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Vicious Syndicate also agrees that Shaman is broken right now and they have their data to support it. (They consider Shaman tier S). The deck that contained Shaman was DH, and with that out of the way, no real counter to Shaman outside of tech cards.

The VS podcast is a good listen for those interested.

Quote from SirJohn13 >>

Do you guys know if next season we get a 2nd portrait (from the same 10) for reaching level 50 on the battle pass? Because that would make the current decision a lot easier

 This is unverified, but the consensus is the pool of portraits will remain the same for the succeeding rewards tracks. And blizz just tweeks by adding (or maybe removing) from the pool. 

I'd bet rogue will be the most popular since she has the least number of skins available.

Here we go, the announcement of the announcement!

I have never accepted a random friend request and prolly never will. There are too many bad apples-- too many sore winners and sore losers.

Source?

Just for reference.

EDIT: Nvm, found it.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/hearthstone/t/update-on-scholar-jaina-and-horseman-uther/42044

We wanted to update everyone regarding our new hero skins, particularly Scholar Jaina and Horseman Uther. We are planning to add unique voice lines, start of game voice lines, and a couple other special voice lines to both Scholar Jaina and Horseman Uther in a future patch. We’ve taken feedback on board regarding emotes for those and upcoming hero skins. The next skin, which will be released shortly, has new emotes for all 6 regular board interactions and a few other commonly played lines as well. There will be hero skins in the next expansions associated with their corresponding Book of Heroes chapters that will not have unique lines at launch, but we plan to add them as soon as VO recording allows. Stay tuned for updates here.

Adding context as to how we got here: We started out with the idea of adding skins for our classic heroes that allowed us to get more options for visual customization into the hands of our players at a much quicker than normal pace. We’re confident in the idea behind these skins and they’re already seeing a lot of use within the game. However, we missed here on painting a clear picture of the difference between these skins and the alternate heroes we’ve done in the past, that include all sorts of unique audio and visual effects. That’s something we should have gotten across better and want to ensure that we address in the future.

The problem was with Leroy, it was a neutral card that can fit in many decks across multiple classes (i.e. top end finisher for aggro, combo piece for control/combo, etc.).

In contrast, Lapidary can only exist in a Demon Hunter AND soul shard deck.

Complete a Secret Quest

After a thorough examination of garments in our lost and found cupboard, Transfer Student has embarked on a laborious journey to find the perfect costume for the Masquerade Ball! We’ve identified an itinerary in the dormitory that outlines an intention to visit Dalaran, Uldum, Dragonblight, and the Black Temple. Scribbled on the back is mention of playing Rexxar’s tale in Hearthstone Book of Heroes, and at least one match in both Battlegrounds and Arena.

Retrace their steps and you’ll be rewarded with two golden copies of Transfer Student! Good luck!

Above is the blizzard quote.

So my guess is:

• Complete past adventures?
• Finish rexxar's book of heroes
• Play 1 match of arena and battle grounds.

Quote from SirJohn13 >>

I had an interesting game against a Big Demon Warlock. I had put a few bombs into his deck and was getting ready for a big Blastmaster Boom turn and then....he played Arch-Villain Rafaam, quite an interesting counter;)

 You should see Cheonsu's lineup for GM lol. He tried to hard counter bomb warrior by teching in the standard stuff (like Acidic Swamp Ooze, Kobold Stickyfinger), plus cards you wouldn't even think about using-- Archivist Elysiana, Sphere of Sapience, and even the never seen Wyrmrest Purifier.

Honestly, I suggest you skip the event if you are a new player.

Reasons:

1. The price of entry is very high. So, though you may win a lot, the chances of losing is much higher. As a new player, you don't have as much resources as the older players.
2. Experience. The older players have an inherent advantage here, whether in prep (i.e. meta reading, deck building, etc.) or in the actual match.

