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Hearthstone |OT3| Preparing for the Ball of Spiders Meta
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Warlock's okay, it gets carried by the hero power in many cases. I kept being given succubi though.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Is there a hidden mechanic for Grom that says "When played, put an Antique Healbot in your opponents hand" because every single time I have played him and it wasn't lethal they have a Healbot. I'm not joking, either. It's happened at least eight times.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
So my friend who is on day 2 of playing hearthstone, recently beat someone who then friended him, and told him he was basically part of a Blizzard CS sting operation and that they have been watching him for days and then because he was hacking he would be banned permanently starting at 7am this morning. LMAO - you just can't make this shit up. Unbelieveable.
I give this Tempo Mage clown a Ghoul on turn 4
Kills off mine with 2/1 and the copied Ghoul (leaving it alive), plays Flamewaker + Apprentice + Mirror Images
It's almost as if all of this trash is going to die when I kill the Ghoul with my second DB charge LEL WHATEVER BOAR CONTROL
Play Patron, swing Axe, everything but the now 2/2 Flamewaker dies, giving me 3 more Patrons
I'm afraid they'll just play it passive and Flamestrike next turn
...
2nd Apprentice + Arcane Intellect without pinging off the 3/1 or trading the Flamewaker into the 3/2 Patron
Watches as I get another 2 free Patrons
"You win this one"
#Rank2Plays
Kills off mine with 2/1 and the copied Ghoul (leaving it alive), plays Flamewaker + Apprentice + Mirror Images
It's almost as if all of this trash is going to die when I kill the Ghoul with my second DB charge LEL WHATEVER BOAR CONTROL
Play Patron, swing Axe, everything but the now 2/2 Flamewaker dies, giving me 3 more Patrons
I'm afraid they'll just play it passive and Flamestrike next turn
...
2nd Apprentice + Arcane Intellect without pinging off the 3/1 or trading the Flamewaker into the 3/2 Patron
Watches as I get another 2 free Patrons
"You win this one"
#Rank2Plays
lol. Yeah against a deck that runs healbot or likely has removal in their hand you obviously want to wait as long as possible to use him. Getting Grom out as early as possible when a Hunter is closing in on lethal has worked well for me though
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Sometimes it's my only option. Guess I need to add in some more card draw to Patron if this is a problem
Chmpocalypse
Blizzard
I'm disappointed - when I read "crossroads", the first thing I thought of was "hey, maybe classes will get each other's cards, that would be an amazing Brawl!" or even "well, nothing interesting so far, maybe halfway through the match something happens to shake things up?"
Sadly, probably a one and done for me this week. : (
TetraxShards
Member
Tavern Brawl this week is bad, but I've had a few LOLs so it's alright with me overall.
My favourite moment was when, with a huge lead, a Priest played an Explosive Sheep and then dropped a YOLO Bomberino that hit his face, then his Northshire, then hit the Sheep to annihilate his whole board while still leaving my pathetic board of River Croc and Shadowboxer alive.
Godspeed, Mad Bomber.
Then he played a Cabal a turn or two later to steal my Shadowboxer, then I stole it back with a topdecked Cabal, then he played a Magma Rager and I sniped it with my Boxer.
I have never LOLed so hard playing this game.
My favourite moment was when, with a huge lead, a Priest played an Explosive Sheep and then dropped a YOLO Bomberino that hit his face, then his Northshire, then hit the Sheep to annihilate his whole board while still leaving my pathetic board of River Croc and Shadowboxer alive.
Godspeed, Mad Bomber.
Then he played a Cabal a turn or two later to steal my Shadowboxer, then I stole it back with a topdecked Cabal, then he played a Magma Rager and I sniped it with my Boxer.
I have never LOLed so hard playing this game.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I think it is kinda fun. You just see a lot of cards you would normally never see in the game. If you take it too seriously, like all the others, you'll be disappointed I guess.\
I'll probably try once of each class, win or lose. Already 2-0 though
I'll probably try once of each class, win or lose. Already 2-0 though
This Archon team tournament is highlighting exactly how bad the class balance is right now.
Teams go up 5 wins and then lose anyway because they are forced to run one of these classes (Druid/Shaman/Paladin). Top players going like 0-4 because they are using these classes and are getting bullied.
As bad as those 3 classes are right now... at least some teams they are 6th best unlike the Priest which isn't getting used at all.
Teams go up 5 wins and then lose anyway because they are forced to run one of these classes (Druid/Shaman/Paladin). Top players going like 0-4 because they are using these classes and are getting bullied.
As bad as those 3 classes are right now... at least some teams they are 6th best unlike the Priest which isn't getting used at all.
Officerrob
Banned
No idea what Gaara is thinking bringing this deck
Yeah, random all cards could be fun. You select your hero power and then the get a deck with random cards from any class.
Seems like you haven't watched Savjz trying to get the last dozen of wins for his golden Shaman today. He went through every single current list, losing hundreds of legend ranks and then threw together an idiotic full overload list which won him his first match against Hunter.
