Is anyone else sick of Lightshow? Every mage I fight seems to draw both copies of this, plus double Rewind followed by Commander Sivara. Or they discover extra copies off Vast Wisdom. That's a fricking ridiculous amount of damage.
You're either running control or you're severely unlucky because Ive not seen a single lightshow mage that actually manages anywhere near a good game. Most of the time I'll have won ages before they get anywhere.
At least you can rest easy knowing that that deck is fairly shit overall against most other decks. Aggro mage remains the best mage around...because Frozen Touch is simply broken, leagues ahead of Lightshow
Ok I've been laddering with a Shadow Priest deck using a few of the new cards in it like Fight Over Me, a total 5 star card in my opinion BTW, and Ghost Writer, another amazing card with Finale, and I encountered another Paladin deck with Kangor in it…
I HAVE to double down on this… I had my opponent to 4 cards in their deck and 3 life with a minion on deck.. I couldn't draw a silence effect for my life… Even with Ghost Writer getting me cards, I was able to get an Identity Theft, but nothing that could have helped me with that little prick.
Then he walked his Kangor dirtbag into one of my minions and had Ragnaros the Firelord and The Leviathan in hand… I had him dead in the water and I couldn't navigate that stupid Kangor, Dancing King. If you don't have something to Hex, Silence, or steal him then it's just a complete game turner.
Mock all you want, but this deck my opponent was playing was able to stop my aggro onslaught for several turns. I had great momentum, he hadn't been able to get anything through, all my deathrattles were tearing them apart… and then kangor came in….
Pretty sure that priest list runs 2x Shard of the Naaru meaning you're either very unlucky or your list bizarrely doesn't run those things.
Yes, its a game turner, like Amorphous Slime and Infantry Reanimator in chadlock, but those decks are also not power outliers and are rarely seen on ladder (from my experience). For team5 to move against a card they'll need to be both very powerful or very much present on ladder. If on the metric of toxicity alone, druid would simply cease to exist.
I'm running Benedictus, so no Shard. Faster, but when it comes to cards like Kangor, I get stuck unless I want to splash in Smothering Starfish, which isn't a bad idea… but then it means I'll need to shift it around.
I went from Bronze to Platinum with my pure shadow build, so I'd be hesitant to shift to the stuff from what I'm doing especially since I own Blood DK… which totally makes me happy since the meta is covered in that… we at least what I am running into.
I must have misread, thought you were playing control priest.
Probably not worth playing starfish just because of kangor. Its just a deck that seen only on the fridges. I'd play theotar over starfish, because at least it helps against druid as well.
Anyone actually get any drops? I saw the event notification on his channel and left the stream on for the whole weekend, got no notification in the drops & inventory section on twitch
I am not sure which Twitch channel you "watched", but as I understood from Old Guardian you were supposed to watch one of the 4 casters streams. Since English was my preferred language to listen for, I put on FenoHS's Twitch channel and got my 4 Standard packs (aka 160 arcane dust) after "watching" for 8 hours in total over 2 days.
Sidenote: The Twitch drops page keeps telling me that I have to connect my Battle.net account, but luckily for me I do get the drops because the accounts are connected.
Ah that would explain it then coz I was watching SolaryHS stream, oh well, next time :)
Can't be sure what Blizzard thinks will make the game 'healthy' but in wild, I would certainly recommend the below adjustments to make the meta less stale and oppressive:
Twig of the World Tree - 6 mana, 3 durability; (slow the rate of the obvious T4-5 mana cheat)
Swordfish - 2/2, buff weapon and minion +1 attack; (currently Swordfish is too strong given how consistently it is tutored)
Is anyone else sick of Lightshow? Every mage I fight seems to draw both copies of this, plus double Rewind followed by Commander Sivara. Or they discover extra copies off Vast Wisdom. That's a fricking ridiculous amount of damage.
Ok I've been laddering with a Shadow Priest deck using a few of the new cards in it like Fight Over Me, a total 5 star card in my opinion BTW, and Ghost Writer, another amazing card with Finale, and I encountered another Paladin deck with Kangor in it...
