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| 3s | foreign |
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| 12s | welcome to Hearthstone Legends where we |
| 15s | look back on some of the most iconic |
| 17s | moments and matches that make the |
| 20s | players we know today Legends on this |
| 24s | episode we watched the Journey of one of |
| 26s | the fastest players to ever be called |
| 28s | the best in the world Hunter race |
| 32s | the beginning of Hunter Ace's rapid rise |
| 35s | was in 2018 with the tour stop circuit |
| 38s | after taking a second place finish |
| 40s | earlier in the year in Toronto he found |
| 42s | himself in the finals of the tour stop |
| 44s | in Seoul versus Samuel Zhao let's see |
| 47s | how it went all right with uh the game |
| 50s | number one being odd power to mirror we |
| 51s | do want to make a passing comment that |
| 53s | we didn't really talk much about with |
| 54s | the bands both Druids have been banned |
| 56s | but they're not playing the same one |
| 57s | Hunter race with The malagos Druids even |
| 59s | without the token Druid and both tend to |
| 61s | do pretty well against the the field |
| 64s | here malagos Druid is just touted by |
| 68s | several people as potentially being one |
| 69s | of the meta Breakers of uh 11.2 and |
| 73s | onwards primarily because it's good |
| 74s | against aggro with so many good |
| 76s | defensive tools it's good against |
| 77s | control even has a lot of power against |
| 79s | those mid-range decks as well so you |
| 82s | know Hunter Ace |
| 84s | looks like the difference will just be |
| 86s | the even Shaman versus the mid-range |
| 88s | Hunter let's go ahead and talk about the |
| 90s | odd pad and mirror |
| 92s | uh same as how does not have double one |
| 94s | drop and he's kind of kind of have an |
| 95s | awkward hand here yeah and Hunt race has |
| 97s | diamole as well this is this is the nuts |
| 100s | opener when you're going first you get |
| 102s | that one three down and then over the |
| 104s | course of the next couple of turns you |
| 105s | get so much Equity out of that free |
| 107s | health just being able to incrementally |
| 110s | turn by turn you just essentially swing |
| 113s | one one of stats on the board and that |
| 114s | means over the course of the first three |
| 116s | turns you then get you know two two or |
| 118s | three three ahead on the board just |
| 120s | through the Merit of this one three |
| 122s | million right and you know the Saving |
| 125s | Grace of a lot of these Paladin decks or |
| 128s | sorry specifically with odd paladins is |
| 129s | that you often want to get that early |
| 131s | game board and hero power as much as you |
| 133s | can but you want to take that coin to |
| 134s | put out double one drop so you can get |
| 137s | ahead of your opponent that is the only |
| 138s | thing that you get an advantage going |
| 140s | second is uh getting a coin extra card |
| 142s | and Samus has already lost that ability |
| 144s | to capitalize yeah |
| 146s | now already it becomes a question of |
| 149s | card economy versus Tempo because the |
| 151s | Firefly plus the flame Elemental here |
| 153s | can test this board State a whole lot |
| 155s | better than just pressing hero power |
| 157s | does |
| 163s | so it's just going to take it slow for |
| 165s | now though yeah there's one thing that |
| 166s | has always been a big part ever since |
| 169s | Cobalts and catacombs drop is the Cobalt |
| 171s | is the quarter creeper board swing and I |
| 173s | think Samuel Tau can potentially utilize |
| 176s | that as a way to win the board |
| 178s | convincingly against Hunter race if |
| 180s | Hunter race isn't you know cement things |
| 182s | by turn five which is often the pivotal |
| 184s | turn right before odd Paladin |
| 187s | there you go see what we're talking |
| 189s | about the power of that one three a |
| 191s | squire goes down a one one goes down and |
| 193s | the mole is still hanging around to take |
| 196s | care of another set one ones on the |
| 197s | following turn the hunter Ace just lost |
| 200s | in the jungle hero power and he is fully |
| 202s | dominated this board before turn three |
| 204s | yeah and a lot of his tools are board |
| 206s | leverage tools level up raid leader |
| 208s | fungalmans are all kind of do similar |
| 210s | things in pushing damage or cementing an |
| 212s | existing board |
| 213s | Sandwich House only course of action to |
| 216s | fight back right now is quarter creeper |
| 217s | fireflies and his hero power |
| 219s | you can't do you can't really mix and |
| 221s | match them very cleanly |
| 223s | but it can save quarter creeper for say |
| 226s | a fungal man's return so there is a |
| 229s | little you know Solace and saying that's |
| 230s | how having opportunities to fill out his |
| 232s | Mana curve it's just that is it too slow |
| 233s | against 108 develops against him |
| 245s | really deep in the tank on this one you |
| 248s | see his eyes flicking around from left |
| 250s | to right |
| 251s | trying to imagine what scenario pulls |
| 253s | him back onto this board I think it's |
| 255s | fairly straightforward here there's a |
| 258s | there's a fair amount of fatigue that |
| 259s | also comes into play as well you know |
| 260s | seeing what's out did not really get |
| 262s | much time between the semi-finals and |
| 264s | the finals it's very true and you know |
| 266s | these have been long days some players |
| 268s | from the APAC groups finished their |
| 271s | matches you know like past midnight on |
| 273s | day number one so it's just kind of a |
| 275s | very grueling tournament for some of |
| 276s | these players |
| 277s | hope Santa can kind of stay focused but |
| 280s | this is looking |
| 282s | very bad for our Taiwanese player |
| 286s | yeah it's unfortunate because plus |
| 288s | attack in this spot for Hunter Ace is |
| 291s | actually potentially the weakest Mall |
| 292s | outside of uh the taunt one because |
| 295s | still really does have to think about |
| 297s | respecting these one ones and if he does |
| 299s | that yeah his plus attack is doing very |
| 300s | little in comparison to uh Divine Shield |
| 303s | or summoning two additional one ones |
| 305s | alongside some of the other options he |
| 306s | could have had |
| 308s | just forget |
| 309s | it oh man Corner creeper is free Daniel |
| 312s | tries to fight back and it's not really |
| 315s | again about the attack like you said |
| 316s | it's really about how you're just |
| 318s | basically at the mercy of the attacker's |
| 320s | advantage yeah double fungalmancer hold |
| 325s | on |
| 329s | so one fungal mats are certainly coming |
| 332s | down |
| 333s | and I guess we just cleared our |
| 335s | opponent's board |
| 339s | does it have to be a fungal monster turn |
| 342s | you can go really wide still just |
| 344s | glacial sharp the corridor creeper and |
| 346s | deal with it on the next hand |
| 351s | I guess there's no harm in it |
| 353s | I I always like in in this mirror it's |
| 356s | an alarm Bell goes off in my head when |
| 358s | you're not making like the widest play |
| 360s | that you possibly can On Any Given turn |
| 362s | because that's very often the correct |
| 364s | one but yeah still four minions to zero |
| 366s | you get to Value trade everything it's |
| 369s | extremely hard to turn that one down and |
| 372s | Samuel South says yeah fair enough let's |
| 375s | not keep everyone weighing any longer |
| 377s | you got me on that one Paladin mirror |
| 379s | goes to Hunter race yeah and you know it |
| 381s | came down to a couple of things being on |
| 383s | the play being able to you know make |
| 384s | sure he keeps up his momentum and seeing |
| 386s | it sound not really having any |
| 388s | opportunity to swing the board even if |
| 389s | he had quarter creeper just didn't do |
| 390s | anything the one chance he had was that |
| 392s | turn two turn two he could have gone |
| 394s | Firefly flame Elemental and had one twos |
| 396s | on the board contesting one ones instead |
| 399s | he chose to just press hero power and |
| 401s | just get seeded full initiative over to |
| 403s | Hunter Hayes uh as it turns out Hunter a |
| 406s | still would have answered that play |
| 407s | potentially with them all to be able to |
| 409s | take care of the fireflies but because |
| 411s | it was just plus Attack Mode that wasn't |
| 413s | a very good development from him it |
| 415s | might have been a different story have |
| 417s | we seen Samuel Sal go for those |
| 418s | fireflies early on yeah that's right |
| 421s | um and with these aggro matchups I think |
| 423s | it's very easy to gloss over some of |
| 425s | those smaller details and think that |
| 426s | they're insignificant that you know on |
| 429s | the contrary instead of having any |
| 430s | agency you might feel like you've just |
| 431s | gotten unlucky yeah but that's what |
| 433s | aggro matches tend to boil down to one |
| 436s | or two points of damage one or two extra |
| 438s | tokens one or two extra turns |
| 442s | and that's what caused Samuel Sal |
| 446s | going into game number two we'll find |
| 448s | out uh if Hunter race is Hunter can |
| 450s | actually get over the you know the hump |
| 452s | of this series I feel like mid-range |
| 455s | Hunter |
| 456s | is just really underrated you know a lot |
| 458s | of people look at Hunter's um spell |
| 460s | build do they look at the recruit build |
| 462s | they look at you know other builds of |
| 464s | Hunter and they just kind of think of |
| 465s | those as the fun one The Flash ones to |
| 467s | play but sometimes you know houndmaster |
| 469s | kill command gets the job done |
| 473s | yeah if you can combine the spellstone |
| 476s | package with the old school just Beast |
| 478s | plus how Master package sometimes you're |
| 480s | gonna pick up some wins especially |
| 482s | against some slower control lead X we'll |
| 485s | see if Hunter Hayes can go over the line |
| 486s | game number two now finals HTC Seoul and |
| 490s | Samuel cell |
| 493s | Hunter versus odd Paladin is um you know |
| 496s | not a good matchup on paper for the |
| 498s | hunter considering that you can't really |
| 500s | do ings traditionally as well as a lot |
| 503s | of the other decks but Alicia hounds is |
| 504s | one of those cars that you can utilize |
| 507s | so Hunter is just the full keep wants to |
| 510s | keep tracking so that he could maybe |
| 512s | look for the car to bust spellstone like |
| 513s | explosive traps and then has unleash the |
| 516s | house to answer a whiteboard and it's |
| 518s | going to be pretty much all in on the |
| 519s | spellstone right from turn five onwards |
| 523s | as you saw him as we joined uh his |
| 525s | player cam he was just head down |
| 527s | essentially on the desk really trying to |
| 529s | think through that Mulligan process and |
| 531s | there's so many reasons why that's such |
| 533s | a tough decision I was gonna say the big |
| 536s | reason why that three keep is scary is |
| 539s | because you have dire mole in your deck |
| 541s | and you saw what Diamond did in the |
| 543s | previous game against all Paladin but |
| 545s | that is the best of both worlds for |
| 547s | Hunter race he got to keep an explosive |
| 549s | hand as you described how that could |
| 551s | play out and then Nails Hans moleman off |
| 555s | the top he only has two one Mana minions |
| 558s | and they're both dire moles so he's like |
| 560s | well the odds are that I'm not gonna be |
| 561s | able to get it ends up keeping tracking |
| 563s | guest iron Maul off and you saw his |
| 565s | reaction visibly in the camera as well |
| 567s | he was owing a long rest of the crowd at |
| 569s | casters |
| 570s | and Samuel's out of course not happy to |
| 572s | see that but he's got uh some um sticky |
| 575s | minions here with the Divine Shields |
| 577s | and as the odd pound you often look at |
| 579s | an opportunity to coin hero power or |
| 581s | sorry coin um one double one into hero |
| 584s | power so this seems to be a very solid |
| 586s | play and responsible |
| 588s | oh are you serious |
| 594s | is this the tavern brawl where you just |
| 596s | draw every Mana curve play possible turn |
| 600s | one you get the Mana worm turn two you |
| 602s | get the arkanologist turn three you get |
| 604s | the Kieran tour mage |
| 605s | what attacking first here yeah there's |
| 609s | no impact that you can get from uh from |
| 612s | attacking second plus attack doesn't |
| 613s | matter plus one plus one doesn't matter |
| 615s | so this wind Fury is still fine this |
| 617s | gives you better stealth gives you |
| 618s | better Divine shield and it looks like |
| 620s | yeah just a plus one plus one is gonna |
| 623s | be the answer here |
| 624s | for Hunter Ace wow I I don't know man |
| 628s | every every time I've seen Hunter Hayes |
| 630s | play this Hunter deck |
| 632s | it's just it has a connection perhaps |
| 635s | it's the fact that he's being rewarded |
| 637s | for the medical perhaps the fact that |
| 638s | his name includes the class that he's |
| 640s | playing right now yeah but some way |
| 643s | somehow it keeps throwing dire mode |
| 644s | clocking laser ball |
| 646s | and there's nothing to be ashamed about |
| 648s | that you know you just let it rip all |
| 649s | right yeah I think I finally deciphered |
| 651s | the name it's when he plays Hunter he |
| 653s | has his Aces hidden off his sleeve |
| 655s | that's that's what the name means |
| 660s | well you just say for that can you |
| 661s | decipher what me and TJ have been |
| 663s | theorizing as what this name of this |
| 665s | deck is called besides midridge Hunter |
| 666s | because he's DJ's convinced that it's |
| 668s | called spell Hunter with a few minions |
| 669s | it's spell Hunter with minions yeah so I |
| 671s | call it minion spell Hunter right minion |
| 673s | spell sure yeah we'll go with that but |
| 674s | then TJ started mocking me he's like oh |
| 675s | so his minion spell the minion spell |
| 678s | weapon death knight Hunter and I'm like |
| 680s | well yeah so when we post declares it's |
| 682s | Hunter races minion spell weapon death |
| 685s | knight Hunter deck yeah yeah makes |
| 688s | perfect sense you agree no I'm on board |
| 689s | really let's do it |
| 691s | coming soon to a net deck site near you |
| 694s | a URL too long to copy paste that's |
| 697s | right the decode won't fit the title of |
| 700s | the deck appropriately |
| 705s | unleash the hounds get some ahead on |
| 708s | board even though it's not for the |
| 710s | maximum value 100 starting from turn |
| 712s | five onwards is not going to be caring |
| 713s | about responding to the board he's going |
| 715s | to be caring about pressing in for |
| 716s | damage oh |
| 718s | that |
| 720s | um is someone down there just already |
| 722s | carving Hunter Ace's name into this |
| 724s | trophy because |
| 725s | everything yeah is coming up Milhouse |
| 728s | right now story of missed connections |
| 731s | for Samuel cell |
| 739s | all right so how does Samuel navigate |
| 741s | around something like this he has |
| 744s | righteous protector to kind of soften up |
| 746s | the board a little bit |
| 749s | lost in the jungle plus hero power's |
| 752s | maximum damage I was opponent using |
| 753s | Legion hounds which is actually nice |
| 754s | Insurance to go wider on the board again |
| 756s | yeah and the big thing that he's |
| 758s | focusing on is his own level five level |
| 760s | up there'll be a level up versus the |
| 762s | spellstone kind of battle |
| 768s | I like it so set up recruits now might |
| 770s | just protect you to protect your one |
| 772s | ones |
| 773s | into level up |
| 777s | tracking comes out here and now if a |
| 779s | secret is offered which it is um The |
| 782s | Dilemma of board development with the |
| 783s | secret oh sorry ball development with |
| 785s | the bear shark versus future board |
| 787s | development with the secret would have |
| 789s | been a tough one because getting an |
| 790s | extra minion down on board now would be |
| 792s | very valuable |
| 793s | nothing here really looks too appealing |
| 796s | how Master you're just about to lose |
| 799s | your grip on the board so how Master is |
| 801s | the weakest it's been at any point |
| 804s | kill command likewise spellstone you |
| 806s | already have one copy unbuffed in your |
| 808s | hands so how long will it be until you |
| 810s | play two of these copies out of your |
| 812s | hand even if you get the spellstone |
| 814s | you're most likely just summoning two |
| 816s | three threes right both ways because |
| 818s | those are your best plays on the board |
| 819s | if you draw a secret you just don't have |
| 821s | the man to play it right |
| 824s | under race feels like this is gonna be a |
| 826s | fight for board dominance |
| 833s | bear shark is definitely a little bit of |
| 836s | a force to be reckoned with |
| 840s | Paladin scoff at the idea of you know a |
| 843s | 4-3 challenging anything especially in |
| 846s | the the eyes of sun fairy protector |
| 851s | this is a corridor crepa plus a hero |
| 854s | power this time if that's what Samuel |
| 855s | style wants |
| 857s | has the ability to hero power and play |
| 859s | the righteous protector as well if he |
| 860s | trades in the other silver hand recruit |
| 863s | on board sure |
| 865s | foreign |
| 892s | shows this is just a really really bad |
| 895s | matchup for the hunter because even with |
| 898s | that perfect star the hunter race got |
| 899s | and even even with a hand that he three |
| 901s | kept which didn't include any of those |
| 904s | cards that we're calling a perfect start |
| 905s | it's still not looking like it was good |
| 907s | enough really just because he whiffed on |
| 909s | a secret from the from the tracking that |
| 911s | could be the big difference he he can |
| 914s | actually answer though uh if it was out |
| 917s | revs the level up and just go ahead and |
| 920s | ghost face and race will stabilize yeah |
| 923s | and then Samuel says best plan the |
| 925s | following turn is quarter creeper hero |
| 927s | power |
| 927s | this double Vine Cleaver is pretty |
| 929s | redundant and actually a terrible draw |
| 931s | for saying it's out in the media might |
| 933s | be great if he ends up being able to use |
| 935s | all six charges but I think the game |
| 937s | will be determined by them |
| 944s | the only way that this is a punish is if |
| 947s | your opponent has Hound master |
| 949s | and Samuel Town knows where the place is |
| 956s | two attacks are going face then four are |
| 958s | going crazy the only Merit I see is to |
| 961s | clearing all three of them and then even |
| 962s | then I'm really just not on board |
| 966s | I don't get it oh he wants to play |
| 968s | quarter Creeper sure |
| 970s | if that he is completely bare the next |
| 973s | turn |
| 977s | actually this is good because it stops |
| 980s | um his opponent from being able to |
| 981s | weapon and develop behind it |
| 984s | oh |
| 987s | single copy one of them was tracked over |
| 989s | as well the how Master right but not |
| 992s | enough Mana |
| 997s | I actually really like that quarter |
| 998s | creeper play because I recognized that |
| 999s | turn six is going to be pretty dead |
| 1001s | anyway so he wants to front load his |
| 1003s | pressure as much as he can and then kind |
| 1006s | of like hope that he draws something |
| 1007s | pretty well and if not then |
| 1009s | not play quarter creeper reactively |
| 1011s | where opponent can answer it as opposed |
| 1013s | to him getting to dictate to trades |
| 1015s | thank you |
| 1021s | there's three viable options this time I |
| 1024s | think bow flanking strike and how master |
| 1026s | all have their own relative merits in |
| 1028s | the spot I mean you can even make a case |
| 1030s | for uh spells down yeah no yeah you're |
| 1033s | not wrong actually they were all viable |
| 1035s | viable but I think the upside of drawing |
| 1038s | a secret is too good to pass up Hacker's |
| 1041s | veteran kissing the trade |
| 1046s | well it's pretty bad all things |
| 1047s | considering this was a very weak turret |
| 1049s | from single Tau it was down |
| 1051s | oh now we're talking |
| 1055s | and wandering monster has some very |
| 1058s | spicy targets that can be created |
| 1060s | there's a lot of meaty three drops we're |
| 1062s | talking about King mookly and your blade |
| 1064s | master and there's also one ones with |
| 1066s | giant rats |
| 1078s | so how does that secret change things |
| 1080s | Hunter Ace has |
| 1083s | he has explosive traps which is the one |
| 1086s | he's most scared of freezing trap Venom |
| 1088s | strike trap and then wandering monsters |
| 1091s | the freezing and the Venom strike are |
| 1093s | one of so the most common ones were |
| 1095s | wandering monsters and explosive traps |
| 1096s | right |
| 1098s | and it was uh you know top decked |
| 1103s | freezing just really isn't a big deal |
| 1105s | here it's essentially a non-factor into |
| 1107s | your considerations aside from just |
| 1110s | attacking with something that will cost |
| 1111s | you one |
| 1112s | so then you just have to consider the |
| 1115s | implications of uh Venom strike versus |
| 1117s | the implications of wandering monster |
| 1118s | because explosive trap really really |
| 1121s | really really really sucks here if |
| 1124s | you're Samuel's out |
| 1126s | I don't think you emphasized that enough |
| 1128s | okay |
| 1129s | one more really sucks ah gotcha I feel |
| 1133s | like I got a good feeling on that now |
| 1135s | you uh activate the Trap or you just |
| 1138s | hold I think you just have to wait it |
| 1140s | out yeah oh man |
| 1143s | and Venom strike trap comes with the |
| 1145s | hand Hunter ACE also has this ability to |
| 1148s | just bow and maybe be aggressive because |
| 1150s | eventually the pound has to attack |
| 1152s | and acorn both Secrets has been carrying |
| 1154s | mid-range Hunters since 2013 in the beta |
| 1158s | when we broadcast some tournaments is it |
| 1160s | gonna have be here for Hunter Ace for |
| 1162s | game number two |
| 1166s | yeah |
| 1167s | I'm scared for Samuel Sal as I said |
| 1169s | coming into this he made some plays |
| 1171s | early on uh in the tournament in his his |
| 1174s | quarterfinal matches that just showed a |
| 1177s | little bit of a timid tendency but now |
| 1180s | this is much better from him he looks |
| 1183s | like he's able to get over the line here |
| 1184s | recognizes that the thread explosive |
| 1186s | trap actually not too bad in this spot |
| 1188s | he could immediately reload behind it |
| 1190s | he's just gonna give Hunter race a lot |
| 1192s | of damage on that eaglehorn bow and a |
| 1195s | lot of board presence as well with the |
| 1198s | uh the sequence of traps going off such |
| 1200s | a great combination wandering monster |
| 1202s | and Venom strike down at the same time |
| 1204s | yeah finish her Cobra or sorry vanish |
| 1206s | draft track is a secret that now people |
| 1208s | not many people talk about excuse me but |
| 1212s | you know in so many situations I feel |
| 1214s | like the trash from Hunter have been |
| 1215s | very inconvenient when you're taking |
| 1216s | that one up I've seen rat trap last week |
| 1218s | at dreamhack do a lot of work and then |
| 1220s | this weekend Venom strike trap has been |
| 1223s | impressive |
| 1225s | all right well |
| 1227s | unfortunately you don't get the luxury |
| 1229s | of just trying to go all face because |
| 1231s | you're staring at lethal yeah |
| 1235s | it's dead on the board that's a very |
| 1237s | very bad draw for Hunter race and yeah |
| 1239s | it's much like the previous game hunter |
| 1241s | race immediately recognizes that the |
| 1244s | game is unwinnable from that position |
| 1245s | Sam Sally's gonna Square it up but yeah |
| 1248s | even with the power of Hunter races draw |
| 1251s | everything went right for him in those |
| 1252s | early turns Diamond off the top on one |
| 1255s | razor more off the top on two and then |
| 1257s | right after he makes his Unleashed play |
| 1260s | with six minions dying on one turn the |
| 1262s | very next draw for Samuel Sal was |
| 1264s | Corridor creeper he couldn't have asked |
| 1266s | for anything more still wasn't able to |
| 1268s | get over the line in the matchup I guess |
| 1270s | the one thing he could have wanted was a |
| 1272s | secret for his spellstone a little bit |
| 1274s | earlier all right guess that's still |
| 1276s | corrects the pickup as well just a very |
| 1277s | sweet it's true that being said you know |
| 1281s | and out of the odd pounds out of the way |
| 1284s | we enter a more interesting path here |
| 1286s | how even Shaman and the mid-range Hunter |
| 1289s | interact with each other uh we all know |
| 1291s | that odd Rogue is pretty good at |
| 1292s | punishing um a little bit of the slower |
| 1294s | deck so 100 will have to overcome that |
| 1296s | Hill |
| 1298s | and also we'll see if any of those |
| 1299s | special tech cards end up coming into |
| 1301s | play too but I mean this is best of five |
| 1303s | and I feel like so many times we've been |
| 1305s | calling a favorite matchup this weekend |
| 1307s | it's just been going the opposite |
| 1308s | direction so I feel like I don't even |
| 1310s | know what to expect anymore |
| 1313s | as the nature of hearthstone is that |
| 1315s | even a favored matchup when we say that |
| 1318s | we're only talking about a factor of a |
| 1319s | few percent so there's always time for |
| 1322s | uh little Tech choices or just a little |
| 1325s | player Innovations in terms of how to |
| 1327s | play a match up to really swing that |
| 1329s | stuff on its head and I think Hunter |
| 1330s | race is cheap among the people who find |
| 1333s | those alternate routes to Victory oh |
| 1335s | look at that beautiful trophy subtle |
| 1339s | Fireside car back skin |
| 1341s | that's what it's all about as well |
| 1343s | Hunter race |
| 1344s | is the man looking for that trophy |
| 1347s | Samuel sour as well but hunter race has |
| 1349s | come so close to those trophies on two |
| 1351s | different occasions already two second |
| 1353s | places of tour starts under his belt he |
| 1355s | does not want to feel that trophy slip |
| 1357s | through his grasp and into the ever |
| 1359s | waiting hands of Samuel town |
| 1364s | now there is now says I was having |
| 1366s | cracking razor ma without uh any Beast |
| 1369s | guarantee he ends up pitching it's in |
| 1371s | what's out very aggressive hand |
| 1372s | opportunity here |
| 1374s | not sure uh |
| 1377s | uh if actually you can make a case for |
| 1379s | uh holding on to a lot of these cards |
| 1381s | but SI 7 agent also is very reactive I |
| 1383s | think I want a more proactive |
| 1384s | three-minute card vicious fledgling |
| 1386s | Hench Clan Thug but I'm not even upset |
| 1389s | about like you know Diamond Cold Blood |
| 1391s | of some capacity |
| 1394s | it's just that it doesn't light up |
| 1395s | really nicely |
| 1397s | ends up throwing the cold blood away |
| 1402s | Edwin Van Cleef on the coin never too |
| 1404s | side of sight especially those one drops |
| 1407s | and his hand and still plenty more |
| 1408s | available to draw |
| 1410s | a race term on tracks he knows what he |
| 1412s | wants spellstone |
| 1415s | does not get it |
| 1416s | has bear shark and eaglehorn bow as |
| 1419s | three meta plays after a Wandering |
| 1421s | monster or it could be very cheeky and |
| 1423s | play double wandering monster stop to |
| 1426s | attack keep his life total in check and |
| 1427s | summon a random minion |
| 1429s | yeah it probably makes sense I think you |
| 1431s | mentioned your opponent is going to be |
| 1433s | mulliganing looking for those vicious |
| 1434s | fledgling and punchline Thug Type plays |
| 1437s | eaglehornbo is your check to those so |
| 1440s | yeah and Samuel recognizes that you know |
| 1443s | the most important thing that he ends up |
| 1445s | wanting to do is to utilize his board he |
| 1448s | can't just be all in from the get-go |
| 1450s | Hunter does have decent removal tools |
| 1452s | with things like flanking strike and uh |
| 1455s | bows |
| 1459s | the wandering monster here |
| 1462s | it's not actually as uh |
| 1464s | it's not as consistent as you'd like it |
| 1466s | to be in terms of a three Health minion |
| 1469s | because wandering monsters average stat |
| 1471s | line is actually two attack |
| 1474s | five hours quickly |
| 1479s | yeah because of that I feel like I've |
| 1480s | said it every game so far but just die a |
| 1482s | mold just makes such a huge difference |
| 1484s | over every other one drop what we had |
| 1486s | this conversation last time we care side |
| 1488s | of just how Agri players haven't been |
| 1489s | getting much uh in the recent expansions |
| 1491s | definitely feel like to the past two |
| 1494s | matters that we've experienced from |
| 1495s | Cobalt and which would have been the |
| 1496s | slowest medicine history yeah |
| 1498s | um and aggro doesn't really have that |
| 1500s | many Tools in fact they've just been |
| 1502s | getting nerfed and dire more is just |
| 1504s | like one of the cars where people |
| 1505s | celebrate it's so plain and vanilla |
| 1507s | burns up being so valuable in many ways |
| 1510s | the way it pairs with things like cold |
| 1511s | blood and how it interacts with like |
| 1513s | Paladin hero power |
| 1516s | foreign |
| 1521s | oh yes Hunter Ace fans love to see that |
| 1526s | one |
| 1530s | you're a hard race man I am and I love |
| 1533s | to see that one all right |
| 1539s | all right well Henry doesn't have many |
| 1541s | much to do this turns up the bow past |
| 1542s | your opponent try to see if you can |
| 1544s | react what he does and the nice thing is |
| 1547s | that you should be able to address |
| 1548s | almost anything that comes out the worst |
| 1550s | case scenarios Hench Clan Thug |
| 1553s | because it's for health that is the |
| 1556s | break point |
| 1562s | oh what an optimist you are throw down |
| 1565s | the worst cases in Edwin van please |
| 1568s | that's a sex Health you're right you're |
| 1570s | right uh the Van Cleef now that look at |
| 1572s | it |
| 1573s | it's actually like from from Samsung's |
| 1576s | perspective though |
| 1577s | are you scared of the the the Edwin like |
| 1580s | for the same reason we're talking about |
| 1581s | it is worst case scenario because Hunter |
| 1583s | Ace has to take Max damage swinging into |
| 1585s | it with the Eagle hunbo right that's |
| 1587s | basically the break point but still the |
| 1589s | situation for Samuel Sao is the same you |
| 1591s | lose your Edwin to a flanking strike yes |
| 1594s | is that a situation you're happy with |
| 1597s | no you you you're you're a a deck that |
| 1601s | really loves to leverage the board you |
| 1603s | have fungal manster you have cold Bloods |
| 1607s | you'd much prefer to have his Edwin |
| 1609s | stick |
| 1610s | you're also behind on board so you have |
| 1612s | to use si-70 agent on a minion instead |
| 1614s | of being aggressive but I guess there |
| 1616s | wasn't really much play anyways given |
| 1617s | his hand yeah texture |
| 1620s | ah hand detection |
| 1625s | Adam I wanted to do the final so I |
| 1627s | figured yeah |
| 1629s | that's that's the admirable tribute act |
| 1631s | it's coming out |
| 1634s | he's giggling but it's because CJ made a |
| 1636s | joke he's not actually laughing along |
| 1637s | with us I think if any given point if |
| 1639s | admirable is giggling it's a pretty safe |
| 1641s | bet that it's because TJ made a joke |
| 1647s | so what's stopping us from playing SI |
| 1650s | Seven Nation here |
| 1651s | does he just not want to take the damage |
| 1653s | I think just that staring back just a |
| 1656s | 3-3 being developed into it it's just |
| 1658s | kind of such a scary proposition |
| 1660s | you know it's you know si7 is supposed |
| 1663s | to be one of your big Tempo swings and |
| 1664s | these kind of match-ups and you gain |
| 1666s | really zero Tempo from it because it |
| 1668s | just gets slapped immediately by that |
| 1669s | eagle horn yeah but if you use the |
| 1672s | like say you play with small Maze and |
| 1674s | use the weapon instead then Captain |
| 1676s | Green's kind of gets worse it's true |
| 1680s | he does both okay so he does both and |
| 1683s | now he's sitting up for Cobalt skill |
| 1684s | then makes sense why he plays arches |
| 1685s | Square |
| 1689s | interesting interesting finding strike |
| 1692s | number two versus explosive trap here |
| 1695s | explosive trap can uh really prevent a |
| 1699s | Cobalt scale man really having a big |
| 1700s | impact next turn because the minion hit |
| 1702s | Buffs really won't be able to uh attack |
| 1704s | very well even if it lands on The Squire |
| 1706s | at the end of the turn it's softened up |
| 1708s | then from unleash the hounds on the |
| 1710s | follow-up yeah but then your opponent |
| 1711s | played Argent Squire so you're most |
| 1713s | scared of fungal Manson that's true yeah |
| 1717s | fungal manster means that explosive trap |
| 1720s | will literally do nothing |
| 1724s | oh that's that's not true that's the |
| 1726s | improper use of literally it won't do |
| 1728s | much |
| 1729s | unfortunately it's for fans of the |
| 1731s | English language British use of |
| 1733s | literally that improper use of literally |
| 1736s | was added to the dictionary so you just |
| 1739s | can't even dispute it anymore and it's |
| 1742s | the most tilting thing in the world it's |
| 1744s | like literally the most tilting thing in |
| 1747s | the world |
| 1749s | literally |
| 1754s | you guys are funny |
| 1757s | all right so Hunter a says You Gotta |
| 1759s | Have It |
| 1760s | I'm not gonna give my opponent optimal |
| 1762s | usage of it anyways also with that you |
| 1764s | know the mix-up again you know is this a |
| 1766s | Wandering monster |
| 1770s | is it a freezing trap |
| 1772s | the the mix-up then I call them guesses |
| 1774s | where you come from damn mind guesses |
| 1777s | what did I grow up on the streets down |
| 1780s | from you subtle the guesses |
| 1783s | all right it's just it's it's a it's a |
| 1785s | trolling smash players thing I thought |
| 1787s | you'd be aware of this meme but we just |
| 1789s | we just make fun of your terminology you |
| 1791s | just pretend that you like call Mix-Ups |
| 1793s | guesses |
| 1794s | you say Dittos instead of mirrors or |
| 1797s | like um friendlies instead of casuals |
| 1799s | right all this kind of stuff yeah we |
| 1802s | just really want to be different than |
| 1803s | you guys yeah |
| 1806s | I like that I fit into a stereotype |
| 1808s | where I'm so unaware of you guys making |
| 1810s | fun of us I don't even know I'm not even |
| 1812s | knowing the joke I can't even banter |
| 1816s | by the way deadly poison with Captain |
| 1818s | greenskin that is a heck of a punch oh |
| 1821s | just a straight up attack here okay just |
| 1824s | wants to push as much damage as possible |
| 1825s | Force Hunter to react |
| 1828s | but he does have a really great reaction |
| 1830s | here with the unleash the hounds he's |
| 1832s | just suffering for health total right |
| 1834s | now |
| 1837s | I'm with uh with Samsung actually |
| 1839s | refusing to develop alongside this |
| 1842s | he unleash the hounds actually got |
| 1843s | significantly weaker right but it does |
| 1846s | have flanking strike for something a |
| 1847s | little bit more proactive to develop too |
| 1849s | and the thing he has double Hound |
| 1850s | Masters he has to find ways to be able |
| 1852s | to get these out of his hand and then we |
| 1854s | also kind of fact through in that Hunter |
| 1855s | Ace |
| 1856s | does have pressure tools unleash as a |
| 1859s | finisher with kill command |
| 1861s | on eight Mana could be what gets him |
| 1864s | there right |
| 1870s | so if we assume that Hunter race is just |
| 1873s | going to be hitting the face with the |
| 1874s | bows opponent's at 14 kill command for |
| 1876s | five puts him at nine and then uh |
| 1879s | unleash the hounds with some hero Powers |
| 1881s | they're still a little bit short unless |
| 1883s | your opponent somehow goes the widest |
| 1884s | board possible known to mankind and not |
| 1887s | kill you |
| 1889s | so he's gonna need like this flanking |
| 1890s | strike wolf or houndmaster to do |
| 1892s | something |
| 1896s | one one I really like I really |
| 1900s | really at there because you take away so |
| 1902s | much Equity from your uh your opponent |
| 1905s | from being able to to attack into the |
| 1907s | 3-3 with the dagger oh adorable is so |
| 1909s | mad right now |
| 1912s | he's so his eyebrows cannot be |
| 1916s | higher up on his skull right now and you |
| 1919s | look at Samuel town he's got a very |
| 1921s | clear game plan Captain greenskin was |
| 1923s | put in the deck for more burst damage |
| 1925s | with things like deadly poison the |
| 1926s | weapon so you don't have to re-dagger |
| 1928s | and since this is like this where it's |
| 1930s | really good but does he want to take the |
| 1932s | three he can vile spine this as well and |
| 1935s | save himself the health if he wants to |
| 1939s | so let's see so Kevin Green's gonna put |
| 1941s | 10 damage to the weapon two with the |
| 1943s | Saucy deck and yeah it's not enough |
| 1946s | and then he's thinking on the opposite |
| 1949s | end |
| 1950s | what's my what's my opponent's punish |
| 1952s | yeah |
| 1953s | because then if you can't kill Hunter |
| 1955s | Ace on your following turn that means |
| 1956s | Hunter race has two entire turns to do |
| 1959s | 15 damage to you with a bow showing if |
| 1961s | you play as Captain green skin pushes a |
| 1963s | little damage Hunter Ace houndmasters he |
| 1965s | biospines for the win there |
| 1967s | okay |
| 1968s | I think that's what Samuel is figuring |
| 1970s | out in his head |
| 1972s | and unlike Hunter a samosa recognized |
| 1975s | that he is the beatdown |
| 1977s | no extra minion playing around unleash |
| 1979s | the hounds |
| 1981s | trap |
| 1988s | oh man |
| 1992s | I also had to says kill command how |
| 1993s | Master available though |
| 1996s | to take care of the green skin and make |
| 1997s | a huge board State himself and be |
| 1999s | pushing damage |
| 2001s | yeah I mean that's kind of what mid-rate |
| 2003s | Hunter wants to do houndmaster is often |
| 2005s | the turning point for how they push |
| 2007s | damage they go from border control to |
| 2009s | often killing your opponent |
| 2019s | and you know Captain green skin is not |
| 2021s | exactly the ideal minion to freezing |
| 2023s | trap either by the way that is true |
| 2027s | almost certainly wants to Hound Master |
| 2029s | the question is |
| 2030s | what does he do afterwards we're also |
| 2032s | definitely hitting the phase with this |
| 2035s | five five wolf right there's just no way |
| 2037s | we trade |
| 2039s | because then you're just dead to like a |
| 2041s | LeRoy actually you can you can trade and |
| 2043s | then post freezing trap and then if your |
| 2044s | opponent plays Leroy bounces back |
| 2049s | oh |
| 2055s | the damage goes through and now with |
| 2058s | deckhand and valspine that is still |
| 2060s | lethal the deckhand will hit the |
| 2062s | freezing trap yeah and then five and |
| 2064s | five connect for the ten that Samuel |
| 2066s | needs uh this definitely has blown up in |
| 2069s | Hunter's face and he looks he looks like |
| 2071s | he knows it yeah I think he realized he |
| 2073s | made a big mistake here he he needed |
| 2075s | more time you saw the Rope hit there and |
| 2077s | he still hadn't decided on a play the |
| 2079s | last five seconds of that rope burning |
| 2081s | he picked up kill come on he put it back |
| 2082s | down he picked up freezing trap he put |
| 2084s | it back down and then eventually the |
| 2086s | freezing trap came back out again and |
| 2088s | now they seize the deck hand and no con |
| 2092s | Hunter race feel the second place curse |
| 2095s | creeping up on him again |
| 2098s | it's starting to become more than just a |
| 2101s | prophecy it's becoming reality Samuel |
| 2104s | Tau has made a Hearthstone career out of |
| 2108s | upsetting your favorite player and he |
| 2110s | might do it once again |
| 2113s | oh boy look at that face |
| 2116s | that is a man that's not happy with the |
| 2119s | current proceedings Hunter race knows |
| 2122s | better than anyone else in the world |
| 2124s | what it feels like to finish just the |
| 2127s | first runner-up in a tour stop because |
| 2129s | he has been right on that line twice |
| 2131s | already and just cannot find this way to |
| 2134s | push over the edge yeah and you know |
| 2136s | it's not it's not even necessarily like |
| 2138s | things are out of this control I mean |
| 2140s | there's a lot that went into those turns |
| 2142s | yeah and there's so much Nuance I would |
| 2144s | love to see you know amnesiac and Jack |
| 2147s | kind of review those kinds of plays I |
| 2148s | guess chocolate can't join anymore |
| 2150s | but I'd love to see these players review |
| 2153s | it because you know there's so many |
| 2155s | things to account for and what your hand |
| 2157s | looks like what their hand looks like |
| 2158s | what they're gonna draw or more |
| 2160s | importantly what information you've |
| 2161s | gained throughout the entire portion of |
| 2162s | the uh of the game and then and then of |
| 2164s | course you're playing to your outs and |
| 2166s | Hunter Ace looks so upset realizing like |
| 2168s | okay I forgot maybe about this one car |
| 2171s | that could have completely destroyed my |
| 2173s | boy and of course same as hell has the |
| 2175s | the real punish which is something that |
| 2177s | you kind of want to see ultimately if |
| 2178s | you're if you're not accounting for |
| 2179s | something that's very likely to happen |
| 2181s | you want to see the punish and Sam |
| 2182s | what's out it's now one game away from |
| 2185s | claiming that beautiful Trophy and going |
| 2187s | home |
| 2188s | Soul champion |
| 2193s | under a so deep into monitor Samuel Sao |
| 2196s | rocking and keeping his Groove |
| 2199s | can he close it out 3-1 or will Hunter a |
| 2202s | strike back and send it to the game five |
| 2211s | able to sit uated |
| 2215s | the Rogue coming out now for Hunter |
| 2218s | racing yeah again diamonds just as far |
| 2220s | as the eye can see |
| 2223s | I mean that's kind of what malls are |
| 2225s | right they're just always there |
| 2227s | like can't really get rid of them |
| 2230s | they just tunnel on the ground you have |
| 2232s | just a serious mole infestation where |
| 2234s | you're from Dad I mean I'm not gonna lie |
| 2236s | I'm not going with you on this one I |
| 2238s | don't know man I I'm not very familiar |
| 2241s | with you know the mole Society okay I |
| 2245s | thought you were gonna because I said uh |
| 2246s | moles as far as the eyes can see like |
| 2248s | aren't most blind I realize I didn't |
| 2249s | actually make much sense as it came up I |
| 2251s | thought that's what you're gonna pick up |
| 2252s | on but oh yeah I don't know |
| 2256s | foreign |
| 2258s | today I learned |
| 2261s | I did not get an A in biology subtle in |
| 2264s | case you were wondering I know that you |
| 2266s | were about to ask that I was I was dying |
| 2268s | to notice I got a very subpar B much |
| 2272s | judicial Grand of my parents |
| 2283s | with these even decks so it was a debate |
| 2286s | do you want to hold your coin or do you |
| 2288s | want to go uh two into two what does |
| 2290s | your curve look like for the opening |
| 2291s | turns |
| 2292s | Samuel Sao decides it's just going to be |
| 2295s | a totem pass for now and these zero twos |
| 2298s | are just food for odd Rogue in this |
| 2300s | matchup they can they can push through |
| 2302s | these zero Twos for as long as you're |
| 2304s | willing to press them |
| 2311s | well uh you know with Hunter Ace's hand |
| 2314s | he has an opportunity to also just be |
| 2316s | aggressive any opening that he sees as |
| 2320s | Hunter race just shut down do we need to |
| 2321s | plug him in oh no he's okay he's okay |
| 2323s | he's okay the eyes are flickering um low |
| 2326s | battery though yeah I thought |
| 2328s | Hearthstone bot had entered sleep mode |
| 2330s | for a second but no he's up and running |
| 2333s | yeah I mean if he plays double one here |
| 2334s | of some kind |
| 2337s | he's trying to |
| 2339s | okay Cold Blood as well I mean there's |
| 2342s | not many punishes here |
| 2344s | how many hides all of this behind a tall |
| 2346s | creeper on the following turn as well |
| 2349s | juicy |
| 2358s | Simon Says almost with a nod of like |
| 2360s | recognition I'm like yeah all right this |
| 2363s | this sucks for me well played you know |
| 2365s | one of my favorite things to do with |
| 2367s | Rook because I really love playing |
| 2369s | Miracle Rogue is Firefly coin Firefly |
| 2371s | this is just like the next level of that |
| 2373s | entire mole coin like a cold blood |
| 2376s | diamond that's crazy |
| 2378s | all right |
| 2380s | and now hunt race can just play border |
| 2383s | control for a little bit and then just |
| 2385s | start hitting face and so I you know I |
| 2387s | kind of made fun of Hunter race being |
| 2389s | you know head down deep in thought there |
| 2390s | at the start of the game but actually |
| 2392s | you need to commend him on this because |
| 2394s | he was right on the verge of tilt after |
| 2397s | that last game you could see it right |
| 2399s | the emotions the body language |
| 2401s | everything was there you know 30 seconds |
| 2403s | to a minute break and you can see he's |
| 2405s | zoned right back in and he's found a |
| 2407s | fantastic opening line here as the Rogue |
| 2410s | in this matchup against Samuel Sal and |
| 2412s | then Samuel sao's Camp what's the out |
| 2415s | what can you really do core sticker |
| 2419s | the only kind of stalls it doesn't |
| 2421s | really do much and then coin hacks kind |
| 2423s | of gives your opponent the ability to |
| 2424s | develop things like vicious fledgling |
| 2426s | likes to hedge Clan Thug that you're |
| 2427s | also super afraid of |
| 2430s | it's almost like a lose-lose situation |
| 2432s | for Samuel |
| 2433s | um he can run into so many bad things on |
| 2436s | both ends of whatever play he chooses |
| 2437s | here |
| 2438s | that's the beauty of the play Bounce |
| 2440s | race made that just wasn't really clean |
| 2443s | answers to it you look even at things |
| 2444s | like Merc spark eel on Samuel Sal's turn |
| 2447s | two just did nothing into the line the |
| 2450s | hunter race took so the thing with the |
| 2452s | corpse takers it should force Hunter ace |
| 2454s | off of the ideal three Mana play |
| 2459s | too much |
| 2461s | yeah probably deckhand has to be |
| 2463s | committed to |
| 2466s | doesn't have to lose a deck Anakin |
| 2470s | choose to use the dire mold to trade |
| 2471s | into instead keeping a little bit more |
| 2473s | power on the board yeah |
| 2477s | do you want to preserve Health on your |
| 2478s | talk Reaper or do you want to have an |
| 2480s | extra deck hand in play even hole in the |
| 2482s | deckhand has Merit because you have vile |
| 2484s | spines that's true yeah you're not wrong |
| 2486s | the extra damage isn't exactly relevant |
| 2488s | right now but you did commit corporate |
| 2490s | which kind of implies that you want to |
| 2491s | be aggressive so you know it's |
| 2493s | definitely a lot going through Hunter |
| 2495s | Ace's mind so much so |
| 2497s | that he's secluded portion of his face |
| 2500s | away from the camera tucked it into his |
| 2502s | little jacket |
| 2504s | I just feel stressed watching Hunter A's |
| 2506s | play right now |
| 2516s | he's gonna take the value trade route |
| 2518s | extra minimum in play and I think what |
| 2520s | this does first and foremost is it just |
| 2522s | gives him a bit of a stronger board |
| 2523s | against the hex that might come out |
| 2525s | means he has that extra minion with the |
| 2527s | deck hand that's just already pushing |
| 2528s | away yeah it also sets up for a really |
| 2531s | good opportunity with fungal manter and |
| 2533s | if he draws it off the top this is |
| 2534s | something that I see amnesiac do very |
| 2536s | often which is sure it doesn't have in |
| 2538s | his hand but he sets if he can set up |
| 2540s | for the best possible case scenario he |
| 2543s | might just win from that spot all right |
| 2546s | now you see it |
| 2549s | forced to hex his one drop because of |
| 2551s | that cold blood threat |
| 2553s | and if we don't see the fungal Manson |
| 2555s | picked up here which we don't oh Hunter |
| 2558s | race is just the smile |
| 2562s | the smile comes out Honda race will tell |
| 2564s | you he was he was though he was just |
| 2565s | baiting he was just baiting yeah he was |
| 2567s | in he was in full control at all times |
| 2569s | just a prank bro |
| 2572s | got you |
| 2577s | so what can Samuel do this just looks |
| 2579s | like a pumbling version of the first |
| 2581s | game of the series |
| 2583s | okay |
| 2585s | that's uh |
| 2588s | in the words of our beloved streamer |
| 2590s | from Hong Kong that is a card |
| 2593s | the fire plume Phoenix doesn't really do |
| 2596s | much except |
| 2597s | take a little bit of damage off the |
| 2599s | board yeah |
| 2601s | what you could do is layer your |
| 2603s | fireproof Phoenix and your firewood |
| 2604s | mental to kill the hinge Clan Thug over |
| 2606s | two turns |
| 2607s | that's true |
| 2610s | you do take an enormous beating from the |
| 2612s | rest of the board anyway that way though |
| 2614s | it's not like you you really reduce the |
| 2615s | damage too much yeah |
| 2618s | it could be that he just wants to go as |
| 2619s | wide as possible utilize fire Elemental |
| 2624s | oh |
| 2633s | four plus |
| 2635s | five plus one is twelve |
| 2639s | so 12 damage |
| 2647s | a little surprised to see the deadly |
| 2649s | poison coming down here unless he's |
| 2650s | swinging a face |
| 2652s | size potentially his file spine |
| 2654s | activator unless he's gonna vulce by now |
| 2655s | which I guess he is he just wants to |
| 2658s | press him for damage he's got 12 this |
| 2659s | turns he just goes All Phase probably |
| 2661s | will trade it into the direwolf Alpha |
| 2668s | this is quite possibly the most polite |
| 2670s | series for a grand finals that you have |
| 2672s | ever seen in Hearthstone where neither |
| 2673s | player wants to waste each other's times |
| 2675s | or the viewers |
| 2677s | or that picture just says a thousand |
| 2679s | words right now you can see Hunter Ace's |
| 2681s | lips are quivering as he's just |
| 2684s | recognizing how close he is finally to |
| 2686s | what he's been so close to so many times |
| 2689s | at tall stop victory that really befits |
| 2692s | the incredible number of HCT points that |
| 2694s | he's a mast I'm not sure if he |
| 2697s | re-overtakes Fino here with a with a win |
| 2699s | in this tour stop but it's very possible |
| 2703s | I don't know I anticipate it to be |
| 2705s | changing back and forth for the next six |
| 2707s | months here subtle but one thing is for |
| 2710s | sure |
| 2711s | Hunter race with a win will catapult |
| 2713s | himself again in the conversation of who |
| 2716s | is the king of Europe in 2018. |
| 2719s | meanwhile Samuel Sao you know let's talk |
| 2721s | about him for a second here because I |
| 2723s | feel like we've been focusing on Hunter |
| 2724s | Hayes so much in this series |
| 2727s | walked into 2017 act in the winter |
| 2730s | season uh just as a student that liked |
| 2733s | to play horse in his free time and that |
| 2735s | was one of his first tournaments that |
| 2736s | he's entering and he got to the world |
| 2737s | championships for the top four finish in |
| 2739s | the Bahamas |
| 2740s | he said that he was taking Hearthstone |
| 2742s | part-time and now he's a sponsored |
| 2744s | Hearthstone player all decked out in |
| 2746s | racing car jackets one game away from |
| 2750s | upsetting Hunter race |
| 2752s | and keeping the curse on will Hunter |
| 2754s | race finish it we'll see what's out be |
| 2755s | able to finish what he started in 2017. |
| 2757s | let's go into the final concluding game |
| 2761s | of act's soul |
| 2770s | oh it's just dawned on me throw down |
| 2772s | that that might be the last time I hear |
| 2774s | that riff leading me into a game of |
| 2776s | hostile oh no don't say it I'm just I'm |
| 2779s | just back into Tavern music all the way |
| 2781s | down from here on out we have Mouse we |
| 2784s | have fingers that can type |
| 2786s | if you guys are listening again I |
| 2788s | implore you to tweet at HSE Sports tweet |
| 2791s | at Esports lokazi Jew Higby and let them |
| 2793s | know that we need some of that epic |
| 2795s | Chase space getaway Chase space |
| 2798s | at Ben Drago at Alex charsky |
| 2802s | I think a lot of people in chat who |
| 2803s | casually policy probably have no idea |
| 2804s | who I'm talking about but they are the |
| 2806s | people who run these people just typing |
| 2808s | words into Twitter cards can't spell any |
| 2810s | of those names Korean it's not called |
| 2812s | the docs uh blizzard employees |
| 2816s | oh this Hunter deck for the first time |
| 2820s | now on to race |
| 2822s | has just let him down a little bit so |
| 2824s | far this series he hasn't been able to |
| 2826s | get over the line with it just yet but |
| 2828s | he has been missing that key card the |
| 2830s | death stalker rexar I hated this card |
| 2835s | before the most recent expansion wow I |
| 2838s | felt that oh I truly did for some reason |
| 2841s | in a world where everyone is obsessed |
| 2844s | with HS replay currently right and were |
| 2847s | in the previous expansion as well |
| 2848s | everyone kept putting Death Star Rex |
| 2851s | Death Star corrects are into every |
| 2852s | Hunter deck despite if you looked up the |
| 2854s | stats it was the lowest win rate card in |
| 2857s | all of those decks yeah it kept going in |
| 2859s | there so over and over again I need to |
| 2862s | stop you right there |
| 2864s | this might shock you yeah but some |
| 2867s | people play HearthStone for fun |
| 2871s | it's a word that I know it doesn't |
| 2873s | really exist much in the British |
| 2874s | vocabulary dictionary but death star of |
| 2877s | rexart is fun and I think a lot of |
| 2880s | people love this car it's one of my |
| 2881s | favorite cars quite possibly my favorite |
| 2882s | card from Knights of the Frozen Throne |
| 2884s | on top of my head and the fact that they |
| 2886s | update it with more recent beasts is |
| 2889s | just so good like thank goodness that |
| 2891s | would they change that because at first |
| 2892s | they weren't going to update the Beast |
| 2894s | pool it was just going to stay static |
| 2896s | and then that's what our next round |
| 2897s | would have just been a lot worse but |
| 2900s | thankfully they did so and uh now is it |
| 2903s | one of the worst Winery cards do you no |
| 2905s | the since since uh the the new base came |
| 2908s | in and the new expansion introduced uh |
| 2910s | so many more so many more Rush mechanics |
| 2912s | and other lifestyle options that's as I |
| 2914s | said I used to hate this card in Hunter |
| 2916s | now I am fully converted it's super |
| 2919s | powerful it digs you out so many |
| 2921s | situations that you can't get out of |
| 2923s | otherwise and I think it's a essential |
| 2925s | in basically any build of the deck now |
| 2926s | yeah it's also you know carried a lot of |
| 2929s | those other Hunter builds that you know |
| 2931s | are very dependent on specific |
| 2933s | strategies that don't go through spell |
| 2934s | Hunter for example don't get the spell |
| 2936s | Stones like how do you win oh I could |
| 2937s | have desert correct yeah right and |
| 2939s | that's what we love to see and another |
| 2941s | thing too that I appreciate as samosao |
| 2943s | gets that taunted which is uh pretty |
| 2944s | annoying for the bow uh for hunters |
| 2948s | is that uh destroy rexar also introduces |
| 2952s | something that we don't really talk |
| 2953s | about very often is that it introduces |
| 2955s | play Styles you see so many people |
| 2958s | disagree when they're watching a |
| 2960s | Deathstroke of XR repeated zombies chain |
| 2962s | because there's so many decisions you |
| 2964s | can make there's six choices presented |
| 2965s | every single time your hero power right |
| 2967s | and I love seeing that you get to see |
| 2969s | opinions like okay am I taking more of a |
| 2971s | risk by taking the better base or do I |
| 2972s | go cheat because I really need a better |
| 2973s | option than the second choice really |
| 2975s | cool stuff |
| 2978s | and then there's you know angry chickens |
| 2982s | yeah |
| 2984s | well |
| 2985s | it goes with the two Health direwolf |
| 2987s | here over the three Health flame tongue |
| 2990s | which could just get him into a mess |
| 2992s | with this explosive trap in Hunter Ace's |
| 2994s | hand right now |
| 2997s | he does have the uh Earthen Mite to |
| 2999s | Sammy sow to uh punch back against this |
| 3001s | get a little bit of purchase against |
| 3004s | that explosive trap but it's still gonna |
| 3005s | represent a lot of value for Hunter race |
| 3008s | and if Samuel Sao just stalls out Hunter |
| 3011s | Ace has the ability to start picking the |
| 3013s | board apart with blanking strikes and so |
| 3015s | on and then he's just buying time until |
| 3016s | that death still corrects her |
| 3020s | yeah and I can't really find a more |
| 3021s | opportune time to do this too because |
| 3023s | it's stunts development and it also |
| 3025s | gives you repeated weapon swings right |
| 3026s | which seems to be a big problem because |
| 3028s | Hunter race does not want even Shaman to |
| 3030s | load up the board |
| 3033s | um |
| 3034s | so I think that just lines up really |
| 3037s | nicely here and of course on same with |
| 3039s | thousand that's where cards like Earth |
| 3041s | and might are going to come to play |
| 3044s | here it comes |
| 3056s | so you know over in Samuel Tao's land |
| 3059s | here he picks up Merc Sparkle the |
| 3061s | question has become you know what secret |
| 3063s | is he going to have to play around |
| 3065s | freezing trap Venom strike trap |
| 3068s | wandering monster |
| 3069s | explosive trap all introducing really |
| 3071s | complicated scenarios |
| 3077s | Simon style will also have spellstone in |
| 3079s | mind now anytime you see a hunter player |
| 3081s | play secret off curve like this you also |
| 3085s | start to think okay he really wants to |
| 3087s | buff a spellstone if that's his three |
| 3088s | Mana play here so now he's uh he's |
| 3091s | really thinking about his opportunities |
| 3092s | loading up against this but yeah as you |
| 3094s | mentioned the attack or no attack |
| 3096s | dilemma is pretty strong right now for |
| 3099s | Samuel Sao in the face of this Secret |
| 3104s | yeah one possibility that he can explore |
| 3106s | is perhaps loading the board waiting for |
| 3108s | opponent to do a little bit something |
| 3109s | and then have sea giant come down to try |
| 3112s | and launch his offensive |
| 3118s | oh |
| 3120s | what a race is amps look at him react |
| 3125s | to that attack |
| 3128s | and Samuel's out gets the talk to him |
| 3132s | anyways but I mean that's where the |
| 3134s | flanking strike |
| 3135s | uh or perhaps Honduras wants to develop |
| 3138s | a little bit more proactively with |
| 3139s | animal campaign having higher upside |
| 3141s | than just a 3-3 wool |
| 3143s | was that the moment did Hunter Ace just |
| 3146s | feel it Samuel Sao do you know what I |
| 3149s | respect that play because my criticism |
| 3151s | of Samuel Sao up until this point in |
| 3153s | this tournament that he has not been |
| 3155s | taking risks yes and that was a risk and |
| 3158s | he took it and I will never fault a man |
| 3160s | for that it's a gut check too you know |
| 3162s | when everything is on the line when |
| 3165s | you're staring down a game five finals |
| 3167s | or the last game of any series that you |
| 3169s | play you really get to see what kind of |
| 3170s | player you are when you're introduced |
| 3171s | with a risk you know a fork in the in |
| 3173s | the past so to speak |
| 3176s | um |
| 3178s | I'm smacking this Stone claw totem every |
| 3180s | single time by the way |
| 3182s | Hunter Ace does not do anything quickly |
| 3184s | when the stakes are this high he is |
| 3186s | going to make sure he calculates every |
| 3188s | single opportunity and he might think of |
| 3190s | something that I don't but my instincts |
| 3192s | tell me that there is no reason why you |
| 3194s | don't hit the zero too |
| 3197s | discount C giant prevents uh board |
| 3199s | leverage tools oh my God |
| 3201s | I don't know anything about this game |
| 3203s | Dan |
| 3204s | uh I think we just don't know the hunter |
| 3207s | Aces a line of thought and you know |
| 3209s | sadly enough you know Hunter race is |
| 3211s | also still kind of new this traveling |
| 3212s | thing so whenever I try to talk to him |
| 3213s | about his plays or like talk to him |
| 3215s | about stuff he's very shy and reserved |
| 3217s | um probably because he's not very |
| 3219s | familiar with me so I still have to wait |
| 3221s | for time to get used to it but generally |
| 3223s | I do find fairly often Hunter race just |
| 3226s | doing something different than what I |
| 3227s | thought he was gonna do that seems to be |
| 3230s | one of the most trademark things and why |
| 3231s | he's really exciting to watch |
| 3233s | foreign |
| 3244s | and now because Hunter Ace didn't swing |
| 3247s | the bow at that zero two last turn he |
| 3249s | can't swing it at the scale high this |
| 3251s | turn which means it just gets to stick |
| 3253s | around and contest anything that he |
| 3254s | plays I don't understand Dan |
| 3258s | either but one thing I do understand is |
| 3261s | that diamond pickup gives Hunter race |
| 3263s | yet another opportunity to play this |
| 3265s | tune differently as dire more |
| 3266s | houndmaster he has animal companion |
| 3268s | development |
| 3269s | with secrets or I can just straight up |
| 3272s | remove stuff with bow and I think I kind |
| 3276s | of like anything that stops my opponent |
| 3278s | from fire Elemental swinging the board |
| 3280s | sure so Diamond houndmaster might look |
| 3284s | good on paper |
| 3285s | just that |
| 3286s | very juicy full three on the board then |
| 3289s | yeah so that makes me lean away from it |
| 3291s | but then animal command is not much |
| 3293s | better in that regard because if you get |
| 3296s | you know Huff or what you get blown out |
| 3298s | a little worse because you don't have a |
| 3299s | mean to stick up after the board yeah at |
| 3302s | least with Huffy you do get to kill the |
| 3303s | 3-2 with your bow though okay that's |
| 3305s | true |
| 3306s | so the the swing back with the fire |
| 3308s | Elemental is not quite as devastating |
| 3310s | yeah what if you get like leak yeah |
| 3314s | yeah that feels bad I think the outcomes |
| 3316s | of Adam Queen are too volatile |
| 3326s | sea giant is online this turn if |
| 3329s | possible or sorry rather it is possible |
| 3331s | for samanthao to put it up this turn |
| 3333s | by the way if Hunter Ace had killed the |
| 3336s | stone claw totem on the previous turn |
| 3338s | this turn he kills the scale hide that c |
| 3340s | giant cost seven |
| 3343s | not to mention he has a 4-3 and a three |
| 3346s | five versus zero power |
| 3349s | there's the big thing on my mind |
| 3356s | I really want to play sea Giant |
| 3359s | but looks like Sam it's out with the |
| 3361s | trade first |
| 3362s | wants to just addresses near the board |
| 3365s | and also to be quite Fair corpse taker |
| 3367s | is pretty nasty in this spot yeah it |
| 3370s | just challenges so well both the the bow |
| 3372s | and the houndmaster and there's not many |
| 3375s | ways for houndmaster to do much with |
| 3377s | stat line |
| 3379s | however |
| 3383s | deathstalker X star can really Flex here |
| 3387s | it looks so good oh yeah oh man the |
| 3391s | follow-up as well seven Mana he gets the |
| 3394s | spellstone play |
| 3396s | yeah that still corrects up Pops The |
| 3398s | Shield bow goes through value trade the |
| 3400s | houndmaster |
| 3402s | the only other play that I think I like |
| 3404s | is animal community kill command but |
| 3406s | that's just |
| 3408s | worse |
| 3410s | and you're not even like threatening um |
| 3412s | the Shaman's life total so it's not like |
| 3413s | your hero power is super important the |
| 3415s | hunter heal power scales so well because |
| 3416s | each time you use it you deal more |
| 3418s | percentage of their life |
| 3420s | death stalker wrecks are about to hit |
| 3422s | the board it could be the beginning of |
| 3423s | the end of the series and this |
| 3424s | tournament |
| 3426s | Samuel Sao unhappy to say the least |
| 3436s | and that sea giant once again will be |
| 3438s | stranded |
| 3441s | Samuel Tau needs to answer hero for hero |
| 3443s | where is his hag at the |
| 3446s | no way to be found and that's a really |
| 3448s | weak drawer it's one Minion plus a tour |
| 3451s | plus a total one card plus a totem at |
| 3453s | least |
| 3454s | she used to get the two bodies in play |
| 3456s | with the ceremony Chain Gang if he wants |
| 3458s | to yeah but it doesn't die to the |
| 3462s | houndmaster |
| 3466s | it also is Mana efficient which might |
| 3468s | become the case here we've seen a lot of |
| 3470s | even charms run into Mana issues with |
| 3471s | getting a lot of the six cost cars and |
| 3473s | clogging up their hand space that is |
| 3475s | true yeah saying in particular I think |
| 3476s | ran into that on a couple of occasions |
| 3482s | foreign |
| 3483s | night though it stops a value trade like |
| 3487s | the the how Master can just take care of |
| 3489s | a totem here if you play again greymane |
| 3491s | true and you're not really like making |
| 3492s | any progress towards the sea giant at |
| 3494s | that point you need to start |
| 3495s | consolidating a board presence or you're |
| 3498s | just sat with this very dead card in |
| 3499s | your hand I don't know honestly this is |
| 3501s | very close from my perspective for |
| 3503s | Samuel Sal |
| 3505s | I would still be thinking about this |
| 3507s | play at this point |
| 3511s | does choose to go Chain Gang though the |
| 3514s | trade puts the minion count at two which |
| 3517s | means C Giants eight so in the worst |
| 3518s | case scenario you still can play some |
| 3519s | giant next turn right so I think that's |
| 3521s | what may be tilted over the edge oh wait |
| 3523s | guess what CJ costs a lot cheaper |
| 3527s | second CJ perhaps |
| 3532s | and the wandering Monster again another |
| 3535s | uh mystery here for Samuel Tau |
| 3537s | introducing quite the roadblock for him |
| 3539s | to get anything going this game yep it's |
| 3543s | a fire plume plus C giant is a |
| 3546s | possibility this time but it's still not |
| 3548s | a great looking play I think Hunter race |
| 3551s | feels like he may have already won just |
| 3552s | it feels like before he was locked in |
| 3556s | laser focused and now he's moving around |
| 3560s | talking to himself kind of stretching |
| 3563s | what's in the box oh |
| 3570s | the king is in the Box |
| 3575s | yeah you thought you were getting |
| 3576s | bananas but |
| 3579s | King mukla makes the Cameo appearance |
| 3581s | and Samuel Tau |
| 3584s | can barely see light at the end of |
| 3586s | tunnel here nothing he does will impact |
| 3588s | to stay at the board right now |
| 3594s | fire blue phoenix to the face |
| 3600s | he just needs a 3-3 in play he could |
| 3603s | just play it alongside the sea giant |
| 3605s | decides he might as well send the damage |
| 3607s | to the face if he's going to do so same |
| 3610s | as I also forgot a hero power |
| 3612s | oh you're right it's always free with |
| 3615s | the sea Giant in this deck |
| 3617s | it's always free not just the first one |
| 3620s | on a race Taps the button |
| 3624s | I like anything |
| 3626s | that has |
| 3628s | stats |
| 3633s | that you can play this turret |
| 3636s | and honestly even if you don't have even |
| 3637s | if you can't play at this turn you can |
| 3638s | still play bear Shark animal companion |
| 3640s | and you know we we can't be very quick |
| 3642s | to call it too because we have seen |
| 3644s | hackathon swing boards that's probably |
| 3645s | the last remaining hope for Samuel Tsao |
| 3648s | he needs his hero card to answer his |
| 3650s | opponent's hero card I don't know what |
| 3652s | Hunter X picked up off the uh the first |
| 3654s | option but that poisonous rush to be |
| 3656s | able to take care of a of an eight eight |
| 3658s | here would be very appealing to me so I |
| 3661s | get took hungry crap so it was available |
| 3662s | for him it would have taken all of his |
| 3664s | Mana to play it but no he's just gonna |
| 3666s | uh take poisonous straight poisonous |
| 3668s | with the emperor Cobra instead just load |
| 3670s | up a 3-5 and take care of the ball |
| 3672s | position the old-fashioned way |
| 3673s | not a bad draw |
| 3675s | Let's uh oh he doesn't have 10 Mana oh |
| 3678s | in that case |
| 3684s | Hunter race is so close |
| 3687s | you go horn bow hero power again |
| 3693s | every single hero power and sticks of |
| 3695s | zombies on the board |
| 3697s | Hunter Aces percentages Skyrocket to the |
| 3700s | roof |
| 3712s | wow |
| 3717s | Divine Shields fantastic plus one plus |
| 3719s | one's great wind Fury is also nice too |
| 3721s | considering that you can uh |
| 3724s | combine it with the eagle humble to |
| 3725s | clear everything |
| 3728s | Trace even considering if he wants or |
| 3730s | needs to track this turn |
| 3733s | whether there are any options that he |
| 3734s | really needs to pick up compared to the |
| 3736s | possible options that he can track over |
| 3738s | and Master's good decides to go for it |
| 3741s | yeah how Master picked up eaglehorn bow |
| 3743s | is just a natural Play From Here and Now |
| 3745s | Hunter Ace can just grind him now slowly |
| 3750s | but surely yeah a lot of people might be |
| 3753s | wondering why Henry's is taking a long |
| 3754s | time when it feels like there's a lot of |
| 3755s | inevitability but he is hedging against |
| 3757s | stuff like this three damages the break |
| 3760s | point for fire Elemental for hagatha and |
| 3763s | he's trying meticulously to prevent his |
| 3765s | board from ever losing control and |
| 3767s | potentially being locked out of the game |
| 3770s | yeah as long as that poisonous minion is |
| 3771s | there Sam Sao can't stick a Lich King |
| 3774s | whatever else it is that he draws to be |
| 3776s | able to try and get back onto this board |
| 3777s | and so he just wants that poisonous |
| 3780s | minion healthy you can see if he'd have |
| 3782s | taken the value trade there the punish |
| 3784s | was ready and apparent off the top from |
| 3786s | Samuel Sao the fire rally just has to |
| 3789s | take a Divine Shield instead |
| 3792s | yeah but on race has killed command |
