No you are not alone. I am kind of facing same issues after I have reached Rank 5. Stuck there for a while. It needs some early game rectification. Some bits here & There. I will see what I can do to improve this deck.
Currently my stat is 17-0 with this deck. 4-0 against even Shaman. Haven't faced any other aggro decks but Rag came handy against Even Warlock & Discolock/Mechathun deck(mainly every other Warlock deck) .
Enough board removals from early to late game. So you can play this deck as control. Nice inspire synergy. Brann Bronzebeard for extra flexibility.
Use Zola the Gorgon & Seanceto copy Vargoth. reduce Drakkari, Vargoth & Mindblast for 1 turn & you'll get 25 damage in one turn. But you can use vargoth with extra flexibility with Healing potion or Kazakus potion or any of the board clear spell. So in that situation you can use spawn for your finisher.
The they could easily fix Barnes by not allowing you to Rez his 1/1 minion that way they have to wait till turn 6 to pull a 8/8 10/10 minion.
Also the statement that people like to always say “it’s in wild so who cares” wild had become a prettt big thing since it’s release and does need to be adjusted sometimes. Even if some cards are to powerful they should not be the deciding factor of winning a game.
You know it's quite a rare occurrence right? It's quit easy to counter Big Priest if you are playing Aggro decks. You could decimate Big Priest before he pulls up his Barnes at Turn 4 (See Mech Hunter). Barnes is a High roll High reward types of card which will not always ensure your victories. Stats support this notion. And sometimes you don't even get your Barnes in your starting hand.
Look I don't play Big Priest, Highleander Priest is my favourite archtype so I don't care if they are going to nerf Barnes. Actually I should be happy cause I have an abysmal record against Big priest. But it's not the entire picture. There are other decks that counter Big Priest quite hard.
Suddenly all threads are appearing on hearthpwn where users are tilted from playing against Priest. I mean what is this? Why this sudden outrage? Are they and I playing the same game.?
First of all Barnes is already in Wild. And from experience (I have been exclusively playing wild for last couple of seasons) I have hardly (read not at all) encountered a BarnesMind Blast priest. Yes I have encountered lots of & lots of Big Priest. Even once dominating highlander priest is rare on ladders.
I mean really? Do you really want to argue that Priest is OP? Whose best weapon is a lower 2nd Tier deck (in Standard Gallery Priest & in wild Big Priest) that Priest?
All these hates Priest gets are unsubstantiated. I have my doubts that those who are frustrated against Priest don't play this game at all.
Why is that both of the Priest alternate hero are/were behind the paywall? It's clearly unfair. When they launched Tyrande Amazon prime wasn't available in my country back then. Now this one comes from pre purchasing 80 packs.
Not that I care about cosmetics & my love for Anduin hasn't decreased either. But this one is unfair.
Before anyone jumps in saying Mage,warrior & hunter also have their alternate heroes behind the paywall, my point to them is that they are not for the limited time. With priest one it will be up for limited time. Which adds some extra salt in the wound.
2. Rexxar with 500 ish & Anduin with 6000 ish. I am close with Warrior( 420ish) & Mage (450ish) but I stopped playing anything other than Priest from Whisper of the old gods. So probably will be stuck with these 2 for a while.
Also ironically Big priest has 90% win rates against my highlander decks (Deathrattle variant, reactive inspire variant, dragon variant any variant of highlander priest)
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They can easily restore Raza's value & it still wound't be overpowered. (Post made almost one month after Rise of shadows release)
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Why is that? No update has been issued yet.
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No you are not alone. I am kind of facing same issues after I have reached Rank 5. Stuck there for a while. It needs some early game rectification. Some bits here & There. I will see what I can do to improve this deck.
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I changed Catrina Muerte with Archivist Elysiana. II just have to see which version perform better in the long run. BTW I have Nightscale Matriarch in my deck but only one. Thought about including a Mass Resurrection in my deck. But then I would have to card one from my deck. I would probably cut one Acidic Swamp Ooze for Mass Resurrection.
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Played 5 against Bomb Warriors, It works like charm. Haven't faced any Rogue with this deck yet.
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Omega Medic for late game healing
Board clear with Circle of Healing & Auchenai Soulpriest. Auchenai Soulpriest also has synergistic value with
Hench-Clan Shadequill. Circle of Healing can be used as draw mechanic with Northshire Cleric. It also have a nice synergy with Nightscale Matriarch. Ysera & Catrina Muerte for late game value.
Try to hit Lady in White for maximum value. Even if you can't no problem. Even if you hit at least 3-4 minions she serves the purpose.
