Marvel Snap gamers are in mourning over the latest patch, which drastically nerfed Zabu to the purpose the place some say he’s been “massacred.”

Zabu has been a extremely popular card in Marvel Snap ever since he was launched to the sport final yr. Initially, he would cut back the price of 4-Price playing cards by two, however was nerfed to solely scale back their price by one only a month later. Nonetheless, he remained a standard inclusion in lots of a deck, so in fact gamers had been mortified to see developer Second Dinner rework his skill.

As of the April 10 patch, Zabu solely reduces the price of 4-Price playing cards by one till the top of your subsequent flip. Whereas Second Dinner additionally bumped his Energy from two to 3, it appears few gamers assume that is appropriate compensation. A number of the extra excessive reactions from customers on X (previously Twitter), reminiscent of haus0fXI and SnapMaterial say Zabu has been “massacred” or “neutered.” Each Horus_Xero and Jack Dawes assume the nerf has rendered Zabu “nugatory,” suggesting some gamers will cease working the cardboard of their decks.

One of many prime posts in the intervening time on the Marvel Snap subreddit seems to corroborate this, with somebody posting a clip from the previous X-Males cartoon of Zabu being left behind by his companion Ka-Zar. One other consumer, Anjan_S, wrote, “RIP Zabu. You had been the perfect kitty,” whereas Mean_Carrot_1746 mentioned they “received’t ever smile once more” due to the nerf.

There’s one spot of hope in all this. In Second Dinner’s patch notes, the developer acknowledged it has “a bigger set of impactful modifications later this yr”, and Zabu’s nerf is a short lived one to “assist us vet that work.” So, it’s probably Zabu will return to his former glory earlier than the top of 2024. Though he wasn’t the one one to be critically hampered by the latest patch. Alioth has additionally been radically up to date, with its skill to destroy an opponent’s unrevealed playing cards modified to simply eradicating their textual content as an alternative.