In my new article on Hearthstone Top Decks, I examine the effects of the Standard rotation on The Witchwood meta: Cards that are leaving Standard will help shape The Witchwood meta http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/cards-that-are-leaving-standard-will-help-shape-the-witchwood-meta/
Author: Old Guardian
Hagatha the Witch (Hearthstone The Witchwood card preview)
Hearthstone’s The Witchwood expansion reveal stream took place yesterday and revealed ten new cards. The most anticipated one was Hagatha the Witch, a legendary Shaman Hero card, and the only Hero card in the entire expansion.
In this post, I take an in-depth look at Hagatha and her effect.
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Hearthstone HCT Oslo March 2018 Tour Stop decks, results, and analysis
Hearthstone HCT Polaris Oslo March 2018 Tour Stop was played from 24th March to 25th March 2018 at Ballroom in Oslo, Norway. It was an open Hearthstone Championship Tour Stop, where 229 players competed for a $15,000 USD prize pool and HCT points.
In this post, I take a look at the decks and results of the tournament, including class distribution, archetypes, and lineups.
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Guide to the Echo mechanic (Hearthstone The Witchwood)
Hearthstone’s The Witchwood expansion brings two new mechanics into the game. The first one is Rush, a Charge that cannot hit face. The second one, Echo, is more interesting: cards with Echo return to your hand as ghostly copies when played and can be played again during the same turn. At the end of the turn, the ghostly copies disappear from hand.
There is actually already a card in the game that functions exactly like Echo: Unstable Evolution. If you’ve played some Shaman recently – and not many people have – you may already have experience with how the mechanic works.
With more similar cards coming out, there will be more interesting situations with the mechanic, so let’s go through what we know about the mechanic and what synergies there may be.
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In-depth look at Genn Greymane
My article on Genn Greymane and Even-Cost decks is now available at Hearthstone Top Decks: Genn Greymane – Can Even-Cost Decks Be Viable? http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/genn-greymane-can-even-cost-decks-be-viable/
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Hearthstone HCT Bangkok March 2018 Tour Stop decks, results, and analysis
Hearthstone HCT Bangkok March 2018 Tour Stop was played from 16th March to 18th March 2018 at the Pantip Esports Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. It was an open Hearthstone Championship Tour Stop, where 213 players competed for a $15,000 USD prize pool and HCT points.
In this post, I take a look at the decks and results of the tournament, including class distribution, archetypes, and lineups.
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In-depth look at Baku the Mooneater
I’ve occasionally done in-depth reviews of upcoming cards. This time, it’s time to look at Baku the Mooneater, and my article on that is available on Hearthstone Top Decks: http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/baku-the-mooneater-the-new-justicar-trueheart/
Hearthstone HCT Toronto March 2018 Tour Stop decks, results, and analysis
Hearthstone HCT Toronto March 2018 Tour Stop was played from 9th March to 11th March 2018 at the EGLX in Toronto, Canada. It was an open Hearthstone Championship Tour Stop, where 185 players competed for a $15,000 USD prize pool and HCT points.
In this post, I take a look at the decks and results of the tournament, including class distribution, archetypes, and lineups.
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Spiteful Summoner does not rule the post-nerfs meta after all
In my new article for Hearthstone Top Decks, I take a deep look at Spiteful Summoner, and why it did not take over the Hearthstone meta after the nerfs: What happened to Spiteful Summoner?
March 2018 issues and what do we really know about Hearthstone’s MMR
The start of the March 2018 ranked play season in Hearthstone has been eventful to say the least. With ranked play down for two days, followed by hundreds or thousands of players starting at one win away from legend rank, there have been severe concerns as to how legend ranks will work out in the new season, as it is a crucial part of gaining HCT points for competitive players.
Players have attempted to analyze the situation, and some advice that has went viral is that you should not play the game at all once you reach legend, because matchmaking does not work properly. Alas, this advice seems unintuitive.
So, what do we really know?
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