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Mobius and pet octopus
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Meh, one of those un-winnable games where malygos is the last card and auctioneer doesn't draw before the last 7~ cards as well... and during a match up you win 9/10 times.
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lol, thanks!!
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Ranked game vs Priest. Opp gets Barnes -> Rag turn 4. Not so bad just kill both so when he resurrects it has a chance to get the barnes. Resurrects Rag every single time.
Fuck Priest
Very next game
Thanks RNGstone love ya
Fuck Priest
Very next game
Thanks RNGstone love ya
Yep, I run a full retard feign death N'Zoth Hunter with Huhuran in wild, it's not bad.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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Because it's still one of the best finishers. HS right now is all about board control so when Rag comes down you either clear the board so it's a guaranteed 8 to the face or if you want to clear a single big minion.
You have to play shaman anyway, playing anything else is for fun already.
Mobius and pet octopus
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I don't think shaman is the only good deck to play atm. So I hope you're just exaggerating.
I would assume rag is popular due to freeze mage, not just because it's a strong card.
Portugeezer
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It's good against Freeze Mage but I don't see enough Freeze Mage for that to matter.
I play Rag because it has an instant effect, taunt doesn't stop it, silencing would be counter intuitive (not that there is much now anyway), it's a big body so not easy to kill without hard removal, forces sub-optimal plays (people flood the board if they can't kill it), and kills most minions it hits.
I play Rag because it has an instant effect, taunt doesn't stop it, silencing would be counter intuitive (not that there is much now anyway), it's a big body so not easy to kill without hard removal, forces sub-optimal plays (people flood the board if they can't kill it), and kills most minions it hits.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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It's not the only good deck but it really does stand in a class of its own.
Mobius and pet octopus
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I've gotten super lucky with emperor tonight for some reason. Maly druid had no removal for it and it survived for 2-3 ticks, same with freeze mage. Both lost in a landslide. Tempo emperor lul (I coined out both times). The druid had just spent swipe and feral rage the turns prior, so I figured it had a solid chance at surviving and it did.
No freeze mages? I've played like maybe 10 matches tonight and 3 of them were freeze mages. I've faced more freeze mage than shaman by 1. I think you're lucky, even though I am 3-0 vs them tonight.
No freeze mages? I've played like maybe 10 matches tonight and 3 of them were freeze mages. I've faced more freeze mage than shaman by 1. I think you're lucky, even though I am 3-0 vs them tonight.
This feels pretty good.
Sometimes, I go for the ultimate greed and don't play anything until coin → Emp on five. Then when he dies, I double resurrect for two Emps.
Usually game over after that (if I survive the next turn).
just hero power all the time dude, you won eventually
Mobius and pet octopus
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Wow... I just won a game because the shaman couldn't hero power due to 4 totems. He had lethal if he could... and sacrificing the 1/1 led him to be 2 short. I had maly on board and blasted him to smithereens. Game only went so close because of his godly taunt roll followed by a spell power roll. Perfect order too and at the right time.
Familienoberhauptvogel
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that really depends on just where in their deck Justicar is. As long as you don't overcommit to the board when they have brawl it's a totally winnable matchup.
Nah, you just maximize hero power usage. They will eventually snap and start clearing up totems. Having taunt totems in there really screws with their weapon usage and of course spell damage totem is always nice. Don't over commit your cards in hand, having him waste Brawl on a board of totems plus one other threat.
Though it also depends on how you have built your Midrange Shaman. With proper techs, Midrange Shaman can beat Control Warrior.
I had a good day with Renolock. I faced what I think might have been the worst Rogue (playing Questing Adventure Miracoli) I have ever played against.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Good thing I am not running into that many Shamans, my stats aren't looking pretty for them this week. Like pretty bad. Uck.
Yeah this month has been rough for me too, not happy with my stat
BananasWithGuns
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Mage is a perfect example of why of why spells are horribly designed in Hearthstone.
Fireball, Frostbolt, Forgotten Torch, etc. etc. All perfectly fine/strong when used on a minion yet when you start slinging them at the face they're completely broken.
Of course it's not a Mage exclusive thing. Hunter and aggro Shaman have relied on the exact same thing.
Fireball, Frostbolt, Forgotten Torch, etc. etc. All perfectly fine/strong when used on a minion yet when you start slinging them at the face they're completely broken.
Of course it's not a Mage exclusive thing. Hunter and aggro Shaman have relied on the exact same thing.
why burn spell is horrible design?
in fact we (you) lucky, HS currently shaped to just bouncing minion till death
current mid shaman is team 5 wet dream
Burn spell itself is fine. I don't have a problem with stuff like Sinister Strike and Mind Blast, they are useful in a specific strategy.
Burn spell that doubles as removal is not really good for the game especially when they are efficient for the cost. Cards like Storm Crack, Arcane Blast, Flame Lance, Shadow Strike are good. It's why they nerfed Rockbiter to begin with.
