SonicXtreme
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god, arena is SO much more boring now. so exciting seeing second rate bruiser every game. i miss the 'unpredictability' over this stale cracker it's become.
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Hearthstone |OT8| Elise's Extremely Irresponsible Field Trip To Un'Goro
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BrightLightLava
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The decks in the tavern brawl this week are straight up garbage, but after five games I finally saw someone not get Aya.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Mulch is so good because all the removal is damage based. Had to craft it myself but worth it.
I'm not buying current pack anymore so I can afford at least one run (I currently had 2000+), I've been waiting for this because I'm confident can get high run at least once, if thing goes bad in first run I just stop there
Savjs stream will be must watch for sure
Prolly
Its the deck that I most comfortable playing, despite Shaman will be the strongest
SonicXtreme
Member
having mass dispell show up 12 times every time i draft priest sure is making arena more interesting
why didn't they do something worthwhile, like idk, maybe stop having weapon buffing minions show up in non weapon classes like priest.
why didn't they do something worthwhile, like idk, maybe stop having weapon buffing minions show up in non weapon classes like priest.
Glass Shark
Banned
50 Ranked games already this month and I'm still at 20
what the fuck is happening
what the fuck is happening
slightconfuse
Banned
How is the meta so far? Have had time to play vtoo much but it seems to have slowed a bit
I laughed out loud when he said "people like cards similar to Babbling Book because they don't put as much pressure (as the broken overstatted 1 drops we love to make)" right, who doesn't love some rng clown fiesta. how about good 1 drops which are not OP and are also not random. my wild guess is most people probably prefer that.
it's almost like they did the same exact thing before MSoG!
.. it's standard again, which means another shamanstone heroic brawl. pass
curious indeed. it's almost like they want you to spend gold before the expansion hits!
it's almost like they did the same exact thing before MSoG!
.. it's standard again, which means another shamanstone heroic brawl. pass
Glass Shark
Banned
I just lost to a Warrior deck that was literally nothing but Taunt minions
I don't know how this is happening.
I don't know how this is happening.
Probably a quest deck.
quackamole
Member
So after the new patch, meta is still not that great. The nerf to STB wasn't that significant and pirate still unbelievably strong unless you have the perfect curve/answer.
Lol I love beating people with that quest deck. No one expects the bolsters.
BannedEpisode
Member
boring accountant
Banned
This doesn't seem possible. Are you a brand new player? What decks are you using?
I mean... Patches still makes whatever 1 drop Pirate you play kinda busted. That wasn't going to go anywhere.
He's still in charge. But I think the nerf has been effective in slowing the game down enough the Midrange Shaman is the best deck and Tempo Mage is returning in order to counter it. It's like a mix of Karazhan and MSG meta, where separately they were awful metas but combined you at least have more variety.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Can't believe how much RNG has been fucking me over recently.
First game I play today, tempo Mage plays Barnes on turn 4 and it pulls Antonidas with coin and Mirror Image in hand.
First game I play today, tempo Mage plays Barnes on turn 4 and it pulls Antonidas with coin and Mirror Image in hand.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Wow, that Small Time Recruits buff Paladin is pure cancer.
Dude is literally getting 7/7 worth of value from a 1 mana card on turn 3 lol.
Dude is literally getting 7/7 worth of value from a 1 mana card on turn 3 lol.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Overextend after you take out Alley Armorsmith, and then he plays Protect the King and Bolster. Whelp.
Hey man let Paladins get their shine on.
Just won a local 9-person tournament at a Fireside Gathering. Got about $50 worth of assorted Gift Cards from the sponsors.
Somehow it was my Miracle Rogue deck that carried me to victory. Was undefeated with that deck.
Somehow it was my Miracle Rogue deck that carried me to victory. Was undefeated with that deck.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Even if it means just another cancer aggro deck to plague ladder?
Yeah, not sure how I feel about that.
BananasWithGuns
Member
When you're dropping 4-6 health minions on turn 4 and 5 there aren't many clears that are going to answer that.
Congrats!
At least there's different flavors of cancer now. Warlock getting in on the action with their Discard Zoo decks too.
that just hitting the nuts then, there is reason aggro pally never took off with most of sticky minion gone
BananasWithGuns
Member
Point is, I'm tired of dying on turn 6/7. I've been dying on turn 6/7 for years now. I want something different and it seems like something different never comes.
Every expansion and every nerf we do the same shit where we try and pretend like the meta is going to slow down like if we believe enough it might actually happen. It never does though of course.
I mean, here we sit. Control Warrior is dead. Control Priest is dead. Control Paladin is dead. The only shred of control left is based completely around a single card and only because it's just strong enough to combat aggro.
