New Demon Hunter & Hunter Weapon - Trueaim Crescent

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A new Epic Hunter/Demon Hunter Weapon, Trueaim Crescent, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    A new Epic Hunter/Demon Hunter Weapon, Trueaim Crescent, has been revealed!

    Trueaim Crescent Card Image

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I have a really bad feeling about this weapon. And with 4 durability even.... 

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    1 mana?! And an effect, more suited to a legendary. Looks like an expensive set to stay competitive. 

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Makes you think in advance about your actions. Good way to cheat out rush or an extra attack for minions, if I understand this correctly. Cool weapon with interesting potential

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    The effect is acceptable, but not really useful for odd DH builds. The addition of a 1/4 weapon could be useful to round out turns where hero power + playing a card is too expensive, but experimentation with other weapons has not had great results.

    Probably a nice removal tool for hunters.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago
    Quote From economicaooc

    The effect is acceptable, but not really useful for odd DH builds. The addition of a 1/4 weapon could be useful to round out turns where hero power + playing a card is too expensive, but experimentation with other weapons has not had great results.

    Probably a nice removal tool for hunters.

    Odd dh isn't the only dh around specially if you play standard. 

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    That weapon+Blur can be a good combo, summoning a Big Guy with "Rush" and evading face damage.

    That expansion supports control DH, and that makes me happy.

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    that pretty strong. It's also a great tool for any minion that benefits from attacking immediately (and we haven't even seen most of the Hunter cards in this set)

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • duppie's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 320 240 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    card seems good for hunter, it allows you to fight back onto the board which is one of the few weaknesses of hunter decks right now.  In that way you can kind of just rush any minion from hand.

     

    Also I'm pretty sure you can just go face with the minion then trade after, which is super good

     

    feels better as a hunter card but It could be good in DH too.  

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    The cost to stats is already good enough to see some play, but the effect puts it over the top. Definitely a strong weapon.

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  • Grumpy000's Avatar
    1880 1159 Posts Joined 06/06/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    too situational in my view ...

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Pretty good weapon for 1 Mana. 

    Good card - even tough the Ability makes this a little bit situational or at least you have to think about your attacks.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Its likely more gimmicky than it seems. Candleshot was good because that was a meta without good weapons for hunter, and the immunity actually helps. This one doesn't have immunity and can actually sometimes just destroy your board with inefficient trading.

    Also it does like 1 damage, a major downside for both classes to be honest.

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Don't forget this with Ace Hunter Kreen means you can remove almost every minion (provide you have minions on board) but since we talk about the hunters, i guess it's not that hard.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    This is a very weird effect, but a 1 mana 1/4 weapon is already fair stats, and the ability lets you deal so much damage. 

    I actually really like how the usefulness of this ability depends heavily on what both players have on the field. Maybe you have a Sea Giant that you want to trade into multiple things using the weapon, but you also have say a Brann Bronzebeard that you don't want to die. Do you trade and let your Brann die? Or do you let their thing live?

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  • Dermostatic's Avatar
    Eldritch Horror 535 228 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Interesting removal mechanic, but surely (Demon) Hunters want to keep their minions alive for SMOrc? Maybe I'm not seeing something, but this weapon doesn't look all that great.

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  • Dermostatic's Avatar
    Eldritch Horror 535 228 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago
    Quote From Vandaren

    Don't forget this with [Hearthstone Card (Ace Hunter Spreen) Not Found] means you can remove almost every minion (provide you have minions on board) but since we talk about the hunters, i guess it's not that hard.

    I had not thought about this; that'd be one hell of a combo

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    This is so weird, I have no idea what to think. I get the synergy with Kreen, but he can attack first and die (maybe, in what order the minions attack is unknown). Could be insane, could be horrible.

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  • GoliathTheDwarf's Avatar
    980 667 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Creative idea. The weapon itself might not do much damage, but it could be a way to merge aggro weapon style with big minion or swarm-type decks.

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    In DH you will mostly hit by 2 with your hero power, so this by itself seems powerful.
    I'm not quite sure about the ability, seems to do more good than bad but still it is a weird ability.

