Hearthstone

Galakrond Warlock Zoo

Wild · Zoolock · by RandomGuy · 6 years, 5 months ago

• 1 Flame Imp x 2
• 1 Grim Rally x 2
• 1 Mecharoo x 2
• 1 Sinister Deal x 2
• 1 The Soularium x 1
• 1 Voidwalker x 2
• 2 EVIL Cable Rat x 2
• 2 EVIL Genius x 2
• 2 Knife Juggler x 2
• 3 Dragonblight Cultist x 2
• 3 EVIL Recruiter x 2
• 3 Fiendish Rites x 2
• 3 Magic Carpet x 2
• 4 Veiled Worshipper x 1
• 5 Dark Pharaoh Tekahn x 1
• 7 Galakrond, the Wretched x 1
• 10 Sea Giant x 2

7,960 Dust 992 0 Copy Deck Code

This is my first go at a Galakrond Zoolock. I tried to keep it in the realm of competitive. I think there could be potential for things like Jumbo Imp or Plague of Flames, but I think those come in to target specific metagame things. Ditto to the rusher Invoker.

I think Veiled Worshipper is crazy powerful, but with it's condition, only 4 Invokers, the natural Warlock hero power, and Solarium, I wouldn't be surprised if 1 is the correct number.

Put together my first ideas for a Galakrond Rogue deck. I know we're still missing most of the new cards, but what do you think about it so far? (Guide included)

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Did I get this right? 

I hope battlegrounds is fun for more than a few rounds, but unfortunately i doubt it. 

can someone enlighten me why is faerie dragon suddenly in tempo rogue lists.. seems out of place.. or is it a prelude to next expansion?

https://hsreplay.net/decks/85nG4pBgIEuqMXRLF7n5qb/#gameType=RANKED_STANDARD

it has a quite good wr too.. what does it come to counter? big priest?

So, I have been struggling with a terrible internet connection lately but at least Hearthstone still worked. It would only maybe crash once on startup and afterwards be fine.

However, since sunday, maybe 1 out of 5 attempts gets me into the main menu; loading my collection may require up to 5 minutes and attempting to start any game tosses me out of the game for good. I know part of my issue is the internet but that is a problem that has gone on longer than these severe issues.

Is anyone else having trouble similar to this?

I've noticed the last two days I've been kicked off Hearthstone after a match or the game crashes on the PC more often.

Thought it was bad enough I couldn't play it on my tablet as we await the mobile patch/expansion purchase options there.

If you are playing an EVIL class, and you use a card has "invoke Galakarond", I am reading that the new hero power is triggered as well. That is, even if you don't have the new hero card equipped yet.

For example, if you are playing as a Warlock and you use Dragonblight Cultist, you will get the following result for 3 mana:

• 2 1/1 imps are created on the board, as that is the Warlock upgraded hero power (achieved after using Galakrond later in the game)
• the 1/1 minion actually becomes at least a 3/1 minion, as he gains 1 attack for every other minion on the board (including the two 1/1 imps)

There is a video on the Blizzard website for this expansion which shows how such a card works with the Rogue class.

Assuming I have this right (?), suddenly the "invoke Galakarond" cards seem much, much better. 

I'm happy that Hearthstone FINALLY got a new game mode. Even though it's not for me I'm happy that they've made something new to keep the community interested.

I wanted to ask the OOC community how you all felt about this game mode. Like is this what you wanted? Or would you have preferred something else.

Edit 05Nov: I’m glad I’m not the only one who isn’t satisfied with the game mode. I see some of you drawing the direct comparison to Heroes of the Storm in terms of being late to the game and it’s a very realistic critique. We all saw what happened to HotS, not saying it will happen to HS, but the Battlegrounds may go in that direction unless it gets continuous support (I don’t know if they’ve mentioned it anywhere).

I know they wanted to dive into the Autochess world, but they shouldn’t have. They should have innovated on something not seen in the digital CCG world. Hearthstone Mathematician just did an amazing video on a Two-Headed Giant mode that outlines most of the design questions for Team 5. This is a mode that would be more than welcomed in HS. 

