Stonehill Defender has been a staple of Paladin decks for quite a while. The fact that the class taunts are so powerful is an incredible edge only Paladin seems to get from the card. I can attest that you discover a legendary around one out of two tries; which makes it both an aggro deterrent and late game value. That's no secret.
I've been playing Midrange Paladin as of late, and after around thirty games I can say that I'm very disappointed with Stonehill Defender's discover choices in the last few days. I've summoned the card well over thirty times and the discover rate of the legendaries seems to have down to easily under 10% of the time. I can remember only three instances of getting a legendary.
Has it been nerfed somehow, or am I just being almost impossibly unlucky?
It's more about class card discoveries than legendary discoveries. Paladin sadly got 2 taunt minion legendary class cards and no normal ones. This is the sad thing here
I think there should be a nerf for all Discovery effects in the game such that the chance for getting Legendary and Epic is lower in general. Not as low as it is in packs, but to a degree that doesn't make them so OP.
Nothings been changed. Today I played a maricle rogue that discovered two paladin legs, did their discovery get buffed?
It's just RNG and your luck is on the bottom side of the coin the last 30 games.
Also, you missed that Stonehill defender is insanely powerful in shaman as well, maybe more so than paladin. Windlord into evolve is a pretty OP play. Just saying.
Of all the cards that have been shown, Stonehill Defender's card pool for paladin has increased by 1 (Righteous Defender). It diluted slightly, but by not enough to call it a full on nerf. This might change as time goes on though.
It's more about class card discoveries than legendary discoveries. Paladin sadly got 2 taunt minion legendary class cards and no normal ones. This is the sad thing here
No, they had Wickerflame, Tirion And Tarim plus rare card Protector (forgot name :D)
because paladin dont have non-legendaries taunt, class cards tend to show up in discover more than neutral ones, thats why Drakonid Operative shows up when u discover a dragon, cuz he is the only dragon for priest in standard, KFT will bring a non legendary minion with taunt, u can say it's a slight nerf
I was thinking the same yesterday. I've played a shitload of paladin since Un'Goro launch. I remember how much I loved Stonehill due to his insane discoveries. However, lately most of my choices have been kind of 'meh' and I just don't have the same feel about him anymore.
I think there should be a nerf for all Discovery effects in the game such that the chance for getting Legendary and Epic is lower in general. Not as low as it is in packs, but to a degree that doesn't make them so OP.
That just makes it even more annoying when it happens. Either remove legendaries from discover or keep them.
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Stonehill Defender has been a staple of Paladin decks for quite a while. The fact that the class taunts are so powerful is an incredible edge only Paladin seems to get from the card. I can attest that you discover a legendary around one out of two tries; which makes it both an aggro deterrent and late game value. That's no secret.
I've been playing Midrange Paladin as of late, and after around thirty games I can say that I'm very disappointed with Stonehill Defender's discover choices in the last few days. I've summoned the card well over thirty times and the discover rate of the legendaries seems to have down to easily under 10% of the time. I can remember only three instances of getting a legendary.
Has it been nerfed somehow, or am I just being almost impossibly unlucky?
It's more about class card discoveries than legendary discoveries. Paladin sadly got 2 taunt minion legendary class cards and no normal ones. This is the sad thing here
Just remember the good times!
I'd say unlucky. I've been playing N'zoth paladin a lot lately and stonehill is still giving me legendaries on a regular basis.
It's called getting not lucky. It's when you get random cards. No it hasn't been nerfed.
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I think there should be a nerf for all Discovery effects in the game such that the chance for getting Legendary and Epic is lower in general. Not as low as it is in packs, but to a degree that doesn't make them so OP.
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Funny 'cause I had 10x yesterday in a row in which I didn't pull Tirion or Sunkeeper, the only super strong paladin legendaries.
Discover has been secretly nerfed, chemtrails exist, Trump won the popular vote, oh and NASA is keeping children slave workers on Mars.
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I just bad luck, i been playing evolve shaman and my Stonehill gives me one Al'Akir everytime.
Nothings been changed. Today I played a maricle rogue that discovered two paladin legs, did their discovery get buffed?
It's just RNG and your luck is on the bottom side of the coin the last 30 games.
Also, you missed that Stonehill defender is insanely powerful in shaman as well, maybe more so than paladin. Windlord into evolve is a pretty OP play. Just saying.
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Of all the cards that have been shown, Stonehill Defender's card pool for paladin has increased by 1 (Righteous Defender). It diluted slightly, but by not enough to call it a full on nerf. This might change as time goes on though.
I think the 1/1 taunt paladin card is already a pretty good nerv. One more midrange/small paladin class taunt and the balance is kind of restored.
No need at all to meddle with stonehill defender #softnerv. That's what they did to Lyra as well.
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Maybe class card occurence for discover in general has been nerfed? I had a lot of trouble getting Jade Spirit with Servant of Kalimos and Aya Blackpaw and Jade Swarmer with Journey Below today.
Haha, I'm sure it's just bad RNG
because paladin dont have non-legendaries taunt, class cards tend to show up in discover more than neutral ones, thats why Drakonid Operative shows up when u discover a dragon, cuz he is the only dragon for priest in standard, KFT will bring a non legendary minion with taunt, u can say it's a slight nerf
I was thinking the same yesterday. I've played a shitload of paladin since Un'Goro launch. I remember how much I loved Stonehill due to his insane discoveries. However, lately most of my choices have been kind of 'meh' and I just don't have the same feel about him anymore.