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He top-decked at least 4 cards there. Auctioneer, Prep, second Eviscerate I think and something else, think Shadowstep. One of them out of a Sap, even though his first play seemed to be setting up a kill on Rag with Backstab, so that might or might not have been intentional even.
In Tides position it certainly felt like his opponent RNGed the shit out of that game, but that's HS for you.
Edit: I should say I did like he was playing Ooze and Harrison in his decks. I love those cards myself and include them in as many decks as possible.
lawlohwhat
Banned
wish it was affordable. i'm about to quit the game being forced to play zoo
Yeah I've been playing forever and just got the cards for a full freeze mage today. Had to disenchant a lot of stuff though.
The whole handlock crushes zoo thing is only with pre-Naxx zoo, the current variants that run eggs and lepers and owls and double POs are about 50-50 with handlocks.
Just don't be greedy. Playing him as a 4/4 or a 4/5 lets him have an impact on the field without murdering your tempo because you haven't played anything for 2 turns.
partyphone
Banned
running freeze mage to counter all the zoo trash in lower ranks.
freeze mage is only weak to loatheb and control warrior. it's good times.
freeze mage is only weak to loatheb and control warrior. it's good times.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I prefer rogue or shaman to stomp zoo. I feel like freeze mage is even worse of a deck than zoo is, to be frank.
Well, I don't see those on EU.
Haunted
Member
RumblingRosco
Member
I was laughing out loud at this part. Listen to what Trump says about the bot making bad plays and not running certain tech cards, then watch the next minute or so unfold.
AntiFacebook
Member
How can he know it's a bot?
partyphone
Banned
I know that's why i love it. fight fire with fire, so to speak.
Haunted
Member
The best part is after being wrong about that, he apologises and praises the bot... only to run into a turn where the bot plays double Lightning Storm and then Violet Teacher afterwards. :lol
Goddamn bots.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
That doesn't even look like a bot to me. I've never seen a bot play that fast and with red arrows. Looks like trump got beat by a legit player who made obvious mistakes.
partyphone
Banned
yeah i've never seen a bot play that fast and emote
Not sure how fast it played, but bots definitely can emote though they just do Greetings at beginning.
I wouldn't know either way since I either haven't played against bots yet or I'm simply unable to tell them apart but... keep in mind that Trump's videos are carefully trimmed to cut away almost every second where something isn't moving or Trump isn't speaking. Maybe that's why it doesn't look like a bot.
Professor Lich
Member
There should be a BotStone turny. They could have multiple ways to win other than just beating all the others, like having the most complex bot or having it play hard/complex decks.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
This bot emoted before starting the turn it hit lethal. Plus he had arrows while attacking almost every action.
Minsc
Gold Member
Still, you'd think someone who has played probably 10,000+ games of Hearthstone would know if they're facing a bot... I think bots can do arrows now too. And don't forget, you can take over for a bot any time you want iirc, so it's very possible the opponent saw he was playing trump, let the bot have it's go for kicks, and then emoted themselves at the end with lethal. Actually it really doesn't sound hard to program a bot to emote "well played" when it has lethal either.
And I was going to criticize the bot for playing the Violet Teacher after the Lightning Storms, but Mortal Coil I guess would make that the better play, so I'm not sure where that weighs in of favor for being a bot or player.
EscapingJail
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http://www.twitch.tv/escapingjail/
I'm streaming some ladder now going for Legend x4!, playing EDIT: Freeze Mage currently. Will switch up some decks. If you guys are super bored come watch.
Edit: Done streaming for now went from rank 9 to rank 5. Gonna stream more later tonight EST.
I'm streaming some ladder now going for Legend x4!, playing EDIT: Freeze Mage currently. Will switch up some decks. If you guys are super bored come watch.
Edit: Done streaming for now went from rank 9 to rank 5. Gonna stream more later tonight EST.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
There are just no telltale signs of being a bot really. The only thing is the deck being played which really means nothing.
Also, while I agree a player could have taken over, they took over quite early. In fact, I'd have to watch the beginning of the match to tell if there ever was a bot in control, or at least signs of it.
KingKiller
Neo Member
I think a guaranteed epic would be a good move.
EscapingJail
Member
Not bad freeze mage, not badddd. Got me to rank 5.
Here is the deck
Here is the deck
partyphone
Banned
hmm. just like hyped's freeze mage except double flamestrike and no thalnos. I like it.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Freeze mage is still the least interactive deck in the game. I'm probably 50/50 vs them, almost entirely depending on whether I can silence doomsayer or not. I guess I just don't like giving up my board even when I probably should.
I'd rather face zoo than freeze mage since at least zoo does things you can interact with.
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Huh, nice... I actually beat a priest just now with shaman. I haven't had much luck in that match up, but had hex for ysera, hex off the top with KT, and he didn't screw me over too hard with cabal shadow priest. Definitely more of a control deck than I am used to lately though.
That was a nice win... I still had earthshock and 2 spell power on board so I could have killed KT easily without hex... even had a flametongue totem.
