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[Drkirby]

Its pretty jarring to play in Wild. You got all these gimpy old gods decks in Standard, and Wild is just same old same old.

 

[GwyndolinCinder]

Priest chun feels reallll good

 

[KKRT00]

Lol, my taunt totem was Evolved into Fairly Dragon with TAUNT!

 

[Luigi87]

I don't play too frequently, but now that the new set is out, are all decks C'thun decks? Tis what it is feeling like to me, lol

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

I don't play too frequently, but now that the new set is out, are all decks C'thun decks? Tis what it is feeling like to me, lol

Ancient Hordes sends its apologies that you will not be releasing C'thun this game

 

[Magnus]

Man I love Yogg.

 

[CelticKnight]

I don't play too frequently, but now that the new set is out, are all decks C'thun decks? Tis what it is feeling like to me, lol

There is a bit of a "C'Thun's, C'Thun's everywhere!" feel to Standard at the moment. That and aggro Shaman.

Yet to see an N'Zoth or Yogg-Saron card...

 

[Luigi87]

Ancient Hordes sends its apologies that you will not be releasing C'thun this game

That made me laugh more than it should have.

 

[Ladekabel]

So I modified my N'Zoth Priest a little bit. Put in Soggoth and he's the MVP because everyone forgets The Black Knight exists. Forbidden Shaping is quite alright, too! Never got to play N'Zoth though.

 

[thepotatoman]

I swear I always get the worst arena draft options. I can't remember the last time I got to choose an epic, let alone a legendary. My last two starting picks were Angry Chicken / Imp Master / Bloodsail Corsair with the rest of picks being about that caliber. Somehow I was not surprised for my first two opponent's to have multiple epics and one legendary. I almost always go 0-2 before I start seeing decks even remotely comparable to mine in just card quality.

Typically you don't really want to see epics. The general design of common/rare/epic in hearthstone is to make the more complicated and difficult to use cards rarer. In Arena you mostly want value over synergy, and the common cards are better at that. There are a few good arena epics, but overall I'd be happy to never see an epic choice.

Legendaries don't follow that rule so one or two legendaries can be good, but all the ones you'd actually want are high cost, and you definitely don't want too many high cost minions, and can certainly live without them since a lot of arena games are decided before that point.

 

[Trace]

So Yogs effect doesn't finish before deathrattles activate.

That's stupid as fuck.

 

[Lyng]

Ancient Shieldbearer is some boring shit

 

[irfaanator]

so I played a guy in brawl that used validated doomsayer. I didn't realize that if you leave it up, each turn its attack gets set to 7. Thought it was interesting that even if you aldor or keeper it, you still have to remove it otherwise it'll still get it's 7 attack the next turn

 

[Luigi87]

Really... Really?

Edit: My last pack had Soggoth (and a golden Selfless Hero), so I don't feel so bad!

 

[irfaanator]

I do feel like I've gotten more golden cards in WotOG compared to previous expansions. Probably just confirmation bias

 

[Ladekabel]

And I got to say that I really did underrate Shifting Shade. Really solid card. Always gave me something useable. But I still have to encounter a Rogue so I haven't had a chance to get dem Deadly Poisons.

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

Evolve C'Thun Shaman could most likely work. A lot of the C'Thun cards are "good enough" as Kripp has stated, but with evolve you can then try and get more value out of them.

C'Thun doesn't need to be a 25/25 minion to get a good game swing out of him, so having a few choice cards to buff him / provide some good counters to things might make up for not having as many overload options you see in most Evolve decks.

As for my Evolve deck (shamelessly stolen and adapted from a few decks I've seen here and on HearthPwn), I'm finding myself using overload minions a bit too much for evolve to be super useful.

Like, I don't want to evolve my feral spirit wolves because they're undervalued for the cost as a result of overload. Same for things like totem golem and the new Flamewreathed Faceless.

But, when they're low on health it can lead to some clutch plays, and my other minions boosting my magic damage means my 2 overload lightning storm hits as hard as flamestrike, which is neat.

I might play around with eternal sentinel and / or flametongue totem to keep my mana overload managed a bit better.



Now that's value. Golden C'Thun doesn't even show when you buff it.

Seems you are playing evolve shaman a bit, thoughts on curing an exhausted hand. Deck is awesome, but it is easy to clear your hand early and mana tide turner is not reliable. I have swapped a jeweled scarab for ancient knowledge, am also Thinking about swapping one of the 1 mana evolve cards for an Azure Drake. Giving me a boost to spells, nice body and a draw. Evolve is awesome but rarely see a scenario where all 4 evolve type cards are played. Especially as you said I have a few overloaded minions that don't yield great evolves except to get new full health bodies.

