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In the recent Hearthstone expansion The Grand Tournament Blizzard released some pretty good cards for shaman!
Such as :
-Totem Golem
-Thunder Bluff Valiant
-Healing Wave
So is shaman still the worst class?
I don't think there is a worst class.
Except in Arena. Never pick Warrior in Arena.
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Yeah, but Rogue's the type of class that only needs a little bit of something to set it off and then everyone's mad.
Shaman's a "safer" class to give more toys too, they didn't really have any existing cards that would do anything super crazy with new cards.
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I've been laddering this month with a combination of Dragon/rogue and banana/shaman. It's been pretty nice.
Worst in what play mode ?
Consensus seems to be, that Warrior is by far the worst class in Arena, followed by Shaman.
In Ranked mode, it seems like Warlock is the weakest so far, followed by Rogue then probably Shaman or Druid.
Hunter still has Face, Hybrid, Midrange and even some "cool" control decks
Mage has refurbished Dragon, Tempo and Mech decks
Paladin has secrets
Priest also has dragons
Rogue kind of has oil still, and some face-aggro decks
Shaman at least has Totems and Mechs
Druid still has Midrange and some fairly decent token decks
And, of course, Warrior still has Patrons
But regarding Warlock, Handlock and Zoolock are rarely seen at the high ranks anymore, and Dreadsteed was only popular/good for about a week before people stopped caring about it
That'll do, Huffer. That'll do.
I say they're close to worst but not by much...you seldom see any rogue but Oil is still viable....I've been running into Mill Rogue recently and they're pretty strong against control/midrange decks.
Shaman would be at a decent spot if ancestral knowledge was at 1 overload....Elemental Destruction only damage enemy minions and only. I really want to under the logic behind Elemental Destruction. It is worst then Flamestrike and at 5 overload u're forced to use it with Lava shock and even when used as combo it is not guaranteed board clear like Equality & Consecration.
Blizz still doesn't get that overload and RNG hurts this class.
I think Charged Hammer has a lot more value than people initially thought. I've only made 1 deck with it that has a good shot at winning games (because it was the cornerstone of the deck), but I think it could be used as 1-ofs in any deck not using TBV. Ancestral Knowledge is a 2-of for me in anything not tempo/aggro.
Shaman got a boost this expansion, but Paladin/Priest really made it big this time. Meanwhile most of the rest of the classes got similar small bump ups to Shaman, but already had something high end.
Rogue is teetering but oil still works. There's just nothing to make it interesting to use and if you want a combo deck, why go Rogue when you can go Patron?
Shaman. Meh. People are trying to make Malyshaman work but Malygos has always been the surprise legendary with no lasting power. Everyone swears to midrange and, which I now will admit that it can work, true Midrange is the counter for control-heavy metas which we don't have. Their bursty style and overload makes them Meh for Tempo decks and Mech shaman is unreliable.
They are just not in a good space right now.
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Card Design ChampionTotem golem is just so sad with so many people playing abusive sergeant.
But meh, midrange shaman is still fully legend-capable, as always.
Thunder bluff valiant is a nice sort of second dr. boom creature you can run too. It's no murloc knight but what can ya do.
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Rogue is obviously the worst class in ranked right now, with only 1 viable build (oil). I don't even play rogue, but just look at what it got in TGT. Poisoned Blade is the biggest slap in the face if I've ever seen one.
Shaman got some good cards in TGT, and now midrange shaman is actually being seen on the ladder.
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Shaman is not the worst, but it probably still 7 or 8 out of 9 classes. Which is fine. I would probably rank Rogue last, although oil is still pretty OP if you can survive the aggro pressure
Shamen is definitely not the worst. I have found it the best class so far for countering the meta and ranking up. Once I threw together a shamen list that beats the meta, it was smooth sailing, while i struggled putting together a mage or warrior list with the same sort of win rate consistency. Shamen fights board control easier than other classes lacking the low drops with totem golum and other small units it can utilize. earth shock and Hex wreck the ever so popular secret paly, While lightning storm/elemental destruction make the patron matchup doable. Coudn't disagree more with the pool, as it seems is the consensus with the results posted (70% no).
What deck are you using to rank up? And at what rank? Last night, I had a bad night, but the loses were not bad (meaning I was in there until the end). I lost a whole rank, but I started winning again. One of the loses was a misplay on my part haha I got cocky, and lost!
I don't know from my own experience (since i seldomly play arena), but Kripp posted
a video a few days ago, stating otherwise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OajCEZSlT14
Has really bad matchups.
Mech shaman requires you to have a really good start and you have to dominate the early board for him to even have a chance of winning.
I just feel like shaman is really just too average, requires you to pray to rnggod every game in order to compete with normal decks
No, you're way off. Consenus is that Shaman is third after Mage and Paladin.
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I don't like to post my decks since they are mine, but I included many more early game creatures than my usual shamen list to deal with the rampent aggro this game has turned into (2 chows, 1 creeper,). Also, 1 elemental destruction (which is underated card IMO) and 2 Eggs since they synergize with destruction and 1 argus, 2 flametongues etc. Once I made the list, I went from rank 11 to 4 in 3 to 4 hours while only suffering a couple losses and thought to myself..so Shamen is the class to compete with these plague decks. The overall hate of Shamen is overblown. Personally I think the reason people don't gravitate towards shamen is because it requires skill to constantly update your deck to fit the meta and there isnt a copy and paste netdeck that you can just plug in play for weeks on end for easy wins (like the Patrons andSecret pallys mech mages of the world).
Because his hero power does nothing (essentially) i.e doesn't affect the board.
For my first statement: Deck rankings are based on what the meta currently looks like, not because one class is inherently better than another class in every aspect.
For my second statement: Warrior requires a LOT of combo pieces to get a working deck, and you cannot reliably draft that in Arena.
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