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Hearthstone |OT5| Corrupted Deeprock Salt
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MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I think for me its probably Chow or Shredder.
Wait, it's actually gotta be Mad Scientist. I used to play a LOT of hunter and mage.
BananasWithGuns
Member
I got a Hobgoblin in the brawl lol.
Also just played a 5 mana Nefarian with the help of two Summoning Portals.
Also just played a 5 mana Nefarian with the help of two Summoning Portals.
I've been really burning out on the game lately but Renolock is the most fun I've had in a long time.
is it just me or the new aggro shaman is even more cancer than paladin?
my aggro deck got destroyed 2 or 3 times today by that fucking new shaman card Tunnel Trogg plus Feral Spirit(s) and the usual aggro/damage shaman cards following.
1 - 3 for 1 with ''whenever you overload, gain +1 attack per locked mana crystal''
that usual blizzard balance
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Hey man, gotta make those rogue and shamans viable somehow. By making one aggro as fuck and one play more deathrattles then Naxx era hunter.
Tunnel Trogg is far worse than Mana Wyrm. Tunnel Trogg is balanced.
call_kotaku
Member
I'm liking midrange paladin a bit more than secret after playing a couple of games with it
the win condition isn't as drastic but you get good turn 4-6s more consistently (hence why it's a midrange deck I guess). There just isn't much "flavor" to it, it feels like playing a good arena deck.
the win condition isn't as drastic but you get good turn 4-6s more consistently (hence why it's a midrange deck I guess). There just isn't much "flavor" to it, it feels like playing a good arena deck.
mrpallyguy
Member
Never go full chicken in this brawl and always pick kelthuzad XD
Post your deck bro
You'll find that a lot of cards that seem good on paper aren't actually that great when you play them for loads of different reasons.
Also some of the most successful decks you can play have very little or no legendaries at all in them , I play an aggressive secret Paladin sometimes and it has 2 epics, a few rares and mostly commons in it, and it's unfairly strong sometimes.
It's far more important to have good drops at each mana slot , so a good 2 drop into a good 3 drop and then a good 4 drop etc than have a load of high cost legendaries. Removal is a huge part too, every class has ways and means. For 5 mana in paladin you can clear an entire board of legendaries on your opponents side with 2 cards, like literally an entire board of 10/10 creatures even.
Then there's little things that don't seem obvious like attacking with a weapon into a creature is almost always better than using your minion to do it, and the health stat is pretty much always more important than the attack stat.
Feel free to post your main deck on here and we can tell you how to steamroll these chumps filling their deck with a load of legendaries =]
to me it seems like this new aggro overload mech shaman deck is one the new top tier "pls nerf" decks, or least it seems close to that. I guess that's one way to make the class viable =p
I don't know about that far worse. it surely can be worse but it can also be much better with the right cards or combo. never saw a Mana Wyrm alone doing 10+ damage in one turn and having no disadvantages the next because Lava Shock'ed~, even without Lava Shock it surely can do (much) more damage.
The fact that Tunnel Trogg has any drawback at all (you know how overload is supposed to be a bad thing?), means that it is strictly worse than Mana Wyrm. That Blizzard has finally started printing some good overload cards and there exist enough low curve ones are the only reasons the deck even works. It is super annoying to play against though. But I'm for it. I'd rather play against shaman decks than hunter.
I actually tried a general overload shaman and thought Trogg was pretty ass, it's actually waaaaay better in an aggro format.
The main thing there, compared to Mana Wyrm, is that the other tends to be buffed while things are being removed, while trogg is when something is in play. So a common thing is the 1/3 trogg into the 3/4 golem to make it a 2/3, but if they played a knife juggler or something on their turn he'll still die, unlike wyrm into frostbolt...or wyrm into apprentice coin frostbolt. It ends up being more versatile as mage spells are things you want to be using anyway. Shaman CAN still do that similar play with lightning bolt or whatever, but it has the same end result and still messes up their next turn. Shaman is more hit or miss with the actual overload cards, which I find is why just making it aggro works out more since you can get multiple attack points in a burst.
