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  • LucedesLucedes might be real Registered User regular
    had the best first turns of an arena match ever.

    them: target dummy, 2/1 murloc
    me: mana wyrm, coin, arcane missiles (kills murloc)
    them: shadowstep target dummy (...what the heck are you doing?), eviscerate mana wyrm (OOOOOOOOOH).

  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    The wife finished her Masters online course the other day. Started laddering yesterday for the first time this year. Went from 25 to 13.

    Watch out puny HS players! :)

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  • GrobianGrobian What's on sale? Pliers!Registered User regular
    Shen wrote: »
    1600 dust, shall I craft Antonidas, Mal'ganis or Grom? Warrior is 51, other two are 60.

    You can run freeze Mage without Antonidas and patron warrior without grom. I'd craft malganis because demon hand lock and demon zoo are both pretty great.

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  • SqueezeSqueeze Registered User regular
    Thoughtstole a Piloted Sky Golem and a Redemption. Paladin didn't kill it. Played Faceless Manipulator on his Baron Rivendare.

    Guys, these are the moments I practice my evil laugh for.

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    Squeeze wrote: »
    Thoughtstole a Piloted Sky Golem and a Redemption. Paladin didn't kill it. Played Faceless Manipulator on his Baron Rivendare.

    Guys, these are the moments I practice my evil laugh for.

    I just want you to know that seeing the younger generation taking to the Priestly ways warms my heart.

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  • SnowglobeSnowglobe Registered User regular
    Squeeze wrote: »
    Thoughtstole a Piloted Sky Golem and a Redemption. Paladin didn't kill it. Played Faceless Manipulator on his Baron Rivendare.

    Guys, these are the moments I practice my evil laugh for.

    I just want you to know that seeing the younger generation taking to the Priestly ways warms my heart.

    I was going to make some joke about year-long generations, but that actually sounds about right for Hearthstone, and probably a lot of other games too.

  • Grunt's GhostsGrunt's Ghosts Registered User regular
    Squeeze wrote: »
    Thoughtstole a Piloted Sky Golem and a Redemption. Paladin didn't kill it. Played Faceless Manipulator on his Baron Rivendare.

    Guys, these are the moments I practice my evil laugh for.

    I just want you to know that seeing the younger generation taking to the Priestly ways warms my heart.

    Praise the Sun Holy Nova

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    All dragon decks should be puns based on popular songs, like

    - Stop Dragon My Heart Around
    - Dragon, Wayward Son
    - Livin' on a Dragon
    - Sympathy for the Dragon
    - Ring of Fire

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  • EnigmedicEnigmedic Registered User regular
    All dragon decks should be puns based on popular songs, like

    - Stop Dragon My Heart Around
    - Dragon, Wayward Son
    - Livin' on a Dragon
    - Sympathy for the Dragon
    - Ring of Fire

    You left out "Running with the Dragons". Though I guess van halen was popular like 30 years ago... That song came out when my parents were in high school

  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    To be fair most of the songs I picked are older than that.

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  • Grunt's GhostsGrunt's Ghosts Registered User regular
    Lucy in the Sky with Dragons.
    Let It Roar
    Hell's Dragons
    I Slept With a Member of Fall Out Boy and All I Got was a Dragon.*
    All I want for Christmas is my 2 Dragons.

    *If I could get a dragon for having sex with a member of Fall Out Boy, I'd be doing Orgies like crazy...

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    You can't leave out those classic hits, Dragon Zone and Hungry Like The Dragon

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  • Grunt's GhostsGrunt's Ghosts Registered User regular
    3clipse wrote: »
    You can't leave out those classic hits, Dragon Zone and Hungry Like The Dragon

    Dragon Dragon is one of my favorite bands.

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Priest friends: try out Hungry Dragon, even if you're not playing a Dragons deck. I just played it for a few games and it did serious work for me, much more than Injured Blademaster or Piloted Shredder were.

