News
Blizzard Mobile App With the current PC app your messages can be received and sent while offline.  They are also saved for viewing of past messages.  Now, the same functionality can be found in the Blizzard App on your phone!
Oktober Brawl Team Light continues to be the less popular team.
Espo Mode:
Encounter at the Crossroads 7th appearance.  Most repeated Brawl.  Great for new players.
Some interesting stats for you:
Out of 119 Brawls, we’ve seen 67 repeats.  (56% of Brawls)
In 2017 we’ve seen 39 so far, 22 have been repeats (56%)
Getting Better
It’s been about a week since the changes went live and how has the Meta reacted?
We’ve seen a bit of a shift that was quite predictable, noticeably the decks that had cards that were nerfed, falling out of the ranks. 
Decks of note, would be:
Highlander Priest (with Kazakus and Raza)
Token Shaman
Mid-Range Hunter
Jade Druid has hung on a little but the Token Druid and Ramp Druid decks have fallen like rocks. We are also seeing some more play of Zoolock, Pirate Warrior and Tempo Rogue as they include Prince Keleseth. Having him drawn early in the game, makes those hard to deal with since he adds +1/+1 stats to one’s entire deck.
Hints and Tips ~ Start saving your G’s
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Outro
That does it for this episode.  You can email the show at info@legendoftheinnkeeper.com.  You can also visit our website at legendoftheinnkeeper.com where we will post the show notes with the episode that has links to all the information we discussed. 
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LOTI 159 : Start Saving Your Gold

The Legend of the Innkeeper is a podcast that is for the casual Hearthstone player.  Each week we will share our stories, tips, news and more as we learn together.  Join Vastidious and Espo along with the occasional guest as we strive to reach Legendary in Hearthstone.

Technology

Tech News

Podcasting

Gadgets

Software How-To

Video Games

Games & Hobbies

Games

Leisure






Updates:



What did you do this week?



Quests?  Ranked play?  Fun Guaranteed with friends?



Espo:



Rank : Silver 10 Standard, Gold 10 Wild



34% Barrens Gameplay Achievements (was 28%)



Level 121 in Tavern Pass (was 91)



1195 Gold (995), 220 Dust (460)



Vastidious: 



Rank : Bronze 3 Standard (Bronze 3) – Silver 10  (Silver 9) Wild



36% Barrens Gameplay Achievements (was 36%)



Level 144 in Tavern Pass (was 130)



5205 Gold (4505), 4425 Dust (4425)







News



* Book of Heroes – Malfurion – Druid* Book of Mercenaries – Guff Runetotem – Druid



Storybrook Brawl https://store.steampowered.com/app/1367020/Storybook_Brawl/







Espo Mode 



Send in the Murlocs



Rules:



Murlocs have taken over the tavern! Choose a class and get a deck of random class spells and a whole mess of murlocs!



Rewards:



A Classic Card Pack for winning the Brawl once.







Shaman & Hunter







Top 3







Reviews and Emails



iTunes Reviews:



Emails:



Twitter: 



Facebook Shoutout:



Legendary Patron Shoutout: 







Outro



That does it for this episode.  You can email the show at info@legendoftheinnkeeper.com.  You can also visit our website at legendoftheinnkeeper.com where we will post the show notes with the episode that has links to all the information we discussed. 



Our YouTube channel is www.legendoftheinnkeeper.com/YouTube



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Until next show, Happy gaming!



Credits:Music by James Marantette – https://soundcloud.com/james-marantette

LOTI 308 : Barrens – Shaman & Hunter






Updates:



What did you do this week?



Quests?  Ranked play?  Fun Guaranteed with friends?



Espo:



Rank : Bronze 3 Wild



May Final Rank: Gold 8 Wild



28% Barrens Gameplay Achievements (was 36%)



Level 91 in Tavern Pass (was 83)



995 Gold, 460 Dust



Vastidious: 



Rank : Bronze 3 Standard (Gold 7) – Silver 9 (Gold 7) Wild



May Final Rank: Gold 6



36% Barrens Gameplay Achievements (was 44%)



Level 130 in Tavern Pass (was 94)



4505 Gold (2655), 4425 Dust (4015)







News



* Book of Heroes: Frostwolf Thrall * Completion will give you a Shaman pack as a reward, with Shaman-only Standard cards* New Bundle available on the store* New Hero Portrait – Frostwolf Thrall* 5 Shaman-only packs * $9.99* Book of Mercenaries: Xyrella (Priest) live with patch* New Dynamic Bundles* 3 different types of bundles, but the system will only offer you 2 of them and it’s different for everyone. * Bob’s Bargain – 40 Wild Packs, 2 Random Wild Legendary cards, $29.99* Tavern Special – 35 Barrens packs, 2 Random Barrens Legendary cards, $29.99* Bob’s Bargain 2 – 20 Year of the Phoenix packs, 2 Random Year of the Phoenix Legendary cards, $19.99* BlizzCon Update* BlizzCon not happening this year* Will be having a BlizzConline with smaller in-person gatherings* More details in the future* Will take place early next year* Blizzard announced that Battle.net is now global. You can chat with all friends in one list instead of different ones per region.







