I'm in the process of slowly releasing a bunch of content on each individual region reviewing their strengths in various categories such as spells vs. champions vs. followers and I'd love feedback from as many people as possible! =)

The first region went up today and it is Noxus! You can find it here: Noxus Region Review

So what does everyone think about Noxus? Also, do you agree with the combo rating that I had for the region? Personally, I think the Crimson archetype has by far the best combo potential of any region thus far! 

Ok, to preface, I haven't been playing Hearthstone more than about a year. I started shortly after Boomsday released so I'm not familiar with a lot of the older broken and ridiculous decks that have come and gone. That being said, I really feel like the meta over the last several sets has increasingly given Aggro more and more tools whiles starving Control decks for answers to those tools. When I first started, I stuck with the Mage deck after the tutorial. I played other classes, but Mage became my favorite. And of course, Big Spell Mage was a powerful force at that time. It was a fun and interesting deck that I really enjoyed as it challenged me to find answers to my opponents' board state, but also contained enough tools to handle most anything. The two areas it faltered, was of course, OTK's and extremely aggressive decks when you had poor draw.

So I really, really like Control decks. I like to run more than half my deck and hell, I'm all for going to fatigue. I want to spend time playing a game. I want to feel like the moves I make, the timing in which I play my cards is critical to whether I win or lose. Forgetting Shaman for the moment, the last couple of expansions has seemed to give Aggro decks so many tools for summoning wide and/or tall boards that there are almost no control decks that can keep up any more. Hunter in particular has been one of those. The current iteration of Quest Hunter basically punishes any deck that either can't beat them down fast, or clear a board full of small minions ever single turn. Paladin has been that way too. They snowball so fast, that you really have little option in terms of counters if they have a decent draw. Rush Warrior has been crazy with all the  rush minions, and Pirate Warrior looks to be so much worse. Rogue has always excelled at keeping their hand filled, and going face again and again while controlling the board with spells and minion effects. Warlock is the traditional board flood/zoo class, and even they are having a hard time keeping up with all the minion generating and Mana cheating effects given to other classes of late. 

I'm just at the point I'm tired of so many of my games being decided by turn four or five. I'm tired of broken decks with little or no interaction. I want to feel like I actually have a chance when I queue up with a slower deck. Maybe I'm just not that good a player, but I'd like to think as much time and money as I've invested into Hearthstone that I'm at least halfway decent.

Anyway, end of rant. What are your thoughts? Does control have any real chance in the current state of the game? Or is Aggro the only real way to go any more? (Shaman not withstanding.)

I remember people being horrified when Galakrond, the Unspeakable was revealed because its hero power generates infinite value. However, as everyone is already aware off, Priest is in a terrible spot. The meta is highly focused on tempo and aggression and there's a certain very unhealthy deck out there that can kill you pretty quickly with good draws. Decks that attempt to drag the game to fatigue are just not viable.

But that's not the main issue. The real problem is Galakrond's Hero Power (Galakrond's Wit). It just adds random minions to your hand. What sucks about it is the high inconsistency. While certain minions can be good in any given situation (Mindflayer Kaahrj, for example, is pretty flexible), most of them are extremely situational or require the deck to be built around them to be worth anything (looking at you Test Subject). This means you can get some good stuff here and there, but most of the time you will be filling your hand with junk. This makes the invoke cards pretty terrible as they are meant to be low power level on their own but become strengthened by the hero power value. But that's not the case for Galakrond Priest. You are forced to add weak cards to your deck and the payoff may not even be worth anything.

What is even worse about this is that if the hero power was "Discover a Priest Minion" it probably would be just too good. It would pretty much always generate something worthwhile and give a ton of flexibility in your decision making. There's no balance here. With Discover it would be way too good. With no discover, it just sucks. Unfortunately, i don't see how this can become better. Priest got the worst Galakrond, the worst invoke effect and even its invoke payoff card is in a bad position (despite having one of the most broken battlecries out there).

So i wanted to ask you people: what would you do to make Priest's Galakrond better? What hero power would suit it most without breaking the game? Would you change something about the invoke cards?

