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emilsn91
Supreme Hero
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posted February 05, 2016 11:22 PM |
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I must say that is a great pack.  I would love to have Anub.. But is he usable? nope.  Maybe in a late, late game with raptor rogue - but do you ever get to late game with that deck?
Oh well. pity deck indeed.
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blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
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posted February 05, 2016 11:58 PM |
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Edited by blob2 at 00:00, 06 Feb 2016.
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Well, I do remember getting into late game and having trouble with no cards to play in Raptor Rouge. Anub'arak might be a good answer for that. Not many players run silence nowadays, and whithout it his practically unkillable. Additionally most players won't probably expect him. If I do manage to keep a Raptor until then this could be fun
On a side note if he would cost like 8 or even 7 mana (even with lower stats) this Nerubian King would be played a lot more. Who knows maybe the next expansion plus Standard will open new possibilities for him and he will be sought after...
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emilsn91
Supreme Hero
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posted February 06, 2016 12:33 PM |
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Anub'arak could be a killer card with a lower mana cost.. And what if he had somekind of 'Play this first' mechanic. Like if there was a rogue card that could combo for a swap with it..
I would love that.
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blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
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posted February 06, 2016 04:42 PM |
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Edited by blob2 at 16:46, 06 Feb 2016.
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I didn't test Anub that much, but he seems like a perfect late game option for when I run out of steam (which is always the case with Rouge when games take too long). His high mana cost even suggests that. Everyone talks about him being unusable because there's no such thing as control Rouge, but I think his more of an answer for Rouge's late game draw issues then anything else. I already played a game in which my opponent conceded after I "Raptored" Anub (I played against a Warrior and suprisingly he didn't have a removal). I only had one other card beside those in hand. Normally, at this point in the game, Warrior would start to build his unbreakable armor wall so I would've been finished. So Anub might be really helpful with those control and fatigue decks...
I wouldn't craft him (like most players probably), but I got him in a pack, so that's a different story...
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emilsn91
Supreme Hero
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posted February 08, 2016 07:50 AM |
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Edited by emilsn91 at 10:10, 08 Feb 2016.
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Two bosses away from clearing Blackrock Mountain on HC.. I need Chromaggus and Drakkkisath.. Grrr.. the last one Drakki.. is just so RNG that I CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!
When I have done these two, I have done all HC adventures.
EDIT: Just finished the last boss. I am now HC in all three adventures.
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blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
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posted February 08, 2016 05:12 PM |
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Congrats! Been a while since I beat those (I always try to complete them ASAP). I found LoE Heroic the easiest, but the reason behind this might be in the fact that my collection grew and I'm a more expierienced player now.
And yes, Anub'arak is cool. My friend was right (he was saying the card is good in his opinion from the moment he first saw it when it was revealed). He might not fit into most Rouge decks, but he seems almost tailor-made for Raptor Rouge. Since I usually already don't have cards in hand at turn 7-8 his an autoplay as such. Of course you can fit other cards here, but he plays like he was made for this deck (I mean so many Nerubians already!). And once his out, my opponents can't seem to find a way to get rid of him...
He might even be a dark horse in the coming Standard format, who knows...
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emilsn91
Supreme Hero
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posted February 08, 2016 06:14 PM |
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blob2 said:
Congrats! Been a while since I beat those (I always try to complete them ASAP). I found LoE Heroic the easiest, but the reason behind this might be in the fact that my collection grew and I'm a more expierienced player now.
And yes, Anub'arak is cool. My friend was right (he was saying the card is good in his opinion from the moment he first saw it when it was revealed). He might not fit into most Rouge decks, but he seems almost tailor-made for Raptor Rouge. Since I usually already don't have cards in hand at turn 7-8 his an autoplay as such. Of course you can fit other cards here, but he plays like he was made for this deck (I mean so many Nerubians already!). And once his out, my opponents can't seem to find a way to get rid of him...
He might even be a dark horse in the coming Standard format, who knows...
LoE heroics were diffently the easiest BrM was the worst.. yuck.. But I also try to do them asap, but sometimes I get bored and dont But now I finally got around to it.
I actually believe you. You need a silence to stop him.. I like the idea of him, problem is I never get to late game with raptor. I might hit 10 mana, but that is not for long.
