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Mechanized Alternatives: Mech Shaman Deck
Mech Mages are running rampant in Ranked play right now. Their ability to seize control of the board early on with cheap Mech minions, and finish the game with a few well placed s make them one of the most consistent and popular decks to play. But the time has come for the other classes of Hearthstone to make Mech synergy work. One deck in particular that has recently made it’s way into the spotlight is a Mech Shaman deck that had some
legendary results for Team Archon’s Firebat and PurpleDrank
.
is one of the scariest cards in a Mech Mage deck and it is just as gut-wrenching to play against here. A 2/3 for 2 Mana is a respectable amount of stats, but it’s really in here to allow rapid deployment of the higher end of the Mech curve. This low-attack Mech gets some longer legs in this deck as well thanks to damage-boosting Shaman cards like and .
A lot of the other staple minions of Mech Mage can be found here as well. is a great turn 1 play when you have 2-drop Mech in hand. does its job beautifully here as well, and I would argue does it better since little Mech can got to 3 Attack when placed next to a Flametongue Totem, or go to 4 with a Rockbiter. is wonderful if a Mech is already in play, but there’s only one of him for that same reason. s and s bring the bargain stats. And s bring the Deathrattle value. Read on for more!
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The Angry Chicken #66: I Believe in You Sniper!
This week the Angry Chicken crew reviews the
new Goblins vs Gnomes Hunter cards
and talks the grind of the ranked ladder, information from
Activision Blizzard's earnings report
, the shifting meta and the rise of
Oil Rogue
, and the
honest Hearthstone trailer
.
Continue Reading for more show details!
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Strike It Rich and Discover Oil Rogue
Ever since the nerf to , the Rogue class has been struggling to find a viable deck utilizing the new GvG cards. Popular pro players and streamers tested and tinkered with ideas that had worked in the past but the Miracle Rogue seemed to have been finally crushed under the weight of nerfs, s and tiny trains that say "chugga chugga". Luckily, the player base of Hearthstone does not give up easily and a viable Rogue deck sprung up in several forms and from several different prominent players. In this article I will discuss the Rogue deck that I have landed on after playing it a bunch during the end of last season
and now into the February season.
Let's take a look at the deck and break down each card. Then we'll discuss some important combos and possible replacements as well as general game strategy.
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The Angry Chicken #65: Thralls to the Wall!
This week the Angry Chicken crew reviews the
new Goblins vs Gnomes Shaman cards
, the very welcome
Undertaker nerf
, the Lunar New Year emote replacements in Asia, the
2015 Hearthstone World Championship rule details
being unveiled, and the latest tournament drama!
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Undertaken: What Hearthstone Looks Like After the Nerf
It has finally happened. After much flame on the official forums, heated debate on Reddit, and even causing divides among close friends on podcasts, has been nerfed. This 1-mana card has been the source of much frustration from the Hearthstone community. Cards with similar effects (like ) certainly exist, but have never seen as much play or been even remotely as effective as Undertaker. A 1-mana minion that gains Attack and Health for every Deathrattle minion played (minions that are supposed to be good when they die, not when they enter the battlefield) really rubbed a large majority of players the wrong way.
Just like before the nerf, players seem divided on the change. I personally feel that this is an adjustment that needed to be made. Only a handful of classes have a one-card solution for a buffed Undertaker (that is actually worth playing in their decks). If you did not have one of the two copies of these cards in your opening hand the Undertaker was devastating. Neutral-card counters were also problematic. Probably the best neutral answer was an . Running two of the Owl would weaken any deck and playing the usual one-of made it... well one of thirty cards in a deck leaving pretty sad chances of getting it in an opening hand.
Continue reading for more about the Undertaker change and what may be next for Hearthstone.
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The Angry Chicken #63: I Was Not Programmed to Win...
This week the Angry Chicken crew reviews the
new Goblins vs Gnomes Warrior cards
, discusses some fatigue with grinding out high levels in Ranked Play mode, and the success of their Orlando Fireside Gathering. Garrett and Jocelyn also recorded live at the Fireside gathering, and that video is second below, where they did a Q&A episode. Also check out the
news of the Undertaker nerf and hints at a Lunar New Years event
!
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Righteous Aggression: Hybrid Paladin
While talking to my friend Iksar (who also happens to be a balance designer on the Hearthstone team) about how to tweak my Paladin, he suggested trying a more aggressive Paladin deck. Now I am generally averse to aggressive play, but there is still a heavy garnish of control in this deck. One of the concepts I have had to get my head around lately is that aggro decks have the potential to control. Since minions can attack other minions in Hearthstone, any deck can flip on the control switch should the situation call for it and start trading to help gain board control.
