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Quest Shaman is far and away the most popular deck on the Standard ladder. It’s typically included in most Grandmasters lineups as well. The deck has to play differently depending on what it is matched up against. At its core it is a deck that wants to play cards on curve and then look for…
During a meta that has become dominated by Cyclone Mages and Mech Hunters, Murloc Shaman puts itself in a position to shine. Murloc Shaman is able to establish wide board presence early against decks that don’t have answers or come back on board. Card Inclusions The core cards of this deck are the primary Murlocs.…
Casper “Hunterace” Notto recently became the 2019 World Champion. His lineup is being tested out on ladder by a lot of players after his victory. Hunterace’s lineup for World Champs consisted of Control Warrior, Summoner Mage, Tempo Thief Rogue, and Control Shaman. Let’s take a closer look at Hunterace’s World Championship Decks and how they…
The first of the Winter Playoffs concluded over the weekend. Some players shocked a lot of the top talent, and some of the best return to the Winter Championship. Here is how we got our 2019 HCT EU Winter Finalists. The four Europeans on their way to the Winter Championship are Raphael “Bunnyhoppor” Peltzer, Torben “Viper” Wahl, Oldřich…
The recent December balance update comes right after the first Tour Stop of Rastakhan’s Rumble. It has huge meta implications for the near and far future. The update comes as a bit of surprise with no prior announcement. Druid is Dead At first glance, Druid appears to have been completely torn apart by the nerfs.…
The first Tour Stop of the set has passed and that means its time to evaluate the new meta at its early stages. It might be too early yet to analyze the full impact of Rastakhan’s Rumble, but we can get an early feel of the most impactful cards. We will be taking a look…
With all the powerful new Rastakhan cards being revealed, Rastakhan’s Rumble looks like it will really stir up the meta. The major complaint with The Boomsday Project was the lack of enough impactful cards to shift meta archetypes. This time around, we are definitely due for entirely new decks to take over. Priest and Mage…
The last of the Group Stage matches has been completed and the Hearthstone Global Games top 8 decided. From shocking upsets to amazing comebacks, it all went down over the last few days. It’s time to break down what went right or wrong and who are the teams headed to BlizzCon. Ukraine’s Battle Ukraine squeezed…
There are many decks in Hearthstone that lead to polarized outcomes, but some are far more egregious than others. While they’re weak against huge swathes of the meta, it makes up for it by massively punishing strategies that can’t handle its power. Even with an average draw against a good player, these decks will massively…
Now that HGG Week 5 has concluded, nine teams have qualified for the top 16 playoffs. The unusual occurrence for this week is that a lot of the matches ended with a 3-0 score. This HGG Week 5 Recap will go over just why all these good teams got swept off the board. Domination or…
HCT Taichung was completed over the weekend, and is the last Tour Stop before the release of The Boomsday Project. This stop opened up Season 3 of the Hearthstone Championship Tour, and a couple new faces made the top eight. A Japanese player won the last stop at HCT Tokyo, and the Japanese region continues…
Hearthstone Global Games Week 1 has opened up the thinking processes of 48 countries around the world. Teams have been tasked with submitting decklists for all nine classes. Most countries have decided to not deviate from what has been expected for HGG lineups. Some, on the other hand, have brought out some very off-meta decks…
Congratulations Furyhunter The victor of the DreamHack HCT Summer Grand Prix 2018 is Frederik “Furyhunter” Møller, prevailing over Dániel “PenhaDani” Felizardo three games to one in the final set. Quite an interesting final, as both players brought the same three deck archetypes to the tournament. Though, not once did a mirror match come into play. Furyhunter…
Dean “Iksar” Ayala gave us a unique insight into the ongoing internal design balance discussion at blizzard. In a clarifying Reddit comment, he gave a hit-list of 10 cards that Team 5 are specifically looking at. Among them were many targets of community and competitive ire. It’s a fair assumption that several or even most…
Witchwood is finally out, and amongst all the experimentation, one deck in particular is drawing complaints. From the noise made on various discussion forums, you’d imagine Shudderwock Shaman was an unstoppable monster. And while that may be literally true for its win condition, the deck itself is far from strong. According to HSReplay.net, the deck…
