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| 857s | hello everybody and welcome to day |
| 859s | number one of the Hearthstone Masters |
| 860s | Tour spring championship of 2024 my name |
| 863s | is TG and joining me to kick off the |
| 865s | show is none |
| 866s | other Simon sole W how you doing SLE |
| 870s | I'm doing great it's uh feels a little |
| 872s | bit weird we've made it all the way to |
| 873s | April and I haven't really done any |
| 874s | competitive Hearthstone yet this year so |
| 876s | I am champing at the bit to get started |
| 879s | but luckily we've got a pretty awesome |
| 881s | event to kick off with because some of |
| 882s | the players that have qualified this |
| 884s | time around I spent most of last year |
| 886s | talking about how stacked the field was |
| 887s | that we kept getting because of the you |
| 890s | know the level of dedication and skill |
| 891s | that was required to even qualify for |
| 893s | these events and it looks like 2024 is |
| 895s | not going to disappoint on that front |
| 897s | either yeah thought players might take a |
| 900s | a little bit of step back over time we |
| 903s | we'd see you know less overall |
| 905s | competition at the top has been the case |
| 908s | at all and uh taking a look at the |
| 910s | program overview some slight changes to |
| 912s | 2024 uh compared to 2023 uh so going to |
| 915s | have the Hearthstone World Championship |
| 917s | at the end of the year which will |
| 918s | feature a prize pull of |
| 922s | $350,000 uh and in order to get there we |
| 925s | have two seasonal championships spring |
| 927s | that's us right now here and summer |
| 930s | which will happen and you guessed it the |
| 932s | summer the winner and runner up of each |
| 934s | of these seasonal championships will |
| 936s | automatically qualify to the to compete |
| 938s | at the world championship and I missed a |
| 940s | bullet there but one of the other big |
| 941s | changes is the seasonal championships |
| 943s | will feature 16 uh competitors and also |
| 947s | that means we have three days of |
| 949s | competition Auto which means we have a |
| 951s | proper Flamingo Friday which just warms |
| 955s | my my heart I know yeah that's that's |
| 959s | the real reason why we switch back to 3 |
| 960s | days right is that all of us casters |
| 962s | just kicked off a fast and said we we |
| 964s | refuse to work this event unless there |
| 966s | is a properly respected Flamingo Friday |
| 968s | and here we are but Conquest is of |
| 971s | course the format that we're going to be |
| 972s | playing out in I'm sure if you follow |
| 973s | competitive Hearthstone you know what |
| 974s | Conquest is by now but if you are just |
| 976s | joining us for the first time firstly |
| 978s | welcome I'm sure you'll have a great |
| 979s | time and secondly Conquest just means |
| 981s | that you bring four decks your opponent |
| 982s | gets to ban one of them you have to win |
| 985s | with all of your decks to get out of the |
| 987s | series if you win with a deck it's |
| 988s | eliminated from the series and you have |
| 989s | to win with all of them to win the tie |
| 992s | overall it means that bringing a weak |
| 995s | deck is devastating and it means a lot |
| 997s | of the strategy comes from players |
| 999s | trying to pick one deck that they expect |
| 1001s | lots of opponents to bring and try and |
| 1002s | Target that deck by giving it lots of |
| 1004s | bad matchup so it can't win and get out |
| 1006s | the |
| 1007s | series good old Conquest oh yeah and of |
| 1013s | course uh you will be seeing the new |
| 1015s | expansion featured uh throughout the uh |
| 1018s | lineups uh this weekend which is |
| 1020s | whizbangs |
| 1021s | Workshop um which has been uh |
| 1024s | thematically uh one of my favorite |
| 1025s | expansions of all time um you have cards |
| 1028s | and you have wiow baby |
| 1032s | cards wiow wiow baby |
| 1036s | versions I was expecting some form of |
| 1038s | elaboration on like why that was a good |
| 1040s | thing but no we've just let that I do |
| 1042s | agree though you were supposed to follow |
| 1043s | up with actual analis that right now God |
| 1047s | TJ can we can we wait until may actually |
| 1049s | I'm sick of TJ already um yeah I agree I |
| 1052s | think the the theme of it it's very |
| 1054s | bright and colorful and fun-packed I |
| 1055s | think it's been very impactful based on |
| 1057s | that it's had a great chance to have a |
| 1060s | bit of hearstone nostalgia as well which |
| 1061s | is kind of baked into the way the |
| 1062s | expansion works I do think miniaturize |
| 1065s | is one of the better keywords that we've |
| 1067s | had so far yeah that's what I was |
| 1070s | alluding to thank you sle uh you got to |
| 1072s | take a look at the the prize pool there |
| 1075s | $50,000 prize pool 10,000 for first |
| 1077s | place 8,000 for second and with that |
| 1079s | prize money comes also uh that |
| 1081s | qualification to the world championship |
| 1083s | so that's what uh these players are |
| 1085s | playing for um throughout the weekend uh |
| 1089s | and uh speaking of the weekend sdle I |
| 1091s | mentioned we have three days of |
| 1093s | competition ahead of us so let's go and |
| 1095s | take a look at our schedule uh today is |
| 1097s | Friday April 12th also known as day one |
| 1100s | also known as Flamingo Friday tomorrow |
| 1103s | is Saturday April 13th which AKA day two |
| 1107s | throughout the next 2 days we are going |
| 1109s | to be playing uh four dual elimination |
| 1112s | groups of four so if you uh remember |
| 1115s | back to was the last time we read was it |
| 1117s | 2022 last time we ran this type of form |
| 1119s | for seasonal championships um that's |
| 1121s | what we've kind of always done each |
| 1123s | group of these double elimination groups |
| 1125s | will spit out two players which will |
| 1126s | then compete on Sunday in that top eight |
| 1129s | single elimination bracket so we got a |
| 1132s | we got a weekend full of hearthstone and |
| 1136s | like you said all it's been quite a |
| 1137s | while since we've had that so looking |
| 1139s | forward to it yeah and I think that's |
| 1141s | huge right because not only there's only |
| 1144s | two of these events that we're doing |
| 1145s | this year instead of three so it's great |
| 1147s | to just have more Hearthstone packed |
| 1148s | into the individual events kind of |
| 1149s | averages out in terms of the uh the |
| 1151s | amount of days that we're doing with |
| 1152s | these Masters tours but now as we start |
| 1154s | to look at some beautiful faces it's |
| 1156s | about these players really because last |
| 1159s | year there was a bit of a feeling where |
| 1160s | you put in this enormous grind and um |
| 1163s | achieved this incredible achievement to |
| 1165s | make it to this point in the first place |
| 1167s | and sometimes you just really did not |
| 1168s | get featured on stream very heavily if |
| 1170s | not at all because the the broadcast |
| 1172s | hours were so limited so by squeezing in |
| 1174s | a third day this time around it means |
| 1175s | that the people who have put in the |
| 1176s | effort to get to this point in the first |
| 1178s | place are going to have their moment in |
| 1180s | the sun um more often than not and |
| 1182s | looking at some of these names you know |
| 1184s | wiq and gu who put in a shift last year |
| 1186s | and really made a name for themselves |
| 1188s | and you've got yala Rec vam gamer rvg |
| 1190s | and that is only in the first two groups |
| 1192s | we've also got names like Fury Hunter |
| 1193s | habo gaboo bunny Hopper to come later on |
| 1196s | as well so I'm very very pleased that we |
| 1198s | have got the hours required to show as |
| 1200s | many of these matches as possible and |
| 1203s | absolutely do not forget kimchi slap oh |
| 1208s | yeah in in in group b uh who's who's |
| 1212s | going to come out swinging um group a uh |
| 1214s | just a a caveat here the initial matches |
| 1217s | um have already been playing out across |
| 1220s | these groups um so we're going to be |
| 1222s | jumping into these groups mid mid Midway |
| 1225s | mid progress mid progress seems a little |
| 1227s | bit too um redundant um because progress |
| 1231s | assumes that you're in the the middle of |
| 1234s | something um whatever moving on weu and |
| 1238s | pnit are the two players moving to the |
| 1241s | winners match whereas yla and gu are |
| 1244s | going to be facing off in this |
| 1245s | elimination match for group a and I |
| 1246s | believe that's the uh group we're going |
| 1248s | to be covering uh first here on the |
| 1250s | broadcast hle that we're going to be |
| 1251s | jumping |
| 1253s | into yes indeed as I mentioned weq had a |
| 1257s | really really strong showing uh last |
| 1259s | year which was kind of a breakout for |
| 1262s | for him um a player that g a lot of |
| 1264s | respect with the just the the grind that |
| 1266s | consist a lad of finishes and then also |
| 1268s | the showing when it came to the the |
| 1269s | world championship as well um whereas |
| 1272s | pit someone that I certainly know a |
| 1274s | little bit less about uh not really a uh |
| 1279s | a name that I've seen have particularly |
| 1281s | strong uh competitive performances in |
| 1283s | the past so two players who are |
| 1285s | representing the New Breed right and we |
| 1287s | we mentioned just as we were watching |
| 1288s | those initial result results come in um |
| 1291s | that uh he's already defeated yala in |
| 1294s | the opening round right which is chalk |
| 1295s | one up for the new genen coming into |
| 1297s | this which I'm looking forward to seeing |
| 1299s | if uh yala can now scrap back from the |
| 1301s | lower bracket in the bottom of the |
| 1303s | group yeah that seems to be yla's mo is |
| 1307s | uh uh scrapping back um weu was a player |
| 1312s | that was uh very interesting to me last |
| 1314s | year because Wu didn't really um there |
| 1317s | was a lot of winning but the winning |
| 1319s | always stopped |
| 1321s | abruptly in in every single event that |
| 1323s | weu participated in uh in in |
| 1327s | 2023 um I'm I I hope I'm thinking of Wu |
| 1331s | Wu was a player that always made it |
| 1334s | to to the top eight and then just felt |
| 1337s | like lost immediately Wii was one of the |
| 1340s | many victims of CJ Kaka Shenanigans at |
| 1344s | the world |
| 1345s | championship um those like what four |
| 1348s | close close nailbiter series uh that |
| 1351s | that went all the way that CJ Kaka just |
| 1353s | barely eak out of weu uh was on that |
| 1357s | checklist um for CJ kako so uh |
| 1360s | definitely a player that I want to uh |
| 1362s | look out for um and that's who we're |
| 1365s | going to get to see featured in this |
| 1366s | first first matchup favorite card Guff |
| 1370s | stuff right off the bat oh it's been |
| 1372s | it's been so long I told you it was a |
| 1374s | Nostalgia run this is the thing right |
| 1375s | with so many like Nostalgia cards and |
| 1377s | miniaturized we ALS get to do like |
| 1379s | Nostalgia casting calls of all the dumb |
| 1382s | stuff that we've spent the last eight |
| 1383s | years of Our Lives talking about TJ M |
| 1386s | yep exactly I mean that's that's |
| 1389s | basically why I cast now is to to talk |
| 1393s | about the good old days to bring back |
| 1395s | the memes of old um is uh my favorite |
| 1399s | part about casting Hearthstone because |
| 1400s | we have a storyed history ah here we go |
| 1405s | now now we're looking at some some some |
| 1407s | beefier cards here favorite deck face |
| 1410s | Shaman which one there's been quite a |
| 1414s | few throughout hearstone system there |
| 1415s | has been a few I think the one that most |
| 1418s | people tend to have the most fondness |
| 1420s | for is like the wind Fury Rock biter |
| 1422s | firebat turn two lethal kind of deal |
| 1424s | that that face Shaman but it could be a |
| 1426s | few different deck |
| 1428s | right yeah uh but we one thing I wanted |
| 1432s | to point out is we have um quite a few |
| 1435s | differences uh uh moving in the lineups |
| 1438s | um um the shaman versus priest uh in the |
| 1443s | shaman and or Wu's lineup and then |
| 1445s | priest and Pit's lineup um we have the |
| 1449s | uh the Warriors |
| 1451s | which I mean they both play Reno |
| 1456s | hey what isn't what's that about because |
| 1459s | I know how much you love when you just |
| 1461s | Jam Areno into like a deck that's all |
| 1463s | two ofs no I'm actually I'm actually |
| 1466s | fine with that I so this is a very |
| 1468s | specific problem like there's actually |
| 1469s | very few decks in this tournament which |
| 1472s | do the thing that I don't think is smart |
| 1474s | with Reno like I think having Reno in |
| 1477s | the deck where you draw your deck |
| 1478s | consistently and you just have it there |
| 1479s | as an end of game board clear for when |
| 1481s | you need it is fine I know like |
| 1484s | philosophically some people don't like |
| 1485s | that because it's supposed to be a |
| 1486s | Highlander card and you're kind of |
| 1487s | bypassing that the the build of Renos |
| 1490s | that I don't like you can be pure |
| 1491s | Highlander or you can be like all two |
| 1493s | ofs turbo cycle and then have Areno in |
| 1496s | there the builds I don't like are like |
| 1498s | okay I have eight two ofs but my deck is |
| 1500s | still really inconsistent because I only |
| 1502s | have eight two ofs so I don't draw my |
| 1505s | deck very consistently and then I also |
| 1507s | have a Reno those decks are the ones |
| 1508s | that I think generally don't work just |
| 1510s | just commit just commit one way or the |
| 1511s | other it's absolutely fine none of this |
| 1514s | raven sitting on the fence business TJ |
| 1516s | that's don't want any of that and and |
| 1519s | unlike some Highlander cards that have |
| 1521s | been printed in the past you you can |
| 1524s | play |
| 1525s | Reno uh without yeah no of course yeah |
| 1528s | yeah with uh without waiting for no |
| 1530s | duplicates in in your deck if you have |
| 1532s | no other play and you think it's correct |
| 1534s | you know it's still a uh changes your |
| 1537s | your power gain a slightly bit of armor |
| 1539s | you just don't get the the the board |
| 1541s | reduction and the um and the board clear |
| 1545s | so I I don't know if we'll be seeing |
| 1547s | much of that I can't even think off the |
| 1548s | top of my head if I've ever even done |
| 1549s | that but it's possible it's not like uh |
| 1552s | Diner brand where it's just a seven Mana |
| 1554s | two4 if you uh if you don't have uh |
| 1559s | uh the requirement the Highlander requ |
| 1561s | sometimes sometimes you just really want |
| 1563s | that face onto hero power and you'll pay |
| 1565s | eight Mana to set it up you know like |
| 1566s | that's that's a real thing it happens |
| 1568s | rarely but it happens yeah well maybe |
| 1573s | you you identified that you need a very |
| 1576s | specific spell to win the game and |
| 1577s | there's no way to do it and you need it |
| 1579s | within three turns and you have to play |
| 1581s | Reno and you got to get the right hero |
| 1582s | power yada yada whatever um but pad is |
| 1585s | playing the true the glory |
| 1589s | Highlander |
| 1590s | Warrior |
| 1593s | um which do you prefer out of those |
| 1597s | two um I still like the I I think I like |
| 1601s | the turbo cycle more it's just more of a |
| 1603s | subtle deck right to play you know 30 |
| 1606s | cheap cards in your deck and just power |
| 1607s | through it really quickly and get to the |
| 1608s | end of your deck it's just the kind of |
| 1610s | thing that I enjoy doing um I don't know |
| 1612s | how I feel about it in the format so |
| 1615s | much with some of the concessions that |
| 1616s | have had to be made since the off |
| 1618s | aftershocks Nerf um so I it's it pains |
| 1623s | me to fall on the side of a of an |
| 1625s | outright Highlander deck but I do think |
| 1627s | the actual Highlander Warrior does have |
| 1630s | a spot in this tournament although not |
| 1632s | necessarily uh with the way all the |
| 1634s | lineups have gone because I think if |
| 1636s | you're facing say custom warlocks for |
| 1638s | example you really want to be doing like |
| 1640s | two copies of Bladestorm and two copies |
| 1642s | of gifts so you can get brawls and all |
| 1644s | that kind of thing right you want to |
| 1645s | have consistent removal for the Giants |
| 1648s | and the five that are coming down and |
| 1649s | there is an awful lot of that style of |
| 1651s | warlock in this tournament but hey we |
| 1653s | don't have to talk about hypotheticals |
| 1655s | anymore TJ we've got an actual honest to |
| 1657s | God game of hearthstone happening in |
| 1658s | front of us that's right we have the uh |
| 1662s | death knight the rainbow Death Knight |
| 1664s | versus what we call we calling this Jive |
| 1666s | some Jive Shaman uh from from wiq with |
| 1670s | the the Jazz |
| 1672s | bases and the The Jive |
| 1676s | insect yeah a few different builds of |
| 1678s | this knocking around in the tournament |
| 1681s | we have seen um there was a version of |
| 1684s | this deck early on which kind of had |
| 1685s | critical mass of consistency and the |
| 1687s | amount of burn that you can get which |
| 1688s | really didn't need any fat in it at all |
| 1691s | all the fat was trimmed and you just |
| 1693s | played spell damage minions and killed |
| 1694s | people on turn six with immense |
| 1696s | consistency uh that was toned down a |
| 1698s | little bit so now people have had to |
| 1699s | scramble for ways to gain extra |
| 1701s | consistency where they've lost it from |
| 1703s | lightning bolt being in gift uh |
| 1705s | specifically or primarily so there's a |
| 1707s | few different builds one plays more |
| 1708s | spell damage minions and spirit claws |
| 1710s | there's this one which plays dve Jive |
| 1712s | insects you can get copies of ragnaros |
| 1714s | hanging around as well there's a few |
| 1715s | different ways to go um but get used to |
| 1718s | seeing various builds of this |
| 1726s | Shaman I want to |
| 1730s | Jive yeah so in the the death knight I I |
| 1735s | feel like death Knight's been pretty |
| 1737s | popular on ladder obviously decent win |
| 1739s | rate um but it's it's not as represented |
| 1743s | I suppose as I I maybe would have |
| 1745s | expected Demon Hunter was quite obvious |
| 1749s | you feel the same |
| 1752s | way the Demon Hunter was an obvious |
| 1754s | choice for the tournament no no the |
| 1755s | death knight the death knight what is |
| 1757s | not as represented as I expected it to |
| 1759s | be initially coming in yeah I'd say it's |
| 1763s | around where I expected um luckily so |
| 1768s | obviously I was very adamant that anyone |
| 1770s | who' brought plague death knight to |
| 1772s | World Championships which was the last |
| 1773s | major event we did had made a |
| 1774s | catastrophic mistake um I do think death |
| 1777s | knight is in a slightly better spot this |
| 1779s | time but it's more of the the rainbow |
| 1781s | style builds which are being effective |
| 1783s | um and I thought honestly thought it was |
| 1785s | going to come down to some people just |
| 1787s | like rainbow death knight some people |
| 1789s | feel like they have a lot of skill |
| 1791s | expression and agency with that deck um |
| 1794s | it's one of those decks where like you |
| 1796s | know there's no real outright power |
| 1798s | outline liners except maybe |
| 1800s | Resa um in terms of you know hyper draw |
| 1804s | find your combo that kind of thing you |
| 1806s | do get to sink your teeth into a game of |
| 1808s | hearthstone when you're playing rainbow |
| 1809s | death knight so if you have one of those |
| 1811s | Specialists who's played 500 games of it |
| 1814s | that wanted to bring it to the |
| 1815s | tournament I was expecting that to |
| 1816s | happen but I don't necessarily think |
| 1819s | it's like a real power outlier in terms |
| 1821s | of the the decks and particularly the |
| 1823s | matchups that you'd expect to face in |
| 1824s | the tournament |
| 1827s | yeah because it's it's a pretty popular |
| 1829s | deck on ladder but only it's only two |
| 1832s | players that brought it I believe out of |
| 1834s | the 16 uh in the field and especially if |
| 1837s | you said like high skill expression deck |
| 1840s | or maybe the facade of a high skill |
| 1842s | expression deck uh at the very least uh |
| 1845s | usually uh pretty popular uh tournament |
| 1848s | decks um and a lot of decisions uh |
| 1852s | already to be made here just on turn 4S |
| 1854s | Frog's incredibly annoying uh to kick |
| 1857s | things off and Wu is moving finds the uh |
| 1860s | the |
| 1863s | Ganesh be able to keep going has a flash |
| 1866s | of lightning in hand uh Flow Rider |
| 1870s | Choice |
| 1878s | uh |
| 1880s | Drive kind of expensive at this stage |
| 1884s | for like with no Jazz Bas like loaded up |
| 1887s | to try get it discounted so just goes |
| 1889s | with the second crash and a ton of |
| 1892s | damage kind of lying in weight uh for |
| 1896s | weu in the |
| 1898s | hand not a lot of proactivity |
| 1901s | though yeah and currently no spell |
| 1904s | damage at all to go with it which is |
| 1906s | kind of crucial doesn't even have the |
| 1908s | novice zappers which can obviously add |
| 1910s | massive amounts of damage and like I was |
| 1913s | saying with the older version of the |
| 1914s | deck like this hand would be just cobal |
| 1916s | geomancers and blood mage boses and the |
| 1919s | shaman gift and lightning bolts and you |
| 1921s | you know come this point you just play |
| 1922s | Flash on five and then on six you play |
| 1924s | every card in your hand and point them |
| 1925s | all at the face and more often and than |
| 1927s | not your opponent would be dead you have |
| 1929s | to get a little bit more tricky with it |
| 1931s | these days those those kills on six or |
| 1933s | seven can certainly happen and now there |
| 1936s | is a novice zapper it's starting to look |
| 1938s | a lot more |
| 1941s | appealing popup book found as well that |
| 1944s | will be another zero mana burn spell |
| 1946s | Under The Flash |
| 1951s | goes with the overdraft though assuming |
| 1954s | that has been counted to be able to fit |
| 1955s | in next turn yeah it will do comfortably |
| 1957s | with the lightning reflexes and the |
| 1958s | lightning bolts taking the crashes down |
| 1961s | he's going to hold off on the flash as |
| 1963s | well so I'm imagining uh Titan to clear |
| 1967s | next turn is the plan um maybe Titan |
| 1970s | Flash and then go for the kill on seven |
| 1971s | depending on what's draw |
| 1975s | yeah overdraft also has the added |
| 1978s | benefit of just if Wei realizes that |
| 1981s | there's no kill potential can try and |
| 1984s | find maybe the one card that would get |
| 1986s | it I can't imagine there's going to be a |
| 1988s | card with this hand that's that could be |
| 1991s | uh more damage I guess another spell |
| 1993s | damage card like another zapper but uh |
| 1996s | still looking good for weu I think does |
| 1998s | have the turns planned out like he |
| 2000s | said and so piit has to |
| 2003s | think what's a way for me to put on uh |
| 2007s | the most pressure here maybe expecting |
| 2009s | Titan going into the next |
| 2014s | turn and a Crusher |
| 2019s | okay going to stay at full |
| 2022s | health and I guess shut off CH base as |
| 2027s | well is benefit I guess |
| 2029s | so but this for me is the matches where |
| 2032s | um where rainbow death knight can |
| 2035s | suffer is matchups where your job is |
| 2038s | exclusively to build pressure against |
| 2040s | them right you're not a brilliant deck |
| 2042s | at doing that in a lot of scenarios a |
| 2044s | lot of your early to mid game cards are |
| 2046s | built around Tempo swings so if your |
| 2049s | opponent doesn't give you any Tempo to |
| 2051s | swing against you're just a little bit |
| 2053s | ineffective just building straight up |
| 2055s | pressure with most of the cards in your |
| 2056s | deck there's a few draws that can do it |
| 2058s | you can see here weu really has done |
| 2061s | very little this game and is still |
| 2063s | chilling at 24 Health on turn seven on |
| 2066s | uh on pad's turn seven with the full |
| 2068s | clear as well so this is this is where |
| 2070s | it can suffer just a bit yeah you have a |
| 2073s | lot of reactive cards that just don't |
| 2075s | really fit when you're only trying to be |
| 2078s | proactive yeah uh like the grime Walker |
| 2081s | crop rotation |
| 2083s | combo um there I mean this deck can put |
| 2087s | on can put on some damage and have a |
| 2089s | good amount of tempo uh but a lot of |
| 2092s | that is when you're facing against like |
| 2094s | other board-based matchups where you can |
| 2095s | kind of go Toe to Toe not things that |
| 2097s | are just |
| 2098s | um I'm going to chill here and just |
| 2100s | collect resources and then kill you in a |
| 2102s | single |
| 2104s | turn I think it's encapsulated by the |
| 2106s | card mining casualties right because if |
| 2109s | they play mining casualties on one or |
| 2110s | two and you're a board-based deck you |
| 2113s | kind of L you can't beat that it's too |
| 2114s | much stuff but in terms of like pressure |
| 2116s | it's nothing right you just leave two |
| 2118s | one ones up on the board and you do not |
| 2120s | care about it um and that's just really |
| 2122s | the kind of deck that this is |
| 2128s | look at all those overload |
| 2143s | cards so still does not pick up more |
| 2145s | damage did find the Jazz base which |
| 2147s | would represent more damage as you said |
| 2149s | but that's been switched off by the |
| 2150s | freeze luckily did have the second flash |
| 2153s | to go for the Reby next turn I believe |
| 2156s | that is what conductivity on on the far |
| 2158s | left just a little bit cut off on the |
| 2159s | left hand side of the hand that we can't |
| 2160s | see yep |
| 2169s | yep so enough but does have couple |
| 2173s | Miracle sales |
| 2175s | man for maybe a SL bit of extra damage |
| 2178s | is pretty huge for next turn as well yep |
| 2182s | and did start off this turn with the |
| 2184s | flash as well so still has uh discount |
| 2186s | loaded up for the following turn as well |
| 2188s | well so should be able to |
| 2191s | find uh what he needs to to get this one |
| 2195s | done it it looks like a lot but with |
| 2198s | only this single novice |
| 2201s | zapper you need a lot of juice to get |
| 2205s | going |
| 2221s | there not a particularly Juiced |
| 2222s | explosion |
| 2223s | either yeah would there be enough Mana |
| 2226s | to Flow Rider fine Drive insect and |
| 2229s | conductivity and fit in everything |
| 2235s | else |
| 2239s | no jab would be full cost |
| 2246s | anyway cuz want once again won't be able |
| 2249s | to swing well I guess the snake oils too |
| 2251s | had a tiny |
| 2256s | bit Yeah couple of moon fires fire them |
| 2260s | off |
| 2262s | yeah all right well it's got to go I |
| 2265s | mean at the very least can clear board |
| 2266s | with crashes at the end of this um |
| 2270s | yeah this is smart though okay zero |
| 2273s | damage off the first uh lightning |
| 2275s | reflexes card which is bad news for week |
| 2277s | you um but I do like what P did here |
| 2280s | with the full health minions in play |
| 2281s | obviously you'd be expecting spell |
| 2283s | damage to come down here but one of the |
| 2285s | weird quirks of playing against the rag |
| 2287s | version of this Shaman is that the stuff |
| 2289s | that you have on your board if it |
| 2290s | survives a crash of lightning then they |
| 2292s | have to have some extra solution of |
| 2294s | clearing it right to to get the rags to |
| 2296s | guarantee go face against you so full |
| 2299s | health minions can be kind of effective |
| 2300s | because they don't always go the spell |
| 2302s | damage route to kill you that's kind of |
| 2303s | the weird Twist of the rag version of |
| 2305s | the deck |
| 2312s | okay uses the altered cord to get two |
| 2314s | extra damage out of the miracle salesman |
| 2316s | which was the best usage out of any of |
| 2318s | those cards that were offered off the |
| 2320s | reflexes gets to go face with it and |
| 2322s | then shoot it himself to get the snake |
| 2323s | oil but actually misses damage on the |
| 2325s | second pull as well finds a zapper and |
| 2330s | has committed I don't know whether he |
| 2331s | has this counted in advance I will |
| 2333s | concede I did not |
| 2339s | I think if there's a needle Rock totem |
| 2340s | being played this is not going to be |
| 2341s | lethal yeah |
| 2344s | no yeah cuz the snake oils were just two |
| 2347s | extra it's going to be eight it's going |
| 2349s | to be four it would have been four |
| 2350s | damage |
| 2351s | off ah I |
| 2361s | mean overdraft was the next card |
| 2364s | overdraft would have been enough at the |
| 2366s | end there instead of the Needle Rock |
| 2371s | totem |
| 2374s | bummer wait oh but the overdraft was |
| 2377s | drawn from the totem right that's the we |
| 2380s | you could have had yeah no no no no I at |
| 2382s | least I don't think so oh if you had |
| 2385s | traded one of the snake oils you can |
| 2387s | trade a snake oil yeah instead of |
| 2389s | playing Needle Rock totem actually maybe |
| 2391s | that was cuz then it would have been uh |
| 2393s | six damage needed and that would have |
| 2395s | been enough yeah so instead of the |
| 2397s | Needle Rock T if one of the snake oils |
| 2399s | was |
| 2400s | traded and uh yeah and it was two bolts |
| 2402s | two zappers and two spell damage on the |
| 2405s | overload right so that would have been |
| 2407s | eight I think yeah well would have only |
| 2409s | needed to trade one snake yes you still |
| 2412s | have the other one for two damage on the |
| 2414s | second snake oil yeah yeah very yeah but |
| 2417s | maybe just ran out of time didn't have |
| 2419s | time to fully |
| 2420s | calculate uh I mean yeah sure you can |
| 2423s | unload six six damage to face here but |
| 2428s | uh h i mean there's a chance for lethal |
| 2436s | here |
| 2440s | yeah you could so you could go lethal or |
| 2443s | you could |
| 2444s | overdraft a very low very low odds for |
| 2446s | lethal or you could just overdraft um |
| 2449s | one of these and then hope that the the |
| 2452s | second one hits oh okay or just clear |
| 2454s | the board in its entirety |
| 2461s | oh can you hex |
| 2462s | attack and then re-equip swing with jazz |
| 2467s | base re-equip Jazz |
| 2470s | base I don't think so I'm not sure what |
| 2473s | the discount is |
| 2475s | on well cuz the Jazz base has been |
| 2477s | equipped forever the discount it has |
| 2479s | yeah because of the |
| 2480s | freezing but you also yeah you want to |
| 2483s | find extra Mana to squeeze a third |
| 2484s | minion in there somewhere as well right |
| 2486s | or else you're still not getting |
| 2489s | yeah you need to press the totem I think |
| 2491s | it's just too much Mana in the end but |
| 2492s | weu I think sensing that this has not |
| 2495s | been an optimally played game of |
| 2497s | hearthstone which is uh not where he |
| 2499s | would want it to be I think kicking off |
| 2501s | the uh the broadcast portion at the very |
| 2503s | least of the world championship reminder |
| 2504s | that these these players have played an |
| 2506s | opener before this weu defeating yala to |
| 2508s | get to this point but now under the |
| 2510s | bright lights uh kicking things off with |
| 2512s | a bit of a struggle game against p n |
| 2523s | but the hand the hand isn't great for |
| 2526s | needs has some ways to gain some life |
| 2529s | here |
| 2531s | um |
| 2534s | but uh other than that |
| 2540s | we're not there's nothing again |
| 2544s | proactive you can Crush her face again I |
| 2547s | start with the |
| 2550s | tradable um and then could just go |
| 2553s | threads of |
| 2555s | Despair oh okay or |
| 2560s | not I was thinking threads of Despair |
| 2562s | just to make sure the board was |
| 2563s | completely |
| 2573s | cleared but I guess sh I get that like R |
| 2575s | is definitely the big fear now right |
| 2577s | insect is definitely the number one |
| 2579s | thing that you're scared of cuz all of |
| 2580s | the burn damage has been committed at |
| 2582s | this point so you're really not going to |
| 2583s | lose to anything else yeah I I would be |
| 2587s | afraid of literally leaving anything on |
| 2588s | the board uh at this stage so all right |
| 2592s | lightning |
| 2593s | reflexes |
| 2597s | um especially a spell damage |
| 2601s | totem yeah I mean this is maximum |
| 2604s | frustration right cuz Wei is looking at |
| 2605s | these cards going yeah if either of |
| 2607s | those those cards had showed up in |
| 2609s | either pick from the lightning reflexes |
| 2610s | on the lethal turn we'd be in game two |
| 2612s | by now and they both just pop up on the |
| 2615s | turn where it doesn't really matter as |
| 2616s | much yeah I thought feral Spirits was |
| 2619s | interesting there too um I guess it |
| 2622s | would have been full cost that's the |
| 2624s | issue Four cast feral spirits and then |
| 2626s | you have to spend another three mana on |
| 2628s | the Jazz base to get the next discount |
| 2631s | yeah it's a little sketch I think |
| 2636s | yeah cuz the jaive insect itself is free |
| 2640s | um yeah after you requip Jazz base but |
| 2642s | you basically have to say that it cost |
| 2643s | three Mana cuz you have to re-equip the |
| 2645s | JA base because you're just continuously |
| 2646s | getting Frozen exactly |
| 2649s | yeah so just dealing a little bit of |
| 2652s | damage and that's |
| 2655s | it lightning pole face totem up and turn |
| 2668s | awkward game of |
| 2670s | HearthStone for both |
| 2675s | players but I feel like Wu has very much |
| 2678s | missed the window now |
| 2680s | because not only can padn now keep the |
| 2684s | board clear pretty easily he can also |
| 2686s | start to build Boards of his own he |
| 2688s | doesn't have to allocate Mana to |
| 2689s | clearing anymore and like I was talking |
| 2691s | about earlier every minion that you can |
| 2693s | put in play is then something that WQ |
| 2695s | has to allocate Mana to clearing out for |
| 2697s | the the rag shots as well |
| 2699s | so yeah bottom of the deck is um is |
| 2703s | looking rough as well for weu I believe |
| 2706s | there's like one Needle Rock totem a |
