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Hearthstone |OT2| Created by Unstable Portal
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EnVy_CaLiBeR
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I agree with Unstable Portal being simply too good. Shield maiden will be amazing in Warrior decks.
I will be making sure that I get an Iron Juggernaut and a Vol'jin when I open my packs. lol
RumblingRosco
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Little Nemo
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Some of his picks are rather surprising.
Mobius and pet octopus
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What will the first card be you craft?
Mine:
I've been hyped for this card ever since the reveal. This card has so much potential. I've won so many games in the past by just having 1 or 2 recruits stay alive on the board and this is gonna help do that. And the synergy with quartermaster, bomb lobber (maybe the second card I craft), and even the very weapon it provides...
People even underestimate how much the 1/4 weapon is gonna provide. Even if you don't get every swing in, there are just so many times vs aggro where I can clear board if I can just deal 1 damage. Harvest golems, haunted creepers, leper gnomes, you name it with 1 hp, it is suddenly like I am with the rogue hero power that comes along with a 3/3 minion.
Mine:
muster for battle
I've been hyped for this card ever since the reveal. This card has so much potential. I've won so many games in the past by just having 1 or 2 recruits stay alive on the board and this is gonna help do that. And the synergy with quartermaster, bomb lobber (maybe the second card I craft), and even the very weapon it provides...
People even underestimate how much the 1/4 weapon is gonna provide. Even if you don't get every swing in, there are just so many times vs aggro where I can clear board if I can just deal 1 damage. Harvest golems, haunted creepers, leper gnomes, you name it with 1 hp, it is suddenly like I am with the rogue hero power that comes along with a 3/3 minion.
Little Nemo
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I'll probably most likely craft Mal'Ganis. I have a custom Warlock deck I've been playing for several seasons he'd fit perfectly into.
Professor Lich
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I have 1600 dust saved up, no idea on what to craft. Will depend on what I open with money and the rest of my arena packs post release. If I get all the Mech cards I want, I'll probably make my Rogue Mech deck with Vo-7-r0n. If I get Ancester's Call and Vitality Totems, I'll be making my late game Shaman deck.
partyphone
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i had someone roll a spellpower totem and kill my 7/7 with crackle. already hate that card so much.
Mobius and pet octopus
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It is basically guardian of kings without the downsides. For 1 mana more guardian of kings only heals 1 more and has 1 more hp. But he does nothing but a small-for-cost body when played at full hp. Shieldmaiden always gives 5 armor and that sticks around past alex and synergizes with shield slam.
I think reynad is overestimating shield maiden a little but it's a solid card for sure.
1. 5 attack is key. Cairne having only 4 attack cripples him against current cards for example. 6 drops have to be able to kill a sludge belcher.
2. The life gain is an immediate and guaranteed effect. You never miss out on the life by just playing it the way you do guardian of kings.
Where shield maiden shines is against fast decks. Stuff like Cairne/Sylvanas can just end up being too slow if your opponent can afford to just ignore them. There are also a lot of times where you lose board control and your shield slams are 'dead' because your opponent keeps knocking down your armor. Shield Block + slam is fine in terms of value, but its not really a comeback combo because you don't establish board at the same time.
You'll see 2 shield maidens in warrior if the meta is fast, and 0 if the meta is super slow.
1. 5 attack is key. Cairne having only 4 attack cripples him against current cards for example. 6 drops have to be able to kill a sludge belcher.
2. The life gain is an immediate and guaranteed effect. You never miss out on the life by just playing it the way you do guardian of kings.
Where shield maiden shines is against fast decks. Stuff like Cairne/Sylvanas can just end up being too slow if your opponent can afford to just ignore them. There are also a lot of times where you lose board control and your shield slams are 'dead' because your opponent keeps knocking down your armor. Shield Block + slam is fine in terms of value, but its not really a comeback combo because you don't establish board at the same time.
You'll see 2 shield maidens in warrior if the meta is fast, and 0 if the meta is super slow.
From what I played in Arena I would also add the following cards:
*Floating Watcher. It's the Warlock card that gets +2/+2 when Warlock takes damage on his turn. This looks pretty mediocre on the surface as you have to get damaged on your turn... only it ends up being a 6/6 5 drop 90% of the time with a high potential to be something greater (not uncommon to be 8/8) because of the Warlock's Tap ability. It's a must kill when it hits the board.
