Oh my god, I just died at the Kamek-like animation with the priest spells :D
And while I still was thinking maybe it is just a coincidence, lil deathwing grew and I knew it wasn't. LOVE IT!
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Oh my god, I just died at the Kamek-like animation with the priest spells :D
And while I still was thinking maybe it is just a coincidence, lil deathwing grew and I knew it wasn't. LOVE IT!
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Good thing Kill the Lorewalker isn't available to players, it would make Lorewalker Cho totally unviable...
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This is intended. A minion stays on the board, even if it's "dead", as long as any lingering effects are not resolved.
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Flavor text:
"Faceless Overlord has the most friends on social media of all the Hearthstone minions"
Explanation:
Ok it is a 5 mana 6/6 and can't actually do anything. However there are so many synergy possibilities as it basically is all minion race types in one card. So it will fit in almost any deck. It can be buffed by any race affected card.
For instance if there are a Mechwarper and a Ship's Cannon on the board; Faceless Overlord will cost 1 less and the Ship's Cannon will deal 2 damage as well when you play it.
Other card with synergy: Tundra Rhino, Murloc Tidecaller, Mal'Ganis, Blackwing Technician and many more. I think you guys get the idea.
(edit= I added some capitals in the card text).
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I think Magma Rager should cost 5 mana! It is way too powerful for a 3 drop!
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I'm fairly certain that Wobbling Runts is the most unbalanced card.
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Quote from porkpieman >>Arena mode uses cards from all sets, like Wild.
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Make Small-Time Buccaneer a rogue class card > release Luckydo Buccaneer to neutral.
nerf Fiery War Axe to either (3) mana OR 2/2 OR 3/1 (just look at King's Defender, which is not even in the Evergreen set).
And there you go with Aggro/Pirate Warrior and Shaman being still powerful, yet not too widespread.
While not ruining Rogue, whose use of Pirate (either Aggro or Miracle) doesn't make it OP, just competitive.
STB is a neutral card that has different importance for at least three classes.
Any direct nerf to Small-Time Buccaneer would needlessly hurt Rogue, in the name of balance for OTHER classes.
I hope they'll be careful about this.
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Lockbox of Rogue minions, spells, and weapons. Expect fun, interesting, and at times, gimmicky cards.
"Decorated with grace and elegance, Rogues take pride in making each and every one of their kills a sight to behold. With tricks more than what their sleeves can fit, Rogues are armed with the deadliest traps* and sharpest blades. *Not actual traps, visit the Hunter class for those."
General cards with no particular theme, or aesthetic.
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First Blood |
A simple yet efficient card, that I think can act as a combo enabler as well as a comeback mechanic. Can be said to be similar to the Warlock's Mortal Coil. Generally I'd consider drawing a card more costly than equipping a 1/2 weapon, as such the damage output of First Blood has been increase as compared to Mortal Coil. | |
Widow's Wick |
An old idea that I had thought of sometime back. Can help you regain the board after a Muster for Battle or Imp-losion. Can deal a lot of damage when combined with weapon buffs and has a handsome amount of durability to ensure that it does. | |
Knife Juggle |
Just something to counter a turn 2 Shielded Minibot. Creation of salt? Maybe.
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Masquerade |
An interesting tool that can be used to deal a huge amount of face damage to your opponent if he leaves behind a strong minion on the board. | |
Blackmarket Sentry |
This card is based of off Shado-Pan Rider. It has low on curve stats, but if you combo it, it becomes a Chillwind Yeti for 3 mana.
