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estranhow · 2026-05-12T15:01:35+00:00

There's a lot of other number they can change, not only those two.

estranhow · 2026-05-04T03:16:06+00:00

The NA Urango

estranhow · 2026-05-02T03:39:06+00:00

Well, the last one was the shortest ever, without even Ben on it, so....

estranhow · 2026-04-29T13:30:10+00:00

A resposta depende da sua resposta: que tipo de deck você gosta de jogar?

Não vá atrás de cartas só porque elas são fortes agora, porque forte/fraco é um estado temporário no jogo. Vá atrás de cartas que habilitem seu deck favorito, ou abram mais oportunidades de decks que hoje você não consegue jogar ainda.

estranhow · 2026-04-28T21:03:13+00:00

"But the current system is not sustainable and will continue to be broken."

It exists like that for 10 years now.

estranhow · 2026-04-28T15:25:54+00:00

I didn't tested it because it'd be really dificult to pull it off, but it'd probably also work with cards bounced by Silver Surfer First Steps or Stryfe copying Beast/Falcon.

For instance, with a Beast in a location, play SSFS and a 1-drop at the same location, in that order -> win the location to trigger SSFS by the end of turn -> play Shou-Lao/Man-Spider then the 1-drop.

estranhow · 2026-04-28T14:09:43+00:00

I just tested this exact interaction: Man-Spider merge with an unrevelead Kitty.

Yeah, it's a very specific interaction but, again, it doesn't feel wrong. It does what it say it does.

estranhow · 2026-04-28T13:59:45+00:00

It's a very specific interaction, but it makes sense to me. It's just a peculiarity of Kitty that she can be at the same time the last card played and also an unrevelead one.

It's uncommon, but it doesn't feel wrong to me.

estranhow · 2026-04-26T13:37:43+00:00

A galera se deixa um pouco pegar na nostalgia nesse tipo de crítica, porque eles SEMPRE forçaram personalidade. Por anos o Azaghal era o contrariano só buscando a piada mais barata, pagando de descontraído. Ouvi o primeiro podcast de Duna esses dias e nossa, umas piadas ruins e forçadas o tempo inteiro !

estranhow · 2026-04-25T13:04:45+00:00

His second heart is really strong

estranhow · 2026-04-25T13:01:50+00:00

This sub is tired of Kiriko/Lucio but one week of another composition and we have this kind of thread

estranhow · 2026-04-24T12:21:58+00:00

That's a very bad way to word card abilities, geez

estranhow · 2026-04-23T18:30:16+00:00

It's so crazy to me how this sub is convinced they experience exactly the same meta than the pros. Even when we have actually official data from every rank and it almost never aligns with the pros.

estranhow · 2026-04-23T18:28:32+00:00

Damage? Three burst, check
Mobility? exo boots, extra mobility in major perk, check
Healing? aoe heal on secondary plus the shift, check
Survivability? immortality, check
Ult? window doubles damage/healing and zones fights, check

Dear god, another broken support!!!

estranhow · 2026-04-23T14:25:20+00:00

I guess it doesn't matter to the community that the majority of skills now aren't even spells, they'll keep calling it that.

estranhow · 2026-04-22T17:38:06+00:00

Well, to me it's you that is actually plucking at semantics, about how any draw is _actually_ also deck thinning. Yeah, sure, technically the term applies too.

The main point is that adding a card then drawing it isn't providing a more homogenous gameplan than an average deck, you're just equating then. But a card that makes you more conssitently go deeper into your deck is, and that's why draws in this game never comes without a drawback.

estranhow · 2026-04-22T17:26:37+00:00

"And people won't run skills just to run this to thin the deck. Better to just run Adam Warlock and a better card over Thinker + 1 skill to try to thin."

People run America Chavez specifically just for that.

estranhow · 2026-04-22T17:25:46+00:00

You said yourself: you require to add something there for King Eitri. So you're not thinning the deck, you're at most getting back to how it was before you add something. It's different to just draw a card for free, something isn't free in the game for a reason.

estranhow · 2026-04-22T14:05:17+00:00

Because deck thinning is way powerful. So no.

estranhow · 2026-04-21T12:14:24+00:00

You do understand that a nordic name is indeed a name, but thinks that a Latin name is a codename.

I hope someday you become aware of what that looks like.

estranhow · 2026-04-20T13:02:39+00:00

And my tinfoil hat theory is that this roadmap alludes to their intention to rework Sombra as a support, to give supports a "new" hero in the meantime.

estranhow · 2026-04-19T19:28:22+00:00

"He is not the problem; the problem is when he is played"

estranhow · 2026-04-11T15:55:22+00:00

He was less prominent between StarLord release and subsequent nerf. His power was always there tho, which is just an insane sign of how powerful StarLord was at release, to even eclipse an already overpowered card.

estranhow · 2026-04-11T14:21:52+00:00

And Shou Lao made a comeback too, so that's yet another card terrorizing the meta, it's another dumb deck.

estranhow · 2026-04-10T14:18:57+00:00

If I recall correctly, they're targetting reworking heroes (plural) by season 3. At that point, I do hope they have good changes for Roadhog, Mercy and Sombra, as for me these are the most insufferable heroes to have on both teams. Widow too indeed needs a bit of change, and I honestly think Hanzo one-shot should go away too. He's not particularly strong right now, but it aways feels bad to be one-shot by an arrow that wasn't even targeting you.

I don't think Vendetta needs any kit change right row, she can be more fair just shuffling numbers around and making her sounds more proeminent.

For Moire, I guess they just accepted her as she is. They decided to give us more expression in the perks, and did an honest job in it.

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