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Love this card, despite a number of folks asking Blizzard to nerf it. :P

Works best in Warrior, obviously, but I'm toying with using it in Rogue and Mage. ;)

Really enjoying this thread, especially since I often question many of my Arena choices also.

I consider myself a lower-than-average Arena player, mostly because I like having certain kinds of constructed decks.

The interesting thing about Arena is that it kind of FORCES you to learn all of the cards in all areas and consider alternate choices.

Your Priest Arena deck looks pretty solid, despite not having a lot of singular cards like Velen's Chosen, Lightwell or Lightspawn.  But that is just the luck of the draw, LOL.

Props to you, Seqenere, for starting this thread. 

Will watch with interest to see how your latest run goes, particularly as Priest is my favorite class.

Cheers!

-mjsottawa

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• Suck it up, and learn how to play Hearthstone, GP is part of it, just like other challenging cards
  are (ie: Ragnaros the Firelord).

Pretty hard to play around a coin flip.

Coin flips go both ways ;)

And can't be played around either way. wee. 

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...Seriously. You're kidding, right (?)

Umm....*CAN BE PLAYED AROUND/CONTAINED*....EASILY.

You (seem to) overlook that Grim Patron can only be played/duplicated effectively (for value) at around Turn 6 or 7, at a minimum. 

If it is played out at Turn #5, it becomes an IMMEDIATE TARGET for any player who has lost to this minion or has even REMOTELY studied how dangerous it is.

Off the top of my head - strategy to contain/minimize incoming GP Damage, assuming there are at least 3-4 active on the board:

<ANY Cheap Taunt Minion>/Faceless Manipulator/Argent Commander

...wee back at ya. (x2...)

PS: An HS friend of mine in Australia believed I could make legend with a GP deck after I stomped his best Paladin deck with it twice.

I reminded him GP Warrior was VERY situational, and that I just got a good draw.  I was lucky, I said.

He didn't believe me, and insisted I take it on ladder so he could watch me reach legend...(yeah, right).

I DID, and then proceeded to get KILLED in 3 GAMES STRAIGHT with this deck, because *I DIDN'T DRAW THE RIGHT CARDS WHEN I NEEDED THEM*...(so yeah, this story is for you, LockHard773...)

84%+ of those polled on this topic *APPEAR* to agree with me that GP is NOT AS GOOD AS THE OP THINKS IT IS.  End of story...

Just so we are clear here, I only say "suck it up" to LAZY-ASS-PLAYERS who:

1. Don't READ what EVERYONE else is saying about a card or a deck (ie: GP isn't as BAD as everyone makes it out to be, and is BEATABLE)
2. Can't be bothered to look up BASIC Classic or GvG cards that can easily counter the cards they whine/moan about, asking to be nerfed.

And BTW, SO WHAT if Grim Patron is a little gimmicky?

Are you saying that Dr. Boom isn't a GIMMICK?

I'll bet FUN is a GIMMICK in your world, and I'm betting MOST here don't want ANY part of that, either.

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It's not even the grim patron that's annoying, it's the frothing berserker.

I dunno CurryKitty, I think we need to stamp out all of the chugga-chugga action going on in FreezyMechyInsertOtherAdjectivy Mage.

:P

About Warrior Grim Patron decks in general:

It's a challenge dealing with GP decks, sure, but they are largely situational, not at all reliable to compete on ladder with.

I say this because I have TRIED to ladder with my GP deck, using most, if not all of the tools to leverage the card, with little success.

On average, I get about (maybe) 30-40% win rate with my Grim Patron deck...

There are SO many ANSWERS to handling GPs, with lots of class-specific cards that have 2-3 direct damage that can remove them. 

Examples:

• Use a spell buff minion alongside spell removal, and no problem, GPs gone. 
• Or use removal cards such as AOE, or apply stealth to minions that have total removal on the next turn.
• Play minion cards that do direct Battlecry damage to the GP(s).
• Use a weapon to directly take them out.
• Duplicate GP and turn them against the source player (my personal favorite)

So, umm, my general suggestion(s) to those complaining about GP would include:

• Stop whining about GPs, nobody respects that.
• Suck it up, and learn how to play Hearthstone, GP is part of it, just like other challenging cards
  are (ie: Ragnaros the Firelord).
  
• Research cards for your class, and if you are feeling GP-paranoid, put one or two cards in your deck to help deal with them.

Sincerely,

-mjsottawa

OMG:

It's possible to beat Razorgore with this deck, but not easy, as you don't have Taunt cards to protect you from incoming damage.

Worst case scenario: 7*3 = 21 damage, leaving you dangerously close to lethal if he manages to get early damage at you...:/

(One Chromatic Drake, or one or two swipes with a couple of 3-5 damage minions, and that is it, Lightwells, or No Lightwells...)

Silence and Control are the keys to using a deck like this.  If you don't Mulligan for an early Silence or a Crazed Alchemist, you probably won't have much of a chance of winning. :/

Don't get me wrong: You DO NEED Lightwell cards in this deck, to help take care of early damage from enemy minions, or an early Bloodlust attack pass..

But you also need protection too, just in case Razorgore DOES pull ONE (OR TWO!) Bloodlust Spells:
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/235665-brm-heroic-razorgore-easy-budget-silencer

-mjsottawa

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Hey DrukMax:

Beat Vaelastrasz on the *FIRST* try! Outstanding deck! :)

My thanks! (LOL)

Try my Heroic Razorgore Deck:
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/235665-brm-heroic-razorgore-silencer-priest

-mjsottawa

I'm really feeling my favorite meta coming out here, Control meta :D. Blessed be the funnel cakes.

For those wondering whether Paladin is getting more cards than other classes Peter Whalen confirmed on Twitter that Level Up! is Epic not Rare so that makes Paladin's cards count the same as other classes.... 

https://twitter.com/Leolph/status/937312574017802240

Dean: -Yo Ben,we fucked up the balance and everyone is pissed off,what are we gonna do?

Ben:-Lets give them pr,you know?Developers insights,telling them our generic ideas,that we are working on it,that things aren't as bad as they think and bullshit like that.

Dean:-We already did bruh and everything backfired hard.

Ben:-Shit,ok ok i've got it!Let's ''leak'' the name of next expansion,that will keep the f*ckers distracted! :P

There's a zone in Un'Goro called "Terror Run"?? I thought it was called "Ranked"

Same shit, different expansion.

God f*cking dammit, just when I thought I was finally free of this hellhole of a game they bring dinosaurs. WHY CAN'T I QUIT YOU???

I think they will change the name later:

The Pirate Invasion of Un'Goro

Kappa.