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In post 2442, Sudo_Nym wrote:No, Reck! Don't go to the Dark Side! Put your faith in the Chillmaw!
It is too late, the climb has begun
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I'm really tired of the Rogue archetype that has existed without really any changes since basically week one of GvG. There's not much room for variation. The first thing I did in TGT was try to make a Beneath the Grounds deck work, because it felt different. (Same reason I tried to make mill rogue a real thing.)green shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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In post 2491, popsofctown wrote:It's what happens when you design a game with 2-3 nontrivial decisions per 30 minute match.
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Depends on what you want to play.
The craft I'm happiest with ATM isJusticar Trueheart. She is a powerhouse in most Warrior shells now (sans Patron) so she is an autoinclude in CW, fatigue Warrior, Dragon Warrior, taunt Warrior, and basically any other warrior deck that doesn't run Grim Patron.
Chillmawis a solid craft and is being played in every single dragon deck (Mage, Priest, Warrior) and is just really strong at the slot (and she shits on patron).
Gormok the Implaeris rarely used but I've run him as an upper end in a few flood decks (namely Paladin & Shaman) and I think he's pretty strong.
Varian Wrynnis seeing fringe play in some Warrior lists that aren't running Alex.
Those are the only ones I'd consider crafting, though. I have most of the legendaries from this set and they're honestly mostly unplayable (or people haven't found a good archetype for them yet). I want Fizzlebang to work but I just can't get him to fit in a deck.
If you don't like playing Warrior then the answer is probably Chillmaw. If you don't like playing dragon decks or warrior then craft Gormok. If you don't like playing any, save the dust.green shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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In post 2588, Draynth wrote:Can anyone suggest some good 'moderate' decks to play? - moderate as in cards used, I have all of the basic ones + all naxx + BS + some others.
I haven't been playing for the past month and a half / 2 months and want to start climbing the ladder again.
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zoo probably
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For me the meta is terrible on ladder -- it's basically 4 decks: secret Paladin, face Hunter, aggro Druid, and midrange Hunter. Hunter is a cancerous class due to its bullshit hero power, so I'm never happy to see it in any form, even control. Secret Paladin isdumband I don't know how MC got through internal QA in its current form -- they fuckingcuta legendary from the set due to balance issues, how broken must that have been? What's worse is that Secret Paladin isn't even a fun deck to play. And then Aggro Druid -- oh boy, ooooh boy, that deck is just AIDS.
Here's the issue: none of those decks require decision making. It's just 'Play On Curve for Value'. There are a bunch of design decisions that Hearthstone made at its inception (most egregiously, no interaction during opponent's turns) that are starting to really take hold of the game and drag it down. They need to fix some of that now. They need to rework Hunter. They need to buff/tweak older cards to bring them in line and shut down the meta. Six months of Patron was goddamned ridiculous, and we're looking atprobably4 months until a new Adventure, which means 4 months of Secret Paladin. Blizzard's design philosophy is shit. You have a digital card game -- literally the BIGGEST ADVANTAGE OVER PAPER CCGs IS THE ABILITY TO TWEAK CARDS! All Blizz wants to do is their form of "banning" cards in completely dismantling them and making them useless.
TGT was such a shit set. When you release a massive set and less than 10 cards see any regular play, that's a fucking problem.green shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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In post 2660, bv310 wrote:So I'm getting back into HS while I try and find a Magic deck that I really want to play (that's not an EDH deck). Playing Tempo Mage atm. Any specific tech for the balls-out aggro matcjhups? I'm finding them a bit tough.
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Hearthstone's real problem is the lack of control viability. I wrote a long post about this on reddit awhile back that got pretty good feedback, but the TLDR is that there's not enough solid removal/interaction options in Hearthstone to make a true "control" deck viable.
Looking back at MtG's meta when I used to play, ignoring land slots since Hearthstone doesn't have mana like that, a ~35 card deck would have ~14 board wipes/removal spells to deal with aggro. There aren't even enough cards in Hearthstone to devote half your deck to killing aggro boards, and if you did, there are not enough big endgame wincons to justify it. The big fatties just aren't "win the game alone" good.green shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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In post 2797, Thestatusquo wrote:List of playable naxx cards.
Haunted Creeper
Nerubian Egg
Loatheb
Unstable Ghoul
Sludge Belcher
Webspinner
Deathlord
Voidcallerg
Mad Scientist
Death's Bite
Zombie Chow
Dark Cultist
Kel'Thuzad
Shade of Naxxramas
Avenge
Naxx OP.
These aren't just playable -- these are staples in meta decks. The only ones not listed here are:
Nerub'ar Weblord - Shit
Stoneskin Gargoyle - Shit
Unstable Ghoul - Was a staple in Patron
Dancing Swords - fun to run in Mill Rogue/Druid
Undertaker - defined the meta until nerf
Feugen/Stalaag - I'm actually running both in my Reno Warlock deck
Wailing Soul - unplayable for now
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In post 2879, Thestatusquo wrote:There's a reason hunter is pretty much stone unplayable right now.
