chef nomi/archivist elysiana, hecklebot shadowstep spam to get it out with no corruption/battlecry, or like a really high "skill" well-timed mischief maker
Rogue solution: cycle Ethereal Lackey early so you can fish for Togwaggle's Scheme. I had a fun game the other day where I was at a 10 card disadvantage but cycled 10+ Kronx Dragonhoofs into my deck right near fatigue.
Next turn, Galakrond + three 1 mana Kronxes. About as swingy a turn as there is.
I did something similar with my yogg quest rogue deck. Tickatus burned my deck... oops all yoggs now. A beefy togwaggle scheme in rogue goes a long way, especially with shadowstep.
If you’re playing a heavy control list without Archivist Elysiana right now you deserve everything you get. If you’re playing with her, it can make for a pretty exciting game. I laddered to legend exclusively with control/fatigue Shaman this month and this matchup is quite favourable but gets very interesting if things go badly for you. The standard list can drop Tickatus 2 times* and if they miss Elysiana you just absorb all their cards with removal and totally obliterate them. They can mill 10 cards out of your 30, so 33% at best to hit her, but this isn’t taking into consideration the fact that you hard mulligan for her, or the fact that the earliest they can realistically play the first copy (corrupted) is turn 7. This also doesn’t consider that if Tickatus or Y’Shaarj are near the bottom of their deck, they have to lifetap themselves near enough into fatigue before losing cards from your deck even becomes a concern. If they burn Elysiana the game is on, and if it was sufficiently late into the game and they are deep in their deck, the resource/heal battle becomes hyper intense and while you are no longer favoured, it is not impossible by any means.
If this kind of matchup is “feel bad” for you, you may want to consider not playing control decks. These are the matchups that force you to think outside the box, and your ability to do so effectively will decide whether your rank improves or stagnates. You can’t expect to just hose aggro decks all day and have an easy life, or everyone would play nothing but control.
*I know it’s possible to acquire more copies through felosophy and rng garbage but these lists are simply not competitive and if you lose to them you just take it on the chin.
Well , after Knights of the frozen throne expansion we had cobolds and Rin ( reward from rin was azari to destroy enemy deck.
In next expansion witchwood blizzard announced that they will never again make cards that touch your foe´s deck. couple expansion´s later we have here tickatus and they do it again. to be honest , playing card that burn cards of your enemy well thats not about skill..... only thing you say this way is "i dont know how to win against you so i need to destroy your deck" in real life card if someone touch my package or cards in my hand he will suffer the pain in his face after my right hook. True is that imo there are no creative people in team5 anymore. this expansion just showed us how terrible it can be. pure paladin is fine idea i like it. i also like the synergy of demon hunter weapons even when i prefer to nerf the 5 mana 5/5 which gives u 5 attack it is way too much i think. i have nothing against zoo , menagerie , aggro , but look at the key fragments of the expansion . tickatus is just better azari the devourer , and big priest with blood of ghun is more annoying then the old big priest in wild. they just gave new suit to big priest , secret mage ,mill warlock. mindrender ilucia is exactly the same like king togwagle was but only for one turn. finally im waiting for expansion where they stop touching my cards. it will never happen. Make tickatus coruptable only by playing jaraxus and it will be finally balanced :)
chef nomi/archivist elysiana, hecklebot shadowstep spam to get it out with no corruption/battlecry, or like a really high "skill" well-timed mischief maker
I did something similar with my yogg quest rogue deck. Tickatus burned my deck... oops all yoggs now. A beefy togwaggle scheme in rogue goes a long way, especially with shadowstep.
Don't worry if tickatus decks become popular it will get counters... Like Silas vs rattlegore.
If you’re playing a heavy control list without Archivist Elysiana right now you deserve everything you get. If you’re playing with her, it can make for a pretty exciting game. I laddered to legend exclusively with control/fatigue Shaman this month and this matchup is quite favourable but gets very interesting if things go badly for you. The standard list can drop Tickatus 2 times* and if they miss Elysiana you just absorb all their cards with removal and totally obliterate them. They can mill 10 cards out of your 30, so 33% at best to hit her, but this isn’t taking into consideration the fact that you hard mulligan for her, or the fact that the earliest they can realistically play the first copy (corrupted) is turn 7. This also doesn’t consider that if Tickatus or Y’Shaarj are near the bottom of their deck, they have to lifetap themselves near enough into fatigue before losing cards from your deck even becomes a concern. If they burn Elysiana the game is on, and if it was sufficiently late into the game and they are deep in their deck, the resource/heal battle becomes hyper intense and while you are no longer favoured, it is not impossible by any means.
If this kind of matchup is “feel bad” for you, you may want to consider not playing control decks. These are the matchups that force you to think outside the box, and your ability to do so effectively will decide whether your rank improves or stagnates. You can’t expect to just hose aggro decks all day and have an easy life, or everyone would play nothing but control.
*I know it’s possible to acquire more copies through felosophy and rng garbage but these lists are simply not competitive and if you lose to them you just take it on the chin.
Well , after Knights of the frozen throne expansion we had cobolds and Rin ( reward from rin was azari to destroy enemy deck.
In next expansion witchwood blizzard announced that they will never again make cards that touch your foe´s deck.
couple expansion´s later we have here tickatus and they do it again. to be honest , playing card that burn cards of your enemy well thats not about skill..... only thing you say this way is "i dont know how to win against you so i need to destroy your deck" in real life card if someone touch my package or cards in my hand he will suffer the pain in his face after my right hook. True is that imo there are no creative people in team5 anymore. this expansion just showed us how terrible it can be. pure paladin is fine idea i like it. i also like the synergy of demon hunter weapons even when i prefer to nerf the 5 mana 5/5 which gives u 5 attack it is way too much i think. i have nothing against zoo , menagerie , aggro , but look at the key fragments of the expansion . tickatus is just better azari the devourer , and big priest with blood of ghun is more annoying then the old big priest in wild. they just gave new suit to big priest , secret mage ,mill warlock. mindrender ilucia is exactly the same like king togwagle was but only for one turn. finally im waiting for expansion where they stop touching my cards. it will never happen. Make tickatus coruptable only by playing jaraxus and it will be finally balanced :)