Are 2/2s really that much better than 1/1s from Halazzi or Unleash the Hounds? Not really. This gives me hope that one of the whizbang decks will be quest hunter though
Addled Grizzly saw no play. Is stealth and crappy stats better? Doubt it.
We have rush now. And this is in hunter, druid had almost no way to swarm a board back then -- hunter has plenty. And stealth makes it infinitely more playable. As others have mentioned.
Are 2/2s really that much better than 1/1s from Halazzi or Unleash the Hounds? Not really. This gives me hope that one of the whizbang decks will be quest hunter though
2 damage is so much more than 1. In Hearthstone damage really works exponentially (i.e. the difference between 3 damage and 4 damage is huge, where the difference between 6 damage and 7 damage is not as significant), and this is across multiple minions. 3 2/2s can kill a 6 health minion. 3 1/1s barely scratch it for example.
Addled Grizzly saw no play. Is stealth and crappy stats better? Doubt it.
Stealth does make it so much better. Grizzly either sat dead in your hand or was murdered as soon as it hit the board. If you ever were lucky enough for it to stick around one round the effect was quite potent.
Addled Grizzly saw no play. Is stealth and crappy stats better? Doubt it.
We have rush now. And this is in hunter, druid had almost no way to swarm a board back then -- hunter has plenty. And stealth makes it infinitely more playable. As others have mentioned.
What? Druid didn't have a way to swarm the board at that time? So aggro token druid never existed?
This card is garbage no matter how you look at it. The loss of tempo for tempo oriented class like hunter is huge. 3 mana for a 0 mana body, Cause you lose tempo now, you need at least 4 ticks from this thing to pay back the tempo loss and break even, and that will rarely happen.
At first I was thinking "Yeah, this is kinda bad, because it costs 3 mana", but after some consideration I think this has some potential. Hunters got some sweet beast synergy cards recently and I think, that with more support this will be included in an aggro board swarming beast deck. It's a weak 3-drop on its own, but if hunter runs many board swarming cards, this can snowball hard. But in my opinion the next expansion won't be time for beast hunter - the current powerful archttypes from this class are mid-rangy ones (recruit, spell). Those offer some nice pressure in the late game. Aggro and classic mid-range hunter don't have many powerful early-game turns. If they get more burst spells and chargers, then yeah, they will rise in popularity and will most likely include the spirit.
Situationally broken, overall decent, but the effect snowballs pretty quickly. Protect it with a taunt minion and your opponent will be forced to use hard removal that they would otherwise have saved for your bigger threats. It's not as good as some of the other spirits but I think its good enough to see play in a tier 3 deck at least.
Rollback Post to RevisionRollBack
Oh, Lethal - where did you go? I miss you all the time.
Discuss!
Learn More About Rastakhan's Rumble
Looking to learn more about Hearthstone's tenth expansion? Visit our expansion guide for Rastakhan's Rumble!
This is going to snowball so hard. Very interesting.
Alley Cat Hunter in wild
Addled Grizzly saw no play. Is stealth and crappy stats better? Doubt it.
stealth is actually really relevant.
Also, Grizzly was released in a world that didn't have Rush.
Yes, much better. Also, it's in Hunter, not Druid. That makes a big difference.
Are 2/2s really that much better than 1/1s from Halazzi or Unleash the Hounds? Not really. This gives me hope that one of the whizbang decks will be quest hunter though
Unpopular opinion: Rogue is OP
Yes. Specifically they are two times better.
slow, but bonkers with Unleash the Hounds
Am I right?
At turn 6 you can summon Spirit of the Lynx together with Unleash the Hounds and push probably 12 face damage (e.g. against Zoo)?
Hoo boy IMO this looks absolutely friggin’ terrible.
Better, you can play 2 spirits and deal 15 dmg. Repeat in next turn becoz of stealth.
We have rush now. And this is in hunter, druid had almost no way to swarm a board back then -- hunter has plenty. And stealth makes it infinitely more playable. As others have mentioned.
2 damage is so much more than 1. In Hearthstone damage really works exponentially (i.e. the difference between 3 damage and 4 damage is huge, where the difference between 6 damage and 7 damage is not as significant), and this is across multiple minions. 3 2/2s can kill a 6 health minion. 3 1/1s barely scratch it for example.
Stealth does make it so much better. Grizzly either sat dead in your hand or was murdered as soon as it hit the board. If you ever were lucky enough for it to stick around one round the effect was quite potent.
Very powerful but needs the beast arche to be good.
Biggest issue here is the anti-synergy with the draw 3 beasts card. Personally I wouldn’t run both and the draw is better.
At first I was thinking "Yeah, this is kinda bad, because it costs 3 mana", but after some consideration I think this has some potential. Hunters got some sweet beast synergy cards recently and I think, that with more support this will be included in an aggro board swarming beast deck. It's a weak 3-drop on its own, but if hunter runs many board swarming cards, this can snowball hard. But in my opinion the next expansion won't be time for beast hunter - the current powerful archttypes from this class are mid-rangy ones (recruit, spell). Those offer some nice pressure in the late game. Aggro and classic mid-range hunter don't have many powerful early-game turns. If they get more burst spells and chargers, then yeah, they will rise in popularity and will most likely include the spirit.
Situationally broken, overall decent, but the effect snowballs pretty quickly. Protect it with a taunt minion and your opponent will be forced to use hard removal that they would otherwise have saved for your bigger threats. It's not as good as some of the other spirits but I think its good enough to see play in a tier 3 deck at least.
Oh, Lethal - where did you go? I miss you all the time.
mossy horror meta boys