Hearthpwn

Control is the reason I play CCGs, aggro is just degenerate I don't know how anyone can enjoy it, and the combo decks in hearthstone today can't be interacted with which is stupid.

I truly miss the hour-long control vs control match-ups where each player is squeezing every drop of value they can find, it may seem boring but literally EVERY move, every card you play and when you play it effects the game. It's like a chess match and it's so satisfying.

Battletag: BlazeX5#2493

Region: EU

Trade only? Yes, you go first

First time was mech paladin with glowstone tech during Rise of Shadows.

Most recently this month with Highlander Druid, such a cool deck there are so many ways to win.

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Also, the people who make the argument that Control Players are entitled and should have counters don't realize that even with some control decks (Highlander decks specifically) have more pressure than most other slow decks, yet no matter what you do to try to pressure the Warlock your board just gets removed over and over again quite easily. Cascading Disaster and plenty of other removal pretty much invalidate any way for a control deck to pressure. You just cannot pressure Warlock unless you play threat after threats until they don't have anymore removal.

I remember a game playing as Highlander Druid (which is supposed to be a good matchup for me) and doing my very best to pressure the Warlock, but everything I did was just easily thwarted. I even Zephrys for a Tirion and that still wasn't enough.

Sounds like you are just a horrible player. Any competent player can easily beat Tickatus lock with highlander druid, warlock only has 2 legit board clears with twisting nether. Cascading disaster is often useless against a wide board. Compare that with the plethora of ways highlander druid can build board after board, it really is a one sided matchup. Not to mention stuff like solar eclipse, cenarion ward and moontouched amulet/ Yshraaj which gains you enough armour to survive long into fatigue. 

Note that it's not about pressure from turn 1, you want to draw through your deck and ramp initially, highlander druid can actually benefit from Tickatus getting rid of useless stuff (in some games I regard even Zephrys as unnecessary) as it means quicker dream portal draws to apply REAL PRESSURE where they are FORCED to use their removal. Not tempo-ing out an uncorrupted dreaming drake on 3 and then complaining about Tickatus on here.  

I have played highlander druid enough to know the intricacies of the deck and I'm happy when I see a Tickatus lock because i know it's an easy win.

I have never played Tickatus before but have played against it several times. It is a nice design that encourages slower decks to be aggressive and kill the Warlock before they get the combo off. The only class it really hurts is priest since those control lists have no way to gain any board presence (apart from corrupt priest).  

I'm a returning player after about a year and hit legend easily with highlander druid, faced a decent amount of Tickatus locks and I find it a really easy matchup. It's literally a matter of drawing your deck ASAP and then doubling up on your juicy stuff with Elise. They only have 2 twisting nethers and cascading disaster doesn't help against a board full of dragons. The same applies for other decks, highlander mage has enough ways to get early board presence and aggro decks don't care about their cards being removed.

If you have a problem with Tickatus you are simply incompetent, the current meta is really diverse and probably the best it's gonna be for a while since after rotation there will be less cards and less decks with only a few dominating.  So stop complaining and enjoy it!