Then someone at Blizzard in a a fit of wisdom decided that aggro decks should have the highest health early game minions in the game. Because if they do the most damage, it stands to reason they should also be able to take the most damage.
Mana Wyrm is never rotating out. And the reason that Blizzard started printing 1/3's with OP abilities is because 1 mana cost minions are generally underpowered. Most of them you can just Heropower away! Aside from Aggro/Face decks, the bulk of constructed decks get away with skipping their turn 1. That isn't great game design.
IMO, Blizzard should have made the base statline of 1 mana minions 2/2 and then adjusted life totals and other minions accordingly. 3 classes make 90% of the 1 mana minions in the games unusable. Blizzard never really managed to balance the Heropowers.
Sorry, but it's you who fails to recognize aggro from face.
Aggro struggles to make as much early damage as possible. Face is just like burn in MTG. You abuse charge mechanics to hit face, you throw burn in their face.
Yes, all face decks have aggro opening cards, so they don't need to do as much direct burn damage later, but they don't care about board state. Everything that's not taunt (chargers can't hit face) isn't bothering us even a little bit. Those creatures are just our "timer" - how many turns do we have until they kill us. And in those turns we must burn their face to death.
Face (or Burn) wins because it's alternative win condition. It doesn't care about board control, it only cares about hitpoints. Heal is the only real counter. No heal - easy game.
The reason he is confused about the definition of face decks is because of how "face" is used on internet boards and its literal definition. Throughout Hearthstone, there have only been 1 or 2 competitive decks that are literally face - Face Hunter and pre-WoG Aggro Shaman.
But most of the time on the board, you will hear many people ranting about "face" decks such as Zoo or Tempo Warrior or Midrange Hunter. In the colloquial, "face" more often refers to the literal definitions of Aggro or Tempo and occasionally Midrange.
So if people say that Aggro = Face, they're not wrong. Its the just literal definition of face deck versus how its more commonly used.
I just don't really enjoy playing aggressive decks as much. I tried to play FaceHunter back in the day and even SMOrc Shaman but I just didn't enjoy the playstyle so I stopped
because just going full face is a shitty strategy for most classes.
I prefer well rounded decks that focus more on board presence and value minions which allows me to be more flexible in playstyle.
Sure i coul just jam every damage card into my Shaman deck and steamroll any deck that doesn't run heals or taunts...or I could put in some Hex and Lightningstorm and actually have a chance against a wider range of decks that instagib me if I don't topdeck like a demigod.
There are barely any "pure face decks" left in the meta, Shaman being the only ones who come close and that's only because Doomhammer-Rockbiter is such a broken combo.
Hunter needs a deck that srvives until turn 8 to be viable, Zoolock needs to focus on constant board presence rather than raw face damage since everyone and their mother is running boardclears right now.
Have you seen hordes of Pirate Warriors with mortal strike and heroic strike lately? no? that's because in a meta where the one with the strongest board presence usually wins a deck that just stockpiles facedamage without removal or draw is doomed to lose against any deck that can contest an early board...which is about 90% of decks right now....the 10% is priest.
I prefer to play creative decks such as Curator N'Zoth Paladin or Reno/C'Thun/N'Zoth/Yogg/Deathwing Priest anyday over the same boring Aggro Shaman or Midrange Hunter. Aggro/Face decks are awfully predictable so I hate playing those types of decks and you get a different/rewarding experience playing a non netdeck or homebrew deck.
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That was topdecked? Nah, it was because I let the Heart of the Cards guide me ;)
I don't, I have 9 decks for standard and 4 for wild, including several aggro and specifically burn decks, I play whatever the hell I feel like to, the days I actually play (and works for the meta after watching what tempostorm is telling people what to play and the liked hearthpwn decks).
Honestly, I just can't fight the instinct to trade. I feel guilty every time I mindlessly go face.
Exactly the reason I suck 110% with zoolock, I just don't know when to stop trading with that deck, ohh the remorse of wanting a clean and leveraged board Q__Q as much as I like warlock I can't fathom how to play it's "token" decks the urge to fight is too much, thanks to the midrange meta I'm more into my confort zone though.
