I decided to give Casual a try and got a 12-1 with this C'Thun Frenzy Warrior.
I went with the full frenzy and armor battlecry package to stave off aggressive decks. The Whirling + Saurfang combo also gives a play against SW:V while often also gaining armor. It's a fun package that fit well. I scored the elusive ATN RtT treasure combo which certainly helped. The only loss was to a Band of Bees Murloc Shaman that was unwinnable. Screenshots below, and I also threw in a fun screenshot from the final boss.
While I refuse to believe that they decided to fuck up every single game mode just to push the new toy, I remember that Battlegrounds' release was Doom in the Tomb's Evolve Shaman era.
I really love this Avalon, really adds another fun purpose to the game and makes me enjoy duels more.
That being said I've reached 12-2 on Casual with C'thun Warrior. I've made little changes to the deck advised in the challenge post.
Didn't run Tealan, Twilight Elder and Kresh as they were not battlecry minions and I was aiming for All Together Now - Rally the Troops combo. Instead added Scorpid, and Lord Barov. My 6 drop was my Scrapmetal Demolitionist (Which granted me most of my wins and I lost my second match on Warrior Mirror to the Demolitionist bombs). My last three opponents were Warriors with almost identical treasures/hero powers. Two of them ran Quest one didn't. C'thun wasn't the game winner most of the time but slight board clear plus a 12/12 threat on board at the late game proved very useful on some longer matches.
Congratulations for the 12er! I tried some C'thun Warrior myself, but I failed to get some particularly remarkable runs: I think your changes are very reasonable and needed for the deck to perform better. I'll have a run with your list later today, and I'll let you know how it turns out.
I agree with you that C'Thun should not be treated as a finisher, but more as a tempo-ish play to take control of the board and set up lethal. Moreover, you also have Doomcaller, so you should definitely have no worries about 'wasting' your C'Thun.
On the other hand, I feel like Doomcaller might be a win-more card, especially since you don't really need it in the early matches: I tried Grommash Hellscream for it, but I'm still trying to understand if it's the right call.
On a side note, I particularly appreciated the fact that you already created and labeled your starting deck: you saved me some time. Thanks!
Awesome! I plan to continue trying this challenge as it is some of the most fun I've had in Hearthstone for a while. It's like Duels on hard mode. Hopefully I can push it even higher. Thanks for putting this together!
Well, this is pretty sweet to read: thanks <3
So far, this season has been a lot more successful than the previous one, and we have received a ton of positive feedback: you can believe me when I say we're not going to drop Master Duelist any time soon!
This challenge has been a lot of fun to attempt in Heroic. I went 7 in Heroic with this Mind Tether, SW:V Priest.
I got Scrying Orb and Party Replacement for treasures. Party Replacement was clutch for the board based spells. This deck mostly lost to decks that pop off early and often, basically Pirate Warrior. I forgot the initial client screen shot, but I have a screenshot from HSReplay and a link to the first game. Pics below and at ZtH Priest 7 Wins. I'll try to remember to get correct Screenshots in the future.
Congrats for the results, but with this one and with Paladin! Will post your deck and update the leaderboard in a bit.
For the Paladin run: yeah, Disks of Legend is fun there too - you just have to include as many Legendary minions as reasonably possible for the system to understand what you're doing lol.
I appreciate you sharing another run, despite the identical results: posting multiple attempts isn't definitely against the rules, and (as you said) it encourages discussion - well played!
Gongratulations for the early 12 wins! Definitely impressive if I can say so.
I am quite surprised to see Joras Thuldoom over Demonizer as Signature Treasure: may I ask you why you picked it and how it performed throughout the run? I guess the Soul Fragment synergy played a big role, but I've never brought myself to experiment with it.
Tried the Questline Priest featured in the article and I was able to hit 12 wins with it. First try, which is even more impressive.
Quite happy about this result, as I didn't know a home-brew starting deck would've brought me there. Meek Mastery did help a lot, even though it's been moved in the second Passive pool - broken treasure.
The only loss was against a very early Mind Tether Priest (fuck. that. deck.), but from that point I was able to beat every sort of broken combination: the healing potential I had was just too much for everyone.
Greetings everyone, and welcome to the submission thread of second episode of Master Duelist!