I believe they could have given him something like: "Lifesteal: Deal 2 damage to a minion". That way it would provide board control and sustain without moving it away from a more control oriented playstyle.

I like the solo adventures, but have never been able to make a dent in the Frozen Throne. If you haven't played it, the computer hero heals back to full every turn, so you need to deal 30 damage in one go. Holding off some rather large minions whilst trying to build up 30 damage on board is difficult without expensive OP cards.

Well, here comes the infamous:

Simply invoke and trade until you have Galakrond, the Tempest and Kronx Dragonhoof in hand. This means that on the turn after playing your Galakrond, you will have 2x 8/8s, a 5/2 weapon and 5 direct from Kronx - which is 26 damage. If you've managed to keep a taunt from Shield of Galakrond or Dragon's Pack, then you're good to go!

Use the Invocation of Frost and Faceless Corruptor to slow things down and keep the board clear.

You don't need Barista Lynchen or Shudderwock. If you don't have them, swap them out for invokes or taunts to slow things down.

Yesterday in wild casual I faced a warlock deck I'd never seen before but it was quite interesting and semi-unbelievable imo. It seemed like an almost zoolock like shell that revolved around tapping into Expired Merchant and having no other cards higher than 5 mana except for Cruel Dinomancer so that it is always the guaranteed draw. What happens is that unless you are running a silence or transform effect you will eventually face up to 4 Dinomancers that can't be removed since they instantly rez each other upon death.

Well, since they decided to make the old adventures available in the in game shop now, I went and bought League of Explorers. Went through on normal difficulty fairly easily. Only really had issues toward the end, and they weren't too hard. Now I'm working on Heroic. This has been a bit of a struggle. I started playing after the Boomsday expansion, so I don't have a lot of wild cards. Mostly just from Ungoro, Frozen Throne, and Kobolds. I'm currently stuck on Skelesaurus Hex. I've tried some of the top meta decks available, including Galakrond Shaman, but the value from his hero power is just too much most of the time. I've got a full collection in the standard format and I'm looking for any advice on how to get past this one. Any help is appreciated.

Not having a clear cut identity is what getting priest into the problem in wild. 

We know that Blizzard's first priority is standard & wild will always be a red headed stepchild to them. So in the context of card design they will always prioritise cards that will work outright in the standard format, while its utility in wild is always an after thought. 

So with each expansion release we are seeing Priest constantly getting its identity changed. For a while it was resurrect which was not well supported & then came the buff one. But with the recent talk with them shifting divine spirit to HOF & Priest once again getting its identity removed, buff priest will not be well supported in the future either. The benefit of having clear identity is that some other classes are seeing their new cards getting trickled down to their Wild decks. Like secret Mage, battlecry shaman or thief rogue, taunt warrior, kun aviana otk druid, mech pally etc. 

Many of the previous priest archetype that didn't work in the past got no support (like shadowform), So now majority of them have made the entire collection to be filled with dead cards that won't get any support in the future. Many popular archetype didn't receive any support in future expansion either like Dragon priest, resurrect priest, death rattle priest etc. So once a strong deck is now losing its relevancy while weak deck being dead for eternity. While other classes are getting support from their standard set, Priest is getting nothing. Also they completely killed big priest quite successfully. 

Priest was quite bad against aggro & now days with this excessive aggressive environment in wild  it is getting shafted again. some of the deck like mech pally or secret mage have gotten to hard to counter. Attrition & control two of the strongest aspect of Priest gameplay are getting fizzled out as well. 

In the current situation I think Pirest has lost its relevancy in wild & won't be viable anytime soon.

Un-nerfing Raza will be a positive step ( not much but still a positive) but I don't think Blizzard will do that. 

is there any point in casting twice?

I've watched a couple streamers play it briefly but it honestly doesn't look like my thing (granted I have yet to give it an honest first chance yet), but as far as merely being a spectator of HS BGs vs mainstream HS the former looks a lot less interesting to watch. It seems so overly repetitive.

Again this could be due to me not having given it a first try. I don't even know how to play yet (which may be part of the problem?)

Does anyone else still feel this way?

