A mega nerf is a sweeping, catastrophic reduction that doesn't just tweak — it demolishes. Where a regular nerf shaves off a few percentage points, a mega nerf guts everything that made something worthwhile, often in a single patch or announcement. The community reaction is usually loud: guides get deleted, tier lists flip overnight, and players who built identities around the thing in question go into mourning. Mega nerf has crossed over from gaming into general use for any massive, all-at-once downgrade — a policy change, a product update, a social dynamic that suddenly flips from favorable to brutal.
That wasn't a patch, that was a mega nerf — they basically deleted the character.
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