News Chat

Lots of talk about the meta, balance, and a TON of feedback from Ben Brode and the Hearthstone Design Team

 

Biggest complaints are: Aggro and Shaman

Aggro: Feels bad to lose game after game without really having a chance if your opponent draws correctly and you don’t

Shaman: This class has been powerful and diversified (multiple strong ways to play it) for quite a while now.

Big Brode Bullet Points

Worst diversification in HS was Undertaker Hunter, being played 35% of all games

17% of all games have Shaman in it (30% at legend)

Highest winrate of any deck was Undertaker Hunter at 60%

Current winrate of Aggro Shaman is 53%

What do you do with all this?

Let data inform your feelings

If you’re sick of Aggro Shaman, play Control Warrior/Shaman

Use a tracker! (So far this month, I’ve played 47 games. 4 of those were Aggro Shaman (9%), 10 were Pirate Warrior (21%))

 

Topic

Deck battle!

 

What are Deck Battles?

We do these Deck battle episodes once a month.

Guest hosts bring on their favorite deck onto the show, and break it down for you.

What cards, how it works, and why they like playing it.

Best of 3 battle against me, live on the show.

Twist: I always use the current Reigning Champion Deck of the show

The last deck a guest host brought onto this show and won with.

 

The Happy Hearthstone Hall of Fame!

Decks that have beaten 3 challengers in a row!

Dan Patriss' Beastmaster Hunter Deck (Mar 2014)

My Very Own Warlock Demon Zoo Deck (Mar 2016)

Craig's Dragon Priest (Sep 2016)

 

Defending Champion Deck

Jarret: Future-Proof Tempo Mage

December 2016

Episode 83 

The Challenger's Deck

The Theme

Reno Mage, with an unexpected win condition

 

How It Wins

Stall the game and setup Reno/Ice Block Combo and be ready for your “swing turn”

 

The Key Cards

Reno Jackson & Ice Block + “Secret Weapon”

 

The Duel

 

Reminder of the defending deck

Trash talk

 

Best of 3 series

We'll be right back.

 

The Aftermath

Who won

How close was it?

What were important moments?

What went wrong/right for the challenger deck?

Was this a good representation of the challenger deck's strengths?

Congratulate the winner

Community

Question

Jarret (from ep 83): Now that Mean Streets is out, what card where you "meh" about that you now love? For me it's Jade Swarmer. I didn't think about it's potential in N'Zoth Rogue; it's basically a more efficient and on-curve Twilight Summoner.

iTunes Review

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