Survivability of an ally trumps attack power. I will detail more why.
Puwen is better than Blake for example because
Puwen has more survivability.
Blake is not used specifically because he has 1 health and is easily removed by cards such as DMT. Even if
Blake were a 4/1 he would still not be used for this very reason. You're assigning point values based on the assumption that
Puwen and
Blake are equivalently balanced. Which in fact they are not.
A card's value is in fact determined by how much value you're able to get from it.
In this case, when we compare
Puwen to
Blake, we must assess the real world value potential of said cards.
Both cards have the potential to swing for 2 & 3 damage. However. In the case of Blake, he is easily removed by
DMT and therefore the damage potential stops immediately. While
Puwen cannot be removed so easily he continues swinging for more than 3.
On the flip side, in the case of either soaking damage or being killed, Puwen soaks more and therefore diverts more damage away from your hero. Survivability of ally in most cases far outweighs attack value of ally, unless the ally is actually able to utilize said attack value.
TLDR - you're going about your value system wrong.
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