I feel like I'd rather play against a bunch of the unstoppable meta decks than this endless drudgery of random-keysmash names that seem to just aimlessly play random core cards, that plague the lower ranks.
e: They're not bots, at least not like the ones I've seen in prior months - the bots play good decks, well, and play instantly and faster than any human could. These are actually taking time on their turns, thinking, before dropping, like, a Chillwind Yeti on 7.
They're definitely bots though, just shitty bots. The only came out in mass when the popular botting in mercenaries was nerfed.
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Idx86Long days and pleasant nights.Registered Userregular
edited January 26
I'm at D1 2 Stars right now before having to pause. Was at the identical spot after lunch before going on a losing streak, then just finished a 5-1 sprint to get back.
Fuck man, this is stressful.
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Idx86Long days and pleasant nights.Registered Userregular
edited January 28
WHEW!!!!
Had some time this AM to see if I could finish off the push. First match against Druid was pretty easy, the second one against a Casino Mage was TOUGH. He high rolled removal all over the place. At the very end I had three dudes on the board, and his last turn he played Arcane Defenders. I was able to play my Hi Ho Silverwing to kill one of the taunts which drew a Hand of A'dal. The Hand of A'dal drew Finley, and the rest is history. My hands were shaking and I had to concentrate to make sure I didn't fuck up my last buffs.
Went on a good win streak today with XL Reno control priest. It’s not great against aggro but goes over the top of other control decks and is good against midrange. It’s not tier 1, more of a meta choice. You can find basic shells really easily, so I would just adjust to the meta you’re finding.
Whenever I've played Priest over the last couple years, it's Naga or Shadow, because I'm almost never in the mood for regular 30 minute games.
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Patch Notes:
Velarok the Deceiver (created by Velarok Windblade)
Old: 3/6
New: 3/3
Shattershambler
Old: Battlecry: Your next Deathrattle minion costs (1) less, but immediately dies when played.
New: Battlecry: The next Deathrattle minion you play immediately dies.
Dev Comment: Excavate Rogue is an example of a pre-mini-set deck that we wanted to tone down a little to make room for new strategies. We’re happy that our recent buff to Velarok has facilitated this deck that people clearly love playing, and we don't want to undo that, but it’s just a bit too powerful and popular. These changes to Velarok and Shattershambler reduce the early-game blowout potential of Excavate Rogue to keep what’s fun about playing the deck, but give opponents more of an opportunity to respond.
Cactus Construct
Old: Discover a 2-Cost minion. Summon a 1/2 copy of it.
New: Discover a 2-Cost minion. Summon a 1/1 copy of it.
Herald of Nature
Old: Battlecry: If you’ve cast a Nature spell while holding this, give your other minions +1/+2.
New: Battlecry: If you’ve cast a Nature spell while holding this, give your other minions +1/+1.
Pendant of Earth
Old: Discover a minion from your deck. Gain Armor equal to its Cost.
New: Discover a minion from your deck. Restore Health to your hero equal to its Cost.
Shattered Reflections
Old: Choose a minion. Add a copy to your hand, deck, and battlefield.
New: Choose a minion. Add a copy of it to your deck and battlefield.
Dew Process
Old: [2 Mana]
New: [4 Mana]
Dev Comment: There were a few powerful Druid archetypes that we wanted to address in this patch. Cactus Construct is a powerful card across Druid decks that had room to be a bit weaker. The Herald of Nature change makes early Treant Druid boards a little easier to react to. Pendant of Earth was adjusted so that it can still be a strong defensive tool later in the game, but isn’t as strong as an early, proactive stall tool. Shattered Reflections was causing too many reflections, leading to repetitive gameplay—so we took one reflection away. Finally, we weakened Dew Process because the game is less fun when decks like Mill Druid are extremely competitive and meta-warping—we still want cards like that to exist for players who like that type of gameplay, but we don't want them to be the prevailing ladder strategy.
Boogie Down
Old: [3 Mana] Summon two 1-Cost minions from your deck. Finale: Give them Taunt.
New: [4 Mana] Summon two 1-Cost minions from your deck. Finale: Summon another.
The Garden’s Grace
Old: Give a minion +5/+5 and Divine Shield. Costs (1) less for each Mana you’ve spent on Holy spells this game.
New: Give a minion +4/+4 and Divine Shield. Costs (1) less for each Mana you’ve spent on Holy spells this game.