Video: https://youtu.be/U3q4lss8mWE

Edit 07Nov: After playing several matches of Battlegrounds and sitting on the thought of the game mode itself.... it's not a new game mode, it's just a different game that utilizes Hearthstone assets. Let me elaborate on that.

Watching the Hearthstone panel for Blizzcon one of the designers explained how they came about the idea of Battlegrounds. They stated that when Autochess and the other Auto-battlers released that the team had a lot of fun playing those games and that they wanted to create one for HS. Six months later Battlegrounds was born and shown to the world.

If you notice in the previous paragraph the Dev said that THE TEAM wanted to create one. So I want everyone to think about that. I'm sure some of you all have browsed the Sub-reddit and read some of the post asking for new game modes and other posts that offer ideas for now ways to play the game (here's mine that I posted on OoC and the Sub-reddit: https://outof.cards/forums/hearthstone/hearthstone-general/1488-six-formats-hearthstone-could-easily-have). I just don't get it. Like we're here, telling the Devs what we want/would like to have/what needs improvement, and they give us something that literally nobody asked for.

Either way, Battlegrounds feels samey after a while. It's high RNG (Yogg be praised) and once you fall behind, that's it. There are key cards that if you don't find after re-rolling over and over again, you simply lose. The game "mode" is not for me. Still wanting and waiting on modes like the ones I've linked above. See y'all on ladder.

So, I haven't played in a year or two, and I just got back in. I just opened up a copy of Vessina, and I was wondering what decks I could build with her, because I have no idea what to do : ). I've got about 7000 dust saved up from last time I played, so if anyone has some fun decklists, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

As the title says. Whether it is something healthy or not. It's just a wish.

I'll start with mine, from my own Wild perspective:

• An anti-Mech Crab (E.M.P. Operative is just unplayable).
• An anti-Secret tech that Heals you for each destroyed Secret
• An anti-Reno version of Loatheb (6-mana, maybe a Dragon?).

Basically, i really want more smart cards that can easily be included in a deck, and that do not kill the opponent's strategy, but they reward you for timely plays.

And i think that these kind of cards would greatly help Wild from turning into a deranged trashbin.

So, did you ever made something in hearthstone that felt like a public service? I just though about it while I am still battling a 2xxx armor druid. He won the moment he got to that armor count. I had no way of winning, but then... He started roping... And well I just followed him... So here we are... 20 turns into his fatigue still roping. And I feel is the best someone can do with this kind of players. Just make sure they dont do the same to anyone else. And get them in a game for as long as you can. if you were about to stop playing and just wanted to watch some youtube.

All because he started roping...

Did you ever had a moment like this when you thought... Oh.. This will make other peoples day better? Wanted to know your thoughts...

I was wondering if there were guides or stats on when is the best time to play Scavenging Hyena.

Should I mulligan for it and drop it on turn 2. Or mulligan it away and wait until much later, trying to make sure I can immediately power it up?

This just occurred to me, but is it possible to put both the original and event version of a card in a Wild deck? For example, if you own the WoG version of N'Zoth, the Corruptor, making a deck with two of them? Or does the game filter that?

I don't have any wild cards, much less the original versions of the temporary cards, so I can't check it myself.

 Hello everyone, I just hit Legend a few hours ago and, after seeing my tracker stats, I wanted to share some thoughts with you (may even upload on Reddit if I feel like, but probably not).

Some informations: I started playing Tempo Rogue (with Eviscerate instead of Heistbaron Togwaggle since I didn't want to craft it) at rank 3 1 star on EU ladder. This is the complete list if someone is interested (it's the same BoarControl brought to rank 5 Legend a few hours ago).

