# Why Would Anyone Want to NERF This? **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [July 30, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-to-nerf-this/10500 "2016-07-30T21:26:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychetruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@psychetruth](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/psychetruth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-to-nerf-this/10500/1 "2016-07-30T21:26:31Z")
Why you guys keep complaining about maw being over powered? He’s just a cute little pokemon worm. The enemy had Maw in position 1 and I devoured it on skull hit. I cast Maw and devoured Mercy in position 4. In position 2 was Infernal King. I devoured him on skul hit and he resurrected into position 1. I devoured him a second time on skull hit. Then I cast Sunweaver a few times just for fun. Total troops devoured = 4 Add a few buffs and with four devours you get; 250 damage 14 armor 354 health Not over powering at all. And then due to some error, he became cast-able again??? ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/gemsofwar/original/2X/f/fd5e439cf060ffc850b038deca704cdb714981cb.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Draprion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/draprion/32/8238_2.png) [@Draprion](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Draprion)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-to-nerf-this/10500/2 "2016-07-30T21:53:49Z")
Yeah poor Maw gets unfair stick haha ---
**Author:** ![Robert](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/robert/32/12802_2.png) [@Robert](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Robert)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-to-nerf-this/10500/3 "2016-07-30T22:24:27Z")
How common is it to devour on skull hit? 15% is accurate? That many devours is not a regular occurence is it? ---
**Author:** ![psychetruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@psychetruth](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/psychetruth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-to-nerf-this/10500/4 "2016-07-30T22:27:04Z")
> [@Robert](#): > > How common is it to devour on skull hit? 15% is accurate? It’s suppose to be 15% but It honestly seems to me like I get it more than 15%. Maybe I am just lucky. There have been several battles where I manage to devour three troops. There are some where I manage to devour all four troops but that isn’t common. I have done it several times though. The above game was honestly exceptional. It was the first time I ever saw a bug which would allow me to cast maw twice too. ---
**Author:** ![Zelarith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zelarith/32/1642_2.png) [@Zelarith](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zelarith)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-to-nerf-this/10500/5 "2016-07-30T23:07:59Z")
Well, that’s one way to report a bug. But one @Sirrian might miss if he isn’t tagged. ---
**Author:** ![HKdirewolf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/hkdirewolf/32/21614_2.png) [@HKdirewolf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/HKdirewolf)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 2:02am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-to-nerf-this/10500/6 "2016-07-31T02:02:32Z")
I could swear I got a double cast on maw today too. Had to double-take. ---
**Author:** ![Zelfore](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/zelfore/32/22295_2.png) [@Zelfore](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Zelfore)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/why-would-anyone-want-to-nerf-this/10500/7 "2016-07-31T03:08:38Z")
It’s not uncommon when skull spamming. The 15% chance is calculated for each individual skull match, and devour is activated before the damage, so devouring an entire team is somewhat lucky, but not unlikely when paired with troops like Bone Dragon. I also believe the second cast is thanks to Sunweaver, the Mana powering seems to be capable of bypassing the permanent silence (minus the ‘can’t cast’ aspect). So while these are both glitches, they are not new ones and are more so mechanic abuse. (Not punishable ones, mind you, so fret not.)