| 3797s | or just even does he want to play board |
| 3799s | control for so long it feels like at |
| 3801s | some point |
| 3802s | uh when death Circle rexar can stick |
| 3804s | minions onto the board |
| 3806s | and start pushing damage that's when the |
| 3809s | game feels like it's pretty much the |
| 3810s | side because they can always put out big |
| 3812s | throughout their big threat sure |
| 3814s | and looks like maybe Hunter Hayes |
| 3817s | is starting to see that exact |
| 3819s | opportunity Pokemon with the lost three |
| 3821s | yeah no Beast required this turn |
| 3825s | we are not going to find out what's in |
| 3827s | the box on Hunter Aces turn 10 he is |
| 3829s | just going to load up on damage push |
| 3831s | everything downtown 17 Health remaining |
| 3835s | 17 in play not even counting the bow and |
| 3839s | Hunter race second place in Germany |
| 3843s | second place in Toronto third time's the |
| 3846s | charm for perhaps the very best player |
| 3849s | in the world right now he finally has |
| 3853s | his tour stop Victory under his belt |
| 3855s | congratulations to Hunter race and a |
| 3858s | race gets 15 points |
| 3860s | and a lot of money to bring home to |
| 3862s | Norway that beautiful trophy is his |
| 3864s | we have our champions for HCT soul |
| 3868s | Hunter race from Norway |
| 3870s | what an event honestly what a player one |
| 3873s | event what a tournament what a bunch of |
| 3874s | series that we've had not just today but |
| 3876s | it seemed throughout we have seen what |
| 3879s | the the perfect combination of a great |
| 3880s | atmosphere some perfect Hearthstone and |
| 3883s | some imperfect Hearthstone all thrown |
| 3885s | together into a pile can create it's |
| 3887s | been fantastic I love it we had great |
| 3889s | diversity uh in decks and players and |
| 3892s | backgrounds we had so much fun watching |
| 3895s | hype moments from great play from you |
| 3898s | know a little bit of a slobber knocker |
| 3899s | back and forth and Hunter Hayes comes |
| 3902s | out as top as the winner let's send it |
| 3905s | down to the stage and hear what Honduras |
| 3906s | has to say |
| 3911s | foreign |
| 3959s | really tough journey in this soil |
| 3962s | tournament and like the final was so |
| 3964s | devastating I got this game like the the |
| 3966s | third game I believe |
| 3968s | we had like that uh decision where I go |
| 3971s | like a freezing trap over kill command I |
| 3973s | was like so nervous now well I knew like |
| 3976s | that there was like there was one person |
| 3977s | freezing Japan there was one furnace to |
| 3979s | kill command and like ended up putting |
| 3981s | in them no they kind of like I was so |
| 3983s | devastated it's like to turn around it's |
| 3984s | like feels like insane |
| 4027s | what can be the most decisive factor for |
| 4030s | winning this series |
| 4033s | um the most exciting factor I don't know |
| 4035s | I felt like I managed like even though I |
| 4038s | was kind of like feeling it I felt like |
| 4039s | I managed to like keep my head at that |
| 4041s | point and like keep keep playing like |
| 4043s | solely all through like that brutal for |
| 4045s | a game where I got like super punished |
| 4047s | obviously |
| 4048s | so I feel like that like ended up really |
| 4050s | deciding it for me |
| 4053s | um |
| 4066s | today |
| 4085s | um |
| 4096s | so talking about your text he's really |
| 4099s | interested over your medical through it |
| 4101s | I think it really it was a very decisive |
| 4104s | step for you for to bring you bring you |
| 4106s | up to the final so is there any comments |
| 4108s | about that deck |
| 4110s | um yeah so in in practice when I like |
| 4112s | tested for a tournament I felt like |
| 4113s | maligo Street was like the perfect fit |
| 4115s | for the lineup because I realized that |
| 4118s | like Druid was in a really good spot and |
| 4120s | Malik was really supported that lineup |
| 4123s | and overall in the tournament malagos |
| 4125s | really has been like doing very well for |
| 4127s | me like everyone as I lifted up as like |
| 4129s | an instalos versus it so it's been a |
| 4132s | very good deck for me for sure |
| 4178s | there are a lot of people watching you |
| 4180s | online who have came out to the arena to |
| 4182s | support for you so is there any last |
| 4184s | words for them |
| 4185s | I want to say thank you for everyone |
| 4187s | that has been supporting me I really |
| 4188s | appreciate it like it means a lot to me |
| 4190s | and like without people supporting me |
| 4193s | and generally would like be impossible |
| 4194s | to like pursue what I'm doing right now |
| 4197s | so thank you to everyone |
| 4198s | I hope I like made you proud |
| 4209s | all right so uh I guess we're doing a |
| 4213s | sign off here uh something that we |
| 4215s | confirmed on social media is that Hunter |
| 4216s | race is now officially back in first |
| 4218s | place and going to thought of where he |
| 4220s | belongs |
| 4221s | yeah I mean who can fault it right the |
| 4224s | second place second place first place |
| 4225s | three top 16 finishes and tour stops so |
| 4228s | far backed up by fantastic ladder |
| 4230s | finishes don't take anything away from |
| 4232s | Fino one of my favorite players in |
| 4234s | Europe as well one of my favorite people |
| 4235s | super chill dude to hang out with I |
| 4238s | think it's going to be a right down to |
| 4240s | the wire race not just between those two |
| 4242s | but there's a couple of other big names |
| 4243s | in the European region that can really |
| 4245s | hunt this down as well but again I think |
| 4248s | of course you've got to give the big win |
| 4249s | to the Europe region as a whole it |
| 4251s | doesn't matter where you hold your |
| 4252s | tournament we're going to come out there |
| 4253s | and we're going to take your points |
| 4254s | that's just how it works all right you |
| 4257s | got you win this time okay |
| 4259s | did also a big shout out to Samuel it's |
| 4261s | out while we're at it too you know kind |
| 4262s | of making a pretty deep run with um you |
| 4265s | know a lot of that we weren't expecting |
| 4266s | to do very well aggro has been down as |
| 4268s | breeding very weak and once again he |
| 4270s | sticks to his gun plays an aggro lineup |
| 4271s | something that he likes doing a pretty |
| 4273s | unconventional way too A lot of people |
| 4274s | are disagreeing but I mean at the same |
| 4275s | time if sandwich out can keep putting up |
| 4277s | consistency results eventually we'll |
| 4279s | figure out whether or not he's right or |
| 4281s | we're the ones that's wrong yeah for |
| 4283s | sure all right and with that uh it's |
| 4285s | been a very fun time uh here at HCT |
| 4288s | Seoul from saddle and Frodo and I think |
| 4290s | we've had a great time as well uh so you |
| 4292s | know anything you want to say last words |
| 4294s | it's just a tournament an amazing event |
| 4296s | it's been a fantastic experience great |
| 4298s | atmosphere all around the the idea of a |
| 4301s | live crowd has been fantastic I've loved |
| 4303s | being here and I think the hearthstone's |
| 4305s | back by all up the music's playing |
| 4307s | subtle games have been played |
| 4309s | congratulations on a race from Norway |
| 4311s | from taking act Seoul and we'll see you |
| 4313s | guys next time for more Hearthstone |
| 4315s | action |
| 4316s | after taking second and first in two |
| 4319s | tour stops so far Hunter race did not |
| 4322s | let up as we moved from Seoul to Italy |
| 4325s | for the next tour stop guess what |
| 4327s | happened yep Hunter Ace made it to the |
| 4330s | finals again this time he was facing |
| 4332s | vardue and although it was a tough match |
| 4335s | hunter race managed to back another |
| 4337s | first place finish let's check it out |
| 4340s | countries versus vadu in the finals of |
| 4343s | HGT Italy Let's Go Hunt race on the |
| 4346s | Rogue varu on the priest |
| 4349s | it's the odd Rogue you're going to come |
| 4351s | out for Hunter race as we were just |
| 4352s | talking about it's a match up where he |
| 4355s | can just push damage very very |
| 4356s | efficiently it's a hard deck for |
| 4359s | um priests to have the right removal |
| 4361s | lined up against it until they get to |
| 4363s | those psychic scream terms because yes |
| 4365s | you have a lot of three threes into your |
| 4366s | deck that run into dust breaker but if |
| 4369s | you can then deal with that dust breaker |
| 4370s | turn and develop again it's very hard |
| 4372s | for priests to interact with that board |
| 4374s | between say like turn five and turn |
| 4376s | seven when psychic scream starts to come |
| 4378s | down so those are your big push turns as |
| 4380s | the Rogue uh one I guess one last moment |
| 4383s | we should just touch on for vardu's |
| 4384s | lineup that I haven't mentioned yet I |
| 4386s | think Lorinda might have covered this |
| 4387s | previously or they may have done on the |
| 4389s | the pre-final show but vardu's lineup |
| 4391s | That The Finnish players brought with |
| 4393s | them is the most successful lineup in |
| 4396s | the tournament it has the highest win |
| 4397s | rate overall The Finnish players all did |
| 4399s | fantastically well uh getting through a |
| 4402s | couple of them like uber had a little |
| 4403s | twist on was it going full aggressive |
| 4405s | cut the two and two Strat and just went |
| 4408s | full smoke but the lineup That The |
| 4410s | Finnish team put together or the |
| 4411s | finished group of friends at least put |
| 4413s | together has turned out to be massively |
| 4415s | successful in this event yeah and it |
| 4416s | might even be you know have a little bit |
| 4418s | more to go right now if vadu ends up |
| 4420s | taking it let's kick it off here no one |
| 4422s | drops for Hunter race in the handbook |
| 4424s | coin into three drop is extremely |
| 4426s | powerful even in a deck where you think |
| 4428s | wait you have a buffed hero power of |
| 4430s | course you always press it no not |
| 4432s | necessarily it's coin vicious fledgling |
| 4435s | seems pretty good to me right now what |
| 4437s | does priests run that even deals with |
| 4439s | this well that's why coining it is |
| 4440s | crucial in the matchup because now |
| 4442s | Hunter race gets to attack with it going |
| 4444s | into vardu's turn three turn and then |
| 4446s | when the dust breaker potential comes |
| 4448s | out next turn for vardue Hunter raise |
| 4450s | killer picked up Divine Shield plus |
| 4452s | Health worst case scenario pick up |
| 4454s | plants so you still have some board |
| 4455s | state to be able to hit back into the |
| 4457s | dust breaker and eliminate it afterwards |
| 4458s | and it's why you're seeing this coin |
| 4460s | three into three line come out from |
| 4461s | Hunter Ace if there's no answer here we |
| 4464s | might not even see coin three into three |
| 4466s | we might see Firefly Cold Blood for |
| 4468s | example come and then you can just aim |
| 4471s | to end the game on the spot Firefly |
| 4473s | double Cold Blood |
| 4475s | I mean he's just in the uh the Twilight |
| 4477s | acolyte so you know that extra attack |
| 4479s | isn't going to go anywhere anytime soon |
| 4480s | yeah if you can take preventative |
| 4482s | measures of the vicious fledging dying |
| 4485s | Divine Shield stealth potentially helps |
| 4488s | out actually the fact that he sees a |
| 4490s | minion come down here I said you know if |
| 4491s | there's no response from vardue We're |
| 4492s | likely to see the cold blood push the |
| 4494s | fact that he's seen a minion yes it's |
| 4495s | twilight acolyte which can't now take |
| 4497s | off his Cold Blood Buffs but it's |
| 4498s | actually much scarier for Hunter race to |
| 4500s | go all in now because now if he gets the |
| 4502s | plus Health he still dies to dust |
| 4504s | breaker if he gets the Divine Shield he |
| 4506s | still dies to dust breaker and so he now |
| 4509s | has to consider whether it's worth |
| 4510s | dealing with this 3-4 instead but he |
| 4512s | doesn't have a good way of doing that in |
| 4514s | hand but he can choose to consolidate a |
| 4517s | stronger board instead of just going all |
| 4518s | in on the cold Bloods but again that |
| 4520s | just involves putting another 3-3 on the |
| 4522s | board does it even play around us |
| 4523s | breaker |
| 4525s | hmm |
| 4527s | that's that's what I've got so far this |
| 4528s | is actually a very tricky turn and turns |
| 4531s | like this at deciding turns in in a lot |
| 4533s | of games because you mess this one up |
| 4535s | this could get very very dicey indeed |
| 4537s | stealth is an option |
| 4543s | one cold blood for two and Dagger |
| 4550s | if this was any other player I think you |
| 4552s | would be being disingenuous with your |
| 4554s | comment there but because it's under |
| 4556s | race it is fascinating to me at least I |
| 4558s | think what he's doing is hedging his |
| 4559s | bats there sure you go too much into |
| 4562s | minions dust breaker kills you you go |
| 4564s | too much into aggro well you just lose |
| 4566s | all your extra damage then so I think |
| 4567s | this is just okay let's see what I get |
| 4569s | from the first half from The Vicious |
| 4571s | fledgling if I need to go a little bit |
| 4573s | crazier more minions I can if I just |
| 4575s | want to dagger up I can |
| 4579s | so now uses Firefly to combo his si7 |
| 4583s | um this he must feel like he needs |
| 4586s | multiple combo activators like he needs |
| 4588s | a combo activator to activate that SI |
| 4590s | this turn that was the obvious part |
| 4591s | right like Firefly plus SI on the |
| 4593s | following turn to deal with the four |
| 4595s | Health minion that one you can see it's |
| 4597s | from that point onwards like why didn't |
| 4599s | he play the first Firefly and then drop |
| 4600s | the cold blood activated on the vicious |
| 4602s | fledgling because he'd still have the |
| 4604s | flame Elemental in hand to activate the |
| 4605s | SI on the following turn so I can only |
| 4607s | think that he wants to hold that back |
| 4608s | even more just to potentially set up |
| 4610s | valve spine Slayer as far forward as |
| 4611s | turns it he also would have had the |
| 4613s | dagger |
| 4619s | so we talk about the aggressive play |
| 4622s | that is a pretty good turn two Mana no |
| 4624s | cards four damage yeah I like it |
| 4629s | but I love the second stealth pick from |
| 4631s | Hunter race recognize there was no dust |
| 4633s | breaker on the first swing just |
| 4634s | re-bought his turn still fishing for |
| 4637s | that win series that is three whiffs on |
| 4640s | the win Fury you are about one in three |
| 4642s | to find it it's 30 to find it so at this |
| 4644s | point but is it not do the percentages |
| 4646s | shut up oh my God that conversation on |
| 4650s | Twitter was destroying me and that's why |
| 4653s | I brought it up I know it's 30 guys it's |
| 4656s | three out of ten just trust me |
| 4659s | so we did go for health instead of |
| 4661s | stealth that turn and that's because I |
| 4663s | think he might be looking at actually |
| 4664s | trying to just deal with this Twilight |
| 4666s | Drake and just say well well now what is |
| 4668s | a four six where's this damage coming |
| 4670s | from if the Twilight Drake is going to |
| 4672s | go down |
| 4673s | go just use a Cold Blood |
| 4677s | so that's what's going to happen I like |
| 4678s | it now double fledgling with no answer |
| 4681s | on board from vardue he needs to rip a |
| 4684s | dust breaker off the top but even if he |
| 4685s | does so the four six is going to |
| 4687s | continue surviving |
| 4691s | is it |
| 4694s | yeah this is looking very rough |
| 4696s | you know you might think oh primordial |
| 4698s | Drake's fantastic cards yes that's true |
| 4700s | you've got to get there first though |
| 4702s | you've got to get that eight mana and |
| 4703s | there's no ramp in this deck and then |
| 4705s | there's a VAR spine Slayer so if they |
| 4706s | don't clear the board the damage is |
| 4708s | still going to get pushed through them |
| 4715s | and also hunt race will be fully aware |
| 4718s | that the cabal shadow priest is in the |
| 4720s | deck of course so countries will now hit |
| 4723s | with this fledgling on the left and pick |
| 4725s | any option that Buffs the attack and |
| 4728s | just says no this will not happen right |
| 4729s | now he is just not going to run straight |
| 4732s | into a cabal chateau priest he's a |
| 4735s | little bit better than that on average |
| 4736s | you'd have to say |
| 4737s | is he gonna get it though psychic scream |
| 4739s | also did get picked up of the Shadow |
| 4741s | Vision so that'll be the answer the |
| 4742s | body's looking for finally on the fifth |
| 4744s | attempt Hunter Ace finds his win Fury |
| 4747s | with the two attack minion yeah |
| 4751s | well this is scary now actually |
| 4754s | because vadu doesn't have to scream next |
| 4756s | time anymore |
| 4764s | this could be a flip turn it could be |
| 4767s | because he can actually proc The Shield |
| 4769s | with the acolyte kill the 3-3 with the |
| 4772s | other acolyte actually which is kind of |
| 4775s | weird to describe what if Huntress gets |
| 4777s | the Reed takes poisonous here and just |
| 4779s | trades into the 4-4 to play around it |
| 4782s | he would be a God and it wouldn't |
| 4784s | surprise me that's that's the worst part |
| 4786s | if you're like yeah okay |
| 4788s | it's health |
| 4792s | okay this works better |
| 4797s | so now scream is starting to look a |
| 4800s | little bit more essential right you you |
| 4802s | could buy Shadow priest here you're |
| 4803s | taking another seven minimum from that |
| 4805s | point that bird on the right can still |
| 4807s | get wind Fury again and then there's |
| 4808s | just Leroy from hand on top of all of |
| 4810s | that people often I think disrespect Val |
| 4814s | vineslayer as damage right yes of course |
| 4817s | the Battle Cry is the most powerful part |
| 4818s | of that card there's still three attack |
| 4820s | it's still three damage if it's on board |
| 4822s | you can't really discount the fact it |
| 4824s | exists and that kind of play as you said |
| 4826s | just extends the damage just enough for |
| 4828s | it to be a real threat |
| 4830s | it's gonna be Leroy the old Leroy dagger |
| 4832s | plane |
| 4833s | it always feels slightly worse when |
| 4835s | you're doing it with odd road though |
| 4836s | because you end up having to sync two |
| 4838s | damage into one of the worlds as opposed |
| 4839s | to one |
| 4841s | and now those primordial Drakes with the |
| 4843s | valspine Slayer played on the previous |
| 4845s | turn |
| 4846s | are going to be so much better than they |
| 4848s | were |
| 4852s | Badoo biggest game of hearthstone of his |
| 4855s | life most likely at this point is not |
| 4857s | going to do anything quickly but you'd |
| 4859s | have to be some kind of Oracle to find a |
| 4863s | reason not to play a primordial Drake |
| 4864s | that turn with zero spells in hand yes |
| 4866s | because there is nothing you can do |
| 4868s | fancy with cleric with cabal Shadow |
| 4869s | priest with the pyromancer for example |
| 4872s | that no they're just minions at this |
| 4874s | point so yeah 100 had to be the Drake |
| 4876s | and now the big question is what can |
| 4878s | hunt race do to get through this and we |
| 4880s | see he's thinking about The Swinging to |
| 4882s | dagger up and instead he's just going to |
| 4884s | dagger up without the swing the deadly |
| 4885s | poison will put it for attack and that's |
| 4887s | eight damage over two turns |
| 4889s | which does add up to primordial Drake |
| 4891s | but when the priest can just heal it |
| 4893s | feeling a little bit worse about that |
| 4897s | looking like Hunter race is quite dead |
| 4900s | in this game one he does hold on to the |
| 4902s | deadly poison of course so you know |
| 4903s | things like ball spine Slayer are still |
| 4905s | live but a ball spine Slayer drawer is |
| 4907s | still a very low pressure turn for him |
| 4909s | he'll get to push damage but that's it |
| 4911s | and his Leroy's already gone which is |
| 4913s | hello |
| 4914s | his Leroy's already gone though which is |
| 4916s | the problem that's what you'd be setting |
| 4917s | up with this kind of deadly poison valve |
| 4919s | spine Slayer but there's two problems |
| 4920s | first and foremost there's no Leroy |
| 4923s | secondly there's just a second |
| 4925s | primordial Drake in hand there's an Alex |
| 4927s | Straz I was gonna say and thirdly he |
| 4929s | could just Alex himself and be 100 safe |
| 4932s | mainly because the usage of these early |
| 4934s | cold Bloods and I think this is the |
| 4936s | slight issue that our drug has is |
| 4939s | instead of Cold Blood early on you |
| 4941s | wanted it to be a Hench clown right |
| 4943s | because cold blood's always a threat |
| 4945s | whereas Hench client on the board attack |
| 4946s | well it is a threat but it's just a 4-4 |
| 4949s | that does nothing for return sure so you |
| 4951s | can just deal with it you can play |
| 4952s | around it you can kill it you can't |
| 4954s | really deal with a cold blood out of |
| 4955s | nowhere the hunter is kind of you know |
| 4957s | drew the cold Bloods early and just had |
| 4959s | to use them |
| 4960s | the Alex comes down recognizes that |
| 4963s | there is no two card combination also |
| 4966s | probably has a very good read that the |
| 4968s | card in hand is Baku there's been Mana |
| 4969s | floated two turns consecutively for |
| 4971s | Hunter race the one card that you'd be |
| 4973s | holding there is Leroy Jenkins that |
| 4975s | isn't Baku so vadu says the left card is |
| 4977s | Baku the right card can't kill me I'm |
| 4979s | gonna play my Alex and self lethal as a |
| 4982s | very nicely played game one Hunter Ace |
| 4984s | had a lot of decisions with allocation |
| 4987s | of resources with his Cold Blood and |
| 4989s | with his vicious fledglings that turn |
| 4991s | where it was you know did he want to get |
| 4992s | an extra mini number did he press dagger |
| 4994s | did he miss damage with the cold blood |
| 4996s | what did he was it worth going all in |
| 4997s | with double Cold Blood if he wasn't |
| 4999s | gonna play a minion but again then he |
| 5001s | would be missing the dagger up like |
| 5002s | there's all kinds of Madness going on in |
| 5004s | those early game turns but that if |
| 5006s | anywhere was probably where the game was |
| 5008s | won or lost if it wasn't just one or |
| 5009s | lost and decided by drawers yeah and I |
| 5011s | think as well the |
| 5012s | the Discover effects from the flags in |
| 5014s | the first one mainly stealth feels good |
| 5017s | multiple times because you dodged the |
| 5019s | minion attacks but you're also doing the |
| 5020s | minimum amount of damage every single |
| 5022s | turn normally with fledgling you're |
| 5024s | relying on wing fury and plus damage to |
| 5026s | just to just kill someone basically |
| 5028s | right you kill them faster than as I |
| 5030s | mentioned the primordial Drakes can even |
| 5031s | factor into the game but the psychic |
| 5034s | scream on time for vardu really just |
| 5036s | deleted all those issues and it was all |
| 5038s | safety from there especially with the |
| 5040s | Alex strausser I'm pretty good for Value |
| 5042s | so far it is yeah and I think like the |
| 5045s | The Vicious fledglings were of course a |
| 5046s | huge Factor because if Hunter race |
| 5047s | suddenly if the first fledgling he |
| 5049s | Swings with gets wind Fury then into |
| 5051s | stealth yes |
| 5053s | very different game but yeah he was |
| 5056s | again the fifth attempt he found the win |
| 5057s | Fury of the vicious Legend which is way |
| 5059s | below average but still he had an |
| 5061s | incredibly Good Start he had coin |
| 5062s | fledgling he had second fledgling he had |
| 5064s | cold Bloods and vardu did absolutely |
| 5067s | nothing essentially for for three or |
| 5069s | four turns so |
| 5070s | still uh plenty more action left to go |
| 5073s | in this series the control priest |
| 5075s | against a lot of aggro decks from Hunter |
| 5077s | Hayes felt like it was a deck that was |
| 5079s | always going to get a win for for vardue |
| 5081s | so it's not a huge win in the context of |
| 5083s | conquest of course vardue finds himself |
| 5086s | one step closer to really getting his |
| 5088s | name on the map because let's be honest |
| 5090s | we haven't talked to him about him in |
| 5092s | the same annals of time as Hunter race |
| 5094s | and leading into this series you know |
| 5095s | we've put a lot of focus on to Hunter |
| 5097s | race I think quite rightly so his |
| 5099s | results deserve that but you have to |
| 5101s | start somewhere and vardue can put his |
| 5103s | first step on a winning streak that |
| 5105s | could end up being just as long as |
| 5106s | Hunter races here yeah exactly and |
| 5108s | you're completely right I think like |
| 5110s | Hunter Hayes has the record he has the |
| 5112s | prestige already this year vardue though |
| 5114s | if you beat Hunter is in that final and |
| 5116s | then you go on to continue to play well |
| 5119s | in tournaments get the results get the |
| 5120s | HTT points under your belt yeah then you |
| 5122s | stop being ignored feel strong but |
| 5125s | ignored by the player base the viewers |
| 5128s | you start becoming recognized just like |
| 5129s | Hunter X has this year |
| 5132s | this is going to be the control Mage |
| 5133s | versus the Druid though and this is |
| 5136s | something I did want to talk to you |
| 5137s | about Seoul okay |
| 5139s | you were a huge fan of countries as I |
| 5142s | believe most people are but you |
| 5143s | especially yes you hate this deck with a |
| 5146s | passion really too yeah where does your |
| 5148s | heart lie do you dislike countries a |
| 5151s | little bit for this deck do you think |
| 5152s | you're not seeing something Huntress is |
| 5154s | I I mean I've |
| 5156s | you said this deck is trash I did I said |
| 5159s | I said it's a bad deck and then |
| 5161s | um you know TJ |
| 5164s | um kind of counted that by saying that |
| 5165s | when you look at some of the Decks that |
| 5166s | were in the tournament you know even |
| 5168s | lock being one of them it's a very |
| 5169s | common deck in the format right now and |
| 5171s | can control control Mage |
| 5174s | um you can just uh run over it very |
| 5176s | easily because it just has so much |
| 5178s | removal against limited threats from the |
| 5180s | even lock so it makes sense that the |
| 5183s | metagame is narrow enough where if |
| 5185s | you're expecting some aggro decks and |
| 5187s | even lock which is a relatively popular |
| 5189s | lineup uh control Mage is a good thing |
| 5192s | to bring with you and I think the rest |
| 5194s | of Hunter races line up alongside that |
| 5196s | kind of makes sense fitting in with that |
| 5198s | strategy from him so I don't blame him |
| 5200s | for bringing the deck I'm just saying |
| 5202s | like don't don't play it on ladder it's |
| 5204s | just it's just it's just not good okay |
| 5208s | thanks for the explanation right I'm a |
| 5210s | little bit upset TJ didn't use the |
| 5211s | counter argument that I would have used |
| 5212s | and just called you a bad dick I mean |
| 5215s | that's fair I don't like it when people |
| 5217s | actually ask me to rationalize my |
| 5218s | thoughts I should just be able to say |
| 5219s | control Mage is a bad deck everyone goes |
| 5221s | yes I agree that's my idea definitely |
| 5223s | evolution of our casting partnership |
| 5225s | because now I will question you and you |
| 5227s | have to answer in a way I'm okay with |
| 5230s | and right I'm okay with that what that's |
| 5232s | one yeah in the books let's get back to |
| 5234s | this game pretty quick ramp coming out |
| 5235s | from vardu getting malfurion live so |
| 5238s | early is very nice as well because |
| 5240s | regardless if you look at it in terms of |
| 5242s | the armor in terms of spiders most |
| 5244s | importantly that's just three damage |
| 5246s | attorney Fadi ones yeah by the way |
| 5248s | you've seen a pretty strong uh |
| 5250s | demonstration here of how malagostroid |
| 5252s | wins when it gets oozed or harrisoned |
| 5255s | which is kind of a Hot Topic around the |
| 5256s | community right now I still don't know |
| 5258s | how it's like why why would you bring |
| 5259s | malagost Druid when it can just lose to |
| 5261s | weapon destruction and then the top |
| 5262s | players will tell you that it doesn't |
| 5263s | lose the weapon destruction well The |
| 5265s | Twig hasn't been involved in this |
| 5266s | matchup yet and vardue has just got Mana |
| 5268s | way ahead of the curve he played a Lich |
| 5270s | King and then he Alex trials at his |
| 5272s | opponent it just so happens that he's up |
| 5274s | against control Mage which is equipped |
| 5276s | to deal with an 88 on your turn six into |
| 5279s | another eight eight on your turn seven |
| 5281s | most decks don't deal with that you just |
| 5284s | kill them |
| 5285s | okay and also we saw that a game very |
| 5288s | similar go a little bit earlier today |
| 5290s | where it was Alex and then there was one |
| 5293s | hit from a just a small minion on the |
| 5295s | board or a minion and then it was just |
| 5297s | malaga's Moon fire Moon fire Get Wrecked |
| 5299s | and that's just a game you can't really |
| 5301s | oh I didn't have to Twig or faceless |
| 5303s | sorry no just 12 damage from mountains |
| 5305s | pretty good yeah that's the other point |
| 5307s | is when your twig gets destroyed you |
| 5309s | still have a strong combo you Alex them |
| 5311s | down to 15 and then you throughout the |
| 5313s | game you're still like pushing damage |
| 5314s | with uh you know malfurion hero powers |
| 5316s | and all that kind of stuff and then yeah |
| 5318s | like you said malagos Moon fire Moon |
| 5320s | fire still 12. even if they don't die |
| 5322s | they then have to kill a maligos and |
| 5325s | still do something proactive and we see |
| 5326s | the twig we've been talking about |
| 5328s | equipped and that's now just both the |
| 5330s | hero power to four damage and turn |
| 5334s | which is actually very scary at a deal |
| 5337s | for yeah |
| 5340s | yeah that's a win yep that's a close one |
| 5347s | oh |
| 5349s | go on technical question well this |
| 5351s | choice is going to come up unless you |
| 5352s | want to talk about this choice |
| 5354s | it's just gonna be count spell |
| 5358s | there aren't really any minions to bend |
| 5359s | spells around no in particular no |
| 5363s | it's where the hunter Ace feels like he |
| 5364s | can get some kind of usage out of a |
| 5366s | druid spell with Mana binder whether |
| 5367s | they just finds the disruption stronger |
| 5372s | speaking of disruption I've been talking |
| 5373s | about it all week the spellbender is the |
| 5376s | most disruptive secret you can take |
| 5377s | because it's the hardest one for your |
| 5379s | opponent to eliminate from the pool so |
| 5381s | there's always Merit to it I mean we saw |
| 5383s | a barrier be taken from untrace earlier |
| 5385s | and it I didn't quite understand it |
| 5387s | because I didn't see the impact it was |
| 5389s | going to have but the fact that it was |
| 5391s | like |
| 5392s | coin okay it's not count as well you |
| 5395s | know it's like right it gets very weird |
| 5397s | to play around and we'll just ask very |
| 5399s | quickly though as I think we've got a |
| 5401s | moment |
| 5402s | empatharsin can reduce cards money |
| 5406s | do you lose if you Raven a |
| 5411s | okay does the moon fire win |
| 5415s | if a moon phase been reduced below zero |
| 5417s | if that makes sense because remember |
| 5418s | Emperor could do that how would a moon |
| 5420s | fire in your deck be reduced to them if |
| 5422s | Emperor attack like place a billion but |
| 5425s | it wouldn't be in your deck of Emperor |
| 5426s | discounts your hand what if it's is |
| 5428s | there a way it can go into your deck |
| 5431s | no |
| 5432s | so it doesn't matter |
| 5435s | I was just wondering because if this was |
| 5437s | a terrible question no no if in a |
| 5439s | joustic like does the Jazz mechanic take |
| 5441s | into the minus numbers that cards can |
| 5443s | cost it should do but we've never had a |
| 5445s | demonstration of that myself that was an |
| 5447s | interesting question but never mind |
| 5448s | clearly not mainly because I didn't |
| 5451s | think it through which is often my uh |
| 5453s | downfall it's your excuse for everything |
| 5455s | I just didn't think about it I just say |
| 5458s | words and stuff yeah |
| 5460s | so the manibike was taken and it ended |
| 5462s | up being uh ferocious how the vardy |
| 5463s | threw over which is actually a pretty |
| 5465s | good card for Hunter race honestly armor |
| 5466s | is obviously fantastic although it's |
| 5468s | less relevant because alexstrasza has |
| 5470s | already been used but most importantly |
| 5473s | it was cycle because Hunter Ace needs to |
| 5476s | start stabilizing this health total and |
| 5478s | his key menus to do that are a Arcane |
| 5481s | artificer and B frostwitch jaining has |
| 5483s | neither of them right now and was able |
| 5485s | to pick up the artificer off that um |
| 5487s | cycle with the Ferocious how and now |
| 5489s | he's starting to climb up to a range |
| 5491s | where even The Twig combo is going to |
| 5493s | struggle to do |
| 5494s | I will say there is |
| 5496s | a lot of extra damage in the hand the |
| 5498s | innovate and the death coil is actually |
| 5500s | pretty huge as well because that's |
| 5502s | damage you can actually squeeze into a |
| 5503s | turn that you wouldn't normally sure |
| 5505s | along with this hero power just clocking |
| 5507s | for a turn not every turn but every turn |
| 5510s | value decides to |
| 5511s | so even if he just chips this armor just |
| 5513s | for a couple of turns it could still be |
| 5514s | a little bit spicy |
| 5517s | because suddenly you can actually like |
| 5519s | Marley goes swing |
| 5522s | faceless innovate swipe Death kill Moon |
| 5525s | fighter Moon fire witch I'm not doing |
| 5527s | the quick maths there but that is a lot |
| 5529s | of damage |
| 5530s | but here's the issue is that vardue has |
| 5533s | drawn so many combo pieces and dead |
| 5535s | cards like naturalizers in the spot that |
| 5538s | he actually has to spend cards in order |
| 5540s | to invest into an ultimate infestation |
| 5542s | later so you see him just swiping away a |
| 5543s | board which honestly he doesn't really |
| 5545s | care about it's not like that board was |
| 5547s | threatening him the Arcane artifice are |
| 5548s | needed to be dealt with |
| 5550s | but he just needs those cards out of his |
| 5552s | hand so that he can continue to UI later |
| 5554s | yeah what I will say is the the thing |
| 5556s | that's okay about swipe is he already |
| 5558s | has one and even with twig plays you |
| 5561s | still only have so much matter to play |
| 5562s | you can't double swipe faceless malicos |
| 5565s | and everything else so I think the |
| 5567s | swipe's okay but going forward if he has |
| 5570s | to start using other tools like if he |
| 5571s | has to end up faceless in a Minion for |
| 5573s | some crazy bizarre reason right but you |
| 5576s | know if there's say a Lich King gets |
| 5578s | trapped down if it gets shuffled back |
| 5579s | into his deck and then discounted it and |
| 5581s | then you faceless it from your deck then |
| 5583s | and then dragon's Fury reveals Dominion |
| 5585s | exactly and some |
| 5589s | then yeah it could the eBay is being |
| 5590s | used right now though |
| 5594s | and picked up as well so he's able to |
| 5598s | dump |
| 5600s | what did you have trouble beforehand |
| 5602s | yeah oh yeah |
| 5605s | oh it's not the worst burn in the world |
| 5607s | probably the best burn in the decade |
| 5610s | yeah the second UI does tend to be |
| 5611s | fairly redundant in a lot of these combo |
| 5613s | Druids um you just play two of them |
| 5615s | because you want to draw one so commonly |
| 5617s | do you think that's going to get cut at |
| 5618s | some point |
| 5622s | yeah exactly 200 went from two to one to |
| 5625s | zero very quickly some people still play |
| 5627s | one but yeah I'm definitely not a fan of |
| 5628s | it in 200. but you are in a cure combo |
| 5631s | deck is a different animal you know |
| 5635s | so The Twig is live in terms of one |
| 5639s | swing we'll bring vadu's Mana all the |
| 5641s | way back up to 10 again yeah so values |
| 5643s | just asking when you know Mr Malaga says |
| 5645s | at this point because as you can see |
| 5646s | that is just a lot of damage I talked |
| 5648s | about earlier |
| 5649s | he would have what 10 20 36 even without |
| 5654s | the death coil so yeah malagos draw at |
| 5656s | any point now he would he would Death |
| 5660s | coil hero power instead of swipe all |
| 5662s | right because it's more damage sure yeah |
| 5663s | okay |
| 5667s | and you can see draw draw I just I |
| 5671s | literally need one card to deal with |
| 5674s | this uh this pesky armored up made at |
| 5677s | this point |
| 5682s | pesky is the word Hunter Ace just |
| 5685s | praying for his gluttonous ooze which is |
| 5687s | there in the deck and he's not finding |
| 5689s | it again it's another reason why that |
| 5690s | ferocious how was such good card draw |
| 5692s | for him there's that single copy of |
| 5694s | gladness ooze which would be a huge Plus |
| 5697s | for him don't get me wrong I was telling |
| 5698s | you the malagos Druid can win the game |
| 5700s | when he gets oozed still not the easiest |
| 5703s | thing in the world cheeky yep |
| 5706s | oh almost our cards is scary as that |
| 5708s | that'll do it it's like a Mali goes to |
| 5710s | me |
| 5712s | the aspect of magic a twig and a |
| 5716s | faceless walk into a bar Hunter Hayes |
| 5719s | dies |
| 5720s | and Hunter race goes zero two down in a |
| 5723s | final of a tour stop which if you are |
| 5726s | paying close attention to the intro I |
| 5729s | said he's won a tour stop this is now |
| 5731s | his fourth top 16 and his fourth final |
| 5734s | if you can translate that what that |
| 5736s | means is that he will he's lost two |
| 5738s | finals already so it's a little bit of a |
| 5741s | habit for him at this point I think uh |
| 5744s | when he was playing in Seoul he was |
| 5746s | potentially a little bit nervous because |
| 5748s | you know third time of asking I mean a |
| 5750s | final again I can't lose this time |
| 5752s | surely and it was the first time maybe |
| 5754s | I've seen Hunter race just let things |
| 5756s | get on top of him a little bit and |
| 5757s | placed a little bit shaky I haven't seen |
| 5759s | any signs of this in this tournament so |
| 5761s | far even in this finals because it's job |
| 5764s | done at this point right he's won the |
| 5765s | Tour stop he's got over the line but |
| 5767s | again you you don't want to be known as |
| 5769s | the guy that always loses fine |
| 5771s | regardless of how good that means your |
| 5773s | record is overall you don't want to be |
| 5775s | that guy yeah I will say as well |
| 5776s | actually the |
| 5778s | the venues are different I look at you |
| 5780s | said it was nervous in Korea |
| 5782s | big audience oh yeah big you know a lot |
| 5786s | of showering a lot of cheering a lot of |
| 5788s | pressure just knowing you've instead of |
| 5789s | you know there's people on stream |
| 5791s | watching thousands of people and stream |
| 5792s | watching there are literally a crowd in |
| 5795s | front of you |
| 5796s | they're just staring at you that's a lot |
| 5798s | of pressure where it's at the moment |
| 5799s | he's in a quiet room with vadu just |
| 5802s | playing Hearthstone right it's quite he |
| 5804s | knows he's on stream but guess what hunt |
| 5805s | race has been streamed a couple of times |
| 5807s | this year whereas it's just quiet he's |
| 5810s | got I imagine he's got this you know the |
| 5811s | sound in his ears and that's it that's |
| 5813s | all he has to worry about so we'll see |
| 5815s | here probably a lot less shaky play if |
| 5817s | he's a bit uh |
| 5819s | just pushed off a little bit in Korea |
| 5821s | down to the pressure but let's kick this |
| 5822s | game off now it is the odd Paladin |
| 5824s | envato's Rogue the last deck yeah he has |
| 5827s | to ask a good question of at this point |
| 5830s | and that hand improved rapidly for |
| 5832s | Hunter Hayes Mulligan away |
| 5834s | um Vine Cleaver and fungalmancer I |
| 5837s | believe and has just picked up One Drops |
| 5839s | all the way down since then of course |
| 5840s | holding on to the corridor creeper in |
| 5842s | what is a very board-based matchup but |
| 5844s | just with odd Paladin in general the |
| 5846s | amount of tokens you generate just for |
| 5848s | free with your hero power Corridor |
| 5849s | creeper is almost always a keep yes I |
| 5852s | personally wouldn't throw it away but |
| 5853s | lava piled in because it's never not |
| 5856s | going to get value |
| 5858s | someone just three one drops in hand and |
| 5861s | he's so far in the tank already this is |
| 5863s | what I want to talk about to me I would |
| 5865s | go out and it's quiet yeah because |
| 5866s | Rachel you've got nothing to taunt and |
| 5869s | to create an awkward speed bump for yet |
| 5871s | yep Argent Squire can also take down a |
| 5874s | firefly which is a typical one drop from |
| 5877s | the odd road because you have Arcus |
| 5879s | veteran and then you can protect that |
| 5881s | Squire with the righteous protector and |
| 5883s | the Divine shield into turn two |
| 5885s | unfortunately funds race he is answered |
| 5888s | by two urgent Squires which are a little |
| 5890s | bit more difficult to deal with so he's |
| 5892s | just going to press the button now yeah |
| 5893s | the counter argument to what you say and |
| 5895s | this is exactly why Hunter race was just |
| 5897s | buried head in hands trying to think |
| 5899s | about what he wanted to do is if he |
| 5901s | plays righteous protector you always |
| 5902s | press hero power on turn two it just it |
| 5904s | just happens it's what you do so then |
| 5905s | immediately those two vulnerable tokens |
| 5908s | are hidden behind that torn immediately |
| 5910s | right so the Rogue is going to play a |
| 5911s | one drop on their turn one and you've |
| 5913s | already protected your two one ones from |
| 5915s | that minion that comes down with the |
| 5916s | righteous protection and here you can |
| 5918s | see the fact that his Argent Squire and |
| 5919s | not righteous righteous prospector |
| 5921s | righteous got some great prospects is |
| 5924s | miserable for Hunter race because those |
| 5926s | two Arjun Squires just got to pick up |
| 5928s | the valueist of value trades |
| 5930s | yeah so in summary tough choice actually |
| 5934s | and and depending on what your opponent |
| 5936s | has or doesn't have one's better than |
| 5938s | the other and that's just a hard call to |
| 5940s | make we do see though the power of the |
| 5942s | powered in hero power actually on the |
| 5944s | Bob because he just stays he just keeps |
| 5946s | up because it's always two minions the |
| 5949s | real care of power high damage output |
| 5951s | but just as good as a normal daggering |
| 5953s | in this situation is it killing minions |
| 5955s | so why are you playing an odd deck at |
| 5957s | this point that you see that Firefly |
| 5960s | token the flame Elementor it's just like |
| 5962s | one twos are just your boy against odd |
| 5964s | Paladin now they do so much work it's |
| 5966s | why you saw your uh what's the car |
| 5968s | called boisterous Bard come into odd |
| 5970s | Paladin just for a little fraction just |
| 5973s | plus one Health to your whole board |
| 5974s | destroyed the mirror all of your one |
| 5976s | ones became one twos and just shoved |
| 5979s | through took care of the mirror match |
| 5980s | when all padding was like the most |
| 5982s | popular deck in the game that's when |
| 5983s | that mirror map that really came into |
| 5985s | play uh useful against uh token Druid as |
| 5987s | well in some positions that you saw |
| 5989s | there in this case just a flame element |
| 5991s | so being able to pick up a value trade |
| 5992s | against a 1-1 is just such a big deal |
| 5994s | not as big a deal as a zero Mana two |
| 5997s | five |
| 5998s | that is a pretty big deal as well that |
| 6000s | is um that can be the subtle of minions |
| 6003s | if you want really yeah that's so |
| 6005s | generous of you |
| 6006s | yep |
| 6008s | thanks I won't follow with the words |
| 6010s | twice today I've had very inappropriate |
| 6012s | jokes to me you say well it's pink and |
| 6015s | veiny or something is what you're gonna |
| 6016s | go for close Okay close |
| 6023s | anyway moving swiftly on Stonehill |
| 6026s | Defenders as well although yes Not |
| 6028s | Really Gonna scratch a Hench Klein third |
| 6030s | great speed bumps gonna generate more |
| 6033s | minions for huntres to use and also |
| 6035s | protects these one ones again and again |
| 6038s | and again as you talked about the Carlo |
| 6040s | creeper gonna be able to take down the |
| 6042s | hint climbing now stubborn gastropod for |
| 6044s | some of these chunkier minions yeah that |
| 6046s | the odd Rogue plays is going to be |
| 6047s | really nice and we saw a little bit |
| 6049s | earlier and the Honey race game the |
| 6051s | power of Stonehill when it pulls |
| 6053s | something like the Phantom militia |
| 6055s | against their board aggressive deck that |
| 6057s | card is just insane you're just |
| 6058s | generating what three taunts for zero |
| 6061s | cards in hand |
| 6065s | uh yeah about that bar dude he needed a |
| 6068s | consecration he got eye for an eye |
| 6071s | yeah that's a low point in life right |
| 6073s | there isn't it |
| 6074s | was there anything else that's |
| 6075s | particularly great I guess if engine |
| 6077s | wrath would be pretty sick too to be |
| 6079s | fine now |
| 6083s | but without that consecration being used |
| 6085s | I think that is the one random |
| 6087s | generation in Buddy's deck he plays one |
| 6088s | copy of blink Fox and he said he just |
| 6090s | doesn't really have the tools in his |
| 6092s | deck to stop the flood of one ones from |
| 6094s | this point like Rogue has to be winning |
| 6096s | definitively by like term three or four |
| 6099s | in this matchup if it's gonna happen you |
| 6101s | know they need to have got those power |
| 6102s | three drops run away with the game |
| 6104s | vicious fledgling pushing damage dagger |
| 6106s | taking care of the smaller minions where |
| 6108s | it can that's just not what's happened |
| 6110s | yeah and these times especially for me |
| 6113s | at least with righteous protection the |
| 6114s | way it looks like contrast might go of |
| 6115s | hungriots and I'm always a little bit |
| 6117s | worried about just giving your opponent |
| 6119s | a Great Vowel spine Target but I was |
| 6122s | gonna say if this doesn't get cleared I |
| 6123s | wonder if adu's gonna try and |
| 6126s | ah |
| 6127s | have dagger deadly poison and green skin |
| 6129s | just to try and outpace the damage but |
| 6132s | it's not going to work with these |
| 6134s | stonehills in the way and he knows |
| 6136s | there's now two taunts in hand because |
| 6137s | of the Stonehill so there's just not |
| 6139s | enough swings and just kind of nice |
| 6141s | pickup but |
| 6145s | is it enough |
| 6147s | yeah this game is uh pretty much just a |
| 6149s | jump for vardue at this point |
| 6154s | Leroy being picked up now is an extra |
| 6156s | push Hunter X has Champions more behind |
| 6159s | all of this as well which is helping him |
| 6161s | take care of what's a very annoying |
| 6162s | board state for his bunch of one attack |
| 6164s | minions right now I mean to be |
| 6165s | completely honest you could Leroy the |
| 6167s | hinge Clan and come out of this on top |
| 6168s | very easily most likely yeah and this is |
| 6170s | this goes back to the bands because like |
| 6172s | we said they had quite similar lineups |
| 6174s | they both have malagostrid and they both |
| 6176s | have odd Paladin and one player is |
| 6178s | malagost Druid survive one player's odd |
| 6180s | Paladin survived and what you saw is |
| 6182s | both of those decks potentially pick up |
| 6184s | wins very quickly if this goes the way |
| 6186s | it's looking for Hunter race as you saw |
| 6188s | just those slight differences in the |
| 6191s | lineup Hunter races control Mage and |
| 6192s | vardue's control priest just tilted them |
| 6196s | a little bit on what which deck they |
| 6197s | were going to ban but they really wanted |
| 6199s | to ban to about two decks both of them |
| 6201s | like there was there was some free wins |
| 6202s | the best of three it's been a long |
| 6205s | weekend guys let's just play a best of |
| 6207s | three it's fine |
| 6209s | one thing I I will say we probably don't |
| 6212s | bring it up enough but these two players |
| 6216s | have spent many hours this weekend |
| 6218s | playing Hearthstone |
| 6219s | and at the very end of you know it's hot |
| 6221s | here in Italy at the very end of tons of |
| 6224s | hours of hearthstone you have your most |
| 6226s | important match they are in a rough spot |
| 6229s | not because of scores but because they |
| 6231s | have to sit down and focus for another |
| 6233s | couple of hours potentially after three |
| 6235s | days yes yesterday alone was a 13-hour |
| 6240s | day of HearthStone for these players and |
| 6242s | when you like Hunter Ace for example |
| 6245s | plays very slowly the majority of the |
| 6247s | time when you do that you're probably |
| 6249s | going to finish quite late in the Swiss |
| 6251s | so it's not like you get your game out |
| 6253s | of the way and then just sit chill while |
| 6255s | the Swiss resolves you're going to be |
| 6256s | one of the last few players to finish |
| 6258s | are they saying that Viper is in the |
| 6260s | tournament so yeah don't go too far |
| 6263s | I will say though it's just it's |
| 6265s | incredible to me how they can keep the |
| 6267s | focus that's like one of the hardest |
| 6269s | parts of tournaments like this hungry |
| 6271s | Etting gonna come down else |
| 6277s | ick |
| 6280s | you did say one twos were good against |
| 6282s | Paladin maybe not against six uh sorry |
| 6284s | four tens |
| 6286s | but you I mean look you could probably |
| 6288s | piece this together right unless there's |
| 6290s | exactly vowel spine next turn the game |
| 6293s | ends yeah and I think vardue this whole |
| 6296s | game has pretty much said eye for an eye |
| 6298s | is more useful as a combo activator in |
| 6300s | my hand than it is even if it was |
| 6302s | discarded and activate valve spine right |
| 6306s | quick but now it it there's there is |
| 6309s | just a small window for vardue because |
| 6311s | his hand is out of stuff and the one |
| 6312s | ones will take over this game slowly if |
| 6314s | it happens but because Hunter races just |
| 6317s | found no fungal mances no level up no |
| 6320s | blessing of my he's had no way to really |
| 6322s | push his initiative in this matchup as |
| 6324s | much as face damage or even taking good |
| 6326s | trades but that scale Bane is a big old |
| 6329s | whiff and there's a big old Leroy in |
| 6331s | hand for Hunter Ace to get himself back |
| 6333s | into this series yeah and exactly like |
| 6336s | you said right this has been a the |
| 6337s | resource battle that Paladin can do |
| 6340s | versus the value battle in terms of just |
| 6342s | getting more damage output from these |
| 6344s | buff minions it's actually just about |
| 6345s | the fact that his hero power beats |
| 6348s | vardu's hero power every single time |
| 6351s | and look at that gastropod it's a weird |
| 6353s | choice in some regards because you are |
| 6356s | playing a one-two poisonous against a |
| 6358s | deck that can just always deal two |
| 6360s | damage to a torn minion but in that |
| 6362s | position it meant a 410 stayed alive and |
| 6365s | a five damage dagger ended up going into |
| 6368s | the stubborn gastropod so again great |
| 6371s | insight into the way that the game was |
| 6372s | going to evolve from Hunter Ace and an |
| 6374s | easy game number three exactly what he |
| 6377s | wanted to get himself back on the board |
| 6378s | just make vardy sweat just a little bit |
| 6381s | just to lean over the booth and say you |
| 6383s | know what I don't lose every final I did |
| 6386s | win one of them and also as well let's |
| 6388s | be honest regardless of course these |
| 6390s | players want to win but you do not want |
| 6392s | to get thrilled in the final of a long |
| 6394s | time and like this you don't want just |
| 6395s | what okay I won a game let's move on |
| 6398s | from here as opposed to oh no I just got |
| 6400s | absolutely dumpstered in the final a |
| 6402s | little bit rough |
| 6404s | what's left for Andres it's a good |
| 6405s | question Hunter race I do ask them |
| 6407s | sometimes yeah he lost he had his |
| 6409s | malagost Druid band he has one with his |
| 6412s | odd Paladin which means his odd Rogue |
| 6414s | and his uh control Mage that we already |
| 6416s | saw are the remaining deaths |
| 6417s | so again it's control Mage versus odd |
| 6420s | Rogue you you Peg control Mage as a |
| 6423s | strong anti-aggro deck |
| 6425s | um but you know odd Rogue has the |
| 6427s | ability to just not worry too much about |
| 6429s | building a board and just go all out for |
| 6431s | damage they have the cards to be able to |
| 6432s | do that which is what control Mage is |
| 6434s | just a little bit uh weak against and of |
| 6436s | course odd Rogue mirror is odd Rogue |
| 6438s | mirror yeah I think the control-made |
| 6439s | matchup can be often just a little bit |
| 6441s | too slow and the spot removal for |
| 6444s | something like a Hench Clan is like |
| 6445s | voodoo doll but you can't ping it so |
| 6447s | then they get at least some extra damage |
| 6449s | from there that came up a little bit |
| 6450s | earlier today but also as well one big |
| 6453s | minion comes out well then you're |
| 6455s | suddenly answering Minions that aren't |
| 6456s | that big you're not used to you know |
| 6458s | dealing with like meter or four four but |
| 6460s | if you don't you could be dead because |
| 6462s | the points of damage attack so quickly |
| 6463s | with the dagger and this is a matchup |
| 6465s | that we were just talking about is the |
| 6467s | Mage versus the Rogue and |
| 6470s | who indeed because one of the big cards |
| 6472s | I didn't mention I should have because |
| 6474s | it is my one of my namesakes is Raven |
| 6476s | Familia is actually great because it's |
| 6478s | just a minion early on obviously doomsay |
| 6481s | is very good |
| 6482s | I can artificial potentially if you want |
| 6484s | to keep it this early for armor but for |
| 6486s | me just having a minion to play even if |
| 6489s | a dagger swing goes into it it's pretty |
| 6491s | okay it's not necessarily just to keep |
| 6493s | for armor it's a minion you can play on |
| 6495s | turn one I I have seen it happen against |
| 6498s | odd Paladin more than anything else I've |
| 6500s | seen just an Arcane artificer played on |
| 6502s | turn one and just said okay this is |
| 6504s | gonna try |
| 6505s | okay we want to race Hunter race sir |
| 6509s | please look you are just you are one of |
| 6512s | the best players in the game you you |
| 6514s | don't also need to be this lucky like |
| 6516s | come on the best |
| 6521s | that's made of a word oh okay is that |
| 6524s | the recovery part |
| 6526s | he drew a liner |
| 6528s | nah I think double doomsayer still wins |
| 6534s | yeah I probably wouldn't mind beating |
| 6536s | hunting around the spot right now |
| 6541s | this is it right look at the board and |
| 6543s | again until he's just going deep on turn |
| 6546s | one |
| 6547s | does he can't do him say probably not |
| 6549s | you're scared you're not you're not |
| 6550s | scared of coin three drop because |
| 6552s | Hunters that's the kind of cost but then |
| 6555s | what if dagger comes out and then |
| 6556s | there's say minion Cold Blood to deal |
| 6559s | with doomsayer you need your doomsayer |
| 6561s | to go off in these early turns you |
| 6563s | cannot say oh don't say it heals for |
| 6566s | seven that's not good enough because the |
| 6567s | minions need to die at some point you |
| 6569s | can't just let them live and be okay |
| 6570s | with it |
| 6572s | yeah coin doomsday just has a lot of |
| 6574s | problems like you said it's not really a |
| 6576s | turn you're too scared about shutting |
| 6577s | down ball so if you coin doomsayer your |
| 6579s | opponent daggers up and then like what's |
| 6582s | your follow You're Gonna Play Raven |
| 6583s | familiar like it doesn't really say her |
| 6584s | again right exactly |
| 6587s | whereas this fits much better it's just |
| 6589s | there is something to consider that you |
| 6591s | have to get your doomsday is off or give |
| 6593s | it as higher chance as possible yeah |
| 6598s | body says yep all right you got me I'm a |
| 6601s | sit back |
| 6603s | give you your hard-earned free turn here |
| 6609s | now we see if Hunter Ace gets any more |
| 6611s | contact from his draw he doesn't if he |
| 6612s | was to pick up something like your |
| 6613s | Stonehill Defender gluttonous ooze then |
| 6616s | that would of course just be his three |
| 6618s | drop play here if he was to pick up say |
| 6619s | Arcane key smith well then you can just |
| 6621s | go doomsayer again and then get Arcane |
| 6623s | Keith Smith down to get ahead of the |
| 6624s | ball maybe pick up explosive runes so |
| 6627s | you can actually buy tempo for a few |
| 6628s | turns but his hands giving him like no |
| 6631s | context now in terms of how he's |
| 6633s | supposed to play out this doomsayer |
| 6635s | raven familiar like Arcane artifice a |
| 6636s | kind of combination that he has on the |
| 6638s | left hand side |
| 6639s | yeah I'm trying to run it through I'm |
| 6642s | it's really tough because the second you |
| 6644s | Raven you probably want to do them say |
| 6647s | her as well to a certain extent but then |
| 6649s | you're using the coin so that actually |
| 6650s | just lessens the power of that turn |
| 6652s | quite a lot because you don't have much |
| 6654s | follow-up |
| 6656s | there's Raven ping just about 2-2 on the |
| 6658s | board but the unfortunate part is that |
| 6660s | at this point the dagger just cleans up |
| 6662s | it's not a problem at all because |
| 6663s | father's not had to use minions yet so |
| 6666s | he's just freely re-daggering just go |
| 6668s | with the Doomsday play Andres does just |
| 6669s | buy the other turn yeah |
| 6674s | pretty fortunate as well because even to |
| 6676s | a lesser extent this could have been say |
| 6678s | firefight Firefly Van Cleef which didn't |
| 6680s | sound like a lot but still enough of a |
| 6683s | threat to worry about yeah the body's |
| 6685s | just sat back right now thinking well |
| 6686s | half Stone's a fun game I'm sure I'll |
| 6688s | get to play soon he is he's playing |
| 6690s | Valero yeah |
| 6697s | on North number two sovalu now gets the |
| 6700s | information that there's really no |
| 6701s | reason to go all in on that Edwin unless |
| 6703s | he can do it alongside another huge |
| 6705s | minion as well |
| 6706s | he knows the polymorphs in Hand of |
| 6708s | course we can see that the first one was |
| 6710s | already there but vardue just got that |
| 6711s | information |
| 6713s | hmm |
| 6715s | so yeah six six Edwin alongside a couple |
| 6717s | of one and two attack minions just |
| 6719s | doesn't really feel that appealing at |
| 6720s | this point it doesn't but does that just |
| 6723s | something has to be played into |
| 6725s | polymorph yeah that's a fact he knows |
| 6728s | when Trace has it so is that enough to |
| 6730s | force a polymorph and a bad turn because |
| 6732s | the one man is probably floating if |
| 6734s | they're coin ping that's probably a win |
| 6736s | for vadu sure they're doing nothing else |
| 6738s | because you can kill the Raven and then |
| 6741s | maybe you drop vicious fledgling the |
| 6743s | next turn with something else and then |
| 6744s | you're like okay you know here's more of |
| 6746s | a threat because you have to just do |
| 6747s | something you can't be oh I can't play |
| 6749s | this good minion because it gets |
| 6750s | polymorphed right the I mean the |
| 6754s | what vardue is potentially trying to |
| 6756s | wait for here is a term where he can |
| 6758s | drop Edwin Van Cleef alongside a scarier |
| 6761s | board than just a bunch of like one ones |
| 6763s | and one twos right then he can actually |
| 6765s | punish Hunter race for using the |
| 6766s | polymorph harder because he pushes more |
| 6768s | damage when the other minions aren't |
| 6770s | removed and there's also a world where |
| 6772s | you know if there's no answer to this |
| 6773s | vicious words link Hunter race uses his |
| 6775s | polymorph on the vicious fledgling and |
| 6776s | then the Edwin comes down as a six six |
| 6778s | or an eight eight anyway resistant to |
| 6781s | AOE and he gets to go about it that way |
| 6783s | yeah one thing I will say is as the Mage |
| 6785s | in this matchup I think you do have to |
| 6786s | pay attention to the smaller minions too |
| 6788s | especially the ones that's slightly more |
| 6789s | difficult to deal with like the Ardent |
| 6791s | Squire because the chip damage happens a |
| 6795s | lot faster than you think it does |
| 6796s | against Rogue the dagger is so effective |
| 6799s | at just you know two damage a turn it's |
| 6800s | effectively Ontario power yeah but |
| 6802s | cheaper and then if two one attack |
| 6804s | minions are attacking well that's |
| 6806s | something four damage return is not |
| 6807s | something you can just choose to not |
| 6809s | deal with and be not scared of |
| 6811s | especially when cold Bloods and Leroy |
| 6813s | and deckhands for example are even more |
| 6815s | damage that surprises from hand |
| 6822s | spends 60 odd seconds trying to convince |
| 6824s | himself not to polymorph The Vicious |
| 6826s | fledgling and then polymorphs of vicious |
| 6828s | leveling it's not a good feeling but he |
| 6830s | just really didn't have other options |
| 6831s | available |
| 6833s | and also let's be honest he kind of has |
| 6835s | the next few turns locked up he can meet |
| 6837s | you anything that gets played then and |
| 6839s | next and then coin Lich King or turn |
| 6842s | after he might try and stay away from |
| 6844s | that kind of plan though because coin |
| 6846s | literally uh literally what is wrong |
| 6848s | I've just completely forgotten how the |
| 6849s | words today Raven um coin Lich King is |
| 6853s | vulnerable to a huge swing turn with |
| 6855s | bile spine Slayer on the other side |
| 6857s | right so it's very scary the road will |
| 6860s | generally want to sorry the Mage will |
| 6861s | generally want to keep removing more |
| 6863s | than it will want to uh just play a big |
| 6865s | tour minion in the way but it's just a |
| 6867s | matter of whether he runs out of the |
| 6869s | ability to do that and is forced to play |
| 6870s | Lich King more than anything |
| 6873s | that's it because my worry is if you |
| 6875s | were forced to meet you at this turn |
| 6876s | obviously we can now see that Vancleave |
| 6878s | is around but there is polymer if you're |
| 6880s | forced to play removal this turn then |
| 6883s | well there's no other removal left so do |
| 6885s | you Raven and potentially draw a bit |
| 6887s | dirt because if you draw a flange rate |
| 6889s | you can't play it and then you've just |
| 6890s | played a seven Mana two two to a certain |
| 6892s | extent right or do you coin Lich King |
| 6895s | because you don't have removal but you |
| 6897s | are weak to vowel spine so it's just |
| 6899s | kind of weird right what you don't want |
| 6901s | to do is Ping pass against our drogue |
| 6903s | that isn't good enough right |
| 6905s | now vardue side he's starting to get |
| 6908s | closer and closer to this huge Victory |
| 6910s | from his perspective I know he's got a |
| 6912s | huge finish contingent out here like |
| 6914s | every game vardu's been playing I've |
| 6916s | walked out through the arena and sat in |
| 6918s | the bleachers it's just a collection of |
| 6920s | the Finnish players like looking up at |
| 6922s | the big screen over the Swiss area the |
| 6924s | The Finnish teams really have a put a |
| 6927s | lot of work in to improve as players |
| 6929s | over recent time you know some of the |
| 6931s | players that we've seen doing |
| 6932s | fantastically recently zomp gonetsky |
| 6934s | zumper dream hack pretty much came as a |
| 6937s | as a group you know it was it was all |
| 6939s | the Finnish players and some was the one |
| 6941s | who played the best and did the best and |
| 6943s | won but it was a group you know even in |
| 6945s | in the the Gathering After Dream hacker |
| 6948s | was like they were just stood together |
| 6949s | talk about the list talk about how they |
| 6951s | did the lineup it was super interesting |
| 6953s | and when you've got that kind of you |
| 6955s | know close-knit group behind you these |
| 6957s | are the people who are doing well look |
| 6958s | at Hunt race and the Dusky boys exactly |
| 6960s | look at the fins look at Mozzy saying |
| 6964s | guess what all these people are very |
| 6966s | good players that play with them day in |
| 6968s | there yep |
| 6969s | there aren't too many players |
| 6971s | consistently placing at the top of tour |
| 6974s | stops and Championship events right now |
| 6976s | that do not have a strong network of |
| 6979s | other players doing the same behind them |
| 6982s | a few extra points of damage from this |
| 6984s | void dripper but as I said even you know |
| 6986s | one extra damage on a couple of minions |
| 6988s | well that's you know just one turn |
| 6989s | closer to lethal at this point because |
| 6991s | this is starting to stack up with Leroy |
| 6993s | and another deck hand in hand so that's |
| 6995s | effectively what 10 damage include in |
| 6997s | the dagger just out of nowhere or the |
| 6999s | blizzard draw yeah that's better than |
| 7001s | coin Lich King I think yes it is and I |
| 7004s | was going to point out on the previous |
| 7005s | turn I believe Hunter Hayes chose to |
| 7007s | Ping instead of playing an enchanted |
| 7009s | Raven which means meant if he had to go |
| 7012s | fishing that turn and he'd have hit |
| 7014s | flame strike as his draw it would have |
| 7016s | been uncastable which could have |
| 7018s | potentially been a huge punish with the |
| 7020s | the board on as it was of course he took |
| 7022s | damage off the board immediately with |
| 7023s | the Ping On the previous turn but it's a |
| 7025s | real risk will risk reward that you have |
| 7027s | to weigh up |
| 7030s | that's the secret that's gonna mess with |
| 7033s | Hunter's to no end he does have the coin |
| 7035s | though and the biggest thing you're |
| 7037s | worried about initially is can I AOE if |
| 7040s | there was no coin then you cry this turn |
| 7043s | because if that's Counter Strike that's |
| 7045s | a huge problem if you play around count |
| 7047s | if that's Counter-Strike this is |
| 7049s | Hearthstone Raven this is you infecting |
| 7051s | me with the inability to speak for some |
| 7054s | reason I know it's a zotek of enriver |
| 7056s | but this is Hearthstone |
| 7058s | full circle but most importantly if that |
| 7060s | is counter spell then you can't just |
| 7063s | blow an AOA |
| 7065s | but if you play around that and you drop |
| 7066s | something like Lich King you cannot give |
| 7068s | them a Lich King right eventually so |
| 7070s | it's such a huge problem and a very |
| 7073s | important turn from Wow to deal with |
| 7077s | coin gives him no info Raven Familia now |
| 7080s | if he does get Flames drive this time |
| 7081s | it's playable still Lana |
| 7086s | it's a lot of damage |
| 7088s | three six seven eight nine eleven |
| 7089s | showing he'd be dead to Leroy |
| 7092s | true |
| 7096s | let's just give him the Raven now yep |
| 7098s | it's not the runes which would have been |
| 7100s | another very very that that's what I was |
| 7102s | thinking is you take only three damage |
| 7104s | which you'd take if it was entity anyway |
| 7105s | and it sort of deals with the issue but |
| 7108s | you know obviously none of them are |
| 7110s | great plays but with the blizzard now |
| 7111s | it's absolutely huge clearing off the |
| 7113s | board there's just fledgling threat |
| 7115s | number five thousand so far for vardue |
| 7117s | and you know the questions being asked |
| 7119s | again from Hunter Hayes can deal with |
| 7121s | this and the answer this turn is yes you |
| 7123s | can just meet Chariot yeah in Hunter |
| 7125s | race right now is just praying it's just |
| 7127s | please one term where my opponent does |
| 7130s | not draw a threat that demands an answer |
| 7132s | because I think he has a pretty clear |
| 7135s | read on the two card combo in hand right |
| 7137s | now it's Leroy Plus either Baku south |
| 7141s | sea deckhand or cold blood and even cold |
| 7143s | blood is very unlikely because he saw |
| 7145s | one from the deck and there's positions |
| 7147s | where he could have just dumped cold |
| 7148s | blood on a minion and pushed damage yeah |
| 7150s | if you're saving Cold Blood for Leroy |
| 7152s | yeah it does make a lot you put cold |
| 7154s | blood on another Minion and see if it |
| 7155s | gets removed to get |
| 7156s | the only reason there's like a small |
| 7158s | inkling that it could be that is that |
| 7159s | vardue has actually been very manner |
| 7161s | efficient throughout the game in terms |
| 7162s | of developing minions |
| 7164s | but you'd like pass a firefly to play |
| 7167s | in general enjoy certainly yes |
| 7171s | I'll spying |
| 7172s | this is it this is the turn the hunter |
| 7174s | race needed where there is just no |
| 7176s | threat generation from vardue |
| 7180s | suddenly because that ping Leroy dagger |
| 7182s | the one one doesn't help because the the |
| 7184s | other dragonling and the Ping just just |
| 7185s | deal with Leroy no matter what and if |
| 7187s | vardue wanted to continue to disrupt |
| 7189s | Hunter race that turn he needed to play |
| 7191s | Leroy from hand for example and just |
| 7194s | like maybe even like deckhand into the |
| 7196s | other one one just to leave the 6-2 on |
| 7198s | board yeah and Alana I think it was the |
| 7201s | only realistic play this turn this sets |
| 7203s | up at worst 210 literal and next turn |
| 7207s | can be flame strike |
| 7209s | you got you guys didn't see the hand |
| 7211s | gesture honestly get me a weatherboard |
| 7215s | right and and I will I have done this |
| 7217s | before in my career it was flame strike |
| 7219s | coming in like a warm front from the |
| 7221s | Western very toasty Frontier |
| 7224s | I have done that once in my casting crew |
| 7226s | cast Hearthstone that was behind me as a |
