Only 10 to go! I feel like today is gonna be the day - I can't waaaaait!
Fingers crossed! You´ re so close! I´m getting close (40 wins) with both Warrior and Warlock, with first one aiming for 500 wins and second for 1000 wins. I know the feeling, can´t wait either, but for me it´s still long way to go. Keep us informed! :)
Congratulations for your result and good luck for the final boss: hope you'll manage to get to 12 wins!
In case you will, I invite you to upload the (same) starting deck, and maybe a couple tips that turned out to be useful to you during your run! If you give relevant feedback, you may even make it to one of our Duels meta reports :)
Well, satyr and dreams make me think of a Pan figure. Not sure if this is too op, you have to "sacrifice" a minion for 2 turns to get it going but it might allow for some OP combo idk. Druid man, always some combo around the corner, almost as bad as warlock.
Yes, but by killing him with buffs on, you receive additional copies of the buff cards. The idea is to stack up the additional copies of Divine Spirit on the first Test Subject until the health is over 200, then hit the original Test Subject with Bless.
This may be a great flavor comp, but it's difficult to think of a good card to use here.
But here's some opinions to keep everything rolling.
Wailor
Sort of Mire Keeper, sort of not. My main concern is that the Corrupt effect is extremely powerful when played early since stealing a Mana Crystal for ramp is extremely powerful. But then once you reach turn 10, the effect basically erases itself since it does nothing (unless you happen to have Wildheart Guff's 20 mana ability active). I know that quite a few cards from the actual set have this same problem too (namely the Paladin Legendaries), but I also feel like the card doesn't really have any actual Darkmoon flavor.
TheHoax91
I'm sorry, but I don't see what the benefit here is. Most of the time, it seems that what this card does is essentially cast a free [Hearthstone Card (Time Out) Not Found] for your opponent. The only benefit I see here is that I guess it stops your opponent from attacking, but that's a fairly niche thing to counter (unless the meta has hero attacks rampant throughout) for what otherwise seems to be an effect that mostly does either nothing or actively a benefit to them.
Perhaps I'm horribly misunderstanding what this is supposed to do, so please enlighten me if this is the case.
Linkblade91
A Corrupt hero card is great. This one in particular however… I'm not that fond of. Namely because the Corrupt ability is a huge deviation to what Corrupt effects tend to be. Corrupt effects tend to be either just a stat/keyword buff, or a smooth and logical upgraded version of what the baseline effect is and not something completely and utterly different like this card is.
And because the effects are so drastically different from each other, the effect feels way too sidegrade-y for a Corrupt card. True, Circus Medic (and to some extent, Felsteel Executioner) is a sidegrade rather than a strict upgrade, but like the other Corrupt cards, it's a simple, logical progression of the base effect (damage instead of healing) and the 4 damage will be better than the 4 healing in a majority of cases. Whatever the better form on Ysera is though, is very board dependent and instances of the base form being the optimal form is much more common than instances where the base form of Circus Medic is optimal, and I don't like using Corrupt in this way.
Balance, art, etc. and everything else is otherwise fine.
Snowball effect was actually was easier before the Trogg nerf. You just wait for Paladin to buff his Trogg, when you cast a bunch of spells, freeze the board with Snowfall Guardian and you just play your Fight next turn. I've actually done it randomly, just got a card from Fireheart.
I have played off and on since release and don't have a maxed fully maxed out merc yet, I do have several approaching there.
My 2 cents is that while it's semi fun, the idea of grinding that much to have a merc be viable in PVP and the linear progression of new mercs ( meaning ranks 4-5 are more important) is not worth it.
It reminds me a lot of vanilla HS where we all know the gold and dust economy were horrendous but it was the best digital card game so we just grinned and played along. Alot has changed since 2013.
While I understand grinding is part of the mechanism of the game, it's too much, the idea of grinding even 3 mercs per expansion seems daunting if it's not your "main" game mode
I mean I'm pretty certain the issue with the Bandle City's identity crisis is simply because Riot is using the multi-region tag very sparingly and arbitrarily, and also because Bandle City's not fully released. At the very least, I think Bandle City had more identity than Shurima when it came out. Bandle City's main gimmick over other region has always and probably always will be card generation. The similarity between Bandle + SI and Bandle + Ionia? Idk how you didn't see it but it's literally creating cards in hand. Kennen creates Mark of the Storm, Veigar creates Darkness. There's also dealing chip damage with Impact as their main keyword and swarming the board with "small" units. If you look at all the Bandle champions, almost all of them fits in these two categories outside of maybe Fizz (If you don't consider Elusives as a part of their identity at least) which is somewhat fine because they probably weren't intended to be in Bandle or for Bandle to be so different to them when they released.
