Montana:
The return of Leone made the clan the most popular past month. However, without him around, last month Montana were the least played clan of the ranking.
We think he is crucial right now for the clan to be played at high levels, and this is why we would like to try and keep him in the format, while banning another popular card of the clan.
The choice was to be made between Iris Morana and Figaro. As Figaro is a very recent card, we decided to try and take out Iris Morana, by restoring Vermaire.
We will keep monitoring this change during the season and it’s possible more changes will be done next month.
A new Montana 5* is currently being worked on for the near future.

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Nightmare:
No change needed
Madadook, the so long teased character of the magazine, will come soon…

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Piranas
The clan was rarely played.
We decided to remove the Max 12 on Bonnie Ld’s ability. This limitation was put on her to limit the sinergy between her and other strong cards such us Barden, Langren and Ursula.
However, as all of the cards mentioned above are no longer playable in Z Palace, we think we can safely restore Bonnie to her full potential.

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Pussycats:
The clan was quite popular past season, but mostly as a support clan for the top ones and did not feature winrates too troublesome. We think we can leave the clan as it is for this season and keep observing it.

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Raptors:
The clan was quite popular past season, but we think mostly as a counter to the top clan Montana. We think we can leave the clan as it is for this season and keep observing it.

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Rescue:
no change needed

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Riots:
The clan was rarely played, but we made no changes as a New Blood is coming for them this week.

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Roots:
The clan was average in the ranking, but Bakuta Ld resulted to have a very low winrate among LD cards.
We decided to increase its ability Max from 15 to 18, in order to make him more synergic with other + Life cards, like for example Gonzo.

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Sakrohm:
The swap we did last season between Baka and Ahseya seems to have kept in check the clan… even a little too much, as they weren’t that popular the past month.
We decided to try and restore Virginia in place and Tara to increase the clan number of playable choices, and we will keep observing the clan as it is this month.
If they will keep losing positions in the ranking, next month, we may restore Lear Barduh to Z Palace in place of Rahmzay.

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Sentinel:
The clan was rarely played.
As teased last month, we decided to restore Carmen in place of Mandy, to provide a more solid 3* card to the clan.

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Skeelz:
The clan was slightly below average in the ranking.
Yomi Ld resulted to be the LD card with the lowest winrate. However, she was played a good amount of times compared to the other clan choices, so we think the direction of her ability is good. We decided to slightly buff her, reducing her ability minimum from 2 to 1.

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Ulu Watu:
no change needed

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Uppers:
no change needed
While not played a lot and without reaching too dangerous stats, Nega D Ld resulted to be the card with the highest match winrate in Z Palace.
It is a high risk - high reward card, and we think he deserves his spot on the meta as cards like him are quite rare there. However, we feel like we should make him a little more risky to play than as it is now. This is why we increased his infection backlash from Poison 3 to Poison 4.

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Vortex:
The card was nicely placed in the ranking, but we think it is too dependant from Predtr Ld and Fhtagn Ld, that are too solid together. This drastically reduces the clan number of playable choices, as without LD cards the clan is not played or it is played with only 3 cards formations.
In order to increase diversity in deck building, we decided to restore Rahi Sledon in place of Angora, and to slightly nerf Fhtagn Ld ability from -3 Life min 2 to -3 min 4. This will keep intact his strenght as an opener card, but it will make him a bit more predictable and less solid overall during the course of the match, as well as putting him more in competition with Cyb Yose and C Porkks for a spot in a deck.
We will keep observing closely this change during the month.

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Leader:
No change needed

edited by ChaosDragon88 thursday 08/11, 17:07