| 2708s | conductivity blood Mage thos maybe a |
| 2711s | pop-up book and then the rest is plagues |
| 2714s | right at this point plagues and a snake |
| 2717s | oil |
| 2719s | yeah it's I think there's |
| 2722s | only okay well now there's four plagues |
| 2725s | oh no three three plagues because one |
| 2733s | yeah okay two plages okay there was a |
| 2738s | reflexes |
| 2742s | I and this is |
| 2745s | uh you can popup |
| 2748s | book some some Rags but the bom paw is |
| 2752s | posing an issue here |
| 2757s | yeah this is what I mean right like what |
| 2759s | even is the purpose of making the rag |
| 2761s | board if there's just going to be eight |
| 2762s | health minions hanging around on the |
| 2764s | other side you have to get those things |
| 2765s | to go face |
| 2770s | yeah another pop-up |
| 2774s | book yes you want to save that if you're |
| 2776s | going to have any chance to go off with |
| 2778s | the rag you probably want to save the |
| 2779s | pop-up book and use just the lightning |
| 2781s | storm here to clear |
| 2783s | instead yep |
| 2791s | but pan is going to be slightly out of |
| 2794s | range with one more attack and to go up |
| 2795s | to 25 so three rags by itself with the |
| 2798s | face |
| 2799s | Frozen even if every uh hit goes well I |
| 2802s | guess you could pop up book face yeah |
| 2804s | you can pop up book face and if there's |
| 2805s | no minions in play or if every rag shot |
| 2807s | wins the one in whatever to go face then |
| 2810s | you have a tiny percent chance of |
| 2811s | winning this game yeah but there um I |
| 2816s | didn't see from the other ones but at |
| 2821s | least uh if the hel's played there's |
| 2824s | going to be a a blood plague in the deck |
| 2826s | too which could swing the health even |
| 2835s | further and we you we can only see |
| 2838s | Hands just hands oh there's head |
| 2853s | yeah think about just Army of the Dead |
| 2854s | just to uh present LOL cuz I'm pretty |
| 2856s | sure weu is just completely out of AOE |
| 2859s | and completely out of discovers as |
| 2868s | well all right only one plague it looks |
| 2871s | like yeah only one plague drawn but it |
| 2872s | was a |
| 2873s | frost here we go uh here's the |
| 2881s | you want to try and calculate the odds |
| 2904s | here oh okay improving the odds yeah |
| 2907s | yeah the snake oil can come |
| 2911s | down so you have to hit a 1 in seven |
| 2913s | three times in a |
| 2921s | row well we have seen luckier things |
| 2925s | happen but only twice |
| 2941s | I think it's safe to say TJ this |
| 2944s | probably was not how weq was hoping game |
| 2947s | one of his broadcast World Championships |
| 2949s | was going to |
| 2950s | go |
| 2961s | nope plenty of ways to clear too |
| 2975s | there it is concede from WQ game one |
| 2978s | goes to pad |
| 2979s | nit and uh well fought victory in you |
| 2983s | know a lot I feel like a lot of the |
| 2985s | pressure of that game was on |
| 2987s | wieku um but panti I feel |
| 2991s | like uh put pressure on when pressure |
| 2993s | needed to be put on right uh building a |
| 2996s | border of Four Health min |
| 2997s | forcing uh wiu to uh answer it and then |
| 3002s | holding on to the the threads of Fate |
| 3005s | because he knew that at some point the |
| 3006s | rags were the last opportunity for Wu to |
| 3009s | actually win the game knowing that |
| 3012s | especially if the |
| 3014s | uh um crop rotation was not picked up uh |
| 3019s | for the grime Walker in order to deal |
| 3021s | with the rags that would need the |
| 3022s | threats of Faith to actually clear the |
| 3024s | rag board once it came down so um make |
| 3028s | sense I thought that was a a big deal as |
| 3031s | well didn't realize until the end right |
| 3033s | but when I saw this at the end I was |
| 3035s | like okay well this these Rags could be |
| 3037s | difficult to deal with if the threads of |
| 3038s | Fate had not been used or had been used |
| 3041s | right um been difficult and that was the |
| 3044s | the last out essentially that was Wei's |
| 3047s | entire entire game plan you saw as soon |
| 3049s | as he realized that the racks were gone |
| 3050s | there was no chance left so um nice |
| 3053s | little game one intense game of |
| 3056s | Hearthstone |
| 3061s | yeah it was uh certainly some uh some |
| 3064s | questions for weq along the way |
| 3066s | definitely did get a little bit unlucky |
| 3068s | with the lightning reflexes picks um no |
| 3070s | doubt about that but I think then the |
| 3072s | reaction like the re-calibration of the |
| 3074s | turn of whiffing on the lightning |
| 3076s | reflexes took a little bit too long for |
| 3078s | weu and then wasn't able to adjust |
| 3081s | further down the line um and then I |
| 3084s | think maybe just got into too big of a |
| 3086s | hole for the next two or three turns |
| 3088s | after that you could see just the |
| 3090s | frustration the the the body movements |
| 3092s | the hand motions everything that was |
| 3094s | coming in um so yeah we we'll we'll see |
| 3096s | um certainly he's a very talented player |
| 3098s | he's already beaten yala to get to this |
| 3100s | point there's still plenty of room to go |
| 3101s | in this series as well uh so hopefully |
| 3104s | weu can pick it back up for the rest of |
| 3105s | the |
| 3107s | series |
| 3109s | yeah that was all the game |
| 3112s | one maybe it's just because it's been so |
| 3114s | long since uh I've cast some competitive |
| 3116s | Hearthstone but that felt like a whole |
| 3118s | series right |
| 3119s | there |
| 3120s | oh I need a |
| 3123s | nap particularly for a for a nature |
| 3125s | Shaman game right which tend to end |
| 3128s | fairly quickly one way or the other I do |
| 3130s | think that build with the The Jive |
| 3131s | insects can go a little bit longer for |
| 3133s | the reasons that you saw you can |
| 3135s | actually like make that final board when |
| 3137s | the rest of your deck has been has been |
| 3139s | busted so it's a little surprising to |
| 3142s | see that deck go a lot longer you know |
| 3143s | it does have this reputation of like a |
| 3145s | win on turn six or turn seven or bust |
| 3146s | kind kind of deck but that is something |
| 3148s | that people have put time into working |
| 3150s | on recently is to how to make the deck a |
| 3151s | little bit more resilient without losing |
| 3154s | that early punching |
| 3155s | power |
| 3157s | now yeah I suppose like the nature |
| 3160s | Shaman does it a little bit more |
| 3162s | consistently but you don't lose like |
| 3163s | that many tools uh by adding in um like |
| 3167s | the connectivity and and and drive |
| 3169s | insect um like looking at the other |
| 3172s | Shaman builds in the field that are |
| 3174s | playing just like the pure nature Shaman |
| 3176s | you have think like spe claws um |
| 3178s | additional spell damage in like the form |
| 3180s | of cobalt |
| 3182s | geomancer um we see a BN uh a bunch of |
| 3185s | players playing um well at Le a couple |
| 3188s | players playing like fizzle to be able |
| 3191s | to just go again um at a certain point |
| 3194s | so you do have more consistent more |
| 3197s | consistency but I I do like the the the |
| 3200s | driv insect |
| 3203s | variation very frustrating game of |
| 3205s | having to play it though when your face |
| 3208s | is frozen for eight |
| 3211s | turns ohay all right here we go first |
| 3216s | Demon Hunter game and first Warrior game |
| 3218s | of the tournament at least that we're |
| 3219s | seeing on |
| 3220s | broadcast uh so a couple of the big big |
| 3223s | hitter uh |
| 3224s | classes in the field I think Demon |
| 3227s | Hunter being uh the biggest of |
| 3230s | hitters uh one of the most |
| 3232s | successful um decks in the metag game |
| 3235s | right now a lot of different variations |
| 3237s | that we're seeing at least in terms of |
| 3239s | you know five cards in the list but uh |
| 3243s | Window Shopper is uh at the the the |
| 3245s | heart of of each and every one it |
| 3248s | feels yeah certainly I think a lot of |
| 3254s | um casual semi-casual players who are |
| 3256s | looking on might be expecting Demon |
| 3258s | Hunter to be the terror of this |
| 3259s | tournament because it is a most fields |
| 3261s | of ladder um for the last week to two |
| 3265s | weeks or so since the the most recent |
| 3266s | adjustments I will say at a very very |
| 3269s | high level uh Demon Hunter falls off a |
| 3271s | bit and I think you know there have been |
| 3273s | some predictions that Demon Hunter might |
| 3275s | come into this tournament be a very like |
| 3276s | heavily brought deck and just wildly |
| 3279s | underperformed by a lot of people we've |
| 3280s | seen that happen historically quite |
| 3283s | often with Decks that you know report |
| 3285s | very very well in ladder stats that to |
| 3287s | specifically the top 50 players in the |
| 3289s | world just don't really have the skill |
| 3291s | expression or the edge that you'd want |
| 3293s | and there have been accusations of that |
| 3294s | towards Demon Hunter but what I will say |
| 3296s | is when you get to go coin weapon uh |
| 3299s | it's some of the most powerful things |
| 3301s | that you can do in Hearthstone right |
| 3303s | now yeah you can certainly whiff on |
| 3307s | demons uh for this discover but you got |
| 3309s | two chances because you have a wiow baby |
| 3311s | Shopper you got a little baby |
| 3316s | Shopper so you got two |
| 3319s | goes but I think the other issue as well |
| 3321s | is if you're playing against a resilient |
| 3324s | deck some sort of control Deck with a |
| 3325s | skilled pilot behind it |
| 3327s | if they're really good at like |
| 3328s | partitioning out their resources to be |
| 3330s | able to deal with your waves the waves |
| 3332s | are very obvious right like you know |
| 3334s | what you have to beat against Demon |
| 3336s | Hunter they play all their threats and |
| 3338s | then they're kind of out of stuff it's |
| 3339s | not like they can continue to generate |
| 3341s | endless threats over time um so yes the |
| 3344s | waves are very fast and very powerful |
| 3346s | but if you are able to keep up with it |
| 3348s | with something like control Warrior then |
| 3351s | you uh you can still get over the line |
| 3364s | first one down we we you choosing to |
| 3366s | spend some Mana there which I respect |
| 3368s | but you do have to have that |
| 3370s | conversation with yourself right by |
| 3371s | nature of Window Shopper there is |
| 3374s | another Minion in hand that is the same |
| 3376s | size as that minion that was in play |
| 3378s | which is of course what Bladestorm is |
| 3379s | particularly good at dealing with um but |
| 3382s | otherwise you are just kind of wasting |
| 3383s | two Manor on that turn by uh by Hero |
| 3385s | powering you game two taking six from |
| 3387s | the minion that was in play and there's |
| 3389s | no guarantee that it wouldn't come down |
| 3391s | you know three Mana 65 of some variety |
| 3394s | and then like the one Mana one window |
| 3395s | shopper for example and you'd have to |
| 3397s | clear up that one Mana one one before |
| 3398s | the blade storm would be effective |
| 3411s | anyway having the shield slam as a |
| 3413s | followup I think weq has found pretty |
| 3415s | good answers to this stuff so far |
| 3417s | yep just deal with it one at a |
| 3421s | time all right and this is what I mean |
| 3424s | right with a lot of control decks this |
| 3426s | is how you know a lot of beginner |
| 3427s | players play control decks there's a |
| 3429s | minion in play you have a thing that |
| 3430s | kill it kills it so you kill it right |
| 3432s | and at a higher level better players |
| 3435s | will run you out of removal if you keep |
| 3437s | doing that right you have to use your |
| 3438s | health as a resource as much as anything |
| 3440s | else to be able to stack up two or three |
| 3443s | minions in play and then clear them with |
| 3444s | one card right that's classic the way |
| 3447s | that control gains advantages I think |
| 3449s | because Demon Hunter is limited in the |
| 3451s | number of threats that it can play I |
| 3453s | think weq can just say you know what if |
| 3454s | there's one big minion in play I'm going |
| 3456s | to kill that one big minion and I feel |
| 3457s | like I can keep doing that for the rest |
| 3459s | of the game |
| 3463s | yeah unfortunately it doesn't work |
| 3466s | against M |
| 3469s | theodon it does if it's specifically |
| 3473s | Reno specifically Reno which would mean |
| 3476s | you have to have specifically at least |
| 3479s | eight mana and specifically no |
| 3481s | duplicates in your deck correct |
| 3484s | yeah which uh hold on let me do some |
| 3487s | math here wieku has |
| 3496s | neither guessing that's Shield block yes |
| 3498s | it |
| 3503s | is you see here priority from wiq with |
| 3506s | this low impact board um you know the |
| 3508s | only thing that's particularly |
| 3509s | threatening on this board is the mag |
| 3510s | theodon there's nothing that he can do |
| 3512s | about that currently anyway so just |
| 3514s | valuing the cycle there over even trial |
| 3517s | by fire for example like trial by fire |
| 3519s | could clear up this board and actually |
| 3520s | be dominant and stay in play but you'd |
| 3522s | be playing it into a MAG theodon anyway |
| 3524s | which kind of sucks um and I think WQ |
| 3528s | understands right now number one |
| 3528s | priority if he gets a free turn where |
| 3530s | there's not too much pressure draw some |
| 3532s | cards because he kind of has to get |
| 3534s | rolling on some of that card draw he may |
| 3536s | very well have to play an active Reno |
| 3538s | this game if he's going to get out |
| 3545s | unscathed |
| 3548s | Wu like you said there's Bo's not that |
| 3551s | threatening Wu just looks stressed like |
| 3553s | every single decision is |
| 3555s | agonizing yeah maybe after that game one |
| 3558s | that's kind of the the |
| 3560s | mindset um who's been put in |
| 3564s | uh um P this just trying what what's the |
| 3567s | best way to supplement this board and I |
| 3571s | guess it's push uh damage |
| 3574s | efficiently um that's the the the mo |
| 3578s | here |
| 3580s | so just going to kind of get the ball |
| 3582s | rolling another three damage at the end |
| 3583s | end of this turn for the um matheron |
| 3587s | armor total's |
| 3588s | gone but going to need a board to kind |
| 3591s | of stick here because the damage from |
| 3592s | hand is going to be pretty Limited |
| 3601s | probably Shield block again right yeah I |
| 3603s | respect this I think Wu is at least |
| 3607s | trying to approach this properly |
| 3609s | understanding that the card draw is |
| 3610s | valuable does can then curve that into |
| 3612s | the troll by fire and still clear all of |
| 3614s | this |
| 3621s | up right turn to use it as well because |
| 3624s | now the mag merges and actually these |
| 3626s | are real minions in play that need to be |
| 3627s | dealt |
| 3628s | with oh he's so |
| 3633s | Wile look how WID he |
| 3641s | is and now what is the question for |
| 3647s | p okay full man of 107 seems like a |
| 3650s | pretty good |
| 3652s | stop nice |
| 3657s | in the old red card magaron trick oh |
| 3661s | we's like |
| 3662s | no that's against the |
| 3668s | rules it's so big I know there was a |
| 3672s | period around the start of the expansion |
| 3674s | where people were uh trying to figure |
| 3676s | out whether was it frequency oscillator |
| 3678s | the the 2 one Mech that discounts your |
| 3679s | next Mech by one whether you're just |
| 3681s | supposed to play that and four Mana 107 |
| 3683s | zelc in every single deck because |
| 3685s | sometimes you just got to play a 107 on |
| 3687s | turn two and that just kind of won the |
| 3690s | game immediately |
| 3694s | yep I mean oscillator is I feel like |
| 3697s | it's in every deck it's in a lot of |
| 3700s | decks that in the Drone it's like uh and |
| 3703s | Miracle |
| 3705s | salesman just the zombie Chows of |
| 3709s | old the efficient one drops in the game |
| 3722s | blad storm picked up but the frog is |
| 3724s | blocking no active |
| 3727s | Forge for the ignis can't even go for |
| 3729s | like one Mana poisonous weapon here cuz |
| 3731s | the forge hasn't been |
| 3734s | made it's kind of an ugly looking hand |
| 3737s | right now for weu yep it looks like he's |
| 3739s | going to take |
| 3741s | 10 yep |
| 3747s | yeah might as well dump a safety goggles |
| 3750s | while you have the Mana because you |
| 3751s | won't be able to double them up in the |
| 3752s | same turn |
| 3755s | without spending |
| 3759s | Mana he's so mortified by every |
| 3764s | turn well I mean |
| 3767s | currently |
| 3770s | uh there's no way to deal with the Z |
| 3773s | well I guess there is if the Armor gets |
| 3774s | chipped off you can always Odin safety |
| 3782s | cockles yep yeah that's an answer that |
| 3784s | feels |
| 3788s | good 's like hell yeah |
| 3793s | brother but I mean you are right if you |
| 3795s | don't deal with it you're taking 20 from |
| 3797s | it next turn and then you are dead |
| 3799s | so I may be the only answer yep |
| 3810s | think about whether or not it's a a |
| 3811s | Desperado kind of |
| 3813s | angle plop it |
| 3816s | in plip |
| 3820s | plop yeah I think the only I think the |
| 3822s | best reason to go Spirit there would be |
| 3825s | to play around Bladestorm again right |
| 3826s | because you'd then have another stealth |
| 3827s | minion with less Health but both blad |
| 3829s | storms have been used one early and one |
| 3831s | on the previous turn so I think it's |
| 3832s | better to just have the uh the extra 32 |
| 3835s | minion that can attack |
| 3838s | yep still got to find an |
| 3843s | answer okay looks like that's an answer |
| 3846s | and there's a shield |
| 3847s | slam have a hammer too so uh that was |
| 3852s | close very close to not having an answer |
| 3855s | at all to the |
| 3857s | ziac um so how much damage we looking at |
| 3860s | this turn it's |
| 3862s | three |
| 3863s | 8 11 12 13 |
| 3867s | pan |
| 3874s | right where'd you get 13 |
| 3880s | from there's a metamorphosis in play oh |
| 3884s | of course yeah yeah yeah yeah you are |
| 3885s | absolutely right |
| 3889s | yeah three from magaron four from |
| 3893s | metamorphosis one from hero power mhm |
| 3897s | three from |
| 3900s | Desperado two from Spirit it's wake up |
| 3904s | this turn right so it has to you have to |
| 3906s | have Mana for the red card as well |
| 3907s | depending on what else we draw which is |
| 3910s | now relevant because I think there is a |
| 3911s | second weapon left in the deck right for |
| 3913s | that instrument attch there is but |
| 3915s | that's not enough to fit in everything |
| 3923s | no you can play Everything But the spear |
| 3926s | I |
| 3927s | guess which is one more damage and you |
| 3931s | wouldn't hero |
| 3933s | power oh yeah you don't get the |
| 3935s | refreshed hero power for the one extra |
| 3936s | attack anyway so it's just kind of the |
| 3938s | same thing right yeah |
| 3949s | yeah oh |
| 3951s | God I'm sure he wasn't like this at |
| 3954s | World should we should we get a a little |
| 3957s | duplicate check on Wei right now that |
| 3960s | does seem important yeah |
| 3966s | um |
| 3971s | what do you hear |
| 3973s | that no what happened oh I have my phone |
| 3976s | next to me and when I said can we get |
| 3979s | another duplicate check on Wei right now |
| 3981s | Siri started answering |
| 3984s | oh she's like |
| 3986s | oh that was weird I was like geez saw |
| 3989s | all your voices changed all right let's |
| 3990s | go ahead and turn that off and throw it |
| 3992s | away that was |
| 3994s | creepy all right we're back um I the |
| 3998s | only duplicate I think |
| 4002s | is Needle Rock totem |
| 4024s | so all he can really do is armor up |
| 4026s | remove swing with the |
| 4029s | weapon yeah play the ver riff as well I |
| 4032s | guess to extra armor |
| 4034s | sure takes him to |
| 4044s | 10 so we're one |
| 4049s | off or perhaps not perhaps not yeah we |
| 4053s | have a couple of |
| 4055s | pulls P has done very well here to be |
| 4058s | able to get two weapons one of them |
| 4060s | drawn uh with the instrument Tech and |
| 4062s | both of those weapons have drawn the |
| 4064s | window Shoppers that does not always |
| 4068s | happen Pat nit finds the second mag and |
| 4073s | that is going to be the extra damage |
| 4075s | required that's going to be two Z Now |
| 4078s | for pad needs are just getting over the |
| 4079s | line and Wu's frustrations will continue |
| 4082s | for at least one more game but he will |
| 4084s | hope if he gets to be frustrated for |
| 4086s | three more games of hearthstone weirdly |
| 4089s | he's doing pretty well from this |
| 4092s | point very nicely done and was was mdon |
| 4097s | the only out for Window |
| 4104s | Shopper not that it really matters how |
| 4107s | much damage do you |
| 4109s | need one one in the end right yeah and |
| 4114s | it had already attacked it already |
| 4116s | attacked yeah exactly so I think it does |
| 4118s | have to be madon you |
| 4122s | yeah um but I guess there's just small |
| 4124s | enough pool of demons to wear mhm you |
| 4127s | could also get I think there was enough |
| 4129s | spare Mana to be able to tough crowd and |
| 4131s | go again right on your one Mana |
| 4132s | miniaturized Window Shopper yeah cuz is |
| 4137s | um just started out with hero power plus |
| 4139s | uh spirit so it's three plus six from |
| 4142s | The Shopper then seven from the second |
| 4145s | one yeah and then you could have would |
| 4147s | you have enough Mana to go again then |
| 4148s | play the additional one one call Shopper |
| 4151s | again though that I'm not sure yeah you |
| 4153s | it's happening right now right there's |
| 4154s | two Mana left at this point so you can |
| 4156s | play the one Mana shop and play one more |
| 4158s | thing you would have been fine you did |
| 4160s | hit tough crowd as an additional option |
| 4161s | for that madon as well so you'd bounce |
| 4163s | it back and then play The Shopper and |
| 4165s | then have zero Mana oh no cuz he played |
| 4167s | meon yeah you're right you're right |
| 4168s | you're right you're right |
| 4169s | yeah cool cool cool Sol good at |
| 4173s | Max no doubt no doubt no doubt sh for sh |
| 4177s | for it is it is two Z for pad and I |
| 4182s | think less impactful from um Wu's actual |
| 4187s | decision points that game I think that |
| 4189s | was just kind of a very very strong draw |
| 4192s | from the Demon Hunter where it was a one |
| 4194s | drop coin weapon uh both of the Shoppers |
| 4196s | stayed in the deck to be cooperative and |
| 4198s | get drawn by the weapon which as I was |
| 4200s | saying does not always happen you allows |
| 4202s | you to cheat just enormous amounts of |
| 4204s | Mana um and if your count on the deck |
| 4206s | was correct there at the end he was |
| 4208s | still probably a a needle Rock totem |
| 4211s | away from winning the game because he |
| 4212s | then could have just slammed Reno that |
| 4213s | turn right and cleared up the the |
| 4215s | dormant mag as well as the rest of the |
| 4216s | board gained five armor swung with the |
| 4218s | weapon gained even more armor um and |
| 4220s | it's possible that um Pito would have |
| 4223s | been struggling to develop pressure the |
| 4225s | next game and we could have uh sorry the |
| 4226s | next turn we could have even seen like |
| 4228s | counter swing with Odin coming down soon |
| 4230s | depending on what cards were left over |
| 4232s | so still perhaps a little bit closer |
| 4234s | game than it might have looked but wiq |
| 4236s | just continuing to be frustrated in |
| 4238s | these these first two games yeah narrow |
| 4240s | narrow |
| 4241s | margins as well on these games uh which |
| 4245s | are the most frustrating to |
| 4247s | lose uh to be quite honest uh but moving |
| 4250s | now into game three potential match |
| 4253s | point for Pat nit it's |
| 4257s | uh zamiri priest versus the Odin Warrior |
| 4260s | once |
| 4262s | again this contend to be a pretty tough |
| 4264s | matchup for the priest I'd |
| 4269s | say it can yeah um just generally the |
| 4274s | easiest way to win games as priest is |
| 4276s | you play a few minions and they stick |
| 4277s | right and then the world is your oyster |
| 4280s | because minion sticking means funnel |
| 4282s | cake options minion sticking means |
| 4284s | dreambow options |
| 4286s | and Minion sticking means lethal if you |
| 4288s | have an active zeri most of the time if |
| 4290s | you can get that and play it also |
| 4291s | improves your zelc because um it plays |
| 4294s | ticking moduled most of the time uh in |
| 4296s | this build of the deck and that is what |
| 4297s | Pat ner is playing but Warrior is of |
| 4300s | course one of the best classes in the |
| 4301s | game and making sure that if it doesn't |
| 4302s | want minions to stick it does not have |
| 4303s | to let minions stick so it is one of the |
| 4306s | tougher matchups to build a board |
| 4307s | against but you can sometimes get those |
| 4309s | games instead where you start generating |
| 4311s | like infinite value engines with uh with |
| 4314s | amthor and syn synchronizes and the |
| 4316s | Discover options that you get off arthor |
| 4318s | stuff like that like you discover a |
| 4320s | raden off an aranth or something and |
| 4322s | then you can just make infinite boards |
| 4323s | for the rest of the game like that kind |
| 4324s | of deal things can happen um which I |
| 4327s | think is why why people who like this |
| 4329s | priest deck like this priest deck right |
| 4331s | and it's been the case and I've been one |
| 4332s | of those people since like Naga priest |
| 4335s | is there are it's very flexible it may |
| 4338s | feel like all it does is you know play |
| 4340s | five dragons and then play zeri and if |
| 4342s | it doesn't do that quickly enough it |
| 4343s | dies but when you really start to get to |
| 4345s | grips with the deck there are lots of |
| 4347s | cheeky little things that you can do |
| 4348s | here and there oh |
| 4351s | yeah it it it almost feels like a casino |
| 4354s | priest in a way um |
| 4357s | yeah just |
| 4359s | because |
| 4361s | yo what we just straight up two Mana |
| 4364s | executed that |
| 4365s | thing yeah I mean I don't want it |
| 4368s | sticking |
| 4371s | around I feel like when when once you |
| 4374s | have like number of games in your belt |
| 4376s | with the zoom priest you come to realize |
| 4378s | that |
| 4379s | like um |
| 4383s | activating Zari |
| 4385s | itself tends to |
| 4387s | be uh like an afterthought you're kind |
| 4391s | of playing for TJ I have come so close |
| 4393s | to cutting zeri from this deck so many |
| 4397s | times yeah I mean I how dare one how |
| 4401s | dare you um two no really how dare you |
| 4405s | and three there's so many games that you |
| 4407s | wouldn't win without it and what are you |
| 4409s | even going to |
| 4411s | put would you |
| 4413s | replace there so there are situations |
| 4415s | where you play scale replica and it |
| 4416s | would be better to guarantee you're |
| 4418s | drawing two one Mana dragons right first |
| 4420s | and foremost oh absolutely secondly |
| 4422s | secondly sometimes you just have this |
| 4424s | irritating five Mana card in your hand |
| 4426s | and you're not playing Dragons you're |
| 4428s | doing like cleric funnel cake Thrifty |
| 4431s | drift Drifter stuff instead right and |
| 4433s | this card in in your hand is just like a |
| 4435s | man a Yeti that's never going to do |
| 4436s | anything essentially what I mean when I |
| 4439s | say that is I really wish this deck was |
| 4441s | still Naga priest cuz Naga priest was |
| 4443s | way cooler than this deck but obviously |
| 4445s | with the tools that have been lost by |
| 4447s | Naga priest you have to play this kind |
| 4449s | of dragon scam package instead which |
| 4451s | does get you so many free wins that you |
| 4454s | absolutely cannot cut it from the deck |
| 4455s | at all |
| 4458s | yeah well letting the welp Wrangler live |
| 4462s | lets the priest allows to be an |
| 4466s | afterthought right because you're just |
| 4467s | naturally going to get it activated |
| 4470s | whereas if you don't get that well |
| 4472s | bangler sticking around for multiple |
| 4473s | turns then you act actively have to |
| 4475s | think about okay well if my game plan is |
| 4478s | is a Zari win in the next couple turns I |
| 4481s | need to try and play dragons even if |
| 4482s | that means my Tempo is slightly less |
| 4485s | because of it um as you get a welp |
| 4488s | Wrangler for three |
| 4490s | turns start slamming happy WS every |
| 4493s | every turn just space them out if you |
| 4494s | want play them all one turn if you want |
| 4496s | you do |
| 4497s | whatever I mean they are particularly |
| 4501s | happy uh I |
| 4504s | don't I think a more accurate name for |
| 4507s | it would be deranged |
| 4511s | welp |
| 4513s | um but sure we see I feel like we'll go |
| 4517s | with happy some someone went to the art |
| 4519s | department and went I need you to draw a |
| 4521s | card that's called happy welp and the |
| 4524s | person in the art Department went yep |
| 4525s | you got it B I understand the assignment |
| 4527s | and they drew a happy welp I'm entirely |
| 4530s | okay with this chain of events ending up |
| 4532s | where we |
| 4533s | are but only for you to come along and |
| 4536s | call that poor hard person's work |
| 4542s | deranged okay here's how I Envision it |
| 4545s | someone said we're making a card that's |
| 4547s | called happy welp can you go and draw |
| 4550s | the a a card that's a welp that's happy |
| 4553s | and the artist was like |
| 4556s | H oh I'll draw a happy welp all right |
| 4560s | how's this for you is he happy |
| 4564s | enough and and that's the result so same |
| 4569s | same story slight |
| 4572s | deviation and this is the result |
| 4581s | mhm |
| 4583s | see imagine if there there was one more |
| 4586s | on yeah no never mind it wouldn't have |
| 4588s | worked out it's going to work out |
| 4589s | perfectly regardless I was going to say |
| 4590s | that well bringler live for one more |
| 4592s | turn but you can just play this well |
| 4594s | bangler and then still have Zer on 6 |
| 4596s | which would have been the pace in the |
| 4597s | previous time not that it matters |
| 4599s | because I don't think Z On 6 is really |
| 4600s | going to do much given the current board |
| 4603s | State ah |
| 4609s | maybe need a |
| 4613s | Drifter yeah Drifter would be huge |
| 4616s | is pry huge in these |
| 4618s | scenarios but this is what I was talking |
| 4620s | about earlier right like it's a pretty |
| 4622s | decent board but straight up one card |
| 4624s | from Warrior just blows it out the water |
| 4625s | with the forge and now it's going to be |
| 4627s | very very difficult for padin to |
| 4630s | actually build a board that sticks with |
| 4632s | the Zari |
| 4634s | turn does have Leroy in hand though |
| 4636s | which you know can help you scam a |
| 4638s | little bit harder for those those times |
| 4640s | where you can't actually have a big zil |
| 4641s | a board rocking |
| 4647s | star out welp being uh Pat's kind of |
| 4650s | 30th card in this |
| 4652s | deck um there's a few different things |
| 4655s | floating around uh sometimes it is a |
| 4657s | staright welp sometimes it's two |
| 4658s | staright welp sometimes there's a posic |
| 4660s | snuck in there um I know you were |
| 4663s | playing with gorm earlier or or Euro |
| 4666s | worm as you were referring it to there's |
| 4669s | a few different things you can put in |
| 4670s | there depending on the consistency with |
| 4672s | which you would like to draw one man of |
| 4674s | welps when you already have zi in your |
| 4676s | hand as one of the bigger impacts but |
| 4678s | sometimes you actually draw too many |
| 4679s | dragons and then your um your scale |
| 4682s | replica just gets dead in hand or is |
| 4684s | only going to draw one Dragon a lot of |
| 4685s | time yeah I think out of all the |
| 4687s | variations that I tested across the |
| 4689s | field my favorites was this one from Pat |
| 4693s | nit um because it's like from the quote |
| 4696s | unquote standard list I guess um I don't |
| 4699s | know if Leroy itself is standard but |
| 4701s | it's like most players Leroy is pretty |
| 4704s | standard at this point yeah there's a |
| 4705s | lot of people that cut it um is but B's |
| 4708s | version is basically minus one Starlight |
| 4710s | well plus one Hearthstone Brew yeah |
| 4713s | which makes like I don't know it |
| 4716s | just |
| 4718s | beautiful it's just one extra card of |
| 4721s | like all right I I lost right my board's |
| 4724s | gone I got nothing left heart stone Brew |
| 4728s | GG |
| 4739s | this is one of those |
| 4741s | situations all right nothing left got to |
| 4744s | play a |
| 4745s | Tempo uh |
| 4752s | Zari yeah I think this is something that |
| 4754s | you do have to get to grips with pretty |
| 4756s | fast with the deck is I've certainly |
| 4757s | seen people attempt to play this deck |
| 4759s | where they're like okay well I don't |
| 4761s | like I'm not setting up a a two turn |
| 4763s | like Time Walk lethal if I play zi here |
| 4765s | so I'm going to hold on to it until I do |
| 4767s | but like no most of the time if you can |
| 4769s | play Zari it's your best play your best |
| 4772s | play is usually taking two Hearthstone |
| 4774s | turns instead of one that's usually |
| 4776s | better than anything else you can |
| 4780s | do yep especially against Warrior there |
| 4783s | are some like Fringe case scenarios if |
| 4785s | you're playing against like a super |
| 4786s | greedy combo deck or control deck or if |
| 4789s | like you know fatigue decks ever made |
| 4791s | their way to the meta game |
| 4793s | where there is some |
| 4796s | weird otks that you could do where you |
| 4799s | wait till 10 Mana um you Leroy zeri and |
| 4803s | dump thirsty Drifters and then the next |
| 4805s | turn you copy the Leroy so you're |
| 4808s | essentially getting mhm 18 damage but I |
| 4812s | haven't been able you can do it with um |
| 4814s | Leroy funnel cake Celestial projector |
| 4817s | and Leroy as well yeah you get the three |
| 4819s | Mana back from uh from funnel cake |
| 4822s | anyway yeah um but you need a even with |
| 4825s | funnel cakes you need a load of Mana you |
| 4827s | need to be able to hold on to resources |
| 4828s | for very many turns without taking too |
| 4830s | like without like taking pressure um and |