Dev Comment: Paladin is looking strong after the mini-set. Boogie Down is a card that we’ve seen in almost all Paladins since it was released, so we’re making it a little bit slower and adjusting the Finale to partially compensate for the later play. We’re also hitting Garden’s Grace to reduce some of the deck’s from-hand burst potential. To that end, we’ve got our eye on cards like Shroomscavate, but we like that players are trying out the new cards, so we’re making just these changes for now and we’ll make further changes later if needed.
Thaddius, Monstrosity
Old: Taunt. Your odd-Cost cards cost (4) less. (Swaps polarity each turn!)
New: Taunt. Your odd-Cost cards cost (2) less. (Swaps polarity each turn!)
Dev Comment: We don’t think combo play patterns are inherently bad, and Thaddius isn’t a power outlier right now, but he has been in Standard for a long time and has facilitated several decks with early one-turn kills and low feelings of agency. We think it’s time to make another adjustment to Thaddius and see what Standard looks like when he’s significantly weaker. Now that we’ve been able to make this change to Thaddius, we're unbanning Pyrotechnician.
The craftable versions of the cards listed above will be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 28.4.1. Additionally, there was an error with the dust refund periods for patches 28.2.1 and 28.2.3, so the cards eligible for dust refunds in those patches will also be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 28.4.1. For clarity and simplicity, we’ll be returning to the consistent two-week full refund period from this patch going forward.
Pyrotechnician is no longer banned in Standard.
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Idx86Long days and pleasant nights.Registered Userregular
edited January 29
Glad I finished my Legend run yesterday with Mining Paladin. I am going all-in on Rainbow DK now.
Also debating if I dust Thaddius for something else, maybe Reno.
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I don't think Mining Pally needs to get dumped in a ditch here. A quick 5-0 with only one adjustment.
Took out Eggs and put in 2x Victorious Vrykul. The card may not say Taunt, but opponents will absolutely attack like it's on there anyway.
Last pint: Turmoil CDA / Barley Brown's - Untappd: TheJudge_PDX
always cracks me up when i'm playing plague and someone holds back steamcleaner for a big purge. buddy, i give less than 0 shits about whether those plagues actually detonate on you. it's just a cool bonus. i'm plagueing you so i can play a 0 mana 8/5 tempo play
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Aw yeah, just found a golden copy of Garden's Grace. That's another free leggo for me.
So is Thaddius, Monstrosity the most nerfed card in the game's history?
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I had a few golden cards to dust, plus i opened a few Badlands packs this morning and pulled a few of the commons that were nerfed. Nice to get an injection of dust!
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always cracks me up when i'm playing plague and someone holds back steamcleaner for a big purge. buddy, i give less than 0 shits about whether those plagues actually detonate on you. it's just a cool bonus. i'm plagueing you so i can play a 0 mana 8/5 tempo play
I usually see steam cleaner on Reno decks, so if I think that’s what I’m against I may hold back 1-2 plague generators so I can bait out steam cleaner and reblock before they get their next turn.
It’s mainly just warriors I get to do it to, (though cleaner + coin + brann is still possible), but preventing Reno from coming down until super, super late game is great.
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Apparently the Lifesteal on Quartzite Crusher applies to any spell you cast too? I cast Necrotic Explosion and noticed I ended the game at full health after being down to like half.
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Apparently the Lifesteal on Quartzite Crusher applies to any spell you cast too? I cast Necrotic Explosion and noticed I ended the game at full health after being down to like half.
This February 2nd at 0720 and 30 seconds, Punxsutawney Phil, the seer of seer, prognosticator of prognosticators, emerged reluctantly but alertly in Punxsutawney, PA, and stated in Groundhogese: "I definitely see a shadow."
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Back in Diamond after a nice little run with Plague DK. Getting better at some of the subtle plays that make the deck work at higher ranks. Not running into much Sludgelock, probably because they're all at D5+ or Legend at this point. Beating the piss out of Warriors and everything else right now.
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Given the current meta I've adapted the Rainbow deck a little. Out with the weapons (to slow) and in with a lower curve that enables lot's of pressure so we can finish with one Explosion. Versus Warrior a second is needed, but Queen can do other stuff as well:
### Kiblers Adapted
# Class: Death Knight
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Wolf
#
# 2x (1) Arms Dealer
# 2x (2) Gold Panner
# 2x (2) Mining Casualties
# 2x (2) Plague Strike
# 2x (3) Acolyte of Death
# 1x (3) Corpse Farm
# 2x (3) Crop Rotation
# 2x (3) Nerubian Vizier
# 2x (3) Sickly Grimewalker
# 2x (4) Malignant Horror
# 1x (4) Maw and Paw
# 2x (4) Murlocula
# 2x (5) Corpse Bride
# 1x (5) Queen Azshara
# 1x (8) The Primus
# 2x (9) Stitched Giant
# 1x (10) Climactic Necrotic Explosion
# 1x (20) Reska, the Pit Boss
#
AAECAe2qBgbbuQT8+QXt/wWLkgb/lwaAmAYMy+IE8OME2fEEtPcEmIEFmYEFkpMFopkFl5UGkZcGzpwGkqAGAAA=
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone
EDIT: D-2 at the moment with this.
