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why 19 is so hard But i love bad ice cream 3 on hudgames

I find it odd that the global tournament has a 20k prize pool while a showmatch tournament has a 300k prize pool.

Since she's a Champion you have a good chance of seeing her right off the bat during your first 2 picks. I don't know if they'll take any other measures specific to Expeditions, but considering how close they're looking at balance for constructed there is a good chance they'll make some type of adjustment if a certain card or archetype becomes an issue.

I've had multiple runs with Brann, who is great, especially if you can transition into an amalgam-buff strategy with battlecries and the card Brann. If nothing else, he gives you an easy first few turns if you get a battlecry minion in your opening pool.

Elise is quite tough to use and evaluate because you still have to pay the price of a minion to make use of her discover-effect. You could think of it as a free reroll in the sense that you get to look at three new cards but you have to buy one.

I've only been offered Finley once, and Brann was the other option then. Have yet to see a Sindragosa, but I bet she's stronger than people give her credit for. I freeze quite a lot so I'm sure I'd benefit from the hero power.

I also wont miss Millificent, mainly because I thought she was boring. And frankly not even that strong in a meta where mechs were top-tier and you had to compete for literal scraps with 2-3 other players.

I'll play a tribal hero now and again but I much prefer heroes that don't tie me to one specific tribe.

Has there been any foreshadowing of how/if they'll try to manipulate balance?  E.g., you mention Anivia as standing out: in Hearthstone Arena, Blizzard had been "bucketing" such that you'd have to chose between her and a few other powerful cards, then restrict your subsequent offerings to much lower power level.  For MtG paper draft, every physical card in the tournament is offered to some player every round so the "balance" is that all the super-valuable cards like Anivia are swooped after the first couple of rounds.

Careful there, you don't want to trigger a Manastorm in here 

I find it kinda odd that that a tournament featuring the supposed best from 32 countries have a 20k prizepool while the showmatch tournament for battlegrounds featuring streamers and personalities have a 300k prizepool. Or am I missing something?

I think Wolf at 2 is way above the curve compared to the other minions available on that tier (e.g. Harvest Golem). They should both be at 3 or Wolf should be removed completely, since it's frankly just bad and upgrades really poorly.

First impressions of the new heroes: Brann is fairly decent provided you go for a tribe that benefits well from battlecries, and getting a Humonculus on 1 makes you really strong for the first few rounds. You do need your bonuses to land in the right place though, since they trigger after the battlecry comes in, meaning they can hit your battlecry minion you intended to resell.

Syndragosa can be really powerful, especially if your taverns align really well where you want to buy multiple minions from the same board. Even if you don't get lucky, just freezing the first board through turn 1, your tavern upgrade on 2, then buying on 3 and on 4 what you previously froze gives you a powerful start.

Elise is...eh...she's not bad, but I think her hero power could use a discount. When you have to pay a full 3 gold, it doesn't seem like that much of a benefit, especially since you only get to make use of her power a handful of times.

Finley though. Finley is actively atrocious. The token stacking and reselling mechanic of Deryl doesn't work since you have to pay for it, making it extremely gold inefficient, and your hero power will often end up hitting the tokens you intend to sell. Cycling battlecries to keep refreshing your hero power is awful since you forego your rerolls to do it and end up with measly +3/+3 to show for it a lot of the time. It's just. Ugh. I sincerely hope there is something utterly broken I'm not getting, because this guy makes Giantfin look OP.

Damn, I always picked Millificent, she was a boss. She's like, the complete opposite of her pitiful husband.

Haven't got one yet, but so far Brann looks insane, Finley is meh and Elise - I'm not sure what she does. Sindragossa usually was dead below 4, so probably not too good either.

Edit: looked up Elise - not bad, but not crazy either. About rotated heroes - Millificent won't be missed. 

I find it funny that they corrected a bug that had Rat Pack and Infested Wolf tiers switched when this is how it actually should be. Rat is insanely more powerful than wolf. The power level difference between these two minions is so big it's pretty ridiculous. Rat should be moved to tier 3 (maybe 4) and wolf to tier 2.

We got bamboozled 

Lets not forget about the last game Valve made, the Hearthstone destroyer.... Artifact !

I hope HL3 will be better.

Just played as Brann and he seems pretty strong. Even dropping a Murloc on turn one and buffing the token to a 2/2 is pretty effective, and it gets crazy from there. I played pretty well, but made some sloppy plays experimenting with Battlecries and board space, and still walked out in first place with 28 health. That's obviously not a large enough sample size, one match, but I can definitely see some potential, given that you can buff minions that are typically harder to buff, as a passive. With the frequent Battlecry mental gymnastics players tend to do, I'm curious (and wary) at what some of the outcomes might look like.

My very first win in Battlegrounds was with a Murloc strategy, with Giantfin too. 

A successful run heavily relies on you getting a copy of Brann though.  I would have been surprised if anyone could crack my 5/7 board of Divine Shield + Windfury + Poisonous minions.

One of the biggest Pogs, maybe ever. Seriously though this is definitely half life 3 but they would never actually title it that because there's such high expectations attached to those words now. 

I always thought Gaze was a clever work-around for those of us who don't particularly care for RNG. It made the class much more appealing to me :)

It's about freezing the minions you want to buy in Bob's tavern

I have played three rounds of battlegrounds since the update and I have seen all of the new heroes except for Elise. 

I can't wait to try her out!

*edit* I just got offered elise. I only had time to play a half-run (darn other things that take up my time!). I was playing beasts and her hero power is super useful. Discovering a minion of a spesific tier means that you can usually find just what you are looking for. I was able to discover a Scavenging Hyena and a Rat Pack. I had a pretty good board when I had to leave and I imagine that if I had kept going I would have done well. 

The issue is, you will never get first place playing murlocs. They are very powerful in the early game, but when playing against 100/100 demons (I have actually seen minions this big before) or 30 attack divine shield mechs, Gaining 2 health a tier sooner isn't going to matter. 

You can't win Battlegrounds with an aggro strategy, you can only make other people lose before losing yourself.

Love seeing Emerald Explorer getting the love it deserves, it really does look like a 5 star card

What do you think about Sindragosa? Is there any significant freeze synergy?

Quote From Shosupply

Finally got to play as a new hero!  It was Elise and she is aMEIzing!  Being able to discover an important minion by far is super useful!  Hurray for Elise and druidism!

PS. 

My main in retail and classic WOW is druid.