BenjaminBirdie
Banned
yeah what the fuck is going on here
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Hearthstone |OT6| C'THUN for President! Why pick the lesser evil?
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yeah what the fuck is going on here
LucidMomentum
Member
Yeah there's so many good 4 drops that I can't really tell which one is the doctor.
I mean for my Shaman obsessed self it's Flamewreathed Faceless, but that's not an all-class card so I don't think it deserves the moniker.
poppedcollar69
Member
sigh, i had another enormous brann yogg lined up and i was scrambling to figure out how to start the xbox game dvr thing and accidentally conceded
TetraxShards
Member
Dr Boom had the name Dr 7, which was shorthand for "If you have 7 mana and he's in your hand, he's 90%+ of the time the correct play."
Then Paladins got Mysterious Challenger, which gave them the godlike Challenger -> Boom -> Tirion curve that was nigh-on unbeatable for lots of decks. Challenger was christened Dr 6 (since he costs 6 mana) and the meme came into its' own.
The problem is it is a dumb meme that needs to die. Even the original "Dr. 7" moniker was uninspired and boring.
I disagree but priest is now a bigger tech choice now more than ever.
Warrior seems okay, but I'm not seeing Priest as a viable class with these cards in this meta.
poppedcollar69
Member
well i got off another brann yogg. its remarkably reliable, though like, 2 embrace the shadows and 2 moonfires wasnt very exciting
still cant get the xbox dvr to work anyways
still cant get the xbox dvr to work anyways
TetraxShards
Member
You're not wrong. I was just explaining it.
Don't worry, they will get another board clear in the next Adventure and that will make things better right, RIGHT?
I miss playing Priest. It was my most played class until around early BRM or so. I even got my first 12 wins in Arena with a Priest. I couldn't get into the Deathlord/Velen's/all the clears style of decks. It feels like you are clinging on by a thread even when you're winning by quite a bit. One hard removal and you're probably rekt.
Yeah, Priest is my favorite class--namely Control Priest, but I'm window shopping for another class right now. Still to early to give up, but yeah, I think it'll be rough.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
then who is Dr. 4??????
that 4 mana 7/7 Flamereath Shaman common card, i presume.
Priest is my favorite class in the game. Prior to yesterday I missed playing it because I never got a quest for it. One thing I didn't miss was "Turn 7.......pass."
But N'Zoth Priest is the most fun I had with the class. Maybe I'll try Dragon again down the line. But my experience with it wasn't very good. Never had a dragon in hand when I needed an activator.
But N'Zoth Priest is the most fun I had with the class. Maybe I'll try Dragon again down the line. But my experience with it wasn't very good. Never had a dragon in hand when I needed an activator.
Karsticles
Member
What's your N'Zoth deck?
Likely the new 4/3 and museum bundled with sticky minions.
The Wizard
Member
Anyone got a nice list that makes use of Fandral? Seems like there's potential there but I'm just getting run over by zoo and cthun decks.
Run it with beasts and a few staples and you are mostly there minus some tech choices.
If you can get a Juggler out as well, Kreygasm
Officerrob
Banned
"Dr. ____" is here to stay, probably not worth getting all bothered about it
if someone leaves a juggler alive for more than one turn they deserve that huge mana dump on their chest of tentacles
Karsticles
Member
All of the WotOG pre-made decks are solid. You can probably get rank 5 with any of them.
It made sense with Dr. 7 because Dr = Drop and Dr = Doctor.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
This has been my problem in my evolve deck. Still Hallazeal has saved me literally multiple times. Can't underestimate a board clear and 6-10 health regain late game. Have yeat to use this with the 4-5 elemental destruction, I bet that would Reno Jackson level of health against a full board. The cards I am not enjoying much in the Evolve recipe are the Volcanic Drakes. They are terrible value at 6 mana and require to many conditions to be played at lower mana costs. Already swapped one for defender of Argus (which has worked well to taunt new full health evolved minions) and thinking of swapping the second for the Twilight Hammer, as that gives removal and face damage options and deathrattles a solid minion as well.
Karsticles
Member
Isn't the idea to drop an Elemental Destruction and then Volcanic Drake for free/cheap? Seems easy to do in this meta against most decks.