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They're definitely bots though, just shitty bots. The only came out in mass when the popular botting in mercenaries was nerfed.
Fuck man, this is stressful.
2008, 2012, 2014 D&D "Rare With No Sauce" League Fantasy Football Champion!
Yeah, there’s not a lot of room for shenanigans now (at least, the kind I enjoy) so I’m just gonna battlegrounds for now.
New patch same as the old patch.
I miss grinding to legend using casino mage 😆 just had to keep pulling the lever until I got a hot streak.
Had some time this AM to see if I could finish off the push. First match against Druid was pretty easy, the second one against a Casino Mage was TOUGH. He high rolled removal all over the place. At the very end I had three dudes on the board, and his last turn he played Arcane Defenders. I was able to play my Hi Ho Silverwing to kill one of the taunts which drew a Hand of A'dal. The Hand of A'dal drew Finley, and the rest is history. My hands were shaking and I had to concentrate to make sure I didn't fuck up my last buffs.
I think I played as well as I possibly could have in that last match. Full game: https://hsreplay.net/replay/arWXs8mUzFGipwfCuieQqe
Now I can relax and play janky decks again.
2008, 2012, 2014 D&D "Rare With No Sauce" League Fantasy Football Champion!
Velarok the Deceiver (created by Velarok Windblade)
Old: 3/6
New: 3/3
Shattershambler
Old: Battlecry: Your next Deathrattle minion costs (1) less, but immediately dies when played.
New: Battlecry: The next Deathrattle minion you play immediately dies.
Dev Comment: Excavate Rogue is an example of a pre-mini-set deck that we wanted to tone down a little to make room for new strategies. We’re happy that our recent buff to Velarok has facilitated this deck that people clearly love playing, and we don't want to undo that, but it’s just a bit too powerful and popular. These changes to Velarok and Shattershambler reduce the early-game blowout potential of Excavate Rogue to keep what’s fun about playing the deck, but give opponents more of an opportunity to respond.
Cactus Construct
Old: Discover a 2-Cost minion. Summon a 1/2 copy of it.
New: Discover a 2-Cost minion. Summon a 1/1 copy of it.
Herald of Nature
Old: Battlecry: If you’ve cast a Nature spell while holding this, give your other minions +1/+2.
New: Battlecry: If you’ve cast a Nature spell while holding this, give your other minions +1/+1.
Pendant of Earth
Old: Discover a minion from your deck. Gain Armor equal to its Cost.
New: Discover a minion from your deck. Restore Health to your hero equal to its Cost.
Shattered Reflections
Old: Choose a minion. Add a copy to your hand, deck, and battlefield.
New: Choose a minion. Add a copy of it to your deck and battlefield.
Dew Process
Old: [2 Mana]
New: [4 Mana]
Dev Comment: There were a few powerful Druid archetypes that we wanted to address in this patch. Cactus Construct is a powerful card across Druid decks that had room to be a bit weaker. The Herald of Nature change makes early Treant Druid boards a little easier to react to. Pendant of Earth was adjusted so that it can still be a strong defensive tool later in the game, but isn’t as strong as an early, proactive stall tool. Shattered Reflections was causing too many reflections, leading to repetitive gameplay—so we took one reflection away. Finally, we weakened Dew Process because the game is less fun when decks like Mill Druid are extremely competitive and meta-warping—we still want cards like that to exist for players who like that type of gameplay, but we don't want them to be the prevailing ladder strategy.
Boogie Down
Old: [3 Mana] Summon two 1-Cost minions from your deck. Finale: Give them Taunt.
New: [4 Mana] Summon two 1-Cost minions from your deck. Finale: Summon another.
The Garden’s Grace
Old: Give a minion +5/+5 and Divine Shield. Costs (1) less for each Mana you’ve spent on Holy spells this game.
New: Give a minion +4/+4 and Divine Shield. Costs (1) less for each Mana you’ve spent on Holy spells this game.
