The main problem with this TB is that games are so long. It is not conducive to gold farming. With the announcement of the new expansion, don't expect too many TBs that will be over quick one way or another.
Shaman is the battlecry specialist, brann is a battlecry guy from the original expansion. I'm the new version of brann will be hunter related, may or may not be battlecries this time.
(double shudderwock is nuts also as proven when shudderwock first came out :)
You can potentially get two drustvar horrors, each of which can cast their double spells twice. There are some spell combinations that can just autowin the game, like [token generator] + The Storm Bringer, and now you get two rolls for it, not to mention two rolls on the horror itself. If you can afford to pay 9 mana for a 5/5 then Swamp Queen + quest will probably win the game.
Yeah, it's nuts until you realize you can only have one hero power at once LUL
I don't know about this one. Unlike the other two revealed, this one is very easy to finish (lackey generators are 2 procs) but the reward seems useless in the current meta. What are you going to do? Clear the path face for 4 like a rogue does? You don't have the tempo tools to get in early chip damage like they do. You don't have value oriented battlecries like they do
Unless they print some insane battlecries, Hagatha is just better and unlike this quest is actually an important synergy with shudderwok
The official site has the empty slots waiting for the community reveal timetable but it's still empty. About two weeks until community reveals should be a solid guess. Blizzard has previously given us some cards via blog posts even before the community reveals start so make sure to check our front page every now and then for latest reveals (usually blogs happen at 10:00 PDT/13:00 EDT/19:00 CEST).
didn't want to open a new thread so I'm asking in here, Will be a countdown in frontpage like we used to see when they reveal the reveal times (revealing reveal times lol)?
Countdowns are ready to go as soon as we have the dates and times from Blizzard. Got that ready last week =
I wonder if after this hero power is activated if playing a lifedrinker into shudderwock would do 12 damage (6 from the lifedrinker, and 6 from the shudderwock copying lifedrinker's battlecry) or 18 damage (6 from lifedrinker with shudderwock copying both activations of lifedrinker twice). I also remember seeing in a stream Harrison drawing cards by destroying a weapon twice so I wonder if you could use bog slosher to give a minion +4/+4 even though it should be in your hand already.
Either way though, this should be one of the most powerful quests. With lackeys being in the game a lackey generator is usually 2 battlecries in 1 card and in a battlecry deck even some bounce effects could make sense. Also great synergy with the new 2/3 that draws a card if you have a quest active. It's going to have some anti synergy with hero hagatha (although some amazing synergy with minion hagatha) but it's going to be in for a year longer than her. I know it's not too wise to give predictions when only a handful of cards have been revealed, but I wouldn't be too surprised if this turned out to be one of the strongest cards of the next expansion.
EDIT: Just realised this hero power wasn't passive so no Shudderwock memes unless you have the coin and there's never a good way to use it. Should probably be still decent but not nearly as good as I originally thought.
Thunderhead is what makes this deck relevant, so yes, craft copies of it. Aggro Overload Shaman is incredibly fun to play; I think it's skill-intensive and teaches you about resource management.
You will have a miserable time against Warriors, though. You won't have enough burn to pierce through their armor, and any minions you play won't stick for long because of all their removal. And there are a lot of Warriors on the ladder right now.
Double battlecry is nuts with Swamp Queen Hagatha, the question is whether even more value is needed in control shaman and whether you can afford to slow down the deck even more to get it. My intuition says no, but if they print enough decent and cheap battlecries, then who knows?
For the wild shudderwock combo deck it strikes me as a win-more card. Having 1 less cards in hand hurts and you autowin if you get the combo off in time, so you're probably better off with extra draws and control tools rather than the build-a-brann hero power.
yeah it is for sure but we all know Brann Bronzebeard as the first battlecry master, so much people expected to see battlecry related stuff with Brann and we know he is hunter hero this expansion.
Control decks ATM have Hagatha and she generally is a glut of cards, not to mention a useful AOE. It's basically do you bet on randomly generated spells giving you outs or do you put it all on your Shudderwock play?
After hero Hagatha rotates, then it will likely fit control ... but then there's no Shudderwock in standard.
Yeah, Team 5 painted themselves into a corner when they decided to assign a distinct class to each hero/villain. Best to forget Brann's earlier incarnation :) Battlecry synergies have been a Shaman thing, not so much Hunter. Anyway, any thematic consistency was broken when they gave Rogues Spirit of the Shark.
I was already running only Sludge Slurper at one and a bunch of Battlecry cards for my Control Shaman. It looks like a perfect fit.
The only issue I have is the anti-synergy with Hagatha the Witch. I don't see this card beating her currently, but I'll certainly try it when the expansion launches.
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The main problem with this TB is that games are so long. It is not conducive to gold farming. With the announcement of the new expansion, don't expect too many TBs that will be over quick one way or another.
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That's correct, and everyone gets a free one randomly!
