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Famm
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Eh, why assume the same old control style priest set ups. This seems like it would beg for a more tempo/minion oriented list. Or maybe a one-of given the highlander style cards that are coming too. I'd rather play dragon for the time being until rotation though. That dragon excluding board clear potion might be pretty strong.
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Alright bro's, what's fun to play on ladder? Bonus points if it's Rogue (not going to fuck with Priest till xpac). I don't particularly care how good it is, I just need to get to 5 from 10 before the end of the month. Though I could always do it on Shaman if it comes down to it
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Valishar
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Everything loses to shaman except freeze mage, it loses to everything else. RNG mitigates decision making so you barely are rewarded for making clever plays. Just play shaman.
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Famm
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Secret hunter does seem pretty good against shaman. Warrior might be alright too and there's multiple archtypes to choose from but control has a good chance against shaman if you can stand the grinding out long games. Maybe not best choice for quick laddering.
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2 Backstab
2 Preparation
2 Sinister Strike
2 Swashbuckler
1 Bloodmage Thalnos
2 Eviscerate
1 Sap
2 Shiv
1 Edwin VanCleef
2 Fan of knives
2 Shadow Strike
2 SI:7 Agent
Barnes
2 Tomb Pillager
2 Azure Drake
Emperor Thau
2 Gadgetizan Auctioneer
Malygos
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I disagree simply because this card can get you ahead on board which Priest needs vs aggro.
It's not going to payoff every match by any means but the matches it works it'll be a really great card to have.
Priest needs a 2-drop for the aggressive matches. It's not too great otherwise.. still can prove to be annoying in a control setting but not as reliable for sure.
On turn 3 you can attack, heal and have a 2/3 and 2/2 on board... if it's a 3/2 on other side then hopefully you can Power Word+Attack+Heal.
It's not OP but it's a solid 2 drop for Priest which can get them started off on the right foot in the early game.
Edit: Also keep in mind that a lot of early minions are 1 or 2 attack now so getting the effect off is increasingly better.
The primary 3attack minions are:
Totem Golem
Flame Imp
Sorc Appr
Darkshire Librarian
Cult Sorcerer
5 minions that are 1 or 2 mana which have 3 attack and are currently in the meta.
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So Jade Golem mechanic is... every Jade Golem summoned is stronger than the last. And seems to cap out at 30/30 stats.
I can't link the battlenet link from work but there are also some new cards shown. 6 mana legendary has Battlecry & Deathrattle to summon a Jade Golem, so that's a lot of stats packed into 1 minion assuming it isn't silenced or transformed.
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I can't link the battlenet link from work but there are also some new cards shown. 6 mana legendary has Battlecry & Deathrattle to summon a Jade Golem, so that's a lot of stats packed into 1 minion assuming it isn't silenced or transformed.
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I don't know if there will be enough cards to make it worth it though since it seems to be a very specific mechanic. Like the first few summons are gonna be kinda shit. I guess eventually it's good value though, especially that legendary, seems pretty strong if you got a few jade golems beforehand, like 6mana summon a 5/5 and 3/3, when 5/5 dies summon a 4/4, that's pretty stupid if you can fit the 2 golems before it.
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The legendary is a 5/3 which is shit stats but not much different than Justicar being a 6/3. The 3 health sucks but if the effect is strong enough then it'll be worth. Seems like it would be worth it in most cases... like you said, need to play at least 2 other Jade Golem cards so you can get 7/7 worth of stats minimum from the Legendary.
That Legendary does fit into an N'Zoth deck, though you only get 1 tick off it, still pretty nice.
That Legendary does fit into an N'Zoth deck, though you only get 1 tick off it, still pretty nice.
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This AIDS game has no fun deck to play on ladder. Ladder is literally an AIDS infested anal-fuckfest. You either play a cancer deck or you don't rank. There isn't even a control deck that does well, really. Even a fucking tech'ed out control deck just loses out to the zerg that is infesting the ladder. So... just play midrange shaman.
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Amzin
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If there's not something cheaper than the druid 3 spell for summoning Jade Golems, I don't see it working, but I have to assume there's 1/2/3 drops that do it that we haven't seen yet. You need to get that 1/1 and 2/2 Jade Golem out of the way and then all those cards become really competitive.
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I think Jade golems will definitely be a thing, especially if they are battlecries (Brann) and/or coupled with removals spells like that shaman spell.
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