Well for most of the past year, thanks to garbage aggro decks like odd paladin, I played nothing but Big Spell Mage because I couldn't enjoy other control decks in matchmaker.
Also might be how I got my highest ranks in ladder by just being a buzzsaw to that boring crap.
I leveled up back in the day just playing Thief Priest in wild because I had nothing but Naxx cards when I returned after a year or so away from Hearthstone. And while tough, it was fun going the distance and getting wins here and there with nothing against with Control Paladins, Reno Warlocks and Control Warriors. Hyper aggro crap and token shaman/druid pretty much killed the concept though, and another reason why I despise aggro.
Currently playing Control and Big Shaman decks, control and bomb warrior, and whatever priest experiment pops up (Kibler and Dekster might have something with their Undertakah decks).
Brian Kibler: Making fun decks look viable until you run into that netdecked hyper aggro garbage people NOT in legend generally run.
/was using Kibler's Undertakah priest deck from last week; Dekster modified it with his wall priest cards replacing some low mana cards, but still said it wasn't great against aggro. Haven't tried the latter since the patch.
1. King Rastakhan -- "Dese things happen" is best sass since "Sorry" left. I WILL NOT BE RUSHED! Probably the best thing to come out of Rumble too.
2. Lei Shen -- Voice is cool, but lines underwhelm. But better than the alternatives below. And Lei Shen was a memorable boss back in the Mists of Pandaria days with his electric floor and running all over the room.
3. Thrall (default) -- Always comes across as an overhyped idiot to me. I had a HS conspiracy theory that Shaman had to get over-the-top cards because WoW icon Thrall had to look good, and the coolest line is in the card collection screen.
4. Murloc -- Pro: It's different, Con: It's a murloc, which should be exterminated. (I hate aggro in all forms, and these things are the old foundation of it).
I've always thought that Team 5 could do more cards like Curious Glimmerroot/card] which mildly punishes those who use predictable decks.
At the very least, it might encourage people to be a little bit more experimental with their deck choices…
Need to make aggro decks less prevalent for control/otk/some midrange decks to carry such a card. And it would probably just give you a treant, murloc or minor to useless buff.
A lot of useful tools don't get put in decks because we need more board clears, taunts, etc., which is another reason I really hate swarm aggro.
Think how freaked out the new mech paladins would be if silences would be run more instead of techs against token decks.
Recruit Warrior: Grand Archivist would be hitting Brawl a lot.
Better off with another big and a (or 2) Dead Man's Hand in case your hand gets too many minions early, than just hoping GA doesn't filch out Brawl.
Well for most of the past year, thanks to garbage aggro decks like odd paladin, I played nothing but Big Spell Mage because I couldn't enjoy other control decks in matchmaker.
Also might be how I got my highest ranks in ladder by just being a buzzsaw to that boring crap.
I leveled up back in the day just playing Thief Priest in wild because I had nothing but Naxx cards when I returned after a year or so away from Hearthstone. And while tough, it was fun going the distance and getting wins here and there with nothing against with Control Paladins, Reno Warlocks and Control Warriors. Hyper aggro crap and token shaman/druid pretty much killed the concept though, and another reason why I despise aggro.
Currently playing Control and Big Shaman decks, control and bomb warrior, and whatever priest experiment pops up (Kibler and Dekster might have something with their Undertakah decks).
Brian Kibler: Making fun decks look viable until you run into that netdecked hyper aggro garbage people NOT in legend generally run.
/was using Kibler's Undertakah priest deck from last week; Dekster modified it with his wall priest cards replacing some low mana cards, but still said it wasn't great against aggro. Haven't tried the latter since the patch.
Ranking the Shaman heroes:
1. King Rastakhan -- "Dese things happen" is best sass since "Sorry" left. I WILL NOT BE RUSHED! Probably the best thing to come out of Rumble too.
2. Lei Shen -- Voice is cool, but lines underwhelm. But better than the alternatives below. And Lei Shen was a memorable boss back in the Mists of Pandaria days with his electric floor and running all over the room.
3. Thrall (default) -- Always comes across as an overhyped idiot to me. I had a HS conspiracy theory that Shaman had to get over-the-top cards because WoW icon Thrall had to look good, and the coolest line is in the card collection screen.
4. Murloc -- Pro: It's different, Con: It's a murloc, which should be exterminated. (I hate aggro in all forms, and these things are the old foundation of it).
Need to make aggro decks less prevalent for control/otk/some midrange decks to carry such a card. And it would probably just give you a treant, murloc or minor to useless buff.
A lot of useful tools don't get put in decks because we need more board clears, taunts, etc., which is another reason I really hate swarm aggro.
Think how freaked out the new mech paladins would be if silences would be run more instead of techs against token decks.