New Demon Hunter Minion - Magehunter

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A new Rare Demon Hunter Minion, Magehunter, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    A new Rare Demon Hunter Minion, Magehunter, has been revealed!

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  • DreadKill's Avatar
    Duskrider 220 28 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Let's compare this to the old version of Keeper of the Grove, the one which had 4 health and saw quite some play. For one less mana, Magehunter has one less health. Also, while the Keeper could either silence a minion or deal two damage, the Magekeeper can both silence a minion and deal two damage to it instantly. Not necessarily better than Consume Magic, but it's still a good option.

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Wow that art is fuzzy.

    This card is somewhere between Keeper of the Grove, Ironbeak Owl, and Furious Felfin. It silences things for 3 mana like Ironbeak Owl, though it may not survive the attack. It deals less damage than Furious Felfin, but it also silences things. It does both things Keeper of the Grove does, though it will very likely end up a lot smaller than a 2/2. In many ways this card looks balanced and reasonable. Solid 4/5 stars.

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    An interesting way to design a silence minion, but unless a deck needs more consume magics, then this probably struggles to see play.

    Not expecting to see this in odd DH any time soon.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • Erodos's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 945 1019 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    It's a pretty cool card, but I don't think it's worth running over Kayn Sunfury or Consume Magic and I don't think there's need for more silence-like effects in DH.

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  • RavenSunHS's Avatar
    Refreshment Vendor 880 1487 Posts Joined 03/27/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Finally a sub-optimal card for DH huh?

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    It has.. mediocre stats for the cost, but it does have rush so it impacts the board immediatly. It's kinda a cheaper pre-nerf Keeper of the Grove, but I feel like Consume Magic will still be used instead of this, as DH LOVES card draw. Also i don't think pre-nerf Keeper of the Grove would still see play these days, so i don't think a 1 mana cheaper version will. i still feel like it's just mediocre for DH. Which is weird, because it would see a lot of play if it were neutral. This basicly just shows the ridiculous powerlevel of DH i suppose..

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  • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
    E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This is a good card. 

    a 2/3 stat line with rush isn't terrible at 3 mana; Mage, Hunter and Paladin received 4 cost dragons with battlecries with the same stat lines and various effects. 

    Silencing the minion it attacks is also quite powerful - tempo and aggro decks can sometimes be slowed down by a well placed taunt, and if Kayne Sunfury isn't in hand you may lose the game - so an extra way to go around taunts is massive for those types of decks. Otherwise minions that have been empowered by buff spells and are big threaten to clinch the game in your opponents favor, and this rush minion can undo all of their hard work before they can claim victory. 

     

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  • YourPrivateNightmare's Avatar
    Skeleton 2010 4741 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    So basically just situationally better Owl.

    It can silence taunts, but not what's behind them. On the flipside it's better statted and can potentially live a turn. Generally feels like a pointless card to print, but it's DH so they deserve it.

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    It was awful.

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Decent card - with Decent Stats and a nice ability - but i'm not sure if this is realy needed or if you simply would play Consume Magic instead. I mean yes, you get a minion on the board so maybe this will find it's way in some decks. 

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    I have just one question: is the silence going to occur first or the actual attack i.e. can it kill a buffed to 3/2 Battlefiend without dying itself?

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  • Elfensilver's Avatar
    595 663 Posts Joined 03/14/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Even reading all the comments, I think it's a great card. Almost all rush minions ever were playable, and silence was run a lot even with subpar stats. And this can target elusive minions! And there is always the possibility that this lives for another turn. 

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Really strong, there are situations where consume just dones't have a proper target and this at least is a solid minion for stats and rush.

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    seems fairly costed and something you might consider if DRs and buffs are too prevalent.. it's worse than consume magic if you run it into something and it doesn't survive but better and a small DR killer, or taunt silencer.

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  • allthehype's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 630 739 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Silence is always good, this time with a body and direct damage. But DH alreadyhave other tools, this would be more important for other classes. 

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From Emptyness

    I have just one question: is the silence going to occur first or the actual attack i.e. can it kill a buffed to 3/2 Battlefiend without dying itself?

    It should work as Earth Shock.

    If silences after the minion attacks, the card powerlevel downs a lot.

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  • Duke's Avatar
    205 82 Posts Joined 05/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    It's targetable silence on a rush minion. I'd definitely try this on odd dh. 

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  • BloodMefist's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 850 804 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Ironically very bad against mages since their minions almost never care about being silenced.  I think the best comparison for this card is Earth Shock since both accomplish very similar tasks.  In that regard, I think this is a meta-specific tech card.  If there are a ton of buffs or taunts running around, this can act as an efficient removal or pseudo-Kayn, but I think this is one of the first cuts when perfecting a deck list.

