maybe it's just me but I feel like there's not a lot of middle ground in general right now
i've been winning more than ever overall and especially more high win runs but i've also had way more low win runs than i've had in a long time
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Hearthstone |OT5| Corrupted Deeprock Salt
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maybe it's just me but I feel like there's not a lot of middle ground in general right now
i've been winning more than ever overall and especially more high win runs but i've also had way more low win runs than i've had in a long time
I must have missed all of the people complaining that Mad Bomber is OP.
We all know that Blizzard only swing the nerf bat rarely, but they swing it as hard as they can. Whatever they do to the Classic / Basic cards they choose to nerf is going to make them all practically unplayable.
Professor Lich
Member
Speaking of Knife Juggler, I miss the days where you played Leeroy against someone who had a Juggler and then lost because both knives hit Leeroy.
Those were the good ol' days.
Those were the good ol' days.
If juggler is going to be random target, you might as well play bomber. You're not going to get 3+ juggles regularly.
RumblingRosco
Member
Juggler will just be changed to only proccing on minions you play, not you summon. Simple, easy, and still functional.
Or at least that's what I'd do.
Or at least that's what I'd do.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
Yeah but that'd require Blizz to be reasonable about nerfing
Professor Lich
Member
You guys can count me as one of the surprised ones if they change Knife Juggler at all. With the removal of Imp-losion and Muster for Battle, along with other minions like Creeper and Shredder, what other insane combos are left? The only thing is Unleash the Hounds but you're looking at a 5 Mana, two card combination that only does well against a board you're already losing to, which also gets cleared by next to all board clears. Sure it sucks to lose against aggressive decks but they should still exsist and they need good cards too.
That all being said, we still have no clue as to where they're taking the game and how they want it to be played with Standard. So for all I know games will be super slowed down and last at least 8+ turns every game or something.
That all being said, we still have no clue as to where they're taking the game and how they want it to be played with Standard. So for all I know games will be super slowed down and last at least 8+ turns every game or something.
I didn't play ladder for like 3 days or so, came back to finish some quest. Match making has been hilarious.
Q'd as druid, all I got was secret paly and zoo. All of them curve gods. Like mulligan everything keep, everything flawless, me never ramp...
I said screw it, q as secret paly.... First match it's freeze mage! Where were you when I was playing druid all those games? lol. Next up is a reno warrior with the best luck ever and even sent me a friend request after me losing, I guess secret paly scum deserves it. lol
I couldn't win at all. People are so much better than me.
Q'd as druid, all I got was secret paly and zoo. All of them curve gods. Like mulligan everything keep, everything flawless, me never ramp...
I said screw it, q as secret paly.... First match it's freeze mage! Where were you when I was playing druid all those games? lol. Next up is a reno warrior with the best luck ever and even sent me a friend request after me losing, I guess secret paly scum deserves it. lol
I couldn't win at all. People are so much better than me.
I had the do 100 damage quest so I went into it with my priest. Did 5 matches straight vs only priests. It was weird
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
rofl this deck is damn funny
Unstable portal can win games by itself.
You know, except for all of those times where they nerfed cards and they still see play.
Unleash the Hounds
Eaglehorn Bow
Soulfire
You know, without even mentioning all the cards that were nerfed in beta and still see play.
It can also whiff completely.
just won a game in HCT.
Turns out full rush/tempo sticky minion deck are the best every where, not just on ladder. Wondering how many of these players here can make it this high in standard next season. Should be interesting to watch. All these pro players trying to target these got eliminated. If we get a control meta and actual decision making again HS can be fun to watch.
I have been testing some aggro decks without gvg/naxx stuff and they do great when opponents don't play any gvg or naxx stuff, but fail with they do.
phoenix296
Member
There is also Snake Trap + Juggler. I've been using that a lot with my mid-range deck but it's pretty hard to pull off and I'm usually behind when it does happen.
CelticKnight
Member
Knife Juggler winning a match all by itself on the stream.
They've not been great to watch, I must say.
They've not been great to watch, I must say.
andregnreis
Member
I'm looking forward to the match that I get either Sylvannas or Violet Teacher in this brawl...
Professor Lich
Member
I love Juggler with Nobel Sacrifice or Snake Trap when it kills the attacking minion. I remember when I pulled that off for the first time and it blew my mind.
Will with every paladin except that one egg one, being secret, we already know every play he's going to make so it makes no thought fun. Yesterday there was a paladin that he basically curved perfectly and win cause of MC on 6. He was on auto pilot mode
Pretty much yeah.
I was watching Zalae stream and he said Archon are hosting a standard tournament in a couple of weeks, either they know when the update will be released or it'll be the most ridiculous tournament ever with them banning any non standard cards but still playing without the new cards and nerfs.
Sounds silly unless Standard format is released by then with the nerfs. It's going to be Druid city if they do a Standard tournament as is without the classic card nerfs.
Damn, Mad Bomber just made up for the ridiculous bullshit yesterday. This mage had his Mad Bomber duplicated and he played both of them when I had a 3/2 (also Mad Bomber) on the board. The first Bomber hit his face 3 times and the second one killed the first one and hit him in the face. That's probably the luckiest I've ever been in Hearthstone.
Entombed really does demorolize the opponent. Faced a secret paladin that had an avenge hit his MC and he taunts me. I proceed to death it. He says well player and drops tirion so I entombed it, he then threatens, my next turn I chromaggus. He can't deal with it, and my next draw is tirion so it gets copied and I proceed to drop one. He uses equality to kill it so then I just drop the second one and as I an going to swing ashbringer he just quits.
People also just quit when I've entombed their Dr boom.
People also just quit when I've entombed their Dr boom.
1hp Reno against an obnoxious face deck is the best thing in this game. And some of you complain about him.
The things is that Reno doesn't win you the game, he just stops the game from ending before it even begins. And if the other guy is already out of steam at that point... well that's his fault.
The things is that Reno doesn't win you the game, he just stops the game from ending before it even begins. And if the other guy is already out of steam at that point... well that's his fault.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
So matches don't start til turn 6-7?
Well they sure as shit shouldn't end by then.
It's a figure of speech, obviously not supposed to be taken literally.
Not really. It's not a win condition and it doesn't do anything to my win condition. I don't think I've even seen a priest run Reno. They're too busy having two entombs and whatnot these days.
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
play against a priest using reno and you will eat those words
also I finally got my first 12 win run in arena today! Deck was pretty good, two concecrates, three truesilvers, 2 musters, and a rag to top it all off lol. I only lost one match, though I did have a close game with a rogue that I almost lost.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Literal or not, it is still absurd. Aggro is a perfectly valid option for a card game like HS.
The opponent is playing correctly.
It's better to just take the damage and capitalize on the tempo loss that the Warlock player went though to play that card. The health doesn't matter much when you are winning by a wide margin. 8 turns before getting rid of the card is a bit much, I would have to see the actual match to see if those plays were correct.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
holy fuck i got elise in the tavern brawl, testing how this works rn
damn didnt pull the monkey, woulda been nuts
damn didnt pull the monkey, woulda been nuts
Karsticles
Member
So like a Super Leper Gnome?
To me a meta where 100% all face aggro is properly viable is a broken one. Hearthstone was a mess a while back with the dominance of face hunter. Right now full-on aggro is pretty much the gimmick it deserves to be. As a deck archetype it makes about as much sense as having nothing but taunt minions, but for some reason it remained far too competitive for far too long.