New Demon Hunter Minion - Ashtongue Battlelord

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A new Common Demon Hunter Minion, Ashtongue Battlelord, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    A new Common Demon Hunter Minion, Ashtongue Battlelord, has been revealed!

    Ashtongue Battlelord Card Image

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


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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Now I understand, Demon Hunter is supposed to be a card that uses Health as a ressource, draws a lot of cards and utilizes demons, and to compensate they get a bunch of efficient healing.

     

    NOW WHY THE FUCK DOES WARLOCK ALWAYS HAVE TO BEG FOR SCRAPS?

    "oh no, we can't give Warlock healing, that would completely offset their intended weakness and allow for abusive strategies"

    so yeah, let's completely ignore that and give a tempo oriented sm0rc class with almost infinite card draw also supreme defensive tools, what could possibly go wrong?

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From YourPrivateNightmare

    Now I understand, Demon Hunter is supposed to be a card that uses Health as a ressource, draws a lot of cards and utilizes demons, and to compensate they get a bunch of efficient healing.

     

    NOW WHY THE FUCK DOES WARLOCK ALWAYS HAVE TO BEG FOR SCRAPS?

    "oh no, we can't give Warlock healing, that would completely offset their intended weakness and allow for abusive strategies"

    so yeah, let's completely ignore that and give a tempo oriented sm0rc class with almost infinite card draw also supreme defensive tools, what could possibly go wrong?

    The intended weakness of demon hunter is card generation, not healing, and demon hunter is going to take way more damage.. are you really mad at a senjin with lifesteal?

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From DoubleSummon
    Quote From YourPrivateNightmare

    Now I understand, Demon Hunter is supposed to be a card that uses Health as a ressource, draws a lot of cards and utilizes demons, and to compensate they get a bunch of efficient healing.

     

    NOW WHY THE FUCK DOES WARLOCK ALWAYS HAVE TO BEG FOR SCRAPS?

    "oh no, we can't give Warlock healing, that would completely offset their intended weakness and allow for abusive strategies"

    so yeah, let's completely ignore that and give a tempo oriented sm0rc class with almost infinite card draw also supreme defensive tools, what could possibly go wrong?

    The intended weakness of demon hunter is card generayion, not healing, and demon hunter is going to take way more damage.. are you really mad at a senjin with lifesteal?

    Card generation is basically just draw for classes that aren't allowed to draw (see Priest)

    I'm not so much mad at the card itself, which is mostly just decent...I'm mad because it would have fixed so many of Warlock's problems, but instead all of that support is shoved into Warlock 2.0.

    It just seems really stupid that they are obviously not afraid to print strong healing options for a class that needs to take damage to be relevant, but hold back completely when it comes to the class that's historically awful whenever they don't have solid healing options, while also continuusly nerfing said class by removing some of their most syneergistic cards (Mountain and Molten Giant for instance).

    I don't wanna have to play Dragon Warlock for the rest of the year just because they won't introduce proper healing options ouutside of Nether Breath

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    You got sact pact too now I know I will be running 2 of those in warlock for the first 2 weeks

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From DoubleSummon

    You got sact pact too now I  know I will be running 2 of those in warlock for the first 2 weeks

    fair enough, I didn't really consider that.

    Maybe they factured that into the equation.

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • GrayCatBlind's Avatar
    120 19 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Absolutely fantastic card. Going to see a lot of play from this one. Demon Hunter is shaping up real nice here, excited to play it.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Senjin with lifesteal... Poor senjin getting powercreeped. Great card.

    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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  • RenanFolk's Avatar
    190 144 Posts Joined 07/30/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    rip tastingo

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  • Haffax733's Avatar
    Devoted Outlander 1035 297 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    The powercreep on Sen'jin Shieldmasta is OK, since this is a class card. And DH will need way to restore health if he uses his hero power to clear minions.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From DoubleSummon

    (...)

    .. are you really mad at a senjin with lifesteal?

    When rationalized like that, it is hard to stay mad.

    Struggle with Heroic Galakrond's Awakening? I got your back : 

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Solid card. Powercreep is unfortunate, but since Sen'jin is neutral (and Basic too), I guess this is fine. DH is going to need both the taunt and healing.

    "Be excellent to each other." -Bill and Ted

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  • Xarkkal's Avatar
    Servant of Illidan 910 1321 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    The powercreep is real... but also justified. Lifesteal is kinda the ingredient DH are needing the most.

    “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” ― George Bernard Shaw

    EU Legend: S52 (ZooHeal Lock); S76 (Highlander Hunter);

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  • liontail's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 210 277 Posts Joined 09/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Feels like a filler card..gotta give everyone some kind of Shieldmasta with a bit of adjustment..in this case lifesteal is the adjustment.

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Like Zilliax, it's a strong midgame card that will both slow down your opponent's aggression and restore your health total. Will see play in any midrange or control DH deck.

