Hearthstone

[Sir Bruce]

Congratulations uberfish! About how many hands did it take to go from 5 to Legend? I'm at 4 right now and some quick calculations suggested that it would be probably be more games from 4->Legend than it took to go from 15->4, even with a 60% win rate (which is probably generous).

Not sure I agree about Undertaker. If aggro decks are viable then there will always one or two cards that appear overpowered when they start the early snowball. And owl is a strong counter anyway.

[uberfish]

Thanks! It took me about 100 games from rank 4, and I did manage about a 60% overall win rate. Fortunately, hunter matches are relatively quick. I also think Hunter vs Hunter mirror is very fun and skill-intensive when a runaway undertaker isn't involved.

Undertaker is silly though. In several cases I just played it on t1 going first as a bluff when I had no followups, and opponent was pressured into wasting coin -> 2 mana removal anyway. And then you get the games where someone gets a 4-5 undertaker on turn 3 and auto-wins which isn't much fun for either side. Everyone should be running at least one silence and possibly two in current meta with all the death rattle creatures running around, but undertaker comes so early you are often not going to have the right cards in a starting mulligan especially as player 1.

decklist (fairly standard I think):

1 - undertaker x2, clockwork gnome x2, web spinner x2
2 - haunted creeper x2, mad scientist x2, knife juggler x2, owl x1, freezing trap x1, snake trap x1
3 - eaglehorn bow x2, UtH x2, animal companion x2, kill command x2
4 - houndmaster x1, piloted shredder x2
5 - Loatheb
6 - highmane x2
7 - Dr Boom

[sunrise089]

My midrange deck is:

1 - undertaker x2, clockwork gnome x2, web spinner x2
2 - haunted creeper x2, mad scientist x2, knife juggler x2, owl x1, freezing trap x2, explosive trap x1
3 - eaglehorn bow x2, UtH x2, animal companion x2, kill command x2
4 - piloted shredder x2
5 - Loatheb
6 - highmane x2
7 - Dr Boom

So +1 freezing trap, +1 explosive trap, -1 snake trap, -1 houndmaster

Should I change to match you uberfish?

[uberfish]

Well Undertaker is nerfed now, so i'm not sure the list should stay the same anyway. I think at least 1 snake trap is very strong in any deck running knife juggler/UTH because of the synergy with Juggler, and because people playing around the trap by not attacking minions set themselves up for UtH instead.

[Voldymort]

Spot on!

Honest trailer for Heartsrtone

[Jowy]

Next adventure is Blackrock Mountain.

[Jowy]

31 cards, comes out next month. Dragon synergies.

[sunrise089]

This is a Naxrammus, not a Goblins and Gnomes, right?

[Dantski]

This is a Naxrammus, not a Goblins and Gnomes, right?

Yeah seems to be the same format with 5 wings to unlock, plus class challenges and a heroic mode after you beat the standard bosses. About the same number of cards released too.

[Dantski]

Echo of Medivh + Unstable Portal makes for some interesting games as this screenshot will testify.



Previous game I totally ran out of steam but got Sneed's from a portal and got Troggzor from it and totally turned the game. RNG bullshit as its finest!