This week we announce our winners of the custom mercenary giveaway contest! Thanks everyone who submitted entries as there were tons of great options that made it very hard to pick! I can def see doing something like this again in the future if the opportunity presents itself. We also talk about some bugfixes, dragons and frost in the meta, content creators getting burnt out on the time investment required, and more ideas and possibilities for the future!   

Timestamps:

Timestamps:  

0:00-28:07 Custom Mercs Contest Winners and Breakdown 

28:08-51:44 Bug Fixes and The Time Sink Issue 

51:45-53:31 New HS Year News Next Week 

53:32-1:10:20 The Meta and The Frost Problem 

1:10:21-1:19:47 Colossal Mercenaries?

1:19:48-1:28:43 End Question: Thoughts on Drafting in Mercs?

1:28:44-1:29:29 Outro

Contest Winners:  

Finley: https://twitter.com/sacahills/status/1507809704487047169 

Malganis: https://twitter.com/DuchessTheHippo/status/1507820575074435073 

Dallas Giveaway event info: 

https://www.reddit.com/r/HSMercenaries/comments/tpl5en/dallas_777_voyage_to_the_sunken_city_giveaway/   

Mercs Draft Info:  

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NhaVfD3tTlf126Ez1FAXN08Ff-dibX77WALYgT0G4V0/edit?usp=sharing   

Other platform links to this episode: 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IWEp2M7davwYHade6iDLR

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-pit-podcast/id1596853011

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fighting-pit-podcast

RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/759e7bfc/podcast/rss 

Be sure to check out my great co-hosts Mullahoo, WizardBeast, and Tangster on all their platforms below!  

Mullahoo: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MullahooTTV

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mullahoo

Articles: https://esports.gg/author/mullahoo/ 

WizardBeast: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WizardBeastOP

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/wizardbeastop 

Tangster: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tangster1922

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tangster1922   

Follow my twitch and twitter + subscribe on youtube for more episodes + mercs content! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZombiesGoNomNom  

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zombiezgonomnom 

Special thanks to Adrift for the intro/outro music from their song Ollie, check out their stuff here! 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Hvhw71tr7n100ZPEWKdce?si=-TAr-5E9REucrxKt0EkY-w

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuvJQvPG1O7I1OhHAzZfAw

This week we have Dallas back with us again and we talk about all the new things from the new patch like bounties, bugs, new mercs meta impact, the leeroy event, and more! We are also doing a community contest for creating a custom mercenary and the two winners will each receive a 60 pack pre order bundle for the next hearthstone expansion courtesy of Blizzard! Mullahoo, WizardBeast, and I will look through all the submissions and decide the two winners which will be announced on next weeks episode! I'll also be putting a video up on Sunday further going over the process of how to make a custom mercenary incase anyone has trouble with it so stay tuned for that!  

Create your custom mercenary here! 

Merc creator: http://www.hearthcards.net/

Background template: https://imgur.com/a/GsoW0oi 

Submit your entry to the giveaway contest here! Deadline is Friday April 1st and the winner will be announced on next weeks show! 

Contest Submission:   https://twitter.com/FightingPit/status/1507749612710502405

Be sure to check out Dallas' stream and twitter! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dallas_777_

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dallas_777 

Other platform links to this episode: 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IWEp2M7davwYHade6iDLR

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-pit-podcast/id1596853011

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fighting-pit-podcast

RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/759e7bfc/podcast/rss 

Be sure to check out my great co-hosts Mullahoo, WizardBeast, and Tangster on all their platforms below!  

Mullahoo: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MullahooTTV

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mullahoo

Articles: https://esports.gg/author/mullahoo/ 

WizardBeast: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WizardBeastOP

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/wizardbeastop 

Tangster:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tangster1922

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tangster1922   

Follow my twitch and twitter + subscribe on youtube for more episodes + mercs content! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZombiesGoNomNom  

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zombiezgonomnom 

Special thanks to Adrift for the intro/outro music from their song Ollie, check out their stuff here! 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Hvhw71tr7n100ZPEWKdce?si=-TAr-5E9REucrxKt0EkY-w

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuvJQvPG1O7I1OhHAzZfAw   

Timestamps: 

0:00-2:01 Intro 

2:02-8:31 Equipment by Team + Chi-Ji Bugfix 

8:32-19:44 Leeroy Event + Tasks  

19:45-34:25 Leeroy Jenkins 

34:26-46:20 Nefarion 

46:21-1:03:29 Deathwing 

1:03:30-1:18:04 Onyxia 

1:18:05-1:31:55 Kazakus 

1:31:56-1:49:11 Drek'Thar 

1:49:12-2:09:28 Vanndar Stormpike 

2:09:29-2:19:54 Early PvP Ideas 

2:19:55-2:29:22 End Question + Sign Off

We got Patch 22.6 this week which brought more new mercs than ever along with some quality of life changes and bug fixes! This week we also have Franky on as a guest which was a lot of fun and insightful! Mullahoo was out this week but he should be back with us for next episode! We talk about our initial thoughts on the changes and new works as well as some early ideas about what comps they might see play in!  

