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Thanks for the comment, I'll try it with Boneweb Egg!

Grand Lackey Erkh is essential, otherwise you often run out of value. The soul shard package is also essential for heals, and I found Soulciologist Malicia to be very useful.

Barista Lynchen is not a central piece, but it can give you a huge boost by giving you multiple extra lackeys, or extra Brittlebone Destroyer for the Paladin or Druid matchup.

Even though I agree that the class is overpowered at the moment, I think the most frustrating aspect of DH is the fact that it feels uninteractive. We had the same problem with Quest Rogue or Quest Mage back in the days, where the opponent plays his cards regardless of what you have on the board.

However, I feel slight tweaks should make the playing experience way more fun. I think that making the damage from Imprisoned Antaen and Priestess of Fury only target minions would create more interesting decision-making than while remaining strong.

After almost a month of playing with the new meta, I can say that I am enjoying myself a lot, and here is why.

I love puzzles. That's why I enjoyed the Boomsday solo content so much. What brings me back to the game daily are decks and cards that force you to think how you can maximize the value you get out of each play.

Previous metas were a bit boring to me. You pretty much just reapplied the same recipe over and over. Of course you had to make smart choices, but I found the depth of choice that was offered to be pretty limited. Since SoU and the comeback of highlander decks, you have to choose carefully when and how you use each one of your cards, because once you use it, you can't use it again (most of the time). I even have been fiddling with a Expired Merchant Discardlock and have had a lot of fun. It doesn't help me climb the ladder, but each game brings a new puzzle that makes my brains go to work.

I have to say that I like what Team 5 has done with the Year of the Dragon, even though there weren't any dragons in the last expansion (probably a narrative twist for the next expansion).

What do you think?

I think this would be a great addition to Recruit Warrior as a way to stop your opponent from playing cards right before you play Gather your Party.

Funny thing: I thought about this card while being unable to sleep last night.

I think that oversimplifying Hearthstone this way could have some negative impact on the way we see the game. Even Ramp Druid is now called Big Druid. People are talking about Big Spell Mage and Big Warrior for the upcoming expansion.

Don't get me wrong. I agree that HS, on some level, doesn't have the depth and complexity that other TCG have. Although, it seems that nowadays, every deck that present big late game threats, like control and ramp decks, are now called Big Decks, even though they aren't played the same way at all. Imo, it takes out the nuances of discussing these decks on forums like Hearthpwn, which in itself is part of the metagame.

There you go, good luck to everyone!

She loves penguins, so don't mess with them!

One suggestion;Boneweb Egg instead of Serpent Egg because you can kill your own egg on curve with School Spirits. 

Tried it at 1000’s legend and went 1-4. Had to stop because I don’t want to jeopardize the x11 star bonus. I’ll try it after reset but not really very appealing so far as it’s so draw sequence dependant. Almost makes me want to add Sphere of Sapience here to try and gain any semblance of consistency. 
I’ll get back to ya after this reset. 

Really cool deck! GJ!

Looks fun! Definitely will try it out.
How essential is Barista Lynchen in your opinion?

So what? Long games is where the true deckbuilding strategy shines, value generation,fetching for resources, mirror matches for the complete experience. I'd rather play 2 of those games than 10 tasteless  3 minute ones.

If you complain about long games, go play blackjack.

That's not how MMR works.

There is a reason the same players percolate to the top of tournament leaderboards, GM league, ladder finishes, etc. etc.

If you truly believe it's Blizzard playing favorites, that's an unprovable (and therefore Un-DIS-provable) statement with the info we have available, but I'd just offer the bit of thought, "why would they need to do that?"

If you truly believe it's just because these players grind harder, you don't understand RNG.  There are more players who DESIRE to be at the top of Hearthstone than there are places at the top of Hearthstone.  Sooner or later something breaks the ties.  Furthermore, if the only thing it takes to succeed in this game is playing more hours, YOU YOURSELF go do it and show us.  Any one of the numerous RNG gripers on this site, go be the next professional success story.  All you have to do is play more games, right?

We could easily settle this, though, and honestly, I think I want to make some YouTube content about this.  Just go grab the OP on this post and watch some replays with him from GM league or last year's World Championships or whatever.  Take him to a certain decision point in the game, pause the replay, and ask him to describe precisely how he plays this turn out.  See how many times he picks suboptimal lines of play when compared to the player who actually played the game, and let the argument be settled.

If you want to play this game with yourself, go watch Frozen vs. Sintolol in the 2017 (I think) World Championship Semi-final round.  There were numerous moments in that match where the average Legend player would have fucked the game up completely.  Be honest with yourself, and tell me about the RNG being the dominant factor of the game again.  If you're going to insist you'd have played it better, then you are definitely my first contestant on "So You Think You're Pro?", coming to a YouTube channel near you.

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• [  ] look for official information on the HS Twitter acc
• [x] proceed to rage about it on Hearthpwn

Yeah, I guess the choice was on your end, pal.

The biggest problem is that all DH cards are pretty strong, so you can basically string together any 30 class cards, and have a good deck. Meanwhile every other class is trying to meme is way into wins. 18 hours ago, I was getting annoyed losing to DH, but I'm already starting to get comfortable with a few decks, and my DH loss rate has plummeted. I think once people get used to playing against it, and the novelty wears off, it won't need nerds.

They run out of steam really fast, and you really only have to deal with about 6 cards in their deck before they're finished.

This is all just week 1 panic. It will wear off. They have released much more oppressive decks in the past. Everyone who is freaking out either have very short memories, or are fairly new to the game

I'm doing really well with no minion Mage, and Deathrattle Hunter... I've heard others are doing well with Druid and Priest.

This happens every rotation, without exception. Galakrond Shaman, Bomb Warrior, on and on...

People were given most of these DH cards for free,.. Anyone who has 30 packs and enough to craft Metamorphosis can have a powerful deck (I haven't seen Kayn Sunfury used as a win condition yet, so I'd argue it's unnecessary).

Anytime Bilzzard releases a powerful, cheap deck... It will inevitably flood the meta... I'll guarantee, in less than 2 weeks, DH winrate will drop down to much closer than 50% without nerfs. If they nerf it more than just a bit, it will be unplayable within a month.

If you're having trouble, take it as a challenge. I promise you, there are several decks out there with 50%+ win rates vs DH that you can make your own variances on.

If your mad because "your deck" can't beat it, then ultimately you're playing the game wrong. "Your deck" will never beat the top meta decks, unless one expansion it becomes a top meta deck, and then people will be complaining about "your deck".

Have a little patience, and try different things. They'll probably make some minor tweaks to DH... There's no way they can run tests on a deck that can compare to when 90% of players start using it. You can only find those statistics when they happen, so I'm sure they'll make necessary adjustments.

Use this time to learn to crack Demon Hunter at it's prime, and in a couple weeks, you'll never lose to them again.

All of the uproar and outrage is just completely unnecessary. It's like throwing a tantrum because Baskin Robbins changed your favorite ice cream flavor. It's been less than 24 hours. Give it a chance.

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