Also the legendary that is recommended that heals you hero for every damage caused by a spell is nice but have yet to reap the benefit of it once. Any recommendations on cycling that out for something better or leave it for the occasions when it is useful?

 

[Karsticles]

And I got to say that I really did underrate Shifting Shade. Really solid card. Always gave me something useable. But I still have to encounter a Rogue so I haven't had a chance to get dem Deadly Poisons.

Good to know - that encourages me to check him out.

 

[gutshot]

How good is this deck? I want to know how many wins it should get so I'll know when I played subpar.

Congrats on the 12 wins, bro.

 

[ZealousD]

So Yogs effect doesn't finish before deathrattles activate.

That's stupid as fuck.

It would be even dumber if it didn't honestly. Multiple board clears wouldn't do anything. And you'd have shenanigans like you do a Brawl, and everything just kinda sticks on the board in awkward positions as the rest of the battlecry goes off.

The only real issue here is that Sylvanas can steal Yogg during the effect, at which point your opponent effectively steals the battlecry. Yogg's battlecry should not switch controllers mid cast, especially since the battlecry keeps going off if he dies.

 

[Apathy]

So Yogs effect doesn't finish before deathrattles activate.

That's stupid as fuck.

Is weird cause cthuns does finish before deathrattles can go off. Not sure if they intended for the difference or not

 

[Fersis]

Are the servers stable? I couldn't play last night due server issues.

 

[ZealousD]

Is weird cause cthuns does finish before deathrattles can go off. Not sure if they intended for the difference or not

Cthuns effect makes sense as it is a single effect like Arcane missles or Avenging Wrath. But Yogg-saron is the game's first multi-phase battlecry, which it kind of needs to be to make sense.

 

[Apathy]

Anyone try anything with herald to Terry and feet some deck to work?

 

[Trace]

It would be even dumber if it didn't honestly. Multiple board clears wouldn't do anything. And you'd have shenanigans like you do a Brawl, and everything just kinda sticks on the board in awkward positions as the rest of the battlecry goes off.

The only real issue here is that Sylvanas can steal Yogg during the effect, at which point your opponent effectively steals the battlecry. Yogg's battlecry should not switch controllers mid cast, especially since the battlecry keeps going off if he dies.

That's what I mean. I played it against sylvanas, she died and then it proceeded to start casting spells against me. That shouldn't happen.

 

[Ladekabel]

Anyone Terry anything with herald to Terry and feet some deck to work?

I don't play Herald because I don't have him but while looking for N'Zoth Priests, I found some lists that were running him. I can see why but I can't say if it works or not.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Congrats on the 12 wins, bro.

Been an easy 4 wins so far but to be fair my opponents were absolutely terrible at the game.

 

[RumblingRosco]

Good to know - that encourages me to check him out.

Yeah, it is a solid card. I've pulled it from Museum Curator a few times and each time it was great

 

[peakish]

I think you just got lucky. I did 2 Arena runs last night (5-3 with Rogue and 7-3 with Shaman) and didn't get 2 packs from either run. I did get Herald Volazj from the Shaman run, though.

Yeah, maybe so. It might be confirmation bias from these late rumours of the arena buff.

I feel pretty dirty playing paladin in this arena. 2 musters, an avenge, a shredder, a keepers, just a bit too icky overall. I hated all these cards in constructed, hah. At least no truesilver.

 

[Tacitus_]

That's what I mean. I played it against sylvanas, she died and then it proceeded to start casting spells against me. That shouldn't happen.

It's fucking hilarious though. Instant Trolden material.

 

[CarbonatedFalcon]

Curator can also pull the new Deathwing. Can be handy when you wouldn't otherwise have dragons in hand.

And a 12/12 threat is nothing to sneeze at.

 

[Trace]

It's fucking hilarious though. Instant Trolden material.

Would be more hilarious if it didn't lose me the game

 

[irfaanator]

That's what I mean. I played it against sylvanas, she died and then it proceeded to start casting spells against me. That shouldn't happen.

I think it's how yogg is counted as the person casting the spells. It may be a battlecry effect, but I think it's set up in the same way the player casts spells where everything resolves after the spell is played before another one is played.

 

[FeD.nL]

I fucking love N'Zoth. Playing N'Zoth/Dragon control pally and it's the most fun I've had with a deck in quite a while.

 

[manhack]

So we're a little over 24 hours into the Old Gods meta. I know it's still super early but if you had to give a meta snapshot, what would it look like?

