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For a long time now, cycle decks has been the dominating force in Top ladder and Competitives. We seldomly see beatdown decks finishing top 10 and even less for top 5 finish or higher. In my opinion, cycle decks are better in these following areas:
- Less awkward cycle. (since cycle decks often consists of cheaper cards, it is extremely easy to adjust cycles while also avoid being punished).
- Cheaper commitment that often requires the same amount of elixir from the opponent to defend. (For example, a miner balloon combo cost only 8 elixir yet there is very few counters that cost 8 or less elixir to perfectly counter this combo or take little damage)
- Stronger synergy between cards. You can find very little synergy between 5 elixir or more cards whereas there are tons of cards that synergize with each other. This lead to the fact that Cycle players can often defend more cheaply or efficiently than beatdown decks.
In conclusion, the meta is getting more and more unfriendly toward beatdown players. If you scroll through the top 20 right now! You will hardly find a deck that cost more than 3.9 elixir.
But the big question is--- How can we make beatdown user's experience better and make the game more balanced without harming cycle players?
Fellow Reddit readers, we need your support to bring this to the attention of u/Supercell_Drew .
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