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Hearthstone |OT6| C'THUN for President! Why pick the lesser evil?
- Thread starter ZealousD
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by not blowing them out in the midgame? it was my plan but they had all the removal.
you not winning against Control Warrior tho
C Pally and Poor Priest is winable tho altho I do lose to priest that have their supposed hand
yeah i laughed when i got that the first time
I think alleria mirror she just says "i never tremble" or something
so all of the time?
Karsticles
Member
The most valuable insight I have gained from watching streamers is that the random disconnects are not my fault - Blizzard sucks.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
I was up 30 life to 1 and I got hit for 30 the next turn and lost 
I was up 30 life to 1 and I got hit for 30 the next turn and lost
freeze mage?
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
It was a shaman. He did have dudes out but two were totems with 0 attack and 2 other dinky guys with 1 attack.
Made it to rank five again. Kind of tempted to try and go higher this month. Tempo Warrior is just a really fun deck to play right now. Has a really quick pace to it but still feels like resource management is important, and the conditional card draw requires a lot of thought in order to really be effective. There is a careful balance that exists with damaging your own cards for draw and saving AOE clears for removals or enrage procs. It's extremely refreshing in the wake of what Warrior was in TGT and LoE, where card draw was nonexistent and the goal was to hero power over and over again while playing high value cards.
Malygos or Leeroy?
I was honestly expecting this much sooner after I posted.
A strong community and strong personalities keep people engaged in the game. Not surprising to me that Blizzard wants to highlight the most popular players and streamers in the game.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Not sure what the first one is but don't think it's the second.
Not sure what he used exactly but he buffed all four of his dudes and I think maybe buffed his weapon? Seemed to do more, also had wind fury so he swung twice.
Karsticles
Member
If all 4 dudes got big, it's Bloodlust.
If his character portrait had wind going around it and it hit hard, he used Rockbiter on Doomhammer.
The first of the two things he mentioned, Malygos, gives +5 spell damage, so spells like Lightning Bolt go from 1 mana for 3 damage to 1 mana for 8 damage, which allows for a lot of face burn in short time.
irfaanator
Banned
so it was rockbiter x2 + doomhammer for 16 and then bloodlust which gives his minions 3 atk for the 14, 12 total + 2 from the two 1 attack totems
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Yep that sounds right. It sucked to be on the receiving end of it but it looked fun as hell.
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
GvG decks will still be the most degenerate decks out there.
Karsticles
Member
I find Shaman fun, personally. I still want to make Control Shaman work somehow. I have two more ideas for a deck: something that was once called Crusher Shaman and would find ways to duplicate Earth Elemental so you had like 4 on the board at once, and N'Zoth Shaman, which I doubt works better than N'Zoth Paladin since Shaman has no deathrattle cards.
Rosenskjold
Member
zerokoolpsx
Member
I guess the game wants me to play Yogg Shaman with Hammer of Twilight? Wished it was Fandral Staghelm though.
#FOREVERRANK11
So I'm going to keep playing, will play until I have zero stars and I'll have to stop before the combination of rage and my hypertension kills me, and then I'll play again tomorrow until I get back to full stars, and then I'll start losing again... the endless cycle.
Yeah, I'm hovering around 13 using N'zoth Priest and Yogg-stone Mage....lol
My yoggs usually pull the "enemy minion" cards first to clear their board (yay) and then gets into "minions" cards with only my board as targets (boo). Sometimes he'll buff himself to like 30/30 before suiciding too, or giving me a full board and then Twisting Nether it all away.
Damn, I can't get past Rank 13 this season. I always face C'Thun Druids who have disgustingly good luck against me.
And I've been thinking about Shadow Word: Horror. It's almost good with the targets it can hit. Knife Juggeler, Imp Gang Boss, Northshire Cleric, Doomsayer, Bloodhoof Brave, Vanilla Mana Wyrm, Vanilla Tunnel Trogg, Feral Spirits, all Totems except Totem Golem and Brann on the top of my mind.
And I've been thinking about Shadow Word: Horror. It's almost good with the targets it can hit. Knife Juggeler, Imp Gang Boss, Northshire Cleric, Doomsayer, Bloodhoof Brave, Vanilla Mana Wyrm, Vanilla Tunnel Trogg, Feral Spirits, all Totems except Totem Golem and Brann on the top of my mind.
I tried SW: Horror for a bit and it was not good.
You often struggle against aggro Shaman, and SW: Horror does NOTHING to help you (except maybe take out a feral spirit.)
