Hearthstone

ex-genj said:

Eh I played about 15 games and had several of those "turn 6 and I have 6 cards and nothing to play" that bad decks get all the time so gave up. Ymmv though.

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just realized i wrote 'control' instead of 'aggro' in the first sentence when reading your quote. fixed my original post now.

The whole jade mechanic is just naturally good against control, the druid jade idol almost single handedly wrecks them, but the rogue cards are good enough. Playing nothing on turn 6 against control isn't always a bad thing, if they aren't putting any pressure on you anyway. If you have to save for a 'combo' to get raptor + whatever, that seems fine.

I was playing this as my list btw:



Honestly, there was TOO many deathrattles in it. By the time I'd go to n'zoth, I had no guarantee of which ones I'd get back. Now, if you are getting 6 minions back on nzoth, you are probably fine in most cases. However, it's nice to 'count' on a sylvanas or infested coming back if that's what you specifically need. Plus, there might be a non-deathrattle card that's better for the list. Xaril is likely the first cut, as good as he is you could use the slot to tech more towards a certain matchup, and Brann was me being cute/greedy. Dunno how good he really is just yet.

I've been using handbuff hunter - went from 17 (or wherever I started after hitting 5 last season) to 11 without even having to make hard decisions. One 7 game win streak. Unlike the decks I saw online, I've been using the 1mana Smuggler's Crate spell. Just feels like it never lands wrong, and most games aren't lasting past 8 or so.

You think you're salty now, imagine how bad it will be in a couple weeks once the lists have been refined.

TJT said:

While most aggro decks can kill Jade Druid without too much issue barring a perfect card draw situation. It's almost a guaranteed loss for Reno Lock which is my favorite deck at the moment. All Reno decks are much weaker with Jade Druid out there.

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Well nothing that came out in this expansion will elevate standard renolock from being a shit tier deck, which is undoubtedly a big part of your problem in the first place!

It shits on any control list though, kinda funny that Blizzard just decided to kill an archetype all together with the Jade mechanic.

Dragon priest can be built to be just fast enough to beat it, but I'm not sure in a few weeks when the lists are refined since you can't really make Dragon priest much more refined than it is right now.

Lets be honest here, blizzard didnt intend to kill control on purpose. they dont have a good playtesting/balance team looking at the long term effects of what they do..

Honestly, usually i'm the fag that bitches about the state of the game, but i think this shit atm is the best that the game has been since i've started playing. There's a bunch of viable and fun decks. Pirate war is relatively easily countered. The Jade mechanic is awesome for all three classes, albeit it seems the best in druid. There's a ton of variance on ladder. There's tons of Reno decks, priests, locks, paladins, and everything is awesome. Fuck the shamanstone that we just had to go through for the past 6 months. And the people that are bitching about control war, in particular, being raped by Jade druid, you can suck my dick. Control warrior is a 30 minute boring ass bullshit match at the end of which it usually comes down to a coin flip.

Also, Jade N'Zoth rogue is serious. Went on a 10 game win streak today. Beat 3 Jade druids easily, 2 dragon priests, Reno mage, etc. Lost the very first game to a handbuffadin that hit a sick curve.

Original deck by Kripparian. I put in the Twilight Summoners over Hucksters.

Thinking about replacing Jade Spirit with Ancient of Lore.

Ravishing said:

Don't do that. What's your list? You looking for card draw?
Lore is ass now. Too expensive for 1 card.

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Going to drop at least 1 spirit. I like the Ancient of Lore's versatility of cycle Idol or heal against burst.

I feel like Feral Rage is the best card in my Jade Druid deck...