{"id":70795,"date":"2021-09-27T06:47:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T06:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/?p=70795"},"modified":"2021-09-27T07:23:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T07:23:25","slug":"itllbequiteanegotistofmeifisayidontlikethesechanges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/?p=70795","title":{"rendered":"[Duel Links] Forbidden\/Limited List and Skill Balance (October 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The time has come!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skill Balance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>App Version for Skill Rebalancing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>6.1.0<\/li>\n<li>Planned to be released around October 14 2021 &#8211; October 16 2021<\/li>\n<li><strong>Date of Skill Text Changes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>October 21 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Reasons for Skill Rebalancing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Malicious HERO<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>With addition of additional reward cards, we are strengthening certain Skill in order to make them easier to use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>ZEXAL &#8211; Zexal Weapon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The type of monsters you can select when changing the top card of your Deck to a &#8220;ZW&#8221; monster will be increased.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Galaxy Photon<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This Skill will be improved to make it worthy for the Number Hunter to use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Castle of Machines<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>We are strengthening some character-exclusive Skills to make them easier to use.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Otomotoplay<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This Skill is given a harder activation condition, as it allows &#8220;Onomat&#8221; Decks to perform a variety of tactics in stable manner, and can be used against most Decks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cyber Style<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This Skill is given a harder activation condition to promote Deck diversity, as &#8220;Cyber Dragon&#8221; Decks have been highly prevalent in the metagame for a long time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Demon Resonance<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Dragon Knight&#8217;s Path<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The use and the win rate of Skills that support the consistency of Decks have been very prominent in the current metagame. We&#8217;re giving harder activation condition to this Skill as it is particularly used in the current environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Set! Delta Accel!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The condition to Summon &#8220;T.G. Halberd Cannon&#8221; is adjusted as this Skill allows players to Summon &#8220;T.G. Halberd Cannon&#8221; easily even with Decks with few &#8220;T.G.&#8221; monsters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Endless Trap Hell<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Although this Skill is added to support tactics using Trap Cards, we&#8217;re giving a harder condition to it as current metagame allows player to use Trap Cards easily.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hero Flash!!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This skill has been used to secure the cost of Trap Cards, so we decided to restrict its use to &#8220;HERO&#8221; Decks only.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Updated Skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70805\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141427-207x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141427-207x300.png?wsr 207w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141427.png?wsr 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70804\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141447-273x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141447-273x300.png?wsr 273w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141447.png?wsr 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70803\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141504-207x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141504-207x300.png?wsr 207w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141504.png?wsr 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70802\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141519-219x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141519-219x300.png?wsr 219w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141519.png?wsr 638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70801\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141536-274x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141536-274x300.png?wsr 274w, https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/Screenshot_2021_0927_141536.png?wsr 635w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Forbidden\/Limited List<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Implementation Date<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>October 13 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Limited to 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Performapal Call<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>We are limiting this card as this it will lead the pace of Duels becoming sluggish as more &#8220;Performapal&#8221; cards are introduced to the game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Limited to 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cyberload Fusion<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Cyber Dragon&#8221; Decks have been in the metagame in one form or another for a very long time, so we are limiting this card to reduce the ability of the Decks to easily gain an advantage over the opponent.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Elegant Egotist<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This card will be limited to prevent &#8220;Harpie&#8221; from having access to Limited 2 cards.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aloof Lupine<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Thunder Dragon&#8221; Decks have been in the metagame in one form or another for a very long time, so we are limiting this card to reduce the high consistency of &#8220;Thunder Dragon&#8221; Decks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Limited to 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Floodgate Trap Hole<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Although this card has been in the metagame in one form or another for a very long time, we are limiting this card to improve the pacing of Duels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>No Longer on The List<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Amazoness Onslaught<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This card will be unlimited as its power level is acceptable in current metagame.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secret Pass to the Treasure<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This card will be unlimited as its power level is acceptable in current metagame.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s all! Hopefully with these changes the metagame will be more enjoyable to all. Happy playing!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time has come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":70807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1616,15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-duel-links","8":"category-f-and-l","9":"category-news"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.ygorganization.com\/2021\/09\/ElegantEgotist-TF04-JP-VG.jpg?wsr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70795"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70813,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70795\/revisions\/70813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ygorganization.com\/staging\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}