  • EnigmedicEnigmedic Registered User regular
    t1 zombie chow, t2 heal/smite/swp ,t3 cultist, t4 hungry dragon is pretty rough for a lot of decks to handle. Not running blademasters helps open up slots by not requiring circle of healing. I'm basically playing tempo priest and it's awesome.

  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    imagine dragons

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Enigmedic wrote: »
    t1 zombie chow, t2 heal/smite/swp ,t3 cultist, t4 hungry dragon is pretty rough for a lot of decks to handle. Not running blademasters helps open up slots by not requiring circle of healing. I'm basically playing tempo priest and it's awesome.

    At least one Circle of Healing with Auchenai still feels somewhat necessary, but yeah, two Circles can be hard to get value out of.

  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    I found a bug! After an Exposive Sheep killed a Deathlord, the resulting Mad Scientist was not only killed by the AoE blast of the Explosive Sheep, but the card remained in play. Any minions played exactly in the middle of the card were unable to be targeted.

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    Here's how it happened:
    1. My Turn:
    2. Played a Deathlord
    3. Traded Dark Cultist into Piloted Shredder
    4. Piloted Shredder summoned Explosive Sheep
    5. Opponent's Turn:
    6. Played Hunter's Mark on the Deathlord
    7. Attacked Deathlord with Explosive Sheep
    8. Deathlord Summoned Mad Scienist
    9. Explosive Sheep's Deathrattle triggers killing the Mad Scienist
    10. The Mad Scientist minion never spawns and the card is left on the field

    I managed to win the game with a Lightbomb to clear his board once and a Velen's Choice + Holy Nova to clear it again. He had a Taunted 3/3 Hound that I couldn't kill because it was directly situated on the card. Naturally I had lethal if I could have targeted the damn dog (Drew Holy Nova the next turn). Almost lost me the game and probably looked like I was BMing him. :(

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  • SqueezeSqueeze Registered User regular
    I had a game earlier where I simply could not drop a low mana card to save my life. At one point I had almost fifteen cards left in my deck and only one of them was above two mana. I got some good combinations off and won, but it was freaky to have such wonky draws. It actually kind of made me wonder if I have too much low cost in my deck.

    Nah. Still, lately I have become far more aware of the tempo it plays to. Also, despite going down to one mind control I still consistently draw it in the first few turns. -_-

  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    Squeeze wrote: »
    Nah. Still, lately I have become far more aware of the tempo it plays to. Also, despite going down to one mind control I still consistently draw it in the first few turns. -_-
    One of the Rules of Hearthstone is that your most expensive card will be your 5th card against a fast deck, and your 30th card against a slow deck.

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Coinage wrote: »
    Squeeze wrote: »
    Nah. Still, lately I have become far more aware of the tempo it plays to. Also, despite going down to one mind control I still consistently draw it in the first few turns. -_-
    One of the Rules of Hearthstone is that your most expensive card will be your 5th card against a fast deck, and your 30th card against a slow deck.

    I am constant living proof of this.

  • Kevin CristKevin Crist I make the devil hit his knees and say the 'our father'Registered User regular
    Rami wrote: »
    I don't think that is mechanically possible. A battlecry like fire elemental's that was turned into a deathrattle would need to be aim-able during the opponent's turn if they traded into it, and HS doesn't allow any action to be taken during an opponent's turn.

    The idea was for targeted BRs to go to a random minion, I didn't know how to word that on the card without making it too cluttered. The idea behind the card was to delay Demon's drawbacks, with the draw back on other battlecries.

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  • ShenShen Registered User regular
    Building a shaman deck is just as hard as ever. You think you've got a good curve but actually you should nudge like 50% of those cards up a mana cost, and then half of the remainder are just spells. I think every card with an Overload cost above 1 should be bumped down one, apart from perhaps Doomhammer. I wonder if there's any chance of existing cards getting a big overhaul.

    Still waffling on which card to craft between Antonidas, Grom and Mal'ganis. I think I'll probably get Mal'ganis because I'm currently buying classic packs and you never know (lol).