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Meh -- we've had metas dominated by super aggressive decks on ladder for a very long time now. While Handlock & Wallet Warrior were staples in the professional format (which operates very differently from ladder), ladder was still dominated by the "quickest games" mindset. Now, for the first time ever, I'm making actually interesting decisions in deck choice and during games when playing on ladder, and I'm able to see success from it.
We'll see how this affects the meta at professional levels. My thought is it probably won't look much different from the meta pre-LOE. The only thing it really effects is ladder, and I'm happy with how it has affected ladder. Losing to a fast deck that had perfect draws is endlessly frustrating in a game with no interaction.green shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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In post 2949, Thestatusquo wrote:does anyone have a good reno freeze mage list?
Yeah I'm running one right now. I'm having decent success. Not as much as I'd want, though. I think the issue is that cutting the Healbot is problematic because you could use Healbot to stabilize at any point, whereas now you have to wait till late game for Reno. I'd try something like:
2x Lance
2x Frostbolt
2x Ice Barrier
2x Ice Block
2x Frost Nova
2x Doomsayer
2x Mad Scientist
For the doubles. Everything else is singleton. Alex/Reno/Thaurissan/Thalnos/Antonidas for legendaries. Fill in with card draw (Acolyte, Intellect... Loot Hoarder? Engineer?) and board control (Flamestrike, Blizzard, Cone of Cold).
Without double Healbot for emergency stabilization, you kinda have to go all in on the board control & card draw engines. Also I sort of like Forgotten Torch as a one-of?green shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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In post 2968, Sudo_Nym wrote:29 answers + Elise
ahhh, if only magic style control decks were a thing in Hearthstone
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In post 2975, Glork wrote:uninstalling and reinstalling dos
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In post 2980, Thestatusquo wrote:In post 2978, AngryPidgeon wrote:In post 2977, Thestatusquo wrote:If its on the computer my guess woulD be that you neeD to upDate your graphics carD Drivers.
In the meanwhile, try loaDing up battle.net, clicking on the gear that says game settings:
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I'm at work now but it's your basic Hunter list. Tops out at Boom/Highmane.
I think I'm remembering it correctly:
2x Hunter's Mark
2x Webspinner
2x Mad Scientist
2x Knife Juggler
1x Ironbeak Owl
2x Haunted Creeper
1x Bear Trap
2x Snake Trap
2x Kill Command
2x Animal Companion
2x Unleash the Hounds
2x Deathlord
1x Sludge Belcher
2x Houndmaster
2x Savannah Highmane
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In post 3083, AngryPidgeon wrote:@BRO: Ya, its just the TCG. They have done a really good job with the app/site though.
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In post 3241, Sudo_Nym wrote:Also, today I got to spend half an hour playing a Control Warrior mirror. I love playing Control Warrior but constantly getting matched up in the mirror makes laddering slow.
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other takeaways:
Two sets will phase out at a time. That means the Fall set each year will have less time in rotation (the March 2017 & November 2017 sets will both phase out in Spring 2019)
The first year of Standard will include the Basic/Classic set (which will always be included in standard), Blackrock Mountain, The Grand Tournament, The League of Explorers, and the Spring Expansion
They're going back and severely overhauling Basic/Classic set cards (and they heavily implied a nerf/rework of Force of Nature/Savage Roar) to ensure they compliment future sets without destroying design potential
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Be sure to at least buy Wing 1 of each adventure. You'll retain access to the adventure (and can unlock the cards in it) so long as you buy one wing of it. Then you can DE all the shit epics & legends.
The more I think about it, the more interested I am in seeing a format without GvG/Naxx. Naxx has been such a staple of this game... and GvG is what made Paladin the cancer it is today. I can't wait to see what happens when it rotates. (On another note, though, NO HEALBOT and NO BELCHER means we'll need good replacements, or else RIP ladder to Face Hunter again)green shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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You whippersnappers. Back in my day, we played Control Paladin with no Minibots or Musters, and welikedit!
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also i really hate the bitching & moaning about Wild format
yes it will be more unbalanced
yes there will probably be a handful of "broken" decks that dominate the format
no it won't be pointless
MTG has eternal formats that are admittedly less played than Standard but they're still played competitively
the only issue is right now, Standard is the only format for Worlds, so it's the only real competitive format
I feel like we'll see both Standard & Wild format championships after a few more sets rotate out and Wild is a bit more distinguished from Standard, probably in 2018? maybe even 2017 after BRM/LOE/TGT phase out and we have a full Standard cycle of nothing but sets designed with the Standard/Wild split i mindgreen shirt thursdays- xRECKONERx
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