Patch Notes: https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23765275/22-6-patch-notes  

Be sure to check out franky, he's one of the best mercs players out there! Links below 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fra3nky 

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franky__hs  

Other platform links to this episode: 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IWEp2M7davwYHade6iDLR 

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-pit-podcast/id1596853011 

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fighting-pit-podcast 

RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/759e7bfc/podcast/rss  

Be sure to check out my great co-hosts Mullahoo, WizardBeast, and Tangster on all their platforms below!  

Mullahoo: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MullahooTTV 

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mullahoo 

Articles: https://esports.gg/author/mullahoo/  

WizardBeast: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WizardBeastOP 

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/wizardbeastop  

Tangster: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tangster1922 

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tangster1922   

Follow my twitch and twitter + subscribe on youtube for more episodes + mercs content! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZombiesGoNomNom  

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zombiezgonomnom  

Special thanks to Adrift for the intro/outro music from their song Ollie, check out their stuff here! 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Hvhw71tr7n100ZPEWKdce?si=-TAr-5E9REucrxKt0EkY-w 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuvJQvPG1O7I1OhHAzZfAw   

This week we recorded live over on twitch since WizardBeast and our expected guest were both feeling under the weather, but they will be joining us back next week instead when we should have more news about the new hearthstone year and expansion!   

The live chat feed from the stream is viewable on the youtube version of this episode and we take a few different questions from chat during the show! It was really fun to do it live over on my twitch so we will def try to do that sometime again in the future!   

Other platform links to this episode: 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IWEp2M7davwYHade6iDLR

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-pit-podcast/id1596853011

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fighting-pit-podcast

RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/759e7bfc/podcast/rss 

Be sure to check out my great co-hosts Mullahoo, WizardBeast, and Tangster on all their platforms below!  

Mullahoo: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MullahooTTV

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mullahoo

Articles: https://esports.gg/author/mullahoo/ 

WizardBeast: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WizardBeastOP

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/wizardbeastop 

Tangster: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tangster1922

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tangster1922   

Follow my twitch and twitter + subscribe on youtube for more episodes + mercs content! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZombiesGoNomNom  

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zombiezgonomnom 

Special thanks to Adrift for the intro/outro music from their song Ollie, check out their stuff here! 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Hvhw71tr7n100ZPEWKdce?si=-TAr-5E9REucrxKt0EkY-w

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuvJQvPG1O7I1OhHAzZfAw  

Also check out the HS Mercenaries discord where all of us talk mercs with other community members!   https://discord.gg/nCHd4HnJ

Now that some time has passed we have more info on what the current PvP meta is looking like and we dive in to each of our different experiences with it so far! Zombies has been focused dragons, WizardBeast has tried more Chi-Ji builds than you can count and Mullahoo has a new take on an old classic, Frost Tirion, along with some sweet new potential anti-dragon tech! We also take a look at a part of the interview done on Coin Concede with Hearthstone Game Director Ben Lee where we got some of the first direct communication about mercenaries in months!   

Full Ben Lee Interview on Coin Concede Podcast: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1414556722 

Timestamps:

0:00-1:32 Intro 

1:33-4:48 Short News Update 

4:49-58:08 In-depth Metagame Discussion 

58:09-1:41:09 Ben Lee Interview Mercs Discussion 

1:41:10-1:51:12 End Question: What Would We Want as a PvE Endgame?

Other platform links to this episode: 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IWEp2M7davwYHade6iDLR

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-pit-podcast/id1596853011

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fighting-pit-podcast

RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/759e7bfc/podcast/rss 

Be sure to check out my great co-hosts Mullahoo, WizardBeast, and Tangster on all their platforms below!  

Mullahoo: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MullahooTTV

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mullahoo

Articles: https://esports.gg/author/mullahoo/ 

WizardBeast: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WizardBeastOP

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/wizardbeastop 

Tangster: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tangster1922

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tangster1922   

Follow my twitch and twitter + subscribe on youtube for more episodes + mercs content! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZombiesGoNomNom  

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zombiezgonomnom 

Special thanks to Adrift for the intro/outro music from their song Ollie, check out their stuff here! 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Hvhw71tr7n100ZPEWKdce?si=-TAr-5E9REucrxKt0EkY-w

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuvJQvPG1O7I1OhHAzZfAw   

Also check out the HS Mercenaries discord where all of us talk mercs with other community members!   

https://discord.gg/nCHd4HnJ 

We are back after last week's brief hiatus and are ready to talk about all things mercenaries! This week we focus on the Chi-Ji event, the overall pack experience in mercs, Leaderboards still having issues, and Early thoughts on the meta as more of the new mercs start to find their way into new builds! Dallas is also returning as a guest!   

