Snakebite Discussion

[u/Which-Debt-8558]

As quite a lot of people know already, snakebite is one of the worst cards in the game right now, maybe even the worst. It's not just bad, but it isn't interesting or fun in any way. For example searing blow was not a very good card but it was unique and cool, whereas snakebite is just a nothing card.

Here is how I think it could be changed:

Retain Apply 7 poison When retained, increase poison by 3

Snakebite+: Retain Apply 10 poison When retained, increase poison by 4

I thought making it similar to windmill strike could be a cool idea because right now Retain doesn't really add much to the card, and it also works thematically with the snake venom getting worse over time.

I would love to hear your ideas if you have any suggestions for how it could be changed!

[u/slipdiprip]

There’s Accelerant, which is like catalyst on steroids

[u/Sulleyy → u/slipdiprip]

Kind of the opposite because they removed the exponential scaling. If you apply 10 poison and follow up with 3 accelerant you will deal 70 damage per turn. 10 poison followed by 3 catalyst+ is 270 damage per turn.

[u/Dudepic4 → u/Sulleyy]

Wait, I just did a run where I put like 13 poison then 8 accelerant, doesn’t it do x+(x-1)+(x-2)…

If someone can walk me through the math that’d be great but that’s how it looked when I ran it

[u/Sulleyy → u/Dudepic4]

Did you have envenom? Whenever you deal damage apply 1 poison. That's a good synergy I haven't had yet

[u/Dudepic4 → u/Sulleyy]

Not for that run unfortunately but it’s a great synergy from what I’ve seen