I HAVE to double down on this... I had my opponent to 4 cards in their deck and 3 life with a minion on deck.. I couldn't draw a silence effect for my life... Even with Ghost Writer getting me cards, I was able to get an Identity Theft, but nothing that could have helped me with that little prick.
Then he walked his Kangor dirtbag into one of my minions and had Ragnaros the Firelord and The Leviathan in hand... I had him dead in the water and I couldn't navigate that stupid Kangor, Dancing King. If you don't have something to Hex, Silence, or steal him then it's just a complete game turner.
Mock all you want, but this deck my opponent was playing was able to stop my aggro onslaught for several turns. I had great momentum, he hadn't been able to get anything through, all my deathrattles were tearing them apart... and then kangor came in....
Pretty sure that priest list runs 2x Shard of the Naaru meaning you're either very unlucky or your list bizarrely doesn't run those things.
Yes, its a game turner, like Amorphous Slime and Infantry Reanimator in chadlock, but those decks are also not power outliers and are rarely seen on ladder (from my experience). For team5 to move against a card they'll need to be both very powerful or very much present on ladder. If on the metric of toxicity alone, druid would simply cease to exist.
I'm running Benedictus, so no Shard. Faster, but when it comes to cards like Kangor, I get stuck unless I want to splash in Smothering Starfish, which isn't a bad idea... but then it means I'll need to shift it around.
I went from Bronze to Platinum with my pure shadow build, so I'd be hesitant to shift to the stuff from what I'm doing especially since I own Blood DK... which totally makes me happy since the meta is covered in that... we at least what I am running into.
Hedanis has won over the hearts and minds of millions of fans all over Azeroth! Shadow magic had nothing to do with it - not that you asked or anything.
Anyone actually get any drops? I saw the event notification on his channel and left the stream on for the whole weekend, got no notification in the drops & inventory section on twitch
Anyone actually get any drops? I saw the event notification on his channel and left the stream on for the whole weekend, got no notification in the drops & inventory section on twitch
I am not sure which Twitch channel you "watched", but as I understood from Old Guardian you were supposed to watch one of the 4 casters streams. Since English was my preferred language to listen for, I put on FenoHS's Twitch channel and got my 4 Standard packs (aka 160 arcane dust) after "watching" for 8 hours in total over 2 days.
Sidenote: The Twitch drops page keeps telling me that I have to connect my Battle.net account, but luckily for me I do get the drops because the accounts are connected.
Anyone actually get any drops? I saw the event notification on his channel and left the stream on for the whole weekend, got no notification in the drops & inventory section on twitch
Were these nerfs really necessary? Current HSReplay shows only Paladin and DK have positive win rates with Paladin, DK and DH still in the top 3 which means these nerfs really didn't do anything at all.
Ok I've been laddering with a Shadow Priest deck using a few of the new cards in it like Fight Over Me, a total 5 star card in my opinion BTW, and Ghost Writer, another amazing card with Finale, and I encountered another Paladin deck with Kangor in it...
I HAVE to double down on this... I had my opponent to 4 cards in their deck and 3 life with a minion on deck.. I couldn't draw a silence effect for my life... Even with Ghost Writer getting me cards, I was able to get an Identity Theft, but nothing that could have helped me with that little prick.
Then he walked his Kangor dirtbag into one of my minions and had Ragnaros the Firelord and The Leviathan in hand... I had him dead in the water and I couldn't navigate that stupid Kangor, Dancing King. If you don't have something to Hex, Silence, or steal him then it's just a complete game turner.
Mock all you want, but this deck my opponent was playing was able to stop my aggro onslaught for several turns. I had great momentum, he hadn't been able to get anything through, all my deathrattles were tearing them apart... and then kangor came in....
Pretty sure that priest list runs 2x Shard of the Naaru meaning you're either very unlucky or your list bizarrely doesn't run those things.
Yes, its a game turner, like Amorphous Slime and Infantry Reanimator in chadlock, but those decks are also not power outliers and are rarely seen on ladder (from my experience). For team5 to move against a card they'll need to be both very powerful or very much present on ladder. If on the metric of toxicity alone, druid would simply cease to exist.
