so these last days iv been seeing alot of people cry about priest saying it is tier 10 and shet, and tbh i don't even know because iv been playing witcher 3 lately, so i made a priest deck and played 20 games and got 17-3 facing pretty much only dragonwarrior / cthun warrior / mid range hunter / aggro shaman / zoo lock.. from rank 12-7 this is... what are yall crying about?? not gettin powercreeped and becomming the new shaman??? i would say that is a good thing, good riddens
so these last days iv been seeing alot of people cry about priest saying it is tier 10 and shet, and tbh i don't even know because iv been playing witcher 3 lately, so i made a priest deck and played 20 games and got 17-3 facing pretty much only dragonwarrior / cthun warrior / mid range hunter / aggro shaman / zoo lock.. from rank 12-7 this is... what are yall crying about?? not gettin powercreeped and becomming the new shaman??? i would say that is a good thing, good riddens
So you're trying to say that because you won 17 times, priest is currently in a good spot while it's not played in tournaments at all?
Try it at rank 5 and higher. There's no way to handle aggro warrior with a priest right now and midrange hunter and zoolock will steamroll you most games even with a good decklist. It's just that the adventure didn't fix a lot of things and live up to the expectations from LoE. I think the adventure isn't as bad as people claim, it's just frustrating that priest didn't get anything useful at all. I think with the right deck and decent draws, Priest should beat other control decks. Versus aggro though, priest is almost always too slow to come back with. Hearthstone's way to balance things is try out a rock, paper, scissors routine. Aggro is the rock that bashes safety-scissors priest and usually ends up ripping through paper-control. Safety scissors priest only shines when it comes to very late game control decks, and even then it can be OTK'd or beat by tempo.
In a way I kinda get how people are not happy with Priest right now. Priest was actually the first class I started doing well with on ladder - nothing special just standard control.
What makes me laugh is that it seems that Priest players think that they're something special - they're not Hearthstone players but PRIEST players.
I agree the class is in the crapper right now, no biggie - there are eight other classes to play so quite whining already.
People seem to forget that Shaman was the absolute worst class some time ago. Kripp even made a video explaining why he felt Shaman was a failed class. We all know where Shaman is right now
The strength of classes is cyclical and will change. Maybe a year from now we'll see tons of nerf priest threads - but now yeah, it sucks
One class will always be the weakest, just the way it works. I think people are really overreacting (an online community overreacting!?! Really!?) here - I mean petitions calling for the Devon team to be replaced are as sad as they are funny and ridiculous
Anyway yeah PRIEST players, suck it up or just play another class for now. Not much else you can do. Or quit the game, it'll be tough but I'm sure it will survive without you.
In a way I kinda get how people are not happy with Priest right now. Priest was actually the first class I started doing well with on ladder - nothing special just standard control.
What makes me laugh is that it seems that Priest players think that they're something special - they're not Hearthstone players but PRIEST players.
I agree the class is in the crapper right now, no biggie - there are eight other classes to play so quite whining already.
People seem to forget that Shaman was the absolute worst class some time ago. Kripp even made a video explaining why he felt Shaman was a failed class. We all know where Shaman is right now
The strength of classes is cyclical and will change. Maybe a year from now we'll see tons of nerf priest threads - but now yeah, it sucks
One class will always be the weakest, just the way it works. I think people are really overreacting (an online community overreacting!?! Really!?) here - I mean petitions calling for the Devon team to be replaced are as sad as they are funny and ridiculous
Anyway yeah PRIEST players, suck it up or just play another class for now. Not much else you can do. Or quit the game, it'll be tough but I'm sure it will survive without you.
It has almost been three years so while yes things can change - they haven't yet. I think there is some merit to the plight of "Priest players" due to this, though I agree - if things aren't improving why stay? I once played Priest a couple years ago but gave it up for Druid eventually because I just didn't feel the class had a bright future. I certainly made the right choice.
Thanks for posting deck. Sry, but I dont believe it works well: 1) Too heave (full rely on draw board clearer - or death). 2) Not enough spells for Saron. 3) Resurrect - Loot Hoarder?
you don't really want too many spells for yogg 5 spells is enough, obviously a resurrected loot hoarder is not ideal, but it is consistensy in carddraw which i beilive in priests biggest problem on the other side when it resurrects a pyro? i cannot remember what it is called the 3/2 guy. it is decent boardcontrol and when it brings back any of the other cards it is straight up powercreep and huge tempo, has led me to winning the board early and slowing the game down.. however iv lost two games because i didnt draw minions fast enough.. sometimes you just get shitty draws
Priest is the only class that can't be aggressive and it only has one job: stay alive and control threats until the opponent runs out of steam. Warrior can have 60 armor or kill you turn 7, Mage can live through OTK's and aggro thanks to ice block and win without attacking or play a tempo version. If Priest had better control, another win condition, or cards that can keep up or race faster decks it'd be fine. Priest needs better board clears and better ways to stay alive. Even if Shaman, Hunter, and Warrior are designed to counter Priest, then Priest shouldn't get destroyed by Zoolock, Mage, and etc to balance things out the rock, paper, scissors way. I'm not saying Priest is completely useless, but it's not consistent handling things like Zoolock or aggro and playing against midrange Hunter sucks because you spend all your mana taking care of the board while they chip at your health and kill you with a late game burst and they're deathrattled minions. Shaman's 2/8 + 3 damage is the same problem as midrange Hunter with not being able to control the board AND heal effectively, so you try to control the board and have your health chipped away just enough for a burst of damage to kill you anyways.
