u/ValendyneTheTaken

The character was nerfed purely because of pro play because, let’s be real, no one on ladder was actually fighting an OP Silver because her winrates on ladder were average, only above average in Eternus (51% iirc).

The nerfs struck her hard, and now over the past 14 days, she’s had the lowest winrate in All Ranks, genuinely competes with Sinclair for lowest winrate in every individual rank up to Ascendant, only barely getting 3rd worst in a few ranks, and only sits at a somewhat reasonable winrate (48.01%, so still 29th place on a roster of 38) in Eternus along with a moderate Pick/Ban rate in DLNS.

…and I’m supposed to sit happy and sing along with everyone that this makes my favorite character balanced? That I’m supposed to be happy that in the game I and most others play that my character lands anywhere from total garbage to a little less garbage because she’s now finally balanced in the gamemode a grand total of like 40 people play every Wednesday that is structured vastly differently to the game I play? That I’m entitled or boosted if I point out that her new metrics point to this nerf being an overcorrection?

Fuck that. Trickle-down balancing is bullshit and does not work when the people being balanced around are playing a game structured so differently to the game I’m playing (pick phases, ban phases, snake draft, constant comms, pre-determined line order).

I don’t know about y’all but a game needing to keep a character shit on ladder so that they’re just okay in comp screams to me that the character design has failed massively and I really don’t like that in the long list of changes that Yoshi has seemingly decided that Silver’s current spot is perfectly reasonable. That old set of data pre-changes was a sign she needed a rework or a rebalance, not a nerf.

FOR LAZY PEEPS:
Kriselle still has a chance, as Noelle potentially may not actually harbor any real feelings for Susie, but rather may just love her because of who Susie replaces in her life.

THE POST:
Aborted WR for Ch5 I think is the most interesting (pun intended) that the game has been with character exploration and deep diving into the thought processes of its characters. For starters, the entire monologue Noelle gives about her life, what she thinks of it, how that makes her feel? Chef’s kiss. Beautiful angst in an extremely believable way. But I want to focus specifically on the “aborted” WR of Ch5, which is if you let the screen white-out during the drowning sequence.

After Susie rescues you both, we see little scenes of Susie and Noelle chatting, with random, harsh cuts to a black screen with Noelle saying “Nothing changed.” before jumping back, repeating multiple times until she finally states “…a Noelle is just a Noelle.” and returning.

What I want to focus on here is, specifically, her repeating of “Nothing changed.” during her montage with Susie. While yes, this can be interpreted as her just putting her mask back on and continuing as normal once again, I have an alternative interpretation I’d like to share that’s been floating around for a while but has now potentially been strengthened by this scene:

Noelle doesn’t love Susie. Rather, Noelle misses December.

This interpretation originally came to me when I thought about how off it was that Noelle fell for Susie so quickly. Then it resurfaced again, when we got to see December’s room, getting more details about her character, and when I really started to see that December and Susie have some very striking parallels based on what we know. Both rebellious, tomboy characters who express typically more masculine traits who can play the guitar.

Then, this changes the interpretation. Noelle saying “Nothing changed.” could now also potentially mean “I have a December in my life again, so therefore, my life is back to normal.” even in the form of Susie. It also pairs well with her final statement. “A Noelle is just a Noelle.” now takes on the potential connotation “A Noelle needs a December.”

I dunno. Thoughts? Am I coping? I’m probably just coping.

FOR LAZY PEEPS:
Krusie still has a chance, as both Kris and Susie seem to genuinely like one another for who they are, unlike Noelle who potentially only likes Susie for who she replaces. And if Susie ends up discovering that, I highly doubt she’d end up taking lightly.

THE POST:
Aborted WR for Ch5 I think is the most interesting (pun intended) that the game has been with character exploration and deep diving into the thought processes of its characters. For starters, the entire monologue Noelle gives about her life, what she thinks of it, how that makes her feel? Chef’s kiss. Beautiful angst in an extremely believable way. But I want to focus specifically on the “aborted” WR of Ch5, which is if you let the screen white-out during the drowning sequence.

After Susie rescues you both, we see little scenes of Susie and Noelle chatting, with random, harsh cuts to a black screen with Noelle saying “Nothing changed.” before jumping back, repeating multiple times until she finally states “…a Noelle is just a Noelle.” and returning.

What I want to focus on here is, specifically, her repeating of “Nothing changed.” during her montage with Susie. While yes, this can be interpreted as her just putting her mask back on and continuing as normal once again, I have an alternative interpretation I’d like to share that’s been floating around for a while but has now potentially been strengthened by this scene:

Noelle doesn’t love Susie. Rather, Noelle misses December.

This interpretation originally came to me when I thought about how off it was that Noelle fell for Susie so quickly. Then it resurfaced again, when we got to see December’s room, getting more details about her character, and when I really started to see that December and Susie have some very striking parallels based on what we know. Both rebellious, tomboy characters who express typically more masculine traits who can play the guitar.

Then, this changes the interpretation. Noelle saying “Nothing changed.” could now also potentially mean “I have a December in my life again, so therefore, my life is back to normal.” even in the form of Susie. It also pairs well with her final statement. “A Noelle is just a Noelle.” now takes on the potential connotation “A Noelle needs a December.”

I dunno. Thoughts? Am I coping? I’m probably just coping.

What’s crackalackin’ y’all

With Deltarune Chapter 5 just over the horizon, and especially with the potential for SOULelle in that chapter being extremely high coming off the back of a certain Chapter 4 scene, we felt it necessary to take a few precautions when it comes to posts being made so high off the release of a brand new chapter that not everyone is gonna have the opportunity to play at the same time.

As such, for the next 2 weeks starting June 24th 2026 and ending July 8th 2026, all posts regarding content in Chapter 5 must disclose in the title that they contain Chapter 5 story content (with a simple “SPOILER” or “Ch5” in the title being enough) and also must be Spoiler tagged. If you see a post missing either of these, report it under Rouxl 8 (or I could make a brand new Rouxl for spoilers, up to y’all). If a post is missing a spoiler marking, we’ll just correct that and move on as I’m pretty sure mods have the ability to just do that (I don’t really know the extent of mod abilities because y’all have behaved so well, so thx for that!). If it’s missing the text in the title, the post will be removed and the OP asked to reupload the post with the proper post title.

And that should be it! What do y’all think? Sound fair? Should the spoiler period be longer, shorter, or is it fine? Lemme know if y’all got any grievances or similar down below.

oh and also DELTARUNE TOMORROW!!!!!