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Currently my stat is 17-0 with this deck. 4-0 against even Shaman. Haven't faced any other aggro decks but Rag came handy against Even Warlock & Discolock/Mechathun deck(mainly every other Warlock deck) .
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So after getting crushed by big Priest 10 in a row (I was playing highlander), I decided to play it myself. So I was toying with this version
Boy o Boy tell me if Catrina Muerte, Archmage Vargoth & Mass Resurrection are not OP in this deck. Also one of the best thing about Mass Resurrection is that it also resurrect duplicates. For example if you have Only 3 Ragnaros the Firelord died in the game it would resurrect all 3. Which is a major plus over Lesser Diamond Spellstone.
I am just rolling over all of them.
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4 tech cards: Dirty Rat, Gluttonous Ooze,Secret Eater, Skulking Geist.
Enough board removals from early to late game. So you can play this deck as control. Nice inspire synergy. Brann Bronzebeard for extra flexibility.
Use Zola the Gorgon & Seanceto copy Vargoth. reduce Drakkari, Vargoth & Mindblast for 1 turn & you'll get 25 damage in one turn. But you can use vargoth with extra flexibility with Healing potion or Kazakus potion or any of the board clear spell. So in that situation you can use spawn for your finisher.
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EVIL Conscripter
Great card- 4/5
Forbidden Words
Too slow 1/5
Mass Resurrection
Too Slow 1/5
Lazul's Scheme
Great synergy with Shadow Word: Pain Shadow Madness & Cabal Shadow Priest 3/5
Madame Lazul
Roses are Red
Violets are blue
Secret Agent
Coming through
Great potential 4/5.
Shadowy Figure
nice 2/2 deathrattle activator. Great card especially for wild. 4/5.
Catrina Muerte
late game value card. Has potential. Need more clear defined meta to predict.
3/5.
Now that every card has been revealed, lets wrap up this review.
Unsleeping Soul
Nice value generator , great for tempo decks 3/5.
Convincing Infiltrator
Junior Obsidian Statue Great against aggro, nice deathrattle effect Only lacking lifesteal. 4/5
Hench-Clan Shadequill
Huge body. Deathrattle, not so much negative effect. Nice synergy with Auchenai Soulpriest & Auchenai Phantasm. 5/5
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You know it's quite a rare occurrence right? It's quit easy to counter Big Priest if you are playing Aggro decks. You could decimate Big Priest before he pulls up his Barnes at Turn 4 (See Mech Hunter). Barnes is a High roll High reward types of card which will not always ensure your victories. Stats support this notion. And sometimes you don't even get your Barnes in your starting hand.
Look I don't play Big Priest, Highleander Priest is my favourite archtype so I don't care if they are going to nerf Barnes. Actually I should be happy cause I have an abysmal record against Big priest. But it's not the entire picture. There are other decks that counter Big Priest quite hard.
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Suddenly all threads are appearing on hearthpwn where users are tilted from playing against Priest. I mean what is this? Why this sudden outrage? Are they and I playing the same game.?
One example saying Barnes & Mind blast being OP.
https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/general-discussion/230428-barnes-mind-blast
First of all Barnes is already in Wild. And from experience (I have been exclusively playing wild for last couple of seasons) I have hardly (read not at all) encountered a Barnes Mind Blast priest. Yes I have encountered lots of & lots of Big Priest. Even once dominating highlander priest is rare on ladders.
Second thread about priest being OP
https://www.hearthpwn.com/forums/hearthstone-general/general-discussion/231255-no-respect-for-priest-decks-or-this-game-anymore
I mean really? Do you really want to argue that Priest is OP? Whose best weapon is a lower 2nd Tier deck (in Standard Gallery Priest & in wild Big Priest) that Priest?
All these hates Priest gets are unsubstantiated. I have my doubts that those who are frustrated against Priest don't play this game at all.
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Why is that both of the Priest alternate hero are/were behind the paywall? It's clearly unfair. When they launched Tyrande Amazon prime wasn't available in my country back then. Now this one comes from pre purchasing 80 packs.
Not that I care about cosmetics & my love for Anduin hasn't decreased either. But this one is unfair.
Before anyone jumps in saying Mage,warrior & hunter also have their alternate heroes behind the paywall, my point to them is that they are not for the limited time. With priest one it will be up for limited time. Which adds some extra salt in the wound.
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2. Rexxar with 500 ish & Anduin with 6000 ish. I am close with Warrior( 420ish) & Mage (450ish) but I stopped playing anything other than Priest from Whisper of the old gods. So probably will be stuck with these 2 for a while.
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Also ironically Big priest has 90% win rates against my highlander decks (Deathrattle variant, reactive inspire variant, dragon variant any variant of highlander priest)