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Dual Wield |
A new idea to Hearthstone, the ability to equip two weapons, and attack with each. Could be fun to have the ability to equip both Assassin's Blade and attack with it and have a Poisoned Blade that loads up in the background... Hey!! It's called Theorycrafting... |
Blade Enchantress Zevha |
The buff applies only to the weapon you currently have equipped. Could work as a 4 drop in a tempo-based Rogue. A stronger Chillwind Yeti, which might actually be run now since Piloted Shredder won't be in standard. |
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Sen'jin Dagga' Juju |
Let us solve this healing problem once and for all, aye? Well, mon, dis fine lil' juju potion' may no' solv' da probl'm fullee, bu' it will decr'ease, ya, mon. Troll dialect aside, I think of this card to be the Power Word: Glory of Rogue. Functions quite similarly, has a combo to make it even better. Really promotes Rogues playing weapons with high durability instead of just their Hero Power. Also is a low cost spell, which is always a plus side for Rogue. |
Mahnoor Snowblade |
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Could give Rogue a bit more survivability. Seems not too OP imo, however if I were to nerf it, then the "Talwaar" could have less durability. All in all, a Tirion-ish Rogue card that acts similar to an Ice Block combined with Gorehowl. 2complex4me
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Shadowy Sentinel |
An attempt at combining two different Rogue archetypes (Mech & Deathrattle), to possibly form one strong one. The Deathrattle can belong to any collectible card in the game, ranging from Haunted Creeper's to Sneed's Old Shredder's to even a board wipe on your part from Abomination. So, the RNG range is huge, and could possibly even be broken, but since your don't know what deathrattles you get, there's no literal way of playing around them. |
Power "Candy" |
The kind of candy your parents warned you not to eat as a kid. Strong effect at first, but you better be prepared to deal with the "side effects". Seems balanced imo. Compare it with Tinker's. Here's the side effects:
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Persuade |
Fun combination of Entomb and Corruption. I could not find better wording for this without it sounding weird, help appreciated. |
C. Lumbus |
Famous for his ability to turn small items into strong artifacts, C. Lumbus can find his way into an interesting Rogue deck with Cutpurses and Tomb Pillagers. More coins in the future means more synergy for this guy. Has good stats for the cost, because the effect is too linear to be consistent and needs prior set up. |
Mafia Lady Lydia |
After her failed rebellion against King Varian Wrynn, Lady Lydia needed to Conceal herself and her goons because the Stormwind Knights were looking to Execute her. In any case, this is a Loatheb-like effect which is very much needed now that Standard is coming. |
Asha'Alor Agent |
Strong taunt for 6 mana that restores at least 8 damage to your hero over time. Possibly over powered, but Rogue does need something like this. |
Demonic Mischief |
Rogues really remind me of those weird Dungeon-y fellows who hide and do weird experiments. One of those experiments may be summoning weird creatures from the Twisting Nether! Hence, this card. |
"As the looming threat of the Old Gods has resulted in an imminent war against the dark forces, the world of Azeroth calls for a new breed of hero. When glimmers and rays of the holy light fade, and the calls of nature answer to none, Azeroth is in need of heroes who take matters into their own hands, now more than ever. Will you be able to suppress the forces of the Old Gods?"
Focus on the uses of Toxins, and other such themes introduced in .
So, what's new?Let's start the new season by introducing the main theme around it: The Toxins. With the release of, Rogues got to see a a new and interesting weapon in their arsenal. That being, the corrosive Toxins. The Toxins are 5 1-Mana cards that are available to the player via different methods, thus far, only Xaril, Poisoned Mind. Gaze at these 1 Mana Monstrosities!
Similar to Spare Parts, these Toxins all of different effects. While some are used for helping our own selves, others can be used for inflicted damage and causing problems for the enemy. The theme that I decided to choose while making cards was to use these as "Chemicals" created in Pandaria, by the Klaxxi, namely, Xaril, Poisoned Mind. These are then shipped all round the world, causing some people to become addicted to them, while others smuggle them to sell them for profitable prices. One thing to keep in mind is that these Toxins are more or less used to add flavor to existing decks, rather than creating decks of their own. Being just 1-Mana spells, the Toxins themselves will not be able to create a Toxin-archetype, however combo'd with cards like Gadgetzan Auctioneerr and Malygos, these Toxins can cause the enemy player to become... well... toxic. Something else that might tickle your fancy is some good ole' Cursing. No, not the swearing type, the evil long lost hexes type. Also, there's Dragons. Yeah. ... Just bear with me please.
