By yellorambo -
A recent Iksar Q&A revealed that Demon Hunter was meant to potentially be a temporary addition to Standard at some stage in development. With almost two years since the class’ original release, how is it shaping up as a…
By Old Guardian -
Wow. Rogue just died from Standard overnight. Sure, I expected Poison Rogue to die, but I thought Thief Rogue would put up at least a bit more of a fight. Players are still coming to grips with the demise of the class,…
By Old Guardian -
On Tuesday 25 January, the big Hearthstone patch will finally arrive! There is a lot of stuff in this one, including Battlegrounds changes that will almost reinvent the whole game mode. In this article, I want to dig…
By yellorambo -
After the dominance of Questline decks in United in Stormwind and the lack of viable slow and control-oriented archetypes, Team 5 member Celestalon has gone on record in a Twitter post stating that the design team’s…
By Old Guardian -
It seems that we are not getting a balance patch this week, so the current meta is here to stay for a while longer (at least until early next week). It's not that the meta has been stale. Quite the contrary, over the…
By Old Guardian -
Hearthstone has seen an unprecedented rise of combo decks during the last two expansions. United in Stormwind and Fractured in Alterac Valley have largely been defined by their early aggro-combo metas and the subsequent…
By Old Guardian -
The first Fractured in Alterac Valley balance patch included a lot of card changes with nine nerfs and four buffs. In line with Blizzard's recent balancing philosophy, the changes are minor and generally do not kill the…
By Old Guardian -
The two latest Hearthstone expansions have both been built around powerful Legendary themes. United in Stormwind has Questlines, and Fractured in Alterac Valley has Hero cards. Questlines have the inherent advantage in…