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Vicious Syndicate published the Wild Data Reaper Report #20:

https://www.vicioussyndicate.com/wild-vs-data-reaper-report-20/

Here's their tier list:

T1:
Odd Rogue, Aluneth Mage, Odd Paladin, Mech Paladin, Sn1p-Sn4p Warlock, Even Shaman

T2:
Reno Mage

T3:
Murloc Shaman, Reno Warlock, Mech Hunter, Reno Shaman

T4:
Reno Hunter, Reno Priest, Quest Shaman, Big Priest, Thief Rogue

As I already stated in the pepper thread, I am still surprised of the low amount of Sn1p-locks between rank 15 and 5. VS blames that on the high skill cap of that deck while also mentioning that it's pretty much unbeatable in the right hands. What also matches my experience are the huge numbers of aluneth mages swarming said ranks. It's a pity that warrior has no really competetive deck right now, when they just got an awesome new hero skin :/ Let's hope for a strong standard deck with the arrival of DoD.

The big surprises for me are Odd Rogue and Evolve Shaman. I can't remember playing against a single Odd Rogue this month, but according to VS it sits right there on top of T1. They go even further with Evolve Shaman, which they don't have enough data for to place it in the regular tier list, but strongly support the claim the deck is T0.

What are your experiences? Do you agree with the provided data and the following conclusions?

Anyone knows when the game goes live again?

I'm happy that Hearthstone FINALLY got a new game mode. Even though it's not for me I'm happy that they've made something new to keep the community interested.

I wanted to ask the OOC community how you all felt about this game mode. Like is this what you wanted? Or would you have preferred something else.

Edit 05Nov: I’m glad I’m not the only one who isn’t satisfied with the game mode. I see some of you drawing the direct comparison to Heroes of the Storm in terms of being late to the game and it’s a very realistic critique. We all saw what happened to HotS, not saying it will happen to HS, but the Battlegrounds may go in that direction unless it gets continuous support (I don’t know if they’ve mentioned it anywhere).

I know they wanted to dive into the Autochess world, but they shouldn’t have. They should have innovated on something not seen in the digital CCG world. Hearthstone Mathematician just did an amazing video on a Two-Headed Giant mode that outlines most of the design questions for Team 5. This is a mode that would be more than welcomed in HS. 

Video: https://youtu.be/U3q4lss8mWE

Edit 07Nov: After playing several matches of Battlegrounds and sitting on the thought of the game mode itself.... it's not a new game mode, it's just a different game that utilizes Hearthstone assets. Let me elaborate on that.

Watching the Hearthstone panel for Blizzcon one of the designers explained how they came about the idea of Battlegrounds. They stated that when Autochess and the other Auto-battlers released that the team had a lot of fun playing those games and that they wanted to create one for HS. Six months later Battlegrounds was born and shown to the world.

If you notice in the previous paragraph the Dev said that THE TEAM wanted to create one. So I want everyone to think about that. I'm sure some of you all have browsed the Sub-reddit and read some of the post asking for new game modes and other posts that offer ideas for now ways to play the game (here's mine that I posted on OoC and the Sub-reddit: https://outof.cards/forums/hearthstone/hearthstone-general/1488-six-formats-hearthstone-could-easily-have). I just don't get it. Like we're here, telling the Devs what we want/would like to have/what needs improvement, and they give us something that literally nobody asked for.

Either way, Battlegrounds feels samey after a while. It's high RNG (Yogg be praised) and once you fall behind, that's it. There are key cards that if you don't find after re-rolling over and over again, you simply lose. The game "mode" is not for me. Still wanting and waiting on modes like the ones I've linked above. See y'all on ladder.

I cannot get to tavern brawl, it says that it is temporarily disabled (EU region)

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With the sale of the 3 shop hero portraits as well as the recent addition of the 1K win portraits I realised we have come quite far with the amount of hero portraits we could have gotten. 

