Noxious fumes, change to rare?

[Feels Ranger Man]

I think the card itself is fine in regards to balance, but I'm really sick of seeing this card all the time. I'll try to build a discard or shiv deck and it never comes together but I'll run into about 3-4 noxious fumes and other poison items. Really annoying how hard the game keeps wanting to hand me a poison deck.

[Vardos]

Noxious fumes would need a huge buff to be worth rare status, and its a staple in most poison decks so poison doesn't fall off. In it's current spot it's fine.

[Pocieraka]

its probably just my rng but think this card is too common. i had many runs that i drew up to 3fumes. not that i dont like poison decks but compered to other cards it pops up too often at last for me.

[bc]

Taking one noxious fumes doesnt force you to play poison deck, this card is just too good on its own. It also beats every single rare card in terms of effectiveness on act 1 (except Glass knife maybe).

[Cheshire]

Most poison cards work just fine by themselves. Noxious Fumes is probably one of the better ones. It takes a whopping four turns to match Dagger Spray, but then it keeps ramping up. For 1 energy, you probably get 20 damage to an elite, and 30+ to a boss. It also shreds through Artifact and those annoying thorns minions.

Really, I'm happy to take Fumes in any deck that isn't looking to immediately combo. Add in Snecko Skull, The Specimen, any Power enablers, or even a cheap upgrade, and it's a windmill slam.

[Visual Basic]

Would you say it’s Obnoxious?

[Jack_Daniels84]

I hope not, I hate runs in which I dont see any, however I almost never see any Accuracy powers, thats the card I wish was appearing more, then I could actually have more fun with shiv decks instead of starting one and never seeing an Accuracy.

[itssirtou]

Hush child, its one of my favorite cards.

Personally I love stacking 3 NF+s

Honestly tho its probably worth being a rare. Keeping poison stacking UP instead of down is a powerful effect for one power

Originally posted by Pocieraka:

its probably just my rng but think this card is too common. i had many runs that i drew up to 3fumes. not that i dont like poison decks but compered to other cards it pops up too often at last for me.

I've gone several runs without ever seeing one. That might be MY rng

Originally posted by LoganMcvey:

Would you say it’s Obnoxious?

*slow clap*

[Jack_Daniels84]

Originally posted by itssirtou:

Hush child, its one of my favorite cards.

Personally I love stacking 3 NF+s

Honestly tho its probably worth being a rare. Keeping poison stacking UP instead of down is a powerful effect for one power

I would only accept it as a Rare card if the poison stack increases by 1 base stat (Base 3 upgrade to 4). otherwise I'd feel it's an unwanted nerf.

[kerputnick]

This card, along with blur, can make a deck. Why are you complaining about it?

[Vardos]

Originally posted by Jack_Daniels84:

Originally posted by itssirtou:

Hush child, its one of my favorite cards.

Personally I love stacking 3 NF+s

Honestly tho its probably worth being a rare. Keeping poison stacking UP instead of down is a powerful effect for one power

I would only accept it as a Rare card if the poison stack increases by 1 base stat (Base 3 upgrade to 4). otherwise I'd feel it's an unwanted nerf.

It would need to be base three upgrade to 5 to make it rare worthy

[robofish126]

Noxious Fumes is ok even in non-poison decks, as its a one-card clock that allows you to be more cautious and defensive. Its weak only if you are routinely finishing encounters in 1-2 turns, and the most important encounters are vs Elites or Bosses where it'll generally be much longer. Its also a good complement for decks which have lots of exhaustible attack cards like Die Die Die or Backstab to quickly end short encounters but peter out in longer ones.