Good day everyone.
I'd like to start a balance discussion around lyrish knight, i could find a recent topic related to my favourite unit in this game. A little while before the game got shut down the card got pretty heavily nerfed since it was too well rounded in pvp especially in shadow frost decks. Sadly it never really got rebalanced to a viable state as far as i can tell, except for being a niche counter to xl units in t2 pvp in combination with frostbite. I think thats a shame, since the card perfectly embodies some aspects of the spirit of the frost faction with its traits (basically the ones that arent covered by dreadnought after its amazing rework) and has an terific design base overall.
As far as i can tell its not useable in pve at all, atleast it always has better alternatives. I readily admit im not perfectly up to speed to the current pvp meta since the skyborn launch, but from what i saw its not even used there anymore either, not even as counter to xl units.
I really would love some changes to the cards, since its so iconic for the game and especially the frost faction so that i dont have to feel bad about using it even in casual rpve 9 runs. In pvp my most fond memories of the game were last stand kind of scenarios, where i got behind in the energy trades but managed to catch an overconfident ofguard opponent with lyrish knight defense against a harvester or t3 units that didnt get much value, so i could creep back in the game. Would love to relive that a little someday.
In terms of actual changes, i know its not that easy since the card has a few conditions that have to be considered. Mainly that the XL Attack modifier on t2 is in many cases not that valueable and that there always has to be a building around to make the cards really good. Simply buffing its damage back up again could make it potentially too valueable, especially in pvp even against non XL units since it double scales with its protector buff and homesoil/northern keep red. Maybe a power bumb could be better managed by making it pure frost exclusive and balance it around frost only. Another idea would be to make it a t3 unit, but i really wouldnt like that since there are already lots of great cards for frost with northland drake, avatar of frost or reduced cost amii monument as well as even splashable great cards like core dredger. Changing it to t1 or t4 seems also a little weird imo.
If i missed some changes in the recent years to it please enlighten me to them, but even as of now i dont think the card has much favor neither in pve nor pvp, so i would like to here some thoughts of you guys and girls.
See you in the forge