Warlock is completely bullshit at least for me at top diamond. I cannot kill him with priest nor mage. 0 cost - 17 heals during the game. AOE spells to clear the board 24/7. Then you lose 15 cards(1/2 of the whole deck) to Tickatus if you are super unlucky or 10 cards(1/3 of the whole deck). And of course by playing fricking Y'Shaarj, the Defiler you not only get your Tickatus back for free you also get Cascading Disaster for free to clear rest of the hand.
I mean I would be more than happy to lose just those 5 cards every single game - even this would mess with my deck like every third game, that I could not win anymore. But losing 10-15 cards and there is not much you can do about it. Yes, I know you can go some senseless aggro decks, but that is just plain boring.
Your problem is playing mage and priest. I love those two classes, but they are complete garbage right now. It’s an aggro meta and priest can’t manage to keep up with wriggling horror because priest doesn’t have a 3 health aoe until turn 7 and then maybe... Try combo rogue, it’s not nearly as brainless as face hunter and even after Edwin, it’s still strong. Shaman is actually the best class for control right now if you wanted to go that route, but again, tickatus can burn out your medics, yshaarj or Cthun pieces.
Couldn't agree more! Quest shaman vs tickatus is actually rather fun, cause you have to mulligan very differently and try to apply early pressure in order to burst with just two good battle cries. You should win about 55-60% of the games. Bomb warrior slays tickatus decks, but I suppose highlander mage would do ok, if that's more you. I think there are quiet a few slow midrange and swing based control decks that will have about 50% wr against tick, Priest is a wild class
First it’s not a joke. I’m assuming you are a warlock Tickatus player so I understand why you are defending it. Not everybody faces aggressive zoolocks, rogues or DH. I think the game matches you differently. You say that Thijs can beat gala warlocks but he does not represent the casual or normal player. Not everybody is a pro player.
My argument was for us players that play Control or combo decks. There is no deny that Tickatus as of now, is a problem for control and combo decks now and in future expansions.
BTW, I play standard. I don’t know about wild.
You certainly assume a lot about people in this thread.... Maybe you should just not play decks that you seemingly admit not having the adequate skill level to play
I Wasn't even talking to you or assuming anything to do with other people. I was responding to a comment by Enox_36. You seem like you are the offensive one. Twice you have attacked my comments and now your saying I don’t have adequate skill to play...then why am I legend rank? I never admitted “not having the adequate skill to play”.
I said that when playing control decks or combo decks, I very much have a hard time winning against a Tickatus deck. If you think that’s because lack of skill you are clearly mistaken.
My comments are no more snarky than yours friend. You've twice stated that the rest of us who disagree with you in that tickatus is an auto concede opponent for control/combo decks either don't play those decks or play tickatus themselves. I simply present the contradiction. Then you say that HS should get nerfs in order to fit a lower skill level than now, so that you can keep playing the same decks against what you consider a hard counter without making any adaptations. Does this mean that you're exaggerating the problem or just won't accept that you need to get better in order to change things? Sorry if I answered for you up front. From your last comment it just seems like you're salty, so maybe we should just end it here.
BTW: If I play control warrior against tickatus, I'll also lose most of the times. That's the beautiful part of having multiple play styles with strengths and weaknesses. I can still improve my odds by altering my tactics, but will have no guarantee of either winning or losing. And if you're legend rank, what's the problem really?
First it’s not a joke. I’m assuming you are a warlock Tickatus player so I understand why you are defending it. Not everybody faces aggressive zoolocks, rogues or DH. I think the game matches you differently. You say that Thijs can beat gala warlocks but he does not represent the casual or normal player. Not everybody is a pro player.
My argument was for us players that play Control or combo decks. There is no deny that Tickatus as of now, is a problem for control and combo decks now and in future expansions.
BTW, I play standard. I don’t know about wild.
You certainly assume a lot about people in this thread.... Maybe you should just not play decks that you seemingly admit not having the adequate skill level to play
Those that are saying Tickatus is fine as is probably don’t play much control or combo decks in high rank. One card should not be able to auto win against these decks but when combined with Y’Shaarj it’s ridiculous. Play any Paladin (especially pure) or priest deck against a decent skilled tickatus deck player and you will see what I’m talking about..I just auto concede.
I don’t understand the reason why they haven’t nerfed Tickatus because it will limit and create problems to future expansions in control and combo decks. Either nerf Tickatus to 8 mana or make it burn both players cards. At 8 mana it’s not as easy to activate. If they nerf it to make it burn both players cards, it limits warlock to play aggressive only decks while still disrupting control or combo decks.. In conclusion, one class yet alone one card should not punish and limit all other types of control or combo decks.
Well I just hit legend with a combo shaman deck, mostly winning against tickatus. Before that I climbed with control warrior. I recon paladin would do even better than those two decks, by doing early pressure with truesilver, braggart and power of authority. Tickatus forces you to play faster, which makes control decks less repetitive to play with.
Twice have I killed a tickatus warlock in standard with fatigue damage (with control warrior), which by itself should be humiliating enough. With quest shaman I usually manage to pull out a combo that kills them, even if they burn y'shaarj and half of my corrupt cards. Sure it has a really good win rate against OTK and some control decks, but every deck has it's highly favored and unfavored match-ups. Tickatus is not a problem for the meta, it just stinks to play against with slow, single win condition decks. Git gud....
btw: Sorry for repeating what most people already pointed out
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the name even reminds me of Grimes in ugly Americans
Couldn't agree more! Quest shaman vs tickatus is actually rather fun, cause you have to mulligan very differently and try to apply early pressure in order to burst with just two good battle cries. You should win about 55-60% of the games. Bomb warrior slays tickatus decks, but I suppose highlander mage would do ok, if that's more you. I think there are quiet a few slow midrange and swing based control decks that will have about 50% wr against tick, Priest is a wild class
Or just drop it as a 6 mana 8/8 that burns 3 of your own cards...
My comments are no more snarky than yours friend. You've twice stated that the rest of us who disagree with you in that tickatus is an auto concede opponent for control/combo decks either don't play those decks or play tickatus themselves. I simply present the contradiction. Then you say that HS should get nerfs in order to fit a lower skill level than now, so that you can keep playing the same decks against what you consider a hard counter without making any adaptations. Does this mean that you're exaggerating the problem or just won't accept that you need to get better in order to change things? Sorry if I answered for you up front. From your last comment it just seems like you're salty, so maybe we should just end it here.
BTW: If I play control warrior against tickatus, I'll also lose most of the times. That's the beautiful part of having multiple play styles with strengths and weaknesses. I can still improve my odds by altering my tactics, but will have no guarantee of either winning or losing. And if you're legend rank, what's the problem really?
You certainly assume a lot about people in this thread.... Maybe you should just not play decks that you seemingly admit not having the adequate skill level to play
Well I just hit legend with a combo shaman deck, mostly winning against tickatus. Before that I climbed with control warrior. I recon paladin would do even better than those two decks, by doing early pressure with truesilver, braggart and power of authority. Tickatus forces you to play faster, which makes control decks less repetitive to play with.
Twice have I killed a tickatus warlock in standard with fatigue damage (with control warrior), which by itself should be humiliating enough. With quest shaman I usually manage to pull out a combo that kills them, even if they burn y'shaarj and half of my corrupt cards. Sure it has a really good win rate against OTK and some control decks, but every deck has it's highly favored and unfavored match-ups. Tickatus is not a problem for the meta, it just stinks to play against with slow, single win condition decks. Git gud....
btw: Sorry for repeating what most people already pointed out