Old Guardian's Articles
Battlegrounds Buddies Will Be the Biggest Change to the Game Ever – What Will the Meta Look Like?
I am still stunned by the changes to Battlegrounds that are coming in patch 22.2 on Tuesday 25 January. The addition of Battlegrounds Buddies will effectively turn Battlegrounds into a brand new game: there will be 75 new minions in the game all at once! Furthermore, the cost to upgrade to Tavern Tier 5 is going […]
What Will the Hearthstone Meta Look Like After the Rogue Nerfs In Patch 22.2?
On Tuesday 25 January, the big Hearthstone patch will finally arrive! There is a lot of stuff in this one, including Battlegrounds changes that will almost reinvent the whole game mode. In this article, I want to dig deeper into what the patch means for Constructed. Standard is the more popular constructed […]
Roguestone Survival Guide: The Best Counter Decks Against Thief Rogue and Poison Rogue
It seems that we are not getting a balance patch this week, so the current meta is here to stay for a while longer (at least until early next week). It’s not that the meta has been stale. Quite the contrary, over the past two weeks, we have seen two decks reach their ultimate form. […]
Any Hope for Priest and Mage? The Best Decks for the Two Weakest Classes!
The first Fractured in Alterac Valley balance patch opened up the meta to several new decks. With combo decks slowed down, multiple new strategies became viable. However, not all classes benefited equally from these new opportunities. In particular, Priest and Mage have been left wondering what they are supposed to do to succeed in this […]
What Will Happen to the Current Combo Decks in the Next Standard Rotation?
Hearthstone has seen an unprecedented rise of combo decks during the last two expansions. United in Stormwind and Fractured in Alterac Valley have largely been defined by their early aggro-combo metas and the subsequent balance patches that have aimed to slow down the combo decks to enable more midrange decks to participate. Most of the […]
