Crowd Favorite
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Whenever you play a card with Battlecry, gain +1/+1.
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The crowd ALWAYS yells lethal.
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Whenever you play a card with Battlecry, gain +1/+1.
The crowd ALWAYS yells lethal.
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Getting this minion in the first place is going to be rare though
Actually, it's gonna be EPIC!
Confirmed. Just got it in arena with a TON of battlecry minions as a mage... including 2x Silver Hand Knight. So fun
Awesome art :) TGT makes for some cool paladin themed decks :)
Now we need a "The Dark horse" card that gets +1/+1 when your opponent plays a battlecry.
Dammit, I'm going to hate zoo a lot more
Naaah to slow for Zoo I think. This fits in combo decks, not aggro.
BTW, if you hate zoo that much, you could have some fun playing Freeze Mage. it's frustating to play Zoo against a Freeze Mage, believe me.
Really cool card, it's sad that he doesn't pass the Piloted Shredder test.
Seriously, Piloted Shredder needs a nerf, he's holding back pretty much ALL other 4-drops in the game!
Perhaps a 3/4 to make sure it doesn't kill most 4 mana 4 health minions.
Piloted Shredder should be just 5 mana card from the begining.
Maybe a 3/3 or even a 3/2 would be fair, since the average stats of 2 drops combined with that body would add up to 4-4.5/5~ anyway.
I know how you're all feeling, but there is no way of nerfing Piloted Shredder without making it an unsusable card
This "test" is not a new thing, look at Dr. Boom for a sec. It also holds the 7-drops back. But that doesn't mean we don't use Ancient of Lore, Ancient of War, Archmage Antonidas and Baron Geddon, we just use certain cards for certain decks, and Piloted Shredder fits in a LOT of decks, but not in all of them. There will be decks with Crowd Favorite and no Piloted Shredder in the future, you'll see it mate.
But I don't make any promisses on arena. This card score on Hearth Arena will surelly suck.
The problem is, 4-drops are different than 7-drops. Even though Dr. Boom is insane, it doesn't hold back other cards in the same slot. It doesn't matter that Ancient of Lore dies to Dr. Boom, since they have different purposes in the deck. But 4-drops are all about value, and thats the reason why you can't replace Piloted Shredder in that slot, a 4/3 that when it dies summons a 2/3 or 3/2 in average is just too strong.
The problem with Piloted Shredder is its attack. If it had 3 attack it would be balanced, like Haunted Creeper or Harvest Golem, a weaker body that when it dies still keep it's value, POTENTIALLY trading 2-for-1, but not always like it is now.
I agree that nothing takes Piloted Shredder's slot, but we can use more then one 4-drop in our decks lol, besides, 4-drops are not always about value, it depends mostly on the deck you are using. Sometimes they are about value, sometimes about tempo and sometimes about combos. AND Piloted Shredder works for all of that (combo = playing him with Kel'Thuzad and Baron Rivendare was one of the best experiences I've had in Hearthstone)
BTW, if it were a 3/3, pepole would start using Chillwind Yetis again, and the little shredder would become an unusable card. You just need to accept that and use it like everybody else does. Same story as Dr. Boom
The problem is that Piloted Shredder fits in most, if not all, deck types for the four slot. For some of these new four drops to see play, they need to be at least on par with a Shredder (or vice versa), or at least more fitting in some archetypes than a Shredder to be considered at all.
Not going to say the Shredder is not OP, but the thing is that, if you are saying that any 4 drop needs to be like Shredder, you are also saying that you cannot play a 6 drop if it's not on par Sylvanas, you cannot play any 5 drop if it's not par with Loatheb and you cannot play an 1-drop if it's not like Zombie Chow, This is a card game, there are cards that are better then others. It's natural. And it doesn't mean you cannot play some cards because they are not as good as the better ones. Otherwise, we would have never came up with Patron Warrior, since Grim Patron by himself is a terrible card. At the end of the day, it's all about the deck you are playing.
Sorry if bad english, I gotta go in 3 seconds.
In the case of Sylvanas, she's not the best 6 drop in any board state. Not saying she isn't good, but sometimes it's better to have something like a Thaurissan to play. Loatheb also isn't always the best 5 drop to play if you need a taunt up like Sludge Belcher or card draw with Azure Drake. But you're right, there are some cards that are just better than others.
I'm not hopeful that Piloted Shredder will ever be nerfed. It's pretty much as you said though. We'd be playing a larger variety of 4-drops if the Shredder didn't exist. I think the only way Shredder gets 'nerfed' is over time when more 2-cost minions with terrible drawbacks are released (i.e. Darnassus Aspirant).
Crowd Favorite isn't even a terrible card. It might not be good enough for constructed as it's too slow, but it'll be great in arena.
Unfortunately, there are also excellent 2-drops (garrisson commander, totem golem, wrath guard) coming up. I think piloted shredder will remain the best 4 drop because the number of really really bad 2-drops (and the best example is still doomsayer) is low and you frequently get more value from it.
Answering for you and everybody else. I had to go, so I gave terrible examples. But what I meant is, even though cards hold back others, it depends on your deck. Patron Warrior, one of the best current decks, doesn't use Piloted Shredder nor Dr. Boom. And it is not overrated mate, it STEAL games. Just need to know when to use.