New Rogue Minion - Akama

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A new Legendary Rogue Minion, Akama, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    A new Legendary Rogue Minion, Akama, has been revealed!

    Akama Card Image

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  • Koetti's Avatar
    1095 863 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    I don't like this... It's extremely hard for you to interact with this Card. You either have to throw out AoE to clear this or hope that a „destroy a random Minion" Effect hits this. And if you can't do any of that, well, GG  I guess... 

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5542 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Just too slow, really. Akama himself looks okay as a vanilla 3/4 for 3. But Akama Prime is just one of those flashy cards that does relatively little. If it werent for Leeroy Jenkins rotating I would have just flagged him as trash.

    Maybe there's more to it at later card reveals, but I wouldnt count on it.

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  • JackJimson's Avatar
    670 673 Posts Joined 11/19/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Interesting first perma sealth minion. At 5 health it should survive most big damage based AOE spells (like Flamestrike, Chaos Nova)

    I wonder if this will make attack buffers for rogue (i.e. Cold Blood) more viable.

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Nice. Another good, in my opinion, prime card.

    Who needs Leeroy?! I do, but that's not the point.

    This one, with double cold blood and saps can win you games.

    “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.” ― George Bernard Shaw

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  • Wendeee's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 490 248 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Flare meta incomming

    I do what I must, when I must. Know this well.

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    I'm worried but also kind of excited.

    For years Rogue has relied on Leeroy as their main  finisher. Now Leeroy is gone and technically speaking Rogue just doesn't have a reliable way to close out games....except for this.

    Obviously this is a very annoying card that can only be dealt with through very sepcific means (all of which, however, can be offered through Zephrys, so take that as you may) but it's also very weak defensively because you don't want to use it to trade into anything (the less health it has the easier it is to remove)

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years ago
    Quote From Wendeee

    Flare meta incomming

    would that even work? Permanent Stealth can't be removed as far as I'm aware (at least that's how it worked in Dungeon run)

    I tried having fun once.

    It was awful.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Pretty decent minion, and once it dies you can easely draw it with Stowaway. Play it on turn 3, kill it by trading on 4, draw prime on 5 with Stowaway, play prime on turn 6. Pretty sure permanent stealth can't be removed by Flare, so that's pretty good..

    RNG is only fun as long as there is a 50/50 chance of getting something really good or trash level of bad. If RNG always results in something good, then it's not fun.

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  • Wendeee's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 490 248 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    I hope it would, but I am not sure. It is permanent Stealth, but you can still loose it, right? 

    I do what I must, when I must. Know this well.

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  • Wendeee's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 490 248 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Ah whatever, if Flare does not work, then Mass Dispel meta incomming:)

    I do what I must, when I must. Know this well.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Silence effects deletes all card text, so the permanent stealth effect would definitely disappear. I imagine Zephrys into Deadly shot will be the main antidote to this guy if needed.

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  • RavenSunHS's Avatar
    Refreshment Vendor 880 1487 Posts Joined 03/27/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Miracle-Galakrond Rogue stuff, but vulnerable to setup disruption (unlike Leeroy), although quite resilient.

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  • troY's Avatar
    Funnel Cakes 250 271 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Decent Legendary that might find it's way in Galakrond ROgue

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  • RandomGuy's Avatar
    430 614 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    If this was in anything other than rogue, I'd be more concerned.
    Rogue can't just sit there waiting to draw this, and then sit there hitting face. It'll die before that.

    As it stands, it's still a very good card.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3339 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Perma-Stealth ?!

    Struggle with Heroic Galakrond's Awakening? I got your back : 

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Well, a 3 mana 3/4 stealth isn't bad. But it also isn't something you would really want to make space for in your deck. But with the permanent stealth, it is worth it.

    The question is, does your deck play slow enough, or with enough draw to be able to draw the same card twice? Or does your deck aim to close out games before you get the prime minion?

    All in all I think the card is too slow to see play. Even when you get the perma-stealth minion, what then? You still have to wait a turn before it can attack, and then you have to wait one more round in order to get enough damage from the card that it is better than Fireball.

    Carrion, my wayward grub.

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  • TrevoRaven's Avatar
    90 17 Posts Joined 03/20/2020
    Posted 4 years ago

    In my opinion this is the weakest Prime, but still an okay card. Rogue's shufflestuff means that this guy can definitely turn into a control-grinder in the lategame if needed, but with the introduction of DH as it is now... Akama may have to wait a while

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  • Haffax733's Avatar
    Devoted Outlander 1035 297 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    It's nice that we see some experiments with well-etablished mechanics in this expansion (permanent stealth, ignore taunt). This card might replace Leeroy in Galakrond Rogue. It has also some interesting synnergies with cards like Cold Blood or Faceless Manipulator.

