YES!! THESE NERFS WERE NEEDED! + Effortless King of Games Streak [Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links]

[@gabrielfogaca4177]

Rip Skillvans. Always forgotten, never remembered.

[@foodhunter4548]

you hate sylvan because you can't play this game properly sylvan can easily counter by Spellbook,Hazy,Arcfiend and Noble

[@foodhunter4548]

konami fooled you guys they just want players spent their money on spellbook and silent swordsman then they ruined these deck after next meta came 😂

[@grizzdesu9732]

hows your gimped sylvan deck going man?

[@paulitics3629]

Nice Senpai No, we hate it because its a degenerate deck that brings silver 5 players to kog, singlehandedly made forbidden chalice a staple, and killed slower decks all by itself. With the new semi limit, the deck is still playable with amaralyse, but its slower and slightly more fair.

[@MrSurvivor92]

You can only counter them if your luck is better than the excavate

[@wat007]

This is by far some of the biggest changes to the game when it comes to skill rebalancing and the new ban/limit list. They haven't hit so many cards at one time like this before 😂

[@SupernovaSZ08]

wat007 That's because of the power creep and to balance the game so that it isn't all RNG/OTK (on first turn) and to stop cards that disrupt the game.

[@michaeld8907]

Masked heroes still exist tho soooo...

[@flakey9155]

Notice how the only deck not hit was one of the newer boxes, Spellbooks. Komoney still milking that mini box.

[@theunderratedhero2206]

Potato Hunk i play heroes with titan showdown it is op af XD

[@CdGrifter]

wat007 They never should have put these busted ass decks in the game in the first place

[@arcarc9947]

Konami listened to Guns and nerfed meta to oblivion. Now I can actually play

[@foodhunter4548]

you just fooled konami just want players spent their money on spellbook and silent swordsman then konami ruined these deck after next meta came 😂

[@keisukebajipup4072]

Oof

[@TSfish94]

Amazoness will still be strong and with the d-hero and sylvan nerfs we’ll probably see a lot of ssa and archfiends alongside amazons.

[@tebo_0286]

Mask hero's didn't take that huge of a hit

[@kaktus_king0122]

Nice Senpai Ive been buyin spellbooks so hope not

[@MichaelLHanna]

Finally...I can run my 3 Red Eyes Spirit and banish these Skillvans to the Shadow Realm. On a real not though, these nerfs are insane ! First the 5000 LP boost then these skill/forbidden changes...good grief.

[@Rainer2409]

Groovy Director you can only run 2 red eyes spirits.

[@DarkWolfSpirit97]

Ghost Rider They took it off the semi limited list so you can use 3 copies now

[@diegobernini6372]

Groovy Director You mean red eyes zombie? I don't see any of those decks good enough now

[@fuckyou12204]

Love the thumbnail, Dragon ball and Yu Gi Oh, half my childhood right there

[@spritez9044]

Air's Life so true

[@mythriljojo]

Guns describes how degenerate Pulse Mines is. Goes straight to playing the degenerate deck that uses it... I see no problem with this.

[@byronmiles2643]

This is why I give no fucks about anyone's opinion on how someone plays or what they play. Everyone plays like "degenerates" and wants a easy cheesy deck. I play my swordsman deck without care or mercy 😂

[@theolast9727]

Pulse Mines is fine, Geargias needs it to be good

[@mythriljojo]

theo Last I don't say they can't have it. I just think there's a difference between good and grossely consistent enough to lock your opponent of a move and killing them afterwards.

[@Netomal]

I never had 3 celesials to begin with 😂🤣😂🤣

[@jackspicks]

you can no longer run e-con with celesials now though

[@Netomal]

Jackson I cry every time

[@sammydray5919]

Jackson I played one of each anyways 😂😂

[@baumlutscher8495]

I didnt even know how to get the third one as f2p

[@geokal95]

thats the only bad thing in this nerf for me coz i was useing 2 Celestials and one econ

[@cassnuss8125]

I feel like Restart didn't deserve the nerf. Restart is still a gamble, you are giving away a shitty hand for _the chance_ of a better one. Sometimes you get a worse one even.

[@rey2103]

Rice got the exact same hand a couple of times too my dude

[@Pawlok131]

The thing is, restart made some decks that otherwise were very bricky too consistent, now you have to put some thought into the deck so that even if it bricks, you still can do some plays. Besides, being able to trade whole hand in card game for free? Talk about every card game player's dream.

