Decks to Play Before Hearthstone's Next Set of Nerfs Arrive
Earlier this week, four nerfs were announced and we were told we'd be seeing them arrive this month. We don't have an exact date yet but we've certainly got a bit of time left to play around with these cards before they're forever damaged by the great nerf bat. The best part about knowing which cards are being nerfed means it may finally be your chance to craft them temporarily to have some fun since they will all be disenchantable for their full value post-nerf.
A Worm's Life
π In the dungeon, I go deeper π
π In set reviews, I was a sleeper π
πWhen minions die, I get cheaper π
π You guessed it right π
π I'm 3 attack weaker π
/u/deevee12, a Legend
First, we'll take a look at the cards being nerfed and we'll follow that up with four decks you should try before those nerfs go out. Warning, most of the decks are aggressive in nature because that's the problem the Hearthstone team is helping solve through the card changes.
The Card Nerfs
Four cards will forever (hopefully) be changed.
- Bonemare now costs 8 mana, up from 7.
- Corridor Creeper now has 2 attack, down from 5.
- Patches the Pirate no longer has charge. His voice line will also be changing. (Source)
- Raza the Chained's effect now sets your Hero Power to 1 mana, up from 0.
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Decks Worth Trying #1 - Aggro Druid
A personal favourite for getting the monthly card back out of the way. Play cheap minions, buff them, win either to a concede or brute force.
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Decks Worth Trying #2 - Face Hunter
One of Hearthstone's oldest archetypes. Smack people in the face and collect loot. Patches the Pirate makes your opponent feel like they'd have more fun banging their head against a wall and after they finally drop some board clear, you activate your trap card, Corridor Creeper - If you even need it.
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Decks Worth Trying #3 - Razakus Priest
The archetype has fallen a bit out of favor recently due to Spiteful Priest simply being a better deck, but this is one of those decks that you'll regret not trying once it is no longer possible. The 0-cost hero powers of Shadowreaper Anduin and cheap spells let you rope your opponents assuming, of course, they don't leave when they realize they have no answer to Raza.
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Decks Worth Trying #4 - Zoolock
Our final deck is certainly an archetype we will always see in some capacity, but the current version will be overcome nerfs. The only deck here featuring three of the cards being put down, Zoolock is going to need some radical changes if it intends to keep up with its brother in crime, Cubelock. It's tough to make an exact prediction on where the meta will be post-nerfs though, so who knows!
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Valeera
Valeera is a rogue only option... what about the other 8 poor bastards who don't have the luxury?
Kobold monk. 4 mana 3/6 face cannot be targeted by spells and hero powers
True :)
My current exodia paladin decklist was good enough to reach rank5 witihn 2 days and I doubt the meta will get faster after the nerfs... I see a great future for control paladin.. atleast till Beardo rotates out :(
Spiteful priest is better than raza ok then. How did that 1 one spiteful priest do in HCT?
I guess someone is drinking the VS kool aid.
There is a major difference between tournament and ladder, a deck might be better than another deck, but if the meta is shaped against it, it wont perform better than the weaker deck which is made to counter and cope with the other popular decks at a certain point.
Can't wait for the Patch(es), I.....need.....dust :-)
Decks to play after nerfs. Still posting razakus priest omegalul.
A Worm's Life
π In the dungeon, I go deeper π
π In set reviews, I was a sleeper π
πWhen minions die, I get cheaper π
π You guessed it right π
π I'm 3 attack weaker π
/u/deevee12, a Legend
LMAO :D
Why not deploy nerfs right after announcement? if there is something wrong going on, and you know you should settle things up, why keep us in this sad scenario? I know there is few tournaments happening at a moment, but thats not an excuse at all, we did wait enough for this change already, and yet we still need to wait indeterminate time. Blizzard are Gods in pissing people off, I can give you that.
This is a fair point. It feels like everyone is online right now trying to rank up before their decks get shot all to hell.
it is due to AppleStore politics If I remember correctly and they can't immediately put a patch. Might be wrong tho
ok just to clarify are there NO Hall of Fame'd cards this time? no "rip iceblock"?
Hall of Fame comes with rotation of change of Hearthstone year and not with just nerfs. It's been stated pretty often ;-)