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  • NegativeNemsy's Avatar
    405 206 Posts Joined 07/10/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Synergizes with Ace Hunter Kreen.  Apparently Demon Hunter now needs to have more silence than Priest. 

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  • Meteorite12's Avatar
    670 696 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Very much a tech card, really doubt it’s gonna see much play at all

    Who needs consistency when you could have fun?

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5543 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    In some ways its actually worse than Consume Magic or Ironbeak Owl, since it gets walled by taunts . Whether this is playable will depend highly on the meta, but its honestly not an impressive card worth much attention.

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  • Emptyness's Avatar
    Supporter 520 525 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From UVE
    Quote From Emptyness

    I have just one question: is the silence going to occur first or the actual attack i.e. can it kill a buffed to 3/2 Battlefiend without dying itself?

    It should work as Earth Shock.

    If silences after the minion attacks, the card powerlevel downs a lot.

    Yea, that was my thought exactly. And I think it should work as earth shock, but in the example - it states - silence and then deal 1 dmg to it. Here it says - whenever it attacks - silence it. So it can be interpreted both ways. But I guess I am being just paranoid

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  • sinti's Avatar
    Senior Writer Chocolate Cake 2070 2774 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Seems pretty weak to me, but not unplayable. It is a different choice for a Silence, which isnt bad, but its DH only, so ... yeah.

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  • sicknantos's Avatar
    Rexxar 470 231 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    DH getting another option to nullify taunt and lifesteal? Definitely what the class needed: more DH-only tech. big kappa

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2220 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    More aggro tools for DH. I think this will be a very strong card.

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2245 2626 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Actually seems pretty decent. Rabid Worgen saw play, and this has a trade-off of -1 Attack in exchange for getting rid of Deathrattles or other various effects that would be annoying to deal with (Divine Shield or Lifesteal for example). Sometimes it might even silence more than 1 thing. It seems like it would be pretty nice to try out.

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  • meisterz39's Avatar
    925 1200 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Understated and probably only attacks once. I'd play it over Ironbeak Owl, but that isn't saying much.

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  • JFK's Avatar
    Curious Pair 1070 621 Posts Joined 07/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Probably not that great, DH already has silence and anti-taunt that's better than this. Highlander maybe?

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Wow, if only Demon Hunter's cards were good yet balanced like this one in their first expansion...

    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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  • Kovachut's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 675 756 Posts Joined 03/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    Ok, imagine this being used against Tempo Rogue - you rush this minion against the opponent's X/X Edwin VanCleef or Questing Adventurer, it will survive the hit and will become a nuisance for the opponent. I can also see it being used against some weak taunts - Overconfident Orc, but other than that I don't like how the card gets stopped by taunt. Maybe that's the needed downside to keep it balanced, but personally I wouldn't run it in every meta. Also, let's not forget, that in some cases you will sacrifice this minion for the silence effect, which would be similar to a "3 mana spell, that silences a minion and deals two damage to it", making this a worse Earth Shock in that specific scenario.

    So, I don't think it's that crazy overpowered. It's just situationally good.

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  • GoliathTheDwarf's Avatar
    980 667 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    This card will be very much hated, either because it is OP or because it fails to meet the high expectations that it's text gives.

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3339 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    I welcome more silence options for DH - in most cases, this card will only hit once - but considering that it also de-buff as it attacks, it'll be played

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  • Vandaren's Avatar
    620 636 Posts Joined 06/05/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    So DH is the silence class now? Like the flavor, but this doesn't represent an archetype so, just good.

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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago
    Quote From Emptyness
    Quote From UVE
    Quote From Emptyness

    I have just one question: is the silence going to occur first or the actual attack i.e. can it kill a buffed to 3/2 Battlefiend without dying itself?

    It should work as Earth Shock.

    If silences after the minion attacks, the card powerlevel downs a lot.

    Yea, that was my thought exactly. And I think it should work as earth shock, but in the example - it states - silence and then deal 1 dmg to it. Here it says - whenever it attacks - silence it. So it can be interpreted both ways. But I guess I am being just paranoid

    Escaped Manasaber have the same mechanic and the extra mana is given before the minion deals damage.

    By The Holy Light!

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 3 years, 8 months ago

    I don't see a reason a DH would run Magehunter over Consume Magic. Consume Magic is cheaper, can replace itself in hand by drawing a card, and isn't restricted by taunt. Also, the stat upside of Magehunter doesn't really matter as most of the time you care more about the silence effect, which Consume Magic does better. Maybe this sees play after Consume Magic rotates out with the DH Initiate set.

