Hearthstone Thread

[Infected Mushroom]

My impressions from TGT so far:

Like

* Totem decks
* A ton of new dragons aka everything we wanted from Blackrock
* Rogue pirate decks
* Dreadsteeds
* Paladin's Murloc Knight
* Pretty much every single legendary card

Dislike

* Demonfuse
* Brave archer being useless
* Mage's fire lance
* Jousting being too slow

Paladins are now EVERYWHERE on the ladder.

My Mech mage deck (I'm tech-ing Blood Knights and Kezan Mystics to counter Paladdin) can still defeat them.

The other deck I'm running is the new totem Shaman. It works very well against Priests and Druids. However, on average its not a very good match-up against Paladin and it gets absolutely wrecked by Hunters.

[The Armed Republic of Dutch Coolness]

I don't have much TGT cards so far, so of course I'm losing pretty much everything right now.

[Infected Mushroom]

Honestly though, I really dislike the Justice Trueheart card.

Its really broken when Warrior brings it out and starts adding 4 armour every turn for 2 mana.

[Infected Mushroom]

I don't have much TGT cards so far, so of course I'm losing pretty much everything right now.

I recommend running Mech Mage, curving low, and tech-ing in two Blood Knights and two Kezan Mystics.

Face Hunter is still strong against the new Paladin and will continue to destroy Shamans (but prepare to auto-concede if you run into Priest).

[The Armed Republic of Dutch Coolness]

I don't have much TGT cards so far, so of course I'm losing pretty much everything right now.

I recommend running Mech Mage, curving low, and tech-ing in two Blood Knights and two Kezan Mystics.

Face Hunter is still strong against the new Paladin and will continue to destroy Shamans (but prepare to auto-concede if you run into Priest).

Don't have the cards required.

And Hunters just give me cancer, I'd literally rather kill myself than play that.

edit: and just after posting that, I lost to a face hunter before being thrown at a legendary hunter at ranked rank 21

yay

[Infected Mushroom]

I recommend running Mech Mage, curving low, and tech-ing in two Blood Knights and two Kezan Mystics.

Face Hunter is still strong against the new Paladin and will continue to destroy Shamans (but prepare to auto-concede if you run into Priest).

Don't have the cards required.

And Hunters just give me cancer, I'd literally rather kill myself than play that.

edit: and just after posting that, I lost to a face hunter before being thrown at a legendary hunter at ranked rank 21

yay

Hunter is very cheap to craft.

It has a reputation for being Cheap but it has its weaknesses.

Midrange and Face Hunter are generally good against Shamans, classic Warlock, and aggro Paladins. However, some forms of decks like Mech Mage can beat them. Against Priest, Warrior, and Druid its almost certainly an auto-concede.

Its just that in the current Meta, with the rise of Aggro Paladin decks its not that bad of an option.

Why do you not like Hunters?

[The Armed Republic of Dutch Coolness]

Why do you not like Hunters?

Because it's the most overpowered class in the game, way too easy to use, and literally everyone plays it all the time.

[Infected Mushroom]

Why do you not like Hunters?

Because it's the most overpowered class in the game, way too easy to use, and literally everyone plays it all the time.

If you run Hunter, you have no chance against (any form of) Priests, ramp Druids, and Control Warriors.

My Mech Mage has an extremely high win rate against them.

If you are tired of getting trolled by Hunters, just run one of the above and you will almost never lose against them.

Classic Warlock against Hunter though... is the WORST.

[The Armed Republic of Dutch Coolness]

Because it's the most overpowered class in the game, way too easy to use, and literally everyone plays it all the time.

If you run Hunter, you have no chance against (any form of) Priests, ramp Druids, and Control Warriors.

My Mech Mage has an extremely high win rate against them.

If you are tired of getting trolled by Hunters, just run one of the above and you will almost never lose against them.

Classic Warlock against Hunter though... is the WORST.

I just think it's incredibly stupid how the current meta hardly allows any creativity at all - the Face Hunter being the epitome of that.

Also, just got the Murloc Knight out of a pack, yay

[Infected Mushroom]

If you run Hunter, you have no chance against (any form of) Priests, ramp Druids, and Control Warriors.

My Mech Mage has an extremely high win rate against them.

If you are tired of getting trolled by Hunters, just run one of the above and you will almost never lose against them.

Classic Warlock against Hunter though... is the WORST.

I just think it's incredibly stupid how the current meta hardly allows any creativity at all - the Face Hunter being the epitome of that.

