Freeze Shudderwock Shaman is working out well for me too. I only lost a single game against Shadow Priest so far. All other board centric decks just get frozen over and over again, lol.
A couple years ago you used to be able to trick the system by changing a config file, but I just tried it and it seems like it's not working anymore. Though you should still be able to get the Cardback with an Emulator.
Odd Hunter: Losing one of its key card was a huge blow; now Tier 3 at best
Quest Pirate: If you look at it in a vaccum the nerf only resulted in a minor decrease in power level; however the deck now gets hard countered in a lot of matchups, especially Freeze Shaman, so the actual power level decreased quite significantly
Well this brings us to the new perpetrator. I only played for like 2 hours post-nerf but in this time around 50% of the matches were against Freeze Shaman, which is clearly the new Tier S deck. I could not win a single game. They can freeze your board for turns and just slam you in the face and if you should survive this well its Shudderwock. Not found a counter yet, I am thinking of some kind of Spell Mage but not sure yet. 100% sure this will get nerfed soon. So my first impression is that one obnoxious deck replaced the other.
Do hope these prediction are right. Always love me some dragons and dragon mage was so much fun back in DoD. The Lady Prestor and Kazakus storyline should be concluded in the mini-set and do hope we get another Onyxia legendary.
Oh btw, prediction for mini-set launch is 10th of Feb. I know I'm right 😁
Very refreshing meta so far for me. Pirate Warrior is still a common matchup, Hunter looks dead. Other than that, Control Druid is still popular as well as Mecha'Thun Warlock, Even Warlock (with and without Reno), different builds of Battlecry Shaman and Res Priest. Shadow Priest turned up again to take advantage of unrefined lists but I don't expect them to stay for long with Druid being that popular and Warrior a tough matchup.
Personally, Big Paladin has done well for me. Might try Tax Pally next and then there was a chinese player who claims that Odd Rogue might make a comeback. Couldn't be happier about not seing a single Ignite Mage since the nerfs went live.
Perhaps I'm not considering the Zyph card offer right with more than 10 mana but it seems like the algorithm is somewhat bugged. I played Bramm+Zyph and I took two copies of Jaraxx. Dropped my first and went face with his weapon every chance (against casino mage). Guy mass pollymorphed my board at least 3 times. I plunked down the 2nd Jaraxx for weapon lethal.
Once again, great article! You are sooo right about learning the nuances of this Reno deck.
Well the Deeprun Tram runs between Stormwind and Ironforge. They must have wanted to include that references the Tram and this was jut their best idea I guess.
There may not be a lot of mech synergy, or even a ton of mechs in the pool, but that can be useful in some situations. Hell, didn’t this guy get banned in Arena because of how consistently he would give player’s the new Sneed’s Goliath due to the small mech pool in that card pool?
In short, not every card has to serve a specific purpose in theme with current sets. Sometimes cards can simply be situational value generators.
Oh, nice to see the bug fixed. I tried multiple times to get into Training Grounds last night and couldn't because I didn't pay attention to not actually having Antonidas.
On the bright side, 25 hours took Vanessa from 1 to 22, so I can't complain too much
I just had an interesting shower thought: I bet we'll see Mi'da in the Miniset. That's the shattered naaru whose shards we've been collecting. They'll either be a neutral or priest legendary I bet.
That's admitably a nice looking card back. Too bad its only for huawei users. And possibly you'd got to go through plenty of hoops just to get this one.
Far as I know, its just a decent card to fetch extra mechs, and take advantage of situational cards like Clockwork Giant.
Its not used in standard because standard doesn't care so much for a few extra mechs. Bring back magnetized in the core set next year and then we're talking.
If you're looking to disenchant cards, here's all the cards you'll want to consider. Remember, you can always disenchant all the cards, save the dust for a while, and craft them again if you want to play with them.
thanks flux! love your work on this site, you are amazing! i get it now they must have changed candence for this month since holidays breaks and all i would not
mind if they did one patch a month but i liked having a small one for bugfixes and such maybe some spice stuff too .
