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.
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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.
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.