The entire goal of this deck is to mulligan aggressively for 2 and 3-drops. There are 18 cards in this deck under 4 mana. Excluding both Equality’s, the , and the Big Game Hunter that we would prefer not to have in our opening hand that leaves 14 potentially great cards to open the game with. Exceptions to this are Priests and Warriors. Should you find yourself going up against either Anduin or Garrosh, hold onto Truesilver Champion in your opening hand to help remove their high-health early minions.
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The Angry Chicken #62: Glowy Antler Bits
This week the Angry Chicken crew reviews the
new Goblins vs Gnomes Druid cards
, talks about the
2015 Hearthstone World Championship qualifier rules
, GameSpot's belated GvG interview and Brode's response to the user upset about it, and the latest changes with tournament players and streamers. Also check out the
Control Warrior Deck
article from Garrett!
Continue Reading for more show details!
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Control Freak: Control Warrior is Still Here
If my fascination with the Midrange Warlock deck last week was any indication, I do not prefer the popular aggressive decks that are seen so often in Hearthstone. I like adapting to my opponent and feeling like I have options. Don’t get me wrong, I cackle maniacally as much as the next person when I get a perfect opening. But I have always leaned towards control play. Shaman and Paladin were my first loves when it came to control decks. For whatever reason, maybe the crafting cost or what seemed like a boring Hero Power, Warrior was the class that took me the longest time to warm up to. But now, like an album I love or a good sandwich
shop, Control Warrior is a deck I keep coming back to.
Pro players Sjow and Kitkatz are probably the most well known for making Control Warrior popular and innovating upon it. Both players hit #1 Legend rank with pre-GvG Control Warrior decks. The thing that made the deck so good back then was that there really wasn’t a bad matchup for it, and that is still more or less true today. Really the worst thing that could happen to you as a Control Warrior player was to go up against another Control Warrior. Heaven forbid you needed to be somewhere by a certain time, the length of a mirror match up guarantees fashionably late arrival.
Continue Reading for the rest of the article!
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The Angry Chicken #61: Or Else it Gets the Fel Cannon Again...
This week the Angry Chicken crew talks about the
Hearthstone pack price increase for certain iPad users
, the latest new members to Team Archon and their team house, Hearthstone's GDC Award nominations, and they review the
new Goblins vs Gnomes Warlock cards
! Also check out the
Midrange Warlock Deck
and
Midrange Paladin Deck
articles from Garrett and Dills.
Continue Reading for more show details!
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To Battle! A Guide to Mid-Range Paladin
Prior to the release of Goblins vs. Gnomes the Paladin class was in a rough spot and considered the worst class on the ladder. The main issue was that there were not enough quality early game cards and even though Paladin had some of the best catch up mechanics in the game it was often to late to stabilize by the time they could be played. Luckily, for all of you Paladin enthusiasts out there, GvG introduced some great cards that added an early game arsenal to the class and have opened up a new viable archetype. Midrange Paladin is seeing a lot of play on the ladder and is actually proving to be successful.
This version of Paladin is also seeing some tournament play with both finalists on the recent
Pinnacle tournament
,
Firebat
and
Xixo
, bringing their takes on the deck. Checkout the deciding game 5 to see a similar deck in action and the sheer amount of pressure it can apply to decks as controlling as Warrior. One of the biggest advantages that the deck has is the ability to have a fast start and still compete with late game control decks as well. For that reason it is a very consistent deck which makes it a fantastic one to play on the ladder.
Let's take a look at the deck and break down each card and how to play it.
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Warlock Goes Midrange
Since I first read what did in early beta, I was drawn to Warlock. Like many others I have spent a lot of time in Hearthstone inciting fury with Zoolock, and balancing on the edge of being killed playing Handlock. Lately however, I have been getting burnt out on these two archetypes. Goblins VS Gnomes was supposed to usher in a massive change in the way we play Hearthstone, yet these two ways of playing Warlock haven’t shown any sign of retirement. But maybe the change in Warlock just has not been discovered yet. This is why I paid a little more attention to a deck that made it to the top of the Hearthstone subreddit than I usually would have.
The Midrange Warlock. Redditor
TeslaEUNE
posted this deck, and I am in love. The first Warlock deck I gravitated towards in the Hearthstone beta was the buff-lock that was very popular in early tournaments. For those who may have missed beta if a minion gave another minions any stats, they were played. , , and were considered required minions in most decks and they were the backbone of this variation of Warlock (and were all nerfed as a result). While this midrange Warlock deck only has the Dark Iron in it, it seems to have captured the feel of ye olde BetaLock.
Continue Reading for more deck strategy!
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The Angry Chicken #60: A-Mage-ing
The Angry Chicken kicked off the new year with their review of
GvG's new Mage cards
, and talk about Firebat's conquering of The Pinnacle, Tempo Storm's new member MagicAmy, an insane RNG story, and more!
