This isn't really as bad as people are making it out to be. Captain Greenskin saw play before, and this one has more upside because it buffs all weapons in your deck. Buffing your Outrider's Axes with this is already good. A 5/5 body for 5-mana is also fair.
If Warrior gets some really good weapons in the future, this will see play. It's just a solid, if unexciting card.
This looks like a pretty solid, balanced card. The relics don't seem powerful enough to break the game (other than Ring of Tides, which could lead to some shenanigans), which is a good thing. I expect this to pop up in a variety of classes.
I'm at Level 163. Same routine for me: I'm playing a lot of Mercenaries, only playing Standard to complete daily and weekly quests. I could've hit 165 but I failed to complete one weekly from last week.
I finally got through the Rend Blackhand bounty using the party that OldGuardian suggested: Cariel, Xyrella, Samuro, Rokara, Tavish, and Millhouse. I spent a couple of days farming coins for the mercs I needed and maxing out all of their equipment, so I was able to beat Rend easily. I'm now using the same team to blaze through Alterac Valley. I just finished the Lokholar bounty before taking a break from playing.
I still have 15 more levels to go before I can choose a Tier 2 hero skin. I'm still undecided on which one to pick between Priest, Mage, and DH. I'll cross that bridge when I get there, which should be in a couple of days!
If the board consistently matters in standard again, this might see play, but even then this is too expensive at 8 mana. And why is this in Mage? This feels like a Warrior card at first glance.
@Alleria & @allthehype: Thanks for the suggestions! Unfortunately I don't have some of the mercs you suggested (I've maxed out Bru'kan and Guff Runetotem, but I've yet to accumulate enough coins for Malfurion Stormrage lol), and I haven't been using Gruul at all so I'll need to level him up first. I nearly beat Rend Blackhand yesterday with a combination of Xyrella, Varden Dawngrasp, Blademaster Samuro, and some other orcs. What I did was keep buffing up Samuro's attack so he'll always be targeted by Rend's 200 damage ability, then using Whirling Blade on the same turn so he's immune when that 200 damage strikes. Unfortunately I mistimed a freeze by Varden so my Mercs died to a hailstorm of fire from those damn dragons.
But thanks for linking to that guide! I'll get more tips from there.
Beat Rend blackhand easily with diablo. Just a level 3 fire stomp and you're golden.
If you get the passive that deals fire damage for every enemy dead from a fire attack, then its just a OTK on turn 2.
Gotta max out Diablo then. Thanks for the tip!
I found a Rend Blackhand guide by OldGuardian on Youtube, and it looks like I had the right idea with the Samuro + Xyrella tandem, I just had the wrong mercs around them. He beat Rend with a budget team of Samuro, Xyrella, and Cariel as his main three, then Tavish, Millhouse, and Rokara on the bench.
Anyway, I'll update you guys once I've gotten past this obstacle. To keep this thread on topic though, I'm now at Level 159 on the track.
@Alleria & @allthehype: Thanks for the suggestions! Unfortunately I don't have some of the mercs you suggested (I've maxed out Bru'kan and Guff Runetotem, but I've yet to accumulate enough coins for Malfurion Stormrage lol), and I haven't been using Gruul at all so I'll need to level him up first. I nearly beat Rend Blackhand yesterday with a combination of Xyrella, Varden Dawngrasp, Blademaster Samuro, and some other orcs. What I did was keep buffing up Samuro's attack so he'll always be targeted by Rend's 200 damage ability, then using Whirling Blade on the same turn so he's immune when that 200 damage strikes. Unfortunately I mistimed a freeze by Varden so my Mercs died to a hailstorm of fire from those damn dragons.
But thanks for linking to that guide! I'll get more tips from there.
Hit Level 151, with two more weeklies and a couple of dailies to spare. I estimate that I'm gonna reach 165 by next week, maybe even 170. Nothing's gonna stop my rampage towards 200!