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I prefer to play creative decks such as Curator N'Zoth Paladin or Reno/C'Thun/N'Zoth/Yogg/Deathwing Priest anyday over the same boring Aggro Shaman or Midrange Hunter.
Creative? No, just bad.
Why people want so much to feel unique and "creative" when they play bad decks and cards that don't work is beyond me.
Yeah, just mindlessly copying someone else deck off the internet so you can win more is way more fun. Sure it makes you basically little more then a play bot. Yet, emptily plopping down minions and going to the face is easily the most compelling play style. Figuring out unique situations and discovering interesting and exciting synergies is something for the creative types (hippies) to waste there time on. You know what fun is. Fun is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. No, wait...that is the literal definition of insanity.
Yeah, just mindlessly copying someone else deck off the internet so you can win more is way more fun. Sure it makes you basically little more then a play bot. Yet, emptily plopping down minions and going to the face is easily the most compelling play style. Figuring out unique situations and discovering interesting and exciting synergies is something for the creative types (hippies) to waste there time on.
Why you fail to see that you can be creative in aggro/face decks too, not just in heavy-value / control / combo decks?
Um, I do play face decks sometime. Can be fun. I decided to play Aggro Shaman for a while just to understand it more when I go up against it. But I like to play a variety of decks - face, combo, mid range, control, whatever.
Of course the idiot control purists always think they're so much cleverer than everyone because they play control. We'll skip over the fact that most of them can't get past rank 15 but hey, at least they're playing the game the right way. Loser pride.
I don't completely hate myself and still have the ability to enjoy things.
I play all kind of deck's.... There's no fun in playing only one archetype... ^^
why would anyone waste his/her time like that?
I have ethics.
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I just don't really enjoy playing aggressive decks as much. I tried to play FaceHunter back in the day and even SMOrc Shaman but I just didn't enjoy the playstyle so I stopped
A glorious bundle of salt.
because just going full face is a shitty strategy for most classes.
I prefer well rounded decks that focus more on board presence and value minions which allows me to be more flexible in playstyle.
Sure i coul just jam every damage card into my Shaman deck and steamroll any deck that doesn't run heals or taunts...or I could put in some Hex and Lightningstorm and actually have a chance against a wider range of decks that instagib me if I don't topdeck like a demigod.
There are barely any "pure face decks" left in the meta, Shaman being the only ones who come close and that's only because Doomhammer-Rockbiter is such a broken combo.
Hunter needs a deck that srvives until turn 8 to be viable, Zoolock needs to focus on constant board presence rather than raw face damage since everyone and their mother is running boardclears right now.
Have you seen hordes of Pirate Warriors with mortal strike and heroic strike lately? no? that's because in a meta where the one with the strongest board presence usually wins a deck that just stockpiles facedamage without removal or draw is doomed to lose against any deck that can contest an early board...which is about 90% of decks right now....the 10% is priest.
I tried having fun once. It was awful.
I prefer to play creative decks such as Curator N'Zoth Paladin or Reno/C'Thun/N'Zoth/Yogg/Deathwing Priest anyday over the same boring Aggro Shaman or Midrange Hunter. Aggro/Face decks are awfully predictable so I hate playing those types of decks and you get a different/rewarding experience playing a non netdeck or homebrew deck.
That was topdecked? Nah, it was because I let the Heart of the Cards guide me ;)
I like (much) more midrange decks :)
Always rank 15-20.
Honestly, I just can't fight the instinct to trade. I feel guilty every time I mindlessly go face.
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I don't, I have 9 decks for standard and 4 for wild, including several aggro and specifically burn decks, I play whatever the hell I feel like to, the days I actually play (and works for the meta after watching what tempostorm is telling people what to play and the liked hearthpwn decks).
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There is nothing left if you can not has the right to bear your arms - werebear 2016-eternity campaign
It's a face deck. What else do you need NOT to play it?
So creative. Much innovate.