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Played a bit of a random Paladin deck, coming across a Malygos Rogue of all things.
Half-way through the game I played a Hydrologist and one of the options was Eye for an Eye.
Normally I'd never take that Secret but since I knew I was playing against a Malgyos Rogue, I figured it might come in handy once my opponent got low enough. And that's exactly what happened. Right back in his face. Secret value!
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You're confusing relative strength with absolute strength. Because something else is stronger does not make the thing weaker.
Deathstalker Rexxar was weak all of 2017.
It only was strong after
Pirate warrior rotated
Kazakus Priest Warlock, and Mage rotated
Murloc Paladin rotated
Jade decks rotated
Cubelock got nerfed
Odd Paladin got nerfed
Even Paladin got nerfed
All 7+ Druid decks got nerfed
Shudderwock Shaman got nerfed
Quest Rogue was nerfed again
Kingsbane Rogue got nerfed
Deathstalker Rexxar's absolute strength isn't that high. It's that most of the other decks rotated or were nerfed and dropped under it.
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Big Priest in Wild? Who really cares? Whining about a deck that has 1 win condition is pretty bad. Sure Turn 3-4 is a high roll but there are plenty of counters. Then it's game over for them. If you had to mulligan for 1 card to beat a whole deck then that deck is not too concerning.
Besides it's wild. You have cards like Devolve and Dirty Rat. LOL.
How on earth is Dirty Rat a counter to Big Priest? To pull his Lich King on turn 2? Your game plan is really "next level"! O.O
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It seems like for most people the issue here is how Barnes is used in Big Priest. So as I've stated on these topics before, if Barnes is to be nerfed he should summon a 1/1 "Actor" token and grants the Actor the card text of a minion in your deck. Barnes's text could read something like:
"Battlecry: Summon a 1/1
Actor and give it the
Effect of a minion
in your deck."
So it's basically the same idea BUT it actually falls more in line with the flavor of the card since you are summoning an Actor that is "playing the role of [Insert Minion Here]". AND when used in Big Priest, it weakens your resurrection pool because the Actor would be come back as a simple 1/1 with no text, since the text (or "role") the Actor token is given comes from Barnes's battlecry.
You'd still have issues like Spell Hunter using Barnes into 1/1 Actor "Y'shaarj" into actual Y'shaarj. But again, if the main concern is Big Priest, my suggestion would help lower the power level of that deck while also enhancing the card's overall flavor.
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Fave was boomsday, BUT BOTH WW AND RASTAKHAN SUCKED SO BAD! Baku and genn were the two worst abominations ever
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Quote from RavenSunHP >>Are we talking about nerf patch?
Because now Hunter is still MORE popular than it was pre-nerf, https://www.vicioussyndicate.com/vs-data-reaper-report-114/
Despite the meta adapting to counter it.
If it's not the nerf patch, why should a non-nerf patch change much about the meta?
Click on the daily graph and look at the per day listing. Hunter started it's rise up before the nerfs were even announced. Since the nerfs, they've been on a slow but steady decline. Meanwhile priest is nearly as common as hunter.
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Yeah hunters are very common at those ranks. Once you get to top ranks you will see less and less hunters though and it will be a bunch of OTK bs.
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Exactly. I think he will really shine after the rotation. Might be the best hunter legendary even.
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Keep him. One of the best hunter legendaries after rotation. Once old powerful hunter cards rotate Shaw will probably be in top 3 hunter cards. He is already decent in Deathrattle Hunter and after rotation I think he will be stronger and find a place in midrange decks.
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4 Horsemen is not that bad. I think it's because it's quite interactive. You can disrupt the combo by pressuring opponent and forcing them to play their bouncers early. Late game also you have more time to pu on pressure since they need to roll 4 different horsemen and there is some RNG so it's not guaranteed they get it in 4 turns. So there is counterplay.
Mecha'thun is worse since only Warlock really has a good counterplay to it. However in next expansion we are getting new Dirty Rat so there will be a way to disrupt Mecha'thun decks I think.
Personally, I hate Gallery Priest the most. That deck basically kills you on turn 8-9 if they draw the gallery and none of their minions. Totally stupid concept which was a design mistake imho.
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It's not overpowered but it is very polarising just like warrior, i.e. playing against it is very unfun. Win rates of priest decks are not that great but polarisation and non interactivity has been used as a reason for balance changes in the past. That's why I suspect Priest and Warrior will be on a chopping block in next balance update.
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Because without F2P players the game would die. It would become another Artifact. You need a large player base to have a healthy environment and also it builds up network effect. More players lead to them bringing more players to the game who potentially might spend money to buy packs in the future. Glad that you aren't in charge at Blizzard with your logic lol.
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I want another mech expansion, you can never have enough mechs :D
But I'm sure it won't happen so soon after Boomsday. So I would also bet on next expansions being about dragons, perhaps about elementals also.
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Tbh it's not a big deal unless you are a competitive player / pro. Most people that reach legend monthly basically play the game many hours every day. Many of them are streamers or pro players so it's their job to play the game and if you play 8+ hours every day and have >50% win rate you will be reaching legend every month. But for most players it's not worth it as you probably don't have that much time to invest into this game, might have job / life outside of HS.
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Well, if you make it too easy then legend status will become less exclusive / easier to achieve. It's supposed to be HARD to get to legend so only most elite players make it. Making it easier just diminishes the achievement.
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Well, from experience I disagree. Spellstone comes too late. By the time you play it you might be dead. Flanking strike is good but it's not amazing. You need a good draw against Odd Rogue and spell hunter can often draw poorly so your initial 3-4 turns you don't do anything (play a secret or one animal companion) and that is usually gg against Odd Rogue.