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Hearthstone |OT9| Our raid wiped in Icecrown Citadel
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Uh, 50 preorder, 60 bought, 7 free, 10 with gold. Crafted Scourgelord, Hadronox, Malfurion, Lich King, Bolvar and Uther. Got Shaman hero from Prologue. So I pulled 7 legs in 127 packs, a bit above average.
(I pulled 2 in 6 packs on Asia and 3 in 29 packs on EU. Legendaries are just falling from packs this expansion.)
So this morning I lived the dream by using Defile to kill an 8/8.
My opponent's board: 2/1 Skelemancer, 3/2 Crackling Razormaw, 6/5 Stealthed Savanna Highmane
My board: 1/1 Tainted Zealot w/o Divine Shield, 6/6 Dread Infernal
So I played Mortal Coil to pop the Skelemancer, then dropped a second Tainted Zealot from my hand and played Defile.
Defile #1 -> Zealot and Razormaw dead
Defile #2 -> Zealot #2 and Highmane dead
Defile #3 -> Dread Infernal dead
Defile #4 -> Hyenas dead
Defile #5 -> 8/8 dead
Defile #6 -> "I greet you"
It was probably the most disgusting play I've ever made in Hearthstone.
My opponent's board: 2/1 Skelemancer, 3/2 Crackling Razormaw, 6/5 Stealthed Savanna Highmane
My board: 1/1 Tainted Zealot w/o Divine Shield, 6/6 Dread Infernal
So I played Mortal Coil to pop the Skelemancer, then dropped a second Tainted Zealot from my hand and played Defile.
Defile #1 -> Zealot and Razormaw dead
Defile #2 -> Zealot #2 and Highmane dead
Defile #3 -> Dread Infernal dead
Defile #4 -> Hyenas dead
Defile #5 -> 8/8 dead
Defile #6 -> "I greet you"
It was probably the most disgusting play I've ever made in Hearthstone.
All of my Jade losses are to demon warlock with Guldangerous.
wow, that's some good luck, wish I can have that luck, I'll be opening my packs in some hours
Does Spell Damage stay applied to each repeat cast after the Tainted Zealots are killed?
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
No, which is why the divine shield is good since it allows it to hit for 4, which can quickly snowball.
No, so in my example the Defiles went 3 damage - > 2 damage -> 1 -> 1 -> 1 -> 1.
SodiumBenzoate
Member
5, zealot dying guarantees the third cast.
Karsticles
Member
That doesn't sound very Ultimate to me!
veryslowhand
Banned
the shaman DK is a lot of fun, I just run it in a classical evolve deck instead of a bloodlust, cant wait for an optimised deck.
LyleLanley
Banned
Maybe it's because I'm only at rank 13 but so far Ultimate Infestation hasn't felt that game breaking when played against me.
Professor Lich
Member
So I know it's not a great combo but I've enjoyed used Fallen Sun Cleric + Wild Pyro + Toxic Arrow as a full board clear in Hunter. Not going to be good when the meta settles and decks get refined, but still feels good right now. Toxic Arrow OK its own is pretty cool too. I've had some pretty great turnovers thanks to Argent Squire and the like.
Also, Zombeasts is just great and fun as hell.
Also, Zombeasts is just great and fun as hell.
It would work better if you used hearthpwn.
Karsticles
Member
Just netdeck.
Look at the trending meta decks, you'll figure out what you're missing for the truly top decks but also see what you can build around. You can run searches on the deck builder sites with pretty extensive criteria. You can even search budget decks.
Ask about what to do to replace things you don't have.
Hunter is the cheapest, easiest deck to build for ranks 25-20 play. Before I had a collection that's what I used to get wins to 20 each month.
I have no idea what all of this is.
Oh, so that's what it is. I'll check it out then!
Deck builder sites are new? Because I remember last year when we would make our own decks here.
Hearthpwn is a website with a client that automatically uploads your collection. You can then use their list of uploaded decks and it tells you which ones you can currently make and how much dust it would cost to craft others.
Portugeezer
Member
Too bad Hearthpwn runs like shit.
I opened a Shadowreaper Anduin as my first Legendary of this set, so I tried to make a wild OTK Shadowreaper deck work and so far it has been good. I'm still making a lot of misplays, like for instance in the first couple of games I hold off playing Raza because I thought that Shadowreaper Anduin would reset the cost of my hero power.
