Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Gloomy Rube (?) » Mon Mar 26, 2018 1:07 pm

Priest was my first golden hero! What are your other 3 golden heroes?
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Tue Mar 27, 2018 11:55 am

Gloomy Rube wrote:
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Priest was my first golden hero! What are your other 3 golden heroes?
Hunter, Shaman, and Paladin.

Next closest is Warlock, followed by Warrior. I play so little ranked every month though, since I prefer to mess around in casual with low-tier fun decks.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Gloomy Rube (?) » Wed Apr 04, 2018 7:31 pm

Two doll cards revealed so far, but they have no synergy with each other!! :seethe:
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Tue Apr 17, 2018 6:41 pm



512 damage hero power combo :lol:
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by sharkmafia (?) » Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:00 am

Lots of fun new decks to try out this expac- I've been using even handlock, odd control warrior, and combo dragon priest so far as I work my way up the ladder.

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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by sharkmafia (?) » Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:03 am

Oh, and that list (Still working on it, I think its fairly similar to a meta deck though)


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It's fun and can be quite powerful.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:53 am

Firebat's Wisp Druid has been INSANE for me.



I don't have Black Knight, so I replaced it with Naturalize. It works well with Violet Teacher and it's good to overdraw control decks.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Mon Apr 23, 2018 8:21 pm

If you hate Control Warlock, then enjoy the world's most satisfying video:

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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:51 pm

So I feel like they never actually playtested Shudderwock, because if they did, they'd realize how monumentally stupid and how much of a giant waste of time it is to sit through 15 minutes of animation in one game.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by W.T. Fits (?) » Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:42 pm

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So I feel like they never actually playtested Shudderwock, because if they did, they'd realize how monumentally stupid and how much of a giant waste of time it is to sit through 15 minutes of animation in one game.
It's like they didn't learn from Yogg-Saron at all.

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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Vivianinatoga (?) » Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:59 pm

Or they expected Shudderwock to be even less effective than Yogg?
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:51 am

With Spiteful Druid being so hugely popular and they have a 20% chance of summoning Tyrantus, Big Game Hunter is back to being a must-include tech card.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Wed Apr 25, 2018 2:57 pm

If you thought that Shudderwock was a giant time-waster, then check this out:

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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Logicgate (?) » Wed Apr 25, 2018 3:03 pm

Oh gosh does bouncing Nozdormu reset your turn clock completely

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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Wed Apr 25, 2018 7:30 pm

Logicgate wrote:
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Oh gosh does bouncing Nozdormu reset your turn clock completely
Yep it resets back to 15 seconds. I've seen it used in combo videos before to get extra damage, but I've never seen it used for an infinite armor loop like this.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Thu Apr 26, 2018 2:21 pm

The new solo adventure is up, but the servers are so borked right now that you can't play any of the game modes.

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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Vivianinatoga (?) » Thu Apr 26, 2018 3:32 pm

My brother and I were able to get five fights in on my first run before they borked up. It's hard to compare the difficulty of it compared to dungeon run, but so far it seems to be easier to manage but set up to be harder, for lack of a better term. Some of the hero powers enemies get in game are crazy, and they always have five more health points than you do, but the loot is pretty wild too, especially considering the four custom heroes have incredible powers compared to the normal classes.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Thu Apr 26, 2018 6:47 pm

It's annoying that the quest needs you to beat 10, but the run is only 8, so if you get a perfect run, you have to start a new one and just concede after 2 wins.

The final boss for Time Tinker is so obnoxious, I can't even begin to describe. :seethe:

Her hero power is 2 mana, give a minion Mega-Windfury (4x attacks in a turn) so if you leave ANYTHING big up, you die. Oh, and did I mention if you have her on the ropes, she plays a card that RESTARTS THE GAME, BUT YOU STAY AT THE SAME LIFE. So you have to do it all over again, but with the huge disadvantage of having much less life.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:16 pm

I just beat The Whisperer on turn 2 :smirk:

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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Vivianinatoga (?) » Thu Apr 26, 2018 10:55 pm

I spectated a friend hilariously getting steamrolled by Blood Witch Gretta. Her turn 1 went Arcane Artificer > Molten Reflection > Ice Block, letting her increase her effective HP for each spell she cast until he could remove the two minions. :lol:

After a couple turns, my friend got a random copy of Pick Pocket, and he spent half his remaining life hunting for answers that weren't coming. I guess he knew it was a losing proposition by that point.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Vivianinatoga (?) » Fri Apr 27, 2018 12:18 am

I despise Toki with a burning passion.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Fri Apr 27, 2018 12:50 am

I beat the adventure. It took way less time than the last expansion's dungeon runs, but it was still pretty fun. Toki was by far the hardest boss. Hagatha was a pushover.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Vivianinatoga (?) » Fri Apr 27, 2018 8:50 pm

Davyinatoga wrote:
Fri Apr 27, 2018 12:18 am
I despise Toki with a burning passion.
screw both Tokis I refuse to attempt this asinine piece of trash "challenge" ever again


at least until I irrationally feel the need to make myself furious again


which will probably be tomorrow because the level of self-abuse and punishment I feel I deserve is astronomical
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Vivianinatoga (?) » Sat Apr 28, 2018 7:16 pm

If I had paid attention to the rewards I wouldn't have wasted my time I was so excited after trying it out and had my spirit ground up so finely after the first couple attempts and now there is an emptiness I don't know can ever be patched

but at least I have yet another card back in my collection to sit unused and unacknowledged forever
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:48 am

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but at least I have yet another card back in my collection to sit unused and unacknowledged forever
Yeah once you get the legend card back, there's no switching.

