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Hearthstone |OT4| The warsong has ended, please patron other decks
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King's Elekk is indeed great. I wonder how a Hunter combo deck could work when it can draw its high-cost minions reliably.
Ok I've gone 3-0 in Tavern Brawl, here's my thoughts on the new cards/mechanics as the undefeated world champion of Hearthstone.
Inspire: This is more interesting than I presumed. Depending on the card, it seems like you sacrifice too much mana for what you get. Lowly Squire only gets +1 attack for two mana. I actually got one up to 5/2 and another up to 4/2, but it can easily be removed as well. However, it can give some good buffs depending on the card. The Kvaldir Warrior or whatever it is gets +2/+2 on Inspire. If you have a Maiden of the Lake on the board, you can do your hero power twice for 2 mana total and get +4/+4 in a single turn. I think this mechanic will certainly benefit some characters more than others. It is very versatile for Mage, but I'm curious to see how it would affect someone like Warlock.
Jousting: RNGesus' newest miracle. I seriously only won ONE joust in three games, so it can definitely be annoying if you're not getting anything out of it. The 5/6 Jouster guy who gets taunt and Divine Shield? That can be brutal if your foe drops that. This mechanic seems to favor late-game/control decks that have big hitters and is supposed to be a counter to aggro. However, even if you have a deck with a lot of high mana cards, you can easily still lose since it is basically a coin flip. I think there should be more risk when a joust card is play. The jouster really has no big penalty.
Combo: I'm not sure which cards you could just sub into your deck, since they seem to build off of each other. Maiden of the Lake would definitely benefit best when paired with other inspire cards. Maybe the Kvaldir guy could work without other Inspire cards since his buff is pretty big on its own.
Individual cards: The 8/8 legendary that gives you THREE arcane missles is a lot of fun. If you have the board clear, that's 9 damage for 3 mana. Sadly he conceded before I could do it. Hunter also seems to have some strong cards (finally a hunter buff). One summons a random beast if you already have a beast on the board. Sheeeeit, that's not going to be fun. Also Lock and Load, my god. That's going to be in every Hunter deck right?
tl;dr would spend 100g on a pack
Inspire: This is more interesting than I presumed. Depending on the card, it seems like you sacrifice too much mana for what you get. Lowly Squire only gets +1 attack for two mana. I actually got one up to 5/2 and another up to 4/2, but it can easily be removed as well. However, it can give some good buffs depending on the card. The Kvaldir Warrior or whatever it is gets +2/+2 on Inspire. If you have a Maiden of the Lake on the board, you can do your hero power twice for 2 mana total and get +4/+4 in a single turn. I think this mechanic will certainly benefit some characters more than others. It is very versatile for Mage, but I'm curious to see how it would affect someone like Warlock.
Jousting: RNGesus' newest miracle. I seriously only won ONE joust in three games, so it can definitely be annoying if you're not getting anything out of it. The 5/6 Jouster guy who gets taunt and Divine Shield? That can be brutal if your foe drops that. This mechanic seems to favor late-game/control decks that have big hitters and is supposed to be a counter to aggro. However, even if you have a deck with a lot of high mana cards, you can easily still lose since it is basically a coin flip. I think there should be more risk when a joust card is play. The jouster really has no big penalty.
Combo: I'm not sure which cards you could just sub into your deck, since they seem to build off of each other. Maiden of the Lake would definitely benefit best when paired with other inspire cards. Maybe the Kvaldir guy could work without other Inspire cards since his buff is pretty big on its own.
Individual cards: The 8/8 legendary that gives you THREE arcane missles is a lot of fun. If you have the board clear, that's 9 damage for 3 mana. Sadly he conceded before I could do it. Hunter also seems to have some strong cards (finally a hunter buff). One summons a random beast if you already have a beast on the board. Sheeeeit, that's not going to be fun. Also Lock and Load, my god. That's going to be in every Hunter deck right?
tl;dr would spend 100g on a pack
Jousting is based on card cost. You lose ties. Therefore, to get the most out of your Joust card, you distill your deck down to heavy cost minions, because the capability to lose against 5/6/7 minions is very real. You'll have to really, really develop your decks around it. No small minions, not even other Jousting Cards (because they will count against other jousts).
You also can't make ALL your minions joust because... if your deck runs out of minions, you run out of jousts.
You also can't make ALL your minions joust because... if your deck runs out of minions, you run out of jousts.
