Combo Priest is also a very cheap deck, only around 4k dust. This is going to be another option asides from Zoo that budget players can get behind. Combo has been around since forever, but a lot of people will be playing this who never played the arch-type before. There is a learning curve, this arch-type has a high skill cap.
Bleah this is not Priest...Priest identity was never as a tempo class, but people bitch about it as they want quick wins. Go play Hunter or Rogue! We control shit and clear the freaking board until the opponent is left empty handed late game and we eat their soil :D I don't even want to play Priest on Standard now because of this stupid combo..
Bleah this is not Priest...Priest identity was never as a tempo class, but people bitch about it as they want quick wins. Go play Hunter or Rogue! We control shit and clear the freaking board until the opponent is left empty handed late game and we eat their soil :D I don't even want to play Priest on Standard now because of this stupid combo..
Combo Priest is also a very cheap deck, only around 4k dust. This is going to be another option asides from Zoo that budget players can get behind. Combo has been around since forever, but a lot of people will be playing this who never played the arch-type before. There is a learning curve, this arch-type has a high skill cap.
Can't be too high with 54% winrate just high value games get complicated.
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Bleah this is not Priest...Priest identity was never as a tempo class, but people bitch about it as they want quick wins. Go play Hunter or Rogue! We control shit and clear the freaking board until the opponent is left empty handed late game and we eat their soil :D I don't even want to play Priest on Standard now because of this stupid combo..
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Let me help you make your point. Filter HSreplay by legend and ranks 1-5. Priest is the only tier 1 deck when you look at it that way.
Thanks for sharing those HSReplay premium stats. It's really insightful. Do you know what is the sample size on those Rank 5-L priest games, by any chance? Normally it wouldn't be a concern but combo priest has historically been played in tiny numbers even when it's good
Priest has always been the combo class. This is not a new development.
Sometimes it gets the tools for control, but that's not the default state. With no evergreen board clears, you can't claim control is its identity.
Wrong... Priest in the past has been the ultimate control class; thanks his steal, value generator mechanics, mind control, entomb, etc... Even at the time of Old Gods, when Priest was trash tier, you still managed to make a deck that outvalues the C'thun Warrior, the strongest control deck of that meta... Control Priest eats on CW for two years (Gadgetzan - Rashtakan). But now you can't, now all classes will outvalue you and have best endgame cards, best value generator tools; Blizz is destroying the "priest identity" from the beginning of Raven's Year..
Let me help you make your point. Filter HSreplay by legend and ranks 1-5. Priest is the only tier 1 deck when you look at it that way.
Thanks for sharing those HSReplay premium stats. It's really insightful. Do you know what is the sample size on those Rank 5-L priest games, by any chance? Normally it wouldn't be a concern but combo priest has historically been played in tiny numbers even when it's good
Its called "Combo Priest" but its not like previous versions of combo priests. Its just zoo priest with DS/IF. Its no OTK or anything like that, you just fight for board control and surprise your opponents with Hearthstone's oldest trick. Pretty lame but with the new cards its effective. At least for now, while its new and it can get off-guard the opponents. IMO its just a "deck of the week" because its so predictable once you know what are you playing against.
Priest has always been the combo class. This is not a new development.
Sometimes it gets the tools for control, but that's not the default state. With no evergreen board clears, you can't claim control is its identity.
Maybe they were in the past but they're not meant to be. Mind Blast is rotated and divine spirit was mentioned as a "monitored" card in a recent reddit AMA in part because it conflicts with priest class identity
As for board clears, priest has soulpriest circle and an affinity for pyro shenanigans due to evergreen cheap spells and health buffs
Let me help you make your point. Filter HSreplay by legend and ranks 1-5. Priest is the only tier 1 deck when you look at it that way.
Thanks for sharing those HSReplay premium stats. It's really insightful. Do you know what is the sample size on those Rank 5-L priest games, by any chance? Normally it wouldn't be a concern but combo priest has historically been played in tiny numbers even when it's good
Its called "Combo Priest" but its not like previous versions of combo priests. Its just zoo priest with DS/IF. Its no OTK or anything like that, you just fight for board control and surprise your opponents with Hearthstone's oldest trick. Pretty lame but with the new cards its effective. At least for now, while its new and it can get off-guard the opponents. IMO its just a "deck of the week" because its so predictable once you know what are you playing against.
It is comparable to Mech Bomb Hunter from last expansion. I don't it is going to disappear from the ladder just because it is cheap and effective for climbing, but yeah it is not gonna see any tournament play.
Let me help you make your point. Filter HSreplay by legend and ranks 1-5. Priest is the only tier 1 deck when you look at it that way.