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The Angry Chicken #59: The One with Brian Kibler
This week The Angry Chicken has special guest Brian Kibler on to talk about Goblins vs Gnomes, the old WoW TCG,
Mech Mage
, and more! They also do their review of the
GvG Priest cards
, and talk about the Good Gaming Tournament issues.
Continue Reading for more show details!
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A Game of Minions
Goblins VS Gnomes brought a lot of changes to Hearthstone. One of the more noticeable overarching shifts is extremely minion-heavy play. In early vanilla Hearthstone, spells and board clears ruled the roost. Every class had only one class-specific Legendary minion. The sheer number of answers at the disposal of nearly every class made playing powerful minions an exercise in reciting Dirty Harry quotes. But minion-heavy decks are no longer reserved just for the Warlock’s own personal zoo.
Post-GvG every class has two Legendary minions (most of which are seeing Ranked play, sorry Mages,) and there has been a huge uptick in the selection of powerful minions. This means that the game is not decided by one good Flamestrike or Hex. You can play , have him silenced or removed, and still grin as you play on Turn 8 knowing his chances of survival have just drastically improved.
Piloted Shredders are a great Neutral example of GvG’s minion-centric shift. With , , and , there is now the potential for any deck to have five minions that summon other minions upon death spread across the mana curve. Cards like and were so widely played in vanilla Hearthstone because of the insurance they gave players in the face of wrath effects like (honorable mention for Harvest Golem still being amazing and now enjoying Mech synergy.) Now, there are just so many more choices to capitalize on these types of minions.
Class-specific cards received some much needed attention as well on the minion front. Paladin has had it’s issues with early turns ironed out and it’s all minions all the time. is one of the best 2-drops in the game and can throw down with the best of any other class’s early game. ’s tokens are happily disposable if you aren't fortunate enough to have a . Combined with the synergy Bolvar receives for trading away s, Paladin matches are now full of minions trading with other minions instead of relying on well-timed s.
There are also more creative ways to accomplish similar goals using minions. Waiting until Turn 10 to steal a minion as a Priest is old news. Now Priests can gain control of a plethora of minions earlier in the game thanks to the combination of and old favorite . Even the Spare Part spells have made the previously underutilized a rock star.
With many minions that survive board clears, leave other minions behind as a Deathrattle, or come in to play with a posse ( sends his regards), the puzzle of each turn in a game of Hearthstone is becoming more varied and fostering more creative plays. Less and less the correct play is a removal spell. The future of this game is very bright, thanks to the explosive tendencies of Azeroth’s smallest denizens, and the surface has only just been scratched.
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Mage Mech Deck: Popular Mage Mechanics
It has only been a week since Goblins vs. Gnomes was released and, as predicted, the meta blew up. It’s the wild west out there right now, if the wild west consisted of tiny humanoids and crazy gadgets, and people are playing every deck under the sun on the ladder. A few cool decks have already popped up and today we’re going to discuss one that is fairly cheap to create and utilizes the main theme of GvG, mechs.
Let's take a look at
the deck
and break down each card and how to play it.
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The Angry Chicken #58: Reporting for Duty
This week The Angry Chicken dives in to Goblins vs Gnomes card reviews with
the Paladin cards
! They also talk about the
big Reddit AMA
, the
Android tablet release
, the Kinguin Charity Tournament, and more!
Also check out our Battle.net gift card giveaway!
Continue Reading for more show details!
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The Angry Chicken #57: Do You Like My Invention?
Goblins vs Gnomes has launched
, and the Angry Chicken crew dives in to the pile of mechanized robots, shredders, and explosive inventions! ...Sounds dangerous. They discuss the
server issues
that GvG has had during launch and begin reviewing cards with
the new neutral legendaries
!
Continue Reading for more show details!
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The Angry Chicken #56: You Know What I Mean!
This week the Angry Chicken crew discusses the newly revealed
Gnomes card back
, the latest
GvG card reveals
(especially
Bolvar
!), crazy game stories, and more!
Also be sure to check out our
Goblins vs Gnomes Expansion Guide
for complete details on all revealed cards and answers from Blizzard about new card questions!
Continue Reading for more show details!
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How to Win $100k and Influence People with Druid
Druid has gone through so many iterations at this point and had many players refine and innovate around the fantastic class cards that are available to it.
StrifeCro
is one of the first players credited with creating a powerful Druid deck with his old school Watcher deck that relied on silencing or taunting up . More recently we have seen
Kolento
take an updated Token Druid to the top of the ladder that included cards like and . This is a leaner and more solid version of Druid that has several strong opening hands, some hard to deal with creatures and a lot of burst potential to pressure the opponent's life total and control the board.
Let's take a look at the version Firebat used to win it all at Blizzcon and break down each card and its place in the deck.
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