Happy new year to everyone at HearthPwn and the community in general! Yesterday was the first day of the year and of the new season. I played the majority of the day/night considering I didnt have work. Here are some of my thoughts and experiences throughout the day.
I started at Rank 17 standard and Rank 14 wild (5 stars each) yesterday. After playing RenoLock a couple of games in wild and losing to big priest...I decided to switch over to Standard. Being a warlock main I started even warlock at rank 17, 5 stars. After playing another 2 games and getting crushed by hunter I had to make the decision to switch decks. I moved to my odd quest warrior and that's when all the fun began!! So, here we are 17 (3 stars) playing warrior. What happens next for the day I've never had so much fun before in the 3 years I've been playing.
I played about 18-22 games total with this odd quest warrior and lost about 3 times (so say 20-3). The loses were against 1 mage, 1 deathrattle hunter and 1 gonk druid (last game of the night). It was insane to me the sheer amount of hunters on the ladder, but, to my excitement as well. Excited... to play vs hunter..? Are you mad? Lol yea..., apparently this deck is SO GOOD vs any spell, aggro, or secret hunter or any odd/even deck. I wouldnt know that until after the day was through. In my <20 games as warrior I went about 17-3. Out of the 17 give or take a couple of games (I dont use decktracker) I went against a hunter about 15 times (2 odd rogue, 1 mage, 1 warrior, 1 priest). After it was all said and done I am currently Rank 10, 1 star.
The part that was so fun to me was playing vs all these hunters. Everyone complains about hunter and how strong they are.. I'll tell u playing these hunters I barely ever proc'd any of their secrets (spell/secret hunters) lol it was great knowing that they needed to trade through all my taunts and all I needed to do was finish the quest to win the game. It was always great playing all these odd/even decks (pally,rogue,warlock) and crushing them. The lowest any of them got me down to was 7 then between the control and armor and 8 dmg hero power it was just over for them. No cards in hand vs me with 5 cards and no board... just concede!!
In march, I will be playing for 4 years. In that time my 2 favorite runs was back in Nov. 18' When I went from rank 18 wild to rank 6 with strictly renolock (crazy win streak) and yesterday going from rank 17 to 10. I'll never forget yesterday just because of the amount of hunters dreams I crushed. Remember Odd Quest Warrior.. going to push for Rank 5 by next Monday. Wish me luck!!
Now I've done enough typing.. I really want to know your first day experiences for the new year! Did you make any observations about the ladder you weren't expecting? I certainly did.. Odd Quest Warrior is a diamond in the rough! How did you do playing yesterday, did you have any success and if so what decks were you playing and going against? Are you going to be playing this season? Why or why not? I love to hear what your thinking especially about the state of the game and ladder.
Thanks everyone for listening and sorry to all the hunters I crushed yesterday!! Lol
I still miss Old Gods days, i think every expansion should come with the new deck types but last 2 expansion doesn't change anything at all. They're just adding new cards to the already strong and tier1+ decks.
I'm playing Spell Hunter because I want to hit rank 5 asap and with minimal effort...that said I've been absolutely destroyed by Resurrect Priest and Cubelock, so I expect to see a lot more of those propping up too.
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I'm playing Spell Hunter because I want to hit rank 5 asap and with minimal effort...that said I've been absolutely destroyed by Resurrect Priest and Cubelock, so I expect to see a lot more of those propping up too.
O.o I need to keep that in mind, but for now odd quest warrior is just so strong vs spell hunter. I will never proc your secrets =X
I'm playing Spell Hunter because I want to hit rank 5 asap and with minimal effort...that said I've been absolutely destroyed by Resurrect Priest and Cubelock, so I expect to see a lot more of those propping up too.
O.o I need to keep that in mind, but for now odd quest warrior is just so strong vs spell hunter. I will never proc your secrets =X
That's fine because I'm hard mull'ing for Rexxar anyways. In that matchup, I'm only playing secrets to juice the spellstones and force Brawl.
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The Deathrattle Hunter (the deck i play) has a favorable matchup against Odd Quest Warrior. Each time i see a Odd Warrior (with or without quest) it's usually a easy win. Warrior cannot handle the deathrattles... I force them to use the 2 brawls by flooding the board with minions. If i have any problem Rexxar will solve it!
It's an easy climb till rank 2 or 3. In those ranks a have 50% WR and can't achive legend. My bad ;)
The Deathrattle Hunter (the deck i play) has a favorable matchup against Odd Quest Warrior. Each time i see a Odd Warrior (with or without quest) it's usually a easy win. Warrior cannot handle the deathrattles... I force them to use the 2 brawls by flooding the board with minions. If i have any problem Rexxar will solve it!
It's an easy climb till rank 2 or 3. In those ranks a have 50% WR and can't achive legend. My bad ;)
Absolutely agreed! In the 20 or so games I played yesterday, Surprising I only played 1 DR hunter and he/she destroyed me. Every other hunter archetype I reciprocated the destruction lol
I feel like there should be some manner of Krag'wa Evolve Shaman, non-odd Rogue, and token druid out there.
I'm also happy that Odd Paladin is back in the metagame (I didn't think it should have left anyway).
I'm playing a sort of mid range tempo rogue with the shark spirits, it's pretty cool.
also what is your odd pally looking like? I'm putting together a refit of my day 1 boomsday odd mech paladin, just looking for some other players using similar to bounce some ideas off. like for instance, if you are running a mech heavy version, do you think kangors endless army is too slow, or is the meta slow enough for it now?
I guess I will only know if I try it, but would be cool to get some info going forward.
PS: the lack of druid is quite nice... I think hunter has taken the crown for now though. seems like there are a bunch of good hunter decks so you never know what you will face.
2019 is hunterstone? I guess we will have to wait and find out.
