New Ability !! New Meta??

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what's up Splinter Player around the Praetoria how are you doing?
In this content i want to talk about new ability that release whenever The Escalation release. We can see already at the cards that in escalation edition.
There are 7 new ability. This will make the game changer in this game. But, who knows it just one or two ability that can be a game changer and the rest cannot work and cannot synchronized with the old meta.

Based from last edition from Chaos Legion, Riftwatcher,Rebellion,Conclave Arcana and now Escalation, not all the ability can be a game changer. Mostly they are tie to each other to be a gamechanger. Only several that really can be a game changer such as Charge or Armor Strike. So, lets see what new ability in this escalation. Hopefully soon after Escalation Release, team will modification the modifier ruleset to stabilize the Op cards from the new ability.

**Shadow Focus** >When in the last position,gains Camouflage,cannot attack, and all allied units gain +1 Power and Determined

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Bloodline Pact

Allied units that share this unit's bloodline gain +1 power when any of thems defeats an enemy and take 1 true damage when any of them defeated. If this unit defeated, allied units that share its bloodline take 2 damage and lose all power gained from this ability

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Determined

After missing an attack,makes a second attack againts the same target

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Reprisal

If an enemy unit deals more than 5 damage in a round, it gains taunt and, if camouflaged, is revealed.

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Apex Strike

Targets the enemy unit with the most power.

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Bulwark

When in the first position, -2 power, +8 health, and +8 armor.

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FlameFed

When Burning, instead of losing health, gains +1 health at the beginning of each round

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So, thats all of the new ability.
Some of them is really pleasing for example Bulwark. This can be a game changer that can make carry unit can be a tanker unit in the same battle without need support from other unit, same with Flamefed ability that usually cost health each turn because of burn. It will adding the health each turn instead. It will be a game changer in this situation. So, maybe bringing unit that can make a burn will be a beneficial in this situation. Or even in burning modifier ruleset.

Some of the new ability i still dont understand how it will works, like Bloodline Pact. This ability kinda tricky i guess. Maybe it can be really strong unless the carry of this ability is not strong at all and maybe it can be suicide strategy if wrongly placing in the line up.
Also Reprisal this ability would make any high damager carry need to be compressed if dont want to get any taunt ability. Especially combined with fury ability. So, after several years, fury ability have the combo couple after Escalation comes out.
But, the problem is sometimes after released and used in the battle, need to be balanced with the modifier ruleset or with other ability. Some ability can be turning off other ability like Final Rest and other ability right. So, with this additional ability. It is good. At least the game developing very well. But, this can be really bad after several years. Imagine how much ability need to be released and how many ruleset need to be released and understand to play this game. And imagine new player for the next 4-5 years if this game still exist with so many ruleset and many ability need to learn one by one again and watched the replay from top player which is not guaranted that the top player are humans too. I think team need to considered about this too.

So far, since i am following this game since 2021 and still goes on after 5 years. I can manage to understanding mostly the ruleset and the ability. Even though sometimes when do the wild cards (all edition can be played) it really confused since forgot and not familiar again in using it (Never been played again in Wild since it full of bot and automation). Maybe it can be really good if bot is forbidden in this game or at least just bot that from team developer only to make the liquidity match. No external bot needed i guess.

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