you're right, Yogg was actually WORSE because he was completely random.
This has only one bad spell (Conjurer'S Calling) While the rest is pretty much always a positive. You can play this while ahead and still get value out of it.
The perma stealth will be very good for tempo decks that want to do unavoidable damage that cannot be interacted with by a minion. I think this will be too slow for aggro because playing a 6 mana 6/5 is too slow against control decks
First off, I'm hoping this finally means rogue has a bit of a stealth focus again; aside from the odd card here and there, this had amazingly only been pushed once previously in MSoG.
Even failing that, rogue has lots of shuffle shenanigans, and perhaps importantly a tutor for the prime card in Stowaway. So just because of the other class tools there's more to work with than the other prime cards. Though it does have to compete with / find a home in the current top deck so it still may not have a big presence in the meta.
The surprise is that Maiev Shadowsong won't be a rogue legendary. So I guess she'll be neutral like Kael'thas is.
Just too slow, really. Akama himself looks okay as a vanilla 3/4 for 3. But Akama Prime is just one of those flashy cards that does relatively little. If it werent for Leeroy Jenkins rotating I would have just flagged him as trash.
Maybe there's more to it at later card reveals, but I wouldnt count on it.
Hmmmm. Perma stealth rings my alarm bells. How could this be exploited? Cold Blood could give it up to +8 attack, that leaves us with 14 in a single swing. Then there are neutral buff minions like Dark Iron Dwarf or Abusive Sergeant. On the upside it has no tag, so no magnetizing it or some such. And you would have to play Akama, kill it, draw the prime and get around enemy taunts first. All that said, it looks strong but not OP.
I don't like this... It's extremely hard for you to interact with this Card. You either have to throw out AoE to clear this or hope that a „destroy a random Minion" Effect hits this. And if you can't do any of that, well, GG I guess...
Its an interesting card, but rogue has never been lacking offensive stuff to play. Play Akama Prime and swipe your opponent's face for 6 every turn. But you'd need to first draw Akama Prime, play Akama Prime, and lastly, not die.
Unfortunately, control decks can usually get rid of minions like this, aggro decks will just not care, and midrange decks will probably kill you before you do them.
Akama was the leader of the ashtongue broken who swore their loyalty to Illidan because he promised revenge on the orcs for destroying their homeworld. When players enter the Black Temple raid in TBC Akama realizes he made the wrong choice and helps the players fight the shade of akama to restore the ashtongue's freedom.
Permanent stealth--as featured on adventure runs like Dungeon Run or any of its derivatives--usually features prominently in an aggro-focused deck. That's because your opponent can't directly deal with your perma-stealthed minions, so they just target your face.
But if it's just one of your minions with this...
A couple different strategies come to mind. One is to make Akama your main damage dealer and back him up with support cards like the sapper guy that was revealed, clearing your enemy's obstacles out of the way. The other is to feature Akama in a more aggressive tempo deck where Akama is just one utility piece of a much more aggressive playstyle.
I suspect that, since most of the Galakrond package is sticking around, Akama will feature in those decklists as a finisher, not a central role. But the meta might slow down enough for an Akama-centric deck to come around.
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Holy shit I love this card for some reason. Maybe it's the name, the art, or all of it? Too bad it's missing a tribe though, I thought it was a dragon at first sight.
Akama is a new Rogue Legendary Revealed for Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Expansion
Hakuna Akama!
what a wonderful phrase~
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ain’t no passing craze~
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How does it work with double Battlecry?
If the first 3 damage kill a thing does it already move to the next one or does it stay on the dead minion?
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North Sea Kraken is a beast
This is a North Sea Kraken
why the hell isn't it a beast
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you're right, Yogg was actually WORSE because he was completely random.
This has only one bad spell (Conjurer'S Calling) While the rest is pretty much always a positive. You can play this while ahead and still get value out of it.
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Akama is a new Rogue Legendary Revealed for Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Expansion
The perma stealth will be very good for tempo decks that want to do unavoidable damage that cannot be interacted with by a minion. I think this will be too slow for aggro because playing a 6 mana 6/5 is too slow against control decks
New Rogue Minion - Akama
Interesting first perma sealth minion. At 5 health it should survive most big damage based AOE spells (like Flamestrike, Chaos Nova)
I wonder if this will make attack buffers for rogue (i.e. Cold Blood) more viable.
Akama is a new Rogue Legendary Revealed for Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Expansion
First off, I'm hoping this finally means rogue has a bit of a stealth focus again; aside from the odd card here and there, this had amazingly only been pushed once previously in MSoG.
