I don't like Siamat personally. I think it has too little impact. It's either a 7 mana taunt with divine shield with poor stats or you get to rush some things down and it dies. It only works well as a rush minion because rogue can stunner it and DH just ignores it if they don't kill it and they kill you anyway (if you arn't dead already). As a rush minion it seems inferior to Restless Mummy which is only 4 mana.
Sure, it might be worse than Mummy. But you can't play Mummy in Big Druid or Control Warlock.
It's not going to outright win you the game, but it's arguably the most flexible legendary in the game right now. It's currently the 6th most played neutral Legend.
One of Paladin's class weaknesses is AOE. Consecration should be weaker than priest cards.
Its not specifyed as a weakness per se. They wrote:Weaknesses, Direct damage spells, destroying big minions
Same as Priests strength isnt aoe per definition. I belive there is certainly some wiggle room especially since it looks like they try to push Paladin more into a slower direction lately (Pure , Librams,heal Dragons).
Blizzard's post on class identity was far from exhaustive. If you look at a list of Priest AOE versus Paladin AOE, there is a clear discrepancy between the two. Consecration and Avenging Wrath are the two only direct-damage AOEs in Paladin, and they're both classic. There are other AOEs, such as Shrink Ray, Libram of Justice, and Equality, but they are very much in the theme of Paladin's theme of stat manipulation (and require another card to finish them off). Priest, on the other hand, has at least 15 AOEs, along with other multi-minion removals.
I suspect Blizzard wanted to keep most dormant minions simple and similar since it's a relatively unknown mechanic to many players. Every expansion, there's a set of minions/spells that have very similar mechanics, but with each class having their own unique spin. (Spirits in Rastakhan, Breaths in DoD, Projects in Boomsday, etc.)
I stopped playing battlegrounds, but it had nothing to do with Tavern pass (I usually chose janky heroes anyway). I simply started playing more wild due to the latest expansion.
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I'm surprised that they give any data at all to us for free.
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This has pretty much been the heartstone community from the beginning.
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Is this supposed to be funny?
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Sure, it might be worse than Mummy. But you can't play Mummy in Big Druid or Control Warlock.
It's not going to outright win you the game, but it's arguably the most flexible legendary in the game right now. It's currently the 6th most played neutral Legend.
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Siamat is great for Control/Reno and Maiev Shadowsong is great for tempo decks.
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I find it mildly amusing that almost all of these are very good in Wild.
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Blizzard's post on class identity was far from exhaustive. If you look at a list of Priest AOE versus Paladin AOE, there is a clear discrepancy between the two. Consecration and Avenging Wrath are the two only direct-damage AOEs in Paladin, and they're both classic. There are other AOEs, such as Shrink Ray, Libram of Justice, and Equality, but they are very much in the theme of Paladin's theme of stat manipulation (and require another card to finish them off). Priest, on the other hand, has at least 15 AOEs, along with other multi-minion removals.
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One of Paladin's class weaknesses is AOE. Consecration should be weaker than priest cards.
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There really should be a permanent game mode with rotating sets each month + classic.
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These are some cool ideas. We've got a bit of a taste of them with Sherazin, Corpse Flower, Lucentbark, The Darkness, and Magitheridon.
I suspect Blizzard wanted to keep most dormant minions simple and similar since it's a relatively unknown mechanic to many players. Every expansion, there's a set of minions/spells that have very similar mechanics, but with each class having their own unique spin. (Spirits in Rastakhan, Breaths in DoD, Projects in Boomsday, etc.)
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People complained about not having a Reno counter for years. Now that we finally get it, people are losing their minds.
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I honestly wouldn't nerf anything, but would choose to buff old legendary cards/archetypes that never really took off.
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The only change I'd want to Blackjack Stunner is to cap the cost of the returned minion to 10.
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I stopped playing battlegrounds, but it had nothing to do with Tavern pass (I usually chose janky heroes anyway). I simply started playing more wild due to the latest expansion.
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Al'ar has some semi-decent winrates on HSReplay. 50.5% played winrate, with a 46.4% deck winrate, which is pretty average for a legendary.