| 7228s | weatherman it was great |
| 7231s | well |
| 7232s | drip is not gonna change too much here |
| 7234s | except activate the vowel spine and this |
| 7236s | is the turn where vadu's saying well |
| 7238s | this is it right now all in |
| 7241s | only way out for me |
| 7244s | yep and now I believe this is a safe |
| 7248s | Lich King for Hunter race he does not |
| 7250s | die to any two cards yep |
| 7253s | okay |
| 7258s | just general confirmation noises coming |
| 7261s | from Rosen it's not my job yes |
| 7265s | the question is disrespect the minions |
| 7267s | are you still saying I believe yeah you |
| 7269s | kill them and you have yeah 21 on board |
| 7271s | yep still saying |
| 7273s | what's match point in the finals you can |
| 7277s | argue right plays wrong plays there is |
| 7279s | no reason to not kill the minions okay |
| 7281s | you're gonna win if you survive you win |
| 7283s | if you try and go fancy you lose just |
| 7287s | like values lost right now and that is |
| 7289s | going to be two and two Hunters on the |
| 7293s | comeback here evening everything up and |
| 7295s | it's all going to come down to the last |
| 7297s | game absolutely fine by me and odd Rogue |
| 7300s | mirror I believe is what we're going to |
| 7302s | be looking at but yeah I said it in a |
| 7305s | couple of turns before he just needs |
| 7306s | that one turn where there just isn't a |
| 7308s | big threat and that's that's control |
| 7309s | major in a nutshell right you clear you |
| 7311s | clear you clear you clear you clear when |
| 7313s | they're out of resources you just have |
| 7315s | two big bombs essentially maybe Lich |
| 7317s | King as well three big bombs that can |
| 7318s | just win the game from that point when |
| 7320s | you've exhausted all their resources and |
| 7322s | that's just kind of a textbook example |
| 7324s | of the match up but now suddenly we've |
| 7326s | been talking about Hunter Aces emotions |
| 7328s | and his track record in finals a lot but |
| 7331s | now vardue who is who is new to this |
| 7335s | position who has all of these friends in |
| 7337s | the audience ruining him on who practice |
| 7339s | together built this lineup with him |
| 7340s | which was the most successful lineup in |
| 7343s | the tournament they find him in the |
| 7345s | finals they're all out there in the |
| 7346s | stands cheering him on and he's let a |
| 7349s | 2-0 lead fall to a 2-2 and now he just |
| 7352s | has a mirror match to settle it and if |
| 7355s | there's someone you want to be in the |
| 7356s | finals to potentially kick off you know |
| 7359s | the big flashy moment in your career is |
| 7361s | one of the the if not the best player in |
| 7363s | the world right now right that is a good |
| 7365s | win to take let's look at these hands |
| 7367s | all I'm seeing right now so is someone |
| 7369s | has Hench Clem Thug and someone does not |
| 7373s | oh but vicious Flashlight Hunter race |
| 7376s | hits back at Raven as he just calls |
| 7380s | opening hands he's saying Hunter is like |
| 7381s | sorry Raven were you were you |
| 7382s | questioning my mind I'm like I'm sorry |
| 7384s | you questioning skills come on |
| 7390s | but seriously why'd you make any sense |
| 7392s | very similar Firefly as combo activators |
| 7395s | Arjun Squire now picked up as well for |
| 7397s | Hunter race is fantastic because it's |
| 7399s | actually a Divine Shield is stronger |
| 7401s | than an extra point of Health in this |
| 7402s | matchup because of the dagger a 1-2 gets |
| 7405s | dealt with a 1-1 Divine Shield doesn't |
| 7408s | um so now that's a very very strong |
| 7410s | minion to be able to use moving forward |
| 7411s | but it's a very similar hand it's a big |
| 7413s | turn three fret it's an si7 with a |
| 7415s | strong activator |
| 7418s | wow mirror match in a very literal sense |
| 7421s | Raven |
| 7425s | um yep uh Hunter's is like can we start |
| 7427s | on did you call for a mirror map so can |
| 7429s | we can we just can we get admin for a |
| 7431s | second I think I think something's |
| 7432s | Something's Gonna Be weird okay it's |
| 7433s | just the hands yeah um I was considering |
| 7437s | because it's always something to think |
| 7438s | about if you're on the coin can you |
| 7440s | clean out the three drop to then do the |
| 7443s | backswing with the weapon afterwards on |
| 7445s | turn three uh I don't think that's |
| 7448s | really possible because the three drops |
| 7449s | die to these basically because the |
| 7452s | Firefly is on the board the only viable |
| 7454s | coin three drop play here is si7 Agent |
| 7457s | right that's the only one that you can |
| 7458s | even think about trying to sneak through |
| 7460s | maybe it's worth it there is some |
| 7462s | validity to it because then you are |
| 7464s | clearing the way essentially for a more |
| 7467s | threatening 3-3 to dominate the board on |
| 7469s | the following turn or you can kill a |
| 7470s | hence clown exactly |
| 7472s | or you can just do all that next turn |
| 7474s | anyway |
| 7475s | which I think is the outcome here for |
| 7477s | bad if I was like yeah dagger kind of |
| 7478s | does the same job yep |
| 7484s | the only difference here between this |
| 7486s | and the SI play is that you know you're |
| 7488s | not forcing your opponent to react this |
| 7490s | isn't the term where you've chosen to |
| 7492s | swing you're going to force your |
| 7493s | opponent to swing next turn instead or |
| 7495s | react next turn and when Hunter race has |
| 7497s | already committed a big threat to the |
| 7499s | ball the cold blood is a big deal here |
| 7501s | from Trace as well because he has the |
| 7503s | Argent square and a great Target to put |
| 7506s | Cold Blood onto when you have a |
| 7508s | different threat so vicious financial |
| 7509s | and Hench Clan any other minion because |
| 7512s | that is actually very difficult for |
| 7514s | Audra to deal with if there's two |
| 7515s | threats on the board unless you're |
| 7517s | already really far ahead yeah that's |
| 7519s | awkward especially if one has say five |
| 7521s | attack and a Divine Shield like what do |
| 7523s | you even do |
| 7525s | Justice is mine |
| 7528s | this is a very awkward game to cast |
| 7531s | because it's mirror match with mirrored |
| 7533s | hands and they're essentially just |
| 7534s | making the same play to each other back |
| 7536s | and forth like what what are you |
| 7538s | supposed to talk about |
| 7543s | I was gonna say who's got the better |
| 7544s | hair but I'm just gonna have to go over |
| 7545s | Hunter straight away it's not much of a |
| 7547s | competition for me |
| 7551s | Solitaire version too |
| 7555s | closed captioning not available |
| 7558s | yes okay you did diet for championships |
| 7561s | though so maybe you're gonna bleach it |
| 7563s | and curl it as well |
| 7565s | no |
| 7568s | okay well this is chain shape a little |
| 7570s | bit now in terms of the maritans and |
| 7572s | mirrored match because Hunter is now has |
| 7574s | a LeRoy Cold Blood Cold Blood yeah which |
| 7577s | odd Rogue does not deal with you don't |
| 7579s | play taunts you don't have heel if your |
| 7582s | opponent gets you within range and you |
| 7583s | haven't killed them you are dead instead |
| 7585s | and with the Hedge client in the Argent |
| 7588s | Squire that this nice backup you know |
| 7590s | it's like enough threats to get in there |
| 7592s | as well this is close now because |
| 7594s | speaking of don't deal with |
| 7596s | this hinge clam Thug is going to be able |
| 7598s | to connect to face and now suddenly we |
| 7601s | have a race on because I don't think |
| 7603s | Hunter race with the hand that he has |
| 7604s | can afford to be trading here so if |
| 7607s | vardue couldn't deal with the Hench Clan |
| 7609s | Thug the best option he had available to |
| 7611s | him was vicious fledgling |
| 7618s | not as powerful as it could be the uh |
| 7620s | the the fake ice block whatever that |
| 7623s | Rogue secret is called could potentially |
| 7625s | uh evasion could potentially have been a |
| 7627s | little more valid in a pure race |
| 7629s | situation but still I like Leroy face |
| 7632s | let him kill it Leroy face let's go |
| 7636s | that's all the lines I see so |
| 7638s | this is huge though this is one of the |
| 7640s | moments where |
| 7642s | I don't know all in why not |
| 7646s | don't think Hunter race can continue to |
| 7648s | play board here I just oh no I don't see |
| 7650s | it working out with the hand that he has |
| 7652s | just died before one goes fine yeah of |
| 7655s | course |
| 7656s | of course |
| 7658s | boom |
| 7659s | dagger it's the most damage |
| 7662s | most minor efficiency so he has what 14 |
| 7665s | 16 damage from hand if one of these |
| 7668s | Minions on the left or right connects |
| 7671s | next turn he wins yes |
| 7672s | and as of right now they're going to |
| 7675s | connect vardue needs a vile spine |
| 7678s | activator off the top |
| 7681s | oh |
| 7685s | that's it that's enough to not die at |
| 7688s | this moment in time and there is only |
| 7690s | enough Mana fun Trace to double Cold |
| 7692s | Blood if your bar do you're trying to |
| 7694s | race here you don't automatically kill |
| 7696s | this three three if you're vardue you |
| 7698s | have so much damage on board now |
| 7700s | yourself vardy has to show a lot of |
| 7702s | discipline here and he does in the end |
| 7704s | okay well he knows he's gaining damage |
| 7706s | anyway because the dragon uh it's an |
| 7709s | operative then Dragon dude is buffing |
| 7712s | the damage so he kind of makes up for |
| 7713s | the damage he loses by trading and |
| 7715s | becomes a lot safer |
| 7717s | foreign |
| 7722s | can he just leave my face well he |
| 7724s | there's no real need to right he puts |
| 7726s | him back down to 16 again this term with |
| 7728s | the dagger swing and then he has 16 |
| 7730s | again on the following no no the secret |
| 7732s | I understand makes him think about what |
| 7734s | to play and how do you play around it |
| 7737s | I mean this is also the Secret's still a |
| 7739s | problem because if I do have to consider |
| 7740s | now this secret yeah but I just wanted |
| 7743s | to see Leroy cheat death let's go hunter |
| 7746s | hunter |
| 7747s | makes the play he's done his Hearthstone |
| 7750s | is now played for this tournament this |
| 7752s | is his final Gambit this is gonna be |
| 7755s | based on the response from vardue a |
| 7758s | second tour stop victory for Hunter race |
| 7760s | in his fourth final and fourth top 16 or |
| 7764s | it's gonna be a new face from vardue and |
| 7767s | Hunter race is going to get some great |
| 7768s | news very soon Raven there's nothing he |
| 7771s | can do he can this is the best Playboy |
| 7773s | drip he can trade everything stays alive |
| 7775s | more damage from the dragon Buffy and |
| 7777s | everything we're buffing a minion with a |
| 7779s | plus three he sees his cheat death sets |
| 7781s | up the board but guess what dagger Leroy |
| 7785s | colbod Cold Blood if my mathematics is |
| 7788s | correct that adds up to lethal to me and |
| 7791s | Hunter Ace does it again he is the |
| 7794s | winner of HGT Italy and continue used to |
| 7797s | be the best Hearthstone player in the |
| 7799s | world right now |
| 7801s | look at the face from vardue though |
| 7803s | you've got to give it up it's a |
| 7805s | devastating way to go out after an |
| 7808s | incredible year hunt race made it to the |
| 7810s | world championship and was easily the |
| 7813s | fan favorite coming in his first match |
| 7815s | in group C was versus Ike a win here |
| 7818s | although not vital was a huge step in |
| 7821s | getting out of the group stage in a |
| 7823s | comfortable fashion Ike went to this day |
| 7826s | saying the one player I did not want to |
| 7828s | go because his Hunter is this tournament |
| 7829s | if I can get past him I feel really good |
| 7832s | do you feel like you also agree with |
| 7835s | that sentiment here from Ike or perhaps |
| 7836s | he's over exaggerating I I do think he's |
| 7838s | in a very tough spot you know Hunter |
| 7839s | race as you mentioned during the opening |
| 7841s | was able to essentially just sniff out |
| 7844s | what Ike was going to play you mentioned |
| 7846s | this is a classic you know N A versus |
| 7848s | Europe uh battle it's also a classic uh |
| 7850s | aggro versus control in a lot of ways |
| 7852s | Honda race you know the control show and |
| 7853s | the controller is banned it does leave |
| 7854s | him with some less controlling decks in |
| 7856s | the form of temporary because Sumner |
| 7857s | Mage but even those decks you know are a |
| 7860s | bit tuned to beat aggressiveness he is |
| 7863s | playing you know the uh the rabble |
| 7865s | bouncer plus Mossy horror uh double mind |
| 7868s | control Tech version of the Summoner |
| 7870s | mage deck so he has a lot of powerful |
| 7872s | tools there and you know he has the |
| 7874s | underbelly fence Vendetta version of |
| 7875s | Rogue so a lot of ways to sort of Steal |
| 7877s | back Tempo from Ike's aggressive lineup |
| 7879s | yeah well we'll see how those Rogues |
| 7882s | play a factor but for now we're gonna |
| 7884s | start things off with Hunter Ace being |
| 7885s | on the shaman uh and seeing how Shaman |
| 7888s | can fare and I think the players are |
| 7891s | still divided on the shaman class oh |
| 7894s | they're married none more so than the |
| 7896s | the shaman expert himself Ike so what's |
| 7899s | gonna happen here as Ike's gonna play |
| 7901s | what many consider to be the best deck |
| 7903s | and hardest owner one of the best decks |
| 7904s | in Hearthstone up against the X Factor |
| 7907s | Hunter race and his gang of Misfit tech |
| 7909s | cards yeah and we see uh the cards we |
| 7912s | were talking about in the the opening |
| 7913s | there uh ancestor healing while |
| 7914s | pyromancer you know specifically he was |
| 7917s | looking for anti-aggro tools in this |
| 7919s | deck uh and his his re reasoning that he |
| 7922s | broke down for us when we had a chance |
| 7923s | to talk to him was that all of the |
| 7926s | versions that he he tried that were say |
| 7928s | Thunderhead based you know they were |
| 7929s | Thunderhead zap lightning bolt decks or |
| 7931s | you know a bunch of lightning storms and |
| 7933s | things he felt like they uh put him in a |
| 7935s | position uh similarly uh uh reign of |
| 7938s | toads another popular card uh that |
| 7940s | forced him to overload into his power |
| 7942s | turns what makes this deck so powerful |
| 7944s | largely is hagatha and walking Fountain |
| 7947s | those are really the cards you try and |
| 7949s | leverage to beat the aggressive decks |
| 7950s | but if you were forced to overload |
| 7952s | yourself going into your late turns |
| 7954s | you're just not able to play those on |
| 7955s | curve and you and you despite being able |
| 7957s | to clear the board don't actually turn |
| 7958s | the corner which is the reason that he |
| 7960s | has giggly inventors like seven men he's |
| 7963s | like yeah it has some uh Synergy with |
| 7966s | shutterwalk but it's also mostly just |
| 7969s | that it allows him to bridge the gaps |
| 7971s | into those powerful Aid drops yes |
| 7973s | and also don't overlook because we have |
| 7975s | seen some Shaman struggle with those |
| 7977s | overload turns going another one yes |
| 7980s | featuring some really good cards it |
| 7982s | actually is Hunter race specifically |
| 7984s | talking about the role of each |
| 7986s | individual card and that's something |
| 7988s | that you actually hear a lot of and the |
| 7990s | top level players they value that one or |
| 7993s | two card difference very highly so a lot |
| 7995s | of other players they think ah you can |
| 7996s | just substitute one car it's not going |
| 7997s | to be that big of a difference and you |
| 7999s | might be right in that small sample size |
| 8000s | but a small sample size is all you get |
| 8002s | in a tournament right so 100 race needs |
| 8004s | to make an account and that is why he is |
| 8006s | Banning Warrior and trying to account |
| 8007s | for all those aggressive matchups that |
| 8009s | you might face on the opposite end I |
| 8011s | mean this really does just look like a |
| 8012s | really powerful Arena hand you know you |
| 8014s | got your your |
| 8015s | Omega Defender giggling inventor |
| 8018s | I'm still getting used to the fact that |
| 8020s | hex is for Mana because I spent uh |
| 8021s | yesterday playing Tavern bro a lot |
| 8023s | during my downtime and I was playing the |
| 8024s | Pablo mid-range Shaman oh this is |
| 8026s | interesting actually hold that thought |
| 8028s | Hunter is not toteming what is he trying |
| 8030s | to do here so specifically he wants to |
| 8032s | play around backstab rating party he |
| 8033s | doesn't want to give Ike the ability to |
| 8035s | to fire off a raiding party this turn by |
| 8037s | enabling backstab and he actually is |
| 8040s | playing right exactly with a nice hand |
| 8041s | you know he sniffs out the fact that |
| 8043s | okay well if your hand is this |
| 8044s | combination of cards I'm going to slow |
| 8046s | you down and exactly that happens that's |
| 8049s | absolutely brilliant Hunter race uh |
| 8052s | making the big plays the big place |
| 8056s | yeah exactly it's it's really |
| 8059s | interesting right like the like that |
| 8061s | little thing so many people you know you |
| 8063s | you as a streamer for instance people |
| 8065s | will be like oh miss totem missed totem |
| 8067s | it's like no I did not totem or like you |
| 8070s | know you're playing Rogue it's like Miss |
| 8071s | hero power it's like I did not hero |
| 8072s | power because that contains Harrison |
| 8074s | Jones and I don't want to give them an |
| 8075s | extra card if they get the Harrison |
| 8076s | jokes this is you know Hunter Hayes with |
| 8078s | sort of that next level uh read of well |
| 8080s | a hand that you know makes sense for Ike |
| 8083s | to have here is this backstab rating |
| 8084s | party and I want to slow him down yeah |
| 8086s | and I think that might end up paying off |
| 8088s | huge dividends because now Ike I mean |
| 8089s | yes he got to develop an si7 agent so he |
| 8091s | had a contingency plan but everyone who |
| 8094s | plays Rogue and played against Rogue in |
| 8096s | the past few months can recognize the |
| 8098s | power of raiding party very similar to |
| 8100s | master scholar just drawing on three |
| 8101s | setting up powerful Tempo swings |
| 8104s | now anyways |
| 8105s | he has his mind control Tech which is |
| 8107s | pretty valuable do you think he wants to |
| 8108s | fight for boards he's just going to kind |
| 8109s | of pass here now that the ss7 it's |
| 8111s | interesting because he does have the |
| 8112s | hagatha scheme |
| 8114s | um so there is some incentive too I'm |
| 8117s | just going to kind of sit back this does |
| 8118s | give uh Ike the ability to possibly just |
| 8120s | use backstab now in order to enable |
| 8122s | rating party but in the this is like a a |
| 8125s | point passed out with the uh at which |
| 8127s | this is really efficient for Ike so yeah |
| 8130s | he's going to go ahead and Shadow step |
| 8131s | into raiding party into the S.I in order |
| 8135s | to uh to take this out |
| 8137s | yep and saves the backstab and this also |
| 8140s | is something that he could have done |
| 8141s | whether uh Henry's played this or not it |
| 8143s | just saved some damage to his face |
| 8146s | and against rogue rogue isn't really a |
| 8148s | deck that you expect to go wide where |
| 8150s | the you're actually going to get value |
| 8151s | uh from that uh that uh mind control |
| 8155s | Tech right and you know similarly you're |
| 8157s | not really you know able to give them |
| 8160s | the time to build up hagatha's uh scheme |
| 8162s | to just blow up all their stuff because |
| 8164s | they're such a burst the damage uh |
| 8166s | oriented deck that's right now Hunter |
| 8169s | Ace he has that hunt Omega Defender |
| 8171s | which seems to be appealing at first |
| 8173s | glance but we have to account for uh |
| 8175s | your opponent's turn five now that |
| 8177s | they've played rating party and you are |
| 8179s | aware of the tempo swings available |
| 8181s | through dread Corsair and wagglepick |
| 8184s | that new weapon from the rise of Shadows |
| 8187s | that allows you to return a minion to |
| 8188s | your hands yeah and part of honduras's |
| 8189s | explanation for including Omega defender |
| 8191s | in his deck was that he he just kind of |
| 8192s | wanted a taunt to help protect him from |
| 8194s | rogue's burst damage and you know at |
| 8196s | this stage of the game well he's a 26. |
| 8198s | not necessarily you know looking to uh |
| 8201s | just throw it as taunt to you know have |
| 8203s | it die to backstab waggle pick and not |
| 8205s | have that available to him later yeah |
| 8207s | now the waggle pick is very powerful to |
| 8209s | remove it's really powerful to push |
| 8211s | damage its versatility is what's often |
| 8213s | being one of the foundational cruxes to |
| 8216s | this Tempo Rogue and why they're able to |
| 8217s | set up big bursts or even just fight for |
| 8219s | board very efficiently all right well it |
| 8221s | is the uh the Omega Defender that does |
| 8223s | come down and there is the option for |
| 8225s | Ike to remove this uh if he wants to |
| 8227s | just go ahead and backstab pick it's not |
| 8229s | 100 Mana efficient |
| 8232s | what other options does he have the |
| 8235s | other efficient uh use of his Mana would |
| 8238s | be to use the uh the backstab in si and |
| 8241s | then he has two more Mana he could play |
| 8242s | say the evil cabal rat rat and I don't |
| 8245s | know if that's exactly what he's looking |
| 8246s | for because it develops a little bit |
| 8248s | weaker than the wagglepick and the Drake |
| 8250s | yeah |
| 8256s | such a powerful Tempo play and you know |
| 8259s | he did save the backstab here by using |
| 8260s | the shadow step previously so he's able |
| 8262s | to you know clear this off and get the |
| 8264s | damage in from the SI agent as well |
| 8269s | at the same time on race |
| 8272s | part of the reason why the control |
| 8273s | Shaman is you know considered to be an |
| 8276s | effective effective class at fighting |
| 8278s | against Rogue is because of its arsenal |
| 8280s | of three damage through haga 3 through |
| 8282s | lightning storm zilliacs here is really |
| 8283s | good so Hunter race is not in trouble |
| 8285s | just here |
| 8287s | all right so the deli X does come down |
| 8289s | and uh break this up |
| 8292s | and now oh another dread Corsair from |
| 8295s | Ike yeah and I think Ike is at the point |
| 8297s | where he could really start developing |
| 8299s | like really big turns like he could play |
| 8301s | pretty much half his hand at this turn |
| 8302s | right but the question is you know is he |
| 8304s | overextending into the hagas hagertha |
| 8306s | scheme and then if that is the case |
| 8308s | what's his reload and I think that's |
| 8309s | where the thief Road could really shine |
| 8311s | because they're able to replace their |
| 8314s | hand fairly easily and not be super |
| 8316s | dependent on card draw like raiding |
| 8318s | party and Myers disable element all |
| 8319s | right it does pick up an ethereal Lackey |
| 8321s | which is uh arguably the strongest of |
| 8323s | the lack if you look at the statistical |
| 8325s | win rate I believe the Ethereal Lackey |
| 8327s | has the highest of all of them uh that |
| 8329s | or Cobalt lucky that deals two damage I |
| 8331s | think both of them are very high yeah in |
| 8333s | terms of that I do think I do think this |
| 8334s | is number one by at least a small bit |
| 8336s | okay another possible party pick a |
| 8338s | pocket and Sprint so lots of value |
| 8340s | options for Ike here he already has his |
| 8342s | waggle pick uh number two so you only uh |
| 8346s | would get a little bit of card draw I |
| 8347s | believe uh off of the uh |
| 8350s | oh man he bounces is the Ethereal Lackey |
| 8354s | to give myself another spell and a combo |
| 8356s | activator yeah that's pretty powerful |
| 8357s | and you know I like this restraint on |
| 8359s | the second dread Corsair yes I could |
| 8362s | have developed a big board but he knows |
| 8364s | that Hunter race could try to squeeze |
| 8365s | out area effect cards so instead Force |
| 8369s | Under race to use it sub-optimally and |
| 8371s | then develop again with a second Michael |
| 8372s | pick |
| 8373s | yeah and Hunter is here he's a he's uh |
| 8376s | 19. he's already used a zilliacs so his |
| 8378s | remaining healing is a single copy of |
| 8380s | witch's brew and the two walking |
| 8381s | fountains none of which are in his hand |
| 8384s | uh you know we're seeing how you know |
| 8386s | rogue's ability to just present a few |
| 8389s | medium impact threats you know makes the |
| 8393s | the hexes in Hunter Race's hand fairly |
| 8394s | uh fairly uh ineffective uh as well as |
| 8398s | you know the hag of this game it's been |
| 8400s | building up but there's still just a lot |
| 8402s | of cards in Ike's hand because thanks to |
| 8403s | raiding party thanks to maybe ethereal |
| 8405s | Lackey getting him additional cards uh |
| 8408s | he has just been able to to keep up pace |
| 8410s | uh with resources as well as pressure on |
| 8413s | the board yeah at the same time there's |
| 8416s | not many good hex Targets in this deck |
| 8418s | when I say good you're thinking about |
| 8419s | big heavy dragons like you know Sarah in |
| 8423s | the mage deck usually there's a headwind |
| 8424s | right yeah that's like the only thing |
| 8426s | you're really super thrilled to hex does |
| 8428s | fire off one right now I like it and he |
| 8430s | even uh gets a nice outcome with the |
| 8432s | taunt on to gain a little bit extra life |
| 8433s | here |
| 8435s | foreign |
| 8438s | probably feels like this is a setup for |
| 8441s | turn eight hundred has been holding to |
| 8442s | the coin and turn eight could be a |
| 8445s | really big swing if he's not careful |
| 8446s | well one one interesting thing about uh |
| 8448s | hex in these control Shaman decks is the |
| 8450s | ability to hex into walking Fountain |
| 8452s | means you you are guaranteed to have a |
| 8454s | zero attack minion that walking Fountain |
| 8455s | gets the hit uh so you can often kill |
| 8458s | you know multiple things while still |
| 8459s | having a ton of Health left in your |
| 8460s | walking Fountain that's right Shadow |
| 8462s | step another raiding party and |
| 8464s | assassinate |
| 8466s | hmm I I think Ike is deciding between |
| 8468s | assassinating Shadow step here he has |
| 8470s | the the Ethereal Lackey could just |
| 8472s | Shadow step and re-buy or Shadow step |
| 8474s | you know a burglar or the SI revive the |
| 8476s | Libra in hand as well Shadow step you |
| 8479s | know gives you uh some pretty scary |
| 8480s | stuff as well |
| 8483s | I would guess we're seeing Spirit Bomb |
| 8486s | here timeout's not very useful |
| 8487s | corruption yeah |
| 8488s | and does just kept the Vendetta he could |
| 8491s | just use Vendetta to push damage here if |
| 8493s | he wanted to but kind of a uh |
| 8496s | a kind of excessive I think |
| 8502s | flirting with the idea of utilizing the |
| 8504s | shadow step but he keeps Leroy in his |
| 8506s | back pocket which I think is the |
| 8507s | important thing right and now if Hunter |
| 8510s | Ray's had that hagatha Ike would have |
| 8514s | he wouldn't have enough damage I thought |
| 8516s | I was assume he hit a waggle pick but in |
| 8518s | this position on race is he forced to |
| 8521s | pull a trigger on the heck of this game |
| 8522s | I don't know that it's getting better |
| 8523s | right like what what board is Hunter |
| 8526s | race hoping for for this in the future |
| 8528s | right and you know I I was actually |
| 8531s | somewhat surprised they didn't pull the |
| 8532s | trigger when there were just a couple of |
| 8534s | minions to play like the two three |
| 8535s | threes I thought that that actually was |
| 8537s | a fairly juicy Agatha scheme board |
| 8538s | against Rogue |
| 8540s | um but he hasn't seen the second dread |
| 8542s | Corsair I believe he actually knows |
| 8544s | there's another uh pirate in the hand |
| 8546s | based on the the card positioning from |
| 8549s | uh from the rating party yes |
| 8554s | actually that was the first one that was |
| 8556s | in his opening hand |
| 8560s | he played one rating party and then |
| 8562s | right he had a waggle Pig nationally no |
| 8564s | no I'm saying I'm saying the dread |
| 8565s | courser I believe he knows and uh it |
| 8568s | makes a lot of sense for that yeah he's |
| 8569s | gonna go ahead and pull the trigger on |
| 8570s | hey let's get him right here that's not |
| 8571s | gonna get much better |
| 8573s | now it is totem time |
| 8577s | I like the restraint |
| 8579s | uh for holding up to hack the scheme |
| 8581s | it's gotten a lot better position |
| 8582s | although it's still scary there is Van |
| 8584s | Cleef |
| 8586s | so what could this look like for Ike he |
| 8589s | has the the uh wagglepick |
| 8594s | he could like waggle pick dread Corsair |
| 8597s | if he wanted to Vendetta Van Cleef right |
| 8600s | he doesn't know that there's an |
| 8601s | earthshock and another copy of hex in |
| 8603s | Henry's back |
| 8605s | like basically just has a six six here |
| 8607s | yeah I don't think he needs to Pump It |
| 8608s | Up Too Much Hunter X even has an earth |
| 8610s | shot right coincidentally |
| 8614s | this also says that the Leroy Shadow |
| 8616s | steps 100 has to heal or set up a wave |
| 8618s | of taunts which he actually does have |
| 8620s | through the form of giggling inventor |
| 8622s | there's also the acidic swamp boost here |
| 8624s | which will you kill the waggle pick and |
| 8627s | bounce one of these |
| 8628s | it's true |
| 8630s | in fact uh acidic swamp Boos plus the |
| 8633s | giggly inventor yeah is available very |
| 8635s | strong see what hits |
| 8638s | okay so that means Van Cleef is sticking |
| 8640s | around |
| 8641s | so will Hunter race pull the trigger on |
| 8643s | this hex is he just dead if he does he |
| 8646s | gets a Todd totem he's he is he does |
| 8648s | have that he does have ancestral healing |
| 8649s | but there's the the Vendetta I think |
| 8652s | that Hunter race almost has to point out |
| 8654s | the giggling inventor to be able to beat |
| 8655s | Libra plus Shadow step though he doesn't |
| 8658s | know that uh there's another Shadow step |
| 8660s | Ike has used his deck's natural Shadow |
| 8661s | step I believe oh this one is from |
| 8663s | Lackey |
| 8666s | oh wow okay farsight gives him another |
| 8669s | reroll he's not dead yet but Hunter |
| 8670s | Hayes is playing with fire |
| 8672s | four minute Googling Bender I mean I |
| 8675s | think he has to go he could coin |
| 8677s | ancestral he coin Twilight breaking |
| 8679s | Celestial healing |
| 8682s | I think he just has to play Giggles here |
| 8684s | he just coins at the hex I think he dies |
| 8689s | yep coin hex and he thinks there's no |
| 8694s | more waggle pick he thinks there's no |
| 8695s | more Shadow step but that shadow step |
| 8697s | from the Ethereal Lackey is enough to |
| 8701s | combine with this Leroy and give Ike a |
| 8703s | one-game lead in the series |
| 8707s | that's a big win Friday and I'm stunned |
| 8710s | that sunrays not playing the game even |
| 8713s | better obviously he thought a lot about |
| 8715s | it he didn't play things super quickly |
| 8717s | but I gotta wonder and question the |
| 8719s | methodology because you're in a position |
| 8721s | where |
| 8723s | you know you could die and even it |
| 8725s | wasn't even that like there was a turn |
| 8727s | where his opponent he could have died to |
| 8728s | just a LeRoy like prep visery type |
| 8731s | situation you know and it's it's a it's |
| 8733s | a very dangerous situation where if he |
| 8735s | loses this match he loses one of his |
| 8736s | better matchups in this entire business |
| 8738s | yeah I I actually feel like specifically |
| 8741s | after he hit the the giggling Venter off |
| 8743s | of the uh The Far Side and could have |
| 8745s | played Giga inventor with another giggly |
| 8747s | inventor to follow it up I feel like |
| 8749s | that it just puts you in such a safe |
| 8752s | position you know obviously uh you know |
| 8755s | Ike is sitting there with the uh the Van |
| 8757s | Cleef and play maybe you're afraid of a |
| 8760s | fan of knives backstab something that |
| 8763s | that you know just just ends up pushing |
| 8765s | through from that position but that's |
| 8766s | that's a lot more than just Leroy |
| 8767s | Shadow's death but to be fair again the |
| 8769s | shadow step was from the Lackey |
| 8772s | so it's it's not something that uh he |
| 8774s | was anticipating I have it right uh and |
| 8776s | I mean there's a lot more that we want |
| 8778s | to say but we'll go ahead and gather our |
| 8780s | thoughts and when we come back we'll |
| 8781s | break down more of game number one and |
| 8782s | get ready for game number two here in |
| 8784s | the Hearthstone World Championship |
| 8785s | day number two continues as Hunter race |
| 8788s | and Ike going at it and Hunter Hayes |
| 8790s | getting greed or letting greed excuse me |
| 8794s | get the better hold of him |
| 8796s | you know and I I sat down and thought |
| 8797s | about it for a couple minutes here for |
| 8799s | the control Shaman versus Tempo Rogue uh |
| 8801s | I think Hunter X was thinking you know |
| 8803s | seven turns down the line because he's |
| 8804s | thinking about if I don't if if these uh |
| 8808s | if these giggling vendors get blown out |
| 8810s | and I don't draw my eight Mana plays how |
| 8812s | do I get out of the situation more |
| 8814s | importantly if I draw like hagatha and |
| 8816s | he doesn't have a board |
| 8817s | um how am I supposed to have any minions |
| 8819s | to really generate value off a pack if |
| 8820s | they're considering that you only had |
| 8821s | dealing better in hand and then I |
| 8823s | totally understand that rationale the |
| 8825s | only problem is that you know he already |
| 8826s | had drawn two cars deeper with the far |
| 8828s | side so he already had that and also |
| 8830s | there's so much that I can do if Ike |
| 8833s | sets him down to a low Health Point then |
| 8834s | if this race lethal you know it's all |
| 8836s | these different questions that's coming |
| 8837s | into our heads and I feel like Ike |
| 8839s | really stole that one away from Hunter |
| 8840s | race yeah and I think that some of that |
| 8842s | may have been you know uh Hunter is |
| 8844s | thinking okay well you know we mentioned |
| 8846s | it before the shadow step is gone he's |
| 8847s | used his shadow steps so you know he |
| 8849s | can't leave his shots at me both waggle |
| 8851s | Pricks are gone there's no wagglepick |
| 8852s | Leroy but you know that he was not |
| 8855s | accounting for the discovered card from |
| 8856s | the Ethereal Lackey which was Shadows |
| 8858s | have been frankly could have been if you |
| 8860s | had Leroy plus uh two eviscerates right |
| 8863s | he would have died too right which I |
| 8864s | mean there were other road cars |
| 8866s | discovered right there was exactly a |
| 8867s | hedge Clan burglar car that was |
| 8868s | discovered it's like and they're |
| 8869s | obviously trying to push damage so right |
| 8871s | if you assume like the average spell |
| 8873s | damage being two to three damage if they |
| 8875s | even have Leroy it'd still get there |
| 8876s | right so you have to be very cautious if |
| 8879s | you're 100 and that's something he was |
| 8880s | actually talking to me a little bit uh |
| 8881s | yesterday he was saying that his |
| 8883s | practice hasn't exactly just been |
| 8885s | playing games it's actually been reading |
| 8887s | every card in the Hearthstone library |
| 8888s | because he has to like understand what's |
| 8890s | in the pool available and something that |
| 8892s | he has to account for oh yeah and |
| 8893s | there's there are a number of cards that |
| 8894s | you end up seeing quite a bit uh in |
| 8896s | between Fire 2 witch doctor and ethereal |
| 8899s | Lackey right yeah and fire he was Joker |
| 8900s | giving astral Rift there's so many |
| 8902s | things that you can possibly end up |
| 8904s | hitting yes I mean you could have uh |
| 8906s | what is it the messenger Raven into Toki |
| 8909s | into everyone whatever |
| 8913s | yes into thousands of hearthstone cards |
| 8915s | but that's in the past now we're gonna |
| 8916s | switch roles a little bit Hunter Ace is |
| 8918s | the tempo Rogue this is the deck that he |
| 8920s | said that it was just too good not to |
| 8922s | bring Ike said the same thing about Zoo |
| 8924s | warlock he said Zoo warlock is just the |
| 8926s | nuts although to be fair any deck that |
| 8928s | Ike brings that he's confident remotely |
| 8930s | confident he kind of says that line |
| 8931s | that's true I I is one who is uh you |
| 8935s | know a little bit prone to hyperbole but |
| 8937s | uh I don't think it's hyperbolic to say |
| 8938s | that it is a huge deal that he has that |
| 8941s | uh Blitz Hill Corsair in his opening him |
| 8943s | yeah you know we were we were debating |
| 8944s | it early this morning |
| 8946s | um |
| 8947s | I I think that if you do bring Zoo |
| 8949s | warlock blood Corsair is so useful |
| 8952s | against the Myriad of classes that |
| 8954s | leverage their weapons Rogue Warrior I |
| 8956s | mean you even see Hunters sometimes as |
| 8958s | being very useful against to stop their |
| 8960s | board |
| 8960s | um being destroyed yep |
| 8963s | uh Hunter race though with a very strong |
| 8965s | hand here double backstab no real way to |
| 8967s | advance his own game plan but does have |
| 8971s | the easy answer to this flame imp right |
| 8974s | here |
| 8975s | yeah I'm using enough Hunters can play |
| 8977s | his entire hand by next turn yeah but uh |
| 8980s | what what's important is that he doesn't |
| 8981s | let Zoo develop and this is a contrast |
| 8984s | to what we saw at yesterday's game where |
| 8987s | we saw Rogue players choose to keep |
| 8989s | Edwin Van Cleef for that huge Tempo |
| 8991s | swing which is you know shoot with its |
| 8993s | moniker however let Zoo develop too much |
| 8996s | the point where they just felt far |
| 8997s | behind and die |
| 8999s | on your head like saying all right you |
| 9002s | have another one |
| 9004s | oh what a drop that is huge we see this |
| 9008s | the shake of the head as uh the |
| 9009s | application of this sort of wash over |
| 9011s | Hunter is backstab number two into that |
| 9014s | top deck evil miscreant is so relieved |
| 9016s | and I know Hunter is a grin for Mike |
| 9018s | okay all right all right |
| 9020s | this is a very emotional player and |
| 9022s | that's something that I feel like in a |
| 9024s | certain capacity his youth betrays him |
| 9026s | he's a very young kid 18 or 19 years old |
| 9029s | um he's only been playing competitive |
| 9030s | HearthStone for about a year and a half |
| 9032s | he's even documented some of his journey |
| 9034s | going through anxiety and whatnot |
| 9035s | publicly through a twit logger and it |
| 9037s | was very touching and he's kind of found |
| 9039s | solace in competitive Hearthstone yeah |
| 9040s | sometimes can't escape that nerve right |
| 9042s | now he was telling me how nervous he was |
| 9044s | I'm like dude everyone fears you and |
| 9046s | you're the one that's nervous and he's |
| 9047s | like I can't help it it's my first |
| 9048s | championship right yeah it is very |
| 9050s | interesting Hunter Race's story of how |
| 9052s | he got here you know he just kept |
| 9054s | putting up tremendous result a |
| 9055s | tremendous result at all of the tour |
| 9057s | stops throughout the past year but he |
| 9059s | really was never able to break through |
| 9060s | at a playoff uh when we you know sat |
| 9063s | down with all the players the beginning |
| 9064s | of this event you know at the casters |
| 9065s | sort of interviewed them as a group to |
| 9067s | kind of get a you know their thoughts in |
| 9068s | the the format the metagame everything |
| 9070s | and it was the first time we ever sat |
| 9072s | down with Hunter race that way everyone |
| 9074s | else had been to a championship you know |
| 9076s | Muzzy actually hadn't been to a |
| 9077s | championship this year but we talked to |
| 9079s | him last year it's his championship |
| 9080s | appearance it's the world championship |
| 9081s | last year but hunter is so it was it was |
| 9083s | the first time and you know it was kind |
| 9086s | of funny in a way because uh you know he |
| 9089s | he was not even in our little uh inside |
| 9091s | jokes you know like you have any |
| 9093s | questions for us and you're asking us |
| 9094s | questions he's really doing it yeah |
| 9098s | I joke when we interview players because |
| 9099s | uh one thing that Nims used to do all |
| 9101s | the time when he was first helping us |
| 9102s | host it was asked do the players have |
| 9104s | any questions for us and which we look |
| 9105s | at him and say why would they have |
| 9107s | questions for us we're asking questions |
| 9108s | and then we started just asking it every |
| 9110s | single time and then it became a meme |
| 9111s | and then Hunter race actually took |
| 9112s | initiative and spent 20 minutes asking |
| 9114s | us questions it's like wait wait |
| 9116s | player here so that's why this kid's |
| 9118s | adorable that's why we all love him his |
| 9120s | personality is great loves Carson to |
| 9121s | death but yet at the same time I just |
| 9123s | wish the best for him and I hope they |
| 9124s | can contain himself to the point he |
| 9127s | doesn't let himself tilt because he is |
| 9128s | prone to tilting self-admittedly yeah |
| 9130s | and you know we heard Ike as well in the |
| 9133s | the interview piece uh just prior to uh |
| 9135s | to the the show where he was saying that |
| 9137s | when he qualified for this tournament it |
| 9139s | was through the the tiebreaker tussles |
| 9141s | that were our way of uh resolving the |
| 9144s | final world spots uh just at uh the the |
| 9148s | last uh the last championship because |
| 9150s | there were multiple players who are |
| 9151s | already qualified and if he was in a |
| 9153s | position where it looked very unlikely |
| 9155s | that he would be able to qualify all of |
| 9158s | the uh the other players are but rather |
| 9159s | both the other players were tough |
| 9161s | matchups for him uh yeah he managed to |
| 9163s | pull it out though just by kind of |
| 9164s | having the laid back attitude of okay |
| 9166s | well you know if if I win great but I |
| 9168s | don't expect to yeah |
| 9170s | and I think he might feel very similar |
| 9173s | in this position uh Temple Rogue has |
| 9175s | gotten ahead and is staying ahead that I |
| 9177s | like that Drake worser play a lot |
| 9178s | because it shuts down Ike's development |
| 9180s | what Hunter race is uh disallowing is |
| 9183s | Ike to leverage things like Grim rally |
| 9185s | yeah and Ike had a great hand for |
| 9187s | grimrow right yeah he's just not going |
| 9188s | to be effective right yeah I cut the |
| 9190s | possibility to just you know abusive in |
| 9192s | the uh the the egg get it killed or you |
| 9194s | know Grim rally the egg and Grim rally |
| 9196s | again but but now this is a position |
| 9198s | where he's got he's got a single Scarab |
| 9201s | a 1-1 and his opponent has you know a uh |
| 9205s | hold over the board as well as quite a |
| 9208s | few cars left to hand and we know that |
| 9209s | one of those is another evil miscreant |
| 9211s | which is you know decidedly just the |
| 9213s | strongest card in uh in this deck is |
| 9215s | certainly in this matchup |
| 9217s | important note that a lot of players |
| 9219s | have chosen one blood Corsair in their |
| 9221s | deck list |
| 9222s | as Tech well yesterday we saw a killing |
| 9224s | all day have two and I like to Ike now |
| 9226s | doesn't have the ability to shut down |
| 9227s | that waggle pick should under race pick |
| 9229s | up one |
| 9231s | that being said I still like ice |
| 9232s | development on the board his two grand |
| 9233s | rallies he needs to get use out of it |
| 9235s | Leroy is effectively a dead card with |
| 9237s | the Grim rally I think this is his best |
| 9239s | move |
| 9240s | and Hunter is here you know he has this |
| 9242s | witchy Lackey he can use you know both |
| 9244s | to uh you know to generate his uh rather |
| 9248s | turn his in his initial miscreant into a |
| 9251s | four drop as well as combo into his |
| 9252s | second miscreant here and I think we you |
| 9255s | know may very well see him just double |
| 9256s | frayed into the direwolf and make that |
| 9259s | play even as they he could do something |
| 9261s | a couple of different things as well he |
| 9263s | could just uh eviscerate even |
| 9265s | preproviserate yeah all right yeah he's |
| 9268s | gonna put the miscon anyway you start |
| 9269s | with the practice let's see what else |
| 9270s | you got this is a correct ordering if he |
| 9272s | picks up ethereal Lackey which he does |
| 9274s | and that gives him the ability to |
| 9276s | discover a spell and they also play it |
| 9278s | for faceless Lackey though and he |
| 9280s | already has the best rate to play okay |
| 9283s | eviscerate faceless lacky witchy lack if |
| 9285s | he skips him such a strong board here |
| 9293s | I was gonna dagger okay interesting |
| 9296s | he wants to get rid of every single |
| 9297s | thing I'm like side of the board huh yep |
| 9301s | giving him no opportunity to develop I'm |
| 9304s | I'm a little surprised to see that over |
| 9306s | faceless plus witchy here because he |
| 9308s | would have had a four drop instead of |
| 9311s | the one three and then two one ones and |
| 9313s | a two drop |
| 9314s | and it feels like that just puts Ike in |
| 9317s | such a tough position whereas I mean |
| 9319s | right now Ike's head is quite bad so you |
| 9321s | know there's nothing you can really do |
| 9323s | to take advantage of the fact that that |
| 9324s | Honduras does not have you know a very |
| 9327s | wide strong board so what was this just |
| 9329s | to play you want to play I felt like |
| 9331s | rather than daggering the the witchy |
| 9333s | Lackey and faceless Lackey okay was was |
| 9335s | so then looking like could be very |
| 9336s | strong in that position six I think five |
| 9338s | or six means to be on the board and I |
| 9339s | think Hunter says I don't have a way to |
| 9341s | do a c giant okay so then if Ike has |
| 9344s | like a c giant okay yeah then I buy it I |
| 9346s | buy it yeah I wasn't I wasn't really |
| 9347s | doing the CGI calculation so that makes |
| 9349s | a lot of sense |
| 9350s | but I mean it just shows you how careful |
| 9354s | 100 I mean he's playing around a lot of |
| 9355s | stuff now I think he's saying like you |
| 9357s | know what last game I didn't play around |
| 9358s | certain things uh I'm gonna go for this |
| 9362s | a little too disrespectful last game and |
| 9364s | now very cautious Escape vanish could be |
| 9366s | real powerful it's not necessarily in |
| 9367s | this matchup because your opponent has |
| 9369s | just so many small things but yeah just |
| 9370s | gonna take a second Vendetta oh yeah |
| 9372s | I'll take an upgrade Wing blast every |
| 9373s | time here this is so powerful with this |
| 9376s | spot you can he can take out this magic |
| 9378s | carpet and now use the witchy Lackey |
| 9380s | right and now he's not afraid of C giant |
| 9381s | because he has two removal pieces |
| 9384s | oh that's even more damage seven damage |
| 9387s | does cost one more right but it costs |
| 9390s | zero because right because that's funny |
| 9393s | that's so insane what kind of combo is |
| 9396s | this wow so he's a second Vendetta that |
| 9399s | costs zero it's not even costs four less |
| 9401s | it's cost zero yeah so the the |
| 9403s | additional cost was Kieran toward |
| 9405s | tricaster is the name of that four drop |
| 9406s | uh and that is spell damage plus three |
| 9412s | but Vendetta specifically sets its cost |
| 9414s | to zero if you have a spell for another |
| 9416s | another class in your hand and it |
| 9417s | overrides that and we look at the |
| 9418s | Starfire it costs seven |
| 9422s | that's crazy well speaking of crazy Ike |
| 9425s | has AOE to like win back the board yeah |
| 9428s | so interesting because |
| 9431s | I mean Zoo warlock played Hellfire like |
| 9433s | once upon a time unironically because |
| 9435s | there weren't better cards to play and |
| 9437s | now I feel like we're turning back kind |
| 9439s | of crosses one damage off lethal though |
| 9441s | right yeah seven eight nine ten eleven |
| 9443s | Starfire for eight |
| 9448s | and there's not much that I can do about |
| 9449s | it no I mean he can start he can just |
| 9451s | start for our face for eight now |
| 9454s | it doesn't have to necessarily uh uh oh |
| 9457s | there's an underbelly fence so maybe |
| 9458s | it's not going to be doing that |
| 9463s | yeah he's 19 damage |
| 9465s | um faces lack he could discover Chargers |
| 9467s | or extra damage so you could start with |
| 9469s | that then you you couldn't place if if |
| 9471s | you don't Starfire now you potentially |
| 9473s | lose the extra damage from your guy but |
| 9475s | I don't know how much that matters |
| 9477s | I think you also lose the the uh rush |
| 9479s | and plus on an underbelly fence which |
| 9481s | you just drew though which might be more |
| 9482s | important or at least right at least |
| 9485s | mitigate that and I think because of the |
| 9487s | threat of sea Giants and plural right to |
| 9490s | you he's gonna hold on to it but he's |
| 9492s | still he's so firmly far ahead that |
| 9495s | I like almost anything Hunter race does |
| 9497s | in fact I kind of like him to restrict |
| 9498s | the board by trading in this one one |
| 9500s | again yep that's what he's doing and I |
| 9502s | don't think he has to play this face as |
| 9503s | Lackey I think he just re-dagger |
| 9506s | it's very consistent with his game plan |
| 9508s | and Hunt race is firing at all cylinders |
| 9510s | Immaculate play this turn |
| 9513s | but it has that Hellfire he does but it |
| 9516s | does leave a Lackey in play |
| 9518s | rather than miscritin play and then |
| 9520s | there's still a five damage Starfire |
| 9524s | still one damage off |
| 9528s | here's the thing though Zoo warlock |
| 9530s | eventually wants to life tab so well |
| 9533s | yeah I mean you could just Starfire face |
| 9534s | attack you down to one |
| 9536s | and then is there even there's there's |
| 9540s | just the void Walker I believe in uh and |
| 9543s | I expected that could allow him to |
| 9545s | survive if he wanted to do that yeah but |
| 9546s | yeah I expect that we'll see life tap |
| 9548s | anyway he can just leave open the |
| 9550s | Starfire available to him yeah |
| 9553s | the Starfire is a surprise Factor now |
| 9556s | it's Hunter races turn to surprise Ike |
| 9558s | with some of these uh car generators |
| 9560s | because Ike's gonna be very tempted to |
| 9562s | life tap because it's a desperate |
| 9563s | situation you can just fire up Vendetta |
| 9565s | here leaving a single 1-1 against this |
| 9567s | board plus the Starfire in hand right |
| 9572s | and yeah Ike is now the one who has |
| 9576s | really no |
| 9577s | no options here he he asked the life to |
| 9580s | have to find anything because otherwise |
| 9581s | he dies on board yeah |
| 9586s | she's crazy amount of damage coming out |
| 9587s | for Mike's turn though like the Grim |
| 9589s | wrap double criminality with the abusive |
| 9590s | Sergeant on Leroy is still about half of |
| 9593s | Hunter Hayes's life |
| 9594s | yeah he could attack for 11 this turn |
| 9596s | but unfortunately for him Hunter is |
| 9597s | still 25 yeah |
| 9603s | I mean I think that in this game a lot |
| 9605s | of what we saw here was just the power |
| 9607s | level of the uh the thief package the |
| 9609s | vendettas and the underbelly fence just |
| 9612s | leaving uh Ike with so little that he |
| 9615s | was able to do obviously I had a pretty |
| 9616s | poor draw early on |
| 9618s | um but hunter races uh miscrit did a ton |
| 9622s | of work as well as his just awareness of |
| 9625s | okay I need to I need to you know kill |
| 9627s | this uh the scarabag pick off the uh the |
| 9630s | scarabs to come out of it before |
| 9631s | something like Grim Reilly can get |
| 9633s | online and those just ended up stranded |
| 9634s | in Ike's hand the entire game hunter |
| 9636s | race equalizes the series one game a |
| 9639s | piece and Rogue as a class climbs over |
| 9642s | the 50 win rate it was five and six to |
| 9644s | start today now seven to six and we |
| 9646s | mentioned the pre-show Rogue is a slow |
| 9648s | starter sometimes right yeah based off |
| 9649s | how it works out also important to note |
| 9651s | the thief Rogue get us another W on the |
| 9654s | board compared to the other pirate Tempo |
| 9656s | Rogue which are struggling a little bit |
| 9657s | more so perhaps it makes us re-evaluate |
| 9660s | the value of those because some people |
| 9662s | were saying you know what I'm not sure |
| 9664s | about some of these defro cars I think |
| 9665s | it's a lot weaker than the pirate |
| 9667s | package maybe we have to think for a |
| 9669s | second oh I mean the the thief projects |
| 9671s | also have Pirates right they're they're |
| 9672s | just a little bit Slimmer on the Pirates |
| 9674s | they're not the the uh charged pirate |
| 9676s | deck I think what we've seen mostly is a |
| 9678s | split between the thief Rogue and the |
| 9680s | the kind of deadly poison deckhand Rogue |
| 9682s | right it's the all-out face Rogue versus |
| 9684s | the uh the Vendetta Rogue yeah four |
| 9687s | Centric versus face Center yeah which |
| 9689s | makes sense if you're you know a player |
| 9691s | that well one loves to go phase which |
| 9693s | you know who doesn't unless you're like |
| 9696s | Fibonacci and then the second is uh you |
| 9699s | know being able to have multiple varied |
| 9701s | game plans and one thing that people |
| 9703s | don't really factor in in terms of |
| 9705s | tournaments as often as they should is |
| 9707s | the factor of just having that that |
| 9710s | element they can't prepare for when you |
| 9711s | have that stolen card it can be really |
| 9713s | difficult and hagatha is another like |
| 9714s | MVP card that can do that and this is |
| 9716s | also 100's best matchup this is a very |
| 9719s | favorite for the control Shaman so this |
| 9721s | is what he's really hoping to gunned |
| 9722s | down and even though people point at |
| 9723s | token Druid being their weak deck |
| 9725s | statistically before we factored intent |
| 9727s | cards zoo looks like to be the the deck |
| 9729s | that through yeah it's it's interesting |
| 9731s | obviously these uh stats we're citing |
| 9733s | are their ladder stats so it's it's hard |
| 9736s | to really say you know who between these |
| 9739s | uh these decks the more unusual versions |
| 9741s | are going to be favored because I don't |
| 9742s | think we have you know probably more |
| 9744s | than the games hunter race played a |
| 9746s | matter with this deck to determine uh |
| 9748s | you know what what this deck's active |
| 9749s | matchups are but they're pretty good if |
| 9751s | you have both hackathon schemes in your |
| 9752s | opening hand against a board-centric |
| 9754s | deck that's for sure interesting that he |
| 9756s | also even just threw away hack of the |
| 9757s | straight up that's how much he valued |
| 9758s | just not laying the board getting way |
| 9760s | out of control I mean hagatha is is |
| 9762s | incredibly powerful but zoo is a deck |
| 9764s | that puts you on a very very fast clock |
| 9767s | you need to be able to answer things |
| 9769s | well before you know you coin out a |
| 9771s | hagatha you know for three damage AOE on |
| 9773s | turn seven yeah if it's even relevant by |
| 9775s | the time good value comes around or they |
| 9777s | have scary base |
| 9778s | but as a faceless at Goblin lackeys |
| 9781s | yep one thing that's also fairly |
| 9784s | important for Hunter acres is the Wild |
| 9785s | pyromancers and he has all the tools he |
| 9787s | has the coin along with his wild |
| 9788s | pyromancer and the ancestor healing so |
| 9790s | he could possibly have multiple uses of |
| 9792s | that pyromance's ability and have it |
| 9794s | stick in play having the coin here is |
| 9796s | fairly clutch for that specific reason |
| 9800s | um it was almost to the point where |
| 9801s | players were like start you know |
| 9804s | sarcastically mocking Hunter is like |
| 9806s | dude you have one apartment but you have |
| 9808s | like almost like no spells to really |
| 9810s | utilize it and you like give double |
| 9811s | acidic swamp moves like you really hate |
| 9813s | like every other class in the game |
| 9814s | that's not shaman |
| 9817s | uh and I think it's paying off in space |
| 9819s | I mean Hunter Hayes even went a little |
| 9820s | bit uh on Twitter talking about like how |
| 9823s | yes he knows his Shaman deck looks very |
| 9824s | weird but all of them have very specific |
| 9827s | uses of it and then orange was backing |
| 9829s | up obviously because they practice |
| 9830s | together so you know I I think that as |
| 9833s | we see the shaman continue to develop in |
| 9836s | this series it's looking more and more |
| 9838s | scary yeah it's it's worth noting uh you |
| 9840s | know this is the first time we've had a |
| 9842s | tournament of this size you know |
| 9843s | certainly the first time we have the |
| 9844s | World Championship uh so close to the |
| 9846s | release of an expansion very often at |
| 9849s | Champions events there'd be kind of |
| 9850s | settled versions of What deck is the |
| 9853s | best and what versions of that deck are |
| 9855s | the strongest that's just not true right |
| 9857s | now right now we're in a world where you |
| 9860s | know players uh are both seeking okay |
| 9863s | you know what are the strongest decks |
| 9865s | period and what are the best versions of |
| 9866s | those decks Shaman is the the class that |
| 9868s | had sort of the most disagreement |
| 9869s | there's tons of different versions of |
| 9871s | Shaman in this tournament despite |
| 9873s | everyone generally deciding okay well |
| 9876s | control is the way to take |
| 9880s | like now trying to evaluate uh what can |
| 9883s | you do the turn before the heck of the |
| 9885s | scheme or if he extends too far deep his |
| 9887s | opponent can coin out the back of this |
| 9889s | game |
| 9890s | I think almost any way he slices it to a |
| 9893s | magic carpet is something that he wants |
| 9894s | to play as soon as he can to try |
| 9896s | establish more dominance |
| 9900s | face is Lackey looking for something to |
| 9902s | survive AOE okay |
| 9905s | A little bit of foreshadow |
| 9910s | well still if you're support though |
| 9912s | something that Hunter race |
| 9914s | might be thinking about pulling the |
| 9916s | trigger if he's greedy though |
| 9919s | he might shoot something else hilarious |
| 9920s | actually has the ability to pyro coin |
| 9923s | acolyte ancestral healing here so that |
| 9926s | gives him an extra card it's the |
| 9928s | Accolade on the board |
| 9931s | game to me |
| 9932s | and this does Wipe Out everything but |
| 9935s | the carpet and then this turn the |
| 9937s | schemes tick to five so that's gonna be |
| 9940s | enough to to wipe out uh the carpet and |
| 9943s | whatever ends up following the Mind |
| 9945s | anagram rally and also shuts down the |
| 9946s | sea giant really well played here by |
| 9948s | Hunter Hayes spotting every single |
| 9949s | possibility that Zoo can develop in the |
| 9951s | spot |
| 9952s | as inconvenient for Ike to say the least |
| 9954s | now he could continue to develop |
| 9958s | nice jungler here those a little bit |
| 9960s | risky we risk giving hundreds an extra |
| 9963s | card if the juggle has the acolyte right |
| 9966s | he does fill up the carpet so anything |
| 9967s | can attack immediately he could uh he |
| 9970s | could play you know the uh Goblin Lackey |
| 9973s | just to Accolade immediately to try and |
| 9975s | then play Knife juggler |
| 9978s | I think gabumaki has the most iconic |
| 9980s | voice line of this set double time and |
| 9984s | double pay I didn't do that very well |
| 9985s | but commit to it cancer don't cut |
| 9988s | yourself off Midway I mean I got your |
| 9990s | back finished it but I did it badly I |
| 9993s | I'm I'm just being judgmental of myself |
| 9994s | I'm committing but I'm committing to the |
| 9997s | fact that I was bad at that |
| 10002s | there it is |
| 10005s | I think you did great I don't know my |
| 10008s | voice is quite squeaky enough yeah maybe |
| 10011s | if uh we get you a balloon of helium |
| 10013s | well this sport is relatively innocuous |
| 10017s | but annoying at the same time right does |
| 10019s | Hunter race choose to have a scheme or |
| 10021s | just easily ax in this spot |
| 10023s | there's there's two kind of major |
| 10024s | threats here right now there's like the |
| 10026s | the carpet itself and the the knife |
| 10029s | juggler right because if the carpet |
| 10030s | remains in play then everything else |
| 10032s | that comes into play is getting buffed |
| 10033s | you know and uh potentially taking down |
| 10035s | say the zilliacs that scheme does end up |
| 10038s | killing both of them which is kind of a |
| 10040s | big deal uh does leave the uh Argent |
| 10043s | Squire but that's only a single uh |
| 10045s | single Minion in play well I was playing |
| 10048s | um a dexism or this it was a big Shaman |
| 10050s | with buck Morpher and you know big bad |
| 10053s | archmage and a bunch of like really fun |
| 10055s | cars I was playing with Chris Sierra who |
| 10056s | did the reveal stream uh you know on can |
| 10058s | be imagine for Hearthstone |
| 10060s | and I was like why are you so afraid of |
| 10061s | Magic Carpet if you're a deck that just |
| 10063s | plays a bunch of daily it has rush it |
| 10065s | doesn't have charge it's true so let |
| 10066s | your opponent keep playing minions and |
| 10068s | just developing and then use your giant |
| 10070s | aoes like have this game to clean it up |
| 10071s | if you change a knife juggle here I |
| 10073s | guess incentivize uses Divine Shield |
| 10074s | instead or to use another Rush Minion |
| 10077s | and then it's like Rush can't do |
| 10078s | anything to you beyond that yeah it's |
| 10080s | true so I I like this straight into the |
| 10082s | knife Joker because that actually can |
| 10083s | really mix you up |
| 10085s | all right Solarium time gonna go digging |
| 10088s | fines abusive Sergeant void Walker all |
| 10092s | once another carpet oh a second carpet |
| 10096s | but now that like you were mentioning |
| 10098s | and observing the heck is a scheme can |
| 10100s | pretty much kill everything yeah both of |
| 10101s | these are up to six right now I do |
| 10104s | suspect oh that is greedy if he does |
| 10106s | this that is pretty greedy on Ike's part |
| 10109s | to use the Divine Shield but granted |
| 10110s | he's also kind of in a position where |
| 10112s | well if you have a a uh skim in a lot of |
| 10115s | trouble |
| 10116s | and he does know that there is this one |
| 10119s | card that uh Hunter Hayes kept still in |
| 10121s | his hand yeah I I don't know about that |
| 10124s | yeah hagatha out in full force hack at |
| 10127s | the scheme the queen and the Bewitched |
| 10135s | yeah this is definitely creep right and |
| 10137s | also he misses damage which is a little |
| 10138s | bit uncharacteristic of him however uh |
| 10141s | if he has that sea giant I can totally |
| 10142s | understand right like we were talking |
| 10144s | about I feel like from Ike's perspective |
| 10146s | at this stage of the game if this is a a |
| 10149s | pretty bad matchup and you know B you're |
| 10152s | you're in a position where your hand is |
| 10154s | kind of poor if you aren't able to stick |
| 10156s | a board both Leroy and C giant are weak |
| 10159s | if your opponent is able to clear your |
| 10160s | board anyway so I think that maybe |
| 10162s | taking the road that's okay well I want |
| 10164s | to just you know be able to maximize |
| 10166s | what uh I have going on here in the in |
| 10168s | the case that I'm fortunate enough that |
| 10170s | my opponent does not have AOE |
| 10173s | interestingly enough I know we a few of |
| 10175s | us have bagged on having Arch Village |
| 10177s | reform in the zoo were like that I kind |
| 10179s | of wonder if it's even just better |
| 10180s | against like Hunter Hayes's deck instead |
| 10182s | of a position because it doesn't feel |
| 10183s | like Ike has enough substance to push |
| 10185s | through if he doesn't land a sea giant |
| 10187s | down |
| 10187s | and it's like in this spot |
| 10191s | what is like really relying upon in fact |
| 10194s | he doesn't even have a single Minion |
| 10195s | like had he had the yards and square |
| 10196s | maybe this Evil Genius good yeah it's |
| 10198s | true and and I do think that he might |
| 10200s | have played the game differently he had |
| 10202s | the Evil Genius in his hand |
| 10203s | s sure absolutely it's you know it is |
| 10206s | still in your deck right and again I get |
| 10208s | the logic he's coming up on turn eight |
| 10209s | he wants to maximize his pressure before |
| 10211s | that turn eight comes out like we're |
| 10212s | disgusting It's just tough because now I |
| 10215s | see the zoo deck and just looks it looks |
| 10217s | really bad it's tough for sure |
| 10220s | and now Hunter Hayes is in a position |
| 10222s | where |
| 10223s | he's in a really good spot I mean he |
| 10226s | could get away with just playing a swamp |
| 10227s | Queen hagatha the new legendary Shaman |
| 10230s | minion that teaches a minion spells you |
| 10234s | guys miss kazakis from back in the me |
| 10237s | she's a gadget stand where you built a |
| 10238s | custom potion you get to build a custom |
| 10241s | spell minion |
| 10243s | thornbringer is kind of what you're |
| 10244s | looking for but lightning storm is all |
| 10246s | him is all really effective is what I am |
| 10248s | always looking for I think lightning |
| 10249s | storm is is more what Henry's looking |
| 10251s | for that was a snap snap pick right |
| 10253s | there and that is an incredibly powerful |
| 10256s | uh horror right here just far horror |
| 10258s | with lightning storm feral Spirit he's |
| 10259s | going to have a five five for five that |
| 10263s | kills his opponent's board gives him two |
| 10265s | two three taunts |
| 10268s | it is a very powerful thing AOE and |
| 10270s | board development exactly what you want |
| 10272s | against zoo and those wolves have taunt |
| 10274s | yes |
| 10276s | big deal I mean I think he's far head |
| 10279s | enough that he can get away with tossing |
| 10281s | in ancestral healing Man Hunter race is |
| 10283s | so greedy he's like he's he's going back |
| 10285s | and forth like sometimes like okay I'm |
| 10287s | the beat down so I'm gonna go ahead one |
| 10288s | big thing is that eichstag doesn't have |
| 10290s | soul fire right so like just getting in |
| 10292s | like the chip damage isn't nearly as |
| 10294s | powerful as as it is for some other |
| 10297s | versions of decks that have more bursts |
| 10298s | he only has Leroy for burst in this bag |
| 10301s | it's true but without double magic |
| 10303s | carpet |
| 10305s | I mean it feels like the Swanky |
| 10306s | character would trade two for one in |
| 10308s | this spot it's true which makes me feel |
| 10309s | like |
| 10310s | I kind of want to be I actually think |
| 10312s | there's there may be the the rationale |
| 10314s | from Honduras that if his opponent plays |
| 10316s | C giant he wants able to attack the sea |
| 10317s | Giant and play hagatha so he doesn't |
| 10320s | want he doesn't want Ike to attack the |
| 10322s | swamp good hackatha |
| 10323s | yeah that's true |
| 10325s | that's fair enough |
| 10327s | like baiting him to the extent to the |
| 10329s | board right |
| 10332s | and in the end guess the value trade |
| 10334s | anyway so it works out really well for |
| 10336s | Hunter Hayes |
| 10338s | I mean I like the upside of keeping |
| 10339s | ancestral healing you know if you're |
| 10341s | able to |
| 10342s | get The Walking fountain for example |
| 10344s | yeah look at that screen oh scheme at |
| 10347s | eight it is |
| 10349s | and uh Ike's gonna trade to try and |
| 10351s | protect the Giant from exactly what I |
| 10352s | was just mentioning the the haga the |
| 10354s | plus trade but uh he's been scheming for |
| 10357s | a long time and it might be might |
| 10360s | finally be the moment that those plans |
| 10361s | are set into motion as this uh is an |
| 10363s | eight-point hack of this game that wipes |
| 10365s | the entire board yeah if he had nine |
| 10367s | Mana he had the hex and just for heart |
| 10369s | to go for a guaranteed board clear with |
| 10371s | lightning storm development and uh |
| 10374s | destroying these opponent's board |
| 10378s | even just threw the wishes Brew too so |
| 10380s | the the threat of burst even you know |
| 10382s | getting ethereal lackeys off of Evil |
| 10384s | Genius and finding Soul fires and not |
| 10387s | going to really be working out right I |
| 10389s | think that we're at this with the stage |
| 10390s | where Hunter Hayes feels like he is just |
| 10391s | in incredible control of this and wants |
| 10393s | to make sure he does not make a mistake |
| 10398s | that's why that's why I look at Hacker's |
| 10400s | heart I'm like is it really that bad to |
| 10402s | just play that in the Accolade here |
| 10404s | the horror yeah I mean that that's |
| 10406s | definitely an option oh I meant the |
| 10408s | extra scheme yeah like does he feel like |
| 10410s | he's wasting his Resources by doing this |
| 10412s | I think part of |
| 10414s | it's interesting the dress for horror |
| 10416s | here does give him |
| 10417s | you know a bunch of damage on his |
| 10420s | opponent's stuff it does overload him |
| 10422s | for four right which is a fairly big |
| 10423s | deal and he does give him the ability to |
| 10425s | scheme the following I am pretty |
| 10427s | surprised that he didn't want to scheme |
| 10428s | here |
| 10430s | um maybe maybe that's exactly why he did |
| 10432s | not the possibility of a follow-up sea |
| 10434s | giant but he has a hex right I'm just |
| 10437s | I'm just trying to figure out right |
| 10439s | I you know I think that the uh the |
| 10441s | second sea giant you know I might think |
| 10443s | okay well my first sea giant didn't die |
| 10445s | maybe the second one's safe and then the |
| 10447s | heck of the scheme comes down |
| 10453s | yeah I think I think that's exactly it |
| 10456s | actually because 100 is so uh fixated on |
| 10460s | the value of being able to get the hack |
| 10461s | of the scheme and saving hex for any |
| 10463s | kind of Hail Mary attempts |