Timestamps: 

0:00-2:05 Intro 

2:06-26:00 Chi-Ji Event 

26:01-1:01:05 Bundles and Packs Issues 

1:01:06-1:31:24 Leaderboard Problems 

1:31:25-2:22:28 Balance, Bugs, and the New Mercs/Meta 

2:22:29-2:30:56 What would we like to see for next event? 

2:30:57-2:36:42 Sign Off

Other platform links to this episode: 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IWEp2M7davwYHade6iDLR

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-pit-podcast/id1596853011

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fighting-pit-podcast

RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/759e7bfc/podcast/rss 

Check out both Dallas and Franky, both great streamers and members of the mercenaries community! Links below!  

Dallas:  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dallas_777_

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dallas_777/ 

Franky: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fra3nkyTwitch

https://www.twitch.tv/franky__hs

Be sure to check out my great co-hosts Mullahoo, WizardBeast, and Tangster on all their platforms below!  

Mullahoo: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MullahooTTV

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mullahoo

Articles: https://esports.gg/author/mullahoo/ 

WizardBeast: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WizardBeastOP

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/wizardbeastop 

Tangster: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tangster1922

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tangster1922   

Follow my twitch and twitter + subscribe on youtube for more episodes + mercs content! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZombiesGoNomNom  

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zombiezgonomnom 

Special thanks to Adrift for the intro/outro music from their song Ollie, check out their stuff here! 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Hvhw71tr7n100ZPEWKdce?si=-TAr-5E9REucrxKt0EkY-wYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuvJQvPG1O7I1OhHAzZfAw   

also check out the HS Mercenaries discord where all of us talk mercs with other community members!   https://discord.gg/nCHd4HnJ 

We were all surprised by the news today that patch 22.4 will be arriving this coming Tuesday (2/15) and along with it will be 5 new mercenaries and our first in game special event for mercs! We also talk about some other mercs news, the current meta, and last but certainly not least the issues still plaguing the mode which still seem to be unresolved :( As mentioned in the intro Tangster will be taking a break from the show for the time being, but he's still going to be active in the community and will be rejoining us eventually when life is a little less busy   

Find the full 22.4 patch notes here: https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23761712/22-4-patch-notes 

Timestamps: 

0:00-1:44 Intro 

1:45-18:55 News Update 

18:56-43:20 Current Meta 

43:21-57:26 Long'Xin  

57:27-1:15:06 Chi-Ji 

1:15:07-1:30:58 Xuen 

1:30:59-1:48:03 Niuzao 

1:48:04-2:05:59 Yu'Lon

2:06:00-2:13:27 First Mercenaries Event 

2:13:28-2:35:36 The Unresolved Issues in Mercs (Coins and Leaderboards/MMR) 

2:36:36-2:41:41 End Question + Sign Off

Other platform links to this episode: 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IWEp2M7davwYHade6iDLR

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-pit-podcast/id1596853011

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fighting-pit-podcast

RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/759e7bfc/podcast/rss

Be sure to check out my great co-hosts Mullahoo, WizardBeast, and Tangster on all their platforms below!  

Mullahoo: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MullahooTTV

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mullahoo

Articles: https://esports.gg/author/mullahoo/ 

WizardBeast: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WizardBeastOP

Twitch: https://twitch.tv/wizardbeastop 

Tangster: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tangster1922

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tangster1922   

Follow my twitch and twitter + subscribe on youtube for more episodes + mercs content! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZombiesGoNomNom  

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zombiezgonomnom 

Special thanks to Adrift for the intro/outro music from their song Ollie, check out their stuff here! 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Hvhw71tr7n100ZPEWKdce?si=-TAr-5E9REucrxKt0EkY-w

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuvJQvPG1O7I1OhHAzZfAw   

This week Tangster had some other obligations to tend to but we got a great member of the community, wizardbeast, to join us as a fill in for this week! Since this is the first week of playing after the new patch the new mercs have finally been leveled and are starting to make an impact in changing the PvP meta. How do the new mercs stack up to our initial expectations and what's been powerful so far? Let's find out!  

Timestamps:

0:00-2:12 Intro 2:12-22:26 

News (training grounds bug fix + leaderboards issues response) 

22:27-1:15:50 In-Depth Discussion on New Mercs 1 by 1, did they meet expectations? 

