Chicot revamp.

[limber kiln]

Give him .5 x Mult for every boss he deactivates.

[distant nimbus]

He is already strong enough to be a legendary, and jokers cannot have more than one effect

[storm wave]

This would make 4/5 legendaries xmult scalers

[true scarab]

Considering observatory, 5/5

[reef coral]

Id argue its easily the least useful legendary joker, its not bad just feels more rare to me with how 9 out of 10 boss blinds arent an issue

[turbid cobalt]

or allow it to be compatible with bp/bs so it’s way easier to do stuff like permanent increased hand size when you revert boss blinds

[ionic yew]

It’s very well established that the issue with chicot is that he makes the game monotonous, not because he is underpowered

Chicot is not copyable because his effect is passive, and tbh there could be a whole discussion on why blueprint can’t copy some stuff

But that’s not what this thread is about

[turbid cobalt]

established by who? This is the first time i’ve heard that complaint about it, boss blinds aren’t the main thing that gives the game variety

they certainly help with variety, and the game would be worse off without them, but chicot giving the players a break from having to prepare for boss blinds every once in a while doesn’t make balatro equivalent to watching paint dry

[turbid cobalt]

burglar has a similar effect, happening at the start of the round and nowhere else, yet it’s copyable

[ionic yew]

burglar activates on blind select

that is contrasting with let's say merry andy or troubadour which gives you discards/hand size when purchased
there is an argument to be made because chicot also gets activated upon boss blind being selected, but I don't think anyone has mentioned the possibility of chicot bouncing at the start of a blind as purely cosmetic to notify the player

[ionic yew]

you're underestimating the ability to disable boss blinds

the fact that you don't need to care about any boss blind ending your run is very strong, let's say you got a photochad and now you won't get planted ever

or if you're on a regular run, you don't get screwed up by the arm/the flint in like ante 3 or 4

or the needle (burglar bypasses it, but that's 1 out of 150 jokers)

the idea of a chicot rework has been thrown around probably since the game was in development, but so far most people either:
give chicot an additional ability in addition to disabling boss blinds (in general one joker can only have one condition and effect)
disregard chicot's affinity with boss blinds (chicot spoke to the king without formalities and the ability is a reference to that)

argubly it's hard to design a skill around boss blinds since it's not doing stuff for 2/3 of the time, there's like 3 in the game (chicot, matador, luchador) and chicot is the only one that's pretty decent as a permanent pick

[turbid cobalt]

fair points

[signal cedar]

Chicot isn’t even the worst legendary imo

I’d much rather have chicot than trib very often

[little fern]

It's the least fun legendary. That alone is grounds for a rework

[turbid cobalt]

i feel like making it copyable would be a cool way to buff it a little and turn the bug with multiple chicots into a feature that lets you get permanent hand size from the manacle (iirc) and shrink the wall and vessel without having to invis joker or ankh it

[oak canopy]

I like this