| 10465s | that he should be good to go in almost |
| 10468s | any scenario here it's it's also I think |
| 10470s | he's worried about a |
| 10472s | um Solarium was already played actually |
| 10473s | yeah Solarium was played I mean there's |
| 10476s | one remaining sea giant after this sea |
| 10478s | Giant and I mean that's part of why the |
| 10480s | just being able to scheme last turn wipe |
| 10482s | everything off and have the hex in |
| 10483s | reserve |
| 10484s | just feels particularly powerful to me |
| 10488s | right |
| 10491s | but now it's like doesn't even really |
| 10493s | need this just right well he just hex |
| 10496s | you know trade off the five five yeah |
| 10505s | it's for the nuke option the nuclear |
| 10506s | option in case Ike does something |
| 10508s | amazing like Evil Genius into |
| 10512s | um ethereal Lackey into like reform's |
| 10515s | scheme until like crazy board |
| 10517s | development with grim rally I think |
| 10518s | that's kind of but even then he has to |
| 10519s | tag at this the just as a Battle Cry |
| 10523s | Oh God this is Dice |
| 10528s | uh maybe Ike's the fatigue plan yeah |
| 10531s | trying to |
| 10536s | oh God |
| 10540s | oh |
| 10541s | Solarium another one okay |
| 10545s | all right that's a clear board yeah and |
| 10548s | now you know now Ike's like all right |
| 10550s | well that's a hag if they're coming down |
| 10552s | you uh oh God |
| 10562s | and there's even you know just used to |
| 10564s | follow it up get a spell and both |
| 10566s | walking fountains in hand for 100 |
| 10569s | stop he's already dead come on man |
| 10574s | I mean get on I like to play it through |
| 10576s | if even if you have a point five percent |
| 10578s | chance of winning or less sticking |
| 10581s | through it as long as above zero |
| 10584s | but I I think this is almost as close as |
| 10586s | it can get this year he has double |
| 10587s | giggly winner double walking fast |
| 10589s | shutter walk for you know the horror and |
| 10593s | yeah I mean we joked about having like I |
| 10595s | kind of wish he had to perform in this |
| 10596s | position I think he'd very much take |
| 10598s | that |
| 10603s | still a reasonable four two despite |
| 10605s | everything it's true |
| 10609s | dude walking Fountain though it is a |
| 10611s | that is the real deal yeah new common |
| 10613s | Elemental that has wind Fury lifesteal |
| 10616s | and rust you can combo it with all the |
| 10619s | ancestral spells that social here |
| 10620s | healing and social spirit |
| 10622s | and Ike is going to scoop them up that |
| 10624s | is game three over to the Norris player |
| 10626s | and yeah this this was what uh you know |
| 10629s | Hunter has really built this deck to do |
| 10631s | just absolutely dominant aggressive |
| 10633s | decks we saw maybe he played things a |
| 10635s | little too conservatively took a a |
| 10637s | rather tried to service resources too |
| 10639s | much the first uh showing with that deck |
| 10641s | and you know was able to uh fall to |
| 10644s | Ike's Rogue but here he just picks apart |
| 10647s | that Warlock deck and now he's just one |
| 10649s | game away from winning this match right |
| 10651s | that being said uh one of the decks in |
| 10654s | question here also for Hunter race is |
| 10657s | his Mage Mage is very vulnerable to |
| 10659s | those Zoo warlock strategies that they |
| 10660s | don't have AOE however rice has got a |
| 10664s | very interesting thing it's a lot of |
| 10665s | stuff yeah Ike was actually saying that |
| 10667s | he thinks that the hunter races mage |
| 10669s | deck may be the toughest deck in the |
| 10671s | lineup for him simply because of the |
| 10672s | specific decisions that uh that uh |
| 10675s | Hunter race made during the deck |
| 10676s | construction you know the pair of rabble |
| 10678s | bouncers the uh the Double mind control |
| 10680s | text the Hench Clan sneak you know it's |
| 10684s | just such a powerful deck even a Mossy |
| 10686s | horror you know just so many powerful |
| 10688s | minion based tech cards uh that you know |
| 10691s | Hunter race can can dig for with book of |
| 10693s | specters yeah yeah I I really admire |
| 10695s | Hunter Ace's play and his enthusiasm but |
| 10697s | for this event what I admire the most is |
| 10699s | his deck building choices I think he's |
| 10701s | really showed up his weaknesses targeted |
| 10703s | strategy honed it without warrior in |
| 10705s | mind and I think it's going to pay off |
| 10706s | in Spades against Ike and Ike make the |
| 10709s | upset we'll find out when we return to |
| 10711s | the Hearthstone World Championship |
| 10714s | I'm kind of cocky |
| 10718s | I am very confident how I play I think |
| 10721s | I'm one of the best players I hit him in |
| 10724s | the face so they have less life is kind |
| 10725s | of my motto although it sounds kind of |
| 10727s | stupid it's just something to actually |
| 10729s | think about in a simple way right you |
| 10731s | have two choices you could trade or you |
| 10732s | can go face if you don't really know |
| 10734s | what to do just go face |
| 10739s | I'm not perfect but like I'm pretty damn |
| 10743s | close having fans that actually care |
| 10746s | about how you do it's really motivating |
| 10748s | and feel good thing fans Drive players |
| 10750s | hanging out saying hi in chat saying man |
| 10753s | you really did great at this tournament |
| 10754s | and I enjoyed watching a smile on my |
| 10756s | face and a motivation to play so I was |
| 10759s | born with |
| 10761s | um a bone disease called in general |
| 10763s | pseudoarthrosis about one in a million |
| 10765s | people have it throughout my life I've |
| 10767s | had long periods of time where I can't |
| 10769s | walk which has led to 21 |
| 10773s | surgeries basically a surgery a year |
| 10775s | video games are just the go-to thing |
| 10778s | when you can't really do anything |
| 10779s | Hearthstone in particular you just open |
| 10781s | it up on the iPad it's just really nice |
| 10783s | in long recovery periods to Hearthstone |
| 10786s | is honestly just kind of been there |
| 10788s | during difficult times I got two aspects |
| 10792s | of my life medical and gaming I'm kind |
| 10795s | of on the up on gaming and down on the |
| 10797s | medical so it's nice to have a little |
| 10799s | balance out so getting up on a |
| 10801s | Hearthstone stage having a bunch of |
| 10803s | people watch you seems not as scary as |
| 10806s | going in for an eight-hour surgery where |
| 10809s | you might lose your leg coming out of it |
| 10811s | I kind of told everyone that I was gonna |
| 10813s | win Worlds this year so this is the last |
| 10815s | shot for that so I don't really have an |
| 10817s | option to lose here I got Brian kibler's |
| 10819s | choose your champ vote everyone has ever |
| 10821s | picked has made it to the world |
| 10823s | championship and I don't plan on ending |
| 10826s | his pick on a wash Creek |
| 10834s | Ike's grown up for eyes as he's becoming |
| 10838s | a boy to a man but you know what hasn't |
| 10840s | aged well |
| 10841s | that segment because kipler he had your |
| 10845s | choice as choose your champion and now |
| 10847s | you've decided to go against it but you |
| 10849s | know what it looks like it's panning out |
| 10850s | the killer blessings in full effect as |
| 10852s | Hunter raises up two to one I picked Ike |
| 10854s | he Co-op of the world championship I |
| 10855s | feel like my work was done there to some |
| 10857s | degree okay yeah you got him here what |
| 10859s | else does he want do you want to win |
| 10862s | Worlds oh yeah I think he does yeah I am |
| 10864s | still rooting for Ike you know I think |
| 10865s | Ike is a great guy yeah but like I said |
| 10868s | the uh the conversation we had with |
| 10869s | Hunter race where he just went into |
| 10872s | incredible detail about all of his |
| 10874s | decisions as to why he built that Shaman |
| 10876s | deck we just saw win the way that he did |
| 10878s | it just kind of blew my mind you know I |
| 10880s | I and I love to see that level of of uh |
| 10884s | you know thought process and you know |
| 10886s | just passion from a player and you know |
| 10888s | I I hadn't had a chance to meet uh |
| 10889s | Honduras before and he just really |
| 10891s | impressed me and that was why I chose |
| 10892s | him for this event and you know I hope |
| 10895s | we all win but only one player can win |
| 10898s | uh this match and uh Hunter race is just |
| 10900s | one game away and and Ike's deck here is |
| 10903s | a very unique one he is only uh one of |
| 10906s | two players in this tournament who's |
| 10907s | playing token Druid period uh and he is |
| 10910s | the only player who is playing this kind |
| 10912s | of hybrid version of token heel Druid uh |
| 10915s | that he has brought he has two copies of |
| 10917s | Crystal Stag and two life Weavers as the |
| 10919s | the heel cards effectively in the deck |
| 10921s | uh but also has like ornery Tortoise and |
| 10925s | the crystallizer we see in his hand to |
| 10926s | enable those against Decks that don't |
| 10928s | necessarily damage him right so and the |
| 10930s | Riser shot is one of the new Mechanics |
| 10931s | for the Druid class is to restore Health |
| 10934s | just in general and if you do you get a |
| 10936s | bonus ad effect uh no different than if |
| 10938s | you guys play Channel live the dragon |
| 10940s | hog from roscom's Rumble summon ragnaros |
| 10942s | if you heal five Health throughout the |
| 10944s | game Crystal stack summons a copy of |
| 10945s | itself which is a four-war Rush Minion |
| 10947s | and everyone knows Rush is pretty darn |
| 10949s | good in Hearthstone and then lifeweaver |
| 10951s | of course being able to generate those |
| 10952s | extra spells very similar to Lyra the |
| 10955s | sunshard from Journey 2 and Goro having |
| 10957s | this Hail Mary but also incredible value |
| 10960s | generation can be extreme really |
| 10962s | powerful especially with Drew with class |
| 10964s | that is traditionally had a lot of |
| 10966s | powerful spells |
| 10967s | how to raise his hand though pretty |
| 10969s | powerful here for this matchup and I |
| 10972s | collect you with an interesting decision |
| 10973s | here because he has that uh Whispering |
| 10975s | Woods in his hand and he did just get |
| 10978s | two squirrels from that Acorn bear Acorn |
| 10980s | Bear by the way I think one of the |
| 10982s | quietly just the strongest cards in the |
| 10984s | set in terms of how it enables this deck |
| 10986s | not only giving you additional token |
| 10988s | minions you can play to buff but also |
| 10990s | increasing your hand size for Whispering |
| 10992s | Wood and still allowing you to play |
| 10993s | proactively also very on point flavor |
| 10996s | wise because if you've never seen two |
| 10998s | squirrels fight over and uh it is |
| 11000s | absolutely hilarious so in the fact that |
| 11002s | when someone drops the acorn two |
| 11004s | squirrels pop up it's just very well |
| 11006s | designed thematically I like |
| 11009s | Hunter Hayes now you know he has the the |
| 11011s | rabble Bouncer and the mind control Tech |
| 11012s | in his hand uh gotta be on Ike's mind |
| 11015s | specifically the rabble bouncer is so |
| 11017s | powerful if he does extend very wide in |
| 11019s | the board can go down to zero Mana |
| 11022s | against the full board |
| 11025s | and yeah this was as I mentioned uh |
| 11027s | before he went to the break uh one of |
| 11030s | the the Decks that I was most concerned |
| 11032s | about |
| 11034s | yes although I think a zoo warlock is |
| 11037s | definitely uh backing up the statistics |
| 11039s | at least for now we'll see if Hunter |
| 11042s | Rays can deal with this first threat |
| 11044s | check and the Honda race has an amazing |
| 11046s | turn here if he wants it he has rabble |
| 11049s | bouncer into mind control Tech |
| 11052s | Arena's phone zero cost two seven taunt |
| 11056s | yeah I was thinking this okay he's |
| 11059s | actually not gonna MC tag he's gonna go |
| 11060s | ahead and just acidic swamp who's in |
| 11061s | pink yeah Michael dick is better when |
| 11064s | your opponent keeps that's true |
| 11065s | that is true he wants to go ahead and |
| 11066s | use his uh his hero power to just uh |
| 11068s | plink one off while he sells that |
| 11069s | opportunity |
| 11071s | and yeah uh Ike does have the |
| 11073s | opportunity to power up the wild here if |
| 11076s | you wanted but you know now he's down to |
| 11078s | a board of five and that rabble bouncers |
| 11079s | in play you know that is just a really |
| 11082s | rough situation he's not really able to |
| 11083s | make much Headway with the buff card |
| 11087s | I'm a big fan of uh just buffing and |
| 11090s | pushing here yep I don't think you have |
| 11092s | much time against the mage deck if you |
| 11094s | give him setup they will be able to do |
| 11097s | really powerful things against you |
| 11100s | oh interesting hey Ike when you don't |
| 11102s | know what to do go face I mean what |
| 11105s | happens they have less life |
| 11106s | and then you kill them so they're dead |
| 11108s | yeah |
| 11110s | all right there we go |
| 11113s | he he talks to talk and he walks the |
| 11116s | walk it's true |
| 11117s | so zilliacs is an option for Hunter race |
| 11120s | here you can clear off the entire board |
| 11121s | and you still have the option of scale |
| 11124s | worm next turn right |
| 11127s | interestingly you know Hunter Hayes he |
| 11130s | is |
| 11130s | not really in the uh the sort of |
| 11133s | Advantage perspective resource-wise |
| 11135s | right now because it's not found his |
| 11137s | inspectors at least in terms of like |
| 11139s | cards in hand |
| 11140s | um though his cards are certainly more |
| 11142s | powerful than Ike's you know like with |
| 11144s | those two squirrels and no no way to |
| 11146s | buff them outside of that tending torn |
| 11147s | at the moment it is interesting uh Ike |
| 11150s | is playing tending torn rather than |
| 11151s | playing blessing of the Ancients right |
| 11153s | the new twin spell card and and that's a |
| 11156s | very interesting decision uh that I |
| 11158s | think may serve him well one of the |
| 11160s | things that we saw in Jing's match just |
| 11162s | yesterday when he he lost for this token |
| 11164s | repeatedly was that he had a ton of buff |
| 11167s | spells and nothing to do with them you |
| 11169s | know he would have power of the wild and |
| 11171s | Savage Roar and blessing the Ancients |
| 11173s | and just no minions and tending tauren |
| 11176s | is you know a uh a minion that is much |
| 11179s | more powerful uh in terms of giving you |
| 11183s | that that flexibility |
| 11186s | and I think we may it looks like it's |
| 11188s | actually going all four okay he's not |
| 11189s | gonna play around mind control Tech |
| 11191s | yeah I think Microsoft tech is not |
| 11193s | something that's on his mind I think |
| 11194s | he's kind of setting up the best 10d |
| 11198s | the best attendees available to him and |
| 11201s | now uh you know Hunter race he has that |
| 11203s | skill where ping still available so he |
| 11204s | can take out three of these minions and |
| 11207s | keep the zeliacs alive that is really |
| 11209s | nice and this is just a really rough |
| 11211s | situation for Ike here as |
| 11214s | yeah we mentioned that Rush is a really |
| 11217s | powerful mechanic yeah |
| 11220s | all right that's why Ike even values it |
| 11222s | in his own deck Crystal stag right to |
| 11224s | try to get that Rush effect |
| 11226s | Crystal power is the draw not really |
| 11228s | very powerful right now yeah this might |
| 11231s | look like Ike is considering obviously |
| 11234s | developing or just utilizing swipe in |
| 11236s | this position Crystal power a new spell |
| 11238s | that gives you the choice of either |
| 11239s | restoring five health and getting that |
| 11241s | activation through life weaver or |
| 11243s | Crystal stag or you can just deal two |
| 11245s | damage |
| 11248s | most effectively this turn |
| 11250s | gonna go with the swipe though |
| 11252s | yeah the thing about saying torrent is |
| 11254s | that it gives like really good trades |
| 11255s | for hunt race once again and then that |
| 11257s | zili X will take out effectively two and |
| 11258s | a half he could kill the zilliacs for |
| 11260s | this one one remaining in play |
| 11262s | you're right sorry but uh |
| 11266s | I am a little bit surprised by the swipe |
| 11268s | there maybe maybe the thought process is |
| 11269s | that swipe is not going to be good later |
| 11272s | summoning portal interesting that ends |
| 11275s | up being very good for a summoning maid |
| 11277s | that wants big stuff like Mountain giant |
| 11280s | I think is playable I thought you see |
| 11282s | Hunter is not in a little bit all right |
| 11283s | all right my summoning theme deck is |
| 11285s | continuing |
| 11287s | uh yeah actually Mount giant was |
| 11289s | playable either way but now you can play |
| 11290s | both Mountain giant pulls anything else |
| 11292s | so |
| 11293s | Ike drawing another swipe |
| 11299s | I mean there's no great way and this is |
| 11302s | kind of part of why I I felt like the |
| 11304s | the tending tournament last turn you |
| 11307s | know yes it would have left up a uh the |
| 11309s | scale Worm but you would have had the |
| 11312s | tutus along with the tending tauren and |
| 11314s | skull could kill one of them |
| 11316s | and you know now you know Ike has these |
| 11318s | tending torrents which are behind other |
| 11320s | minions where you know having obviously |
| 11322s | like an additional swipe here you |
| 11324s | couldn't play anyway but he'd have the |
| 11326s | bodies on the board he would have you |
| 11327s | know a three four and a a tutu |
| 11331s | I'm inclined to agree |
| 11334s | I'm inclined to agree because and you |
| 11336s | know who else might agree because a |
| 11337s | bloody face might agree too because he's |
| 11339s | been everything that costs the most Mana |
| 11341s | he's been very critical of players that |
| 11342s | have been favoring like using removal |
| 11345s | and hero powering a little bit to try to |
| 11346s | be more value-oriented but he's saying |
| 11349s | if you're like a deck that really wants |
| 11350s | to get on the board why not get on the |
| 11351s | board this is a really good mind control |
| 11353s | Tech opportunity for Hunter Hayes |
| 11355s | yeah I think the Twilight tricks even |
| 11357s | Drake Drake MC tech oh my God this |
| 11361s | summoning portal is oh and he takes the |
| 11365s | 3-4 takes the tending tauren |
| 11368s | and he also can play one more minion |
| 11370s | these six one he can go so wide he's the |
| 11373s | token mage |
| 11375s | it feels like he's he's going faster and |
| 11377s | wider on the board |
| 11385s | bad spot to say the least but |
| 11388s | if he's able to weather this Hunter race |
| 11391s | has no cards left in the hand yeah but |
| 11393s | he is he has seven things |
| 11398s | like well I don't know what the sequence |
| 11400s | of cars that I could draw that would |
| 11402s | would allow him to get out of it life |
| 11405s | we've I mean I guess |
| 11407s | maybe you haven't been on the receiving |
| 11409s | end of just like you know the miracle |
| 11410s | period type situation but I've seen some |
| 11412s | wacky stuff happen from that all right |
| 11414s | explain to me how I did that okay he |
| 11417s | draws life Weaver he draws all right he |
| 11420s | draws Crystal stag at one point removes |
| 11422s | Crystal stack is not enabled right but |
| 11425s | he has he can't he can't handle even |
| 11426s | Crystal power he's at 26 right |
| 11429s | in the future turns and how many turns |
| 11431s | did he have here |
| 11433s | thank you |
| 11434s | three |
| 11437s | what to do he's gonna remove at least |
| 11439s | two of these minions that's three of |
| 11440s | these with this with the swipe here he's |
| 11442s | killing some stuff yeah |
| 11448s | and he can remove two more of these |
| 11450s | minions and just put seven pound on the |
| 11452s | board then but then he he's not using |
| 11454s | Crystal power for its heel so I think |
| 11456s | he'd rather just utilize it too maybe |
| 11458s | it's close |
| 11461s | I guess because he has two more means to |
| 11463s | play on nine he'd rather just utilize |
| 11465s | his man efficiently now oh my God book |
| 11468s | of specters all right |
| 11470s | we're talking about you know oh well how |
| 11472s | does like uh okay well if he didn't have |
| 11475s | book of specters he would have been |
| 11476s | drawn this it's just like I think I |
| 11480s | could have came back if he just drew one |
| 11481s | big four state for example I think he |
| 11483s | still can |
| 11484s | yeah no at this point after that that |
| 11487s | tickets removal and that uh that book |
| 11489s | into into mostly air now 100 is the |
| 11492s | position that you know do I hold these |
| 11494s | witch doctors or do I just try to push |
| 11497s | you down with damage but how much |
| 11498s | they're six seven eight nine |
| 11503s | oh my God |
| 11506s | hold on Kibler |
| 11509s | all right that was a big drop right |
| 11512s | conjure is calling that's a nice draw |
| 11515s | too okay and there's still it's a sixth |
| 11517s | drop he has from the attending tauren |
| 11519s | power of creation all right this is even |
| 11522s | a lot more interesting than I thought it |
| 11523s | was gonna get |
| 11524s | all right well that's a big oh that's a |
| 11526s | good one and a bad one |
| 11528s | that's okay because then you can use it |
| 11530s | again it's true |
| 11532s | foreign |
| 11538s | all right are you kidding me |
| 11542s | as the power of conjures calling |
| 11545s | that was basically a power of creation |
| 11547s | right there yeah |
| 11550s | with cat car and play and now Hunter |
| 11552s | race is pushing for lethal I just have |
| 11553s | the time anymore |
| 11555s | all right those are a couple big swings |
| 11556s | going back and forth there and yeah now |
| 11558s | 8 11 12 13 14 15. the soul that's so far |
| 11563s | straw the the taunt in the way are |
| 11565s | massive right yeah that four seven taunt |
| 11569s | what was that I forgot the guy's name |
| 11572s | I want to say Temple something but I |
| 11573s | don't think that's right I want to |
| 11576s | record us |
| 11577s | and there it is so Hunter Ace takes the |
| 11580s | series three games to one in the game |
| 11583s | that was you know much more volatile |
| 11585s | than I I at least was willing to believe |
| 11587s | uh prior to those last couple of turns |
| 11589s | it was scary but in the end Hunter Hayes |
| 11591s | takes it three to one |
| 11594s | and Ike's prophecy has become |
| 11595s | self-fulfilling at this point he did he |
| 11598s | did feel like you know this is his his |
| 11600s | toughest matchup right and you know |
| 11602s | understandably so as you know he said |
| 11604s | Hunter Hayes built his line up the |
| 11605s | counter me right and you know like is a |
| 11608s | player who he's he's very outspoken in |
| 11610s | his opinions he's very forthright and |
| 11612s | you know the the styles of decks that he |
| 11614s | enjoys he thinks are good and uh |
| 11616s | Honduras was able to exploit those |
| 11617s | Tendencies and build a lineup That was |
| 11619s | just very effective against aggressive |
| 11620s | decks that's right and just like |
| 11622s | tortoise it's a slow start for him as |
| 11624s | well so you know he's not out of it yet |
| 11626s | he'll drop to the lower bracket and |
| 11628s | we'll find out whether or not uh Hunter |
| 11630s | race ends up meeting Ike again perhaps |
| 11632s | in the decider match shout out to all |
| 11634s | the fans that showed up by the way at 9 |
| 11635s | 00 a.m on you know to try and cheer on |
| 11637s | for their favorite players they're |
| 11639s | anxiously awaiting what's going to |
| 11640s | happen in group D because I think most |
| 11642s | Taiwanese fans came out to cheer on |
| 11643s | Roger but a quick look at Group C Hunter |
| 11646s | Ace takes out Ike to start things off |
| 11649s | and then we'll have later today for the |
| 11651s | third match eight three six five zero go |
| 11653s | up against |
| 11654s | yeah we've already seen one of the top |
| 11657s | Point earners uh from the year uh end up |
| 11659s | taking the their first match with Hunter |
| 11661s | Hayes winning he can potentially just |
| 11663s | face the uh the America's point leader |
| 11665s | in just saying in the uh the initial |
| 11666s | matter rather does the uh winners match |
| 11668s | later today that's right two Europe |
| 11670s | players versus two America's players I |
| 11673s | think a lot of people are also uh |
| 11674s | waiting to see how Justin is going to be |
| 11676s | able to do because uh you know being |
| 11678s | very gay Group C looks like to be one of |
| 11680s | the groups of death if not the group of |
| 11682s | death it's got two points leaders in |
| 11684s | sand and Hunter race although Saiyan |
| 11686s | technically qualified through a |
| 11689s | championship so he's not like the points |
| 11691s | leader in terms of I guess that's true |
| 11692s | yeah he was the number one point earner |
| 11694s | I believe overall but Muzzy got the |
| 11695s | point spot yeah because uh Saiyan did uh |
| 11698s | make the the top four of the |
| 11699s | championship yeah and in a way like |
| 11701s | Sam's like I think I messed myself up |
| 11703s | because I put myself to play against |
| 11705s | shout out to your Hunter raise and he |
| 11706s | was like I didn't want to do that but I |
| 11707s | also wanted mostly go through so he's |
| 11709s | like you know what I'll take this out |
| 11710s | for the team and I'm gonna beat Hunter |
| 11711s | Hayes I'm like that's right same because |
| 11713s | in order to be the best you have to beat |
| 11714s | the best yeah and you know we still have |
| 11716s | uh Tyler who's been facing off against |
| 11717s | Roger the other point leader against the |
| 11719s | sort of Hometown hero later today in a |
| 11721s | match that Tyler thinks is gonna be |
| 11723s | really tough that's right so it was a |
| 11726s | fiery start to begin day number two here |
| 11729s | in the Hearthstone World Championship as |
| 11731s | Hunter Hayes was able to take down Ike |
| 11734s | from the United States by a score of |
| 11736s | three to one off the back of his |
| 11738s | explosive Shaman and Mage decks coming |
| 11740s | up next we have Tyler from Vietnam go up |
| 11743s | against Roger from Chinese Taipei don't |
| 11746s | go anywhere more action for the |
| 11747s | Hearthstone World Championship live from |
| 11749s | Taiwan right after this after taking a |
| 11752s | loss versus just saying in the group |
| 11754s | winners match hunt race had one last |
| 11757s | chance to make it through |
| 11758s | as a hunter Ace fan this one was tough |
| 11761s | to watch with the champ having his back |
| 11763s | against the wall after falling two games |
| 11765s | behind let's see how he made a huge |
| 11768s | comeback welcome back everybody the HCT |
| 11770s | World Championship up TJ Joy by the |
| 11773s | Admiral that's admirable and it wouldn't |
| 11774s | be an Esports competition without at |
| 11777s | least one awkward handshake |
| 11780s | no comment |
| 11782s | okay I'll let you take that one I'm not |
| 11784s | gonna talk about it |
| 11787s | fair enough |
| 11789s | I ignore you it makes it a lot less |
| 11791s | awkward it wouldn't be an Esports |
| 11793s | competition without one awkward Caster |
| 11795s | transition Amen to that brother this is |
| 11798s | the Battle of the caspers |
| 11800s | as both Hunter race and a83650 |
| 11804s | share a first name yeah I mean I think |
| 11807s | when you look at it uh from a top-down |
| 11808s | perspective it's pretty interesting |
| 11809s | because it means that Casper uh is |
| 11811s | definitely favored over Casper in this |
| 11813s | one and Casper I think is a lot better |
| 11815s | if the Casper is yeah and uh one other |
| 11817s | thing that I want to point out which is |
| 11818s | not a storyline that we've been talking |
| 11820s | about very much but I think it's very |
| 11822s | important in the past two years players |
| 11825s | with five numbers at the end of their |
| 11828s | name have a 100 win rate in World |
| 11832s | Championships |
| 11834s | it's a true story |
| 11836s | tom60229 that's right was the previous |
| 11838s | one fun facts for everyone out there so |
| 11840s | even though we don't have the potential |
| 11842s | for crazy games that end in a bomb |
| 11846s | at least we have caspers we do have some |
| 11850s | some stuff that's pretty darn crazy in |
| 11852s | this match though uh you know the big |
| 11853s | one I look at is the mid-range Shaman |
| 11856s | from aa3650 uh which is a unique deck at |
| 11860s | the tournament uh he's not the only |
| 11862s | player playing Shaman of course but he's |
| 11864s | the only player to play a shaman quite |
| 11866s | in this regard it's got a lot of token |
| 11868s | Generation stuff in it it features |
| 11870s | bloodlust it's got a copy of sun Reaver |
| 11872s | War Mage and a copy of Karen bloodhoof |
| 11875s | in it as well and in the first match |
| 11877s | that we saw it with it went the distance |
| 11879s | in a uh Shaman mirror match against a |
| 11883s | control Shaman and ended up winning with |
| 11885s | one point of Health remaining |
| 11888s | in that matchup and it's just kind of |
| 11890s | crazy how effective this deck has been |
| 11892s | and you know I feel like I'm the only |
| 11893s | one of the casters who didn't have a |
| 11895s | giant question mark prior to the |
| 11896s | tournament about it I didn't either I |
| 11898s | love the deck |
| 11899s | okay fair enough we just disagree on |
| 11901s | what kind of deck it is but we both love |
| 11903s | them okay two shape two shape |
| 11905s | believe it was a bloody face graded this |
| 11908s | deck F minus |
| 11911s | during his interview process which is |
| 11913s | really funny because |
| 11915s | the winner of this match goes on to face |
| 11918s | bloody face in the quarterfinal oh yeah |
| 11920s | so what would be the ultimate Justice |
| 11922s | for that ridiculous unnecessary BM on |
| 11927s | this beautiful specimen of a Shaman deck |
| 11930s | would be if a wins this goes on to face |
| 11932s | bloody face and just wrecks him to be |
| 11935s | fair it was I who pressured him to grade |
| 11937s | the deck lists and a8s happened to be at |
| 11939s | first yeah |
| 11942s | that's true |
| 11943s | so it's your fault |
| 11945s | yeah what great Justice it would be if |
| 11947s | A8 had to face me |
| 11949s | as the winner of this match |
| 11951s | and then go on to show me up yeah |
| 11955s | let's get into it Rogue versus Shaman in |
| 11957s | game number one Henry shaman on the |
| 11960s | other hand is |
| 11961s | I would say somewhat unique compared to |
| 11964s | the field it doesn't control Shaman but |
| 11966s | there's quite a few Tech inclusions uh |
| 11969s | that are uh in his deck that we don't |
| 11971s | really see anywhere else and the thing |
| 11973s | that stands out to me the most is the |
| 11974s | two copies of wild pyromancer |
| 11976s | the two copies of Mind Control Tech and |
| 11979s | the one copy of Omega Defender |
| 11981s | oh and I didn't even mention that |
| 11982s | there's two twilight drinks in the deck |
| 11984s | as well oh you also forgot the two |
| 11986s | giggling inventors |
| 11987s | oh yeah so very unique and the funny |
| 11990s | thing about it is and I have a ton of |
| 11993s | Henry stories |
| 11994s | I've traveled a lot this year so is he |
| 11996s | we've met up a few times gotten to talk |
| 11998s | to him a bit also had him on talk Zone |
| 12000s | the podcast that that Dan and I have |
| 12002s | done throughout the year so I have a ton |
| 12004s | of honorary stories that I'll sprinkle |
| 12005s | throughout the cast here but the first |
| 12007s | one is |
| 12008s | when we sat down with the players to |
| 12010s | interview them before the world |
| 12011s | championship took place |
| 12013s | Honduras came in the room the first |
| 12015s | question we asked him was |
| 12018s | how did you come up with with your |
| 12019s | Shaman list and most of the time when we |
| 12021s | ask players they're like well I practice |
| 12023s | with this guy he came up with the idea |
| 12024s | and we refined it played a lot of games |
| 12026s | and ultimately said it on this list very |
| 12027s | simple explanation Hunter Ace |
| 12031s | went back and talked about every single |
| 12034s | moment that they decided on every single |
| 12037s | Tech card he took 15 minutes to answer |
| 12039s | one question about the Shaman deck |
| 12042s | he also thoroughly explained the cards |
| 12045s | that were not included but they had |
| 12047s | tried that they had tried it was a very |
| 12050s | thorough explanation and you can tell by |
| 12052s | the intense look on his face that |
| 12054s | thorough is pretty much just what he's |
| 12056s | about when it comes to Hearthstone you |
| 12057s | know TJ had mentioned that uh you know |
| 12059s | he's seen Hunter Ace a lot and he's got |
| 12061s | a lot of stories with him throughout the |
| 12062s | entirety of the Year Hunter Ace just |
| 12064s | tour stop after tour stop was the most |
| 12066s | dominant player in the world uh without |
| 12069s | a question he was the number one points |
| 12070s | earner uh and just had such a fantastic |
| 12073s | performance very consistently throughout |
| 12076s | the course of that and you know that |
| 12078s | consistency may be a bit overshadowed |
| 12081s | here by the fact that this giant Edwin |
| 12083s | Van Cleave is coming down here on turn |
| 12084s | two |
| 12085s | uh but yesterday when Hunter Hayes took |
| 12088s | his loss uh to move to this 1-1 score |
| 12091s | in this decider match to get out of |
| 12093s | group he did not look happy about it and |
| 12096s | I can guarantee you he went right to |
| 12099s | work trying to figure out how he's going |
| 12101s | to |
| 12101s | to attempt to dismantle this lineup from |
| 12104s | A8 well uh one problem big problem that |
| 12106s | I see in another Hunter a story right |
| 12109s | before his match against A8 I went |
| 12111s | backstage and Henry's had his tablet out |
| 12114s | and he was staring at AIDS deckless and |
| 12116s | he came up to me of all people and said |
| 12118s | hey TJ do you have any secret advice on |
| 12121s | beating a8's lineup he asked me the same |
| 12123s | question too |
| 12124s | so I don't know if he has any idea if |
| 12127s | he's going to me and admirable for |
| 12129s | advice cool he's doomed that's bad news |
| 12132s | I've gone to me for advice before and |
| 12134s | it's a bad idea yeah yeah I mean right |
| 12137s | now what secret advice could you tell |
| 12139s | him to deal with an 88 Van Cleef on term |
| 12141s | two I would tell him uh have your Rogue |
| 12143s | opponent's hand be full of nothing but |
| 12144s | four Mana cards on their three minute |
| 12146s | turn |
| 12149s | and then draw hex on turn four |
| 12151s | that's part of the equation there's an |
| 12153s | earth shot in here as well yep foreign |
| 12158s | two copies of hex but that's an eight |
| 12161s | point attack that just happened you know |
| 12162s | something that's a that's a really big |
| 12164s | kicker to this game though is the fact |
| 12166s | that Hunter a Scott hagatha from |
| 12168s | farsight and so he's about to suffer |
| 12170s | heaps of damage but the hagatha coming |
| 12173s | down way earlier than A8 can |
| 12176s | realistically anticipate |
| 12178s | means that a lot of his development |
| 12180s | could get counteracted here and what I'm |
| 12182s | thinking almost specifically is in a |
| 12184s | waggle pick dread Corsair dread Corsair |
| 12186s | situation |
| 12188s | you suddenly lose a lot of board |
| 12190s | presence because of that I'm just |
| 12192s | curious if Hunter race is going to have |
| 12193s | the time the problem is at that point he |
| 12195s | will have taken taken uh 24 damage from |
| 12198s | Edward Van Cleef as well as four damage |
| 12200s | from the waggle pick with four more |
| 12202s | showing |
| 12203s | it's a lot of damage |
| 12206s | this kills the Casper yeah I mean you |
| 12209s | see the change from giggling inventor of |
| 12212s | the days of yore from five minutes to |
| 12214s | seven Mana that was a five Mana giggling |
| 12216s | inventor I think Hunter Hayes had a very |
| 12217s | realistic chance here the fact that it's |
| 12219s | seven instead uh I think puts him in a |
| 12221s | in a fairly troubled spot and he's gonna |
| 12223s | need something to get out of this let's |
| 12224s | have zeliacs to you know provide a |
| 12226s | reprieve perhaps but I think he's gonna |
| 12229s | need something real quick or this game's |
| 12232s | done well if he plays tag at the next |
| 12233s | turn he's still going to take a ton of |
| 12235s | damage but then they can follow up with |
| 12236s | zilliacs into giggling Adventure |
| 12238s | so the fact that Hunter Ace has seen |
| 12241s | this first leads me to believe that |
| 12243s | zilliacs is probably going to be |
| 12246s | um |
| 12246s | an option for him more so than the |
| 12248s | hackathon would be however if you play |
| 12250s | the hag of the first what that means is |
| 12251s | the zilliacs provides you with a spell |
| 12253s | yeah and if that spell is Earth shock |
| 12255s | that's a game changer or lightning bolt |
| 12258s | or totemic smash all those would deal |
| 12261s | with the Edward Van Cleef at the same |
| 12262s | turn that he would play he's not going |
| 12264s | to let this Twilight Drake do anything |
| 12267s | and that means nine damage is coming |
| 12269s | across his turn Hunter Ace to just 12 |
| 12272s | points of life |
| 12276s | foreign |
| 12279s | that's a big deal |
| 12282s | that's a very big deal the problem is I |
| 12284s | don't know if he has time I think he |
| 12286s | just might now playing the hagatha is |
| 12289s | going to risk a death but it requires |
| 12291s | quite the hand from Hunter Ace I'm sorry |
| 12294s | from A8 for him to actually die it would |
| 12296s | need to be a prep and eviscerate |
| 12298s | so what that means is hackatha comes |
| 12299s | down here it sets the Edwin to five |
| 12301s | attack |
| 12303s | five health I'm sorry yeah five health |
| 12306s | and you move from there |
| 12308s | you know the big issue with the hagatha |
| 12310s | this turn is that A8 has yet to use |
| 12312s | wagglepick and the dread corsairs are |
| 12315s | there |
| 12315s | that's something Hunter Ace knows is |
| 12317s | possible because of the rating party so |
| 12320s | I think when you really break it down |
| 12321s | zilliacs is probably one of the |
| 12323s | directions you move towards but that |
| 12324s | opens you to backstab |
| 12330s | A8 doesn't have backstab though he |
| 12333s | doesn't have si7 agent and what that |
| 12336s | means is that an attack has to go |
| 12338s | through the Celiac so the zilliacs |
| 12339s | without a draw that kills it |
| 12343s | it's a lot more HP |
| 12346s | that has to be an attack to kill it now |
| 12349s | yeah and the uh underbelly fence does |
| 12352s | deal with it the problem is |
| 12354s | he has no Mana to play anything but |
| 12356s | raiding party and the problem with that |
| 12358s | is his raiding party is much less value |
| 12361s | this is already drawn both waggle picks |
| 12363s | this is a definite waggle pick turn from |
| 12365s | A8 here it's the waggle pick it's both |
| 12367s | dread corsairs you smack the zilliacity |
| 12370s | raggle Pig you attack face for eight you |
| 12373s | set him to ten and you got tons |
| 12374s | represented it's going to deviate though |
| 12376s | I'm quite surprised by this |
| 12381s | I think a8's reasoning here is that a |
| 12384s | this is Mana efficient and that b he |
| 12386s | doesn't want |
| 12388s | the Edwin Van Cleef to get bounced back |
| 12390s | to hand and be in a bad spot |
| 12398s | if A8 had gone for that waggle pick Turn |
| 12401s | as well |
| 12402s | much more vulnerable to hagatham |
| 12404s | that I'm I'm actually curious if A8 |
| 12407s | considered even yeah maybe maybe |
| 12409s | Agatha's off that that far side if it is |
| 12411s | I want these dread corsairs for |
| 12413s | afterwards that could be an active |
| 12415s | thought |
| 12418s | I think it I think that's unlikely but I |
| 12420s | think it's possible |
| 12423s | I don't know if that one's likely |
| 12425s | um I think the one that could be likely |
| 12427s | is |
| 12428s | playing around the double ooze in Hunt |
| 12431s | Race's deck that is for almost certainly |
| 12433s | a keep from Hunter Hayes aside |
| 12435s | he doesn't want this Edward Van Cleef to |
| 12438s | be brought back to the hand |
| 12444s | giggling inventor |
| 12447s | a little bit more checked when the |
| 12448s | backstabs there if the waggle picks |
| 12450s | online and you have unleashed the beast |
| 12451s | in hand I mean this is a lot of attacks |
| 12453s | that A8 can develop this turn but |
| 12456s | there's some stuff on his side to think |
| 12457s | about you know hagath the scheme one of |
| 12459s | the first ones that comes to your mind |
| 12460s | mind control I'm sorry a lightning storm |
| 12461s | is going to be in your mind there |
| 12464s | a crazy wild pyromancer turn hey it has |
| 12466s | to think about what the hand range from |
| 12468s | Hunter Ace feels like |
| 12470s | and oftentimes it's going to feel like |
| 12472s | something where it is expensive cards |
| 12475s | and situational cards |
| 12477s | but that could just as easily I think be |
| 12479s | hagatha's scheme instead |
| 12485s | I will now's the turn to go in and I |
| 12488s | just honestly don't think Hunter race |
| 12489s | has a way out of this |
| 12491s | I disagreed |
| 12494s | I think it takes a great deal of Fortune |
| 12495s | but I think it's possible |
| 12498s | what is the the ultimate scenario |
| 12503s | here it's probably that you get a |
| 12507s | witch's brew from the acidic swamp poos |
| 12508s | or it's the giggling inventor and hope |
| 12510s | your opponent doesn't have an extra |
| 12512s | attack Activation so both of those |
| 12514s | things are extremely unlikely |
| 12517s | a path but lightning storm rolls High |
| 12520s | ooze does something |
| 12522s | you have a chance giggling inventor he |
| 12524s | could also uh could he snag ancestral |
| 12526s | healing here and block in the pack I |
| 12528s | don't think so because A8 has access to |
| 12531s | six attack mechanisms so Hunter Ace is |
| 12533s | beaten in this one and it's an extreme |
| 12535s | long shot for him to win in that |
| 12537s | scenario |
| 12539s | Edwin van cleef's just too much yep |
| 12549s | I'd say not a super unexpected result |
| 12552s | but certainly not the one that Hunter |
| 12554s | Ace was looking for I think I think |
| 12556s | Rogue is especially Burger Rogue is one |
| 12558s | of those Decks that Hunter Ace is a |
| 12559s | little bit stronger against yeah and |
| 12561s | when you consider the grand scheme of |
| 12562s | Rogue decks so quite a tough loss uh |
| 12565s | with Shaman just a big clunky hand early |
| 12567s | on yeah eight uh uh broken is built |
| 12571s | aggressively |
| 12572s | but those are the matchups that you |
| 12575s | expect to win as the control Shaman they |
| 12576s | have so much |
| 12578s | normally so many ways to deal with early |
| 12580s | game boards and especially since Hunter |
| 12582s | Hayes has put in Wild pyromancers |
| 12584s | has the Mind Control attacks honestly |
| 12587s | one of the big turns was just the kill |
| 12588s | on the Twilight Drake |
| 12590s | yeah that would allow him to potentially |
| 12592s | fight back at least with minions maybe |
| 12595s | force Aid into a situation where he had |
| 12598s | to go for the wagglepick turn |
| 12600s | to try and protect his Edwin Van Cleef |
| 12601s | but |
| 12603s | nonetheless A8 crucial victory in game |
| 12607s | number one |
| 12609s | Edwin van cleef's a hell of a card it is |
| 12615s | and uh you know I'm pretty sure we've |
| 12617s | said it like |
| 12619s | probably 12 times so far in the the |
| 12622s | first three days of competition here at |
| 12623s | the world championship |
| 12625s | Edward Van Cleef has been in every |
| 12628s | single world championship lineup that |
| 12631s | has won that is one yeah four years of |
| 12634s | World Championships and four Edwin van |
| 12636s | cleef's in the winning lineup and it is |
| 12638s | going to happen again |
| 12640s | well unless Roger wins in the next match |
| 12642s | about to save Roger's the only player at |
| 12645s | Worlds this year that could stop Edward |
| 12647s | Van Cleef |
| 12649s | from reigning in Terror we got a shaman |
| 12651s | uh matchup coming on both sides however |
| 12654s | we described ah Shaman and now you get |
| 12656s | to take a closer Gander at it um I feel |
| 12659s | like this deck |
| 12661s | was interpreted initially as an aggro |
| 12663s | deck by myself included I was very |
| 12664s | Behemoth about defending my principle of |
| 12666s | it I still somewhat agree with it |
| 12668s | however |
| 12669s | the big story of a8's Shaman deck is |
| 12672s | that it's it's a deck of timing your |
| 12674s | pressure it's not about just playing |
| 12677s | Minions on curve and hoping that works |
| 12679s | out sometimes you have to do that |
| 12681s | the big deal about it is getting the |
| 12683s | timing of pressure in there he's got two |
| 12684s | copies of Soul the murloc in this deck |
| 12686s | to try to help secure a board position |
| 12688s | in the face of uh one single board clear |
| 12690s | yep he's got Thunderhead to develop |
| 12691s | those boards it's got storm chasing and |
| 12693s | fetchup bloodlust in the matchup |
| 12696s | and at the top end Cairn Rana toads |
| 12698s | swamp Queen Agatha and a pair of sea |
| 12700s | Giants for if you secure a board as ways |
| 12703s | to get payoffs |
| 12705s | it's meant to operate like a |
| 12707s | like picture a weaker rogue deck |
| 12712s | that's kind of what it's going for yeah |
| 12713s | it's basically like putting a second |
| 12715s | rope deck in your lineup that's slightly |
| 12716s | weaker well I I'd say considerably |
| 12718s | weaker okay but |
| 12720s | you know the ideas is operate like Rogue |
| 12722s | you know instead of Edwin Van Cleef you |
| 12724s | have like sea giant for instance you got |
| 12725s | to get a bunch of minions to play with |
| 12726s | Thunderhead |
| 12728s | and one of the most memorable matchups |
| 12731s | so far of the tournament for me has been |
| 12734s | the uh the A8 or versus uh just saying |
| 12737s | matchup where A8 went to fatigue |
| 12740s | saved his blood loss for a really long |
| 12741s | time and was able to grind saying out of |
| 12743s | resources and kill him with just one |
| 12745s | Health remaining and Hunt races lists |
| 12747s | are a little bit different than Saiyans |
| 12749s | he's got a little bit more top end with |
| 12751s | with uh shutter walk with swamp Queen |
| 12753s | hagatha he's got more minions but he |
| 12755s | doesn't have access to as many control |
| 12757s | tools he has one lightning storm he has |
| 12760s | uh no thunderheads Noble take first no |
| 12764s | zaps so his ability to to kind of fight |
| 12767s | for boards in the mid game |
| 12769s | I wouldn't say is worse it's just |
| 12771s | different it's very different and I |
| 12773s | think one of the biggest differences I'm |
| 12774s | looking at personally is the fact that |
| 12775s | that the shutter walks at the top end uh |
| 12778s | you know shutter walk with giggling |
| 12780s | inventor attached to it |
| 12782s | it's a very different kind of feeling |
| 12784s | where you end up in situations |
| 12786s | oftentimes where shutter walk just |
| 12788s | providing two more annoyatrons uh and |
| 12791s | then having some secondary effect is |
| 12794s | enough to get something done |
| 12795s | and so for A8 you know his hand so far |
| 12798s | has looked fantastic it picked up the |
| 12800s | Unbound Elemental to threaten to buff |
| 12802s | any tiny Place cards here he's got a |
| 12804s | Thunderhead but again the real story is |
| 12807s | timing of pressure where does that |
| 12809s | timing come in and how do you get it |
| 12811s | done |
| 12812s | you know I think swamp Queen hagatha |
| 12814s | looking at A8 sand right now is going to |
| 12815s | play a key role if he's going to win |
| 12817s | this game |
| 12830s | just kind of playing out stuff right now |
| 12831s | yeah it's it's a really it's a really |
| 12834s | tough matchup I think from A8 side |
| 12836s | because there's just a lot of guesswork |
| 12837s | to be done and on Hunter race aside |
| 12839s | there's just a lot of things to account |
| 12841s | for and the two of those things stacked |
| 12844s | side by side is gonna lead players to a |
| 12846s | lot of unfamiliar territory |
| 12849s | where they're going to try to avoid |
| 12851s | risks I would say until things you know |
| 12854s | start to feel like they're slipping away |
| 12855s | and the sooner you notice that the |
| 12857s | better you know if you get to that risk |
| 12859s | point it's too late that's not gonna |
| 12860s | work |
| 12861s | if you take the risk too early you |
| 12863s | weren't behind that's a disastrous call |
| 12871s | the setup of the Thunderhead also does |
| 12873s | make sea Giant |
| 12876s | a very Potential Threat coming down next |
| 12879s | turn with uh zap sludgeer sludge slurper |
| 12884s | if honorees plays pretty much anything |
| 12887s | see giant is a real possibility |
| 12891s | which I don't think that he's unhappy |
| 12893s | with |
| 12894s | I actually think that you would like to |
| 12895s | see sea giant when you're uh not under |
| 12898s | as much pressure like when your health |
| 12899s | total isn't at a critical point when the |
| 12901s | sea giant comes down your health toes at |
| 12903s | a critical point that means four man is |
| 12904s | occupied by hex |
| 12906s | a lot of times yeah and when that |
| 12908s | happens you're like oh I don't really |
| 12910s | have to take care of the rest of this |
| 12911s | and from eight side it's basically that |
| 12914s | exact same style of story where you play |
| 12917s | sea Giant and Honduras isn't Under |
| 12918s | Pressure he gets a free attempted mind |
| 12920s | control perhaps |
| 12924s | mind control Tech active |
| 12932s | sea giant costs a measly three Mana |
| 12935s | right now |
| 12951s | this allows a zap to take place zap and |
| 12954s | uh the kobold lack he actually just |
| 12956s | deals with this completely right |
| 12959s | five Minions on board |
| 12961s | three of them are pretty primed you got |
| 12963s | some pressure down on Hunter Hayes |
| 12965s | he's gonna be put to a test here |
| 12968s | oh look at that |
| 12971s | interesting I quite like that attack huh |
| 12981s | overloads on turn uh five as well for A8 |
| 12984s | so going into six Mana you guys got |
| 12986s | plays for it and then rolls right in the |
| 12987s | swamp Queen Agatha good mandate |
| 12988s | management |
| 12992s | hmm |
| 12995s | Agatha scheme was in the opening hand so |
| 12997s | it's at four right now I believe it'll |
| 12999s | be at five at the end of this turn oh |
| 13001s | it's at five now if it's there on turn |
| 13003s | one it activates immediately |
| 13005s | oh yeah if he |
| 13010s | so on turn one it goes to two yeah on |
| 13013s | turn two it goes to three yep |
| 13016s | that's what I mean by the Sea giant |
| 13019s | coming down too early Hunter Ace knows |
| 13021s | that bloodlust is the the colossal |
| 13023s | killer but a Eights on four Mana he's |
| 13026s | free to hex in this spot yep timing of |
| 13028s | pressure means that A8 does not have a |
| 13029s | lethal blow this turn yeah and uh has |
| 13032s | the ability to roll into |
| 13034s | a hackatha scheme would clear up this |
| 13037s | board |
| 13038s | uh could also if he draws a smaller |
| 13041s | spell maybe lightning storm could go for |
| 13043s | wild pyromancer act a lot of pain plus a |
| 13044s | spell |
| 13046s | but it'll probably just be a hackathon |
| 13047s | scheme to clear things off scheme and |
| 13050s | likely an Accolade pain |
| 13053s | such a weird card |
| 13056s | Omega Defender it is he just wanted |
| 13058s | something that could like block some |
| 13060s | damage early on but in the late game |
| 13061s | he's like oh it's got 12 attack sweet |
| 13064s | I've never seen anybody actually put |
| 13067s | that card in the deck well the thing |
| 13068s | about it is uh he basically looked and |
| 13071s | said what cards make my shutter walk the |
| 13075s | nuts yep |
| 13077s | Omega Defender plus Twilight Drake plus |
| 13079s | giggling inventor |
| 13082s | that shutter walk when it's played after |
| 13085s | all those BattleCraft meetings have been |
| 13087s | played is beef |
| 13091s | what's up plus 10 attack |
| 13094s | health for all the cards in my hand |
| 13096s | summon two annoyotrons |
| 13102s | what's up swamp Queen Agatha |
| 13105s | what's up Kearney asada |
| 13111s | because there's an on the end of Karen |
| 13116s | inflections |
| 13124s | Stormbreaker Randy toads |
| 13129s | would it cast in that order I wouldn't |
| 13131s | I think it has to be the other way |
| 13132s | around okay well I'm curious what A8 |
| 13135s | actually took in that scenario we'll get |
| 13137s | a glimpse at it soon |
| 13139s | Hmm this is a kind of a weird one I |
| 13142s | swamp Queen hagath is one of my favorite |
| 13143s | cards because it just does one of the |
| 13147s | most unusual things that I can imagine |
| 13150s | in Hearthstone |
| 13153s | teach a minion two I was like what does |
| 13156s | that mean |
| 13157s | but picture trying to do that in a |
| 13158s | physical card game like you have your |
| 13160s | box of cards off to the side |
| 13162s | stormbringer lightning bolt |
| 13164s | just imagine it you have like your box |
| 13166s | of cards off the side you gotta teach |
| 13167s | two spells you have to pick up all the |
| 13169s | cards from the box and go look through |
| 13170s | them and then |
| 13171s | figure out which Windows of opportunity |
| 13173s | you get to actually discover the and |
| 13175s | then 12 minutes of work to teach it two |
| 13178s | spells and then get out your super glue |
| 13179s | and super glue the cards to the minion |
| 13181s | that you taught to spell at that point |
| 13182s | you might as well just be actually |
| 13184s | teaching a seminar yeah |
| 13188s | here boom boom done |
| 13192s | does that even mean |
| 13194s | it just happens for you oh you're |
| 13196s | talking about the swampy cat I thought |
| 13199s | you were talking about the game I am |
| 13201s | talking about the game no thanks |
| 13202s | Hearthstone but this turn oh well last |
| 13205s | turn |
| 13208s | it's like there's no way he has to look |
| 13209s | through does he have anything |
| 13211s | that's gonna do it |
| 13215s | interesting turn here for A8 though |
| 13219s | my head initially goes towards like a |
| 13221s | Thunderhead feral Spirit kind of turn |
| 13224s | but I'll tell you what this is right |
| 13226s | into the dreaded turn eight from Hunter |
| 13229s | Ace |
| 13230s | and I'm certain |
| 13231s | hey it's thinking about Hackett though |
| 13235s | oh stormbringer oh my goodness |
| 13239s | gets a lightning bolt with it as well oh |
| 13241s | my goodness |
| 13243s | oh my goodness oh my goodness |
| 13247s | oh my look at Hunter Ace's face |
| 13253s | his eyes |
| 13255s | were open |
| 13260s | so we have mind control Tech we have a |
| 13262s | neutron |
| 13265s | with the giggling inventors I I there's |
| 13268s | still possibility Hunter race can get |
| 13269s | something done here you know all the |
| 13271s | Steels on board right now are pretty |
| 13273s | good |
| 13276s | the issue is that Hunter Ace is at 14. |
| 13280s | that's a problem |
| 13286s | I don't even know what's the best deal |
| 13288s | here Illidan |
| 13290s | almost certainly Illidan |
| 13295s | so is there any funny business now with |
| 13297s | the zillia |
| 13304s | and trade yeah hex the Illidan right |
| 13308s | the Beast is the most attacked your life |
| 13310s | total matters I want to kill the Beast |
| 13311s | though I want the 3-3 yeah but are you |
| 13313s | gonna do that yeah |
| 13315s | it's true story you have a wild |
| 13316s | pyromancer in hand you have a hackathon |
| 13318s | hand what do the two ones actually mean |
| 13319s | I think you're right I think it is hex |
| 13320s | the Beast |
| 13323s | or giggling Adventure I think giggling |
| 13325s | Adventure is a reasonable compromise as |
| 13327s | well you have five attacks worth of |
| 13329s | taunts in the way you have one of them |
| 13330s | refunding three health |
| 13332s | it would take a disaster to die right |
| 13334s | now |
| 13335s | it would take almost specifically I |
| 13337s | think Thunderhead lightning storm |
| 13339s | but I don't even know if that works |
| 13341s | perfectly because the illidan's going to |
| 13342s | generate first so the Thunderhead would |
| 13344s | make a 2-1 but you have five spots on |
| 13345s | board yeah and then the thunderstorm or |
| 13348s | the lightning storm rather would put you |
| 13349s | at six minutes on board some in one one |
| 13351s | so you would be able to get through in |
| 13353s | that instance 16 points of damage so |
| 13356s | that actually would have been lethal but |
| 13358s | there's only one copy of lightning storm |
| 13359s | and AIDS deck |
| 13361s | and it doesn't happen in |
| 13364s | the Thunderhead also makes it kind of |
| 13365s | weird because again none of these |
| 13367s | minions can die from trades the Illidan |
| 13370s | happens first before the Thunderhead |
| 13372s | I believe the Illidan uh will activate |
| 13375s | first because of order of operation |
| 13379s | so Henry's got some |
| 13382s | some time to spare here |
| 13386s | but honestly this wasn't even many |
| 13389s | resources from A8 to make dislodge of a |
| 13392s | board that's a true story but I think |
| 13394s | for Hunter Ace it's more about the time |
| 13395s | than it is about uh the resource battle |
| 13398s | I think I think for hunters it's about |
| 13400s | getting past that initial hump and if |
| 13402s | you manage to do that things are looking |
| 13404s | good for you yeah the issue here is that |
| 13407s | A8 was patient he didn't go overboard |
| 13410s | with this and that's starting to put |
| 13413s | compounding pressure now back onto |
| 13415s | Hunter Ace he has to make something |
| 13417s | happen this turn and there's two taunts |
| 13419s | in the way like I this is just a tough |
| 13421s | situation |
| 13423s | foreign |
| 13426s | my head moves towards wild pyromancer |
| 13429s | what can happen with that so while |
| 13431s | pyromancer you trade the 2-1 into the |
| 13433s | feral Spirit you hex the nazari |
| 13436s | I'm thinking then the uh |
| 13440s | the Earth shock goes over |
| 13444s | the Beast |
| 13446s | why would you silence that |
| 13449s | to get rid of nine damage oh put the |
| 13451s | Mind Control Tech into it then well the |
| 13453s | night control Tech is going into the |
| 13455s | alien Illidan |
| 13457s | is it you have a hackathon |
| 13460s | that's true |
| 13462s | I don't that's what I mean like this is |
| 13464s | a this is a really difficult puzzle to |
| 13466s | solve |
| 13468s | oh my |
| 13470s | so hagatha would allow him to use |
| 13475s | either the Earth shock or the annoyatron |
| 13477s | to clear this off |
| 13482s | what do you hope an earth shocked then |
| 13484s | that's 13 right there six from bloodlust |
| 13487s | that'd be 19 just out of range |
| 13492s | so Hunter race is going to hang onto the |
| 13493s | Earth shock for the wild pyromance |
| 13495s | return I imagine |
| 13498s | how amazing just taken so much damage oh |
| 13501s | yeah it's it's a lot of damage |
| 13504s | he needs help it's there though I mean |
| 13506s | there are things that help |
| 13510s | I'm looking at a shutter walk being a |
| 13512s | big deal |
| 13513s | I'm looking at walking Fountain being a |
| 13515s | big deal |
| 13518s | heck even a witch's brew is a pretty big |
| 13521s | deal I think just to buy more time |
| 13524s | to get those other couple cards that you |
| 13526s | talked about |
| 13527s | he only has one copy of witch's brew in |
| 13529s | the deck |
| 13530s | and there are I'd say a substantial |
| 13532s | amount of |
| 13535s | of dead draws Twilight Drake's |
| 13537s | definitely one of them ancestral healing |
| 13541s | healing I don't think is dead |
| 13542s | I think it says for healing could be |
| 13544s | good because the wild pyromancer gets an |
| 13545s | extra activation that way I got a scheme |
| 13548s | uh that's dead |
| 13552s | oh boy this is tough |
| 13559s | oh wow okay so now |
| 13563s | a hex onto Karen |
| 13567s | one damage to board you ancestral |
| 13568s | healing the pyromancer another damage to |
| 13570s | board |
| 13571s | you ER shock the nozari |
| 13573s | that's another damage to board that |
| 13575s | wipes out the beast nozari's at two |
| 13578s | health |
| 13581s | and you have a little bit of Mana left |
| 13585s | so the question is can acidic swamp Boos |
| 13587s | change that texture |
| 13590s | in a way that perhaps a different |
| 13592s | sequence happens I I don't think you're |
| 13594s | you're getting better than a hex |
| 13597s | Hunter Ace wants to see if there's a |
| 13599s | spell that can prove this he's much less |
| 13601s | concerned with the body on board |
| 13603s | stormbreakers are relevant |
| 13605s | this is a tough situation |
| 13610s | Hunter Ace wants to hang on to this |
| 13611s | ancestral healing |
| 13613s | to see if he can use that on just a big |
| 13615s | minion so that's why he's going to go |
| 13617s | for the urshock here to wipe out the |
| 13619s | Beast |
| 13620s | and then ancestral healing to try to buy |
| 13623s | the extra life total instead |
| 13625s | so he's using that effectively as a heel |
| 13627s | for three |
| 13629s | or an attempt at that at least |
| 13631s | four for four excuse me |
| 13637s | an A8 certainly interested in making a |
| 13640s | push here |
| 13646s | honestly now the outs are becoming even |
| 13647s | more slim for Honduras just because his |
| 13649s | life total is going to be even lower |
| 13650s | it's a true story but he's got a |
| 13653s | hackathon scheme cranking so if he could |
| 13655s | manage to hang on for another turn like |
| 13657s | maybe one more turn he might get into |
| 13659s | the clear so shutter walk Walking |
| 13661s | Fountain which is brewed those are the |
| 13663s | those are the three cards he's looking |
| 13665s | for even a giggling inventor I think |
| 13667s | could be a reasonable pickup at this |
| 13668s | point also his own zilliacs |
| 13671s | oh that's right that celix was from uh |
| 13673s | the Mind Control deck steel he mind |
| 13674s | control Tech that zilliac so you know |
| 13676s | even lightning storm is not that bad of |
| 13678s | a pickup because you have a hackathon |
| 13679s | scheme sitting at two |
| 13680s | so a lightning storm |
| 13682s | you know it could make some fireworks |
| 13684s | happen |
| 13688s | this is a big deal though |
| 13693s | look at Hunter Ace |
| 13697s | he is hoping for good fortune here |
| 13701s | I mean at this point shuttle sorry he |
| 13703s | gets a heal shutterfunk I don't even |
| 13705s | think is enough swamp Queen Haggett does |
| 13707s | not good |
| 13712s | acidic swamp poos into a high rolled |
| 13715s | lightning you're gonna have to brew up |
| 13716s | something with this |
| 13718s | this witch's cauldron pot that hackath |
| 13721s | is brewing with |
| 13722s | because the cards right now are not good |
| 13724s | enough |
| 13725s | it looks like it's only out his |
| 13727s | lightning storm and Hyrule every minion |
| 13731s | and then hackathon scheme |
| 13733s | fills up his team Mana perfectly |
| 13736s | if he doesn't get it he could storm |
| 13738s | bringer for the memes or shock |
| 13742s | not good |
| 13749s | he's dead |
| 13754s | not a single legendary that saves him |
| 13758s | a path can you think of once not not |
| 13762s | with a hex in hand for A8 |
| 13766s | from his perspective oh |
| 13770s | gotta be some big dumb talk that works |
| 13772s | right |
| 13773s | are there any big dumb talks there's |
| 13775s | always some legendary that does what you |
| 13777s | want it to do archville and reform |
| 13779s | that's a big dump truck |
| 13782s | calagos is not |
| 13784s | 2-0 to A8 right now at the deck that |
| 13790s | I've seen a lot of question marks about |
| 13791s | that I've talked to a lot of players |
| 13793s | about to get an opinion on with this |
| 13796s | mid-range deck from A8 is now three and |
| 13799s | zero in game score |
| 13801s | it's the deck that's doing the heavy |
| 13803s | lifting for him |
| 13805s | it hasn't lost a game it's the decider |
| 13808s | match drip 2-0 versus the highest ranked |
| 13811s | player in the world was number one in |
| 13813s | points and the most dominant player |
| 13814s | throughout |
| 13816s | just like I told you TJ Casper is going |
| 13818s | to beat Casper in this match and whether |
| 13820s | that means a comeback or the victory |
| 13822s | that's currently on the path that's yet |
| 13823s | to be decided |
| 13826s | I continue to be more and more impressed |
| 13828s | by the Shaman deck |
| 13829s | aye even said himself when we talked to |
| 13832s | him he said against a lot of decks he's |
| 13834s | got to cheese him and this is not him |
| 13836s | cheesing them yeah he got Stormbreaker |
| 13838s | off of the uh swamp Queen hagatha but he |
| 13841s | just he had a ton of gas even in his |
| 13842s | hand when the game ended I'll call that |
| 13844s | a pseudo cheese pseudo cheese there we |
| 13846s | go like Velveeta yeah |
| 13849s | but he's this is just a dominant |
| 13851s | performance from A8 |
| 13854s | hello in Casper um my nickname is pretty |
| 13857s | original 86 360 and I'm currently |
| 13859s | playing |
| 13860s | candy and so being in the world stage |
| 13863s | feels pretty amazing to me I just cannot |
| 13866s | wait to play uh first of all in the |
| 13869s | group State maybe a little bit further I |
| 13871s | have a good further but it's not going |
| 13873s | to be easy because my group is pretty |
| 13874s | hard but I will never give up so we're |
| 13877s | looking at the lineups and looking at |
| 13878s | the bracket I think about it was a |
| 13881s | really good lineup for the tournament |
| 13882s | and he got a really good bracket as well |
| 13885s | because he's facing pretty much only |
| 13887s | control Warriors in the part of his |
| 13889s | bracket in the other part of bracket uh |
| 13891s | there are mostly bomb Warriors |
| 13893s | so I think laundry will easily get out |
| 13895s | of the groups and he and if you get |
| 13898s | um like five favorable matchups uh |
| 13902s | interpret he can go he can go really far |
| 13905s | for example to the final or maybe maybe |
| 13907s | even win the whole tournament |
| 13909s | my fans are always supporting me |
| 13911s | especially from the Polish Community and |
| 13913s | I'm really glad and |
| 13916s | I'm reading a lot of even small messages |
| 13919s | like good luck in the tournament I'm |
| 13921s | trained for you I voted for you and even |
| 13924s | if I don't response it still means a lot |
| 13926s | to me and |
| 13928s | I'm really grateful to have such a big |
| 13930s | community in the Polish team |
| 13940s | I don't really feel like I have too much |
| 13942s | of a Target at my back it's like hard to |
| 13945s | know right because uh I don't think that |
| 13948s | any of the players like specifically |
| 13949s | tried like counter what I was most |
| 13952s | likely to bring or they didn't end up |
| 13953s | doing that at least which I think was |
| 13955s | pretty convenient for me like I'm pretty |
| 13959s | happy with how my lineup turned out and |
| 13961s | how my group is so uh I think I'm in a |
| 13964s | pretty good spot as long as I managed to |
| 13966s | play well I mean there's a lot of |
| 13969s | variables into that but uh I think I'm |
| 13972s | I'm in a pretty good uh good good |
| 13974s | position like due to my lineup and how |
| 13978s | like the lineup turned out versus my |
| 13980s | group so it will depend a bit how like |
| 13982s | the day goes and stuff but I feel like |
| 13985s | if I'm able to like perform at my best |
| 13987s | level I should have a really good shot |
| 13988s | at making food groups and then from that |
| 13991s | point on we will kind of like see how |
| 13992s | the bracket lines up |
| 13994s | I had some of these tournaments like |
| 13996s | last year also but this one was like way |
| 13999s | more intense since there's like a lot |
| 14001s | more relevancy to it I think that all of |
| 14003s | the players were pretty stressed out |
| 14005s | because um also like the meta game |
| 14007s | Warrior and Rogue are like two pirate |
| 14010s | classes when we play in The Conquest |
| 14012s | format and we have to bring four next to |
| 14014s | everyone if it comes like a way |
| 14016s | different uh problem to tackle and it |
| 14020s | was pretty difficult to like try to |
| 14022s | figure out like what type of directions |
| 14024s | other people would go knowing that |
| 14026s | probably everyone knows that broken war |
| 14028s | is going to be like the two most likely |
| 14031s | uh likely classes and one of them is |
| 14034s | probably going to get banned and one of |
| 14035s | them is probably going to get hedged |
| 14036s | towards |
| 14037s | the first thing I buy if I I'll win the |
| 14039s | World Championship will be uh ice cream |
| 14042s | I like uh pistachio and vanilla I don't |
| 14045s | make it too complicated |
| 14049s | welcome back everybody to the |
| 14051s | Hearthstone World Championship |
| 14054s | I'm TJ joined by the Admiral that's |
| 14055s | admirable yo |
| 14057s | he currently has a 2-0 lead in the |
| 14059s | series over Hunter Ace and |
| 14061s | I made a promise to the viewers |
| 14064s | I said I had a lot of Honey stories that |
| 14066s | I was going to unleash over the course |
| 14067s | of this series and I'm quickly running |
| 14069s | out of time |
| 14071s | well you better start |
| 14073s | Hunter Ace I mean look at just look at |
| 14075s | the difference between the two of them |
| 14077s | right now Hunter Aces we came back |
| 14078s | shaking his head and yeah |
| 14080s | I mean those are two brutal losses |
| 14082s | pretty tough |
| 14084s | I mean the first one I think you |
| 14086s | couldn't help it you ran into Edwin you |
| 14088s | had a clunky hand the second one |
| 14091s | it felt like the second one was winnable |
| 14093s | in some capacity I don't know exactly |
| 14094s | how but it felt like it was yeah uh I |
| 14097s | don't know what he could have done |
| 14099s | differently to create a different |
| 14100s | circumstance I mean you could talk for |
