Maiev wasn't really a top tier hero before. It started as trash and then got progressively better as the game was getting faster and faster. And now it's on the top, because we reached a breaking point tbh.
She was considered trash because she just was. Only after Blizzard buffed her hero power has she been consistently top tier and only being below pre-nerf Eudora. Since the Eudora nerf Maiev has a firm grasp on #1 spot.
The problem is Maiev didn't become good immediately after the buff. After the buff she merely stopped being absolute shit and became playable, but still was considered to be rather weak. Then it started climbing up in statistics.
It was new patch 2 days ago? Cause i was steadily climbing until then now im -700. So what is the difference in meta now? What exactly im missing rn?
With some exceptions, you need to level up faster than before. You might lose some early game matches here and there, but those are the players that deal 15+ damage on turn 7 and 8 when they outtavern you and have a full board of t4, 5 and 6 minions.
That's why Maiev is unquestionably the #1 hero atm. She can pick up easy triples that allow her to tavern up 2 turns in a row and then discover a 5 or 6 drop to stabilize and then snow-ball the rest of the game from there.
That was before the patch the case as well tho. With the introduction of Jandice (Just need 1 or 2 Pogo to skip to tavern ups) and Omu (fast tiering), it just got a bit more emphasized I feel.
Maiev wasn't really a top tier hero before. It started as trash and then got progressively better as the game was getting faster and faster. And now it's on the top, because we reached a breaking point tbh.
The same composition can end up on the very bottom and in top 4 depending on the matchups. I played with my friend recently, we both went demons, I had objectively a better board (almost the same minions, but mine were bigger and I had 2 Jugglers, while he had one) - I was 7th, he ended up in top 3. Why? Because I played my last game against a player who high rolled like crazy (probably won the entire game without any troubles whatsoever), got absolutely stomped by him, while my friend didn't even face him until the very end (and got killed by him as well).
The problem is Maiev didn't become good immediately after the buff. After the buff she merely stopped being absolute shit and became playable, but still was considered to be rather weak. Then it started climbing up in statistics.
Jandice took hours to become top, Maiev took weeks :)
Maiev wasn't really a top tier hero before. It started as trash and then got progressively better as the game was getting faster and faster. And now it's on the top, because we reached a breaking point tbh.
The same composition can end up on the very bottom and in top 4 depending on the matchups. I played with my friend recently, we both went demons, I had objectively a better board (almost the same minions, but mine were bigger and I had 2 Jugglers, while he had one) - I was 7th, he ended up in top 3. Why? Because I played my last game against a player who high rolled like crazy (probably won the entire game without any troubles whatsoever), got absolutely stomped by him, while my friend didn't even face him until the very end (and got killed by him as well).