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Zehn'Gen's Bucko |
Your generic 2-drop to help you gain those Toxins early on. Though unlikely, it can attack multiple times, thus giving you a lot of Toxins. Change: Stealth removed for Balance. Stats inverted. |
Toxin Addict |
Likely with the mass of production of Toxins, there's bound to be people who use them a bit too much. This card can help you gain strong tempo even on Turn 3 by playing a single Toxin, thus this going to 0 Mana, and then you playing something else with the remaining 2 mana. |
Chemical Factory |
Xaril alone, won't be able to handle all that much work load, considering how nuts people are over these Toxins, thus creating a Chemical Factory, doesn't sound too bad of an idea, eh? This makes it so your Toxins have more of an impact when played, Change: Costs just 1 mana. |
Recipe for Disaster |
For those days, when you just don't feel like there's enough Toxins in your deck. Could be used in some sort of rush-Rogue deck, that aims to draw as many cards as possible. The chances of most of your spells becoming Kingsblood Toxin or Briarthorn Toxin is there, so this could be played. The 4 Mana is a hurdle however, that most Aggro decks don't dare pass. |
Black Market Vendor |
The Black Market of Pandaria strikes again! Can help you get a few more Toxins in the mid-game. Will almost always give at least 1 Toxin, as even if your opponent gets the Coin, this triggers, if they played it. Gets more and more value as you play more coins. |
Overdosed Zombie |
The ultimate late-game Toxin card. Incredibly weak card as it comes to stats, however it rewards you with 5 Toxins, one of each. If you look at it as 5 cards drawn from Auctioneer it doesn't sound too bad. Could even be good to make sure you get a certain kind of Toxin, if you happen to not be getting that one. |
Toxic Rings |
An interesting thing to note is that, the Toxins, by themselves do not have any synergy with weapons or the Rogue Hero Power. That being said, something like this, could be useful to ensure you have a good flow of Toxins throughout the game. |
Batch # 2: Curses, Secrets 'n' Sentries! |
Gathering Intel |
Could be interesting. There's a bit of RNG here, since you could be given a Paladin secret, with 2 other Mage Secrets, but for 1 Mana, you can't really complain. |
Curse of the Silithid |
Could help Deathrattle Rogue make some good trades. Your 1/1s from Haunted Creeper aren't too strong, but using this could have them turn into Mini-Maexxnas. For 3 mana, it is quite expensive, though, as it requires the Rogue to already have board presence. |
Under-King Anub'et'kan |
The Deathrattle Rogue legendary that we deserve. 7 Mana allows it to be combo'd with Unearthed Raptor, however finding activators for all these eggs might prove to be difficult. Rogue decks might start running Raid Leader or Stormwind Champion... who knows. |
Curse of Blindness |
Yet another Curse card for Rogues. Like the previous one, this interacts with minions, however unlike friendly, this time it makes it difficult for enemy minions to attack correctly. Quite a niche, however may force aggro decks to make some unwanted trades. |
Blend |
A simple, yet effective one. It's an Ice Block-ish effect for 2 mana. It's weaker than Ice Block in the sense that even though your hero has stealth, it doesn't make them Immune. They can die still to random effects or stuff like Sinister Strike that doesn't require targeting. Plus, you can't pre-play this, it needs to be played exactly before the turn you need protection. |
Elite Sentry Poe |
Alright, here's another Pandarean for all those Panda-lovers out there. He's the main guard, and the most elite sentry at the Black Market. Poe's strength comes from the fact that he's has almost on curve stats, thus, by using your Hero Power, he effectively becomes Spell Damage +2. Furthermore, if you use bigger, badder weapons, then Poe's value sky-rockets! Rogue's could definitely find a use for him, I feel. |
Batch # 3: Dragonz Shenaniganz |
Recently the Old Gods dropped by our not-so-little corrupted friend the Scaled Nightmare. While neutral this card screams Rogue to me, because in order to truly reap the benefits of its insane effect, the Stealth mechanic needs to be included in someway or the other. Alone, I feel the card will range from weak to mediocre, but using cards like Conceal and Cold Blood will make the card possibly be great or insanely strong (wishful thinking, but yeah). Rogue's one of the classes that got absolutely no dragon support from the start, let's change that shall we? |
Lil' Hatcher |
Pretty basic card, weak stats for the cost but it's effect is quite The Mistcaller-ish. It probably won't stick for more than one turn, but if it does then you'll be miles ahead when you play on curve. |
Crimson Drake |