Dev Comment: Paladin is looking strong after the mini-set. Boogie Down is a card that we’ve seen in almost all Paladins since it was released, so we’re making it a little bit slower and adjusting the Finale to partially compensate for the later play. We’re also hitting Garden’s Grace to reduce some of the deck’s from-hand burst potential. To that end, we’ve got our eye on cards like Shroomscavate, but we like that players are trying out the new cards, so we’re making just these changes for now and we’ll make further changes later if needed.
Thaddius, Monstrosity
Old: Taunt. Your odd-Cost cards cost (4) less. (Swaps polarity each turn!)
New: Taunt. Your odd-Cost cards cost (2) less. (Swaps polarity each turn!)
Dev Comment: We don’t think combo play patterns are inherently bad, and Thaddius isn’t a power outlier right now, but he has been in Standard for a long time and has facilitated several decks with early one-turn kills and low feelings of agency. We think it’s time to make another adjustment to Thaddius and see what Standard looks like when he’s significantly weaker. Now that we’ve been able to make this change to Thaddius, we're unbanning Pyrotechnician.
The craftable versions of the cards listed above will be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 28.4.1. Additionally, there was an error with the dust refund periods for patches 28.2.1 and 28.2.3, so the cards eligible for dust refunds in those patches will also be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 28.4.1. For clarity and simplicity, we’ll be returning to the consistent two-week full refund period from this patch going forward.
Pyrotechnician is no longer banned in Standard.
Also debating if I dust Thaddius for something else, maybe Reno.
2008, 2012, 2014 D&D "Rare With No Sauce" League Fantasy Football Champion!
Took out Eggs and put in 2x Victorious Vrykul. The card may not say Taunt, but opponents will absolutely attack like it's on there anyway.
Yeehaw, those are some nerfs.
So is Thaddius, Monstrosity the most nerfed card in the game's history?
2008, 2012, 2014 D&D "Rare With No Sauce" League Fantasy Football Champion!
I usually see steam cleaner on Reno decks, so if I think that’s what I’m against I may hold back 1-2 plague generators so I can bait out steam cleaner and reblock before they get their next turn.
It’s mainly just warriors I get to do it to, (though cleaner + coin + brann is still possible), but preventing Reno from coming down until super, super late game is great.
Groundhog day isn't for another two days; we won't know until then.
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Shoot m to BITS (hold Y) [hard] C109-0000-014D-4E09
P-POWER Switch Palace 3838-0000-0122-9359
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Same amount of time left for the plague package as well, if that helps...
And you have a 1 in 6 chance of stealing your opponent's Reno during a game with an underdog Thief Priest deck.
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Necrotic Explosion has life steal of it's own
This February 2nd at 0720 and 30 seconds, Punxsutawney Phil, the seer of seer, prognosticator of prognosticators, emerged reluctantly but alertly in Punxsutawney, PA, and stated in Groundhogese: "I definitely see a shadow."
Sorry folks; 14 more months of Reno.
- two 6/6s by turn 4
- Punishes greed
- Objection Brann, Objection Drilly, Objection Popgar
- free 5/5s
- unknown secrets forcing bad plays
- win on turn 5 or 6
Nearly broke my neck checking to see if I was playing Wild by accident.
Perhaps some kind of Beast/Elemental/Deathrattle mixup will get me to Legend this month.
In wild it would be like, seven 7/7s by turn three.
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### Kiblers Adapted
# Class: Death Knight
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Wolf
#
# 2x (1) Arms Dealer
# 2x (2) Gold Panner
# 2x (2) Mining Casualties
# 2x (2) Plague Strike
# 2x (3) Acolyte of Death
# 1x (3) Corpse Farm
# 2x (3) Crop Rotation
# 2x (3) Nerubian Vizier
# 2x (3) Sickly Grimewalker
# 2x (4) Malignant Horror
# 1x (4) Maw and Paw
# 2x (4) Murlocula
# 2x (5) Corpse Bride
# 1x (5) Queen Azshara
# 1x (8) The Primus
# 2x (9) Stitched Giant
# 1x (10) Climactic Necrotic Explosion
# 1x (20) Reska, the Pit Boss
#
AAECAe2qBgbbuQT8+QXt/wWLkgb/lwaAmAYMy+IE8OME2fEEtPcEmIEFmYEFkpMFopkFl5UGkZcGzpwGkqAGAAA=
#
# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone
EDIT: D-2 at the moment with this.
Shoot m to BITS (hold Y) [hard] C109-0000-014D-4E09
P-POWER Switch Palace 3838-0000-0122-9359
Raiding the Serpents Tomb 1A04-0000-0098-C11E
I like to move it, move it FCE2-0000-00D7-9048
See my profile here!