While I understand the aversion to people rushing for the nerf bat soon after release, I think waiting till it hits consoles for any kind of balance change would be too long. We have no idea when it will hit console, but I’m guess it’s safe to say at least a couple months.
I agree that people around here take up the nerfing pitchforks with the greatest of ease the moment a legendary actually feels legendary. That said, I understand the complaint – but in my opinion she’s much less dangerous than, say, Bone Dragon, or the obviously-busted Maw.
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I would rather see nothing happen to her at all, but if anything’s going to happen I definitely don’t want it to be a base magic change. I don’t think she needs a nerf, and playing her even with two on a team it’s still slower on offense than the current High Meta.
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This debate gets very old.
Is Mab overpowered? Yes, by any simple comparison to similar AoE troops.
Does she need changing immediately? Probably not, but the devs should keep it under review.
Is it ruining the PvP game? Not yet, as Maw/Mercy is doing that…
But I suspect if and when the broken Maw is fixed, Mab may surge in popularity and be the imbalance will be in everyone’s faces.
As you are, I am confident that the devs will see trends in usage and correct them as appropriate.
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Agreed… Though sadly that may take a few weeks of data to assess… And in the meantime I have to put up with the likes of your deplorable defence team 
Seriously 
In Bone Dragon / Maw / Mab / Mercy you have all four of the meta’s biggest problems all sat together…
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I do it just for you. Literally I’m like, how can I cheese off @Jainus this evening? 
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So in comparison with troops that are currently too weak to see any real use in pvp, she is overpowered?
There is a reason no one plays troops like Behemoth or Venbarak these days, they are really really weak compared to …well basically anything in the meta.
Any Skull creator results in much more overall damage per spell activation, than a basic AoE troop does.
True damage troops are almost on the same level in overall damage while bypassing armor completely.
I’d argue that even with all the goodies Queen Mab has and that make you perceive her as overpowered a Crimson Bat based True damage team is still faster in kill speed than a Queen Mab team.
The hero is the currently strongest option for basic AoE and even he sees no use for that and is rather used for complementing a true damage AoE concept.
If anything Queen Mab is currently the only basic AoE troop strong enough to even warrant playing basic AoE.
In addition Queen Mab loses an immense amount of her strength when played in defenses by the AI, as gaming around her extra turn and Mana makes her perform just so much better.
I have faced many Mab teams and they pose absolutely no threat.
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Don’t think Mab is over powered, but when Maw/Mercy problem is taken care of, I can see @Jainus being right about Mab becoming ever so popular. turning into another team you constantly see.
she is beatable and not over power just so many other troops underpower’d and fighting the same fight over and over is usually the complaint - much like gobs/maw/mercy/Mab atm which are probably atleast one of those troops in 90% of all teams seen
no nerf needed just boosting weak troops to make more variety in pvp matches will make that old complaint go away
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