Thread by @JasonILTG

New beta for Storybook Brawl just dropped, and the devs say that it can be discussed/streamed publicly, so here's a thread with my thoughts on the changes! Keep in mind that these are BETA changes, and thus won't all make it into the next patch. 1/x

The most important change is that Good Boy no longer buffs itself. This means that CopyBoy would no longer exist, and Trophy Hunter would be nerfed as well, as those are the only comps that have Good Boy buff itself - Phoenix Feather nonwithstanding. 2/x

The second most important change is that Echowood no longer sees Shoulder Fairies' stats. This significantly nerfs Trees, hurts Lance Slay, and just makes generic "have one big good character" comps worse (like Hippo). 3/x

The Jormangandr buff is really interesting to me - it lets you run other Slay units in Jormangandr comps, and perhaps lets it slot into Lancelot slay comps as well. Though it might not be worth risking your Grim Soul hitting Jormungandr instead of Lance. 4/x

Pumpking to level 5 is also really interesting - right it's hard to get into Pumpking comp, as evil generally drops off in levels 4-5. But Pumpking at 5 is an early enough reward for having a Queen or Sarcophagus that you can build toward it. 5/x

Bearstein to level 5 is the weirdest change here to me - I thought it was already in a good place as powerful but beatable, with good counterplay. Moving it to 5 and removing its buff probably nerfs it generally while making it highroll more. 6/x

Now you can no longer be instantly much stronger the turn you buy it without other ways of buffing your summons, but you if you do have a Paw you start snowballing faster. Interestingly, this also makes Wolf in Sheep's Clothing better, since it's the rare early big summon. 7/x

Dwarf changes are really cool - I like the concept of having a hand Wight, similar to hand Aons, and think dwarves might be playable again now with early tempo provided by Wight and lategame power with Tweedle. Wight+Tweedle is especially interesting. 8/x

Not sure what to think about Joan of Aardvark - on one hand it gives a big buff to a Mihri board, but on the other hand it's hard to say how much buffs can ever make a royals board good enough to beat other comps. And it doesn't even buff Court Wizard! 9/x

I like all the hero changes - Midas was horrible, and now can go royals or Lance Slay, Sphinx was way too strong and now is probably a bit weak, Evella was really weak and is probably fine but still weak. 10/x

9th Book moving to level 6 nerfs mages quite a lot - not only is level 6 so much harder to get than level 5 (as with each tier up), but also specifically Aon and Nian meant mages could get 5s without much difficulty, and the Book scaling starting earlier matters a lot. 11/x

Bargaining Chip seems like it might be too good - at the very least, the interaction with Mimic is very annoying, as you effectively have infinite gold through buying and selling 0-cost lvl 2s, but it takes a ton of time. Plus it's just really good value. 12/x

I like the other treasure changes - cut a bunch of boring treasures, downgraded some underpicked ones, and buffed Fancy Pants so now my chickens can be 5/5s. The lvl 4 spell "discount" treasure seems weak, and the mad hats seem on par with Coin of Charon probably? 13/x

Conclusion: CopyBoy, Trophy Hunter, Trees, non-Paw Bearstein, and Mages are all dead, so long live Dwarves, Pumpking, and most importantly Lance Slay on Midas! :P (more seriously, this does look like generally more balance, and a cool beta patch overall) 14/14

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