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The priest QUEST is likely double rattlecry effects then, it seems to be similar to single player ENEMY hero powers for quest rewards
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Shaman is the battlecry specialist, brann is a battlecry guy from the original expansion. I'm the new version of brann will be hunter related, may or may not be battlecries this time.
(double shudderwock is nuts also as proven when shudderwock first came out :)
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Nope you must pay 2 mana for effect its not passive hero power
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That won't be the case since it's not a passive hero power.
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^Swampqueen Hagatha, not the hero card, Hagatha the Witch.
You can potentially get two drustvar horrors, each of which can cast their double spells twice. There are some spell combinations that can just autowin the game, like [token generator] + The Storm Bringer, and now you get two rolls for it, not to mention two rolls on the horror itself. If you can afford to pay 9 mana for a 5/5 then Swamp Queen + quest will probably win the game.
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Yeah, it's nuts until you realize you can only have one hero power at once LUL
I don't know about this one. Unlike the other two revealed, this one is very easy to finish (lackey generators are 2 procs) but the reward seems useless in the current meta. What are you going to do? Clear the path face for 4 like a rogue does? You don't have the tempo tools to get in early chip damage like they do. You don't have value oriented battlecries like they do
Unless they print some insane battlecries, Hagatha is just better and unlike this quest is actually an important synergy with shudderwok
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Countdowns are ready to go as soon as we have the dates and times from Blizzard. Got that ready last week =
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First Warlock gets a quest, then Shaman so I guess since this is a Hero expansion every class will be getting a quest.
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I wonder if after this hero power is activated if playing a lifedrinker into shudderwock would do 12 damage (6 from the lifedrinker, and 6 from the shudderwock copying lifedrinker's battlecry) or 18 damage (6 from lifedrinker with shudderwock copying both activations of lifedrinker twice). I also remember seeing in a stream Harrison drawing cards by destroying a weapon twice so I wonder if you could use bog slosher to give a minion +4/+4 even though it should be in your hand already.
Either way though, this should be one of the most powerful quests. With lackeys being in the game a lackey generator is usually 2 battlecries in 1 card and in a battlecry deck even some bounce effects could make sense. Also great synergy with the new 2/3 that draws a card if you have a quest active. It's going to have some anti synergy with hero hagatha (although some amazing synergy with minion hagatha) but it's going to be in for a year longer than her. I know it's not too wise to give predictions when only a handful of cards have been revealed, but I wouldn't be too surprised if this turned out to be one of the strongest cards of the next expansion.
EDIT: Just realised this hero power wasn't passive so no Shudderwock memes unless you have the coin and there's never a good way to use it. Should probably be still decent but not nearly as good as I originally thought.
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Your 6th Battlecry Minions will trigger twice!
Worth crafting Thunderheads for aggro shaman?
Thunderhead is what makes this deck relevant, so yes, craft copies of it. Aggro Overload Shaman is incredibly fun to play; I think it's skill-intensive and teaches you about resource management.
You will have a miserable time against Warriors, though. You won't have enough burn to pierce through their armor, and any minions you play won't stick for long because of all their removal. And there are a lot of Warriors on the ladder right now.
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Double battlecry is nuts with Swamp Queen Hagatha, the question is whether even more value is needed in control shaman and whether you can afford to slow down the deck even more to get it. My intuition says no, but if they print enough decent and cheap battlecries, then who knows?
For the wild shudderwock combo deck it strikes me as a win-more card. Having 1 less cards in hand hurts and you autowin if you get the combo off in time, so you're probably better off with extra draws and control tools rather than the build-a-brann hero power.
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You get the Hero Power immediately.
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Question for the new quests if anyone knows... upon completion to you get a new hero power instantly or is it a card you cast?
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I definitely didn't miss quests... is what it is though. this game always keeps it interesting at least to me
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Only negative I see is anti-synergy with Hagatha's hero power. Otherwise it's fantastic. The late game controllable value is wonderful for control.
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yeah it is for sure but we all know Brann Bronzebeard as the first battlecry master, so much people expected to see battlecry related stuff with Brann and we know he is hunter hero this expansion.
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More for aggro shaman and perhaps wild.
Control decks ATM have Hagatha and she generally is a glut of cards, not to mention a useful AOE. It's basically do you bet on randomly generated spells giving you outs or do you put it all on your Shudderwock play?
After hero Hagatha rotates, then it will likely fit control ... but then there's no Shudderwock in standard.
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Yeah, Team 5 painted themselves into a corner when they decided to assign a distinct class to each hero/villain. Best to forget Brann's earlier incarnation :) Battlecry synergies have been a Shaman thing, not so much Hunter. Anyway, any thematic consistency was broken when they gave Rogues Spirit of the Shark.
Also in wild: Play Fencing Coach during the turn before Shudderwock for double the shenanigans
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Well, Shaman IS the class that focuses on battlecry the most
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I was already running only Sludge Slurper at one and a bunch of Battlecry cards for my Control Shaman. It looks like a perfect fit.
The only issue I have is the anti-synergy with Hagatha the Witch. I don't see this card beating her currently, but I'll certainly try it when the expansion launches.