I have yet to see anyone put any value on King of Beasts in hunter decks, which really surprises me because I thought it would be a staple for hunter decks once GvG launched.
I've heard people say that It's a "Win more" card and that its not worth using, but it doesn't seem that way at all to me. It's a 5 drop that has 1 more health and 1 less attack than a Sludge Belcher and trades the 1/2 Taunt Deathrattle for a Battlecry that pumps up it's attack for every beast you have in play. And it has the added bonus over a Belcher of being a Beast. It has extreme synergy with cards like Unleash the Hounds, Snake Trap, and even Savannah Highmane.
With 1 Beast on the board when you play it, it has better stats than a Sludge Belcher (Being a 3/6) and with 2 Beasts in play It's a Druid of the Claw in Bear form and also making it not vulnerable to Shadow Madness or Shadow Word: Pain like the Belcher is. It serves the same need as a Sludge Belcher does giving you a durable taunt even without any beasts in play while also having the upside of possibly being a big heavy-hitter if you have an Unleash or if your opponent triggered a Snake Trap the turn before.
Now I know some people may say something like "It takes at least 2 attacks/spells to get through the Belcher and the Slime, you would only need 1 for King of Beasts" However if you're that far behind on board control as a Hunter where you're desperately needing the 1/2 slime to save you then odds are you're going to lose anyways due to it being so difficult to regain board control as Hunters lack the AoE/removal that many other classes do.
Hunter doesnt run enough beasts right now for it to be worth it. I think when the meta starts shifting to more control style decks beast hunter might become a thing and this card will see play. As a side note i think it has the worst card art in hearthstone.
Beast hunter isn't a thing yet. There's no way this would replace Sludge Belcher in Deathrattle hunter.
I don't see why it couldn't viably replace the Belcher even in a Deathrattle Hunter deck. In the average Deathrattle Hunter Deck you have 2 Webspinner 1 Snake Trap at least 1 Unleash the Hounds 2 Haunted Creeper 2 Animal Companion and 2 Savannah Highmane. That's 10 cards that either are Beasts or provide Beast creatures. There are plenty of Beasts to synergize King of Beasts with and the only synergy a Sludge Belcher has with the deck is Undertaker which is usually dealt with by Turn 5 when you can play the Belcher. The possible upside seems a lot better with King of Beasts, when at the most you can get is +2/+2 on an Undertaker if you can get both of them out and keep the Undertaker on the board. Along with that since King of Beasts is a beast, it gives you the possibly game winning bonus of getting the extra 2 Damage from a Kill Command that a Belcher cannot
I think it's mainly because of the Deathrattle flavor of the month is very aggro heavy and not very beastlike or cares about their defense.
If the beta includes snake trap and unleash the hounds maybe things will change. Yet it's also why Houndmaster is not in the meta as well.
I always thought Snake Trap and Unleash were staples for Deathrattle Hunter... The problem with Houndmaster is that It's a weak 4 drop against agro decks and doesn't have any board impact unless you have a board. At least if you play King of Beasts on an empty board you get a -1 attack Fen Creeper which isn't terrible.
I have yet to see anyone put any value on King of Beasts in hunter decks, which really surprises me because I thought it would be a staple for hunter decks once GvG launched.
I've heard people say that It's a "Win more" card and that its not worth using, but it doesn't seem that way at all to me. It's a 5 drop that has 1 more health and 1 less attack than a Sludge Belcher and trades the 1/2 Taunt Deathrattle for a Battlecry that pumps up it's attack for every beast you have in play. And it has the added bonus over a Belcher of being a Beast. It has extreme synergy with cards like Unleash the Hounds, Snake Trap, and even Savannah Highmane.
With 1 Beast on the board when you play it, it has better stats than a Sludge Belcher (Being a 3/6) and with 2 Beasts in play It's a Druid of the Claw in Bear form and also making it not vulnerable to Shadow Madness or Shadow Word: Pain like the Belcher is. It serves the same need as a Sludge Belcher does giving you a durable taunt even without any beasts in play while also having the upside of possibly being a big heavy-hitter if you have an Unleash or if your opponent triggered a Snake Trap the turn before.
Now I know some people may say something like "It takes at least 2 attacks/spells to get through the Belcher and the Slime, you would only need 1 for King of Beasts" However if you're that far behind on board control as a Hunter where you're desperately needing the 1/2 slime to save you then odds are you're going to lose anyways due to it being so difficult to regain board control as Hunters lack the AoE/removal that many other classes do.
Thoughts?
Beast hunter isn't a thing yet. There's no way this would replace Sludge Belcher in Deathrattle hunter.
Hunter doesnt run enough beasts right now for it to be worth it. I think when the meta starts shifting to more control style decks beast hunter might become a thing and this card will see play. As a side note i think it has the worst card art in hearthstone.
I don't see why it couldn't viably replace the Belcher even in a Deathrattle Hunter deck. In the average Deathrattle Hunter Deck you have 2 Webspinner 1 Snake Trap at least 1 Unleash the Hounds 2 Haunted Creeper 2 Animal Companion and 2 Savannah Highmane. That's 10 cards that either are Beasts or provide Beast creatures. There are plenty of Beasts to synergize King of Beasts with and the only synergy a Sludge Belcher has with the deck is Undertaker which is usually dealt with by Turn 5 when you can play the Belcher. The possible upside seems a lot better with King of Beasts, when at the most you can get is +2/+2 on an Undertaker if you can get both of them out and keep the Undertaker on the board. Along with that since King of Beasts is a beast, it gives you the possibly game winning bonus of getting the extra 2 Damage from a Kill Command that a Belcher cannot
I think it's mainly because of the Deathrattle flavor of the month is very aggro heavy and not very beastlike or cares about their defense.
If the beta includes snake trap and unleash the hounds maybe things will change. Yet it's also why Houndmaster is not in the meta as well.
Not sure if hyped yet.
I always thought Snake Trap and Unleash were staples for Deathrattle Hunter... The problem with Houndmaster is that It's a weak 4 drop against agro decks and doesn't have any board impact unless you have a board. At least if you play King of Beasts on an empty board you get a -1 attack Fen Creeper which isn't terrible.
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