yellorambo's Articles
Taking Stock of the Year of the Mammoth – The Impact of Journey to Un’goro Keywords
With the new Hearthstone year inching ever closer and the upcoming rotation getting rid of some iconic and seemingly omnipresent tools in Standard, it’s time to examine how the different goodies introduced over the course of The Year of the Mammoth fared over the course of their allotted time in the game’s main format. What […]
The February Surprise: A Forward-Looking and Controversial Balance Update
Kudos to Team 5: who would have thought that we would receive not one, but two unexpected balance changes at the end of a Standard rotation? To be fair, the first one was mostly surprising due to the fact it was announced less than 24 hours before going live – but this one is truly […]
My Silverback Patriarch and Other Animals: Hearthstone’s Functionally Useless Cards
Bad cards have a role to play in card games: they function as learning tools for newcomers and interesting quagmires whenever random effects throw them up. Some of them also unexpectedly get a chance to shine when odd synergies are printed in subsequent sets. Nevertheless, there are quite a few spells and minions in Hearthstone […]
How To Crush The 13.0 Arena – Tips & Tricks For Power Level Picks
Team 5 now has many different tools to change up the Arena experience, some of which are more subtle than others – a good example of this would be the latest set of micro-adjustments that pushed down Warrior, Rogue and Hunter from the top three position. Conversely, the old draft and play strategies are no […]
Culling Classic: How the Continuous Nerfs Render Entire Playstyles Non-Viable
Another patch, another butchered evergreen card: in fact, not one but two core Druid spells were nerfed on December 19th as both Wild Growth and Nourish took massive hits that are guaranteed to shake up the playstyle of the class for the rest of Hearthstone’s history. It’s the sort of move that makes […]
