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Hearthstone |OT6| C'THUN for President! Why pick the lesser evil?
- Thread starter ZealousD
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irfaanator
Banned
mechazod can't deal w/ a turn 1 4/4
So you had 4 cards that you had to use to get rid of 2 minion for lethal. I would have made the same play. He had two turn lethal. Taunts are for protecting yourself, not really the other way around (most of the time) imo.Some of these players are dumb and wouldn't be able to win with a class that requires decision making, exhibit #321: This dummy is way head on tempo and has a full board, he could easily trade, decides to ignore my two Frothing Beserkers and sends everything to face, expecting his dumb 2/3 taunts to protect him.
Ravaging Ghoul, slam, a weapon attack and double execute gives me an easy lethal and I win a game that I had almost no chance in otherwise.
WHO IGNORES TWO FROTHING BESERKERS WHEN YOU"RE FACING A WARRIOR AND YOU HAVE AN EASY WAY TO KILL THEM BOTH WHILE PROTECTING YOUR TAUNTS?
Feels good after dealing with Shaman bullshit all day.
Like, whats the play here?
Or what's the play here?
Oops, guess I forgot to play around Bloodlust!
And while I'm posting pictures, my EU co-op arena was bugged. My screen was dimmed the whole game, like I had my mulligan choices up or something.
Acolyte -> Armor Up
Blooodhoof -> Whirlwind. Either or really.
Can't tell what you didn't and didn't play. Did you not clear the Totem maker dude with your weapon? Yes you play around Bloodlust. It's even an archetype.
At least you don't have an "opponent" Mage smashing your face with spells in this one.
I had a war axe equipped. I only had to clear one taunt. The other spells were to buff my beserkers. I don't think the executes were even necessary.
Weak turn, and mana inefficient, and my best play is a 1/4 against a 7/7? Seems fair.
I made this play. My Bloodhoof was then hexed.
I was being sarcastic. How do I play around bloodlust in that game? I was steamrolled from turn one. I don't think I had any chance to win.
Shaman's got a pretty high winrate against most decks if it gets on the board fast, and Tempo Warrior is no exception. That's why Doomsayer is getting so much play in the meta now... It's one of the few ways to effectively shut down their early game. Warrior has an inherent weakness in that it doesn't establish itself easily in the early turns. You have to use your control tools to keep things from getting out of hand, and that is another tool to help plug the hole.
Yep.
....what a strange definition of fun you have. I recognize the sarcasm but I fail to see what is "not fun" about having a flamewaker behind a mirror image. it impedes your path to victory?
fuck you too buddy =D
Professor Lich
Member
Hey now, ViviOggi got a tag for their Paladin salt, so you never know!
Flamewaker is fucking stupid card tho
Professor Lich
Member
Random side note, I followed the Dragonfire Mage deck recipe for a quick daily and it works out a lot better than I expected. Then again, I'm only around rank 15. More surprised that deck recipes are decent once again.
no?
it's strong.
Yup. Used to have to split buffs and think about who he would target, now you can steamroll with a massive Fjola.
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thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
Pack opened Keeper of the Grove
I suppose Silence is still important and I'm not sure if it's worth calling it strictly worse than Owl or Spell breaker. Also got that Fandral synergy.
I wouldn't mind opening one in a pack since I currently have none after dusting my old ones. At least it'd be better than the 5 dust common duplicates.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Look at Demented Frostcaller then look at Flamewaker.
Tells you all you need to know really.
Tells you all you need to know really.
Rosenskjold
Member
The amount of luck Shamans have on average is just unbelievable! Shaman is the only class I constantly lose to :/
It's a garbage RNG card, shit design.
What aggro and midrange Shaman has that other power decks in the past have not had is just reliability and consistency. It's also one of the hardest power checks that the game has probably seen to date. Shaman's threatening early game has to be matched efficiently and immediately. Not only does it have the potential to do loads of damage on its own, but Shamans with board control have an excessive amount of damage they can play from hand, and it's really a challenge for most decks to wrest that control away. In many ways its reminiscent of what certain Druid decks used to do, but at a new level of early game power and with more tools to work around damage negation through things like Lava Burst and Hex.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Flamewaker doesn't and never has bothered me. Knife juggler on the other hand, I'd rather that card be 3 mana like flamewaker. Makes a big difference imo.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
not even flamewaker, flamewaker, coin, arcane missile turns?
This control Shaman Tides is bringing look fantastic. 14600 dust to craft it all.
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/550152-tidesoftimes-shaman-americas-spring-prelims-2016v
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/550152-tidesoftimes-shaman-americas-spring-prelims-2016v
How are people having such a hard time? I won 5/6 tavern brawls this week.
That looks amazing.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Nope. It's not even always a great combo and it's not like the flamewaker is guaranteed to survive at 4hp. If it does, they had a great hand and you had a bad one. You can't sweat the matches where everything doesn't go your way. You'll have many matches where everything does.
It's also because spells tend to have smaller impacts in the early game, whereas minions have a bigger impact because of their capability of doing face damage and trading. So simply, spamming minions > spamming spells generally speaking, in the early game at least.
Ooh hallazeal
this is breakfast time dood, also no one play unranked
btw I thought there's maintenance
Rosenskjold
Member
I think the game is gonna finally come to alive with Standard mode and no one-trick pony deck.
Seems that if I'm on Priest, put down minions (especially an early Lightwell) and don't trade unless I can do 6+ damage, we don't lose. Easy.
That's the plan, but ...
Reading people getting golden on their brawl and I got crap.. oh hearthstone...
I like to mulligan hard for those coldlights and arcane golems to ramp up the paladin as a priest. 11 wins already!
Also had a win win 5 games as priest and win 3 games as a paladin as quests, so this Brawl came at such a perfect time.Trigger_happy
Member
Freeze mage is so clunky without mad scientist, jesus.
Its dumb as hell. Even without mad scientist its completely stupid.
Its the opposite of fun and interactive but for some reason blizz dont touch it anymore.
I've been impressed with how effective mill rogue is now. Cult Apothecary and Shadowcaster really put it over the top I think. I win a lot of matches without ever attacking the enemy's face directly, just fatigue damage. It's especially strong against those greedy C'thun decks.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Freeze mage is one of the least oppressive archetypes right now and we've been over this multiple times in this thread.
Freeze mage gives you ample time to win or react while they have to hold back and sculpt the perfect hand.