Hey!. I dont know who to craft out of these 2. Stats show that The Lich King is played more but is Ragnaros better?? Many people find him to be too RNG while The Lich King has nice death knight cards but some are bad.
there are a marginal number of boards where lich king is strictly better than ragnaros. however there are things ragnaros can do that lich king simply can't. consider a wide board of smallish minions: at best ragnaros will kill a small minion or deal eight damage to face. maybe your opponent will trade off for ragnaros or maybe they'll just play another guy and go face and race. lich king in the same situation at least forces your opponent to trade off minions and replaces itself with a card that might just deal with the board but will likely do nothing. now consider a game state where you've played aggresively and proactively. your opponent is at a lowish life and you play lich king. now an 8/8 is a threat and it nets you a card, but ragnaros can just drop eight damage and either win on the spot or put enough pressure on your opponent that leaves them drawing dead to the board or creates so many outs for you that there's just not enough time for them to draw out of the situation. so it just comes down to how you want to play. I'd put lich king in slower decks that aim to win a long drawn out game. for players who want to play starting on turn one, ragnaros might be the better fit. of course you could just play big priest and play with both lich king and raganaros; i imagine that being equally valid as well.
While rag used to be dr 8, if he had to compete in a standard set vs lich king, lich king would be picked more for its versatility, defense, and overal potential snowball, whereas rag is very strong, but the randomness of his effect can be played around more easily.
Lich king is a strong card and is a kill now threat. On the other hand, I’ve probably won a golden character portrait’s worth of matches with Rag delivering 8 to the face the turn he was played.
Neither of them are strictly better so there isn't a straight up answer to your question, but I'm surprised that I'm the only one who'd recommend Ragnaros the Firelord.
I'm not entirely sure what is played on ladder right now, but from my experience Lich King very rarely turned the game around for me while Ragnaros has saved my arse countless times. Both are RNG based legendaries with extremely potent effects. But for me personally, The Lich King was a terrible card to craft in golden as I haven't used it for a couple of months now.
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Neither of them are strictly better so there isn't a straight up answer to your question, but I'm surprised that I'm the only one who'd recommend Ragnaros the Firelord.
I'm not entirely sure what is played on ladder right now, but from my experience Lich King very rarely turned the game around for me while Ragnaros has saved my arse countless times. Both are RNG based legendaries with extremely potent effects. But for me personally, The Lich King was a terrible card to craft in golden as I haven't used it for a couple of months now.
That is weird, at what rank?
I really like Rag and how you can plan to set him up to only have good outcomes (killing an 8-8 or get lethal) but I just find that all the swarmy fast decks in Wild after ROS are causing him problems, as his bombs often have a hard time finding a good target.
Rag is much, much faster but TLK is defensive and has more value potential. In a decks like Evenlock I think Rag is better as you need a finisher to kill slow decks before they stabliize. In control mirrors, you pretty much chose to be the agressor if you run Rag over TLK.
Hey!. I dont know who to craft out of these 2. Stats show that The Lich King is played more but is Ragnaros better?? Many people find him to be too RNG while The Lich King has nice death knight cards but some are bad.
WHO SHALL I CRAFT??
Lich King defensive and more versatile.
both!
Lich king is the boss.
cant dude...... :( not enough dust
Lich King, fuck Rag. Stupid effect, stupid character.
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there are a marginal number of boards where lich king is strictly better than ragnaros. however there are things ragnaros can do that lich king simply can't. consider a wide board of smallish minions: at best ragnaros will kill a small minion or deal eight damage to face. maybe your opponent will trade off for ragnaros or maybe they'll just play another guy and go face and race. lich king in the same situation at least forces your opponent to trade off minions and replaces itself with a card that might just deal with the board but will likely do nothing. now consider a game state where you've played aggresively and proactively. your opponent is at a lowish life and you play lich king. now an 8/8 is a threat and it nets you a card, but ragnaros can just drop eight damage and either win on the spot or put enough pressure on your opponent that leaves them drawing dead to the board or creates so many outs for you that there's just not enough time for them to draw out of the situation. so it just comes down to how you want to play. I'd put lich king in slower decks that aim to win a long drawn out game. for players who want to play starting on turn one, ragnaros might be the better fit. of course you could just play big priest and play with both lich king and raganaros; i imagine that being equally valid as well.
Deff lich king.
While rag used to be dr 8, if he had to compete in a standard set vs lich king, lich king would be picked more for its versatility, defense, and overal potential snowball, whereas rag is very strong, but the randomness of his effect can be played around more easily.
Why u hav to be mad? is only card gaem.
What deck are you trying to craft? Or are you just looking for an 8drop that you can fit in most of your decks?
Lich king is a strong card and is a kill now threat. On the other hand, I’ve probably won a golden character portrait’s worth of matches with Rag delivering 8 to the face the turn he was played.
Both golden of course.
Rag is all about power.
Lich king is all about potential.
pick which one you like.
Lich King is way more versatile. There are many decks that run Ragnaros, true, but they run him for specific reasons.
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They are neck-and-neck regarding both win and playrate, and are often interchangeable or decks can run both (Big priest, even shaman.)
I would recommend TLK right now simply because Rag sucks vs odd paladin.
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TLK can save you if you are behind, because of the taunt. The generated cards are more like a juicy extra. 8/8 + taunt is the defining trait.
Ragnaros can hardly do that, he's mainly good at closing games where you are already ahead.
The dr. 8 is Boulderfist Ogre who got Freezing Trapped
Neither of them are strictly better so there isn't a straight up answer to your question, but I'm surprised that I'm the only one who'd recommend Ragnaros the Firelord.
I'm not entirely sure what is played on ladder right now, but from my experience Lich King very rarely turned the game around for me while Ragnaros has saved my arse countless times. Both are RNG based legendaries with extremely potent effects. But for me personally, The Lich King was a terrible card to craft in golden as I haven't used it for a couple of months now.
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Technically, neither one have doctorate so you should not call them Dr. 8, only Person 8.
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That is weird, at what rank?
I really like Rag and how you can plan to set him up to only have good outcomes (killing an 8-8 or get lethal) but I just find that all the swarmy fast decks in Wild after ROS are causing him problems, as his bombs often have a hard time finding a good target.
Rag is much, much faster but TLK is defensive and has more value potential. In a decks like Evenlock I think Rag is better as you need a finisher to kill slow decks before they stabliize. In control mirrors, you pretty much chose to be the agressor if you run Rag over TLK.
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LK
Many times I have ignored a Rag by playing a wide board for like 4 turns and avoided face damage. You can't ignore the LK.