The two most crazy wins were those two 18 turns games against a mirror deck and a Quest Shaman which even got me to fatigue.
https://hsreplay.net/replay/tnhXExV63zobfGkGitndB5
https://hsreplay.net/replay/wUrkEBDoQaF7tJJZMwVPkh
The two most crazy wins were those two 18 turns games against a mirror deck and a Quest Shaman which even got me to fatigue.
https://hsreplay.net/replay/tnhXExV63zobfGkGitndB5
https://hsreplay.net/replay/wUrkEBDoQaF7tJJZMwVPkh
devourer of browsers
I am playing around with this, and it's really fun. Unfortunately I don't have Leeroy or Edwin which means my results are...less consistent. It's really sad to be playing what appears to be a multi card combo to drop an giant Edwin only to have the payoff be....Biteweed.
Karsticles
Member
Do you know what Google is? You can look up words you don't know.
I opened my packs this morning. Here's what I got:
56 packs (preorder + free)
- Putricide
- Valeera DK
- Garrosh DK
Then I bought a 60 pack bundle:
- Prince #3
- Jaina DK
- Rexxar DK
- Bolvar (golden)
Then I crafted Malfurion DK to check Zalae's deck. I've now got 5/9 DKs before doing the single player stuff.
What happens if I get all 9 and then do the prologue? Has anyone on Reddit tried it yet?
EDIT: I didn't notice I repeated Jaina. Fixed.
You'll most certainly get a dupe DK. Same happens when you have all legendaries of a set and open another one.
Jade Druid vs. Murloc Paladin: who's deck is more busted?
https://hsreplay.net/replay/e5JWS4j2C32wSMzLZ7vGGU
https://hsreplay.net/replay/e5JWS4j2C32wSMzLZ7vGGU
At least you can replace Leeroy with Wreckless Rocketeer
A Pretty Panda
fuckin' called it, man
Spreading Plague is pretty good. Worked real well against a Nzoth board too.
Toast was saying pally has the highest win rate before yesterday according to hsreplay stats (take that with a grain of salt). Jade Druid was 2 and Raza priest 3. Seems like the meta has already shifted some though.
Edit: he was looking at stats for people playing at legend rank btw.
Been experimenting with some token druid stuff. Been fairly successful
### token
# Class: Druid
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Mammoth
#
# 2x (0) Innervate
# 2x (1) Mark of the Lotus
# 2x (2) Druid of the Swarm
# 2x (2) Power of the Wild
# 2x (2) Wild Growth
# 2x (2) Wrath
# 2x (3) Crypt Lord
# 1x (3) Savage Roar
# 1x (4) Fandral Staghelm
# 2x (4) Strongshell Scavenger
# 2x (4) Swipe
# 2x (4) Violet Teacher
# 2x (5) Nourish
# 2x (5) Spreading Plague
# 2x (7) Bonemare
# 1x (7) Malfurion the Pestilent
# 1x (10) Ultimate Infestation
#
AAECAZICBOYFrqsCh84CmdMCDUBf/gH3A8QGhQjkCM27ApvNAqDNAqbOAo7QApHQAgA=
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone
Not at high ranks or anything, but it's ROLLING over Jades. Violet Teachers give you awesome targets for Bonemare. Spreading Plague will usually net you 2ish taunts which you can then buff up to unkillable status with the Strongshell.
Needs to fit one more savage roar in though. Maybe cut one Bonemare?
### token
# Class: Druid
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Mammoth
#
# 2x (0) Innervate
# 2x (1) Mark of the Lotus
# 2x (2) Druid of the Swarm
# 2x (2) Power of the Wild
# 2x (2) Wild Growth
# 2x (2) Wrath
# 2x (3) Crypt Lord
# 1x (3) Savage Roar
# 1x (4) Fandral Staghelm
# 2x (4) Strongshell Scavenger
# 2x (4) Swipe
# 2x (4) Violet Teacher
# 2x (5) Nourish
# 2x (5) Spreading Plague
# 2x (7) Bonemare
# 1x (7) Malfurion the Pestilent
# 1x (10) Ultimate Infestation
#
AAECAZICBOYFrqsCh84CmdMCDUBf/gH3A8QGhQjkCM27ApvNAqDNAqbOAo7QApHQAgA=
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone
Not at high ranks or anything, but it's ROLLING over Jades. Violet Teachers give you awesome targets for Bonemare. Spreading Plague will usually net you 2ish taunts which you can then buff up to unkillable status with the Strongshell.
Needs to fit one more savage roar in though. Maybe cut one Bonemare?
I should, but 6 mana cost makes Valeera the Hollow sad
what I'm sayin'!
That's true, just something to hold you over since crafting legendaries right now is ill-advised
I was right. casting the new 8 mana mage spell with medivh weapon up usually gives Tirion.
EDIT: won several games when where the spell summons tirion, spellbender, counterspell, iceblock. A great "fuck you, I win" scenario
EDIT2: I don't have the spell in my deck, but it seems to have an unusually high chance of being generated from random effects.
