Board 8 > Hearthstone Discussion Topic #2 - Descent of Dragons (Enter The Galakrond)

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Just had a game as Deathwing where every opponent of mine had a rat pack and I did not...and every fight ended with popping the rat pack. I was out before hitting 10 gold.

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If you have a deathwing in your lobby, rush 2 and buy up all the rats. It's the only way to stop him.

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Tbh rat pack is probably the best two star regardless of deathwing

good synergy with other strong 2s (Spawn/Zoobot) and really good mid and late game potential with pack leader and mama bear, getting it goldens probably even better

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FFDragon posted...

If you have a deathwing in your lobby, rush 2 and buy up all the rats. It's the only way to stop him.

Oh, I get that. But I've never seen a Deathwing player crash and burn quite so hard. It was like the entire lobby was conspiring against me rather than playing their own game.

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It's the return of one of my least favorite brawls, now with bugs.

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So apparently polygon leaked the new expansion and its changes, and it's nuts

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Oh shit
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Here's an archived version of the article if anyone wants to get spolied

https://web.archive.org/web/20200316173433/https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/16/21181241/hearthstone-ashes-of-outlands-expansion-new-class-demon-hunter

in spoiler tags because the link itself is a spoiler.

This is big news but I don't know if it's "decade cementing" like some of the streamers were saying. Maybe there's more coming?


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Priest is basically a new class at this point.

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This article doesn't touch on it but I'm predicting a complete UI overhaul along with new requested modes like tournaments. If they're ever going to redesign the game then now would be the time to do it!

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I don't think I like the idea of a 1-cost hero power.
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"Hrm.
The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL.
This page is not available on the web
because page does not exist
Click here to search for all archived pages under https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/16/21181241/."

Is there another backup somewhere?

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Here's a link to the new cards if that article isn't working anymore:
https://imgur.com/a/eqokSIH

New Class: Demon Hunter. 1 mana give +1 attack, seems to work on minions and on hero? Don't know if it's permanent or if it only lasts for 1 turn or what

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RIP PWS.

RIP posts with all uppercase letters.

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Is anyone trying to avoid spoilers? I can't imagine anyone in this topic really cares about spoilers actually.

Also RIP Velen too, he's Hall of Fame'd

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Oh I just was cause the link was in spoilers so I figured better safe than sorry
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I like all these changes to Priest, except....

Who was clamoring for a Shadow Word: Death buff?

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Emeraldegg posted...

Oh I just was cause the link was in spoilers so I figured better safe than sorry

Same.

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MrSmartGuy posted...

I like all these changes to Priest, except....

Who was clamoring for a Shadow Word: Death buff?

Who was clamoring for DK Priest in a spell too?

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Read a tldr on the official forums. Did they not change or HoF Inner Fire or Divine Spirit?

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The article only mentioned that Velen is getting HOF but it seems likely that divine spirit and inner fire are gone too. Probably have to wait until tomorrow until we know for sure.

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FFDragon posted...

Who was clamoring for DK Priest in a spell too?

This means they don't have to print yet another new Priest mass removal every rotation in order for control to be viable.

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skullbone posted...

The article only mentioned that Velen is getting HOF but it seems likely that divine spirit and inner fire are gone too. Probably have to wait until tomorrow until we know for sure.

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yeah it wouldn't surrpise me if the 1 mana minions replace Northshire too

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Not sure if I buy into the prediction that Northshire is getting rotated. Sure she's basically auto-include in every priest deck but is she really overpowered or limiting design choices? You might as well remove cards like eviscerate and explosive trap (and about 20 more) if we're looking at balanced auto-include cards now.

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Keeping my fingers crossed that Leeroy is gone.

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Leeroy, Alexstrasza, and Malygos could all use a removal in my opinion

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Malygos and Nozdormu are two I've been hoping to see for years now, though I'd prefer Nozdormu to just get changed since it's probably even fuckier in wild. Whenever that card pops up there's about a 1/3 chance I'm just never getting another turn.

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What's the deal with nozdormu that makes it HoF worthy? Do people find the time limit that hard to deal with or is there some interaction I'm not aware of?
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At numerous times in the past people have combined nozdormu with unavoidable animations to literally steal an opponents turn while they wait for animations to resolve.

As far as I knew those interactions have all been fixed at this point, but I don't know for sure.

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CybrMonkey posted...

This means they don't have to print yet another new Priest mass removal every rotation in order for control to be viable.

Yeah, I was definitely clamouring for Priest to have a real board clear so they wouln't need to print one every year...but...at like...6 mana.

That monster of a card costs 4 mana. That bad boy is going to rock the wild metagame o_O

Like...I remember when Mass Hysteria came out and people whined that it wasn't Psychic Scream. Fast forward to now and Mass Hysteria is in more wild decks than scream cause wild is fast and Mass Hysteria costs 5.

This absolute unit of a board clear costs 4.

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It's been a couple of months since it happened to me so maybe they've 'fixed' it again, but the main problem is it's going to continue happening. They've fixed Nozdormu what seems like a dozen times now.

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iirc the first big nozdormu issue was with the Joust mechanic from The Grand Tournament. Play Noz. Drop the 1 mana Joust card and immediately end turn. Your opponent would be lucky if they could scramble an action if they got any time at all. Repeat.

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I think it's tech against Darkest Hour Warlock and not much else in wild.

Like the average aggro deck is just gonna be like "whatever that card's not gonna touch most of my stuff anyway"

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VeryInsane posted...

I think it's tech against Darkest Hour Warlock and not much else in wild.

Like the average aggro deck is just gonna be like "whatever that card's not gonna touch most of my stuff anyway"

Hits any mech that's magnetized above 5 attack from mech paladin. Hits a lot in Even Shaman. Hits 4 mana 7/7 (and the new 4 mana 5/7 spell damage). Hits various 0 mana 5/5s. Hits Sea Giant. Hits anything drawn by warrior galakrond (and they tend to run various 5 attack minions anyway). Hits mountain giant, not that Even lock is very good right now.

I dunnno, having a 5/5 or 7/7 or 8/8 around turn 3-4 is kind-of a thing that a lot of decks do in wild.

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2nd place with Lich Bazhial feels good!

Managed to stabilize exactly when I needed to and ended up losing 1st in a coinflip to AFK.

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