Vincent's Comments
16.6.1 Server Hotfix for Legend Rank Adjustment
Oh this explains a lot and all the time I was blaming the coronavirus… since now lots of people are at home I thought wayyy more people are playing. I already had given up ranking for the remainder of this month when I gained 7 ranks (1550 to 1543) after winning from someone at 726.
2020 Announcements Live Recap - Standard Year, Hall of Fame, New Cards, Ashes of Outland, Demon Hunter and More!
Leeroy Jenkins, Mountain Giant, Mind Control Tech, Acolyte of Pain and Spellbreaker will be moved to the Hall of Fame.
Galakrond's Awakening Meta Decks (Week 2) - Best Hearthstone Pro & Streamer Deck Lists For All Classes
HS atm… Embiggen, Strength in Numbers, hello 8/10 “Can’t be targeted by spells of Hero Powers” Winged Guardian, gg. Next up… ah a druid, repeat. Next up… again and again. Pff time to take a break from the forest.
Top Standard Legend Decks From Galakrond's Awakening - Week 1 - January 2020
Playing 24/7 against druids, it seems all other classes gave up.
Grand Lackey Erkh
4 mana for a 2/3 is just meh. So at turn 4 it’s useless. And after that you need a lackey to activate. I don’t understand the 4 star rating so far. 2/5
The Pros and Cons of Non-Stop Balance Changes
Shaman Galakrond went from top to bottom tier. That’s no small balance change! And now hunter and/or rogue sits on top of the meta by a margin. The outcome is that class x got replaced by y, so what’s the point? Is it really about balance or is it a money making strategy by Blizzard?
Descent of Dragons Post-Second Nerf Meta Decks - Best Hearthstone Pro & Streamer Deck Lists For All Classes
Wine post. With the nerf to Innovation of Frost (was that really necessary?) both shaman invoke cards were nerfed. And shaman now sits at the bottom of all classes. My dust is gone creating a shaman deck. I can’t afford to create any of the new top decks like highlander hunter/rogue or hand warlock, each deck requires 3 or 4 legendaries. So face hunter it is. If Blizzard keeps intervening, why not compensate players…
Galakrond's Awakening Adventure Guide - 35 New Cards, Four Chapters, Launches January 21!
Just to make sure… if I buy this adventure, the cards will be playable in standard for 2 years?
Nerf Patch (16.0.8) Coming Later This Week - Nerfs to Fiendish Rites, Scion of Ruin, Ancharrr, Dragon's Pack, Invocation of Frost, Necrium Apothecary and Dragonqueen Alexstrasza
Wow predicted 5 out of 7. Quest priest candidate for tier 0? Was already afraid for this, in for a boring meta meh! Return of otk decks like Holy wrath paladin (or malygos decks – still not moved to the hall of fame) to counter priest? Highlander hunter will surely benefit. This all means that I need dust lots of it 🙁 Will Blizzard compensate?
Another Nerf Patch Coming Soon - Galakrond Decks, Pirate Warrior, Deathrattle Rogue - More Info Next Week
At the moment in my exp it’s about who gets Galakrond first wins (or DR/Ancharr/Dragonqueen). That’s not fun so another nerf patch is welcome.
Potential nerf candidates I see: Galakrand Legendaries, Necrium Apothecary, Scion of Ruin, Ancharrr and pref Dragonqueen Alexstrasza too and I still would like to see Malygos move to the Hall of Fame.
I do fear Quest Resurrect Priest will come out on top which is a boring deck to play against.
Also Blizzard should compensate all players for these patches by giving 5 free card packs or better just give a free legendary (1600 dust).
End of Month Players Rank Distribution in November 2019 - 0.3% in Legend, 6% at Ranks 5 to 1
I think the majority finishing in ranks 15-25 probably says they only played a few games that month. Even my oldest kid (11yr) can easily get to 14 with one of my decks. My exp from rank 5 to legend is that everyone plays one of the top 5 decks and it’s just the amount of time you’re willing to invest eventually you will reach legend. Seriously Hearthstone ain’t hard it’s about money (cards) and time. Top streamers do play 8-10 hours a day. Congrats to all legend players 😉
Galakrond Shaman - Early #2 Legend (Joselu) - Descent Post-Nerf
Krag’wa? I rather have a second Earth shock or Hex. Also Archmage Vargoth is a cheaper win-more card.
Devoted Maniac
This card must be the most underrated card of the set. 2 stars lol. Turned out to be one of the most played cards.
Is It Possible to Succeed With Control Decks in Descent of Dragons?
I know the latest expansion (within a year) is supposed to be the stongest, but Galakrond is totally dominating the meta. Galakrond decks are more midrange/value which explains why control is absent. I tried a few games playing the traditional control warrior and got wrecked by priest, shaman and even Galakrond warrior, bevause of the Galakrond hero attack power that kept hitting me.
Btw I Just faced quest resurrect priest and dragon control (so people do notice your lists), I wrecked them both with Galakrond shaman 😛 At low ranks (3-1) I’m facing Galakrond warrior, shaman and (highlander) rogue mainly. Face hunter was popular for a while, but I noticed a decline (personal exp) probably because of the bad matchup against Galakrond warrior.
With Galakrond being so OP there’s little room for other deck types. Most games tend to end whoever draws an upgraded Galakrond first (or the dragonqueen) which is sometimes frustrating.
Face Hunter - #5 Legend (WEHap) - Descent Post-Nerf
Perfect list! As shaman you tech Witch’s Brew and face hunter forfeit the game:P
Descent of Dragons Post-Nerf Meta Decks - Best Hearthstone Pro & Streamer Deck Lists For All Classes
Played some games with galakrond quest… rank 3-0 to 2-3 loosing only once to face hunter.
Shamanstone is still real.
16.0.5 Balance Update - Nerfs to Corrupt Elementalist, Sludge Slurper, Faceless Corruptor, Mogu Fleshshaper + Battlegrounds Changes - December 19
Faceless will still be OP. Missing nerfs to Dragon’s Pack and Galakrond. I don’t see how this would affect the meta that much.
Face Hunter - #91 Legend (BongDaCity) - Descent of Dragons
Rank 5 to rank 2 atm with a list similar to this one, using 2x Wolfrider and 2 secrets (instead of 4), 1 tracking and 2x Questing Explorer.
Ah a nice replacement for Town Crier.
Divine shield with a 2/1 body and btw you can also ping an enemy minion for 1 dmg.
5/5 insane