[@roreken9641]

It puts consistency into combos. Combos that allow otks

[@OGAMIS]

Yeah, restart was definitely a skill in the meta, but it was also the best *anti* meta skill, in my opinion. It made decks that were fun but needed combo pieces and setup actually usable, and I like decks with tough to pull off combos that crush if you can get the combo. Plus the Zero Skill decks like Masked Hero and Spellbooks still do well without it.

[@dragonwings123456789]

Jakub Pawelczyk I think a proper nerf would be starting with less life points because losing the draw phase is basically a death sentence

[@greatergoodguy1]

You should do more analysis videos where you just talk about duel links while replays are playing in the background. I enjoyed this video and last video, and especially that video titled "The state of duel links". Your lovely voice and intellect is why I would love more videos that I can listen to in the background or while driving my car. Like maybe a video of how being a youtube streamer affects you as a competitive duelist.

[@TheFPSCameron]

Heroes basically unscathed outside of the skill nerfs. Probably just doing the celestial semi to limit econ cheese. No one was resolving 3 Celly often. I have a feeling it was to push players toward getting 3 Vyon for the more potent fusion variant

[@flakey9155]

The only unscathed deck is amazon and spellbooks.

[@voidtardigrade4117]

Craig ewen wall of d, super rush, chalice, cosmic cyclone, double cyclone

[@TheFPSCameron]

Craig ewen main box UR isn't getting hit. Don't worry about that lol

[@TheFPSCameron]

Flakey fusion heroes change a bit, but no one was resolving 3 Celly, like I said. Econ wasn't used for the fusion variant except maybe at one, and even then it was a questionable choice by many and mostly for the mirror. Amazoness was hit hard by the econ semi limit. Baby Tiger and Princess plays with econ were so strong. Now you can't use econ and Onslaught together with consistent results.

[@one1nsanity]

Seiton paelozoic canadia is also good

[@zaydsnaynay6736]

I hate how they didn’t even think about semi-limiting mask change like come on that could OTK you some times, especially since masked hero anki’s effect that lets you add another one from your deck to your hand

[@SebastianLopez-hz9uo]

Hello. I have a deck which apparently does not work anymore (Ciber Angel). I have 10.000 gems available. What deck should I get ? Or should I wait for a new box better than Spellbooks, Amazones and Mask?

[@xman011101]

So, what skill to use now for just normal stuff like SB or just bad decks? And steelswarm video maybe soon?

[@ghostsoul529]

Im curious if REZ or red eyes with felgrand drag support will better

[@imnotbaldbtw7550]

Did you get a new mouse ?? It sounded rly loud

[@edwiniseman4]

Very good rebalancing. My only two disagreements are the hit to Assault Armor and Ojama Go! AA was a bystander hit just like Woodland Sprite when the Silent Swordsmen/Bamboo were the culprits. Also, making OJG a once per duel effect defeats the purpose of slapping Ojama to it. At least for the sake of continuity, make it 3 times per duel AND increase the LP usage to 2k-2.5k to make it harder to use. Other than that, and Petite Angel, very necessary, balanced hits.

[@iczyg]

I did well in WCQ playing geargias too. Read the meta like a book. Did really well against everything, and I also expected to see a lot of stall...but ended up not. Games I lost, I would've won with stall, so I eventually switched out and played scumbag stall. Felt dirty, but high winrate too. I only came across 1 other geargia player the entire time, and won that mirror. I only play 2 ties, because I only have 2 though. Offerings to the doomed worked well in the deck for me because the draw isn't even necessary in geargias if you can get set up.

[@GoldenQuickie]

i been using spikeshield with chain with geargia. once pulse mines get hit its either 2 pulse or 1 econ n 1 pulse so your gna b limited on how u can protect geargia. thats where spikeshield comes in

[@thangle6164]

I'm sad about the Econ nerf. What should I use in place of it? I'm thinking of using security orb.

[@raffyp.belandres5381]

thang le Sphere Kuriboh mah man!

[@majiecorleon3454]

Can you reach KOG with nobel knights ? And how often should you change your deck when climbing the ladder ?

[@gunsblazing]

yes uhh change decks only if it's losing too much/getting countered by everything

[@majiecorleon3454]

Wait I should've mentioned without tithes ??

[@eduardoyanez7371]

Havent played since when red eyes zombies where meta. Think this is a good time to come back?

[@NoveskeYT]

This is the best banlist in Duel Links history. Sylvermins and Stall can finally rot in hell where they belong.

[@hebince44]

Noveske dude it was so bad. Sylvan had even less interactivity and brain power than stall.

