Mistress of Pain and Auchenai Soulpriest Combo to be No More!
Thanks to a post this afternoon from Keganbe of the Hearthstone Community team, we're learning that Auchenai Soulpriest will not be wreaking havoc on heroes anymore thanks to some upcoming changes in Knights of the Frozen Throne; It will only trigger once with the Lifesteal mechanic!
In addition to this change, two cards will be changed to instead have Lifesteal on their wording. These cards are the aforementioned Mistress of Pain and the relatively new Wickerflame Burnbristle.
Quote from KeganbeGreetings!
In Knights of the Frozen Throne, we’re introducing a new keyword, Lifesteal, that summarizes the previously existing card text “damage dealt by this also heals your hero”. We’re looking forward to showing off more new cards with the Lifesteal keyword in the coming weeks.
Two cards currently exist with the Lifesteal ability in their text box: Wickerflame Burnbristle and Mistress of Pain.
In Knights of the Frozen Throne, we’ll be updating their card text to say “Lifesteal” rather than their current “damage dealt by this minion also heals your hero” text. You can check out what that will look like by clicking the links above!
Stop Hitting Yourself
Auchenai Soulpriest and Mistress of Pain have had a very interesting relationship. Their current interaction results in a continuous loop of healing and damage that results in a rather grisly end to the current game. In Knights of the Frozen Throne, we will be changing the interaction between Auchenai Soulpriest and all minions with Lifesteal so that the Auchenai Soulpriest ability will only trigger once.
We hope you are looking forward to our next chilling expansion!
Handbuffing is a fantastic mechanic. A control paladin typically passes on turn 1 and makes a dude on turn 2. Playing Smuggler's Run on 1 and Grimestreet Outfitter on 2 is better than doing nothing. Plus, even with just +1/+1 cards like Acolyte of Pain and Stonehill Defender become much more threatening and resilient.
Okay, here is MtG lifelink description: "Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life." Does anyone see anything about ATTACK (or, like, combat) damage? Me neither.
We definitely need more cool stories about MtG.
That might be how it works in MTG, but in hearthstone it's not. In hearthstone effects that are on a minion card count as coming from that minion and unless there's specifically a distinction between attack damage and other damage, all types of damage count. You can see this in the completely intended wild pyromancer + poison adapt. I don't don't if rag with lifesteal would steal life. But it'd be completely consistent with what we know of how such things work. I also don't know if the wording for lifesteal in the expansion announcement is going to be the final wording, but if it is, then this specific interaction (and if rag with lifesteal doesn't heal the player with his shots) it's actually inconsistent wording with how the rest of the game works.
You think MTG doesn't have infinite loops lol? Have you even played the game?
MTG has clear text. "When this creature deals COMBAT damage to X, do X".
The Auchenai Soulpriest + Mistress of Pain interaction reminds me of the Guilty Conscience + Stuffy Doll interaction, which was an instant win condition using non-combat damage.
What about Drain Life, Holy Fire and Tidal Surge? I know heal won't be the same as damage in case of +spell damage exists but these cards would fit into lifesteal just as well.
Lifesteal = “damage dealt by this minion also heals your hero”. Also as you said:
No one of these spells can be "Deal X damage. Lifesteal". And it seems Blizzard wont do it even it seems logical.
It's clear that blizzard extends this mechanic to other type of cards like Spirit Lash. Maybe we'll see a weapon with lifesteal too.
the new priest card revealed literally has this text
Because if they change it that would be a minor buff, and you know that HS team loves their buffs. /s
We need a montage of all the Soulpriest+Mistress OTK combos. In memorium.
Aww... and here I didn't have the chance to see that combo in one of my games yet!
Where does that name "I need an adult" comes from? Was it invented just now?
Nah, it's been around for a long time. My guess is it's either from a TV show or one of the earliest Youtube videos.
will there be a dust refund on auchnai and mistress? this is such a meta-changing nerf on the kill-yourself-priest deck
Stop Hitting Yourself!
i had to laugh (happened to me once with mistress of pain)
Well that is a nerf to Wickerflame Burnbristle his abillity is not the same as lifesteal.
As i have a feeling that lifesteal works kinda like Knuckles (not activating on opponents turn.)
But i guess it is going to work exactly like Wickerflame and Mistress, and that is going to make the keyword super powerfull.