Really nice they give compensation and card for free.
New version hasn't changed much. Still gets +2 power, still returns to hand but does it automatically.
Not sure how good this card is. Theoretically you can raise it up to 10 power at turn 6, but you need to play it every turn and pay total 6 energy for that. In total numbers it doesn't look that good but you must remember that it costs only 1 each turn. You can set some sort of combo - turn 5 play only this, then on turn 6 play 10 power Kitty, 2 energy She-Hulk and Maximus for a total 26 power. Or use it with Hit-Monkey combo.
Kitty is comparable to Sunspot but they play different roles.
Congrats to Loknax! Actually three in a row if you're counting the April Fool's competition. Nice card and a good example for the fact that the spirit of the card is more important than a perfect execution (the last line should have been written in italic). I also found the artwork very impressive and fitting.
You control how to engage with the enemy board: do you counterattack and lose Health from "trading", or do you try and heal over the damage? Your opponent wouldn't know your choice until they attempted to run something into your face, like testing a Secret.
Edit: I also have the Blade of Entropy; couldn't decide if it should be a Legendary with (3) more/less or not. The effect does take away your ability to attack with stuff that's still alive so maybe it's not worth it.
Thanks again for organising these to the staff and also thanks to the great community in the discussion threads! I've always felt welcome and appreciated there. gl & hf everybody!
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Nerf Predictions for Festival of Legends
You're either running control or you're severely unlucky because Ive not seen a single lightshow mage that actually manages anywhere near a good game. Most of the time I'll have won ages before they get anywhere.
At least you can rest easy knowing that that deck is fairly shit overall against most other decks. Aggro mage remains the best mage around...because Frozen Touch is simply broken, leagues ahead of Lightshow
Nerf Predictions for Festival of Legends
I must have misread, thought you were playing control priest.
Probably not worth playing starfish just because of kangor. Its just a deck that seen only on the fridges. I'd play theotar over starfish, because at least it helps against druid as well.
Twitch drop active on Solaris
Ah that would explain it then coz I was watching SolaryHS stream, oh well, next time :)
Nerf Predictions for Festival of Legends
Can't be sure what Blizzard thinks will make the game 'healthy' but in wild, I would certainly recommend the below adjustments to make the meta less stale and oppressive:
Twig of the World Tree - 6 mana, 3 durability; (slow the rate of the obvious T4-5 mana cheat)
Swordfish - 2/2, buff weapon and minion +1 attack; (currently Swordfish is too strong given how consistently it is tutored)
Cavern Shinyfinder - Combo: Draw a Weapon;
Illuminate - If it's a holy spell reduce by (2) mana; (reduce the Big Priest spell fishing for T3 Neptulon pulls)
Neptulon's Hand - Cannot attack; (can only attack when Neptulon does; not as individual units)
Clownfish - Your next Murloc costs (2) less; (reduce the huge swing turns from Murloc Shaman)
Time Warp - The next turn is yours; (no longer an EXTRA turn- non stackable)
Prince Renathal - 40HP; (agro is just too dominant)
Anonymous Informant - 3 mana;
Contract Conjurer - Costs (2) less for every secret you control.
Highly doubt any changes other than Twig will occur, however.
Nerf Predictions for Festival of Legends
Is anyone else sick of Lightshow? Every mage I fight seems to draw both copies of this, plus double Rewind followed by Commander Sivara. Or they discover extra copies off Vast Wisdom. That's a fricking ridiculous amount of damage.
Nerf Predictions for Festival of Legends
I'm running Benedictus, so no Shard. Faster, but when it comes to cards like Kangor, I get stuck unless I want to splash in Smothering Starfish, which isn't a bad idea... but then it means I'll need to shift it around.
I went from Bronze to Platinum with my pure shadow build, so I'd be hesitant to shift to the stuff from what I'm doing especially since I own Blood DK... which totally makes me happy since the meta is covered in that... we at least what I am running into.
New Priest Minion - Heartthrob
This newly arrived Keyword is going to make some waves - might be refreshing!
