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It would be nice if you could apply debuffs with a weapon but no. "Technology isn't there yet" or "10 is too many slots for new players to understand," take your pick. ;)
Mage is going to be dissapointed. Reaaaaaaallly dissapointed.
I think that was kind of the point. If mage has access to this weapon it would be OP because they have almost all of the freezing effects, I assume this means they're going to give Shaman some freezing effects otherwise you'll only have 4 chances to actually use this weapon with Frost Elemental and Glacial Shard.
6, Frost Shock is still a card
Glacial Shard is run by some shamans rn
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I think a theme through this set will be giving classes tools for an archetype that either doesn't exist yet or hasn't existed in awhile. Rogue is getting some minion based tempo tools (Also that 5/5 for 6 that increases the cost of opponent spells by 2 mana will likely kill any hope for a spell-based tempo rogue ever finding dominance), shaman is getting some slow value grinding control tools, warrior is getting some things that could see a midrange warrior become a thing.
Well, what if you're a heavy control deck similar to control warrior where you're running just about every hard removal card you can get your hands on? IF a shaman could get the cards to play a control deck that grinds out value over time then the potential to hard remove three enemy minions across three selected turns may not seem so silly. Problem is, Shaman doesn't have a lot in its toolbelt to pull off the kind of heavy control deck that judges the pace of the game (not to the extent that control warrior had in its hayday or freeze/control mage has), but introducing freeze mechanics would be a way to slow down the pace while grinding out value. I don't know if it'll be good because it all depends on what else they get but I think that's what Blizzard is going for with Shaman this expansion.
At the very least, everything that's been revealed so far for the class is unplayable in aggro/midrange shaman. So... those won't be getting better.
Definitely zoomed in to see if the skull had a mint in its mouth.
Good for dealing with frost-based creatures, or getting out of awkward social situations.
Shaman Death Knight ability is probably going to Freeze.
good call
So frost shock might will have play. Interesting card actually