Hearthstone

The great thief is back, with a bang!

Cooking up a storm, and a late-game answer against Fatigue Decks... if used carefully!

Kalecgos, the former aspect of the blue dragonflight, and part of Dalaran's Council of Six has joined the fight against the League of Evil.

Discuss about its effectiveness in the meta!

This will be an overview of important archetypes throughout the history of hearthstone. Updates are coming!

Beta:

Freeze mage

Frozen giants

Release:

Minion based mage

Secret mage

Nax

Deathrattle

GvG

Mechmage

BRM:

Flamewaker Tempo (machinegun)

Later:

No-quest Exodia, Quest Exodia, Giant Quest, Mill/Fatigue, Reno, Elemental, Aggro Freeze, Murloc, Odd, Odd Secret, C'thun, , Big Spell, Control

Some are probably missing but I find it interresting that mage has had every archetype represented, from the fastest aggro to grindy control and otk combo decks. The class has historically been weak at proactive midrange and controldecks, partly because the class had been relying on neutral minions from the midgame onwards. More reactive tempo playstyle decks have been viable several times, however, mainly because of strong secrets synergies and flexible burn spells like fireball and frost bolt.

Some archetypes have gone through big changes through expansions and nerfs, this will be explored more!

Questions to those who enjoy building decks in Hearthstone:

• What sort of things lead you to construct the decks that you do?
• What are some common strategies and combinations that you really enjoy playing and iterating on?
• In the past, which mechanics or interactions really caught your attention and made you want to try them yourself?
• Do you prefer building new lists from the ground up, or iterating on existing archetypes?
• Has the meta ever influenced you to try building something new to counter it?
• When you get an idea, does it typically involve a particular strategy, or do you focus on a card you like to build around?
• Do you make use of tech cards often, or just play a particular list as is?

Questions to those who avoid deck building:

• What is it that you dislike about deck building, if anything?
• Has anything discouraged you from trying, or lead to you giving up at building a deck?
• What do you feel is the most intimidating or difficult part to building a viable deck?
• Do you find it more difficult to build decks in the constructed or arena game mode?
• What do you typically do when the weekly Tavern Brawl requires you to build a deck?
• What sort of tools or features do you think would motivate or allow you to build decks of your own design, if any?

The teasers have developed an interesting concept and it seems many are excited about the possibilities. Especially with the recent leak of Dalaran on one of the cards, there's a lot of talk about Violet Hold. I for one have a good feeling about the direction they are going with the lore of these new sets. Any bold predictions before they spill the beans?

Hi there,

there's a standard version of mech hunter which already shows some promise in the current meta:

It won't lose much with the rotation and I'm planning to give it a real try on ladder once the new expansion hits. This deck snowballs pretty fast and has quite some burst potential even if you lose the board several times. As usual with hunter, draw is an issue which can at least partially be solved with Cybertech Chip. As long as mass silence is not a thing, I'm very optimistic to make this work!

What do you think? Any ideas how to further improve the deck?

Last month Emerald Spellstone was nerfed alongside a few other cards. We wanted to see how everyone felt about the nerf at this point in time.

The nerf was: Cost increased to 6 mana (Up from 5)

• Do you think the nerf to Emerald Spellstone was warranted?
• Are there any decks you're using that make use of the nerfed card? Share them!

Last month Hunter's Mark was nerfed alongside a few other cards. We wanted to see how everyone felt about the nerf at this point in time.

The nerf was: Cost increased to 2 mana (Up from 1)

• Do you think the nerf to Hunter's Mark was warranted?
• Are there any decks you're using that make use of the nerfed card? Share them!

Last month Equality was nerfed alongside a few other cards. We wanted to see how everyone felt about the nerf at this point in time.

The nerf was: Cost increased to 4 mana (Up from 2)

• Do you think the nerf to Equality was warranted?
• Are there any decks you're using that make use of the nerfed card? Share them!

Last month Flametongue Totem was nerfed alongside a few other cards. We wanted to see how everyone felt about the nerf at this point in time.

The nerf was: Cost increased to 3 mana (Up from 2)

• Do you think the nerf to Flametongue Totem was warranted?
• Are there any decks you're using that make use of the nerfed card? Share them!

Last month Cold Blood was nerfed alongside a few other cards. We wanted to see how everyone felt about the nerf at this point in time.

The nerf was: Cost increased to 2 mana (Up from 1)

• Do you think the nerf to Cold Blood was warranted?
• Are there any decks you're using that make use of the nerfed card? Share them!

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Warrior related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Warrior Basics.

Warrior Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Warriors!

• How do you feel about this class?
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Shaman related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Shaman Basics.

Shaman Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Shamans!

• How do you feel about this class?
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Warlock related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Warlock Basics.

Warlock Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Warlocks!

• How do you feel about this class?
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Rogue related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Rogue Basics.

Rogue Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Rogues!

• How do you feel about this class?
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Priest related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Priest Basics.

Priest Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Priests!

• How do you feel about this class? 
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Mage related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Mage Basics.

Mage Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Mages!

• How do you feel about this class?
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Paladin related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Paladin Basics.

Paladin Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Paladins!

• How do you feel about this class?
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?

Use this sub-forum to discuss everything Hunter related. Discuss strategies, lore, cards, deck-building, archetypes, and more!

Hunter Basics.

Hunter Hero Lore.

For those of you that have made your way here, let's start some discussion about Hunters!

• How do you feel about this class?
• Why do you play/not play this class?
• What do you think are the most iconic cards of this class?
• What do you like/dislike about this class?
• What are your most/least favourite deck archetypes associated with this class?