Mine would probably be:

Tier 1
Aggro Shaman
Freeze Mage
Evolve Shaman
C'Thun Druid

Tier 2
Beast Hunter
C'Thun Warrior
Bubble Paladin
C'Thun Rogue
Control Warrior

Tier 3
C'Thun Priest
Beast Druid
Token Druid

Tier Lulz
Yogg Whatever

Zoo absolutely shits on anything that can't keep up.

 

[Ladekabel]

Looking at Vilefin Inquisitor and Steward of Dark Shire, I'm really glad and sad that Paladin didn't get Everyfin is awesome. How does Justicar interact with the hero power after Vilefin?

 

[TetraxShards]

Looking at Vilefin Inquisitor and Steward of Dark Shire, I'm really glad and sad that Paladin didn't get Everyfin is awesome. How does Justicar interact with the hero power after Vilefin?

Shouldn't do anything. Justicar only upgrades starting hero powers.

Imagine if it buffed Jaraxxus, Hero Rag and the Shadowform power.

 

[Gothos]

Still can't make decent hunter beast deck ((

 

[Ladekabel]

Shouldn't do anything. Justicar only upgrades starting hero powers.

Imagine if it buffed Jaraxxus, Hero Rag and the Shadowform power.

I know it doesn't buff Jaraxxus, Rag or Shadowform and thank god for that.. But if it doesn't buff the Murloc hero power, it would be quite disappointing.

 

[Karsticles]

I haven't experienced Aggro Shaman as a threat yet. Even when one got a double Rockbiter on his Doomhammer, I still won.

Priest chun feels reallll good

But Dahbomb told me it sucks. :-O

I don't play too frequently, but now that the new set is out, are all decks C'thun decks? Tis what it is feeling like to me, lol

The expansion literally released 2 days ago. Everyone wants to explore the new hotness. Wait until the first major competitive event, and then people will copy whatever the pros do.

Yeah, it is a solid card. I've pulled it from Museum Curator a few times and each time it was great

Cool.

Looking at Vilefin Inquisitor and Steward of Dark Shire, I'm really glad and sad that Paladin didn't get Everyfin is awesome. How does Justicar interact with the hero power after Vilefin?

Probably nothing.

Shouldn't do anything. Justicar only upgrades starting hero powers.

Imagine if it buffed Jaraxxus, Hero Rag and the Shadowform power.

Sounds good?

 

[Fixed1979]

Forgot the bullshit of imp-losion, arena brought back the memories in a hurry. Darkshire Councilman turn 3 plus implosion for 4 on turn 4...GG. Out at 8 W. I suppose having double evolve in my deck was some BS for other people as well.

Oh wow, 8 wins is a free arena gold.

 

[Magnus]

I dunno dudes. Yogg has won me me last three out of three games. Closed it out at the end.

 

[irfaanator]

Still can't make decent hunter beast deck ((

like you don't have the cards or your deck isnt that good right now?

 

[BananasWithGuns]

Yeah, I feel confident saying Sea Giant Zoo is better now than it was before the expansion.

Stuff like Possessed Villager, Bilefin Tidehunter, Forbidden Ritual. It's all broken as shit in Zoo.

 

[Ivan A Nguyen]

Broke down and finally got a net deck. Face hunter has been super effective in breaking my losing funk. I cleared up all my quests in casual and took the show on the road to ranked. Breezed my way down to 17 after a long break. Best part of the deck has been when people fill the board with no taunt and I can call the hounds to win.

 

[MrAstronaut]

I dusted so much of my stuff and made a golden Yogg-Saron to run in a miracle rogue deck. Climbed from 20-14 today, we'll see if I can break my rank-14 ceiling in the new meta! There are so many tempo mages and face shaman its like nothing has changed.

 

[WesternHeretic]

I don't play the game for 2 fucking days and it's a completely new game. Just saw the last Trolden video what the fuck is this Yogg shit!!!

 

[Szadek]

I'm doing surprisingly well with my N'zoth Dragon control paladin.
Forbidden Healing is pretty amazing, feels almost like I'm playing 2 renos.

 

[aerogod 2.0]

Renounce Darkness Warlock might not be the most competitive or I guess reliable deck in the game but god damn do you get some broken ass mage and shaman decks sometimes. Its such a fun card. The pure randomness of this expansion and a lot of the cards in it has been very fun to watch and play. I kinda love it.

 

[Apathy]

testing out decks in casual = perfect curves
testing out decks in ranked = fuck me, go down ranks