Koth of the Hammer Abilities

Reaganstorme

Just purchased Koth today with my reward crystals from the event. Koth's abilities are displaying incorrectly at levels 1-12.

It initially listed his abilities as follows:

First Ability
Locked (level 12): Rage of the Mountain
Give your creatures +2/0, Trample & Berserker until end of your turn.

Second Ability
Locked (level 6): Reshape the Land
Destroy 3 non red gems.

Third Ability
Locked (level 18): Strength of the Mountain
Create a support gem with "Whenever any player matches red gems, all your creatures gain +1/+1."

I'm now level 6 and Reshape the Land has unlocked in the first slot, but is still showing in the second slot. I expect that Rage of the Mountain will unlock at level 12 in the second slot, but until then will be showing a locked and duplicate level 6 ability.

PapiLouis4

Reaganstorme wrote:

Just purchased Koth today with my reward crystals from the event. Koth's abilities are displaying incorrectly at levels 1-12.

It initially listed his abilities as follows:

First Ability
Locked (level 12): Rage of the Mountain
Give your creatures +2/0, Trample & Berserker until end of your turn.

Second Ability
Locked (level 6): Reshape the Land
Destroy 3 non red gems.

Third Ability
Locked (level 18): Strength of the Mountain
Create a support gem with "Whenever any player matches red gems, all your creatures gain +1/+1."

I'm now level 6 and Reshape the Land has unlocked in the first slot, but is still showing in the second slot. I expect that Rage of the Mountain will unlock at level 12 in the second slot, but until then will be showing a locked and duplicate level 6 ability.

yeah his planeswalker image on the crystal purchase screen shows his original abilities when he was first released. However they have since patched him and swapped his first and 2nd abilities around, but did not update the pic...

noticed this yesterday as well when i bought koth

Plastic

They did this so less people would buy him and see how good he is.

alextfish

Huh? Wouldn't it make more people buy him and then be disappointed, since the old abilities were better? Destroying 6 gems is useless, the Berserker is the main appeal to playing Koth, but that's up to 12 loyalty now where it used to be 9.

PapiLouis4

alextfish wrote:

Huh? Wouldn't it make more people buy him and then be disappointed, since the old abilities were better? Destroying 6 gems is useless, the Berserker is the main appeal to playing Koth, but that's up to 12 loyalty now where it used to be 9.

at max level, being able to destroy 12 non red gems for 6 loyalty is so strong, ive been able to fill entire hands with one cast of his first ability from cascades.

however i do think his second abilty is great as well, the way it is now his skills are probably better suited for stronger more expensive cards, whereas before it was suited to having many more weaker and cheaper creatures out. i prefer the new

Malcrof

PapiLouis4 wrote:

alextfish wrote:

Huh? Wouldn't it make more people buy him and then be disappointed, since the old abilities were better? Destroying 6 gems is useless, the Berserker is the main appeal to playing Koth, but that's up to 12 loyalty now where it used to be 9.

at max level, being able to destroy 12 non red gems for 6 loyalty is so strong, ive been able to fill entire hands with one cast of his first ability from cascades.

however i do think his second abilty is great as well, the way it is now his skills are probably better suited for stronger more expensive cards, whereas before it was suited to having many more weaker and cheaper creatures out. i prefer the new

His 3rd ability is one of the single best in the game.. at max, +4/4 to everything you have out, and permanently... I rarely use his first or 2nd abilities unless in desperation.

PapiLouis4

Malcrof wrote:

PapiLouis4 wrote:

alextfish wrote:

Huh? Wouldn't it make more people buy him and then be disappointed, since the old abilities were better? Destroying 6 gems is useless, the Berserker is the main appeal to playing Koth, but that's up to 12 loyalty now where it used to be 9.

at max level, being able to destroy 12 non red gems for 6 loyalty is so strong, ive been able to fill entire hands with one cast of his first ability from cascades.

however i do think his second abilty is great as well, the way it is now his skills are probably better suited for stronger more expensive cards, whereas before it was suited to having many more weaker and cheaper creatures out. i prefer the new

His 3rd ability is one of the single best in the game.. at max, +4/4 to everything you have out, and permanently... I rarely use his first or 2nd abilities unless in desperation.

i completely agree, i think i got one of my iroas's champions at like 28/28 in 2-3 turns. the only thing is that currently most games when i get the chance to use his 3rd ability the match is almost already over that it becomes pointless to cast, so i end up using the first ability much more. although i do usually prioritize saving my loyalty for his 3rd ability

alextfish

Malcrof wrote:

His 3rd ability is one of the single best in the game.. at max, +4/4 to everything you have out, and permanently... I rarely use his first or 2nd abilities unless in desperation.

Hmm. But Gideon 1 gives you that rather earlier. Admittedly Koth's is also repeatable.

But yes, I can see that if you get him up to max then the first ability gets somewhat better. Too many things to sink my runes into though: I got Ajani up to 50, but now I'm focusing on Kiora rather than Koth, both of whom are languishing around 30. It's got to the point where I probably won't buy Ob Nixilis even though I want him, because I don't have the runes to get him up to a decent level.

Malcrof

alextfish wrote:

Malcrof wrote:

His 3rd ability is one of the single best in the game.. at max, +4/4 to everything you have out, and permanently... I rarely use his first or 2nd abilities unless in desperation.

Hmm. But Gideon 1 gives you that rather earlier. Admittedly Koth's is also repeatable.

On a good cascade, you could end up easily +12/+12 to all on a single turn.

I guess it comes down to who you are the most comfortable using. There is no wrong way to use any of them, find your stride.. a win is a win!