| 4834s | Warrior will literally just armor out of |
| 4836s | range of any combo that you can do if |
| 4838s | given that time so and that's the only |
| 4840s | real deck that I feel goes that long in |
| 4842s | the current meta game so it's not |
| 4844s | possible now um |
| 4847s | but maybe maybe one day this deck sticks |
| 4852s | around for a while and like control |
| 4854s | priest comes |
| 4861s | around wow |
| 4863s | okay I don't like this holding cards |
| 4866s | business this worries |
| 4868s | me I'm not a card holder TJ I don't know |
| 4871s | if you know this about me The Drifter |
| 4873s | well this is p saying all right this |
| 4875s | board's gone um hopefully that's the |
| 4878s | last removal then next turn I could you |
| 4880s | know yeah but what if it isn't you know |
| 4883s | like it's not that hot it's not that |
| 4885s | easy to clear that board right like well |
| 4887s | you're would you have set up lethal I |
| 4889s | think that's the only chance that I |
| 4891s | would have gone gone in further as if |
| 4895s | this board's not dealt with it's a |
| 4897s | lethal setup no you wouldn't have sailed |
| 4899s | lethal but you would have been pushing |
| 4900s | four extra damage this turn right |
| 4903s | counter question if you play it and they |
| 4906s | have the gift into brawl right or |
| 4909s | whatever their instant board clear is |
| 4911s | anyway are you winning the game from |
| 4913s | that point CU I don't think you are |
| 4916s | I feel like I feel like you play the |
| 4918s | biggest board you can and hope they |
| 4919s | don't have removal and start pushing |
| 4920s | damage if I'm on Duel in he stone or in |
| 4923s | my or in my deck still um there I'm not |
| 4927s | C myself out okay I ain't C myself out |
| 4930s | sdle okay so to be fair yeah context of |
| 4933s | this particular game we've still got a |
| 4934s | couple of synchronizers we've still got |
| 4936s | an Arman Thor and there is the hearth |
| 4938s | stone brew that I'm not accounting for |
| 4939s | cuz that's not a card that I've ever I |
| 4941s | haven't played a single game of this |
| 4942s | deck with Hearthstone Brew in it um |
| 4944s | which you know it it's it's low quality |
| 4947s | cards but you know it is an extra nine |
| 4949s | cards that you can just have that do |
| 4950s | something over the course of the game |
| 4952s | and there's a couple of decent outs that |
| 4953s | you can get from it so sure |
| 4976s | well this board's going to say bye-bye |
| 4978s | via sanitize this turn I would |
| 4981s | imagine |
| 4988s | um although actually like a what like a |
| 4991s | blad storm trial by fire actually does a |
| 4994s | pretty good job against this board as |
| 4996s | well is just trial by fire enough on its |
| 4999s | own just trial by |
| 5002s | fire uh you clear off enough |
| 5010s | I mean I guess you could TR buff our no |
| 5013s | you can trop a fire in Bladestorm cuz |
| 5015s | the Bladestorm would stop short at the |
| 5017s | the |
| 5018s | totem yeah it's not even like you can |
| 5020s | trade off the the happy welp first right |
| 5023s | you're still only doing two if you could |
| 5024s | get blad stor to deal three before |
| 5026s | playing the tri by fire that'd be pretty |
| 5028s | huge but just think is good enough |
| 5035s | yeah I think it does look like both |
| 5037s | players are just uh settling in for a |
| 5040s | longer game right we you not wanting to |
| 5043s | blow the premium removal understanding |
| 5046s | that he does have health to play with as |
| 5047s | a resource kind of thing I was talking |
| 5049s | about |
| 5050s | earlier and there is the amthal with the |
| 5053s | power cord synchronize |
| 5057s | yeah every time I play |
| 5061s | sanitize unless I win the game |
| 5063s | immediately I kick myself later for |
| 5065s | playing |
| 5067s | sanitize and even when I think to myself |
| 5070s | oh if I play it now I'm going to kick |
| 5071s | myself for playing sanitize I'm going to |
| 5072s | save this and then I save it and then |
| 5074s | play it later in the game later later in |
| 5076s | that game I still kick myself for |
| 5078s | playing it the second time that I said I |
| 5080s | I was I was going to kick myself for |
| 5081s | playing it the first time |
| 5084s | mhm so now I just play Warrior and just |
| 5088s | never play sanitize |
| 5096s | yeah I agree with this Jammer remove to |
| 5099s | you want to keep copy minion active just |
| 5102s | in case the armal sticks because copy |
| 5104s | minion is the nuts when you have Leroy |
| 5106s | in your hand of |
| 5109s | course uh is additional amthor sometimes |
| 5113s | I have I've I've played this game before |
| 5115s | okay it's going to go oh yeah got to got |
| 5117s | to cycle to that hardstone Brew for sure |
| 5119s | but I have played that game of uh of |
| 5122s | dragon priest before when where you play |
| 5125s | an Armen Thal take the tier they kill |
| 5127s | the aren Thal and then you just play the |
| 5128s | tier and you have another arthor and |
| 5129s | then you're away and then you discover a |
| 5132s | raden and then all sorts of magical |
| 5133s | things |
| 5153s | happen well isn't this |
| 5157s | problematic yeah this is the this is the |
| 5159s | quiz that you've got to pass when you're |
| 5160s | choosing not to use sanitize though |
| 5162s | right because the reverse can be true |
| 5165s | sometimes as well sometimes you you keep |
| 5167s | you keep sanitized and because you've |
| 5169s | kept sanitized you kind of underc commit |
| 5171s | on removal and then because you've |
| 5172s | underc committed on removal they chip |
| 5174s | away your armor all game and you just |
| 5176s | never have that stack of armor to be |
| 5177s | able to do the massive |
| 5181s | clear this is the F full circle moment |
| 5184s | from my explanation of how I play |
| 5185s | sanitized earlier mhm well then you |
| 5188s | realize at the very end of it all that |
| 5191s | you should have just played sanitized |
| 5192s | the first time |
| 5196s | yeah okay it's like deciding whether to |
| 5199s | eat an entire family size share boox of |
| 5201s | chocolates on your own like you know |
| 5203s | it's a bad decision and you know you're |
| 5205s | going to hate yourself afterwards for |
| 5206s | doing it but then at the end of the day |
| 5208s | you're an adult and it made you happy so |
| 5210s | live your life you know |
| 5216s | hey |
| 5218s | man wasn't sure if you were going with |
| 5220s | me on the analogy at all just what a |
| 5223s | sermon |
| 5225s | a that's just lethal it is just lethal |
| 5228s | yeah it's Tais I thought it was going to |
| 5229s | be off but literally just didn't gain |
| 5231s | armor last turn just slammed a ninan |
| 5233s | Odin all right and that Series right |
| 5236s | there Pat nitzia is going to move out of |
| 5238s | the group uh from this matchup with a 30 |
| 5242s | score over Weeki not what I expected uh |
| 5246s | in terms of score felt like the underdog |
| 5249s | through and through even if you just |
| 5250s | looked at the specific deck matchups |
| 5252s | across the way every match felt like a a |
| 5256s | a slight uphill battle and was just able |
| 5258s | to get the job done time time after time |
| 5261s | and I feel like it was slim margins on |
| 5263s | each and every game but |
| 5264s | that's that's |
| 5268s | Hearthstone that is indeed hearth stone |
| 5271s | Brew um yeah we can go back and examine |
| 5273s | some of the decisions there |
| 5275s | like I still feel like I would have all |
| 5277s | in that last uh thirsty Drifter but |
| 5279s | certainly you the other fact that I |
| 5281s | necessarily didn't pay as much attention |
| 5283s | to as I should have done is that he had |
| 5284s | the other projectionist in his hand as |
| 5286s | well so it's it it is one a bird in the |
| 5290s | hand is worth two in the bush kind of |
| 5291s | thing right like he could have played |
| 5292s | one extra 46 that turn but by holding on |
| 5295s | to it it's not one 46 later with your |
| 5298s | next wave it was two 4 sixes later |
| 5300s | because otherwise you're you're |
| 5301s | stranding that projectionist in your |
| 5304s | hand which you couldn't play on that |
| 5305s | turn which I think puts an extra tick in |
| 5307s | in the column for his way of thinking |
| 5309s | but I think largely what it comes down |
| 5311s | to as well is just he's more familiar |
| 5313s | with that style of the deck than I am |
| 5315s | and knows with the addition of Hearth |
| 5317s | and starlight welps giving you a bit of |
| 5319s | extra value as well and that you can |
| 5321s | just grind the match up a little bit |
| 5323s | longer like I certainly have ground out |
| 5325s | Warriors before but it just didn't look |
| 5327s | like that hand which at the time didn't |
| 5330s | have an aranth Thal did not have a |
| 5331s | Hearthstone Brew in it was going to go |
| 5333s | the grindy route but uh in the end you |
| 5335s | can see like even if that wasn't lethal |
| 5337s | he still had several waves left to go if |
| 5340s | the the big clear had come down there so |
| 5342s | very well played in the end from from |
| 5344s | Pat nit from weu I have to say |
| 5346s | uncharacteristically shaky based on what |
| 5349s | we saw uh last year in the world |
| 5350s | championships as well um so piad I think |
| 5353s | has done very very well to beat two of |
| 5355s | the breakout performers from last year |
| 5357s | back to back and just Waltz his way out |
| 5359s | of group a uh gu was was arguably the |
| 5362s | second best player in the tournament uh |
| 5364s | or in the in the format last year |
| 5366s | outside of pocket train and wieku man |
| 5368s | won a lot of supporters as well so great |
| 5370s | great performance from PN in that that |
| 5373s | upper |
| 5373s | bracket absolutely we may even get to |
| 5376s | see the that uh a rematch later on uh |
| 5379s | between Wu and yla to basically catch up |
| 5382s | on the uh the match that we missed uh in |
| 5385s | the initial match since we joined this |
| 5387s | group um in progress so that could be |
| 5390s | good uh but yeah that was |
| 5392s | a solid series series solid series |
| 5395s | overall it felt a lot longer than just a |
| 5397s | regular 3 it was a long like yeah for |
| 5401s | sure yeah very very long three long may |
| 5404s | it |
| 5406s | continue well no saddle I I mean great |
| 5409s | job just take my point and reiterate it |
| 5412s | that's what I'm that's what I want to |
| 5413s | see through this whole day it's just |
| 5416s | repeating what I said in a cooler accent |
| 5419s | you know |
| 5421s | whatever all right sdle with that it's |
| 5423s | time for a break uh when we come back |
| 5425s | we're going to have some more Group B |
| 5427s | action uh so don't go anywhere more |
| 5429s | Hearthstone Master tour spring |
| 5431s | Championship right after this |
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| 5629s | hello everyone welcome back to the 2024 |
| 5633s | Hearthstone master tour spring |
| 5635s | championship and we are getting ready to |
| 5637s | get through our lower uh match here for |
| 5641s | group a so to take you through that game |
| 5643s | is myself Dragon Rider and joined by |
| 5646s | Lorinda how you doing Lorinda yeah I'm |
| 5649s | doing great um really excited obviously |
| 5651s | to be doing another Masters Tour and |
| 5653s | we're going to be kicking it off as far |
| 5655s | as you and I are concerned with an |
| 5657s | amazing matchup between yalo and gu like |
| 5659s | worthy of a final going into this but |
| 5661s | then we're going to say that about most |
| 5662s | of the matches because this lineup is |
| 5665s | stacked uh yala obviously a player who I |
| 5668s | think a lot of people thought was going |
| 5670s | to win the World Championships a couple |
| 5672s | of years ago let alone deserved to um |
| 5675s | still missing major wins from his resume |
| 5676s | and gu I think s summed it up second |
| 5679s | best performer of last year in a lot of |
| 5680s | ways behind pocking train do you see it |
| 5682s | the same |
| 5683s | way yeah absolutely I I do think that gu |
| 5686s | is a very high performer and definitely |
| 5689s | somebody that we need to be uh keeping |
| 5690s | an eye on because the performances have |
| 5693s | been wonderful |
| 5694s | uh yarla definitely not a stranger to |
| 5696s | these tournaments either uh but we will |
| 5699s | talk a little bit about that I want to |
| 5700s | switch over again to you here and talk |
| 5704s | about uh some of these lineups and this |
| 5707s | information I also am really interested |
| 5709s | uh favor card deep Miner brand but uh is |
| 5714s | he even running deep Miner brand here I |
| 5717s | was just checking I didn't think he was |
| 5718s | but like I've gone crazy overnight or |
| 5721s | something no he's not playing bran so |
| 5724s | boo you got to play your favorite card |
| 5726s | how do you expect to win |
| 5728s | anything yeah the these lineups are |
| 5730s | really interesting uh and and once the |
| 5733s | one thing we're seeing with these |
| 5735s | Warriors specifically is this kind of uh |
| 5738s | decision between this Odin Warrior that |
| 5741s | we're seeing a lot of these players |
| 5742s | bringing or that pure Highlander type |
| 5746s | version uh that sdle was talking about a |
| 5748s | little bit before and then kind of a um |
| 5751s | hybrid version that kind of goes halfway |
| 5754s | uh but these Odin Warriors are just |
| 5756s | focused on kind of going in on the Odin |
| 5760s | potential there so they aren't running |
| 5762s | brand uh but yla also not running brand |
| 5765s | with his Odin Warrior either no |
| 5768s | abolutely he's not saying it's his |
| 5769s | favorite card so it's a little bit more |
| 5771s | forgivable um yala there we saw the |
| 5773s | stats um still at the top of the list |
| 5775s | that um Global games result 100 years |
| 5778s | ago uh world champion runnerup obviously |
| 5780s | a massive achievement two times grandmas |
| 5783s | champion and he made four semifinal uh |
| 5786s | five semi-finals in a row in Grand |
| 5788s | Masters by the way he reached the top |
| 5790s | four of the best 16 in Europe which was |
| 5791s | basically the best 16 in the world five |
| 5794s | seasons in a row but still never really |
| 5798s | did how do you word it he never won a |
| 5801s | big Masters Tour with 300 players he |
| 5803s | made top eights top fours constant |
| 5805s | constant performer uh but I think he is |
| 5807s | better suited to these 16 player and |
| 5809s | eight player events where he has always |
| 5811s | done a lot better in these obviously you |
| 5813s | start off with only 16 players I don't |
| 5814s | mean that he is just so solid percentage |
| 5817s | wise in these so surprised to see him at |
| 5819s | 0 and one see if he gets to turn it |
| 5820s | around but not an easy match up when |
| 5822s | your 0 and one to play |
| 5824s | you yeah and unfortunately uh for these |
| 5828s | players this is kind of a this is the |
| 5831s | last chance here because as you said |
| 5833s | they already did lose one and they do |
| 5836s | need two wins to make it through the |
| 5838s | group so if uh if this is going to be |
| 5841s | potentially it for one of our players |
| 5843s | here and and we are getting into game |
| 5845s | number one it is going to be both of |
| 5848s | these Warriors that we were talking |
| 5849s | about these Odin warriors uh so they |
| 5852s | both are a little bit focused on kind of |
| 5854s | going in on that Odin but they do have a |
| 5858s | little bit of difference in their uh |
| 5861s | deck lists |
| 5863s | here yeah just looking through you say a |
| 5866s | little bit difference I'm skimming |
| 5867s | through there definitely is cuz they |
| 5869s | different size lists yes yla is running |
| 5873s | FZ |
| 5875s | yeah yeah it it is it's mostly |
| 5878s | duplicates I would say but uh some of |
| 5880s | those kind of important cards right that |
| 5882s | are doing a lot of the armor gain are |
| 5885s | duplicated uh they are both running |
| 5888s | acolyte of pain as well so there is a |
| 5891s | little bit additional uh draw I think |
| 5894s | there was some some talk about the kind |
| 5895s | of speed that Warrior is able to draw |
| 5899s | these cards at uh but we don't see |
| 5901s | either of those in the hands yet here uh |
| 5906s | gu has a little bit more of uh being |
| 5909s | able to kind of search and find things |
| 5911s | with a little bit of this uh tradable |
| 5915s | but Shield I should guess Shield block |
| 5917s | could draw as |
| 5920s | well yeah this this whole meta is really |
| 5923s | weird sorry just just going to go a |
| 5925s | slight tangent on the card dra there but |
| 5927s | like verse riff okay no corus riff no |
| 5930s | other riff just verse riff in this deck |
| 5932s | we've got um death knights with only |
| 5934s | Hellier in it it's um The Meta is really |
| 5937s | strange right now it's get the cards |
| 5939s | that work the best not as necessarily |
| 5941s | Synergy just dump them in a deck just |
| 5942s | take the best cards in a class and lob |
| 5945s | them in a deck and see what happens |
| 5946s | seems to be a thing that has defined the |
| 5948s | current meta and it turns out that |
| 5950s | that's pretty good we've got a lot of |
| 5952s | powerful cards obviously there Synergy |
| 5954s | and Warrior we're cycling through decks |
| 5955s | incredibly quickly um but it is |
| 5959s | interesting to me how synergetic cards |
| 5961s | such as the riffs are just being played |
| 5963s | on their own |
| 5965s | yeah it is really interesting and also I |
| 5968s | think there was a lot of talk about Reno |
| 5970s | in that first match as well uh both of |
| 5972s | these players are playing Reno Lone |
| 5974s | Ranger even though there are a high |
| 5976s | number of duplicates but and as that was |
| 5978s | stated there there's so much draw for |
| 5981s | these Warriors that depending on how |
| 5983s | long the game goes if they're able to |
| 5985s | kind of really draw through their entire |
| 5987s | deck they can get to that Reno pretty |
| 5989s | easily and in this mirror match we might |
| 5992s | see it go that long where they do |
| 5994s | potentially get to uh draw their |
| 5996s | duplicates and get to play Reno actively |
| 6000s | uh but I think uh for yarla being able |
| 6003s | to have a little bit more kind of |
| 6005s | staying power with that fizzle that |
| 6007s | could be really interesting if it goes |
| 6010s | uh into the kind of far |
| 6012s | fatigue yeah do you think it will go |
| 6015s | that far maybe it will um I'm I'm just |
| 6017s | to see that if either of them go |
| 6019s | anywhere near playing one of the rock |
| 6020s | stars on the board as Odin is taking off |
| 6024s | the top for G so he's in Prime position |
| 6026s | of course um or if when you start |
| 6029s | hitting your opponent you just hit them |
| 6030s | for a 30 with the double Rockstar combo |
| 6033s | and it's kind of over at that point |
| 6037s | but that's all well and good if you've |
| 6040s | got Odin going if your opponent hasn't |
| 6042s | if they both have Odin going you're |
| 6044s | gaining 30 and hitting them for 30 then |
| 6046s | yes suddenly neither of them is killing |
| 6048s | the other one in |
| 6050s | time yeah it I was going to say it might |
| 6054s | go that long if these Warrior decks play |
| 6056s | out very much like uh the CIF Mage ends |
| 6059s | up being for a lot of players where CIF |
| 6061s | just hides in the bottom but uh the Odin |
| 6064s | not hiding and gu also still has coins |
| 6067s | so at this point might be wanting to |
| 6069s | just hold this coin uh to play out that |
| 6071s | Odin earlier uh and get that out as |
| 6074s | quickly as possible and we'll see if uh |
| 6076s | on the other side yarla can find Odin |
| 6078s | because yeah as you mentioned if one |
| 6080s | player finds it and one player doesn't |
| 6083s | it might kind of feel like it's a little |
| 6085s | bit of a lopsided matchup yep still |
| 6087s | plenty of turns like there's five more |
| 6089s | turns for yala to find it which is yeah |
| 6092s | a lot of cards as you have highlighted a |
| 6094s | couple of times there um something I |
| 6097s | always think these top players do so |
| 6099s | much better than even sort of good |
| 6101s | players is hand size management I just |
| 6104s | look at a hand like guos or yala right |
| 6106s | now I don't want to draw any cards cuz I |
| 6109s | like all the cards I've |
| 6110s | got um and they they find a way to |
| 6113s | consistently make space um get another |
| 6116s | card uh not overdraw make sure you're |
| 6119s | keeping the good cards and somehow it |
| 6121s | always looks fine if I do this it looks |
| 6123s | so simple when you're playing against it |
| 6124s | or when you're watching it trust me in a |
| 6126s | minute I'm going to have 10 cards in my |
| 6128s | hand I'm going to like them all I'm |
| 6129s | going to forget to discard I'm going to |
| 6130s | overdraw something important they going |
| 6132s | to lose the |
| 6134s | game yeah and I think especially with uh |
| 6138s | something like the acolytes of pain can |
| 6140s | really stack on top of that as well |
| 6142s | right if they have lights out there is |
| 6145s | the potential of things like the blad |
| 6146s | storms to add to the potential of |
| 6150s | overdrawing so they will have to be a |
| 6152s | little bit careful of how they uh kind |
| 6154s | of sequence their cards or when they |
| 6157s | might want to go in on actually playing |
| 6159s | something like acolyte if they're going |
| 6161s | to also play removal at the same time |
| 6164s | but we might also see in a mirror match |
| 6166s | things like what we just saw there which |
| 6167s | was a Bladestorm uh purely just to |
| 6170s | remove the Needle Rock totem off of the |
| 6173s | board so yla just clearing that up and |
| 6176s | then following up uh with his own Minion |
| 6178s | there with the stone skin armor yeah and |
| 6180s | actually getting something for your BL |
| 6182s | storms kind of a result sometimes you |
| 6183s | just want to throw it away completely to |
| 6186s | make space again what I said cycling |
| 6188s | your cards through making space make |
| 6190s | more |
| 6191s | cards um and keep yourself on nine the |
| 6194s | whole |
| 6197s | time obviously gu in a decent spot here |
| 6199s | with coin Odin in hand but he doesn't |
| 6201s | know that yala hasn't got his is Odin |
| 6204s | yet and also we don't know that yala is |
| 6205s | not going to get that next turn course |
| 6207s | yala will be looking for even more |
| 6209s | cycle so G be planning ahead to try and |
| 6213s | start doing damage with that Odin when |
| 6216s | he gets the |
| 6219s | chance and both players just have been |
| 6222s | stacking up their armor at these points |
| 6224s | as well so cuz that's all they really |
| 6227s | can do it's just uh gain some armor and |
| 6229s | draw some cards for a good part of the |
| 6232s | first you know first half of the |
| 6235s | game and if you're yala now it's sort of |
| 6238s | an emergency in my opinion um you you're |
| 6241s | both over halfway through your deck |
| 6242s | you're the one who hasn't got ODed in |
| 6244s | you have to assume your opponent does of |
| 6245s | course they're over halfway through so |
| 6247s | they're more than 50/50 to have it if |
| 6249s | you look at it that way and yala |
| 6251s | realizes this |
| 6253s | turn is a turn where he needs to find |
| 6255s | Odin or things can start getting nasty |
| 6256s | for |
| 6258s | him yeah and being on seven Mana this |
| 6262s | turn as you said means that yla really |
| 6264s | wants to be able to find that Odin uh |
| 6266s | very quickly only two more turns there |
| 6268s | are is some more card draw but again you |
| 6271s | you start to add in that hand size |
| 6273s | potential and if yla were to go in on |
| 6277s | something like just playing the fizzle |
| 6279s | that uh shuffles that snapshot into the |
| 6281s | deck which then means uh less likelihood |
| 6285s | of drawing the Odin so does he want to |
| 6287s | wait until after the Odin is in hand to |
| 6289s | play the fizzle uh when does he want to |
| 6291s | go in on this acolyte the hand is is |
| 6293s | pretty full so there's just a lot of |
| 6295s | very awkward things for yarla here just |
| 6298s | not really finding those cards that he |
| 6300s | really would like to find whereas on the |
| 6302s | other side it's looking a little bit uh |
| 6305s | looking a little bit better for GU here |
| 6307s | now just drawing on turn seven this |
| 6310s | active ignis and uh ignis is an |
| 6313s | interesting card as well I think with |
| 6314s | this Odin Warrior where yeah you're |
| 6316s | getting uh this great weapon that you're |
| 6318s | able to put together you're not getting |
| 6320s | two like you would in some of the other |
| 6322s | lists because of that deep Miner brand |
| 6325s | but also just being able to get this |
| 6327s | powerful weapon start pushing that |
| 6329s | damage and set up for this big weapon in |
| 6332s | preparation for the Odin that you is |
| 6335s | likely to coin out next turn is just |
| 6338s | fantastic timing what absolute garbage |
| 6340s | First Choice there for him though all |
| 6342s | Minion related and there won't be many |
| 6344s | minions to relate to so did take the 10 |
| 6347s | obviously in planning for you know |
| 6349s | getting oding down next turn then doing |
| 6350s | a load of damage the turn after and then |
| 6352s | just playing the weapon on 10 whilst |
| 6353s | you've you've done a whole chunk uh this |
| 6356s | is an important game for yala by the way |
| 6358s | we haven't discussed the lineups much |
| 6360s | particularly um but gu's other two |
| 6363s | non-banned decks are the the Warlock |
| 6366s | which does a lot of damage very quickly |
| 6369s | against the warrior and also the Demon |
| 6371s | Hunter which it's a bit hard to get a |
| 6373s | gauge on exactly what the win rate is |
| 6375s | there you don't really want to be stuck |
| 6376s | with Warrior versus Demon Hunter you can |
| 6378s | definitely lose that as we've seen um so |
| 6381s | this this 50/50 for yala might be be his |
| 6384s | best shot in this match to get the |
| 6385s | warrior out of here and it looks like |
| 6387s | he's behind in |
| 6392s | it yeah if those wondering as well he |
| 6394s | yala did ban the priest if you're |
| 6396s | wondering why this Warrior is in a bad |
| 6397s | spot well that the priest is good |
| 6398s | against the warrior too so yeah you kind |
| 6402s | of soft targeting this Warrior |
| 6405s | here a little bit I I almost wonder if |
| 6408s | uh he was also a bit targeting the Mage |
| 6413s | but it's kind of interesting with G's |
| 6415s | lineup having this Odin Warrior and that |
| 6418s | Shopper Demon Hunter that both kind of |
| 6420s | want to swing with weapons that want to |
| 6422s | attack uh the Mage potentially has a |
| 6426s | little bit more freedom I guess in in |
| 6428s | that lineup of being able to free freeze |
| 6431s | things and kind of keep those weapons at |
| 6433s | Bay a little bit but yeah this matchup |
| 6436s | and especially just these draws for uh |
| 6439s | yla yla was able to find ignis but now |
| 6442s | is going to get that news that that uh |
| 6444s | Odin just got coined out there and now |
| 6448s | it feels like yarla is on a clock a |
| 6450s | little bit here on a clock a little bit |
| 6452s | and no way currently of fighting back |
| 6454s | obviously if he starts armoring up |
| 6456s | himself before the Odin that is |
| 6458s | long-term damage that has been missed um |
| 6461s | on the other side he has got that fizzle |
| 6462s | down you know there should be plenty |
| 6464s | going on there at some point if he needs |
| 6466s | it but yeah gu has the the license to |
| 6470s | start doing chunky chunky damage |
| 6472s | although he hasn't got lots of armor |
| 6474s | gain in hand at the moment but I mean I |
| 6477s | say that they safety go cuz they double |
| 6479s | sanitized at do three at least one of |
| 6481s | those have been forged there's a verse |
| 6483s | Rift that's ready to go there's the |
| 6484s | Rockstar there's a lot of damage |
| 6490s | there and yla with 10 cards in the deck |
| 6494s | was able to play the active |
| 6497s | Reno which does mean that g is only |
| 6500s | going to have one board space here so |
| 6502s | might not be ble to go for a ton of uh |
| 6506s | different plays but also there's not a |
| 6508s | lot of options at the moment for being |
| 6511s | able to go Wi on board anyways so I |
| 6514s | don't feel like the the board space uh |
| 6517s | issue here is as relevant uh for this |
| 6520s | Reno coming out but being able to play |
| 6523s | the acolyte of pain uh use that |
| 6526s | Aftershock so Q has now drawn a couple |
| 6529s | more cards here picking up his own Reno |
| 6532s | it is annoying though he wants to get |
| 6533s | that weapon down on 10 this turn he |
| 6535s | wants to play a couple of rock stars and |
| 6536s | do do you know a lump of damage or maybe |
| 6539s | he didn't want to do that that's how I |
| 6540s | would be looking at it uh now he's going |
| 6542s | have to do all kind of backwards miss |
| 6544s | this turn weapon on 10 lumpy damage on |
| 6548s | 11 um which is okay it's not a bad |
| 6551s | position to be |
| 6553s | in also now he might have to waste um |
| 6556s | one of his damage spells without a |
| 6558s | rockstar on the board yeah he's just |
| 6559s | going to play the goggles just to to do |
| 6562s | something |
| 6564s | yeah and I do wonder if only having one |
| 6566s | of those Razer fan rockstars kind of |
| 6568s | impacted that decision as well because |
| 6570s | the second Razer Fen Rockstar was drawn |
| 6572s | from uh the acolyte damage uh drawing |
| 6575s | some cards so there definitely could be |
| 6578s | potential for you to just want to go for |
| 6580s | that massive damage of playing both rock |
| 6582s | stars in the same turn as you mentioned |
| 6584s | uh but oh shaking his head as the weapon |
| 6587s | from ignis comes down for yarla uh with |
| 6590s | wind Fury and extra armor gain so just |
| 6595s | that much more damage that you will have |
| 6597s | to push through but with the Double Rock |
| 6600s | uh Razer fun rock stars maybe that's |
| 6602s | still possible oh burns the plate as |
| 6611s | well |
| 6614s | well fighting back for |
| 6617s | now yeah the swings will be so huge if |
| 6621s | yala does find Odin like absolutely |
| 6624s | ridiculous swings like you gain 30 and |
| 6626s | deal 30 and all that sort of stuff it's |
| 6628s | absolutely |
| 6631s | ridiculous which I guess brings up the |
| 6634s | next point eight cards left in the deck |
| 6636s | we know one of those is that fizzle |
| 6638s | snapshot uh but at this |
| 6641s | point can yarla even attack or does he |
| 6645s | really kind of need to hold those weapon |
| 6647s | swings for when he does pick up the Odin |
| 6651s | yeah I'm not sure I'm not sure how it |
| 6652s | works with the fizz mechanic here so |
| 6654s | looks like he's just going to say okay |
| 6656s | I've got so much stuff in the fizzle |
| 6657s | that I might as well stay alive get my |
| 6659s | Odin get my fizzle and do it all again |
| 6661s | when I get there and just do some stuff |
| 6663s | for now make a lot of space ready for |
| 6666s | that snapshot and ready for that |
| 6668s | Odin and just I'm not going to die cuz |
| 6671s | I'm on 9 trillion |
| 6673s | Health yeah definitely uh makes a lot of |
| 6676s | sense I think in the context of just |
| 6678s | what yla has drawn what's still left in |
| 6680s | the deck and going all the way up |
| 6683s | to massive amounts of armor this is |
| 6688s | just okay it ended on 90 armor and 30 |
| 6691s | Health uh but you getting to play his |
| 6694s | Reno here which is now active going to |
| 6697s | be able to push a little bit of damage |
| 6698s | but without uh the additional swings of |
| 6702s | that wind fury it's is going to take a |
| 6705s | little bit longer for those weapons to |
| 6707s | uh to push as much damage with only one |
| 6710s | attack that you can do every turn yeah g |
| 6712s | get good help but laugh like obviously |
| 6714s | he's not finding it funny but that was |
| 6716s | kind of amusing like just as that Health |
| 6718s | total was just armor total was rocketing |
| 6721s | up |
| 6722s | there meanwhile y yeah not today I don't |
| 6726s | I don't I don't want to not have my Odin |
| 6727s | today in this miror this is such a huge |
| 6730s | game of hearthstone in this match |
| 6733s | yeah I would say he definitely uh got |
| 6737s | the better weapon from ignis but missing |
| 6739s | out on the Odin just feels so awful here |
| 6743s | uh using the temporary Shield block from |
| 6747s | gash's gift and still six cards left in |
| 6750s | deck still not picking up either Odin or |
| 6754s | the uh that fizzle |
| 6759s | snapshot I'm not sure he's in a hurry |
| 6761s | for the snapshot he needs that after the |
| 6762s | Odin now but he's used the first lot to |
| 6765s | to buy time he's on such a massive |
| 6767s | Health total maybe it's enough I'm not |
| 6769s | sure |
| 6770s | but when when he finds the Odin he's |
| 6773s | still going to be in front he's managed |
| 6774s | to carve this out very nicely as you |
| 6776s | expect for yala on a control |
| 6779s | deck yeah and I'm actually wondering at |
| 6782s | this point with yla sitting at 99 armor |
| 6785s | 30 Health still uh GU 10 armor and 30 |
| 6789s | Health how much more armor I I feel like |
| 6793s | this uh double razor fan Rockstar still |
| 6796s | sitting in hand for GU really wants to |
| 6798s | be able to guess push a a massive turn |
| 6801s | here but |
| 6805s | how how easy is it going to be for GU to |
| 6808s | actually kind of uh reverse the roles |
| 6810s | here and Chip Away through all of yla's |
| 6813s | armor while building up his own yeah |
| 6815s | it's going to be tough I think um he is |
| 6817s | getting rid of the expensive cards in |
| 6819s | his hand so we've seen the sanitizer |
| 6821s | there five Mana get rid of that uh he's |
| 6823s | building up cards like bash he's got the |
| 6825s | Rockstar so he is he is building up to |
| 6827s | have a ludicrous turn remember he did |
| 6830s | burn um the heavy plate |
| 6833s | yeah earlier in the game so he only has |
| 6836s | one of those at |
| 6838s | most at some point yala is going to play |
| 6841s | his own Odin |
| 6843s | and he's going to be 60 at some point |
