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2017-06-28, 05:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hearthstone 20: What is your Quest?
Welcome to twentieth GitP thread for Hearthstone. For anyone who doesn't know, Hearthstone is a video card game from Blizzard, based on the Warcraft series. The game is free to play and available here, so if you're interested, give it a shot. You've got nothing to lose but your free time.
For new players, something to be aware of is that there are a number of hidden "quests" you can complete which will give you free gold, dust, or even a pack. A complete list can be found here. Be aware that not quite all of those are ones you'll be able to complete quickly though.
And here is a list of Playgrounders currently in the game, for both NA and EU servers:
SpoilerGitP Username Battle.net ID (US) aethernox ethernox#1948 AgentPaper AgentPaper#1193 AmberVael AmberVael#1225 Anarion Anarion55#1254 Antonok Antonok#1704 Anxe GoCorral#1879 Baelot Baelot#1149 Cogwheel OmegaNixon#1123 banthesun banthesun#1782 Dancing Owlbear Owlbear#1586 Destro Yersul DestroYersul#1239 D_Lord Volrock#1367 Duck999 Duck999#1349 Duos DoctorDapper#1491 Firedaemon33 Firedaemon#1486 flat_footed Hiigara#1357 Fleeing Coward Scorch#1432 GAAD GAAD#1126 Gaelbert SamHouston#1563 Gamerlord Gamerlord#1612 Gandariel Ciabatta#2958 Ganorenas Ganorenas#1457 Gomipile Glodd#1784 Gray Mage GrayMage#1723 Grytorm Grytorm#1777 Hamste Theorules#1234 Haruspex_Pariah HaruspexPari#1254 Hatevah Hatevah#1405 heronbpv Avan#1991 Hircine IllusiveMan#1616 Jaxzan Proditor Jaxzan#1878 jindra34 JinRia #1770 Johnjimco JohnJimco#1482 Karoht Karoht#1505 Kish Grazzt#1417 Krade Krade#1266 LegoShrimp legoshrimp#1722 Landis963 Landis963#1789 Loreweaver15 Loreweaver#1199 Lunix Vandal LunixVandal#1952 MacGiolla MacGiolla#1982 MathMage MathMage#1797 MCerberus MCerberus#1734 mistformsquirrl mistformsqrl#1430 moosabi Moossabi#1325 Mystic Muse NSFJunkblade#1400 Neon Knight VultureCrook#1434 Neriractor neriractor#1483 Nerocite JoeKage#1852 nhbdy Nohbdy#1927 Olinser Olinser#1393 Onionbreath GiantSquid#1845 OrcusMcP Orcus#1805 otakuryoga Scootaloo#1471 Pokonic pokonic#1166 PsyBomb PsyBomb#1878 Qwertystop Qwertystop#1897 r2d2go r2d2go#1262 Rodin Rodin#1811 Rosstin Rosstin#1609 SamBurke SamBurke#1486 Shishnarfne Gruschenka#1375 Sholos Veebeebee#1383 Stabbity Rabbit StabityRabit#1362 Techwarrior Techwarri0r#1572 Temotei Temotei#1507 Tesla_pasta teslapasta#1973 Thanatos 51-50 Thanatos5150#1407 TheGlyphstone Glyphstone#1419 The Hellbug thehellbug#1216 The_Jackal TheJackal#1499 Togarth Asparag#1680 Trouble Brewing HairyPoppins#1949 UserClone UserClone #1545 Volatar Volatar#1750 Yael Urashima#1810 Yana Raltis#1807 ZeroNumerous ZeroNumerous#1913 Zevox Zevox#1522 Zmek JadeReaver #1783
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2017-06-28, 06:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Hearthstone 20: What is your Quest?
I haven't run into a single patches deck in the brawl, yet. How am I supposed to counter patches decks when I'm not seeing any?
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2017-06-28, 06:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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I agree, Quest Rogue was one of the annoying decks to play against; the other really annoying deck I hate is Freeze Mage.
However, I think Quest Rogue was a pretty skill intensive deck to play properly, especially if the Quest Rogue doesn't get the god draw of a couple shadowsteps + prep. There are a lot of interesting lines of play I see from people like Kolento, who likes playing Firefly turn 1 instead of quest to contest the board against aggro decks.
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2017-06-28, 06:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-06-28, 07:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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With the new free packs promotion, anyone have advice on who to vote on?
While "best player" or whatever may very well be subjective, I'd imagine "just barely got in to this rank" might have lower odds of winning...