WesternHeretic
Member
WTF is going on in this brawl.
yes I always meant the aggro (mech?/overload) deck.
again I don't see how it's "strictly worse" because of overload, overload cards can do more than the early mage spells (Feral Spirit combo especially), and duh, that's why they have overload to begin with. of course it depends on what you draw, who you're playing against etc. but in an aggro deck like that it can potentially be much better than Mana Wrym and be a very annoying 1 mana minion that you should remove before it burts in your face for 7 damage or so.
again I don't see how it's "strictly worse" because of overload, overload cards can do more than the early mage spells (Feral Spirit combo especially), and duh, that's why they have overload to begin with. of course it depends on what you draw, who you're playing against etc. but in an aggro deck like that it can potentially be much better than Mana Wrym and be a very annoying 1 mana minion that you should remove before it burts in your face for 7 damage or so.
The Trogg himself has no draw back.
Futhermore, it's not strictly worse because it also works with monster and gets attack for every looked mana crystal instead of each card.
WesternHeretic
Member
My brawl pack was almost as bad as the actual brawl.
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
it can [98% of the time it doesn't, maybe turn 10 with mage using 9 spells?
] but not as fast or as often as Trogg. which is pretty much the point of the card, being able to hit for a lot of damage in a few turns if left untouched, and that's why it works and fits so well in that aggro deck.MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Blizzard just needs to fucking remove Raptor from the game until it stops crashing it. Come the fuck on. How is this acceptable?
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I haven't played in a week or so but I guess I shouldn't play my control rogue because of raptor being in it? Lame.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I liked the brawl. Very interesting.
BananasWithGuns
Member
I enjoyed the brawl as well, though either you or you opponent getting one really high value creature is typically game over. One game I was dropping multiple Troggzors and another multiple Sylvanas-as (Sylvani?). Just no coming back from that.
bronkonagurski
Member
Me too. I've been replaying it beyond getting my free pack. Not bad for getting some XP when you have decks that are nearing a level up.
Played someone who got Brann in their deck + healing cards so a lot of double healing. Kind of annoying but I was playing stronger overall minions and ended up prevailing.
irfaanator
Banned
The worst part of the brawl is when you get a 4 coin hand. wtf is that
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Don't coin out chickens!
I think whether you play the card or not it goes back to your deck to be redrawn.
It does. I got a Ragnaros out of an unstable portal, didn't play it and got it back. Deck doesn't get filled by each card you play, just new ones.
2 games and just can't get lucky. I get offered crap cards, opponent gets offered or draws perfect answers.
Dr.Horrible
Member
About to hit 500 with priest, any suggestions on a good class to transition to from there?
You're right. For some reason I was thinking it always duplicated your starting hand into your deck, but would add an extra copy of what you played as well.
Edit: It's part of the genre of deck-builders to look for ways to "trash" cards to thin your deck. I guess I was just optimistically projecting.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Okay, now I hate it because I keep getting full chicken hands late into the game.
And now dr. boom for opponent. Last game they got rag. meh.
edit:
Lol still won
And now dr. boom for opponent. Last game they got rag. meh.
edit:
Lol still won
BananasWithGuns
Member
Wow...this Rogue got Bloodsail Corsair, Ship's Cannon, Shady Dealer and Skycap'n Kragg. Like literally facing a pirate deck in the brawl at this point.
This Brawl is a lot like Ascension.
So far, I've found it most useful to draft a large number of low-cost minions, cyclers, and a just a few bombs.
Rogue, in particular, has been a lot of fun because you have so many coins and chickens to fuel your combo cards. I managed to draft Van Cleef once and it was glorious.
Mage also seems strong because you can reuse cheap burn spells for board control or just go face late game. Mana Wyrm can easily steamroll the game as well.
So far, I've found it most useful to draft a large number of low-cost minions, cyclers, and a just a few bombs.
Rogue, in particular, has been a lot of fun because you have so many coins and chickens to fuel your combo cards. I managed to draft Van Cleef once and it was glorious.
Mage also seems strong because you can reuse cheap burn spells for board control or just go face late game. Mana Wyrm can easily steamroll the game as well.