I'm certain everyone has faced this creature before in arena. He is what you would call a high variance card. He either does very little, or he can single-handily start picking off your opponent's board, let your other creatures trade up and prevent your opponent from playing several creatures out there.
I have taken a liking to him in arena. He is early, deals well with several other early plays and in some classes he has a penchant for staying around. One of the best classes I have had him in were a priest, because you can heal him and he's a great target for power word: shield and a temple enforcer, and I often find myself playing the 1/7 taunt in priest anyway. Another great class for him is the mage. His damage adds up nicely on top of all the sweepers I find myself playing. He even combines well with my hero power for a makeshift frost bolt.
This card is great when you are at parity, fantastic when ahead(but what isn't) and pretty bad if you are behind and cannot keep him around. His function as a source of attrition still makes me want to consider him a good card.
I've tested him constructed and find him to be excellent for priests and mages as well there. Particularly against weenie deck hiding behind a taunt of some kind. And given how the meta has many weenie decks around, I think he's in a fine spot right now. What are you guys' experience with this little guy?
I do agree that you need to invest some efforts into keeping him around, but when he's in play, he's pretty powerful. And this isn't a win-more situation like you are describing. Instead, this supplements the plan against aggro and against control, he can be seen as a 3/4 many times(like, when they have nothing to add to the board or chip in in killing whatever fatty they've played.
I know this card is not the same as say a harvest golem or a kirin tor mage or so, but this guy shouldn't be seen as those at all. He's not a brawler but a source of free damage. The situations where he is good aren't so arcane to get to at all. If you play him the turn after you drop a respectable taunt, like a shieldmasta or his 1/7 cousin, odds are that they can only deal with him if they use one of their precious removal spells. Even if you silence him, the 1/4 body is not irrelevant, especially when you play him in a priest or with some power enhancers. I think the main thing here is that this guy is not really amazing when you play him on curve all the time, but that goes for many minions out there.
Turn 1 demolisher in my druid deck won me an arena match. Everything he put out early game was picked off between the demolisher and my hero power. Couldn't do anything.
I have a friend who runs two of them in one of his constructed decks, I dread seeing them when they come out.
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Hello everyone,
I'm certain everyone has faced this creature before in arena. He is what you would call a high variance card. He either does very little, or he can single-handily start picking off your opponent's board, let your other creatures trade up and prevent your opponent from playing several creatures out there.
I have taken a liking to him in arena. He is early, deals well with several other early plays and in some classes he has a penchant for staying around. One of the best classes I have had him in were a priest, because you can heal him and he's a great target for power word: shield and a temple enforcer, and I often find myself playing the 1/7 taunt in priest anyway. Another great class for him is the mage. His damage adds up nicely on top of all the sweepers I find myself playing. He even combines well with my hero power for a makeshift frost bolt.
This card is great when you are at parity, fantastic when ahead(but what isn't) and pretty bad if you are behind and cannot keep him around. His function as a source of attrition still makes me want to consider him a good card.
I've tested him constructed and find him to be excellent for priests and mages as well there. Particularly against weenie deck hiding behind a taunt of some kind. And given how the meta has many weenie decks around, I think he's in a fine spot right now. What are you guys' experience with this little guy?
I do agree that you need to invest some efforts into keeping him around, but when he's in play, he's pretty powerful. And this isn't a win-more situation like you are describing. Instead, this supplements the plan against aggro and against control, he can be seen as a 3/4 many times(like, when they have nothing to add to the board or chip in in killing whatever fatty they've played.
I know this card is not the same as say a harvest golem or a kirin tor mage or so, but this guy shouldn't be seen as those at all. He's not a brawler but a source of free damage. The situations where he is good aren't so arcane to get to at all. If you play him the turn after you drop a respectable taunt, like a shieldmasta or his 1/7 cousin, odds are that they can only deal with him if they use one of their precious removal spells. Even if you silence him, the 1/4 body is not irrelevant, especially when you play him in a priest or with some power enhancers. I think the main thing here is that this guy is not really amazing when you play him on curve all the time, but that goes for many minions out there.
Turn 1 demolisher in my druid deck won me an arena match. Everything he put out early game was picked off between the demolisher and my hero power. Couldn't do anything.
I have a friend who runs two of them in one of his constructed decks, I dread seeing them when they come out.