| 6845s | maybe we'll be well maybe we'll be in |
| 6847s | group b by but the point that yarla |
| 6849s | actually gets to draw this Odin |
| 6853s | yeah yeah both players here we're seeing |
| 6856s | them just dump these blad storms on |
| 6859s | empty boards just to get them out of |
| 6860s | hand as you were mentioning earlier or |
| 6863s | just the hand space becomes an issue but |
| 6866s | oh this has to feel so bad for yla just |
| 6868s | watching these these cards come into |
| 6870s | hand and not be Odin yeah especially for |
| 6874s | yala the the hand space thing obviously |
| 6875s | he is going to want to play that fizzle |
| 6877s | to to win the game when he finally gets |
| 6880s | Odin going so he's going to have to have |
| 6882s | space to put that there he doesn't want |
| 6883s | to play the aoid of pain because that is |
| 6885s | going to make his problem worse not |
| 6887s | better cuz gu is dumping things like |
| 6889s | blad storms of his |
| 6891s | own um |
| 6893s | [Music] |
| 6895s | so all a little awkward here but going |
| 6898s | okay whereas you just without without |
| 6901s | that fizzle is able to just keep a |
| 6902s | maximum hand of nine at all |
| 6905s | times this is about as much as he's |
| 6907s | going to get he'll know what the most he |
| 6908s | can doing one turn |
| 6910s | is but we we're getting to that point |
| 6914s | now well there's a couple interesting |
| 6917s | things here G does have the Reno hero |
| 6919s | power that will give him additional |
| 6921s | armor uh just through this other Shield |
| 6923s | block still has those double rock stars |
| 6926s | in hand so yeah there is quite a bit of |
| 6929s | armor gain that because that one was |
| 6931s | played now translates to damage um but |
| 6934s | I'm kind of curious on the other side |
| 6936s | for |
| 6937s | yarla that slight difference in the uh |
| 6942s | the deck list that we were talking about |
| 6944s | where yarla is playing that fizzle gu |
| 6946s | does not have fizzle uh so I think |
| 6949s | fatigue is going to be a much bigger |
| 6951s | factor for GU than it is for yla so for |
| 6954s | yla maybe at this point it's just kind |
| 6956s | of a matter of build up as much armor as |
| 6958s | you can kind of keep stalling out the |
| 6959s | game and and then finally by the time |
| 6962s | you do find Odin you be able to play |
| 6964s | that push a little bit of damage and |
| 6967s | hopefully let the fatigue kind of uh |
| 6969s | finish things off a little bit between |
| 6972s | the inevitable Odin and a little bit of |
| 6975s | fatigue I mean if yala keeps the the |
| 6977s | wind Fury available to him he can do |
| 6979s | infinite damage in one turn really um he |
| 6982s | might be able to because yeah look at |
| 6984s | this but because go didn't get the wind |
| 6986s | Fury he wasn't able to swing for that |
| 6988s | that 50 damage or whatever that would |
| 6989s | have been |
| 6992s | yeah y gets to get rid of these and you |
| 6995s | know it's going to be very tough for |
| 6996s | gear to do the damage after |
| 6999s | this yeah yarla getting to uh discover a |
| 7002s | spell kind of insta picks a safety |
| 7005s | goggles just for additional armor that |
| 7008s | again after the Odin comes in still four |
| 7010s | cards left in the deck no Odin anywhere |
| 7012s | to be seen uh but additional armor |
| 7017s | there I this is such an interesting Back |
| 7020s | in Forth gu had the huge pop off last |
| 7022s | turn with armor but now a little bit uh |
| 7026s | looks like running out of resources yeah |
| 7029s | I don't know how guia gets this done |
| 7031s | it's definitely possible oh y had used |
| 7032s | up the wind Fury weapon i' missed that |
| 7034s | earlier to make hand |
| 7037s | space but yeah it's hard to see there it |
| 7039s | is |
| 7041s | finally I see gets this done with that |
| 7043s | 15 Advantage but there so little damage |
| 7046s | left in the |
| 7049s | [Music] |
| 7052s | deck how much armor was in that uh |
| 7056s | snapshot for |
| 7058s | yarla this a a decent amount yeah plenty |
| 7062s | absolutely |
| 7063s | plenty I didn't snapshot it I can't tell |
| 7066s | you exactly what was in there but um |
| 7068s | yeah rock stars and and damage was in |
| 7070s | there for sure |
| 7081s | yeah don't think you's got enough of a |
| 7083s | lead |
| 7084s | here I yeah I don't uh think so either I |
| 7088s | mean even going with the the garage's |
| 7091s | gift to be able to uh try to discover |
| 7093s | Shield block gain some extra armor but |
| 7096s | then at the same time sure you're |
| 7097s | getting some armor for attack but you |
| 7100s | also draw a card which just hits into |
| 7103s | that fatigue I don't |
| 7105s | know y just has so much time like even |
| 7108s | if let's say gu could do 20 a turn which |
| 7110s | I don't think he can but let's say he |
| 7112s | could yala still has six or seven turns |
| 7114s | that's plenty of time to empty the hand |
| 7116s | get the snapshot played um he with only |
| 7119s | being 10 or 11 Health |
| 7121s | behind and with being two cards ahead in |
| 7123s | fatigue as well like you just my eyes |
| 7127s | isn't going to get this done but I've |
| 7128s | been wrong before on simple calculations |
| 7130s | so might as well watch it out discover |
| 7131s | some great spells like pointed |
| 7133s | [Music] |
| 7136s | out those were not the choices I think |
| 7139s | you was hoping for they taking a |
| 7142s | bellowing Flames uh again ideally would |
| 7145s | have liked to find more armor just to |
| 7147s | try to push more damage here uh yla |
| 7149s | finally getting the snapshot um but this |
| 7152s | is one thing I I think that uh subtle |
| 7154s | and TJ were talking about this a little |
| 7156s | bit in terms of the kind of how in |
| 7160s | general you might want to play control |
| 7162s | Style deck uh versus how they have to go |
| 7164s | and I think this game is a perfect |
| 7166s | example of typically you might say oh |
| 7170s | whoever finds the Odin first clearly |
| 7172s | will be the winner but yarla kind of |
| 7175s | took this game in a little bit different |
| 7177s | direction after not finding the Odin for |
| 7179s | so long and now was just kind of going |
| 7181s | for that okay I'm just going to stall |
| 7183s | things out as long as possible and also |
| 7187s | who needs uh deep Miner brand for a |
| 7190s | second Ignus weapon when you have fizzle |
| 7193s | and you just get a second ignis anyways |
| 7195s | fantastic I this is also another uh I |
| 7198s | think reason why the slight difference |
| 7201s | in uh the deck list is just really kind |
| 7204s | of showing through in this game right |
| 7205s | now as well in this mirror match yeah |
| 7207s | absolutely y realizing that the the |
| 7209s | fizzle was the way to get the extra |
| 7210s | value uh didn't panic when faced with um |
| 7215s | early Odin and reaping the rewards |
| 7219s | now that's trying to get the maximum out |
| 7221s | of his card but |
| 7227s | yeah he actually behind on health total |
| 7231s | now all he has to show for it is he is |
| 7234s | going first and he has a weapon |
| 7239s | equipped but behind in every other |
| 7241s | aspect of the |
| 7244s | game and it's about to get much worse |
| 7246s | because Y is going to um play his 10w |
| 7248s | weapon I didn't see exactly what he |
| 7249s | pulled from it there was wind Fury and |
| 7251s | life Ste available in the first first |
| 7258s | part is it's wind Fury and additional |
| 7260s | armor yeah just capitalizing on that |
| 7263s | game plan of just continuing to stall |
| 7266s | and yeah we're going to see Q just uh |
| 7269s | throw it up there and say this this is |
| 7271s | it I have no chance whatsoever of |
| 7273s | winning this game so that does mean the |
| 7275s | first game going over to yarla here |
| 7278s | which as you mentioned earlier as well |
| 7279s | that there could be potential for the |
| 7282s | warrior to maybe struggle a little bit |
| 7284s | so uh getting that win on The Warrior |
| 7286s | there has to feel absolutely amazing for |
| 7288s | yla yeah I think I think if he loses |
| 7291s | that game he's in an absolutely dire |
| 7292s | spot in the match and in his tournament |
| 7294s | with him being 0 and one already uh |
| 7296s | getting that out there changes |
| 7298s | everything around rather substantially |
| 7302s | um m still has the priest and the Mage |
| 7304s | his Mage Mage is really hard to judge |
| 7307s | right um the top 30 or 40 players in the |
| 7309s | world play Mage so much better than |
| 7311s | anybody |
| 7313s | uh the drop off is so huge when you look |
| 7315s | at results for top players versus even |
| 7318s | 200 500 ranked players don't play |
| 7320s | anywhere near as well as the top few um |
| 7323s | but the mjor looks okay let's say for |
| 7326s | yala and then his |
| 7330s | priest his priest has got it to do but |
| 7332s | his priest can take down the warrior I'd |
| 7333s | say the yala looks pretty powerful from |
| 7335s | here interested to see how it actually |
| 7338s | goes though when they play the |
| 7340s | games yeah I just I can't get over that |
| 7343s | turn we just saw in the replay of uh yla |
| 7346s | just gaining about 50 million armor that |
| 7349s | single |
| 7350s | turn absolutely fantastic those turns |
| 7353s | are are ludicrous it's also a bit weird |
| 7356s | because yala was playing really quickly |
| 7357s | and that's not the yala we've become |
| 7359s | accustomed to over the years but he |
| 7361s | obviously knows those turns so well he |
| 7362s | just rattled out the Maximum Armor just |
| 7365s | ticking up and Ticking up like stop |
| 7368s | it yeah I I am just very interested in |
| 7372s | in these lineups as well that you were |
| 7374s | talking about uh they kind of took |
| 7376s | slightly different approaches I think to |
| 7379s | uh the way that they brought the lineup |
| 7380s | even though we did just see them both |
| 7382s | playing that Odin Warrior uh but and |
| 7385s | they I guess both also have the Zari |
| 7387s | priest but the other two decks uh kind |
| 7390s | of went a different direction than that |
| 7392s | um as one player brought the just |
| 7395s | Shopper focused Demon Hunter and uh with |
| 7398s | gu and yla brought the um Naga shoer |
| 7402s | Demon Hunter that really kind of focuses |
| 7404s | on the Shopper aspect but also adds in |
| 7406s | that Blind Eye Sharpshooter uh which |
| 7409s | that did get banned uh so I think gu's |
| 7412s | lineup kind of focused on okay I'm just |
| 7414s | going to ban the Demon Hunter uh |
| 7416s | potentially try to do a little bit |
| 7418s | better versus some of these slower decks |
| 7421s | but uh for yarla on the other side uh |
| 7424s | Banning that priest and then being able |
| 7428s | to potentially just freeze things keep |
| 7431s | things at Bay a little bit with the Mage |
| 7433s | only two of the 16 players brought Mage |
| 7437s | uh for this tournament so we are getting |
| 7439s | to see yla what was that to too |
| 7442s | many |
| 7444s | potentially we'll see if it pays off |
| 7446s | here because uh this game number two is |
| 7449s | yarla uh coming in with the Mage and it |
| 7452s | looks like you uh sticking with that |
| 7455s | Warrior I remember in Grand Master I |
| 7457s | think yo was one of the players doing |
| 7458s | incredibly well with Mage back then uh I |
| 7461s | think it's a an archetype and a style |
| 7463s | that he really resonates with um I've |
| 7466s | got a bit more of a read on gu's lineup |
| 7468s | than on yala's because he he sort of did |
| 7470s | what I did only would have done only |
| 7472s | better where you say okay what's |
| 7474s | defining this meta not necessarily what |
| 7475s | are the best decks but what's defining |
| 7477s | the meta and that's Demon Hunter and |
| 7480s | Warrior and then you say okay I'm going |
| 7482s | to ban one of those and Target the other |
| 7485s | so I feel I feel like he made his lineup |
| 7486s | so he bans Demon Hunter makes sure he's |
| 7488s | strong against Warrior and that's the |
| 7490s | lineup That gu ended up with that's my |
| 7492s | read on that I don't know how Yara |
| 7495s | thinks I never have known how yo thinks |
| 7497s | um but I get the feeling he just brought |
| 7499s | the decks he thought were the best decks |
| 7501s | honestly which is also a perfectly |
| 7503s | decent way to play |
| 7505s | Hearthstone yeah and I think right now |
| 7508s | this meta is really interesting as well |
| 7510s | in terms of bringing a four deck lineup |
| 7513s | because it does feel like there are uh |
| 7516s | quite a few matchups that feel a little |
| 7518s | bit polarized uh so there's not going to |
| 7521s | be as or is going to be a little bit |
| 7522s | more difficult uh to try to come up with |
| 7525s | a lineup that really fully targets |
| 7528s | something because yeah maybe you can get |
| 7531s | a deck that kind of targets or has a a |
| 7533s | very favorable into one deck and then |
| 7536s | maybe you have some like |
| 7540s | 55% you're like okay that feels pretty |
| 7543s | good uh but outside of that it's there |
| 7547s | there are a few matchups that feel |
| 7549s | pretty polarizing uh so is this one of |
| 7552s | them do you think this Warrior and |
| 7555s | Mage um again I I don't I think this is |
| 7558s | a very uh level is match up but again my |
| 7560s | Mage ability has always been rather |
| 7564s | lacking um mainly of course I'm bad at |
| 7568s | it that's why it's lacking in ability um |
| 7570s | no I think that the Mage is is slightly |
| 7572s | favored here personally um just because |
| 7574s | they can just end the game and they you |
| 7577s | know occupy time they draw better they |
| 7579s | don't die the warrior can't pressure |
| 7581s | them you're both kind of doing the same |
| 7583s | thing if the Mage manages to pop off |
| 7584s | they |
| 7585s | win but it it's a close one obviously |
| 7588s | the warrior can just get out of range |
| 7589s | the Mage does have limited amount of |
| 7592s | damage he could do even though it's a |
| 7594s | high number on the limit it it is does |
| 7596s | have a |
| 7597s | limit yeah I think one thing that's |
| 7600s | really interesting with the Mage is |
| 7602s | losing some of the cards from rotation I |
| 7605s | think has kind of stifled a little bit |
| 7608s | of the kind of uh Tempo type of pressure |
| 7611s | that we saw from it uh in the previous |
| 7614s | meta so instead there is this kind of |
| 7617s | more stall tactic that we see a lot uh |
| 7620s | with these Mages right now which is |
| 7622s | things like this uh cryo freeze that we |
| 7625s | just saw of freezing there is the sleet |
| 7627s | skater plus the mini that can come from |
| 7630s | that to be able to uh keep things Frozen |
| 7633s | and then just kind of stall while |
| 7635s | playing some of those uh additional |
| 7638s | spells to be able to then finish off |
| 7641s | some boards uh with that inquisitive |
| 7643s | creation |
| 7646s | but okay the top deck Reverb here on uh |
| 7650s | the miracle salesman for yarla so |
| 7654s | interesting Nobody Does that I love it |
| 7659s | it's superb you see it's like yeah |
| 7661s | that's obvious I'd have done that no I |
| 7662s | wouldn't there's no way I'd have done |
| 7664s | that play that is so |
| 7667s | good and and this is where we see those |
| 7670s | differences between even players who |
| 7672s | might be good versus these top players |
| 7675s | uh I think in in this matchup especially |
| 7677s | the warrior isn't really going to be |
| 7679s | playing a ton of minions maybe if uh the |
| 7683s | ignis weapon gets discovered and it's |
| 7685s | like wind Fury and summoning uh multiple |
| 7688s | bodies out on the board at that point |
| 7690s | maybe you could you know make a a reason |
| 7692s | for wanting to uh make a copy of one of |
| 7696s | those but that's a lot of maybe that's a |
| 7699s | lot of ifs that's a lot of holding out |
| 7701s | for that |
| 7702s | whereas the way that yla used this |
| 7704s | instead was a little bit more aggressive |
| 7706s | and plus the uh the snake oils here now |
| 7710s | can just get traded into the deck to |
| 7712s | find the cards that yla actually wants |
| 7714s | to find yeah he really didn't like the |
| 7716s | look of his turn six like look at that |
| 7717s | hand the the three Mana wisdom yeah um a |
| 7720s | couple of minions you don't really want |
| 7722s | to play um so I think he went for like |
| 7725s | all the things you described the extra |
| 7726s | snake oils are nice the extra minion |
| 7728s | means the warrior has to at least sort |
| 7731s | of take it ser seriously uh whereas with |
| 7733s | one minion you're not even putting up a |
| 7734s | board that they can't hit with their |
| 7736s | face so you might slow them down a |
| 7738s | little bit and the combination of yala's |
| 7741s | pretty tragic hand I think just was a |
| 7744s | really nice time to do |
| 7747s | it but it was still it looks so horrible |
| 7751s | oh my all my heart instincts crying at |
| 7753s | that play it's like oh my goodness but |
| 7754s | what else you going to read other than |
| 7756s | Sith was actually reverbing like yeah |
| 7759s | well and that was only one Reverb right |
| 7762s | there still is a second Reverb in the |
| 7763s | deck so again kind of uh as was |
| 7767s | mentioned before in terms of using your |
| 7769s | health as a resource which we'll |
| 7770s | definitely talk about when we get to the |
| 7772s | uh Warlock deck uh but here using using |
| 7776s | some of those cards as a resource to get |
| 7779s | to your other things because you're |
| 7781s | going to have a second copy but if that |
| 7783s | Reverb is just sitting in your hand |
| 7785s | waiting for you to draw SI it's sitting |
| 7787s | in your hand doing nothing yep |
| 7789s | absolutely the Warlock deck you don't |
| 7791s | use your Health as a resource you use |
| 7793s | closing your eyes and hoping for the |
| 7795s | best as a resource it's fantastic it's |
| 7797s | so much fun it is a really fun deck uh |
| 7801s | but gu now here waiting to get to this |
| 7805s | Odin does have the Odin in hand again |
| 7807s | only turn six but uh has an active ignis |
| 7812s | that can be used might not want to go |
| 7814s | for that quite yet there still is a |
| 7816s | weapon with a couple attacks on on it |
| 7819s | still available for you to use um but |
| 7822s | but how the sand feels a little bit |
| 7825s | awkward in terms of what to do in this |
| 7827s | kind of mid game how much of the armor |
| 7830s | like this Shield block uh do you want to |
| 7832s | end up using before you get to that Odin |
| 7835s | especially when it's sitting in hand now |
| 7837s | I know we just talked about that for the |
| 7839s | Mage like you don't want that card just |
| 7841s | sitting in your hand doing nothing but |
| 7843s | for these decks like the Odin Warrior |
| 7846s | there is a very specific reason you do |
| 7848s | want to hold some of those cards because |
| 7850s | you are building up that kind of combo |
| 7852s | and those big swing turns uh that you're |
| 7855s | already piecing together yeah choosing |
| 7857s | not to swing with the weapon there tells |
| 7859s | us quite a lot I think as well um just |
| 7863s | not in any hurry to use this ignis not |
| 7865s | in any hurry to potentially give up six |
| 7868s | damage with the Odin turn as |
| 7870s | well um maybe there's some a couple of |
| 7872s | things he wants to pick off off the |
| 7874s | board so very interesting there lot of |
| 7877s | damage in hand from gear if he does get |
| 7879s | the Odin down but that's some way away |
| 7883s | feels like he's safe like on 31 he |
| 7885s | didn't he didn't value the the extra |
| 7887s | three |
| 7891s | so had a couple discover options for |
| 7894s | yarla um just kind of I I think at this |
| 7897s | point trying to discover some damage |
| 7901s | discover cheap spells and a little bit |
| 7904s | still trying to squeeze in uh a variety |
| 7907s | of spell types to buffer the the C later |
| 7912s | but I think at this point as well this |
| 7915s | uh we're we're still kind of talking |
| 7916s | about hand size for this Mage here now |
| 7919s | so yla just being able to discover a |
| 7922s | couple of these cheap things a two Mana |
| 7924s | cross uh cross stitch Frost L amazing |
| 7928s | being able to uh remove something now |
| 7931s | gets another freeze potential on the |
| 7933s | board that you as you mentioned earlier |
| 7936s | you is going to have to take those |
| 7937s | seriously because he does not want this |
| 7940s | uh Elemental being able to freeze his |
| 7943s | face when he needs to be swinging with |
| 7944s | these weapons yeah taking care of in |
| 7947s | short shift there just straight up |
| 7949s | Shield slam nice little Target for it um |
| 7952s | his one-on-one removal doesn't have many |
| 7954s | Targets in this matchup so can afford to |
| 7957s | just be pretty frivolous with it like |
| 7959s | you said it's a very very high priority |
| 7964s | Target all right now gu getting to pick |
| 7967s | a weapon here immune poisonous or life |
| 7970s | steal unfortunately no wind |
| 7972s | Fury |
| 7975s | again it's so annoying 60% is a horrible |
| 7979s | number and everybody who goes for 60% is |
| 7982s | entitled to feeli incredibly bad |
| 7983s | whenever they don't hit but they're not |
| 7984s | going to hit 40% of the time that's kind |
| 7986s | of how it works it's really nasty |
| 7988s | Hearthstone |
| 7989s | number 50/50 you just go yeah okay I |
| 7992s | never win those because it's 50/50 and |
| 7994s | it's me so I'm never going to win one |
| 7996s | but when it's 6040 which isn't that much |
| 7998s | different suddenly you feel like you're |
| 8000s | entitled to win them all |
| 8002s | it's true that's how statistics work I'm |
| 8005s | pretty sure it pretty sure we decided |
| 8008s | this but well I used to do the stats and |
| 8010s | I don't |
| 8011s | anymore there you |
| 8013s | go well yarla does find the cth now uh |
| 8018s | but I think needs to still potentially |
| 8020s | play a couple of different spell schools |
| 8023s | uh discovering here going for a molten |
| 8026s | Rune though just extra |
| 8028s | damage and it gets to cast so goes right |
| 8032s | to |
| 8033s | face love to see that extra |
| 8047s | damage yeah getting to crunch |
| 8053s | time remember the uh the Reverb earlier |
| 8056s | got the Snake Still In |
| 8058s | Hand yeah those are still in hand I I |
| 8061s | guess uh at this point now instead of |
| 8064s | trading them off into the deck just |
| 8066s | saving them for uh the damage that they |
| 8069s | will be able to do for zero which |
| 8072s | honestly there is quite a bit of damage |
| 8074s | already starting to build up in hand |
| 8076s | here now the CIF double snake oil uh |
| 8079s | there is that uh molten |
| 8082s | Rune might just depend a little bit on |
| 8084s | how much uh armor Y is able to build up |
| 8089s | um I think I think gu knows it might |
| 8091s | might be time to to do |
| 8093s | that he doesn't want to waste too much |
| 8096s | armor stuff because Odin's in hand |
| 8099s | but yeah he he saw the Reverb he knows |
| 8102s | those snake are still |
| 8104s | there obviously he'll know exactly how |
| 8106s | many schools have been played we don't |
| 8107s | know that but it's it's some uh the |
| 8110s | magnitude in hand as well for for more |
| 8112s | cheap stuff he knows he's got to be kind |
| 8114s | of close yeah he's he's not messing |
| 8115s | around too hard here he's making sure to |
| 8119s | gain gain a bit of armor now |
| 8124s | and and this is another interesting |
| 8126s | thing I think we're seeing kind of from |
| 8127s | both sides is sometimes uh you have to |
| 8131s | decide if you are going to do something |
| 8134s | towards your own game plan or if you are |
| 8137s | going to do something to prevent your |
| 8139s | opponent from doing something towards |
| 8140s | their game plan uh and I think for yarla |
| 8143s | right now kind of having to decide how |
| 8145s | do I want to maneuver this turn in |
| 8147s | preparation for likely going in on the |
| 8150s | cth potential next turn and kind of |
| 8153s | maximizing the damage is he's only on |
| 8155s | nine Mana this turn um but also freezing |
| 8159s | the opponent for next turn spending the |
| 8161s | Mana to actually freeze and stall out |
| 8163s | gu's game plan because uh G is gonna be |
| 8166s | on nine next turn and there has been |
| 8168s | cards that have been held for quite a |
| 8169s | while so definitely seems very likely |
| 8171s | only 13 cards left in deck uh from yla's |
| 8174s | point of view that you does have that |
| 8176s | Odin ready to go and he is happy finding |
| 8178s | this popet but so |
| 8181s | he's happy to look for even more |
| 8192s | damage just trying to get some damage |
| 8194s | from Minions cuz he hasn't got enough to |
| 8196s | just get there in the air right now I |
| 8198s | don't |
| 8209s | think and again now for you does he just |
| 8212s | play the |
| 8213s | Odin for his own game plan or does he |
| 8216s | have to worry about just being dead I I |
| 8219s | I just don't know how how long you want |
| 8221s | to hold off on playing the Odin because |
| 8223s | if you always play to not lose how do |
| 8227s | you ever win like there are some games |
| 8231s | that can happen yeah but I I feel like |
| 8235s | if you just end up using all of the |
| 8237s | resources here as Warrior uh to just |
| 8240s | build up your armor before you've played |
| 8242s | Odin and while you're getting |
| 8243s | repetitively Frozen uh okay maybe you |
| 8247s | can live a little bit longer but you're |
| 8249s | also giving the Mage uh more time to |
| 8252s | build up those resources play those |
| 8255s | additional uh spell schools so it there |
| 8258s | really is a big give and take here and |
| 8260s | you hovering this |
| 8262s | Bladestorm yeah going to go ahead and |
| 8264s | just remove those uh a couple of the |
| 8266s | minions offboard and try to build up a |
| 8269s | little bit more armor here for |
| 8272s | go was the nature obviously last turn I |
| 8275s | think Shadows already been played all |
| 8277s | the obvious ones have already been |
| 8278s | played this this SI must be on about |
| 8280s | plus six I |
| 8283s | think picking up the flame geyser as |
| 8292s | well he going for the repeated freeze |
| 8294s | got another one of those where that came |
| 8296s | from as well next |
| 8298s | to and I I almost would imagine we see |
| 8301s | yla want to forge this molten Rune at |
| 8304s | some point as |
| 8311s | well does he want to play a sleep skater |
| 8314s | just to keep getting uh Minions on the |
| 8317s | board to try to push uh more minion base |
| 8321s | damage yeah it seems like he's been |
| 8324s | valuing getting some minions down very |
| 8327s | highly and trying to get a little tiny |
| 8328s | bit of chip um to push it over the edges |
| 8331s | he's he's seriously considering it plus |
| 8332s | it empties his hand for another slot if |
| 8335s | he plays it does he coin infinitize |
| 8338s | probably well I mean it it's just |
| 8340s | replaced by the mini so the hand size |
| 8342s | won't change no but he'll get the finale |
| 8345s | on the right |
| 8352s | yeah any potential damage but that |
| 8355s | discovers a Reverb yeah |
| 8362s | and it's |
| 8364s | discounted plus there is now an |
| 8366s | additional coin sitting in hand so yeah |
| 8369s | definitely looks like yarla is setting |
| 8371s | himself up for closing out the game very |
| 8375s | very soon here and again gu is kind of |
| 8378s | in this position of face being frozen |
| 8382s | not being able to go in on the Odin game |
| 8384s | plan uh but how much removal does he |
| 8388s | want to use how much armor does he feel |
| 8390s | like he needs to gain |
| 8391s | here uh I I guess if G really tries to |
| 8395s | go for the long long long game uh could |
| 8400s | continue to just try to stall at this |
| 8402s | point and inevitably we'll be able to |
| 8405s | play Odin and another weapon and there |
| 8407s | won't be any more freeze potential |
| 8409s | but that seems like a a far cry from uh |
| 8414s | what's actually happening in this |
| 8416s | game |
| 8419s | yeah y has a lot of damage next turn I |
| 8423s | don't know exactly how many spell scores |
| 8425s | but if the shift's a plus six that's |
| 8427s | 12 would need five spells well four |
| 8430s | spells because thiso SP face is go down |
| 8432s | to 48 with a |
| 8435s | ping did play that amplifier earlier as |
| 8438s | well so there is 11 Mana plus that |
| 8440s | additional coin in hand so it does leave |
| 8443s | a little bit more room to play some |
| 8446s | extra stuff here um and that Reverb |
| 8449s | being discounted helps |
| 8451s | to is this at I think he can afford |
| 8457s | to trying to out if he can forge I think |
| 8459s | right or was the other stuff just there |
| 8461s | Reverb Sith yeah it is six he reverbed |
| 8464s | to get those snake BS earlier he doesn't |
| 8466s | need the forge he's got everything else |
| 8467s | there with the coin and the um flame so |
| 8470s | he's |
| 8472s | fine and they are on seven not six as |
| 8474s | well |
| 8483s | on six good I got that part right |
| 8488s | good yala nicely done there um making |
| 8492s | sure that gu just couldn't get anything |
| 8494s | done with the attacks to the face and |
| 8496s | just kept messing around like here's a |
| 8498s | little Minion wall here's here's a |
| 8500s | three4 hidden behind some n ones just |
| 8502s | kept making it so the warrior had to |
| 8505s | take care of those things use Mana to |
| 8508s | take care of them which meant the |
| 8509s | warrior wasn't developing quite as much |
| 8511s | armor as he would like and yeah yala |
| 8514s | getting over the line with the Mage |
| 8515s | again good players with Mage do so much |
| 8518s | better than the stats seem to stay and |
| 8521s | one game away from another shot going to |
| 8524s | a final day for |
| 8526s | yala yeah very very close one more game |
| 8529s | just has to get a win with that uh |
| 8533s | priest at this point now but there is |
| 8536s | that final uh blowout of the Reverb and |
| 8539s | all of the spell damage Dage all of |
| 8541s | these uh direct damage spells coming out |
| 8544s | uh yla definitely has as just shown that |
| 8548s | these are very comfortable matchups for |
| 8551s | him just really showcasing uh fantastic |
| 8554s | play knowledge of both I would say how |
| 8557s | to go for your own game plan but also |
| 8559s | when things don't go well like not |
| 8561s | drawing that Odin uh just how you want |
| 8564s | to maneuver uh the different games so uh |
| 8567s | definitely looking very good for yland |
| 8569s | being set up but uh on the other side |
| 8571s | for GU this is just not really working |
| 8575s | out uh for for gu's lineup so far again |
| 8579s | it's just down to that Warrior mirror um |
| 8581s | which he was probably unfavored I don't |
| 8583s | I want don't want to say too much based |
| 8585s | on one game of hearstone but with the |
| 8587s | fizal versus not the fizal that seemed |
| 8588s | to be the difference in the game |
| 8590s | especially given yala didn't draw the |
| 8592s | Odin um I think G would be favored if |
| 8595s | that Warrior was still there but it's |
| 8597s | not it's through um seemed like it was |
| 8599s | slightly favored to be through |
| 8601s | and G's now got it to do this priest can |
| 8604s | definitely lose three times in a row to |
| 8606s | this lineup um it should beat the |
| 8608s | warrior it really should um it'll |
| 8611s | probably lose the Warlock and isn't |
| 8613s | favor against the Demon Hunter so it's |
| 8615s | not all over by any means but I mean you |
| 8618s | always want to be two Z up simple as |
| 8620s | that especially when one of your |
| 8621s | remaining match or one of your matchups |
| 8623s | is a |
| 8625s | favorable |
| 8626s | yeah uh I am very curious to see if uh |
| 8631s | you ends up shifting off of this Warrior |
| 8635s | uh and looks like he does and we're we |
| 8638s | don't need to go in depth into if he |
| 8640s | decided to switch or if it was random as |
| 8644s | is with Conquest but going to be the |
| 8647s | Warlock this custom warlock as we are |
| 8649s | calling it a lot of the pros are calling |
| 8651s | it that when you initially look at this |
| 8653s | Warlock deck you just kind of go what is |
| 8657s | this like it's just it looks like a pile |
| 8660s | of cards and you're like how does this |
| 8661s | even win how does this do anything and |
| 8666s | then you see it in action and it |
| 8669s | just it becomes a pile of cards to a |
| 8672s | pile of stats that hit your opponent in |
| 8674s | the face very quickly for very high |
| 8677s | amounts of damage you just have to have |
| 8679s | faith you just have to believe in |
| 8681s | Hearthstone like believe in the heart of |
| 8684s | a it's going to be okay geod horror we |
| 8687s | don't mind it's all going to be okay |
| 8688s | that's going to cost zero somehow not |
| 8689s | sure how it'll find way to cost zero |
| 8692s | then we'll find a way to copy it or |
| 8693s | we'll get a molten giant it'll be fine |
| 8695s | we'll have our opponent for 400 damage |
| 8697s | on turn five or something and we'll look |
| 8699s | like Geniuses it's just the way of this |
| 8701s | deck it's the best deck I love |
| 8704s | it that's right uh also of note again I |
| 8708s | know we mentioned kind of in one of |
| 8710s | those early games uh for this match the |
| 8714s | difference in the deck list uh but this |
| 8717s | warlock from gu also running one copy of |
| 8720s | speaker stomper which we do see in hand |
| 8722s | here uh that I think is a little bit |
| 8724s | different than some of the other Uh |
| 8727s | custom warlock lists that we see across |
| 8729s | the the rest of the field so uh a little |
| 8732s | bit interesting there to see that |
| 8735s | and the forge of |
| 8737s | Wills coming in |
| 8739s | hand oh we're going to get to trade the |
| 8741s | geod on our own turn which means we're |
| 8743s | getting a 55 for zero this turn and |
| 8745s | we're going to play another 55 |
| 8748s | right am I going crazy Maybe crazy can I |
| 8752s | not add oh we' have been one off one man |
| 8755s | off we' do it all next turn it's okay |
| 8756s | it's |
| 8758s | [Music] |
| 8760s | fine yeah I was thinking trading geode |
| 8763s | and then Spirit Bomb was going to take |
| 8764s | it down to zero but we're one |
| 8766s | off and then play the celestial but next |
| 8768s | turn is going to be |