I'm still spending a looooot of time with Mercenaries. I just play traditional Hearthstone to complete daily quests, then I spend the rest of my playing time grinding out my Mercs. I still haven't finished Blackrock Mountain level though, I can't get past Rend Blackhand. Gotta find a guide on how to do that.
Excited for the upcoming expansion announcement! Any day now.
Just reached Level 140. I finally managed to complete some achievements: the Xyrella deathrattle ones, summoning X number of dread imps, and the Kurtrus, Demon-Render one. I'm frustrated that I've yet to complete the one for triggering honorable kills; it's a pretty difficult mechanic to pull off.
I expect to be at Level 150+ by the end of the week.
I completed the Chi-Ji limited time event and only have 7 of the latest introduced mercenaries left to be fully maxed out.
I bought the Onyxia's Lair mini-set with gold and played a bunch of Kazakusan Druid in ranked Standard, but I cannot say I enjoyed this latest meta at all. At diamond level, I only encounter mirror matches or opponents with tech cards like Irondeep Trogg and Cult Neophyte.
As for the new XP achievements, since they are mostly really grindy this time around, I have yet to start grinding those out. The Demon Hunter and Rogue ones are not even in the game yet (sigh). I do wonder what the new '???' is all about though. What kind of riddled madness did Celestalon come up with this time?
Dude how often do you play? Level 357 is nuts lol.
I'm currently at Level 125, with 7000 gold. I think I have a month left to reach that level 200 goal I've been aiming for. I can do this!
I don't think I'll be able to complete the Chi-Ji event for Mercenaries. Since I started late with maxing out my mercs, I'm only at the 2nd half of the Blackrock Mountain levels, and it's incredibly difficult to beat those damn bosses. It took me a whole day before I could beat High Lord Omokk with the maxed out mercs I have.
Even though I'm playing it a lot recently, Mercenaries still feels like a really predatory mode. The economy is terrible, and it basically wants you to sacrifice ALL of your time if you want to max out your mercs. I just so happened to have lots of time recently so I was able to, but man, I can see why a lot of people gave up on this mode. I mean, this was one of the things that made me hesitant to be invested in the mode in the first place.
I'm at Level 114, and once I finish my weeklies I should reach 120. I've been playing a lot recently; I think I climbed 25 levels in two weeks.
Lately I've been playing a lot of Mercenaries, trying to max out my Mercs. I can't say I've been enjoying it as much, I just feel like grinding my Mercs to level 30. I didn't buy the mini-set again this time, though I did craft Kazakusan. While he's a blast to play (especially in a Control Warrior list), some games feel polarizing in that it comes down to who draws Kazakusan first. The card has also ushered in a bunch of hyper-aggro decks, which is something I never welcome.
I'm surprised that Freeze Shaman has emerged as Tier S in Wild, though at the same time I'm not surprised at all that there's another Tier S deck in that format. It's basically impossible to balance that mode, no matter how much Wild players wish the devs would tinker with it more. Take down one broken deck, then another will simply take its place, and so on and so forth. It's just the way it is.
I'm at Level 75. Slow progress is slow, but it's just hard to play in this Roguestone meta right now. Poison Rogues are simply unbeatable. NOTHING beats this deck. I just toiled away for my golden Shaman portrait, then I was done with Standard until the nerfs come. A once promising and diverse meta ruined by a supposedly meme card in Maestra, good job Blizz....
I'm not doing that many achievements this expansion, which contributes to my slow progress. I dunno, the achievements this time around feel like such a chore to do. I usually complete about 60%, but right now I haven't even hit 30% yet.
Good effin' riddance on Sorcerer's Apprentice, that card's death has been a long time coming. Enabled so many unfun and broken combos in Wild.
They hit Rogue hard, I think that Wildpaw Gnoll nerf is huge. The hero card will still see play, but delaying the class's resets will make them more vulnerable to burn and aggro strategies (I was often a turn too late whenever I tried to burn them down with Quest Shaman). I was hoping they'd nerf Mozaki, Master Duelist directly since I recently got a copy of it from a free pack...alas, one can dream.