But I also don't keep track of competitive Hearthstone, so I don';t know who falls in to the
"just barely made it" category, if anyone.Meow(Steam page)
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2017-06-28, 08:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Right, I don't have a problem with it being easy, or even particularly imbalanced from a meta perspective. It's a good deck that requires a lot of skill that can run into hard counters. From a pure competitive balance perspective, it's pretty decent.
It's just utterly painful to play against no matter what deck you're playing, and like Jade Druid last expansion it strangles out certain deck types in Ranked. With Jade Druid simply waiting for set rotation was sufficient, but there's no rotation on the horizon for Quest Rogue. Hence the nerf.
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2017-06-28, 08:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Jade Druid's still a good deck; it's just absolutely miserable against Quest Rogue and some of the Quest Rogue counters (Token Shaman, Aggro Murlock Paladin, Secret Mage). However, you can crush the soul of Quest Warrior, any kind of Burn Mage, and any kind of Priest that's not Silence.
Jade Druid's seen a lot and is more common in tournaments.
Personally, I'd just go with someone you want to root for. Last time we'd have told you to pick Thijs and he got one pack or Pavel and he only got one pack.
Looking at groups, I'm personally picking between Kolento (C9 player and someone I like watching on stream) and Muzzy (NA pride and he's supposedly good).Last edited by Joran; 2017-06-28 at 08:57 PM.
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2017-06-28, 10:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah, there's no one from Canada this time around, so I just picked Kolento because he was the only one I recognised.
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2017-06-28, 10:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Hearthstone 20: What is your Quest?
I don't think Quest Rogue will be dead because of that. But it's cards will shift towards Midrange a bit. Vanish was pretty popular in the decks anyway and I personally enjoyed the games vs. Quest Rogues where I legit had a chance. Example actually being a game with Dragon Lyra Spell Priest because the deck has enough discover effects and spell generation to keep up with the Quest Rogue as well as enough Tempo due to the Dragons present (and double/triple Dragonfire if needed).
But I think people on ladder will refrain from using Quest Rogue for a bit and either rush towards now playable Control decks or play the OTHER cancer that is Token druid.Last edited by Spore; 2017-06-28 at 10:25 PM.
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2017-06-28, 10:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well, this is a one and done brawl for me.
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2017-06-28, 10:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-06-28, 10:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Vote for some competitive guy and for every match they win during this event, you get a pack.
...but I also don't watch or read anything on competitive gaming, so I know virtually nothing. But if it seems unpredictable to people who do track this stuff, then I guess I'll go with a random pick.Meow(Steam page)
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2017-06-28, 10:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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The choose your champion for HCT Spring
Choose your champion
You have until July 4th to pick one of 16 competitors and you'll get a number of packs between 1-4 depending on how far they advance. You're guaranteed a minimum of at least 1, so feel free to pick someone at random.
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2017-06-28, 11:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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It'll be interesting to see what effect the Quest Rogue nerf has on the game. Maybe there's a way to make it less auto-fail against aggro, and it'll morph into a more rounded deck. That's the best case scenario, admittedly. My current deck has redundant bounces, so 5 is perfectly doable. Just that it will take one bounce more than usual and that could be a big deal. We'll have to see.
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2017-06-29, 12:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-06-29, 02:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Also known as "pick the guy that has been doing the best recently, then watch them crash and burn in their first two matches".
Last couple times I picked people from other countries based on how good they were, and they sucked. This time I'll stay loyal and pick someone from the US in the hopes of averting my horrible luck.
I don't even remember getting my packs from the last couple tournaments. They were only one or two packs each so I think they just kinda got lost in the free packs from set rotation/new expansion.
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2017-06-29, 03:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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I just had what was possibly the greatest Brawl matchup of all time. Crystalline Oracle mirror. I don't know what his 8 non-oracle cards were, or what mine were. I know he had Lyra, Holy Nova and Mind Vision. Excavated Evil got involved somehow, from somewhere. Probably me. I had an Auchenai and the priest C'thun guy. It was madness. Absolute brilliant madness. By the end of the game both our hands were nothing but excavated evils and holy nova. I won by fatigue.
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2017-06-29, 05:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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Well I tried to clear a win daily in the Tavern Brawl. Though random, you can usually tell how the match will go in a few turns (or even just the first card) so the games tend to end quick.
Saw a few people messing around with Kabal Courier. Didn't go so well for them, even when I was playing weird things like the 1/2 Combo Cultist (for a Combo daily).
