Desperate Stand actually does work exactly like Reborn. It be more specific, it works exactly like Redemption. Just that classic Blizzard inconsistent wording. The only minor difference is Deathrattle synergies, which don't really exist in Paladin.
In my book a control desk needs to have ther gameplan laid out before the match in order to wipe aggro. Gala priest relies to much on randomness.
Highlander mage despite having some tools vs aggro loses to it more times than it should. And its mid to late game value relies again too much on random with stuff like box reno and the big dragon i cant remember the name that gives u a free spell cast.
Thats why pre nerf boom hero warrior was a true control deck despite the little rng on its hero power. Warlock with its reno versions or the guldan one when it was standard. Reno priest takes the cake now cause how it staves off aggro and has a pre determined late game win con
How is Galakrond more random than Dr. Boom, Mad Genius? Priest doesn't use Galakrond cards to beat aggro, just the control tools you put in the deck. 90% of the time, I never play Galakrond against an aggro deck unless it's for one final board clear. You use Penace, Breath of the Infinite, and Soul Mirror to control the board, and heal up with all your healing cards.
Galakrond is only there to beat other Control decks, because it gives you infinite value. Also, that's a gameplan. It doesn't matter if Galakrond gives you garbage, the hero power/Invoke still gives value, which is the gameplan of the deck. The hell are you talking about?
I'd also like to gush about how much of a flavour win Soul Fragments are. Yes, they're based on Soul Shards, but their namesake is actually a Demon Hunter mechanic in WoW. Demon Hunters can make Soul Fragments when they kill enemies with certain spells, which will drop them on the ground. What do they do with Soul Fragments? If they pick them up, it heals them. Just like the Casts When Drawn effect.
Warlock: Great 1 drop. Will certainly see play in zoolock, BUT that's only if zoolock even want's the Soul Fragment package.
Not necessarily. 1/3 statline is good enough to see play in Zoo without any upsides, and this strictly has an upside. The upside is of course being a demon, and getting demon synergies. They don't care about restoring 4 health some day, but they certainly care about a premium statline with a premium tribe tag.
This is what Bomb Warrior should have been. No obnoxious RNG kills. Lots of variety in what the shuffles can do. Having the base cards not be horrible so you could actually just run them without parasitic support cards. No SMOrc encouraging. This is awesome.
Spells always create a copy on your side. When I'm in a Priest mirror, I'll sometimes cast Psyche Split on important minions like Convincing Infiltrator or Reliquary of Souls, because stats are meaningless in that matchup, and it's more about what your minions do. Plus, I've used it to put Skeletal Dragons in SW:D range and summon my own copy.
Jinyu Waterspeaker was a great card while it was in Standard, and for just one less healing you're getting Taunt, a better statline, and no Overload.
Granted, Shaman might not be able to fill that condition consistently. They only have Bloodlust, Eye of the Storm, Hagatha's Scheme, Dragon's Pack, and Earthquake to fulfill it (and probably not Dragon's Pack or Bloodlust). However, based on this and Lightning Bloom, I'm willing to bet their cross-class Epic will be a big spell.
I wish they'd bring RegisKillbin to more of these. That guy's like a bundle of joy who just wants to see all the cool things you can do in Hearthstone. That's the sort of energy they should bring to reveal livestreams.
alright, that was pretty lit. Guess I have motivation to play through that story now
I honestly wouldn't recommend it. It's... not great.
I mean, it also takes like two hours to finish, so no harm no foul. It's not very well written or challenging, though. At least the Challenge missions take some creativity, even if they are very easy, since you can't use Wild cards.
Technically this hasn't been a long wait, because the first expansion is usually announced at the end of February but AoO was announced in the middle of March. Everything got shifted forwards half a month.
I kind of prefer this because we get condensed information, instead of that awkward two week period where we know the set but nothing gets announced.
Welcome back to another episode of "Why the fuck did Blizzard print Lightning Bloom?" Also, "why the fuck didn't Blizzard limit this to Standard?"
I don't understand how people can complain to the nines about Party Portals but be totally okay with this uninteractive snorefest.
