If they nerf albatross they should nerf dragon queen alexstraza as well.. To balance things out.
So albatross will be probably a 3/3
Sact pact will target only allies for sure that's how it sounds.. Still great in Galakroud warlock but not op.
Kaelthas will get a cost increase to 7 or 8 for sure that's how it sounds to me.
And as for cards to nerf in dh it's the growing 1 mana 2/2 it should be a 2/1 or a 1/2 that card is really stupid and I am not sure how it got past, Playte sting, streamer play testing, reveal season and a nerf round.
I think the other card should be twin slice if it costs 1 it will solve all the absurd tempo dh gets for free.
I agree I think in most cases people won't flip maokai.. but it's an ok failsafe if the game goes for REALLY long for some reason and you happen to toss too many cards.
the thing is that it probably takes about 2 rturns to regain the tempo loss of playing a 4 mana do nothing.. Heimerdinger is faster in the regard you can recover tempo faster.
I see Darius getting buffed significantly or his function changed.. I mean he is already outclassed by other 6 cost champions like Hecarim and Sejuani at base level Darius is just a worse version of both of them and his level up just isn't exciting compared to other champions.. they all cost 6 but Darius just has worse statline and he is normally easily stunned/frozen/removed at the stage he is played in.
Saw swim just outright replacing him with Draven and I agree Darius is too much all in and TBH his level up is just a 10/5 with overwhelm.. in freljord you can get a baseline 7/6 with overwhelm and that card doesn't see play.. I think Darius is a bait card currently.
Technically any deck having at least twice the same champion can outlast the four turns after the deck obliteration effect by playing the champion and the spell associated to it to shuffle one champion back in the deck indefinitly if not contested.
Maokai actually destroys champions from the deck unless you have like 3 copies of a champion in hand that's very optimistic.. it doesn't happen enough also the toss maokai deck should have enough removal to win..
TBH I think I agree with swim.. pure toss deck is like a teemo deck it's a meme but maokai can be useful the 2/1 every turn you play a minion can be really useful and the 4 mana slot in SI is quite empty so it can see play as an engine 4 drop in minion heavy SI decks looking for 4 drops while not having a champion spot taken.
I know Runeterra is not currently as popular as HS, not in this site and not yet in general, but I think it would help if there was a dedicated thread for initially every bunch of cards reveal and maybe later every card like in hearthstone? it might make the game more popular on the site or in general bring more discussion.
If anything I am asking you what are your plans on the spoiler season for Runeterra?
Since there is no dedicated reveal thread for every card, cause the game is not as popular yet ( :( )
I want to disscuss the new cards revealed they don't seem as strong as previous cards but I think they are worth discussing.
Maokai - I already mentioned it in the article comments but he isn't playable by itself, making a 2/1 ethereal challenger for 4 mana AND summoning another unit is really weak also being a 1/4.. guess he is like heimer a champion that never attack and is a generator of sort.. but turrets for every spells is probably much much better than a 2/1 challenger once every turn.
Also I am not that big of a believer in his effect you need to wait 4 turns for your opponent to lose, most games don't get to 10 mana anyway..
also I think tossing or killing your units 25 times is a LOT and it's certainly not easy, so dunno it comes online quite late but if you play a full controll/fatigue deck.. alright I guess. I see a potential synergy with hecarim though so who knows.. maybe he is good enough as he takes around 2 turns to really pay for itself tempowise.. at least it can block and you wouldn't feel too bad about playing him defensively as contrary to heimer.
Sap Magic- not sure really 3 mana heal everything 3 for 3 cards you would never draw anyway seems good for a fatigue deck, maybe also other decks looking for healing, healling your units is very niche in hs such effect costs 2 and heals for 6 in priest, I think that if you are not looking at tossing as an upside then this card is not worth running.
Thorny Toad - a 1/4 statline for 2 is very defensive can save you quite a lot of time looking for those removal options, specially with the heal for 2, which I think is fine in maokai decks, this probably fits such builds
Deadbloom Wanderer - a 3/2 lifesteal for 3 in hs it's garbage but here most of the time units do trade.. a 2/2 lifesteal for 3 is not that great, but one attack is probably important cause of fearsome and the 3 hp breakpoints. also toss archtype who knows..