Even failing that, rogue has lots of shuffle shenanigans, and perhaps importantly a tutor for the prime card in Stowaway. So just because of the other class tools there's more to work with than the other prime cards. Though it does have to compete with / find a home in the current top deck so it still may not have a big presence in the meta.
The surprise is that Maiev Shadowsong won't be a rogue legendary. So I guess she'll be neutral like Kael'thas is.
Akama is a new Rogue Legendary Revealed for Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Expansion
I love how this expansion is adherent to wc3 and wow lore.
New Rogue Minion - Akama
Just too slow, really. Akama himself looks okay as a vanilla 3/4 for 3. But Akama Prime is just one of those flashy cards that does relatively little. If it werent for Leeroy Jenkins rotating I would have just flagged him as trash.
Maybe there's more to it at later card reveals, but I wouldnt count on it.
Akama is a new Rogue Legendary Revealed for Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Expansion
Hmmmm. Perma stealth rings my alarm bells. How could this be exploited? Cold Blood could give it up to +8 attack, that leaves us with 14 in a single swing. Then there are neutral buff minions like Dark Iron Dwarf or Abusive Sergeant. On the upside it has no tag, so no magnetizing it or some such. And you would have to play Akama, kill it, draw the prime and get around enemy taunts first. All that said, it looks strong but not OP.
New Rogue Minion - Akama
I don't like this... It's extremely hard for you to interact with this Card. You either have to throw out AoE to clear this or hope that a „destroy a random Minion" Effect hits this. And if you can't do any of that, well, GG I guess...
This patch makes me want to quit this game.
okaay byeee
Akama is a new Rogue Legendary Revealed for Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Expansion
Its an interesting card, but rogue has never been lacking offensive stuff to play. Play Akama Prime and swipe your opponent's face for 6 every turn. But you'd need to first draw Akama Prime, play Akama Prime, and lastly, not die.
Unfortunately, control decks can usually get rid of minions like this, aggro decks will just not care, and midrange decks will probably kill you before you do them.
Still, there's plenty of ways to get more Akama Prime, assuming you'd even want to. Togwaggle's Scheme, Shadow of Death, Faceless Manipulator (yes only YOU get to copy him).
At very best, Shadow of Death + Stowaway = 3 Akama Prime on board
But really, much like Waxadred, not going to see play. Unfortunate.
Akama is a new Rogue Legendary Revealed for Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Expansion
O.O
Soooooo... Flare and similar cards doesn't work on him? Maybe Mass Dispel only.
It could be part of some miracle combo deck with tons of buffs.
Akama is a new Rogue Legendary Revealed for Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Expansion
Akama was the leader of the ashtongue broken who swore their loyalty to Illidan because he promised revenge on the orcs for destroying their homeworld. When players enter the Black Temple raid in TBC Akama realizes he made the wrong choice and helps the players fight the shade of akama to restore the ashtongue's freedom.
Akama is a new Rogue Legendary Revealed for Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Expansion
He helped illidan take over black citadel, then betrayed him to Maiev.
A real rogue alright. He was permanently stealth in W3 as well, by the way.
Akama is a new Rogue Legendary Revealed for Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Expansion
Permanent stealth--as featured on adventure runs like Dungeon Run or any of its derivatives--usually features prominently in an aggro-focused deck. That's because your opponent can't directly deal with your perma-stealthed minions, so they just target your face.
But if it's just one of your minions with this...
A couple different strategies come to mind. One is to make Akama your main damage dealer and back him up with support cards like the sapper guy that was revealed, clearing your enemy's obstacles out of the way. The other is to feature Akama in a more aggressive tempo deck where Akama is just one utility piece of a much more aggressive playstyle.
I suspect that, since most of the Galakrond package is sticking around, Akama will feature in those decklists as a finisher, not a central role. But the meta might slow down enough for an Akama-centric deck to come around.
Akama is a new Rogue Legendary Revealed for Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Expansion
Idk Man... It's cool, but also seems pretty uninteractable...
Akama is a new Rogue Legendary Revealed for Hearthstone's Ashes of Outland Expansion
So what's this guy's story? Cool art!
New Shaman Minion - The Lurker Below
Looks like Godzilla made it's Way into Hearthstone!
Really cool Art and the Effect is pretty strong!
New Rogue Minion - Akama
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New Shaman Minion - The Lurker Below
Holy shit I love this card for some reason. Maybe it's the name, the art, or all of it? Too bad it's missing a tribe though, I thought it was a dragon at first sight.
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Technically it's same creature as North Sea Kraken, but in WoW it also doesn't have tribe tag.