Thanks for sharing those HSReplay premium stats. It's really insightful. Do you know what is the sample size on those Rank 5-L priest games, by any chance? Normally it wouldn't be a concern but combo priest has historically been played in tiny numbers even when it's good
Its called "Combo Priest" but its not like previous versions of combo priests. Its just zoo priest with DS/IF. Its no OTK or anything like that, you just fight for board control and surprise your opponents with Hearthstone's oldest trick. Pretty lame but with the new cards its effective. At least for now, while its new and it can get off-guard the opponents. IMO its just a "deck of the week" because its so predictable once you know what are you playing against.
It is comparable to Mech Bomb Hunter from last expansion. I don't it is going to disappear from the ladder just because it is cheap and effective for climbing, but yeah it is not gonna see any tournament play.
Well Im not saying that it will completely disappear from ladder because it has some very strong tempo-swing tools.
BUT
Unlike mech hunter its losing a lot from winrates if the opponent plays around it well. For example, sometimes it seems right to race the priest with your board, but if you are more experienced in the matchup, you will damage the opponents minions (even if you dont kill them) just to avoid the OTK.
So Im not sure about the deck's future. My guess is it will be around tier 3 when the meta settles until the nerfs.
Let me help you make your point. Filter HSreplay by legend and ranks 1-5. Priest is the only tier 1 deck when you look at it that way.
Thanks for sharing those HSReplay premium stats. It's really insightful. Do you know what is the sample size on those Rank 5-L priest games, by any chance? Normally it wouldn't be a concern but combo priest has historically been played in tiny numbers even when it's good
Its called "Combo Priest" but its not like previous versions of combo priests. Its just zoo priest with DS/IF. Its no OTK or anything like that, you just fight for board control and surprise your opponents with Hearthstone's oldest trick. Pretty lame but with the new cards its effective. At least for now, while its new and it can get off-guard the opponents. IMO its just a "deck of the week" because its so predictable once you know what are you playing against.
It is comparable to Mech Bomb Hunter from last expansion. I don't it is going to disappear from the ladder just because it is cheap and effective for climbing, but yeah it is not gonna see any tournament play.
I'm not sure about that. Psychopomp and Amet are super powerful and, IMO, are only held down by being in a weak class. Divine spirit finishers aren't that unexpected and most people probably play around it as soon as they see large health things and Amet, especially at those high ranks cited in the screenshots
I wouldn't compare it to ladder only decks like mech hunter, token druid and zoo either. Those were decks that got a boost on ladder stats because they were easy to play and didn't suffer much from a lack of skill. This priest being tier 1 at high ranks but low tier 2 overall strongly suggests the opposite; that casual players aren't good enough to use the deck to its full potential. I'm not surprised, because anything involving divine spirit inner fire has historically be very hard to play perfectly and undervalued in ladder stats (and that includes both tempo and combo variants). This is the kind of deck that would see a lot of tournament play and little ladder play, like cyclone mage or control warrior from the previous meta. Well... either that or the sample size is too small, which is why I was asking
I’ve been crushing it and having a blast with an extremely greedy quest control priest. Only deck that consistently beats me is control warrior, but you know, control warrior consistently beats everyone.
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Welcome Combo Priest :D.
Its now in tier 2 guys, do you enjoy playing the deck??.
Seems like the only way priest can win is with some degenerate combo lol. New cards same playstyle I guess..
A minion based priest, thats refreshing (last priest heavy on minions was back in the days of dragon priest).
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Combo Priest is also a very cheap deck, only around 4k dust. This is going to be another option asides from Zoo that budget players can get behind. Combo has been around since forever, but a lot of people will be playing this who never played the arch-type before. There is a learning curve, this arch-type has a high skill cap.
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Bleah this is not Priest...Priest identity was never as a tempo class, but people bitch about it as they want quick wins. Go play Hunter or Rogue! We control shit and clear the freaking board until the opponent is left empty handed late game and we eat their soil :D I don't even want to play Priest on Standard now because of this stupid combo..
Eat their soil? Is Anduin a moleman?
Can't be too high with 54% winrate just high value games get complicated.
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Let me help you make your point. Filter HSreplay by legend and ranks 1-5. Priest is the only tier 1 deck when you look at it that way.
Degernate combo is pretty much the Priest MO, it's pretty fair to leave curvestone and midrange to the other classes.