This is the last card I made, from the 6 original cards made in this batch. While it doesn't follow the theme of the "Scaled-Buff Rogue" I want to make with these Dragons, it's the kind of card this deck could really use to survive. Sitting beside a Twilight Drake will certainly cause your opponent to go into a fit. |
Drakonid Spellbreaker |
This effect can go in a lot of general Rogue decks, even those that have nothing to do with Dragons. The effect is slow, I'd say, but it's a 5 mana 5/5, so you have all the time in the world. (Counting in Rogue-timings, of course!) |
Sinestra, Prime Consort |
Sinestra is the mate of Deathwing, mother to Nefarian and Onyxia. This is her in her human form. She's a very strong sorceress and thus I decided to relate her with spells. In the past we've seen cards like Baron Rivendare and Brann Bronzebeard double up our Deathrattles and Battlecries, but how about a minion that triggers our spells twice? I created this card with the Scaled Nightmare and Cold Blood Combo in mind, but this card has the possibility to be insane in ANY Rogue deck. Imagine playing just a single Oil, but gaining the value of two? (Blade Flurry, won't work because the weapon will be already destroyed the second time, so hold on you OTK-complainers.) Honestly, this card might be my favorite in the batch, if not the entire thread, simply because of the possibilities, man. Imagine 6 Nerubians with Beneath the Grounds, or 6 copies with Gang Up. Ughghgh. *Theorycrafting flux* |
Sinestra, the Brood Mother |
Effect has been changed. I'll add a new description soon TM. |
Batch # 4: Flippin' Coins |
Lockbox of the Ancients |
Edit: Previously called Heads or Tails. Discovering a Legendary is pretty strong, so I think something of an RNG-aspect should be attached to it. The "Coin" in this is not the legit Rogue "Coin" we're used to. It's just used to indicate that there's 50% chance either of these effects take place. |
Pit Lurker |
Pretty cool card on curve. Like other Flip a Coin cards, this definitely has RNG-attached. Thing is, it's good on its own. The RNG extra effect makes it better or not, depending on luck. |
Elusive Assassin |
This minion is actually inspired from Genji from Overwatch! Genji has an ability which allows him to repulse any incoming damage, and this minion does something similar. When it takes damage, there will be a coin flip. If you win, then it will deal that much damage to a random enemy. Can prove to be great in some situations but a tad bit too much RNG for my own personal tastes. |
Sneak Attack |
A board clear for Rogues. You kind of need to win the Coin Flip here otherwise it ends up being a kind of worse Fan of Knives. Follows the Rogue aethetic of attacking first or "sneak attacking" because of the undamaged characters part. |
Dr. Ten Tickles |
The Coin Flipping Legendary! A 1 Mana 3/3 that lives if you win the Coin Flip but dies immediately if you lose, making it a gamble. You have a 50% chance of this being an awesome start, or a bad one. Making it a Legendary is essential here, because more than one of this annoying guy shouldn't be allowed in any deck! This is also last card from the Second Season! |
... AND that concludes Season 2. With a total of 25 23 cards, this Season got to see a lot of variety, ranging from Toxins, to Curses to Dragons! Alas, with the Old Gods gone, it needs to come to an end. Thanks for all the support guys, it's been a blast to make this season. See ya'll, next time.
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Greetings, Traveler!
Hearthstone is now ~ 2 years old, but there aren't any achievements in it yet. My question is: why not? This would be a great way to motivate players over a long periode of time, especially now with the upcoming formats. So I thought about possible some achievements ... but there was a problem: where should they be placed Ingame? After a few hours, I created some graphics to explain my result.
Okay, let's get started. First of all I placed the Achievement button next to the Collection, directly on the right side. By clicking on it a new layer opens:
(Click here to watch the full sized grafic)
On the left side, you can see, that there are 3 categories: Collection, Account and Conditions. The first one contains Achievements based on generell all Hearthstone cards. Summoning a minion, activate a spell for the first time, collection a special amount of a cardgroup etc. Here's an example:
The thing is, that you don't have to own this minion for this achievement, you also just can play it in Arena/Brawl. After reaching, this achievement get's a 'tick' and coloration.
But that wasn't all! When you have this achievement, you can work on the next one:
Simple, isn't it?
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The next categorie is Account. Here are all achievements, which depends on the own progress like completing an adventure or reaching a rank in a season.