| 8773s | ridiculous yeah I think there's actually |
| 8775s | a couple options for you uh this kind of |
| 8778s | this route as well um |
| 8781s | this feels kind of like a a a halfway of |
| 8786s | building towards his own game plan but |
| 8788s | also wanting to remove that well |
| 8790s | Wrangler from yla's side of the board uh |
| 8792s | and not allow yarla to build up quite as |
| 8796s | many dragons as quickly as well um |
| 8798s | because I feel like if yarla can |
| 8801s | assemble especially a lot of those cheap |
| 8803s | welps uh very quickly first of all there |
| 8806s | is a lot more uh taunt bodies that you |
| 8809s | will have to spend time Trading into |
| 8811s | before he's able to send damage face uh |
| 8813s | but also that's working towards |
| 8815s | regardless game plan of playing that |
| 8817s | zeri pushing extra damage and there's |
| 8820s | there's no removal in this Warlock deck |
| 8823s | other than actually trading on board so |
| 8826s | I I guess the the spirit bombs um or if |
| 8829s | you draw popar you get a couple of of |
| 8832s | spells there um but really outside of |
| 8835s | actually using your minions to trade uh |
| 8839s | there there's no like why board removal |
| 8841s | there's no clears like you do see with |
| 8844s | um like wheel warlock or like the |
| 8847s | Warriors so that to me that felt like |
| 8850s | kind of a a halfway of not fully |
| 8854s | committing to trade in and uh saving |
| 8858s | being able to play things a little bit |
| 8860s | later yeah he's starting to get a |
| 8861s | massive turn with um with Pip funnel |
| 8864s | cakes and welps I think there |
| 8867s | um obviously means you do have to wait a |
| 8870s | little bit with a pip um but plenty to |
| 8873s | come there but now G's hit like the |
| 8876s | accelerator is down to the floor now um |
| 8879s | everything's going to all the all the |
| 8880s | big stuff's going to cost zero and with |
| 8884s | Forge in hand if he gets time to play |
| 8885s | the forge that's his removal spelling |
| 8887s | away just giving everything rush uh the |
| 8889s | priest similarly has no removal other |
| 8891s | than the Titan yeah |
| 8895s | so having bigger things in your opponent |
| 8897s | in this m matchup is why the Warlock is |
| 8899s | so favored uh my fives hit your threes |
| 8902s | and yeah very basic Hearthstone is my |
| 8905s | things are going to live longer than |
| 8906s | yours and obviously you've got to be a |
| 8909s | bit scared of Zari just doing the thing |
| 8913s | but that's often much harder than it |
| 8914s | sounds you've got to make five dragons |
| 8917s | happen you then also got to have the |
| 8919s | Zari you've also got to not be dead but |
| 8922s | like you say this wall of taunt will |
| 8923s | slow things down to some |
| 8927s | degree yeah and I I guess there is the |
| 8931s | popar now for GU uh there is the forge |
| 8934s | of Wills as well but the popar at least |
| 8938s | to be able to play one of those uh |
| 8941s | Sledge barrels immediately it will need |
| 8942s | to be turn five he's only going to be |
| 8945s | going into four Mana here so I don't |
| 8947s | know if that's an option but top deck's |
| 8948s | uh Spirit Bomb that's a good a good draw |
| 8952s | here could go for Forge of wills and the |
| 8954s | Spirit Bomb potentially to kind of clear |
| 8956s | up a lot of this board um I think one |
| 8958s | thing worth mentioning as well for yard |
| 8961s | is even though he was able to get these |
| 8964s | uh welp Wranglers get some of these |
| 8966s | little welps on the board to kind of |
| 8969s | slow things down with with them having |
| 8971s | taunt uh this is not a game where you |
| 8975s | kind of get that ideal Zari board and |
| 8978s | larger minions to the start anyways uh |
| 8981s | because there's been no dream boat |
| 8983s | there's been no even the uh Crimson |
| 8986s | clergy and and funnel cakes to kind of |
| 8989s | draw and build and put put more things |
| 8991s | on board with those dream boats and then |
| 8993s | just have a board of potential damage |
| 8996s | anyways it's been kind of a a slow game |
| 9000s | for the priest so I'm laughing K you |
| 9003s | know what to do you've got to do the |
| 9004s | spirit all your three drops are too good |
| 9006s | here your two and your one if you come |
| 9008s | two and your zero if you have to just do |
| 9010s | it it's fine no one ever died to zi in |
| 9013s | this position |
| 9015s | ever okay yeah there you go you know you |
| 9018s | have to do that next time you got pop |
| 9019s | guy it'll all be okay hey it'll be fine |
| 9022s | what could possibly go wrong I I wonder |
| 9024s | if the decision was actually between uh |
| 9028s | committing the uh Forge of Wills or |
| 9031s | playing the second malefic Rook just to |
| 9034s | get another thing on board but also |
| 9037s | there there is a point for this warlock |
| 9040s | where you do kind of have to stop |
| 9042s | playing stuff that damages yourself uh |
| 9044s | especially against another deck that |
| 9045s | kind of wants to get on board like this |
| 9047s | because then you do have to worry about |
| 9049s | okay if they do have Zari and I leave |
| 9053s | two things on board that actually might |
| 9055s | be enough to kill me they don't need a |
| 9057s | huge board uh when you're dealing all |
| 9060s | that damage to yourself first I do |
| 9062s | suspect he was trying to calculate |
| 9063s | lethal on turn six as well um the the |
| 9068s | eight in hand plus the 15 on board is 23 |
| 9071s | but he knows about the taunts so I think |
| 9073s | his plan here is to get enough stuff on |
| 9075s | the board this turn and not die to make |
| 9077s | sure that next turn is lethal and he |
| 9079s | just wants to work out how high get with |
| 9081s | popar um or whether he could wait for |
| 9083s | turn six for the popar uh there's quite |
| 9086s | a lot going on there but I think in the |
| 9088s | end you know me joking aside I think um |
| 9092s | he realized |
| 9094s | that none of it mattered he's either |
| 9096s | going to win by miles on turn six or |
| 9098s | he's not so just make the best board you |
| 9100s | can right now and hope you don't die |
| 9102s | immediately yeah the zi coming into hand |
| 9106s | for yla here not able to play it this |
| 9108s | turn but I I really like how is playing |
| 9111s | this too just kind of really trying to |
| 9113s | capitalize on those small taunts just |
| 9115s | kind of committing this uh bigger board |
| 9117s | now and then forcing G to answer this |
| 9120s | after seeing that second uh the second |
| 9124s | Spirit Bomb being used already and |
| 9126s | knowing that okay well yeah five Mana |
| 9129s | but uh there has been no flame imps |
| 9132s | which uh I guess just to damage those |
| 9135s | there's been no uh Giants yet either so |
| 9139s | that is where working in ylo's favor |
| 9142s | and I guess maybe if ylo wanted to even |
| 9146s | try to think about uh the popar |
| 9148s | potential for Symphony of sins that is |
| 9151s | something but also at the same time you |
| 9153s | can kind of say I'm just going to put |
| 9155s | these things out on the board and if you |
| 9157s | don't have the popar which can kind of |
| 9160s | only answer one thing on turn five or |
| 9162s | you don't have a symphony of sins that's |
| 9164s | going to clear my board which also |
| 9166s | clears G's board at the same time then I |
| 9169s | feel like y is sitting in a pretty good |
| 9171s | position yeah I'm not even sure you play |
| 9173s | the pop gu here I think you trust they |
| 9174s | haven't got zi and then yala wins like |
| 9177s | oh good good work |
| 9180s | you nice |
| 9183s | no that must hurt but well |
| 9186s | played |
| 9189s | it it is it is now that's |
| 9193s | lethal the top deck of the Thirsty |
| 9198s | Drifter being able to yeah just put up |
| 9201s | this damage you kind of see gu just |
| 9203s | shaking his |
| 9207s | head this has felt like such an |
| 9209s | interesting game of like both players |
| 9212s | not really kind of drawing the the cards |
| 9214s | that when you hear players talk about |
| 9218s | these decks like where where where are |
| 9220s | the mol Giants where are the big things |
| 9222s | for Warlock and also where were the dri |
| 9225s | uh thirsty Drifters where was Zari up |
| 9227s | until now but at the same time |
| 9231s | this is still turn five and six so it's |
| 9233s | still very early but just beautifully |
| 9236s | done by |
| 9239s | yla yep he had a million ways to win |
| 9241s | that at the end couldn't decide which |
| 9242s | one he wanted to use I don't think I |
| 9245s | think I think he was terrified he was |
| 9246s | going to play the funnel cakes and not |
| 9248s | have enough Mana left or something yeah |
| 9250s | just do something really silly and end |
| 9252s | up not be able to playi I think that's |
| 9253s | what all the um the slight weirdness was |
| 9256s | there at the end because he knows |
| 9257s | there's enough damage uh this this deck |
| 9259s | when you play zian anything else is so |
| 9261s | much damage and getting it done three Z |
| 9265s | and gu will likely see him again in the |
| 9268s | summer Champs he seems to be making |
| 9269s | every Champs that he needs to he didn't |
| 9271s | make the four Champs because he' already |
| 9272s | qualified for World so he put his feet |
| 9274s | up for three months but we'll see him |
| 9275s | again uh still one of the strongest |
| 9277s | players around uh but yala in with |
| 9280s | another chance one more match to get to |
| 9282s | that top eight for yet another |
| 9284s | time yeah there it is that final turn I |
| 9288s | I do think it's uh it's just really good |
| 9291s | to see yla take that a little bit slowly |
| 9293s | just you know again these it's only five |
| 9296s | turn five and six at the end there but |
| 9298s | they both played a little bit slower |
| 9300s | really were thinking through those to |
| 9302s | make sure and I think especially that |
| 9303s | position that yla was in of being up two |
| 9306s | Z in this game just kind of making sure |
| 9309s | that every decision he was making uh |
| 9311s | kind of made sense to set himself up and |
| 9314s | it paid off in Spades for him there yeah |
| 9317s | absolutely uh very solid series um |
| 9320s | didn't get the first Odin down in the |
| 9322s | first match in the first game then you |
| 9324s | know managed his sifts and reverbs |
| 9326s | really really nicely in the second game |
| 9328s | especially the early Reverb on the |
| 9330s | salesman to make sure he had the extra |
| 9332s | damage later on trusted his deck and |
| 9335s | then there didn't Panic with the priest |
| 9338s | did take that extra turn to make sure he |
| 9339s | got the big pip and there you see the |
| 9342s | group standings he gets a rematch with |
| 9344s | wiu who beat him earlier today and the |
| 9347s | win of that will go onto the finals on |
| 9351s | Sunday yeah so we will be getting to see |
| 9353s | that decider match uh coming up next |
| 9357s | after this which is going to be |
| 9359s | definitely an exciting one to watch I'm |
| 9361s | so curious to see after yla's uh what |
| 9364s | looked like a really strong performance |
| 9366s | there in this 30-0 uh yla definitely |
| 9369s | seemed like he found the different |
| 9371s | potentials for the decks uh versus uh |
| 9375s | wiu who did seem a bit shaky and unsure |
| 9378s | in the match uh that we did see from him |
| 9380s | on stream so far already uh so I'm so |
| 9384s | curious to see how it's going to pan out |
| 9386s | for that match coming up next uh and |
| 9388s | then after that we still have Group B to |
| 9390s | go through today so plenty more |
| 9392s | Hearthstone action today you're not |
| 9394s | going to want to miss it so don't go |
| 9396s | anywhere we're going to take a quick |
| 9397s | break and we'll be right back with more |
| 9399s | Hearthstone action |
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| 9599s | hello everyone and welcome back to the |
| 9601s | Hearthstone Masters Tour spring |
| 9603s | Championship we've got plenty more |
| 9605s | Hearthstone coming up uh just to get |
| 9607s | this out of the way I know you'll all be |
| 9608s | disappointed that you cannot see me in |
| 9610s | motion but I am still here um sot how's |
| 9614s | it going you've already got ahead of me |
| 9615s | a little bit in terms of the casting but |
| 9617s | how's the day been going for you so far |
| 9619s | yeah it's fine it's fine I'll just do |
| 9620s | extra motion all the time to compensate |
| 9622s | for you this is entertaining me so what |
| 9624s | I can only think how good it is for the |
| 9626s | viewers yeah no it's it's uh it's been |
| 9628s | good I more than anything Raven I'm just |
| 9631s | glad that we get to settle into a nice |
| 9634s | Yara series oh yes that that to me is |
| 9637s | like Peak comfy Hearthstone right like |
| 9639s | that takes me back to those those |
| 9641s | 16-hour days casting European Grand |
| 9644s | Masters I wish was exaggerating yeah um |
| 9648s | but I'm really looking forward to this |
| 9649s | one because obviously I think yala would |
| 9651s | have been pegged as perhaps a favorite |
| 9653s | for this group at least on on Legacy |
| 9656s | right but weu already defeated in once |
| 9658s | to progress through to the winnner match |
| 9659s | wiq then had a very tough time of it in |
| 9662s | that winnner match whereas yala defeated |
| 9665s | by wiq but then had a pretty easy time |
| 9667s | of it honestly in his lower bracket |
| 9668s | match so um it looks like the Redemption |
| 9671s | Arc is on and I'm sure there's lots of |
| 9673s | supporters rooting for yala in in Czech |
| 9676s | Republic and various other places across |
| 9678s | the world yo is a very popular built up |
| 9680s | a large large fan base during that era |
| 9682s | of dominance in in European Grand |
| 9684s | Masters so I'm ready to settle in for a |
| 9686s | good one yeah there's definitely two |
| 9688s | sides of it on on one hand of course |
| 9690s | yala is trying to uh have another |
| 9692s | rematch versus someone he's just lost to |
| 9694s | uh but yal has been in the game a long |
| 9697s | time right he's had to deal with tough |
| 9698s | situations in tournaments there so yeah |
| 9700s | a lot on the line here as the winner |
| 9702s | does get to move on and the loser is |
| 9704s | done H and taking a look at this priest |
| 9707s | list and me and you have talked a lot |
| 9708s | about priest in the last few days and |
| 9710s | it's a deck I personally um do not enjoy |
| 9713s | but the reason I don't enjoy it is I'm |
| 9714s | seemingly just bad at it and I lose all |
| 9716s | the time and I can't draw a funnel cake |
| 9719s | uh but outside of that um after seeing |
| 9721s | some of these matches play out so far |
| 9723s | today how are you feeling about this |
| 9725s | priest and like the bring for the |
| 9727s | tournament itself first off total a side |
| 9729s | comment but um we split up the duties on |
| 9732s | doing the Highlight cards for this event |
| 9733s | and people were asking oh is there any |
| 9735s | particular way we have to do them like |
| 9736s | no do whatever you want it doesn't |
| 9737s | matter if they're different I did forget |
| 9739s | to mention the one Golden Rule which is |
| 9741s | in ascending sequential order obviously |
| 9743s | not |
| 9744s | 152 what kind of deranged individual |
| 9747s | does that come on just wait till the |
| 9749s | group I did |
| 9751s | later um but yeah I'm I'm a big fan of |
| 9753s | this deck like I was talking about it |
| 9754s | before in the previous series with TJ |
| 9756s | I'm kind of a big fan of this you know |
| 9759s | you know when you hear like a cover of a |
| 9762s | song by your favorite band in a |
| 9764s | different style right like you hear like |
| 9766s | metal covers of video game music or like |
| 9768s | it's a country version of some like |
| 9770s | death metal song that you like or |
| 9771s | whatever you're like yeah yeah this is |
| 9773s | cool but you only really like it because |
| 9775s | it's sort of similar to a thing that you |
| 9777s | really like right like that's that's the |
| 9779s | deal that's dragon priest Zari priest |
| 9781s | for me because it's very very similar to |
| 9783s | Naga priest which is a deck that I |
| 9784s | enjoyed enormously um it just kind of |
| 9787s | has different endgame payoffs but the |
| 9789s | part that both of those decks share in |
| 9791s | common is that sometimes you just make |
| 9793s | these insane blowout boards that win the |
| 9794s | game on turn four just by throwing too |
| 9796s | many stats in play for your opponent to |
| 9798s | deal with right then they have this are |
| 9799s | alternate win condition in the Zari |
| 9801s | priest case it's just playing Zari and |
| 9803s | taking the extra turn but if you get |
| 9805s | into a long game and this is where I |
| 9807s | think some you know average players are |
| 9809s | missing like 5 10% on their win rate if |
| 9812s | you know what you're doing with um power |
| 9815s | cord synchronize on opposing minions or |
| 9817s | on your own armentha or various other |
| 9819s | things you can actually settle in for an |
| 9821s | incredibly long grindy game if you get |
| 9824s | the right thing going if you look at the |
| 9825s | deck list you would not expect that to |
| 9827s | be the case yeah it reminds me of other |
| 9829s | sort of slightly more Echo based priests |
| 9831s | we've seen in the past as we take a look |
| 9833s | at Wu as and one of the lists he's going |
| 9836s | to be bringing to this Tournament of |
| 9837s | course uh is going to be the shame and |
| 9839s | just another deck that's gone through a |
| 9841s | few Evolutions over time uh it's gained |
| 9844s | some tools especially in this expansion |
| 9845s | SL rotation uh but also lost a couple of |
| 9848s | things in a little bit of a recent Nerf |
| 9850s | as well uh what do you make of this |
| 9852s | build specifically and are you a jive |
| 9855s | enjoyer I am a jive enjoyer it's |
| 9858s | certainly fun |
| 9860s | to do do you respect it as a card |
| 9863s | lethals via conductivity in Jive insect |
| 9866s | whether it's the optimal build of the |
| 9867s | deck over like the the more spell damage |
| 9870s | based version with Spirit claws cobal |
| 9871s | geomancer blood Mage thos um that deck's |
| 9874s | a little more more Allin I would say but |
| 9876s | it's closer in spirit to the original |
| 9879s | version which was very Allin on just |
| 9880s | trying to kill your opponent on like |
| 9882s | turn six or turn seven sometimes earlier |
| 9884s | and if you didn't get that you're kind |
| 9885s | of |
| 9886s | busted um but I think for this |
| 9889s | tournament |
| 9890s | um with a lot of people coming in not |
| 9892s | really planning on Banning Warrior from |
| 9895s | what we've seen um you do have to have |
| 9898s | some degree of resiliency in your in |
| 9899s | your Sharman build and we've seen people |
| 9901s | do that I don't know if you've ever seen |
| 9902s | like there was a build that was flirted |
| 9904s | with for a while that had like shoda |
| 9905s | block and fizzle in it so against |
| 9908s | Warrior specifically you can take three |
| 9910s | pictures of Any Given hand and then you |
| 9912s | you know you have hundreds of damage |
| 9914s | over the course of the game um there is |
| 9916s | a build now that plays one fizzle which |
| 9918s | you can use against Warrior which tends |
| 9919s | to go in that build with the extra spell |
| 9921s | damage but obviously this build against |
| 9923s | Warrior is trying to do conductivity and |
| 9925s | Jive insect using the Jazz base uh to be |
| 9928s | able to push 24 extra damage on top |
| 9930s | usually you can then squeeze in your |
| 9932s | zero Mana lightning Flex that reflexes |
| 9934s | your Zero Man lightning bolts your crash |
| 9935s | of thunder in that same turn as well to |
| 9938s | be able to do monstrous amounts of |
| 9939s | damage so I do think Warrior is like the |
| 9942s | big the big evil right in the eyes of |
| 9945s | this Shaman deck when you're planning |
| 9946s | for this tournament if you're bringing |
| 9947s | Shaman you have to have your answer a |
| 9949s | warrior whether it be banning it or |
| 9951s | whether it be teching the deck in a way |
| 9952s | that you feel that's not just an 80% |
| 9955s | match up in the Warrior's favor when you |
| 9957s | yeah it's one of those things I'm |
| 9958s | looking forward to seeing over the |
| 9959s | course of especially the next two days |
| 9961s | because that's when we're going to be |
| 9962s | working through all the groups of course |
| 9964s | uh is just how Warrior performs versus |
| 9967s | its band rate because we've already seen |
| 9969s | it a fair few times on stream and it's a |
| 9971s | pretty scary deck we've know it from |
| 9973s | ladder we know it from tournament H and |
| 9975s | it is pretty scary and I'm surprised |
| 9977s | we've already seen it as often as we |
| 9979s | even have have on stream I thought it |
| 9980s | was going to receive a lot more of the |
| 9981s | bands and you could say you know players |
| 9983s | have more of a plan versus the demon |
| 9985s | Hunters if that's going to be a problem |
| 9987s | than the Warriors because I feel like |
| 9989s | there are certain Decks that can jump on |
| 9990s | Warrior a little bit but in general it |
| 9992s | feels like it's been built so well at |
| 9994s | the moment that it's hard to just say oh |
| 9996s | yeah I'll just beat Warrior it'll be |
| 10001s | fine yeah I feel like that's the story |
| 10004s | of the metap like I found it difficult |
| 10007s | um normally we we have this discussion a |
| 10010s | lot coming into this and normally when |
| 10012s | I'm thinking about what the lineups are |
| 10013s | going to be I can say well basically |
| 10015s | you're either going to ban X or you're |
| 10016s | going to ban y right you're either going |
| 10018s | to ban Paladin or you're going to ban |
| 10019s | Demon Hunter you know like it's pretty |
| 10021s | clear what the bands are going into the |
| 10023s | tournament in terms of most obvious |
| 10025s | strategies coming into this tournament I |
| 10027s | feel like there's four or five different |
| 10029s | band strategies that were somewhat |
| 10031s | viable coming in because I talked about |
| 10033s | this earlier I think at most levels |
| 10035s | people might think that Demon Hunter is |
| 10036s | a bit of an outlier right now but as you |
| 10038s | get closer to the very top in terms of |
| 10040s | MMR and and high Legend ranks that Demon |
| 10043s | Hunter normalizes back into the pack |
| 10045s | very quickly in my experience so there's |
| 10048s | kind of four or five decks all vying |
| 10051s | with a with a viable argument of being |
| 10052s | the best deck in the game right at the |
| 10054s | top of the ranking so suddenly all of |
| 10056s | those become viable ban targets and you |
| 10058s | really then have to dig quite deeply |
| 10061s | into okay so if there's no clear deck |
| 10063s | that I absolutely have to ban what does |
| 10066s | my lineup look like if I ban Warrior |
| 10067s | what does my lineup look like if I ban |
| 10069s | Demon Hunter what does my lineup look |
| 10070s | like if I'm Banning warlock you know all |
| 10073s | of these options that you have available |
| 10074s | to you and actually look at it more |
| 10077s | holistically as to how your lineup turns |
| 10078s | out in each of those options which is uh |
| 10080s | kind of cool I feel like we haven't |
| 10082s | necessarily had a tournament like this |
| 10083s | in quite some time and I can tell we've |
| 10085s | not had a chance to sit and uh talk on |
| 10087s | broadcast about hone for a long time |
| 10089s | because we've just talked straight past |
| 10090s | turn one which is often what what we do |
| 10092s | uh we are in of course into game one |
| 10095s | here weu on the top on that Warrior yala |
| 10097s | on the Mage and yala off to a pretty |
| 10098s | good start getting that hand size |
| 10100s | increase uh just for a beginning and |
| 10102s | having access to some of these freeze |
| 10104s | options that can definitely help for |
| 10106s | example in this Warrior matchup yeah and |
| 10109s | I don't know how much of this you caught |
| 10111s | because of course you did pick up your |
| 10113s | entire house and move it down the street |
| 10115s | and connect it to a different internet |
| 10117s | cable I'm I'm pretty sure that's right |
| 10119s | exactly what happened fair fair fairly |
| 10121s | accurate yeah yeah um but yala did play |
| 10124s | this matchup in his previous series as |
| 10126s | well um and actually ended up clutching |
| 10128s | it very very early on he just reverbed |
| 10130s | his own salesman so he had two snake |
| 10133s | oils in his hand and then literally just |
| 10135s | waited the entire game until he had |
| 10137s | critical mass with SI damage which did |
| 10139s | take a very long time by the way the |
| 10141s | temptation to start trading away those |
| 10143s | snake oils to try and you know get |
| 10145s | through the deck quicker must have been |
| 10147s | enormous but yala of course refusing to |
| 10150s | do anything that he didn't have to and |
| 10152s | just patiently waiting until the game |
| 10155s | falls into his lap you said it earlier |
| 10157s | right it's like you know the the whole |
| 10158s | conversation is yeah but do you need to |
| 10161s | do this and yala is the master of |
| 10163s | control at this point so see how this |
| 10165s | one starts to progress both players |
| 10168s | having a pretty decent hands as Wu |
| 10170s | having access to some card draw with the |
| 10172s | armor um and yala of course uh what |
| 10175s | feels like in Mage a lot of the time |
| 10177s | always having access uh to it almost an |
| 10179s | excess of cards actually |
| 10182s | mhm not the best picks here though |
| 10185s | honestly no honestly terrible deeply |
| 10189s | deeply |
| 10191s | terrible It's Tricky as well cuz I |
| 10194s | naturally want to say star power because |
| 10196s | it's just the best card but in this |
| 10200s | match up yeah that's what I mean in this |
| 10202s | exact matchup it's like it's going to be |
| 10205s | the pick though from yala again there |
| 10206s | there are some Minions that you can just |
| 10209s | say oh I'll just clear away with one |
| 10211s | card without even really having to think |
| 10213s | about it so it's something and I do |
| 10215s | think they are going to that is going to |
| 10217s | get a bit more use than the other |
| 10218s | options that are available because it |
| 10220s | was a pretty dire discover yeah I think |
| 10223s | azerite you could try there and try and |
| 10226s | get away with it um but I think one of |
| 10228s | the better cards um is the hammer that |
| 10231s | has already just been played that you |
| 10232s | would be getting away with while you |
| 10234s | actually have a little bit of armor a |
| 10236s | stone skin armor might be nice to pick |
| 10237s | up as well you could just ping yourself |
| 10239s | in the face or do something stupid just |
| 10240s | to get a little bit of extra card draw |
| 10242s | but yeah sure I think a cheap enough |
| 10244s | star power is probably just a higher |
| 10246s | quality card if you were saying |
| 10249s | even if worst case it's used in this |
| 10251s | scenario right just kill remove four |
| 10253s | damage off the board whatever like it's |
| 10257s | done might not be what happens because y |
| 10260s | might decide he can actually just take |
| 10261s | this damage it's not a big deal but it |
| 10263s | is just available yeah he ends up going |
| 10265s | for it just saying you know what sure |
| 10267s | why not he |
| 10269s | [Music] |
| 10273s | gone here the wiq has a lot of value in |
| 10276s | the air the card draw train just keeps |
| 10279s | on uh chugging along doesn't |
| 10285s | it as we you going to verse rift this |
| 10287s | yeah does verse Rift it at the end gains |
| 10289s | a ton of armor from the Razer fan gets |
| 10293s | the bonus armor from the attack and will |
| 10295s | now get bonus armor from the totem as |
| 10297s | well already at the lofty Heights of |
| 10301s | 48 and Sith not really the card you want |
| 10303s | to see right now no it's a tough it's |
| 10306s | well not tough it's an interesting line |
| 10307s | to walk cuz normally want to be greedy |
| 10309s | as possible when you're the warrior |
| 10311s | right because you want just the the Giga |
| 10312s | burst once Odin's gone down to just |
| 10314s | close out the game H but you also don't |
| 10317s | want to be burst in return in this Mage |
| 10319s | match |
| 10321s | up yeah and I think if it comes down to |
| 10323s | it if you stay out of range of the Mage |
| 10327s | uh you will kill the Mage accidentally |
| 10329s | at some point likely if it resoles down |
| 10331s | to that you'll be okay Wu wants to do |
| 10333s | what yala did earlier today and just hit |
| 10335s | that like 100ish armor right and just be |
| 10338s | like okay go for it |
| 10345s | it |
| 10347s | oh I love hearstone you know it's great |
| 10355s | like so yala is going to have to find |
| 10357s | some way to get some serious discounts |
| 10359s | rolling here the only way this game is |
| 10361s | even remotely winnable is with multiple |
| 10365s | discounted discovers from infinitize |
| 10368s | right looking for several one mana burn |
| 10371s | cards you're looking for maybe a |
| 10372s | discounted Reverb as well so that you |
| 10375s | can squeeze it in there with the SI for |
| 10376s | like plus 12 spell damage or something |
| 10378s | absurd even just hitting glyphs and |
| 10380s | stuff like that right is a possibility |
| 10382s | to just help in some in some respect the |
| 10386s | SI definitely a little bit early to the |
| 10388s | party though can't even really commit |
| 10391s | anything to deal with the |
| 10392s | board it's not like wisdom ball is going |
| 10395s | to come up with anything magical most of |
| 10397s | the time here does find LIF though |
| 10403s | okay jeez still no |
| 10406s | answer Zer man a |
| 10416s | frostbolt I think right because this is |
| 10418s | glyph casting twice yeah off the |
| 10420s | stargazing right yeah |
| 10422s | yeah It's tricky because there's also |
| 10424s | even even though the hand size has been |
| 10426s | increased there's hand size concerns |
| 10428s | because the reverb's probably goingon to |
| 10430s | stick around for a bit the infinitize |
| 10432s | obviously is gonna Pro probably stick |
| 10434s | around uh Sith as well isn't going |
| 10437s | anywhere so oh my go even though you |
| 10439s | could say well why would you you know |
| 10441s | get rid of a cheap Frost bolt well it's |
| 10443s | going to run out hand space soon |
| 10444s | especially that second Reverb well also |
| 10447s | right like you know if you get plus |
| 10448s | seven spell damage on Sith that Frost |
| 10450s | Bolt's going to do 10 to your opponent |
| 10451s | if you leave up that second Razer fend |
| 10453s | for another turn it's very possible that |
| 10455s | Razer fend just gains your opponent 10 |
| 10457s | on this turn so |
| 10463s | wind |
| 10464s | Fury did not see what the second option |
| 10469s | was in this |
| 10471s | position would you say that Wu is just |
| 10473s | too far ahead at this point just from |
| 10476s | obiously we can see yala's hand because |
| 10478s | like what are the odds on yala actually |
| 10480s | being able to piece something together |
| 10483s | so let's say you get let's say you get |
| 10485s | Sith to plus six spell damage right and |
| 10489s | and then you're able to reverb it |
| 10490s | cheaply so let's say you have plus 12 |
| 10492s | spell damage right let's take three |
| 10494s | damage as an average spell cost you're |
| 10495s | then doing 15 damage per spell right so |
| 10499s | you would then still have to cast six |
| 10503s | spells currently at that level so we've |
| 10506s | played Sith Reverb and six spells so |
| 10509s | basically your entire hand has to be |
| 10511s | that perfect and cost less than 10 and |
| 10514s | you would get there this turn based on |
| 10517s | the amount of armor they currently have |
| 10518s | and they're going to keep gaining more |
| 10520s | yeah easy right sounds okay yeah so |
| 10523s | there was a lot of ifs in there but so |
| 10525s | essentially what if this was a ladder |
| 10527s | game I would already be playing an |
| 10528s | entirely different game of hearthstone |
| 10530s | right now let's put it that |
| 10532s | way well Y is piecing together a plan |
| 10535s | Reverb on the salesman some of those |
| 10537s | oils in |
| 10539s | [Music] |
| 10542s | hand yeah it's incredible how much of a |
| 10545s | threat those pigs are isn't it like |
| 10546s | another frostbolt going in there just to |
| 10548s | get them out of the way as you said all |
| 10550s | those questions were raised on this |
| 10552s | current health total for week you never |
| 10555s | mind anything else yes and this wisdom |
| 10558s | ball is not playing ball at all it has |
| 10561s | cast nothing but secrets so far counter |
| 10564s | spell ice barrier counter spell I think |
| 10566s | have been the three charges of the |
| 10567s | weapon almost entirely useless helpful |
| 10570s | in the most inverted of commas you have |
| 10572s | ever |
| 10579s | yeah it's because weu is so far |
| 10583s | ahead they can afford to just play into |
| 10586s | these secrets right it's not a disaster |
| 10588s | by any means as you can see they just |
| 10590s | throwing away the the Bellow in |
| 10592s | there yep throwing away the bellowing |
| 10594s | Flames just so he can guarantee cast The |
| 10597s | Gift guarantee get another five |
| 10602s | armor I think weq so far today is 100% |
| 10606s | ratio of uh Shield blocks from gifts |
| 10610s | oh that's a good stat to keep track |
| 10615s | of Linda what do we pay you |
| 10618s | for Linda's like wait you guys are |
| 10620s | getting |
| 10626s | paid creation is a way to deal with the |
| 10630s | board even though the board is again one |
| 10632s | of those boards that Warriors make H |
| 10634s | Warrior makes at the moment which is |
| 10636s | threatening but not threatening at the |
| 10638s | same time |
| 10650s | so yeah this is the play that we saw |
| 10651s | from yala in the previous Series where |
| 10654s | he just reverbed a Salesman to get the |
| 10656s | double snake oil in hand uh the the |
| 10658s | moving goalpost was not 90 last time |
