Alright, so Leeroy Jenkins finally gets the boot. Will be missing you.
The biggest change has got to be Acolyte of Pain. But given that this card papers over weaknesses of certain classes, I guess its gotta happen at some point. Control decks have been relying on this for draw for ages. This being moved on allows the devs to better design control decks for certain classes.
Mountain Giant moving on should be elementary considering that dhunters and druid cant deal with big minions. Imagine this staring down at dhunters turn 3-4, or after a board clear. A bit sad to see him go, considering that getting mountain giant to work in decks is literally a creative feature in deck building.
It will see play, but I often raise an eyebrow when I see a 1 drop that needs another minion in play to be useful. In this case, to maximize its potential this cant be a turn 1 play . You'd need another 1 drop or skip the first turn. If your opponent has a 1/2 on turn 1, you get to remove it and develop a 2/1, which can be pinged easily the following turn.
Dont get me wrong, I still think its good. But not as good as most people might think. Considering that Twin Slice does the same but better, and that the hp is only 1 mana, I think there's better 1 drops than this.
Its likely going to break certain cards. I'm just worried that it would limit future designs as they will have to incorporate this into consideration.
It also generally mean that 1 health minions, specifically 1 drops on turn 1 are no longer effective against 1 of the 10 classes now. That's kinda a bummer
There's no confirmation yet that the new dhunter cards are from the next expansion, is there? Since there's 3 epics, I naturally assumed its going to be part of the classic set. After all, the class got to have an evergreen classic set.
The one mana hp going to be a problem at some point, I'm sure.
I thought dhunters was supposed to be weak to draw.
They specifically said that one of demon hunter's strengths is card draw. Their weakness is card generation. No discover effects, no thoughtsteals, stuff like that.
Oh, my mistake.
But still, if they can draw then its not really a weakness of 'running out of resources' right? I dont remember fatiguing zoolock very much
Its still a silence, with a possible card draw for 1.
I'd play it, maybe as a one-off. If dhunters cant clear big minions, then staple early big minions like Edwin VanCleef gonna go to town without this card.
They should just buff Savagery. I don't think this card is *that* powerful; it's more Savagery is useless trash.
I'm hoping the Priest revamp is just the beginning, and they're focusing on redoing the entire Basic and Classic set this year.
Cant say I agree. It does the same thing but to 3 minions, and dhunter has weapons. So equip a weapon, do a mini-AOE, AND attack with face. Basically your opponent's not sticking minions on board with this around.
Its more like Blade Flurry, except its cheaper, and doesnt destroy the weapon.
I think its supposed to be a sort of a satirical joke. Obviously a jab at a popular, successful gaming media outlet's mistake. Harmless fun, not malicious.
Edit: well, Flux went on and provided a better explanation. I guess my post went up the same time.
Shadow Madness is buffed, but Smite and Shield... not exactly. Smite only hits minions now, making it a great removal card, but it was historically only really sent at the opponent's face. Shield meanwhile no longer draws a card, which is a big deal.
I'm sure we'll get the basic cards for free, probably by leveling up the class as usual. Don't count on the rest of them though.
I half expect the number of neutrals in each expansion to be reduced to accommodate the new class. You could easily cut out 10 of them each set and no one would be upset.
Probably too much to expect the dhunter's cards being free, but I'm keeping my hopes alive until they confirm it. It bears mention that if all these cards are obtained via the classic card pack, its going to piss many many players. Probably from the new expansion, but again, we'll wait and see.
If it means you dont rank down from tiers every season, I welcome it.
Finally! I get to actually craft epics day 1 without having this duplicate issue hanging over me.
No more 4x Chromatic Eggs
No more 4x Ramming Speed
Alright, so Leeroy Jenkins finally gets the boot. Will be missing you.
The biggest change has got to be Acolyte of Pain. But given that this card papers over weaknesses of certain classes, I guess its gotta happen at some point. Control decks have been relying on this for draw for ages. This being moved on allows the devs to better design control decks for certain classes.
Mountain Giant moving on should be elementary considering that dhunters and druid cant deal with big minions. Imagine this staring down at dhunters turn 3-4, or after a board clear. A bit sad to see him go, considering that getting mountain giant to work in decks is literally a creative feature in deck building.
I guess its just a flavor thing to move this on.
For all the power increase the new cards give, for all the buffs the old cards get, without ol' Northshire Cleric, all remains silent.
I'll be missing this card the most. With Acolyte of Pain moving on too, I guess priest will genuinely have a problem drawing cards now.
Thoughtsteal becoming relevant : 2020
It will see play, but I often raise an eyebrow when I see a 1 drop that needs another minion in play to be useful. In this case, to maximize its potential this cant be a turn 1 play . You'd need another 1 drop or skip the first turn. If your opponent has a 1/2 on turn 1, you get to remove it and develop a 2/1, which can be pinged easily the following turn.
Dont get me wrong, I still think its good. But not as good as most people might think. Considering that Twin Slice does the same but better, and that the hp is only 1 mana, I think there's better 1 drops than this.
Its an exclusive dhunter Waterboy for 1 mana. Its health is probably why this is not going to see much play, in my opinion.
Its likely going to break certain cards. I'm just worried that it would limit future designs as they will have to incorporate this into consideration.
It also generally mean that 1 health minions, specifically 1 drops on turn 1 are no longer effective against 1 of the 10 classes now. That's kinda a bummer
There's no confirmation yet that the new dhunter cards are from the next expansion, is there? Since there's 3 epics, I naturally assumed its going to be part of the classic set. After all, the class got to have an evergreen classic set.
The one mana hp going to be a problem at some point, I'm sure.
Oh, my mistake.
But still, if they can draw then its not really a weakness of 'running out of resources' right? I dont remember fatiguing zoolock very much
Its still a silence, with a possible card draw for 1.
I'd play it, maybe as a one-off. If dhunters cant clear big minions, then staple early big minions like Edwin VanCleef gonna go to town without this card.
I think this is intended to be the main weakness of the class. Its supposed to clear minions with face, so do it too often and get yourself killed.
Maybe that's how team5 justify this. At this point in the game you either already won, or you've lost the game from low health.
Its an interesting card for control though.
Its a good AOE spell. Possibly for control dhunter? maybe, just maybe.
Cant say I agree. It does the same thing but to 3 minions, and dhunter has weapons. So equip a weapon, do a mini-AOE, AND attack with face. Basically your opponent's not sticking minions on board with this around.
Its more like Blade Flurry, except its cheaper, and doesnt destroy the weapon.
Dhunter already has plenty of small AOE spells. They dont need Wild Pyromancer to do the job
I supposed Malfurion is sort of a night elf right? I assume you're referring to Valeera.
But its hearthstone. Just paste a couple of pointy ears and call em' a one off.
I think its supposed to be a sort of a satirical joke. Obviously a jab at a popular, successful gaming media outlet's mistake. Harmless fun, not malicious.
Edit: well, Flux went on and provided a better explanation. I guess my post went up the same time.
I thought dhunters was supposed to be weak to draw.
Its almost prenerf Starving Buzzard levels of OP. Guess that's another candidate for nerf lol.
Double Feast of Souls on the board. Just wanted to point it out.
Probably too much to expect the dhunter's cards being free, but I'm keeping my hopes alive until they confirm it. It bears mention that if all these cards are obtained via the classic card pack, its going to piss many many players. Probably from the new expansion, but again, we'll wait and see.