Quest Warrior might be dead in Standard too with that quest nerf. The soonest Cap'n Rokara can be played now will be turn 9, which is huge. Not sure how this affects Wild, though I think it'll still be pretty good there.
It's been a while, but I finally got my fifth golden hero! Shaman now joins Warrior, Hunter, Paladin, and Demon Hunter as my golden classes. The golden Thrall isn't really my favorite, but it's fine I guess. I've been having a blast playing Shaman recently, though I've had to toil away for the last 20 wins because Rogue is just choking out all other archetypes (my Quest Shaman just doesn't stand a chance against Poison Rogues). But I still found some wins here and there to reach 500. And how fitting is it that the opponent I beat for that 500th win is named Gold??? If that doesn't make you believe in destiny, I don't know what will.
My next goal will probably be Warlock and Priest, since they're the ones closest to 500. Mage, as usual, remains in a pitiful state. I just don't like the class and all its shenanigans. Let's see what the nerfs will be, hopefully they'll make Deathrattle Priest a little more viable!
I've reached level 67 on the track. I finally bought the pass, but I wasn't able to play much last week because I got sick, so I spent the past two days finishing my quests from last week, then cleaning up the new quests this week. I managed to climb 8 levels in two days, not bad.
With Thief Rogues dominating the meta, I've been strictly playing Quest Shaman and Quest Handlock. I know, I know, try something new, but these decks are my best bet to counter those Rogues because of their removal tools. And I've been farming wins for that golden Shaman portrait anyway, so might as well. I'm only 13 wins away!
I'm also excited to have unlocked the Venerable Bru'kan portrait, definitely one of the best Shaman skins in the game. I just love skins with flashy animations, and the lightning emanating from Bru'kan's fingertips is just sweet (he's also my favorite mercenary; love me some old geezers who can still dish it out!). I'll be using this skin exclusively in my grind for the golden portrait.
I just hit legend with Freeze Shaman! THE MEME IS DEAD!!!
On a serious note, it's a real fun deck to play, and pretty powerful too. One of my favorite decks ever, for sure. After years of being frustrated with my board getting frozen and locked out by Mages, I have to say it feels great to be on the other side this time.
This isn't really as bad as people are making it out to be. Captain Greenskin saw play before, and this one has more upside because it buffs all weapons in your deck. Buffing your Outrider's Axes with this is already good. A 5/5 body for 5-mana is also fair.
If Warrior gets some really good weapons in the future, this will see play. It's just a solid, if unexciting card.
This looks like a pretty solid, balanced card. The relics don't seem powerful enough to break the game (other than Ring of Tides, which could lead to some shenanigans), which is a good thing. I expect this to pop up in a variety of classes.
I'm at Level 163. Same routine for me: I'm playing a lot of Mercenaries, only playing Standard to complete daily and weekly quests. I could've hit 165 but I failed to complete one weekly from last week.
I finally got through the Rend Blackhand bounty using the party that OldGuardian suggested: Cariel, Xyrella, Samuro, Rokara, Tavish, and Millhouse. I spent a couple of days farming coins for the mercs I needed and maxing out all of their equipment, so I was able to beat Rend easily. I'm now using the same team to blaze through Alterac Valley. I just finished the Lokholar bounty before taking a break from playing.
I still have 15 more levels to go before I can choose a Tier 2 hero skin. I'm still undecided on which one to pick between Priest, Mage, and DH. I'll cross that bridge when I get there, which should be in a couple of days!
If the board consistently matters in standard again, this might see play, but even then this is too expensive at 8 mana. And why is this in Mage? This feels like a Warrior card at first glance.
Gotta max out Diablo then. Thanks for the tip!