Overgrown Snapvine - now I think this card is really interesting but VERY costly, it can create a lot of copies of itself summoning spiders.. also enable death triggers I can't wait to build around this card seems really fun.. but is it good? nah probably not.. costs too much but certainly good in sacrificial decks.
Seems like you can make a suicide token deck and then just delete your opponent's deck. Hmm.
Yeah but 25 tokens dying is A LOT.. tossing AND playing tokens is the way to level him up.
Maokai's level one SUCKS though it's 2 mana for actually nothing (1/4 stat line is a bad 2 drop stats), it's a dead card the whole game until he is your win condition.. well like with ezreal.
But ezreal at least can be played sometimes maokai.. just never, so I think you can never play him in a none dedicated deck.. so I really don't like his design he is very one dimensional... you either play a maokai deck (probably with another champion to not deck out as fast), or don't play maokai at all since he is useless if not built around 100%, but that being said.. there could be a "toss package" which could be tried in several decks I am not saying it's just one deck that will be a "maokai deck" but it's a heavy restriction to play him.
Also is a 4 turns timer on the enemy worth it? I mean unless it's a control v control games tend to end quite quickly and a turn 1X Maokai level up doesn't mean there will be turn 1x +4
As a league player it was one of the first ones I got :D on runettera he is not as hated.. for example there's that famous streamer MegaMogwai, he loves teemo and doesn't understand the EVIL Teemo inhibits so it's mostly only league players that will get the demon reference.
Yeah I realized it but I took too much time looking for brann or bob on the search I found it while looking at another clue and looking for similar things
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looked for bunny cards.. and then I thought which hint it hits actually and then found out it was 5, I also looked for battlegrounds tab but didn't thought much of it wanted to find brann or bob there. I was not looking for the pogo hopper. the last part was the one that is misleading the racket thing I still don't understand what's the context of that word.
DoubleSummon missing out on #9? That actually spooks me!
I am even more confused right now gone over all cards from shadow isles, witchwood, and frozen throne and didn't found any bunny or egg.. or chat or talkative thing...
I am missing something obvious :/ it's not something MTG related is it?
Edit: Oh.. I found it, I feel dumb for not looking there of course :D found them all.
Surprised Anivia wasn't 6 since she has an egg form and she has a connection to snow and freeze.. dunno.. :/ probably missing something about that chase thing ..
If they nerf albatross they should nerf dragon queen alexstraza as well.. To balance things out.
So albatross will be probably a 3/3
Sact pact will target only allies for sure that's how it sounds.. Still great in Galakroud warlock but not op.
Kaelthas will get a cost increase to 7 or 8 for sure that's how it sounds to me.
And as for cards to nerf in dh it's the growing 1 mana 2/2 it should be a 2/1 or a 1/2 that card is really stupid and I am not sure how it got past, Playte sting, streamer play testing, reveal season and a nerf round.
I think the other card should be twin slice if it costs 1 it will solve all the absurd tempo dh gets for free.
I agree I think in most cases people won't flip maokai.. but it's an ok failsafe if the game goes for REALLY long for some reason and you happen to toss too many cards.
the thing is that it probably takes about 2 rturns to regain the tempo loss of playing a 4 mana do nothing.. Heimerdinger is faster in the regard you can recover tempo faster.
I see Darius getting buffed significantly or his function changed.. I mean he is already outclassed by other 6 cost champions like Hecarim and Sejuani at base level Darius is just a worse version of both of them and his level up just isn't exciting compared to other champions.. they all cost 6 but Darius just has worse statline and he is normally easily stunned/frozen/removed at the stage he is played in.
Saw swim just outright replacing him with Draven and I agree Darius is too much all in and TBH his level up is just a 10/5 with overwhelm.. in freljord you can get a baseline 7/6 with overwhelm and that card doesn't see play.. I think Darius is a bait card currently.
That's great
Is Arthas automatic?
Maokai actually destroys champions from the deck unless you have like 3 copies of a champion in hand that's very optimistic.. it doesn't happen enough also the toss maokai deck should have enough removal to win..
TBH I think I agree with swim.. pure toss deck is like a teemo deck it's a meme but maokai can be useful the 2/1 every turn you play a minion can be really useful and the 4 mana slot in SI is quite empty so it can see play as an engine 4 drop in minion heavy SI decks looking for 4 drops while not having a champion spot taken.