I dooooon't know, mayne...
I said almost.
But with a few exceptions of Excavated Evil I feel the same about every other "board clear" Priest has. Most of the time Nova or Evil are 1 damage short and Horror doesn't remove the biggest threats. Oh Lightbomb, where art thou?
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Priest still has some of the best board clear capabilities, yet still complain about light bomb missing...
Wild pyro is still uniquely good in priest.
Excavated evil, 3 damage aoe for 4 is really good.
Circle of healing can be turned into 4 damage aoe for 2-4 mana.
Wild pyro is still uniquely good in priest.
Excavated evil, 3 damage aoe for 4 is really good.
Circle of healing can be turned into 4 damage aoe for 2-4 mana.
3 damage aoe for 4 would be really good, EE isn't that though and against agreessive decks the game can easily be decided before you play it on turn 5. The bigger problem is that priest can't clear a midrange board like Warrior or Paladin (who have the superior Pyro use) can. Lightbomb was a great tool against Midrange just as Brawl is for Warrior but now Priest can do very little against a board of high statted minions that you'll see from Shaman and Hunter. Of the three big control classes in Standard, Priest is easily behind Warrior and Paladin as board clears go.
They did fix EE+Pyro though.
EE is 5 mana. CoH plus Auchenai/Embrace is good but in my experience you won't get it if you need it. Pyro is alright.
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Redid my Mage deck and now I've gone from rank 18 to rank 10. Still climbing too.
Only card I don't have that I would like is the 5 mana 3/6 c'thun card for this deck.
My biggest problem is still fast aggro. I can handle shaman OK. Hunter owns me if he gets the jump on me cause I don't have good early card draws.
Only card I don't have that I would like is the 5 mana 3/6 c'thun card for this deck.
My biggest problem is still fast aggro. I can handle shaman OK. Hunter owns me if he gets the jump on me cause I don't have good early card draws.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Yeah, EE 3 damage for 5 mana is still really good. It's also often a dead draw when your opponent gets it from their deck.
Priest really doesn't lack AOE. And I am glad that AOE as good as lightbomb is gone from the standard rotation. Priest still remains as pretty much the best AOE capable class in the game, despite even equality existing.
Priest really doesn't lack AOE. And I am glad that AOE as good as lightbomb is gone from the standard rotation. Priest still remains as pretty much the best AOE capable class in the game, despite even equality existing.
I don't specifically mention bout that combo just smaller combo enabler also great.
This is BS tho lol
Paladin and Warlock had superior board clear. Shit shaman is better too
Priest will cry for Enter the Colliseum and pally not even use it
Gentle Rodriguez
Member
So much fucking aggro shaman
Karsticles
Member
Wild Pyro is solid, but right now the game is focused on sturdy minions. Most classes are dropping X/3s early on, which means you need a really specific hand to make the Wild Pyro work.
Excavated Evil caps out at 3 damage on turn 5, and I've died many times by turn 4 to Mages and Shaman.
Circle of Healing is fantastic with Auchenai, but that's a turn 4 play, and I'd say you only get the combo by the time you need it 1/3 the time.
The fact is that Priest just lacks opening options. There needs to be a good 1-drop or 2-drop. Deathlord was pushing it before, and there are plenty of matches where I tore through that guy because I already had the board to take him down pre-Standard and gained an overwhelming advantage through him pulling a Savannah Highmane or Piloted Shredder.
Priest has the best late game, but Blizzard can't balance that with zero early game options. The only thing out there is dragons, which is why I'm going for that.
Classes with better board clears than Priest:
Paladin
Mage
Shaman
Warlock
Warrior
Arcane Golem was nerfed.
I used to think I liked Rogue. I played Mech Rogue, Pirate Rogue, and some Oil.
But if Miracle is the Rogue standard, then I'm done with that class. Rank 10-13 is just mindless aggro shaman and dumb miracle rogue.
Time to start playing Patron, I guess.
The "funny" thing is that before Whispers, my three favorite classes were Priest, Rogue, and Shaman in the order. Now that two of them have become tier one, I don't want anything to do with them. I guess super efficient, tier one lists just aren't that much fun.
But if Miracle is the Rogue standard, then I'm done with that class. Rank 10-13 is just mindless aggro shaman and dumb miracle rogue.
Time to start playing Patron, I guess.
The "funny" thing is that before Whispers, my three favorite classes were Priest, Rogue, and Shaman in the order. Now that two of them have become tier one, I don't want anything to do with them. I guess super efficient, tier one lists just aren't that much fun.