I started playing runeterra for a couple of weeks and almost half the games i play are having connection issues. I already tested the internet several times to make sure it's not my problem and i wanted to know if you guys are having the same trouble. I really liked the game but it's impossible to enjoy it. I'm not going to play it anymore and if you are having the same problem i recommend sending a complaint because i'm sick of these triple A companies doing a half-ass job. If there is something i can about this, please come talk o me,

Hello!

Recently, over on our Discord we had a discussion about the Priest class, and how its Basic and Classic sets just kind of suck. It's even been mentioned by the Devs before that 'fixing' the Priest class may involve an overhaul of their Basic and Classic sets, rather than just some balance tweaks.

This is my take on that overhaul.

I wasn't sure how to format this at first, but I think I'll tackle this in three parts: first, I'll show you the cards that I'll be removing completely from the Basic and Classic sets, with reasoning; second, I'll show off my revised Basic set and walk you through the changes; third, I'll show you my revised Classic set, also walking you through the changes.

For some card replacements, I created entirely new cards; some cards have instead been plucked from previous expansions.

Part 1: Those We Left Behind

Part 2: Back to Basics

Part 3: Classical Conditioning

This just happened when my opponent played The Harrowing against me:

Since three Chump Whumps where among the revived cards, they also got six Mushroom Clouds. At first I thought it was a bug, but after looking into it I found out it's supposed to happen since Chump Whump's card text says "when I'm summoned, create two mushroom cloud in hand" and not "play: create two mushroom cloud in hand". I decided to share it here since this is actually a really cool interaction with The Harrowing that a lot of players probably aren't aware of (It was also quite scary, since I had very few cards left in my deck when this happened).

Win or lose, I'm already tired of this card. I shouldn't be forced to not use any spells over 5 mana when I face a deck with Ionian cards.... Idk if it needs to be hard nerfed, but something needs to be done about this card solo winning certain matchups.

Topic, but I'd like to expand on my mindset on why this is something I believe needs to be addressed.

So right now, we live in a meta where Elusive Aggro is dominant, and there's a limited amount of ways for some regions to counter that strategy. Demacia has a share of Challenger Minions that can snipe the stealthy guys, Shadow Isles has removal (in fact, Shadow Isles has even BETTER removal tools than Piltover, the region that seems to want to specialize in that sort of thing, but that's another show), Freljord is pretty much reliant on Avalanche and whatever your secondary region's tools to deal (maybe you can buff Braum, and maybe you can slam an Anivia, but neither of these are really practical solutions as you're reliant on getting a way to buff Braum, and against the really aggro decks, you're dead before you can get Anivia to clear the board) This isn't an Elusive hate thread, I'm just using it as an example because it's the clearest way to demonstrate my point here, there are strategies that are going to dominate any card game, and most of the time the strengths of these strategies play right into the weakness of other decks. It's just how these things work, sure, and it's always going to be that way as long as card games are a thing.

...But the question I'm trying to ask here, is what if we had a Neutral set that any region could use, to at least offset the various number of overwhelming strategies that may enter the game, just to give the decks weak to whatever's dominating the meta this month a fighting chance? I'm not saying every deck should have the tools to counter everything, just give them one or two cards to make things a little less lopsided. Some equivalents to stuff like Dragonmaw Poacher, or Galakka Crawler,  and other such things would be very healthy for the game in my opinion, and I think it could do a lot to address the current Elusive situation and other things that might spiral out of control down the line.

So, is a "Tech" set of weaker cards that any deck can utilize designed to address certain specific strategies the way to go, or is there a better approach to balance the game in the long term?

i'm not sure yet, but i think, i will get it.

I have nothing against harder bosses, but this one is insane.

200hp and 1 Mana Keleseth HP is absolutly crazy without Chromis second life and double Turn HP.

Did anyone of you managed to beat him on heroic and what decks did you used?

It's that time of year again, in only approximately two months there will be a new year rotation, which will probably bring with it another round of Hall of Fame. What cards do you think will be HoF'd? What cards do you hope will be HoF'd?

Why does Blizzard doesn't use the EXP system for something useful past level 10, and remove the cap of 60? It's really the progress and dedication people have been asking for.