| 10662s | around see whether it comes together |
| 10668s | it's another |
| 10670s | secret so what are you what are you |
| 10673s | wanting from the ball at this point I |
| 10676s | mean fireable to face really is about |
| 10678s | the best thing that you're getting isn't |
| 10683s | it have arm on it as well as the wind |
| 10687s | Fury oh not no summon okay it's it's |
| 10691s | time to actually apply some pressure |
| 10693s | fair enough |
| 10696s | [Music] |
| 10699s | SLE is something to do but is it |
| 10702s | something to actually progress stopping |
| 10704s | the weapon obviously is important |
| 10705s | especially with all these minions |
| 10707s | because Mage can deal with boards but |
| 10710s | not when they they're endless eight |
| 10714s | drops so right now what would we have |
| 10716s | we'd go Sith Reverb snake oil snake oil |
| 10719s | and then you could try and Rewind a |
| 10721s | snake |
| 10723s | oil it's not very much damage is it |
| 10726s | checks armor total |
| 10736s | um we counting the uh pyro Blast from |
| 10738s | wisdom ball right yeah yeah yeah yeah |
| 10741s | sure sure sure sure sure so be honest |
| 10744s | when this card was revealed the first |
| 10745s | time you looked at this card did you |
| 10746s | think it was zephrus six times because a |
| 10749s | lot of people did yes I thought it was |
| 10752s | going to just win me games just all the |
| 10755s | time and then I played it and just |
| 10757s | looked at it and said why |
| 10760s | not that it's a particularly bad card I |
| 10762s | was just expecting more |
| 10765s | yeah I was talking about this I've had |
| 10767s | this conversation with a couple of |
| 10768s | people but I feel like we're in a um |
| 10770s | prison of yuron debate with wisdom ball |
| 10773s | right now okay sure yeah fine fine plus |
| 10777s | one damage to the board nice great job |
| 10780s | um where you know prison of the Oxon |
| 10782s | people will play it in situations where |
| 10784s | they're miles behind on board and the |
| 10786s | first charge doesn't save them and they |
| 10788s | go well this card's trash why would I |
| 10789s | ever put it in my deck kind of thing um |
| 10792s | whereas it's an investment card right |
| 10794s | where you the the value in it comes with |
| 10797s | just the acrude value of what you pay |
| 10799s | for it initially where you get to use |
| 10800s | the multiple charges over uh alternate |
| 10802s | terms yeah which I think is the same |
| 10804s | thing with wisdom ball a lot of people |
| 10806s | like assess it of like they play the |
| 10807s | cadar and then they want the first |
| 10809s | wisdom ball to just do something |
| 10810s | incredible and blow the game out of the |
| 10812s | water and it just doesn't work like that |
| 10813s | right it's a six Manor investment to get |
| 10815s | a lot more than six maners worth of |
| 10817s | stuff over the course |
| 10819s | yeah and also if you take this current |
| 10821s | game situation out of it and say you |
| 10825s | play khadgar and then for the next X |
| 10827s | turns depending if it survives the whole |
| 10829s | way sure you are gaining ice barrier |
| 10832s | into counter spell into ice barrier into |
| 10834s | counter spell that's quite a good card |
| 10836s | right if you just said that to someone |
| 10837s | that is pretty powerful it's just in a |
| 10840s | lot of these situations you don't you |
| 10842s | neither need nor want these ice barriers |
| 10844s | and counter spells uh so that's the only |
| 10846s | tricky thing is it doesn't necessarily |
| 10848s | play the exact way you want it to but I |
| 10850s | agree as a raw value card it is good |
| 10854s | it's very |
| 10855s | strong so I suspect obviously you can |
| 10858s | never quite get in tune with the yala |
| 10860s | but I suspect that uh rewind sequencing |
| 10863s | there he was maybe looking for another |
| 10866s | cryo so he could try and go down the |
| 10868s | excavate line keep freezing out the |
| 10870s | opponent uh cuz these freezes are very |
| 10872s | effective worth remembering by the way |
| 10875s | that uh Wu does have access to Reno to |
| 10877s | unfreeze if that will become relevant on |
| 10880s | uh any of these upcoming turns oh yes |
| 10882s | this is what I like to see get that |
| 10883s | fireball thrown |
| 10889s | in coin |
| 10891s | ping ah yeah yeah coin coin INF |
| 10893s | infinitize does seem more |
| 10897s | [Laughter] |
| 10903s | sensible that is going to be overdraw |
| 10905s | right for the next turn I can |
| 10911s | count uh for yala yeah 10 cards in hand |
| 10914s | right now |
| 10917s | yeah and here comes the reset as you |
| 10919s | mentioned new hero means uh new |
| 10923s | unfrozen swing coming in oh or oh is |
| 10927s | yala Amplified actually yala's probably |
| 10929s | Amplified by this point so he's he's |
| 10931s | probably okay he's got 11 hand space Oh |
| 10934s | yeah sorry he he turn he started with |
| 10936s | that right yeah mhm |
| 10939s | I've been seeing so many secrets and |
| 10941s | everything I completely forgot about the |
| 10942s | first play from yala way back when at |
| 10945s | the start of this game yes as Linda is |
| 10948s | so gleefully like Linda nasing is |
| 10950s | exactly the worst thing in the world um |
| 10953s | there it does say 11 Mana at the bottom |
| 10955s | of the screen which is kind of a dead |
| 10961s | giveaway there's all the armor gone from |
| 10964s | [Music] |
| 10967s | y it's Jive |
| 10970s | [Music] |
| 10975s | Warrior there is Reverb |
| 10980s | though could clear the bo we Reverb the |
| 10983s | rag and then we find some way to |
| 10985s | generate a copy of uh criminal lineup is |
| 10987s | that what those cards called we point it |
| 10989s | at a minion and it makes a bunch of |
| 10990s | copies of it and then you still can't do |
| 10992s | that cuz you're under a Reno this turn |
| 10994s | so you can't actually make a bunch of |
| 10995s | copies Reverb ping and then hit the for |
| 11007s | easy I think it might be next game time |
| 11011s | yeah yeah I mean |
| 11013s | Y come down to 80 though it's pretty |
| 11015s | good going it's a good effort they only |
| 11018s | had what 50 more Health than they |
| 11020s | started with it's pretty |
| 11025s | good I think Mage is one of those decks |
| 11028s | though where you sit there and think but |
| 11032s | I've still got a chance because it can |
| 11035s | generate so many cards as we can see now |
| 11036s | with infinitize again it could it kind |
| 11039s | of has infinite damage if you think |
| 11042s | about it that |
| 11044s | way found the cryo yeah the Titan dream |
| 11047s | is |
| 11050s | alive all we need to do is continue to |
| 11053s | freeze weq every turn and discover a |
| 11056s | Titan that immediately wins as the game |
| 11058s | game mhm |
| 11065s | mhm more freeze |
| 11079s | okay going to go for it |
| 11089s | [Music] |
| 11097s | hold yeah Zola hang on a minute uhhuh uh |
| 11100s | is this a two turn C set up yeah so now |
| 11104s | we go cth Reverb dump all of our burn |
| 11108s | Zola our C and then we have a CF in our |
| 11110s | hand that does absolutely nothing cuz |
| 11112s | we've got no burn left hooray make more |
| 11116s | burn easy |
| 11119s | go just download more Burns yeah okay |
| 11122s | creation comes out there is the artific |
| 11124s | now as well so there's some levels of |
| 11126s | Defense with a combination of artifice |
| 11127s | and |
| 11130s | freeze got coin Max Aude again right |
| 11133s | yeah oh |
| 11135s | yeah cry preservation again no y I can't |
| 11140s | even look at another ice barrier today |
| 11154s | it's got to be one says armor on it yeah |
| 11158s | that's going to be one of the most |
| 11159s | annoying Reno hero powers to see as they |
| 11162s | discover a spell cuz you just think G |
| 11164s | you're trying to keep mental track of |
| 11165s | what you've dealt with so far and it's |
| 11167s | like oh never mind straight out the |
| 11169s | [Music] |
| 11171s | window be easily cleaned up of |
| 11174s | course I think that was one of the least |
| 11176s | efficient trial by fires I've ever seen |
| 11178s | seen in my life and it just does not |
| 11180s | matter just one two and three into a 3 |
| 11183s | four that was your turn okay two four4 |
| 11186s | is threatening some damage |
| 11189s | okay yeah I mean you are just |
| 11191s | threatening it's lethal |
| 11197s | yeah get this first sift |
| 11203s | down yeah the Raven Strat here would |
| 11206s | definitely just be play the Sith chuck |
| 11207s | all of your damage at Phase figure the |
| 11209s | rest of it out later hear me out I've |
| 11212s | got a new plan Tempo SI freeze and hope |
| 11216s | there's no removal and then go the turn |
| 11221s | after what what how the weapon kills it |
| 11227s | freeze stuff with with what only does |
| 11231s | minions something you have |
| 11233s | to I'm trying to think of it out |
| 11236s | okay hey |
| 11239s | see freeze so that's three |
| 11244s | yep do we infinitize to look for a |
| 11247s | fourth one and dump a snake oil or |
| 11253s | something infinitize has to be worth |
| 11255s | more than a snake oil |
| 11258s | right yeah I mean I just don't think |
| 11260s | you're getting there with any kind of |
| 11261s | combo burn plan right like your goal is |
| 11264s | to actually out value the warrior |
| 11266s | somehow |
| 11268s | which only really comes through more |
| 11270s | excavates I would |
| 11274s | imagine like honest what whatever line |
| 11277s | you're saying is winning the game you |
| 11278s | are coping extra hard and that's the way |
| 11282s | I like it I want to be very clear about |
| 11284s | that from the |
| 11287s | offset these lines don't win but we have |
| 11290s | to pretend or else what are we even |
| 11292s | doing here what's this all been for |
| 11296s | R ask myself that often honestly |
| 11303s | so so is yala right |
| 11307s | now all of these years doing this and |
| 11309s | you can't even afford an internet |
| 11311s | connection come on I'm doing my best |
| 11313s | here I've literally got in my car and |
| 11316s | drove to another location to be able to |
| 11319s | I am dear viewers so very literally |
| 11322s | kicking a man while he's down right now |
| 11324s | like I am under no illusions that I am |
| 11326s | the bad guy here or no illusions I'm the |
| 11328s | good guy here I am definitely the bad |
| 11330s | guy here it's fine just |
| 11332s | wait all's moving up to near where I |
| 11335s | live guess what you didn't have to dox |
| 11339s | me jeez come |
| 11341s | on |
| 11343s | Scotland y that's |
| 11350s | right okay some more levels of Defense |
| 11356s | here ooh |
| 11358s | is that Zola on the Slate oh no |
| 11365s | okay okay y'a seen fatigue he's seen it |
| 11375s | out I'm not sure he |
| 11380s | is he's about to see a huge Hammer |
| 11383s | though |
| 11384s | 35 so nice |
| 11388s | BK nice nice casual 70 that turn 76 76 |
| 11393s | my mistake note it down note it down for |
| 11396s | the |
| 11397s | stats wow uh that was a rough one um not |
| 11401s | the way you want to oh no that's not Y |
| 11404s | no 50/50 |
| 11406s | unlucky lost the coin |
| 11409s | flip uh yeah a really rough game there |
| 11412s | game one for yala taking the loss in |
| 11414s | that fashion cuz obviously he tried to |
| 11415s | stick around and fight as we said mage |
| 11417s | can generate so many resources that you |
| 11420s | do want to give yourself a chance but |
| 11422s | weu was just just chilling all game |
| 11425s | there let's be honest once we got you |
| 11426s | know past to five or so it was pretty |
| 11427s | clear that everything was going well and |
| 11429s | all WQ had to do was not mess up and uh |
| 11432s | he did that very very well taking a game |
| 11434s | one enough to a great start in this |
| 11436s | series and I do wonder what this does to |
| 11438s | yala in terms of like okay I lost |
| 11441s | earlier today and now game one went like |
| 11444s | that something must be creeping in |
| 11446s | thinking maybe today is just not my day |
| 11449s | yeah and I think um Wii who I don't |
| 11451s | think had the best performance in his |
| 11453s | first on stream series of the day I |
| 11455s | think put in a very solid performance |
| 11457s | there obviously in terms of games you |
| 11459s | are going to play at this level that was |
| 11461s | one of the easier ones to win but still |
| 11464s | all the way up until the end he was |
| 11465s | locked in a very frustrating time Loop |
| 11467s | where he was just getting Frozen every |
| 11469s | single turn couldn't end the game he had |
| 11471s | the Odin down so Y and you as soon as as |
| 11473s | soon as you have one turn where you're |
| 11475s | unfreeze unfrozen you're going to end up |
| 11478s | having lethal but weq had to preserve |
| 11480s | two things one enough damage in hand |
| 11482s | that you could otk because you might |
| 11484s | only get one turn where you can attack |
| 11486s | and then they'll start discovering |
| 11487s | freeze again and start locking you down |
| 11489s | again right so make sure that you can |
| 11490s | otk with the wi Fury when you get there |
| 11492s | but also secondly because we saw the |
| 11494s | cryo into discovered cryo and like the |
| 11497s | rewind attempt for cryo it was also |
| 11499s | somewhat clear that yala was trying to |
| 11501s | find some kind of value line so at the |
| 11504s | same time weq has to be like okay make |
| 11506s | sure I have a removal card right a |
| 11509s | sanitize in my hand so if suddenly Titan |
| 11513s | a Titan comes down out of nowhere or |
| 11514s | some discovered legendary or anything |
| 11516s | else I have the ability to like clear |
| 11518s | one crazy board that comes down because |
| 11521s | the other win condition there for yala |
| 11522s | is to find some way of doing that like |
| 11524s | Mage excavate reward get a Titan in play |
| 11526s | freeze the face all in the same turn |
| 11528s | something like that right and then maybe |
| 11530s | that board presence will help get over |
| 11532s | the line with uh then cth and Reverb and |
| 11534s | two snake oils as a follow up the turn |
| 11536s | after but weq had that covered the |
| 11538s | entire time as well because any board |
| 11539s | that was going to come down was going to |
| 11541s | get sanitized in that spot anyway so I |
| 11543s | think great job from weq overall just |
| 11545s | covering all the bases and yala did what |
| 11547s | he had to do he stuck in there he did |
| 11548s | the hard grind but I think like you say |
| 11551s | come probably turn six or seven he |
| 11552s | probably had a pretty good idea he |
| 11554s | wasn't winning that game well we are |
| 11555s | quickly moving on to game number two and |
| 11557s | it's going to be demon Hunters as far as |
| 11559s | the eye can see y going first getting |
| 11563s | the salesman down and it has a bit of a |
| 11566s | uh slower looking hand but with both |
| 11570s | players having instrument Tex available |
| 11571s | you know this game's going to get uh get |
| 11574s | awfully quick awfully |
| 11579s | fast indeed Wei with a interesting |
| 11582s | discover Choice there as well |
| 11584s | metamorphosis and three felon Flames |
| 11586s | both both cards that uh tick the pick |
| 11589s | the one that's in your deck test right |
| 11591s | because they are both played in in |
| 11593s | various lists uh just checking to see |
| 11596s | yep there is a met morphosis in week's |
| 11598s | deck as well as the three fellon Flames |
| 11600s | so actually had to make a genuine |
| 11602s | decision on that front yeah and I think |
| 11604s | I I like the decision even though I like |
| 11605s | meta it's in this matchup feels like it |
| 11608s | could just sit in your hand and be way |
| 11610s | too slow H whereas through Fel and |
| 11612s | Flames I do feel like you're going to |
| 11614s | get pretty much guaranteed use out of it |
| 11616s | one way or |
| 11619s | another even now paying off for itself |
| 11621s | now been able to trade these down and |
| 11623s | although the early board Advantage I |
| 11625s | feel isn't the end of the world here for |
| 11627s | you know losing that board Advantage you |
| 11630s | would still rather be pressuring than |
| 11631s | not right yeah uh worth no noting as |
| 11635s | well the difference in the two decks |
| 11638s | yala is playing the more recent |
| 11641s | development uh with the Blind Eye |
| 11643s | Sharpshooter version of the deck making |
| 11645s | room for some spells and a few extra |
| 11647s | nagas in there as well like playing |
| 11648s | slyther spear for example just to try |
| 11650s | and get that extra damage whereas weu |
| 11652s | has been playing um the list that has |
| 11654s | been fairly well Consolidated for quite |
| 11657s | some time Now with uh kind like posic |
| 11660s | thrown in there as well the |
| 11661s | metamorphosis going down swinging um |
| 11663s | just a more Straight Ahead Shopper |
| 11665s | focused version of the deck just with uh |
| 11668s | outright damage cards thrown in there on |
| 11670s | top and do you think with the Nerf |
| 11671s | announced for the weapon that we're |
| 11673s | going to see more of this Sharpshooter |
| 11675s | uh if if people continue to play this |
| 11677s | overall style of Demon Hunter yeah I |
| 11679s | don't know um like I haven't CU |
| 11682s | obviously I've been very focused on like |
| 11684s | learning that we have for this |
| 11686s | tournament yeah like I haven't really |
| 11688s | thought about it too hard but my my fear |
| 11691s | is that both of these decks kind of rely |
| 11694s | on umpire's grasp at all to exist and |
| 11697s | maybe without umpire's grass like maybe |
| 11698s | Demon Hunter just completely falls off a |
| 11700s | cliff um but we'll we'll we'll |
| 11703s | see that we will here though we going to |
| 11707s | see the initial discover options none of |
| 11710s | the big hitters that you really have uh |
| 11713s | even though tough crowd's pretty good |
| 11715s | it's not really one you want in the |
| 11716s | three slot and also it's not the one you |
| 11718s | want when you there's nothing to react |
| 11720s | to right normally you want to do that as |
| 11722s | a reaction to something your opponent's |
| 11724s | done uh but not really the case here for |
| 11729s | yala G |
| 11737s | okay going to say this is going to be |
| 11739s | one of those uh delayed |
| 11741s | Shoppers I guess just being able to deal |
| 11743s | with this |
| 11744s | 62 yeah yeah I think the uh the turn |
| 11748s | four when you're so when you don't when |
| 11750s | you're not on coin and you go coin uh |
| 11752s | umpires grasp obviously then you want to |
| 11754s | curve out really fast if you are just |
| 11756s | playing your weapon naturally on three |
| 11758s | there's not a great deal of difference |
| 11760s | in a lot of scenarios from going three |
| 11763s | Mana Window Shopper plus your one Mana |
| 11765s | guy on four to playing your three Mana |
| 11768s | Window Shopper your one Mana guy on five |
| 11770s | and then also having the one Mana |
| 11772s | available to play your one Mana discover |
| 11774s | on five anyway right like the turn you |
| 11776s | play your first mag theodon which is the |
| 11778s | good one that you're looking for is the |
| 11780s | same either way right so if you if |
| 11782s | you're faced with that scenario um it's |
| 11785s | quite often better to just clear up the |
| 11786s | board in front of you to not fall too |
| 11788s | far behind on Tempo particularly on in |
| 11790s | the mirror I think there are downsides |
| 11792s | of course because if you play the the |
| 11795s | three cost Shopper and the one cost |
| 11796s | Shopper on turn four you can hit mag |
| 11799s | theodon on either of those slots and |
| 11801s | then play that mag theodon on turn five |
| 11803s | whereas doing it the way that's one turn |
| 11804s | delayed you have to hit the one Mana mag |
| 11806s | theodon |
| 11808s | to a to get |
| 11810s | it second ire Gras here coming out from |
| 11813s | yala yala pretty low on the old Health |
| 11816s | here but double Hunter secret for this |
| 11818s | turn |
| 11819s | only it's going to be oh or not okay I |
| 11823s | kind of always expected a attack to proc |
| 11825s | one of those but hey it's |
| 11827s | possible 65 Inquisitor looks pretty huge |
| 11834s | here going to go window shopping again |
| 11838s | yep and again the mag theodon I don't |
| 11842s | want to call games too early but if this |
| 11844s | is mag theodon in this position I feel |
| 11846s | like it it does end it a lot of the time |
| 11848s | just because the health Y is on but it |
| 11851s | is |
| 11852s | not tough crowd |
| 11854s | reroll not going to hold on |
| 11861s | okay is this oh no there |
| 11865s | isn't yeah is this tough crowd the hold |
| 11868s | for the um I forget the name the LIF |
| 11870s | steel taunt |
| 11874s | maybe uh oh Abyssal basis like if yo |
| 11877s | were to get it exactly because he's |
| 11878s | about to swing so he's going to probably |
| 11880s | get another Shopper and could actually |
| 11882s | shoer into the Abyssal right okay just |
| 11886s | just a thought that's all just bouncing |
| 11888s | like the uh the one- one back really |
| 11889s | gaining too much this turn not |
| 11892s | sure just because the three cost lar is |
| 11895s | right there so if you draw something |
| 11896s | cheap you can actually get rid bounce |
| 11898s | and then go for the idari maybe |
| 11903s | M wow not going to see any mag theodon |
| 11906s | in this |
| 11911s | one yeah this is the weird part about |
| 11913s | this deck right like if |
| 11915s | you if you took this deck this mirror |
| 11918s | this game and then like showed it to an |
| 11920s | alien and we're like okay this is the |
| 11923s | deck that large portions of the |
| 11924s | community complain about as being too |
| 11926s | strong |
| 11927s | you they just wouldn't believe you right |
| 11929s | because both of these decks seem to be |
| 11930s | doing nothing currently but this between |
| 11934s | hitting mag theodon and not hitting mag |
| 11935s | paradon is pretty huge sometimes as you |
| 11937s | are now |
| 11941s | seeing what is that six |
| 11944s | seven it's a good amount of damage but |
| 11947s | just slightly |
| 11948s | off yep 10 as far as I can see it can do |
| 11953s | nine with the umpire's grasp instead |
| 11958s | which is probably just |
| 11963s | worth yeah I think so just push |
| 11966s | right and then there's still damage |
| 11968s | potentially with second swing the one |
| 11970s | drop and uh even just hero power next |
| 11972s | turn exactly yeah even if there's a bit |
| 11975s | of healing there's there's a lot of |
| 11976s | damage to be able to push through any |
| 11977s | life steal or at least the the non- |
| 11979s | major life steal we do see there's I in |
| 11982s | yala's hand so if yala can um beef up |
| 11985s | some attack |
| 11988s | yeah you kind of want to have enough |
| 11990s | Mana to be able to have a sharpshooter |
| 11992s | turn and get the momentums cheap right |
| 11994s | and then be able to play |
| 11997s | eye but that's just infinite manner in |
| 12000s | this hitting the eye off the big shopper |
| 12002s | as well it's the that thing there are |
| 12004s | certain ones you want off certain |
| 12006s | Shoppers yeah yeah ba basist and idari |
| 12009s | Inquisitor can be good off the 65 or |
| 12012s | almost never good off the 11 one um and |
| 12015s | then like the temporary Secrets can |
| 12019s | sometimes be good off the 1 one but it's |
| 12020s | never good off the 65 really like |
| 12022s | there's there's a few out but really |
| 12024s | it's just mag theodon you just want to |
| 12026s | hit M the end of the day mag theodon |
| 12029s | yeah oh even the cane being picked up as |
| 12032s | well yeah I did like the tough crowd |
| 12034s | hold it never really came into play but |
| 12037s | you could definitely see the scenarios |
| 12038s | where just a bounce would just win win |
| 12041s | weq the game straight off the bat so he |
| 12043s | won anyway of course didn't need it in |
| 12044s | the end H but still I do like the way uh |
| 12047s | they approach that game going on there |
| 12049s | so Wu going very quickly to a 20 lead |
| 12053s | are we just going to see a quick three |
| 12055s | today as opposed to the uh the slower |
| 12057s | one you were involved in earlier yeah |
| 12059s | very possibly I guess one final piece of |
| 12062s | a just in case anyone needs this box |
| 12063s | ticking who are watching in case anyone |
| 12065s | was thinking like idari Inquisitor tough |
| 12067s | crowd The idari Inquisitor back to your |
| 12069s | own hand the issue with that play is |
| 12071s | backward Zone transition so board to |
| 12073s | hand re remove all enchantments so it' |
| 12076s | go back to being eight Mana full value |
| 12078s | in idari Inquisitor in hand after you do |
| 12080s | that it's be too expensive to do any |
| 12082s | kind of combo stuff with the The |
| 12084s | Inquisitor and the tough crowd so I |
| 12085s | think uh Raven is probably not far off |
| 12088s | the money in terms of weq just wanted to |
| 12090s | hold that as a more defensive option if |
| 12091s | you needed it yeah especially because |
| 12093s | the uh the the sort of mana and turn |
| 12096s | time uh they were playing with there |
| 12098s | aren't that many draws in the deck that |
| 12101s | wouldn't mean that he couldn't empty it |
| 12103s | right and be able to have the outcast |
| 12105s | effect so it was just pretty likely to |
| 12106s | have option that's pretty flexible but |
| 12108s | now just looking at this 20 for weq only |
| 12111s | needs one more win and it's going to be |
| 12113s | that warlock that's left over so um of |
| 12116s | course as we know guess what if you two |
| 12118s | up you're pretty favored in the match up |
| 12120s | at any given point but in terms of just |
| 12122s | warlock versus um the Decks that are on |
| 12125s | on display here for yala are there any |
| 12128s | tough matchups for this warlock is there |
| 12130s | any ones that you think Wu could really |
| 12132s | struggle getting over the hunt with |
| 12134s | first off did I miss a memo because |
| 12136s | that's you're now the second Caster to |
| 12138s | say it's good to be two Z up in a series |
| 12141s | which I didn't even hear it cuz I've |
| 12143s | been busy doing other things so I'm not |
| 12144s | even cop I don't even know who the other |
| 12146s | Caster was put it that way okay fair |
| 12148s | enough um but in answer to your question |
| 12150s | yeah so custom warlock pain warlock |
| 12152s | whatever you want to call it is it can |
| 12155s | be quite polarized in terms of matchups |
| 12157s | right like if you face against a deck |
| 12159s | that can fairly regular just go oh okay |
| 12162s | here's 12 damage from hand you're in |
| 12164s | trouble right because most of your game |
| 12166s | plan involves |
| 12167s | putting yourself down to 12 incredibly |
| 12169s | quickly or else your deck does very |
| 12171s | little um and it's not even like the |
| 12173s | deck plays like classic Handlock would |
| 12175s | go down very low but then they could |
| 12177s | taunt their molten Giants with some Fury |
| 12179s | or Defender of arus or whatever um |
| 12181s | that's not a thing this deck really does |
| 12183s | either you sometimes get some reborn |
| 12184s | taunts from Symphony of sins so like |
| 12187s | Demon Hunter for example with just a |
| 12188s | weapon with some buffed attack going |
| 12190s | face with momentum or an Inquisitor that |
| 12193s | or an Inquisitor yeah those things will |
| 12195s | kill you you know like because you just |
| 12197s | have to lower your health so low uh one |
| 12199s | thing I do find |
| 12201s | interesting and yes it's right there in |
| 12203s | the Mulligan is that weq is playing two |
| 12205s | copies of F string harp which is not |
| 12208s | some so it is something you see but I |
| 12212s | think it's something that is fairly well |
| 12215s | uh agreed upon to not be a good choice |
| 12217s | like it sort of makes sense in your head |
| 12219s | but then it's a card that you never |
| 12221s | really want to play because you do want |
| 12222s | to spend so much of the early game doing |
| 12224s | damage to yourself right so if it's a |
| 12226s | card that if you draw early it sits dead |
| 12228s | in your hand for a very very long time |
| 12230s | it's really only useful as like a late |
| 12232s | game recovery tool I guess and also his |
| 12237s | his zelc setup does not have life Steel |
| 12240s | on it which is the other thing I find |
| 12241s | really interesting about his uh his |
| 12243s | custom warlock most people have some |
| 12246s | variety of classic zelc with the life |
| 12248s | Steel on there in this deck yeah it was |
| 12251s | it's surprising to the extent for just a |
| 12253s | second when I saw the harp I was like |
| 12255s | wait |
| 12257s | I thought it was playing this deck right |
| 12259s | I was just like wait that's how much |
| 12260s | like you're not used to seeing the harp |
| 12261s | in the Bild anyway H but yeah I'm |
| 12263s | excited to see more of this Warlock and |
| 12266s | uh see how it can perform o harp early |
| 12269s | again it's just not something that Vu |
| 12271s | really wants to see right now so he |
| 12273s | going to Tempo out the two one drops |
| 12275s | though and get pretty aggressive which |
| 12277s | is exactly what you want to do against |
| 12279s | this priest you want to be a head on |
| 12281s | board and you want to trade them down |
| 12283s | very quickly look at this J to position |
| 12285s | of hearthstone cards by way like one |
| 12288s | Mana card deals three damage to yourself |
| 12290s | is a class card versus one Mana card is |
| 12293s | a neutral has six different varieties of |
| 12296s | upside when it dies and they just trade |
| 12298s | one for one with each other like what |
| 12301s | what is Miracle salesman does anyone |
| 12304s | know you have to you have to buy the uh |
| 12306s | the goods to find out oh okay yeah fair |
| 12311s | enough it's a it's a really funny deck |
| 12314s | to watch because you know Zoo from |
| 12316s | warlock has been around since the dawn |
| 12317s | of time H but playing such uh weak cards |
| 12322s | just like the geode for example it's a |
| 12323s | very good card but just as a sort of |
| 12326s | when you look at this deck in a sort of |
| 12328s | zoo style it's a 2 one for two which is |
| 12330s | not normally what you want to be playing |
| 12332s | out especially compared to the old days |
| 12334s | yeah still very powerful getting those |
| 12335s | card draws and double speaker stomper |
| 12338s | probably going to be traded if need be |
| 12340s | in the near future I'm going to be |
| 12342s | honest I don't know what you were just |
| 12343s | talking about because I saw a pip copy |
| 12346s | in a crimson and a funnel cake and I'm |
| 12349s | real excited all needs to know like to |
| 12352s | do y i I honestly this is the first time |
| 12355s | I've seen a funnel cake in in my life |
| 12358s | because I just can't draw it I justar |
| 12360s | seen in real life I think we were |
| 12362s | talking about this on the reveal stream |
| 12363s | I haven't I'll be honest I don't even |
| 12366s | know what one is I learned about funnel |
| 12368s | cakes from |
| 12369s | Hearthstone oh my |
| 12373s | God I need a lie down no look how weak |
| 12377s | so does weak you yeah |
| 12381s | correct it's just over it's just |
| 12386s | over oh |
| 12387s | [Music] |
| 12391s | no actually no real effective way to |
| 12393s | spend one Mana here which is |
| 12395s | annoying R bangler okay so interesting |
| 12399s | thing if you spent one Mana here and |
| 12400s | then played the funnel cake and then you |
| 12402s | drew your other natural funnel cake |
| 12404s | that's left remaining in the deck uh |
| 12408s | yeah then you can have very very |
| 12410s | exciting times um projectionist actually |
| 12413s | projectionist is probably wanting to be |
| 12415s | used more on a Drifter at this point CU |
| 12418s | I was thinking if you still had the Mana |
| 12419s | available you could go projectionist and |
| 12421s | get another cleric and then if you drew |
| 12423s | funnel cake but that doesn't do anything |
| 12425s | like three three clerics is the right |
| 12426s | number to have anyway so you do probably |
| 12428s | want to hold on to it and look for |
| 12429s | Drifters instead makes |
| 12432s | sense I we found the um the celestial |
| 12435s | like one of the weirder cards to use in |
| 12438s | this deck I feel like it's not it feels |
| 12441s | like it should be a straightforward card |
| 12443s | make a copy of your best card but a lot |
| 12445s | of the time you have to make weird |
| 12447s | decisions about what you copying and |
| 12448s | when um and found it definitely wasn't |
| 12451s | as straightforward as I |
| 12452s | thought there's the zil ax though can |
| 12455s | help a little |
| 12458s | bit so you can go speaker stomp at zelc |
| 12461s | or you can go Forge of Wheels copy |
| 12463s | something zelc neither of those things |
| 12466s | seem particularly powerful can actually |
| 12468s | Forge of world zilia yeah I was going to |
| 12469s | say you can copy the ziac |
| 12473s | yeah you just don't get the discount |
| 12475s | that way it doesn't actually end up |
| 12484s | mattering unless you wanted to play the |
| 12486s | harp which as we already discussed you |
| 12488s | probably don't at this point yeah I |
| 12490s | think does it does it not have to be |
| 12492s | copy the the zelc here just for |
| 12495s | something that can kill stuff like I |
| 12499s | think it's stomper zelc honestly really |
| 12503s | at this point what's this what what's |
| 12505s | the stomper really |
| 12509s | stomping I like just for the stats right |
| 12511s | like it's a very similar amount of stats |
| 12513s | to what you're getting with the forge |
| 12515s | anyway right yeah but you can kill |
| 12516s | something now right yeah yeah yeah no |
| 12518s | that is the upside for |
| 12523s | sure okay weu is fighting back |
| 12527s | uh still going to be a tough one cuz yo |
| 12529s | has all the options in the world right |
| 12530s | now because of the sheer volume of card |
| 12532s | draw that has been made available to him |
| 12534s | this game Wu is not just dead yet still |
| 12537s | got time and there are some big draws |
| 12540s | from this but that's that's that's the |