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  • StormKnightSera's Avatar
    Senior Writer Serra Angel 1720 2915 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    For a class in desperate need of healing, this seems like a must-play for any deck outside of straight "I win or I die" Aggro.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Not a bad card, it is a demon, it blocks damage, it gains you life, there is nothing to hate about it. This card is sort of like Rotten Applebaum, or Khartut Defender. I think any card that has taunt plus some other defensive mechanic is worth considering in any slow deck.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Solid card, perfect for midrange version and lifesteal will be indispensable for DH user

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1737 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From YourPrivateNightmare

    Now I understand, Demon Hunter is supposed to be a card that uses Health as a ressource, draws a lot of cards and utilizes demons, and to compensate they get a bunch of efficient healing.

     

    NOW WHY THE FUCK DOES WARLOCK ALWAYS HAVE TO BEG FOR SCRAPS?

    "oh no, we can't give Warlock healing, that would completely offset their intended weakness and allow for abusive strategies"

    so yeah, let's completely ignore that and give a tempo oriented sm0rc class with almost infinite card draw also supreme defensive tools, what could possibly go wrong?

    While I do enjoy the fact that DH is looking to be a very versatile class, it does worry me that they may end up just being way too strong!  Which also makes me hope I get nothing but golden DH cards to wait for the impending nerfs if they are OP

    Quick!  Someone give me something clever to write here.

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Feels like a KoTFT card designed to showcase lifesteal. Aggro doesn't need this, Control typically uses applebaums or khartuts. Coming in the turn before your chaos nova feels bad, but maybe coined after Immolation Aura could be a strong stabiliser until turn 5. That probably just reflects more on Immolation Aura though.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • boinkydoinky's Avatar
    180 25 Posts Joined 03/20/2020
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Looking at the footage from streamers playing new decks, this card is quietly one of the clutchest Control DH tools out here. This card is better than Bone Wraith in terms of defensive viability, and imo, by quite a bit.

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  • VIVEc's Avatar
    135 19 Posts Joined 07/27/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    really nice taunt - the lifesteal is a great bonus - better thazdingoooo

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  • Nairamus's Avatar
    185 21 Posts Joined 09/04/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    One of the few real survivalcards that could help enable control-Demonhunters.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Great card, it does it's thing and could be auto-include in many DH archetypes.

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Maybe this will go to the classic set, reasonable cost and a little power creep from Taz dingo!

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Looks almost fair. Maybe DH won't rule us all!

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Man o MAN if this was a Warlock card I'd be happy.

    and for an aggressive class this is really strong, it's not Khartut Defender strong but it at least restores that health you've been using when you use your face to attack enemy minions.

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  • forcemajeure's Avatar
    410 230 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Somewhere out there, a single tear slowly made its way down Sen'jin Shieldmasta's cheek as he reflected upon the time he stopped 4 aggro minions during a single championship match.

    Start date: 5/16/14     Current gold: 16,410      Current dust: 17,200    Play wins: 10,786   Legendary from crafting: 26

    Cash spent: $125.00  Lifetime gold: 177,110   Dust reserves: 62,985  Arena Wins: 907  Legendary from packs: 127

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  • DescentOfDragonsOp's Avatar
    530 353 Posts Joined 12/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    i dont know if this will be extremly viable its just Queen of Pain but with taunt but heals is still important for any class

    TOTAL CORRUPTION

    TOTAL POWAAAAAAA

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1000 1509 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Art seems like Protoss and Zeratul at first.

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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  • dedidedi's Avatar
    125 60 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Trump said this card is OP. not sure. but definitely good stats

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  • Car's Avatar
    185 226 Posts Joined 03/31/2020
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Solid card, will see play, I have a great feeling about this. A better shield masta

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Seems like a decent card that’ll probably be run a bit until the class gets more cards

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Sen'jin Shieldmasta but better, I like it. Amazing arena card.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    This card is seen as only OK today. 5 years ago, Senjin was actually a pretty good card. Just goes to show how much stronger card these days are.

    Rating cards on coolness factor rather than predicting power because I like screwing up rating averages (and because I suck at predicting real power levels, but we'll ignore that LUL)
    Wins per class (2/6/22): DH-197; Druid-996Hunter-91«60; Mage-1056; Paladin-1126; Priest-746; Rogue-961; Shaman-1095; Warlock-871; Warrior-906

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  • johnyDI's Avatar
    Island 210 172 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    We often forget that shield master was often played in control lists like warlock for that sweet early game stabilization, in order to get easy acess to board clears, big taunts and Reno. 

    Give it lifesteal and bamm! you got an auto-include in all deck.

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  • Vino's Avatar
    Champion of Runeterra 705 231 Posts Joined 06/09/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Taz dingo with lifesteal. Nice but only for slower demon hunter.

    I never apologize… I’m sorry but that’s the way I am.

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 4 years, 8 months ago

    Insane power creep on Sen'jin Shieldmasta as it's a taunt and a heal most of the time as early as turn 4. Will see play in any defensively minded DH decks.

    For glory, honor, and gold!

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