Just reached rank 5 with that recruit Druid. Crazy strong, but expensive.
I just don’t seem to have any idea how to play Recruit Druid. I went 1-7 with it, which matches previous experiences with the deck. Zoo is like “oh, were you trying to do something cool? Also, it’s turn six, and you’re dead.”
EDIT: Played more games. Went 1-4. Screw this, I'm playing Shudderwock. This is what you're making me do, Dover. Another Shudderwock on the ladder, and it's your fault.
Dover: [anguished] You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Shudderwock, not join them! Bring balance to the Meta, not leave it in darkness! [netdecks Shadowhope’s Recruit Druid list] Shadowhope: I HATE YOU! Dover: You were my brother, Shadow. I loved you. [leaves as Shadowhope, now too close to the Shudderwock jaws, gets bitten in half.]
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Idle thought, do handbuffs affect Jaraxxus?
edit- they do not. Lame.
I'm guessing it's because the hero version of Jaraxxus explicitly has a 15 health cap, and the 3/8 weapon just appears to be a static weapon, not anything dynamic based on the minion's attack. I mean if Skull or a Voidcaller pulls Jaraxxus onto the board, he keeps his buffs! :razz:
Tangentially, a couple years back they changed Jaraxxus's interaction with "played minion" secrets like Snipe and Repentance.
Jaraxxus doesn't mechanically work like any of the other Hero cards, what with actively changing your health instead of adding armor. In addition, he has a lot of interactions (which aren't really relevant in standard right now, but) with things that care about minions or demon tribal, so I don't think he should be changed.
Why play meme decks when Token Druid and Evenlock as right there as generic powerhouses
Can your Token/Evenlock do this?
My memes are dreams nightmares!
I like the deck, but isn't Hadronox a bit of overkill / win more without a way to destroy it yourself?
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Why play meme decks when Token Druid and Evenlock as right there as generic powerhouses
Can your Token/Evenlock do this?
My memes are dreams nightmares!
I like the deck, but isn't Hadronox a bit of overkill / win more without a way to destroy it yourself?
Yeah, most definitely. It's another way to bring back your big boys after your opponent has burned any morphing/silence effects on them already. Probably could get cut, or add a Naturalize, but for what?
Personally I'm gonna stick with the list until it loses a lot.
11-1 is no joke for a meme deck.
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Why play meme decks when Token Druid and Evenlock as right there as generic powerhouses
Can your Token/Evenlock do this?
My memes are dreams nightmares!
I like the deck, but isn't Hadronox a bit of overkill / win more without a way to destroy it yourself?
Yeah, most definitely. It's another way to bring back your big boys after your opponent has burned any morphing/silence effects on them already. Probably could get cut, or add a Naturalize, but for what?
alternatively just one naturalize if you want, or maybe you're fine with one UI, etc etc. there's wiggle room probably. but those particular minions seem a bit meh.
edit: oh hmm i guess those are the bulk of your taunt minions that actually get rez'd by hadro in the first place though huh. WELP. at the very least steel rager though.
Why play meme decks when Token Druid and Evenlock as right there as generic powerhouses
Can your Token/Evenlock do this?
My memes are dreams nightmares!
I like the deck, but isn't Hadronox a bit of overkill / win more without a way to destroy it yourself?
Yeah, most definitely. It's another way to bring back your big boys after your opponent has burned any morphing/silence effects on them already. Probably could get cut, or add a Naturalize, but for what?
alternatively just one naturalize if you want, or maybe you're fine with one UI, etc etc. there's wiggle room probably. but those particular minions seem a bit meh.
edit: oh hmm i guess those are the bulk of your taunt minions that actually get rez'd by hadro in the first place though huh. WELP. at the very least steel rager though.
Yeah without them there is no reason to Hadronox. Those big boi taunts also help finish the quest when your 4-drops are being shy. Steel Rager is surprisingly good for spot removal. Not great, but not awful.
The UI in this deck is mainly used to draw 5 0-cost minions for a huge swing turn. Same with Nourish not necessarily being best for mana. I'll look into adding a single Naturalize in place of something. Maybe a Spellstone? Hard to say, having that bit of removal really helps out a lot.
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Every now and then I need to do a dungeon run or a monster hunt when the quest pops up. Today I got the monster hunt quest and fired up the time mage. I have 25 kills with her and still haven't beaten it with her.
First treasure that pops up?
Double Time.
Wow. It's the first time I've ever seen this. No wonder I haven't been winning with her!
Every now and then I need to do a dungeon run or a monster hunt when the quest pops up. Today I got the monster hunt quest and fired up the time mage. I have 25 kills with her and still haven't beaten it with her.
First treasure that pops up?
Double Time.
Wow. It's the first time I've ever seen this. No wonder I haven't been winning with her!
42 kills now and still no win. But at least I reached the final boss twice!
Every now and then I need to do a dungeon run or a monster hunt when the quest pops up. Today I got the monster hunt quest and fired up the time mage. I have 25 kills with her and still haven't beaten it with her.
