yellorambo's Articles
The February Surprise: A Forward-Looking and Controversial Balance Update
Kudos to Team 5: who would have thought that we would receive not one, but two unexpected balance changes at the end of a Standard rotation? To be fair, the first one was mostly surprising due to the fact it was announced less than 24 hours before going live – but this one is truly […]
My Silverback Patriarch and Other Animals: Hearthstone’s Functionally Useless Cards
Bad cards have a role to play in card games: they function as learning tools for newcomers and interesting quagmires whenever random effects throw them up. Some of them also unexpectedly get a chance to shine when odd synergies are printed in subsequent sets. Nevertheless, there are quite a few spells and minions in Hearthstone […]
How To Crush The 13.0 Arena – Tips & Tricks For Power Level Picks
Team 5 now has many different tools to change up the Arena experience, some of which are more subtle than others – a good example of this would be the latest set of micro-adjustments that pushed down Warrior, Rogue and Hunter from the top three position. Conversely, the old draft and play strategies are no […]
Culling Classic: How the Continuous Nerfs Render Entire Playstyles Non-Viable
Another patch, another butchered evergreen card: in fact, not one but two core Druid spells were nerfed on December 19th as both Wild Growth and Nourish took massive hits that are guaranteed to shake up the playstyle of the class for the rest of Hearthstone’s history. It’s the sort of move that makes […]
Were the Lackluster Cards from Year of the Raven A Necessity?
One of the more amusing talking points from Hearthstone’s state before the recent patch revolved around the almost complete lack of cards from 2018’s sets in the HCT Philadelphia tournament. Only 24 copies made it into the that formed the top eight players’ decklists overall, amounting to a whopping 2,5%. With only very few brand […]
