# The Great Maw is need to buff
**URL:** https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420
**Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)
**Created:** [June 11, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420 "2017-06-11T13:36:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Melissa96](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Melissa96)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/1 "2017-06-11T13:36:59Z")
The great maw shouldn’t be so weak, especially by comparing with kerberos, please buff it or restore it’s previous 3rd trait。
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### Author:  [@Melissa96](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Melissa96)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/2 "2017-06-11T13:37:49Z")
Buff Great Maw! 3rd Trait Back!😁
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### Author:  [@Ghaleon](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Ghaleon)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/3 "2017-06-11T13:46:27Z")
Maybe not like before definitely needs some type of buff perhaps a lower mana cost and 50% armor reduction. Or better yet a mythic version of a sandworm
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### Author:  [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/4 "2017-06-11T15:00:19Z")
The Great Maw is plenty strong as is, and does not need a buff. Maw/Mercy meta was a particularly frustrating time to play. In my opinion, Maw is in a great spot offensively and still seen occasionally on defense.
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### Author:  [@Beowulf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Beowulf)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/5 "2017-06-11T15:02:21Z")
As someone who uses maw a lot on offense i don’t mind him. At the moment he feels balanced. Only thing is his mana cost can be a slightly lower
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### Author:  [@Nephilim](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nephilim)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/6 "2017-06-11T15:13:54Z")
Yea, he costs more than famine. I also fail to see why he gains 2 to all stats when dealing skull damage because magic is pointless to him
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### Author:  [@Strat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Strat)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/7 "2017-06-11T15:18:50Z")
> [@Dan\_ozzzy189](#):
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> Yea, he costs more than famine. I also fail to see why he gains 2 to all stats when dealing skull damage because magic is pointless to him
I suppose you could just pretend it says Gain 2 Armor, 2 Life, and 2 Attack. 😉
Or they could SWAP the “unique trait” of Raging Bull from Ketras the Bull with The Great Maw. (replacing red & skulls. ). 😉😉😉
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### Author:  [@Venar](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Venar)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/8 "2017-06-11T15:29:31Z")
You can still Devour 100% on first turn using combos like Elspleth. I feel like the Maw is one of the great strong but not OP, just balanced cards.
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### Author:  [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/9 "2017-06-11T15:44:29Z")
> [@Melissa96](#):
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> great maw shouldn’t be so weak, especially by comparing with kerberos
Maw is fine as is. Kerberos is one of the game’s most commonly seen and powerful troops right now; it could be toned down a bit - comparison isn’t an indicator that Maw is under-powered.
> [@Dan\_ozzzy189](#):
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> Yea, he costs more than famine
Likewise, comparison to the game’s most-complained-about and probably over-powered troops is again not a reason for Maw to get buffed.
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### Author:  [@ZooKeeper](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ZooKeeper)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/10 "2017-06-11T16:18:18Z")
> [@Dan\_ozzzy189](#):
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> I also fail to see why he gains 2 to all stats when dealing skull damage because magic is pointless to him
Some troops use other magic as part of their spell or as their spell booster, i.e Sekhma, Silver Drakon. But yea, for Maw itself, magic is pointless.
On topic: agreed with most of everyone here, Maw is fine as it is now. I don’t want to see the Mawcalypse back.
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### Author:  [@Nephilim](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nephilim)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/11 "2017-06-11T16:28:26Z")
It’s not maw that needs a buff, it’s bloody kerberos that needs balancing. He’s more dangerous than some of the mythics! Warg and dire wolves can spawn from him as well as the ridiculously high devour percentage. Still, we’ve all got opinions and thoughts, no one’s right, no one’s wrong.
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### Author:  [@Strat](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Strat)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/12 "2017-06-11T16:38:13Z")
> [@Dan\_ozzzy189](#):
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> no one’s right, no one’s wrong.
I don’t take this thread seriously in my first post because it was so far out there…
In this case, people can have different opinions and that’s great. However those that want a buff to Maw are flat out wrong.
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### Author:  [@Rickygervais](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Rickygervais)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/13 "2017-06-11T16:48:26Z")
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### Author:  [@jeno](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/jeno)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/14 "2017-06-11T19:17:38Z")
devour an enemy, kills 2 random enemy and turn another into a level 1 peasant!
mana cost 3!
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### Author:  [@mraider94](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/mraider94)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/15 "2017-06-11T19:57:15Z")
Troops don’t have enough traits, so we get underpowered single immunities or bonds, and then super powered impervious traits.
We need more something else. Maw should really get indigestible, or have huge or big function as indigestible. I mean it is quite possible that Maw is the largest creature in this world, maybe on par with kraken, but nope a oversized dog can eat it entirely.
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### Author:  [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/16 "2017-06-11T20:02:28Z")
I agree with the sentiment.
Big: Gain 1 Life on 4-5 Gem matches. Halve Devour chance when targeting this troop.
Huge: Gain 2 Life on 4-5 Gem matches. Immune to Devour.
Immense: Gain 4 Life on 4-5 Gem matches. Immediately kill any Devouring troop.
🙂
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### Author:  [@Gouki](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Gouki)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/17 "2017-06-11T20:09:03Z")
> [@mraider94](#):
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> I mean it is quite possible that Maw is the largest creature in this world, maybe on par with kraken, but nope a oversized dog can eat it entirely
Noone really has an idea of how big Kerberos actually is.
Also Behemoth should dwarf them all.
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### Author:  [@Lyya](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Lyya)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/18 "2017-06-11T20:16:10Z")
Don’t forget Abhorath. He has a spell that is literally called “Devour the World.”
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### Author:  [@Tacet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tacet)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/19 "2017-06-11T20:16:46Z")
> [@Lyya](#):
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> Big: Gain 1 Life on 4-5 Gem matches. Halve Devour chance when targeting this troop.
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> Huge: Gain 2 Life on 4-5 Gem matches. Immune to Devour.
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> Immense: Gain 4 Life on 4-5 Gem matches. Immediately kill any Devouring troop
Yes, we need this.
Can also just completely scrap the indigestible trait that only 1 troop has and give it big instead (Rock Troll).
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### Author:  [@Esoxnepa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Esoxnepa)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/the-great-maw-is-need-to-buff/25420/20 "2017-06-11T21:20:37Z")
Can you send in a bug report for the Beta that Huge doesn’t prevent devour and see if it’ll sneak through? 🙂
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