With the addition of Thaddeus, Alchemist is the only class without a cure hero. Which is really weird considering that they are the one making potions..
Anyway while I wouldn't complain about a new legendary or unique hero with Cure, I think it would make sense to have it on a rare hero since Cure should really be an alchemist thing early in the game and I think there is a perfect opportunity for Anaara.
Since her base Protect was changed for 3 turns, she got too much overlap with Wormwood, basically overshadowing him overall (Wormwood give a bit more armor and charge faster until Gauntlet speed 60% but those are minor compared to having Protect at base imo). Giving her Cure instead of Protect would help differentiate the hero kit a little more.
Serra could be an other candidate, her kit has always been a bit underwhelming when there are 2 other rare hero with Protect on base instead of rage and her base charge is too long for a stun.
#Anaara should get Cure on her base instead of Protect
noble stone
arctic pewter
Why would it "make sense" for alchs to get access to cleanse so early in the game? Also, rogues still need a cleanse hero. With the balancing issues they have, shouldn't they get the second green cleanse hero?
To be clear, I don't disagree with the idea of alchs getting a cleanse hero. But making it a green rarity hero doesn't seem like it's properly balanced to me
boreal locust
gonna second rion here, dont see why this change makes sense for Anaara
it would be a good fit on a new unique or legi hero
noble stone
Why would it "make sense" for alchs to get access to cleanse so early in the gam...
Not sure why I thought Lucius had cleanse, so my bad on that one, alch aren't the only ones. As for the reasons:
- The mythos of alchemist revolve around finding an universal cure, eternal life, and transmuting minerals. Knighthood is very much leaning into the whole healing aspect given that 10 out of the 14 alchemist have healing. Except for some reason they don't have cure which would make sense for the class with the universal cure, and it would make sense they get it early.
- Rogue have balancing issues and I doubt giving them a green cleanse would help anything. They should probably get a new Unique instead to balance things out.
- Alchemist are already strong in PvE, maybe it's why Midoki didn't want to add cure to their kit? But putting it on a rare hero would keep the effect niche since they don't scale as well for high-end content.
- Right now, there is a huge overlap between the kit of Wormwood and Anaara, that would help to make them more distinct.
- It would be easier to update a rare hero kit than make a new legendary/unique.