New Warlock Spell - Demonic Assault

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A new Common Warlock Spell, Demonic Assault, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    A new Common Warlock Spell, Demonic Assault, has been revealed!

    Demonic Assault Card Image

    Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!


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  • Synnr7's Avatar
    Winter Whisperer 1050 649 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Cool idea but Warlock has a lot of removal choices. Not sure this makes the cut.

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  • Trimutius's Avatar
    1580 2533 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Zoo card, but kinda too expensive for zoo. I suppose can also be defensive, but hm

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  • daggydwarf's Avatar
    605 23 Posts Joined 06/04/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Love the artwork on this one!

    It’s nice that the damage can go face, or even hit your own face if you’re doing the self-damage quest. But 4 mana is too much for 3 damage. I doubt the voidwalkers are going to be helpful enough to balance this card out where you will want to run it in your deck.

    I would play it in arena though.

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Its a bit expensive to be honest. Dealing 3 damage and getting two annoying taunts is a very decent result for 4 mana, but suffers slightly from getting that elusive deck slot and the fact that 1/3 taunts are fairly easily eaten up by just about anything and hardly does any damage themselves.

    Its not unplayable, but definitely meta dependent for inclusion.

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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1217 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Interesting; slightly defensive Flanking Strike with the 2 1/3 taunts, though unlike Flanking Shot this can go face. Plus gets more value out of Wicked Whispers. I can also see this being in Control/Questline Warlock just for the double taunts.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Its interesting, for sure, but it looks like its trying to hit all the boxes while maybe missing the marks.
    Warlock has plenty of removal, and voidwalkers aren't exactly expansive to start with
    I'm not sold on this one

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  • randomfan's Avatar
    Elemental 1255 744 Posts Joined 03/17/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I think 2/6 worth of stats is already a vanilla 4 drop. Put  the stats on two taunt minions and add in 3 damage that can go  anywhere and this turns into a decently valued card.

    Unfortunately, common sense isn't as common as it should be.

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    It's not bad, but it's also...not that great?

    I'm not sure what deck would run this? It seems a bit slow as a stalling tool and Control Warlock already has plenty of 3-damage spells.

    Maybe there'S so more synergy with Fel Spells, but as of now I don't see the point.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Well i only see this working out in Zoo. Decent Removal but could also go Face.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Hmm honestly these days you would think an effect like this costs 3 mana instead.

    But still it's 2/6 worth of stats AND it deals 3 damage. Probably will see play in control warlock, maybe as a 1 off.

    In wild it probably wont see play. The only deck that might experiment with it is renolock. Darkglare wont use it.

    RNG is only fun as long as there is a 50/50 chance of getting something really good or trash level of bad. If RNG always results in something good, then it's not fun.

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Good value, better Imp-losion, but Warlock already has two better "Deal 3 damage" cards in the shape of Drain Soul and Soul Shear.

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  • Tumbleweedovski's Avatar
    Protector of Elwynn 1470 598 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Removal with some stall attached to it. A deck that's interested in both might want to run this, but I think there are better options and this will be cut in deck refinements.

    Arena > Wild > Standard

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2225 2544 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    So it seems fair for the cost. It's a Darkbomb with 2 Voidwalkers which equals 4 mana. It might see play in a new form of zoo, but 4 mana is quite high for zoo

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    This seems to be pretty good all around, but I'm just not sure where you'd use it. It can go face, but if you're also summoning taunts, it seems like you want this for board control.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    This reminds me of a mini version of Spreading Plague or Zilliax. The removal is kinda lacking, but then you get to block 6 damage and make some trades. I don't know if this will be played much since warlock already has a lot of removal and stall options, but it isn't a bad card.

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I know of no reason why this awesome control card would not be included in Warlock decks uniformly.  Even with Aggro, it sets you up to potentially knock out a low-mid minion or loosen a couple of your opponent's teeth while protecting your face minions with taunters.

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I think this is better for control warlock, not sure if there is space though but since the Prime is not being used so much you are not expecting this to affect your resurrection mechanic.

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    This is really expensive, but could see play in Zoo. The fact it can go face while also protecting your board is really good.

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  • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
    Relaxed 2195 2055 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    2 Voidwalkers would be 2 mana, then deal 3 damage for 2 mana sounds about right. So not a very exciting card, really.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Very splashable card, can definitely see Demonic Assault as the 29th and 30th card in virtually any warlock deck. The 6 Health Taunt works for control, the 3 damage is ok reach for more aggressive lists and the 2 minions can synergize with a lot of zoo board buffs.

    This is 3 cards into one, and even if all 3 cards are mediocre, the combined effect can be very useful (see Sludge Belcher before he was power creeped to death).

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  • Swizard's Avatar
    1190 913 Posts Joined 04/30/2020
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    This is a better version of implosion.

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1120 1063 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    IMPLOSION BUT BETTER!

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  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2035 1411 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Probably worth it in Standard, not in Wild though because it worsens the Demon pool for Bloodreaver Gul'dan.

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  • BigE's Avatar
    Peasant 1180 590 Posts Joined 05/28/2020
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    It seems awkward at first glance, especially the 4 mana, but this does a lot for a lot of warlock decks: survival, burst, removal. Pretty good. 

    Chumbawumba is the worst band name. 

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  • Grumpy000's Avatar
    1880 1159 Posts Joined 06/06/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Removal with stalling, It will be used

    I am 69 years old and still reach Legend

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  • Fedrion's Avatar
    Zombie 1675 733 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Decent anti-aggro tool.

    F*ck aggro.

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Good aggresive/defensive card imho

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    Doesn't look like much at first glance, but it's removal plus a couple of taunts so it's quite a decent defensive tool, which might work with the new questline

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 3 years, 4 months ago

    A defensive tool for sure, but not one I can totally picture the use for. I think it might be fringe playable depending on the meta - there's definitely a few decks I can imagine where this would be the perfect counter.

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