Hello,

I would love to have an option to select which game articles to be shown for me. Honestly I do not want to read something else besides Hearthstone. I would love to see the same function like on the the battlenet.app - to be able to chose which games I want to follow. It bothers me more than I would have expected.

Just wanted to make a thread wishing you all a happy new year :)

This year's coming to an end and I'm pretty surprised I went through the Aggro dominance (be it Mech hunters, hand buff paladins, evolve shamans, Galakrond shaman, murloc shamans, even shamans and more) and haven't uninstalled Hearthstones yet.

This is mostly thanks to you guys who helped me keep my love of deckbuilding alive, providing card suggestions that made my meme decks at least 40% viable instead complete flops and even got one or two of them featured in the Wild Weekend Deck series of articles (which I absolutely love- the ideas are delightful). 

The nice community and pretty much flawless site made Hearthstones so much more enjoyable and God knows I've needed an easy after-work stress relief this year.

Fellow builders- keep helping each other and happy holidays!

Deck 1
Name: i am you but stronger
Regions: Piltover and Zaun (22) / Shadow Isles (18)
Champions: none
Mana curve: 0 (5) 1(6) 2(5) 3(6) 4(3) 5(6) 6(5) 7+(4)
Card Types: 15 Followers 25 Spells
Theme: Counter / Control / Competitive
Good against: basically everything 
Bad against: Champion focused Decks like Tryndamere/Anivia still easy winable thou
Rarity: 2 Epic, 25 Rare, 13 Common

Card List

Sumpworks Map 3x

combine with Chempunk Pickpocket to get the spell more easily

 

 

 

Goals
Early: get enemy spells in your deck, hold shady character for an good use with Parade Electrorig, build your counter deck 
Mid: clone some strong enemies, get really strong units with Ethereal Remitter , transmogulate, maybe clone some stuff you need to counter the enemy and always have a strong board

Late: you should be able to lethal Combo for Victory with The Harrowing and The Ruination , Possession, Atrocity and Fading Memories

 

 

Have Fun!! every game will play out differently.

thelovetoy

Hey, Everyone!! 

I'm new to the forums but figured since there's not much happening in the LoR space right now I'd share some content that I've made! At least in the LoR Reddit which I frequent, these cards seem to be pretty highly discussed in regards to potential nerfs, etc. What do you guys think about them? 

Top 5 Discussed LoR Cards

With the month ending it's time to get the new TESL reward card for players.

December’s ranked play season is ending – not to mention the year itself – and it’s time to introduce the next monthly reward card coming to The Elder Scrolls: Legends this month: Ayleid Guardian!

We’re returning to the Scout class with this month’s card! Ayleid Guardian combines Agility and Endurance attributes for a major payoff in Legends’ late game. Thankfully, weathering an opponent’s attack is the Scout class’ specialty. (That, and quickly ramping up their maximum magicka!)

Ayleid Guardian immediately creates a copy of itself in the other lane when summoned – netting a player 16/16’s worth of stats for eleven magicka! That alone is a sweet deal, but the Guardian’s benefits get even better.

Both 8/8 Guardians in play feature the Guard keyword, so your opponent won’t be able to just swing past them and close the game themselves. The Guardians are also immune to Lethal, so quickly removing them with a pesky Territorial Viper or Fighters Guild Recruit isn’t and option! Simply put, you opponent needs serious removal to deal with Ayleid Guardian’s powerhouse defense.

What are you waiting for? Head into the ranked ladder today to earn your Ayleid Guardian! As with all our monthly reward cards, reaching rank 9 in our ranked ladder by the end of the month will award you one copy, rank 5 will earn you the second and if you finish rank 1 or higher, you’ll get a full playset. In addition, if you’re able to finish in the top 1,000 Legend ranks, your playset will be premium!

hey everyone, i was running an handlock style deck back in uldum, and it felt pretty good but it was lacking a little bit of oomph, now with the new handsize support it might just be viable. I've tried to make it work for a while, but now I dont have all the cards to try it, so if any of you has them and want to try it out here is the list. 

the main concept is that you want to cycle and multiply your aarnasi broodmothers, in that deck sense demons is pretty strong as it is a draw 2 and heal 8. Also you got very decent removals and giants. Transmogrifier seems like a very decent late game tool and the old broodmother shell i was running always felt super good. 

tell me what you think about it

Hey, guys! I was originally going to update my earlier post about free stuff, but this warrants it own thread.