I only bought the welcome bundle ($5) as a sign of support for this new game mode. For the rest I treat Mercenaries as a F2P (and farm XP) game mode.
All initially introduced mercs (except Grommash Hellscream and Gul'dan) are fully upgraded with their abilities plus equipment. Currently, I am only missing a few tiers of upgrades for these two and six other of the later added mercs. I also opened most if not all portraits for the rare and epic mercs from the packs received from completing all their tasks (which are of course also all done). I just receive 1 single daily task at the campfire each midnight now.
As my situation shows, the economy of mercs is truly bad and needs some serious overhaul.
I am kind of playing Mercenaries F2P, so some people might say I have absolutely no valid reason for any complaints. To those I will just say if the game mode improves for me it probably also will improve for them as well.
You have over ten thousand extra coins for each of these Mercs, AFTER fully upgrading all of their abilities and equipment? Did you buy any bundles, or just grind a LOT? Or both?
Golden Hero Portrait - Completionist & Grind
Fingers crossed! You´ re so close! I´m getting close (40 wins) with both Warrior and Warlock, with first one aiming for 500 wins and second for 1000 wins. I know the feeling, can´t wait either, but for me it´s still long way to go. Keep us informed! :)
Golden Hero Portrait - Completionist & Grind
Only 10 to go! I feel like today is gonna be the day - I can't waaaaait!
Yugu's 12 Wins Outlander Demon Hunter
Congratulations for your result and good luck for the final boss: hope you'll manage to get to 12 wins!
In case you will, I invite you to upload the (same) starting deck, and maybe a couple tips that turned out to be useful to you during your run! If you give relevant feedback, you may even make it to one of our Duels meta reports :)
How to Complete Alterac Valley's Priest Achievements for Rewards Track Experience - Great Deck Lists!
Indeed: that's the whole point.
How to Complete Alterac Valley's Rogue Achievements for Rewards Track Experience - Great Deck Lists!
Stupid namesake cards from adventures: thanks King!
Nightmare On Emerald Street - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I don't really like any of my own ideas... so as any idea that presented here.
Can we talk about Mercenaries?
It's a nice body without a soul. If it had RPG elements it could be 1000 times better. But it's 100% grindy repetitive gameplay. Wasted chance.
Nightmare On Emerald Street - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Well, satyr and dreams make me think of a Pan figure. Not sure if this is too op, you have to "sacrifice" a minion for 2 turns to get it going but it might allow for some OP combo idk. Druid man, always some combo around the corner, almost as bad as warlock.
How to Complete Alterac Valley's Priest Achievements for Rewards Track Experience - Great Deck Lists!
Yes, but by killing him with buffs on, you receive additional copies of the buff cards. The idea is to stack up the additional copies of Divine Spirit on the first Test Subject until the health is over 200, then hit the original Test Subject with Bless.
Nightmare On Emerald Street - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
This may be a great flavor comp, but it's difficult to think of a good card to use here.
But here's some opinions to keep everything rolling.
Perhaps I'm horribly misunderstanding what this is supposed to do, so please enlighten me if this is the case.
A Corrupt hero card is great. This one in particular however… I'm not that fond of. Namely because the Corrupt ability is a huge deviation to what Corrupt effects tend to be. Corrupt effects tend to be either just a stat/keyword buff, or a smooth and logical upgraded version of what the baseline effect is and not something completely and utterly different like this card is.
And because the effects are so drastically different from each other, the effect feels way too sidegrade-y for a Corrupt card. True, Circus Medic (and to some extent, Felsteel Executioner) is a sidegrade rather than a strict upgrade, but like the other Corrupt cards, it's a simple, logical progression of the base effect (damage instead of healing) and the 4 damage will be better than the 4 healing in a majority of cases. Whatever the better form on Ysera is though, is very board dependent and instances of the base form being the optimal form is much more common than instances where the base form of Circus Medic is optimal, and I don't like using Corrupt in this way.
Balance, art, etc. and everything else is otherwise fine.
How to Complete Alterac Valley's Shaman Achievements for Rewards Track Experience - Great Deck Lists!