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Hunter's last 1 mana weapon, Candleshot, saw play in construction until it rotated, and why wouldn't it?

    it was cheap, flexible, it gave your hero immune while attacking and could be slotted into the popular spell hunter deck at the time (and other decks, for that matter).

    This weapon is also cheap, flexible, but trades immunity for giving your minions rush or even a second attack phase like Hunter's The Beast Within, although instead of a random enemy minion it will attack whatever you attacked.

    The best outcome is to have your minions do favorable trades or go face, and then use this on a high value target to have your board go after that threat so no damage missing.

    And if you're running this weapon in your deck, you'll want to be running Ace Hunter Kreen, whose ongoing effect makes you and your minions immune while attacking on your turn. 

    Taunts are sort of a problem with this weapon, if you attack it first with your hero your minions will use their attack phase on it.

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2255 2708 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Really cool idea for an ability, which could potentially give your minions a second attack on something. It might be too hard to take advantage of though, because you're still take full damage if you attack something large (I guess that's where Kreen comes into play?) or waste the ability attacking something smaller. Speaking of Kreen, the interaction with him is kinda cool.

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  • Tetsuo's Avatar
    Magma Rager 840 638 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I find it really hard to rate this card. On its own it's a really nice weapon: a 1-mana weapon with 4 charges is no joke. I struggle to think of the type of deck you could use it most effectively though. I think this is great with deathrattles (Face Hunter would looooove this). A big demon deck for DH could make use of this too; getting free attacks from big minions before they can hit face is a fantastic outcome. This is also a good way to immediately cheat out a big demon from your hand using Fel Summoner--equip the weapon in the early turns, play Fel Summoner then kill it via trade, summoning a demon from your hand. 

    This doesn't look like a good early game tool for DH, since the class is all about tempo and board control and it makes no sense to just kill off their minions via trades, unless they get some face damage in first. The synergy with Ace Hunter Kreen is there, but it also means Kreen will attack too, which is a problem because he doesn't benefit from the immune he provides other minions. 

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I'm flabbergasted. What an interesting action. I find it very hard to evaluate.

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Doesn’t really look that strong to me in hunter, given how much more damage you’ll probably end up taking because of it. Demon Hunter has enough healing that it could work though

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago
    Quote From Vandaren

    Don't forget this with Ace Hunter Kreen means you can remove almost every minion (provide you have minions on board) but since we talk about the hunters, i guess it's not that hard.

    your *other* characters so he might kill himself if the attack order is random/summon order.

    hope the attack order is from left to right (like in battlegrounds) that way it has some element of decision making.

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  • BloodMefist's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 850 804 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Definitely a design I've seen in some custom card.  Still, it's pretty interesting and I like to see that they're pushing control Hunter and DH.

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  • JackJimson's Avatar
    670 673 Posts Joined 11/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Interesting card. Not sure of its value.

    My first impression is its a pseudo rush card. Drop your minions, equip this, then rush down the target.

    I feel this finds a home in a token based DH deck where you don't really care if your minions/token value trades. Token decks have more value when minions die.

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1000 1509 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Might be interesting with Poisonous minions and double attack posibilities but probably it will be used mostly as a deathrattle or combo activator because it simply gives minions rush.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Immediatly thought about Ace Hunter Kreen's synergy
    At (1) mana, this is crazy-good!

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Super strong card! 1 mana and cancel the "evocation weakness". In hunter is 5 star for sure meanwhile in DH it is slightly worse because often you will go face with our hero

     

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    The way I see it, this can give your minions a pseudo Windfury. Not only that, it can easily be a 2 attack weapon in DH. That being said, it faces stiff competition in DH with Umberwing on tempo builds. In Hunter, however, it can replace the old Candleshot, which is a good spot it can fill.

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    This has two main uses going for it: giving your minions that just entered play rush and killing off friendly deathrattle minions. DH doesn't want to run this since they don't really have those synergies. Hunter might run this weapon, but I don't see it in Highlander Hunter as Desert Spear is the more tempo-oriented weapon in that deck. If a Deathrattle Hunter pops up, they will run this as a cheap proactive way to trigger deathrattles. I don't see a Deathrattle Hunter working this expansion, but that doesn't mean it won't work an expansion or 2 from now.

