If it's played on 1, it's a free [Hearthstone Card (Waraxe) Not Found] on 3, which isn't terrible. Like most of the Dormant minions, unless you play it on curve, it's pretty terrible.
No that's not correct, in that case your star bonus will be decided by MMR, not by your rank the previous month. If you skip playing one month there will be some MMR decay, but (as I understand it), not that much.
EDIT: It has been pointed out that there were details that I didn't know of. But you can still read my angry rant. Thank you Emilion for the info!
The rewards increase is very nice, but there's one thing I greatly dislike.
If you do not play for a month, then you have to start all over at the bottom of the ladder like a complete newbie. The next month's star multiplier will be 1x. If you were at Legend, you have to go through the whole system, all leagues, 50 ranks, 150 wins minimum, 1 star at a time. In the past system, this would only be 8 ranks. And the total number of stars needed for Legend has also increased, you need 150 now instead of 100 if you start at the bottom rank. Gotta pump up those Monthly Active Users numbers, I guess.
Classic legendary for first time to legend! I always felt like that should have been the case anyway, glad to see that it's materialized. Competition in April is going to be fierce!
Is it correct that the other card rewards will no longer be golden?
Ancestral Spirit for your whole board seems real strong, you just have to make sure your opponent doesn't clear your whole board twice before you use your silly evolve shenanigans
For a card named Sword and Board, I would have expected an effect like this. However, I would not have expected it to be so...tiny. Not sure this is worth running.
Seems strong in a control deck, but you'll have to be careful about the spells you play, since overload will throw off when this guy's effect will go off
Risky Skipper can combo with this card easily, so I wouldn't sleep on its potential. Not really an "OMG must play!" kind of card, but could still be good.
New Warrior Minion - Imprisoned Gan'arg
If it's played on 1, it's a free [Hearthstone Card (Waraxe) Not Found] on 3, which isn't terrible. Like most of the Dormant minions, unless you play it on curve, it's pretty terrible.
New Demon Hunter Minion - Fel Summoner
voidcaller costs 4... this one is really slow
Our Thoughts on Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Demon Hunter Cards
Noxious messed up on his review on Fel Summoner, he said ''An 8/3 demon''. Fel Summoner is not a Demon.
New Warrior Spell - Sword and Board
Maybe in a control warrior list to help against aggro? But unlikely.
Tomorrow, April 1, Hearthstone's Ranked Play Gets an Overhaul - Leagues, Stars, and Rewards Explained
No that's not correct, in that case your star bonus will be decided by MMR, not by your rank the previous month. If you skip playing one month there will be some MMR decay, but (as I understand it), not that much.
New Shaman Spell - Totemic Reflection
Without a way to discount it's cost this spell probably won't see play.
granted the buff can be applied to ANY minion but you'll want a totem for the duplication.
makes me think if Blizzard is hinting at a potentially LEGENDARY totem minion...
New Shaman Spell - Serpentshrine Portal
This is just a better firelands portal, the overload cost is barely relevant
Tomorrow, April 1, Hearthstone's Ranked Play Gets an Overhaul - Leagues, Stars, and Rewards Explained
EDIT: It has been pointed out that there were details that I didn't know of. But you can still read my angry rant. Thank you Emilion for the info!
The rewards increase is very nice, but there's one thing I greatly dislike.
If you do not play for a month, then you have to start all over at the bottom of the ladder like a complete newbie. The next month's star multiplier will be 1x. If you were at Legend, you have to go through the whole system, all leagues, 50 ranks, 150 wins minimum, 1 star at a time. In the past system, this would only be 8 ranks. And the total number of stars needed for Legend has also increased, you need 150 now instead of 100 if you start at the bottom rank. Gotta pump up those Monthly Active Users numbers, I guess.
New Shaman Minion - Marshspawn
It's solid stats make it playable, even with Shamans elemental tools rotating out.
of course there aren't a lot of spells you can play on turn 2 that won't overload you and make you too overloaded to play on curve
Tomorrow, April 1, Hearthstone's Ranked Play Gets an Overhaul - Leagues, Stars, and Rewards Explained
Which card gave face to gold level 6?
face seems familiar but i cant connect it to any card. Can you help?
New Shaman Minion - Bogstrok Clacker
Oh hey this guy has a neat effect, and will want you to set up your board for the best outcome, like defender of argus or Dire wolf alpha
Tomorrow, April 1, Hearthstone's Ranked Play Gets an Overhaul - Leagues, Stars, and Rewards Explained
Classic legendary for first time to legend! I always felt like that should have been the case anyway, glad to see that it's materialized. Competition in April is going to be fierce!
Is it correct that the other card rewards will no longer be golden?
Our Thoughts on Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Demon Hunter Cards
The Coilfang Warlord pun was amazing. Well done Shadows.
New Shaman Spell - Vivid Spores
Ancestral Spirit for your whole board seems real strong, you just have to make sure your opponent doesn't clear your whole board twice before you use your silly evolve shenanigans
New Warrior Minion - Imprisoned Gan'arg
One of the worst Imprisoned minions, and there's a long list vying for attention on that front.
New Warrior Minion - Bonechewer Raider
This is nothing like Raging Worgen. It has no +attack when damaged, it has no windfury. The only similarities are that it's a 3/3/3.
With this logic, you could have said this is like Hench-Clan Thug, but worse.
New Warrior Spell - Sword and Board
For a card named Sword and Board, I would have expected an effect like this. However, I would not have expected it to be so...tiny. Not sure this is worth running.
New Warrior Minion - Bonechewer Raider
Thankfully it doesn't specify the minions have to be friendly or enemy; that would be terrible. It's definitely an average card, either-way.
New Warrior Spell - Corsair Cache
I don't play Pirate Warrior, so I can't really speak to its validity in that archetype, but I feel like it will do them good.
Tomorrow, April 1, Hearthstone's Ranked Play Gets an Overhaul - Leagues, Stars, and Rewards Explained
My boy Leeroy Jenkins got stiffed on a portrait. He should be the Eviscerate one.
New Warrior Minion - Scrap Golem
I LOVE this card, but this is coming from the perspective of someone who plays a lot of Fire Plume's Heart Warrior. Scrap Golem is better than Rotten Applebaum, which was already a mainstay in the deck, and can power-creep it even further via cards like Into the Fray, Zilliax, or Galakrond, the Unbreakable.
New Shaman Spell - Torrent
This is a potentially very dangerous card. the Crushing Fist saw tons of play, and this doesn't have the draw back of overload, just a spell tempo.
However, you'll want to make sure you're not too overloaded to play this spell, since most of Shaman's other spells have that overload cost on them
New Shaman Minion - Shattered Rumbler
Seems strong in a control deck, but you'll have to be careful about the spells you play, since overload will throw off when this guy's effect will go off
New Warrior Minion - Bloodboil Brute
Risky Skipper can combo with this card easily, so I wouldn't sleep on its potential. Not really an "OMG must play!" kind of card, but could still be good.
New Shaman Minion - Lady Vashj
the stats on her base for are okay, the spell damage +1 makes her look real good with cards like Lightning storm
her prime form is a nice card draw engine, and discounting spells by 2 or 3 means you'll have more flexibility with them.
But I'm wondering if you run Vashj with cheap spells or expensive spells?