Priest is definitely a sleeper. Its skill ceiling is very high and one bad play can instantly roll you over. I would almost certainly be going back into priest after the balance patch is out.
As for shaman. Well, I got to be honest, it sucks. Yes, shaman has a lot of good cards, but the crucial problem is the fact that they simply can't draw nor generate enough cards to ever keep up the tempo. I mean, even hunter who supposedly share the same class weakness of card generation and draw, are more than able to keep piling on the pressure and generate just enough options for the win. So what can shaman do? Play Doomhammer and pray your next two draws don't whiff.
Its actually funny how dhunters are supposed to be the class that suffers from board clears, but ironically with the deathrattle set they don't anymore and its instead shaman that fundamentally cannot come back from a board clear/swing.
The timing is crucial, since grandmasters is still going on and even pros need time to practice to get their deck selection right, particularly since next week if Im not mistaken is last deck standing format.
Next week is still Conquest, then it changes to Specialist.
Blizzard loves doing balance patches on the weeks that Masters Tours happen so esports isn't the #1 thing on their mind, but ofc they can't make changes during the actual gameplay.
It'll likely be announced either a day before or on the day the patch comes out itself. Team5 probably didn't expect lunacy mage to take center stage so all their earlier balancing plans (if indeed they have one) are necessarily thrown out the window, meaning they have to redo their testing, which will explain why they haven't revealed anything yet. I'd say its monday, after grandmasters week 1 is done.
The timing is crucial, since grandmasters is still going on and even pros need time to practice to get their deck selection right, particularly since next week if Im not mistaken is last deck standing format.
But if the goal is to make changes so we see more new cards, I'd expect librams, stealth rogue, and the notoriously hated Pen Flinger to take a hit, aside from Deck of Lunacy itself. As much as the some in the community piles the hate on secret pally, watchposts, and 'draw your entire deck' rogue, its hard to deny that these are lists that largely uses the new cards, so its probably not in team5's radar for now.
I completely disagree. There are times when you don't auto play Deck on 2, and in some cases, you don't play it at all. Even w/o Deck, Spell Mage is ridiculous because of how much burn it has (assuming there are no minions on board, there is 42 damage from hand, minimum). The deck is incredibly strong, NOT JUST because of Deck, but because of all the burn it has.
Yep it has a ton of burn + draw + high roll with lunacy + mana cheat
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On a personal level I totally agree with these sentiments; however I've been trying to write more objective and "journalistic" so I tried to not let my opinions color the article. :-)
Oh man, this is one heck of an undertaking! Good on you for going through them all and adding your own flavor. I tried to narrow my list to just my top legendary from each expansion with a few honorable mentions thrown in when multiple cards stood out.
Full disclosure - My list is biased towards Neutrals and Hunter legendaries given where I've invested most of my dust over the years. I also only started playing when One Night in Karazhan released so my experience with Naxx and GvG is limited.
Legacy/Classic
Ragnaros the Firelord - probably my 3rd favorite card when I started and I used him in most decks including a Spell Hunter that only had him and Barnes for the ridiculous highroll.
Sylvanas also felt like a must-craft at the time, but second place for me goes to Ysera because she was a viable win condition (at least against noobs like me and the people I faced at the start) and I was thrilled when I had enough dust to craft her.
Naxxramas
Loatheb - Unity, Precision, and Perfection before there was a word for it. I didn't get to play Loatheb in its prime, but I enjoyed the Adventure and will still throw it into Tavern Brawls when allowed.
Goblins vs Gnomes
Gahz'rilla - another one I missed in standard, but I still play the big fella for the modern-day OTK shenanigans in Wild.
Emperor Thaurissan - the enabler of so many memes that would otherwise be dreams! If memory serves me right you could get him from the first wing of the adventure and I saved up Gold to purchase it early in my HS journey; no regrets!
Grand Tournament
Dreadscale - I didn't invest much Gold into this expansion, so Dreadscale sticks out in memory more for his utility as a build-a-beast from DK Rexxar.