So I was wondering what hero portraits do you use for your classes? Mine are:

Druid: Elise

Hunter: Aleria

Mage: Jaina (1K fire mage one)

Paladin: Lady Liadrin

Priest: Lazul (I would love to get Tyrande though)

Rogue: Valeera 

Shaman: King Rasthakhan

Warlock: Gul'dan

Warrior: Garrosh

This is a Discord screenshot of a message from the Rhino CEO that was posted on Reddit by u/weipenghuang:

Hey, folks! So, because I have WAY too much time on my hand, I've decided to see how the Tags in Mythgard (stuff like Valkyries, Vampires, Constructs etc.) are spread out, and I've found some... interesting stuff. A few things before we begin:

• I've purposefully left out some tags that I don't feel are really useful for this experiment (stuff like 'Life', 'Death', 'Legendary' etc.) as well as the 'Token' tag, though I have counted unique tokens as separate units.
• I'm also counting units with more than one Tag multiple times for each tag (so Parsa Clarion will be counted twice, both as an Angel and a Zealot)
• I didn't count any Spells, Enchantments and Artifacts, only minions.
• I'll be referring to them as Tribes from here on out.
• Finally, there are a lot of tags with the same number of minions, so I'll group those together and highlight any that I find worth talking about.

Without further ado:

We stand alone

So here's a fun fact: did you know that there are SEVEN Tribes with only ONE minion: Mollusk, Thrall, Dwarf, Elephant, Geomancer, Artist and Shaman. I can only assume Rhino is planning on adding more in the future. (though how many Mollusks can there be?)

It's worth noting that both Eirsdottir and Cataphract are dual Tribe, with their other tribe being FAR more populated.

The 3 biggest Tribes

I've a total of 47 Tribes for this experiments, and most of them share the same number of units (Elves, Heroes and Spiders each have 6 units, for example), but there are 3 that have a lot more units than the others: 

It's ruff being the smallest of the biggest...

In case that pun didn't give it away, the third most populated tribe are the Canines, at 17 units. About 35% of these are also Soldiers, thanks to Green's Volkovs. They are also the only Tribe among the 3 that have tribal synergies.

I'm going to Construct a wall!

The second most populated Tribe are the Constructs, with 24 Units. Those are pretty much everything mech, statues that come o life, vehicles  and... food... apparently. Most constructs can be found in Yellow, Orange and Purple.

That's the Spirit!

Finally, the most populated Tribe are, surprisingly, the Spirits, at 26 Units. The most are found in Green and Purple, with 34% and 38% respectively. The rest are spread as such: 1 in Blue, 2 in Red, 1 Token in Orange and 2 dual-colours.

The 3 most diverse Colors

There are 3 Colors in the game that have a good number of Tribes exclusive to them. First, there's Red, with 4 Tribes: Vampire, Minotaur, Satyr and Thrall. Of those, only the Vampires have more than 3 Units.

Then, there's Purple, with 5 Tribes: Avatar, Ninja, Outlaw, Geomancer and Artist. Only first 2 of those have more than 2 Unit in their tribe.

And finally there's Orange, who's in a bit of a weird spot. They have 4 Tribes all their own: Zealots, Angels, Jinns and Elephants. 

But there's also a 5th tribe that is important to orange, but that it shares with all the other classes: the Centaurs. A.K.A.:

THE HERALDS OF RAGNAROK

Those are, so far, the only Cantaurs in the whole game, and that, along with the obvious thematic connection, make this a very unique Tribe.

Umh... What are you doing here?

So, there are some cards that don't seem to really belong in their tribes, but that make sense upon further inspection that I want to showcase here. For example:

Why is Grinning Kolobok a Construct? Surely it's a Demon or something similar, right? But if you look up it's myth, you'll find that it's actually a type of sentient food, who was "Constructed" in an oven.

Or those two:

Those are clearly people, how are they Constructs? But if you get into the lore of the game, you'll learn about proxys: human-like constructs that people can control from a distance.

Finally, there's Tyr:

Why is the Norse god and 'Undead'? But if you remember, the game takes place AFTER Ragnarok, and Tyr dies in that battle, so the only way he'd be here is if someone brought him back to life.

Closing paragraph 

Hope you enjoyed this piece I've put together. I'm going to leave you with a table of all the Tribes I've considered for this, along with the number of units in each (each '*' means there's that many tokens in that tribe):

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I see many pro players post the Evolve Shaman decks they have used to hit legend, or take to tournaments, with Spirit of the Frog.  Indeed, one player I respect online posted recently he wonders why anyone doesn't include this card in a Shaman deck.

But is it that great? When I play Evolve Shaman I get bad results if I include Spirit of the Frog.  I've had much better luck running a deck with Mana Tide Totem, Nightmare Amalgam and Thing from Below.  I just hit rank 1 with this deck and hoping to make it to legend this month.

Has anyone else had this problem? I wonder when I can't succeed with the "best decklist" for a class if I simply have some kind of Hearthstone cognitive block. Or is it really just a matter of personal preference?