1:15:51-1:47:00 1st Real PvP Week Meta Discussion 

1:47:01-2:01:44 End Question (what's coming next predictions) and Wrap Up

WizardBeast: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/WizardBeastOP

Twitch: https://m.twitch.tv/wizardbeastop

Other platform links to this episode: 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IWEp2M7davwYHade6iDLR

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-pit-podcast/id1596853011

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fighting-pit-podcast

RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/759e7bfc/podcast/rss 

Be sure to check out my great co-hosts Mullahoo and Tangster on all their platforms below! 

Mullahoo: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MullahooTTV

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mullahoo

Articles: https://esports.gg/author/mullahoo/ 

Tangster: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tangster1922

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tangster1922   

Follow my twitch and twitter + subscribe on youtube for more episodes + mercs content! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZombiesGoNomNom  

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zombiezgonomnom 

Special thanks to Adrift for the intro/outro music from their song Ollie, check out their stuff here! 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Hvhw71tr7n100ZPEWKdce?si=-TAr-5E9REucrxKt0EkY-w

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuvJQvPG1O7I1OhHAzZfAw

This week we have our first guest joining us on the show and it is Dallas who recently placed first in the big mercenaries $1k tournament. We also talk about some of the changes that have come to mercs in the most recent patch, initial thoughts/experience with the new mercs, and some bigger structural changes to how blizzard has been handling the mode so far. Dallas is a great streamer for the mercs community, so def check out his links below and show him some love!  

Timestamps: 

0:00-4:30 Intro 

4:30-20:15 HSReplay Event 

20:16-25:40 Training Grounds 

25:41-51:10 Feedback on Mercenaries 

51:11-1:07:37 New PvE Content 

1:07:38-1:32:31 Early PvP/New Merc Impressions 

1:32:32-1:45:26 What tribe would you like to see get support next set? + Outro

Dallas: 

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/dallas_777  

Twitter: https://twitter.com/dallas_777_tw

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/new.vicious.york/ 

Other platform links to this episode: 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IWEp2M7davwYHade6iDLR

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-pit-podcast/id1596853011

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fighting-pit-podcast

RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/759e7bfc/podcast/rss 

Be sure to check out my great co-hosts Mullahoo and Tangster on all their platforms below! 

Mullahoo: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MullahooTTV

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mullahoo

Articles: https://esports.gg/author/mullahoo/ 

Tangster: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tangster1922

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tangster1922   

Follow my twitch and twitter + subscribe on youtube for more episodes + mercs content! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZombiesGoNomNom  

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zombiezgonomnom 

Special thanks to Adrift for the intro/outro music from their song Ollie, check out their stuff here! 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Hvhw71tr7n100ZPEWKdce?si=-TAr-5E9REucrxKt0EkY-w

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuvJQvPG1O7I1OhHAzZfAw   

Also check out the HS Mercenaries discord where all of us talk mercs with other community members!   

https://discord.gg/nCHd4HnJ 

#Mercenaries #Hearthstone #Podcast

Longer episode this week cause so many of the new mercs look strong and PvP viable! Training grounds also look like a decent addition for people who maybe tried mercs early and stopped or newer players. MMR issues have been confirmed to still being looked at. We are all also excited for the mercs $1k event sponsored by HSReplay this weekend in which me and tangster will be playing and mullahoo will be hosting and casting!  

Timestamps: 

0:00-23:44 Intro, Training Grounds, HSReplay features 

23:45-32:43 Balinda Stonehearth 

32:44-47:58 Captain Galvangar 

47:59-56:23 Sinestra 

56:24-1:08:14- Wrathion + Dragon Form 

1:08:15-1:27:54 Lokholar the Ice Lord 

1:27:55-1:55:08 $1k Mercs event, Design thoughts, Best Merc drop yet for PvP? 

1:55:09-1:55:28 Outro

Information + Sign up for the $1k event here:  

https://battlefy.com/noproshere/nph-last-mercenaries-standing-powered-by-hsreplay/61cb5ab8e103f6211d906904/info?infoTab=details 

Other platform links to this episode: 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4IWEp2M7davwYHade6iDLR

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fighting-pit-podcast/id1596853011

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/fighting-pit-podcast

RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/759e7bfc/podcast/rss 

Be sure to check out my great co-hosts Mullahoo and Tangster on all their platforms below! 

Mullahoo: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MullahooTTV

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mullahoo

Articles: https://esports.gg/author/mullahoo/ 

Tangster: 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tangster1922

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tangster1922   

Follow my twitch and twitter + subscribe on youtube for more episodes + mercs content! 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZombiesGoNomNom  

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/zombiezgonomnom 

Special thanks to Adrift for the intro/outro music from their song Ollie, check out their stuff here! 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Hvhw71tr7n100ZPEWKdce?si=-TAr-5E9REucrxKt0EkY-w

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuvJQvPG1O7I1OhHAzZfAw   

Also check out the HS Mercenaries discord where all of us talk mercs with other community members! 

https://discord.gg/s2WcKAFJ