Nothing else to be said here, as this will never happen. Cool story though.
Yes, please stream. I'd love to see this amazing deck actually being played. If it's really that good I'll craft those forbidden shapings and Sogoth and run it myself. I want to see proof first though. As no Priest deck I've yet to create has approached anything close to that win rate vs. the decks you mention. (Give me CW or N'Zoth Pally every match and maybe)
so these last days iv been seeing alot of people cry about priest saying it is tier 10 and shet, and tbh i don't even know because iv been playing witcher 3 lately, so i made a priest deck and played 20 games and got 17-3 facing pretty much only dragonwarrior / cthun warrior / mid range hunter / aggro shaman / zoo lock.. from rank 12-7 this is... what are yall crying about?? not gettin powercreeped and becomming the new shaman??? i would say that is a good thing, good riddens
Not all who wander are lost.
Good for you!
Can you please show us your "85%win on rank 12-7" deck? (or describe)
(hope it was not last day of a month)
∆
Try it at rank 5 and higher. There's no way to handle aggro warrior with a priest right now and midrange hunter and zoolock will steamroll you most games even with a good decklist. It's just that the adventure didn't fix a lot of things and live up to the expectations from LoE. I think the adventure isn't as bad as people claim, it's just frustrating that priest didn't get anything useful at all. I think with the right deck and decent draws, Priest should beat other control decks. Versus aggro though, priest is almost always too slow to come back with. Hearthstone's way to balance things is try out a rock, paper, scissors routine. Aggro is the rock that bashes safety-scissors priest and usually ends up ripping through paper-control. Safety scissors priest only shines when it comes to very late game control decks, and even then it can be OTK'd or beat by tempo.
In a way I kinda get how people are not happy with Priest right now. Priest was actually the first class I started doing well with on ladder - nothing special just standard control.
What makes me laugh is that it seems that Priest players think that they're something special - they're not Hearthstone players but PRIEST players.
I agree the class is in the crapper right now, no biggie - there are eight other classes to play so quite whining already.
People seem to forget that Shaman was the absolute worst class some time ago. Kripp even made a video explaining why he felt Shaman was a failed class. We all know where Shaman is right now
The strength of classes is cyclical and will change. Maybe a year from now we'll see tons of nerf priest threads - but now yeah, it sucks
One class will always be the weakest, just the way it works. I think people are really overreacting (an online community overreacting!?! Really!?) here - I mean petitions calling for the Devon team to be replaced are as sad as they are funny and ridiculous
Anyway yeah PRIEST players, suck it up or just play another class for now. Not much else you can do. Or quit the game, it'll be tough but I'm sure it will survive without you.
Missing lethal since June 2015.
rank 7 player argue how OP priest is. Kappa
RNG love me Kappa
i am rank 7 when i don't play the game, iv gotten legend before not like it is hard...
thing about priest is that it lacks consistensy and tempo, priest has the tools for this and i simply put them in my deck
Unicorn priest confirmed!!
Decklist?
it is nothing special, just a solid priest deck
- http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/602616-classic-ish-priest
Thanks for posting deck.
Sry, but I dont believe it works well:
1) Too heave (full rely on draw board clearer - or death).
2) Not enough spells for Saron.
3) Resurrect - Loot Hoarder?
you don't really want too many spells for yogg 5 spells is enough, obviously a resurrected loot hoarder is not ideal, but it is consistensy in carddraw which i beilive in priests biggest problem on the other side when it resurrects a pyro? i cannot remember what it is called the 3/2 guy. it is decent boardcontrol and when it brings back any of the other cards it is straight up powercreep and huge tempo, has led me to winning the board early and slowing the game down.. however iv lost two games because i didnt draw minions fast enough.. sometimes you just get shitty draws
Priest is the only class that can't be aggressive and it only has one job: stay alive and control threats until the opponent runs out of steam. Warrior can have 60 armor or kill you turn 7, Mage can live through OTK's and aggro thanks to ice block and win without attacking or play a tempo version. If Priest had better control, another win condition, or cards that can keep up or race faster decks it'd be fine. Priest needs better board clears and better ways to stay alive. Even if Shaman, Hunter, and Warrior are designed to counter Priest, then Priest shouldn't get destroyed by Zoolock, Mage, and etc to balance things out the rock, paper, scissors way. I'm not saying Priest is completely useless, but it's not consistent handling things like Zoolock or aggro and playing against midrange Hunter sucks because you spend all your mana taking care of the board while they chip at your health and kill you with a late game burst and they're deathrattled minions. Shaman's 2/8 + 3 damage is the same problem as midrange Hunter with not being able to control the board AND heal effectively, so you try to control the board and have your health chipped away just enough for a burst of damage to kill you anyways.
Galavant Animation
There are too many threads about this topic.
www.hearthpwn.com/search?search=priest