Also, just got the Murloc Knight out of a pack, yay

I feel like the Face Hunter is fairly over-rated. While NOW it is a good option (with the large waves of people playing Shock Paladins due to the new TGT cards)... it wasn't so much a great option last season at the higher echelons with the large numbers of people playing Control/Patron Warriors.

Face Hunter actually has a large number of match-ups that are pretty much Auto-Concedes if the opponent knows what they are doing.

Murloc Knight is cool.

[Lautrec-]

Face hunter is much weaker against opponents that can heal themselves. In addition to what Infected mushroom said, you should definitely try healbots. They restore 8x2=16 hp.

[Lost heros]

With the league of explorer's coming up, I'm thinking of creating a midrange shaman deck that utilizes that 1 1,3 Murloc that discovers a new hero power. Also looking for an aggro battle cry deck.

Thoughts?

[Valystria]

Only Mage for ranked. Tempo Mage as of recently. Previously it was Mech Mage.

For Arena I do alright with Mage, Rogue and Paladin.

I've found Grand Crusader to be quite an intriguing addition to the Tempo Mage archetype.

[Amistrinal]

Just looked at the card list, looks pretty cool. I can just imagine so many combos. That epic that makes cards cost one? Play it, hope it survives a turn. Then play aviana, run the epic into something, play 5 minions that only cost 1 mana each.

Also, the "full health for only 1 copy of each card" thing? That. Is. Awesome. Legendary Decks! Hyper Versatility non-legendary decks!

[Lost heros]

Just looked at the card list, looks pretty cool. I can just imagine so many combos. That epic that makes cards cost one? Play it, hope it survives a turn. Then play aviana, run the epic into something, play 5 minions that only cost 1 mana each.

Also, the "full health for only 1 copy of each card" thing? That. Is. Awesome. Legendary Decks! Hyper Versatility non-legendary decks!

Eh, I can't imagine it seeing a lot of play.

But definitely astral communion decks will have it in there.

[Infected Mushroom]

I approve of the Warsong Commander nerf. Grim Patron Warrior was too annoying to play against.

[The Armed Republic of Dutch Coolness]

I approve of the Warsong Commander nerf. Grim Patron Warrior was too annoying to play against.

I don't. The Patron itself should've been nerfed in some way, Warsong Commander is now completely useless.

[Infected Mushroom]

I approve of the Warsong Commander nerf. Grim Patron Warrior was too annoying to play against.

I don't. The Patron itself should've been nerfed in some way, Warsong Commander is now completely useless.

How would you suggest nerfing the Patron card instead?

[The Armed Republic of Dutch Coolness]

I don't. The Patron itself should've been nerfed in some way, Warsong Commander is now completely useless.

How would you suggest nerfing the Patron card instead?

I have no idea.

[Amistrinal]

How would you suggest nerfing the Patron card instead?

I have no idea.

My idea: reduce health by 1. That way, it can't duplicate nearly as well.

[Infected Mushroom]

How would you suggest nerfing the Patron card instead?

I have no idea.

Its insanely annoying that every deck on the ladder had to sacrifice at least some economy of strategy (such as by tech-ing Flamestrike or Starfall) to prevent the sudden launching of a patron combo that turns a game around (even when you had a solid lead in board control). It also led to strange tactical considerations such as ''I shouldn't leave any minions on the board alive that have an attack less than 3 in case his Patron jumps down and clones.''

[Lost heros]

I approve of the Warsong Commander nerf. Grim Patron Warrior was too annoying to play against.

I don't. The Patron itself should've been nerfed in some way, Warsong Commander is now completely useless.

Considering this is the second Warsong nerf I think we can safely conclude the concept behind Warsong commander was too broken.

[The Armed Republic of Dutch Coolness]

Ropeburners are terrible people.

AND NOW THE GAME HAS DISCONNECTED ME IN RANKED

TWICE

WITH A 40MBP/S+ INTERNET SPEED, WHILE BROWSING NS JUST FINE

FUCKING DONE WITH THIS LITTLE SHIT, UNINSTALLING AGAIN

[Valystria]

Why couldn't they have released every wing of League of Explorers all at once...

I want my Ethereal Conjurer and Animated Armor.

[Ashihara no Nakatsukuni]

At this point I only really play the arena, tavern brawl, or the solo play adventures. Playing ranked or unranked just gets too frustrating as I haven't, and won't, sink the time or cash into getting the best cards. So I get matched up 7 times out of 10 with a player with a card I can't beat with regular cards and it just becomes frustrating.