Anyway, would love to hear everyone's thoughts. And yes, I've watched streamers use the "best decklist"... I still can't win many games with it. 

I keep trying to make a few threads for the new Mythgard section for new player, but whenever I press "Create Thread", I get a "Not Found The requested resource was not found on this server." error. Any idea what might cause it?

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I was wondering, how many decks are optimal when a new expansion comes out?

I have been saving gold like a mad man so I don't want to waste any of it. I noticed last expansion that after a certain amount of decks were opened I mostly got duplicates. 

Also, do you get a better chance of getting legendaries by attending a fireside gathering pre-launch event?

With Tombs of Terror Launching soon I was wondering wich adventure was your favourite after all this years and how would you rank them (if you want to take the time to rank them)

(NAX, BRM, LOE, Karazam, KFT, K&C, Monster Hunt, Boomlabs, Rumble Run, Dalaran Heist and in case you reply later, tombs of terror)

Personally my favourites are Naxx and KFT. I feel nostalgia can maybe help Naxx right now, but I just felt the litch king fight in KFT as well as the Intro were just amazing.

Edit: As I now have more time in my hands, I rated the adventures on each category (being last doesn't mean being bad, I really enjoyed all of them, some more for the gameplay and some others for their flavour.)

Classic Adventure Format: KFT, Naxx, LOE, ONK, BRM

Rogue Like Runs: TombsOfTerror, RumbleRun, DalaranHeist, MonsterHunt, Dungeon Run.

Puzzle: Boomlabs.

Wasn’t expecting this!  I finished unlocking the six signature treasures on each of the four heroes tonight and had another go at Tekhan (normal).

Started with Finley figuring on some quick damage with murlocs, die and move on.

Got the Junior guy early who does 4 damage to a minion at the end of turn, which helped me stay ahead on board despite 4/4 lackeys.

He set up his living bomb debuff and deathrattles for a big board swing and I countered with the spell that turns everything into 1/1 murlocs.

Used the “windfury and divine shield” hero power to great effect on signature minions and later on Lifesteal 4/2’s.  Most of my damage mid-game came from the guy whose attack scales with minons on the battlefield... granted windfury.

Even his third-stage board-fill was not enough to stop my various beefy divine-shielded face-mashers in time while I healed up the self-damage from cards due to his passive and he did himself 10 damage per turn.

Finley... who knew?!

Over the past month I have only been offered Priest, Warlock, Warrior, Hunter, Paladin and Druid. Not a single Mage or Shaman. Is anyone getting Mage as an option?

And I am also either getting slim pickings or I'm terrible at drafting :D The rounds I win, I scrape through, usually with the help of some top decking. One opponent played 3 North Sea Kraken. I think a lucky Imp-losion on his Giant Mastodon let me swarm through.

The tournament will take place on December 14th and 15th, with a 7 Round Swiss on the first day and the top 8 on the second day in a Single Elimination Bracket that  will also be streamed. You can find more details here.

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Like many players, I was excited when Battleground was announced. However, my initial excitement was dampen when seeing the selection of heroes. Where are the iconic 9 starting heroes we are familiar with? I am intending to rectify that situation.

Things to keep in mind:

• Each heroes will have multiple hero powers with the intend to represent different aspect of the class.
• The Hero Power reference BASIC and CLASSIC Set only. This is because I think these are the cards that represent these heroes best. It wouldn't be Ragnaros if he doesn't deal 8 damage randomly.
• Each hero will each get at least one "generic" hero power - that is, Hero Power that mainly offer board advantage and one "utility" Hero Power - a hero power help them in the game in a unique way. However, be warn that sometime the category can have some overlap.

Let's begin. Each heroes are sorted alphabetically by the name of their class:

Malfurion:

• Savage Roar and Mark of the Wild are "generic" Hero Power of Malfurion. They benefit different board state and strategy for him: One allow him to go wide with high attack minions to win the early game or possibly go for low attack high health minions and then buff them up, while the second one create big beatstick to protect your valuable targets.
• Wild Growth is the "utility" Hero Power for Malfurion. It allows you to be very creative with your Gold curve and create interesting break points. Fall off pretty hard in the late game just like Wild Growth.