Tempo Rogue [Season 67; 3734]

Wild · Tempo Rogue · by Avalon · 6 years, 5 months ago

• 0 Backstab x 2
• 0 Shadowstep x 2
• 1 Pharaoh Cat x 2
• 1 Swashburglar x 2
• 2 EVIL Cable Rat x 2
• 2 Eviscerate x 1
• 2 Sap x 2
• 2 Underbelly Fence x 2
• 3 Blink Fox x 2
• 3 Edwin VanCleef x 1
• 3 EVIL Miscreant x 2
• 4 Hench-Clan Burglar x 2
• 4 Lifedrinker x 1
• 4 Spirit of the Shark x 2
• 4 Vendetta x 2
• 4 Waggle Pick x 2
• 5 Leeroy Jenkins x 1

5,220 Dust 594 0 Copy Deck Code

Now, here are the stats of my climb (I'd directly upload a picture if able to do so, but for some reason linking it from Imgur doesn't work anymore...): unfortunately it took me a couple more games than I needed since at some point my Wi-Fi decided it was siesta time and I lost two games out of disconnection but hey, 69% winrate is still pretty nice.

As you can see, out of 39 games 20 were against Shamans: to be more precise, only one of them was Murloc; the other 19 were either Quest (16) or straight Evolve (3).

Mage, Paladin, Warrior (they didn't save the best for last this time I guess) and Warlock completely unexistent; a sprinkle of Quest Druids, Highlander Hunters, Deathrattle Priests (one was Combo to be fair) and Rogues (3 were Tempo like me, 1 was Deathrattle). And that's it.

I know that 40 games are not a big sample, but they are enough to give an idea of what the environment is in the high ranks. Another fact: out of the 6 last games that I played, 5 were Shamans (the other one was Rogue): at some point I really wanted to pluck my eyes out.

What I'm trying to do is adding evidences to the already existent complaints around Shaman. The main issue is not its OPness (in fact I went 13-7 against Thrall/Morgl/Rastakhan/the fat guy), but rather its highroll potential and its capability of generating resources out of a bunch of mana.

Most of the games I lost were because I got overwhelmed by an absurd amount of stats in the early game, which maybe just Warrior (Brawl) and Priest (Mass Hysteria) can handle properly, and a small part because of resource exhaustion, but the fact is that, at the moment, there isn't a viable strategy against it except going face really fast and hard: Midrange gets totally annihilated and Control barely makes it; the most favorable matchups (Vicious Syndicate) are somewhat unreliable (I explain what I want to say: as you can read in the meta report I linked, OTK Paladin constantly beats Shaman, but the problem is that it struggles against pretty much anything else, therefore no Paladins on ladder) and, given the aforementioned highroll potential, it's able to give you wins even if you're not a top tier player (yes: some of the guys I played against were so bad that I felt bad for them).

In the end, (Quest) Shamans are really popular and, the most important thing, it feels really bad to play against them over and over again.

Let's rattle off what are in my opinion some of the crucial combos of the decks that generate this situation:

• the Evolve Mechanic: Desert Hare + Evolve can be neck breaking for most of the decks (even more if the Quest is completed); to be honest though, this combo isn't the one that worries me the most, because that title goes to
• [Hearthstone Card (Mogu Flashshaper) Not Found] + Mutate: the 8 mana minions pool is really strong, with just a few bad pulls (Hir'eek, the Bat is the worst outcome, whereas the second worst is Heroic Innkeeper or Captain Hooktusk, which is still pretty good on turn 4/5), and it will stay in Standard for more than another year. You can try to fight for the control of the board in order to prevent such insane turns, but
• Heart of Vir'naal + Mind Control Tech punishes you really hard for playing more than 3 minions.
• In the meantime, you have to watch out for insane burst coming from Kobold Lackey, Weaponized Wasp and Life-fucking-drinker plus Bog Slosher.

So, you need to fight for the board in order to kill 8 drops and many 4 drops in the early game without having more than 3 minions in play, otherwise you'd dramatically increase your opponent's board while losing yours. How does that even make any sense?

I don't want to start a nerfing/babyrage thread (hey, I got to Legend, fuck them Shamans), but rather having a discussion about it.

Given that Shaman is a problem for the current meta and maybe the future ones (alongside with Quest Druid in my honest opinion), what do you think? What is the card that triggers you/you don't like to play against the most? Have you found any reliable counters (except joining the dark side of course)? If yes, which?