General Information
This challenge will begin today, September 10th, and will end on September 30th. During this window of time, you'll have to start a Duels run with a starting deck containing at least 1 card from each mana cost, from 0 to 10 mana. Moreover, in order to make things a little easier, Signature Treasures will count as well!
Everyone who'll post proof of a 7+ wins run in this article's comment section will be awarded with a different amount of gold, an in-site currency you'll be able to earn from different activities and that will be used to purchase cosmetics in our in-site shop.
Submission Rules
In order for your run to count towards the challenge, you'll have to provide an appropriate proof of your feat; otherwise, your result won't count. To be precise, you will have to reply to this forum thread including:
a picture of how your run ended;
a picture of your starting deck;
a picture(s) of your final deck.
any other information you want: even though it's not necessary, it may help other players or generate a discussion!
you can submit as many runs as you want: we'll always pick the best one. Don't be afraid to show what you experimented with: let's start a discussion here!
Remember that we have to make sure you actually played following the rules, so please help us in doing so - disqualifying players feels bad, and we'd want to avoid it if possible!
Challenge Rewards
Here's a quick breakdown explaining the rewards you'll receive based on your performances:
TOTAL WINS
GOLD EARNED
Best result (both Casual and Heroic)
200
12
100
10-11
50
8-9
20
7
10
The winner will be contacted through Direct Messages, where the next challenge's theme will be discussed. In case no one will be able to hit 12 wins before the deadline, the next challenge's theme will be decided by none less than Avalon himself.
Time Criteria
Those which follow are the time criteria we'll use to determine the winner in case of identical scores:
An Heroic run will be considered more difficult than a Casual one, therefore Heroic players will have the priority.
If you get the best score overall with a 10-wins run in Casual and somebody else gets a 10-wins run in Heroic, the latter will be the winner of the challenge.
In case of more people getting the same score, the winner will be decided by the submission time.
If more players will get to 12 wins, losses will count as well: a 12-0 will be considered better than a 12-2 or a 12-1.
You could get the highest score on the first day as well as on the last day of the challenge, but if someone submits the same score before you do, then they'll be the winner.
Closing Information
If you want to learn more about this challenge, make sure to visit our guide page, where you'll be able to find a couple of starting decks provided by ourselves in order for you to take inspiration for your runs.
I am so fucking tired of losing to Miracle Mind Tether Priest in Duels.
That strategy singlehandedly negates any kind of non-burn-centric strategy, making it impossible to have a reasonable run with nothing that isn't a meta deck.
If you're really eager to read Hearthstone-related content made by us, then you should definitely check the site 12 hours from this comment.
If the patch notes will be available today, we'll make sure to cover everything, as we always do!
Yep, well aware of the Flightmaster Dungar interaction with Battle Totem, but I didn't know you could actually double its effect with Disks of Legend.
Budget replacements for Duels is kinda difficult for obvious reasons, so it's difficult to give valid suggestions in that regard.
However, I still want to try: what cards are you missing?
End of the month.
Congrats!
Yeah, the Casual end-of-the-run pop up is sooooo annoying!
We've got another Twitter submission, and it's a spicy one!
Roost442 was able to get a 12-0 with Soul Demon Hunter!
Passive Treasures Chosen
First pool - All Together Now
Second pool - Rally the Troops
While I refuse to believe that they decided to fuck up every single game mode just to push the new toy, I remember that Battlegrounds' release was Doom in the Tomb's Evolve Shaman era.
Yep: everything's showing right now - thanks for fixing it and congratulations for the 12er!
Hey there, good to see you again!
Congratulations for the 12er! I tried some C'thun Warrior myself, but I failed to get some particularly remarkable runs: I think your changes are very reasonable and needed for the deck to perform better. I'll have a run with your list later today, and I'll let you know how it turns out.
I agree with you that C'Thun should not be treated as a finisher, but more as a tempo-ish play to take control of the board and set up lethal. Moreover, you also have Doomcaller, so you should definitely have no worries about 'wasting' your C'Thun.
On the other hand, I feel like Doomcaller might be a win-more card, especially since you don't really need it in the early matches: I tried Grommash Hellscream for it, but I'm still trying to understand if it's the right call.