Tie rewards to the exp system but ones who are worth it and not useless golden cards you can't even disenchant. I am sure veteran players forgot but you level let's say mage to level 60 and what do you get? a golden Dalaran Mage amazing card 100% worth to level the class to 60...

Make it infinite with loops like in Overwatch where every level/few levels you get a "class pack" (which is a pack with cards of only this class), the rewards in the game are mostly boring at this point you can make people who main a class be more likely to get cards for that class this way...

Sure it's asking a lot from the greedy activision but it would improve the constant issue of the game being too much p2w... just like gwent and LoR use regional rewards, HS can too and the system is already in place just that the rewards suck and the system isn't used for players that play the game for a while..

If there is any systematic change in HS it is in the standard rotation, looking forward to such change this april specially with the rising competition in the F2P territory.

After many turns of my Shadow Isles control vs that 4000 IQ Heimerdinger deck thats showing up everywhere we hit the decisive finish, He had 1 HP on nexus I had 3. I swung with my 2 minions that if unblocked would do 10 damage. He had 2 minions to block but instead of blocking he played Get Excited targeting my nexus. I swiftly played Vile Feast in hopes that I could survive with one HP, but of course he had a mystic shot available as well. Then instead of putting up blockers he hit OK and everything went off. My 2 minions struck his nexus leaving him at -9 HP and his mystic shot brought me past the threshold to -1. But when the flashing colors were over it told me I lost, and I assumed it showed him victory.

We both dropped below 0, him even more so that I did. Why the hell did I lose?

So ... is this just very lucky or what the Bunnyrabit did just happen?

I like the Draft Variation in this game.

my first one was a 1/2 Run ... meh

second one was a loss in the finals but im pretty happy here :) 6 wins straight

the 3rd and the 4th were simmilar

i tried to draft Teemo and id just didnt work out...

the second one was really bad and i honeslty just surrendered after the first half of the game to save me the time

but i got a Vladimir Champion as a reward for that?

Was this just extremly lucky? or did i miss somethign here?

i certainly wont complain but ... is this a thing?

It seems i cant play any 2 matches without seeing a buffed elusive deck and idk about the community, but it feels extremely boring at this point. All i can see at plat is elusive decks and i feel pushed to play either the elusive deck itself or a counter. I know the meta builds itself and people play around what's best but can't at least some of the best decks just not be elusives? Elusive as a mechanic doesnt really feel too bad but the tons of buffs and them having deny feels unfair. But what should be nerfed? If any cards at all

Galakrond's Awakening is Hearthstone's newest Solo Adventure and is set to release on January 21, 2020.

Quick Info

• Each week brings us a new chapter and new cards.
• A total of 35 new collectible cards will be added to the game.
• The cards will be unlocked by progressing through the chapters.
• The whole adventure can be purchased for $20, or each chapter can be purchased individually for $7 or 700 gold.

Arena Drafting Pool

The card pool for drafting will (most likely) stay the same and adds Galakrond's Awakening:

• Basic
• Classic
• Blackrock Mountain
• The Grand Tournament
• One Night in Karazhan
• Knights of the Frozen Throne
• Rastakhan's Rumble
• Descent of Dragons
• Galakrond's Awakening

This thread is dedicated to discussing the impact of these cards on the ARENA environment.

Click below to see how Arena Mods at Out of Cards rated the cards revealed so far!

You can read everyones detailed card evaluation by clicking on their pictures.

Below you will find links for all of the cards that have been revealed so far.

This is a work in progress!

SOLVED!

Hi there

Was bored and drunk and decided to see what English words were in the word HEARTHSTONE.  No anagrams or backwards, names etc just straightforward English words.  Here's what I came up with, but removed one - first person to find it gets, um, I dunno, universal karma and a +1 :)

A
HE
ON
TO
ART
EAR
ONE
TON
HEAR
TONE
HEART
EARTH
STONE
HEARTH
HEARTHS
HEARTHSTONE

Of course possible I missed more other than the word I omitted in which case double karma!

What can I purchase with shards? A part for expeditions and cosmetic stuff. No way to purchase cards? tks

As I understand it, the weekly cap on wildcard purchases is intended to keep people from collecting all the cards too quickly, and the developers hope this will keep the meta from getting stale too quickly. I guess I'm wondering what their definition of "too quickly" is.

