Never forget that Frost Lich Jaina was not a bad of a card. And it basically had honorable kill. You can always ping own minions or adjust enemy board to have a 1 health minion. Mage is rather OK at dealing damage to enemy board.
That's a stacked line-up! XiaoT is the obvious favourite seeing his succes last weekend, but I wouldn't put it past any of these players to take it home. Shame there's not an English restream though, I wonder if there's any rules against restreaming it yourself?
A decent meme for Big Spells Mage, but probably too unreliable for anything that can't reliably cheat it out. Also, I really hope it can cast Hot Streak, like, 100 times.
So Mage has the best cheap Fire spells, but why would Mage want to run a minion that is just a bunch of stats? Hunter needs more Fire Spells (is Explosive Trap its only currently?) to work with it. Who else has Fire Spells? Warlock with Altar of Fire? Perhaps it goes into Silence Priest (with Lady Prestor!), for some quality memes. Just a bunch of stats, probably not good enough even in the classes that can ore easily enable it.
Good for Big Demon Hunter. Effectively, its Shadow Hunter Vol'jin without needing another minion in play (plus, you don't have to worry about running smaller minions so long as they aren't Demons). This should be pretty good, the deck already has a variety of tools and this should make it even more reliable.
Considering turn 7 (on average) is when Rokara is played to bring out the Juggernaut, it will be better to play the hero card when lethal is within sight with the unstoppable force. This could empower Questline Warrior or create an aggro version without the quest.
Rokara is...OK. The Unstoppable Force is really cool, a bit of a Shen Li vibe going there. The main issue is that it only has two Durability, so you're not getting a long-term win out of it (conversely, The Immoveable Object sticks around unless destroyed by an Ooze or replaced, so I guess we know the answer to that question), it's more of a powerspike. And the Hero Power is definitely one of the weaker ones among the Merc Heroes. It's not bad, obviously, but it would definitely struggle to outperform the others in a longer game.
An interesting build-around, yet again trying to push Mage in a Big Spell direction with its Battlecry (although certain small spells, like Ignite aren't necessarily terrible). The Hero Power needs some help getting going, but can scale slowly into heavy damage. Would likely be the Hero to watch if we ever get into a slower meta.
With wild, Kabal Chemist can potentially give fel (via felfire potion) or holy (via greater healing potion) spell to empower the hero card a bit more with fel/holy spell school slot, but that is a tough task considering is wild unfriendly to these type of builds. At least with shadow, there is also puzzle box to contend with mask of c'thun for the shadow spell school slot. The hero card feels a bit meme. Most importantly, this card does not empower questline mage, it had enough empowering in the year of the gryphon.
Not sure if one proc of the weapon is enough for this be run alongside the quest. This seems to fit better in a midrang-y or slower aggro archetype. You don't really want to go long with this hero. Hero power also is able to hit face, so it leads to a more aggressive playstyle.
Either this was recently added in the latest patch or the one before it, but Mask of C'thun does have a spell school now which is shadow. I took a screenshot of it and the image is in the link below.
I actually do not think the hero power is that insane. How often will you actually be able to trigger the honorable kill by the time this comes out? I imagine it will be rare to get past 4 damage. The battlecry is what makes this card good
Magister Dawngrasp is a New Legendary Mage Hearthstone Card Revealed by The Angry Chicken for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Never forget that Frost Lich Jaina was not a bad of a card. And it basically had honorable kill. You can always ping own minions or adjust enemy board to have a 1 health minion. Mage is rather OK at dealing damage to enemy board.
Chinese Hearthstone Grandmasters 2021 Season 2 Playoffs Take Place This Week - Here's What You Need to Know
That's a stacked line-up! XiaoT is the obvious favourite seeing his succes last weekend, but I wouldn't put it past any of these players to take it home. Shame there's not an English restream though, I wonder if there's any rules against restreaming it yourself?
Frozen Mammoth is a New Hearthstone Card Revealed for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Great flavor, hats off!
Rokara, the Valorous is a New Legendary Warrior Hearthstone Card Revealed by GameSpot for Fractured in Alterac Valley
I would guess the minion. Much worse than paladin hero card.
Magister Dawngrasp is a New Legendary Mage Hearthstone Card Revealed by The Angry Chicken for Fractured in Alterac Valley
It used to carry over, but they changed it in one of the first patches after FitB dropped
Rokara, the Valorous is a New Legendary Warrior Hearthstone Card Revealed by GameSpot for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Might be the wording, might be me. "Smash IT into the enemy hero" means the weapon or the minion attacked here?