| 12541s | thing raven like you say that as if it's |
| 12543s | a good thing that's actually a major |
| 12545s | downside like weu has failed to do |
| 12548s | massive amounts of damage to himself |
| 12550s | this game that's actually a problem |
| 12552s | because now most of the cards that he |
| 12553s | can draw just aren't very good off the |
| 12556s | top |
| 12557s | H with Forge though Forge can dig him |
| 12560s | out of some awkward |
| 12562s | situations there's a chance yeah it's |
| 12565s | not active next turn though right oh |
| 12566s | yeah yeah I'm just saying what do you |
| 12567s | think he's dead next turn No No No |
| 12571s | Yeah by no means am I saying Wu is in a |
| 12574s | good spot I'm just saying it's not |
| 12575s | completely dire I think the forge ziliax |
| 12577s | was needed at that turn you know to even |
| 12580s | remotely |
| 12583s | survive are we not uh synchronizing our |
| 12587s | opponent ziac we are synchronizing our |
| 12589s | opponent's ziac |
| 12598s | okay Yep this is the line that made |
| 12600s | sense to me yeah and now suddenly with |
| 12603s | that zelc |
| 12605s | copied it's a big ask isn't it now just |
| 12608s | with the shave actually amount of stats |
| 12610s | on the board I kind of didn't really |
| 12611s | factor in copying the zelc for the Plus |
| 12613s | stats yeah yeah yeah the debate was |
| 12615s | whether to Ed the finale I think on the |
| 12618s | synchronized that was the most difficult |
| 12620s | thing to work out as to whether you |
| 12621s | wanted extra stats on yours in exchange |
| 12623s | for extra stats on theirs okay |
| 12627s | Symphony hit the good one that's huge |
| 12629s | that was necessary absolutely necessary |
| 12632s | now for any route yes forg is active and |
| 12635s | also that clear did six extra damage to |
| 12637s | weak you which is great if you're weak |
| 12640s | you how Hearthstone has |
| 12643s | evolved yep |
| 12651s | always draws five minions without fail |
| 12654s | one never actually drawn a oh has I |
| 12657s | could tell just from Wu's |
| 12659s | response |
| 12663s | mhm I mean why are you bad at |
| 12665s | Hearthstone imagine drawing spells with |
| 12668s | magatha you know this you've seen me |
| 12671s | play yeah yeah |
| 12678s | even though a lot of value still just uh |
| 12680s | it's a decent amount of refill but I |
| 12682s | guess the problem here is it's starting |
| 12684s | to step into Titan territory right like |
| 12686s | the the Shar volume of card draw and |
| 12689s | just the Mana available means that yala |
| 12691s | can start really pressur in in the next |
| 12693s | turn maybe even just win with them with |
| 12695s | the extra turn exactly yeah I think this |
| 12697s | is the problem with this matchup is that |
| 12699s | if you AR incredibly dominant incredibly |
| 12702s | quickly you get two turn so quickly |
| 12704s | because you're so low the entire game |
| 12706s | game yeah and speaker stomper is not |
| 12709s | really going to help with that |
| 12711s | either nope Zer amount of 55 will |
| 12717s | then yeah with the |
| 12719s | forge and freeze one of the others as |
| 12721s | well to help |
| 12723s | yep |
| 12729s | yeah H when it's not working it looks |
| 12733s | like the worst deck you've ever seen in |
| 12734s | your life |
| 12738s | the first time I played that trient I |
| 12740s | just sat and asked myself a question of |
| 12743s | am I actually playing this card yeah |
| 12746s | just a weird weird feeling to just sit |
| 12748s | and go I'm just dealing five damage to |
| 12750s | make a two two to myself no no that's |
| 12753s | the thing you're not dealing damage it |
| 12756s | doesn't even work with imprisoned horror |
| 12758s | and it still makes the cut cuz youal |
| 12761s | yeah yeah it's just you pay like it |
| 12763s | literally doesn't work with half of the |
| 12765s | payoff cards in your deck and you still |
| 12767s | play it that's how it's not a flame imp |
| 12770s | right yeah yeah exactly there's the |
| 12772s | extra turn and I think damage adds |
| 12779s | up already locked in well we do know |
| 12783s | about this match is that yala is not |
| 12785s | going to be swept priest gets a win |
| 12787s | there and as you said we saw the air the |
| 12789s | weakest side to this custom |
| 12792s | warlock yeah no trolling from yala there |
| 12795s | that time I'm not sure if uh what it was |
| 12797s | at the end of last series but he had a |
| 12798s | Zari turn where he had like six damage |
| 12801s | over already just by playing Zari and he |
| 12803s | went through a full turn like playing |
| 12804s | other minions and playing funnel cake |
| 12806s | and drawing cards sometimes you've got |
| 12808s | to be sure sometimes you got to be sure |
| 12811s | but that time just jams the zi deals the |
| 12813s | damage nice and efficient Easy as Pi and |
| 12816s | yala is going to make his way back into |
| 12818s | the series um I actually like I believe |
| 12822s | in custom warlock I I've played a good |
| 12824s | amount of it I think it's an incredible |
| 12826s | powerful deck um it might be that same |
| 12829s | Nostalgia bait though where like I'm |
| 12830s | saying I like Zari priest cuz it reminds |
| 12832s | me a little bit of Naga priest and that |
| 12834s | was awesome um maybe I just like custom |
| 12836s | warlock because it reminds me of |
| 12837s | Handlock and that's like the deck I |
| 12839s | spent basically the entire first two |
| 12841s | years of hearthstone playing until |
| 12843s | Patron Warrior came out and then I |
| 12844s | played that for like 6 days or however |
| 12846s | long they let it live before they nerfed |
| 12848s | it into the ground um so I'm a big fan |
| 12851s | of the custom warlock I think it's |
| 12853s | absurdly powerful I do think it's very |
| 12855s | fragile like I think there are meta |
| 12857s | games that exist where it would be |
| 12859s | completely |
| 12860s | unplayable um but I don't think that |
| 12862s | meta is now especi I especially don't |
| 12865s | think that meta is this tournament I |
| 12867s | think I think custom warlock could |
| 12868s | actually put some work in in this um so |
| 12870s | we'll see there is something weirdly |
| 12872s | satisfying about bringing your own |
| 12875s | health total to near death and then |
| 12877s | saying I win right it is it's because |
| 12881s | like you said outside of exactly |
| 12883s | Handlock and this deck accelerates it |
| 12885s | way faster than old Handlock used to |
| 12888s | it's not really a game plan that has |
| 12890s | ever existed in Hearthstone to say I'm |
| 12892s | going to keep hitting myself in the face |
| 12894s | and it's a good thing right so yeah it's |
| 12897s | definitely a cool deck to try out I |
| 12899s | think this deck feels even more Reckless |
| 12901s | and even braver than Handlock did right |
| 12904s | because Handlock you'd get your molten |
| 12905s | Giants down you'd get your Mountain |
| 12907s | Giants down and then you'd go okay |
| 12908s | here's my defender of Argus you can't |
| 12910s | kill me this turn now I'm going to start |
| 12911s | heal botting or whatever and my heal |
| 12913s | total back up behind this wall of taunts |
| 12916s | custom warlock doesn't play any taunts |
| 12918s | and does not really play that much |
| 12920s | healing you basically put yourself down |
| 12922s | to 10 HP and then you just stay there |
| 12924s | and say you just say that's enough yeah |
| 12927s | yeah actually just try and hit me from |
| 12930s | this point and a lot of decks just can't |
| 12932s | which is really really strange which is |
| 12934s | why I say like there are certain meta |
| 12936s | games where no that that like this just |
| 12939s | wouldn't be able to exist because if if |
| 12941s | every deck in the format could do 10 |
| 12943s | damage from hand it would basically be |
| 12945s | unplayable |
| 12946s | now speaking of here we go with warlock |
| 12950s | versus |
| 12952s | Mage yes Decks that can deal 10 damage |
| 12956s | pretty easily and it's something that Wu |
| 12959s | is going to have to deal with because |
| 12960s | it's not like the uh the harp is is |
| 12962s | going to save him in this scenario right |
| 12965s | this feels like one of the matchups |
| 12967s | where you go all in you bring yourself |
| 12970s | down Splurge all your minions onto the |
| 12973s | board and then kill them quick because |
| 12975s | if you don't you are |
| 12979s | dead keeping hold at the fracking though |
| 12982s | do you like this do you think this shows |
| 12983s | the uh the desperation of hitting a good |
| 12987s | curve in this matchup there is very very |
| 12990s | little to do on turn one in this deck |
| 12992s | it's flame imple bust a lot of the time |
| 12993s | so I don't mind holding on to fracking |
| 12996s | in order to have a look uh you know |
| 12998s | you're not going to play harpon one most |
| 13000s | of the time you don't want to play Shard |
| 13001s | on one so just for the upside of finding |
| 13004s | yourself a curve and also sometimes you |
| 13006s | hit furnace Fuel and you're just having |
| 13007s | a really good time right if you fracking |
| 13009s | into furnace fuel on turn one |
| 13011s | so I'm okay with |
| 13015s | it now is this a match up where we're |
| 13018s | going to see coin come out nice and |
| 13020s | early here it could be artificer with |
| 13022s | Gea it could be the |
| 13023s | audio there are options and there's |
| 13026s | there's a lot of cheap Mana to spend |
| 13029s | here you know a lot of two costs in hand |
| 13031s | from yala so I think trying to grab the |
| 13034s | board in some way shape or form early is |
| 13036s | going to be a real benefit and I know |
| 13038s | yala's very value based but I see value |
| 13040s | in |
| 13042s | winning he's going to hold |
| 13049s | okay it's an AFK turn two not really |
| 13052s | what you're looking |
| 13056s | for as mention obviously this is a scary |
| 13059s | matchup to play because the Mage can |
| 13060s | just Chuck a bunch of burn at you it's |
| 13062s | not necessarily a bad matchup for the |
| 13064s | Warlock just a difficult to navigate |
| 13067s | again if you can get huge minions down |
| 13070s | very early with Forge like just get two |
| 13072s | or three 88s into play early that's not |
| 13075s | really something that Mage is equipped |
| 13077s | to deal with unless they get to turn |
| 13080s | five turn six right turn six probably um |
| 13083s | because even if they just sleep skater |
| 13085s | one of your 88s if you still have two |
| 13087s | others you're not really that bothered |
| 13088s | about it right you can easily outpace |
| 13090s | that damage and that that armor gain |
| 13092s | that they're getting from it um but you |
| 13094s | do have to start making those big boards |
| 13095s | very very quickly if it does then go to |
| 13098s | that late game it can be a little bit |
| 13099s | tricky to to restabilize and not just |
| 13101s | get burned out at the end of the game |
| 13103s | even right now obviously there's going |
| 13105s | to be a card draw between now and then |
| 13107s | but I'm looking at like flame imp |
| 13110s | projection Forge right you know just to |
| 13113s | like spam stuff on board for weq because |
| 13117s | I think uh this match Up's getting just |
| 13118s | a going a little bit too slow |
| 13130s | going go wisdom just for that extra card |
| 13132s | draw slowly build up this board yala I |
| 13134s | guess to no one's surpris taking it |
| 13142s | slow oh going to go speaker sum instead |
| 13145s | so going to go a little bit taller a |
| 13146s | little bit more annoying instead of |
| 13148s | going super wide with light flame imps |
| 13150s | and stuff |
| 13162s | and I think this makes sense because it |
| 13164s | it will almost certainly make your |
| 13166s | opponent have a bad |
| 13169s | time even shuts off any uh like coin |
| 13172s | creation possibilities to be able to |
| 13174s | clear of this up which you would be weak |
| 13176s | against with the uh slightly smaller |
| 13178s | smaller and wider |
| 13180s | board I do like the addition of Stompers |
| 13183s | I think most people in this tournament |
| 13186s | have come with some variety of cult NE |
| 13189s | fights and speaker Stompers in their |
| 13190s | decks uh not necessarily all of them but |
| 13192s | just sprinkled throughout I think most |
| 13194s | of the pain warlocks do have speaker |
| 13195s | Stompers in there which I do like as a |
| 13197s | call in the tournament yeah for sure and |
| 13200s | I was actually a little bit surprised |
| 13201s | when I looked at the deck list just to |
| 13202s | see how many Stompers there were you |
| 13204s | know just across all the players but the |
| 13206s | more you see these matches play out in |
| 13208s | this sort of current tournament meta you |
| 13210s | see like okay yeah fair enough oh did |
| 13213s | they get the plus six on that yeah hit |
| 13216s | it in the right |
| 13217s | place um but yeah this we're in a mage |
| 13219s | match up right now but just to go back |
| 13221s | to the speaker Stompers I think Shaman |
| 13223s | is one of the biggest reasons why that |
| 13225s | exists people don't necessarily want to |
| 13226s | ban Sharman um and Sharman is the best |
| 13230s | deck for cult neight and speaker stomper |
| 13232s | cuz they literally tell you when to play |
| 13235s | it they hold up a sign that says I am |
| 13238s | going to burn you with spells next turn |
| 13240s | as soon as they play Flash you play |
| 13242s | speaker stomper they're probably in a |
| 13244s | huge mess so that is something to look |
| 13246s | out for long term as well where you |
| 13248s | might see Sharman players doing things |
| 13250s | that look strange not playing flash on |
| 13253s | certain terms where it seems really |
| 13255s | obvious to just play Flash and then go |
| 13257s | for the lethal because they're trying to |
| 13258s | play around um speaker stomper long term |
| 13261s | like do you remember way way way way |
| 13263s | back when the very very best freeze Mage |
| 13265s | players would also find lines that |
| 13267s | played around Loeb as well as playing |
| 13269s | around everything else that kind it's |
| 13271s | that kind of vibe that you might be |
| 13272s | seeing a little bit later on in the |
| 13274s | tournament well Wei's been pushed off |
| 13276s | board Forge is active which means that |
| 13278s | board can be built up pretty quickly |
| 13280s | again but just the cards are just flimsy |
| 13283s | aren't they right now for weq there's |
| 13284s | none of the uh the big boys in |
| 13289s | hand never mind I mean yeah okay yeah |
| 13293s | proven wrong instantly I love it I'm |
| 13295s | going to call you a liar I mean I I'll |
| 13297s | take it honestly I'll accept it |
| 13317s | this is it right it's kind of the spot I |
| 13319s | was talking about you need an answer to |
| 13321s | this board and yes Le skater can stall |
| 13324s | out from here but it's certainly not |
| 13325s | answering the problem o there is glyph |
| 13328s | and then deal five from the |
| 13331s | creation maybe glyph can get him there |
| 13336s | like find a discounted spell from glyph |
| 13338s | to at least kill one of the big yeah oh |
| 13340s | wait is that rock in hand the is Rock in |
| 13342s | hand yeah yeah |
| 13344s | yeah so you can just use that to enough |
| 13352s | yeah Z trying to work out whether he |
| 13355s | goes for like wisdom |
| 13360s | first cuz still has the coin available |
| 13362s | as well worst |
| 13364s | case I'm going to go Discovery |
| 13374s | okay it's one of those discovers where |
| 13376s | you just sit and sort of stare at the |
| 13377s | cards and go |
| 13380s | okay I think TI's definitely the best |
| 13383s | one |
| 13390s | here yep I'd say good enough for yala |
| 13394s | good enough could have been a lot |
| 13396s | [Music] |
| 13398s | worse see what the draws are there |
| 13400s | another stomper but not another massive |
| 13402s | minion to go with it like if that draw |
| 13404s | was like stomper molten giant or stomper |
| 13407s | 55 like something like that close with |
| 13410s | the incredible |
| 13415s | turn yeah yeah but the the like one I'm |
| 13418s | saying is The Rook could come down |
| 13419s | anyway and if you also drew a molten |
| 13420s | giant you still be playing an entire |
| 13422s | molten giant alongside that I do like |
| 13425s | playing molon Giants |
| 13435s | [Music] |
| 13440s | yep I was going to say this creation is |
| 13442s | actually a little bit annoying isn't it |
| 13444s | cuz Wu doesn't want to trade into it but |
| 13446s | it is dealing three which is a pretty |
| 13449s | significant portion of Wu's Health such |
| 13451s | a massive number yeah |
| 13459s | I'm going to go for the uh copy |
| 13465s | again oh the zelc is a okay I that was |
| 13469s | the right yeah yeah yeah was the in hand |
| 13472s | buff I didn't even |
| 13474s | notice |
| 13475s | [Music] |
| 13477s | okay that's huge that could now |
| 13480s | potentially be a winning card for yala |
| 13482s | here |
| 13497s | oh never mind you can just play |
| 13500s | kagar Oh Kar blizzard easy yeah I'll |
| 13503s | solve the |
| 13507s | problem y can get another Ice Bar |
| 13514s | [Music] |
| 13521s | casual gain |
| 13523s | 19 do see |
| 13528s | it I think that's the life still deal |
| 13531s | six right if |
| 13532s | myog is correct I think |
| 13535s | so another speaker stomper though it's |
| 13538s | going to be pretty good |
| 13545s | is there a Spirit Bomb going to come |
| 13546s | down as |
| 13550s | well yeah Spirit Bomb is so weird in |
| 13552s | these spots right because you're like |
| 13555s | well this game's probably only going one |
| 13556s | or two more turns is it worth hurting |
| 13558s | myself for four to take three damage off |
| 13560s | the |
| 13565s | board I wanted Spirit Bomb Rook to be |
| 13567s | honest the real |
| 13573s | play a taking the trade as |
| 13576s | well I mean it's a lot of damage Wu is |
| 13579s | putting out right now and yala with that |
| 13582s | that speaker stomper is in a tough spot |
| 13586s | and again good timing of speaker stomper |
| 13588s | again all going all the way back to Lo |
| 13590s | there but neop fight stuff timings is |
| 13593s | like yeah this is what you want to do |
| 13594s | build the board and then cause the |
| 13599s | trouble second sleet skater was really |
| 13602s | the only card that gave yala a don't |
| 13605s | have to think about it level good turn |
| 13607s | here there is double artificer in hand |
| 13609s | though so that's something yeah you |
| 13612s | still then want the Spells you're |
| 13613s | casting to actually affect the board |
| 13615s | right turn the not |
| 13617s | compensating turn the tides takes care |
| 13619s | of the 10 three yeah which is |
| 13626s | nice you gain 10 more or the other line |
| 13630s | is just hit blizzard |
| 13633s | yeah oh yeah some times sometimes you've |
| 13636s | just got to hit blizzard you |
| 13643s | know well no it's not that one it's you |
| 13646s | don't ping that one cuz you're hitting |
| 13648s | blizzard what are you doing that's not |
| 13650s | how it |
| 13654s | [Laughter] |
| 13657s | works |
| 13659s | wow uh let me do the quick mathematical |
| 13663s | calculations there yes lethal that means |
| 13666s | Wu takes not only the game but the match |
| 13669s | taking out yala and what a win I feel |
| 13672s | like Wu was on an emotional roller |
| 13674s | coaster there game one Co Cal collected |
| 13677s | with the warrior and then uh after a |
| 13680s | couple wins started to slip and get a |
| 13681s | little bit frustrated I think at least |
| 13683s | just based on the camera but managed to |
| 13685s | end it with a victory on that warlock |
| 13688s | congratulations to Wu as he moves |
| 13690s | through the group uh what a match |
| 13692s | honestly it was a bit uh it looks a bit |
| 13694s | lopsided in some the games we cast but |
| 13696s | uh a really exciting series |
| 13699s | overall yeah weq not quite making it to |
| 13703s | 100 in the Warrior game I don't think |
| 13705s | very very disappointing not quite making |
| 13707s | it to zero in the Warlock game very very |
| 13709s | disappointing as well must try harder |
| 13711s | next time but yeah I think we have to |
| 13713s | give a shout out to yala of course um he |
| 13716s | has bowed out of this one early with WQ |
| 13719s | defeating him twice but it was great to |
| 13721s | see yala dipping his toes back into the |
| 13724s | uh the very very top of of competition |
| 13726s | grinding out those ladder points making |
| 13727s | it here after you know hgg Champion with |
| 13731s | the Czech Republic incredibly dominant |
| 13733s | in probably the toughest field of |
| 13734s | players to ever exist in European Grand |
| 13737s | Masters um so he is absolutely one of |
| 13739s | the all-time greats at this point but |
| 13741s | sometimes it is just not your day |
| 13743s | sometimes someone just has your number |
| 13744s | and it looks like today week you how you |
| 13746s | others yeah really strong performance |
| 13748s | for for week here I'm looking forward to |
| 13750s | how he how he does in the rest of the |
| 13751s | tournament on Sunday H because again |
| 13754s | like being able to just dominate an |
| 13757s | opponent like that you know facing them |
| 13759s | twice especially when your opponent's |
| 13760s | the Calibur as you mentioned of yala is |
| 13763s | H must be making you feel good going |
| 13765s | into the rest of the tournament right if |
| 13766s | you're going to beat someone uh you |
| 13768s | really do want to beat the best so |
| 13770s | really really strong performance there |
| 13772s | from Wu um and that's how group a looks |
| 13775s | like we've got three more groups left |
| 13776s | but for now group a is done and uh was |
| 13780s | this the way you saw the group going s |
| 13782s | before we started |
| 13783s | today honestly no um I certainly would |
| 13787s | have expected yala to have a deeper run |
| 13790s | um and I kind of fancied you um so I |
| 13793s | actually would have got this almost |
| 13795s | entirely wrong if I'd have put my neck |
| 13796s | on the line at start but there you go |
| 13798s | I'm an honest man uh that will let you |
| 13800s | know that I would have got it wrong even |
| 13802s | though no one called me on it to begin |
| 13803s | with but um I think both of these |
| 13806s | players have put in very very strong |
| 13808s | performances I think uh weq was very |
| 13811s | shaky in the opening Series that we saw |
| 13815s | um where he looked quite frustrated I I |
| 13818s | was going to bring this up with you |
| 13819s | because you mentioned there just towards |
| 13821s | the end of that series he started off |
| 13822s | kind of calm I looked over at you there |
| 13824s | to get like a facial reaction you know |
| 13826s | how much more you wanted to talk about |
| 13828s | and then realized I was talking to a |
| 13829s | mannequin um where you said you know as |
| 13832s | the series went on he seemed to get a |
| 13833s | bit more emotional he was quite |
| 13834s | emotional for that whole first series as |
| 13836s | well and I don't know if this is just me |
| 13838s | misremember I don't remember him being |
| 13840s | like this in Worlds do you like I felt |
| 13843s | like he was quite stoic throughout the |
| 13844s | world championship sh so this does seem |
| 13846s | to be a little bit of a new side that's |
| 13847s | coming out yeah again maybe we just have |
| 13850s | a shared memory at this point but I also |
| 13852s | agree uh but yeah I do think um Wu seems |
| 13855s | to be again we're all like that to an |
| 13857s | extent but like uh calm when things are |
| 13860s | going well but when things aren't it |
| 13862s | definitely seems like it is at least |
| 13863s | visually effective it might not affect |
| 13865s | his play in any way shape or form of |
| 13867s | course H but regardless that was us |
| 13870s | rounding out group a there's a whole |
| 13872s | another group coming right up so make |
| 13874s | sure you stay tuned and we'll be right |
| 13876s | back after this break |
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| 14079s | hello everyone and welcome back we are |
| 14082s | halfway through the day we are done with |
| 14083s | group a we've got Group B coming up but |
| 14086s | before we get into it I thought we'd |
| 14087s | have a bit of a little sit around and |
| 14089s | chat about how the day has been going so |
| 14091s | far so welcome lorenda sttle and TJ uh |
| 14094s | Linda just starting off with you um what |
| 14096s | did you make of group a how how's it |
| 14098s | gone for you so far today unfortunately |
| 14100s | I have to Echo sole's honesty and say I |
| 14103s | would have got all that wrong just |
| 14104s | everything would have been wrong um yeah |
| 14106s | very surprised at how it's I'm not very |
| 14108s | surprised they're all great players but |
| 14110s | you yala and gu two of the best players |
| 14112s | around going out of group a uh yeah very |
| 14115s | surprised and interesting to see how the |
| 14117s | other two make it through on Sunday and |
| 14119s | sutle as we look at the players in group |
| 14122s | b do you have any uh standouts is there |
| 14124s | anyone you're rooting for or do you |
| 14125s | think based on lists or anything there's |
| 14127s | anyone that you actually think is |
| 14128s | favored going into |
| 14132s | [Music] |
| 14141s | it |
| 14143s | uh oh |
| 14145s | missed the first half of that I was just |
| 14146s | talking about how great recan was don't |
| 14148s | worry about but I think everyone else |
| 14149s | Ren yeah how great Raven is yeah um |
| 14152s | whereas gamer rvg the rare America's |
| 14154s | representative right that's got to be |
| 14156s | worth something for at least some people |
| 14158s | out there um kimchi slap just has the |
| 14162s | name buff right if you're rooting for |
| 14163s | someone just based on name then you've |
| 14165s | got to be rooting for kimchi slap but |
| 14166s | also we've been hearing rumors that |
| 14172s | molar pretty good position |
| 14175s | in this tournament and I think molar is |
| 14177s | also incredibly happy with his lineup |
| 14179s | against the field and in recent |
| 14181s | tournaments we've seen lineup Advantage |
| 14184s | play a massive Factor like yes pocket |
| 14187s | train is one of the best players in the |
| 14188s | world the biggest reason why he's all |
| 14190s | world champion is he had such a better |
| 14192s | lineup than anyone else in that world |
| 14194s | championship tournament so I would say |
| 14196s | real dark hor shout for molar in this |
| 14198s | group and as we see how the first |
| 14201s | matchups from the group came out America |
| 14203s | for the Americas t J is this the time we |
| 14206s | heard the the little Yelp I believe was |
| 14208s | you I don't think it was Linda so no |
| 14210s | that was definitely NE Neil I can see |
| 14213s | the cameras |
| 14214s | before 100% yeah uh wasn't me are you |
| 14218s | going to ask if this is the time for |
| 14220s | Americas yeah is this the the finally |
| 14223s | after 100 years is this the |
| 14226s | time no absolutely not |
| 14229s | um I don't think it'll ever be the time |
| 14231s | again um is the the sad part of all |
| 14235s | this um if there ever was going to be |
| 14238s | close to a time this still wouldn't be |
| 14240s | it no we're going to have to wait a |
| 14242s | little bit longer to find |
| 14244s | out okay we'll see but kimchi slap is is |
| 14249s | GNA take it all all the way okay we've |
| 14253s | got your prediction TJ thank you and |
| 14255s | thank you sutle and TJ for joining us |
| 14257s | it's going to be me and Linda taking you |
| 14259s | through the first match on stream for |
| 14261s | Group B so thanks guys we'll see you |
| 14262s | later but Linda just the two of us now |
| 14266s | um are you ready for this first match up |
| 14268s | it's not the first match of the group of |
| 14269s | course as we saw in the bracket the |
| 14271s | initial matches have been played out but |
| 14273s | just seeing that bracket um how you |
| 14275s | feeling about who's left in that upper |
| 14277s | one yeah I've been doing the same |
| 14279s | research and comments and reading the |
| 14281s | same things as sttle I think um |
| 14283s | construct shouted out how molar was like |
| 14285s | the the god of control and I had a a |
| 14288s | little bit of a back and forth just |
| 14289s | quick comments with stiny um the other |
| 14292s | day as well Sindy was saying that when |
| 14293s | they used to play Collegiate stuff |
| 14295s | together when molar was Captain of UCLA |
| 14298s | they used to just ban his Warrior no |
| 14299s | matter what like it didn't matter what |
| 14301s | the meta was just ban uh mostar's |
| 14303s | Warrior because that was never wrong and |
| 14306s | so molar has had that reputation for a |
| 14309s | while and the only reason stiny says is |
| 14311s | he didn't really want to talk about |
| 14312s | molar Warrior too much is because he's |
| 14314s | not just a a one class God he is just |
| 14318s | good at everything in hearstone |
| 14320s | specifically control yeah I mean you |
| 14322s | know my preferences in hearstone since |
| 14324s | we've known each other quite a while |
| 14326s | doing this job H and you know like |
| 14328s | there's nothing more scary to me than |
| 14330s | someone who's willing to just sit back |
| 14332s | and play the long game H that cuz that |
| 14334s | is a game I do not want to play most of |
| 14336s | the time so uh yeah definitely a |
| 14338s | potentially terrifying opponent with the |
| 14340s | oding warrior of course but then the |
| 14342s | Sith Mage the rainbow DK and the shudder |
| 14345s | uh Shaman as well so um rainbow DK |
| 14348s | definitely a deck I'm personally a fan |
| 14349s | of I like it how flexible it is but I |
| 14352s | know you've been sort of going through |
| 14355s | deck by deck of the meta I've been |
| 14357s | watching the stream recently and uh what |
| 14360s | what decks have really stuck out for you |
| 14361s | in this meta specifically whether |
| 14363s | they're strong or whether they just |
| 14365s | think you you know you enjoy them I mean |
| 14367s | custom warlock is the most fun you just |
| 14369s | sit there and hope it works right it's |
| 14371s | great you don't have to you do have to |
| 14373s | think it's actually quite hard and |
| 14374s | balanced but you know the the meme and |
| 14376s | the way you can play it is just shut |
| 14377s | your eyes play your stuff take your |
| 14378s | damage and see what happens um really |
| 14382s | quite like the look of priest except |
| 14384s | when it does it it thing I think it's a |
| 14385s | little bit too powerful when it does its |
| 14386s | thing and I love I absolutely love |
| 14389s | nature Shaman and I absolutely love um |
| 14391s | Window Shopper as a card although I do |
| 14393s | like reducing it multiple times which |
| 14395s | you shouldn't do but it's fun so I I |
| 14397s | think we've got a lot of fun cards uh |
| 14400s | little bit of balancing to do I guess |
| 14402s | but yeah we've got a lot of things and |
| 14405s | DK is not one of those Raven I know you |
| 14407s | like the DK but DK for me I like it um |
| 14411s | take a look at ream though and the |
| 14413s | lineup overall uh I was jamming some |
| 14415s | games of this uh this Rogue uh just you |
| 14418s | know a little bit early today and and |
| 14419s | while I've been messing around on a |
| 14421s | break or whatever and it's another one |
| 14423s | of those Decks that I think on surface |
| 14427s | level looks like it's oh you just go all |
| 14429s | in you know you you do the shuffle go |
| 14431s | all in hope it works if it doesn't you |
| 14433s | lose if it does you win great but I do |
| 14436s | think there's been many times in |
| 14437s | hearthstone's history where decks have |
| 14439s | looked like that and then you watch |
| 14441s | really good players play the deck and |
| 14442s | you're like oh it's just that I'm bad |
| 14445s | right and I think that's something |
| 14446s | hopefully we'll get to see from ream um |
| 14449s | as of course this is a Winner's match |
| 14451s | which means even the loser of this match |
| 14453s | just drops down into the bracket and |
| 14455s | isn't actually eliminated so even worst |
| 14457s | case we'll be able to see recan play a |
| 14459s | little bit more so I'm excited to see |
| 14460s | this Rogue just because personally I |
| 14463s | haven't run into it too much on ladder |
| 14465s | like now and again it's not super common |
| 14467s | at least for me and I do want to see you |
| 14469s | know how it can perform at the highest |
| 14471s | levels of play which is definitely where |
| 14473s | we're at in this t |
| 14475s | yeah a lot of these decks uh you make |
| 14477s | your percentages in the games where it |
| 14479s | doesn't do its thing like anyone can win |
| 14481s | when they play 4 88 on turn two or |
| 14483s | whatever does just something like that I |
| 14484s | no it's something like that close enough |
| 14486s | it's near enough right but um how do you |
| 14489s | eek it out how do you buy yourself an |
| 14490s | extra turn and the matchups where it |
| 14492s | doesn't do that the days where it |
| 14493s | doesn't do that same for a lot of the |
| 14495s | decks in the metal like you said like |
| 14496s | with the priest the priest is probably |
| 14499s | the most mind-breaking deck when you |
| 14501s | just have one cleric one dragon and Z is |
| 14504s | like do I want to draw cards do I need |
| 14506s | to copy the dragon what do I need to do |
| 14509s | um and the Rogue definitely falls into |
| 14510s | this category I want I want to see |
| 14512s | somebody like re Ram who I think really |
| 14514s | likes this deck as well I don't know how |
| 14515s | much he's meming about it it's always |
| 14517s | hard to tell but I think he really likes |
| 14518s | this deck I want to see how he does with |
| 14520s | it it's get interesting yeah I I think a |
| 14523s | a deck style like this with this Rogue |
| 14524s | is is a deck you bring because you enjoy |
| 14527s | it because I I don't think it's one of |
| 14529s | the most powerful decks in the game |
| 14530s | right now I I definitely don't uh but it |
| 14533s | has the ability to just snatch games |
| 14535s | right and I think that is that is a |
| 14537s | powerful Factor by itself like if you |
| 14539s | just say okay I'll go into a match and |
| 14541s | then just pop off and then you just you |