[@Da_Swifta]

As a Red-Eyes main myself, I'm so glad they're removing Red-Eyes Spiritaggio from the list. I made it to the Regional Representative with my Red-Eyes Slash deck as it is, so it's still a pretty good deck and now that the core trap card of the deck is not Semi-limited it might be even stronger. I was a bit worried when I saw E-con being Semi-Limited cause I run 2 E-cons in my Slash Dragon deck and if Red-Eyes Spirit was also still semi-limited then I wouldn't be able to play E-con in my Slash Dragon deck, but thanks to the unnerfing of Red-Eyes Spirit I can still run the deck basically the same way I did before, just with a third Red-Eyes Spirit this time.

[@Alone-om4zb]

why did u choose 2 powerful rebirth instead of etaqua n Anubis ?

[@jamieh8469]

With 3 red eyes spirit do you guys think red eyes slash could make it's way into the meta?

[@303Thatoneguy]

I’m really happy about the destiny draw and massivemorph

[@mrtwister8297]

The Massivemorph nerf is destroying my 65000 atk ra-farm deck 😫

[@lucasluciano8554]

i really dont know what´s is farm without massive :/

[@Dominus396]

I run a Sylvan deck and I don't relie a Lott on marshleafs or kooshrooms. I think the semi limit is good! there are other plants that synergize better with sylvans like magical merchant, lotuswail Wich gets kooshrooms and marshleafs back into the deck. and there is Des feral imp etc. this Nerf is good!!

[@solidzack5171]

The woodsman comparison was the exact same thought I had. The obvious problem is the silent swordsman quick spell that gives silent swordsman +1500ATK permanently and and makes him immune to anything. And in the 4000LP mode assault armor isnt important since you can also go cor the +1500ATK normal spell instead so the quickplay spell should be semi limited instead. Other than that good job Konami, after months and years of bullshit you finally made something right

[@austindaboss896]

Gunsblazing what's your discord invite link?

[@SonGoku-io7sh]

I've made changes to my Sylvan deck getting rid of econs and marshalls entirely, instead running super rush headlong, two rose lovers and a couple other trap cards. I'm also experimenting with Magical Merchant but may ditch it if it doesnt play well. So far the decks performed fine but guess the real test will be when nerfs hit on 26th.

[@TheUnholyOneDsQ]

Does this mean there will be more top tier decks or is nothing gonna happen? And what about amazoness the op now

[@yutosakaki4764]

Haven't cyber angel been nerf enough already? Fr, first it was the ritual spell, then it was dakini and now petit angel. Not to further mention the nerfing of balance and mind scan too

[@gunsblazing]

they probably predict it'll be strong after all of the other nerfs?

[@Pawlok131]

They still could very easily otk with right hand (restart guaranteed that nearly at every time) and hey trunade gave them a way to deal with dakini econ steals, so I think that's justified. Besides, 3x Senju, Petit and Sonic Bird and you're good to go.

[@MaxPower3532]

It's because of ECon's nerf, one of the few cards that could counter Dakini's effect

[@BeablyBoy]

4:03 Guns: oh yeah let me draw 2 cards for doing NOTHING Me: so that's why pot of greed has not been added yet

[@isaiahcox9787]

YESSSS!!! I've been waiting for this video all day

[@AdrianGK47]

Are these bans just for PvP? Because the massive morph nerf fucks my farming deck :/

[@ZanarkandFFX]

I've said it a million times before that limiting cards would be the only real solution, people acted like that wouldn't do anything. Look where we at now lmao

[@admiralackbar6490]

Wait you agree with them semi-limiting cyber petite angel? Why though?

[@TarndeepV]

HELP why was hiro shadow scout limited ?

[@anasakhazzan7605]

Do you think that Geargias would handle the next meta with those nerfs ?

[@arumon123]

considering how long it took me and how much farming and grinding i needed to do in order to get the cards needed for some of these meta decks, these nerfs are actually a piss off to me rather than a relief especially the semi-limiting function. feel like my aromage deck is gonna take a bigger hit than the sylvans.

[@Danlife112]

Why they hit restart so hard tho? Was that really necessary?

[@arthurgifford6338]

tbh posthumous army is a possible tier 1 skill in my personal opinion look at it like this cyclone back row summon rezd you get there monster its a decent possibility that you will otk with it

[@TrakGamingGR]

is the 5k lp a skill or is ranked now 5k lp?

[@gunsblazing]

just for this season, ranked is 5000.

[@TrakGamingGR]

experimental i guess

[@MrNepNep_]

What card do i replace my 3rd econ?