EDIT: won several games when where the spell summons tirion, spellbender, counterspell, iceblock. A great "fuck you, I win" scenario
EDIT2: I don't have the spell in my deck, but it seems to have an unusually high chance of being generated from random effects.
I burned all my dust on Lich King, Malf, and Anduin anyway, no regrets there.
Why is early crafting ill-advised if you know it's a card you want? Seems to me that with the new no dupe rules, it's a better bet than ever since there's no risk of you getting one you already crafted until you have them all.
(And by early, I don't mean before opening your typical 50-150 packs upfront, but before you begin earning 1 a day after the initial rush)
I speak as someone who isn't STARVING for dust and know which legendaries I want up front. I'd rather have them sooner than HOPE I get one. Low odds imo.
I went ahead and crafted a golden Benedictus, golden Lich King, and four DKs I knew I wanted that I didn't get in my early mountain of packs. (Shaman, Hunter, Paladin, Warlock)
I may be regretting the golden Benedictus. Hahaha. Still have like 8k dust. If I ever wanted to begin dusting goldens, I'd have another 20k dust probably. Lots of golden legendaries and epics I've just kept around since they're my only copy, but I never use them. (Cho, King Mosh, Mimiron, Wilfred, Volazj)
(And by early, I don't mean before opening your typical 50-150 packs upfront, but before you begin earning 1 a day after the initial rush)
I speak as someone who isn't STARVING for dust and know which legendaries I want up front. I'd rather have them sooner than HOPE I get one. Low odds imo.
I went ahead and crafted a golden Benedictus, golden Lich King, and four DKs I knew I wanted that I didn't get in my early mountain of packs. (Shaman, Hunter, Paladin, Warlock)
I may be regretting the golden Benedictus. Hahaha. Still have like 8k dust. If I ever wanted to begin dusting goldens, I'd have another 20k dust probably. Lots of golden legendaries and epics I've just kept around since they're my only copy, but I never use them. (Cho, King Mosh, Mimiron, Wilfred, Volazj)
Everybody needs to shut the fuck up about ultimate infestation and jade Druid.
You guys bitch about aggro but any time a playable 8+ card comes you guys cry to the heavens about a nerf. Yogg, call of the Wild, nzoth, etc.
You want a slow meta? Then allow blizzard to print UI and then encourage more playable 10 mana cards.
You guys bitch about aggro but any time a playable 8+ card comes you guys cry to the heavens about a nerf. Yogg, call of the Wild, nzoth, etc.
You want a slow meta? Then allow blizzard to print UI and then encourage more playable 10 mana cards.
Karsticles
Member
FUCK PRIESTS.
Throw it into a Secret Hunter list - it does quite well in my experience.
Throw it into a Secret Hunter list - it does quite well in my experience.
Don't put Yogg on that list, lol.
Make a secret hunter, and please, try this
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=245889124&postcount=14699
I thought about this before crafting golden Lich King, I'd be a fool not to!
But my dust now...
So far I've crafted:
Ult infestation X1
Dk malfurion
Ysaarj old god
Bright eyed adventurer x1
Golden Lich King
Down to 7k dust and I want a whole bunch of priest and mage stuff blah. Maybe Dk warlock though I don't play wild.
I am super butthurt about the yogg nerf.
I don't play this game anymore, I just follow streamers and you guys.
Yogg was a super fun card to play, not because of its winrate but because of its stupid rng. Yeah I know you guys hate that but I like hearthstone for its incredible production value, entertainment and rng.
Yogg wasn't nerfed because it was op. According to viperhs only mage and Druid had a positive winrate playing yogg.
It was nerfed because people cried and bitched and moaned about the the super positive possible outcome of yogg.
Yeah he can clear the board and heal and build a board but he could also just living wrath, doom, and astral communion your hand away.
The nerf was more because if players feelings and mindsets than statistical winrate.
Blizzard has admitted to this. Mind control at 8 mana want OP, but players cried so much blizzard had to make you guys happy and made it 10 mana.
I don't play this game anymore, I just follow streamers and you guys.
Yogg was a super fun card to play, not because of its winrate but because of its stupid rng. Yeah I know you guys hate that but I like hearthstone for its incredible production value, entertainment and rng.
Yogg wasn't nerfed because it was op. According to viperhs only mage and Druid had a positive winrate playing yogg.
It was nerfed because people cried and bitched and moaned about the the super positive possible outcome of yogg.
Yeah he can clear the board and heal and build a board but he could also just living wrath, doom, and astral communion your hand away.
The nerf was more because if players feelings and mindsets than statistical winrate.
Blizzard has admitted to this. Mind control at 8 mana want OP, but players cried so much blizzard had to make you guys happy and made it 10 mana.