I realized the priest must have a pretty terrible hand once he used a holy flame thingie on a flametongue totem lol... he wasn't even really low on hp. After I hexed his KT and earthshocked his loot hoarder, I think I broke his spirit.
edit2:
I am on a roll... priest is seemingly less intimidating now that I've beaten 2 in a row. I did get a bit lucky though. No circle auchenai combo, but once I realized that I played a bigger board. Also the priest played it risky by dropping a bare injured blade master which was lightning bolted, and then again dropped a dark cultist after that which was lightning bolted with spell power totem on board. He played a feral spirits against me and he had 4 mana left over so I thought for sure this is a circle play coming up... I kinda played a little bit into it but hedged my bets and when he didn't circle I then played my own feral spirits after an unbound elemental. Plus had a earthshock to take out the soulpriest just in case.
I'd rather face zoo than freeze mage since at least zoo does things you can interact with.
edit:
Huh, nice... I actually beat a priest just now with shaman. I haven't had much luck in that match up, but had hex for ysera, hex off the top with KT, and he didn't screw me over too hard with cabal shadow priest. Definitely more of a control deck than I am used to lately though.
That was a nice win... I still had earthshock and 2 spell power on board so I could have killed KT easily without hex... even had a flametongue totem.
I realized the priest must have a pretty terrible hand once he used a holy flame thingie on a flametongue totem lol... he wasn't even really low on hp. After I hexed his KT and earthshocked his loot hoarder, I think I broke his spirit.
edit2:
I am on a roll... priest is seemingly less intimidating now that I've beaten 2 in a row. I did get a bit lucky though. No circle auchenai combo, but once I realized that I played a bigger board. Also the priest played it risky by dropping a bare injured blade master which was lightning bolted, and then again dropped a dark cultist after that which was lightning bolted with spell power totem on board. He played a feral spirits against me and he had 4 mana left over so I thought for sure this is a circle play coming up... I kinda played a little bit into it but hedged my bets and when he didn't circle I then played my own feral spirits after an unbound elemental. Plus had a earthshock to take out the soulpriest just in case.
lawlohwhat
Banned
Hey guys:
Turn 1 undertaker.
Turn 1 undertaker.
nismogrendel
Member
I've been playing this anti-agro priest deck I found on hearthpwn... it's really fun. Last 3 matches were vs zoo.
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/104164-9-4-priest-china
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/104164-9-4-priest-china
Professor Lich
Member
Bring out your dad.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I'm trying this out tonight and I can't figure out how to get the deck to update. I manually entered the cards. Selected the deck and it is showing up on screen but it isn't updating at all when I play cards. All it has managed to do is drop my fps a tad heheh.
If you're like me and tired to death of undertakers... play shaman. It really works well. Shaman have 3 says to deal with undertakers on turn 1 from hand. I am almost always mulliganing for at least 1 lightning bolt, 1 rockbiter, or 1 earthshock. I also have a hidden weapon which is forked lightning. Oh man, this card is the only card I actually have in the deck that I picked myself. And I picked it over harrison jones, well since I don't have him, and because of the heavy zoo meta. And the card is fantastic, especially when you have spellpower like omg. And it is an additional way to buff my unbound elemental as well.
Here is my decklist if you wanna try it out:
Earthshock
forked lightning x1
rockbiter
flametongue totem
haunted creeper
feral spirit
hex
lightning storm
mana tide totem x1 (technically this was my addition by the list was updated to include this later)
unbound elemental
defender of argus
gnomish inventor x1
doomhammer x1
azure drake
loatheb x1
fire elemental
al'akir x1
I think I might have deviated from the original list in another place or two but that is what I am running right now. The underlined are 1 ofs, and if it isn't noted as a 1 of, it has 2 copies in the deck.
I've also toyed with the idea of throwing blood lust in the deck... it might be alright in a heavier control deck instead of using forked lightning.
Minsc
Gold Member
Just killed a mage bot with one. Good stuff, only a few cards that cost 1 mana that are capable of doing ~20 damage by turn 5 if not dealt with immediately.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Aggro paladin should still hard counter handlock...
Play aggro warrior... maybe.
Like dust devil left alone... lol
Even mana addict is like 2 cost I think.
Minsc
Gold Member
New game mode: First 5 turns playing cards is disabled, you can only hero power.
paladin buff?
I really want to like Control Warrior. But I hate that it plays just a big bunch of legs. Ive not seen a control warrior deck with any less than about 5 legs in it. I really don't enjoy playing it. Its the only control deck I dont have fun playing.
I really hope the 100+ card expansion gives the war class some more cool class cards so I can hopefully find a way to enjoy the class.
Rogue on the other hand is hopeless, I dont think theres a chance I will ever like that class. Corny ass class cards.
I really hope the 100+ card expansion gives the war class some more cool class cards so I can hopefully find a way to enjoy the class.
Rogue on the other hand is hopeless, I dont think theres a chance I will ever like that class. Corny ass class cards.
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