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blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
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posted February 09, 2016 05:58 PM |
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Edited by blob2 at 19:03, 09 Feb 2016.
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emilsn91 said:
I like the idea of him, problem is I never get to late game with raptor. I might hit 10 mana, but that is not for long.
That was my first thought, but I'm actually amazed how many times I hit turn 10 already... 9 actually, and you can coin him at turn 8 with Tomb Pillager for instance. He's great for control/fatigue matches which happen to me quite often. However I think his strenght is not that he comes back to your hand. It's the fact that he leaves that 4/4 Nerubian. When I think about it, his practically a Shredder on steroids (cause he comes back to your hand)!
EDIT: Got another Epic. Yeah, I've got a lot of them in the past days but they're all cr@p. Well, maybe Garrison Commander (my newest addition) is not in the trash tier, but he's not particulary useful either...
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Minion
Legendary Hero
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posted February 09, 2016 09:08 PM |
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Anub'arak is in my opinion the "ultimate" game finisher. If we get a card that makes a unit immune to silence then oh my god
But for Ranked, higher level play he is just a bit slow. And well I mean very slow. Secret Paladin has +10 damage minion on board attacking you by turn 7. Yawn. By the way I will most likely play Standard in the future myself. It all depends on how these modes turn out to be, but I have a feeling that is how I will like it. Balance is one of the things I care a lot and they will focus on balancing Standard, so that is a big nudge to that direction for me. But we will see
There is always casual in wild which I'll play for sure ^^
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blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
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posted February 09, 2016 11:26 PM |
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Minion said:
Balance is one of the things I care a lot and they will focus on balancing Standard, so that is a big nudge to that direction for me. But we will see
Well if Standard is the only answer for decks like Secret Paladin, It'll probably be my default choice. God draw is one thing, but when a guy "Well met's!" me after playing 2xSecret Keepers (with coin) followed by double secret next turn one can only think that enough is enough... this even beats a god draw Mana Wyrm on curve in Mage. Well I've grown to simply take those games with "ok, move along...", but it's very irritating when it happens to you on Ladder where a single defeat can break your "winnig streak" chain...
Btw I'm trying Garrison Commander in Priest. There's a possibility for a fun combo with him+Justicar or/and Auchenai
PS: Some dishartening news coming from Ben Brode. Not a lot of "balancing" for old cards, you can forget about buffs (and some old cards would really use them), and though this isn't my cup of cofee, they say thay while there are plans to add the rest of Hero portraits they didn't even start to work on them (which probably means they didn't profit from the first three that much).
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EvilLoynis
Famous Hero
The Dark Shadow
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posted February 10, 2016 05:15 AM |
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blob2 said:
They say that while there are plans to add the rest of Hero portraits they didn't even start to work on them (which probably means they didn't profit from the first three that much).
I would never buy those new pictures lol, sooo many other things todo than waste it on something that is purely useless. I mean it doesn't really add anything other than a new voice and picture.
Lol just had a really funny thing happen in one of my few Rogue Arena runs, although to be fair my opponent was probably really peeved off.
I played my Jeweled Scarab on turn 3 and chose Ambush which I played on the next turn since I had nothing better. Right away he hits 2 of them right off the top of his deck, he had like 26 or 27 cards in the deck (with the 3 Ambushes added) as it was only Turn 4. The third hit after about 5 more turns as well.
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blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
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posted February 10, 2016 05:22 PM |
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Edited by blob2 at 17:33, 10 Feb 2016.
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EvilLoynis said:
I would never buy those new pictures lol, sooo many other things todo than waste it on something that is purely useless. I mean it doesn't really add anything other than a new voice and picture.
They've killed it with the prices. For a dollar or two even I would consider it, but Blizzard gives hell of a pricetags to their paid stuff (Heroes of the Storm I'm looking at you!).
EvilLoynis said:
I played my Jeweled Scarab on turn 3 and chose Ambush which I played on the next turn since I had nothing better. Right away he hits 2 of them right off the top of his deck, he had like 26 or 27 cards in the deck (with the 3 Ambushes added) as it was only Turn 4. The third hit after about 5 more turns as well.
