Guys I love everything about Illidan Stormrage. He's an iconic Warcraft character and is just straight cool. Two Blades? SICK. Half-Demon Half-elf? AWESOME. Snapback and Tattoos? WOW! Hates malfurian? SO DOES BLIZZARD! (kappa)
.... but his card is garbage. lol. A 7/5 for six mana and an average effect is just that- average. If summoning a ton of 2/1s is not good in this miracle rogue hyper cycle play every card in my deck in one turn meta, it will probably never be played, which is a shame. I personally think, because he is such an iconic character, they should rework him a little bit to make him at least playable, and maybe have a flavor more consistent with his character. So with that in mind.....
tl;dr If you were going to rework Illidan to make him not terrible, what would you do??
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give him a Lord Jaraxxus effect except for neutral instead of class specific maybe a 13 health character with a 4/4 weapon and hero power is summon a random demon (effect similar to Bane of Doom). maybe it would cost 9 or 10 mana
i would find a way to make an ability like equip his dagger when it dies, something like that, weapons are pretty good in this game, so thats what i think, and i agree with you, such iconic character, and i agree even more on the point of being a hero, not a minion.
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A wise man once said "don't be salty, be cool" "My Weekly Card Design Competition entry below"
I think a Jaraxxus effect would be interesting, and could be cool... but having him as a neutral minion with a Jaraxxus effect that strong could be scary, as it would give a lot of control classes access to a VERY strong anti control tool. and idk if it fit in with his lore character, as he doesn't really kill anybody major in the lore like Jaraxxus was known for killing Wilfred. But idk if that matters that much lol.
Equipping his weapons would make sense, and would be an awesome deathrattle, and maybe a card that could compete with Sylvanas in the 6 mana slot!
I agree that he is definitely iconic enough to be a hero, though other iconic characters (hello Kael'thas) will probably be limited to cards as well. I'd say he probably will be a hero some day, though it's awkward with him already having a card. It is actually possible now that standard is a thing, and they wouldn't have to create a ton of cards for the class to make up for the missed expansions. And adding the demon hunter class to the game would be awesome, take my money Blizzard.
Ben brode doesn't give a fuck about wow. Look at rag the light lord. Everytime I look at iliidan in hearthstone I just go to corner and cry ðŸ˜
Eh, Lightlord didn't bother me. I get that it doesn't have to be an exact clone of the warcraft universe, and I want them to have room to make fun cards and be creative. But seeing Illidan in such a sad spot is disappointing.
Guys I love everything about Illidan Stormrage. He's an iconic Warcraft character and is just straight cool. Two Blades? SICK. Half-Demon Half-elf? AWESOME. Snapback and Tattoos? WOW! Hates malfurian? SO DOES BLIZZARD! (kappa)
.... but his card is garbage. lol. A 7/5 for six mana and an average effect is just that- average. If summoning a ton of 2/1s is not good in this miracle rogue hyper cycle play every card in my deck in one turn meta, it will probably never be played, which is a shame. I personally think, because he is such an iconic character, they should rework him a little bit to make him at least playable, and maybe have a flavor more consistent with his character. So with that in mind.....
tl;dr If you were going to rework Illidan to make him not terrible, what would you do??
give him a Lord Jaraxxus effect except for neutral instead of class specific maybe a 13 health character with a 4/4 weapon and hero power is summon a random demon (effect similar to Bane of Doom). maybe it would cost 9 or 10 mana
I don't think he should even be a minion I think he deserves a spot on the heroes list
i would find a way to make an ability like equip his dagger when it dies, something like that, weapons are pretty good in this game, so thats what i think, and i agree with you, such iconic character, and i agree even more on the point of being a hero, not a minion.
A wise man once said "don't be salty, be cool" "My Weekly Card Design Competition entry below"
I think a Jaraxxus effect would be interesting, and could be cool... but having him as a neutral minion with a Jaraxxus effect that strong could be scary, as it would give a lot of control classes access to a VERY strong anti control tool. and idk if it fit in with his lore character, as he doesn't really kill anybody major in the lore like Jaraxxus was known for killing Wilfred. But idk if that matters that much lol.
Equipping his weapons would make sense, and would be an awesome deathrattle, and maybe a card that could compete with Sylvanas in the 6 mana slot!
I agree that he is definitely iconic enough to be a hero, though other iconic characters (hello Kael'thas) will probably be limited to cards as well. I'd say he probably will be a hero some day, though it's awkward with him already having a card. It is actually possible now that standard is a thing, and they wouldn't have to create a ton of cards for the class to make up for the missed expansions. And adding the demon hunter class to the game would be awesome, take my money Blizzard.
Battlecry: Transform your Hero into its Metamorphosis Form. Increased base Hp and new hero power
https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/general-discussion/240800-hearthstone-board-improvement-idea#c6
It would cost 8 mana
The vanilla Illidan Stormrage was intentionally designed to be a setback for when they remake it into a new card.
Next card will probably be Illidan, The Betrayer. They already created a new Deathwing also.
Ben brode doesn't give a fuck about wow. Look at rag the light lord. Everytime I look at iliidan in hearthstone I just go to corner and cry ðŸ˜
Illidan the Betrayer
Battlecry: cast Backstab on all minions.
Illidan backstabbed friendlies too :D
More like illdan the forsaken. Battlecry: backstab this minion. At the end of your turn cast entomb on this minion.