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Happy new year to everyone at HearthPwn and the community in general! Yesterday was the first day of the year and of the new season. I played the majority of the day/night considering I didnt have work. Here are some of my thoughts and experiences throughout the day.
I started at Rank 17 standard and Rank 14 wild (5 stars each) yesterday. After playing RenoLock a couple of games in wild and losing to big priest...I decided to switch over to Standard. Being a warlock main I started even warlock at rank 17, 5 stars. After playing another 2 games and getting crushed by hunter I had to make the decision to switch decks. I moved to my odd quest warrior and that's when all the fun began!! So, here we are 17 (3 stars) playing warrior. What happens next for the day I've never had so much fun before in the 3 years I've been playing.
I played about 18-22 games total with this odd quest warrior and lost about 3 times (so say 20-3). The loses were against 1 mage, 1 deathrattle hunter and 1 gonk druid (last game of the night). It was insane to me the sheer amount of hunters on the ladder, but, to my excitement as well. Excited... to play vs hunter..? Are you mad? Lol yea..., apparently this deck is SO GOOD vs any spell, aggro, or secret hunter or any odd/even deck. I wouldnt know that until after the day was through. In my <20 games as warrior I went about 17-3. Out of the 17 give or take a couple of games (I dont use decktracker) I went against a hunter about 15 times (2 odd rogue, 1 mage, 1 warrior, 1 priest). After it was all said and done I am currently Rank 10, 1 star.
The part that was so fun to me was playing vs all these hunters. Everyone complains about hunter and how strong they are.. I'll tell u playing these hunters I barely ever proc'd any of their secrets (spell/secret hunters) lol it was great knowing that they needed to trade through all my taunts and all I needed to do was finish the quest to win the game. It was always great playing all these odd/even decks (pally,rogue,warlock) and crushing them. The lowest any of them got me down to was 7 then between the control and armor and 8 dmg hero power it was just over for them. No cards in hand vs me with 5 cards and no board... just concede!!
In march, I will be playing for 4 years. In that time my 2 favorite runs was back in Nov. 18' When I went from rank 18 wild to rank 6 with strictly renolock (crazy win streak) and yesterday going from rank 17 to 10. I'll never forget yesterday just because of the amount of hunters dreams I crushed. Remember Odd Quest Warrior.. going to push for Rank 5 by next Monday. Wish me luck!!
Now I've done enough typing.. I really want to know your first day experiences for the new year! Did you make any observations about the ladder you weren't expecting? I certainly did.. Odd Quest Warrior is a diamond in the rough! How did you do playing yesterday, did you have any success and if so what decks were you playing and going against? Are you going to be playing this season? Why or why not? I love to hear what your thinking especially about the state of the game and ladder.
Thanks everyone for listening and sorry to all the hunters I crushed yesterday!! Lol
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Hunters and HUnters and Priests that counter Hunters and Warriors that counter Priests and Paladins and occasionally somebody plays Warlock.
the game is surprisingly more fun without Druid though.
I tried having fun once. It was awful.
Lol I have to admit you are right! Not complaining Druid had the whole year to shine,its time for a new king to take the throne
The Eternal Hunt has begun, also nerf control rogue!!
I still miss Old Gods days, i think every expansion should come with the new deck types but last 2 expansion doesn't change anything at all. They're just adding new cards to the already strong and tier1+ decks.
I'm playing Spell Hunter because I want to hit rank 5 asap and with minimal effort...that said I've been absolutely destroyed by Resurrect Priest and Cubelock, so I expect to see a lot more of those propping up too.
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O.o I need to keep that in mind, but for now odd quest warrior is just so strong vs spell hunter. I will never proc your secrets =X
I feel like there should be some manner of Krag'wa Evolve Shaman, non-odd Rogue, and token druid out there.
I'm also happy that Odd Paladin is back in the metagame (I didn't think it should have left anyway).
That's fine because I'm hard mull'ing for Rexxar anyways. In that matchup, I'm only playing secrets to juice the spellstones and force Brawl.
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Can you post your oddwarriorlist? It sounds really cool :-)
i played my own Token Shaman deck and had 100% WR against Hunters and Mages
you can check it out in my profile try if you face hunters you will be surpriesed
Hi,
The Deathrattle Hunter (the deck i play) has a favorable matchup against Odd Quest Warrior.
Each time i see a Odd Warrior (with or without quest) it's usually a easy win. Warrior cannot handle the deathrattles... I force them to use the 2 brawls by flooding the board with minions. If i have any problem Rexxar will solve it!
It's an easy climb till rank 2 or 3. In those ranks a have 50% WR and can't achive legend. My bad ;)
Absolutely agreed! In the 20 or so games I played yesterday, Surprising I only played 1 DR hunter and he/she destroyed me. Every other hunter archetype I reciprocated the destruction lol
Yes of course I'll post it a little later today...
Around 3pm EST.. I'm at work right now cant log in.
Played a guy yesterday with your name were u ranking between 17-10 last night?
Once I start playing rank 10-5 I'll give u an update. Good luck
"control rogue", do you have an example please mate? I'm genuinely extremely intrigued here.
I'm playing a sort of mid range tempo rogue with the shark spirits, it's pretty cool.
also what is your odd pally looking like? I'm putting together a refit of my day 1 boomsday odd mech paladin, just looking for some other players using similar to bounce some ideas off. like for instance, if you are running a mech heavy version, do you think kangors endless army is too slow, or is the meta slow enough for it now?
I guess I will only know if I try it, but would be cool to get some info going forward.
PS: the lack of druid is quite nice... I think hunter has taken the crown for now though. seems like there are a bunch of good hunter decks so you never know what you will face.
2019 is hunterstone? I guess we will have to wait and find out.