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Savage Laevateinn streamlines the deck immensely, turning it from a turbo build that needs to run wonky ratios into a strong, reliable deck that can get off its intended gameplan quickly and consistently.

If we're looking at straight item numbers, Savage will equip just as many items as Original Laev  will, with much more consistently in a much more streamlined deck. Savage will tutor two items and equip them, and proceed to equip an item in drop. Original Laev will equip anywhere from zero to three items, depending on luck, and for his best case scenario you need to run an obscene amount of items for it to even have a good chance of it happening. Savage will equip 2 at worst, 3 at best. Original Laev will equip 0 at worst, 3 at best. Not a hard comparison.

This isn't even considering that Savage Laev will get more items from drop as time goes on. Keeping Taboo! Savage Form in mind as well, which re-proc's Savage Laev's beginning of attack step skill, you'll get plenty of equip mileage out of Savage Laev. Multiple Savages on board will net you more equips as well.

SPEAKING OF THAT Savage Laev is something you don't mind having multiples of on board, while OG Laev is severely detrimental. Just a small thing to note.

Savage Laev provides consistency and smoothness that the deck was severely lacking. It's nowhere close to counterintuitive, it does everything the deck wants to do. It's a powerhouse card, and I can't really see how anyone​​​​​​​ can consider it bad.