Astrograph is so good. Still sadly no Electrumite limit, but the deck is still fun irl. I can’t wait for Beyond the Pendulum to come out as a replacement. I’m also thinking of getting a copy of the deck.
I think the holiday break may have changed the patch cadence this time around. FWIW we'll always have patch notes available as soon as we're allowed to go live with them. There has been a couple of times where we've been a tiny bit late to posting about them. That's always my fault and has been due to there being an overwhelming number of other things going on at the same time - aka my whole life apparently.
Examples feel off, Scrap Golem was printed with all of the Taunt Warrior synergies still in standard to support that archetype and Zai, the Incredible was just a general value Legendary for slower DHs.
Post-Nerf Wild
Freeze Shudderwock Shaman is working out well for me too. I only lost a single game against Shadow Priest so far. All other board centric decks just get frozen over and over again, lol.
Update Heroes for Hearthstone Duels Deckbuilding
I would like to be able to create neutral heroes
You can also add Drek'thar/Vanndar to the associated classes when selecting a hero
Unseen Gleams card back
You need to download an emulator on your PC and start the game on it
For more info see this
https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/q6unha/new_cardback_available_for_huawei_devices/
Unseen Gleams card back
A couple years ago you used to be able to trick the system by changing a config file, but I just tried it and it seems like it's not working anymore. Though you should still be able to get the Cardback with an Emulator.
Post-Nerf Wild
My impression so far:
Well this brings us to the new perpetrator. I only played for like 2 hours post-nerf but in this time around 50% of the matches were against Freeze Shaman, which is clearly the new Tier S deck. I could not win a single game. They can freeze your board for turns and just slam you in the face and if you should survive this well its Shudderwock. Not found a counter yet, I am thinking of some kind of Spell Mage but not sure yet. 100% sure this will get nerfed soon. So my first impression is that one obnoxious deck replaced the other.
Fractured in Alterac Valley Mini-set Predictions - What Could Hearthstone's Next Cards Bring?
I personally think that the Year of the Dragon Story was more engaging, meanwhile this years Story was better implemented gameplay wise.
Fractured in Alterac Valley Mini-set Predictions - What Could Hearthstone's Next Cards Bring?
Do hope these prediction are right. Always love me some dragons and dragon mage was so much fun back in DoD. The Lady Prestor and Kazakus storyline should be concluded in the mini-set and do hope we get another Onyxia legendary.
Oh btw, prediction for mini-set launch is 10th of Feb. I know I'm right 😁
Fractured in Alterac Valley Mini-set Predictions - What Could Hearthstone's Next Cards Bring?
It's in fact a good thing IMO, considering how amazing the story between Cariel and Tamsin was.
Post-Nerf Wild
Very refreshing meta so far for me. Pirate Warrior is still a common matchup, Hunter looks dead. Other than that, Control Druid is still popular as well as Mecha'Thun Warlock, Even Warlock (with and without Reno), different builds of Battlecry Shaman and Res Priest. Shadow Priest turned up again to take advantage of unrefined lists but I don't expect them to stay for long with Druid being that popular and Warrior a tough matchup.
Personally, Big Paladin has done well for me. Might try Tax Pally next and then there was a chinese player who claims that Odd Rogue might make a comeback. Couldn't be happier about not seing a single Ignite Mage since the nerfs went live.
Post-Nerf Wild
Odd hunter is probably dead.
Pirate warrior is a little weaker but still strong.
Shaman is public enemy #1 and there doesn't really seem to be anything that consistently beats it, yet.
Post-Nerf Wild
Hi,
Saw there were some nerfs to Warrior and Hunter.
What is the state in wild now? Are hunters and Warriors as powerful as they were?
Thank you for helping!
Reno Guff Druid - Wild Hearthstone Full Deck & Detailed Guide on the Wildest of Wednesdays
Ok, funny story:
Perhaps I'm not considering the Zyph card offer right with more than 10 mana but it seems like the algorithm is somewhat bugged. I played Bramm+Zyph and I took two copies of Jaraxx. Dropped my first and went face with his weapon every chance (against casino mage). Guy mass pollymorphed my board at least 3 times. I plunked down the 2nd Jaraxx for weapon lethal.