*While he said Muster for Battle is a very powerful card... that card actually reaches its max potential due to Quarter Master. I got hit by this combo and lost the whole game because of it... it's ridiculously powerful.
*Light the Naaru is an insane value card and IMO auto include in every Priest deck. The combo with Soulpriestess is ridiculous.
*Fel Cannon is legit in arena. You generally play this card when you know it's going to hit their cards and when it does suddenly this card becomes a must kill on the board.
*Force Tank Max (Mech 7/7 Divine shield 8 cost). In all the games I played this game killed 2 usually 3 minions. This card isn't that good against Mages but against every other class it's a huge fucking nightmare. Just about everyone ran this card in their Arena decks.
*Foe Reaper 4000. If this card gets played and isn't removed you basically win the game. I played a Priest deck with this card and 3 times when I successfully played it this card won me the game (two of the games I was down on board control). The value is absurd, it's BGH immune and it has beefy as fuck health. An auto must kill on the board card.
*Troggzor is hella underrated. If you play this on an empty board, at 6/6 it's very hard for them to stop this card without playing spells which means you already got value out of it.
*Piloted Sky Golem. Absolutely ridiculous value. Even if it takes one card to remove Piloted Sky Golem, you are going to need another card to deal with the 4 drop it summons.
*Bomb Lobber/Madder Bomber are insanely rage inducing cards.
*Warrior Crush card is insane and IMO auto include in every Warrior control deck. Potential Assassinate for 3 mana? Come on now man. This is a card that Warriors desperately needed.
Recombobulator. Probably the funnest card in the set.
My man. We will muster the paladins for battle!
I'm a little uncertain about this card. My experience with warrior control is that you very rarely have a creature battle going on. Either you have minions, or the enemy does. And so if your opponent has a minion you have to kill immediately, odds are you have nothing on board.
And so I think you're going to have to pay 7 mana for crush more often than you play it for 3. Maybe an average of 5.5 mana to kill a creature.
I plan to try out 1 bouncing blade + 1 crush and try to get a feel for which is better. My gut tells me bouncing blade will be better.
echoshifting
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God, this maintenance is killing me. I don't think I've been this excited for a new set of cards since M:tG Legends.
My pick too, it just looks like too much fun to not put it everywhere. For utility purposes Coghammer, but I don't like playing Pally. Don't have enough dust to craft 1 of each, let alone 2 tho.
Might just wait a bit and go along with arena rewards first before crafting anything.
echoshifting
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Any minute now...in theory...
For now...
Mobius and pet octopus
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Now another hour, nOOOO!
Officerrob
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Delayed again...
echoshifting
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They are just going to jerk us along all day guys
Officerrob
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There's a pretty good chance it's unstable even when it's actually up as well
No arguments there! I was referring to actually buying some packs for real money like a chump, that way I can hold on to gold for arena runs.
RumblingRosco
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I was about to post this. I'm still shocked this patch is coming out before 2015. I was expecting it out in about 3-4 months.
RumblingRosco
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Oh god please Blizzard not like this. ;_;
echoshifting
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It's been awhile for me.
Professor Lich
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I love how extended maintenance is making some lurkers post.
Yup. I never posted here and the hype for new cards made me do it. lol
There's always a first time : )
For Troggzor, what is it's interaction with AOE? I'm pretty sure it summons before the spell hits, like how the attack buff is given on that other troll before the spell hits.
So, if that anti-spell troll is summoned before the spell hits, say it's Blizzard, will it gain the buff as well and get hit?
I used to post a fair bit before Naxx-ish. But Naxx didn't shake up the meta enough for me, so I lost interest. I'm hoping the new cards lead to a lot of new, weird decks.
Princess Carl
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I have similar feelings, but I only slowed my play around the time WoD came out. At the very least, this expansion will make arena more varied for a long time.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
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Fuck yes, it is!
I thought I saw clarification that the summoned guy does not get buffed. Meaning it doesn't operate like violet teacher, meaning maybe it doesn't get hit by AoE? But really I have no idea. Just have to test him.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
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Three rares in my first pack. lol
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