First treasure that pops up?
Double Time.
Wow. It's the first time I've ever seen this. No wonder I haven't been winning with her!
42 kills now and still no win. But at least I reached the final boss twice!
I had nearly 200 before I got my win. You pretty much have to just keep hammering away at it until the stars align. It's pretty annoying.
Jesus, you can't argue with the math. The meta is "healthy" only in that there are a lot of good decks, but yeah, you know going into a matchup whether you're going to win or not.
Sad but not surprising to see Odd Warrior at the top of that.
This was a good read and helped me understand why I am so bored with HS for the last few expansions. I thought it was something else, but in the end it is similar to the reason they came up with.
The Hearthstone team has always been too concerned about making your opponent feel bad by affecting their cards before they're played, and not concerned enough by making your opponent feel bad by playing solitaire.
If they feel that VS is basing their analysis on inaccurate/insufficient data then really the proper response is allowing the community to view the full collation.
Yeah but what Blizzard is really saying is "it's different at ranks 25-50."
VS has plenty of data to have an accurate cross-section of the (edit: competitive) meta.
edit again: I'm not being completely fair to the Blizzard guy. All he said was "our data does not indicate that polarization has increased as much over time as yours does." He does not say how much polarization they actually saw in any of the metas. Just based on his statement it's entirely possible that the internal polarization measures are all higher (but closer together) than VS's.
This was my favorite reply in that thread, followed by my favorite response from VS:
Honestly this Donais reply doesn't even fuckin' surprise me though, this is just typical Team 5 modus operandi at this point. Dismiss, deny, deflect, cherry pick specific unrelated parts to actually comment on.
I'm still not sure how they haven't learned how to interact with the community after all this time.
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Dover: [anguished] You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Shudderwock, not join them! Bring balance to the Meta, not leave it in darkness! [netdecks Shadowhope’s Recruit Druid list]
Shadowhope: I HATE YOU!
Dover: You were my brother, Shadow. I loved you. [leaves as Shadowhope, now too close to the Shudderwock jaws, gets bitten in half.]
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Tangentially, a couple years back they changed Jaraxxus's interaction with "played minion" secrets like Snipe and Repentance.
the same reason they don't change unstable evolution to an echo card
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Can your Token/Evenlock do this?
My memes are dreams nightmares!
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I like the deck, but isn't Hadronox a bit of overkill / win more without a way to destroy it yourself?
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Yeah, most definitely. It's another way to bring back your big boys after your opponent has burned any morphing/silence effects on them already. Probably could get cut, or add a Naturalize, but for what?
Personally I'm gonna stick with the list until it loses a lot.
11-1 is no joke for a meme deck.
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pick three out of the following to cut:
- steel rager
- damaged stegotron
- damaged stegotron
- furious ettin
add two naturalizes and a 2nd UI
better deck!
alternatively just one naturalize if you want, or maybe you're fine with one UI, etc etc. there's wiggle room probably. but those particular minions seem a bit meh.
edit: oh hmm i guess those are the bulk of your taunt minions that actually get rez'd by hadro in the first place though huh. WELP. at the very least steel rager though.
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Yeah without them there is no reason to Hadronox. Those big boi taunts also help finish the quest when your 4-drops are being shy. Steel Rager is surprisingly good for spot removal. Not great, but not awful.
The UI in this deck is mainly used to draw 5 0-cost minions for a huge swing turn. Same with Nourish not necessarily being best for mana. I'll look into adding a single Naturalize in place of something. Maybe a Spellstone? Hard to say, having that bit of removal really helps out a lot.
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First treasure that pops up?
Double Time.
Wow. It's the first time I've ever seen this. No wonder I haven't been winning with her!
42 kills now and still no win. But at least I reached the final boss twice!
https://www.vicioussyndicate.com/meta-polarity-and-its-impact-on-hearthstone/
I had nearly 200 before I got my win. You pretty much have to just keep hammering away at it until the stars align. It's pretty annoying.
Jesus, you can't argue with the math. The meta is "healthy" only in that there are a lot of good decks, but yeah, you know going into a matchup whether you're going to win or not.
Sad but not surprising to see Odd Warrior at the top of that.
This was a good read and helped me understand why I am so bored with HS for the last few expansions. I thought it was something else, but in the end it is similar to the reason they came up with.
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"Nuh-uh"
VS has plenty of data to have an accurate cross-section of the (edit: competitive) meta.
edit again: I'm not being completely fair to the Blizzard guy. All he said was "our data does not indicate that polarization has increased as much over time as yours does." He does not say how much polarization they actually saw in any of the metas. Just based on his statement it's entirely possible that the internal polarization measures are all higher (but closer together) than VS's.
Honestly this Donais reply doesn't even fuckin' surprise me though, this is just typical Team 5 modus operandi at this point. Dismiss, deny, deflect, cherry pick specific unrelated parts to actually comment on.
I'm still not sure how they haven't learned how to interact with the community after all this time.
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