Rexxar

• Animal Companion is the "generic" Hero Power for Rexxar. Pigeonhole you into a Beast build, so Misha was chosen to give it some utility over the Curator's Hero Power
• Steady Shot is the "utility" Hero Power for Rexxar. Get extremely aggressive in the mid and early game to smorc down the enemy. Good for punishing late game oriented heroes like AFK or Lich Baz'hial

Jaina Proudmore

• Ice Lance is the "generic" Hero Power of Jaina. Most similar (but significantly better) than Pyramad given that the Freezing only take 0 Coin. Of course, you have to have some strategic think on which minion you really want the Health buff to land on.
• Blizzard is the "utility" Hero Power of Jaina. A better version of Nefarian's Hero Power at double the cost.

Uther:

• Blessing of Kings is the "generic" Hero Power of Uther. Suitable for a mid-range playstyle
• Lay on Hands is the "utility" Hero Power. Heal you up, Discover a minion of your choice depend on your Tavern Tier

Anduin:

• Inner Fire is the "generic" Hero Power for Anduin. This allow for strategies that value high health low attack minions to thrive.
• Radiance is the "utility" Hero Power for Anduin. Allow you for more durability during the mid and late game when you're near death

Valeera

• Edwin's Assisstance and Conceal iare the "Generic" Hero Power for Valeera. It allows her to have an interesting playstyle of keeping control of her board space and which minions considered to be disposable to activate the Hero Power. Conceal help protect your squish minions and allow you not to draft as many Taunt and protect them from minions like the Zapp Slywix since Stealth will prevent him from choosing them as a attack targets.
• Shadowstep is the "utility" Hero Power for Valeera. Allows her to easily get a double / triple minions and combine them together.

Thrall:

• Lightning Storm is the "generic" Hero Power for Thrall. Similar to Nefarian, this allow him to ping off Divine Shield and remove those pesky small minions (like that dangerous Khadgar) all while dealing some serious face damage. In exchange, this will Overload Thrall for 1 going in the Tavern.
• Ancestral Spirit is the "utility" Hero Power for Thrall. Allow Deathrattle, Poisonous or just generic big upgraded minions to resummon themselves.

Gul'dan:

• Corruption is the "generic" Hero Power for Gul'dan. This force your opponent to buy weak / understat unit unless they want to be sniped off by your Hero Power.
• Sense Demons is the "utility" Hero Power for Gul'dan. This ensure you will have Demon synergy right off the bat.

Garrosh

• Inner Rage is the "generic" Hero Power for Garrosh. A 0 mana version of Putricide's Hero Power in exchange for the minion to take damage.
• Brawl is the "utility" Hero Power for Garrosh. This allow him to reduce significantly the damage taken if he lost the combat round.

Good evening all, 

Does anyone know where I can find the new Descent of Dragons wallpaper? I see that the official Blizzard site has done a very good job of hiding their old "media" link. I'd really like to get the new expansion wallpaper - any help would be appreciated!

Long story short: played against a lot of Quest Shamans and could beat most of them with a variety of pretty average decks, except of course when they just happen to have Mogu Fleshshaper + Mutate on turn 3-4 and just completely highroll you with no counter whatsoever.

I'M not saying Quest Shaman needs to be nerfed in any capacity at this point, but if there's one thing that would drastically axe its winrate it's probably that very combo.

It's just an autowin against any deck that relies on beating them on board and it doesn't help that you don't even have to overcommit to be punished by it. It's essentially MCT but instead of playing around it by having only 3 minions you need to play around it by having no minions whatsoever, because if there are 4 minions on the board by turn 3 you lose the game (unless you are blessed by Hir'eek himself)

This is basically just another symptom of the Conjurer's Calling epidemic because Blizzard refuses to acknowledge that high-cost cards that can reduce their cost to be play on early turns are just broken in combination with cards that take mana cost into account.

If they fixed this interaction by having cards "remember" their played cost when they hit the field, we wouldn't have had to nerf CC and MAge wouldn't be dead right now.

There was a 3x class card offering adjustment that happened mid way through dual class event.  

Blizzard did not revert this adjustment when dual class ended.  

Blizzard has just reverted this adjustment as of the latest patch update.  

You'll be seeing 5-8 class cards as opposed to the 20+ class cards we saw previously.   

Classes that relied more on class cards to do well (mainly classes with poor hero powers) will be affected negatively in win rates.  

Play accordingly.  

So, I have been struggling with a terrible internet connection lately but at least Hearthstone still worked. It would only maybe crash once on startup and afterwards be fine.

However, since sunday, maybe 1 out of 5 attempts gets me into the main menu; loading my collection may require up to 5 minutes and attempting to start any game tosses me out of the game for good. I know part of my issue is the internet but that is a problem that has gone on longer than these severe issues.

Is anyone else having trouble similar to this?