Thanks for sharing those HSReplay premium stats. It's really insightful. Do you know what is the sample size on those Rank 5-L priest games, by any chance? Normally it wouldn't be a concern but combo priest has historically been played in tiny numbers even when it's good
Legend with : S65 Freeze Mage, S57 Maly Gonk Druid, S57 "Okay" Shaman, S53 Boom-zooka Hunter, S53 Maly Tog Druid, S52 Wild Tog Druid ft.Blingtron, S50 Quest Rogue, S49 Dead Man's Warrior, S41 Wild Clown Fiesta Druid, S41 Hadronox Jade Druid, S40 Wild OTK Dragon Druid, S35 SMOrc Shaman, S33 Jade Druid, S22 Control Priest, S19 Control Priest
Priest has always been the combo class. This is not a new development.
Sometimes it gets the tools for control, but that's not the default state. With no evergreen board clears, you can't claim control is its identity.
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Wrong... Priest in the past has been the ultimate control class; thanks his steal, value generator mechanics, mind control, entomb, etc... Even at the time of Old Gods, when Priest was trash tier, you still managed to make a deck that outvalues the C'thun Warrior, the strongest control deck of that meta... Control Priest eats on CW for two years (Gadgetzan - Rashtakan).
But now you can't, now all classes will outvalue you and have best endgame cards, best value generator tools; Blizz is destroying the "priest identity" from the beginning of Raven's Year..
Its called "Combo Priest" but its not like previous versions of combo priests. Its just zoo priest with DS/IF. Its no OTK or anything like that, you just fight for board control and surprise your opponents with Hearthstone's oldest trick. Pretty lame but with the new cards its effective. At least for now, while its new and it can get off-guard the opponents. IMO its just a "deck of the week" because its so predictable once you know what are you playing against.
Maybe they were in the past but they're not meant to be. Mind Blast is rotated and divine spirit was mentioned as a "monitored" card in a recent reddit AMA in part because it conflicts with priest class identity
As for board clears, priest has soulpriest circle and an affinity for pyro shenanigans due to evergreen cheap spells and health buffs
Legend with : S65 Freeze Mage, S57 Maly Gonk Druid, S57 "Okay" Shaman, S53 Boom-zooka Hunter, S53 Maly Tog Druid, S52 Wild Tog Druid ft.Blingtron, S50 Quest Rogue, S49 Dead Man's Warrior, S41 Wild Clown Fiesta Druid, S41 Hadronox Jade Druid, S40 Wild OTK Dragon Druid, S35 SMOrc Shaman, S33 Jade Druid, S22 Control Priest, S19 Control Priest
It is comparable to Mech Bomb Hunter from last expansion. I don't it is going to disappear from the ladder just because it is cheap and effective for climbing, but yeah it is not gonna see any tournament play.
Well Im not saying that it will completely disappear from ladder because it has some very strong tempo-swing tools.
BUT
Unlike mech hunter its losing a lot from winrates if the opponent plays around it well. For example, sometimes it seems right to race the priest with your board, but if you are more experienced in the matchup, you will damage the opponents minions (even if you dont kill them) just to avoid the OTK.
So Im not sure about the deck's future. My guess is it will be around tier 3 when the meta settles until the nerfs.
I'm not sure about that. Psychopomp and Amet are super powerful and, IMO, are only held down by being in a weak class. Divine spirit finishers aren't that unexpected and most people probably play around it as soon as they see large health things and Amet, especially at those high ranks cited in the screenshots
I wouldn't compare it to ladder only decks like mech hunter, token druid and zoo either. Those were decks that got a boost on ladder stats because they were easy to play and didn't suffer much from a lack of skill. This priest being tier 1 at high ranks but low tier 2 overall strongly suggests the opposite; that casual players aren't good enough to use the deck to its full potential. I'm not surprised, because anything involving divine spirit inner fire has historically be very hard to play perfectly and undervalued in ladder stats (and that includes both tempo and combo variants). This is the kind of deck that would see a lot of tournament play and little ladder play, like cyclone mage or control warrior from the previous meta. Well... either that or the sample size is too small, which is why I was asking
Legend with : S65 Freeze Mage, S57 Maly Gonk Druid, S57 "Okay" Shaman, S53 Boom-zooka Hunter, S53 Maly Tog Druid, S52 Wild Tog Druid ft.Blingtron, S50 Quest Rogue, S49 Dead Man's Warrior, S41 Wild Clown Fiesta Druid, S41 Hadronox Jade Druid, S40 Wild OTK Dragon Druid, S35 SMOrc Shaman, S33 Jade Druid, S22 Control Priest, S19 Control Priest
Combo Priest? More like vanilla Priest. Either way i like this Priest Version much more than raza, topsy bs.
I’ve been crushing it and having a blast with an extremely greedy quest control priest. Only deck that consistently beats me is control warrior, but you know, control warrior consistently beats everyone.