Espo Mode 



Blood Magic



Rules:



How much are you willing to sacrifice for power? All your spells will cost health instead of mana!



Rewards:



A Year of the Phoenix Card Pack for winning the Brawl once.







Shaman







Top 3



* Wailing Caverns Mini-Set* Out now* 35 brand new cards* Link to Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOwV2yzqEL4







Reviews and Emails



iTunes Reviews:



Emails:



Twitter: 



Facebook Shoutout:



Legendary Patron Shoutout: 



Next Week: 







Outro



That does it for this episode.  You can email the show at info@legendoftheinnkeeper.com.  You can also visit our website at legendoftheinnkeeper.com where we will post the show notes with the episode that has links to all the information we discussed. 



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LOTI 307 : Barrens Mini Set






Updates:



What did you do this week?



Quests?  Ranked play?  Fun Guaranteed with friends?



Espo:



Rank : Bronze 2 Standard – Gold 9 Wild



April’s Rank: Platinum 8



36% Barrens Gameplay Achievements (was 25%)



Level 83 in Tavern Pass (was 70)



195 Gold, 170 Dust



Vastidious: 



Rank : Gold 9 Standard – Bronze 10 Wild



April’s Rank : Platinum 2 Wild



44% Barrens Gameplay Achievements (was 37%)



Level 94 in Tavern Pass (was 80)



2655 Gold, 4015 Dust







News



* ??? Achievement * Celestalon twitter thread with a background to how this happened https://twitter.com/Celestalon/status/1390834961725333504* Walkthrough how to solve it https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/11xnahiQkqI2kanXsJNHYtYlTd2btIpRGxjdwnF7i9Ro/mobilebasic#heading=h.muyjyzoezzia* Khadgar Hero Portrait & Pizza Stone card back available in the shop for a limited time.* Hero – $9.99 or 1500 gold* Card Back – $2.99 or 500 gold* New Standard bundle in the shop* $4.99* Once per account* Available through May 24, 2021* Includes 5 Standard packs * 1 Random Standard Legendary* Patch 20.2.2 – Standard Balance Updates  & a couple Battlegrounds updates







Espo Mode 



UnidentifiaBrawl!



Rules:



After a very successful dungeon run your bags are overflowing with Unidentified Loot! Take a random deck into battle and identify those items!



Rewards:



A Year of the Phoenix Card Pack for winning the Brawl once.







Barrens – Paladin







Top 3







Reviews and Emails



iTunes Reviews:



Emails:



Twitter: 



Facebook Shoutout:



Legendary Patron Shoutout: 



Next Show: Shaman







Outro



That does it for this episode.  You can email the show at info@legendoftheinnkeeper.com.  You can also visit our website at legendoftheinnkeeper.com where we will post the show notes with the episode that has links to all the information we discussed. 



Our YouTube channel is www.legendoftheinnkeeper.com/YouTube



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Until next show, Happy gaming!



Credits:Music by James Marantette – https://soundcloud.com/james-marantette

LOTI 306 : Barrens – Paladin






Updates:



What did you do this week?



Quests?  Ranked play?  Fun Guaranteed with friends?



Espo:



Rank : Silver 9 Standard – Platinum 10 Wild



25% Barrens Gameplay Achievements



Level 70 in Tavern Pass



95 Gold, 265 Dust



Vastidious: 



Rank : Gold 5 Standard – Platinum 5 Wild



37% Barrens Gameplay Achievements



Level 80 in Tavern Pass



1055 Gold, 6585 Dust







News



* Alleria Windrunner Hero Set added to store for a limited time* $9.99 US * 1500 Gold* Comes with the Alleria Alternate Hero and Card Back* Balance changes will be coming in 2 weeks. The changes haven’t had their final decision yet so no announced changes.* Patch 20.2* Releases on May 4th * Battlegrounds:* Quillboar are being added as a new Battlegrounds minion type. * There will still be 5 minion types per Battleground game, but Quillboar will show up in every Battlegrounds match until the next major patch.* 17 new minions* 3 new Heroes* Death Speaker Blackthorn* Bloodhound (Passive) After you upgrade Bob’s Tavern, gain 2 Blood Gems* Vol’jin* Spirit Swap (Costs 0) Choose two minions. Swap their stats.* Xyrella* See the Light (Costs 2) Choose a minion in Bob’s Tavern to add to your hand. Set its stats to 2. * Rat King (Updated)* King of Quillboar (Passive) Whenever you buy a Quillboar, give it +2/+2. Swaps type each turn.* New Mechanic: Blood Gems* Spells that give a friendly minion +1/+1* Some Quillboar give you Blood Gems* Others have special interactions when Blood Gems are played* Favorite Coin skins now work in Battlegrounds* Battlegrounds ratings will reset to 0 when it launches* Diamond Ragnaros – Can be obtained by completing the Classic Legendary Collector 5/5 Achievement (Collect all 36 Classic Legendary Cards)* New Progression Achievement, Tavern Regular* Tracks total reward track levels earned on your account across all reward tracks from each expansion.* Completing each tier of this achievement will reward a choice from 1 of 10 new Hero skins* Each of these new Heroes will have their own VO and emotes* Battle-Ready Decks* Curated decks optimized from the most recent expansion.* You are able to add a complete deck list from the class of your choice to your collection permanently* Used data captured across hundreds of thousands of play sessions to ensure you are taking home a combat-worthy list.* $19.99 and only 1 per account* https://playhearthstone.com/en-gb/news/23665633* Book of Heroes Thrall* May 25th