| 14102s | for hours about that game |
| 14105s | and Hunter Ace |
| 14108s | we're back in right now you know it's |
| 14110s | important to note this is actually the |
| 14111s | first tournament that Hunter Ace has |
| 14112s | played on a giant main stage like this |
| 14114s | he's had a lot of tour stop experience |
| 14115s | but this is the first championship event |
| 14118s | it's the first championship event but he |
| 14120s | did play on this exact stage in December |
| 14124s | so it says All Stars held the same uh |
| 14126s | weight as as the world championship says |
| 14128s | it didn't held the same way but it was |
| 14130s | the same type of environment but not not |
| 14132s | as prestigious I will agree |
| 14134s | um but you know you're right the stakes |
| 14137s | at that tournament were yeah you win it |
| 14138s | or you lose it you know that's a lot at |
| 14140s | stake but this one this was the whole |
| 14142s | Year's work for Hunter race like I'm |
| 14144s | curious how much that's that's Weighing |
| 14147s | on him right now it's I mean he's he's |
| 14148s | not shied away from showing any amount |
| 14149s | of emotion and whether or not that's |
| 14151s | affecting his play I'm not going to |
| 14152s | speculate it's affecting his play |
| 14153s | because I don't think it is I think he's |
| 14154s | playing pretty well with what he's been |
| 14155s | dealt uh I think though that it's just |
| 14158s | clearly Weighing on it to me it's just |
| 14161s | it's an interesting thing to watch as |
| 14163s | much as I don't want to necessarily |
| 14164s | watch that yeah I can't help but think |
| 14167s | what's going through Hunter Ace's mind |
| 14169s | right now yeah |
| 14171s | well while we have probably the slowest |
| 14173s | part of this match we're gonna get I'm |
| 14174s | gonna tell one story |
| 14175s | and I'm gonna call this story Hunter |
| 14177s | Race's day at blizzard |
| 14179s | so Hunter Hayes was uh we invited him to |
| 14181s | be on the podcast talk stone that throw |
| 14183s | it in and I do that we've done for the |
| 14184s | past year |
| 14185s | and he uh he arrives at the blizzard |
| 14187s | campus and I escorted him on the first |
| 14189s | thing he does is he says Hey teacher can |
| 14190s | I get a hot chocolate |
| 14191s | oh another five cause hagatha |
| 14195s | yeah so he asked for a hot chocolate |
| 14198s | he asked for hot chocolate so I got him |
| 14200s | a hot chocolate we bring him up to the |
| 14202s | recording room the first thing he does |
| 14204s | he walks in the recording room before I |
| 14206s | can even tell him what he's supposed to |
| 14207s | do or where he's supposed to go |
| 14209s | he goes to the couch that we have in the |
| 14211s | room takes off his shoes lays down on |
| 14213s | the couch and cues up a game at rank two |
| 14216s | with talk waggle druid |
| 14220s | that's Henry's in a nutshell he's just |
| 14222s | aloof and the only thing he cares about |
| 14224s | is Hearthstone and sweets |
| 14226s | well I'll tell you it's not aloof it's |
| 14228s | what Hunter Hayes just did this term |
| 14229s | with that hagatha so do you recall back |
| 14231s | to the first game when he got that |
| 14233s | Accolade pain and he contemplated |
| 14235s | playing it |
| 14236s | and eventually he did when he drew the |
| 14239s | hagatha here |
| 14240s | he waited for a moment he hovered the |
| 14243s | Agatha thought for another moment and he |
| 14246s | passed the turn he is really trying to |
| 14247s | send A8 the message but that's a |
| 14249s | playable card right now the the problem |
| 14252s | is |
| 14253s | there's a lot of cards you wouldn't play |
| 14255s | in your situation there are a ton of |
| 14257s | playable cards |
| 14258s | that are all reasonable in this |
| 14260s | situation |
| 14261s | he's trying to send the message that |
| 14263s | it's not like what it is and you can see |
| 14265s | Hunter is here praying please no Grim |
| 14268s | rally |
| 14270s | Hunter Ace is like one or two turns away |
| 14273s | from getting into this game and perhaps |
| 14275s | getting a Stranglehold on it afterwards |
| 14279s | and so Hunter Ace I think is going to |
| 14281s | look to just avoid any sort of death |
| 14284s | this turn and if that means expending |
| 14285s | two copies of ancestral healing to taunt |
| 14287s | up your totem and your mind control Tech |
| 14289s | or whatever you steal |
| 14291s | I wonder whatever he uses this turn I |
| 14294s | believe it is calculated maximally to |
| 14296s | just simply not die and I honestly think |
| 14299s | that your play is the best |
| 14302s | protect your life total at all costs |
| 14304s | mind control Tech take the damage off |
| 14305s | the board doesn't matter if you're gonna |
| 14306s | kill it next turn take it off the board |
| 14308s | ancestral healing at least the Mind |
| 14311s | Control Tech to block any little point |
| 14313s | of damage you've got celiacs you have |
| 14314s | the Stevie of walking Fountain it is |
| 14317s | Unthinkable to me that if Hunter Ace |
| 14318s | gets to one single safe turn |
| 14321s | past that hagatha that he is almost as |
| 14325s | in the clear as you can imagine and the |
| 14326s | way that he gets to one single safe turn |
| 14327s | is by just playing everything he |
| 14329s | possibly can |
| 14333s | his face has turned red |
| 14336s | just from the start of his turn to now |
| 14340s | taught the totem |
| 14343s | no mind control Tech and the reason is |
| 14345s | that my control Tech is because this |
| 14346s | technically does the same thing |
| 14349s | uh except he gets to save the micro Tech |
| 14351s | and the ancestral healing here if Grim |
| 14353s | rally were to come down what that means |
| 14355s | is A8 would have the same number of |
| 14356s | attacks next turn the difference is |
| 14358s | there'd be a 3-3 taunt in the way that's |
| 14360s | about the only difference and here he's |
| 14361s | just trying to hold on to it to |
| 14362s | compensate for that so what about the |
| 14364s | totem roll |
| 14366s | the totem roll could be a 1-1 |
| 14368s | and maybe that changes something like |
| 14370s | abusive Sergeant gets to come down or |
| 14371s | what have you I I don't know what he's |
| 14373s | calculated exactly what I do know is |
| 14376s | that look at the sigh of relief as he's |
| 14378s | gonna head into a hagatha turn |
| 14380s | he's going to go to 19 there's an Argent |
| 14382s | Squire and he's got a zilliacs a hag of |
| 14384s | his scheme and a mind control Tech in |
| 14387s | hand with a walking Fountain approaching |
| 14388s | with an ancestral healing to heal up the |
| 14390s | walking Fountain I can't imagine Hunter |
| 14393s | Ace losing from this spot that seems |
| 14395s | ridiculous |
| 14397s | and so for A8 last turn |
| 14399s | you know I think about Solarium it could |
| 14402s | have been a big waste last turn but |
| 14404s | could he have found |
| 14405s | a grim Rally or perhaps two Grim rallies |
| 14407s | maybe ended the game that turn that's |
| 14409s | the only thing I think about |
| 14411s | so I did the damage with grim rally he |
| 14413s | would have had 16 points of damage |
| 14417s | and uh Honduras was at 22. so if you |
| 14419s | Solarium did a grim rally Grim rally |
| 14421s | would that have been enough because you |
| 14423s | could Grim rally one of the minions you |
| 14424s | played abusive Sergeant you grew Valley |
| 14426s | again yeah it would have been even |
| 14427s | without abusive Sergeant it would have |
| 14429s | been uh he would have had five extra |
| 14431s | points of damage because he would have |
| 14432s | to kill two minions |
| 14433s | on the first Grim rally so it would have |
| 14435s | been no it would have been 21. so he |
| 14437s | would have needed one extra point |
| 14438s | because he's gonna have six Minions on |
| 14439s | board well he had seven minutes on board |
| 14442s | so you Grim rally so you Grim rally and |
| 14444s | that was that was 16. I did that match |
| 14446s | so you take one more minion once you get |
| 14448s | five six twenty one and then abusive |
| 14449s | Sergeant make it 23. and then three of |
| 14451s | the damage gets absorbed by the healing |
| 14453s | totem |
| 14454s | so no it wouldn't have been enough there |
| 14456s | you go |
| 14457s | could the pressure from that have been |
| 14459s | enough though |
| 14461s | did I tell you what this certainly is |
| 14462s | going to be enough Hunter Ace is going |
| 14463s | to chew through these next couple boards |
| 14465s | like it's nothing |
| 14467s | an ad giggling adventure to that one I |
| 14469s | think Hunter Ace is in the clear |
| 14476s | if he loses this game I might eat his |
| 14478s | decklist |
| 14483s | you hear that |
| 14484s | that's the deck list |
| 14489s | not the series this game |
| 14492s | well if he loses his game he loses the |
| 14494s | series |
| 14495s | right but if he wins this game and loses |
| 14497s | series I don't want to eat the decklist |
| 14498s | then |
| 14501s | we might need it |
| 14511s | just Henry's posture has changed |
| 14513s | completely oh well I mean I I believe |
| 14515s | that he knows |
| 14520s | he was fully tensed up |
| 14523s | on that turn for |
| 14527s | still not completely relaxed but in a |
| 14529s | much better position the thing about it |
| 14531s | is is in so these tournament matches the |
| 14533s | Hearthstone when I've seen Hunter Ace |
| 14535s | he's I don't relax is never really the |
| 14537s | word I get it's either like fretful or |
| 14541s | not the rest of the time he's just quite |
| 14544s | animated |
| 14545s | it's getting in the zone and just trying |
| 14548s | to let himself take over at that point |
| 14550s | yeah use your use the strength of your |
| 14553s | intuition |
| 14555s | think about the scenarios play the best |
| 14557s | Hearthstone you can |
| 14559s | that means be animated |
| 14562s | let some of that stress go so be it |
| 14566s | just don't punch anything |
| 14572s | what |
| 14586s | he's just saving up a ton of burst yeah |
| 14589s | that's smart and that is a ton of burst |
| 14593s | the thing for Hunter race to really |
| 14594s | think about in my opinion is going to be |
| 14596s | a Magic Carpet turn and how that |
| 14598s | interacts with stuff like giggling |
| 14599s | inventor |
| 14600s | I think that that could be the one |
| 14603s | dangerous spot |
| 14605s | that Hunter Ace gets into this game |
| 14608s | I think I think if I'm in Hunter's spot |
| 14610s | I'm looking at zilliacs and I'm like |
| 14611s | this is nice and safe I get an extra |
| 14614s | taunt from this you're not gonna die in |
| 14616s | this spot this might be better later on |
| 14618s | but I'll tell you what it's really good |
| 14619s | right now |
| 14621s | blazing invocation hmm |
| 14625s | with wild Parliament or an ancestral |
| 14627s | healing in hand I'm inclined to hold on |
| 14629s | to that absolutely |
| 14632s | because that's just another board clear |
| 14635s | I must decide |
| 14641s | these provide zero three taunts on death |
| 14643s | good news for hunt race or health equals |
| 14646s | more time equals more win |
| 14653s | picked up which is a great draw for A8 |
| 14656s | with how his hand is yeah that can't |
| 14658s | a walking Fountain turn yeah but the |
| 14661s | problem is Hunter X has the answer he's |
| 14663s | got wild pyromancer hex ancestor healing |
| 14666s | blazing invocation that deals with the |
| 14669s | board of even three Health minions |
| 14672s | across the board plus a sea giant yeah |
| 14674s | and so for A8 he knows that time is |
| 14677s | running out and I think it's largely |
| 14678s | because of the zilliacs yeah and he's |
| 14680s | just gonna go in as a result I don't |
| 14682s | blame him |
| 14690s | celiacs changes the Landscapes of so |
| 14692s | many of these aggro games and when your |
| 14693s | opponent has hagged the cranking they |
| 14695s | have a boatload of gas at the top end |
| 14698s | yeah |
| 14701s | and honestly |
| 14703s | by every criteria imaginable |
| 14708s | this is a very good turn for AAA |
| 14713s | unfortunately it just feels like it's |
| 14714s | not enough this was the deck building |
| 14716s | process for Hunter Hayes too this was |
| 14717s | the situation he was trying to get to in |
| 14721s | these processes it's happened enough to |
| 14723s | get through the early game and then have |
| 14725s | a Stranglehold afterwards |
| 14729s | looking at a8's zoo Warlock deck there's |
| 14732s | no Leroy in this one |
| 14735s | two Salt fires that's the only immediacy |
| 14738s | of damage aside from Lackey generation |
| 14741s | that he's gonna have without board |
| 14743s | presence |
| 14755s | another blazing invocation yeah it's |
| 14758s | just |
| 14761s | your clear board your clear board your |
| 14762s | clear board eventually they run out of |
| 14764s | stuff |
| 14773s | that's step one |
| 14779s | the task master up |
| 14782s | I don't think it matters |
| 14790s | well that was taken awfully quick |
| 14793s | if he didn't have enough already |
| 14796s | back to back carpets I imagine that it's |
| 14799s | pretty interested in playing those and |
| 14801s | look at what the discoverer provided for |
| 14803s | hunting race |
| 14808s | walking Fountain to do with two |
| 14810s | medium-sized things hackatha's scheme to |
| 14813s | do with a lot of small things |
| 14814s | mind control Tech to do with three small |
| 14816s | things in one big thing |
| 14818s | and mossy horror to just deal with |
| 14820s | everything else |
| 14824s | foreign |
| 14825s | the carpet |
| 14832s | ah |
| 14834s | funnily enough that's uh currently the |
| 14836s | only minion that does not oh no it would |
| 14839s | die the monster War because it had the |
| 14841s | abusive Sergeant attack onto it bye by |
| 14843s | board yep |
| 14852s | foreign |
| 14864s | it's like I guess I'll keep playing |
| 14868s | maybe he makes a mistake |
| 14877s | maybe he's stormbringers five millions |
| 14879s | and gets all Barren goods and then I top |
| 14881s | deck double Soul fire |
| 14884s | foreign |
| 14896s | we're going to game number four |
| 14900s | with your Far Side of hagatha |
| 14902s | it might be scary before turn five but |
| 14905s | once you hit turn five it's not scary at |
| 14907s | all anymore |
| 14909s | probably enough the second game in a row |
| 14911s | that Hunter Hayes |
| 14912s | or not in a row in the series yeah |
| 14915s | Henry's far side of the Agatha the first |
| 14918s | one though hey eight went tall he did |
| 14922s | didn't work out but Henry's still life |
| 14924s | in the series and honestly if you're |
| 14927s | looking over at the decklist for May 8th |
| 14930s | the Warlock is probably the one that he |
| 14932s | has the best chance of beating three |
| 14934s | times in a row it just has not really |
| 14936s | performed |
| 14937s | so far in the world championship for a |
| 14939s | lot of players it's definitely been a |
| 14941s | struggle but two Soul fires two Grim |
| 14943s | rallies could get some work done but |
| 14945s | I'll tell you what I'm worried if I'm in |
| 14947s | a AIDs position you were hoping to 3-0 |
| 14949s | this one and instead it's a two and one |
| 14951s | yeah 100 is still an uphill battle ahead |
| 14953s | of him if he wants to win this match and |
| 14955s | move on to the quarterfinals |
| 14957s | that just means we got plenty of series |
| 14959s | left to play we're gonna go to a quick |
| 14960s | break but don't go anywhere more World |
| 14961s | Championship |
| 14963s | right after this |
| 14966s | okay I'm 83 I'm from Poland but I'm |
| 14969s | currently living and studying in Germany |
| 14974s | I actually had to make a break from the |
| 14977s | University just to play Houston to |
| 14979s | prepare for tournaments but I want to |
| 14982s | come back and then study |
| 14984s | the family was pretty skeptic like |
| 14987s | negative from the beginning but then I |
| 14990s | started making some real money and |
| 14992s | that's why they started supporting me |
| 14994s | and now they're supporting me a lot and |
| 14996s | I really appreciate that |
| 15002s | bunny Hopper has conceded ah is going to |
| 15006s | the summer championships I think |
| 15008s | Hearthstone was pretty easy for me from |
| 15011s | the time when I started playing it it's |
| 15013s | an incredible feeling of course I think |
| 15016s | I've never felt so good in my entire |
| 15018s | hearts and career it's incredible I went |
| 15020s | to the first land tournament and I won |
| 15022s | this one so I was correct and then I |
| 15026s | started competing in more tournaments I |
| 15029s | achieved some pretty nice results and |
| 15031s | that's why it became competitive |
| 15034s | I didn't know that I will get like |
| 15036s | recognized in Hearthstone that's why I |
| 15038s | typed something totally random and then |
| 15040s | I just went to a tournament in Poland |
| 15044s | like 64 people I won this tournament |
| 15046s | surprisingly and then everybody was |
| 15049s | knowing me and it didn't feel like |
| 15051s | really changing the nickname after that |
| 15056s | welcome back everybody to the |
| 15057s | Hearthstone World Championship |
| 15060s | updated joined by the Admiral that's |
| 15062s | admirable hi hanres versus A8 series |
| 15065s | starting to heat up |
| 15066s | as Henry's trying to mount a comeback in |
| 15070s | the series but |
| 15072s | when you go down 2-0 it is very hard no |
| 15074s | matter what kind of deck you're facing |
| 15076s | to beat it three times in a row against |
| 15078s | one of the best players in the world I |
| 15080s | don't think there's any doubt about it |
| 15081s | however the two remaining decks uh it's |
| 15084s | Rogue which it's the burger variant of |
| 15087s | Rogue been a very strong performing deck |
| 15089s | throughout this so obviously the talk of |
| 15091s | the tournament coming in as far as |
| 15092s | ladder is concerned |
| 15093s | it's the dominant deck |
| 15095s | a couple problems I see with the deck |
| 15097s | was so admirable what's that there are |
| 15099s | new fan of knives |
| 15106s | it is uh very difficult |
| 15111s | for Honduras to continually pick apart |
| 15114s | board States |
| 15116s | I'm looking at a couple key cards here |
| 15119s | backstab si7 agent evil miscreant |
| 15123s | I was looking at this hand and I'm I'm |
| 15125s | curious |
| 15128s | you know what are you curious about well |
| 15130s | I feel like Vendetta is the reason you |
| 15132s | play this deck |
| 15134s | so he's got Hench clean burglar he's got |
| 15136s | Vendetta |
| 15137s | as much as I don't know wow I was well I |
| 15140s | was going to mention the eviscerated |
| 15142s | so eviscerate's not a pretty looking |
| 15144s | card when you have to just use it as a |
| 15146s | two minute card and hit a minion with it |
| 15148s | but I'll tell you what when you have |
| 15150s | hedge Clan burglar and Vendetta the |
| 15153s | appeal of keeping an eviscerate to me at |
| 15154s | least does seem a little bit better now |
| 15157s | that being said you want to find your |
| 15159s | key cards you want to find evil |
| 15160s | miscreants you want to find raiding |
| 15163s | party you want to have underbelly fence |
| 15165s | because you have the Hedge clamp burglar |
| 15167s | in play there's a lot of cards that are |
| 15168s | very strong in the deck but if my main |
| 15171s | goal is just to not die and have the big |
| 15173s | Tempo swing from burglar Vendetta I can |
| 15176s | I contemplate keeping an eviscerate in |
| 15178s | that spot |
| 15179s | with two preps in hand Hunter Ace |
| 15181s | doesn't feel like he needs to hang onto |
| 15182s | this backstab just kill this minion make |
| 15184s | a dagger |
| 15186s | hope you can deal with the next thing |
| 15187s | that happens the problem with uh trying |
| 15189s | to just survive |
| 15192s | is that unlike the shaman versus warlock |
| 15195s | you don't just have pretty much a |
| 15197s | guaranteed win in the later stages of |
| 15199s | the game |
| 15200s | you gotta kill him |
| 15201s | yeah I think the amount of value that |
| 15203s | Hunter Ace picks up with uh hedge Clan |
| 15205s | burglar is quite important |
| 15207s | and the tempo swing from the Vendetta |
| 15209s | threatens to get more value because then |
| 15211s | the Hedge Clan burglar can pick apart |
| 15213s | border it can start attacking face yeah |
| 15214s | uh A8 at this position when he sees the |
| 15217s | turn two backstab and then the dagger up |
| 15219s | and he saw a two keep from Hunter Ace |
| 15222s | aside he's got to think what is this |
| 15223s | hand right now |
| 15225s | if opponent had Edward Van Cleef would |
| 15227s | they backstab right now |
| 15228s | probably not so I'm gonna rule that out |
| 15231s | it's an evil miscreet in hand does that |
| 15233s | mean they have another thing to play |
| 15234s | perhaps |
| 15239s | would they have kept blink Fox |
| 15241s | underbelly fence |
| 15243s | Maybe |
| 15246s | that's going to get ruled out yep so |
| 15249s | then what are those cards |
| 15253s | Hench Clan pendetta |
| 15255s | you can pretty much start to narrow it |
| 15257s | down |
| 15261s | honduras's hand while it looks poor this |
| 15263s | turn |
| 15265s | there are a lot of draws that make this |
| 15267s | hand insane well |
| 15281s | Tempo Sergeant direwolf Alpha is going |
| 15284s | to temporarily unnerf it back to 2-1 |
| 15288s | uh the good old days |
| 15291s | Leroy drawing so Leroy Shadow step now |
| 15293s | available this pickup from hedge Clan |
| 15295s | burglar is going to be really important |
| 15297s | baited Arrow sounds great to me |
| 15306s | blazing invocation |
| 15308s | while at first glance it may seem good |
| 15310s | but keep in mind combo cards are not |
| 15313s | Battle Cry cards |
| 15318s | and all the a lot of the strong cards |
| 15320s | are combo cards talking about evil |
| 15323s | miscreant could pick a pinch claim |
| 15325s | burglar from that well I'll tell you |
| 15327s | what sea Giants do a pretty bad job at |
| 15329s | fighting against Rogues it's one of |
| 15331s | their main goals is typically to |
| 15332s | eliminate your board turn after turn and |
| 15334s | so A8 is now faced with the decision |
| 15337s | of Soul fire of how to Solarium |
| 15341s | scare bag or life tap this is the |
| 15343s | critical turn of the game for A8 right |
| 15345s | here |
| 15346s | this one turn has to be calculated |
| 15350s | perfectly because there are so many draw |
| 15353s | variations that change the landscape of |
| 15356s | this if you if you draw a bunch of cheap |
| 15357s | minions in a row |
| 15359s | you're gonna look down at that Solarium |
| 15360s | and going ah maybe I should have done |
| 15361s | that |
| 15366s | C drive pitched nice pitch away for AAA |
| 15369s | that's that's the better one to get rid |
| 15370s | of yeah but now this baited arrow is |
| 15372s | going to do some work |
| 15374s | for Hunter Ace and honestly it's to the |
| 15377s | point where he needs to consider the |
| 15379s | preparation the baited arrow and the si7 |
| 15380s | agent start working on the one ones |
| 15383s | maybe even just go face with the si7 |
| 15385s | agent yeah that's what I was thinking |
| 15387s | yeah |
| 15389s | it's Giddy Up time attack with the |
| 15391s | dagger no seriously yeah it's Giddy Up |
| 15393s | time I actually think that I was foolish |
| 15396s | to initially consider attacking the egg |
| 15397s | I think this should go face and you |
| 15399s | should start pressing the issue you are |
| 15401s | three turns away from lethal represented |
| 15403s | damage on Leroy Jenkins yeah I mean |
| 15405s | you have to force A8 to have an |
| 15407s | activator for the scare bag |
| 15409s | and then he's got to deal with your |
| 15411s | stuff I don't know about this Hunter |
| 15414s | race |
| 15415s | he's typically shown that he's very |
| 15417s | willing to try to restrict options as |
| 15419s | much as possible and I don't blame him |
| 15421s | if knife juggler and a bunch of |
| 15423s | shenanigans happen with that egg you may |
| 15425s | regret it later on all right well |
| 15428s | let's say Evil Genius is picked up here |
| 15430s | then he made the right decision |
| 15434s | bunch of ones |
| 15437s | so now |
| 15438s | the soul fire comes into mind |
| 15442s | I don't think you necessarily need to |
| 15444s | juggler this turn but you probably want |
| 15446s | to |
| 15448s | the fact that Hunter Hayes popped this |
| 15450s | egg what that means is A8 has a |
| 15453s | guaranteed kill on the devil store if he |
| 15455s | wants it had you not done that that five |
| 15457s | damage plus the hit from the dagger |
| 15458s | really starts cutting into that life tap |
| 15461s | it starts to add pressure to A8 because |
| 15463s | you have Leroy and Shadow step that's |
| 15465s | the one question mark I have about |
| 15467s | playing to a restrictive measure |
| 15469s | so the way I looked at it was basically |
| 15471s | just the damage break point now granted |
| 15473s | a it's going to be light tapping but you |
| 15475s | put them down to 22 you push anything |
| 15477s | next turn |
| 15480s | it's down to 14. |
| 15481s | that's one dagger up and then Leroy's |
| 15484s | Shadow step Leroy |
| 15486s | is enough |
| 15489s | just a 2-3 |
| 15494s | and once you committed to the |
| 15495s | restrictive measure when do you turn |
| 15496s | back you also have Shadow step for the |
| 15498s | si7 agent which could provide two |
| 15500s | additional damage if you try to need it |
| 15502s | to turn sooner |
| 15504s | what's the Leroy breakpoint look like |
| 15507s | you could drop A8 to 16 just with your |
| 15509s | attacks |
| 15512s | then you need one minion to connect |
| 15515s | yeah you're adding a two three you still |
| 15517s | got the dagger he's most likely going to |
| 15519s | tap |
| 15522s | and from the eighth side he's got four |
| 15524s | damage showing he's got soul fire in |
| 15525s | hand so Hunter oh boy is effectively at |
| 15528s | nine well here we go |
| 15534s | bagger minions or dagger face |
| 15538s | looks like an easy call for Hunter Ace |
| 15542s | so this is a lethal setup |
| 15545s | if a were to not deal with any of these |
| 15548s | minions there's 10 damage showing Leroy |
| 15550s | from hand plus a dag grip no Shadow step |
| 15552s | necessary |
| 15554s | oh that's a bad draw right now yeah |
| 15557s | that's gonna be Soul fire food |
| 15569s | see |
| 15572s | almost back up |
| 15574s | these Tempo versus Agri matchups are |
| 15578s | tense when they mean this much they |
| 15580s | certainly are you know what this is game |
| 15582s | one of the series it's like I feel like |
| 15584s | it's a lot less tense but when you're |
| 15586s | talking Match Point versus |
| 15588s | the number one points are in the world |
| 15590s | for your tournament life |
| 15595s | oh boy yeah |
| 15598s | that's certainly |
| 15600s | that's certainly so now I'm not gonna |
| 15603s | end up well |
| 15605s | has guaranteed unless this juggle jungle |
| 15610s | has to hit a minion has to hit the has |
| 15612s | to hit him in has to hit a minion |
| 15614s | doesn't hit a minion |
| 15616s | Hunter Ace with the Leroy from hand with |
| 15618s | the five on board with the one from the |
| 15620s | dagger sends it to game number five |
| 15629s | only one slot there too so you don't |
| 15630s | even have to worry about the juggler |
| 15632s | Leroy that could have been a big deal |
| 15634s | too |
| 15640s | it could snipe the Leroy Jenkins very |
| 15643s | low odds in that case he has two other |
| 15645s | minions he ain't supposed to trade a |
| 15647s | minion in that case |
| 15652s | that's 11 chance to kill the Leroy |
| 15658s | or I'm sorry no no it's lower 6.25 yeah |
| 15661s | because Leroy yeah |
| 15663s | I don't know that's weird that's weird |
| 15666s | you have to account on him having Leroy |
| 15668s | that's how you die though |
| 15673s | some math wizard out there knows it I |
| 15676s | don't know |
| 15679s | imagine how insane that would be he just |
| 15681s | trades one million 100 what does he do |
| 15682s | that for James and Leroy Leroy gets |
| 15684s | juggled twice |
| 15686s | that that would be that would be crazy I |
| 15687s | don't even want to I'm not gonna talk |
| 15689s | about that anymore I'm freaked out maybe |
| 15690s | he is supposed to trade a minion that I |
| 15692s | mean Leroy's literally what you die too |
| 15693s | yeah I don't know it's it's like it's |
| 15696s | taking do you have a greater than six |
| 15700s | point whatever percent chance |
| 15702s | to win the game by pushing one more |
| 15704s | damage |
| 15705s | you also have one more minion and also |
| 15707s | it's even lower than that because not |
| 15709s | only are you relying on that but you're |
| 15710s | also relying on your opponent having |
| 15711s | drawn Leroy |
| 15714s | with with 10 card drawn so it's like a |
| 15716s | two percent chance that is weird that |
| 15718s | that could end up winning a game I don't |
| 15720s | know it's a very bizarre scenario |
| 15723s | I don't even know if it crossed either |
| 15725s | player's mind |
| 15727s | but either way Hunter is saving the uh |
| 15729s | the toughest one for last I believe |
| 15738s | what look at that hand |
| 15740s | both hands are good |
| 15743s | Buckle in this one might not take long |
| 15745s | Hunter race on the Summoner Mage he's |
| 15748s | teched in two copies of rabble bouncer |
| 15750s | he's got a Mossy Harbor in here all |
| 15751s | right well that's not good that's the |
| 15753s | rest of the attacks is great he's |
| 15755s | looking for a conjurers calling right |
| 15757s | now conjure is calling it khadgar if |
| 15759s | Hunter race draws both of those cards |
| 15762s | he's gonna have a very reasonable time |
| 15765s | of winning this game one of the coolest |
| 15766s | interactions of this deck it was the |
| 15768s | very first game I played after Hunter |
| 15769s | Hayes talked to me about it I played |
| 15771s | Hench Clan sneak on three and then on |
| 15772s | turn four I attacked a minion I coined |
| 15775s | out khadgar conjure is calling the Hedge |
| 15777s | Clan sneak got four three cost minions |
| 15779s | and my opponent conceded |
| 15781s | and it was against soup that sounds fun |
| 15783s | it was awesome I immediately put in a |
| 15786s | second hedge Clan sneak I mean honestly |
| 15788s | right now with the wet with this hand |
| 15790s | does he even need condor's calling he's |
| 15793s | got the biggest swing turns you could |
| 15795s | possibly ever imagine he's got a lot |
| 15796s | loaded up here that's going to be able |
| 15798s | to get some work done and so he'll |
| 15799s | suffer some damage in the meantime |
| 15803s | the scary thought for Hunter Ace is |
| 15805s | going to be sea giant this game you know |
| 15806s | we've seen it be low impact in the rest |
| 15808s | of them you might be wondering why is |
| 15809s | this card in here the reason is matchups |
| 15811s | like this where you know wide board |
| 15814s | states are common because of the way |
| 15815s | that the minions battle back and forth |
| 15817s | and honestly I just realized the |
| 15820s | interaction with saronite Taskmaster |
| 15823s | see China it means they kill your |
| 15825s | minions they kind of stay in play yeah |
| 15828s | for the sea giant discount |
| 15830s | Andre is going to coin out the sneak |
| 15831s | early and that means that abusive |
| 15833s | Sergeant can't be strapped onto that |
| 15835s | Argent Squire and value trade yeah the |
| 15838s | sneak is there to buy the initiative |
| 15840s | because of the stealth it's such a |
| 15842s | clever inclusion yeah it really is and |
| 15845s | you know the way he explained it was |
| 15847s | basically the fact that you have the |
| 15848s | option to keep it in stealth to force |
| 15851s | your opponent to play more minions |
| 15853s | gravel bouncer my control Tech better or |
| 15857s | they try and consolidate their board |
| 15860s | which means that they're putting on less |
| 15862s | pressure |
| 15865s | so we're uh one piece away |
| 15868s | this mind control Tech it's good almost |
| 15871s | no matter how you slice it |
| 15874s | this looks good to me |
| 15880s | that's just smart deck building |
| 15886s | oh the knife circular Starry Night |
| 15888s | Taskmaster is kind of fun |
| 15890s | the opposing one that is |
| 15893s | ah you get a minion you get a juggle |
| 15895s | but is that the most efficient trade I |
| 15897s | think it is because you get to keep a |
| 15898s | two one around with the uh oh that's |
| 15901s | super interesting |
| 15902s | get in there and fight maggot well |
| 15907s | it's not where AID wants us to go right |
| 15908s | now he wants to battle for board |
| 15914s | this is twice now he's got a Juggle now |
| 15916s | that has changed the lands of things |
| 15917s | he's gonna get a Minion from this if he |
| 15918s | doesn't trade in his serenade Taskmaster |
| 15921s | it just plays macaroon hundreds can go |
| 15924s | rabble bouncer into my control Tech |
| 15927s | oh my gosh you're right |
| 15930s | and so |
| 15932s | A8 one of the highest chance to juggle a |
| 15934s | minion there and then trade into the one |
| 15936s | that was on a post he's gonna go face oh |
| 15939s | he's thinking about it oh my |
| 15942s | gravel bouncer plus my control Tech is a |
| 15945s | this massive switch this is a trade |
| 15946s | every time and the reason why is to |
| 15948s | protect the juggler that's a greedy |
| 15950s | attack I think from A8 because |
| 15951s | protecting the juggler can be a big |
| 15953s | difference here protecting the knife |
| 15955s | juggler can be a huge difference rabble |
| 15957s | bouncer comes down for a single point of |
| 15959s | Mana |
| 15960s | trade-off to zero three |
| 15963s | my control Tech this could be massive I |
| 15967s | mean it's massive no matter which way it |
| 15968s | goes |
| 15971s | and you kill the juggler of course and |
| 15973s | with a dragon plus skill worm in hand |
| 15975s | he's a he even has a way to answer CGI |
| 15977s | indeed I think Hunter I think Hunter Ace |
| 15980s | just |
| 15981s | took firm control and is now |
| 15983s | but Far and Away in the lead of this |
| 15985s | game |
| 15987s | and sea giant there's no way this turn |
| 15989s | to get it down to one Mana unfortunately |
| 15992s | well you have magic carpet and then sea |
| 15994s | Giant |
| 15997s | one man away |
| 16001s | from the Jews |
| 16002s | with Magic Carpet if you don't play the |
| 16005s | sea giant now it's never coming down |
| 16007s | yep |
| 16011s | and how to raise very confident in this |
| 16014s | ability to win the late game so save the |
| 16016s | Magic Carpet just play the sea giant get |
| 16017s | in a life tap while you can you're gonna |
| 16019s | need some more cards yep |
| 16024s | now Hunter X also has a different plan |
| 16026s | of Dragon Ball scorcher isolate the |
| 16028s | board oh boy |
| 16034s | But now y'all kill the sea giant look |
| 16038s | your opponent just played an 8-8 and you |
| 16039s | could kill it just kill it yeah |
| 16042s | don't listen to me don't listen to TJ |
| 16045s | I'm dumb somebody shut that TJ up |
| 16047s | yeah and for Hunter Ace here who cares |
| 16050s | about that opposing life total you chip |
| 16051s | away at the board look at that hand of |
| 16053s | yours where on Earth |
| 16055s | are you gonna lose control of this right |
| 16057s | now |
| 16063s | A8 looks like he's about to lose his |
| 16065s | third game in a row with Zoo Warlock |
| 16072s | I can't think of a single scenario |
| 16077s | it's a bunch of nice juggler nonsense he |
| 16080s | has to out muster hunt Race's deck which |
| 16082s | is |
| 16083s | uh |
| 16085s | honestly it's built for the mid game |
| 16087s | like it's true plays big stuff after big |
| 16090s | stuff there are some weird things that |
| 16091s | can happen though well |
| 16096s | you're gonna quickly start to eliminate |
| 16098s | those weird things that can happen |
| 16099s | because Hunter Ace is about to have the |
| 16101s | turn |
| 16102s | wow |
| 16104s | four seven drops incoming |
| 16107s | if they were all Baron gens that would |
| 16110s | be bad but they are not archville and |
| 16112s | reform it's VIP anyone concedes and Hunt |
| 16117s | race moves out of the group after going |
| 16119s | down two games to zero and finds himself |
| 16123s | in the top eight of the world |
| 16125s | championship |
| 16129s | importantly he wins the |
| 16134s | wins the |
| 16135s | wow |
| 16138s | what a nail-biting series that was just |
| 16141s | insane game five was a blowout but |
| 16145s | everything else in game five you get to |
| 16147s | see why Mage is performing so well |
| 16150s | overall yeah |
| 16151s | it is a very powerful Deck with some |
| 16155s | massive potential against aggro decks |
| 16157s | and massive potential against late game |
| 16158s | decks and we got there in a very weird |
| 16160s | way |
| 16162s | Group C did play out as people expected |
| 16165s | it to |
| 16168s | just in a lot more exciting of a way |
| 16170s | than people expected it to happen I did |
| 16172s | not anticipate a lot of the games being |
| 16174s | as close as it were just saying that |
| 16176s | Hunter Ace ended up moving out the |
| 16177s | number one points leader in the world |
| 16178s | the number one points leader in uh the |
| 16181s | Americas region with just saying |
| 16184s | that was just a stacked group any way |
| 16186s | you sliced it yeah and my hat's off to |
| 16188s | A8 in this tournament because I think he |
| 16191s | played pretty out of his mind the one |
| 16193s | thing that I can nitpick is whether or |
| 16195s | not you should have traded a 1-1 to |
| 16197s | juggle a LeRoy sometimes and that is a |
| 16200s | very very specific and to trade a |
| 16203s | saronite Taskmaster to avoid rabble |
| 16205s | bouncer's second mind control attack |
| 16206s | like get out of here yeah if that's |
| 16208s | gonna be your nitpick that is a |
| 16209s | world-class player hats off yeah also |
| 16212s | coming to the tournament with a unique |
| 16214s | Shaman deck that was on nobody's radar |
| 16216s | and pretty much still isn't |
| 16218s | three and zero it went three and zero it |
| 16221s | went so gotta commend players for coming |
| 16223s | in with creativity and I know for for |
| 16226s | darn fact that we have not seen the last |
| 16228s | of a three six five zero but the seventh |
| 16232s | match of the day is in the books and |
| 16233s | that means we have one more spot in the |
| 16236s | quarterfinals up for grabs |
| 16239s | we're gonna go to a quick break but |
| 16240s | don't go anywhere because the eighth and |
| 16242s | final match of day number three of the |
| 16244s | Hearthstone World Championship |
| 16247s | it's coming right up three more wins |
| 16249s | stood between Hunter Ace and the world |
| 16251s | champion title his first opponent in top |
| 16254s | eight was Luna formerly bloody face even |
| 16258s | though Hunter Hayes took an early lead |
| 16259s | the end of the series was a true nail |
| 16262s | biter let's see what happens it's |
| 16265s | quarter final it's gonna be bloody face |
| 16267s | versus Hunter Ace yes they rhyme and yes |
| 16270s | I'm a misspeak at the little point in |
| 16272s | this series but most importantly as |
| 16274s | always with today everything on the line |
| 16276s | Hunter race has been for a haircut since |
| 16278s | uh you may have last seen him so his |
| 16280s | hair's looking a little bit tight a |
| 16281s | little bit more streamlined and |
| 16282s | aerodynamic waiting to get some wins but |
| 16285s | we are going to go pretty quickly into |
| 16286s | this matchup let's talk about the player |
| 16288s | song yeah as soon as you said that my |
| 16290s | brain started trying to do rhyme schemes |
| 16292s | I didn't get very fast like outer space |
| 16293s | paper chase I just couldn't I couldn't |
| 16295s | link anything together but enough about |
| 16297s | that two of the most fantastic players |
| 16299s | in the world something I'm very excited |
| 16301s | to see uh for me bloody face if you'd |
| 16303s | ask me to name like my top 100 |
| 16305s | Hearthstone players at the start of LA |
| 16307s | last year he's not even a name that |
| 16309s | probably would have made that list but |
| 16310s | that's a lack of exposure from that I |
| 16312s | had to him I just hadn't seen him play |
| 16314s | that much since I've been seeing more |
| 16316s | and more of him towards the latter half |
| 16317s | of last year and the start of this year |
| 16319s | he's become so impressive and he's |
| 16320s | honestly in terms of technical play |
| 16322s | probably one of the most respected |
| 16324s | players in this tournament now but |
| 16326s | looking at deck lists uh but one of the |
| 16329s | first times we're seeing kind of |
| 16330s | Divergent bands control Warrior going |
| 16332s | down on one side Tempo road going down |
| 16333s | on the other side which means that now |
| 16335s | we have uh potential Mage mirror uh with |
| 16338s | the invert their inverse decks Rogue on |
| 16340s | one side control worry on the other |
| 16342s | being left up and then the shaman from |
| 16344s | Hunter Ace which is yet another |
| 16346s | different build from the ones that we've |
| 16347s | been seeing so far from the likes of |
| 16349s | just saying uh very in the balance |
| 16351s | series I would say yeah I think so and |
| 16353s | you see the difference between say for |
| 16355s | example the the Shaman deck and the |
| 16356s | hunter deck create the differences in |
| 16358s | band strategy straight away which is the |
| 16361s | big deal for me and I'll Echo what you |
| 16363s | say your bully phase kind of kind of |
| 16364s | came out of nowhere I knew he existed as |
| 16366s | a person yeah and just hadn't seen a lot |
| 16368s | from him but Champs after Champs talking |
| 16370s | to him a lot as well and you know seeing |
| 16373s | his play this weekend |
| 16375s | I can't really argue he's kind of |
| 16376s | rocketed to the respect and I don't |
| 16378s | think it's any coincidence that uh that |
| 16381s | rise in my estimation as well as the |
| 16383s | estimation of multiple other people uh |
| 16385s | in this tournament and outside coincides |
| 16387s | with him saying hey you know what I'm |
| 16389s | quit my job and I'm doing full-time |
| 16390s | Hearthstone and and suddenly you know |
| 16391s | within one year he's kind of skyrocketed |
| 16394s | to the dizzying heights of now just |
| 16396s | being a few games away from being |
| 16398s | crowned the Hearthstone world champion |
| 16400s | and without further ado |
| 16402s | Hunter mage yep Hunter Ace is on the |
| 16405s | Mage and bloody faces on the hunter so |
| 16407s | let's not confuse any matters based on |
| 16409s | names yeah but I will just say as well |
| 16411s | as a side note we've been praised a lot |
| 16413s | bloody faces technical play and |
| 16414s | performance on that stage Hunter race |
| 16416s | and it hurts me to say this a little bit |
| 16418s | but it's looking a bit shaky yesterday |
| 16421s | he was a bit flustered he said he was |
| 16424s | some things that were bothering him it |
| 16425s | was a bit flustered anyway yeah wasn't |
| 16427s | the hunters we are used to seeing the |
| 16429s | big question has he sorted it out has he |
| 16432s | got together you know refocused am I to |
| 16434s | get everything back together again yeah |
| 16435s | and he's going to win some games we're |
| 16436s | about to see because this is going to be |
| 16438s | maybe his toughest opponent yet very |
| 16440s | possible uh we still I think there was a |
| 16442s | very exact moment you can pinpoint in |
| 16444s | the previous series if you kind of watch |
| 16445s | The Hunt race of the first game of a |
| 16448s | game and a half compared to the hunter |
| 16449s | race of the latter game and a half in |
| 16450s | that series you'll see night and day |
| 16453s | difference the the hunt race through the |
| 16454s | first half of the series was kind of |
| 16456s | fidgeting around in his seat heading |
| 16457s | hands a lot you know exasperated noises |
| 16459s | and facial expressions |
| 16461s | um whereas the hunter race of the latter |
| 16463s | half was much more Focus much more stoic |
| 16465s | much more calm just in his demeanor so I |
| 16469s | think you can see that he got it |
| 16470s | together during that series even and now |
| 16473s | just needs to carry that into this uh |
| 16475s | this further day yeah no we'll say you |
| 16477s | know from the the discovery that we can |
| 16479s | come to the game here and from the early |
| 16481s | softmaticals I feel like Hunter might |
| 16483s | have a sideways uh benefit versus Mage |
| 16485s | to be completely honest yes if Mage |
| 16487s | makes massive taunts and big guys early |
| 16489s | in the game but they win most matchups |
| 16491s | when they do that so that's not too much |
| 16493s | of a thing about its Hunter but I do |
| 16494s | feel like Hunter has consistently got |
| 16496s | there and maybe gave Mage it's its |
| 16498s | biggest problems Mage has not lost a lot |
| 16500s | in this tournament and Hunt race hasn't |
| 16502s | lost a single game with his Mage yet but |
| 16504s | I would like to actually see and maybe |
| 16506s | someone else is the exact losses that |
| 16509s | Mage has faced in this tournament as a |
| 16510s | whole in terms of which matchups yeah |
| 16512s | what matchups it's lost yeah because I |
| 16513s | feel like Hunter might be the up there |
| 16515s | even if it's like twice you know oh yeah |
| 16518s | it was crazy yesterday we talked to |
| 16520s | Hunter Ace about the build of this mage |
| 16522s | deck that he has and his one Unique Card |
| 16524s | is the uh hedge Clan sneaks yeah what |
| 16526s | it's called the three-man stealth minion |
| 16528s | and we talked to him specifically about |
| 16529s | why using the three drop instead of the |
| 16531s | four drop like what does this really |
| 16533s | open up to you he said the fact that you |
| 16534s | can play it down so early if you're |
| 16536s | playing against a deck like Zoo for |
| 16537s | example they'll often have three minions |
| 16539s | in play at the time you play your Hench |
| 16541s | Clan sneak then because your minion has |
| 16543s | stealth they either have the option to |
| 16544s | say all right I'm just not going to play |
| 16546s | anything else or boom they have to play |
| 16547s | into mind control Tech by playing |
| 16548s | additional minions the first time we |
| 16551s | then saw hedge Clan sneak get play from |
| 16553s | Hunter race that was the exact situation |
| 16556s | that's exactly what his opponent did |
| 16558s | played into mind control Tech and then |
| 16560s | the Mind Control Tech arguably won the |
| 16561s | game for him it's just incredible to see |
| 16564s | some of that stuff pan out exactly as he |
| 16566s | planned for his Tech card it's very deep |
| 16568s | isn't it deep understanding knowledge |
| 16570s | and and basically predicting people's |
| 16572s | play Styles and just how people will |
| 16573s | react to a situation and that's a lot of |
| 16575s | the game I feel is |
| 16577s | a lot of times I sometimes |
| 16580s | that's a complicated turn to make my |
| 16582s | opponent make come more complicated |
| 16583s | decisions instead of me in that way and |
| 16585s | I make them react to certain things I |
| 16587s | will do instead of being the reactionary |
| 16588s | player myself looking at his open hand |
| 16590s | though there is a mountain Giant on |
| 16591s | freestyle but there is a hyena available |
| 16594s | so it's kind of a tough one I think |
| 16597s | Bloody Face has done as much as he could |
| 16598s | to present a threatening board versus a |
| 16600s | mountain giant which looks quite strange |
| 16603s | but it does make sense yeah and I do |
| 16604s | really like this uh this Tempo doubt |
| 16606s | hyena on the previous term for bloody |
| 16608s | face this is one of the things that you |
| 16609s | can leverage this cut this deck right |
| 16611s | now is in kind of early game philosophy |
| 16614s | it's the new mid-range pad you know the |
| 16616s | new control Paladin the one thing that |
| 16617s | paladins always lacked apart from the |
| 16619s | period where uh rallying blade was in |
| 16621s | the game is ways to do significant |
| 16623s | amount of damage to the board early |
| 16625s | until true silver Champion consecration |
| 16626s | comes into play they didn't really have |
| 16628s | any way to interact with key minions |
| 16630s | early so if you had knife jugglers and |
| 16632s | Scavenging hyenas and all these you know |
| 16634s | very high value Minions that sometimes |
| 16636s | you save for immediate value you could |
| 16638s | just slam them on curb against Paladin |
| 16639s | and pound couldn't really interact with |
| 16641s | them that's now very similar to how this |
| 16644s | Mage operates so putting High upside |
| 16646s | High snowball potential minions down |
| 16648s | onto the board early is a very very big |
| 16650s | deal for this deck I can see even now |
| 16653s | just going base with that hyena Brave |
| 16656s | player bloody face just wants to end |
| 16658s | this game he could have killed the |
| 16659s | mountain Giant and said okay we're even |
| 16661s | but you are minus one mounting Giant and |
| 16663s | instead he's just saying okay let's go |
| 16666s | and the respect though what he has done |
| 16669s | is the giant can't get a value trade and |
| 16671s | then a duplicate so Hunter is actually |
| 16673s | skipping |
| 16675s | the conjurers calling valuing just |
| 16678s | voodoo doll coin ping first and saying |
| 16680s | well how do you deal six now yeah it's |
| 16683s | actually I think impossible with the |
| 16686s | decklist did they actually deal six from |
| 16687s | the number from hands uh do I mean you |
| 16690s | could get there right direwolf |
| 16692s | Timberwolf spring pool and and the extra |
| 16694s | links |
| 16697s | sure he's already played the spring part |
| 16698s | it's really |
| 16700s | really unlikely yeah but it's possible |
| 16701s | and leaves nothing on the board I think |
| 16703s | or you like yeah the Timberwolves but I |
| 16705s | do want to just go back and talk about |
| 16706s | the decision to go face there because |
| 16707s | voodoo doll is not the only thing that |
| 16709s | really blew you out um there's other |
| 16711s | they're two card combinations but |
| 16713s | obviously you're conceding the game to |
| 16714s | caggar condras but I guess we can rule |
| 16716s | that one out because you're probably |
| 16717s | losing the game to caggar Country |
| 16719s | exactly exactly |
| 16721s | um so I guess voodoo doll is the one |
| 16722s | that you really have to look at there |
| 16725s | and wonder whether that risk was worth |
| 16727s | the cost of six damage oh sorry eight |
| 16729s | damage in that position yeah that was my |
| 16731s | point um earlier just talking about the |
| 16732s | matchup in general if Mage does the |
| 16734s | stupid things every deck loses that's |
| 16737s | that just about yeah that just happens |
| 16739s | right so you know you can't really |
| 16741s | factor that in in terms of an actual |
| 16743s | debt build |
| 16745s | but now bloody face just has to work out |
| 16747s | exactly what he wants to do here unleash |
| 16749s | Headhunters Hatchet |
| 16751s | and the hero power I guess like he's |
| 16752s | committed now yeah you can't go face |
| 16754s | with hyena then backpedal especially as |
| 16756s | Hunter there's no backup plan on turn |
| 16758s | five |
| 16760s | foreign |
| 16767s | okay let's see what comes out from the |
| 16769s | country's calling because funnily enough |
| 16770s | this Hound |
| 16772s | is he not gonna okay |
| 16776s | the Hound just might present some break |
| 16778s | points in terms of uh Hey Unleash the |
| 16780s | Beast in the following turn but I guess |
| 16782s | the Ooze helps with that a lot more yeah |
| 16783s | not more so than the web in the opposite |
| 16785s | way right |
| 16788s | yeah I think uh sequencing was good |
| 16789s | there from Hunter race uh hit the |
| 16791s | country is cool first if he'd have |
| 16792s | rolled the 25 chance of Double Mountain |
| 16794s | giant he would have played some Fury |
| 16796s | that turn |
| 16797s | um but having got at least one taunt he |
| 16799s | just goes ahead and plays the Ooze uh it |
| 16801s | was a win-win outcome for him now though |
| 16805s | although this is you know nice clear you |
| 16808s | do have to think well that was a lot of |
| 16810s | stuff from bloody face to clear one kind |
| 16812s | of spare minion and now double kondra's |
| 16815s | call is available yep and I don't see |
| 16817s | why not so game over |
| 16827s | oh I even played he even played the |
| 16830s | fresh one so now bloody face knows there |
| 16832s | is two more in hand |
| 16835s | triple taunt and I believe there is |
| 16838s | nothing in the game of hearthstone no if |
| 16841s | it stops this happening just for good |
| 16842s | measure bloody face is gonna generate |
| 16844s | that spell but that looks dead to me in |
| 16846s | Hunter Ace is off to a quick start and |
| 16848s | this Mage still getting the wins |
| 16851s | although you wind back and the big |
| 16853s | question is and I don't really have a |
| 16854s | complete answer to this was the hyena |
| 16856s | going face correct because it looked |
| 16858s | silly because it was dealt with and then |
| 16861s | Giants came onto the you know can |
| 16862s | continue to sprawl across the board and |
| 16864s | on Trace one yeah but if you trade do |
| 16867s | you actually win that game going forward |
| 16869s | in a late game when huntress's hand is |
| 16872s | pretty much full yeah so he has stuff to |
| 16874s | do right I don't think so |
| 16876s | um I think that is a plan that looks |
| 16878s | very silly when you get punished in the |
| 16880s | way that Bloody Face did but I think in |
| 16882s | a lot of scenarios he wins the game More |
| 16884s | Often by doing what he did because his |
| 16885s | hand didn't have any kind of late game |
| 16887s | plan it wasn't like he was sitting on |
| 16888s | you know unleash the beasts and Masters |
| 16891s | calls and zojin he was just sat on |
| 16893s | damage so I think him trying to catch |
| 16895s | that in the route they had having seen |
| 16897s | uh Hunt's race already go book of |
| 16899s | specters I think it was a reasonable |
| 16900s | risk to take yeah and a pretty quick |
| 16902s | fire first game there between hunt race |
| 16904s | and bloody face these players playing |
| 16905s | for a spot in the semi-finals fast on |
| 16908s | world championship here Hunter race |
| 16910s | currently leading one and zero but |
| 16912s | plenty more Hearthstone to come up so |
| 16914s | don't go anywhere we'll be right back |
| 16917s | my name is Brian Eason also known as |
| 16919s | bloody face I'm from Atlanta Georgia |
| 16920s | I've played a lot of different card |
| 16922s | games in the past competitively I |
| 16924s | actually used to play poker |
| 16925s | professionally online before the US |
| 16928s | government shut down PokerStars in Full |
| 16929s | Tilt I've always just wanted to play |
| 16931s | games my whole life and I think |
| 16933s | Hearthstone right now is my favorite |
| 16934s | game to play |
| 16937s | no other card game I played has so many |
| 16940s | smooth features as Hearthstone does so I |
| 16942s | think Hearthstone tournaments go a lot |
| 16944s | deeper |
| 16948s | when you play against somebody that's |
| 16950s | also giving that they're all and you |
| 16952s | know they really care about it and you |
| 16953s | really care about it it's just so much |
| 16955s | fun it's kind of like an adrenaline rush |
| 16957s | nothing really compares to it I was |
| 16959s | studying computer science and my last |
| 16961s | job was a software engineer just |
| 16963s | basically coding all day every day I |
| 16966s | quit my full-time job a few months ago |
| 16968s | and wow streaming full time my family |
| 16970s | didn't wasn't thrilled when they heard |
| 16972s | it quit my job to play Hearthstone |
| 16973s | full-time but I think they do support me |
| 16975s | they were mostly concerned about me |
| 16977s | finishing and graduating college which I |
| 16979s | did thankfully so if arson doesn't work |
| 16982s | out I still have a good safety net being |
| 16983s | in a game like Hearthstone I just want |
| 16985s | to be at the very top it's not really |
| 16987s | enough for me to have moderate success |
| 16989s | you know if I if I don't make a breakout |
| 16991s | performance and get to the very top then |
| 16993s | I honestly might just go back to doing |
| 16996s | software development |
| 16997s | bloody face versus Hunter race Hunter is |
| 17000s | leading 1-0 with a win on the mage deck |
| 17002s | but the tables are going to be turned a |
| 17004s | little bit here as bloody face I believe |
| 17005s | is going to be playing his Mage versus |
| 17008s | huntress's Warrior so uh you know the |
| 17011s | the hunter becomes the prey I feel at |
| 17013s | this point |
| 17015s | yeah and just based on that little |
| 17016s | interview we saw in the break from |
| 17018s | bloody face I don't think there's too |
| 17020s | much chance that he's going to be going |
| 17021s | back to software engineering anytime |
| 17023s | soon he said you know I really need a |
| 17024s | breakout performance and to get to the |
| 17026s | very top uh stages don't get higher than |
| 17029s | the one that you are playing on right |
| 17030s | now you are at the very top of the game |
| 17032s | playing in the top eight of the World |
| 17034s | Championships I think Bloody Face is uh |
| 17037s | at least in the short term got an |
| 17038s | ongoing career with Hearthstone I |
| 17040s | certainly hope so because I just want to |
| 17042s | see more bloody faces impresses me every |
| 17044s | single time I see him and I definitely |
| 17046s | want to see more players like that |
| 17048s | somebody face is going to be on the Mage |
| 17049s | as we see there in Hunt race on the |
| 17051s | actual control Warrior and I don't think |
| 17053s | we've actually cast too much control I |
| 17055s | feel like we've all just been throwing |
| 17057s | bombs around to be honestyle at least me |
| 17059s | and you |
| 17060s | you might be right yeah |
| 17062s | first control Warrior game at the time |
| 17066s | but this is I think an extremely |
| 17069s | one-sided matchup bloody face has some |
| 17071s | anti-aggro text such as that Baron |
| 17073s | Garland one Mossy horror as well there's |
| 17075s | Double Dragon Ball Scorch and double |
| 17077s | some Fury protector as well as the Mind |
| 17079s | Control text the top end the mountain |
| 17081s | giant of course but then Alex Strazza |
| 17084s | and rabble bouncers and two crowd |
| 17086s | Roasters uh really the the top end there |
| 17088s | along with the astromancers which is |
| 17089s | standard so I would say about is 50 50 |
| 17094s | as you can go at least in terms of |
| 17095s | amount of cards of late game to early |
| 17098s | game |
| 17099s | yeah definitely not the ultimate greed |
| 17102s | list that you'd want to have against |
| 17103s | Warrior and because of that and because |
| 17106s | of the quality of Hunter Ace's hand and |
| 17108s | because of the quality of Hunter race in |
| 17110s | a as a player in these incredibly |
| 17112s | stretched out resource battle card for |
| 17115s | card you know Battle of the grind kind |
| 17118s | of situations I don't make a bold |
| 17120s | prediction that Hunter race might just |
| 17122s | win this game from this position |
| 17123s | yeah I mean if ever there's a time it's |
| 17125s | going to happen it's when there's boom |
| 17126s | ready to curve on second uh on seven |
| 17129s | sorry and boom on second |
| 17131s | that'd be a really good card and um and |
| 17134s | bloody face having no mountain giant is |
| 17136s | pretty no book of specters either that's |
| 17138s | what really was the Clincher for me the |
| 17140s | khadgar is there so there's a lot of |
| 17142s | explosivity able to come very quickly |
| 17144s | but bloody faces some number of turns |
| 17146s | away from doing that he's gonna need to |
| 17147s | pick up a mountain giant or else he's |
| 17149s | gonna have to wait until he can develop |
| 17150s | one of his minions fairly you know |
| 17152s | playing astromancer for Seven Player |
| 17154s | crowd roaster for seven |
| 17155s | um and then if he's gonna combine that |
| 17157s | with kundra is cool that's a 10 Mana |
| 17159s | turn so if he's waiting all the way |
| 17161s | until then to make a huge play happen |
| 17163s | Hunter race will be very nicely |
| 17165s | established with his own doctor boom let |
| 17167s | me be clear this is a very favored |
| 17169s | matchup for the Mage I am just you know |
| 17172s | sticking my neck out here and saying |
| 17174s | with the current state of the draws |
| 17175s | Hunter race might actually be in a |
| 17177s | decent spot interesting point there with |
| 17179s | the ray of frost so bully face is very |
| 17181s | early on revealing what that discovered |
| 17183s | spell is so just buy a little bit more |
| 17186s | time away from this Acolyte and now the |
| 17188s | scale worm can clean it up in one hit so |
| 17189s | nice play but the information is there |
| 17191s | and now Huntress knows there's one Ray |
| 17193s | across left and a no more random cards |
| 17196s | available quite yet big thing for me is |
| 17199s | um |
| 17200s | not so bad right now because the coin |
| 17202s | has been used but all the four drops |
| 17205s | that just run right into dynomatic just |
| 17208s | feels terrible like I feel like the fall |
| 17210s | drop turn just feels terrible to play no |
| 17213s | Matter What against a warrior because |
| 17214s | you're like well |
| 17216s | probably just eyes and there's nothing I |
| 17217s | can do about it they end up with a |
| 17218s | minion I don't |
| 17220s | lot of options here for Hunter Ace uh |
| 17223s | Shield block is viable slamming the 5-3 |
| 17225s | to cycle is viable slamming the 2-2 just |
| 17228s | to mitigate damage off the board this |
| 17230s | turn and then set up for your zilliacs |
| 17232s | on the following turn to get them get |
| 17233s | rid of the five three that's also very |
| 17235s | viable |
| 17238s | whoever's slam more path |
| 17241s | what now |
| 17244s | because you got to just consider use the |
| 17246s | card slam and use the card war path yes |
| 17248s | sorry slam more path is in play war path |
| 17251s | you know slam it |
| 17252s | I was just like wait what does that do |
| 17257s | okay so Hunter is choosing to take a bit |
| 17259s | of damage here |
| 17262s | I like this so there's the the the |
| 17264s | options that I kind of laid out like I |
| 17266s | said the slam would minimize the most |
| 17268s | damage this turn if you did on the 2-2 |
| 17269s | it would then set up for zeliacs on the |
| 17271s | following turn but you're pretty |
| 17272s | confident your opponent's gonna play |
| 17273s | another Minion alongside this at least |
| 17275s | the kind of turns that put you in under |
| 17277s | any trouble uh your opponent's gonna |
| 17279s | play another Minion alongside this so I |
| 17280s | like slamming on the five one on the |
| 17282s | five three because it gets you closer to |
| 17284s | more key draws in your deck and gives |
| 17286s | you a good chance of getting a decent uh |
| 17288s | war path out on the following turns |
| 17290s | yeah really interesting because my worry |
| 17292s | was because of this slam who feels |
| 17295s | better |
| 17297s | okay who feels better about say a |
| 17300s | condra's coin on the scale worm here |
| 17303s | I think Hunter race does okay |
| 17305s | oh it's Harrison Jones up |
| 17309s | that's a big play from bloody face to go |
| 17312s | pressure with the Harrison Jones because |
| 17314s | it's not like if your opponent is just |
| 17317s | running low weapons project in their |
| 17318s | deck and that's it or if you're playing |
| 17319s | against a bomb deck where sure denying a |
| 17322s | bomb in your deck is impactful but it's |
| 17324s | not the Beyond Endo of your win |
| 17326s | condition this is a super collider deck |
| 17329s | from Hunter race right |
| 17331s | I know no no it's not then this then |
| 17334s | this seems perfectly reasonable yeah |
| 17336s | double Omega Devastator uh on four drops |
| 17338s | but then we're going to brawl dynamatic |
| 17340s | Harrison and zelia oh my mistake I was |
| 17342s | looking at bloody faces list that's my |
| 17343s | mistake I apologize yeah and and the |
| 17345s | shock there from subtle basically about |
| 17346s | the Harrison is that super collider is |
| 17348s | one of the anti-big Mage cards or maybe |
| 17351s | the anti-big Mage cards yes apart from |
| 17353s | Dr boom which is the anti-opponent card |
| 17355s | I see everything yeah yeah but yeah uh |
| 17357s | supercards is a real problem so in that |
| 17359s | case you can't really play around it |
| 17360s | right so if there's only weapons |
| 17361s | projects in the deck the body face has |
| 17363s | to worry about then I I'm actually a big |
| 17365s | fan of this Harrison Jones play it's not |
| 17367s | really getting any better right so why |
| 17369s | not drop it down now |
| 17371s | I like this this is just lined up |
| 17373s | reasonably well in that all the time |
| 17375s | bloody face is like yeah this bra still |
| 17377s | kind of sucks if you want to play it and |
| 17379s | most importantly denying armor game to |
| 17381s | stop a shield slam on the mountain giant |
| 17384s | to clean it up that way yeah and it's |
| 17385s | one of the reasons why having the 5-4 in |
| 17387s | play was so key here it kept pressure up |
| 17390s | to the point where Hunter Ace has gone |
| 17391s | into this turn with Zero armor and he |
| 17393s | needs to have exactly zero armor to play |
| 17395s | around Shield block armor up Shield slam |
| 17399s | um so that extra piece of pressure from |
| 17401s | the Harrison Jones is so key so vital |
| 17404s | and so intelligent from bloody face to |
| 17406s | be able to put him in this position it's |
| 17408s | easy to look on at this game and say oh |
| 17410s | he's just played his biggest minion on |
| 17411s | curve every every turn and then just |
| 17412s | curved into the mountain giant but |
| 17414s | Harrison Jones is a card a lot of people |
| 17415s | would have held there funnily enough |
| 17418s | bloody faces when you combine the board |
| 17420s | and the Hand it's very 50 50. the ball |
| 17422s | looking fantastic |
| 17424s | and there is astromancer but then |
| 17426s | there's like the rabble bouncer the |
| 17427s | mossy horror and then The Roaster which |
| 17430s | yeah kind of sucks and Trace just |
| 17433s | dropping a Devastator |
| 17435s | and this was the this was great because |
| 17437s | uh for bloody face because |
| 17440s | this is a bad term from Hunter is to be |
| 17442s | completely honest yet but you have to do |
| 17443s | something is it too late to retract my |
| 17446s | prediction nope okay I'm sure you said |
| 17449s | hunt race wins this 100 of the time and |
| 17452s | if he doesn't I will eat a hat |
| 17455s | now you're putting words in my mouth I |
| 17457s | will not be putting a hat in mine okay |
| 17459s | what about a deck list if we're gonna go |
| 17460s | on admirables definitely not |
| 17465s | yeah but bloody face drew the Giant in a |
| 17467s | timely matter that a timely manner sorry |
| 17469s | that's what changed from uh you know |
| 17470s | when I made that bold prediction up |
| 17472s | until now where Hunter is just in a |
| 17475s | miserable position you know that that |
| 17477s | equation was based on Bloody Face not |
| 17479s | finding the giant early and he did and |
| 17481s | that's just nice to come crawl him back |
| 17484s | with the excuses |
| 17486s | I've got a little suggestion though yeah |
| 17488s | if Huntress can stabilize does he have a |
| 17491s | bank or no mega Devastator |
| 17494s | just to get another one in the deck the |
| 17496s | card's pretty good versus my age like |
| 17498s | it's yeah |
| 17499s | are you really trying for elysianas in |
| 17502s | this matchup you're the dumbest idea |
| 17504s | yeah you I mean your opponent always |
| 17506s | like if the warrior is winning this it's |
| 17508s | likely through fatigue a lot of the time |
| 17510s | when you just kill all of their stuff |
| 17512s | um so they're gonna get there a lot |
| 17514s | quicker than you because they're casting |
| 17515s | the specters |
| 17516s | um so yeah a lot of the time it doesn't |
| 17518s | make sense okay Andre's giving himself |
| 17521s | just a a 25 chance to absolutely uh open |
| 17524s | up this game for him basically here with |
| 17526s | this play whoa |
| 17528s | bloody face can't believe it and Hunt |
| 17530s | race I think there was a slight smile |
| 17532s | which he evolved into a cover my face |
| 17535s | with my hand and then just cool guy |
| 17537s | knowledge |
| 17538s | style it out cool guy nod we're good but |
| 17542s | that |
| 17543s | was good I'm gonna lie to anyone giving |
| 17546s | yourself a 25 chance to maybe win the |
| 17549s | game when it was almost certainly lost |
| 17550s | yeah paid off big time and I like it |
| 17553s | honestly there was there was no other |
| 17555s | real play that appealed to me you |
| 17557s | couldn't just play Boom there it was |
| 17558s | miserable you were dead it's like what a |
| 17561s | mega Devastator again doesn't challenge |
| 17562s | the Border again you're just dead like |
| 17564s | it's just he had to go for that play it |
| 17566s | was all that he had available for him or |
| 17567s | Shield block fish for what some magical |
| 17570s | card in his deck that doesn't exist and |
| 17571s | the biggest point there is brawl armor |
| 17573s | up puts you in the same position the |
| 17575s | next turn except you don't have a bra |
| 17577s | which was which was and your opponent |
| 17578s | always has a minion yes that's what I |
| 17581s | mean you're Auto Under Pressure yeah and |
| 17583s | then you just don't have brawl anymore |
| 17584s | and it's like well this is a problem |
| 17587s | runs out on me and that's change things |
| 17589s | up a lot because this might just be |
| 17591s | enough breathing room here for Dr boom |
| 17592s | to come down and the second boom's down |
| 17594s | there's a whole lot more removal in this |
| 17596s | deck it sure is |
| 17598s | pilot trade Twilight trade it's got to |
| 17600s | be I just don't see any other line |
| 17602s | bloody face is just going to be trying |
| 17604s | to go for kind of regular pressure here |
| 17605s | as Twilight Twilight Drake and to |
| 17607s | potentially khadgar astromancer or just |
| 17609s | astromancer on its own on the follow-up |
| 17610s | as opposed to Baby pressure |
| 17613s | yes |
| 17615s | but now the doctor boom being able to |
| 17617s | activate these Shield slams relieves a |
| 17619s | lot of pressure for Hunter race there is |
| 17622s | still khadgar into astromanta next turn |
| 17624s | yup and which is going to get some work |