Feel free to express your opinion and to blow off some steam if you really need to ;)

Thanks for reading

About a month ago I made a thread asking if Frost Nova should be HoF'd to increase the variety of freeze effects that can be printed for Mage. The reaction was mostly negative, since too many freeze effects would eventually overwhelm mage in Wild mode.

That got me thinking though: would people be interested in a new play mode that uses rotating sets? Similar to Arena and the Brawl Block tavern brawls, you could only build decks from certain expansions. For simplicity, it could follow the same current rotation as whatever the arena is.

The idea is this lets old cards shine like they do in Wild, but in a way that keeps the meta fluid and prevents "solved archetypes" (so things like Rez Priest and Face Shaman wouldn't be insane forever). It might even let certain bad cards see the light of day without better alternatives. This also gives Blizzard more leeway to print similar effects to rotated cards and make them competitive, since there would be an alternative to Wild mode. Also keep in mind this balances Priest's ever-growing collection of board clears.

Thoughts?

I love playing hunter, but it feels kinda bad in the current meta so had to craft this new deck to try to keep up.

Its Kinda facey since you don't want to go too late but it can still play Mid range very well and tends to Deal roughly 15 to 22 damage instantly or more with a good Zephrys

Questlander Hunter Aggro

Wild · Highlander Hunter · by Millergram · 6 years, 4 months ago

• 1 Shimmerfly x 1
• 1 Springpaw x 1
• 1 Stonetusk Boar x 1
• 1 Timber Wolf x 1
• 1 Unseal the Vault x 1
• 2 Bug Collector x 1
• 2 Hench-Clan Hogsteed x 1
• 2 Knife Juggler x 1
• 2 Loot Hoarder x 1
• 2 Questing Explorer x 1
• 2 Snake Trap x 1
• 2 Zephrys the Great x 1
• 3 Desert Hare x 1
• 3 Desert Spear x 1
• 3 History Buff x 1
• 3 Microtech Controller x 1
• 3 Razorfen Hunter x 1
• 3 SN1P-SN4P x 1
• 3 Unleash the Hounds x 1
• 3 Wolfrider x 1
• 4 Bone Wraith x 1
• 4 Cult Master x 1
• 4 Hench-Clan Hag x 1
• 4 Houndmaster x 1
• 4 Houndmaster Shaw x 1
• 5 Zilliax x 1
• 6 Swarm of Locusts x 1
• 6 Unleash the Beast x 1
• 7 Dinotamer Brann x 1
• 10 Sea Giant x 1

12,100 Dust 751 0 Copy Deck Code

Let me know how it feels or if you have suggestions I'm not thinking of, but this has been an on going project for at least a month or two changing a lot due to N,zoth

I miss (a bit) monthly threads we used to have in "that other HS forum" about our legend climb each season so, why not starting them here?

My objective each month is rank 5 (I don't play enough hours per week to be any more ambitious). I climbed very fast in the first days with Flamewaker so I was quite optimistic, but then I fell in a losing streak, so I switched decks. Neither Secret Paladin nor Murloc Shaman have worked especially, I've been in rank 7 for 2 full weeks!!! The grind is real this month...

I'm going to try Tempo Rogue now, I need a change!

Hi everyone!
I've completed the brawl under the 40min limit and got the rewards yesterday.
But now when connected the rewarded cards are missing. Already contacted support, but wanted to know if there are more people having this issue.

I managed to get from rank 8 to 3 with an N'zoth warlock,but I'm either very unlucky or the deck doesn't work anymore.Either way i tried climb with Big/Quest Priest(missing cloning Gallery) and a bit of quest shaman but it only brought me back to low rank 4.

I also thought about crafting vessina for an evolve shaman,but I'm kinda poor right now.

I would love to know what decks you guys used to get to legend this month.

Just logged in and got an update notice.  Downloaded the update, processed the packet (quickly I might add) then green fireflies have sprouted across the tavern's main screen and a green outline surrounds the Arena button for a moment (they are no changes to Arena that I can see, though I am in the middle of a run)... anyone know what is going on?