Snake | Snake

[iDaire]

NAME: Snake ELEMENT: Life COST: 6 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 6 | 2 TEXT: : Bite (One Time Use) Deal five damage to the target creature and inflict poison.	NAME: Snake ELEMENT: Life COST: 2 TYPE: Creature ATK|HP: 4 | 2 TEXT: : Bite (One Time Use) Deal five damage to the target creature and inflict poison.

ART: http://www.hdwallpaperscool.com/snake-desktop-wallpapers/ IDEA: Me NOTES: Spoiler for Previous Versions: This is the CC for life. SERIES:

[Espithel]

Yeah, uh...
Might wanna nerf the upped.
Unupped too. CC this powerful on a stick shouldn't be this good as an attacker.
Thekwane agrees.

[Chapuz]

What the Frozenguy said.
Also the idea is too redundant with parasite

[dragtom]

OP indeed,
especially from an element that has next to no CC thematically.

besides bloodsucker, it also outshines owl's eye for CC.

[Treldon]

How more balanced would it be with 2|2, and the skill doing only 2 damage instead of 4?

[Chapuz]

How more balanced would it be with 2|2, and the skill doing only 2 damage instead of 4?

The only "direct damage to creatures on a stick" of the game is Owl Eye, which not for nothing is a weapon (it's hard to have many of them in play). And Red Nymph, which has slightly limited CC against high HP creatures.
For the game's balance, direct damage on a cerature is OP

[andretimpa]

How more balanced would it be with 2|2, and the skill doing only 2 damage instead of 4?

The only "direct damage to creatures on a stick" of the game is Owl Eye, which not for nothing is a weapon (it's hard to have many of them in play). And Red Nymph, which has slightly limited CC against high HP creatures.
For the game's balance, direct damage on a cerature is OP

plus wardens, but you need to buff them

[Chapuz]

How more balanced would it be with 2|2, and the skill doing only 2 damage instead of 4?

The only "direct damage to creatures on a stick" of the game is Owl Eye, which not for nothing is a weapon (it's hard to have many of them in play). And Red Nymph, which has slightly limited CC against high HP creatures.
For the game's balance, direct damage on a cerature is OP

plus wardens, but you need to buff them

And restricted to non- airborne

[OdinVanguard]

And restricted to non- airborne

Hmmm... restrict to non-airborne is typically more of an mechanism. Although the restriction is not bad.

I definitely think some kind of skill cost bump is needed, or some other balancing mechanism.

... One interesting idea: Snakes need to recoil after striking, so what if you made it delay the snake for 2 turns when used? (i.e. prevent it from being used in consecutive turns)

[Treldon]

snip

... One interesting idea: Snakes need to recoil after striking, so what if you made it delay the snake for 2 turns when used? (i.e. prevent it from being used in consecutive turns)

On that note, it could be actually two ways
- Venom synthesis - skill cannot be used for 1 turn
- Recoil - Snake is stunned for 1 turn

[iDaire]

Or I could make the skill a much more powerful one time use.

[serprex]

Repeatable CC in has been suggested: http://elementscommunity.org/forum/card-ideas-and-art/elf-druid