Thankfully Blizzard has scaled back on that (again, ignore Firelands Portal).
Kripp about to play Thijs in the Tyrande show match. I expect Kripp to get annhialated.
BananasWithGuns
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Yeah, pretty much this.
Plus there's a ridiculously low number of ways to interact with an opponent's spells, even more so outside of the Mage class.
Well said. As someone who's been around since the beta I've seen my fair share of Control Warriors over the years - maybe that's where my disdain stems from. Justicar promised improved Hero Powers across all 9 classes but in fairness only delivered on 2 (1 since Priest is now irrelevant). And that arch type was already strong/played out. I'm all for control decks - just really want other classes to shine. I had high hopes for Huhuran in Control Hunter, but the jury is still out on that one...
Justicar should have been a class legendary or even better offered a single, unique Hero Power to all 9 classes instead of improved versions. Elise and Reno on the other hand are balanced across classes and offers the same (dis)advantages to everyone.
Opponent Astral Communions then top decks an Alex.
I only see the deck once in a blue moon but holy shit it's the most garbage thing around.
e: god now I'm up against burgle rogue who keeps stealing counters. I hate this.
e: NOW I'M VERSUSING A BOMBER DECK!? WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE PEOPLE PLAYING RANKED
e: a c'thun warrior now. this meta is a fucking joke. nobody should feel like they can play these awful decks. I'm winning and I'm mad as hell
I only see the deck once in a blue moon but holy shit it's the most garbage thing around.
e: god now I'm up against burgle rogue who keeps stealing counters. I hate this.
e: NOW I'M VERSUSING A BOMBER DECK!? WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE PEOPLE PLAYING RANKED
e: a c'thun warrior now. this meta is a fucking joke. nobody should feel like they can play these awful decks. I'm winning and I'm mad as hell
Hey, hey, HEY!
I'm playing Purify Priest, Astral Druid, AND Y'shaarj Warlock in ranked.
What do you want, people to just play boring-ass, tier one, net decks that you didn't even make or optimize yourself?
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Dead on turn 5 against secret hunter
Cool
Cool
Well, yeah. Play something decent.
Karsticles
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I love how Secret Hunter went from a deck about secrets to an aggro deck that abuses the tempo. Very Hearthstone. I played it and went 3-2 last night to clear Hunter quests. I liked old Face Hunter more, but this isn't bad. If I ever get another Snake Trap (not crafting it) I have an idea for a Zoo Hunter deck that is based out of Secret Hunter.
I've had worse. Res into IBM, OK normal, kill it, play my rag, entombed, expected, instantly drops my rag back fine kill it, shapings into tirion, kill it, bishops into tirion, kill it, bishops into tirion, kill it again, resurrects into tirion. By this point I had nothing. The gy was filled with IBM, bishops, hell even a acolyte and doomsayer he thoughtstole, but no, 3 tirion ressurects in a row. Like why?
slightconfuse
Banned
Beating midrange shaman with a priest last night felt so good
Losing to Yogg in 2016. BibleThump
Was on a streak, had a spectator I was about to earn a pack for, of course this tempo mage top decks Yogg and of course it's super favorable. Clears my boards, fills his board, plays 5 secrets, draws 8 cards, you know, all the expected and normal and not at all OP Yogg outcomes. I knew I was fucked when one of the first spells was commanding shout, making it much more likely the Yogg was gonna stick for all 20 spells or whatever.
Was on a streak, had a spectator I was about to earn a pack for, of course this tempo mage top decks Yogg and of course it's super favorable. Clears my boards, fills his board, plays 5 secrets, draws 8 cards, you know, all the expected and normal and not at all OP Yogg outcomes. I knew I was fucked when one of the first spells was commanding shout, making it much more likely the Yogg was gonna stick for all 20 spells or whatever.
to be honest, you didn't had much armor that game, you were starting to swing it to your favor, but the yogg just confirmed the tempo that mage already had.
yeah it was pretty damn good.. unleash the hounds + commanding shout is a tempo killer yogg combo
Don't forget the equality prior to the Unleash the Hounds, and the Effigy that brought back a 12/12 after I killed his Yogg. My resources I wasted on killing the 12/12 made it so I couldn't deal with Antonidas and cost me the game.
I had the game stabilized and the Mage was at 11 and I had a weapon equipping and Grommash in my hand.
If I made a mistake it was N'zothing too early, I should have waited until after the Yogg, but whatever, N'zoth wins that game 9 times out of 10.
omg yes you are right, I forgot that.... oh so infuriating, that could be the best yogg that mage could have pulled...
my only hope is that this happens few times now that yogg is nerfed
Karsticles
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A Priest stole Cabalist's Tome from Thoughtsteal. :-(
Then Cabalist's Tome got Fireball, Frostbolt, and Polymorph.
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