| 17625s | done obviously bear in mind slowly face |
| 17627s | saw the desperation brawl so you know so |
| 17630s | and then he's just seen a shield slam so |
| 17632s | maybe he's just gonna go for it and hope |
| 17635s | it's that's what I said as you were |
| 17637s | formulating your dank Rick and Morty |
| 17639s | reference and clearly not listening to |
| 17641s | me |
| 17642s | so |
| 17646s | yeah I like it you just got to get the |
| 17648s | pressure going these are four drops so |
| 17649s | there's a chance that they are very very |
| 17652s | small |
| 17653s | yeah wait a minute yeah so about that |
| 17657s | but what does it mean it means that |
| 17661s | Warpath is going to decimate this board |
| 17663s | State that's what it means |
| 17667s | thank you |
| 17670s | it's not that good is it |
| 17672s | no Factory Witch Doctor |
| 17675s | dead they're dead they're just dead next |
| 17677s | turn |
| 17677s | is sports getting more paths |
| 17684s | yikes |
| 17686s | uh I'd like to remind you that you |
| 17687s | retracted your predictions |
| 17691s | you turned it down |
| 17697s | the prediction still stands |
| 17700s | oh boy |
| 17704s | this Warpath is the juice |
| 17708s | I can't emphasize how huge it is that |
| 17711s | you are clearing your opponent's cadgar |
| 17714s | turn with not April in this matchup oh |
| 17717s | he leaves a five one up yes well he |
| 17719s | doesn't have to he can shoot you can |
| 17721s | shoot your slam yeah |
| 17722s | but that's the that's the question right |
| 17724s | is it worth it because the only thing |
| 17725s | that will say bloody face is say |
| 17727s | kandra's coin on the seven drop |
| 17729s | so I think your Shields aren't that bad |
| 17730s | you're going into a mega Devastator next |
| 17732s | turn I think actually you do Shield slam |
| 17735s | wow |
| 17737s | never mind |
| 17740s | yep untrace's face unimpressed I think |
| 17743s | that one |
| 17744s | taking boom River and he's just gonna |
| 17745s | triple war path |
| 17747s | and just Shield slime the seven drop |
| 17749s | they are only four drops from the |
| 17751s | Twilight Drake yeah that's fair he |
| 17754s | always is |
| 17756s | he definitely went halfway there |
| 17758s | okay I'm happy with this |
| 17766s | yeah one mechan hand versus four extra |
| 17769s | Health right it seems reasonable it's a |
| 17771s | little bit worse than that because you |
| 17773s | still have to deal with the 4-1 in the |
| 17774s | future but you're in doctor boom form |
| 17776s | you have 10 mana and you're having a |
| 17777s | mega Devastator in your hand so your |
| 17779s | your ability to deal with things that |
| 17781s | your opponent does is near infinite I |
| 17784s | think as well specifically a four one is |
| 17785s | extremely easy because what there's |
| 17787s | three hero powers that deal with it |
| 17789s | outside the discovery Mech that can just |
| 17790s | rush so yeah like robots and the |
| 17794s | Whirlwind yeah |
| 17798s | and now |
| 17800s | bloody face would love a book of |
| 17802s | specters |
| 17805s | just getting stuff down |
| 17807s | trying to avoid a rushing minion deal |
| 17809s | with the four one nice little play there |
| 17811s | bossy horror not gonna get value in this |
| 17813s | matchup |
| 17817s | you see another |
| 17818s | doesn't change much but also it doesn't |
| 17819s | matter boom Weaver's gonna come down |
| 17825s | to Perfection as he gets the one two out |
| 17828s | just to chip off the old Twilight Drake |
| 17831s | Hunter is truly a god |
| 17834s | what what must it be like to be Hunter |
| 17837s | Ace just have everything work out |
| 17839s | smoothly for you and be a lot taller |
| 17842s | how tall is Hunter is a lot taller than |
| 17845s | me I don't take obviously you as a it's |
| 17847s | harder than you as a shorter gentleman |
| 17849s | you notice when people are tall you know |
| 17851s | when someone's just an inch or two |
| 17852s | taller than me I don't really notice |
| 17853s | because I'm not just craning up at them |
| 17855s | like you would I just look at people's |
| 17857s | like chests yeah that's it so there's uh |
| 17860s | definitely but hunter is a lot taller |
| 17861s | than you I think okay lemon Viper I'm |
| 17864s | gonna go out there as the two tallest |
| 17865s | players here fair enough |
| 17869s | Arena's full and then our bloody face |
| 17871s | just stands up |
| 17873s | when you're tighten up an already |
| 17874s | taunted minion yeah you know you're |
| 17877s | feeling bad about life yeah bloody faces |
| 17879s | just kind of gassed out right now he |
| 17880s | needs book inspectors immediately |
| 17883s | you can silence the boom Weaver |
| 17887s | it's not the worst why not to be |
| 17889s | completely honest yeah all Hunter Ace |
| 17891s | has to do now there's two things one |
| 17894s | kind of Hope book of specters isn't |
| 17896s | drawn and two not let bloody phase have |
| 17900s | some Minion on the board that can just |
| 17902s | random you know conjure in and out for |
| 17904s | him yeah and it's just silence just owl |
| 17906s | in and kill it up he isn't going to kind |
| 17909s | of surprise me actually |
| 17911s | thank you |
| 17913s | this is a full clay but I think you |
| 17915s | should have done that anyway right it's |
| 17916s | a full clear with better board |
| 17918s | development than he does with the owl |
| 17919s | right like he doesn't he doesn't push |
| 17921s | but he wasn't really going to push |
| 17922s | anyway if you were using the 7-7 to |
| 17924s | trade and spending three mana on a |
| 17926s | spider tank on a nightmare amalgam is |
| 17928s | better than spending three mana on an |
| 17929s | IMB cow if you're gonna do the same |
| 17931s | thing anyway well the defense has one |
| 17933s | turn is the way I see it these five |
| 17935s | drops you have to be magnificent |
| 17938s | say Magnifique nope |
| 17941s | that's the problem though again stuck to |
| 17943s | Boom they're never gonna be enough no |
| 17945s | because a Mech kills them yeah from hand |
| 17948s | this is the nightmare scenario when you |
| 17950s | are out of cards against against Dr boom |
| 17952s | your win rate is as close as makes no |
| 17955s | difference zero percent yeah because it |
| 17956s | doesn't matter what one card you draw it |
| 17959s | cannot stick to the board against Dr |
| 17962s | boom there are some extremely rare |
| 17965s | exceptions to that like forest's Aid |
| 17967s | maybe if they don't have specific things |
| 17968s | can stick something to the board in one |
| 17970s | card but it's so rare that having no |
| 17973s | resources staring across the board a |
| 17975s | doctor boom form is the single most |
| 17978s | soul-crushing experience in Hearthstone |
| 17979s | right now to a certain extent it almost |
| 17982s | might be better and I'm not saying for |
| 17983s | bloody faces previous turn at all I |
| 17985s | think it was fine but it might be better |
| 17986s | to just pass a few turns hope you don't |
| 17989s | die and actually be able to combo |
| 17991s | together something else it sounds bad |
| 17993s | the seven five on the board is the big |
| 17995s | problem with doing that exactly yeah |
| 17997s | which it just gets clopped so fast which |
| 18000s | is the caveat of not this turn not this |
| 18002s | game but sometimes you do have to just |
| 18004s | wait and say I need to do one big turn |
| 18006s | instead of a lot of little ones yeah |
| 18007s | because as we can see Hunter race can |
| 18009s | choose from a a plethora of options that |
| 18013s | deal with this board just in his hand |
| 18015s | never mind the body already has look |
| 18017s | it's just done tested |
| 18020s | you can just play wall path for one for |
| 18022s | one it just doesn't matter it's fine I |
| 18023s | want to say that didn't go particularly |
| 18025s | well for hunt race and he can still |
| 18027s | clear easily yeah I mean |
| 18033s | I'm searching for whatever the opposite |
| 18035s | of a silver lining is for uh for Hunter |
| 18037s | Ace right now hey |
| 18040s | I don't know I'll think about that one |
| 18048s | look of specters finally the card that |
| 18052s | he's needed this entire time finds |
| 18054s | himself some gas but even then one last |
| 18058s | slap across the face there for bloody |
| 18059s | face not a good day to be bloody face |
| 18061s | apparently |
| 18063s | and |
| 18065s | there is the oh that's all I was gonna |
| 18068s | be wrong twice in a day |
| 18069s | um but the |
| 18071s | the phrase better late than never |
| 18074s | is often true |
| 18076s | I don't think it applies to that book |
| 18078s | respect as in this game specifically |
| 18079s | yeah it's not Universal is it no like a |
| 18081s | punch to the face better never than late |
| 18084s | and never then I'm sorry what do you |
| 18086s | want to be punished later or never I |
| 18088s | thought you're saying two separate |
| 18089s | phrases I was like wait what |
| 18091s | she said one wrong |
| 18095s | to the face it's just an idiom now in |
| 18097s | Raven's world I never know you quote a |
| 18099s | lot of things I don't know so it's |
| 18100s | probably for some another obscure show |
| 18102s | yeah |
| 18106s | yeah there's still Minions that aren't |
| 18108s | mixed that still have rush in this deck |
| 18114s | and Hunt race oh obviously off the back |
| 18118s | of that brawl but he's not playing Super |
| 18120s | Collider |
| 18122s | and he's still making this work |
| 18124s | it's crazy |
| 18126s | and it's it really is the lack of book |
| 18128s | inspectors you know we can go back and |
| 18130s | forth on this prediction that I made at |
| 18132s | the start but it's just looking at the |
| 18134s | lack of book of specters in bloody |
| 18136s | Face's hand and the presence of the |
| 18137s | doctor boom in Hunter Race's hand that's |
| 18139s | what makes it possible I'd still say |
| 18141s | it's unfavored from that position and |
| 18143s | you can see how that played out he ended |
| 18145s | Hunter Hunter Ace basically took a 25 |
| 18147s | percenter to win this game and won it |
| 18149s | that's what happened right that kind of |
| 18151s | illustrates to you that he was still in |
| 18152s | an unfavored position but I felt like it |
| 18154s | was a reasonable thing just to call out |
| 18156s | and say hey guys there's a good chance |
| 18157s | that Hunter Hayes can win this game you |
| 18159s | know he's not a favored position but he |
| 18161s | wins a good chunk of the time there we |
| 18163s | go the discoverer of the Mage car was |
| 18165s | not enough maybe book of specters |
| 18167s | discovered was going to be better for |
| 18168s | him there but it wasn't to be in Hunt |
| 18171s | race just beat the Mage with the warrior |
| 18174s | and that was not supposed to happen on |
| 18176s | paper but hunt race has made a lot of |
| 18178s | things happen that you would say |
| 18179s | shouldn't and continues to perform |
| 18181s | extremely well here going 2-0 up versus |
| 18184s | Bloody Face and if he's winning those |
| 18186s | matchups you gotta feel good and you |
| 18189s | know it's hard come back to the list as |
| 18190s | well Mossy horror was played and you |
| 18192s | know we played this little little game |
| 18194s | about Hearthstone decks and deck |
| 18196s | building of well if Mossy horror that |
| 18198s | anti-aggro card |
| 18199s | wasn't an anti-aggro card maybe that |
| 18202s | helps because he did draw it and did |
| 18203s | nothing rabble bouncer it's a fantastic |
| 18206s | card uh it should be in the deck but |
| 18208s | again he drew that and it's like the |
| 18209s | wrong matchup yeah he needed the big |
| 18212s | guys and the big pushes and the draw and |
| 18214s | he drew all the antiago tools he put in |
| 18216s | the deck against a control Warrior you |
| 18218s | have to start going really deep though |
| 18220s | because when he starts okay he here he |
| 18222s | is in the quarterfinals if the mossy |
| 18225s | horror that was in his deck was a power |
| 18226s | of creation or some other greedy tool |
| 18228s | right he would have done better there |
| 18230s | would he be here yeah exactly what I |
| 18232s | mean if that Mossy horror was a power of |
| 18234s | creation or whatever else because we've |
| 18236s | seen Mossy Horrors be insane in that |
| 18239s | deck against token Druids and zoos so |
| 18241s | far as well |
| 18242s | it's really tough and I feel like |
| 18244s | especially because of how flexible these |
| 18245s | Mage builds are it's going to be a |
| 18247s | never-ended story I think as long as |
| 18248s | this archetype is relevant for because |
| 18250s | yeah there are so as long as you put the |
| 18254s | country's calling and probably the |
| 18255s | mountain Giants in the deck enjoy the |
| 18257s | other you know 26 cards |
| 18259s | and I want to make one more one more |
| 18260s | final point on this as well because you |
| 18262s | can also say let's say power of creation |
| 18264s | for the sake of argument say he has |
| 18266s | power of creation there and he plays it |
| 18267s | after that point where he's lost that |
| 18269s | brawl when Dr boom has come down cleanly |
| 18271s | does power of creation win that game |
| 18273s | probably not right so the takeaway |
| 18275s | message from that is that if Warrior |
| 18278s | draws well and gets Dr boom they are not |
| 18281s | unbeatable when in the hands of a top |
| 18283s | player so then you have to look at your |
| 18285s | overall strategy coming into this |
| 18286s | tournament and think about whether band |
| 18288s | Warrior should have been the world you |
| 18290s | were living in yeah well let's find out |
| 18291s | was we are moving on with this series |
| 18293s | Hunter Ace arguably the best player in |
| 18296s | the world highest points owner at least |
| 18300s | it's going to be going up against bloody |
| 18301s | face he has his Shaman and bloody face |
| 18303s | has the Rogue and outside of the crazy |
| 18306s | matchups we've seen in this tournament |
| 18309s | you've got to imagine huntress's prep |
| 18311s | for this one oh yes |
| 18313s | I honestly feel like these uh these kind |
| 18315s | of mid-rangey control leaning shamans |
| 18318s | that we're seeing a kind of in a |
| 18320s | response to how much Rover you're |
| 18321s | expecting to see |
| 18323s | the kid was does this deck actually |
| 18324s | survive and then wear out Rogue yes send |
| 18328s | it I'll bring it on multiple occasions |
| 18330s | I'll bring it bring it to Worlds |
| 18335s | okay so far again uh you know just in |
| 18337s | case you missed some previous matches |
| 18338s | and previous days of this tournament |
| 18340s | obviously on the Hearthstone |
| 18341s | Championship tour |
| 18343s | hunt race broke down his shame and Deck |
| 18345s | with about 20 minutes discussion on |
| 18347s | every single card to us that had ever |
| 18349s | been included and thought about |
| 18350s | including but the big point I want to |
| 18351s | get to is Twilight Drake and giggling |
| 18354s | inventors so this deck does have some |
| 18357s | because I feel like these control decks |
| 18358s | have walking Fountain and then no other |
| 18360s | minions it feels like but this does have |
| 18363s | some you know middle beats there's the |
| 18365s | act like pains early as well to help |
| 18366s | wild pyromancers are a question mark |
| 18368s | we've discussed before yeah this deck |
| 18370s | but my point is huntres can play stuff |
| 18373s | isn't just removing all game every game |
| 18375s | they have not impressed me the wild |
| 18377s | pyromancers personally |
| 18379s | um there was a game where he drew while |
| 18381s | pyromancer against zoo and never wanted |
| 18383s | to play it and that suggests to me that |
| 18385s | you're not a good wild pyromancer deck |
| 18387s | and what I mean by that is that here's |
| 18389s | the list of spells that cost three or |
| 18391s | less no be quiet Agatha five Mana carry |
| 18394s | on the list of spells that cost three or |
| 18396s | less in his deck lightning storm a |
| 18398s | couple of far sights one Witches Brew |
| 18400s | one Earth shock two ancestral healing |
| 18401s | you know it's not the big zap voltaic |
| 18404s | burst all of those kind of extra tools |
| 18407s | that you have in there to really really |
| 18408s | make that pyromancer very effective |
| 18412s | speaking of efficiency |
| 18414s | five Mana Agatha four Mana hex |
| 18419s | five Mana hagatha's scheme uh this is |
| 18423s | actually huge though we're kind of |
| 18424s | joking around a little bit but hagatha |
| 18426s | one is going to continue to keep on |
| 18427s | Tracy's hand decently filled with the as |
| 18430s | I said he plays a decent amount of |
| 18431s | minions in the deck yeah and then most |
| 18433s | importantly now the scheme starts taking |
| 18435s | along those are almost two board wipes |
| 18438s | and if we're talking value for later |
| 18440s | walking Fountain which will create a |
| 18442s | spell and then swamp Queen hagatha which |
| 18445s | will create effectively what four spells |
| 18447s | two from the minion it creates one from |
| 18449s | the swamp Queen being played and one for |
| 18451s | the minion being played with haggar the |
| 18453s | hero haggarth of the witch actually live |
| 18455s | so Huntress has got some juice is what |
| 18457s | I'm saying it's convoluted obtuse and |
| 18459s | confusing but the math checks out on |
| 18461s | what you said |
| 18462s | perfect |
| 18464s | shooting for the Stars |
| 18468s | absolute Bullseye but okay we've just |
| 18470s | brought down hunt race his hand and |
| 18472s | almost certainly overall game plan |
| 18475s | what's bloody face going to do we know |
| 18477s | what he wants to do but what's he need |
| 18479s | to do to actually win this game with our |
| 18481s | ultimate knowledge of these hands |
| 18483s | you're asking me how a man beats a five |
| 18485s | Mana Hager |
| 18486s | well could I can I have can I have some |
| 18488s | time on that one you can have 10 seconds |
| 18491s | as I explain hunt races likelihood at |
| 18494s | least in my view of just slamming |
| 18496s | hagatha and having it down for the for |
| 18498s | the late game and for the rest of game |
| 18499s | going forward especially that he has a |
| 18502s | turn six he has a turn seven and they |
| 18504s | turn eight minion choice just didn't get |
| 18506s | in there entire I was gonna say I wonder |
| 18507s | if there's any Merit to this Twilight |
| 18509s | Drake because the hagarthur is concealed |
| 18512s | information right I think you know a |
| 18514s | better question so me trying to say what |
| 18515s | can bloody face do to beat a five Mana |
| 18517s | hagatha is what Pitfall might bloody |
| 18519s | face fall into not realizing there's a |
| 18522s | hagatha that's cheaper than it should |
| 18524s | you should be in hand right and I think |
| 18526s | that surprise factor is something that |
| 18528s | Hunter race is playing towards right now |
| 18529s | because he wants to use this to really |
| 18531s | get a blowout turn on a board that |
| 18533s | Bloody Face is not expecting to be able |
| 18534s | to be cleared by Agatha uh true but that |
| 18537s | only lasts till turn eight right so |
| 18539s | there is just a limited time so that |
| 18541s | becomes a huge blowout okay as far as |
| 18544s | bloody face is concerned he's he could |
| 18545s | be playing around three damage area |
| 18546s | already if he's considering Hager for |
| 18548s | the scheme right so hackathon scheme can |
| 18551s | be a card that you just put from your |
| 18552s | mind right because this road this rogue |
| 18555s | deck doesn't play Minions that outscale |
| 18556s | hacker to the scheme you can't deal with |
| 18558s | it they just don't exist so if scheme |
| 18559s | happens scheme happens |
| 18561s | um The X Factor is that Haggart of the |
| 18563s | witch which right here this could be the |
| 18565s | big bait turn right like if two dread |
| 18567s | corsairs come down right now this can be |
| 18570s | the turn that Hunter race has been |
| 18571s | waiting for my only worry is something I |
| 18575s | believe we've seen previously in this |
| 18576s | tournament already is when you are |
| 18578s | forced into a unfortunate hackathon |
| 18581s | because you need hagatha down sure as |
| 18582s | opposed to having already played a safe |
| 18584s | Agatha right now but knock knock who's |
| 18589s | there Agatha before turn eight goodbye |
| 18592s | dreadcast there is not a sea a wall a |
| 18596s | deluge of debateds in the chat right now |
| 18598s | I don't know what you're doing twitch |
| 18600s | chat just listen to that crowd they got |
| 18603s | it |
| 18606s | and now say what you want it's very |
| 18608s | lucky to farsight and get yourself a |
| 18610s | five Mana hagatha incredibly fortunate |
| 18612s | Hunter Hayes took the hand he was dealt |
| 18614s | and executed it perfectly it turned out |
| 18617s | very very well |
| 18619s | just as much though you do have to think |
| 18620s | to a certain extent that there are a lot |
| 18622s | of good Minions that could have turned |
| 18624s | out theirs I mean walking Fountain would |
| 18625s | have done a similar job not quite as |
| 18627s | backbreaking yeah but I'm just like my |
| 18629s | point just to finish was when you were |
| 18631s | forced into a bad hackathon because you |
| 18633s | just need haggar to down in the health |
| 18634s | is when things can get a little bit |
| 18636s | tricky but you quite rightly uh presume |
| 18640s | this was gonna happen and it did so good |
| 18641s | job one last caveat I agree with you |
| 18643s | more often when you're forced into an |
| 18645s | eight Mana hagger for though if you're |
| 18647s | forced into a five Mana Hager you can |
| 18648s | often do something alongside it that |
| 18650s | will dig you out of it as well |
| 18653s | but back in current reality |
| 18657s | no I will have the last word |
| 18662s | they were likely |
| 18663s | lacking funky things happen another |
| 18665s | eviscerate is available for just extra |
| 18667s | damage |
| 18668s | in another world vanishes are considered |
| 18671s | pick just for the surprise of actually |
| 18673s | no you're not a whole boy but double of |
| 18675s | this wagglepick deadly poison green skin |
| 18678s | double deadly poison oh sorry yeah |
| 18681s | double deadly poison no ooze for Hunter |
| 18683s | race |
| 18686s | foreign |
| 18696s | if he wants here and I don't see why not |
| 18699s | it feels like it can can get the work |
| 18701s | done so the murloc you can't really |
| 18702s | guarantee a board outside of the minion |
| 18704s | and a shark |
| 18706s | versus exactly Van Cleef |
| 18710s | which is a bit Niche he took the airshot |
| 18712s | it's van niece very good |
| 18716s | this game seems good to me though oh |
| 18718s | Ferrell yeah I like viral I guess I |
| 18721s | guess you've already got a scheme for |
| 18722s | one big wipe and then feral does the |
| 18724s | backwards job of schemes to a certain |
| 18725s | extent uh shock Pharaoh Spirit |
| 18727s | um oh my oh jeez calm down |
| 18730s | no swearing on stream songs I feel like |
| 18732s | you nearly got there |
| 18734s | three of this rates will do things to a |
| 18736s | Man Raven yep maybe even kill him in a |
| 18739s | game of Firestone |
| 18741s | I wonder |
| 18742s | um I was just kind of winding back the |
| 18744s | options off his uh ethereal Lackey one |
| 18747s | of them was the was of this vanish fan |
| 18749s | of knives right I wonder about the fan |
| 18752s | of knives in that pick with how much |
| 18754s | damage he does have built up but one of |
| 18756s | the big roadblocks to that being |
| 18757s | giggling inventor yeah Ryan exactly |
| 18760s | um if a giggling inventor comes down fan |
| 18762s | of knives is a great tool to be able to |
| 18764s | push damage through that still uh so I |
| 18766s | wonder why whether maybe that translates |
| 18768s | into more damage over the long term but |
| 18770s | it's hard it's hard to like work out the |
| 18773s | combo that bloody face has gone here |
| 18774s | with his picks damage plus damage equals |
| 18777s | damage it's one of the most effective |
| 18778s | combos in Hearthstone |
| 18780s | yeah there's 14 damage from hand as well |
| 18783s | I I love this play because what you've |
| 18785s | got to consider as well is one it sets |
| 18787s | up exact lethal from hand |
| 18789s | and also |
| 18791s | if Huntress has the use he plays two |
| 18793s | Mana he he's probably bounces something |
| 18795s | good and also he spends the banner which |
| 18798s | just reduces what he can do that turn |
| 18800s | yeah this is huge |
| 18803s | turns race heading hands now because |
| 18805s | that's just an unfortunate turn and he |
| 18807s | can't see Triple eviscerate with the |
| 18809s | cobbled Lackey to actually prop the |
| 18811s | combo effect |
| 18813s | this is an eight damage weapon from |
| 18816s | bloody face which means the play he's |
| 18817s | made here also beats walking fountain on |
| 18820s | curve because walking Fountain would |
| 18821s | only heal the weapon the weapon covers |
| 18823s | that healing and then as you said this |
| 18825s | or this of this kobold lack of 14 damage |
| 18827s | from hand I guess he's dead oh wait he |
| 18831s | died yeah even if he drew the ancestral |
| 18833s | healing it wouldn't |
| 18836s | wouldn't matter would it it taunts oh |
| 18838s | yeah sorry the time the top would matter |
| 18839s | so ancestral healing would have been an |
| 18840s | out that's for to either draw or get |
| 18842s | from the uh get from the hackathon |
| 18845s | foreign |
| 18847s | but that looks like an extremely dead |
| 18849s | hunt race to me this game |
| 18851s | and here we go what did we say damage |
| 18856s | plus damage plus damage Hunter race |
| 18860s | cannot believe his eyes |
| 18862s | that is about as close to shocked as |
| 18865s | that man is ever gonna look and then the |
| 18867s | shot gives way to disappointment that |
| 18869s | was a semi-final spot |
| 18872s | just melted away from right in front of |
| 18875s | Hunter Race's eyes he would have thought |
| 18876s | he was very close to getting that one |
| 18878s | over the line and there's so much damage |
| 18881s | coming through and let's remember this |
| 18884s | was off the back of a early hagarthur |
| 18886s | obliterating aboard the Bloody Face |
| 18889s | played into the hagatha to make it even |
| 18891s | worse and it just didn't matter I |
| 18894s | thought that was I thought it was over |
| 18895s | honest honestly I thought it was over I |
| 18897s | thought you know with the hand that he |
| 18898s | had after that giggling inventor and |
| 18900s | walking fountain that it was going to be |
| 18902s | tough for row even even the mighty Rogue |
| 18905s | to set up a board state that gets |
| 18907s | through this but who am I to doubt Rogue |
| 18909s | we talked |
| 18910s | um last game about how the strong |
| 18913s | performance we just saw from a warrior |
| 18914s | means that maybe you should just be |
| 18916s | considering bam Warrior as your strategy |
| 18918s | well I guess we gotta do the Jujitsu due |
| 18920s | diligence because Rogue just did the |
| 18922s | exact same thing and you can't ban them |
| 18924s | both so you see the problem that these |
| 18927s | players have got into coming into this |
| 18928s | tournament yeah big story of the |
| 18930s | tournament and the big questions are |
| 18931s | being asked of what do you do when there |
| 18934s | are two leaders of the pack in terms of |
| 18936s | classes and can you target them that's |
| 18938s | what we're going to find out by the end |
| 18939s | of this tournament so that was the |
| 18941s | exciting game there and hunt race is not |
| 18942s | there yet bloody face has a chance to |
| 18944s | fight back is he going to find after |
| 18946s | this we're back here at the Hearthstone |
| 18948s | world championship and it's hunt race |
| 18950s | versus Bloody Face Huntress leading the |
| 18953s | way here 2-1 but he had a good chance at |
| 18955s | taking a game there for a quick zero |
| 18958s | sweep for bloody face put a stop to that |
| 18960s | with frankly an obscene amount of damage |
| 18962s | from hand and from the weapon overall so |
| 18965s | his Rogue has the win done dusted I |
| 18967s | believe he is going to be queuing up his |
| 18968s | Mage next and the Mage versus Shaman |
| 18971s | matchup it's a bit of a strange one to |
| 18972s | me because |
| 18974s | mainly it's just the ability of the |
| 18976s | hagitis scheme to clear a ridiculously |
| 18979s | large Mage board is something that you |
| 18980s | constantly have to think about and I |
| 18981s | think just with the sneak peek over |
| 18983s | Hunter Ace's shoulder there is our |
| 18985s | camera panned around I think he has a |
| 18988s | scheme in his opening hand for the |
| 18989s | Mulligan he sure does that is there you |
| 18992s | go huge deal |
| 18994s | he's gonna let that tick up over the |
| 18996s | next you know five six seven maybe even |
| 18998s | more turns and when a card in hand reads |
| 19001s | five Mana destroy the board pretty much |
| 19003s | no matter what you're looking pretty |
| 19005s | good against the deck like bloody faces |
| 19007s | Mage yeah |
| 19008s | um I gave this breakdown when I thought |
| 19010s | we were going into a shaman match up uh |
| 19013s | previously but it's it is a weird one |
| 19015s | because they have all the answers right |
| 19017s | there is the earth shot for the Twilight |
| 19018s | Drake there is the hexes for the |
| 19020s | mountain Giants so they can for a while |
| 19022s | with a good draw kind of shut down and |
| 19025s | stop the board from snowballing but if |
| 19027s | the opponent just Waits just builds up a |
| 19029s | hand size with book of specters and then |
| 19032s | just Waits until like turn six when they |
| 19035s | can go three Mana giant kundra is |
| 19036s | calling immediately that can just be |
| 19039s | hard for the shaman to shut down there's |
| 19040s | only one card that really does it and |
| 19042s | that's hackathon scheme and even then |
| 19044s | they have to buy an additional couple of |
| 19046s | turns to get to that eight AOE that they |
| 19048s | need to clear the board if the |
| 19050s | opponent's done it on turn six it's not |
| 19051s | up there yet yeah it definitely feels |
| 19053s | like akin to a rhythm game where timing |
| 19055s | literally is everything because you need |
| 19057s | to just jump through those Hoops just at |
| 19059s | the right time or otherwise the shame is |
| 19061s | going to have the one by one answers you |
| 19063s | know as you were speaking like oh one |
| 19064s | giant well one hex one Twilight Break |
| 19066s | one is shark can really work out by |
| 19069s | Hunter Hayes |
| 19070s | using those pyros in the most positive |
| 19072s | ways two Mana three twos that might go |
| 19074s | first three two get them |
| 19077s | let's counteract the uh some Fury |
| 19079s | protector though |
| 19083s | again get him |
| 19087s | foreign |
| 19098s | there has to be a lot of heals |
| 19101s | a lot of witches brew repeated on |
| 19103s | pyromancer to be able to clear a mage |
| 19105s | mod right |
| 19107s | um I |
| 19109s | this is the weird situation that you |
| 19111s | create by playing two pyromancers that's |
| 19113s | going to trade one in first you can just |
| 19115s | play your own Twilight Drake and keep |
| 19117s | going face I mean all that yeah |
| 19121s | this is a funny situation because the |
| 19123s | likelihood of say two four drops |
| 19125s | beating this board is just unlikely to |
| 19129s | be quite quite honest just because the |
| 19130s | three attack from the pyromancers kind |
| 19131s | of covers the bases right yeah weird |
| 19133s | line weird line from Hunter race but you |
| 19135s | can tell he was prepared for the |
| 19136s | Twilight Drake coming down because as |
| 19138s | soon as he did Hunter Ace a very careful |
| 19140s | and considered player just immediately |
| 19142s | knew what his response was he could code |
| 19144s | for slow |
| 19145s | yes he um but I mean not slow for no |
| 19149s | reason you know it's not like he plays |
| 19150s | slowly and doesn't get results out of it |
| 19152s | that's why I use the word considered |
| 19153s | because you don't have a win rate as |
| 19155s | high as Hunter races is without using |
| 19157s | that time to find the most lines uh find |
| 19159s | the best lines the largest percentage of |
| 19161s | the time sometimes slow things are okay |
| 19163s | yeah agreed |
| 19166s | like a punch to the face I'd rather have |
| 19168s | a slow punch to the face than a fast |
| 19170s | punch to the face |
| 19171s | yeah we're only getting much force will |
| 19173s | it no |
| 19174s | is that cluster's a punch then |
| 19177s | runs out a fist pump to the face |
| 19182s | maybe there he knew Hunter race just |
| 19184s | knew that hey if the Twilight Drake |
| 19186s | comes down I'm just not gonna bother |
| 19187s | thinking about the Earth shock I'm just |
| 19188s | going to play out my Twilight Drake and |
| 19190s | just keep going face |
| 19192s | and |
| 19194s | I was wondering whether this becomes a |
| 19197s | very strange game of Minion chicken |
| 19199s | where they just keep going face and keep |
| 19201s | playing more stuff because I feel 100 |
| 19203s | race would actually lose that game oh |
| 19204s | yeah he runs out with me he has to play |
| 19206s | very very quickly and by that I mean now |
| 19208s | in a hot because he would lose that race |
| 19211s | it's just which is interesting to me why |
| 19213s | Bloody Face chose to trade |
| 19215s | that's my point there obviously because |
| 19216s | he wants his giant to live |
| 19218s | through any means necessary yeah |
| 19220s | he has a country's calling in his hand |
| 19222s | that's that's the deck |
| 19224s | I was just meaning you giant lives on |
| 19227s | one Health |
| 19229s | yeah |
| 19231s | one Health is a lot here because that |
| 19232s | pyromancer can't cast a spell and then |
| 19234s | attack no but there are a lot of I |
| 19237s | wonder cards that can do the damage I |
| 19239s | guess name one that's sufficient |
| 19241s | Earth shock |
| 19243s | when there's a Twilight Drake on the |
| 19245s | board uh one Manor deal one damage |
| 19248s | that's your official to exactly one |
| 19251s | healthy for exactly one Health minion no |
| 19254s | you want a zero Mana Cardiff there's a |
| 19257s | zero Mana card that does two there's |
| 19259s | there's more than one zero Mana card |
| 19261s | that does two |
| 19262s | which is overload really count yes |
| 19266s | remember the lightning stuff though |
| 19269s | good |
| 19272s | but that this is my point right look how |
| 19274s | ugly Hunter races turn had to be to deal |
| 19276s | with that uh that mountain giant I guess |
| 19280s | I think the key thing is that there was |
| 19282s | a little follow-up from Hunter Ace |
| 19284s | anyway apart from I |
| 19286s | yeah nothing but bloody face doesn't |
| 19288s | know that right I mean there's a really |
| 19290s | follow-up in the deck at that point well |
| 19291s | you could have just spent the turn |
| 19292s | casting farsights played a mind control |
| 19294s | Tech like spending manner on things |
| 19296s | they're a lot more beneficial and you |
| 19297s | know what the two acolytes I do actually |
| 19299s | keep forgetting about in the deck so you |
| 19300s | know what yes okay agreed if you're just |
| 19302s | leaving three menus on the ball and just |
| 19304s | goes trade trade trade your giant okay |
| 19305s | now now I just have freedom to do |
| 19307s | whatever I want |
| 19312s | it's gonna be scale hide oh okay just |
| 19315s | gonna try and front load the rubble |
| 19316s | Bouncer and that's a double benefit here |
| 19318s | of it's a threat that |
| 19321s | hasn't done anything yet it's you know |
| 19323s | it's kind of flies into the radar a |
| 19324s | little bit because Hood Trace has to |
| 19326s | consider it as a problem because it's a |
| 19327s | seven drop |
| 19329s | well if he hexes it then it's a win for |
| 19332s | bloody face because there's plenty more |
| 19333s | where that came from yeah for sure |
| 19335s | really good players Lee I was looking at |
| 19337s | just the scale worm just to push far |
| 19339s | more damage and do four drops on the |
| 19341s | board okay-ish health |
| 19344s | not an overcommittal but this is |
| 19346s | actually fine as well there aren't |
| 19347s | really a lot of minions you need to |
| 19348s | taunt block with this Rebel bouncer |
| 19351s | against Shaman anyway yeah but hunter |
| 19353s | Ace will be feeling okay not fantastic |
| 19356s | but okay |
| 19357s | um his hackathon scheme is essentially |
| 19359s | scaling with the turn count right now so |
| 19362s | as long as he can deny Mountain giant |
| 19364s | into countries calling which would be |
| 19365s | eight health Minions 100 of the time |
| 19367s | from turn seven onwards he'll feel |
| 19369s | confident that he can take down akundra |
| 19371s | is cool board you know it really does |
| 19372s | have to get up above seven and eight |
| 19374s | health essentially more Health than the |
| 19376s | turn of the game that we're on that's |
| 19377s | that's what you're aiming for at this |
| 19379s | point as bloody face and that's what |
| 19380s | Hunter race is hoping not to see |
| 19383s | I do wonder if Agatha's scheme is ever |
| 19385s | going to be used in such a weird fashion |
| 19387s | to actually keep the turn time account |
| 19389s | for players that plan to their plan to |
| 19391s | go to turn time because I could you can |
| 19393s | remember which turn you drew it on right |
| 19394s | and then just the the scheme does the |
| 19396s | rest yeah is that is that more efficient |
| 19398s | than a tally chart I don't I don't know |
| 19401s | I don't see the making notes all fair |
| 19403s | enough |
| 19407s | again yeah bully plays could do a |
| 19409s | similar trick here and just proud roast |
| 19411s | the one three if he wanted to oh |
| 19414s | if he doesn't want to open up any |
| 19416s | drawers that was a |
| 19418s | it's a weird one |
| 19426s | I drink number two |
| 19430s | you're calling the inventor is actually |
| 19431s | a nightmare right now |
| 19434s | he's like it's so easy to kill but |
| 19437s | I can't without something like exactly |
| 19439s | Agatha or the scheme right now yeah but |
| 19442s | if he doesn't kill it well that's just |
| 19443s | going to create more t7 drops but look |
| 19445s | at this I love this card the sapper |
| 19451s | look out for a plot twist deck from from |
| 19454s | Raven himself coming out soon |
| 19457s | I'm sure they're just waiting with |
| 19459s | baited bread to see that look I said |
| 19461s | that little Nugget Drop onto it plot |
| 19463s | twist and sapper like if you're not |
| 19465s | interested then you don't like Carson |
| 19466s | yeah |
| 19467s | yes thank you and it does deal too by |
| 19470s | the way for any minion any friendly |
| 19471s | minion that dies it does the thing that |
| 19473s | you saw happen there you go |
| 19475s | give me too much credit yeah |
| 19481s | which is very funny because of country's |
| 19483s | calling |
| 19492s | it's really a good card yeah it's |
| 19495s | definitely it's one of the it's one of |
| 19497s | the factors that can be your strength or |
| 19498s | weakness of the card where you know |
| 19499s | sometimes when you're trying to use it |
| 19500s | in removal spots you'd much rather it |
| 19502s | was a transform effect like if there's |
| 19504s | just some huge like big death row Mech |
| 19506s | that someone's built on the board this |
| 19507s | is actually killed you'd like it to be |
| 19509s | Transformer minion into two copies of a |
| 19511s | different opinion |
| 19515s | oh I like the front load now just |
| 19517s | because Alex Strazza Go is is a very |
| 19519s | interesting play |
| 19520s | Irish trials ago is a very interesting |
| 19522s | play normally you well one just to let |
| 19525s | you guys know there's only a single |
| 19526s | which is Brew in on Tracy's list yeah |
| 19528s | but also if you Alex Charles are in post |
| 19531s | there can't be AOE and a lot of witches |
| 19533s | brew so your opponent has to you know |
| 19535s | figure yeah for go one of those things |
| 19537s | normally and if you do then you normally |
| 19539s | just dead anyway |
| 19540s | can we just giggling and chill this turn |
| 19542s | from Hunter Ace's position |
| 19547s | Mage not a great deck at um leveraging |
| 19549s | against the the annoy trons right they |
| 19551s | very often just have to go through it |
| 19553s | honestly with the minions there is |
| 19554s | Dragon Ball scorcher about the only |
| 19556s | thing that they can use |
| 19559s | this country is calling me annoyatron |
| 19561s | yeah it's pushed three maybe that could |
| 19563s | be lethal I mean I'm not gonna I'm not |
| 19565s | gonna ridicule that play because you may |
| 19566s | see it happen at some point in |
| 19568s | competitive Hearthstone if it's lethal |
| 19570s | Fountain here kill off the |
| 19572s | zilliacs and he can reheat ancestral |
| 19574s | healing good lightning |
| 19577s | it's very interesting for lightning and |
| 19580s | social healing extremely good here |
| 19582s | actually |
| 19583s | to take the Divine shield and create the |
| 19586s | break point |
| 19587s | that was a good hug of the spell yep |
| 19592s | he's gonna use the ancestral healing to |
| 19594s | keep it around |
| 19596s | not a huge value ancestral healing |
| 19598s | normally you're looking for the dream |
| 19599s | scenario with those walking fountains |
| 19601s | make both trades happen then get the |
| 19603s | ancestral healing to come down |
| 19604s | afterwards I think he could have gone |
| 19605s | the other way and left the Tapper alive |
| 19606s | or is it just too much of a fear for the |
| 19608s | country I don't think so I don't I don't |
| 19610s | see what's the upside of it UK has a 4-8 |
| 19613s | right you trade more at first and then |
| 19615s | you get the healing afterwards because |
| 19616s | then the sapper does like attacks in I |
| 19619s | can see it he'll like doesn't actually |
| 19621s | kill the The Walking Fountain and then |
| 19623s | makes two seven drops like not great |
| 19625s | obviously I understand the downside yeah |
| 19626s | but you've left more often not with a |
| 19629s | walking Fountain there's Merit to it for |
| 19631s | sure I think you're left weak to crowd |
| 19633s | roaster in that position more so than |
| 19635s | doing yep and leading into uh I only |
| 19639s | need to know Manus you wouldn't see and |
| 19641s | can't just call him but yeah you are |
| 19643s | right foreign |
| 19655s | giggling inventor territory there's |
| 19658s | there's an 88 on the board that you |
| 19659s | don't want to deal with just put two |
| 19660s | annoytrons in the way so there's extra |
| 19663s | which is Brew for free which means that |
| 19665s | the healing now is more readily |
| 19667s | available for entrees yep and after the |
| 19669s | Alex comes down as well |
| 19680s | tricky |
| 19682s | I actually think I like the sculpture |
| 19684s | here because giant let me fall off my |
| 19686s | chair I don't think anyone saw that um I |
| 19689s | think giant intercontra's calling is |
| 19691s | something he has to save because of the |
| 19693s | fear of scheme you can't go deep and |
| 19695s | then just get one scheme and it's like |
| 19696s | oh God it's gonna take me another few |
| 19698s | turns to build up again there's a window |
| 19700s | sorry it's okay off there like 10 7 8 9 |
| 19702s | there's a window where you can kind of |
| 19705s | um disregard hackathon scheme because if |
| 19707s | they've drawn it at any point around |
| 19708s | turn two three four Etc it hasn't got up |
| 19711s | there to those big giant numbers yet |
| 19713s | once you hit turn 10 and Beyond they can |
| 19715s | have drawn hagatha's scheme through a |
| 19717s | very wide range of turns and it still |
| 19720s | kills all of your minions plus you |
| 19722s | factor in how good all these players are |
| 19723s | at hand tracking my face probably has a |
| 19725s | very good idea of that card on the very |
| 19727s | far left that was the only card kept in |
| 19729s | the Mulligan for Hunter race is the |
| 19732s | scheme and he's keeping track of exactly |
| 19734s | how much damage it's doing yeah and also |
| 19736s | there's been positions where for example |
| 19739s | I'm just thinking of the cards that |
| 19740s | would be kept against Mage as the Shaman |
| 19742s | deck scheme and then what |
| 19744s | hex and acolyte of pain maybe Agatha |
| 19749s | hackathon I guess but like he's seen |
| 19751s | hagatha there are options where hex |
| 19753s | would have been played almost certainly |
| 19754s | so guess what it's probably a scheme |
| 19757s | it's schema and I think he does it now |
| 19759s | actually scheme Twilight Drake |
| 19760s | definitely not the end of the world to |
| 19761s | generates an additional spell and it |
| 19763s | gains the board back |
| 19764s | it does |
| 19766s | it's a low impact board to scheme though |
| 19768s | he takes a big swing if he doesn't |
| 19771s | that's my worry if he doesn't heal or |
| 19773s | scheme |
| 19775s | a lot of things could happen where he |
| 19777s | just dies or at least gets very close to |
| 19779s | it |
| 19780s | and again I feel like any turn you're |
| 19782s | forced into which is Brew on death feels |
| 19784s | just like a delaying the inevitable from |
| 19786s | what we've seen so far yeah I'm just |
| 19788s | gonna go for it I do like this a lot I |
| 19789s | think he has to do it there's you know |
| 19791s | you can try and just witch's brew heel |
| 19793s | up and just say you know I'm gonna take |
| 19794s | the hit your opponent is going to hit |
| 19797s | you in the face with their minions kill |
| 19798s | your one two and say pass your turn yep |
| 19801s | same spot and you're just down a witch's |
| 19803s | brew |
| 19805s | no fire too witch doctor has this nice |
| 19807s | added benefit of basically |
| 19809s | replacing itself in hand which keeps |
| 19812s | this mountain giant at a reasonable |
| 19813s | level |
| 19815s | hmm bloody face after seeing the skin |
| 19819s | get used does not just immediately go in |
| 19821s | with his Mountain Giant |
| 19829s | crowd roaster pretty effective in that |
| 19832s | spot I guess if there is a second lower |
| 19834s | damage scheme in hand for Hunter race |
| 19837s | which there is entitled to be at this |
| 19838s | point then uh playing his two giants |
| 19842s | into that four or five yeah he's able to |
| 19845s | take one of them out at least and the |
| 19847s | crowd roaster is still a threat because |
| 19849s | Hunter's nose is a country's Con in hand |
| 19851s | yeah because it's the the second one the |
| 19854s | twin spelled right which means that |
| 19856s | Hunter is every single seven drop has to |
| 19858s | be considered uh a huge huge threat one |
| 19861s | he pushes seven and Hunter it's only 15. |
| 19863s | but also it could push so much more in |
| 19866s | the turns following this looks like a |
| 19868s | swamp queen turned to me which means Far |
| 19870s | Side is going with it which means Far |
| 19871s | Side probably comes first so you can |
| 19873s | look for an out there is that hex he's |
| 19875s | been waiting for the whole game but I |
| 19877s | think for me potentially still a swamp |
| 19879s | Queen turn I think he's afraid okay |
| 19882s | there's a mystery Mage Bell Sol which |
| 19884s | means he could die |
| 19886s | I am gonna say pyro blast and fire uh |
| 19888s | Fireball but those cards exist they do |
| 19894s | I don't think you want to be knocked out |
| 19896s | of the world championship if you've got |
| 19897s | a better play |
| 19898s | not off the back of just this game but |
| 19900s | you don't want to take a loss if you can |
| 19901s | that's the Trap though right like just |
| 19903s | because you can think of a random card |
| 19905s | that you die to does not necessarily |
| 19907s | make one play better than the other |
| 19910s | I never said it was better didn't you is |
| 19912s | that not you don't want to get knocked |
| 19913s | out of the championship if you've got a |
| 19914s | better place that's what you'll feel |
| 19915s | like I think that's right I think that's |
| 19917s | what people feel like |
| 19919s | you should avoid that's what I'm saying |
| 19923s | here we go |
| 19930s | tickled me the elemental mate was |
| 19932s | actually alive for a second there |
| 19934s | because there was an elemental on the |
| 19935s | board but it was their opponents |
| 19937s | that shadow walk is huge here that's big |
| 19939s | Health on the shutter walk it's uh |
| 19942s | hagatha and it summons the annoyatrons |
| 19944s | to put up a defensive wall here kind of |
| 19946s | tickling head of the same dimly lit |
| 19954s | quite frankly |
| 19957s | it's kind of all he's got |
| 19959s | he's going for swamp Queen |
| 19964s | I feel like you just dare this swamp |
| 19968s | Queen doesn't do anything |
| 19970s | and even if it does it has to do |
| 19972s | something pretty magnificent because you |
| 19974s | cost managed to play the the Battle Cry |
| 19976s | minion next turn right |
| 19981s | what you can be sure of |
| 19983s | or at least almost certain of if he |
| 19985s | plays sugar walk he's just not bad next |
| 19991s | but maybe he thinks he needs something |
| 19992s | more than sure what can give |
| 19994s | us |
| 19997s | oh that's the bad order |
| 20001s | loses his Divine Shields |
| 20006s | flame strike gonna |
| 20009s | unlock the door for bloody face to kick |
| 20011s | it through anyway |
| 20013s | with these seven attack minions and does |
| 20015s | he just leave Shadow walk and just say |
| 20016s | well have your six attack I mean well |
| 20019s | flame strike push damage here does is a |
| 20022s | little bit scary from bloody Face's |
| 20024s | position because it means he's very |
| 20025s | close to just losing the board in play |
| 20027s | if he loses the board it doesn't matter |
| 20029s | how much damage he's pushing his deck |
| 20031s | doesn't push damage unless it keeps |
| 20033s | forward |
| 20034s | foreign |
| 20036s | in a lot of circumstances |
| 20041s | shoulder Wok does beat the two seven |
| 20043s | seven attack minions the grave Horrors |
| 20044s | but only you can only attack once unless |
| 20046s | it gains win Theory obviously right but |
| 20049s | you know trade one of your minions play |
| 20050s | another Minion of your own yeah but you |
| 20053s | can catch up with astromanta |
| 20055s | if another dragon's draw on this roaster |
| 20057s | I don't think there's a better option |
| 20059s | I'm just saying this is not as good a |
| 20061s | position as bloody face would want to be |
| 20062s | in right now |
| 20065s | rain the Toads is going to make things |
| 20066s | uh pretty spicy fun Trace oh oh rain the |
| 20069s | toes into hacks |
| 20072s | you just eat a marshmallow |
| 20081s | only totemic might |
| 20083s | didn't only target totems |
| 20086s | I mean he has the urban mate |
| 20090s | I'm just thinking of Renato attacks yeah |
| 20091s | manner efficiency |
| 20098s | I guess does he even need to play the |
| 20099s | Rainy totes's turn you can just playable |
| 20102s | pushing damage itself it doesn't really |
| 20104s | do much it's not blocking Minions that |
| 20106s | don't aren't there so maybe the one |
| 20109s | other than mate is it does this go on |
| 20110s | the shadow walk okay we should bring us |
| 20112s | the same yeah but does better |
| 20115s | okay okay I'm Tracy's piecing this |
| 20117s | together I'm becoming a Believer right |
| 20119s | now |
| 20121s | oh well maybe not |
| 20125s | will only be three drops though three |
| 20128s | drops is very unimpressive |
| 20130s | maybe you should play the without card |
| 20134s | s versus two three drops yeah it's not a |
| 20136s | big difference is it |
| 20140s | because then you could also taunt up if |
| 20141s | it helped in any way put a 2-3 on the |
| 20144s | board as well maybe because because |
| 20145s | bloody face needs to close out this game |
| 20147s | soon because he's doing what happened in |
| 20149s | the previous game and running out of |
| 20150s | juice again yep |
| 20153s | okay |
| 20156s | my calculations are closed can I just |
| 20159s | get the full drop |
| 20162s | not great |
| 20165s | we're gonna play anything else just drop |
| 20166s | the Ping the toad does soak up some |
| 20168s | damage but oh |
| 20170s | celiacs is huge zillions other than my |
| 20173s | even is available here |
| 20175s | okay so |
| 20178s | hunt race oh |
| 20181s | that's probably won this game um okay |
| 20183s | I'll finish what I was gonna say |
| 20184s | I was for a second thinking about swamp |
| 20187s | Cooling hagatha |
| 20189s | just because it's a it's a relatively |
| 20191s | safe turn to play it because you're on |
| 20194s | enough Health you're gonna have stuff on |
| 20196s | the board |
| 20197s | and you can get that live for the |
| 20198s | following turn but yes this turn was |
| 20201s | pretty sweet too and this is what I was |
| 20203s | scared of I don't again this is not a |
| 20206s | criticism I don't think there was a |
| 20208s | better play available than flame strike |
| 20210s | push damage |
| 20211s | it's just bloody faces just really |
| 20214s | scrambling to stay ahead on this board |
| 20216s | now |
| 20218s | Gathering doing it surprisingly good job |
| 20220s | yep |
| 20223s | okay Agatha feral speed yeah it looks |
| 20225s | like it's one point turn to me get that |
| 20226s | value in right now you gain a five five |
| 20229s | you gain another five five that actually |
| 20231s | does some spells and stuff yeah and then |
| 20233s | also the feral Spirit to back it up |
| 20235s | looks fantastic to me |
| 20239s | draw a card is a little sketchy at this |
| 20242s | position second more confident in the |
| 20244s | day |
| 20245s | there's also a a real world where this |
| 20248s | is a fatigue game |
| 20252s | foreign |
| 20255s | spell check |
| 20262s | lava bus lightning storm with it with it |
| 20264s | okay thank you |
| 20268s | Mossy horror is time to shine against |
| 20270s | the control Shaman although is it just a |
| 20273s | bait would be better versus reign of |
| 20274s | toads |
| 20277s | very true |
| 20284s | also crowd roast is kind of unplayable |
| 20286s | here because it could snipe the swamp |
| 20288s | Queen but then the two damage it takes |
| 20290s | from gedden opens it up to just a trade |
| 20292s | from the the other Pharaoh's parent or |
| 20294s | the other pharaoh Spirit doesn't live |
| 20295s | right because you ping it if you're |
| 20297s | playing oh sure oh yeah okay yeah yeah |
| 20300s | no you're right you're right I didn't |
| 20301s | know if there's gonna be any other |
| 20302s | development along with that but no |
| 20303s | that's way way better hmm |
| 20313s | even so |
| 20314s | I love the best Limestone pick will be |
| 20316s | pretty sick if that was the turn |
| 20319s | yeah wow but I feel like crowd roaster |
| 20321s | is to play it looks better than Mossy |
| 20323s | horror here to me you've got to do |
| 20324s | something |
| 20326s | oh what about Mossy horror taunt of the |
| 20328s | mossy horror and go face with the 75 |
| 20332s | sure |
| 20334s | kill him try and kill him quick I kind |
| 20336s | of like that yeah this goes on the far |
| 20338s | right yeah I like this play I like this |
| 20339s | play it's not going to work out that |
| 20340s | well based on uh the the drosphar horror |
| 20343s | that was picked up you got to get him |
| 20344s | though aren't you but I do yeah I like |
| 20346s | it in theory |
| 20347s | oh probably about as late as the scheme |
| 20351s | could be drawn to have strong relevance |
| 20354s | in this game I would say any later and |
| 20356s | you're really running low but with the |
| 20357s | cards that Andres has available it's |
| 20359s | just for horror and even just the soul |
| 20361s | of the murlocs to back it up he can heal |
| 20362s | hagatha up as well yeah with the |
| 20365s | ancestral healing this is slipping and |
| 20368s | slipping and slipping away from bloody |
| 20370s | face here and it's I'll be honest |
| 20374s | shocking to me that we've talked about |
| 20376s | Mage for the whole weekend and weekly up |
| 20378s | to this and it looks like Mage the one |
| 20381s | that's gonna feel like it's suffered in |
| 20382s | this series |
| 20387s | foreign |
| 20400s | might die in some respect I'm not I'm |
| 20403s | going to extremes but I'm just saying I |
| 20405s | think hunt race is safe enough to do it |
| 20407s | because how does he ever get hit again |
| 20409s | this game like with the minions he has |
| 20411s | reign of toads as well it feels unlikely |
| 20414s | at this point |
| 20416s | I see a vision indeed as always Mage |
| 20418s | spells can be pretty good |
| 20421s | Tome of intellect it's kind of gas |
| 20424s | he needed better gas |
| 20429s | is it tough though I needed some of that |
| 20430s | premium unleaded |
| 20435s | no diesel just another country is |
| 20437s | calling or a power of creation something |
| 20439s | to make that khadgar be really explosive |
| 20441s | maybe even a book of specters just the |
| 20444s | drawers because I I don't oh he can't |
| 20446s | play the fatigue game he's going to lose |
| 20447s | this in the fatigue game so maybe he |
| 20448s | draws his deck and says right I need to |
| 20450s | go in go |
| 20452s | either way going for Ray of frost I |
| 20454s | think the plan here is yeah to crowd |
| 20455s | gross into Ray of frost was uh was my |
| 20457s | initial thought as well |
| 20459s | again |
| 20460s | as good as you're gonna get |
| 20463s | next turn he can um actually trade in |
| 20465s | Dragon Ball scorcher and open up a seven |
| 20467s | damage attack with this got uh with the |
| 20469s | um |
| 20470s | roaster sorry sculpture roaster I'm |
| 20472s | running and mixing up my words |
| 20475s | Omega Defender though |
| 20477s | probably not needed this turn |
| 20484s | I also |
| 20486s | hmm okay I'm thinking |
| 20490s | hmm |
| 20492s | maybe after seeing the Crowd Goes to you |
| 20494s | do play The Omega Defender |
| 20496s | because you know it's very now unlikely |
| 20498s | to get sniped just play two Roasters |
| 20499s | right yep so if the crowd roaster trades |
| 20502s | into this Omega Defender well a mega |
| 20504s | Defender gave you a spell |
| 20506s | okay wine why not |
| 20509s | I'm sure I like this well my point is oh |
| 20511s | wow I feel like this was just a reign of |
| 20513s | toads I thought you might want to reign |
| 20514s | of toads uh solo murloc what do the one |
| 20518s | ones do damage |
| 20525s | one damage each but also hunt Rings |
| 20528s | might just be on the plan to just say |
| 20530s | I'm just gonna run you out of minions |
| 20532s | uh-huh |
| 20534s | isn't rain of toads on curve more |
| 20537s | effective at doing that |
| 20540s | um |
| 20543s | I'm not sure this straight up kills the |
| 20545s | crowd roaster yeah |
| 20547s | not necessarily because you can imagine |
| 20548s | there's more minions coming afterwards |
| 20560s | look at these Miralax |
| 20563s | uh-huh spill the Paladin |
| 20569s | bloody face is dismissive to those |
| 20571s | burlocks as Dorian was |
| 20577s | jiggling inventor yet again it's such a |
| 20579s | good wall against this deck they just |
| 20582s | have nothing |
| 20585s | just reign of toads Brew brew perplexing |
| 20590s | because again I although I think |
| 20592s | Huntress is doing well here I don't |
| 20594s | think he'll be in a position to more |
| 20595s | than realistically spam phone Brew |
| 20598s | and not get hit for that much back real |
| 20601s | if he giggling inventors this term |
| 20603s | preemptively ships the two one ones into |
| 20606s | the 7-3 |
| 20607s | do you not think he can potentially have |
| 20609s | a really greedy witch's brew turn the |
| 20611s | turn after and worried that |
| 20614s | the second is a greedy turn is he lets |
| 20616s | bloody face have the board again |
| 20618s | I don't know if he needs to do that his |
| 20620s | bloody face has two cards and Hunter |
| 20622s | race knows one of them is Ray of frost |
| 20624s | what's he gonna do to him |
| 20629s | gonna go the other way and go reign of |
| 20630s | toads instead |
| 20632s | can play The Witches Brew |
| 20634s | it does go with your play |
| 20636s | s agrees with me so yeah man I'm |
| 20640s | sticking with the giggling line |
| 20641s | call me greedy |
| 20643s | you greedy thank you |
| 20647s | oh |
| 20650s | we're gonna live in the results oriented |
| 20651s | world |
| 20653s | we have a giggling event to write down |
| 20654s | down right now that's seven one that |
| 20656s | seven two would be a seven one there |
| 20657s | would only be three sources of damage so |
| 20659s | one of the ones whose would even live |
| 20660s | this turn take care of this board and at |
| 20663s | most there'd be six damage in play the |
| 20664s | next turn doesn't this stop the crowd |
| 20667s | Rose to gain value trade into let's say |
| 20669s | value trade a trade in into conjurers |
| 20671s | because there's one kind of car in life |
| 20672s | right there was no track he couldn't |
| 20674s | trade it because you ship the two |
| 20675s | murlocs in first so it's a seven oh wait |
| 20677s | wait so you put them both Into The |
| 20679s | Roaster yeah sorry sorry I'm back with |
| 20680s | you |
| 20683s | I also think you might just want to get |
| 20685s | these toads out the way first because of |
| 20686s | the overload I don't know we'll see what |
| 20689s | happens |
| 20690s | yeah like I said I'm living in results |
| 20691s | oriented World which is not a good |
| 20693s | argument |
| 20694s | by any stretch of the imagination |
| 20696s | you know what's not a good argument |
| 20698s | for three Twilight Drake just isn't |
| 20702s | like |
| 20703s | on paper a bad draw but it's too many |
| 20706s | drawer spell yeah it's just good just |
| 20708s | stuff to do is good for hunterries right |
| 20710s | now yeah |
| 20713s | and this scheme is building up now yeah |
| 20717s | so even with the last ditch push there's |
| 20719s | only five cards left for bloody phase |
| 20721s | and there's one scheme that probably |
| 20722s | kills all five cards it played it |
| 20724s | together |
| 20727s | oh that's a good one too I really feel |
| 20730s | like Hunter race could have sequenced |
| 20732s | these last two plays in a way that ends |
| 20733s | up with him having so much more Health |
| 20735s | from his witches brew |
| 20737s | does he even need it was my the core of |
| 20739s | my mind more is always more Raven |
| 20742s | but he's spending his manner doing other |
| 20745s | stuff yes |
| 20747s | he never has 10 Mana to which is through |
| 20749s | this game yeah it was pointless good |
| 20751s | point uh it's the next coming turns that |
| 20755s | kind of dictates whether that line was |
| 20756s | uh was gonna go oh |
| 20761s | oh geez |
| 20764s | can we get a hug of this game check I |
| 20766s | believe it's gonna be five from what I |
| 20768s | can see just in the little corner thank |
| 20770s | you it is five hundred percent |
| 20772s | confirmation |
| 20777s | bloody face assuming the position of oh |
| 20780s | wait maybe I can win this |
| 20783s | is that the without just duplicating the |
| 20786s | same minion is that the most possible |
| 20788s | stats he could have got from five drops |
| 20792s | almost certainly yes |
| 20796s | what just happened |
| 20799s | bloody face might turn this game around |
| 20801s | remember Saul we play we're watching |
| 20803s | Mage it does stuff |
| 20808s | what |
| 20810s | I'm just joining with the crowd at this |
| 20812s | point so I'm not gonna lie yep |
| 20815s | I am now just forget casting I'm just a |
| 20818s | viewer now |
| 20823s | okay for getting casting was boring I |
| 20825s | couldn't speak so |
| 20826s | haunted Visions looks like a reasonable |
| 20829s | place to start as any unless he wants to |
| 20831s | reign of toads with mind control Tech |
| 20832s | and go full time you can do that anyway |
| 20836s | even oh sorry reduces the reign of toes |
| 20838s | of course yeah |
| 20841s | yeah I think he needs to yeah find |
| 20844s | something go fishing find some help |
| 20847s | send help |
| 20851s | the crap just really want to see a storm |
| 20853s | bringer yeah same I'm now back in the |
| 20856s | crowd again |
| 20857s | fast side though it does look good but I |
| 20859s | think he is going to play the Rainy |
| 20860s | toads MCT reign of toads yeah |
| 20869s | queen of toad summons minion soul |
| 20871s | I mean not that many when you already |
| 20874s | have three in play but sure we'll take |
| 20876s | it but if he gets another reign of turns |
| 20881s | oh this game I'll Stone |
| 20888s | bear in mind though 11 Manor Harrison |
| 20892s | well bear in mind bloody face |
| 20895s | is recovering yeah but those minions are |
| 20898s | still five drops so this country's |
| 20900s | calling |
| 20901s | it's not only not mind-blowing it's not |
| 20903s | only gets worse right it's only worse |
| 20906s | it's either on a four drop yeah or on |
| 20908s | five drops that have to give you worse |
| 20910s | minions outside of |
| 20912s | Reckless Rocketeer |
| 20915s | is the like good one which is obviously |
| 20918s | a situation dependent |
| 20921s | but you can bloody face outside of like |
| 20923s | a very low health Bear |
| 20926s | realistically counters calling any of |
| 20927s | this is this actually just going to be |
| 20929s | ping Trader trade pass |
| 20932s | he literally can't play Harrison so |
| 20935s | I think I don't think you can get these |
| 20937s | means are too good |
| 20939s | and the Damage like for health wait oh |
| 20943s | there's nothing higher unless more bears |
| 20945s | right to beat beat scheme I'll say |
| 20947s | no that's I'm pretty sure that's the |
| 20950s | highest health five drop right |
| 20952s | what five |
| 20954s | I mean except for Bears is there a |
| 20956s | higher Health five drop that the seven |
| 20958s | fours now could be morphed into no there |
| 20961s | isn't right no |
| 20963s | oh another Fireside this college is too |
| 20965s | late in the game |
| 20968s | there is still swamp boost to generate |
| 20969s | something |
| 20973s | so he can kill all but one Bear right |
| 20977s | uh |
| 20978s | correct trades into the 11 health of |
| 20981s | course scheme now at six |
| 20982s | and you can still play the use to help |
| 20986s | and he's funny and it's it's kind of |
| 20988s | tough right because |
| 20990s | it does then open up |
| 20993s | a second Congress calling on the |
| 20996s | remaining bear but that could whiff that |
| 20998s | could backfire and so and it's about the |
| 21000s | last push the bloody face is gonna have |
| 21002s | left as well this game is so close |
| 21006s | it's gonna do it and he keeps a one-two |
| 21009s | tour as well play this uh who's behind |
| 21012s | it right we should this spell is going |
| 21014s | to be huge maybe even game breaking heck |
| 21016s | oh that'll do |
| 21018s | or at least that'll help |
| 21021s | some few protector is there a rabble |
| 21023s | bouncer left in bloody faces deck |
| 21027s | I want to say yes here we go Rubble |
| 21029s | bouncer zilliacs is that his deck four |
| 21031s | four and a five five definitely not bad |
| 21034s | and there's I think you just dump |
| 21037s | Harrison |
| 21038s | yeah kill him kill him quick before he |
| 21041s | does all the crazy things walking |
| 21043s | Fountain walking Fountain is remaining |
| 21045s | for Hunter Ace and he has ancestral |
| 21047s | healing and he has two far sights in his |
| 21049s | hand and he will have two cards left in |
| 21051s | his deck he can guarantee the draw |
| 21054s | but if he spends them both it doesn't |
| 21057s | work yeah he needs to get it off the |
| 21060s | first one because it will go down to |
| 21061s | five Mana but he will spend six using |
| 21063s | farsight if he gets it off the first one |
| 21065s | though the big key here is ancient uh |
| 21068s | sorry ancestral healing which means he |
| 21070s | can do trades and then heal it back up |
| 21072s | and say now what Mr bloody face this |
| 21075s | game is nuts and if anything truly nutty |
| 21078s | comes out |
| 21080s | then he's looking good look Harrison |
| 21081s | Jones walking Fountain beats the the |
| 21084s | night blade and the Harrison Jones you |
| 21086s | can then hex the Liam and then you've |
| 21087s | got a 2-3 to worry about at the moment |
| 21092s | still on board actually that which will |
| 21095s | sort of beat the 2-3 but will now die to |
| 21097s | pinks this game there it is |
| 21100s | look at the play that Bloody Face made |
| 21102s | though to beat this exact eventuality I |
| 21106s | don't know the last two cards in the |
| 21107s | deck I'm so upset Sun Fury the Liam so |
| 21111s | that the walking Fountain was as weak as |
| 21114s | possible of a draw for Hunter Ace |
| 21117s | you saw his autopilot took over for a |
| 21120s | second as we started talking about |
| 21122s | Harrison Jones he picked up Harrison |
| 21124s | Jones then stopped and went hang on |
| 21125s | Bloody Face this is the World |
| 21127s | Championships don't just autopilot |
| 21129s | playing your biggest minion think about |
| 21130s | it I like this as well this is just |
| 21132s | saying up it's a little bit delayed but |
| 21134s | hex the 5-5 now then walking Fountain |
| 21137s | next turn |
| 21140s | mind control takes one of the cards |
| 21144s | I play it |
| 21147s | yes I think he just has to dump it all |
| 21150s | right he needs to set up a lethal for |
| 21152s | next turn oh |
| 21155s | well that's not a good one |
| 21157s | again let's remember though every mini |
| 21159s | is a spell |
| 21160s | it's another scheme |
| 21163s | he needs things that generate minions I |
| 21165s | think unless this walking Fountain is |
| 21167s | just enough to get there |
| 21170s | it does continue to challenge it beats |
| 21173s | the three Minions that we're seeing at |
| 21175s | the moment I think this last card is |
| 21177s | either a zilliacs or a rabble bouncer oh |
| 21179s | it's an astromancer two drop and he has |
| 21182s | he kind of has to play it that's why |
| 21183s | he's been holding cards in hand as well |
| 21187s | okay so questions now is one honestly |
| 21190s | don't know what the last card they hand |
| 21191s | traces deck is we'll find out very soon |
| 21192s | but is there a world that the walking |
| 21195s | Fountain does enough to make the acolyte |
| 21199s | of playing a act like a paint a playable |
| 21201s | card because the spell will be better |
| 21203s | than the pings that Bloody Face can do |
| 21204s | to make him overdraw I don't even know I |
| 21206s | find that very unlike okay |
| 21215s | yeah if Hunters doesn't find stuff that |
| 21217s | generates minions okay okay |
| 21219s | but he needs this card I think he needs |
| 21222s | this spell off the The Mind Control Tech |
| 21224s | to generate minions for him somehow |