League of Explorers
Reno Jackson - Highlander decks are love, highlander decks are life, and the original is still the best! Reno was my favorite card when I started and I bought the adventure almost immediately after playing against him a few times. So many good memories that I still go back to Wild just to play him.
Old Gods
Yogg-Saron, Hope's End - My 2nd favorite card when starting out and totally worth crafting in standard even after the nerf. There was so much outrage at losing to randomly generated spells, but apparently if you constantly generate/discover them via multiple cards it's cool ;P
Karazhan
Barnes - I enjoyed him when he was in Standard, but the nerf in Wild was long overdue!
Gadgetzan
Kazakus - the card that actually got me into playing Mage for a time and I'll still dip into Wild to play this card.
Ungoro
The Marsh Queen - I loved the introduction of Quests and played a lot of Quest Hunter back in the day.
Elise the Trailblazer - a close 2nd and I had decks that would try to get 3 or 4 copies of her for the value parade.
Frozen Throne
Deathstalker Rexxar - an obvious choice as it's possibly the greatest Hunter card ever made and building beasts is a ton of fun.
Sky Gen'ral Kragg - a staple in my Quest Hunter decks for both the value and quest progression; really appreciated that he didn't require the quest to be active when played!
Demon Hunter's Initiate
Nethrandamus - I don't often play DH, but when I do it's Control DH centered around Nethrandamus and 1/1s with rush.
Professor Slate - a close second that helps Control Hunters (almost) reach viability.
Darmoon Faire
Yogg-Saron, Master of Fate - I still praise him even though it feels like the current iteration gives me the worst outcome way more often than the others (i.e. the fill both boards with minions and yours have rush outcome).
Darkmoon Races
Moonfang - should be on the Mount Rushmore of beasts! Very cool addition to the family.
Core 2021
Deathwing the Destroyer - a kinder, gentler Deathwing that still fits in well with my Deathrattle decks.
Barrens
Kazakus, Golem Shaper - I love versatile cards that can give access to tools outside of your class identity (lifesteal, poison, etc.) while also being a potential win condition depending on when you draw it (e.g. two 10/10 golems with stealth).
Looking forward to seeing what other folks choose as their favorites!
I was part of the Zalae thread recently and probably didnt help the conversation thread since I was going back and forth with someone I didnt agree with. This was yesterday and I see now that the thread's comments are now hidden. However, Im unable to see the comment replies I got - 1 being Flux himself.
I agree regarding the thread being made hidden from comments. I dont agree that if we got a response, we can no longer see it at all.
What I would like to see is maybe the full comment if you hover over the link of the thread title under Site Notifications. This would bypass rare situations where a thread is locked but also would allow us to avoid having to click and reload the thread.
Bonus - I would love to know what Flux replied back to me with. I care less about the other person that replied.
lol thats straight up cheating. should i heal? nope, the board is clean and my opponent has zero cards that can do damage over the board. in any other situation i would heal and not develop cause i was afraid of some burn spell to face
I understand that the video ads are important for maintaining the website and I don't want to complain about them existing, but the issue I have with the video ad is its positioning on the mobile page.
At least on my phone (Google Pixel 4 XL), half the video ad following me over the page while scrolling is positioned over the header which makes trying to click the X button almost impossible and someone's gets in the way as well.
I'm not sure if this is possible, but it might help (at least in my case) to move the video to the bottom of the screen.
I have had this problem but with shadow spells. I noticed I was 2 more shadow spells away from completing the quest but despite playing both (shadowstep) my progress did not increase. Maybe it has something to do with the cards not actually being in their spell school despite having the tag?
Dean Ayala's Community Q&A #13 - Tickatus, Balance Patches, Curse of Naxxramas in Classic, User-Generated Content, and More!
Iksar must be the single best thing to happen to HS with these regular chats.
Dean Ayala's Community Q&A #13 - Tickatus, Balance Patches, Curse of Naxxramas in Classic, User-Generated Content, and More!
Priest is definitely a sleeper. Its skill ceiling is very high and one bad play can instantly roll you over. I would almost certainly be going back into priest after the balance patch is out.