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  • Bliss 101Bliss 101 Registered User regular
    3clipse wrote: »
    Priest friends: try out Hungry Dragon, even if you're not playing a Dragons deck. I just played it for a few games and it did serious work for me, much more than Injured Blademaster or Piloted Shredder were.

    Hmm I'll have to test this. A bit sceptical, since the main value I (think I) get from Shredders is that their stickiness helps deal with face/zoo, and they don't disappear completely in one Truesilver Champion swing or other 4-damage removal.

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  • Atlas in ChainsAtlas in Chains Registered User regular
    Bliss 101 wrote: »
    3clipse wrote: »
    Priest friends: try out Hungry Dragon, even if you're not playing a Dragons deck. I just played it for a few games and it did serious work for me, much more than Injured Blademaster or Piloted Shredder were.

    Hmm I'll have to test this. A bit sceptical, since the main value I (think I) get from Shredders is that their stickiness helps deal with face/zoo, and they don't disappear completely in one Truesilver Champion swing or other 4-damage removal.

    I don't think Hungry Dragon is very good in priest. If you compare it to a yeti, all the hungry dragon has to spawn is a 1 attack minion and you've lost the extra health. The 1 extra attack isn't worth it in that case. The best time to play it is when you already control the board so you can mop up its mess, but cards that are good when you're ahead aren't exactly in demand. He's tailor made to be in weapon classes, but the priest gets more mileage out of other dragons and the corrupter. If you're not making a dragon deck and you want something similar to the hungry dragon, just use a regular old yeti. If you're not currently running yetis, it's probably because you ditched them for Shredders, because you've realized that the card has a built in comeback mechanism. The choice between Shredders and HD's comes down to the same issue, and sticky minions are just better.

  • SpaffySpaffy Fuck the Zero Registered User regular
    Really enjoying control warrior. It involves a lot of thought (and math!) to survive those early turns with some cool cards with interesting synergies, and then you get to STOMPY STOMP STOMP with some fun fatties.

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  • KonphujunKonphujun Illinois, USARegistered User regular
    Spaffy wrote: »
    Really enjoying control warrior. It involves a lot of thought (and math!) to survive those early turns with some cool cards with interesting synergies, and then you get to STOMPY STOMP STOMP with some fun fatties.

    Wallet Warrior is probably one of the most satisfying decks to play well. Getting mad phat value out of an armorsmith and acolyte early on is disgusting.

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  • lwt1973lwt1973 King of Thieves SyndicationRegistered User regular
    Even Deathwing has to:
    Follow the Rules

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  • AhiMahiAhiMahi Registered User regular
    My arena runs fall into one of these 2 categories.

    1. Great drafts! I should at least win 7 games. Result: 1-3
    2. RNG hates me and drafted bunch of trash cards. Result: 7-3

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Bliss 101 wrote: »
    3clipse wrote: »
    Priest friends: try out Hungry Dragon, even if you're not playing a Dragons deck. I just played it for a few games and it did serious work for me, much more than Injured Blademaster or Piloted Shredder were.

    Hmm I'll have to test this. A bit sceptical, since the main value I (think I) get from Shredders is that their stickiness helps deal with face/zoo, and they don't disappear completely in one Truesilver Champion swing or other 4-damage removal.

    I don't think Hungry Dragon is very good in priest. If you compare it to a yeti, all the hungry dragon has to spawn is a 1 attack minion and you've lost the extra health. The 1 extra attack isn't worth it in that case. The best time to play it is when you already control the board so you can mop up its mess, but cards that are good when you're ahead aren't exactly in demand. He's tailor made to be in weapon classes, but the priest gets more mileage out of other dragons and the corrupter. If you're not making a dragon deck and you want something similar to the hungry dragon, just use a regular old yeti. If you're not currently running yetis, it's probably because you ditched them for Shredders, because you've realized that the card has a built in comeback mechanism. The choice between Shredders and HD's comes down to the same issue, and sticky minions are just better.