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  • Tofukozo's Avatar
    250 48 Posts Joined 07/15/2019
    Posted 4 years ago

    Its looks incredibly slow and really cool to me! I will have some fun putting it in my horrible Stowaway deck! 

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  • SithLordOfSnark's Avatar
    315 116 Posts Joined 05/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    I think this is a great way to utilize stealth. Akama also has several cards in this set that help with stealth mechanics.

    The end of days is coming. Doomsayer was right all along.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Control decks might be able to handle it with AOE, or hard board clears.

    looks promising but you need to draw the prime, the base minion is not that impressive but playable.

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  • liontail's Avatar
    Draconically Dedicated 210 277 Posts Joined 09/04/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    pretty op for perma stealth consider the fact that it can only be removed by a few board clear cards. otherwise it does not have anything special.

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Interesting card. The base form is super strong meanwhile the Prime version isn't op at all...but I'm worried that Rouge can use this combo to set up some lethal that can't be counter only with board (in a class with Sap to get rid off taunt)

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2219 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Looks very good, but not as OP as some people are saying. 6 attack you can't directly remove is a lot, but he won't show up until the late game and he can't bypass taunt (unless you Dragon's Hoard into Kayn Sunfury (which would be awesome). Now if you can get multiples (like through Shadow of Death (or Necrium Vial in wild), that would be different.

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    At first i thought this will be to slow but seeing some games at the Pre-Release Event i think this one is pretty strong! every Priest will run Mass Dispel because of the Stealth and perma-Stealth Guy

    Challenge me ... when you're ready to duel a god!

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    This card is already quite strong, and the Prime is extremely busted, especially with all the extra stealth synergy they printed. Let's prepare ourselves for another expansion of rogue being on top.

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Stealth matters looks like it will not be dethroning odd rogue as the archetypal rogue aggro deck, but maybe Akama could go in a slower deck? Rogue is a class that could repeat that deathrattle a lot of times. If the prime forces the opponent to use their board wipes more often than not, shuffling a lot of them could make victory inevitable. However, rogues don't struggle with stupidly powerful endgames, they struggle with getting to them. I would say that given both the card and the prime are fairly good midrange cards, this will see some play, maybe even with a silly deathrattle deck to fill your board and deck with akama primes.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Good enough to put into any deck, with Cold Blood this can be terrifying.

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  • Xarkkal's Avatar
    Servant of Illidan 910 1321 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Rogue has plenty of draw to be able to get the Prime out of the deck. Don't forget Galakrond still exists. Get ready to see this thrown down for 0-mana A LOT!

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  • Xarkkal's Avatar
    Servant of Illidan 910 1321 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Side note: On these discussion threads, can you put tokens of the cards on the thread? As it stands now, you have to go to the card page to view the Prime version instead of it being here in the post to discuss. 

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  • linkblade91's Avatar
    Senior Writer Serra Angel 1700 2761 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Could we be seeing the return of Cold Blood? As others have noted it goes hand-in-hand with Akama Prime, and the Rogue has plenty of ways to draw the Prime out of their deck. I don't know if Akama is good, but he's certainly scary.

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Interesting idea with the perma-stealth, still susceptible to board clear and zephrys. Good but not OP.

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    A spider tank with stealth that becomes something bigger that's always stealthed. 

    It's pretty cool, means you're opponent can't interact with it. 

    But with Rogue not having any way to buff health or heal naturally these guys are going to what, trade once or twice and then die?

    seems kinda weak...

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 950 1465 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    He just needs his best friend, Maiev Shadowsong which is one of my other favorite warcraft character.

    I will craft cards for my favor in this expansion, not for viability. Damn, so much my favorite characters are coming to the game.

    Unpopular Opinion Incarnate

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  • dedidedi's Avatar
    125 60 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    stealth is going to be the new OP mechanic. this card is just ok though

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Way too slow, and even if you do get it out it’ll probably just die to a board clear anyways

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1565 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Not very good on its own, and will only shine when buffed by Ashtongue Slayer.

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Ah yes, the "Zephrys gets Deadly Shot" card. It's good if unanswered but good luck on that.

    Rating cards on coolness factor rather than predicting power because I like screwing up rating averages (and because I suck at predicting real power levels, but we'll ignore that LUL)
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  • Car's Avatar
    185 226 Posts Joined 03/31/2020
    Posted 3 years, 11 months ago

    Permanent stealth is the best. This card is my fav.

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