I started playing Hearthstone about a month ago and it seems there is a new "slang term" popping up everyday that I have no idea what it means. If there is a thread on this already, please direct me to it; if not, please help me with the few I have listed below:
Handlock, Zoodeck, Rushdeck, Aggrodeck, Control Warrior and Secrets Hunter. I'm guessing the Secrets Hunter is a hunter that plays every secret available to them, but I could be wrong!
Anyway, thanks for any help in clarifying these terms. It will allow me to read these forums better and stay up to speed. Also, if there are some other slang words I missed, please post those too. I do appreciate your time, trust me! :)
Handlock is a large hand warlock. They use their hero power to rapidly build their hand size (taking damage in the process), then play cards that benefit from large hands and hero damage such as the Twilight Drake, Mountain Giant, and Molten Giant.
A Aggro Deck is a deck that is designed to take early control of the board and then go on the offensive.
A Rush Deck is even more aggressive, attacking the enemy hero even if there are other minions on the board. It tends to be characterized by lots of 1-mana and 2-mana minions so that it can flood the board before there is effective AoE.
A Control deck is one that is focused on the late game. It tends to run a lot of removal or taunt, and minions that will come into play in the mid to late game.
Control Warrior is a particular kind of Control deck. It is notorious even among control decks for including lots of Legendary cards, so it is also often known as a pay-to-win deck.
A Secrets Hunter is indeed a hunter who plays lots of secrets, though not necessarily every one. Snake Trap is frequently ignored, even when it is available. A Secrets Hunter will also usually include the Eaglehorn Bow, as it gets 1 additional durability every time a secret is revealed.
Handlock - Warlock focusing on having hand advantage,uses twilight drakes and mountain/molten giants. Pretty much survive early, then get giants out and support with control cards.
Zoo Deck - All I know is his warlock deck, just basically a rush down deck.
Rushdecks - Cards with lower costing mana curve in order to put as minion minions on the board as possible to chip away and do as much damage as possible. Usually there's minimal spells unless they are removal spells are deal with directing synergy toward the other minions.
Aggro Decks: Aggro deck’s goal is to do as much damage with many small minions as possible. The goal of an aggro deck is to come hard and win fast, and if your opponent cannot counter this, you will win fast.
Secrets Hunter - A hunter that uses secrets to control the board; usually uses Eaglehorn Bow in conjunction with secrets to increase durability on their weapon.
Control Decks - Force calm games and tend to be a war of attrition. The goal of this is to delay the game, allowing you to execute stronger cards and preventing your own demise for as long as possible.
A Aggro Deck is a deck that is designed to take early control of the board and then go on the offensive.
A Rush Deck is even more aggressive, attacking the enemy hero even if there are other minions on the board. It tends to be characterized by lots of 1-mana and 2-mana minions so that it can flood the board before there is effective AoE.
Personally, I think Aggro and Rush are the same thing. Both are what you describe as Rush. IMO your description of Aggro is actually Midrange.
Hearthstone seems to get a lot of its acronyms from WoW vernacular, rather than from CCGs, which can be a little strange if you're not a role player. Some acronyms you'll see around here often:
AoE = area of effect. It means a spell that can kill multiple enemy minions, like Swipe and Holy Nova etc. If you're familiar with other CCGs, you might be used to these being called sweepers.
RNG = random number generator. It just means randomness, usually in reference to cards that have random effects like Tinkmaster Overspark and Ragnaros the Firelord etc.
CCG / TCG = collectible card game / trading card game
I started playing Hearthstone about a month ago and it seems there is a new "slang term" popping up everyday that I have no idea what it means. If there is a thread on this already, please direct me to it; if not, please help me with the few I have listed below:
Handlock, Zoodeck, Rushdeck, Aggrodeck, Control Warrior and Secrets Hunter. I'm guessing the Secrets Hunter is a hunter that plays every secret available to them, but I could be wrong!
Anyway, thanks for any help in clarifying these terms. It will allow me to read these forums better and stay up to speed. Also, if there are some other slang words I missed, please post those too. I do appreciate your time, trust me! :)
Handlock is a large hand warlock. They use their hero power to rapidly build their hand size (taking damage in the process), then play cards that benefit from large hands and hero damage such as the Twilight Drake, Mountain Giant, and Molten Giant.
A Aggro Deck is a deck that is designed to take early control of the board and then go on the offensive.
A Rush Deck is even more aggressive, attacking the enemy hero even if there are other minions on the board. It tends to be characterized by lots of 1-mana and 2-mana minions so that it can flood the board before there is effective AoE.
A Control deck is one that is focused on the late game. It tends to run a lot of removal or taunt, and minions that will come into play in the mid to late game.
Control Warrior is a particular kind of Control deck. It is notorious even among control decks for including lots of Legendary cards, so it is also often known as a pay-to-win deck.
A Secrets Hunter is indeed a hunter who plays lots of secrets, though not necessarily every one. Snake Trap is frequently ignored, even when it is available. A Secrets Hunter will also usually include the Eaglehorn Bow, as it gets 1 additional durability every time a secret is revealed.
Handlock - Warlock focusing on having hand advantage,uses twilight drakes and mountain/molten giants. Pretty much survive early, then get giants out and support with control cards.
Zoo Deck - All I know is his warlock deck, just basically a rush down deck.
Rushdecks - Cards with lower costing mana curve in order to put as minion minions on the board as possible to chip away and do as much damage as possible. Usually there's minimal spells unless they are removal spells are deal with directing synergy toward the other minions.
Aggro Decks: Aggro deck’s goal is to do as much damage with many small minions as possible. The goal of an aggro deck is to come hard and win fast, and if your opponent cannot counter this, you will win fast.
Secrets Hunter - A hunter that uses secrets to control the board; usually uses Eaglehorn Bow in conjunction with secrets to increase durability on their weapon.
Control Decks - Force calm games and tend to be a war of attrition. The goal of this is to delay the game, allowing you to execute stronger cards and preventing your own demise for as long as possible.
Hope that helps.
Personally, I think Aggro and Rush are the same thing. Both are what you describe as Rush. IMO your description of Aggro is actually Midrange.
Hearthstone seems to get a lot of its acronyms from WoW vernacular, rather than from CCGs, which can be a little strange if you're not a role player. Some acronyms you'll see around here often:
AoE = area of effect. It means a spell that can kill multiple enemy minions, like Swipe and Holy Nova etc. If you're familiar with other CCGs, you might be used to these being called sweepers.
RNG = random number generator. It just means randomness, usually in reference to cards that have random effects like Tinkmaster Overspark and Ragnaros the Firelord etc.
CCG / TCG = collectible card game / trading card game
WoW = World of Warcraft
MtG = Magic: the Gathering
What is a "Mulligan"?
when you have the option to change or 'discard' cards before the game starts