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Sorry, but fuck priest. 

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Razakus takes a lot of skill, so, I don't think it should be hated on.  If Miracle rogue isn't hated, then Razakus shouldn't be.  They both have high skill floors, have strong combos, all that.  And, anyway, with all the aggro, most Razakus priest players don't realize they have to put in more AoE and such.

 The best razakus list (wich almost every razakus player use) has insane sinergy between ALL it cards. The best big priest list has the same early cards so you can handle until you have barnes or turn 6 put a 5/5 minion spell.

The think is priest decks in general have too much tools for early, mid and of course late game right now. Is not about one specific card, is all of them working together. That happen every expansion. 

So, i understand that, but i still get a little bit annoying when a priest player have his early tools, so it's almost imposible bait him. Potion of madness, that lifesteal spell, circle of light with auchenai and so on.

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I've been playing Priest only(A little bit of Pally) for all my time in Hearthstone, and we've been at the bottom even a meme for years.

I don't think Priest is 'broken' any moreso than other top tier decks, but as a Priest main, I don't like where Priest is right now.  I miss the days of Priest being a weak tier 2 deck, oddly.  It felt like those decks were less optimized and your list was about making tech choices and playing a higher skill deck, as opposed to "Raza on 5, Anduin on 8."  

And Big Priest is just dumb.  I hate that this is what Priest will be for a while.  

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I've been playing Priest only(A little bit of Pally) for all my time in Hearthstone, and we've been at the bottom even a meme for years.

Actually that's not true. Dragon priest and tower priest were both very strong, tier2 at least, if not tier1 (big number of good matchups).

I'm fine with what ppl hate about priest - stealing cards. That mechanic just read "get value without drawing a card, but that's a bit random and may not work for you". Yes, it's annoying to play against, but it has downside.

What I don't like is they gave priest burst damage. Priest should be a class where burst damage is either many-card-combo, or you don't have it at all. Now you have burst by just playing 2 cards in any order, and those cards have a good value by themselves.

This is what makes priest broken. Every class should have weaknesses. Now, priest is much stronger in it's weakness than even classes that are bound to be naturally strong in it, like mage. And that's the reason to hate priest in it's current form.

I love dragon priest!

I think most hearthstone players would agree that we all hate to play against extremely uninteractive, stall & cycle OTK decks. And that’s what priest for the most part is now. Every time I lose against priest it’s because I got OTKed with Velen combo. Decks like that are what force people into playing aggro and I hate feeling forced to play something I don’t want to play, because I know if I play the slower decks I really enjoy I have almost no chance of winning against this OTK combo.

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I love dragon priest!

I think most hearthstone players would agree that we all hate to play against extremely uninteractive, stall & cycle OTK decks. And that’s what priest for the most part is now. Every time I lose against priest it’s because I got OTKed with Velen combo. Decks like that are what force people into playing aggro and I hate feeling forced to play something I don’t want to play, because I know if I play the slower decks I really enjoy I have almost no chance of winning against this OTK combo.

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I've been playing Priest only(A little bit of Pally) for all my time in Hearthstone, and we've been at the bottom even a meme for years.

Actually that's not true. Dragon priest and tower priest were both very strong, tier2 at least, if not tier1 (big number of good matchups).

I'm fine with what ppl hate about priest - stealing cards. That mechanic just read "get value without drawing a card, but that's a bit random and may not work for you". Yes, it's annoying to play against, but it has downside.

What I don't like is they gave priest burst damage. Priest should be a class where burst damage is either many-card-combo, or you don't have it at all. Now you have burst by just playing 2 cards in any order, and those cards have a good value by themselves.

This is what makes priest broken. Every class should have weaknesses. Now, priest is much stronger in it's weakness than even classes that are bound to be naturally strong in it, like mage. And that's the reason to hate priest in it's current form.

 Technically the machine gun burst from priest does, in a big way, come from playing many cards. And the priest needs to somewhat have their deck built around a good handful of lower cost cards too, so that they can best take advantage of the HP spam.

Every time I get machinegunned or t4 barnes into y'shaarj'd I stare at this threat in disgust.

Man, they don't even machinegun any more. After Voidform costs 0, all it takes is Prophet Velen and Mind Blast to kill you from 20. Before then, the minimum damage they can do, divided up however they like, is four (this assumes they play one card each turn. If they play more, they do more.) Again, if Voidform always cost 2, the deck would not even be that good. It would be solid, just not completely broken. Oh well! Guess we can't have nice things.

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I am so hyped for the new cards coming with the next expansion :D

Finally they show some love for priest :D

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I am so hyped for the new cards coming with the next expansion :D

Finally they show some love for priest :D

 For me, it's the exactly opposite.

Duskbreaker and 7 mana boardclear that's impossible to play around have killed my hype for the upcoming expansion.

They hate it because it's strong. Everyone always hates every strong deck, whether it's hard to play or not.

Don't make me laugh.

It's beyond "strong" right now. I don't hate strong decks: Jade Druid is fine and always was, it has its weakness; Exodia Mage is exactly the same case; Token Druid or Aggro Shaman, to mention a couple of "dominant" decks, have also their flaws.

On the other side, Machinegun Priest (sorry, I can't stand any other name) hasn't any. While mantaing an oppressive control on the board, it can output shittons of damage ANYWHERE. Even aggro decks will struggle against it, being their main antagonist. And, again, they give it more OP cards in this expansion. No wonder Priest (mainly THIS one) is top on the Tier 1. And will be for the next MONTHS.

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Don't make me laugh.

It's beyond "strong" right now. I don't hate strong decks: Jade Druid is fine and always was, it has its weakness; Exodia Mage is exactly the same case; Token Druid or Aggro Shaman, to mention a couple of "dominant" decks, have also their flaws.

On the other side, Machinegun Priest (sorry, I can't stand any other name) hasn't any. While mantaing an oppressive control on the board, it can output shittons of damage ANYWHERE. Even aggro decks will struggle against it, being their main antagonist. And, again, they give it more OP cards in this expansion. No wonder Priest (mainly THIS one) is top on the Tier 1. And will be for the next MONTHS.

People hate anything they see too often. Not because of the deck itself, but because having to play against the same type of deck over and over and over again, seeing the same cards again, means the game gets redundant to all but the most invested. It doesn't help that the small size of 30-card decks, and the "essential" class cards in each deck, make things feel more redundant. It just gets boring, which means there's nothing to distract you from how half the time you play the game you aren't actually doing anything.

Furthermore, this variety of Priest boasts long, involved turns from the priest player, which are frequently counter by brief turns from the opponent. So there's a gametime percentage inequality inherent to it. You opponent is literally playing the game more than you (which is a problem with miracle decks in general). And that sucks.

Barnes on turn 4 for big priest really is total bollocks. To quote The Lich King, how did that get past QA?

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Barnes on turn 4 for big priest really is total bollocks. To quote The Lich King, how did that get past QA?