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  • Xarkkal's Avatar
    Servant of Illidan 910 1321 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    A silence effect that can get blocked by a Taunt isn't going to see play. 

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  • Koetti's Avatar
    1095 863 Posts Joined 11/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I find it funny that an „alright Card" is the Worst that DH got.

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 950 1468 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Anti Egg tech.

    Probably it is meant to be deathtrattle removal rather than taunt or etc. but clears some preparation for spellbursts too.

    I'm glad there is a card like this. I like tech options.

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  • Almaniarra's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 950 1468 Posts Joined 03/21/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago
    Quote From Emptyness
    Quote From UVE
    Quote From Emptyness

    I have just one question: is the silence going to occur first or the actual attack i.e. can it kill a buffed to 3/2 Battlefiend without dying itself?

    It should work as Earth Shock.

    If silences after the minion attacks, the card powerlevel downs a lot.

    Yea, that was my thought exactly. And I think it should work as earth shock, but in the example - it states - silence and then deal 1 dmg to it. Here it says - whenever it attacks - silence it. So it can be interpreted both ways. But I guess I am being just paranoid

    Yes you are, Turalyon says same thing and it makes the target minion 3/3 before it deals damage as we saw in reveal stream. So I'm %100 sure Magehunter will work same.

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  • Guenh's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 725 633 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I don't like so much this card. The 1 mana DH silence is much better since 90% this card will die after the first trade. If DH will nead 4 silence this is better than a Owl...but probably will not see play

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  • linkinboy0's Avatar
    Headmaster 1235 503 Posts Joined 07/07/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    This is gonna be painful and hated. Why can we just keep the regular neutral card with silence?

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  • Lemushki's Avatar
    Squirtle 1110 1025 Posts Joined 03/22/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    10/10 I really dig this one

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  • Valord's Avatar
    465 281 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Not that much better than Owl, but atleast it counters Edwin.

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  • theo333's Avatar
    Outlandish Rager 975 876 Posts Joined 03/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Looks like we don't need you anymore Kayn Sunfury Card Image

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  • Janusi's Avatar
    Face Collector 595 225 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Demon Hunter didn't have enough good silence cards yet.

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  • Fisguinho's Avatar
    The Raven 1190 411 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I presume the silence comes after the attack went through so i think it's average, the rush helps it abit

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  • FrostyFeet's Avatar
    Senior Writer Derpcorn 2170 1449 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    If Consume Magic wasn't a card, there's a solid chance this would've seen a good amount of play. I still like it nevertheless, and if the meta becomes buff-heavy, Magehunter can definitely shine.

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  • ChocolateChipCooke's Avatar
    Unicorn Reveler 1160 337 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I think this card is absurdly strong because it works in so many different situation. Many have said that Consume Magic makes this card irrelevant, but the abundance of Evasive minions and minions with annoying effects but not Consume Magic worth effects is ubiquitous.

    Being able to invalidate more taunt, deathrattle, and healing minions is really strong for a class that looks to aggro the opponent down quickly.

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  • Safiron's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 620 156 Posts Joined 07/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Demon Hunters have a ton of silence effects now. :/

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  • SavageDrago's Avatar
    300 150 Posts Joined 05/07/2020
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Unless buff Paladin and/or Priest are taking the meta by storm, this one will wait in the bench. Forever.

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  • Samzy's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 370 191 Posts Joined 05/31/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I ca see this getting some fringe play, but not much to be honest. 

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  • Alfi's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 1790 1375 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Kamikadze minion

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  • FaytFFX's Avatar
    405 191 Posts Joined 12/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Another lovely new DH card that can silence. :) Welcome to the family.

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    And Spellbreaker died for this

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  • slychd's Avatar
    Sparklepony 1175 484 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I think I agree with you, it does too much for very little to be completely ignored.

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Dragon 2215 2485 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Nice implementation for silence, and even works well with Trueaim Crescent

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1714 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    I love this use of Silence.

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  • FaytFFX's Avatar
    405 191 Posts Joined 12/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    It says "When" not "After", so it will silence before attacking the minion. :)

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  • Joe45's Avatar
    350 52 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Will kill Edwin VanCleef. Seems good.

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1565 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Great art, good stats, overall a decent card.

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 3 years, 7 months ago

    Solid Silence option. I don't know that Demon Hunter really needs that right now - especially with Kayn Sunfury for avoiding Taunts - but maybe there exists a meta with a lot of threats you want debuffed.

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