Once again, great article! You are sooo right about learning the nuances of this Reno deck.
Fractured in Alterac Valley Mini-set Predictions - What Could Hearthstone's Next Cards Bring?
Well the Deeprun Tram runs between Stormwind and Ironforge. They must have wanted to include that references the Tram and this was jut their best idea I guess.
There may not be a lot of mech synergy, or even a ton of mechs in the pool, but that can be useful in some situations. Hell, didn’t this guy get banned in Arena because of how consistently he would give player’s the new Sneed’s Goliath due to the small mech pool in that card pool?
In short, not every card has to serve a specific purpose in theme with current sets. Sometimes cards can simply be situational value generators.
Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel Hits 4 Million Downloads, Mobile Rollout Begins Today
Nice. I can finally implant my toilet seat to my ass when this game comes to mobile.
Hearthstone Rolls Out a Hotfix for Dust Refund Issues, Mercenaries Training Grounds, 1000-Win Portraits
Oh, nice to see the bug fixed. I tried multiple times to get into Training Grounds last night and couldn't because I didn't pay attention to not actually having Antonidas.
On the bright side, 25 hours took Vanessa from 1 to 22, so I can't complain too much
Nosferatu's Elemental Shaman (11 wins)
I'm new to Duels, went 9 wins , best run for me - thank you
Fractured in Alterac Valley Mini-set Predictions - What Could Hearthstone's Next Cards Bring?
I just had an interesting shower thought: I bet we'll see Mi'da in the Miniset. That's the shattered naaru whose shards we've been collecting. They'll either be a neutral or priest legendary I bet.
Unseen Gleams card back
That's admitably a nice looking card back. Too bad its only for huawei users. And possibly you'd got to go through plenty of hoops just to get this one.
Kinda sad. I really like the design
Fractured in Alterac Valley Mini-set Predictions - What Could Hearthstone's Next Cards Bring?
Is there really some lore behind this card?
Far as I know, its just a decent card to fetch extra mechs, and take advantage of situational cards like Clockwork Giant.
Its not used in standard because standard doesn't care so much for a few extra mechs. Bring back magnetized in the core set next year and then we're talking.
Hearthstone Rolls Out a Hotfix for Dust Refund Issues, Mercenaries Training Grounds, 1000-Win Portraits
Rapid Fire*
Basically this time around it's best to select Wild Cards in addition to entering "refund".
patch notes?
thanks flux! love your work on this site, you are amazing! i get it now they must have changed candence for this month since holidays breaks and all i would not
mind if they did one patch a month but i liked having a small one for bugfixes and such maybe some spice stuff too .
Yu-Gi-Oh Announces Updated Ban List, Effective February 7th
Astrograph is so good. Still sadly no Electrumite limit, but the deck is still fun irl. I can’t wait for Beyond the Pendulum to come out as a replacement. I’m also thinking of getting a copy of the deck.
patch notes?
I think the holiday break may have changed the patch cadence this time around. FWIW we'll always have patch notes available as soon as we're allowed to go live with them. There has been a couple of times where we've been a tiny bit late to posting about them. That's always my fault and has been due to there being an overwhelming number of other things going on at the same time - aka my whole life apparently.
This is also a good opportunity for me to post Riot's live balance philosophy, since some players curious about patches may have missed that. It was a really good post they did in the 21.8 patch notes late last year and it's interesting to see how they approach patches just from a balance point of view this year.
https://outof.cards/legends-of-runeterra/3729-runeterra-patch-2180-live-balance-philosophy-detailed-card-balance-adjustments-more
Fractured in Alterac Valley Mini-set Predictions - What Could Hearthstone's Next Cards Bring?
Examples feel off, Scrap Golem was printed with all of the Taunt Warrior synergies still in standard to support that archetype and Zai, the Incredible was just a general value Legendary for slower DHs.
Reno Druid
Portrait: Shan’do Malfurion
Cardback: N’Zoth