New Priest Spell - Harmonic Pop
How many board clears and removal does Priest needs?
Here with supporting vocals: Snap and Crackle!
New Priest Minion - Heartbreaker Hedanis
Hedanis has won over the hearts and minds of millions of fans all over Azeroth! Shadow magic had nothing to do with it - not that you asked or anything.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (Hearthstone Riddles)
How about Boneshredder?
The Magister's Miracle
New video up! added to front post
Twitch drop active on Solaris
Yes
I did
Twitch drop active on Solaris
I am not sure which Twitch channel you "watched", but as I understood from Old Guardian you were supposed to watch one of the 4 casters streams. Since English was my preferred language to listen for, I put on FenoHS's Twitch channel and got my 4 Standard packs (aka 160 arcane dust) after "watching" for 8 hours in total over 2 days.
Sidenote: The Twitch drops page keeps telling me that I have to connect my Battle.net account, but luckily for me I do get the drops because the accounts are connected.
Twitch drop active on Solaris
Anyone actually get any drops? I saw the event notification on his channel and left the stream on for the whole weekend, got no notification in the drops & inventory section on twitch
Blizzard Nerfs Three Death Knight, Demon Hunter, & Paladin Cards in Surprise Hearthstone Patch
Were these nerfs really necessary? Current HSReplay shows only Paladin and DK have positive win rates with Paladin, DK and DH still in the top 3 which means these nerfs really didn't do anything at all.
Nerf Predictions for Festival of Legends
I'm assuming when someone plays Shadow Priest, they're including Darkbishop Benedictus which makes getting silence a bit difficult but I always include a Shard of the Naaru in my E.T.C., Band Manager now.
Second Dinner Delivers MARVEL SNAP Update on Kitty Pryde - Card Rework, Refunds on the Way
Really nice they give compensation and card for free.
New version hasn't changed much. Still gets +2 power, still returns to hand but does it automatically.
Not sure how good this card is. Theoretically you can raise it up to 10 power at turn 6, but you need to play it every turn and pay total 6 energy for that. In total numbers it doesn't look that good but you must remember that it costs only 1 each turn. You can set some sort of combo - turn 5 play only this, then on turn 6 play 10 power Kitty, 2 energy She-Hulk and Maximus for a total 26 power. Or use it with Hit-Monkey combo.
Kitty is comparable to Sunspot but they play different roles.
Numerical Value - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Congrats to Loknax! Actually three in a row if you're counting the April Fool's competition. Nice card and a good example for the fact that the spirit of the card is more important than a perfect execution (the last line should have been written in italic). I also found the artwork very impressive and fitting.
Top Secret: The Fourced Sequel - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
She's designed as the free legendary of the expansion, as she's more fun than actually good. Can create some interesting mind games, though.
(Not a fan of the art, but I struggle to find a Chromie art that doesn't look AI generated lol)
Top Secret: The Fourced Sequel - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I'll have the tokens and stuff at a later... time. Here you go.
Numerical Value - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Congratulations to Loknax! Two in a row if I'm not mistaken.
Top Secret: The Fourced Sequel - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
You control how to engage with the enemy board: do you counterattack and lose Health from "trading", or do you try and heal over the damage? Your opponent wouldn't know your choice until they attempted to run something into your face, like testing a Secret.
Edit: I also have the Blade of Entropy; couldn't decide if it should be a Legendary with (3) more/less or not. The effect does take away your ability to attack with stuff that's still alive so maybe it's not worth it.
Top Secret: The Fourced Sequel - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Competition Theme: Top Secret: The Fourced Sequel
We're keeping some more Secrets, but this time they're not held by the heroes.
Loknax has asked us to reboot the Top Secret series with a fourth installment. We're focusing on a different type of Secret in this one.
As always, we can be reached through Discord or here on the site via PM if you have any issues to report.
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WCDC Season 6 Feedback Thread
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New Mage Spell - Synthesize
Bitter-sweet to see support for Elemental Mage, a year or 2 after it was introduced ... Some day, Elemental Mage will shine; maybe next expansion?
After the invention of elemental audio processing, Azeroth went through a major synth phase.