Tharid's Articles
What’s Paladin Losing in the 2019 Standard Hearthstone Rotation?
In total, Paladin players should have had a really good time during the Year of the Raven. During the last two years, Blizzard not only focussed on Murloc and Silver Hand Recruit synergy but also gave Paladin tons of free design space with the introduction of Genn Greymane and Baku the Mooneater. […]
What’s Shaman Losing in the 2019 Standard Hearthstone Rotation?
In total, the Year of the Raven has been a good one for Shaman players. The Witchwood expansion catapulted the class to the highest ranks of the meta thanks to game-changing cards like Shudderwock and Hagatha the Witch. Shudderwock Shaman in particular terrorized the community, not least because of raw power level as […]
Deciphering the Year of the Dragon Teasers – What we know so far
The cat is out of the bag! Or should we say dragon? As per usual by the end of February, Team 5 announced the upcoming 2019 Standard year called Year of the Dragon. It may have been the most packed announcement in the history of Hearthstone development, featuring the Hall of Fame […]
What’s Warrior Losing in the 2019 Standard Hearthstone Rotation?
Unlike other classes, the life of Warrior never really took incredibly exciting turns during the Year of the Raven. We have seen some exciting lists like Rush Warrior, a tempo-driven midrange deck focussing on continuous board pressure, Dead Man’s Hand Warrior, the hyper-control and skill-intensive fatigue powerhouse, or Recruit Warrior, probably the most board-swing-centric archetype […]
What’s Druid Losing in the 2019 Standard Hearthstone Rotation?
“Druid has been the most powerful class in 2018’s Hearthstone.” We don’t like to put statements in superlatives, but this one deserves it: The combination of Druid’s incredible Basic and Classic toolkit and card additions from the last six expansions turned the class into an armor-spamming, Moonfire-nuking and deck-swapping abomination – and all of […]