Frozen Mammoth is a New Hearthstone Card Revealed for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Hmm, might put this into my silence priest
Magister Dawngrasp is a New Legendary Mage Hearthstone Card Revealed by The Angry Chicken for Fractured in Alterac Valley
This heropower scales so much and mordresh loves it
Magister Dawngrasp is a New Legendary Mage Hearthstone Card Revealed by The Angry Chicken for Fractured in Alterac Valley
It's in the client att least. Guessing it's just not been updated at OoC. Good catch ilphelkir
Blizzard Changes Hearthstone's Alterac Valley Card Reveal Season Plans, No Final Stream, More Creators Being Given Reveals
Wish I got a whole week off of work every Thanksgiving week but I'm thankful I get Thursday as a paid holiday.
Hope you get a few extra zzz's in this weekend Flux and the gang.
Let us not forget what it means to be thankful for the things and people in our lives.
Blizzard Changes Hearthstone's Alterac Valley Card Reveal Season Plans, No Final Stream, More Creators Being Given Reveals
Sadly, a 6/7 with low costs was already revealed today (Frozen Mammoth)
Frozen Mammoth is a New Hearthstone Card Revealed for Fractured in Alterac Valley
This should have been MarkMcKz' reveal!
New Mage Spell - Rune of the Archmage
I would like to Yogg, please.
A decent meme for Big Spells Mage, but probably too unreliable for anything that can't reliably cheat it out. Also, I really hope it can cast Hot Streak, like, 100 times.
New Neutral Minion - Frozen Mammoth
So Mage has the best cheap Fire spells, but why would Mage want to run a minion that is just a bunch of stats? Hunter needs more Fire Spells (is Explosive Trap its only currently?) to work with it. Who else has Fire Spells? Warlock with Altar of Fire? Perhaps it goes into Silence Priest (with Lady Prestor!), for some quality memes. Just a bunch of stats, probably not good enough even in the classes that can ore easily enable it.
New Demon Hunter Spell - Sigil of Reckoning
Good for Big Demon Hunter. Effectively, its Shadow Hunter Vol'jin without needing another minion in play (plus, you don't have to worry about running smaller minions so long as they aren't Demons). This should be pretty good, the deck already has a variety of tools and this should make it even more reliable.
New Warrior Hero - Rokara, the Valorous
Considering turn 7 (on average) is when Rokara is played to bring out the Juggernaut, it will be better to play the hero card when lethal is within sight with the unstoppable force. This could empower Questline Warrior or create an aggro version without the quest.
New Warrior Hero - Rokara, the Valorous
Rokara is...OK. The Unstoppable Force is really cool, a bit of a Shen Li vibe going there. The main issue is that it only has two Durability, so you're not getting a long-term win out of it (conversely, The Immoveable Object sticks around unless destroyed by an Ooze or replaced, so I guess we know the answer to that question), it's more of a powerspike. And the Hero Power is definitely one of the weaker ones among the Merc Heroes. It's not bad, obviously, but it would definitely struggle to outperform the others in a longer game.
New Mage Hero - Magister Dawngrasp
An interesting build-around, yet again trying to push Mage in a Big Spell direction with its Battlecry (although certain small spells, like Ignite aren't necessarily terrible). The Hero Power needs some help getting going, but can scale slowly into heavy damage. Would likely be the Hero to watch if we ever get into a slower meta.
New Mage Hero - Magister Dawngrasp
With wild, Kabal Chemist can potentially give fel (via felfire potion) or holy (via greater healing potion) spell to empower the hero card a bit more with fel/holy spell school slot, but that is a tough task considering is wild unfriendly to these type of builds. At least with shadow, there is also puzzle box to contend with mask of c'thun for the shadow spell school slot. The hero card feels a bit meme. Most importantly, this card does not empower questline mage, it had enough empowering in the year of the gryphon.
New Warrior Hero - Rokara, the Valorous
Great top end for Aggressive Warriors: punting big taunts back into their owner's faces, and a new hero power to start chipping them away.
New Warrior Hero - Rokara, the Valorous
First thing came to mind too lol.
Not sure if one proc of the weapon is enough for this be run alongside the quest. This seems to fit better in a midrang-y or slower aggro archetype. You don't really want to go long with this hero. Hero power also is able to hit face, so it leads to a more aggressive playstyle.
Magister Dawngrasp is a New Legendary Mage Hearthstone Card Revealed by The Angry Chicken for Fractured in Alterac Valley
Either this was recently added in the latest patch or the one before it, but Mask of C'thun does have a spell school now which is shadow. I took a screenshot of it and the image is in the link below.
Mage's shadow spells
New Rogue Minion - Cera'thine Fleetrunner
This clearly goes in a deck with Maestra of the Masquerade. Or, well, this only affects minions. Still.
New Warrior Hero - Rokara, the Valorous
Ah! The Unstoppable Force vs The Immovable Object. I see what you did there Blizzard. Crazy Hero Power to boot.
Magister Dawngrasp is a New Legendary Mage Hearthstone Card Revealed by The Angry Chicken for Fractured in Alterac Valley
I actually do not think the hero power is that insane. How often will you actually be able to trigger the honorable kill by the time this comes out? I imagine it will be rare to get past 4 damage. The battlecry is what makes this card good