LOTI #023  – Legend of the Innkeeper – “Priest Strategy Guide”

Intro:

Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper.  I’m Vastidious and I’m Ariannwyn.  We’re glad you could join us for our 23rd episode.

This week we are talking about…

Updates:

What did you do this week?

Top 3 Priest cards of the week

Vastidious – Thoughtsteal, Mind Control, Holy Nova

Ariannwyn – Thoughtsteal, Auchenai, Circle of Healing

Espo – Power Word: Shield, Thoughtsteal, Prophet Velen

News

1. Blizzard is removing Golden Heroes from Botters

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/15270098488?abt=nav1&utm_expid=68589644-24.yOgsCsWhSz-gOSDIbl82Wg.1&page=3&utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Fhearthstone%2Fen%2Fforum%2F%3Fabt%3Dnav1#57

2. Spreadsheet of every GvG card revealed

http://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/2nqz78/every_gvg_card_revealed_so_far_in_one_spreadsheet/

New Cards

http://www.hearthpwn.com/cards?display=3&filter-set=101&filter-unreleased=1

Crackle  http://i.imgur.com/717Xhqj.png

Demonheart http://www.hearthpwn.com/cards/12237-demonheart

Druid of the Fang http://i.imgur.com/Rd4S3eq.png

Dunemaul Shaman http://i.imgur.com/iMhLVMg.png

Feign Death http://i.imgur.com/M8l0apr.png

Gahz’rilla http://i.imgur.com/FwAmFby.png

Iron Sensei http://i.imgur.com/hXQUHWI.jpg

Lil’ Exorcist http://i.imgur.com/Z2AmFbU.png

Ogre Ninja http://i.imgur.com/VL31B2V.png

Recombobulator http://i.imgur.com/z87fDcD.png

Sabotage http://i.imgur.com/dXXBgWb.png

Scarlet Purifier http://i.imgur.com/HKS9gSL.png

Snowchugger http://i.imgur.com/IY8siY6.png

Spider Tank http://i.imgur.com/94m02Bm.png

Steamwheedle Sniper http://i.imgur.com/YxezRuW.png

Tinkertown Technician http://i.imgur.com/vrtBFhA.png

Getting Better

Priest Guide

If you didn’t know this already, the Priest class is Ariannwyn’s favorite class.  We saved this class for last in our strategy guide segments just so that she had plenty of time to prepare for it.

The Priest class is one of the harder classes to master.  It’s a favorite of Amaz, one of the more well known streamers and tournament winners.  The Priest is sneaky with lots of focus on healing and taking advantage of unique combos and cards.  They can control enemy minions, copy enemy minions, copy enemy cards and draw numerous cards.

I really like how Blizzard has incorporated from WoW both the Holy Priest and the Shadow Priest play styles into the class giving both defensive and offensive powers to the class.

The Priest hero is Auduin Wrynn and his hero power is called Lesser Heal.  For 2 mana,