Patches was pretty much autowin in a lot of cases. Even when I was running Voidwalker, the enemy still won. Though that was a close one. The one time I tried Patches the enemy conceded before I knew what their card was. So I decided to not be that guy and simply hope I got a good match if I conceded enough games. Not even sure what counters Patches in this meta.
Other decks I ran into were Explosive trap, Mind Blast/Sinister Strike face decks, Jade Druid and those 1/1 buffwolves. I think somebody actually tried that 2/1 with the divine shield deathrattle, but I was playing Forbidden Ritual and they conceded.Awesome OOTS-style Fallout New Vegas avatar by Ceika. Or it was, before Photobucket started charging money.
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2017-06-29, 07:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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I have large numbers of duplicate minions, the Fire Elemental package (2x Igneous, 2x Fire Fly), and six bouncers. I still sometimes have trouble getting to four bounces during the early turns. Having to draw into three of those bouncers probably breaks the deck. As one person put it, you're giving it a 25% nerf on its trigger condition, just like what happened to Molten Giant (which no longer sees play).
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2017-06-29, 09:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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I ran patches for the one and done. Got into a mirror match; so thankfully didn't intrude on anybody else's fun too badly.
I was Mage with Patches against a Warrior with Patches. Was actually a surprisingly close match with a lot of back and forth, nearly lost due to one of his random 8 being an Armorsmith, but I wound up pulling a Hazael from Unstable portal, which gave the extra health cushion and board presence needed to swing the game. It helped that like 3 of his 8 were weapons (I saw an Ogre Warmaul, Fool's Bane, and Tentacles for Arms, so not even any really good weapons out of that). All in all, not something I'd play again, but surprisingly fun considering I deliberately played the scumbag deck to get it over with.If my text is blue, I'm being sarcastic.But you already knew that, right?
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2017-06-29, 09:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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My favorite game of this expansion was against a quest rogue with my dragon priest deck. He never overplayed his hand because he knew what he was going against. What he didn't count on was me playing dragonfire potion FOUR times (shadow visions is the bomb, like literally in this case) and Ysera Awakens once.
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2017-06-29, 09:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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only reliable counter I have seen to patches so far is priest using power word glory as his picked card..and just never kill a patches..you will stabilize around 8-10 hp and then you just fatigue him
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2017-06-29, 10:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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You should keep the Novice Engineers because you'll need that card draw to get your bounce effects.
You should cut one of your 1 drops for Glacial Shard; Glacial Shard is stupid good at delaying aggression from medium size creatures. I've seen people cutting Swashburgler because it draws Patches before you get the 5/5 or Hungry Crab now that Murlocs are not as oppressive anymore.
I think we might see more of the defensive Elemental Package from Quest Rogue (if it even still sees play). I saw people like Kolento playing Tar Creeper and Stoneshaper to protect against aggro. Bilefin is also a solid choice.
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2017-06-29, 01:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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I missed the Patches train by getting my brawl in early, I picked Babbling Book, my opponent went with Naturalize. I didn't even get to fatigue by the time I burned him out.
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2017-06-29, 01:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-06-29, 06:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ran into a Shaman running Maelstrom Portal as his Patches counter. Generally solid... except against Jade Idol, which is what I was using.
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2017-06-29, 06:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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I needed 30 mage cards for a quest, so I crafted Glyphs. Went into Mirror. Bad news, I lost. Good news, I finished my quest in one go.
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2017-06-29, 06:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'd already been running Southsea Deckhand over Swashburglar (because 5/5, get a random card is way worse than getting a 5/5 charger that can summon a 5/5 charger), as well as Bilefin (not just because it stalls aggro, but because it puts two 5/5s on the board post-quest. And double Glacial Shard. And I still struggled against aggro.
If Quest Rogue didn't figure out how to deal with aggro before, it won't figure out now.
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2017-06-29, 08:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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15 minutes ago Blizzard Korea shared that July 7th will be the announcement of the next expansion.
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2017-06-29, 08:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Warning: Random jumble of thoughts
Anyone else get really bored because of the rank system? I know climbing to legend is pointless because it's many hours of my life that go away at the end of every month, so I just go up to rank 5 because that's a reasonable amount of playtime for one month. I'd feel way more incentivized to climb the ladder if I didn't feel like it was just running up the down escalators. Sure, each month I can make progress, but Hearthstone isn't a deep or rewarding enough game to justify the amount of time it would take to go from rank 5 to legend.