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Eric Dodds Interview: Blackrock Mountain, Dr. Boom, Karazhan, Tutorial
Ben Brode on Blackrock Mountain
Hahahahaha! Ben Brode and Ben Thompson sat down with IGN Netherlands to discuss Blackrock Mountain. Not a whole lot was said that wasn't in the Eric Dodds Interview we posted a couple of days ago, but there were a couple of points worth mentioning. Read the full interview (in Dutch) over here.
Quote from Ben Brode & Ben Thompson
- We will see all the Blackrock Mountain cards before the adventure is released.
- The cards in the BRM set will not be as random as the Goblins vs Gnomes expansion.
- Not all the fights in Naxxramas were as fun as they could have been, and they believe they have achieved fun fights for all of BRM.
- They chose to add two class cards for each class this time around with the goal that there will be huge shifts in the meta.
- No short or long term plans to add more classes to the game.
Deck Spotlight: Lykan's Ramp Druid
In tonight's deck spotlight we're looking at a slightly modified Ramp Druid deck which Lykan has used to climb up from rank 16 to Legend this season. If you're looking for a solid deck, Ramp Druid has always been a favourite of many, and is very consistent.
This variant of ramp has some meta-specific choices such as Loatheb to help curb Oil Rogue, and to limit their responses once you've built up a nice board. Kezan Mystic is also available if you're running into a lot of secret oriented decks, but can be replaced with a Piloted Shredder if you aren't. Lykan does note that he did not have access to Cenarius, which explains the addition of Ragnaros the Firelord, so you may prefer to run Cenarius in that slot if you have him.
At 8700 dust, it is on the pricey side of decks, but that cost does get reduced when you factor in already owning the flavor of the month, Dr. Boom. Check out the deck guide to get yourself ramping up, and check out the deck below to get building!
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IEM Katowice This Weekend - March 15th
The Hearthstone Legendary Series by ESL is going to be at IEM Katowice this weekend, and featuries an awesome $30,000 USD prize pool. Eight top Hearthstone players have qualified for this event, and will be battling it out this Sunday, March 15th. The competitors will also be fighting for their share of 230 HWC points, which will help them qualify for the Hearthstone World Championships.
Head on over to our Survival Guide for more information on the event, or check out the players and schedule below. We'll have the stream embedded here on the front page on Sunday, so don't forget to swing on by and watch some Hearthstone!
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Times below are in CET (+0100), and may not be accurate once the event starts as game length varies greatly.
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James vs Inderen | 13:00 - 14:10 | Please Enable JavaScript |
Rdu vs Orange | 14:10 - 15:20 | Please Enable JavaScript |
Lifecoach vs Nalguidan | 15:20 - 16:30 | Please Enable JavaScript |
Amaz vs SirKristjan | 16:30 - 17:40 | Please Enable JavaScript |
Semifinal #1 | 17:40 - 18:50 | Please Enable JavaScript |
Semifinal #2 | 18:50 - 20:00 | Please Enable JavaScript |
Final | 20:00 - 21:30 | Please Enable JavaScript |
finally another ramp druid deck on the front page! just what we need!
Dutch? really? XD
"Huge shifts in the meta?" Sounds like a good time :D
More like sounds like the same thing they tell us every expansion...and it never happens. Face huntard and cancer mage will still be the most played decks, followed closely by whatever cancer decks people decide they like after that.
There's two things in the world that need a cure for cancer, and nobody's got enough brain power or funding to find it. Humanity...and Hearthstone.
Hmmm... That's weird. Imho, the more expansions/adventures come out, the more difficult it will be to introduce a new class in order to have the same power/options as the existing ones. I would bet new classes would be in the somewhat-short term goals of the developers. Like, every class should be in the game at the most 1year or so after the game has officially launched on all platforms. It seems like we may truly not see a new class in Hearthstone ever. 9 classes are not few for a card game after all.
I wouldn't count out the Death Knight and Monk classes just yet. There's money to be made here, after all. Give the players what they want and they give you money, you see?
Yea when i noticed that line i cried a bit inside no DK anytime soon. another thing to do to fix the problem is to put an expansion that only gives DK or the other ones card only.
i can see it now DK and the other one..
(i know its monk its for comedic purpose.)
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