Snowball effect was actually was easier before the Trogg nerf. You just wait for Paladin to buff his Trogg, when you cast a bunch of spells, freeze the board with Snowfall Guardian and you just play your Fight next turn. I've actually done it randomly, just got a card from Fireheart.
I hope you enjoy your big stuff control & wombo combo meta.
Still noboby enjoying the combo control meta?
Me neither...
How to Complete Alterac Valley's Rogue Achievements for Rewards Track Experience - Great Deck Lists!
I'm pretty sure you got the wrong "Sleight of Hand" there, Avalon :) But the guide is still helpful.
Yugu's 12 Wins Outlander Demon Hunter
Got a smooth 11-2 yesterday with this list - pretty good, given the right treasures and artifacts
Snowpocalypse 2
This one goes to all of you <3
Gift Exchange
I Want to say it worked because I don't remember it frustrating the hell out of me
Can we talk about Mercenaries?
I have played off and on since release and don't have a maxed fully maxed out merc yet, I do have several approaching there.
My 2 cents is that while it's semi fun, the idea of grinding that much to have a merc be viable in PVP and the linear progression of new mercs ( meaning ranks 4-5 are more important) is not worth it.
It reminds me a lot of vanilla HS where we all know the gold and dust economy were horrendous but it was the best digital card game so we just grinned and played along. Alot has changed since 2013.
While I understand grinding is part of the mechanism of the game, it's too much, the idea of grinding even 3 mercs per expansion seems daunting if it's not your "main" game mode
Does each region have enough of an identity?
I mean I'm pretty certain the issue with the Bandle City's identity crisis is simply because Riot is using the multi-region tag very sparingly and arbitrarily, and also because Bandle City's not fully released. At the very least, I think Bandle City had more identity than Shurima when it came out. Bandle City's main gimmick over other region has always and probably always will be card generation. The similarity between Bandle + SI and Bandle + Ionia? Idk how you didn't see it but it's literally creating cards in hand. Kennen creates Mark of the Storm, Veigar creates Darkness. There's also dealing chip damage with Impact as their main keyword and swarming the board with "small" units. If you look at all the Bandle champions, almost all of them fits in these two categories outside of maybe Fizz (If you don't consider Elusives as a part of their identity at least) which is somewhat fine because they probably weren't intended to be in Bandle or for Bandle to be so different to them when they released.
Can we talk about Mercenaries?
I only bought the welcome bundle ($5) as a sign of support for this new game mode. For the rest I treat Mercenaries as a F2P (and farm XP) game mode.
All initially introduced mercs (except Grommash Hellscream and Gul'dan) are fully upgraded with their abilities plus equipment. Currently, I am only missing a few tiers of upgrades for these two and six other of the later added mercs. I also opened most if not all portraits for the rare and epic mercs from the packs received from completing all their tasks (which are of course also all done). I just receive 1 single daily task at the campfire each midnight now.
As my situation shows, the economy of mercs is truly bad and needs some serious overhaul.
I am kind of playing Mercenaries F2P, so some people might say I have absolutely no valid reason for any complaints. To those I will just say if the game mode improves for me it probably also will improve for them as well.
How to Complete Alterac Valley's Priest Achievements for Rewards Track Experience - Great Deck Lists!
Nvm. Found out you can use Gift of Luminance, and just Shadow Word Pain the Test Subject. Longer but works.
How to Complete Alterac Valley's Priest Achievements for Rewards Track Experience - Great Deck Lists!
Is there any replacement for Vivid Nightmare? I don't think wasting 800 dust for a 200XP is good.
List of Runeterra Daily Quests
Didn't see this one on the list yet, hopefully I'm not just blind.
Can we talk about Mercenaries?
You have over ten thousand extra coins for each of these Mercs, AFTER fully upgrading all of their abilities and equipment? Did you buy any bundles, or just grind a LOT? Or both?
How to Complete Alterac Valley's Rogue Achievements for Rewards Track Experience - Great Deck Lists!
Good call on the Spammy Arcanist. I'll be trying that soon (probably right after the season reset).
A recent Duels run just scored me the achievement of having 7 Patrons on board - too late for XP, but still a thrill to do by accident!
How to Complete Alterac Valley's Priest Achievements for Rewards Track Experience - Great Deck Lists!
why topsy turvy on the summoned test subjct? Doesn't simply kill him?