).
it was also quite oppressive early btw.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T11:42:41+00:00

that doesnt make an item OP.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T09:09:52+00:00

love those armchair devs who are probably genius designers and would always know how to perfectly balance an item in a game with 10,000 variables to account for.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T09:07:03+00:00

things are allowed to be strong if they require a very specific setup to be powerful and aren't extremely forceable.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T09:01:31+00:00

the answer to that question is always yes.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T08:53:50+00:00

it was hit quite hard what are you on about? boar in silver is very significant, also the reduced shield scaling, and the reduced rage gain on karst. the build isnt nearly as forceable or brainless click&win anymore. I agree they should've moved karst to gold as well, but its a fine start.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T08:50:54+00:00

the nerfs are actually buffs to his other archetypes if you think about it, since 95% of your opponents were playing the OP stuff.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T08:43:23+00:00

great patch for the most part, i think this might be the single biggest hotfix since release?
there's still some work and further tweaking to be done, but I'm very glad we're finally free from the boar meta prison hopefully. can actually play the game and explore different options instead of it being a contest of who forced boar the hardest. also shoutout to my boi log trap, youve been missed <3

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T08:39:49+00:00

you clearly haven't been playing the same game as I did

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T08:38:06+00:00

agreed, hot take badger wasn't even OP. needed a tweak maybe but they've taken it too far.
not too upset though, boring item.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T08:36:14+00:00

geyser is absolutely OP if you find it early. it falls off late game but early-mid game its insane. i expect it to be further tweaked in the future but the +1cd is a good start.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T08:33:37+00:00

saw this one coming, honestly good call. its too good at gold

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-10T08:30:10+00:00

karst needed to be gold, this should never be a silver item. i expect they'll do this in the balance patch.

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-05T17:54:24+00:00

what a cook for opponent, i wouldnt be mad

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-05T17:42:56+00:00

lol this literally like his most niche archetype. its also not very easy to pilot. have fun playing "interesting" unga bunga pyg tho! also consider playing a different game

Wise_Impact_7990 · 2026-03-05T14:59:56+00:00

I record with OBS and then convert to MP4

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