Karsticles
Member
You can play both, but in an Evolution Shaman deck, Flamewreathed has negative synergy.
You're not evolving that aggressively in my experience. And a Flamewreathed might draw removal so you don't need to worry about losing its "value". It's a mistake, I feel, to go full Evolve, just like it is to go full C'thun or full N'zoth. You want to maximize returns of your gimmick without losing the best your class has to offer.
But yeah I don't run Flamewreathed myself. My list is using Azure Drake. In truth, I don't like Evolve Shaman all that much, but I know Volcanic was definitely a non-starter for me.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Sure, if you had both cards and a board to clear. Even then the four health body is too easy to deal with in the subsequent turn for such a tricky to get set up.
Also much of the current decks I am facing are not stacking their sides of the board much.
Also agree about not going full evolve. Thinking of dropping one of my evolve spells. Rarely have I ever ran into a scenerio where I used all four evolve cards. Unless I am just throwing everything at the wall to get a RNG miracle.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
It's not like you're evolving every single card, Flamewreathed is too strong to ignore.
It does currently look like this:
Debating if I should replace Darkshire and Soggoth with Injured Blademaster. Forbidden Shaping is perfect as an eight drop.
Oh, to be honest I didn't know there was a pre-made with EtS. Makes sense I guess. I just never look at the recipes really. Deckbuilding is my favorite part of Hearthstone.
He's also very likely to survive a turn, so even if you do evolve, he's still one more body to evolve. Chances are he took damage in a trade anyway. If not, you just did 7 damage to face and can afford to hold off a turn on evolve.
homeworkfilms
Member
This deck just got completely out valued by a regular Cthun Druid deck. If Fandral does not show up it doesn't do too much.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Yep. The beauty of evolve is taking a nerubian prophet that cost you 2 mana and did 4 damage and clears a minion and evolve it to a full Health 7 mana minion and adding a 4/5 body as well. And you can do all of that with a flamewreathed on the board as well.
I opened a pack and got Hallazeal. When you get legendary for classes you don't play do you dust them or try and make a deck around the legendary? I've got a few good Shaman cards thanks to opening Old Gods packs. But as a mostly F2P player, I could always use the extra dust to make something I need.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
hypothetical situation that may or may not have happened -
Playing aggro shaman and play Finley turn 1, choices are
Warlock
Druid
Hunter
Which is best?
Playing aggro shaman and play Finley turn 1, choices are
Warlock
Druid
Hunter
Which is best?
I'm using this mech mage deck in wild but I'm missing Gorillabot A-3, what's the best replacement?
I'm thinking Mechanical Yeti or maybe Azure Drake since the deck has no card draw. I already lost some games by running out of cards but I'm not sure if it was because the deck has no card draw or if because I played poorly.
I'm thinking Mechanical Yeti or maybe Azure Drake since the deck has no card draw. I already lost some games by running out of cards but I'm not sure if it was because the deck has no card draw or if because I played poorly.
You only get 400 dust which can only get one epic or 4 rares. Hal is also a premium legendary so you really shouldn't dust it.
Also for people talking about volcanic drake, switch it for nerubian prophet. Play a 3 mana 4/4 that evolved into a 7/7 Kreygasm
The deck has no card draw. You either dominate the early game or fizzle.
I think it's a mistake to dust a playable legendary for what's slated to be the best class of the rotation. Unless there's something you really want.
This goes doubly because you're an F2P player and if you want to grind to Rank 5 every month for dust, you won't have the luxury of crafting Legendaries you might need to optimize a deck. If it was Cho'gall or Herald it'd be a different story but not Hallazeal, not this early.
That's a really tough one, I think it's class dependent.
Priest - Warlock
Paladin - Warlock, Druid
Warrior - Warlock, Druid
Mage - Hunter, Druid
Rogue - Hunter, Druid
Druid - Hunter, Druid
Shaman - Hunter
Rogue - Hunter
Warlock - Hunter
Basically Hunter against classes low on heals. Warlock and Druid against more defensive classes.
CarbonatedFalcon
Member
N'Zoth Paladin is the new Wallet Warrior. Just gross.