As for shaman. Well, I got to be honest, it sucks. Yes, shaman has a lot of good cards, but the crucial problem is the fact that they simply can't draw nor generate enough cards to ever keep up the tempo. I mean, even hunter who supposedly share the same class weakness of card generation and draw, are more than able to keep piling on the pressure and generate just enough options for the win. So what can shaman do? Play Doomhammer and pray your next two draws don't whiff.
Its actually funny how dhunters are supposed to be the class that suffers from board clears, but ironically with the deathrattle set they don't anymore and its instead shaman that fundamentally cannot come back from a board clear/swing.
Hearthstone's First Forged in the Barrens Balance Patch to "Probably" be Detailed on Monday or Tuesday
Next week is still Conquest, then it changes to Specialist.
Blizzard loves doing balance patches on the weeks that Masters Tours happen so esports isn't the #1 thing on their mind, but ofc they can't make changes during the actual gameplay.
Hearthstone's First Forged in the Barrens Balance Patch to "Probably" be Detailed on Monday or Tuesday
Penflinger - cost 2. Minion damage only.
Refreshing Spring water - refresh 1 mana crystal/spell drawn.
Deck of Lunacy - Cost 4.
Font of power - Cost 3.
Lady Liadrin - Copy spells cast on friendly MINIONS.
Jandice Barov - 2 random 4 cost minions.
Sword of the fallen - 1/3 => 2/2.
Only 6 changes happening though...
Hearthstone's First Forged in the Barrens Balance Patch to "Probably" be Detailed on Monday or Tuesday
It'll likely be announced either a day before or on the day the patch comes out itself. Team5 probably didn't expect lunacy mage to take center stage so all their earlier balancing plans (if indeed they have one) are necessarily thrown out the window, meaning they have to redo their testing, which will explain why they haven't revealed anything yet. I'd say its monday, after grandmasters week 1 is done.
The timing is crucial, since grandmasters is still going on and even pros need time to practice to get their deck selection right, particularly since next week if Im not mistaken is last deck standing format.
But if the goal is to make changes so we see more new cards, I'd expect librams, stealth rogue, and the notoriously hated Pen Flinger to take a hit, aside from Deck of Lunacy itself. As much as the some in the community piles the hate on secret pally, watchposts, and 'draw your entire deck' rogue, its hard to deny that these are lists that largely uses the new cards, so its probably not in team5's radar for now.
Issue with "Play 10 ___ Spells" quests.
I'm noticing it's not counting "Play 3 games as [three classes]" if I concede too early, since the new expansion.
This is just a guess but perhaps "play [x] card(s)" quests are also not counting if you concede too early?
RubinZoo Talks Recent Patches, Why Sunk Cost is a Meme, and the 3rd Tiebreaker for "Strongest"
This is a great summary of some quite interesting information. Thanks for posting it!
New Mage Spell - Deck of Lunacy
Yep it has a ton of burn + draw + high roll with lunacy + mana cheat
It's basically demon hunter.
The absolute state of the meta
I hope they don't nerf lunacy to 4 and completely destroy it... Though I'm up 3200 gold if they do
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
It's an early game card
Most Fun you had with legendary cards every expansion!
I would love to play a 30 legendary deck against someone. I don't have one but could whip one up later tonight.
Add me LiveWire#11853 : D
Put your info and I will add you if you like, maybe we can get a little trend going on this thread
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oh. thanks. that works for the mean time.
Hearthstone Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 Takes Place This Weekend! Here's What You Need to Know
Is it just me or was the comment section closed for the Zalea's suspension?
Way to use different portraits
Instruction unclear - now my neighbours are mad - thank
Runeterra's Community is Divided Over If Enemy Decklists Should Be Public Knowledge
There is no way you should definitively know what's in your opponent's deck before they play it. I can't believe some people think that's okay.
Prime Gaming Rewards Return for Legends of Runeterra - Get 1 Free Epic Wildcard for April 2021
I keep forgetting to claim these, despite the hàndy reminders here.
Shows how much I "need" them, I guess!