I wish I had played early enough to get the rainbow card back though :gonkity:
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Doctor Wheeze (?) » Tue May 01, 2018 10:38 am

Octavia wrote:
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I wish I had played early enough to get the rainbow card back though :gonkity:
I missed it by one month! It's my greatest Hearthstone regret.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Mon May 07, 2018 3:10 pm

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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by theGECK (?) » Fri May 11, 2018 12:59 pm

I don't know what everybody's so grumpy about, Toki was so much fun! :)

I got through her stuff on the second run-through, faster than anybody else. I've only completed with the Cannonneer and Toki though. Plus the ending was fun. :D

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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Gloomy Rube (?) » Sat May 12, 2018 12:08 am

Yeah I had no trouble with Toki, she was the first mode I managed to beat. Second is ol' Tess, still need to finish with Cannoneer or Houndmaster Shaw.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by sharkmafia (?) » Sat May 12, 2018 6:45 pm

I'm not playing this game much right now but when i do I play control priest, unsurprisingly

It's pretty good! It does well to decent against most decktypes. Here's one of the more unusual winning positions I've gotten myself into

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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by sharkmafia (?) » Sun May 13, 2018 1:22 am

So i don't really give a shit about most golden cards and generally turn them into dust, with a few exceptions like my golden wild pyromancer. However, I was going through my card list and I came across this:

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Yeah, I had completely forgotten about this. Malygos warlock used to be my favorite deck way back when, and i crafted this waste of resources for it.

I'll hold onto him for when malygos decks are once again not a joke. SOMEDAY
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Vivianinatoga (?) » Sun May 13, 2018 8:43 pm

^ Druid. Or conversely, go Togwaggle Druid.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Tue May 15, 2018 7:27 pm

NEEEERRRRRRRFS! :flail:
  • Naga Sea Witch costs 8 instead of 5
  • Spiteful Summoner costs 7 instead of 6
  • Dark Pact heals 4 instead of 8
  • Possessed Lackey costs 6 instead of 5
  • Call to Arms costs 5 instead of 4
  • Caverns Below/Crystal Core changes minions to 4/4 instead of 5/5.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Gloomy Rube (?) » Wed May 16, 2018 2:19 pm

Caverns Below got a buff against Priest :negative:
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Wed May 16, 2018 6:16 pm

Gloomy Rube wrote:
Wed May 16, 2018 2:19 pm
Caverns Below got a buff against Priest :negative:
You're just gonna have to go back to the old school Auchenai + Circle of Healing board clear
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by sharkmafia (?) » Thu May 17, 2018 8:23 pm

Eh, I'm not sure it's a buff, exactly. At least not versus control priest, the current thing I'm playing.

It's true you can't boardclear with shadowreaper anduin but twilight drake and primordial drake both trade much better, and a board of 4/4s is generally weaker and more vulnerable to clears that aren't anduin.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Thu May 17, 2018 9:23 pm

The biggest problem with Quest Rogue is the polarization in matchups. It's pretty much a guaranteed win against control and a guaranteed loss against aggro. There's no point in playing the game out, which is why it's just a completely unfun deck. You know the final result before the first turn is over. I'm not sure if the nerf is actually going to change anything with regards to that.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by sharkmafia (?) » Fri May 25, 2018 2:06 am

Well, the nerfs have certainly shaken things up. I had a druid use living mana against me just now!

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It... didn't end well for him.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by sharkmafia (?) » Fri May 25, 2018 2:04 pm

Also, I may drive to legend this month on the back of, surprise surprise, control priest. At the moment the only common-ish decks that counter it are control mage, taunt druid (sort of) and quest priest. And I never feel like I have ABSOLUTELY no chance of winning, although quest priest is pretty hard. Ideally, you need to force them to use amara before they draw zola, so you can alex them after that. Otherwise you need to work your way through around 60 hp without using alex, and I've only won that way once so far:

https://hsreplay.net/replay/LRyK4355vFGxD4npX6bvhf

Good lord was that a humdinger of a game.
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Re: Hearthstone Thread: How Long Can This Go On?

Post by Octavia (?) » Fri May 25, 2018 2:40 pm

Control Priest is really strong. I'd add Baku Warrior to the list of counters, but I feel like I'm the only person who ever plays that deck.
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