I cannot test this right now, but on a forum I saw and answer that it is because of the hero portrait and one should try to use the original Thrall portrait.
Apparently the old totem is tied to other portaits, but this needs to be confirmed.
According to Dean Ayala (from Q&A a week ago - I read it on Out of Cards) it is confirmed that some new form of card draw will be available to Shaman, most probably in the new expansion. I recommend you to read it as well :)
I hope it will be something sufficient for Shaman to keep up with the meta, however who knows what the meta might be after the rotation. These are some unprecedented changes that are coming for us.
I guess it's about the consistency of the deck. I think this version with 2x AOE's + 2x Groundskeeper gives more consistency, especially against aggro decks. The highlander version is not that great in this aspect and offers basically no upside apart from Zephrys and Dragonqueen, which is nice, but I doubt it is enough in this fast meta.
Hi, I am wondering about the inclusion of Teron Gorefiend. Are there any combos you can pull off with it? Or is it just to get value from doubled battlecry?
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Hi, to increase the consistency of the deck you should include Saronite Chain Gang and also more "bouncers" like Zola the Gorgon or Barista Lynchen.
I recommend checking other decklists with Shudderwock combo, at this moment these are more or less refined, but not tier 1.
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The deck looks interesting and fun, so maybe today I will give it a try ;)
I haven't tested the elemental package yet, initially I thought that it might be too weak, but maybe this kind of hybrid is the way to go.
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Welp, I guess there are other more important issues that Blizzard is dealing with right now.
At least I cannot find any information if it's being fixed.
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I cannot test this right now, but on a forum I saw and answer that it is because of the hero portrait and one should try to use the original Thrall portrait.
Apparently the old totem is tied to other portaits, but this needs to be confirmed.
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According to Dean Ayala (from Q&A a week ago - I read it on Out of Cards) it is confirmed that some new form of card draw will be available to Shaman, most probably in the new expansion. I recommend you to read it as well :)
I hope it will be something sufficient for Shaman to keep up with the meta, however who knows what the meta might be after the rotation. These are some unprecedented changes that are coming for us.
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Well, these are good points.
It's worth trying both variants - at this point it's hard to tell how the meta is going to stabilise.
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I guess it's about the consistency of the deck. I think this version with 2x AOE's + 2x Groundskeeper gives more consistency, especially against aggro decks. The highlander version is not that great in this aspect and offers basically no upside apart from Zephrys and Dragonqueen, which is nice, but I doubt it is enough in this fast meta.
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Hi, I am wondering about the inclusion of Teron Gorefiend. Are there any combos you can pull off with it? Or is it just to get value from doubled battlecry?