paperboywriter
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Is there actually a playable deck in standard right now that can compete with MR Shaman?
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Officerrob
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Finished 11-3, golden Cho'Gall and golden Mukla, Tyrant of the Vale
Tempo Mage doing pretty well for people.
paperboywriter
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yeah i tried that and i feel like its less consistent by far.
BananasWithGuns
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Seadevil Stinger seems okay. It makes comboing stuff like Warleader or Coldlight Seer a lot easier. That said I don't really think Warlock is going to start running murlocs again.
Bomb Squad is super interesting. Pretty insane with Evolve and very good against Sylvanas. I think it will see some fringe play.
Bomb Squad is super interesting. Pretty insane with Evolve and very good against Sylvanas. I think it will see some fringe play.
Mobius and pet octopus
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That murloc card could bring out finja, then next turn warlock buffs the 2/4 to actually trade, playing 2 more murlocs from deck. I think it could be pretty good.
One of my highest win rates with all of my decks is against shaman. Probably because there are more scrubs using the deck than any others.
Officerrob
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11-3
Mobius and pet octopus
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He likely would have lost anyway with maelstrom portal follow up. At least he got lucky on the 50/50 roll to not get his opponent spellpower totem, which would have been even worse.
A lot of these generic Shaman players are playing match ups pretty badly specifically against Control Warrior. People like Firebat and Xixo making this match up look bad for Shaman when in fact Shaman does pretty well in the match up IF PLAYED CORRECTLY.
Shamans are all over the Brawl though even though the top players aren't playing Shaman specifically.
how did the first went?
judging by others, that is really bad.. not such a good player huh?
Kibler is right now 3-1 with Reno Mage... very fun deck BTW.
Seen some players go 1-3, it's not that unusual.
His first run was 6-3 with Reno Warlock and honestly with that deck it's a decent run.
Mobius and pet octopus
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He went 6 wins first run. Amaz is pretty good with at least 1 tournament win under his belt.
I assume it tries to match you with decks that have a similar win total as yours. That would explain why Firebat is running into a wall of Shamans at 9+ wins.
I guess they match you with an opponent with same number of wins ( maybe losses as well?). I also noticed, one of the messages in that "searching opponent" window says, they are trying to find a better match this time, because of the higher stake, therefore it may take longer.
Yeah his Reno Mage vs some crazy Crazed Alchemist and Spellbreaker Renolock.
Mobius and pet octopus
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And people laughed at the prospect of murloc paladin, kolento just lost to one! lol
BlackBuzzard
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RDU and Ek DansGame p co-op went 11-3 with Dragon Priest they almost had the dream.
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Is it 1000 gold each attempt?
Yeah it will be a lot more fun at the start of the MSG meta or if Shaman was nerfed a little harder.
Still excited to watch today and tomorrow until I move on to some other cool stuff happening this week.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Kolento has been pretty entertaining to watch. Maybe I should ladder some with maly druid.
I'm probably not doing a brawl myself, but if I do it'll be later in the week. The reason is simple, I don't need packs right now so I'd be going for the experience or for the gold legends. Not likely to get gold legends, I barely play top decks lately. And the experience is too similar to ladder to me, I don't care enough about the competitive aspect.
I'm probably not doing a brawl myself, but if I do it'll be later in the week. The reason is simple, I don't need packs right now so I'd be going for the experience or for the gold legends. Not likely to get gold legends, I barely play top decks lately. And the experience is too similar to ladder to me, I don't care enough about the competitive aspect.
Seeing the performance of top players, even 99% of players are better off using their gold somewhere else.
toddhunter
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True, but that really isn't the point
The point is to make people lose all their gold before an expansion.
I said 80% of players entering the brawl were basically going to lose. Just having the gold and the cajones necessary to enter means the competition is going to be fierce and mostly feature people who are higher skilled. So you're competing to be in the top 20% of a high skill pool. So yeah, probably 99% of players should avoid.
True, but that really isn't the point
I mean, sure. Some people walk into a casino with a handful of cash and be like "yeah I'm okay with losing all of this". But there are cheaper ways to be entertained.
toddhunter
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Given top win rates of barely 60% in lower stake ranked and a six win break even mark, nobody should be playing this.
You would be better off preordering no mans sky 2
Yeah the Casino analogy seems pretty spot on. Try the Brawl if you are willing to lose your gold, but don't expect to come out ahead.
For some it will be a cheap thrill, for some it will be a waste of gold(or real money) and for a select few it will be a crazy ride with a huge payout.
BananasWithGuns
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From the Talan chat bot. Might be more.
CraigerGamer
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I wish Blizzard would give 1 free entry every expansion or something along those lines. I'd love to try the new brawl but no way am I risking 1000g.
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