There are 24 Champions in the game, and you can have 3 copies of each, so 24 x 3 = 72 is the maximum number of Champ cards you can collect at this time.

If I spent all my wildcards and shards after only three vault openings, I would now have over 40 Champion cards. I am confident that I could easily collect all 72 by the end of the first month. Someone more dedicated than me could have them all a bit sooner by grinding every region with Expedition XP. (I've only completed one region, but I'm very close to finishing my second.)

I've heard several streamers expressing frustration at having to wait to craft a wider variety of decks. My question is: Is the throttle really working as intended?

It seems like it's making paying players unhappy in the short term, while not really slowing things down all that much when you consider the bigger picture. After all, this game is surely going to last a while, and it could be many months before we see an expansion.

Furthermore, once that expansion does arrive, people will easily be able to acquire most of it immediately with saved resources. (I've seen no indication that the current resources won't work on future content.)

It all sounded like a good idea on paper, but I'm not sure the result (a month or less before whales have a full set) is worth the frustration -- especially when the people you are frustrating are the only ones actually giving you money.

I created a deck but it's not visible except in my personal area. tks

Hey, so I wanted to make a list of my opinion on the best cards in the game. So i decided to make a video on it. Let me know your guy's opinion on my list and also what cards you think are really really good. Would love to hear your opinions!
https://youtu.be/_CfFlzRpO8g

So turns out you can play any wild card in this brawl, just copy a deck that has no standard cards and then it will suggest you to paste it once you are in the brawl, then it will select a card from the deck, it will find only wild cards and it will settle on one.. TBH tried a few minutes to figure out how he settles on a card so far it seems that if a certain card exists then it will select it.. how it selects it is unknown to me.

I tried to make it so it chooses Patches the Pirate but I didn't managed to replicate it yet (I faced someone playing patches, added him to question how he did that but of course he wouldn't share, then I remembered this bug and turns out I was right, and it wasn't fixed...)

Anyway nice check if the deck is valid when you queue.

Solution? check the deck's validity on queuing up and ban Pogo-Hopper from this brawl.

EDIT:

Nice suggestion to replace the wild card (Also it lets me replace it).

Have you ever had a moment when you wanted to craft an expensive card (Epic or Legendary) based on an idea you know is going to be bad of a deck you know that will never work, but you just have to do it for the fun of it?

What was the card, and what was the result of this endeavor? 

I am having that moment right now... and was wondering how others handled it :)

as the title sais.....

the game mechanics are PERFECT if not for this nonsense....

what's the logic behind that idea???..cause it's completly illogical and counterintuitive...

Has anybody gotten any extra copies of Champions they already own three of yet? I'm THINKING they might have a similar system to HS where you don't pull a Legendary card you don't need, but I don't have any hard evidence for that.

...And just for laughs, how many shards are extra champions worth?

How does this card work exactly?

Does the detained card retain buffs or damage for example, or is it like the recall mechanic and it reverts to its original state?

Does the detained card get placed back to its original location (bench or battlefield) once the capturing unit leaves play? I'm assuming it gets placed back in the hand if the bench or battlefield is full, and burned if the hand is full.

I dont know if its just me, but feels like im playing druid. Hope this deck helps someone its not optimized yet, but you may understand something about this I do not.

Pretty simple to play just do the most optimal thing you can has lots of card draw for a highlander decks so you can likely burn through most people even the druids pretty often.

Hello Guys and Gals!

So i jsut killed it in the second Expeditions Trial!

I got 6 Wins but honestly i think i should have won the last one as well ...

the moneypoint was the last attack from me.

enemy had a4/2, Fiona lvl uped and killed 1 Minion so far and a 3/2

i had 2 Minions on board and a Savage Reckoner which targeted the 3/2 for the last 5 dmg to win the game

Fiona blocks one of the small minions, (2 kills) and plays strike on the Fiona and the second Minion (3 kills)

then the Reckoner kills the other Minion, i expect 5 dmg for lethal to the core but i loose the game ....

Pls help me what happend here?

thank you