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Hearthstone |OT3| Preparing for the Ball of Spiders Meta
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toddhunter
Member
Nefarian into unstable portal into blingtron into doom hammer for the win.
Felt good.
Felt good.
Victory Red
Member
What exactly does "Can't be targeted by spells or hero powers" mean?
Can I hit the minion with my face as a Shaman?
Can I hit the minion with my face as a Shaman?
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Yes. You cannot -
Ping with Mage hero power
Target with buffs
Target with spells like Frostbolt
You can -
Hit it with a weapon
Hit it with random effects
Give it buffs from things like Sunfury Protector or Enhance-o-Machino
Victory Red
Member
K thanx. So the only "Hero Power" you can't do to it is Mage and Priest?
Hero weapons for Warrior, Paladin, etc. are fine?
You also can't heal such minions with priests heropower, but you can target them with battlecries for buffs/healing/damage
Correct. Hitting it with your face is always possible, so druids hero power works and any spell that gives your hero attack for that turn also works (for example, Heroic Strike, Seal of Light, Rockbiter)
Correct. Hitting it with your face is always possible, so druids hero power works and any spell that gives your hero attack for that turn also works (for example, Heroic Strike, Seal of Light, Rockbiter)
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
You gotta admit that play from phonetap took balls, he went all in and it payed off. I would have saved the combo for guaranteed lethal.
Victory Red
Member
Mother fuck. Just crafted this asshole last week.
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
Mech shaman just seems bad overall, if you build a board and it gets punished early you no way to draw so basically you are SOL.
It's just a fast deck... you either win fast or you die a slow horrible death.
It's an OK deck, but I meant the shitty draws. I played 2 games back to back with tempo mage where I had drawn 4/5 of my 5+ mana cards by turn 4.
When your deck has 21 <=3 mana cards, it feels baaad.
TheSadRanger
Banned
My legendary drop rate has gone to shit ever since GvG came out. I swear it feels like they tweaked the drop rate %
oh my god pinging the bot for the ice block would have been so next level
and yeah mcshaman is just an all in deck, gotta believe in the heart of the cards. personally i would never bring that shit to tournaments because i absolutely couldn't deal with the salt after matches like the first two of this series
and yeah mcshaman is just an all in deck, gotta believe in the heart of the cards. personally i would never bring that shit to tournaments because i absolutely couldn't deal with the salt after matches like the first two of this series
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
From what i read and what you guys tell it's a very inconsistent deck, therefore in my mind it's not that good. But i like to play combo druid so i guess i'm a hypocrite, i wonder which deck is the more inconsistent one, probably mech shaman.
Well mech shaman can win by turn 2 or 3 if it has godly draws. No other deck can say that. But usually you try to get them low and then pray for your spells so you can finish them. I only take it out for dailies and it works well enough for them (and I don't have fel reaver)
Turn 3 win in a tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEEoy0tBGlE
Haha I saw you unpack him. My first thought was "I hope he already had one or I screwed myself by not playing our tourney match earlier."
Combo Druid is more consistent for sure.
Mech Shaman works in the current environment (especially on Ladder) because everyone plays so aggressively. So when everyone plays aggressively you can win by being more aggressive. So you get your Zapomatic out against Face Hunter and then hit their face... they are forced to kill your Zapomatic or they lose. And when they use their stuff to kill your cheap minions then that's less damage they can do to your face. It's basically a game of chicken of who can flinch from hitting face first.
However it loses to the standard anti-aggro decks and is more reliant on getting a good start. That Healadin match was the perfect example..... Mech Shaman got out controlled and out healed.
Crimzun Wolf
Neo Member
Double fireball!
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Woo, go reynad.
But I think I saw a slight misplay. If he still had secrets in his deck, he could have killed mad scientist off in order to increase his chances of drawing fireball.
But I think I saw a slight misplay. If he still had secrets in his deck, he could have killed mad scientist off in order to increase his chances of drawing fireball.
REYNAD TOP DICKING DEM FIREBALLS!!!!!!
People really overestimate Handlock in these match ups. On paper Handlock is favored against Grim Patron and Tempo Mage... but it's not an auto win like some people think it is. These decks can put enough damage on you to pressure you and if you don't draw the AOE clears/heals/taunts then you lose.
People really overestimate Handlock in these match ups. On paper Handlock is favored against Grim Patron and Tempo Mage... but it's not an auto win like some people think it is. These decks can put enough damage on you to pressure you and if you don't draw the AOE clears/heals/taunts then you lose.
call_kotaku
Member
lifecoach was correct, but it wouldn't have mattered if reynad still drew 2 fireballs
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
Another thing to consider is that kitkaz didn't tap for healbot, he was dead to fireball and ping anyway so might as well tap for a heal.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
BlackBuzzard
Banned
WTF Reynad!
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Reynad confirmed rank 20 player.
First uses fireball instead of frostbolt and now that lol worthy flamewaker play.
First uses fireball instead of frostbolt and now that lol worthy flamewaker play.
That actually wasn't that bad of a play.
Frostbolt can be used to stall the Fel Reavers or combo with the Flamewakers/Antonidas.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
To be fair, the same play draws cards off auctioneer.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
True but here it backfired because he did not have the removal to kill the dr boom. I would be more afraid of Dr boom then Fel reaver.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Yeah why ever give your opponent a 5/5 Loatheb when its not needed. Bet everyone is thinking how did we lose to these schmucks.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Reynad never math.
Reynad is going to blame RNG anyway
Reynad is going to blame RNG anyway
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Seems like its just another day on ladder to me.
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