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  • FaytFFX's Avatar
    410 191 Posts Joined 12/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    O.o WUT?

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  • linkinboy0's Avatar
    Headmaster 1235 513 Posts Joined 07/07/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Cool card and effect

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1120 1063 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Grweat idea for a card

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  • Valord's Avatar
    465 281 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Interesting effect, might pop up in a few lists one day.

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  • elbkind's Avatar
    655 47 Posts Joined 03/15/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    This card is insane. Paired with the ‚all attacks have immunity‘ its a nice board clear without losing tempo.

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 889 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    If you have no minions, at least it serves as a substitute Candleshot Card Image

    Ace Hunter Kreen Card Image and also triggering all your Deathrattles in one attack!

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  • Janusi's Avatar
    Face Collector 595 225 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    It could be used to trigger deathrattle minions. It's going to be a tricky card to use.

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  • Fisguinho's Avatar
    The Raven 1190 411 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I will give it props, it makes you think of how to position your minions. Aside from that it you need to attack the minion directly and you don't really get to choose what minions trade into it

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  • Safiron's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 620 156 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    How this card works? Will the minions stop when the target dies?

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    This card is really cool but also really hard to evaluate. I can either see it in every single Hunter or Demon hunter list, or not being played all.

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  • ChocolateChipCooke's Avatar
    Unicorn Reveler 1160 337 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I don't think this is going to be desirable in either class because of the forced minion attacks. Both classes have weapons that are much more desirable for the current play-styles of each class, and this weapon's effect doesn't seem good enough to create its own archetype (unlike Stormhammer).

    Obviously, this is very strong with Ace Hunter Kreen, but that combo isn't going to happen every time you attack with this weapon (and it might kill Kreen).

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  • Samzy's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 370 191 Posts Joined 05/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    A great card for both classes. You just need to remember to attack with the minions first and THEN attack with the weapon.

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  • SavageDrago's Avatar
    300 150 Posts Joined 05/07/2020
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Great little toy for both classes. With some deck building, board positioning and careful attacking, turns your buddies into a lynch mob. And DH can sure use +1 attack for 4 turns for (1) with all the support. 

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  • Alfi's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 1790 1375 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    May be valuable

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    This with good Ace Hunter positioning enable to remove big threats free

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2225 2544 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Love the art, and it's even better golden. Keen to see it in action, but I think it'll be used into certain decks like control

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  • slychd's Avatar
    Sparklepony 1175 484 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I forgot about Blur. Thanks for the nightmares lol.

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1737 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Really nice if the player doesn't make a stupid mistake and attack with the weapon before attacking other minions or the opponent's face with all their minions.  Can't wait for the Trolden clips... really!

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    Very strong card, since it essencially can give your minions Rush. Now that Demon Hunter has access to some extra healing via Soul Fragments, I can definitely see this being included in lots of decks.

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I assume the minions stop attacking if the target dies, which means positioning will be very important - or you can just make sure your Ace Hunter Kreen is all the way to the right and you're good =P

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    So I got it from a pack and wanted to confirm: The attack order is from your oldest minion to newest. This means that the Ace Hunter Kreen synergy is much better than we thought since if you play him just before attacking, he will attack last and therefore not attack at all most of the time.

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  • RavenSunHS's Avatar
    Refreshment Vendor 880 1487 Posts Joined 03/27/2019
    Posted 4 years, 4 months ago

    I have just realized that the forced attack from [Hearthstone Card (lunar crescent) Not Found] is free: this means the minion can still attack normally afterwards, if it survives ofc.

    Basically a minor version of windfury, board-wide.

    Or, otherwise said, a reverse Warglaives of Azzinoth.

    Faced it in combo with Ace Hunter Kreen is basically game over. While I knew of Kreen already, I didn't realize Crescent is a HUGE comeback tool.

    Thank you Blizzard for another expansion of DH making any other Tempo deck look silly in both Standard and Wild...

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