The last categorie are the Conditions, as shown in the graphic. These achievements needs special Ingame situation like winning a match with a complete-murloc deck, killing your opponent with e.g. the Leper Gnome-Deathrattle, summoning Thaddius and many different more (there are like endless ideas, but I just made three as an example in the graphic).
Normally, you can only reach the achievements in Play mode, Arena, Brawl or sometimes also while fighting adventures, but some achievements shows the following icon:
This means, that you can solve them also in a match against friends (because they may not be solvable in normal matches). The reason of this is, that achievements should be a longtime-motivation.
Collection:
Account:
Work in progress! =]
Conditions:
Work in progress! =]
Okay, that was my "short" explaination for the achievements. What do you guys think? Do you want this in Hearthstone or not? And what are your ideas for achievements (also different ones!)? Let's start a collection for Blizzard! :)
Sorry for grammar-mistakes, I'm not a native speaker. ^^
Greets, XanXon
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Greetings, Traveler!
Hearthstone is now ~ 2 years old, but there aren't any achievements in it yet. My question is: why not? This would be a great way to motivate players over a long periode of time. So I thought about possible some achievements ... but there was a problem: where should they be playced Ingame? After a few hours, I created some graphics to explain my result.
Okay, let's start. First of all, I plaiced the Layer directly next to the Quests. So instead of just showing the Hero-level, Quests and Co., it also now opens a Layer with the Achievements - something like this:
(You can open a fullsized version of this graphic by clicking on it!)
On the right side, you can see, that there are 3 categories: Cards, Account and Conditions. The first one contains Achievements based on generell all Hearthstone cards. Summoning a minion, activate a spell for the first time, collection a special amount of a cardgroup etc. Here's an example:
The thing is, that you don't have to own Ysera for this achievement, you also just can play her in Arena/Brawl. After reaching, this achievement get's a 'tick'.
But that wasn't all! When you have this achievement, you can work on the next one:
Simple, or?
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The next categorie is Account. Here are all achievements, which one depends on the own progress like completing an adventure ore reaching a rank in a season.
The last categorie are the Conditions, as shown in the graphic. These achievements needs special Ingame-situation like winning a match with a complete-murloc deck, killing your opponent with e.g. the Leper Gnome-Deathrattle, summoning Thaddius and many different more (there are like endless ideas, but I just made three as an example in the graphic).
Normally, you can only reach the achievements in Play mode, Arena, Brawl or sometimes also while fighting adventures, but some achievements shows the following icon:
This means, that you can solve them also in a match against friends (because they may not be solvable in normal matches). The reason of this is, that achievements should be a longtime-motivation.
Cards:
Account:
Conditions:
Okay, that was my "short" explaination for the achievements. What do you guys think? Do you want this in Hearthstone or not? And what are your ideas for achievements (also different ones!)? Let's start a collection for Blizzard! :)
Sorry for grammar-mistakes, I'm not a native speaker. ^^
Greets, XanXon
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There was a Q&A for HotS 2.0 on reddit, where a user asked this question:
He received this response:
Take it as you will, but I think it's indirect confirmation that this does exist in Hearthstone. The post can be seen here: https://www.reddit.com/r/heroesofthestorm/comments/63mtuc/heroes_of_the_storm_20_and_cassia_live_qa/dfvcrj8/
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Except that you can't target him with Dinosize because it's a spell.
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The whole point of rotating Sylvanas out is so that there is no go to 6-drop.
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The issue with combo decks (and I think a number of other issues as well) stem from the fact that Hearthstone allows no reaction from a player on their opponent's turn. If there were the option to play even a small subset of spells, or if secrets would allow you to choose when you want to trigger them instead of triggering automatically, then the strength of combo decks would decrease significantly. That's never gonna happen, though, because it violates the "simple" policy of Hearthstone.
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I like how he calls OTKs "evil".
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It's cool to see an Israeli player in this tournament. I don't think I've seen any professional Israeli players yet.
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A reason not to quit Hearthstone.
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That makes sense. I think Shamans and Rogues were next most common for bans. I was just trying to use these statistics to support my arguments against the terrible design decisions for Rogue. I was wondering if Rogue was mainly banned in matchups it was favorable for, leading to skewed statistics in its win rate.
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I would be interested in also seeing which classes were banned the most.