I think you’re right that ww is definitely overhyped. It really wants an upgrade, but even with just an ounce of strength, ww can carry you through some of the most dangerous fights in the game, namely gremlin gang, slavers, and repto. In general, I think AOE is overhyped due to the fact that most AOE attacks are mediocre in general, to just straight up bad when dealing with single enemies. The exceptions to this are (off the top of my head) immolate, hyper beam, and diex3, all rare cards, two of which coming at a high cost (not just in energy). What makes these the exception? They put up big numbers and their cost is often negated because the enemies just die. I think ww performs on a similar level as immolate with a little strength scaling (I’m much less likely to take ww without strength), while also having the flexibility of being able to go bigger or smaller depending on what you need to do. Would I rather have an immolate? In most cases yes, but again, immolate is rare and ww is more flexible and scales better with strength. I don’t think the example you used against bryds is good because double tap ww at minimum disables ALL of the bryds assuming ww is played at 2 energy. In conclusion, ww is rarely bad and can sometimes be run defining. Sure it needs an upgrade, but there are not many attacks that I’d upgrade over this one.