Espo Mode 



Battle of Tol Barad



Rules:



Magical Creatures are escaping from Tol Barad! Play a minion and get a random spell of the same cot, but for free!



Rewards:



A Year of the Phoenix Card Pack for winning the Brawl once.







Barrens: Druid







Top 3







Reviews and Emails



iTunes Reviews:



Emails:



Twitter: 



Facebook Shoutout:



Legendary Patron Shoutout: 



NEXT WEEK: Paladin







Outro



That does it for this episode.

LOTI 305 : Barrens – Druid






Updates:



What did you do this week?



Quests?  Ranked play?  Fun Guaranteed with friends?



Espo:



Rank : Silver 9 Standard – Gold 4 Wild



Level 49 in Tavern Pass



95 Gold, 390 Dust



I’m 27 cards short of a full Barrens collection achievement



9% of the Barrens Gameplay Achievements



Vastidious:



Rank : Gold 5 Standard – Platinum 5 Wild



Level 64 in Tavern Pass



55 Gold, 8930 Dust



I’m 2 Legendary cards short of a full Barrens collection – 183 



35% of the Barrens Gameplay Achievements



Switched to FireStone for card tracking instead of Hearthstone Deck Tracker 







News



* Grandmaster’s Week 2 is coming up this weekend. You can watch it on the Hearthstone YouTube channel. April 16-18* Winning 1st in the weekly match will earn the player $3,000* No pack drops enabled for this weekend* Patch 20.0.2 went live April 13th* Standard Balance Updates* Deck of Lunacy* Old Cost : 2* New Cost : 4* Sword of the Fallen* Old: 1 Attack, 3 Durability* New: 1 Attack, 2 Durability* Jandice Barov* Old Cost : 5* New Cost : 6* Pen Flinger* Old: Battlecry: Deal 1 damage. Spellburst: Return this to your hand* New: Battlecry: Deal 1 damage to a minion. Spellburst: Return this to your hand* Far Watch Post* Old: 2 Attack, 4 Health* New: 2 Attack, 3 Health* Mor’shan Watch Post* Old: 3 Attack, 5 Health* New: 3 Attack, 4 Health* Battlegrounds Balance Updates* Returning Heroes* Queen Wagtoggle – (new) Give a friendly minion of each minion type +1/+1* Captain Hooktusk – (new) Remove a friendly minion. Choose one of two from a Tavern Tier lower to keep.* Minion Updates* Steward of Time* Old: 3 Attack, 4 Health – When you sell this minion, give all minions in Bob’s Tavern +1/+1* New: 3 Attack, 3 Health – When you sell this minion, give all minions in Bob’s Tavern +2/+1* Pack Leader* Old: 2 Attack, 3 Health* New: 3 Attack, 3 Health* Monstrous Macaw* Old: 4 Attack, 3 Health* New: 5 Attack, 3 Health* Herald of Flame* Old: 5 Attack, 6 Health* New: 6 Attack, 6 Health* Wildfire Elemental* Old: 7 Attack, 3 Health* New: 7 Attack, 4 Health* Lieutenant Garr* Old: 5 Attack, 1 Health* New: 8 Attack, 1 Health* Lil’ Rag* Old: 4 Attack, 4 Health* New: 6 Attack, 6 Health* Duels Balance Updates* Ace in the Hole* Old: Costs 2* New: Costs 3* Rally the Troops* Old: After you play your first Battlecry card in a turn, draw a card. It costs (5) less. * New: After you play your first Battlecry card in a turn, draw a card. It costs (3) less.* Connections* Old: Passive* New: Costs 1







Espo Mode 



TOP 3



Rules:



Let’s mix it up a bit, shall we? Pick three cards and we’ll make you a deck with ten copies of each card.



Rewards:



A Year of the Phoenix Card Pack for winning the Brawl once.







Barrens – Mage







Top 3



Espo: Runed Orb, Reckless Apprentice, Mordresh



Vastidious: Refreshing Spring Water, Wildfire, Reckless Apprentice







Reviews and Emails



iTunes Reviews:



Emails:



Twitter: James!  Thanks for the packs!



LOTI 159 : Start Saving Your Gold

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