JalexanderHS's Articles
Demon Hunter Theorycrafting – Potential Decks and Strategies for the New Class
With Demon Hunter coming to Hearthstone on April 7th, just about everyone is going to be interested to play the new class (myself included). The class looks to contain many elements that are most closely related to Rogue, complete with a hero power that does damage at the same rate of mana, while also containing […]
Worst Designed Cards and Mechanics in the History of Hearthstone
The people designing our games are humans. Like most humans, they sometimes make mistakes. Perhaps they thought a new card would be fun to play with, but it turns out to be frustrating. Perhaps they thought something would be strong, but it turns out to be weak. However, owing to the nature […]
Spirits of the Shark: How Memorable Moments Trick Players
So You Want to Build a Hearthstone Deck… Building and refining Hearthstone decks is hard. It takes high levels of skill to even figure out where new, powerful opportunities reside. This is the “big” problem of deckbuilding, as it covers the larger outline and gameplan of your deck. It helps determine everything that is […]
Power and Win Rate of the Decks – Analyzing the Official “Tier List” From Iksar
This week we got a meta update from Dean Ayala (Iksar) concerning their stats on the most popular and best performing decks (source). Standard Meta Update: (Last Full Week, All Regions, Rank 5-Legend, Alphabetical Order) Top 5 Population Embiggen Druid Galakrond Rogue Galakrond Warrior […]
Redundancy is Power – How More Of The Same Makes Your Deck More Powerful
When it comes to building a successful deck in Hearthstone, there’s a rule you should understand: redundancy is power. That is to say by increasing the number of similar effects within a deck, you can reach a state where the whole is greater than the sum of its individual parts. Put enough […]