I found a Rend Blackhand guide by OldGuardian on Youtube, and it looks like I had the right idea with the Samuro + Xyrella tandem, I just had the wrong mercs around them. He beat Rend with a budget team of Samuro, Xyrella, and Cariel as his main three, then Tavish, Millhouse, and Rokara on the bench.
Anyway, I'll update you guys once I've gotten past this obstacle. To keep this thread on topic though, I'm now at Level 159 on the track.
@Alleria & @allthehype: Thanks for the suggestions! Unfortunately I don't have some of the mercs you suggested (I've maxed out Bru'kan and Guff Runetotem, but I've yet to accumulate enough coins for Malfurion Stormrage lol), and I haven't been using Gruul at all so I'll need to level him up first. I nearly beat Rend Blackhand yesterday with a combination of Xyrella, Varden Dawngrasp, Blademaster Samuro, and some other orcs. What I did was keep buffing up Samuro's attack so he'll always be targeted by Rend's 200 damage ability, then using Whirling Blade on the same turn so he's immune when that 200 damage strikes. Unfortunately I mistimed a freeze by Varden so my Mercs died to a hailstorm of fire from those damn dragons.
But thanks for linking to that guide! I'll get more tips from there.
Hit Level 151, with two more weeklies and a couple of dailies to spare. I estimate that I'm gonna reach 165 by next week, maybe even 170. Nothing's gonna stop my rampage towards 200!
I'm still spending a looooot of time with Mercenaries. I just play traditional Hearthstone to complete daily quests, then I spend the rest of my playing time grinding out my Mercs. I still haven't finished Blackrock Mountain level though, I can't get past Rend Blackhand. Gotta find a guide on how to do that.
Excited for the upcoming expansion announcement! Any day now.
Definitely one of the most influential expansions ever, and my personal favorite. I get why a lot of people hate it (most of its cards are major meta players even to this day), but I just think it has some of the most creative design that the game has seen, such as Lorekeeper Polkelt, Sphere of Sapience, the Soul Fragments package in DH, Jandice Barov, Mindrender Illucia, Secret Passage, Instructor Fireheart, Rattlegore, and even Transfer Student.
I enjoyed playing so many cards from this expansion. I'll definitely miss it in standard.
Just reached Level 140. I finally managed to complete some achievements: the Xyrella deathrattle ones, summoning X number of dread imps, and the Kurtrus, Demon-Render one. I'm frustrated that I've yet to complete the one for triggering honorable kills; it's a pretty difficult mechanic to pull off.
I expect to be at Level 150+ by the end of the week.
Thanks to my opponent for giving me the unkillable minion I needed to execute this Kurtrus, Demon-Render OTK.
Dude how often do you play? Level 357 is nuts lol.
I'm currently at Level 125, with 7000 gold. I think I have a month left to reach that level 200 goal I've been aiming for. I can do this!
I don't think I'll be able to complete the Chi-Ji event for Mercenaries. Since I started late with maxing out my mercs, I'm only at the 2nd half of the Blackrock Mountain levels, and it's incredibly difficult to beat those damn bosses. It took me a whole day before I could beat High Lord Omokk with the maxed out mercs I have.
Even though I'm playing it a lot recently, Mercenaries still feels like a really predatory mode. The economy is terrible, and it basically wants you to sacrifice ALL of your time if you want to max out your mercs. I just so happened to have lots of time recently so I was able to, but man, I can see why a lot of people gave up on this mode. I mean, this was one of the things that made me hesitant to be invested in the mode in the first place.
I'm at Level 114, and once I finish my weeklies I should reach 120. I've been playing a lot recently; I think I climbed 25 levels in two weeks.
Lately I've been playing a lot of Mercenaries, trying to max out my Mercs. I can't say I've been enjoying it as much, I just feel like grinding my Mercs to level 30. I didn't buy the mini-set again this time, though I did craft Kazakusan. While he's a blast to play (especially in a Control Warrior list), some games feel polarizing in that it comes down to who draws Kazakusan first. The card has also ushered in a bunch of hyper-aggro decks, which is something I never welcome.