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Runeterra's Community is Divided Over If Enemy Decklists Should Be Public Knowledge
On a personal level I totally agree with these sentiments; however I've been trying to write more objective and "journalistic" so I tried to not let my opinions color the article. :-)
Most Fun you had with legendary cards every expansion!
Oh man, this is one heck of an undertaking! Good on you for going through them all and adding your own flavor. I tried to narrow my list to just my top legendary from each expansion with a few honorable mentions thrown in when multiple cards stood out.
Full disclosure - My list is biased towards Neutrals and Hunter legendaries given where I've invested most of my dust over the years. I also only started playing when One Night in Karazhan released so my experience with Naxx and GvG is limited.
Legacy/Classic
Ragnaros the Firelord - probably my 3rd favorite card when I started and I used him in most decks including a Spell Hunter that only had him and Barnes for the ridiculous highroll.
Sylvanas also felt like a must-craft at the time, but second place for me goes to Ysera because she was a viable win condition (at least against noobs like me and the people I faced at the start) and I was thrilled when I had enough dust to craft her.
Naxxramas
Loatheb - Unity, Precision, and Perfection before there was a word for it. I didn't get to play Loatheb in its prime, but I enjoyed the Adventure and will still throw it into Tavern Brawls when allowed.
Goblins vs Gnomes
Gahz'rilla - another one I missed in standard, but I still play the big fella for the modern-day OTK shenanigans in Wild.
Sneed's Old Shredder - a close 2nd for the wild deathrattle deck synergy.
Blackrock Mountain
Emperor Thaurissan - the enabler of so many memes that would otherwise be dreams! If memory serves me right you could get him from the first wing of the adventure and I saved up Gold to purchase it early in my HS journey; no regrets!
Grand Tournament
Dreadscale - I didn't invest much Gold into this expansion, so Dreadscale sticks out in memory more for his utility as a build-a-beast from DK Rexxar.
League of Explorers
Reno Jackson - Highlander decks are love, highlander decks are life, and the original is still the best! Reno was my favorite card when I started and I bought the adventure almost immediately after playing against him a few times. So many good memories that I still go back to Wild just to play him.
Old Gods
Yogg-Saron, Hope's End - My 2nd favorite card when starting out and totally worth crafting in standard even after the nerf. There was so much outrage at losing to randomly generated spells, but apparently if you constantly generate/discover them via multiple cards it's cool ;P
Karazhan
Barnes - I enjoyed him when he was in Standard, but the nerf in Wild was long overdue!
Gadgetzan
Kazakus - the card that actually got me into playing Mage for a time and I'll still dip into Wild to play this card.
Ungoro
The Marsh Queen - I loved the introduction of Quests and played a lot of Quest Hunter back in the day.
Elise the Trailblazer - a close 2nd and I had decks that would try to get 3 or 4 copies of her for the value parade.
Frozen Throne
Deathstalker Rexxar - an obvious choice as it's possibly the greatest Hunter card ever made and building beasts is a ton of fun.
Frost Lich Jaina, The Lich King, and Prince Keleseth were also all fun (if not slightly broken) cards I played regularly at the time.
Kobolds and Catacombs
Zola the Gorgon - my absolute favorite card of the set and I included it everywhere.
Rhok'delar and Kathrena Winterwisp are close seconds as I really enjoyed the Spell Hunter and Big Hunter archetypes at the time.
Witchwood
Shudderwock and Hagatha the Witch got me into playing more Shaman so they have to share the first place title.
Houndmaster Shaw - an honorable mention just because he was an auto-include in so many decks.
Azalina Soulthief - my favorite card that I never got to use as much as I wanted, haha.
Boomsday
Zilliax by a mile although there were some useful niche legendaries for Hunter.
2nd favorite was probably The Storm Bringer as you could generate it off of Witch's Cauldron and let the shenanigans begin.
Rumble
There were a lot of fun meme cards like Da Undatakah and Oondasta, but Zul'jin was my favorite by far as that swing turn was a sight to behold.
Rise of Shadows
Jepetto Joybuzz takes the number one spot due to enabling so many memes.
Kalecgos and Archmage Vargoth are fighting for 2nd place.