| 21225s | because otherwise |
| 21227s | he's going to be forced into a status |
| 21229s | quo where he uses his removal to deal |
| 21230s | with this wave of minions the Bloody |
| 21232s | Face plays or this wave of minions plus |
| 21234s | one more the Bloody Face plays from his |
| 21236s | hand and then bloody face has final |
| 21238s | minion this game and final minion always |
| 21239s | wins in fatigue |
| 21245s | also funnily enough |
| 21247s | F1 trees takes the two value trades |
| 21252s | then |
| 21254s | so they've got a scheme is that the plan |
| 21256s | I mean fatigues I think actually he's |
| 21259s | just healed for eight |
| 21261s | and this has to be traded into there are |
| 21264s | no spells that get rid of this no face |
| 21265s | pass |
| 21267s | he wants him to play more stuff because |
| 21269s | this has to be traded into so two some |
| 21271s | of these minions die the rest gets |
| 21272s | replayed wait one million dies and if he |
| 21275s | replays both then it means he can MCT |
| 21279s | does he does the English bloody face |
| 21281s | there's no way bloody face plays too |
| 21283s | there's no way he plays two minions okay |
| 21285s | so he knows |
| 21287s | people forget things Saul |
| 21292s | what I'm saying is even in an MCT less |
| 21295s | world I don't think you play all your |
| 21296s | minions here because there's so many |
| 21297s | random hag of the cards I think you need |
| 21299s | to try and save something to beat one |
| 21301s | more random AOE that can come down so |
| 21302s | now the question is do they know each |
| 21304s | other's hand apart for the Spells I mean |
| 21305s | hunter race this is locked up he's so |
| 21307s | far ahead in fatigue now he's going to |
| 21309s | be mind control Tech versus mind control |
| 21310s | Tech no it's not the first one the five |
| 21313s | one lives |
| 21316s | the Mind Control Tech will kill the |
| 21318s | Harrison because there's just a ping and |
| 21320s | it doesn't beat it yeah so then the |
| 21321s | witch's brew will out heal along with |
| 21324s | their walking Fountain attack to face |
| 21326s | yeah the damage that the Mind Control |
| 21328s | Tech from bloody face will be able to do |
| 21329s | to him off the back of this insane game |
| 21333s | he just took two that turn correct |
| 21334s | bloody faces so three four five will |
| 21337s | kill him he has three more turns to live |
| 21339s | mind control Tech Plus Hunter Aces |
| 21341s | fatigue does not do that through a |
| 21342s | witch's brew and ever the prophet there |
| 21345s | is going to be potentially |
| 21348s | a full 10 Mana which is Brew played this |
| 21351s | game |
| 21351s | but apparently final minion does not |
| 21354s | always win in fatigue you're a liar |
| 21356s | oh what oh it's so insane and not from |
| 21359s | Hunters he knows he knows does that |
| 21362s | change the clock just going face there |
| 21363s | change the clock |
| 21366s | versus a witch's brew |
| 21369s | he takes three more next turns we take |
| 21371s | six next turn puts himself to 12. |
| 21374s | he could wish to put all the way up yeah |
| 21376s | he's good he's good he's good wow the |
| 21378s | nod from hunt race gives me belief |
| 21381s | he knew this would happen |
| 21383s | yep |
| 21386s | sorry bloody face you're about to get |
| 21387s | the bad news that there is a witch's |
| 21389s | brew in your future and there is the |
| 21391s | concession coming out it's a brutal way |
| 21394s | to go down but it's an incredible game |
| 21396s | to go out on Bloody Face my friend you |
| 21399s | have made a lot of friends and a lot of |
| 21401s | fans this is a guy that I hope sticks |
| 21404s | around for the long term because he's a |
| 21405s | great character he's not afraid to be |
| 21408s | critical to talk about how he we should |
| 21411s | expect better from Hearthstone players |
| 21413s | and then to set that standard of himself |
| 21415s | and that standard is what has led him to |
| 21417s | being top eight in the world Alva field |
| 21421s | has died at over 6 000 across the year |
| 21424s | but it's Hunter race that is going to |
| 21427s | find himself in a semi-final I guess |
| 21430s | sn's Jing bunny Hopper versus Viper on |
| 21433s | the other side yeah absolutely |
| 21434s | incredible performance and this world |
| 21437s | championship just keeps delivering I |
| 21440s | already want to go back and watch every |
| 21441s | one of every match that has been played |
| 21443s | they've been some of the most |
| 21444s | entertaining matches I've ever seen seen |
| 21446s | in Hearthstone and it continues hunt |
| 21448s | race versus a bloody face you know the |
| 21450s | European wonderkid is still in the |
| 21452s | tournament it looks dicey for him |
| 21454s | yesterday it looked less dicey today but |
| 21457s | still close all the way down to that |
| 21459s | fatigue maybe he is the chosen one and |
| 21462s | will just go all the way because I will |
| 21464s | never count that guy out he's the chosen |
| 21467s | one he has the blessing of the Qibla on |
| 21469s | his side so in some ways he does have |
| 21472s | you know the the ultimate winner looking |
| 21474s | over his shoulder and if Kibler gives |
| 21476s | you the blessing then you've got to |
| 21477s | imagine that some of that natural qibler |
| 21479s | good luck wears off on you |
| 21482s | my expense a lot I've never had Kepler's |
| 21484s | question but our fantastic series once |
| 21486s | again and that was the last quarter |
| 21487s | final we're going to be moving on to the |
| 21489s | semi-finals four players left and |
| 21492s | they're going to be playing a spare for |
| 21494s | a spot to get that chance at the world |
| 21496s | championship title everything's still to |
| 21499s | play for some amazing Hearthstone has |
| 21500s | been played some amazing Hearthstone is |
| 21502s | going to be played stay tuned more World |
| 21504s | Championship Hearthstone coming up the |
| 21507s | semi-finals saw Hunter race take on |
| 21509s | China's Last Hope Jing it started to |
| 21512s | look like the prophecy was coming true |
| 21514s | as hunt race continued to dominate with |
| 21516s | his Shaman yet again clutching a long |
| 21519s | drawn out game to help take the series |
| 21522s | let's take a look |
| 21524s | thank you very much rap goddess Annalee |
| 21527s | my name is frodan I'm joined by Brian |
| 21529s | Campbell and while we are not as |
| 21531s | eloquent in poetry as she may be uh we |
| 21535s | are equally as excited for this second |
| 21537s | semi-final we already have one world |
| 21539s | finalist in Viper from Germany will be |
| 21542s | another fellow European or perhaps |
| 21543s | history can be repeated with another |
| 21545s | final appearance from a Chinese player |
| 21547s | in Jing yeah and you know uh so far we |
| 21551s | have three of the four European players |
| 21554s | that made it through to the top eight |
| 21555s | one of those three made it through to |
| 21557s | the finals uh Hunter race could be |
| 21560s | second European player to break through |
| 21562s | and really cement the dominance of that |
| 21564s | region this year yeah and it would be |
| 21567s | fitting we have viper one of the players |
| 21569s | who made it to two different |
| 21570s | championships he defeated his teammate |
| 21572s | got revenge on uh his practice partner |
| 21575s | bunny hopper for beating him in these |
| 21577s | semi-finals at the championship where |
| 21579s | they both qualified earlier this year |
| 21581s | now Hunter Hayes you know he is the |
| 21583s | points leader can he emerge at the top |
| 21586s | he's got through Jake first yes there's |
| 21589s | lots of story lines to talk about the |
| 21591s | first of course is that the both Wars |
| 21594s | have been banned and Hunter Hayes was |
| 21596s | thinking about different Decks that he |
| 21598s | wants to Target he was talking to me |
| 21600s | backstage he's like I think I'm gonna |
| 21601s | ban Tempo rug I haven't been able to to |
| 21603s | handle Rogues really well I was like no |
| 21604s | maybe I banned his uh his bomb Warrior |
| 21607s | because you know I try to Target Warrior |
| 21609s | but those are the slow controller words |
| 21610s | so these are things that Hunter race is |
| 21612s | thinking about and accounting for all |
| 21613s | possibilities but he said you know what |
| 21615s | not gonna over complicate it I've been |
| 21616s | Banning Warrior a lot uh and I've been |
| 21619s | trying to see if I can face off against |
| 21620s | other X and he feels confident although |
| 21622s | he said the big weakness in his lineup |
| 21624s | has always been rogued throughout his |
| 21625s | entire tournaments although I mean if |
| 21627s | you ask him he's been getting himself |
| 21628s | into wacky situation after wacky |
| 21630s | situation hey we're talking about this a |
| 21631s | little bit backstage it feels like that |
| 21633s | Shaman deck of his almost is designed to |
| 21635s | get himself into ridiculous situations |
| 21638s | that he then has to claw his way out of |
| 21640s | yeah frankly that's sort of what control |
| 21642s | Shaman does in this format is you know |
| 21645s | fall behind and then claw back often |
| 21647s | involving hagatha which means you |
| 21649s | naturally are going to find yourself in |
| 21651s | situations where you have to adapt to |
| 21653s | unusual things happening all right well |
| 21656s | the game boards being set the second |
| 21658s | semi-final is about to begin who is |
| 21660s | going Viper in the grand finals is it |
| 21663s | Hunter race from Norway who's playing |
| 21664s | his control John or Jing who's playing |
| 21667s | his token Druid which has been a huge |
| 21669s | question mark and yet it's delivering |
| 21671s | when it matters the most it has and uh |
| 21673s | Hunter is here he has the wild |
| 21675s | pyromancer which is one of the |
| 21677s | inclusions in his deck that is very |
| 21679s | different from the the rest of the field |
| 21681s | most players who chose to play Shaman |
| 21684s | chose to play the Thunderhead package of |
| 21687s | overload spells plus Thunderhead is |
| 21689s | their sort of early game AOE style |
| 21690s | removal Hunter race didn't want to |
| 21692s | overload himself too much for his power |
| 21694s | turns with hagatha with walking Fountain |
| 21697s | and instead chose to play while |
| 21699s | pyromancer alongside ancestral healing |
| 21701s | to have some AOE that said he doesn't |
| 21703s | have that many cheap spells and that |
| 21706s | while pyromancer plus ancestor healing |
| 21708s | may be great at clearing off a single |
| 21710s | Whispering Woods but may not be enough |
| 21713s | to deal with the the AOE and yeah he's |
| 21715s | going to keep the pyromancer at throw |
| 21717s | back |
| 21718s | The ancestral healing yeah these are |
| 21720s | some of the stuff that uh Hunter race is |
| 21722s | prepared for compared to the normal |
| 21724s | control shot list as you're talking |
| 21725s | about and he was also saying you know |
| 21727s | what I am ready to take down two |
| 21729s | contribute three times this is |
| 21730s | definitely the deck that he does not |
| 21732s | want to slip through Jing here he has |
| 21734s | the coin with keeper sludrus and the |
| 21735s | power of the wild we've we've seen him |
| 21737s | uh you know make very strong use of |
| 21740s | keeper Slaughters in a number of |
| 21741s | positions and here is possibly a good |
| 21743s | one yes the ability to get that 2-3 out |
| 21745s | in the board and then follow it up with |
| 21746s | a 3-2 that gives you two more spells in |
| 21749s | hand against a control deck like Hunter |
| 21751s | races oftentimes it's a resource battle |
| 21753s | yes and being able to get those extra |
| 21754s | resources while developing thanks to the |
| 21756s | keeper is very powerful this big play |
| 21759s | here for Ching to try immediately get |
| 21761s | that value and that Tempo Hunter race |
| 21764s | picks up the hack the scheme that is a |
| 21766s | crucial card extremely vital to control |
| 21769s | the state of the board so that way if |
| 21771s | things even get a little bit out of |
| 21773s | control he can reduce the pressure if |
| 21776s | needed the the big thing is that token |
| 21779s | Druid has been laying their threats |
| 21780s | really well and Jing has also been |
| 21782s | playing uh you know he's been timing his |
| 21784s | things into threats appropriately so far |
| 21786s | and really made it complicated for those |
| 21788s | control decks to wipe Williamsport and |
| 21790s | one of the most important Cards Against |
| 21791s | control for the token dradex is already |
| 21793s | in Jing's hand the force Aid it may be |
| 21796s | expensive maybe slow but against these |
| 21798s | decks you often have quite a bit of time |
| 21800s | you know they they don't pressure you |
| 21801s | they don't kill you very well uh though |
| 21803s | Hunter Hayes is built with the ancestral |
| 21805s | healings plus the walking fountains can |
| 21807s | often put you in a very uncomfortable |
| 21808s | position at least late in the game yeah |
| 21810s | six swamp booze on two is something |
| 21812s | that's joked about around a lot by his |
| 21815s | friends he's saying like you know the |
| 21816s | acidic swamp who's on two is like |
| 21818s | Shaman's best play because you need to |
| 21819s | have something to play and develop onto |
| 21821s | the board because totem doesn't really |
| 21822s | do anything you're basically gaining a |
| 21825s | little bit of life or armor and the |
| 21827s | power of the wild is available for Jane |
| 21828s | he'll make himself a 3-2 I imagine right |
| 21830s | here and get himself some more spells to |
| 21832s | go along with that uh that hand that is |
| 21835s | developing quite nicely for him |
| 21837s | would you even just buff the stalagers |
| 21839s | that's that's an option |
| 21841s | I mean you don't have any way to |
| 21842s | capitalize on it further in value |
| 21844s | because you don't have any choose one |
| 21846s | cards but the upside is being able to |
| 21848s | keep a threat and you know annoy Hunter |
| 21850s | race to maybe use other removal I feel |
| 21852s | like I feel like making the 3-2 allows |
| 21854s | you just get a little bit of damage in |
| 21856s | and having a you know a 3-1 here |
| 21860s | effectively if you do buff and then you |
| 21863s | know trade yeah he's gonna go ahead and |
| 21864s | make the three two gets those extra |
| 21866s | spells very powerful effect |
| 21868s | he's gonna trade himself |
| 21872s | yeah and then uh it's interesting that |
| 21873s | he choose to trade himself here what is |
| 21875s | he playing around I I'm not really sure |
| 21878s | thinking about it there you know there's |
| 21879s | no uh no real remove that feels like it |
| 21881s | would tremendously punish him maybe he's |
| 21883s | playing around an Accolade of pain and |
| 21885s | then a trade into the three two maybe |
| 21886s | just wants to protect the three two |
| 21887s | feels more valuable oh that's fair |
| 21889s | that's fair |
| 21891s | yeah maybe honor Ace would end up just |
| 21893s | minimizing damage as much as possible |
| 21895s | the swampy and heckath is a pretty good |
| 21898s | draw for Hunter Hayes because not now |
| 21900s | but it is a card that will ultimately |
| 21902s | actually give him something relatively |
| 21904s | proactive to do which is something that |
| 21905s | overall his deck kind of lacks uh the |
| 21908s | the problem will be getting to a point |
| 21909s | where he can play swampy and Agatha |
| 21911s | safely uh because at that stage of the |
| 21913s | game and this you know he decided to |
| 21916s | trade and by doing so protected himself |
| 21918s | from just having a 2-3 against this |
| 21920s | three three right |
| 21921s | this might look very confusing if you |
| 21924s | think about the Battle Cry of my control |
| 21926s | Tech but under race wants to control |
| 21927s | that state of the board again so that |
| 21929s | way he's not dependent on stealing the |
| 21931s | correct Minion or even in worst case |
| 21933s | scenarios uh Hunter a steals a minion |
| 21935s | that but dies anyways because there's |
| 21936s | still three or four even five six |
| 21939s | Minions on the board that's average |
| 21940s | George yeah when you're playing a deck |
| 21942s | that generally is going to need to uh |
| 21944s | constrain the size of your opponent's |
| 21946s | board in a matchup like this you can't |
| 21948s | really afford to let them get a bunch of |
| 21949s | stuff in play because if they do well |
| 21950s | it's going to get buffed up it's gonna |
| 21952s | you know end up being a real problem for |
| 21954s | you |
| 21956s | and there's the trance trade comes in |
| 21958s | both players still 30. |
| 21961s | and the draws walking fountain that pyro |
| 21964s | that Henry's kept doesn't have that much |
| 21966s | help he has Earth shock |
| 21968s | one activation of the Pyro but without a |
| 21972s | far sight without a cheap spell to go |
| 21974s | along with that it's gonna be hard for |
| 21976s | him to make much use of it yeah that was |
| 21977s | one question mark that we had which is |
| 21979s | uh wild pyromancer often is best with |
| 21981s | cheap spells and if he doesn't have |
| 21983s | access to that much right now you know |
| 21985s | when is the timing for pyromancer I |
| 21987s | think he is uh very keen on that turn |
| 21989s | four which is Whispering Woods that'll |
| 21991s | probably be the first threat check from |
| 21993s | Jing if he had it but since he doesn't |
| 21995s | he might just instead go for the the |
| 21998s | power of the wild options that were |
| 21999s | given to him |
| 22000s | buy a keeper still address |
| 22004s | and and you know that that is something |
| 22006s | that that Hunter race knows there you |
| 22007s | know he knows there's the summon Panther |
| 22010s | leader of the pack here which means |
| 22013s | at bare minimum there's a 3-2 plus a |
| 22016s | buff for the entire board available next |
| 22018s | turn there is hackathon scheme available |
| 22020s | to Hunter race and this isn't a matchup |
| 22022s | where you're just relying on hackathon |
| 22024s | scheme to you know blow out one big |
| 22026s | board the problem is they can they can |
| 22028s | keep with with a good draw that the |
| 22030s | token Druid that can keep generating |
| 22031s | boards and any just even mid-sized board |
| 22034s | starts to become very powerful and if |
| 22036s | the game goes on it becomes more and |
| 22037s | more powerful simply because there's so |
| 22039s | many opportunities to use blessing of |
| 22041s | the wild and leader of the pack and uh |
| 22043s | Savage Roar to really buff them up if |
| 22045s | you have enough Mana |
| 22046s | that's right uh you know hagget scheme |
| 22049s | is great but it only answers half of the |
| 22050s | forces so Jing picked up belligerent |
| 22052s | gnome a card that has been growing on me |
| 22054s | a little bit although the more I talk to |
| 22056s | Ike backstage the more I feel like token |
| 22059s | truly can go in a completely different |
| 22060s | direction and still have a really good |
| 22062s | game plan going into Lacey's game |
| 22065s | um but yet Blitz are known where he saw |
| 22067s | it against Zoo warlock when we saw it |
| 22068s | against uh Rogue even had some |
| 22070s | opportunities to make some big plays |
| 22072s | because the buff and that taunt body |
| 22074s | yeah |
| 22078s | the the four Health to start on the |
| 22080s | gnome yes it is you know it's pretty |
| 22083s | nice because it's uh you know gets |
| 22085s | carries Buffs very well yeah and and now |
| 22089s | this is fairly size five |
| 22091s | and this is |
| 22093s | essentially three or two and a half |
| 22096s | three and a half cards committed because |
| 22098s | of the the keepers the address |
| 22100s | two and a half even yes |
| 22103s | and now does the sunrise need to pull |
| 22104s | the trick on scheme he does yeah he's |
| 22107s | just not taking damage recognizes that |
| 22110s | uh Jing did use one of his buff guards |
| 22112s | but Jing was ready to go with more cards |
| 22114s | uh with more board fill with the dream |
| 22116s | Guardians and summon a panther and just |
| 22118s | think about how powerful keeper sliders |
| 22120s | was that this uh this game it gave him |
| 22122s | that buff didn't require him to commit |
| 22124s | anything else right still has the summit |
| 22126s | of Panther in hand |
| 22127s | it's just giving him so many extra |
| 22129s | resources in a deck that can often until |
| 22131s | it gets the forest a really struggle for |
| 22134s | those resources when it's facing a deck |
| 22136s | that has AOE clears yeah and I think |
| 22137s | that because Hunter Hayes hand has some |
| 22139s | pretty high value stuff like the walking |
| 22141s | Fountain like swamp King hagatha perhaps |
| 22143s | he learned a little bit by watching not |
| 22145s | only of course his own gameplay but he |
| 22147s | saw you know just a couple of series ago |
| 22149s | just saying had like pretty much every |
| 22151s | form of AOE that he would ever want |
| 22153s | including swamp King hack or including |
| 22156s | yeah |
| 22158s | um and then he still lost against Zoom |
| 22159s | warlock because he was a little bit too |
| 22160s | greedy and so when you have all these |
| 22163s | late game options I think Hunter is |
| 22164s | saying you know what I'm okay utilizing |
| 22166s | this even though it's not the best value |
| 22168s | that I could usually get yeah though |
| 22170s | here you know he finds another high cost |
| 22172s | card he picks up a second walking |
| 22174s | Fountain he has this wild Power mansion |
| 22176s | that's been in his hand since the start |
| 22178s | of the game as an earthshock but no |
| 22180s | second spell that means that Jing he's |
| 22183s | going to start next turn with three |
| 22184s | minions in play unless Hunter race rolls |
| 22187s | spell power or chooses to play the Wild |
| 22189s | powermans are in Earth shock one of |
| 22191s | these minions |
| 22193s | I think he would want to because his |
| 22195s | turns are starting to get pretty strong |
| 22197s | from next turn on uh so I think by |
| 22199s | Hunter Ace going for this good |
| 22201s | sequencing by the way because he want to |
| 22202s | damage his own totem especially |
| 22204s | if it's a steering totem looking for |
| 22207s | healing total |
| 22210s | Stone claws good too this is actually a |
| 22212s | pretty interesting situation because now |
| 22214s | Hunter race has constrained xing's board |
| 22217s | somewhat so it does make the blessing of |
| 22220s | the Ancients in hand significantly less |
| 22222s | powerful |
| 22223s | he can only he could use blessing of the |
| 22225s | Ancients once attacking to one of these |
| 22227s | and then uh hero power down the wild |
| 22229s | pyromancer but mostly with Hunter Hayes |
| 22232s | when he talked about how he built this |
| 22233s | deck he was talking about the power of |
| 22236s | the high cost cards the power of walking |
| 22238s | Fountain the power of swamp Queen |
| 22240s | hagatha and Agatha herself and that's |
| 22243s | all he's really looking to do is bridge |
| 22245s | to those power turns this isn't about |
| 22247s | maximizing the value of all of his cards |
| 22249s | it's surviving to the Haymakers and it |
| 22251s | looks like he may have done that right |
| 22253s | also the pyromancer challenges the |
| 22256s | double buff it does that thing that I |
| 22258s | think is is a crucial element of this |
| 22259s | that you leave yourself with a free |
| 22261s | Power minion and play and yes your |
| 22262s | opponent can you know hero power but you |
| 22264s | do at least deny the possibility of |
| 22267s | blessing blessing him yes the Slowdown |
| 22269s | is important |
| 22272s | has some big swing potential |
| 22275s | and this board isn't that big so you |
| 22278s | know the giggling inventor 400 race I |
| 22280s | think doesn't have to come down he can |
| 22282s | just play swamp Queen hagatha if he |
| 22284s | wants and the the Mind Control Tech draw |
| 22287s | is actually pretty powerful because |
| 22288s | in addition to the walking fountains |
| 22290s | that are already in his hand that means |
| 22292s | he can play uh the disc of our horror |
| 22293s | alongside a mind control Tech next turn |
| 22296s | if Jin goes wider in the board |
| 22300s | underneath Wayne with two seven cost me |
| 22302s | he's giving inventor Nerfs but still |
| 22305s | finding use in a couple of decks here |
| 22307s | and if he wants to go wide now it |
| 22310s | softens up the board but exactly what |
| 22312s | you're saying what is he accounting for |
| 22313s | what does he even really want for the |
| 22315s | hackath if he doesn't get the AOE he's |
| 22317s | looking for if he doesn't get lightning |
| 22318s | storm you know what are some other |
| 22320s | options that he can get there are a lot |
| 22322s | of spells in the shaman pool that don't |
| 22324s | do anything there are however |
| 22326s | the ability to stitch together powerful |
| 22329s | combinations even if you get relatively |
| 22330s | low impact things sometimes say you get |
| 22332s | you know full tank where it's like well |
| 22334s | if you go for take first and you can |
| 22335s | combine it with the stormbringer you |
| 22336s | know or you get uh Big Bad Voodoo which |
| 22340s | he gets looks like you're lightning let |
| 22344s | me let's take a look at what exactly he |
| 22345s | chose it's totemic smashing Beaker like |
| 22347s | he's just going for board control there |
| 22351s | and the uh the beaker lightning uh is a |
| 22353s | way for him to clear off a Whispering |
| 22355s | Wood yes that's big but he does know |
| 22357s | that the blessing of ancients is in the |
| 22360s | hand right therefore if it did come down |
| 22362s | it most likely wouldn't be a good |
| 22364s | blessing of or sorry it wouldn't be a |
| 22365s | good beak or lightning without spell |
| 22367s | damage |
| 22368s | I don't actually think that spell damage |
| 22371s | affects the spells that you cast off the |
| 22373s | dusk bar horror okay I believe that you |
| 22375s | know it counts the Battle Cry effect so |
| 22376s | it's not getting your spell damage it |
| 22377s | casts the Spells but yeah it gives you |
| 22379s | the overload correct |
| 22382s | all right well that debt system seems to |
| 22384s | work very realistically unfortunately |
| 22386s | yeah |
| 22388s | Hunter is he he took that Beaker |
| 22390s | lightning so fast and I I saw that there |
| 22394s | was a Sternberg in there and I didn't |
| 22394s | see what the other option was and |
| 22397s | you know yes maybe maybe it's just the |
| 22398s | the meemer in me it was like ooh |
| 22400s | stormbringer but I feel like sort of the |
| 22402s | discussion that we're having before |
| 22403s | regarding you know how how much can you |
| 22405s | really value the uh |
| 22408s | the beaker lightning in a situation |
| 22410s | where your opponent |
| 22413s | has the uh the defensation that you know |
| 22415s | about all right well these are just the |
| 22418s | two minions yeah getting in here I think |
| 22421s | Hunter Ace feels like hard for card he |
| 22423s | still has just better quality and |
| 22426s | there's walking Fountain speaking of |
| 22427s | better quality cards the walking |
| 22429s | Fountain is absolutely dominant |
| 22435s | but there's there's that Force Aid in |
| 22438s | Jing's hand here |
| 22443s | and how exactly does he want to petition |
| 22446s | attacks does want to keep the most |
| 22448s | health |
| 22449s | very dominant for Hunter Hayes exactly |
| 22452s | why he was okay with pyromancer and |
| 22454s | scheme going away but now Jing can begin |
| 22456s | his forced AIDS push but he's also |
| 22458s | leaving up the walking Fountain so |
| 22460s | that's kind of the the decision that's |
| 22462s | Weighing on his mind and why it was |
| 22463s | important for Hunter is to keep that |
| 22464s | extra Health onto his element yeah and |
| 22466s | it's a little bit scary because there |
| 22468s | are two copies of ancestral healing in |
| 22470s | Hunt Race's deck so if if Jing is just |
| 22473s | going to leave this up and cast his |
| 22475s | Forest Aid which I think he almost has |
| 22477s | to do because it's so hard to find good |
| 22480s | opportunities to play forestate in |
| 22481s | general this cost so much Mana uh that |
| 22484s | walking Fountain may only look like and |
| 22486s | kill two things but if there's an |
| 22488s | ancestral healing it kills something he |
| 22489s | gets healed back to full kill something |
| 22491s | else and still has six health and taunt |
| 22493s | to follow things up |
| 22496s | yeah if he goes for a removal option |
| 22498s | he's not actually developing anything |
| 22499s | significant and then like let's say he |
| 22501s | swipes here and plays power of the wild |
| 22503s | hero Powers down swamp King Agatha which |
| 22505s | will be at a five rounds he's giving up |
| 22508s | his buff on the power of the wild and |
| 22509s | also giving Hunter Hayes the opportunity |
| 22511s | to take a very big proactive stance yeah |
| 22514s | I'm not sure if I like this this is a |
| 22516s | it's a very reactive turn from Zhang |
| 22518s | that puts him into a position where he's |
| 22521s | gonna find another turn to spend that |
| 22523s | eight Mana |
| 22524s | I understand the the reason why he feels |
| 22526s | like to need to but you know Hunter |
| 22527s | Hayes has a lot more in the tank |
| 22530s | and he also used to worry about the |
| 22532s | dress for hard like that that car alone |
| 22534s | we could just be possible number two |
| 22537s | gonna walk all over you |
| 22543s | that's exactly the same exact spot |
| 22545s | almost so we need we need to actually |
| 22547s | make an album with uh analy's incredible |
| 22550s | Rap God performance of the hunter Ace |
| 22552s | you know don't trade always go face and |
| 22553s | then there's you know this fountain's |
| 22555s | made for walk-in and it's gonna walk |
| 22557s | over I I don't I don't really know that |
| 22559s | that particular Rhythm to that song but |
| 22562s | that's pretty good I think it'd be good |
| 22563s | no I think you guys will hit Platinum |
| 22565s | within a couple years |
| 22567s | all right well |
| 22569s | this Fountain is still around ancestral |
| 22571s | healing is the draw |
| 22574s | and this is what Zhang feared this is |
| 22577s | why Zhang decided to kill the fountain |
| 22578s | last term but he cannot kill this one |
| 22582s | Hunter race can Attack One mind control |
| 22584s | Tech |
| 22585s | attack another and still have a walking |
| 22590s | fountain with so much health and play |
| 22592s | more into the board right |
| 22594s | I mean you can you can develop with this |
| 22596s | Twilight Break first to get maximum |
| 22597s | health this looks like everything is |
| 22599s | coming up on a race yeah |
| 22601s | and now you know Jing is the token deck |
| 22604s | and he is the one who is well behind on |
| 22606s | this board after the sequence of plays |
| 22608s | yeah and Hunt race is back at full life |
| 22611s | he has board diamonds in the ancestral |
| 22613s | healing this looks really bad for Jing |
| 22615s | Jing of course with a little head knot |
| 22617s | recognizing that |
| 22619s | that is really bad news for him |
| 22623s | Hunter's thinking if there's any room |
| 22625s | for him to be aggressive here |
| 22628s | I don't think there's any need to he |
| 22630s | does know that there's a second floor |
| 22631s | save |
| 22636s | control does he want to roll a totem oh |
| 22639s | that's awesome there's any reason not to |
| 22641s | maybe he doesn't want to take up space |
| 22643s | in case he wants to play giggling |
| 22644s | inventor yes if his opponent can't kill |
| 22647s | the board he needs every single uh |
| 22648s | minion spot with giglia yeah |
| 22652s | blessing of the ancients |
| 22655s | so in this position Ching I think it is |
| 22657s | immediately considering do I need a |
| 22659s | Savage offensively or do I need to |
| 22660s | Starfall or maybe both the control stay |
| 22662s | of the board here well Savage Roar plus |
| 22665s | Starfall allows him to just use his hero |
| 22667s | power |
| 22668s | uh and the Starfall to take out the |
| 22670s | walking fountain |
| 22671s | you can establish your uh plus hero |
| 22673s | power is five plus the three from Savior |
| 22675s | and uh and shapeshift and then like use |
| 22679s | the other minions as removal and try to |
| 22681s | just get to I'm gonna grind you out |
| 22683s | forces okay I did I wasn't even thinking |
| 22685s | about the AOE it just just I guess more |
| 22687s | raw damage that's true that's true so |
| 22690s | and then there's no clean combination of |
| 22694s | stuff other than maybe using the |
| 22696s | blessing the Ancients could use |
| 22697s | blessings trade two in zero power down |
| 22700s | but then you still leave up the you have |
| 22701s | hog Steed in Savage |
| 22704s | Savage Roar still leaves you get five |
| 22706s | though you'd have to use two things oh |
| 22708s | no if you use your face blessing okay |
| 22710s | interesting |
| 22713s | whoa this is just such a defensive |
| 22715s | posture though yeah this is basically oh |
| 22718s | actually you know what Hunters doesn't |
| 22719s | have that many memes in the deck that's |
| 22721s | true but he does know the dress for a |
| 22722s | horror right I think that's also what |
| 22724s | I'm slightly afraid of but 100 race is |
| 22726s | more likely to take thrusts far harder |
| 22728s | in a defensive manner as opposed to an |
| 22730s | offensive storybringer |
| 22732s | whoa hagatha we're not gonna see that |
| 22735s | come down now it's powerful obviously |
| 22736s | but he knows his first aid waiting in |
| 22739s | the hand but that is a incredible like |
| 22741s | pre-loaded answer to Jing's next big |
| 22745s | play |
| 22747s | just for heart |
| 22748s | is totemic Smash and the beaker lighting |
| 22751s | which would kill his own Twilight Drake |
| 22752s | and if he plays giggling better now he |
| 22755s | weakens his own hag at the turn right |
| 22756s | it's it's a little bit awkward for |
| 22758s | Hunter Ace based on based on that and he |
| 22761s | does choose the totem now |
| 22763s | okay |
| 22764s | stuck at healing or taunt |
| 22769s | it is true that giggling inventor does |
| 22771s | weaken his own hackathon and it weakens |
| 22773s | his host hagatha value by spending a |
| 22777s | Minion from his hands and if he knows |
| 22779s | that there's a forest stain I think that |
| 22782s | there's some argument to just |
| 22784s | either trade or attack phase yeah and |
| 22787s | don't play anything else yeah Hunter |
| 22788s | race agrees |
| 22790s | archmage vargoth oh it's the draw |
| 22794s | that's really good with blessing of the |
| 22795s | ancient if he has that wide board he did |
| 22797s | already use the front half of blessing |
| 22799s | ancient so he doesn't just keep getting |
| 22800s | it back |
| 22801s | which is one of the crazy things about |
| 22803s | uh twin spell and things that recast |
| 22805s | yeah no twin spell ended up being really |
| 22807s | powerful with some of these cards with |
| 22809s | Congress calling in the forest Aid |
| 22810s | blessing of the ancient Jing also knows |
| 22813s | that Hunter has had an opportunity to |
| 22814s | develop with 10 Mana chose to pass |
| 22815s | essentially right he knows that just |
| 22817s | just for hard in the hand so he probably |
| 22819s | assumes that there's AOE to punish the |
| 22820s | force Aid and I think with this Arc made |
| 22822s | vargoth draw maybe Jing just says you |
| 22825s | know what I might just go for the |
| 22826s | blessing of the Ancients buff anyways oh |
| 22829s | no with this hero power yeah we're gonna |
| 22830s | see four save this turn you know as I |
| 22832s | mentioned before it's just so much of a |
| 22834s | commitment it costs eight Mana okay |
| 22835s | entire turn I will know by the way Xing |
| 22838s | is now the 13th he has not been attacked |
| 22840s | that many times by Hunter race but they |
| 22843s | were in some pretty big attacks and he's |
| 22845s | attacked a lot of things with his hero |
| 22846s | power there is hagatha that's crushing |
| 22848s | yeah we talked about how Henry's found |
| 22850s | himself in some awkward situations that |
| 22852s | always had to involve hagatha but this |
| 22854s | is a a okay that's a good draw that is |
| 22857s | yeah vargoth plus Landscaping plus |
| 22859s | blessing of the Ancients builds you a |
| 22861s | pretty big |
| 22862s | yeah I mean he saw another form of AOE |
| 22865s | right and dressed for horror does not |
| 22868s | have powerful AOE in it it has Beaker |
| 22871s | lightning |
| 22875s | he tossed the hog Steve with it too just |
| 22877s | to get that that board presence it |
| 22879s | depends what you're going for if you're |
| 22880s | going for the blessing the Ancients here |
| 22881s | then I I think that |
| 22884s | yeah I think I think that |
| 22886s | um |
| 22888s | no go I was gonna say blessing agents |
| 22890s | can get you out of uh AOE range right |
| 22893s | because if if bark off blessings again |
| 22895s | rather than playing the uh rather than |
| 22898s | playing the landscaping again you can |
| 22899s | end up with four fours right and you |
| 22902s | know a a four eight and that's out of |
| 22904s | lightning storm range |
| 22906s | even with a higher yes |
| 22908s | I mean Henry's has been holding on to |
| 22910s | one car to the left of the horror for a |
| 22911s | while but if it is that second scheme |
| 22913s | James not being that anyways right so I |
| 22915s | think in his mind he has to try and do |
| 22918s | the best thing he can to make sure this |
| 22919s | board survives and maybe too many tree |
| 22922s | ants is actually a bad thing |
| 22924s | it's gonna be the hog seat though I like |
| 22926s | the Creed I think 132. I don't know if |
| 22928s | you get there with just a handful of uh |
| 22930s | four floors |
| 22932s | all right I'll Becca Defender that's big |
| 22936s | but |
| 22939s | right now Hunter Ace he's facing a big |
| 22942s | board there's a Savage room blessing of |
| 22944s | the ancients |
| 22945s | in Jing's hand yeah and this is kind of |
| 22947s | where the the Mana cost of gaming vendor |
| 22949s | is very inconvenient for 100 very |
| 22951s | prohibitive because he would love to be |
| 22953s | able to hex and play the giggling |
| 22954s | inventor to just get in the way soften |
| 22956s | everything up and then dress for hardest |
| 22957s | bigger lightning can clean everything |
| 22958s | once they're done trading into the |
| 22961s | annoyotrons |
| 22964s | it's gonna hex the vargoth he's gonna |
| 22965s | play the just for a at this point |
| 22967s | I think so you can use the the Titanic |
| 22970s | smash it will cast smash first yes |
| 22986s | he would have left a a bigger guy I |
| 22989s | guess okay well that was that was |
| 22991s | actually pretty big getting getting a |
| 22992s | cheap removal spell there was pretty |
| 22993s | important 32 life does mean that savager |
| 22996s | is not scary and the blessing of the |
| 22998s | Ancients here |
| 23000s | doesn't really get him out of range of |
| 23002s | just the the drift bar horror |
| 23004s | trading into a bunch of his minions yeah |
| 23006s | I think this might have to be a rat |
| 23008s | cycle yeah I think it does I think he |
| 23010s | needs that second copy of forest tape |
| 23012s | pretty badly he needs something that |
| 23014s | will generate significant board presence |
| 23016s | not just Buffs |
| 23024s | Jing's gonna look for something that |
| 23026s | helps cement his board too I think I |
| 23029s | think sold the forest and is probably |
| 23031s | one of his better draws in this position |
| 23032s | also good dream with guardians I mean |
| 23035s | that does help him with the wider board |
| 23036s | yeah he can he can play dreamway |
| 23038s | Guardians into blessing of the ancients |
| 23040s | punch down the drisk of our and |
| 23042s | have a pretty decent board yeah |
| 23044s | seems reasonable but he's down to one |
| 23046s | car ackard Savage Roar |
| 23049s | and those dreamway Guardians do mean |
| 23052s | that the fact that he's used his life |
| 23053s | total so aggressively is much less uh |
| 23057s | punishing he's down in single digits |
| 23058s | well before until he hits with the |
| 23060s | dreamway gardens yeah he's down to nine |
| 23063s | on a race no burn or anything like that |
| 23066s | in his deck but it is hackathon so he |
| 23069s | could find himself lava burst he could |
| 23071s | find himself |
| 23073s | which is Brew he's not gonna die anytime |
| 23074s | soon yeah |
| 23076s | farsight |
| 23079s | finds himself a Twilight Drake sure he |
| 23083s | can play that for one then plan to make |
| 23084s | a Defender yep there's just two things |
| 23086s | to fight for the board and that's all |
| 23087s | he's looking for now wow |
| 23092s | that's what he's looking for now oh yeah |
| 23094s | now you can Crush pretty much |
| 23096s | but is this the best opportunity Jing |
| 23099s | still has foresaid in his deck so scary |
| 23102s | is this board compared to |
| 23105s | Forest Aid you also overload yourself |
| 23108s | the Future Turn if you play on Mega |
| 23109s | Defender now yeah I like this I like |
| 23112s | just playing Omega Defender this board |
| 23113s | is not nearly as scary as it could be |
| 23117s | yeah and foreign state is Jing's last |
| 23120s | out because if he picks up Whispering |
| 23121s | Woods that's not gonna do anything he's |
| 23123s | already drawn two Landscapes he's |
| 23125s | already drawn his dreamway Guardians his |
| 23127s | board summoning potential is actually a |
| 23129s | lot smaller than you think yeah and a |
| 23131s | lot of players I think might have just |
| 23132s | pulled the trigger in that lightning |
| 23133s | storm said oh I can clear your board |
| 23134s | right 50 chance but hunter is |
| 23136s | recognizing he's playing a deck that |
| 23138s | needs to go long yes he has you know a |
| 23141s | his opponent down to nine but it's when |
| 23143s | it just draws for a state pull the |
| 23145s | trigger lightning storm savage or coming |
| 23147s | you lose here's one of the things too |
| 23148s | you know Jing having a 12-6 doesn't mean |
| 23150s | he can freely trade with his own life |
| 23152s | total it's a mega Defender yeah |
| 23156s | and he needs this average where to get |
| 23158s | past this so he has to trade two minions |
| 23159s | unless he's willing unless he's willing |
| 23162s | to trade with his life total with a |
| 23163s | dreamweight guardian and then try to |
| 23164s | push with a little bit extra minion |
| 23166s | pressure yeah I don't I don't know he |
| 23168s | can trade with the lifesteal first go up |
| 23170s | to 14 and then take 12. I don't think |
| 23173s | you can withstand that |
| 23175s | because that means hun race would be on |
| 23177s | any damage spell from hagatha to end the |
| 23179s | game |
| 23184s | all right |
| 23187s | still 12 damage that |
| 23189s | yeah I don't know I I think I think that |
| 23192s | it might have been Jing's best road to |
| 23193s | Victory to trade one of the one of the |
| 23195s | dreamer Guardians a tank that just |
| 23197s | looking at how this plays out he he he's |
| 23199s | down a guy he's down a minion yeah and |
| 23201s | Hunter Hayes has a bunch of resources |
| 23204s | Jane needs every single Minion he can |
| 23206s | get yes maybe he dies to a lava first |
| 23208s | coming off the packet though this way he |
| 23210s | just Dives to |
| 23211s | just not enough stuff right not enough |
| 23213s | minions yeah I mean hundreds doesn't |
| 23214s | even really mean bossy horror |
| 23217s | oh wow actually did you throw boom |
| 23219s | Master on this giggling inventor is also |
| 23221s | equally huge but both of these are just |
| 23223s | so powerful I I believe Jing has used |
| 23225s | both copies of power of the wild which |
| 23227s | is his only way to play Forest they can |
| 23230s | get out of Mossy horror range that is |
| 23232s | just such a nail in the coffin |
| 23236s | it's actually a hard decision it is |
| 23238s | because he can he can feel Professor |
| 23239s | right now and that gives him another |
| 23241s | spell gives him another opportunity for |
| 23242s | the giggle inventor and he does have a |
| 23245s | giggling board yeah I love it |
| 23247s | either of these are are very powerful I |
| 23251s | think this is the right play because it |
| 23252s | also gives another spell to be able to |
| 23253s | get opportunities to shut down right the |
| 23256s | forest eight |
| 23258s | Cyrus not gonna do anything and this is |
| 23261s | this is Jing doing no damage these these |
| 23263s | uh two annoyotrons are just brick |
| 23265s | Walling his two minions and his hero |
| 23268s | power he can take down one gain two life |
| 23271s | oh yeah |
| 23272s | and very reflective of the boom stay |
| 23275s | project metagame when giggling inventor |
| 23277s | just kept getting bounced and played |
| 23280s | again another giggling inventor and yeah |
| 23283s | now Hunter Ace is just absolutely |
| 23284s | running away with it he has all the |
| 23286s | tools he needs he plays this game out |
| 23287s | like we said lightning storm not even |
| 23289s | really needed in this position Hunter |
| 23291s | race is cruising to a victory |
| 23294s | and that control Shaman having all of |
| 23297s | those late game tools getting the |
| 23299s | inventor seven man it doesn't matter |
| 23301s | Ching is locked out and he is hoping |
| 23303s | that for his date is his next card and |
| 23305s | even then I don't think it's enough I |
| 23307s | don't think so either he would need to |
| 23308s | spend the entire turn playing for USA |
| 23310s | that's a swipe |
| 23312s | he can take out the giggling inventor |
| 23314s | and one of the annoyotrons |
| 23318s | in fact it kind of helps Hunter race |
| 23319s | because he needs another board space |
| 23322s | he wants room for everything yeah can |
| 23325s | you kill something please with more |
| 23326s | spells and more minions come on get him |
| 23329s | out of here |
| 23333s | I think Jing is also starting to think |
| 23335s | is is it even too late if I draw Forest |
| 23337s | Aid next turn do I even keep playing |
| 23338s | this game |
| 23341s | swipes the healing totem okay and yep |
| 23345s | bad uh |
| 23346s | you know for from under perspective |
| 23348s | thank you for the board space but Jing |
| 23351s | is thinking I gotta get through these I |
| 23352s | gotta fight the theater through these |
| 23353s | turn after turn I can't have that |
| 23355s | healing totem in the way |
| 23356s | now even more a Neutron's in the way |
| 23360s | even more spells there's a ski there's a |
| 23362s | scheme in case you guys didn't know what |
| 23364s | cars were good against token Druid |
| 23366s | there's Force aid but |
| 23368s | you can Forest save there's a lightning |
| 23370s | storm right waiting in the hand that is |
| 23371s | right answer number one hack of the |
| 23372s | schemes gonna tick up it's gonna be |
| 23374s | answer number two for both halves of the |
| 23376s | forest Aid |
| 23378s | and then Jing has dead cards in his deck |
| 23381s | now so I mean Whispering Woods will |
| 23383s | summon one whisk yeah he's got |
| 23385s | Whispering which he's got Ward Druid |
| 23387s | Lodi these are just these are just not |
| 23389s | gonna be hagatha right |
| 23392s | pyromancer he's got everything Hunter |
| 23395s | race has it all yes |
| 23397s | lightning storm clears the way and this |
| 23400s | is just the the march of the annoyotrons |
| 23402s | yeah funny enough Hunter X doesn't |
| 23404s | actually have any like good pressure |
| 23406s | he's just got an army effects he's |
| 23408s | playing Mech Shaman |
| 23410s | he could play Tempo pyromancer if he's |
| 23413s | so desired |
| 23415s | to get this over with a little bit |
| 23416s | quicker there's a Wrath |
| 23418s | okay rat does actually help Jing in this |
| 23421s | position because it helps him dig deep |
| 23423s | against the uh dig deeper into his deck |
| 23425s | and also shut down two damage |
| 23430s | and there it is the final push and |
| 23433s | Hunter race has got this |
| 23436s | pretty easily there it is the the pirate |
| 23439s | oh shutter walk too yeah sure to walk to |
| 23441s | even just repeat all the battle cries |
| 23443s | that were played this game |
| 23445s | like summons more neutrons like that in |
| 23448s | itself is already locking Jing out yeah |
| 23452s | okay good sequencing first before the |
| 23456s | pyromancer |
| 23460s | to mutate Brew |
| 23465s | they can just uh |
| 23468s | preemptively attack |
| 23470s | heal the pyromancer that's still around |
| 23473s | you gotta punch that down yep and Jing |
| 23476s | down to his last turn here |
| 23480s | it's even protected but I don't know |
| 23482s | iotron you cannot punch it down okay the |
| 23486s | rusher |
| 23487s | he is technically still alive I mean |
| 23490s | maybe it's it goes into taunt mode with |
| 23492s | the one six |
| 23494s | you've got to get that uh that uh Power |
| 23497s | Ranger off the board that's fair |
| 23499s | I mean I think that you're gonna see |
| 23500s | Whispering words for two wisps yeah a |
| 23503s | rushing Lodi into a hero power |
| 23506s | yep it's a shutter walk just doing the |
| 23509s | whole thing all over again or hanging |
| 23511s | the scheme whatever Hunter Ace wants to |
| 23513s | do to win this game he can do it he has |
| 23515s | this all but locked up yeah the uh the |
| 23518s | shutter lock is just going to summon all |
| 23520s | the annoyed John's back and for extra |
| 23522s | for extra measure he can mutate the |
| 23525s | shutter walk at this area got me a 10 |
| 23527s | drop |
| 23528s | but but the shadow Rockets Omega |
| 23529s | Defender so he doesn't really want to |
| 23531s | mutate it because it's gonna it's gonna |
| 23532s | be huge fair enough |
| 23535s | The ancestral healing oh he's thinking |
| 23537s | about how many things that may put |
| 23539s | cartoon's hand that might trigger or |
| 23540s | something is that why his ancestral |
| 23541s | healing sure that's right because he is |
| 23543s | going to be generating spells in his |
| 23544s | hand |
| 23546s | all right and there's the shutter walk |
| 23553s | oh he's gonna kill him for lethal with |
| 23555s | the Titanic smash that would be great |
| 23557s | 16-14 |
| 23560s | and |
| 23563s | yeah |
| 23566s | okay |
| 23568s | Style |
| 23572s | RNG game you got the lightning bolt off |
| 23574s | so lucky |
| 23577s | Hunter Hayes takes the first game of |
| 23579s | this semi-final two steps away from a |
| 23583s | destined fate against Viper in the grand |
| 23585s | finale and I think in the minds of a lot |
| 23587s | of players those are the two question |
| 23589s | mark decks in these lineups honorees has |
| 23591s | struggled mostly with that xiaomi we |
| 23593s | talked about how it kept getting to |
| 23594s | these awkward spots sometimes he was |
| 23596s | able to find his way out of them |
| 23597s | sometimes he wasn't and you know he had |
| 23599s | needed to figure out a way to get this |
| 23601s | Shaman through zhing his Druid Deck has |
| 23604s | been the weak spot of his lineup the one |
| 23606s | match he lost he lost 0-3 with his Druid |
| 23610s | he needs to find a win with that or |
| 23612s | Hunter Ray spoon to the finals yeah uh |
| 23614s | token Druid has been a deck that has |
| 23616s | been suspect to say the least but Jing |
| 23618s | has been able to defy the odds and be |
| 23621s | able to climb up slowly but surely and |
| 23625s | as we get ready for game number two |
| 23627s | we're going to find out what happens as |
| 23628s | this best of five is just getting |
| 23630s | underway don't go anywhere more |
| 23632s | Hearthstone World Championship action |
| 23633s | continues right after this |
| 23635s | foreign |
| 23702s | Lucia |
| 23732s | Utopia |
| 23768s | Jane's gonna need all the help that he |
| 23771s | can get up against point leaders of the |
| 23773s | world that's Hunter Ace I see he's |
| 23775s | currently up 1-0 after his control |
| 23777s | Shaman putting on full display while he |
| 23779s | has put his faith in hagatha now we go |
| 23782s | into game number two it's going to be a |
| 23783s | rogue mirror here Henry said Rogue was |
| 23786s | too good for him not to bring Honduras |
| 23788s | loves bringing those slow decks those |
| 23790s | controlling ones that love to get into |
| 23791s | his late game weird scenarios but he |
| 23793s | said Rogue was just the nuts and so when |
| 23796s | he brings it he has a lot of faith in it |
| 23797s | and this will be the closest matchup |
| 23799s | that I think will that could influence |
| 23801s | the series outcome yeah and these two |
| 23803s | Road decks are quite similar uh there |
| 23805s | are two copies of Shadow step in Hunter |
| 23808s | races deck while only a single copy in |
| 23809s | Jinx Jing does have access to acidic |
| 23811s | Swampers which is a card that can be a a |
| 23813s | big big uh swing card in a matchup based |
| 23817s | around wagglepick |
| 23819s | oh yeah I mean wagglepick uh is going to |
| 23822s | be very important but so is Hunter races |
| 23825s | evil miscreant and the fact he's on the |
| 23827s | coin yeah the coin is a very big deal |
| 23829s | yes in the Rogue mirror matches Rogan |
| 23831s | General likes to have the coin but in |
| 23833s | the mirror match in particular having |
| 23834s | the ability to combo without having to |
| 23836s | expend a resource is a particularly |
| 23838s | strong uh impact of that card and the |
| 23842s | evil miscreant is very difficult for |
| 23844s | Rogues to remove uh when you point it |
| 23846s | out when he just comes to play right |
| 23847s | away and that can lead to a witchy |
| 23850s | Lackey evolving into something even |
| 23851s | bigger |
| 23854s | although I would say the rest of |
| 23856s | honduras's hand a little bit more |
| 23857s | Awkward since it's removal oriented yes |
| 23860s | not like Jinx has much better uh he's |
| 23864s | got a bunch of combos that don't work |
| 23866s | with each other he's got uh you know |
| 23867s | wagglepick without the dread Corsair |
| 23869s | he's got sa7 agent without the combo |
| 23871s | Naval he's got preparation with no |
| 23872s | spells so you know he's a couple of |
| 23875s | draws away from greatness in my opinion |
| 23877s | like say he picks up um you know raiding |
| 23879s | party and then he'll be really cooking |
| 23880s | and Hunter Ace he's pretty much just |
| 23882s | dependent on this evil miscreant to give |
| 23884s | him big plays to develop the tempo |
| 23888s | here I'm gonna take things a bit slow uh |
| 23891s | no real plays in the early turns both |
| 23893s | players looking for raiding partaging in |
| 23894s | particular with two copies of |
| 23895s | preparation not a lot of uses for that |
| 23898s | card in this deck outside of raiding |
| 23900s | party it is I think uh indicative of |
| 23903s | just how strong rainy party is that you |
| 23905s | play preparation basically for that card |
| 23907s | right of course hedge Glen burglar does |
| 23909s | give you access to additional spells and |
| 23910s | it goes very well with uh spells |
| 23912s | discovered off of ethereal Lackey but uh |
| 23914s | naturally in the deck the only three |
| 23916s | cost spell is raiding party everything |
| 23918s | else is zero or two |
| 23921s | so I think it's Vendetta too but that's |
| 23923s | mostly zero yeah |
| 23925s | that's that's a good point |
| 23927s | speaking of zeros there's a lot of those |
| 23929s | in the honorary sand right now so I |
| 23931s | think Hunter Hayes he wants to coin this |
| 23932s | evil miscreant but I think he has to |
| 23934s | weigh his future turns because this |
| 23937s | Korean is the core part of his entire |
| 23939s | hand so for example is he willing to |
| 23942s | even Shadow step it early to try to make |
| 23944s | sure he can get value off of it then you |
| 23946s | can play Lackey and miscreant the |
| 23947s | following turn |
| 23949s | and he's running out of time so he's he |
| 23951s | has to actually decide looks like he's |
| 23952s | going to hold back for now so that way |
| 23955s | he can coin out the miscreant and then |
| 23957s | Shadow step it if he needs to respond to |
| 23959s | his opponent's hand I think Hunter race |
| 23961s | has a reactive game plan right now yeah |
| 23963s | but incidentally enough so does Jake |
| 23964s | yeah and uh you know with the Vendetta |
| 23967s | draw means that he has that burglar plus |
| 23969s | Vendetta which is extremely powerful uh |
| 23972s | Tempo reactive uh draw that allows you |
| 23974s | to also develop in the same time |
| 23977s | yes uh Hunter is I think is uh rather I |
| 23981s | think Jing is considering whether it's |
| 23984s | worth deploying this SI agent which |
| 23985s | could just die the backstab and that |
| 23987s | backstab would enable the combo on |
| 23988s | miscrand or even just a rating right |
| 23991s | it's one of those things where Rogues |
| 23993s | have been so attuned to the tempo swings |
| 23995s | back and forth and the combo activators |
| 23997s | that playing Minions on three which is |
| 23999s | what Rogue always wants to do usually is |
| 24002s | something that they're hesitant on yeah |
| 24003s | because of that factor at the same time |
| 24005s | Jinx hand game plan without this si7 |
| 24008s | agent it's just pass again right then |
| 24010s | he's giving that radio |
| 24012s | all right and now |
| 24014s | Jing is effectively going to get three |
| 24016s | damage in a backstabout of Hunter's hand |
| 24018s | in exchange for this SI right |
| 24022s | and that's a that's something that uh |
| 24023s | Hunter Ace is really happy to see yeah |
| 24025s | he picks up henchman burglar |
| 24027s | does find kobold Lackey and ethereal |
| 24029s | Lackey oh that is the gruesome twosome |
| 24032s | those were I think two of the strongest |
| 24034s | lackeys that are available uh especially |
| 24036s | in the mirror match right I think |
| 24038s | dealing damage is just what you want |
| 24041s | because you're able to win the board or |
| 24043s | push damage uh ethereal uh Lackey also |
| 24046s | gives you so many options yes |
| 24049s | all right well there's the Hench clam |
| 24051s | burglar and we we could see burglar if |
| 24053s | uh Jing decides that this is worth a |
| 24056s | vendetta to get off the board and |
| 24057s | prevent witchy Lackey or Shadow step |
| 24059s | Shenanigans I think he is a lot is |
| 24062s | something that you should heavily |
| 24063s | consider yeah just to remove this one |
| 24066s | kind of quick options here he has that |
| 24069s | those two preparations oh and uh he does |
| 24071s | have a he does have the Phantom knives |
| 24073s | as well I I overlooked that my earlier |
| 24075s | analysis of preparation rapid fire would |
| 24077s | be insane Road card let's just put it |
| 24079s | out there it is absolutely nutty I mean |
| 24081s | you guys already saw how Maly ghost |
| 24083s | Rogue was able to utilize uh razor Peter |
| 24085s | volley to access that imagine you just |
| 24087s | started with the pedals in your hand |
| 24089s | yeah rapid fire is interesting because |
| 24090s | it is a strong combo enabler it also |
| 24094s | allows you to pick off lackeys which can |
| 24096s | sometimes be a little bit annoying in |
| 24097s | the course of the game where you know |
| 24099s | you you are attacking with your dagger |
| 24101s | or your you know like just trying to |
| 24104s | consolidate a board so that you can uh |
| 24106s | uh overcome your opponent's aggression |
| 24109s | cybertech chip so he's going for serious |
| 24112s | value here |
| 24114s | yeah I think he's saying I don't have |
| 24115s | actually I don't actually have a game |
| 24117s | plan yeah I think with kind of a hand |
| 24120s | that's mostly air right he has two |
| 24121s | preparations the waggle pick is strong |
| 24124s | but a lot of his hand doesn't do that |
| 24125s | much if he can get a chip ooh Vendetta |
| 24129s | also picked up for Hunter Ace hey |
| 24132s | spellbender blessing of wisdom and a |
| 24134s | chip of his own yeah I'd love to say you |
| 24137s | know we haven't seen a lot of Mech |
| 24138s | Hunter this weekend got Mech Rogue yeah |
| 24140s | we got Mega Road no problem |
| 24143s | blessing of wisdom is the pick yeah I |
| 24145s | think Hunter race feels like this is a |
| 24147s | battle of resources |
| 24149s | and rightfully so |
| 24151s | he's gonna discover a spell first just |
| 24152s | in case he can utilize a backstab |
| 24155s | instead of Vendetta radiation |
| 24158s | fan of knives does cycle but preparation |
| 24161s | his hand is mostly cheap stuff but with |
| 24163s | the eviscerates |
| 24165s | preparation's pretty powerful I think |
| 24166s | that there might be a concern |
| 24169s | from Hunter race here that |
| 24172s | he does lack uh much in terms of |
| 24175s | impactful stuff if this minion dies |
| 24178s | so I I think that there may be some |
| 24180s | consideration given to fan but does |
| 24181s | decide to go ahead and take preparation |
| 24182s | yes I wonder if I'm Hunter race do I |
| 24187s | swing with this dagger I choose to hold |
| 24188s | on to it keeps first number two |
| 24191s | for Zhang he does have the the |
| 24194s | preparations we could possibly use that |
| 24196s | in combination to try and take away the |
| 24198s | board could just waggle pick the waggle |
| 24200s | pick here and allows him to take down |
| 24202s | the burglar get some damage off the |
| 24203s | board and does set up for a possible uh |
| 24206s | burglar into bounce the next turn |
| 24207s | especially powerful with the two |
| 24208s | preparations |
| 24213s | when I go pick is like an investment |
| 24215s | into the next draw which is something |
| 24216s | that I don't think Jing feels very |
| 24218s | confident right now it's fair |
| 24220s | finds splitting image and unexpected |
| 24223s | results you could prep either of them |
| 24225s | this turn the prep understanding result |
| 24227s | gives him the board and Hunter Ace is |
| 24228s | not exactly a deck that can deal with |
| 24230s | white boards easily what is the |
| 24231s | knowledge that he has yeah |
| 24233s | right now Hunter's hand is actually |
| 24235s | fantastic against unexpected results |
| 24237s | with the kobold Lackey and the |
| 24238s | eviscerates and such that being said |
| 24241s | the average health of a two-man and |
| 24243s | Minion is around two and Rogue excels at |
| 24246s | dealing with two damage when they have |
| 24247s | things like si7 agents that is the tempo |
| 24250s | option that Jing decides he'll take |
| 24251s | preparation gets out unexpected results |
| 24253s | and what is the result |
| 24257s | super fender |
| 24259s | oh oh I didn't even think about the |
| 24262s | Cyber dick chip this gives this Combos |
| 24264s | and gives him some value in a hand |
| 24266s | that's pretty light on it oh I like this |
| 24269s | obviously depends on what comes off of |
| 24271s | these results right the only thing is |
| 24273s | that when you there's not a lot of mechs |
| 24275s | in the Rogue class so you're you're |
| 24277s | going to be relegated to getting neutral |
| 24278s | mix which a lot of them can be pretty |
| 24280s | weak yeah but there's also some insane |
| 24281s | ones we're talking about zilliacs uh |
| 24284s | you're talking about uh just having high |
| 24286s | power mechs like War gear all right well |
| 24290s | the blessing of wisdom plus the attack |
| 24293s | that's a spark drill that's a Tempo card |
| 24297s | if the shoe fits fascinate |
| 24300s | deal two damage |
| 24301s | and Hunter is not really uh heating too |
| 24304s | much Cyber attack chap he could have for |
| 24306s | instance sapped one of these but decides |
| 24309s | Ultron for the magnetic I guess all |
| 24311s | right it gives spark drill sounds |
| 24312s | Sparkle does give you mechs that you can |
| 24314s | that have Rush right after the initial |
| 24317s | Mech that has Rush |
| 24319s | hmm |
| 24322s | the Leroy draw you know has to have Jing |
| 24325s | evaluating especially alongside the |
| 24326s | waggle picking his hand okay well Hunter |
| 24328s | is he's a 26. do I want to keep trying |
| 24332s | to play a resource game which is pretty |
| 24334s | scary considering the the hand size |
| 24337s | advantage that Henry's has here |
| 24343s | and I think he's weighing the spark |
| 24344s | drill versus a fan of knives and |
| 24346s | reactive play and once again Jing has |
| 24348s | been shown that he likes the reactive |
| 24349s | take it slow plan underbelly fence |
| 24352s | that's a big time draw yes it is that |
| 24354s | allows him to take off the entire board |
| 24357s | that is a Coke skull chemist is his uh |
| 24360s | one two Divine Shield minion in play |
| 24361s | that can take out |
| 24363s | the burglar and then the fence can take |
| 24365s | off the fox and suddenly Jing is the |
| 24368s | board he's yeah he's ahead and you know |
| 24370s | I like that again he hesitated yes this |
| 24371s | looks like a fairly obvious snap play |
| 24373s | but once again evaluating his options |
| 24374s | just to make sure he's not jumping the |
| 24376s | gun a little bit he's gonna drop the |
| 24377s | glow Tron |
| 24378s | yep board dominance this is a Tempo |
| 24381s | matchup spend your Mana get the board |
| 24383s | put out stats |
| 24390s | does not play saps in his deck and this |
| 24393s | is a hand that can make a really really |
| 24396s | big Van Cleef Brian Chandler every World |
| 24399s | Championship we've been saying this from |
| 24400s | the beginning every World Championship |
| 24401s | Edwin Van Cleef puts on a Hall of |
| 24404s | Champions worthy performance |
| 24407s | and it has been huge for every player |
| 24410s | that's brought Edward Van Cleef into |
| 24412s | their lineup and I think we're once |
| 24413s | again going to see something like that |
| 24414s | yeah I mean hunter is he he has a lot of |
| 24417s | options here to utilize the Van Cleef it |
| 24419s | does require committing a lot of |
| 24420s | resources to do things that aren't that |
| 24421s | powerful and we can use eviscerate on |
| 24424s | the 3-1 preparation if this rate on the |
| 24426s | one three or you know if it's with the |
| 24429s | chemist then eviscerate the one three |
| 24431s | then dagger down the 3-1 |
| 24434s | you have to use your prep in there on |
| 24435s | one of the eviscerates that you play you |
| 24437s | clear the board and get an enormous Van |
| 24439s | Cleef and play but you spend most of |
| 24440s | your hand doing not that much okay when |
| 24444s | you when you phrase it like that and you |
| 24446s | kind of talk about the plays option oh |
| 24448s | that's a great Temple all right |
| 24451s | dude some of these cars that just come |
| 24453s | out on the other side they're so useful |
| 24455s | and you can clear the board |
| 24457s | he can save this zap obviously for an |
| 24459s | edmon turn which I think is something |
| 24460s | he's leaning towards I don't think he |
| 24462s | wants to I don't think he wants to kill |
| 24463s | the board here yeah I think that what |
| 24464s | we're gonna see |
| 24466s | is that zap hang out with Van Cleef to |
| 24468s | do a bit better and I think part of this |
| 24470s | is Hunter race is thinking well if I can |
| 24472s | Shadow step the burglar right as part of |
| 24475s | my chain to get a giant Bank yeah it's |
| 24477s | just a lot more powerful right right and |
| 24479s | also increase the flexibility of his |
| 24481s | play it's based on what he draws or |
| 24483s | reacting to what the board is and I |
| 24485s | think that's something that Hunter Ace |
| 24486s | has done |
| 24487s | uh although it looks like he's pretty |
| 24489s | unhappy with something and it's probably |
| 24491s | because he figured out uh one of the |
| 24493s | flaws in his lines usually when when |
| 24494s | players are making that face they |
| 24496s | identify a pretty big weenie so they may |
| 24497s | have overlooked due to the fact that |
| 24499s | rope was burning and they didn't they |
| 24501s | didn't account for it |
| 24502s | yeah I mean I feel like if if Hunter is |
| 24504s | going to commit the eviscerate there |
| 24507s | you know he on the 1-3 in the first |
| 24509s | place |
| 24510s | he could have just gone in on the Edwin |
| 24512s | and there you know the fact that Jing |
| 24513s | does have no saps puts him in a great |
| 24515s | position and now he's sort of just |
| 24517s | giving the turn back to Zhang and you |
| 24519s | know will there be targets for his you |
| 24521s | know his absence removal in play second |
| 24523s | fans raiding party oh |
| 24526s | it gives him more resources which is big |
| 24528s | and he's going face and yeah this is the |
| 24531s | problem with Hunter's plan Hunter's plan |
| 24533s | was trying to conserve a resources to |
| 24537s | some degree there's his only right but |
| 24539s | damage on the line here Kibler Leroy and |
| 24542s | Shadow Step Van Cleef eviscerates sapson |
| 24545s | assassinate I mean that is just the |
| 24547s | aggressive hand yeah and you know he so |
| 24549s | he has seven Mana available to him he |
| 24551s | can use the he can attack with his uh |
| 24554s | burglar Shadow step it replay the |
| 24555s | burglar for two Mana we still have five |
| 24557s | men available |
| 24560s | I like it yep start with that and maybe |
| 24562s | he finds something that he wants to prep |
| 24564s | out now right |
| 24568s | finds haunting Visions oh you can prep |
| 24571s | haunting Visions just continue to stack |
| 24573s | up this Van Cleef yes |
| 24575s | prep haunting Visions which helps him |
| 24577s | get another spell Mass dispel okay |
| 24580s | that's his answer to |
| 24584s | wait |
| 24585s | okay so he values another car from his |
| 24587s | deck for one more Mana |
| 24589s | yeah |
| 24590s | power divisions gets you something else |
| 24592s | too though okay he's gonna prep in the |
| 24595s | sap into this race face into into |
| 24598s | Vancleave okay so the master spell is |
| 24602s | if he's playing for the dread course |
| 24604s | there he knows that his opponent has the |
| 24605s | opportunity okay |
| 24608s | and he's setting up a big van please so |
| 24609s | he can push past that |
| 24611s | and he would have if he'd have lethal |
| 24613s | with that no he doesn't have enough Mana |
| 24614s | to do that Master spell costs too much |
| 24616s | Mana |
| 24617s | yeah Henry's kind of shaking his head |
| 24619s | here uh oh |
| 24621s | I think he he was making all those |
| 24623s | calculations but he forgot that he |
| 24624s | didn't have preparation do all that he |
| 24626s | could have cast prep Master spell zap |
| 24629s | your guy |
| 24631s | in in instead of sapping and he would |
| 24633s | have had sap for a taunt into Leroy next |