I'm surprised that Freeze Shaman has emerged as Tier S in Wild, though at the same time I'm not surprised at all that there's another Tier S deck in that format. It's basically impossible to balance that mode, no matter how much Wild players wish the devs would tinker with it more. Take down one broken deck, then another will simply take its place, and so on and so forth. It's just the way it is.
How satisfying is it to beat a Mozaki Mage with a bunch of extremely buff sheep? Very satisfying.
I'm at Level 75. Slow progress is slow, but it's just hard to play in this Roguestone meta right now. Poison Rogues are simply unbeatable. NOTHING beats this deck. I just toiled away for my golden Shaman portrait, then I was done with Standard until the nerfs come. A once promising and diverse meta ruined by a supposedly meme card in Maestra, good job Blizz....
I'm not doing that many achievements this expansion, which contributes to my slow progress. I dunno, the achievements this time around feel like such a chore to do. I usually complete about 60%, but right now I haven't even hit 30% yet.
Good effin' riddance on Sorcerer's Apprentice, that card's death has been a long time coming. Enabled so many unfun and broken combos in Wild.
They hit Rogue hard, I think that Wildpaw Gnoll nerf is huge. The hero card will still see play, but delaying the class's resets will make them more vulnerable to burn and aggro strategies (I was often a turn too late whenever I tried to burn them down with Quest Shaman). I was hoping they'd nerf Mozaki, Master Duelist directly since I recently got a copy of it from a free pack...alas, one can dream.
Quest Warrior might be dead in Standard too with that quest nerf. The soonest Cap'n Rokara can be played now will be turn 9, which is huge. Not sure how this affects Wild, though I think it'll still be pretty good there.
As others have been saying here, go with Bru'kan of the Elements. He's more versatile and fits in more Shaman decks. Also a fun card to play.
It's been a while, but I finally got my fifth golden hero! Shaman now joins Warrior, Hunter, Paladin, and Demon Hunter as my golden classes. The golden Thrall isn't really my favorite, but it's fine I guess. I've been having a blast playing Shaman recently, though I've had to toil away for the last 20 wins because Rogue is just choking out all other archetypes (my Quest Shaman just doesn't stand a chance against Poison Rogues). But I still found some wins here and there to reach 500. And how fitting is it that the opponent I beat for that 500th win is named Gold??? If that doesn't make you believe in destiny, I don't know what will.
My next goal will probably be Warlock and Priest, since they're the ones closest to 500. Mage, as usual, remains in a pitiful state. I just don't like the class and all its shenanigans. Let's see what the nerfs will be, hopefully they'll make Deathrattle Priest a little more viable!
Here's the breakdown of my class wins:
I've reached level 67 on the track. I finally bought the pass, but I wasn't able to play much last week because I got sick, so I spent the past two days finishing my quests from last week, then cleaning up the new quests this week. I managed to climb 8 levels in two days, not bad.
With Thief Rogues dominating the meta, I've been strictly playing Quest Shaman and Quest Handlock. I know, I know, try something new, but these decks are my best bet to counter those Rogues because of their removal tools. And I've been farming wins for that golden Shaman portrait anyway, so might as well. I'm only 13 wins away!
I'm also excited to have unlocked the Venerable Bru'kan portrait, definitely one of the best Shaman skins in the game. I just love skins with flashy animations, and the lightning emanating from Bru'kan's fingertips is just sweet (he's also my favorite mercenary; love me some old geezers who can still dish it out!). I'll be using this skin exclusively in my grind for the golden portrait.
I just hit legend with Freeze Shaman! THE MEME IS DEAD!!!
On a serious note, it's a real fun deck to play, and pretty powerful too. One of my favorite decks ever, for sure. After years of being frustrated with my board getting frozen and locked out by Mages, I have to say it feels great to be on the other side this time.