Saviors of Uldum
So many great cards in this expansion that it's tough to pick between them...
I loved the re-introduction of Quests such as Unseal the Vault as well as the return of highlander decks with Zephrys the Great, Siamat, and Dinotamer Brann.
In terms of pure memes, I tried to use King Phaoris as often as possible and even had a couple decks built around cheating out Colossus of the Moon.
Descent of Dragons
Dragonqueen Alexstrasza was the definitive favorite, although Frizz Kindleroost and Veranus helped power the Dragon Hunter archetype and for that I'll always be thankful.
Galakrond's Awakening
Sky Gen'ral Kragg - a staple in my Quest Hunter decks for both the value and quest progression; really appreciated that he didn't require the quest to be active when played!
Demon Hunter's Initiate
Nethrandamus - I don't often play DH, but when I do it's Control DH centered around Nethrandamus and 1/1s with rush.
Ashes of Outland
Kael'thas Sunstrider - I tried to make it work in every nerfed iteration and found out how strong an early Nagrand Slam could be way before Deck of Lunacy came around ;D
Scholomance
Sphere of Sapience - A dream for my Jepetto Joybuzz combo decks.
Professor Slate - a close second that helps Control Hunters (almost) reach viability.
Darmoon Faire
Yogg-Saron, Master of Fate - I still praise him even though it feels like the current iteration gives me the worst outcome way more often than the others (i.e. the fill both boards with minions and yours have rush outcome).
Darkmoon Races
Moonfang - should be on the Mount Rushmore of beasts! Very cool addition to the family.
Core 2021
Deathwing the Destroyer - a kinder, gentler Deathwing that still fits in well with my Deathrattle decks.
Barrens
Kazakus, Golem Shaper - I love versatile cards that can give access to tools outside of your class identity (lifesteal, poison, etc.) while also being a potential win condition depending on when you draw it (e.g. two 10/10 golems with stealth).
Looking forward to seeing what other folks choose as their favorites!
Free Card Pack Drops Return to Hearthstone Grandmasters Streams, Masters Tour, and World Championship
Account is connected, definitely watched at least 2 hrs today. No notification on YouTube.
I know the pack can take time to arrive but shouldn’t I at least get a notification that one was earned? Not sure, never tried getting YT drops
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Hi,
I was part of the Zalae thread recently and probably didnt help the conversation thread since I was going back and forth with someone I didnt agree with. This was yesterday and I see now that the thread's comments are now hidden. However, Im unable to see the comment replies I got - 1 being Flux himself.
I agree regarding the thread being made hidden from comments. I dont agree that if we got a response, we can no longer see it at all.
What I would like to see is maybe the full comment if you hover over the link of the thread title under Site Notifications. This would bypass rare situations where a thread is locked but also would allow us to avoid having to click and reload the thread.
Bonus - I would love to know what Flux replied back to me with. I care less about the other person that replied.
Thanks and sorry.
Runeterra's Community is Divided Over If Enemy Decklists Should Be Public Knowledge
lol thats straight up cheating. should i heal? nope, the board is clean and my opponent has zero cards that can do damage over the board. in any other situation i would heal and not develop cause i was afraid of some burn spell to face
Please no video ads for mobile
Hey,
I understand that the video ads are important for maintaining the website and I don't want to complain about them existing, but the issue I have with the video ad is its positioning on the mobile page.
At least on my phone (Google Pixel 4 XL), half the video ad following me over the page while scrolling is positioned over the header which makes trying to click the X button almost impossible and someone's gets in the way as well.
I'm not sure if this is possible, but it might help (at least in my case) to move the video to the bottom of the screen.
Hearthstone Grandmasters 2021 Season 1 Takes Place This Weekend! Here's What You Need to Know
I'm watching since 1234 years, still no pack!
Issue with "Play 10 ___ Spells" quests.
I have had this problem but with shadow spells. I noticed I was 2 more shadow spells away from completing the quest but despite playing both (shadowstep) my progress did not increase. Maybe it has something to do with the cards not actually being in their spell school despite having the tag?