kolento at rank 6 end of season? no way lol
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Hearthstone |OT6| C'THUN for President! Why pick the lesser evil?
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kolento at rank 6 end of season? no way lol
toddhunter
Member
Play the tempostorm zoo if you want to reach a rank this month, I had it take me pretty much straight from 8 to 5 with a few stumbles, really strong deck and not too difficult to pilot
I played that guy just today at around the same rank but I don't think that's Kolento.
Thoughts on my Cthun Mage deck?
I took out a novice engineer for the Doomcaller because i felt useless late game if my Cthun didn't do lethal.
I have very few legendaries, basically just what came with LOE and Alexstraza. I have very few cards overall.
Any comments on obvious places to improve the deck? I feel like there are very few low cost minions but don't know what to replace.
I took out a novice engineer for the Doomcaller because i felt useless late game if my Cthun didn't do lethal.
I have very few legendaries, basically just what came with LOE and Alexstraza. I have very few cards overall.
Any comments on obvious places to improve the deck? I feel like there are very few low cost minions but don't know what to replace.
irfaanator
Banned
brann as well since your deck is mainly battle cries.
Sometimes Faceless Summoner spawns Brann although his effect doesn't stack when you have two.
Still a decent card to add.
If C'Thun dies and you get Brann to combo with Doomcaller, that's one way to keep pressure.
What would you ditch for him?
Would you wait to use him late as a part of a combo to make sure there is some effect or use it early and just risk it and hope you get another turn with him? I guess that largely depends on what kind of deck you're facing.
irfaanator
Banned
you could drop the 2nd arcane intellect
I do feel like I'm not getting great value from those but to contradict myself I also often feel card strapped. The one acolyte will be my only other card draw.
irfaanator
Banned
Well the deck is fine even w/ out changing cards. You can also swap out one of the polymorphs for something else as well. The other thing you can do is cut a bit back on some of the cthun activators. Like you can drop one of the twilight elders for something else as well.
It would be cool to see an effigy in there but it's pretty hard to put it out on the same turn w/ doomcaller or cthun
Karsticles
Member
The longer this election cycle goes on, the more I wish the OT said "C'THUN for President! Pick the lesser evil!"
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Brann + doomcaller, new triple c'thun meta. Fanbase cries non-interactive.
12 win streak for at least a week of streaming.
Insane.
I think he's been getting really decent cards in his draft.
I noticed my average bumped up to 6 wins recently even though I don't draft great cards.
Yeah, he's had what, like 10 in the last 13 runs or something ridiculous like that. Did 5 or 6 in a row I think.
Preeeeety good.
toddhunter
Member
It is worth noting that all this pretty much coincided with him playing Arena earlier in his stream to avoid snipers and the group of people who lined up crazy decks against him.
Seems he had a point.
Karsticles
Member
If you see Kripp's name, you just look him up on Twitch. The delay doesn't matter because the sniping is about knowledge of Kripp's hand.
It's not that hard. You face someone with a similar amount of wins and the delay is pretty short, so you just have to queue at a similar time.
Funnily enough, Kripp demonstrated it by sniping other people fairly easily while they were streaming too.
Oh so people aren't seeking him out they just see who it is and turn on the stream. Got it.
oh no they totally seek him out. You just wait until the time is right to queue up and try to account for the delay.
toddhunter
Member
No people seek him out as well. If you are 10-0 you can just wait and queue at the same time. The pool of players at that rank is very small....at least compared to other ranks.
They do seek him out. It has happened a ton of times. One of his mods (HufferNudes) used to save insane decks and snipe him all the time.
So I had an idea for a deck. A deck that just has pile of stats minions. Overstat'd 1 all the way up to 7 drops that wins by getting 2 for 1 trades. Then I realized that that's basically Dragon Priest. I want to play Dragom Priest.
Does Dragon Priest work without Ysera and Twilight Gusrdians? I'm thinking of just crafting at least the Guardians just to try it out.
Does Dragon Priest work without Ysera and Twilight Gusrdians? I'm thinking of just crafting at least the Guardians just to try it out.
Karsticles
Member
Yeah, but it doesn't work in this meta, IMO. Not when Shaman get a 7/7 for 4, or a 3/4 for 2.
You basically want to play Shaman.
You can replace Ysera with Rafaam. Chromoney aka Chromaggus may work, too.
Chillmaw is key, which is why my Dragon Priest sucks.
Typically the little whelps or other dragons act as activators. Really good if you can combo with Brann.
Usually you're happy when you see Hunter.
irfaanator
Banned
it'd work w/o ysera if you have another big dragon. but twilight guardians are pretty essential I say. For dragon decks you want at least 8 dragons in there
FormallyFamicom
Member
The typical budget Dragon Priest finishers are Chromaggus and Nefarian. You can use pretty much any big card though. I had a lot of success with Paletress pre-standard. If you have Chillmaw you can find a spot for N'Zoth and Sylvannas and make a deathrattle hybrid.
Twilight Guardians are a must-have though.
Or alternately, Ramp/C'thun Druid. You're always a step ahead of the curve.
Karsticles
Member
Just a crappy Shaman these days!
I do well with C'Thun Druid, but everyone else says it is weak so I didn't want to give bad advice.
I don't see how. It has enough early control that it's hard to rush down, and it dominates the late game with huge stacks of beef everywhere. It's probably the best Timmy deck for right now.
Karsticles
Member
Dunno. Everyone here says Druid is terrible, and Tempostorm has all 3 Druid decks at tier 3. There was less Druid than Priest at the last tournament event, IIRC. Everyone seems down on the class.
Midrange Hunter beat Midrange Shaman handily, destroy Tempo Warrior too,, they're the best midrange deck I think
Except it wasn't that weird yesterday (up until the misplay). Been hovering around Legend 100.
It's good for grinding out easy wins against certain matchups, but it's nothing like how Combo Druid was beforehand. If they're expecting to autowin the way that old deck did, of course it's not that good, but the deck is all right and can be extremely annoying on ladder.
Karsticles
Member
I don't know about Tempo Warrior, but Midrange Shaman crushes all Hunter decks. Hunters don't even have a decent minion to play until turn 3. The class sucks.
Agreed.
toddhunter
Member
I disagree that it dominates the late game. Control warrior, priest and c'thun druid crush it because it really is one note.
And that is why it is a good, but not great deck. Straight ramp or fandrel is going to be better, because then you can dominate slower decks with a half good draw.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
How do I fix this so I win more than I lose
that's why they don't play minion on first 2 turn, they play freezing trap and doomsayer, toad and elekk actually fine tho
turn 3 above, they unstoppable
my record as shaman against them is 4-14 worst matchup by far
irfaanator
Banned
do you have shield slams and brawls?
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
I have neither, what should I replace for them when I do craft them.
Which will be a while from now
Which will be a while from now
Add a second Shieldbearer, Brawls and Shield Slams, remove Kor'kron and Arcanite Reaper, swap Whirlwind for Revenge. Scale back the amount of C'thun buffs to the best ones, Warrior doesn't need vanilla 2/3s and the 3/6 taunts might be better than the 4/2 and 3/4. Add a second Acolyte, maybe switch Bash for another Shield Block since you've got the Disciples. Twin Emperors, Grommash, Sylvanas, Elise and a Gorehowl would also be possible options.