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Hearthstone |OT8| Elise's Extremely Irresponsible Field Trip To Un'Goro
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Vanillalite
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It's still early but it feels like everyone is either playing Reno or still playing the same shitty ass aggro decks.
Not sure how I feel about this.
Not sure how I feel about this.
Those are compensation packs from yesterday's bug.
I think both cards are pretty damn good but my 4 slot is very crowded in Renolock so I opted for Courier over Chemist. I like a bit more control over my picks. Card has been very good to me.
Vanillalite
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Lock always gonna be top tier/borderline OP with its hero power.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
of course you play against nothing but reno and jade decks they are slow af while pirates are already battling it out for rank 5.
Trump's complete card review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Di5DVzIrUQ
I don't really like the way he built his scale. I haven't counted the number of cards in each category but it seems flat to me, like he's trying to put an equal number of cards in each category. It means you can have a pretty huge power level difference between cards in the 1 star and 5 star categories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Di5DVzIrUQ
I don't really like the way he built his scale. I haven't counted the number of cards in each category but it seems flat to me, like he's trying to put an equal number of cards in each category. It means you can have a pretty huge power level difference between cards in the 1 star and 5 star categories.
Badass I wasn't even affected, that I noticed!
Do you recall opening around 20 Kabal Curiers? If you do, you were affected.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
The way my luck shook out I really took a wide detour around the cards you need for a good Pirate Warrior, and I wanted to focus on the outset on building solid decks for each boss, so it's going to be a while until I'm able to build one.
Still, each boss is super fun to play. I got a Murlocalypse quest though, and though I do love Murloc decks, they are rough going in Today's Meta. I'm running the one from the Deck Recipe for Shaman. There's a lot of fun new ones but they still get crushed by pretty much everything out there now.
Still, each boss is super fun to play. I got a Murlocalypse quest though, and though I do love Murloc decks, they are rough going in Today's Meta. I'm running the one from the Deck Recipe for Shaman. There's a lot of fun new ones but they still get crushed by pretty much everything out there now.
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Side note don't go into Arena unless you are ready for many lulz with all of the new cards thrown in.
Man he's overhyping those Paladin Grimes.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I'm not super lucky with legendaries, but I've had I believe 16 epics out of 60 packs. The game is handing them out like candy. Not that I'm complaining. Two have been gold as well.
Hello beautiful...
The golds are beautiful this set. I have a hard "dust all golds" rule until I have every card (except for Legendaries of course), but stuff like that new Bouncer card made it real hard, man.
RumblingRosco
Member
Well, when the welcome bundle launched a month or two ago, I hit a streak of 6 legendaries in 11 packs, one being a golden legendary. So, I'm still riding that high.
And, I bought my packs with gold only with about 20,000 dust banked still, not counting if I DE my golden cards (which I've never DE'd since beta). So, I can craft a bunch of stuff easily.
Now that the pirats fucked off the legend, the low ranks are fun again.
I'm doing pretty well right now.
Manic Soulcaster has been very useful to shuffle another Reno or Kazakus into your deck.
Medivh is doing a lot of work in that deck as well.
Currently I'm not playing Archmage since I don't have many cheap spells.
I'm doing pretty well right now.
Manic Soulcaster has been very useful to shuffle another Reno or Kazakus into your deck.
Medivh is doing a lot of work in that deck as well.
Currently I'm not playing Archmage since I don't have many cheap spells.
bangbang i'm a timpani
Banned
can dragon priest actually win games yet? every dragon deck has the same problem....the top end of the curve does no damage at all and you can lose even if the first 8 rounds are perfect.
1 legendary in 50 packs? Yep that's me. but I'm pretending I got 15 legendaries out of 30 packs like everyone else~
and that's why I'm still playing mid shaman on ladder. blame blizzard for giving me awful packs rng, folks. I'd put White Eyes as a new card in there but hey, I didn't get one.
as usual, I'm waiting for the meta to establish and then I'll use my dust.
I'm finding more difficult to play the new decks because each one feels like it needs a legendary/epic that I lack: Dragonfire Potion, the Reno legendaries, Patches, etc. In Old Gods it was easier because I could just slap Master of Evolution and Thing from Below to my old midrange shaman deck and it was already pretty good against the other halfbaked decks.
I'm trying to test paladin and played like 10 games, only in 2 I ended with the buffs in my opening hand despite trying to get them. Of course shit falls apart if you don't get them harder than wild growth as paladin doesn't have any come back or spells to manage the game.
Seems like a broken backwards concept to me overall, I thought it would be better. It's probably good if you're a mulligan wizard, I am sure not one and can't really evaluate how good it is. I tried man. that 5 2/2 is good though.
Seems like a broken backwards concept to me overall, I thought it would be better. It's probably good if you're a mulligan wizard, I am sure not one and can't really evaluate how good it is. I tried man. that 5 2/2 is good though.
I really, really like a lot of this expansion. So many good control/value cards made especially for the Kabal side and plentiful tech options printed.
But god damn Patches and Jade Idol are the ultimate NO FUN ALLOWED cards.
Any deck that contains Patches is going to punish any deck with slow start or a bad opener.
And deck with Jade Idol is going to punish a deck that isn't aggressive enough or has no defined late game combo/finisher.
Why the hell does Patches even exist as a card?
Reynad goes HAM on Patches.
But god damn Patches and Jade Idol are the ultimate NO FUN ALLOWED cards.