| 24635s | turn if there's one taunt right if |
| 24637s | there's two taunts he kept that Master |
| 24638s | spell but |
| 24641s | it's not regardless yeah there's still |
| 24643s | 18 damage a lot and if Henry's picks up |
| 24645s | and Si is that enough no because he |
| 24647s | doesn't have a Mana for a dagger and S.I |
| 24649s | and Jing you know he has the wagglepick |
| 24651s | Leroy he can get in there for nearly |
| 24654s | lethal he is 16. |
| 24657s | 100 18. |
| 24662s | in his mind though he knows a road card |
| 24664s | was discovered he knows there's a Hench |
| 24665s | clam burglar card that's still really |
| 24667s | scary |
| 24668s | and there's a there's a Mech yes and he |
| 24670s | has no taunt that Leroy will just finish |
| 24673s | the game Jing needs to go now he's out |
| 24675s | of time |
| 24677s | no it's not not active |
| 24680s | he needs to draw for the dread corsairs |
| 24682s | he got both of them double Drake Corsair |
| 24685s | is big but there's the massive spell but |
| 24688s | he doesn't have the damage he's only 18. |
| 24692s | have been used |
| 24694s | he is short on Mana for lethal here |
| 24697s | and I don't know that he can |
| 24700s | well there's no guarantee that Leroy |
| 24703s | would bounce with the with the pick |
| 24705s | itself |
| 24707s | he can use assassinate if he |
| 24709s | assassinates one of the dread corsairs |
| 24711s | attacks him to the other face for 14. |
| 24714s | what happens |
| 24716s | there's dead to Leroy oh no but no the |
| 24718s | bounce there's 15. he's not dead to |
| 24720s | Leroy he's not guaranteed that to Leroy |
| 24722s | they said there's 16 damage there was |
| 24725s | that was that was when there was no |
| 24726s | other minion Leroy plus pick plus Leroy |
| 24729s | is 16 damage when there's no other |
| 24730s | minion guaranteed to bounce on Leroy |
| 24731s | right right now there's no guaranteed |
| 24733s | bounce on Leroy |
| 24735s | so assassinate on one of these trade in |
| 24738s | the other okay 14 to the face |
| 24741s | puts Jing on |
| 24743s | needing to deal with your your Leroy |
| 24745s | will kill you or rather you need to kill |
| 24747s | your Edwin or you and it's not easy to |
| 24749s | kill Edwin it takes almost much to kill |
| 24751s | you |
| 24756s | all right and now Jing has a 50 chance |
| 24759s | to win right now unless he draws |
| 24760s | something else |
| 24762s | yeah Vendetta is the draw |
| 24768s | okay now let's think about does he have |
| 24770s | removal tools with the spark drill he's |
| 24772s | got seven damage there and |
| 24775s | he doesn't actually oh if he had another |
| 24777s | car from another class he could actually |
| 24779s | remove the Edwin and win back the board |
| 24781s | wait no oh yeah yeah you're right you're |
| 24784s | right if you get Vendetta his own well |
| 24785s | he could also just Vendetta his own |
| 24787s | Minion and be guaranteed the bounce if |
| 24788s | he had if he had an ability oh yeah |
| 24790s | there you go he would have been a lethal |
| 24791s | at that position right if the Vendetta |
| 24793s | was active for zero he'd have guaranteed |
| 24794s | lethal now he's 50 50. here we go going |
| 24797s | for it he's going for going race is |
| 24800s | covering his eyes |
| 24802s | Leroy |
| 24805s | she gets the Leroy bounce and this |
| 24809s | series is tied up Brian Kibler one |
| 24812s | player with Edwin Van Cleef has always |
| 24814s | won worlds |
| 24816s | Edwin and kilif did not win this game |
| 24818s | for Hunter race |
| 24820s | but Jake still got one of his own Gene |
| 24822s | got one of his own and that was a |
| 24824s | massive victory for the Chinese player |
| 24826s | the crowd is loving it |
| 24828s | and more importantly Hunter race has a |
| 24831s | bunch of questions in his head |
| 24833s | about what ifs what if you planned a |
| 24835s | little bit better with his Manda |
| 24836s | expenditure I I feel like that turn |
| 24838s | where he sapped the cloak skill chemist |
| 24842s | yes he set up a you know the possibility |
| 24844s | of having the master spell to get |
| 24845s | through both of the red Core Series he |
| 24848s | didn't have the man available |
| 24849s | several turns to do that and Jing took |
| 24852s | advantage of that Jing took time |
| 24856s | race needed to set up the lethal he had |
| 24858s | he had sculpted with that discover and |
| 24861s | was able to kill Hunter Hayes before he |
| 24863s | could strike back and also Hunter race |
| 24865s | he was also accounting like if his |
| 24868s | opponent only had one dread Corsair he'd |
| 24870s | still be able to push through with that |
| 24871s | 14 of Leroy the dagger right yeah so |
| 24874s | it's definitely something that uh Hunter |
| 24877s | race needed to cover every car every |
| 24879s | single base possible and he didn't and |
| 24881s | Jing narrowly able to punish him out |
| 24883s | well just just look at the player's |
| 24885s | reactions after that game jingus is |
| 24886s | sitting there calmly counting things out |
| 24888s | calmly you know going through the plays |
| 24890s | going through the motion of his head |
| 24891s | Henry is heading hands he is clearly |
| 24894s | stressed after that game yes it's his |
| 24897s | first championship stage appearance this |
| 24899s | year he got in through points everyone |
| 24900s | else has made an appearance or qualified |
| 24903s | through the championship directly |
| 24905s | and Hunter Ace he has to now compose |
| 24909s | himself when just one of his weakest |
| 24910s | areas of the game this kid is really |
| 24912s | good at Hearthstone I don't think |
| 24912s | anyone's gonna deny it I think one of |
| 24914s | the errors he admits that he needs to |
| 24917s | improve on is his mentality while he's |
| 24919s | on stage |
| 24921s | and that's one of the things that you |
| 24922s | know yes Hunter race was the the points |
| 24924s | that are throughout the year but as you |
| 24925s | mentioned he has not appeared on a stage |
| 24928s | of this size before you know Jing was he |
| 24930s | was at the the previous Championship he |
| 24932s | has played you know on camera in front |
| 24934s | of uh tens of thousands of people before |
| 24936s | Pottery yes he has he has played it at a |
| 24938s | bunch of tour stops throughout the year |
| 24940s | but never been quite under the |
| 24941s | microscope as he is here at this event |
| 24943s | as the worldwide point leader there are |
| 24946s | so many expectations for his performance |
| 24948s | yes he's my Champion I'm not on him for |
| 24951s | packs I've been away on his side |
| 24954s | if you if you drive to your he at least |
| 24956s | got to the the the seconds it's true |
| 24959s | uh I mean because if he goes one more |
| 24962s | round you get one more pack killer how |
| 24963s | greedy could you get I know you're a |
| 24965s | dragon I know you like The Horde but |
| 24966s | come on I want it all and so do these |
| 24969s | players they want to make it through to |
| 24971s | the finals and have a shot at that |
| 24973s | Trophy and at that quarter million |
| 24975s | dollar first prize |
| 24977s | at Hunter race he's going to use his |
| 24981s | pinch Clan sneak deck as I like to call |
| 24984s | it double mind control Tech Hunter Ace |
| 24986s | has a mage deck that is teched to beat |
| 24990s | aggressive board-based uh Tempo decks |
| 24993s | like Zoo warlock like even token Druid |
| 24995s | and I mean that's the reflecting his |
| 24997s | double rabble bouncer his Mossy horror |
| 24998s | his Hench Clan sneak which sets up a |
| 25000s | mind control Tech and you saw it |
| 25002s | yesterday and you might see it again |
| 25003s | today we'll first start things with that |
| 25005s | book of specters though Hunter race |
| 25007s | tossing away that Congress calling it's |
| 25008s | it's strange to call this deck this Mage |
| 25011s | deck sort of a breakout deck because |
| 25013s | it's a deck that has been very popular |
| 25014s | on ladder you know the conjured calling |
| 25017s | book of Specter Mountain mage deck has |
| 25019s | been one that a lot of people have been |
| 25020s | playing on ladder uh since the release |
| 25022s | of Rise Of Shadows but the specific |
| 25025s | builds that Hunter race and Bunny Hopper |
| 25029s | and Viper in particular have been |
| 25031s | playing as well as bloody face if you |
| 25033s | look at those Decks that have mind |
| 25034s | control texts that have rabble bouncers |
| 25036s | most notably the rabble bouncers I think |
| 25038s | really give the deck an incredibly |
| 25040s | powerful game plan against aggressive of |
| 25041s | decks while not fundamentally diluting |
| 25043s | its strength against control and I think |
| 25046s | that that has been the reason these |
| 25048s | players have been so successful if you |
| 25049s | look at the overall uh lineups for the |
| 25052s | tournament every single player who |
| 25054s | brought Mage made it through the top |
| 25056s | eight with the exception of a group in |
| 25059s | which there were three players who |
| 25060s | played Mage only two of them could make |
| 25062s | it through that's right and three out of |
| 25063s | the four semifinals tied that page |
| 25065s | similarly Zoo has been a deck that has |
| 25068s | been uh somewhat maligned throughout |
| 25070s | this tournament it is a deck that has of |
| 25072s | course been successful for many players |
| 25074s | Jing is here in the top four both bunny |
| 25076s | Hopper and Viper Viper now through to |
| 25077s | the finals they played Zoo they clearly |
| 25079s | had a lot of success but it has |
| 25081s | frequently been their weakest deck yes |
| 25084s | and many players were swept on their Zoo |
| 25087s | decks |
| 25089s | so uh just a center back into this game |
| 25091s | Jing already had a couple decisions that |
| 25093s | he wanted to weigh first is he had magic |
| 25095s | carpet and he wanted to coin it out but |
| 25097s | by playing this flame imp uh and making |
| 25100s | it susceptible to a two-man minion that |
| 25103s | Hunter Hayes had uh Jing is no longer |
| 25106s | going to be able to get like that big |
| 25107s | damage from the flame imp unless he's |
| 25109s | willing to Pivot and play void Walker |
| 25111s | instead |
| 25113s | and if he does play void Walker that |
| 25114s | means that the swedex office gets to |
| 25116s | double up in terms of what it kills two |
| 25117s | minions right and you know from Jing's |
| 25120s | perspective well he could play could go |
| 25122s | in here right he could play minion |
| 25124s | minion coin minion well that opens up |
| 25125s | yourself up to mind control Tech right |
| 25127s | so Jing needs to consolidate his threats |
| 25130s | and I I actually really like this |
| 25132s | because Magic Carpet is very threatening |
| 25135s | it makes all of his future minions more |
| 25137s | threatening doesn't expose him to MC |
| 25139s | Tech ooh that though is a nice draw from |
| 25143s | Hunter race very scale worm does give |
| 25146s | him the possibility of interacting with |
| 25148s | that uh carpet ooh the conjure calling |
| 25152s | hit is Big we see a bit of a |
| 25155s | that is a risk that you run that when |
| 25158s | you draw that spell with the book of |
| 25159s | specters you are no longer you are no |
| 25161s | longer allowed to keep it and Jing now |
| 25163s | has the Magic Carpet ready to go for a |
| 25165s | ride yeah Hunter race does have scale |
| 25167s | worm which is not quite big enough to |
| 25169s | kill the carpet and Jing here though you |
| 25172s | know he could obviously sort of maximize |
| 25174s | his carpet here just play out three One |
| 25176s | Drops again that exposes him to mind |
| 25177s | control Tech |
| 25180s | and in this matchup from Henry's |
| 25182s | perspective a lot of it is about trying |
| 25185s | to uh get Xing into a position to use |
| 25189s | his Deck cards to use that mind control |
| 25191s | Tech to be able to maximize the power of |
| 25193s | His rabble bouncers yes |
| 25197s | and Jing needs to try to avoid getting |
| 25200s | hit by those but still put enough enough |
| 25203s | pressure to put on a race in awkward |
| 25205s | position here you know he quit out Magic |
| 25207s | Carpet he can just go in but there's the |
| 25210s | the MC Tech possibility it looks like |
| 25212s | he's just gonna tap he wants to do |
| 25215s | and he's even gonna play the void Walker |
| 25217s | this is protecting the carpet from the |
| 25219s | threat of a scale worm coming down and |
| 25221s | allowing the scale worm into ping and |
| 25223s | taking it over out over turns the |
| 25225s | problem for Hunter race here he's just |
| 25227s | playing a minion deck oh babe he's a |
| 25229s | Tiger deck is a bunch of minions so all |
| 25232s | he can do |
| 25233s | oh my that is a powerful card for |
| 25237s | shooting I don't know if he's gonna play |
| 25239s | it now |
| 25239s | but it is stuff though yes now Jing you |
| 25243s | know he can use these One Drops rather |
| 25245s | than develop a board and potentially get |
| 25247s | hit by a mind control Tech you can just |
| 25248s | play out one drops and keep pressuring |
| 25250s | with say three minions each turn to keep |
| 25252s | hitting Hunter race and then use the |
| 25254s | magic carpet to send in minions to kill |
| 25257s | everything that Hunter Ace plays |
| 25260s | yep and I like that Hunter Ace play this |
| 25262s | product because he already has another |
| 25263s | Dragon for calicos but Huntress is |
| 25264s | playing very quick and this is something |
| 25265s | that's uncharacteristic to him |
| 25268s | and and you know it's one of those |
| 25270s | things where you just have to pay |
| 25272s | attention Hunter race plays very slow |
| 25273s | usually I think his mentality has been |
| 25275s | shaken a little bit hopefully he can |
| 25277s | continue to stay on course Jing going |
| 25279s | for the the Twilight trade trades very |
| 25281s | natural |
| 25287s | I think we might see a additional one |
| 25290s | drop see some attacks then see the the |
| 25293s | Grim rally yeah because it also |
| 25295s | consolidates to three minions and |
| 25297s | they're three larger minions |
| 25299s | yep gonna hit him for |
| 25306s | could have been better he could have |
| 25308s | just Grim rallied this before it saved |
| 25310s | the blood suckers there oh and did he |
| 25312s | get the damage oh he did okay yeah that |
| 25313s | was a bit of a misstep from Jake you |
| 25315s | could he could unless he was |
| 25316s | specifically intending to have two |
| 25317s | minions if he had just attacked first |
| 25321s | then played |
| 25323s | the uh the Grim rally |
| 25326s | he could have saved an additional minion |
| 25328s | here and would have have a a 3-3 I |
| 25331s | believe yeah uh I think he I think he |
| 25333s | could have optimized it definitely |
| 25334s | better there and I that might end up |
| 25336s | having big dividends for for hunrays he |
| 25338s | can remove the Magic Carpet now next |
| 25340s | time you can play Mountain Giant and |
| 25342s | then contra's calling that that Contra |
| 25343s | is calling draw it may not look like |
| 25344s | anything really big right now right but |
| 25347s | it has so much utility not only just on |
| 25350s | his own minions but maybe he needs to |
| 25351s | set up a mind control Tech after the |
| 25352s | Buffs have been utilized |
| 25355s | can just use it's bad draw it is it's |
| 25359s | another bad draw |
| 25361s | that's not what Jing needs right now no |
| 25363s | it's not |
| 25364s | frankly you know having a an extra 3-3 |
| 25367s | and play would be a big deal |
| 25369s | yes very much so |
| 25374s | and here what I think uh Honduras is |
| 25376s | actually looking to do |
| 25378s | one thing that she has to be terrified |
| 25379s | of is uh the mossy horror Mercy next |
| 25384s | turn that's just that absolute blowout I |
| 25387s | mean I think you have to play as if |
| 25388s | Mossy heart isn't a card in our Stone |
| 25390s | yeah on a race now though I think is |
| 25391s | going for Voodoo Doll plus contrast |
| 25392s | calling here yeah so this gives him not |
| 25394s | only the ability to remove the carpet |
| 25396s | that's why he chose to go with the the |
| 25397s | scale of attack last turn I like this |
| 25399s | this gives him killing the carpet pair |
| 25401s | of three drops they're not great but now |
| 25403s | he's ahead another carpet but no one-man |
| 25406s | and minions Jing's been drawing non-stop |
| 25408s | one-man and means and then he drew all |
| 25409s | of his top end yeah oh another giant sea |
| 25413s | giant this may be the turning point |
| 25416s | you can play that magic carpet but he |
| 25418s | has no way to defend it if Hunter race |
| 25421s | has anything that does any damage to |
| 25423s | that he can take him Aussie horse well |
| 25426s | it is good but he got two two power |
| 25429s | three drops |
| 25430s | that's true but he does get to restrict |
| 25432s | the board size he does but right now he |
| 25434s | can just drop Mountain down with almost |
| 25436s | no repercussions the only problem is |
| 25438s | that he can't Kill the Magic Carpet I |
| 25440s | think that's something else that's on |
| 25441s | his mind he also has to be thinking what |
| 25443s | are these cards in your hand you have a |
| 25445s | magic carpet and didn't play anything |
| 25446s | what are the cards that make any sense |
| 25448s | to be in Jing's hand at this point right |
| 25449s | and I I think that sea giant is |
| 25452s | certainly among the cards that Hunter |
| 25453s | race is thinking about which is you know |
| 25455s | one reason okay well you know if I play |
| 25457s | the giant what am I doing am I am I |
| 25459s | killing your minion to try to ensure |
| 25461s | that we uh at least restrict right the |
| 25463s | board space |
| 25468s | if he can draw Solarium and possibly |
| 25470s | just draw a string of one drops he could |
| 25472s | Rush a sea giant yeah problem is CJ |
| 25474s | needs to go down to one and I don't |
| 25476s | think he can no |
| 25478s | there's a sea giant though and we have |
| 25480s | seen a voodoo doll at this stage right |
| 25482s | so this sea giant may end up |
| 25485s | being uh being a scary customer it is |
| 25487s | scary that's for sure |
| 25491s | and now from Henry's perspective he has |
| 25493s | to think okay well do I want to try to |
| 25496s | get Congress calling here on you know |
| 25498s | use the conscious calling on the |
| 25500s | mountain giant well so we got some value |
| 25501s | yeah or am I looking to trade off |
| 25505s | or maybe pushed him oh I mean what if he |
| 25508s | gets Frost Nova |
| 25510s | power registration doesn't have to Mana |
| 25512s | for it it's gonna It's Gonna Take It All |
| 25514s | right he's going for it yeah I like it |
| 25517s | and the thing is if Jing has to develop |
| 25519s | into this |
| 25521s | wow |
| 25524s | big outcome here for Hunter race Jing |
| 25527s | yeah with a deep side |
| 25530s | land of the sea giant but it is already |
| 25532s | outclassed |
| 25534s | second grave waiting even after |
| 25537s | the sea giant number one eats up the |
| 25539s | first |
| 25544s | Jing is even scared to tap in this |
| 25546s | position but he's oh yeah I mean you're |
| 25547s | you're not winning if you if you don't |
| 25549s | tap and frankly at this stage you're |
| 25551s | probably not winning if you do simply |
| 25553s | with how big of a swing that double gray |
| 25556s | horror is |
| 25559s | second C Giants definitely scary oh yeah |
| 25561s | but under race has a lot of options at |
| 25564s | his disposal |
| 25565s | hedge clean sneak |
| 25567s | the deck's namesake |
| 25571s | if he uses power of creation does not |
| 25573s | have the minute to hero power down that |
| 25575s | sea giant which seems like the the low |
| 25577s | hanging fruit here the problem is is |
| 25579s | this plays on seven Mana aren't exactly |
| 25581s | great right he could Mossy heart and |
| 25584s | clear the board if he does if he does he |
| 25586s | doesn't if he does the power of creation |
| 25588s | he can just attack the uh grave horror |
| 25590s | into the void Walker and then trade okay |
| 25594s | like that and plus |
| 25595s | discovering say two ocean commanders |
| 25598s | yeah oh he's got to get the snake out |
| 25600s | though oh yeah he needs to make |
| 25604s | winning every game you play you play the |
| 25606s | sneak I like this patience here from |
| 25608s | Hunter race also I really like |
| 25610s | pressuring his life total every single |
| 25612s | attack to the face reduces his ability |
| 25614s | to life tap the longer the game goes and |
| 25615s | I think a lot of what's going on here is |
| 25617s | Hunter's calicos so there's very little |
| 25619s | reason to commit the eight-man and power |
| 25621s | of creation here goes into power of |
| 25623s | creation next turn build yourself a wide |
| 25625s | board to trade into anything threatening |
| 25627s | your opponent plays although I mean |
| 25631s | Jing looks like he might just get |
| 25632s | pressured out of the game with what's |
| 25634s | existing on board oh that's yeah he's |
| 25636s | he's not not a good spot that's for sure |
| 25637s | I mean now hypon race wants to he can |
| 25640s | just |
| 25643s | horror ping off the uh uh that giant and |
| 25648s | leave Jing with nothing you can even add |
| 25651s | the fire tree witch doctor to get a |
| 25653s | spell to close the game |
| 25656s | and I think that's exactly what he's |
| 25657s | doing bossy horror it's smashing time |
| 25664s | a single sea Giants |
| 25668s | as if he needed anything else Hunter |
| 25670s | raise has guaranteed lethal next turn |
| 25672s | and Jing has no way to close this Gap |
| 25675s | yeah Jing has Leroy Jenkins but 20 life |
| 25679s | for Hunter Ace and that is it the global |
| 25683s | point leader in his first championship |
| 25685s | appearance is now just one game from the |
| 25689s | finals after when you know what faces |
| 25691s | the song suggests that's right maybe the |
| 25694s | secret power wasn't the haircut maybe it |
| 25697s | wasn't the deck list it was annalize |
| 25698s | rapping skills |
| 25700s | or maybe he's just really good at |
| 25702s | Hearthstone who knows |
| 25703s | It's gotta be the wrap |
| 25706s | on a race up two to one and only has to |
| 25710s | win with his Tempo row remaining many |
| 25712s | who Peg to be the best deck in |
| 25714s | Hearthstone |
| 25715s | at least in the top three for sure and |
| 25717s | Jing still has to win not only with the |
| 25719s | zoo warlock but his token Druid and keep |
| 25722s | in mind Hunter race he accounted for |
| 25724s | this possibility too so he is ready to |
| 25727s | take on these decks yeah the token Druid |
| 25729s | here may be a bit stronger against the |
| 25731s | Rogue specifically because of the build |
| 25732s | Hunter race is choosing to be chosen to |
| 25734s | bring uh there are no Phantom knives in |
| 25737s | Hunter races deck which does mean that |
| 25739s | he is much more vulnerable to the the |
| 25741s | early aggressive token starts |
| 25744s | that's right without fan knives things |
| 25746s | like uh you know all those little |
| 25747s | Whispering Woods and all things can be |
| 25749s | really tricky to deal with but he also |
| 25751s | has some powerful Tempo tools too and I |
| 25753s | mean hunter is having that second shout |
| 25755s | outs that might even be able to find |
| 25757s | some really cool stuff with the lackeys |
| 25758s | and it seems like there's more underage |
| 25760s | fans than people who are fans of Jing I |
| 25762s | guess but it makes sense because this |
| 25763s | guy has been lighting the Hearthstone |
| 25765s | world on fire this past year yeah and |
| 25767s | you know while he is at the table he is |
| 25769s | you know he's he's quiet of course you |
| 25771s | can't really talk but we couldn't hear |
| 25773s | him if he was talking but uh he's a very |
| 25776s | colorful character when you get a chance |
| 25777s | to sit down and talk to him and you know |
| 25779s | he he's clearly just so passionate and |
| 25782s | so excited about Hearthstone I think |
| 25784s | that's infectious I think a lot of |
| 25785s | people see that and like you know what |
| 25787s | this guy's a lot of fun this guy is |
| 25789s | obviously a tremendous Hearthstone |
| 25791s | player and I just want to see him |
| 25792s | succeed yeah and what I love the most |
| 25794s | about Hunter Ace is that he just thinks |
| 25797s | so differently about the game one of the |
| 25799s | one of the common inside jokes that a |
| 25801s | lot of players have when they talk about |
| 25802s | him is that Hunter race thinks he's |
| 25803s | favored in every match you know he's |
| 25805s | like yeah you know this is like a usual |
| 25806s | unwinnable matchup I think I'm okay you |
| 25809s | know what I think I'm favored it's like |
| 25811s | Hunter is the data is literally says |
| 25812s | you're 25 75. he's like nah that that |
| 25815s | day is wrong I check my text perfectly I |
| 25817s | remember the first time I heard about |
| 25819s | Hunter race I think it was uh on watch |
| 25821s | Stone when uh just saying was was you |
| 25824s | know spectating people at the sort of |
| 25825s | end of uh the ranked Seasons this is I |
| 25828s | believe last year and Hunter Hayes was |
| 25830s | consistently at the absolute top of the |
| 25832s | latter rankings and that was when Raza |
| 25835s | priest was so powerful and people were |
| 25837s | like oh Hunter is just always has Raz on |
| 25839s | five and Android on eight it was like |
| 25841s | well he certainly had it sometimes but |
| 25843s | he also just always found these ways to |
| 25845s | win the games that didn't look like he |
| 25847s | possibly could win |
| 25849s | oh yeah we've all been there and Hunter |
| 25851s | Ace is now one game away from going to |
| 25854s | the finals that is a full keep and I |
| 25856s | like that he's on the coin yet again |
| 25858s | with evil Miss cran and this time he's |
| 25860s | got hint hamburger and Vendetta Jing |
| 25862s | with the zoo warlock needs to get a fast |
| 25864s | start and he does have macaroon but he's |
| 25866s | got a relatively slow start after that |
| 25868s | yeah Jing here you know again with the |
| 25870s | deck that can punish the lack of fan of |
| 25873s | knives in a hunter races deck now he's |
| 25875s | got the sea Giants and you know the the |
| 25877s | single copy of sap in Hunter's deck now |
| 25879s | in his hand but if Xing is able to get |
| 25881s | out to a very aggressive opening find |
| 25884s | Grim rally in particular yes uh Hunter |
| 25886s | race may not have the time to take |
| 25887s | advantage of his evil miscreant in his |
| 25889s | burglar Vendetta |
| 25893s | on a race with a really fast turn one |
| 25895s | pass you've been seeing players rope |
| 25896s | turn one uh almost two almost feels |
| 25898s | deliberate at that point where they're |
| 25900s | trying to troll us to say yeah I'm gonna |
| 25901s | take my time you're gonna sit here and |
| 25903s | watch me uh Hunter ice he says that when |
| 25905s | he plays fast he's either nervous or |
| 25907s | he's in the zone and I think when he's |
| 25908s | this close it might be both |
| 25911s | no blame him either way at this point |
| 25914s | this is so massive this queen does not |
| 25917s | die to to a lot of things into double |
| 25920s | kobold Lackey that is a lot of removal |
| 25923s | alongside that shadow step in hunrae's |
| 25924s | hand |
| 25925s | that will give him and the one five body |
| 25928s | so ability to absolutely pick apart |
| 25931s | Jing's opening right and and Jing does |
| 25933s | not have soul fires there he would have |
| 25934s | to kill this with like you know direwolf |
| 25936s | and abusive Sergeant does not have that |
| 25938s | and you know Jing was one of the players |
| 25941s | that was you know popularizing Grim |
| 25942s | rally back in the winter Championship so |
| 25943s | he knows his deck very well and it was |
| 25947s | to the point where a lot of people were |
| 25948s | saying that was the deck that people |
| 25949s | should have brought and is this going to |
| 25952s | be his downfall here |
| 25954s | it could be right now we are seeing |
| 25956s | Zhang sort of trying to debate how do I |
| 25959s | play this out |
| 25961s | how do I find a way to deal with this |
| 25964s | evil miscreant this incredibly powerful |
| 25966s | uh three drop that Hunter race is coined |
| 25968s | out immediately yeah it's it's funny to |
| 25970s | say it's incredibly horrible it's a one |
| 25972s | five but against Zoo the five health is |
| 25975s | so important right and the one power is |
| 25978s | good enough against most of the minions |
| 25979s | yes like he can trade Shadow step and |
| 25982s | then go back at it get more Lackey yeah |
| 25984s | and we're seeing exactly this Jing is |
| 25986s | like |
| 25988s | Oh I thought I thought for a second it |
| 25990s | was gonna yeah I was gonna say |
| 25992s | if he does if he just decides okay I'm |
| 25994s | gonna abuse the sergeant and send this |
| 25995s | into the miscreant Shadow step just |
| 25996s | makes that all for not it's just wasted |
| 25998s | damage right and Jake realized this he's |
| 26000s | like all right I'm not gonna try and |
| 26000s | kill this I am going to just push damage |
| 26003s | to the face I have to kill you I got |
| 26004s | Leroy yeah I'm gonna win this game it's |
| 26006s | going to be in the basis |
| 26009s | of getting that damage into face and try |
| 26011s | to make a board that sticks and is hard |
| 26013s | for you to deal with |
| 26017s | are the pickups for Hunter Ace he has a |
| 26021s | preparation so a lot of |
| 26024s | access to possible options off the |
| 26027s | Ethereal Lackey witchy Lackey |
| 26029s | interestingly isn't necessarily good uh |
| 26031s | right right off the bat onto the uh the |
| 26034s | miscreant because like we're saying |
| 26035s | sometimes you just want the one attack |
| 26037s | you want the five Health if you make it |
| 26038s | a four drop it can have less health |
| 26042s | rally |
| 26044s | that's a big draw for Zhang here and a |
| 26048s | knife juggler just a little bit off Mana |
| 26050s | usage-wise I mean I think we're almost |
| 26052s | half to see this Grim rally here for |
| 26055s | Shang his board is just so vulnerable to |
| 26057s | the one five and the dagger otherwise |
| 26058s | you know there's no fan knife so Grim |
| 26060s | rally with a bunch of one one tokens is |
| 26062s | not nearly as uh as bad right and |
| 26064s | frankly he ends up making a big board |
| 26067s | that |
| 26069s | you can push for six damage right now a |
| 26071s | few rallies on the Scara bag and you |
| 26074s | know that's chipping away the life total |
| 26075s | that Henry's has here and making his |
| 26077s | minions much more difficult to remove |
| 26079s | yes |
| 26081s | and I think that's big I think that's |
| 26083s | important because Hunter Ace he's |
| 26084s | playing a little greedy here but I mean |
| 26085s | rightfully so because he has the ability |
| 26087s | to do that |
| 26090s | it's Grim rally |
| 26093s | out that's a sizable board |
| 26098s | oh does Jing really think about trading |
| 26100s | in this spot |
| 26102s | he just saw a shadow step already no |
| 26104s | Amino train Amigo face yeah nine power |
| 26107s | on the board with Leroy in hand |
| 26109s | there's only one place yeah for Hunter |
| 26111s | race and it is the face we're rappers |
| 26114s | over here already oh yeah I guess yeah I |
| 26116s | am kind of a rapper but this this |
| 26118s | burglar is is really big project wow |
| 26122s | rapid fire is also has a lot of use here |
| 26125s | too it does |
| 26127s | he already has a weapon in place the |
| 26129s | weapons project loses a lot of its |
| 26130s | appeal yeah I like the uh I like the |
| 26132s | rapid fire allows him to pick off those |
| 26134s | tokens what I like about weapons project |
| 26136s | is the life game |
| 26138s | it's true though it does give your |
| 26140s | opponent the weapon over turns that can |
| 26142s | either kill your board or go to your |
| 26144s | face oh |
| 26146s | just enough minions wait but there's a |
| 26149s | sap in Hunter Ace's hand so it's not |
| 26152s | going to be impactful right now but the |
| 26154s | fact is Jing has this as an option when |
| 26157s | Sapp only delays it sapling delays the |
| 26159s | sea Giant obviously if you clear off |
| 26161s | bits of the board it does make it much |
| 26163s | harder to come back down right that's |
| 26165s | the thing like if Jing goes to the Sea |
| 26167s | Giant and it gets sapped |
| 26169s | Hunter race will clean up the board to |
| 26171s | the point where he can't play next turn |
| 26173s | there's only a single copy |
| 26175s | copy of Hunter races deck and frankly |
| 26178s | Jing's other play is |
| 26179s | tap right hope to draw a one drop to go |
| 26182s | with knife juggler I wonder if he's |
| 26184s | gonna trade but he did see a vendetta so |
| 26186s | like the the Vendetta the Dennis swing |
| 26189s | is less likely here I I think with with |
| 26191s | Leroy in your hand and your opponent at |
| 26193s | this low in life oh I think that you |
| 26196s | almost just have to send all five of |
| 26198s | this |
| 26200s | he's gonna trade and and incidentally |
| 26203s | this puts him in a much worse position |
| 26204s | to replay The Siege on after a sap oh |
| 26206s | yeah but there's a side has a one-off |
| 26208s | but Hunter Hayes has all his base |
| 26209s | covered he's playing hand Rogue yeah I |
| 26211s | mean there can be |
| 26213s | there can be the sap to to deal with the |
| 26215s | giant it's a question of do I want to |
| 26217s | prep it do and how do I want to |
| 26219s | distribute my my Minions that I play |
| 26220s | afterwards do I want to leave enough |
| 26223s | minions in play oh look at how to race |
| 26225s | what are these headcrack I think is |
| 26228s | probably your best option yeah just a |
| 26230s | deal it does it's a car that does |
| 26232s | something unlike the others right |
| 26234s | now Hunter race can clear the board with |
| 26236s | the underbelly fence and sap save his |
| 26238s | prep for something else |
| 26240s | and the question is in part does he want |
| 26243s | to |
| 26244s | develop anything else on this board I |
| 26247s | think this is perfect because it's seven |
| 26248s | Mana |
| 26250s | yeah okay |
| 26255s | oh he's gonna wish Lackey okay that's |
| 26257s | fine too |
| 26258s | does this does mean your opponent can |
| 26261s | replay Siege but that touched his entire |
| 26262s | turn it does |
| 26265s | oh |
| 26266s | wait there's only prep and sap though |
| 26269s | but that's still good for the future |
| 26270s | turns yeah |
| 26271s | yeah |
| 26273s | dude you can hit crack toys oh wow |
| 26276s | that is interesting |
| 26279s | that's pretty good rope's a class that |
| 26281s | plays a lot of spells but they are |
| 26283s | Target spells you know Rogue does like |
| 26284s | to do tricky single types of things he's |
| 26286s | got a head crack he just keep head |
| 26288s | cracking |
| 26289s | get that if you do you get the head |
| 26292s | crack back off of vargoth too |
| 26295s | well he just you mean you don't know |
| 26297s | Kibler the master of academics more head |
| 26300s | cracks off of Varga I feel you for |
| 26303s | guidance I think he will |
| 26305s | so Hunter Ace can cobalt Lackey he can |
| 26309s | do something to clear this |
| 26315s | the the the |
| 26317s | raiding party makes the headcrack plan |
| 26319s | probably less likely but |
| 26323s | he could have and it would have been it |
| 26324s | would have been really cool in fact he |
| 26325s | can bring him party twice |
| 26328s | if he raiding parties he's gonna draw |
| 26330s | the rest of it this is basically like a |
| 26332s | Sprint yeah rating party he's gonna get |
| 26334s | another rating party unless he plays the |
| 26337s | rapid fire then that could go wrong |
| 26339s | yeah I think killing the sea giant is |
| 26341s | the utmost importance |
| 26343s | staying up and now Hunter race he's the |
| 26346s | zoo deck and one of the biggest things |
| 26347s | about this vargoth is not the fact that |
| 26349s | it's necessarily recasting this rating |
| 26350s | party though it is clearly powerful |
| 26351s | because it gives him his captain green |
| 26353s | skin and second blood uh dread Corsair |
| 26356s | so this means that next turn Henry says |
| 26360s | waggle pick double dread Corsair |
| 26362s | and the headcrack which will come back |
| 26365s | with the varka after Double casting |
| 26367s | Gambler that is a sweet play but that |
| 26370s | has not happened it's gonna happen it's |
| 26372s | not happening |
| 26374s | but I'm on your side if this was your |
| 26377s | stream I'd be spamming a chat do it in |
| 26379s | all caps |
| 26383s | does pick off one of the lackeys yeah |
| 26385s | every juggle really matters here he just |
| 26387s | doesn't want it on bargoth |
| 26390s | okay it does pick off two of them but |
| 26393s | look at this swing |
| 26395s | 100 race is gonna make his victory |
| 26398s | game-winning push yeah the waggle pick |
| 26400s | into double dread Corsair into SI agent |
| 26405s | no head crack for Barca sadly but this |
| 26408s | is just absolutely dominating swing on |
| 26412s | this board for Hunter Hayes |
| 26415s | zoo is the deck that tries to go wide |
| 26417s | and it is Hunter race who has five |
| 26420s | minions in play to the single flame imp |
| 26423s | of Zhang |
| 26424s | lady I'm not rushing just counting for |
| 26426s | every possibility is there any reason |
| 26428s | why I would ever kill this flame imp and |
| 26431s | I mean I don't think it really matters |
| 26433s | here because Hunter race you don't have |
| 26435s | to worry about Soul fire there's none in |
| 26436s | the deck you don't have to worry about |
| 26438s | uh RC for Farm because Jing didn't put |
| 26440s | in his deck there's Leroy Jenkins |
| 26443s | as is direct damage and that's it |
| 26446s | are you afraid of some sort of |
| 26449s | Magic Carpet coming down and Solarium |
| 26452s | and everything going for a ride and |
| 26453s | killing your board yes that is a |
| 26455s | possibility there also this Evil Genius |
| 26457s | into the exact spell he needs |
| 26459s | blame him oh he didn't even attack to |
| 26462s | the weapon oh he's afraid of the blood |
| 26463s | cell course there ah okay he's Crossing |
| 26466s | his his teeth and dotting his eyes |
| 26467s | there's a carpet |
| 26469s | he doesn't want to get Corsair that's |
| 26470s | that's the reason behind the uh holding |
| 26472s | the attack that's brilliant flame imp |
| 26474s | number two is gonna come down |
| 26476s | it will pick off some of these minions |
| 26479s | but it's going to do a lot of damage to |
| 26481s | Jing |
| 26482s | and we see the Leroy Jenkins just |
| 26485s | waiting in the hand Hunter is just |
| 26487s | waiting for his turn |
| 26489s | he's got seven damage |
| 26492s | eight nine and Leroy Jenkins comes down |
| 26496s | and sends Hunter race to the finals of |
| 26499s | the world championship |
| 26502s | three out of the four years of the world |
| 26504s | championship we've had a point leader |
| 26505s | and once again the Wonder Boy from |
| 26507s | Norway is going to claim victory and |
| 26511s | advance to the Grand finals this is the |
| 26514s | first time we have seen Hunter race on |
| 26516s | the championship stage all year despite |
| 26518s | earning so many points and tour stops he |
| 26520s | was never able to break through the |
| 26522s | playoff system and now he is making the |
| 26524s | absolute most of his points lead with a |
| 26528s | spot in the finals of the world |
| 26530s | championship and hats off to Jing he had |
| 26532s | a heck of a run but China once again |
| 26535s | gets stopped in the semi-finals making |
| 26537s | it an all-european Showdown Viper versus |
| 26541s | Hunter race only one can be the champion |
| 26543s | yeah and I think that this this finals |
| 26545s | is going to be incredible both of these |
| 26547s | players have had such tremendous years |
| 26548s | Viper two championship appearances |
| 26550s | making uh a run through this tournament |
| 26553s | to defeat his practice partner bunny |
| 26556s | hopper in the semi-finals take revenge |
| 26558s | on bunny Hopper's victory over him in |
| 26560s | that exact same position early this year |
| 26562s | when they both qualify for the World |
| 26564s | Championship and now Hunter Hayes points |
| 26566s | leader just heralded by so many players |
| 26568s | the best in the world and now he's the |
| 26570s | chance to try to claim that title in in |
| 26572s | fact how many times do we get to really |
| 26574s | see this you know a kid that was able to |
| 26576s | build himself from the ground up first |
| 26578s | heralded as just a ladder player you |
| 26580s | know what just this random kid that is |
| 26582s | already beating all the best players you |
| 26584s | know it's because Robert piece was |
| 26585s | really broken yeah that's why he was |
| 26586s | really good and then he started showing |
| 26588s | up to online tournaments and he started |
| 26589s | winning bad then he went to tour stops |
| 26591s | started winning that and then he played |
| 26593s | Masters cups with his all the best |
| 26594s | players in the world and he was winning |
| 26595s | that there was Masters cups that weren't |
| 26597s | streamed and out of the three he entered |
| 26599s | he won two of them against the elite of |
| 26602s | the elite you look at those Masters cups |
| 26603s | all those players in it is basically |
| 26605s | Grand masses already Hunter race is |
| 26607s | seriously good at Hearthstone if you |
| 26609s | haven't heard of him you definitely have |
| 26610s | no and all that had really eluded him |
| 26612s | until now is is the championship |
| 26613s | appearance the championship title he had |
| 26615s | won Majors he'd won tour stops but now |
| 26618s | the title of world championship |
| 26621s | world champion is in his grass yeah and |
| 26623s | one thing too is that Hunter Ace he's a |
| 26625s | sucker for his own storyline in the |
| 26626s | sense that he said you know what I lost |
| 26628s | that match but I can go through the |
| 26630s | losers bracket and three out of four |
| 26632s | years the world champion has lost in the |
| 26634s | group stages but made a huge comeback |
| 26636s | not dropping a series after that can |
| 26638s | Hunter race or Viper both are eligible |
| 26641s | to fulfill that prophecy we'll find out |
| 26644s | that and more when we come back to the |
| 26647s | Hearthstone 2019 World Championship |
| 26650s | the final between hunt race and Viper is |
| 26653s | one of if not the most memorable match |
| 26656s | in competitive Hearthstone history as |
| 26658s | one of the two lucky people who got to |
| 26660s | cast it in person I can say the |
| 26662s | atmosphere was electric on one side we |
| 26666s | had a crowd favorite hunt race and his |
| 26668s | opponent another European Viper who's |
| 26672s | off meta deck building had got him this |
| 26674s | far if you haven't seen this match |
| 26676s | before then I envy you and if you have |
| 26679s | I'm sure you'll be happy to relive this |
| 26682s | incredible moment |
| 26683s | it is time I am Raven and joined by |
| 26687s | subtle it's our honor to bring you the |
| 26689s | finals of the Hearthstone World |
| 26691s | Championship two players are left |
| 26694s | a year at least of hard work has led to |
| 26697s | this one moment and now I think you |
| 26700s | could see it when they walked out that |
| 26701s | this means everything they look |
| 26703s | exhausted before they even start and |
| 26705s | that is not just sheer being tired that |
| 26707s | is realizing what is on the line for |
| 26710s | each of these players yeah I feel like |
| 26712s | Hunter race in particular is just hour |
| 26714s | by hour series by Series game by game |
| 26716s | just descending into this this shriveled |
| 26719s | husk version of himself like can someone |
| 26722s | get that that boy an ice cream vanilla |
| 26724s | or pistachio please or both he needs his |
| 26727s | life force he does seem to have so much |
| 26729s | taken out of him Viper I think looks |
| 26732s | fairly normal he he's a very stoic |
| 26734s | character when he plays at the best of |
| 26736s | times he definitely hasn't shown too |
| 26738s | much emotion throughout the tournament |
| 26740s | um but hunter race I think has had the |
| 26742s | the slightly more Rocky Road to get here |
| 26743s | as well with some real kind of back and |
| 26746s | forth and and Tempo swings and |
| 26748s | ridiculous outcomes in a lot of his |
| 26749s | games so we'll see if he's got it left |
| 26751s | in him to play another series at the |
| 26753s | level that he demands from himself elf |
| 26755s | yeah and that is high demand that |
| 26756s | speaking of the roads to get here not |
| 26758s | only just in this tournament but to get |
| 26760s | to this tournament full stop Huntress |
| 26762s | came through with the highest point |
| 26764s | earner ever basically for this |
| 26766s | tournament and managed to go through |
| 26768s | that way and that required a year of |
| 26770s | straight hard work all the tour stop |
| 26772s | grind all of the actual ladder ground |
| 26774s | everything possible to get to those |
| 26776s | points and he couldn't make the cut |
| 26777s | through playoffs it never worked out for |
| 26779s | him whereas viper made it to a |
| 26781s | championship qualified through that and |
| 26783s | then has moved on and progressed want to |
| 26785s | continue doing well for the rest of the |
| 26786s | year of course but that is how he got |
| 26788s | his spot Hunters had to work |
| 26790s | consistently non-stop throughout the |
| 26793s | year and Hunter ACE also has a history |
| 26794s | with this when he's brought slow decks |
| 26796s | to Long grindy Swiss tournaments he has |
| 26799s | often said come round four around five |
| 26800s | round six that he feels he's exerting so |
| 26802s | much mental energy on playing these |
| 26804s | Decks that he's not then playing |
| 26806s | optimally you know hour six seven eight |
| 26807s | into the tournament |
| 26809s | um so we'll see this is this this is a |
| 26810s | marathon not a Sprint and there is a lot |
| 26812s | on the line so Hunter race needs to play |
| 26814s | very best yeah let's check out for the |
| 26817s | final time for this season and for HGT |
| 26820s | as a whole what the deck is going to be |
| 26822s | Miracle Rogue is gonna be banned out |
| 26823s | from Viper probably a signature deck |
| 26825s | from him and archetype overall so he |
| 26828s | will not be allowed to play his favorite |
| 26830s | class and archetype and huntres ban the |
| 26832s | control Warriors so we see on both sides |
| 26834s | now you know what a funny moment where |
| 26837s | Rogue only has a one-off in this whole |
| 26840s | lineup is that's the only class out at |
| 26841s | the top two that's going to be played |
| 26843s | here one out of a possible four |
| 26844s | potentially he's only going to be there |
| 26846s | and hunt race does have the Rogue the |
| 26848s | Summoner Mage and the control Shaman |
| 26850s | versus the zoo the mid-range Hunter and |
| 26852s | the Mage so I think maze now cementing |
| 26854s | itself as at least top three yeah |
| 26857s | there's gonna be uh a lot of that deck |
| 26859s | on ladder after this tournament I would |
| 26861s | suspect like get your betrayals and your |
| 26863s | big game hunters and everything else |
| 26865s | that they're ready to go because you're |
| 26867s | gonna have to be killing some Mountain |
| 26868s | Giants if you want to be successful in |
| 26870s | on ladder over the coming weeks but yeah |
| 26872s | for me question mark decks we talked |
| 26874s | about it a lot it's the nature of this |
| 26876s | Tournament being so close to the set |
| 26878s | rotation that a lot of these players |
| 26880s | have one deck that they're not entirely |
| 26882s | happy with |
| 26883s | um for me in these two lineups it's the |
| 26885s | zoo warlock on Viper's side it's the |
| 26887s | shaman on Hunter races side if those two |
| 26890s | decks run into each other that can be a |
| 26892s | huge swing in terms of who is going to |
| 26893s | be taking home that trophy yeah it |
| 26895s | really is it's less about the matchup |
| 26896s | specifically and more about just getting |
| 26898s | a win and removing the deck from the |
| 26900s | lineup about having to play them out I |
| 26902s | am pumped for this one and that fancy |
| 26904s | stage right there making those visuals |
| 26906s | happen often mean you're ready to get in |
| 26908s | the game the players are good to go game |
| 26910s | number one of the finals of the HCT |
| 26912s | World Championship here we go hunt race |
| 26915s | on the Rogue and Viper on the zoo |
| 26918s | Warlock |
| 26919s | or Hunter is already deep breath sucking |
| 26922s | air huge inhales |
| 26926s | he's got a long way to go this series |
| 26928s | hasn't even started yet yeah I must |
| 26930s | admit though I I honestly can't even |
| 26931s | imagine what it means and how it feels |
| 26933s | right now to be one of those two |
| 26935s | gentlemen on the seats yeah in the |
| 26937s | center stage in this Arena packed out |
| 26939s | all the pressure in the world on them |
| 26942s | and they cannot afford to misstep |
| 26944s | because each player is good enough that |
| 26946s | they will punish their opponent if they |
| 26947s | misplay |
| 26948s | but if Hunter Ace was nervous about |
| 26951s | getting off to a strong start the Rogue |
| 26953s | gods have smiled upon him because when |
| 26955s | you are facing down Zoo coin evil |
| 26958s | miscreant si7 agent and a shadow step is |
| 26962s | about all that you can ask for Sansa |
| 26964s | backstab |
| 26965s | completely true couldn't agree more and |
| 26968s | I don't want to go there again that one |
| 26972s | with a 10-foot pole Raven you you've |
| 26974s | done enough so but I will say before |
| 26976s | that draw Piper's opening is not too |
| 26979s | shabby either just as much as the evil |
| 26981s | mistrion is a key card in Rogue because |
| 26983s | the power level of lack is I see an evil |
| 26986s | genius with a wonderful death rattle |
| 26988s | which is perfect outside of maybe an egg |
| 26990s | to have proc but there is the question |
| 26993s | mark the reform a seven drop never mind |
| 26996s | about reform never mind about what it |
| 26997s | does it's a seven drop that cannot be |
| 26999s | reduced in Mana cost that is in your |
| 27001s | hand from turn two that just well from |
| 27003s | term one sorry that just isn't good |
| 27005s | doesn't matter what the card does that's |
| 27007s | just unplayable for six more turns after |
| 27008s | that so that's just a fact of the matter |
| 27011s | people argue it with me if you want I am |
| 27013s | used to it |
| 27015s | but the one ones being played here it's |
| 27017s | gonna get arguments now refund doesn't |
| 27018s | cost seven I'll be like okay I don't |
| 27022s | know we see the one ones now just being |
| 27024s | able to fill out this curve if Piper |
| 27025s | chooses |
| 27026s | um do you think I don't know if he |
| 27027s | really needs to rush this Evil Genius he |
| 27029s | can't really play the Luckys anyway this |
| 27031s | turn so there's no inherent instant gain |
| 27034s | I do like going wide and saying yeah |
| 27036s | Hunter is I've got three sticky minions |
| 27037s | you're already in trouble friend you |
| 27039s | want to put the pressure on |
| 27041s | you know what deals pretty well with |
| 27043s | three one ones |
| 27048s | oh double Rush okay two damage Lackey |
| 27052s | and Rush Lackey are probably right up |
| 27055s | there with the spell Lackey in this |
| 27056s | matchup I would say just because it is |
| 27058s | so board-centric so Tempo based and |
| 27060s | those are the Fantastic lackeys for |
| 27061s | achieving Tempo I think as long as the |
| 27063s | Rogue has the minions though right you |
| 27065s | know as long as there's something to |
| 27066s | combo them with there's a one five it's |
| 27069s | chilling yep and oh I think also |
| 27071s | importantly there is the fence that can |
| 27072s | combo with it kind of |
| 27080s | has uh important decisions to make |
| 27082s | starting next turn his hand has played |
| 27084s | itself up until this point coin the |
| 27085s | Lackey see what happens now he has to |
| 27088s | decide does he want to Shadow step the |
| 27089s | Lackey and go digging for more uh |
| 27092s | lackeys and go for the two damage and uh |
| 27094s | key spells like fan of knives off um of |
| 27096s | ethereal Lackey to try and get him over |
| 27098s | the line that way does he want to go the |
| 27099s | si7 route where multiple Shadow steps on |
| 27103s | a si7 can represent so much board |
| 27105s | control for rogue in this matchup as |
| 27106s | well yeah side note as well the Mana |
| 27109s | fans in there just um not Anna Reservoir |
| 27114s | um you might be right actually I'm 19. I |
| 27115s | might well be wrong but most importantly |
| 27117s | there are soul fires in this list so and |
| 27120s | and potential spells from the lackeys |
| 27122s | right so you know although it's a bit of |
| 27124s | it what is happening wow we are rushing |
| 27128s | through this game |
| 27130s | why are there four of them Raven |
| 27133s | cosmith screen got played twice and it |
| 27135s | can happen I don't already know what you |
| 27137s | want from here oh sorry how foolish of |
| 27139s | me I'm like |
| 27145s | Here Comes lucky number two or four what |
| 27147s | do you do with it it's just the the |
| 27149s | Russian plus one isn't just really isn't |
| 27152s | doing a great deal I mean it's removing |
| 27153s | two minions when you keep chaining them |
| 27155s | together it's fair |
| 27157s | it is something versus zoo and removing |
| 27159s | the minions is pretty key you talked |
| 27162s | about the the power of huntress's role |
| 27164s | can right now but bear in mind there are |
| 27166s | no backstabs there are no fan of knives |
| 27167s | no available |
| 27169s | um also does Hunter even uh sometimes |
| 27171s | even play fan of names he does not right |
| 27172s | no he doesn't |
| 27174s | so there's like there's no backstabs I |
| 27176s | think most importantly there's no say |
| 27178s | prep for the raiding party to really get |
| 27179s | things cooking he does have Corsa and |
| 27181s | the pink yeah I think wave pick and one |
| 27184s | Corsair already in his hand like the |
| 27186s | necessity of casting raiding party |
| 27188s | anytime soon this game really does go |
| 27190s | away so I think he can uh you know be he |
| 27192s | can live without a prep for now |
| 27194s | um I think one of the big problems he's |
| 27196s | walking into right now is that because |
| 27197s | all of these lackeys are the rush uh the |
| 27199s | rush version he doesn't really have like |
| 27201s | a good combo activator for his si7 this |
| 27203s | time because if the only minion he's |
| 27205s | going to want to rush next turn is the |
| 27207s | si7 agent itself which means he would |
| 27209s | have to play it after the si7 and that |
| 27211s | just doesn't work that way around |
| 27212s | doesn't activate the combo yeah funnily |
| 27214s | enough he could actually just go fence |
| 27215s | rush rush rush the one one Rush offense |
| 27218s | yeah that's an option get some work done |
| 27219s | depending on the board yep but that is a |
| 27221s | pretty beefy minion in itself a 4-4 now |
| 27224s | but not technically because the direwolf |
| 27225s | but you get the gist that is a bit of a |
| 27227s | sticky minion right the air Huntress is |
| 27229s | gonna have to consider now backstab |
| 27230s | might help out a little bit |
| 27232s | yeah like I said he could play fence and |
| 27234s | just rush it with the with the Goblin |
| 27237s | I think this direwolf is actually |
| 27239s | priority number one for me right now |
| 27241s | four damage on the board and it's only |
| 27243s | going to continue to stack we saw what a |
| 27245s | direwolf being left on the board can do |
| 27247s | so many |
| 27248s | in terms of just positioning of minions |
| 27250s | more than anything absolutely yeah blood |
| 27257s | okay gonna go for the biggest minion |
| 27258s | first mainly because the pick lines up |
| 27259s | extremely well with it get that Corsair |
| 27261s | down but the course is just already dead |
| 27263s | and I just said we've seen what one |
| 27265s | direwolf can do oh whoa about two plus a |
| 27269s | grim rally |
| 27272s | that's so much damage and that enables a |
| 27276s | One Singular clean trade for this dread |
| 27278s | Corsair to die with this Argent Squire |
| 27280s | and then the Buffs keep rolling rally |
| 27283s | why not cheat the direwolf conga line |
| 27285s | here as well to push out some even more |
| 27288s | damage |
| 27291s | Honda race looking cook to this game |
| 27294s | yeah I mean look at his face he's kind |
| 27296s | of just like welp I guess that's just |
| 27298s | gonna be it for now because he just |
| 27300s | doesn't really have much he can do the |
| 27302s | prep is |
| 27303s | a card that can be used to combo SI to |
| 27307s | start off with and then maybe you do |
| 27309s | something else |
| 27310s | means you can double Goblin pranks so |
| 27312s | you can get two trades if he wants prep |
| 27314s | raiding party finds him a his second |
| 27316s | drag Corsair sometimes yeah there's two |
| 27318s | burgers though that's not it |
| 27321s | so now with no defensive options just SI |
| 27324s | brush Rush |
| 27326s | s i Rush Shadow step the SI |
| 27330s | is that a better way of doing it |
| 27332s | it leaves less Minions on |
| 27340s | you're right you're right |
| 27345s | oh he could Shadow step replay swing |
| 27347s | replay |
| 27349s | yes |
| 27352s | I don't know if that's better so but |
| 27353s | it's something he can do is All I'm |
| 27355s | gonna point out right now |
| 27357s | it allows him to not take the damage on |
| 27360s | the SI he takes three goes down to five |
| 27362s | and then he sizes the other three two |
| 27364s | and he's alive by one |
| 27367s | foreign |
| 27371s | 's not happy yeah can't blame him he is |
| 27375s | under a lot of pressure heading hands |
| 27376s | though he's just gonna hope is there one |
| 27378s | damage there is not but there is a live |
| 27379s | tap |
| 27380s | which with him still not |
| 27383s | but what's the next turn look like even |
| 27385s | if Viper didn't get lethal like |
| 27388s | is it one you can't take a single damage |
| 27390s | and Viper runs two Soul fires in the |
| 27393s | list and the solarium |
| 27397s | and another Evil Genius there's so much |
| 27400s | damage from hand potentially amazingly |
| 27401s | the Witchwood him the one one stealth |
| 27403s | has just turned out to be the lethal |
| 27405s | draw here because that's the card that |
| 27407s | Hunter race can't beat right now liar |
| 27409s | foreign |
| 27411s | technically liar |
| 27417s | so he pokes the Argent Squire he |
| 27419s | backstabs the flame him and he equips |
| 27420s | the explosive trap |
| 27423s | yep pretty much what he does have to do |
| 27424s | there |
| 27425s | so let's take a look now |
| 27427s | there is a way |
| 27431s | but this explosive trap has to be played |
| 27433s | it's the only way this imp dies you look |
| 27435s | at oh the fence great minion because it |
| 27437s | can go now doesn't matter it can't |
| 27439s | attack a stealth menu |
| 27442s | now Viper it's gonna consider this |
| 27444s | carefully |
| 27446s | another witch would imp did he just go |
| 27449s | in and play reform |
| 27450s | taps |
| 27452s | I assume this interaction happens |
| 27455s | simultaneously where the minions both |
| 27457s | die before the extra health is given |
| 27459s | uh I believe so but I'll be honest not |
| 27463s | something I've run into too much right |
| 27464s | now Hunter hasn't been playing traps all |
| 27466s | right let's find out yeah |
| 27468s | yep |
| 27470s | passes all the health over for the void |
| 27471s | Walker it just died out with the rush |
| 27473s | goblins |
| 27474s | there's a vest |
| 27477s | no way well no way right my next |
| 27480s | question |
| 27481s | yes there were Taps for lethal yes was |
| 27484s | it just okay |
| 27485s | to drop a massive minion |
| 27488s | yes |
| 27490s | I think it was definitely a justifiable |
| 27492s | line that term to just drop the huge |
| 27494s | minion and threaten lethal weapons |
| 27496s | cannot be used to kill it you have to |
| 27498s | you have to keep in mind the Viper's |
| 27500s | dealing with an unknown secret though |
| 27501s | there so he didn't have the knowledge |
| 27503s | that he was about to play into explosive |
| 27504s | trap Magic Carpet is air and now now |
| 27507s | Viper has decision time again again life |
| 27510s | tap to find lethal or just play the huge |
| 27513s | minion and the problem now is the board |
| 27515s | is wide enough that it just kills it |
| 27516s | well one juggler he's gonna go looking |
| 27518s | this is everything that's nothing |
| 27522s | you must be dead waggle pick of this |
| 27524s | coming out |
| 27527s | that is ridiculous Raven |
| 27531s | Hunter Ace looked ecstatic that he could |
| 27534s | win that game look at him now ball zoned |
| 27537s | full Focus okay he got this Viper on the |
| 27540s | other hand the hands came up the glasses |
| 27542s | flew to one side and Viper I believe now |
| 27545s | is Shook and I do not blame him I would |
| 27547s | probably not be able to play after that |
| 27549s | if I was Viper and that is just game |
| 27551s | number one the sequence of turns from |
| 27555s | the point where the Grim rally turn |
| 27557s | happened Hunter Ace was dead and then he |
| 27560s | found a way to gain a second life si7 |
| 27563s | agent three times to clear the board |
| 27566s | with wagglepick leaving himself alive at |
| 27568s | one to the remaining flame imp and then |
| 27570s | a discovered explosive trap that the |
| 27574s | Viper played his minions into leaving |
| 27577s | only a single void Walker in play as he |
| 27580s | was just disrespecting the explosive |
| 27582s | trap an unknown secret looking to secure |
| 27585s | lethal for himself absurd game |
| 27587s | ridiculous nonsense game number one and |
| 27590s | I'm gonna go back again right I will |
| 27592s | talk about reform refund could have been |
| 27594s | played and wasn't the benefits it's a |
| 27596s | big dude that weapons are cannot be used |
| 27598s | against yes downsides sap yes very much |
| 27602s | behind at that point and plus your Taps |
| 27605s | instead of me listing a reel of cards |
| 27606s | that could get him lethal no longer |
| 27609s | legendaries yeah so I am not saying |
| 27612s | grafam should have been played blah blah |
| 27613s | blah it's at all none of that yeah it |
| 27615s | was definitely a hard decision because |
| 27617s | again jugglers would have been big two |
| 27620s | Soul fires a Solarium to dig even deeper |
| 27623s | Evil Genius onto a minion to get a |
| 27625s | Lackey to deal damage for the two damage |
| 27627s | or maybe even the cheeky2 drop you never |
| 27629s | know that there were many Taps that |
| 27631s | would have got him there but they didn't |
| 27633s | game over one zero turns race we're |
| 27636s | moving swiftly on let's get straight |
| 27638s | into it now it's a mage mirror and if |
| 27641s | you thought the Rogue versus Zoo matchup |
| 27643s | just got funky welcome to Mage mirror |
| 27646s | it's either going to be explosive and |
| 27647s | end very quickly or we're gonna go down |
| 27650s | air Funky Road Again yeah this mirror |
| 27653s | match can be a real clown Fiesta to |
| 27655s | bring it all the way back to like what |
| 27657s | 2017 Hearthstone lingo are rolling back |
| 27659s | through the ages because the chances |
| 27662s | that one of the players in the Double |
| 27664s | Mountain giant doubles book of specter's |
| 27666s | deck don't get to a mountain giant early |
| 27668s | in this game is so low right like one of |
| 27671s | them almost always does if one does and |
| 27674s | the other doesn't the game is just a |
| 27676s | snowball Fest it's just over the |
| 27678s | interesting games the one where absolute |
| 27680s | chaos happens are where both players get |
| 27683s | access to the mountain Giants and the |
| 27685s | conjurers calling yeah big talking point |
| 27687s | as well we did mention it earlier today |
| 27689s | but let's be honest let's just mention |
| 27690s | it one more time secrets and I don't |
| 27693s | just mean because one was discovered |
| 27694s | there but I mean the Viper is playing |
| 27696s | Arcane key Smiths which have key cards |
| 27699s | against a deck that doesn't ruin many |
| 27700s | spells and the ones that it does run |
| 27702s | half of them are targeted which means |
| 27704s | they can completely mess up kondra's |
| 27707s | calling Hunter race does not run arcan |
| 27710s | keysmith which means he has slight |
| 27712s | disadvantage on that end of town no |
| 27714s | giant three minions but no giant he has |
| 27716s | one more draw for it if he picks it up |
| 27718s | next turn Viper can play it on turn |
| 27720s | three already though the Mind Games is |
| 27723s | splitting image it isn't good right now |
| 27725s | but then can Viper play a giant into a |
| 27728s | mirror entity |
| 27729s | can he set up a kandra's car he plays a |
| 27731s | giant for example if he droot which he |
| 27733s | hasn't it's safe Not Mere entity is it |
| 27735s | is it spellbender just this secret |
| 27738s | already from Hunter race is doing the |
| 27740s | opposite to what I said he could do it |
| 27742s | wasn't from a key smith but it was |
| 27744s | discovered yep great pickup mind games |
| 27748s | not the first time we've seen it as well |
| 27750s | I mean the very last game we saw it the |
| 27752s | value of all the secrets that the one |
| 27754s | you put in play isn't as well as the one |
| 27757s | that it is |
| 27759s | dislocation and now nods to guess what |
| 27761s | if my opponent goes wide |
| 27763s | oh Hunter race is back in it |
| 27767s | Hunter Ice is very much back in it |
| 27770s | Twilight Drake pick it's not bad and in |
| 27773s | the absence of a giant that minion is |
| 27775s | King right now |
| 27777s | and again you saw Viper there just just |
| 27779s | played the Mind Control attack it's |
| 27780s | something to play and also if you make |
| 27782s | if your opponent in this mirror goes so |
| 27784s | wide you can mind control Tech he |
| 27785s | normally dead the next turn anyway so it |
| 27787s | doesn't matter |
| 27793s | wow |
| 27794s | what did I say about the chances of |
| 27796s | neither player hitting a mountain Giant |
| 27798s | slim I'm not doing number so |
| 27802s | already Lolo Viper just |
| 27807s | both players just need to take a |
| 27809s | breather |
| 27813s | puny four nine yeah what a wimp |
| 27817s | but again we talk about concealed hidden |
| 27820s | information double messenger Raven in |
| 27823s | Viper's hand it's maybe not as powerful |
| 27826s | as a secret but it's still something it |
| 27829s | could create extra Minions that have a |
| 27831s | huge impact on this game he could get |
| 27833s | his own Arcane Keith Smith you never |
| 27835s | know |
| 27837s | do you think voodoo doll hero power is a |
| 27842s | great test for some other things as well |
| 27843s | or you could just really don't |
| 27845s | know you couldn't feed the dog pass |
| 27849s | I think you just took it out and start |
| 27851s | pushing damage |
| 27853s | I guess you test for Vape if you want to |
| 27856s | run a 410 in that kind of sucks yeah if |
| 27858s | you're making that play you attack face |
| 27860s | first right because then if you proc uh |
| 27862s | ice barrier or vaporize then you've |
| 27864s | learned extra information about the turn |
| 27865s | and can reassess |
| 27870s | I mean the natural turn that I want to |
| 27872s | make is just fire tree and messenger |
| 27874s | Raven |
| 27876s | but that both of those cards replace |
| 27878s | themselves in the hand and Viper has a |
| 27880s | full hand right now and he needs to draw |
| 27881s | a mountain giant so |
| 27884s | and also it just removes levels of |
| 27886s | shenanigans Viper considering the attack |
| 27888s | he's only got a few seconds left |
| 27890s | he goes for it more knowledge knowledge |
| 27893s | acquired with zero loss yeah very very |
| 27895s | good play there he is now down to |
| 27897s | counter spellbender splitting image |
| 27902s | yes |
| 27906s | the three worst ones you could argue yes |
| 27909s | exactly the three worst ones for Viper |
| 27911s | yeah Viper I'm afraid we've got some bad |
| 27913s | news it's one of the good secrets |
| 27918s | but Hunter Hayes does not have a |
| 27921s | powerful turn and I think most |
| 27922s | importantly bypass a coin that's all |
| 27926s | sure does |
| 27927s | he can test a counter spell |
| 27930s | safely with coin if it's not counter |
| 27934s | spell he can astrom answer and gains |
| 27935s | more knowledge if it is counter spell he |
| 27938s | could just do some other stuff he could |
| 27939s | double Raven and kind of be okay with it |
| 27942s | because he knows he's not gonna get |
| 27943s | punished any other way at that point |
| 27944s | he's not aiming any spells at anyone so |
| 27946s | he's safe and maybe |
| 27948s | it's not a bad thing the Viper doesn't |
| 27950s | have Congress calling because he's not |
| 27952s | thinking about whether it's going to |
| 27953s | ruin him to play it or not |
| 27956s | sounds backwards but it makes sense if |
| 27958s | you don't think about it |
| 27963s | Perfection okay celiacs no attacks |
| 27967s | Hunter Ace |
| 27969s | choosing to hold on to his both his |
| 27971s | voodoo dolls in hand right now maybe |
| 27973s | just trying to get some value out of |
| 27975s | this splitting image while he can |
| 27976s | playing the taunt minion |
| 27981s | it's the most power he can put into play |
| 27983s | in a weird way when you think about it |
| 27985s | right because the Twilight drank attacks |
| 27987s | into the zilliacs and so a further |
| 27989s | minion comes out there's some knowledge |
| 27991s | no can't spawn now sorry just to |
| 27992s | interrupt no no but that this is |
| 27994s | oh yeah second time this tournament I |
| 27997s | believe but this is important because |
| 27999s | this is exactly why he made this play he |
| 28001s | was scared of coin astromancer so he |
| 28003s | wanted to make the play where if coin |
| 28005s | astromancer happened he had the most |
| 28007s | power in play in that eventuality |
| 28009s | my next question is Saul |
| 28012s | is was the attack |
| 28015s | always needed there I I honest honest |
| 28019s | answer I think Viper assumed it was |
| 28021s | spellbender at that point okay that that |
| 28024s | would be my that would be my hand on |
| 28026s | heart guess on the situation because |
| 28028s | ob |