    I didn't think it would be very good either. Just give it a whirl, you might be surprised. Shredder's first body tends to die really quickly, which is not my experience with HD. HD also has the added benefit of challenging every commonly played 5 drop.

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  • zerzhulzerzhul Registered User, Moderator mod
    AhiMahi wrote: »
    My arena runs fall into one of these 2 categories.

    1. Great drafts! I should at least win 7 games. Result: 1-3
    2. RNG hates me and drafted bunch of trash cards. Result: 7-3
    Yes. Goddamnit, yes.

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  • KolosusKolosus Registered User regular
    So, what's the early Consensus on Nefarian?

  • 38thDoe38thDoe lets never be stupid again wait lets always be stupid foreverRegistered User regular
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    Now that black rock is done I figure it's a good time to try arena again. Yep it's still 100x worse than heroic mode.

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    Kolosus wrote: »
    So, what's the early Consensus on Nefarian?

    I played him and got a sacrificial pact to save me from dying to the doomguard that was on board 10/10

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    40 packs netted about 2000 dust (including 400 from a redundant Van Cleef) and... Milhouse Manastorm. Not the worst, not the best. The upside is that between Milhouse and Cho I can easily disenchant into two legendaries. The only question is which ones. Right now I'm leaning towards Sylvanas and Dr. Boom, but on their own that don't really make me any new decks.

  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    admanb wrote: »
    40 packs netted about 2000 dust (including 400 from a redundant Van Cleef) and... Milhouse Manastorm. Not the worst, not the best. The upside is that between Milhouse and Cho I can easily disenchant into two legendaries. The only question is which ones. Right now I'm leaning towards Sylvanas and Dr. Boom, but on their own that don't really make me any new decks.

    But they do immediately increase the effectiveness of all your current decks by like 20%.

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  • JurgJurg In a TeacupRegistered User regular
    admanb wrote: »
    40 packs netted about 2000 dust (including 400 from a redundant Van Cleef) and... Milhouse Manastorm. Not the worst, not the best. The upside is that between Milhouse and Cho I can easily disenchant into two legendaries. The only question is which ones. Right now I'm leaning towards Sylvanas and Dr. Boom, but on their own that don't really make me any new decks.

    Sylvannas and Dr. Boom are both great toppers to any kind of midrange deck. You can, however, be like me and craft Alex first if you really want to play Freeze Mage.

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    admanb wrote: »
    40 packs netted about 2000 dust (including 400 from a redundant Van Cleef) and... Milhouse Manastorm. Not the worst, not the best. The upside is that between Milhouse and Cho I can easily disenchant into two legendaries. The only question is which ones. Right now I'm leaning towards Sylvanas and Dr. Boom, but on their own that don't really make me any new decks.

    But they do immediately increase the effectiveness of all your current decks by like 20%.

    That's assuming I make good decks and not combo rogue and dragon priest.

  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    38thDoe wrote: »
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    Now that black rock is done I figure it's a good time to try arena again. Yep it's still 100x worse than heroic mode.

    Now where's that "disagree" button at. Because, nothing was worse than Heroic Mode.

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    admanb wrote: »
    admanb wrote: »
    40 packs netted about 2000 dust (including 400 from a redundant Van Cleef) and... Milhouse Manastorm. Not the worst, not the best. The upside is that between Milhouse and Cho I can easily disenchant into two legendaries. The only question is which ones. Right now I'm leaning towards Sylvanas and Dr. Boom, but on their own that don't really make me any new decks.

    But they do immediately increase the effectiveness of all your current decks by like 20%.

    That's assuming I make good decks and not combo rogue and dragon priest.

    Trust me, it still holds, even for those decks. One of those deck's weaknesses is having to blow half your combo to not die and then not being able to stabilize the board. Both Boom and Sylvanas, dropped on their own, can solve that problem right quick and give you time to recover and draw.

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