Shit, maybe I just need to hang it up for a while.
Edit: Anyway, something positive for a change. Decided to try Arena for the first time in about 2 years on account of the changes. Actually enjoying myself so far, though I'm on my fourth Warlock in a row.
Edit 2: Fifth Warlock in a row. Suddenly I'm not really enjoying this much anymore.
Edit 3: And my first Arena run in 2 years ends at 2-3 after facing 5 Warlocks and a Mage with a 12 win deck. Fun.
Every expansion and every nerf we do the same shit where we try and pretend like the meta is going to slow down like if we believe enough it might actually happen. It never does though of course.
I mean, here we sit. Control Warrior is dead. Control Priest is dead. Control Paladin is dead. The only shred of control left is based completely around a single card and only because it's just strong enough to combat aggro.
Shit, maybe I just need to hang it up for a while.
Edit: Anyway, something positive for a change. Decided to try Arena for the first time in about 2 years on account of the changes. Actually enjoying myself so far, though I'm on my fourth Warlock in a row.
Edit 2: Fifth Warlock in a row. Suddenly I'm not really enjoying this much anymore.
Edit 3: And my first Arena run in 2 years ends at 2-3 after facing 5 Warlocks and a Mage with a 12 win deck. Fun.
ripped off another 12. it's way too early for me to judge this but i feel like the new meta accentuates my strengths as a player and hides my weaknesses. i'm bad at aggro but i'm solid at janky control decks, and the new meta forces everyone into playing the slow value game. hidden cards are grim patron, psych-o-tron, corrupted seer, master jouster, bog creeper, and firelands portal.
I could see weasel being used to hopefully give your opponent a bad draw in a clutch situation.
boring accountant
Banned
I am still piloting control warrior quite comfortably. Got up to rank 10 soon as the season reset. There are a lot slower decks now due to the shaman nerf. Cthun control also still works somewhat with a few sideboarded pieces.
It's not as dominant as earlier metas but it is still my favorite style of deck as a blue/white player.
veryslowhand
Banned
Is renolock with combo good in current meta?
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Beat a shaman after my 20/20 Van Cleef + Auctioneer got Devolved into Alexstrazsa's Champion and Summoning Stone. Summoning Stone even summoned a Doomsayer wrecking my board.
hmmm.. somehow the ladder experience is a liiiitle bit better for me, it seems the prominent meta decks were not so prominent yesterday and I was able to get to rank 15 at night.
Since I usually end up ladder at that rank, I might be tempted to get again to rank 10, like last season
Since I usually end up ladder at that rank, I might be tempted to get again to rank 10, like last season
If you encounter many greedy decks you should play the combo version. So it depends the match ups u get.
pirate warrior isn't that great against jade druid, I haven't lost to a single one today. Depends on your build, many ways to build jade druid, I'm still trying to figure out, I don't think there is a optimal list yet, some play rag, some play emperor, some don't play spirits, raven idol in some. So far I think I definitely want raven idols, it gives you a lot of flexibility, makes fandral better and it's great with gadgetzan. If dragon priest is more popular I don't think ancient of war is any good. You're already weak to pain, you don't want to be weak to death too.
the list g2 guys were playing had 2x mulch no roots, I think that's probably best approach.
the list g2 guys were playing had 2x mulch no roots, I think that's probably best approach.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Curious how the ideal Spell Jade Druid will turn out. I'm not playing spirits but Roots have been pretty good.
Can't win at all today no matter the deck back 2 ranks already. Losing against the weirdest decks as well, I've faced 2 priest playing entomb.
Can't win at all today no matter the deck back 2 ranks already. Losing against the weirdest decks as well, I've faced 2 priest playing entomb.
Glass Shark
Banned
I feel like I'm getting terribly bad luck. I'm using good decks (Jade Shaman, Dragon Priest, Aggro Shaman, and others) but just getting awful matchups and bad draws. I lost 9 games in a row last night, including a few games to some truly awful decks that looked like they were slapped together in minutes.
I made it to Rank 14 last month without even playing very much but my luck so far this month has been abysmal.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Kind of glad Ice Lance is rotating out.
I play around the first Flamestrike, realize later it's not Reno so I have to survive a second one (and do so), build my board back up, threaten lethal.
He plays the following:
Kobold Geomancer x2
Freezing Potion
Ice Lance x2
Fireball
Kills me from 20HP.
I play around the first Flamestrike, realize later it's not Reno so I have to survive a second one (and do so), build my board back up, threaten lethal.
He plays the following:
Kobold Geomancer x2
Freezing Potion
Ice Lance x2
Fireball
Kills me from 20HP.
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