On a side note, I particularly appreciated the fact that you already created and labeled your starting deck: you saved me some time. Thanks!
Well, this is pretty sweet to read: thanks <3
So far, this season has been a lot more successful than the previous one, and we have received a ton of positive feedback: you can believe me when I say we're not going to drop Master Duelist any time soon!
Congrats for the results, but with this one and with Paladin! Will post your deck and update the leaderboard in a bit.
For the Paladin run: yeah, Disks of Legend is fun there too - you just have to include as many Legendary minions as reasonably possible for the system to understand what you're doing lol.
I appreciate you sharing another run, despite the identical results: posting multiple attempts isn't definitely against the rules, and (as you said) it encourages discussion - well played!
I am afraid but - as it is - your submission is not valid: we can't see the pictures!
Could you please look into it so that I can take your run into account?
Yeah ahah definitely
Gongratulations for the early 12 wins! Definitely impressive if I can say so.
I am quite surprised to see Joras Thuldoom over Demonizer as Signature Treasure: may I ask you why you picked it and how it performed throughout the run? I guess the Soul Fragment synergy played a big role, but I've never brought myself to experiment with it.
Passive Treasures Chosen
First pool - All Together Now
Second pool - Rally the Troops
Hey, thanks to you for joining us! <3
No worries about that: it's okay as long as we can tell you achieved the result you claim, so Twitter is okay.
In case you're interested, Imgur is what I use to upload photos: it's pretty simple and works fine.
Btw, congrats for the big result!
Passive Treasures Chosen
First pool - All Shall Serve
Second pool - Rally the Troops
Tried the Questline Priest featured in the article and I was able to hit 12 wins with it. First try, which is even more impressive.
Quite happy about this result, as I didn't know a home-brew starting deck would've brought me there. Meek Mastery did help a lot, even though it's been moved in the second Passive pool - broken treasure.
The only loss was against a very early Mind Tether Priest (fuck. that. deck.), but from that point I was able to beat every sort of broken combination: the healing potential I had was just too much for everyone.
Passive Treasures Chosen
First pool - Crystal Gem
Second pool - Meek Mastery
I just started a Shaman run and I took your suggestion: I hope Healing Rain will give me some chances in the early matches.
Congrats Link and thanks for joining the challenge!
Passive Treasures Chosen
First pool - Righteous Reserves
Second pool - Party Replacement
Greetings everyone, and welcome to the submission thread of second episode of Master Duelist!
General Information
This challenge will begin today, September 10th, and will end on September 30th. During this window of time, you'll have to start a Duels run with a starting deck containing at least 1 card from each mana cost, from 0 to 10 mana. Moreover, in order to make things a little easier, Signature Treasures will count as well!
Everyone who'll post proof of a 7+ wins run in this article's comment section will be awarded with a different amount of gold, an in-site currency you'll be able to earn from different activities and that will be used to purchase cosmetics in our in-site shop.
Submission Rules
In order for your run to count towards the challenge, you'll have to provide an appropriate proof of your feat; otherwise, your result won't count. To be precise, you will have to reply to this forum thread including:
Remember that we have to make sure you actually played following the rules, so please help us in doing so - disqualifying players feels bad, and we'd want to avoid it if possible!
Challenge Rewards
Here's a quick breakdown explaining the rewards you'll receive based on your performances:
The winner will be contacted through Direct Messages, where the next challenge's theme will be discussed. In case no one will be able to hit 12 wins before the deadline, the next challenge's theme will be decided by none less than Avalon himself.
Time Criteria
Those which follow are the time criteria we'll use to determine the winner in case of identical scores:
Closing Information
If you want to learn more about this challenge, make sure to visit our guide page, where you'll be able to find a couple of starting decks provided by ourselves in order for you to take inspiration for your runs.
Moreover, don't forged to share your own creations with the community by adding them to our deck database via our deckbuilder.
I am so fucking tired of losing to Miracle Mind Tether Priest in Duels.
That strategy singlehandedly negates any kind of non-burn-centric strategy, making it impossible to have a reasonable run with nothing that isn't a meta deck.
Seriously, fuck that deck.
This is not the only thing that needs to be addressed, but it's the only one that can be fixed without a major balance patch.
Disabling troublesome heroes through a hotfix has happened multiple times, and this one is no exception.