Desperate Stand actually does work exactly like Reborn. It be more specific, it works exactly like Redemption. Just that classic Blizzard inconsistent wording. The only minor difference is Deathrattle synergies, which don't really exist in Paladin.
How is Galakrond more random than Dr. Boom, Mad Genius? Priest doesn't use Galakrond cards to beat aggro, just the control tools you put in the deck. 90% of the time, I never play Galakrond against an aggro deck unless it's for one final board clear. You use Penace, Breath of the Infinite, and Soul Mirror to control the board, and heal up with all your healing cards.
Galakrond is only there to beat other Control decks, because it gives you infinite value. Also, that's a gameplan. It doesn't matter if Galakrond gives you garbage, the hero power/Invoke still gives value, which is the gameplan of the deck. The hell are you talking about?
Gidra's name is misspelled as Fidra.
I'd also like to gush about how much of a flavour win Soul Fragments are. Yes, they're based on Soul Shards, but their namesake is actually a Demon Hunter mechanic in WoW. Demon Hunters can make Soul Fragments when they kill enemies with certain spells, which will drop them on the ground. What do they do with Soul Fragments? If they pick them up, it heals them. Just like the Casts When Drawn effect.
So good.
Not necessarily. 1/3 statline is good enough to see play in Zoo without any upsides, and this strictly has an upside. The upside is of course being a demon, and getting demon synergies. They don't care about restoring 4 health some day, but they certainly care about a premium statline with a premium tribe tag.
This is what Bomb Warrior should have been. No obnoxious RNG kills. Lots of variety in what the shuffles can do. Having the base cards not be horrible so you could actually just run them without parasitic support cards. No SMOrc encouraging. This is awesome.
Spells always create a copy on your side. When I'm in a Priest mirror, I'll sometimes cast Psyche Split on important minions like Convincing Infiltrator or Reliquary of Souls, because stats are meaningless in that matchup, and it's more about what your minions do. Plus, I've used it to put Skeletal Dragons in SW:D range and summon my own copy.
Jinyu Waterspeaker was a great card while it was in Standard, and for just one less healing you're getting Taunt, a better statline, and no Overload.
Granted, Shaman might not be able to fill that condition consistently. They only have Bloodlust, Eye of the Storm, Hagatha's Scheme, Dragon's Pack, and Earthquake to fulfill it (and probably not Dragon's Pack or Bloodlust). However, based on this and Lightning Bloom, I'm willing to bet their cross-class Epic will be a big spell.
Chillwind Yeti is a good card if you play it on exactly turn 4. I'd play a Yeti that gives me better draws.
Phantom Militia is a better tribute in Chinese, where it's name is pronounced similarly to Tom's and Tom even provides the voice acting.
https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/85rcx1/the_card_of_tom60229/
I wish they spread it over two weeks. Basically, cut out last week where they announced nothing and just halve the reveal rate.
Otherwise, faster reveals are better in my opinion.
I wish they'd bring RegisKillbin to more of these. That guy's like a bundle of joy who just wants to see all the cool things you can do in Hearthstone. That's the sort of energy they should bring to reveal livestreams.
(I also miss Day9)
Samwise Didier hides pandas in most of his art. It's the whole reason Pandaren are even a thing.
Granted, I don't think there are pandas in any of his Hearthstone artworks, but I have a Warcraft III art book with pandas all over it.
Hopefully an interesting mix of Priest upside and Warlock (potentially abusable) downside.
I see what you've done here, Blizzard.
I honestly wouldn't recommend it. It's... not great.
I mean, it also takes like two hours to finish, so no harm no foul. It's not very well written or challenging, though. At least the Challenge missions take some creativity, even if they are very easy, since you can't use Wild cards.
Here's praying that it's KT as a Lich and not as a Necromancer. I mean, necro KT as a Dumbledore would be hilarious, but his lich form is so iconic.
They don't want him in Odd DH I'm guessing.
Technically this hasn't been a long wait, because the first expansion is usually announced at the end of February but AoO was announced in the middle of March. Everything got shifted forwards half a month.
I kind of prefer this because we get condensed information, instead of that awkward two week period where we know the set but nothing gets announced.