Any deck that contains Patches is going to punish any deck with slow start or a bad opener.
And deck with Jade Idol is going to punish a deck that isn't aggressive enough or has no defined late game combo/finisher.
Why the hell does Patches even exist as a card?
Reynad goes HAM on Patches.
Speakin' of which... Noodle playing patches https://clips.twitch.tv/reynad27/InnocentWalrusBigBrother
I still dont quite get how awesome and game breakin' patches is but ... gotta admit i've forgotten to attack with him like 3 out of 5 times i've played a pirate.
That's not going HAM.
That's a man whose soul has been sucked out of his body, and all that is left is a tiny ball of bitterness.
Your definition of HAM is weird.
Here is Reynad playing patches.
https://clips.twitch.tv/reynad27/InnocentWalrusBigBrother
Patches OP.
Noogenfloogen should at least only affect your opponent. It is completely useless as is.
How is that deck? I want to build a pirate deck since the idea sounds fun
Just think about patches as a 0 mana 1/1 charge ,draw a card, but instead of drawing him, you don't want to draw him before you play your first pirate, which happens much more often anyway.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
OK look at this like this. Patches means your opponent is playing with 29 life and 1 Hero Power wasted and that's close to the best case scenario for him. At the cost of playing a 29 card deck.
Solia is kinda how I expected her to be, she's.. okay so far. Like I wish you could either bank her effect for a future turn or that she at least draws a card, or even that she just costs a mana less. Like right now she feels too fair for the limits a highlander deck imposes on using her.
Patches is definitely very strong. chances of drawing him after you mulligan or in the first 1-2 turns are low, which means it'll be a very strong card in almost every match.
speaking of really strong cards, Jinyu Waterspeaker. I can see that card being played in every Shaman deck if this aggro meta becomes a thing, or even if it doesn't it will probably be played anyway, it's just that good. (rip Healing Wave)
speaking of really strong cards, Jinyu Waterspeaker. I can see that card being played in every Shaman deck if this aggro meta becomes a thing, or even if it doesn't it will probably be played anyway, it's just that good. (rip Healing Wave)
Man-is-Obsolete
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Haven't put a lot of time into it but so far I much prefer buff paladin to jade Druid. Jade Druid is much slower to get the golem ball rolling than I had hoped. Meanwhile goon paladin is dropping some insanely buffed cards by turn 3. That taunt that costs 2 less when your opponent has three minions is the secret best card of the deck.
At least jade golem gives us an answer to the pick only 2/3 card brawls so you can no longer be milled to death.
At least jade golem gives us an answer to the pick only 2/3 card brawls so you can no longer be milled to death.
Karsticles
Member
I dislike the Jade Golem mechanic as much as I thought I would. The hand-buffed minions are boring, but thus far reasonably balanced. Jade Golems are anti-control meta and punish players for striving for a long game. They're like a midrange strategy that consistently annihilates control.
I already fought someone using the Auctioneer Jade Druid deck combo, but luckily he wasn't very competent with it and burned both Auctioneers for very little in return (Auctioneer + Swipe wut?). Even with his incompetent play, it was a close match. That deck will be infuriating when it comes into its own.
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I already fought someone using the Auctioneer Jade Druid deck combo, but luckily he wasn't very competent with it and burned both Auctioneers for very little in return (Auctioneer + Swipe wut?). Even with his incompetent play, it was a close match. That deck will be infuriating when it comes into its own.
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Loved that I got free 20 packs even though I wasn't as affected by the bug as most. I am the happy owner of two golden Kabal Chemists though...
I got two finja and ink master in my packs. Got enough dust to do some crafting but probably going to hold off until the meta settles. Is Aya auto include in jade decks so far? Obviously it seems so but I'd hate to craft it like I crafted huhuran last xpac
I got two finja and ink master in my packs. Got enough dust to do some crafting but probably going to hold off until the meta settles. Is Aya auto include in jade decks so far? Obviously it seems so but I'd hate to craft it like I crafted huhuran last xpac
molnizzle
Member
wait, what? I played yesterday and I didn't get no free 20 packs.
NA only. 33% of however many packs you opened before the bugfix.
No because jade druid fares well against pirates and absolutely crushes dragon priest.
Poor dragon priest, on paper the deck is awesome.
Yup, these are pretty much the reason why I'm most likely going to quit HS in a few days once these decks are literally everywhere.
Control is basically dead until 2018 and chances are we can't even escape to wild this time around. Thanks blizzard.
molnizzle
Member
What was the bug? I'm NA and I opened like 50 packs, but it was in the evening.
CraigerGamer
Member
Just messing around I made a Reno'Zoth Buff Palladin. It starts off really slow, by turn 7-8I usually haven't gone face a single time. But eventually I can control the board and over 2 turns take them down. I went 5-1 last night with the deck. MVP is Grim Street Enforcer. I can get him out turn 5 at a 6/6 or 7/7, and he is damn hard to clear. I played a 12/12 Rag last night that just cut down my opponent. I need a bit more board clear so I think I am going to craft a Sally and see if that will help control the board a bit, but overall, it may be a weak-ish deck but damn, its fun.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Exactly. That's how dumb patches is.
The packs had tri-class cards dropping at 3x the normal rate, lead to a large number of dupes.
You had to open packs before 2:30PM to be affected.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Well control decks are fucking dead thanks to Jade Golems.
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