If you missed October's 'treat codes', you can enter the code WELCOME2019 in the 'Redeem Code' section of the store. It will give you 20 packs as well as a few Paths and Powers. Get them while they're hot!

If you've already redeemed one of the aforementioned Treat Codes, this won't work for you. Sorry.

Edit: I'm moving the other codes here, so I don't spam the forum:

SNOWMYTH - 3 Core packs

SNOW - card trim

UGLYSWEATER - card back

This thread has no purpose. I just want to moan about wanting to play LoR and it not being released.

I want LoR and I am sad.

P.S. My mental estimate is end of Jan for the next playtest. I have literally no basis beyond the cryptic 'early Q1' they've offered, so when I'm inevitably wrong I will be even more disappointed.

Essentially it is designed around the heavy Aggro meta going around. It goes pretty wide on clear with Warpath, Dragonmaw Scorcher,Awaken!, Twin Tyrant, and Deathwing, Mad Aspect. The primary strategy is to win either by exhaust or just take any damage you can get to face to break them down. Honestly I havent found many good Gala decks, and this is essentally a modifaction of the RegisKillbin deck because i didnt have a Dr. Boom, Mad Genius. Works very well, but can't go super late vs things like Shaman and Archivist Elysiana decks.

Honestly I have no idea what to do with Gala Warrior is it control or aggro?

New Eternal Event starting Christmas Day 12/25.

This holiday season, show no mercy. 

Bring a 75-card Throne deck and be ready for anything:

Each game will have a random boss rule from a list of over 20 boss rules. Some are from previous events or Gauntlet, and some are brand new!

Here’s what you need to know:

• The Crill’s Assault event uses 75-card constructed decks in the Throne format.
• The event costs 4,000 Gold or 300 Gems to enter.
• Each run is 10 games, win or lose.
• You may enter as many times as you like.
• You must select your deck when you join, and you cannot change decks between games in a run.
• There is no leaderboard.
• The Crill’s Assault event will run from Wednesday 12/25/2019 at 10:00 AM MST (17:00 UTC) to Thursday 1/2/2020 at 4:00 PM MST (23:00 UTC)
• Note: This event does not grant QCP.

Run Rewards

Wins	Prizes
10	6 packs, 1 Diamond Chest, 1 premium Rare
9	6 packs, 1 Gold Chest, 1 premium Rare
8	5 packs, 1 Gold Chest, 1 premium Rare
7	5 packs, 1 Gold Chest, 1 Rare
6	5 packs, 1 Silver Chest, 1 Rare
5	4 packs, 1 Silver Chest, 1 Rare
4	4 packs, 1 Silver Chest, premium Uncommon
3	4 packs, 1 Bronze Chest, 1 premium Uncommon
2	4 packs, 1 Bronze Chest
1	3 packs, 1 Bronze Chest
0	3 packs of The Flame of Xulta

Get ready for your winter assault starting Christmas Day!

As a bonus to players they've increased certain Eternal Twitch drops for a limited time.

As a special holiday gift to our players, the Twelve Days of Dropsmas will be starting on Christmas 12/25/2019 and running for twelve days until 1/5/20!
During the Twelve Days of Dropsmas
Draft tickets and card packs from sets 1-6 will drop more often!
Every day, starting on Christmas and continuing for twelve days, we will drop that day’s special card in addition to your normal Twitch drops!
Make sure to tune in to your favorite Eternal streamer every day on Twitch to earn those sweet rewards!

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On the first day of Dropsmas, Eternal gave to me – An Acquisitive Crow casting spells for me!

On the second day of Dropsmas, Eternal gave to me – Two Thunderbirds and an Acquisitive Crow casting spells for me!

On the third day of Dropsmas, Eternal gave to me – Three Humbugs Swarming, two Thunderbirds, and an Acquisitive Crow casting spells for me!

