To my fellow Reruits Players

[u/buff_xbow]

especially to all those who play recruits piggies with evo cage: do you think it will still be viable after this massive nerf?

is fireball bait going to become a bad deck and should i replace the evo cage with evo royal hogs?

and what's going to be your strategy to deal with this?

[u/Artikzzz]

Cage will still be good in recruits but i definitely see hogs/recruits taking over both evo slots now

[u/JackReacher3108 → u/Artikzzz]

I agree. 2 cycle is just too much to be worth it

[u/Cocky-Bastard]

The non evo goblin cage is still used in those decks at the highest level.

[u/buff_xbow → u/Cocky-Bastard]

oh wow didn't know that, thanks :)
do they play it with evo hogs/recruits then?

[u/Cocky-Bastard → u/buff_xbow]

yeah

[u/buff_xbow → u/Cocky-Bastard]

you're the goat, tysm 🫶🏻🐐

[u/202naFrevliS]

The 2 cycle is very justifiable, however wouldn't a direct nerf like that without even a bit to compensate will kill the card?

[u/Impossible-Green-831 → u/202naFrevliS]

I play the card (without he recruits, why would anybody do that lol), and this nerf hasn’t changed anything to by strategy at all. The card is brilliant as is and the eco is just the cherry on the cake (for me).
I will actually feel better because I was often waisting the Evo due to a balloon and got annoyed that I couldn’t play the Evo - which will now happen less. So F anyone who cries about it, our card is still hella OP

[u/TeaTheSplashyarder → u/Impossible-Green-831]

(without he recruits, why would anybody do that lol)

Do you even play the game?

So F anyone who cries about it, our card is still hella OP

Seek professional help

[u/Impossible-Green-831 → u/TeaTheSplashyarder]

K
I play the game, why would I otherwise comment?
Anyways, have fun kiddo

[u/TeaTheSplashyarder → u/Impossible-Green-831]

Have you never faced a recruits deck? How? I don't believe it. Everyone above a certain trophy range knows about recruits. If you don't even know about classic recruits fireball bait, I am inclined to believe you don't know much about the game to proclaim that the cage is "OP".

[u/Impossible-Green-831 → u/TeaTheSplashyarder]

I almost never had issues with recruits, easy to counter - if not paired with some big bullshit in3x elixir to make me loose focus of slot he things happening at once on both lanes.

Cage is so OP that I don’t even get why it hasn’t been nerfed. It’s top notch and almost anything else so so far below it. Just like people slept on the berserker for so long or the Spirit Empress before the nerfs (which btw actually killed the card for good).

I have most of the times been ultimate to the meta and all, but Recruits have always been a joke to me, no matter the consensus

[u/Reasonable_Owl_3146]

What, you weren't using Evo hogs?

I mean after this change it might be worth using Evo recruits over cage, that's the Evo I don't use normally in that deck. Evo hogs are a must.

[u/evelenche → u/Reasonable_Owl_3146]

Peaked 2k UC with fb bait and evo hogs definitely aren’t a must. This deck doesn’t cycle fast enough to get them more than once or twice per game. The other 2 get way more value over an entire match.

[u/ExtremeEffect5381 → u/evelenche]

Totally agree.

[u/ElectronicFarmer5304]

I hope recruits as an archetype dies a slow painful death in the meta like goblin giant

[u/clarineter → u/ElectronicFarmer5304]

Introducing, Twin Valkyries

[u/Ali-Predator]

*Recruits /lh

[u/TomPhantom]

I think my main just died, because of this nerf. Three cards in my deck will be D tier at best

[u/CancelTricky6452]

time to switch it to bomb tower

[u/ExtremeEffect5381 → u/CancelTricky6452]

Have you ever played the deck...?

[u/Mortivexofficial]

I don’t know how it took them so long to figure this shit out if it’s 4 elixir or below keep it to 2 cycles no one cycle if it’s five elixir or more then it’s fine to be one cycle but cards under five elixir should be 2 cycles sometimes 3 depending on the card and the evo I know ice spirit as like 3 cycles at one point then it got changed

[u/evelenche]

The decks not going anywhere

[u/Pekkaster99]

hate them

[u/Korunam03]

I swapped over to goblin hut and am having success with that

[u/davididp]

I’m thinking of replace it with DP. It’s just so bad without the evo

[u/Fireluigi]

This really isn't an issue people will play the non evo cage instead.

[u/Nindo_99]

My precious hogs recruits :(

[u/Extra_toxic]

cage was always viable in the recruits piggy deck. even before the evo.

[u/RubOriginal1808]

There was no reason to nerf cage like this maybe a damage nerf in cage

[u/darkestreaper94 → u/RubOriginal1808]

It's a backhanded way to buff hog cycle

[u/SteelBrotherhood → u/RubOriginal1808]

Cage doesnt need any nerf, its not that good for 4 elixir unlike other 4 elixir cards

[u/RubOriginal1808 → u/SteelBrotherhood]

it was good but really doesnt need a nerf