Well, I've come to think that Beneath the Grounds is one of the most interesting Rouge cards. In a Tempo deck like my Raptor Rouge you might think it's a tempo loss, but I actually play it quite often on turn 3. Turn 3 is the Unearthed Raptors turn, but he's not always playable cause you don't always have a Deathrattle minion on board. Well he's still a 3/4 which is solid, but it's rather a last resort play without the effect So you can say turn 3 is sometimes an "empty turn", and as such I don't loose much by playing BtG on turn 3 (plus the deck can have a really quick start in which case I already have a solid advantage by turn 3 with the right cards). At the same time you can really profit from it's 'Ambush' effect. In a game against a Patron Warrior for instance I've got two of them at once when he suprisingly (it was a gamble for him) played Battle Rage, which pretty much turned the scales in ma favor...
Cards like BtG, Nerubian Egg, Shredder, Unearthed Raptor and now Anub plus Rouge's cheap Buff/Dmg spells is what makes this deck so good: it overwhelms your opponent with board, but not "zoo style" but rather "sticky style". Even a hard boardswipe won't help him...
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Minion
Legendary Hero
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posted February 10, 2016 08:14 PM |
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I've now gotten 3 Sea Giants in a row, which is so annoying because I am missing Molten and Mountain Giants, so every time I see the Giant forming in the card I jump a little in joy just to be disappointed. God dammitttt. ;p
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"These friends probably started using condoms after having produced the most optimum amount of offsprings. Kudos to them for showing at least some restraint" - Tsar-ivor
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blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
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posted February 10, 2016 08:25 PM |
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Minion said:
I've now gotten 3 Sea Giants in a row, which is so annoying because I am missing Molten and Mountain Giants, so every time I see the Giant forming in the card I jump a little in joy just to be disappointed. God dammitttt. ;p
Seems each one of us has his own "Charged Hammer" 
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Minion
Legendary Hero
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posted February 10, 2016 08:29 PM |
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Indeed 
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"These friends probably started using condoms after having produced the most optimum amount of offsprings. Kudos to them for showing at least some restraint" - Tsar-ivor
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emilsn91
Supreme Hero
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posted February 11, 2016 03:52 PM |
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Just opened a GvG pack and got Golden Hemet Nesingway. Not gonna use it, but good feeling to open a golden legendary
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blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
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posted February 11, 2016 07:07 PM |
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Well, I also had a Nesingwary. Not golden unfortunately (I wonder if I finally get a golden L, if I remember correctly Pity Timer is said to be set on 400 packs). Still, very useful 400 dust he was...
Ok, so it seems the "big news" will come out on March 9th. Although those are only speculations it stands correct to think that some of them, aside form the "Standard" format news, will be about the Spring 2016 expansion. I only hope this won't be like with LoE when it's release date came not long after. My body is not ready I still want to grab some packs from TGT and craft some stuff... and a month might not be enough.
Btw, although I don't regret crafting Varian (he brought me a lot of fun), this time I think I'll stick around some time until I'll craft a card (read: Legendary) from the new set... but damn, the hype is getting real
In other news, I crafted Doomhammer just so I could create the cancerous Aggro/Overload/Trogg (and whatever you call it) Shaman deck. And so far it lives up to it's cancerous adjective Better enjoy it until "Standards purge" comes in... oh and I only use one Doomhammer. Because I won't craft the second one I'm using Leeroy as a substitute...
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emilsn91
Supreme Hero
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posted February 11, 2016 08:58 PM |
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I am thinking about dusting it so I can craft another legendary. I just cannot figure out if I should craft a GvG legendary that is useful or something from TgT or standard..
9 march!!!! Cannot wait. I am looking forward to the next expansion.
I wish I could make a good shaman deck... :/ There are so many cool ones out there.
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blob2
Undefeatable Hero
Blob-Ohmos the Second
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posted February 11, 2016 09:11 PM |
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Edited by blob2 at 21:16, 11 Feb 2016.
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Well, I'm currently playing this one (with slight modifications). It's seriously OP. It even eats Secret Paladin for dinner (usually )...
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emilsn91
Supreme Hero
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posted February 14, 2016 09:53 AM |
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Trump just made a great video about how the meta changes with the removal of GvG and Naxx in Standard. Go check it out. It really opened my eyes.
It also means that my midrange hunter has to be changed... a lot..
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