[@flakey9155]

more like replace ALL your econs if you play any of the meta decks. Sylvan, Heros, Amazon, geargia nor amazon will play econ anymore

[@davidhagensten4264]

Flakey Amazoness might play 1 Econ and 1 onslaught

[@YataLocK]

My sylvan deck has been completely obliterated by one regulation change... Thanks Komoney. I love it how every deck got hit but spellbooks, when spellbooks was already tier 1. Guess I'll start using my spellbooks deck instead of sylvans, but this regulation even hits my amazoness deck with the econ limit... GG

[@EntonBlazing]

i have mixed on the nerfed massive morph by 60% yess and 40% aw, because i use them in my ra farm decks but stll i kept getting tilted by it

[@PkmnTrainerMario619]

Goodbye Sylvans, this is a step in the right direction in order to make the game much more better.

[@roxas4587]

4:58 dejavu guns never been to jail before..........but now he will(FBI siren in the background) XD

[@kammerverschluZ]

What killed Geargias?

[@GWEyaster]

also I'm not a cyber angel player but from what is being placed into the semi list cyber angel is basically dead. petit and dikini are semi limited and so is its machine angel ritual. we got cards that banish monsters like dikini so its very brutal for cybers

[@tensai_kodai]

Compared to Spellbooks and at times, Noble Knights and certain Six Samurai builds, Amazoness and Sylvan get destroyed. I think adding something like Imperial Iron Wall (at 1) will cut down banishing decks. Now the overpowered decks have weaker competition.

[@BenjiVera7]

Dude, what do u mean with cyber petit being semilimited not a big nerf? With this u cant use petit, dakini and the ritual spell in the same deck, you have to choose which one is out. Cyber Angels will drop from tier 4 to tier meme, enjoy. (Not a salty post)

[@GWEyaster]

why they nerfed enemy controller?

[@TyrantoftheAbyss]

My boi Red Eyes is Back! I'm so Happy! 🎸🎶

[@paddykelly2851]

I honestly don't think the petit angel and assault armor limiteds were too needed (although I understand assault because of that silent swordsman otk). I mean cyber angels have already caught the nerf hammer really hard but yet mask change hasn't been limited? Ok Although I agree with the rest of the bans pretty much

[@zamfy7141]

Guns can u make a video about new farm decks as restart and sylvan ra is now heavily nerfed

[@darwinmungra7555]

Do you guys think gravekeeper's are still vaiable?

[@Hynotama]

I don't know about the skills but I know for sure that the card restrictions were VERY necessary. In fact I feel like Amazoness Onslaught and Sylvan Marshalleaf should have been restricted to one. Especially Onslaught.

[@joseorellana5643]

What were the cards in the first deck? Is for homework😂😂😂

[@xtronv2118]

So, will people play with karakuri decks? XD

[@Rainman___]

I feel like silent otk got hit so hard. It never saw the light of day

[@Marchusv]

Was on the verge of quitting this game, hadn't logged in for 2 weeks and then I had to go and watch a gunsblazing vid

[@alfian4653]

Thank God no spellbook nerf, it is the only tier 1 deck that doesn't get any hit (except maybe restart, but that applies to all deck that uses restart)

[@shadowspector3611]

Due to the new banlist coming in the 26th, I'm in a rush to get Alexis to level 45 before her deck becomes unplayable.

[@EpicKingofFail]

Welcome to the spellbook meta

[@117NateDog]

Josh I thought the same thing.

[@CronoXpono]

Yup! Sylvan was annoying but at least you could get rid of the back row consistently. Now it'll be "grass is greener"+spellbook. Too bad antimagic cards discard a card.

[@toniyami]

My farms! How am I supposed to farm now?

[@jamesdecumber8155]

Those who watched the stream know that yesterday was way more wild than shown

[@kennethM]

I altrady hace sealed tonbs how old is this update.

[@randomguyinthasuit1009]

OK but can we nerf wall of distruction that card is fucking cancer I don't know how times I had lost because of that one card

[@LukesYuGiOhChannel]

Good to see some of those cards on the ban list.

[@ichen1228]

How could Amazon survives with only 2 main traps but no econs ?

[@AurosTariel]

BEST thumb evaggio

[@ASoulphoenix]

Hitting skillvans harder than a meteror crash... Thank, Komoney!