I know Runeterra is not currently as popular as HS, not in this site and not yet in general, but I think it would help if there was a dedicated thread for initially every bunch of cards reveal and maybe later every card like in hearthstone? it might make the game more popular on the site or in general bring more discussion.
If anything I am asking you what are your plans on the spoiler season for Runeterra?
Since there is no dedicated reveal thread for every card, cause the game is not as popular yet ( :( )
I want to disscuss the new cards revealed they don't seem as strong as previous cards but I think they are worth discussing.
Maokai - I already mentioned it in the article comments but he isn't playable by itself, making a 2/1 ethereal challenger for 4 mana AND summoning another unit is really weak also being a 1/4.. guess he is like heimer a champion that never attack and is a generator of sort.. but turrets for every spells is probably much much better than a 2/1 challenger once every turn.
Also I am not that big of a believer in his effect you need to wait 4 turns for your opponent to lose, most games don't get to 10 mana anyway..
also I think tossing or killing your units 25 times is a LOT and it's certainly not easy, so dunno it comes online quite late but if you play a full controll/fatigue deck.. alright I guess. I see a potential synergy with hecarim though so who knows.. maybe he is good enough as he takes around 2 turns to really pay for itself tempowise.. at least it can block and you wouldn't feel too bad about playing him defensively as contrary to heimer.
Sap Magic- not sure really 3 mana heal everything 3 for 3 cards you would never draw anyway seems good for a fatigue deck, maybe also other decks looking for healing, healling your units is very niche in hs such effect costs 2 and heals for 6 in priest, I think that if you are not looking at tossing as an upside then this card is not worth running.
Thorny Toad - a 1/4 statline for 2 is very defensive can save you quite a lot of time looking for those removal options, specially with the heal for 2, which I think is fine in maokai decks, this probably fits such builds
Deadbloom Wanderer - a 3/2 lifesteal for 3 in hs it's garbage but here most of the time units do trade.. a 2/2 lifesteal for 3 is not that great, but one attack is probably important cause of fearsome and the 3 hp breakpoints. also toss archtype who knows..
Overgrown Snapvine - now I think this card is really interesting but VERY costly, it can create a lot of copies of itself summoning spiders.. also enable death triggers I can't wait to build around this card seems really fun.. but is it good? nah probably not.. costs too much but certainly good in sacrificial decks.
Yeah but 25 tokens dying is A LOT.. tossing AND playing tokens is the way to level him up.
Maokai's level one SUCKS though it's 2 mana for actually nothing (1/4 stat line is a bad 2 drop stats), it's a dead card the whole game until he is your win condition.. well like with ezreal.
But ezreal at least can be played sometimes maokai.. just never, so I think you can never play him in a none dedicated deck.. so I really don't like his design he is very one dimensional... you either play a maokai deck (probably with another champion to not deck out as fast), or don't play maokai at all since he is useless if not built around 100%, but that being said.. there could be a "toss package" which could be tried in several decks I am not saying it's just one deck that will be a "maokai deck" but it's a heavy restriction to play him.
Also is a 4 turns timer on the enemy worth it? I mean unless it's a control v control games tend to end quite quickly and a turn 1X Maokai level up doesn't mean there will be turn 1x +4
I didn't expect you to not get 3.. I mean you
Hint:
Yeah I realized it but I took too much time looking for brann or bob on the search I found it while looking at another clue and looking for similar things
I AM GROOT
Maokai huh? Wanted nocturne.. But oh well.. I Am GROOT
I think Maokai is gonna have regeneration and maybe tough as well and have to do with sapling dealing damage or surviving for level up...
His spell has to be sapling toss since it's his signature ability in league.
Found it by chance, it's more about bounce and power than anything else.
I think the clue is very misleading.. :/
There's another hint on this page for 3 look around.
Error 404 - Egg not Found
I am even more confused right now gone over all cards from shadow isles, witchwood, and frozen throne and didn't found any bunny or egg.. or chat or talkative thing...
I am missing something obvious :/ it's not something MTG related is it?
Edit: Oh.. I found it, I feel dumb for not looking there of course :D found them all.
Stuck on 5,6,9 will try them again tomorrow..
Surprised Anivia wasn't 6 since she has an egg form and she has a connection to snow and freeze.. dunno.. :/ probably missing something about that chase thing ..
Took me a while to find it I forgot how it's called.. :/ had to search EVERY brawl.. cause I forgot about it and remembered only the dr.boom one..