On the fourth day of Dropsmas, Eternal gave to me – Four Forge Wolves a howling, three Humbug Swarms, two Thunderbirds, and and an Acquisitive Crow casting spells for me!

On the fifth day of Dropsmas, Eternal gave to me – Five Amber Rings! Four Forge Wolves, three Humbug Swarms, two Thunderbirds, and and an Acquisitive Crow casting spells for me!

On the sixth day of Dropsmas, Eternal gave to me – Six Substitutes transforming, five Amber Rings! Four Forge Wolves, three Humbug Swarms, two Thunderbirds, and an Acquisitive Crow casting spells for me!

On the seventh day of Dropsmas, Eternal gave to me – Seven Submerged Titans swimming, six Substitutes transforming, five Amber Rings! Four Forge Wolves, three Humbug Swarms, two Thunderbirds, and an Acquisitive Crow casting spells for me!

On the eighth day of Dropsmas, Eternal gave to me – Eight Alluring Embers charging, seven Submerged Titans Swimming, Six Substitutes transforming, five Amber Rings! Four Forge Wolves, three Humbug Swarms, two Thunderbirds, and an Acquisitive Crow casting spells for me!

On the ninth day of Dropsmas, Eternal gave to me – Nine Smokedancers charming, Eight Alluring Embers charging, seven Submerged Titans swimming, Six Substitutes transforming, five Amber Rings! Four Forge Wolves, three Humbug Swarms, two Thunderbirds, and an Acquisitive Crow casting spells for me!

On the tenth day of Dropsmas, Eternal gave to me – Ten Jotun Punters punting, nine Smokedancers charming, eight Alluring Embers charging, seven Submerged Titans swimming, Six Substitutes transforming, five Amber Rings! Four Forge Wolves, three Humbug Swarms, two Thunderbirds, and an Acquisitive Crow casting spells for me!

On the eleventh day of Dropsmas, Eternal gave to me – Eleven Doorbots helping, ten Jotun Punters punting, nine Smokedancers charming, eight Alluring Embers charging, seven Submerged Titans swimming, six Substitutes transforming, five Amber Rings! Four Forge Wolves, three Humbug Swarms, two Thunderbirds, and an Acquisitive Crow casting spells for me!

On the twelfth day of Dropsmas, Eternal gave to me – Twelve Frontier Bards drumming, eleven Doorbots helping, ten Jotun Punters punting, nine Smokedancers charming, eight Alluring Embers charging, seven Submerged Titans swimming, six Substitutes transforming, five Amber Rings! Four Forge Wolves, three Humbug Swarms, two Thunderbirds, and an Acquisitive Crow casting spells for me!

I get it, the site doesn't get enough support from the community and we need ads or else the site will go under, but there are just too many ads. Ads at the top of the screen are fine, ads in between the threads/tavern brawl/deck discussion are fine, ads at the bottom of news posts are fine, but when there are ads in between, next to, and even inside of comments and thread replies it is just too much. The site feels cramped and cluttered. Please move these ads somewhere else or just get rid of them, it is hard to read the threads now and it makes the site less usable. Please. I hate this.

missing gold was already a thread...

additionally i have decks in the deck manager, that say, they are one card short, even if they are at full 30 cards.

i have decks i can't play, because the game tells me, that this deck is not for this mode (wtf?)

and so on...

what's wrong with our favourite indie company?

and marry christmas to everyone :) (so this thread is not only complaint)

Hey, you! Did you just unpacked Nozdormu the Timeless and now suddenly feeling a creepling depression and crushing saddness? Worry not! Just throw in 20 k+ worth of legendaries, and you now can play a semi-competetive deck while showing of your shiny dragon and generally being a hipster. Enjoy!

So i would like to have more friends in hearthstone so i decided to make a thread simply looking for friends.

here is some of my info and if you are also looking for friends you can post it here too.

Also happy holidays everyone

BATTLETAG: murlocleader#21916

SERVER: eu

PLAYTIME: random

LVL of EXPERIENCE: been playing for 5 years however on this account i've played for 2 years. I never tried to properly rank up so i'm between rank 25-20

LOOKING FRIENDS FOR: i would like to have more friends to talk to if you're a new player you can add me too