Evolve is the Luna's Pocket Galaxy of this event... it never should have happened. 

Artifact was supposed to be the death of HS

GWENT was supposed to be the death of HS

Magic Arena was supposed to be the death of HS

I honestly hope LoR is successful just because it will force Blizzard to put more effort into some of the major issues with HS. They have improved greatly in 2019, but there is still plenty of issues that still need addressing. Competition is good,  but I'm not going to keep my hopes up, because we've been down this road before. 

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Looking good!

My man!

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After playing against Jade Shaman again, I've found this to be all too true.

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This could have been amazing... and almost was... but N'Zoth, the Corruptor and Mysterious Challenger have turned Standard into Wild Lite---i.e., first to draw degenerate combo wins. I think they went just a little too far. Without those two cards (and maybe something more playable for Warlock), it would have been pretty good. 

I have been playing a lot of Warlock lately, and I keep thinking to myself "What if Warlock got Defile instead of Renounce Darkness?" Defile would have been a true game changer for Warlock, but alas...

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The mana cheat king of the moment. I remember a certain mage nerf to counter those mana cheated boards, which required you to do nothing for 4 turns. Shaman can play anything he wants and then cheat out 3 4-mana minions for 4 mana on turn 3/4, and then evolve it a turn later to get even more value at turn 5. It will be the only deck I play until they nerf it to hell. Sorry mage.

People are comparing Evolve Shaman to Combo Priest, but I really don't see the similarities. First off, Combo Priest is the most board-centric deck in the game right now, so that facotr can be exploited. If you can keep the board clear for the early turns, you can solidify your game plan and snowball your lead. Beause Combo Priest doesn't have any cards that directly impact the board (aside from Wild Pryomancer, but it's moreso used to gain a larger lead when the Priest is ahead), they can be shut down if you remove their minions turn after turn. However, if the Priest highrolls into Injured Tol'vir + Circle of Healing Turn 1, unless you have exactly Backstab + Eviscerate, you've probably lose the game.

On the other hand, Evolve Shaman has a completely different gameplan. They seek to do multiple things: one, they can create a massive board spontaeneously via Desert Hare + Evolve, or they can abuse the understatted battlecry minions when running Corrupt the Waters. Evolve Shaman is so much more consistently powerful compared to Combo Priest; even if they don't hit their turn 4 Evolve combo, they still have good enough cards to win through tempo. No class can deal with four 4 drops on turn four, nonetheless an 8 drop before turn 8 with Mogu Fleshshaper. This is closer to Conjurer Mage, where once the deck gets it's combo off, it's basically unstoppable.

I had a game where the Shaman had three 4 mana and two 8 mana minions on turn 4. A board like that should not be possible in this game. It is extremely unhealthy and not fun to play against. 

More competition is a good thing for HS. It forces the devs to take a look at what they are doing, and improve upon it to keep the player base. 2019 has already been a fantastic year for improvements, I hope more are on the way!

I tried some renounce lock, but at rank 5. I didn't win a single match. Surprisingly I'm actually having fun and winning games with Quest lock at rank 5!

Evolve Shaman is a real problem. Evolve should not have been brought back into standard. This deck is completely unfun to play against, and it's making me play the game less. 6 matches in a row today against Evolve Shaman. 

I was moving along at a decent speed, farming Warlock wins before the patch, trying to get the final 100 until I hit 500. Patch hit, and I just can't find a Warlock deck that is good in this meta. Zoo is still the best option, but it has taken a major hit in win rate due to all the N'Zoth decks. Guess I'll say fuck it and just play Quest Warlock for the lols.

I haven't tried evolve shaman yet. But I got a little burnt on shaman farming wins for the past few months. I have played way too many matches against it though, and it is kind of disgusting. 

Highlander Secret Paladin is a blast. 

So tired of combo priest. Was kind of hoping they would send DS to HoF, but that's probably not happening until next year. 

So far, this event has just made the "Mogu Fleshshaper" meta even worse...

Hunter is my main and closest to 1000 wins... so disappointed to see his portrait...

They should have brought Yogg back into standard for this event :(

That's normally my luck. I used up the rest of my good luck for the rest of the year on this one...

Decided "fuck it, I'll buy the Hex bundle, I'm still missing 4 legendaries from RoS, maybe I'll get Archivist Elysiana as my free one, that's the only missing one I'd really like to have."

Free Legendary: Archivist Elysiana

Then open in the 20 packs: Tak Nozwhisker, The Boom Reaver and Nozari

Hmm... I now have a complete RoS set. Good $20 spent!

I've only reached the final boss once, got him down under 200HP. It appears his health has held there, but I can't get another deck back to him to finish him off. I keep getting completely fucked by some bosses that are hard counters to my decks. 

I have a problem and bought it with money. Don't judge me

Priest mirrors until Divine Spirit gets the HoF ax

Keep up the good work! Your decks have been really fun to watch and blizzard really better give you a card reveal next expansion! You’ve totally earned it at this point with what you’ve been doing!

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It really bothers me how much everyone hates this. 

It only bothers you because of how much you are letting yourself hate it. Just stop talking about it, stop making such a big deal about it, or any kind of deal about it. and it wont bother you anymore. 

You don't understand people with OCD, do you? You can't just stop being bothered by something. That's not how it works.