If forced to I'd much rather play Mech Shaman than these trash midrange lists where half of your deck is situational and never powerful enough to address the situation at hand while the other half is rng crap. No card draw so all you do is wipe away the tears while you're rolling the wrong totems and hoping for that one topdeck every turn plus just autolose to Hunter because you can't fit healing in there either.
But it seems that Gaara brought another one of his "best deckbuilder in the world" lists so idk about that
Officerrob
Banned
If you play Mech Shaman though, you need to include Powermace. No idea why he's not playing it
Yeah I just edited my post, didn't realize the main issue was Gaara trying to break the meta again.
And he won. Time to dust those Powermaces boys
Officerrob
Banned
Gaara got fortunate
Strifecro misplayed again? Jesus dude get it together, that Freeze Mage game was bad enough for weeks. You'd think with a prize pool like Archon's you wouldn't want to burn yourself out with all these low tier HTC and keyseller tournaments.
Chmpocalypse
Blizzard
One player got double Vol'jin against me.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
card back for getting SCII LotV Deluxe Edition.
edit: posted!
I purchased the deluxe edition but don't see my card back. How do I claim it?
edit: bah, won't be released for a while. my mistake
BananasWithGuns
Member
Dunno if this has been pointed out but if you go to http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/ a sword will fall from the top of the screen into a pile of snow.
Northrend here we come?
Northrend here we come?
Doesn't seem to be the case on mobile version. Hype though!
quackamole
Member
Not really having fun with this week's brawl, since it's the worst kind of RNG. At least last week's brawl can lead to some spectacular fights. This weeks feels like it is just one sided beat down depending on who gets the better opening hand as you pretty much snowball from there without much of a way of come back.
Oh well at least there's a free pack in it for me, even though it's just all shitty commons and a shitty rare.
Oh well at least there's a free pack in it for me, even though it's just all shitty commons and a shitty rare.
FieryBalrog
Member
Well, it's kinda like Tirion vs. Owl - "every time I play Tirion they have the Owl!"
And I eventually realized it's because you cling onto that Owl like a motherfucker all game if necessary because you know that Tirion is coming at some point. I added one Owl to my Control Warrior deck mainly for things like Tirion, and I had a game recently where I passed on Owling a 6/6 shielded minibot - I gave up a bigger play that turn to instead use Taskmaster + BGH. Because I knew the Pally was gonna put his Faith in the Light. And soon enough he did and the Owl won the game.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I played each class exactly once (well, twice for warrior cause the guy conceded real fast). Each class I won with except for 2. I lost with hunter and mage and won with all the others. I enjoyed this week's brawl and I think it is possible I'll even play more later on in the week.
I got millhouse manastorm twice, once the priest had both shrinkmeister and shadow word death... plus velen's chosen. Then vs a shaman, he played 0 spells. 50/50 on that guy heheh.
I got millhouse manastorm twice, once the priest had both shrinkmeister and shadow word death... plus velen's chosen. Then vs a shaman, he played 0 spells. 50/50 on that guy heheh.
I mean when you have enough mana for Grom your opponent has drawn through at least half of their deck, certain archetypes can even be nearing fatigue at that point. Coupled with the fact that most lists that run Healbots include two copies the odds to have one are pretty high. Also since Grom is Control Warrior's only finisher, and a very predictable one at that, of course you hold onto those healbots until you actually get to 12 life or lower.
That's also the main reason you don't Grom face without having lethal unless a) you can get a good trade against aggro who don't run target removal/BGH, or b) you're in a fatigue war vs control and have seen all of the expected removal cards already.
FieryBalrog
Member
Um, I mean if you're going by that, then Patron Warrior has been sinking teams too.
This tournament is a pretty good argument that the meta can handle Patron if prepared for it.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Hemet is probably the most useless card in the game. Only one class uses beasts outside of a few Druid cards and Hunters don't build decks around beasts, the best thing you can do is kill a Savannah Highmane because it dodges BGH. No idea what they were thinking with Hemet
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
That could be a Pirate and it would still be in most decks
Sneaky Gato
Member
Well if this brawl was good for one thing it finally gave me Jaraxous.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
If that ever happened, we'd need a pirate removal card.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I would like this brawl more if it was all class cards included so you could end up with crazy shit all the time. Rogue with Mal'Ganis and Master of Disguise! Priest with Auchenai and Mistress of Pain! Gahz'rilla Warrior!
And since it would be 100% random you wouldn't know if you had the cards or not
And since it would be 100% random you wouldn't know if you had the cards or not
Whenever they do these "RNG ESPORTS" Brawls where you chose a class and nothing else, it always becomes painfully clear who are the winners and losers in terms of class design. They might as well turn off classes and throw the whole pool of cards together.
Professor Lich
Member
You guys are just ignoring the masterful Tinkmaster Overspark into Hemet plays. 8 mana removal for any class!
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