[@Faltzerbeast90]

Onslaught and Rose lover def had to be semi...E-con was pretty OP sometimes so I dont mind it either

[@TeaIngyer]

Lol, I learned to play Sylvans using Aroma Strategy because I knew the more OP skills would get the nerfstick Fite me

[@SeaCrane1]

I've never been happier to see a Sylvan card on something lmao

[@BigWes95]

I like the banlist apart from the fact they left sea stealth attack off because the only reason it stopped being good was because of the new decks that came out which have now been nerfed. Really dont want that shit to come back. Also with the other bans this means that spell books is probably gonna dominate

[@gunsblazing]

spellbooks rely on restart, which is also nerfed

[@BigWes95]

gunsblazing good point. I thought the 20 card version was playable without?

[@SifArtorias]

They hit every current meta deck and skill. I may have to start playing again lol

[@4ceher0]

Literally every deck I play has been effected but it was needed

[@Run2127]

Y’all are miss reading that The semi limited means they can have 2 Rose Lover and 2 Marshleaf It wasn’t a big nerf to Sylvans, it would be easy to replace 2 cards in the deck

[@gunsblazing]

wrong, try having 2 MAR and 2 dakini in a deck

[@stinic4263]

gunsblazing dakini? What does ca how to do with slyv?

[@HellKaiserRyo1]

Run2127 no that is in tcg in duel links you only can use 2 semi limited cards

[@Run2127]

You can add the Different Dimension spell to bring the Rose lover back and monster reincarnation or another card to recycle the sylvans you have used

[@Run2127]

I don’t have all the cards needed for CA But let’s just say be prepared for a Spellbook dominate meta

[@lime7662]

E-con didn't deserve the nerf imo, econ was a good way to defend yourself if you bricked. Restart wasn't OP to begin with but Konami just decided to kill some good cards while getting rid of the bad ones

[@RyanRawr33]

I'm sad about the duel standby nerf but it really was needed.. At least the skill isn't gutted like restart was.

[@ian6494]

So close to that juicy face reveal

[@marvelsiast3210]

Oh my God! Do you know what this means? 😈 My secret hazy deck is straight up tier 0 right now, and Phoenix might be viable again.

[@LOLatThefail]

Marvel Siast Phoenix alone shouldn’t be viable anymore with 5k LP.. as you can’t search it out of the deck anymore :/

[@marvelsiast3210]

Ziad Munthir Well, Konami is just experimenting with the 5k lp this season. If it worked perfectly, they might leave it though. If it doesn’t though, they will return back to the standard 4k lp. Nevertheless, I still have my hazy deck, which works wonders right now!

[@tbone6032]

Guns the CA change really matters. As you said, 2 semi limited cards. So you cant run dakini MAR and petite now. That hurts

[@gingersnaps-ic6mo]

Sylvans yes!!! But I feel like this was their was to push ppl to nobles and spellbooks to also future boxs. I'm f2p so it took me 2 months to get a ok mask deck and good geargia their still good tho just not 2 months good lol.

[@TailsWarrior38]

Yo if Konami keeps this up Duel Links might be fun to play again

[@hebince44]

Tails Warrior yh wasn't enjoying it for a month

[@solidzack5171]

You know I want them to make these changes as soon as a WCS or KC Cup starts so people have to figure out a new meta deck by themselves

[@rdam81]

Let me see them Red Eyes

[@josuerojas2042]

RIP f***ing Sylvans and stall decks, you wont be missed :') finally a healthy/fun meta is coming :D

[@TSfish94]

I’m happy with the changes but I think they should’ve semi limited amazon princess as well. Amazons will still be strong and unfortunately their counters are too expensive for me.

[@roymathewson]

So what gets buffed from this? Counter Fairies? SSA? Dragon

[@NerdySatyr]

Amazons are still good, can fetch with Princess. Sylvans are gonna struggle, Rose Lover/Aromage could be a nice replacement. No more Sylvans means Aliens could make a return, though I believe they'd struggle against Spellbooks. Celestial is an interesting pick, but with so many ways to get one in the grave Anki is still gonna be great... and rip Pulse Mines, muh Geargia's :'( lmao.

[@denisdima4562]

4:56 I'll call the police

[@marshmallowwithteeth2209]

It was at this moment, thanos change the meta with one snap

[@patkachu4]

So now I gotta build a spellbook deck...ugh

[@Run2127]

It’s real easy to counter burn I should know I’ve had it happen Just add more Cosmic cyclone or Gyokku and you’ll lock the back row down

[@BigJay_]

Idk why i still watch vids of Duel Links, i stopped playing a while back

[@699CHIP]

S+ on the balancing. Good shit Konami. I’ll come back to the game now

[@jakepatterson3235]

Red eyes spell books and arch fiends new meta I’m calling it