Yes, I agree we can judge little by these decks (Inspire is being given a fantastic showing because it's up against a deck with little tempo, Joust is looking awful because it's up against a midrange deck that isn't notably lower in mana cost than the joust deck is).
One thing I can say for sure, though: Armored Warhorse is a really, really bad card. I had gotten to turn 4 and could play it, but even if I won the joust my victory would allow me to... charge my 5/3 in to a 2 mana cost 3/2 minion.
I nominate it for worst card in the set. It's early voting, of course.
One thing I can say for sure, though: Armored Warhorse is a really, really bad card. I had gotten to turn 4 and could play it, but even if I won the joust my victory would allow me to... charge my 5/3 in to a 2 mana cost 3/2 minion.
I nominate it for worst card in the set. It's early voting, of course.
I would like to hear an argument for why it's worse than Skeleton Knight.
Skeleton Knight is only slightly less infinite value than Dreadsteed, sir.
Speaking of, does anyone know what happens if (for instance) Skeleton Knight is killed and both you and your opponent are in fatigue?
I would assume no joust = no effect.
No minions = you automatically lose the joust.
Not played with Spellslinger yet, I presume?
Fucking loving the new cards/mechanics so far from this small taste.
So much potential.
Lock n Load is absurdly fun. and its really fun planning around getting the most out of your inspire cards.
I know this is sort of a controlled environment, but I really enjoyed all 6 of my games while trying to complete my daily quest.
So much potential.
Lock n Load is absurdly fun. and its really fun planning around getting the most out of your inspire cards.
I know this is sort of a controlled environment, but I really enjoyed all 6 of my games while trying to complete my daily quest.
Pulling off a double Lock n Load combo...
Wait, really? It gives you two cards? Shiiiiii
Professor Lich
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Just got a Pyroblast from a Spellslinger, as the Hunter. Can't complain about that.
Yup. Actually was able to get a full hand with that combo.
I still lost the game because well aggro gonna aggro.
Also that Warhorse fucking NEVER wins the Joust. That card is so rigged.
Professor Lich
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Can you Lock and Load into another Lock and Load? Infinite cards!
You can but you won't get infinite cards because of mana.
Now if you keep getting Hunter's Mark then yeah it's an infinite cycle.
Digital Limit
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Are the cards from the new set in Arena?
BananasWithGuns
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Hunter ignored my Saraad and went face.
Didn't take long for him to start regretting that one.
Didn't take long for him to start regretting that one.
Super Nothing
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You just have to pull 2 Sorcerer's Apprentices from Shredders first then pull Lock and Load every time you play a spell. It should be pretty easy to do.
Definitely putting a premium on Silence effects this expansion.
WesternHeretic
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Watching eliose play aggro pally into priest was just depressing.
Kotetsu534
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Kibler had set his deck up to absolutely destroy aggro. Don't think he fell below 25 all game.
BananasWithGuns
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You know, Acidmaw isn't all that bad. Sure wish he had more than 2 health though.
Popping by to do some friends a solid and give (unsolicited... and unpaid, the bums) advertisement to the Arena-centric podcast ADWCTA/Merps launched this week, called The Lightforge.
I don't use Reddit and he doesn't post on GAF, so here's the cross-posting.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/3hfy5n/introducing_the_lightforge_podcast/
From searching this morning, they seem to be available on iTunes.
I don't use Reddit and he doesn't post on GAF, so here's the cross-posting.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/3hfy5n/introducing_the_lightforge_podcast/
From searching this morning, they seem to be available on iTunes.
WesternHeretic
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Yea I know I play Aggro Pally and at no point in time during that game I was like she has any outs. She just top deck to delay the inevitable death.
Seemed like she changed her deck for this game though (are you allowed to change deck during games?) or it wasn't an aggro deck at all and she just had aggro draws lol.
BananasWithGuns
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If someone doesn't mind, I have that watch somebody win quest. Battletag: Nicodemic#1741. Thanks!
Region?
Ghostmaster
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Evil heckler has some amazing lines.
phoenix296
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Thank you brawl pack.
Nice.
Oh yeah, forgot about that... NA
Tempostorm getting futt bucked by Value Town http://www.twitch.tv/amazhs Just a reminder that there's a Hearthstone GAF private chat room though I won't be there because I need to
BlackBuzzard
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Kibler takes the 5.000$.
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