That said, if you want the challenge and can afford to lose the resources, I suggest:

1. Practicing a lot in ladder to get a better feel of the Meta.
2. Find a deck that has a decent win rates across all meta decks. Looking a statistics sites like HSReplay and VS, are a good starting point.
3. Play a lot so, you get experience in different situations, you can react more correctly.
4. Finally, pray to the RNG gods for a safe journey.

Quote from Citadel1 >>

Working as intended. The matchmaking algorithm looks at what cards you have in your deck and wont pair you against what you teched for.

The system is designed to keep you at 50% winrate, so you probably wont see any secret mages if you have anti secret tech cards in your deck.

But if the system is designed to keep everyone at a 50% winrate... Shouldn't OP be paired with Secret Mages 50% of the time? And shouldn't the algorithm be pairing rampant Secret Mages with OP in order to keep their winrates at 50% too? 🤔🤔🤔

OP has a winrate of 3%. If the matchmaking algorithm is trying to keep their winrate at 50%, it's doing a pretty shitty job. That, or the whole "mAtcHmaKinG iS rigGeD" schtick is nonsense.

i cant see a problem with this play. your opponent has now 0 cards. if u had a silence, or a taunt (and with 1-2 turns get a silence, coerce, something like that), u won. bye

A huge Edwin on turn 1 requires a very specific combination of at least 3 cards (Shadowstep, Foxy Fraud, and Edwin himself), which is quite improbable. Meanwhile more than half of the classes have a single card response for 2-mana or less that can deal with a huge Edwin: Consume Magic, Devolving Missiles, Shadow Word: Death, Sap (and I don't count Subdue as nobody really runs this card on any deck ever). So ok, once every 50-100 games a Rogue will be able to cheat a huge Edwin on t1 and most of these times they will insta-win the game, but some of them they will be left with an 1/1 on board and 0 cards in hand for t2. It feels bad to lose on t1, but it doesn't happen often enough to be considered a problem that needs addressing

They have been saying this everytime since Ben Brode left... lol

Dave Kosak: I'm leaving the Hearthstone team

Me: This is madness!

John McEntire: At the Darkmoon Faire

In recent times I've tended to amass slightly over 8,000 gold in the 4 months leading up to a new expansion - mostly completing my dailies on ladder. While I suspect I play more than most, I doubt I'm a complete outlier or my experience is too atypical.

Releasing Darkmoon Faire 3 weeks earlier than expected means my pile will be about 1,400 gold or 14 expansion packs lighter. On the upside, we get to play the new content sooner.

Additionally, landing in the mid-diamond ranks most months nets me an additional 8 packs per month (4 SA and 4 classic packs), a sprinkling of dust and gold, and the occasional epic card. I have 5-6 Arena tickets, too, with rewards attached.

HS isn't cheap or overly generous, but I don't mind paying for a game that I play regularly and is being actively developed.

The upcoming game changes sound promising. Let's see.

Glad for the evo nerf. It's a great card but just generated too often and stretches out turns again and again. I think tempo mage should still be fine, it's just one card that doesn't always get early play and mage still gets plenty of value. Having evo to play once a game barring discover or mana cyclone seems fair. 

I'm surprised that only these two cards were focused on though, it's not like tempo mage is THAT prolific. I think I've played it twice the last two days after dozens of hunters, demon hunters, and paladins. Would be nice to see some more diversity again. The top 3 classes seem like they've really started to proliferate...at least diamond 5-2 range that I've been in. Anyone seeing a different meta in that range or others?

I hate playing priests so much I insta concede against them (and I'm definitely not the only one doing this) and now I see 1 of these degenerates complain? What's so fun or interactive about playing a basilion Convincing Infiltrators and boardclears? 

I think priest really needs a serious overhaul because the way it plays now is 1 of the most frustrating and unfun things to deal with. As long as priest plays as it does I'm all for it being bad and if you ask me HS development are free to nerf some of these annoying cards to the ground.   

lol. Nobody asked.

Quote from Jakulero >>

lol. Battlegrounds is shit. i dont play it

 It may be hard to believe, but you are not the only one who plays the game.