| 14543s | do get one of those games where you just |
| 14545s | you know turn three or four you've just |
| 14546s | got two three eight drops you're like |
| 14549s | yeah okay I win one zero that's a that's |
| 14551s | a nice deck to have in your back pocket |
| 14552s | especially if you're playing these sort |
| 14554s | of high pressure uh scenarios uh which |
| 14557s | means you maybe just want something that |
| 14558s | you can just maybe grab a little bit of |
| 14561s | a a couple of quick wins with so yeah |
| 14564s | looking forward to this match as we are |
| 14566s | going to get into it right now it's |
| 14567s | going to be the Rogue on the bottom with |
| 14569s | Rec vam of course and on the top molar |
| 14571s | going to be on that rainbow DK so uh |
| 14574s | yeah we'll see how this one plans out |
| 14576s | because I literally played this match up |
| 14579s | about two hours ago when that was just |
| 14581s | before I needed to start casting stuff |
| 14583s | and you getting very excited I got |
| 14585s | dumpstered by the uh the DK because I |
| 14588s | was the Rogue because of the likes of |
| 14590s | crop rotation with poison right and like |
| 14593s | you know there's DK has many ways to |
| 14596s | deal with big threats um and if you can |
| 14599s | make too many of them that can be a bit |
| 14601s | of a problem but DK isn't one of those |
| 14604s | decks right now that just oh if they |
| 14606s | make 388 I've lost they they definitely |
| 14608s | can fight back and win yeah I will say |
| 14611s | one thing about DK I mean I've said a |
| 14612s | lot of things about DK negatively |
| 14613s | although it has slowly but surely |
| 14616s | tightened up the list I think they've |
| 14618s | got bit of some of the um things that |
| 14619s | tried to be aggressive and just made it |
| 14621s | a fullon combo uh control deck now uh |
| 14624s | but you do have versatility with a deck |
| 14626s | you have a lot of options with a deck |
| 14627s | I'm not going to claim that all the |
| 14628s | options are always good um particularly |
| 14631s | on ladder when I'm when I'm ripping into |
| 14632s | decks like this obviously these players |
| 14634s | bring them CU they think they're the |
| 14635s | right decks to bring but um you do have |
| 14639s | choices to make and it is reasonably |
| 14641s | tough to actually |
| 14645s | play yeah this will be interesting from |
| 14647s | molar because there is an option to just |
| 14649s | forge this Watcher uh or just Tempo it |
| 14653s | out because again and the the Rogues |
| 14656s | removal generally comes in the form of |
| 14658s | either the weapon and a little bit of a |
| 14660s | buff um or dropping these just having |
| 14664s | more stuff right having the 8S on board |
| 14666s | and then maybe sticking some uh little |
| 14668s | robots to them to give them rush so |
| 14670s | there's not really tons of removal |
| 14672s | outside of a couple of those specific |
| 14674s | scenarios so do see molar actually go |
| 14676s | for the forge though and go for a little |
| 14678s | bit of the higher value play instead of |
| 14680s | just a raw Tempo yeah mostar with a |
| 14683s | thread as well which always clears the |
| 14684s | board it's not defiled it just it just |
| 14687s | kills everything like everything dies |
| 14689s | honestly this is going to make me sound |
| 14691s | bad but I don't think people will be |
| 14692s | surprised if I ever need to use threads |
| 14695s | I don't even count I make stuff click |
| 14700s | threads trade the board's clear that's |
| 14703s | that's how I view that card I don't even |
| 14705s | count sometimes that caused me to lose |
| 14707s | games but most of the time yeah you |
| 14709s | don't need to count it's great I've sat |
| 14711s | there playing against it on on stream |
| 14712s | and my chat saying you don't need to |
| 14714s | yeah they haven't cleared my board this |
| 14716s | time have they though and then my board |
| 14718s | vanishes I'm like where did it go like |
| 14721s | it just always |
| 14723s | clears looking at the hand now for mstar |
| 14725s | there's headless horsemen and there's |
| 14727s | light |
| 14728s | bomb and it's turn three and there |
| 14731s | aren't 800 big Minions on board for recf |
| 14733s | fam so this is one of those games as far |
| 14736s | as I'm concerned Linda the shuff's not |
| 14738s | been done the you know the threats |
| 14740s | aren't really there can a recan pull |
| 14743s | something out the back bag or is molar |
| 14746s | just going to secure this one cuz |
| 14747s | honestly if you drop more and Pa now |
| 14750s | there's not that many ways it's going to |
| 14752s | get dealt with and then the options |
| 14754s | become endless the only thing to |
| 14756s | consider is if recarm is manages to |
| 14758s | actually pop off now |
| 14762s | then he might be able to get the board |
| 14765s | big enough although I'll be honest my |
| 14768s | rotation threads as |
| 14771s | well which should clear most things |
| 14775s | up yeah I also have the same issue as |
| 14778s | you I think fa yeah I'm good I refreshed |
| 14781s | I'm back in oh okay cool you go then cuz |
| 14783s | I'm okay yeah hit refresh you'll be fine |
| 14786s | but yeah at the moment recam Drew cult |
| 14788s | Neo fight again just none of the card |
| 14791s | draw that's needed none of the ways to |
| 14794s | actually go off there is weapons we |
| 14795s | could equip weapon and go for the card |
| 14797s | draw if he feels that desperate of |
| 14799s | course the other side of this is yes we |
| 14803s | can see the light bomb but recam isn't |
| 14805s | exactly dying right now there's M Po and |
| 14808s | then there's the the salesman of course |
| 14810s | so it's not like mostar setting up |
| 14812s | lethal on turn four right but you do |
| 14814s | want to rip and get cooking because as |
| 14816s | you mentioned the more time goes on the |
| 14819s | more you are opening up yourself to like |
| 14821s | crop rotation with threads or crop |
| 14824s | rotation with poison um I always forget |
| 14827s | the name of the card that gives them uh |
| 14830s | poison but yeah oh it's um yeah sickly |
| 14835s | Grime Walker that |
| 14840s | one I |
| 14842s | believe you summon an undead give it |
| 14844s | poisonous yes it is yeah it is yeah yeah |
| 14847s | sorry I was |
| 14849s | typing R TR Viper going to go down as |
| 14852s | well to lose some of the draw which is a |
| 14854s | little bit unfortunate re didn't get |
| 14855s | value from that but there's gear shift |
| 14857s | that is something it's not great but |
| 14859s | it's something it's more card draw than |
| 14862s | literally none |
| 14864s | yeah some is more than none honestly |
| 14867s | with this it's very true as well with |
| 14869s | this deck you want any card draw at this |
| 14872s | kind of scenario right like just |
| 14873s | anything to try and get the shuffle |
| 14876s | going yeah this hand has been pretty |
| 14878s | atrocious as well break down oh Quick |
| 14881s | Pick oh |
| 14884s | my okay can give it |
| 14887s | stealth that's something mhm |
| 14894s | it's very easy to forget this is some |
| 14896s | sort of Mech rogue deck it's not just a |
| 14898s | combo oh I love Headless Horseman but I |
| 14901s | win yeah me and ream I think just made |
| 14903s | the same if I had a webcam working you |
| 14905s | could see it but me and ream just made |
| 14907s | the same face because even though I I |
| 14909s | love the H souran as a hero card it's |
| 14912s | rough when something like that happens |
| 14916s | yeah yeah going be the stealth you don't |
| 14918s | expect it really it's not |
| 14922s | fair excuse me me |
| 14926s | um giant still costs five |
| 14929s | [Music] |
| 14933s | MH all right this is the attempt to at |
| 14936s | least clear the way but molar has been |
| 14938s | chipping away through all this as well |
| 14940s | and with the Headless Horseman set up re |
| 14942s | Ream's only got like two turns to just |
| 14944s | not lose now let alone winning the game |
| 14947s | this is really interesting cuz I I think |
| 14951s | it's might of menl I was going to say do |
| 14953s | you a hold so you can freeze uh the |
| 14956s | minions but mola doesn't actually need |
| 14959s | to hold right because uh not only is |
| 14962s | this just basically setting up lethal |
| 14963s | anyway but also because there's light |
| 14965s | bomb because there's two double threads |
| 14967s | with crop rotation like you didn't need |
| 14970s | to freeze this this weapon Choice was |
| 14972s | just a raw damage output scenario here |
| 14975s | so there's life steel he needs |
| 14977s | Rush it'll be |
| 14980s | fine you got it |
| 14984s | that was big uhuh it's not it's probably |
| 14988s | not big enough to win the game but he's |
| 14989s | not lost it yet yeah I mean he needed it |
| 14993s | urgently yeah it's definitely better |
| 14994s | than losing the game well probably |
| 14998s | better still a lot of damage from mstar |
| 15001s | obviously he has to kill this otherwise |
| 15003s | the life steal will be incredibly |
| 15006s | irritating doesn't want to light bombit |
| 15009s | um |
| 15011s | because there's more to come in Theory |
| 15014s | but he does have double threads so maybe |
| 15016s | he will just light bomb one minion you |
| 15018s | can see how much he hates |
| 15024s | it all of your control player instincts |
| 15026s | are telling you this is awful but then |
| 15028s | your logic is saying no no no but I've |
| 15030s | still got double threads I'm fine I'm |
| 15032s | going to kill my opponent let's just |
| 15033s | kill them it doesn't |
| 15036s | matter the problem here is I think like |
| 15038s | uh if it was anything else it just |
| 15040s | wasn't really guaranteeing good kills |
| 15042s | right just too much he Shadow rush into |
| 15045s | this time though Raven yeah this is a |
| 15048s | big gamble on the summons |
| 15053s | here I think that's all ream can do I |
| 15056s | guess it's like Neo Fight Shadow step |
| 15059s | Neo fight to just help out you dead on |
| 15062s | board |
| 15065s | though oh okay okay |
| 15068s | okay everything must come back |
| 15074s | there's gear shift as well double break |
| 15077s | oh this is the turn Reon wanted ages |
| 15082s | ago needs to gear shift into |
| 15085s | tauns he's already used the Bots right |
| 15087s | so there are no taunt Bots I don't think |
| 15090s | what can he hit |
| 15092s | here okay oh no wait no that's that's |
| 15097s | good right I mean oh for for for rec Ram |
| 15101s | that keeps him alive |
| 15104s | yeah cuz the weapon only deals five |
| 15106s | obviously we can see that there's the |
| 15108s | the crop but from Ream's point of view |
| 15111s | that keeps him up that's what he was |
| 15113s | trying to hit I mean he was trying to |
| 15114s | hit better but that's what he's trying |
| 15115s | to set up was hit something from |
| 15117s | everything must go and see what he could |
| 15118s | get you don't need to know card in har |
| 15121s | you just need to know that's all you've |
| 15122s | got yeah this turn was supposed to |
| 15124s | happen four turns ago basically if you |
| 15126s | want if you've not seen this deck too |
| 15128s | often this is what the board should look |
| 15129s | like on turn four maybe turn five I |
| 15131s | suppose how much this cut rotation so |
| 15134s | just five okay yeah yeah be five with |
| 15135s | the double near fight |
| 15137s | yeah and that is going to be game one |
| 15140s | going to molar molar never really had to |
| 15142s | worry too much there was of course the |
| 15144s | life steal uh earlier on from recan but |
| 15147s | again with headless horsemen with the um |
| 15151s | uh the light bomb that was made |
| 15152s | available it molar was comfortable you |
| 15155s | could tell it was just like yeah you |
| 15156s | make your thing I'll clear it and at |
| 15158s | that point I'll be too far ahead and |
| 15160s | that's exactly what |
| 15162s | happened y uh we didn't talk about the |
| 15164s | lineups that much we just talked about |
| 15165s | its control versus interesting Rec van |
| 15167s | things um mostar's Mage is the question |
| 15172s | mark deck in this particular match uh |
| 15175s | for me as always though there's a |
| 15177s | disclaimer with Mage that the stats in |
| 15179s | the hands of a good player are massively |
| 15181s | different than the stats of an average |
| 15183s | player I still don't know why that is |
| 15184s | but I you're going to say it's a high |
| 15186s | skillful deck I'm not |
| 15188s | sure I mean must be is the answer but |
| 15191s | yeah your list decisions must make a |
| 15193s | massive difference but this Mage on |
| 15195s | paper is very weak against R yeah I |
| 15198s | think one of the examples in terms of |
| 15200s | you know best player versus good player |
| 15203s | potentially for a deck like Mage is just |
| 15206s | misp picking discover options I think is |
| 15209s | one big thing uh because I've in all my |
| 15212s | years casting I've been surprised |
| 15214s | throughout the Times by certain discover |
| 15216s | picks in these sort of matchups or decks |
| 15218s | you know where they're very card |
| 15219s | generation heavy yet I oh I wouldn't |
| 15222s | have picked that and then the player |
| 15224s | that did pick it wins I'm like yeah fair |
| 15226s | enough you know like I I'm worse than |
| 15228s | you at the game you uh so I think that |
| 15231s | that's definitely one of the factors |
| 15232s | where you have so many options which is |
| 15235s | powerful in itself but when you have |
| 15237s | that many options it can be very easy to |
| 15240s | pick the wrong one and then that can be |
| 15242s | the difference between winning or losing |
| 15244s | games so yeah we'll have to see |
| 15246s | definitely there some combo heavy stuff |
| 15249s | going on here for molar where recam |
| 15252s | still has that road to get through we |
| 15253s | saw the uh the bad side of that deck |
| 15256s | right when you don't get the shuffle the |
| 15258s | deck definitely feels uh pretty |
| 15260s | meager yeah just go back to the Mage as |
| 15262s | well we saw yala earlier you know |
| 15264s | reverberations on a Salesman just to get |
| 15267s | the extra oil just to use 27,000 turns |
| 15271s | later for for lethal yeah like I don't |
| 15274s | think I'd have made that play I'll be |
| 15276s | honest yeah there's a lot of cool stuff |
| 15278s | you can do a lot of options as well so |
| 15280s | molar is going to be having that Shaman |
| 15282s | and Mage left over right F Stars the |
| 15284s | Rogue priest and Demon Hunter and what |
| 15287s | do you make of the band here Linda with |
| 15288s | that Warrior and Shaman band |
| 15290s | respectively like do you think uh do |
| 15292s | those make sense to you they did I |
| 15295s | thought that um re might actually ban |
| 15298s | the death knight um of course he has |
| 15302s | some sort of shot against the warrior |
| 15303s | with a couple of the decks but I I think |
| 15306s | this meta is |
| 15308s | largely um choose what to do against |
| 15311s | Warrior make sure your lineup can beat |
| 15313s | it ban it um right you know and just a |
| 15316s | lot of people choosing to ban it but I |
| 15317s | thought he might ban the death knight |
| 15320s | just difficult to know entirely |
| 15323s | because we have fewer very very top |
| 15326s | players these days that that's a fact |
| 15328s | and that means that sort of tracker |
| 15330s | statistics are not as good as they used |
| 15331s | to be plus we have a lot of nuance in |
| 15333s | deck building right now a lot of decks |
| 15336s | are only 28 cards the same which sounds |
| 15338s | ridiculous it's like well that's the |
| 15339s | same deck isn't it but no we the little |
| 15342s | differences make a huge difference in |
| 15343s | matchups right now and with this being a |
| 15346s | tournament you make a lineup you can you |
| 15348s | can tailor matchups that you're weak |
| 15350s | against to go your own way so yeah it's |
| 15354s | difficult to know exactly what's weaking |
| 15356s | what's strong in match ups and what to |
| 15357s | ban right now unless you are the player |
| 15358s | and know why every single card is there |
| 15360s | or in unless you're incredibly good at |
| 15362s | looking at lineups yeah most on the top |
| 15364s | on this Shaman is running that shter |
| 15366s | block version of the list of course as |
| 15369s | well it's not even the list Raven this |
| 15371s | is like controlly weirdness |
| 15375s | true yeah I'm still might think it is at |
| 15378s | home no no I've got the deck in front of |
| 15380s | me but it's it's still has the ability |
| 15382s | to burn is all our say it's not not as |
| 15384s | high as uh as as the others of course |
| 15388s | yeah this this is just some sort of |
| 15390s | control cards in a deck but yeah it |
| 15393s | could do some damage we got two dirty |
| 15395s | rats in here come on yeah yeah double |
| 15397s | dirty rat can be pretty good um in this |
| 15400s | matchup but the problem is it's too late |
| 15403s | right like uh I I've played you know |
| 15406s | when you go for dirty rat against Demon |
| 15408s | Hunter you generally try and get those |
| 15410s | shoppers out of the way right just |
| 15412s | because the uh the benefit's way too |
| 15414s | strong but already we can see there's |
| 15415s | mini Shopper in hand and there's most |
| 15417s | importantly the mag Theon just sat ready |
| 15420s | to go for next turn so I'm looking at |
| 15422s | this the other way because I'm the |
| 15423s | Eternal I don't know Optimist or |
| 15425s | something when you're playing control |
| 15428s | which I'm going to call this Shaman in |
| 15429s | this matchup um against Demon Hunter you |
| 15434s | only have to kill four |
| 15436s | minions just have to kill the six fivs |
| 15438s | and then you |
| 15442s | win I need to send you some replays of |
| 15445s | games I've played right whereas I've |
| 15447s | killed six fives and lost I feel like |
| 15450s | there's a lot of damage after the fact |
| 15452s | there there is but if you if you survive |
| 15454s | the 65es and you're playing this sort of |
| 15455s | Deck with so much life steal in it I'm |
| 15457s | at yeah absolutely you survive it with |
| 15459s | um with custom warlock sure they they |
| 15461s | might just |
| 15464s | and they will in |
| 15466s | fact ream did whiff on the mini Shopper |
| 15469s | though the Abyssal is is not super |
| 15475s | impactful mini |
| 15479s | shoer watch for the sun |
| 15483s | down fre and face stop the the second |
| 15486s | shopping expedition |
| 15488s | happening it's really funny how the meta |
| 15491s | evolved kind of around this weapon in |
| 15493s | that Viper doesn't really achieve what |
| 15496s | you want it to achieve right like |
| 15498s | normally Viper like been the answer for |
| 15500s | weapons for such a long time and that |
| 15502s | just has to be |
| 15503s | freeze yeah the death battle on the |
| 15506s | weapon was a a new Twist on it which I |
| 15508s | kind of like it not a new twist but a |
| 15510s | rarely used Twist on |
| 15512s | it it's that impactful anyway |
| 15515s | right |
| 15518s | yeah I like the ideas of um nerfing the |
| 15521s | weapon so it's a 3 three and things like |
| 15523s | that like to come out with like good |
| 15525s | effort well |
| 15527s | tried mostar facing down a weirdly |
| 15530s | dangerous looking board only on 21 |
| 15533s | Health but still putting forward a good |
| 15535s | chunk of damage from ream here with the |
| 15537s | weapon swing still to go if you can't |
| 15539s | ref |
| 15545s | freeze |
| 15547s | okay he's having a looky first |
| 15561s | all right is he going to freeze again or |
| 15563s | is he going to wait he's going to freeze |
| 15565s | again yeah why not right you just want |
| 15567s | to delay it as long as |
| 15572s | possible Al if you go if you go too long |
| 15574s | anyway the shoer costing five is less of |
| 15576s | a disaster for rec F when it you get to |
| 15578s | turn at eight and N |
| 15581s | anyway yeah kind of what I mean by |
| 15584s | shutting down the Shoppers right gain a |
| 15586s | bit of Health shut down the Shoppers and |
| 15588s | you end up in this |
| 15589s | spot sharp |
| 15598s | shooter like you setting up for next |
| 15600s | turn now the old one Mana do |
| 15603s | nothing oh so he can deal he he can deal |
| 15606s | with the if there's another freeze |
| 15608s | somehow now because he has the weapon to |
| 15610s | break the weapon and also I mean look at |
| 15612s | the sharp Sho to turn setup |
| 15615s | yeah it's looking quite okay it is |
| 15623s | yeah most has a lot of options |
| 15628s | though it's true but they're all a |
| 15630s | little bit slow like I I don't think he |
| 15632s | can afford to forge the sun here there's |
| 15635s | altered cord of course |
| 15638s | but you're killing a one one to heal |
| 15641s | which is is fine yeah no Titan no |
| 15644s | volcano is definitely a bit tough this |
| 15646s | spot yeah he's going to go for the forge |
| 15648s | and hope the Spell's going to dig him |
| 15650s | out of a situation here |
| 15655s | punk well not this turn |
| 15658s | unfortunately |
| 15666s | no okay just using his cards and his |
| 15671s | Mana a 101 |
| 15678s | Rec F now access to uh all the cards in |
| 15681s | the |
| 15683s | world let's see if he can make something |
| 15685s | happen it does have the swing of the |
| 15686s | weapon cuz there that second sharper is |
| 15688s | still in the |
| 15692s | deck just get the order right |
| 15697s | here wants to remove the 35 obviously so |
| 15700s | more stuff goes face |
| 15704s | [Music] |
| 15716s | there's the Shopper yeah yeah just we'll |
| 15719s | end up with the mini Shopper option |
| 15722s | playable the |
| 15724s | Shion |
| 15731s | yeah just three |
| 15734s | damage plus three attack I think just |
| 15736s | cash it in in your hand yeah let's do it |
| 15739s | yeah he doesn't need life Ste I think we |
| 15741s | swung we swung oh sorry yeah yeah yeah |
| 15744s | yeah of course of course of course it's |
| 15745s | so late in the game I just think like of |
| 15747s | course you know that's all been done and |
| 15750s | dusted but yeah uh the the the life |
| 15753s | steal is good on the one drop but it's |
| 15754s | also just not needed in this matchup |
| 15757s | right that's normally or at least I |
| 15758s | would consider the uh the life Steel on |
| 15761s | one very powerful but yeah at the moment |
| 15763s | it's going to be the fiend |
| 15766s | instead so how do you utilize the rat |
| 15770s | here well either way consecrates doing |
| 15773s | some heavy lifting it |
| 15776s | is there also a weird option to like rat |
| 15780s | first and then con right yeah |
| 15785s | yeah just to get a big taunt in the way |
| 15788s | not been able to get the shutter block |
| 15789s | going unfortunately for moster |
| 15793s | oh that's |
| 15795s | a oh no never |
| 15799s | mind she is going to go for the |
| 15801s | consecrate to clear the majority of the |
| 15803s | board out does have turn the tides to |
| 15805s | clear this up completely looks clean to |
| 15807s | me very much |
| 15811s | so back to recam do it |
| 15815s | again he's got a lot of damage here |
| 15826s | [Music] |
| 15830s | it doesn't seem to be a killer blow |
| 15832s | right everything's lining up to be |
| 15833s | really nice |
| 15835s | but I'd like to get the weapon equipped |
| 15838s | personally to get the 65 green rag into |
| 15841s | place for next |
| 15842s | turn so I don't have to spend money next |
| 15845s | turn |
| 15855s | you sigil again do you think cuz that |
| 15857s | would be um a lot more stuff but does it |
| 15860s | help is it stuff going to be |
| 15867s | [Music] |
| 15871s | cheaper oh it's just got green rag now |
| 15874s | okay cuz it's expensive and it's not a |
| 15876s | Naga I guess just get it done |
| 15884s | puming out a ton of damage here going |
| 15887s | from RE from still has so much just sat |
| 15889s | in the hand as well that's the scary |
| 15891s | part of course like molar has again it's |
| 15894s | the push and pull right a lot of damage |
| 15896s | versus a lot of healing but I just feel |
| 15898s | like recam is just too F like just |
| 15900s | always at one step ahead in terms of |
| 15902s | pressure and just it's not like he's |
| 15903s | ruin out of juice anytime soon |
| 15907s | either yeah some |
| 15910s | point yeah at some point molar can |
| 15913s | stabilize but doesn't he's not going to |
| 15915s | get I don't think cuz he has to be able |
| 15918s | to get his shutter block down to to have |
| 15920s | a pop off that was a good pull |
| 15923s | though it |
| 15925s | is just delete this no |
| 15932s | problem like May well end up pretty |
| 15936s | overloaded though if you're going to go |
| 15938s | for knowledge and lightning |
| 15939s | storm oh no it's going pop-up book okay |
| 15942s | sure |
| 15944s | [Music] |
| 15947s | nice layer of Defense there honestly and |
| 15949s | even Rec f with a bit of a smoke just |
| 15951s | being like right start hitting through |
| 15953s | these somehow |
| 15956s | oh I was just looking to see if that was |
| 15958s | in the list but it helped me out by just |
| 15959s | appearing there you |
| 15961s | go yeah that's pretty useful isn't |
| 15965s | it yeah the that was played second right |
| 15968s | so |
| 15976s | doing this way so not to waste the |
| 15978s | weapon charge very easy mistake to make |
| 15980s | to think you're going to be able to do |
| 15981s | the damage to the that and then have the |
| 15983s | weapon vanish after it hits the one |
| 15985s | maker that was just a bit of a weird |
| 15987s | turn honestly it was because there |
| 15990s | wasn't enough to go down |
| 15992s | swinging played a one two that did |
| 15994s | nothing and yeah of course set up more |
| 15996s | draw I guess Ream's just going to like |
| 15998s | trying to just stack resources for the |
| 16000s | pop off turn but yeah yeah I guess I was |
| 16004s | just thinking of what if you just clear |
| 16005s | the board and hit him in the face again |
| 16007s | I guess that can be done next turn as |
| 16009s | well I mean it can but look at the state |
| 16011s | now of what molar is doing all that |
| 16014s | armor |
| 16017s | yeah going to have like a zillion |
| 16020s | weapons from ignis so there's the wi |
| 16022s | condition |
| 16022s | [Music] |
| 16024s | sorted and if re doesn't kill him like |
| 16027s | I'm going to say for sake of argument |
| 16029s | now he might never do it oh well there's |
| 16034s | momentum I think as you said the Armor |
| 16037s | Plus just the the taunts in the way is |
| 16039s | well taunts not not a big deal because |
| 16040s | of going down but yeah um the armor |
| 16043s | definitely is not what recan was after |
| 16046s | seeing this turn yeah I mean you say |
| 16048s | they're not a big deal but their |
| 16049s | presence is going to cost recr four Mana |
| 16052s | for very little damage sure sure sure I |
| 16055s | guess I just viewed as uh the clearing |
| 16057s | of the board anyway right arus though |
| 16061s | not a bad pickup actually |
| 16063s | well he's fully combo s set now for next |
| 16068s | turn I think yeah there's a sharpshooter |
| 16071s | there in the mid yeah there is here yeah |
| 16073s | there's still one left there dirty rat |
| 16075s | obviously only got one there is another |
| 16076s | dirty rat in hand |
| 16079s | though yeah it's definitely worth |
| 16081s | looking at because there's lightning |
| 16083s | storm like there's enough on board that |
| 16085s | molar can pretty much just say |
| 16088s | whatever's dirty ratted I can kill right |
| 16090s | and it's under a mini right at the |
| 16091s | moment |
| 16093s | yeah so it just WRA |
| 16098s | everything well not everything but a lot |
| 16100s | of |
| 16101s | things literally everything just |
| 16103s | literally all the cards on the board |
| 16105s | just going down swinging just chilling |
| 16107s | on the board |
| 16119s | you taking down the Argus no problem |
| 16122s | there |
| 16133s | all right re go do that do the |
| 16139s | thing I'll be honest though I am not |
| 16142s | comfortable with potential damage |
| 16146s | numbers uh with this kind of turn I need |
| 16149s | a a phone a friend and I'll phone SLE he |
| 16151s | normally knows this this uh or at least |
| 16153s | has good good estimates on this sort of |
| 16155s | thing yeah yeah I'm afraid you've got me |
| 16159s | unlucky yeah head shake that's what I'm |
| 16161s | going on I'm okay to just uh set and go |
| 16164s | on the Journey of this turn but yeah |
| 16167s | definitely tricky |
| 16171s | one I was genuinely interested in seeing |
| 16173s | the crazy double uh dirty rat from molar |
| 16176s | and we just didn't get to see I'm a |
| 16177s | little bit disappointed we still might |
| 16180s | still under the the mini I think I don't |
| 16182s | think has been played with Battle Cry |
| 16183s | since the mini came |
| 16185s | down most's just full on greeding |
| 16189s | it see R I'm going to clear everything |
| 16193s | here um M's going to do it next turn |
| 16196s | isn't he's going to just rat the r |
| 16200s | them oh miss the damage on all those |
| 16203s | minions even if he doesn't hit the sharp |
| 16205s | Sho just get so much stuff right |
| 16208s | yeah he's got volcano and storm to get |
| 16212s | rid of it oh okay |
| 16215s | sure shaking the head for re again it's |
| 16217s | like oh |
| 16219s | no that's a a few zelc on the board a |
| 16223s | few |
| 16225s | yeah I mean lock it in right there's as |
| 16229s | far as I can recall there's nothing |
| 16231s | really left for recam to |
| 16234s | like do this or wait right going to roll |
| 16238s | some D Now The Swinging is gone he's got |
| 16239s | to yeah just just got to H something |
| 16241s | here yeah |
| 16249s | literally not the dice he was looking |
| 16258s | [Music] |
| 16263s | for he's just playing |
| 16265s | cards it's all he can really do I think |
| 16268s | after that zelc yeah after the zelc uh |
| 16272s | SP |
| 16273s | there's nothing left ream doesn't have |
| 16275s | Titan he already just used going down |
| 16277s | swinging so it's like there's just three |
| 16280s | what three cards two cards in the deck |
| 16282s | now there's just not much to do other |
| 16285s | than just lock it all in and hope |
| 16287s | there's some kind of Miracle right that |
| 16289s | like saves which there isn't just can't |
| 16292s | get through all that Health all those |
| 16293s | Divine Shields and wow allar with a of a |
| 16296s | notd there feeling good about that game |
| 16298s | no doubt because that's a game that |
| 16300s | could definitely spiral out of control |
| 16302s | right with the Shoppers it's exactly |
| 16304s | what the deck's built to do and then |
| 16305s | there's the secondary worry of those |
| 16308s | sort of pop off turns as we saw recam |
| 16310s | gearing up for and I think molar did a |
| 16313s | really good job of Defending against you |
| 16315s | know initial Demon Hunter wave one of |
| 16317s | Shoppers and then putting himself in a |
| 16319s | solid position to negate the sort of pop |
| 16322s | off combo turns later on that was really |
| 16324s | well played yeah like like all good |
| 16327s | control players when they do it it looks |
| 16328s | easy I think I called like four turns |
| 16330s | completely wrong in that game and yeah |
| 16333s | my plays were fine I'm sure they'd have |
| 16335s | been okay and I'd have lost thinking I |
| 16337s | played well right um but when really |
| 16340s | good control players do things |
| 16341s | everything just looks so easy to put |
| 16342s | into the right order I'd miss that the |
| 16344s | ziliax was going to copy with the battle |
| 16346s | obiously |
| 16347s | right but that's why I wanted to rat and |
| 16349s | clear which probably also does well but |
| 16352s | they just make it look so easy it's like |
| 16354s | I constantly was thinking well he hasn't |
| 16355s | got this he hasn't got the the shutle |
| 16357s | walk down how's he going to do it and |
| 16358s | then he plays the mini and then does |
| 16360s | nothing for three turns just to use to |
| 16362s | use removal spells and there's like oh |
| 16365s | look my Min just the one that I put in |
| 16366s | the bank a few turns ago here we go now |
| 16368s | I'm going to win the ziac yeah that's |
| 16370s | the type of game where I would have say |
| 16372s | got to that spot I would have played the |
| 16374s | ziliax then I would have been surprised |
| 16376s | that the zelc multiple copied and gone |
| 16377s | oh yeah forgot about that and like oh |
| 16380s | yeah cool and then I got on from there |
| 16382s | and maybe maybe won the game by accident |
| 16384s | but yeah really good game there from |
| 16385s | mstar currently two Z up in this winners |
| 16389s | match of Group B if you're just joining |
| 16391s | us we are just starting out the |
| 16393s | broadcast matches of Group B the winner |
| 16395s | of this one goes onto Sunday the final |
| 16397s | day of the master tour and the loser |
| 16399s | goes down into the lower bracket in the |
| 16402s | group but molar just that one game a |
| 16404s | away Le in they like what a day yeah I'm |
| 16407s | not going to say the thing though |
| 16409s | actually I am I'm going to say exactly |
| 16410s | the thing as much as I'd like to be two |
| 16412s | Z up because going two Z up is good this |
| 16415s | is the deck I highlighted at the start |
| 16416s | that um I'm interested to see molar play |
| 16419s | against specifically what Rec Ram is |
| 16421s | bringing |
| 16422s | because I think he's big Underdog three |
| 16426s | times in a row we've done this a million |
| 16428s | times over the years if you're big |
| 16429s | Underdog in h three times in a row you |
| 16431s | are still favored um but this one ain't |
| 16434s | over I think that this Mage needs to be |
| 16436s | played incredibly well to take a game |
| 16438s | here yeah there's some pretty uh |
| 16440s | aggressive decks from ream uh coming out |
| 16444s | with a lot of early board pressure |
| 16445s | potentially again in the likes of the |
| 16447s | Rogue and the likes of the Demon Hunter |
| 16450s | H and the priest um fairly aggressive |
| 16452s | builds overall Mage can be a little bit |
| 16454s | weak to that but these Mages are running |
| 16457s | a decent amount of freeze we've seen |
| 16458s | them be able to hold off and maybe the |
| 16461s | wisdom Ball's going to be a little bit |
| 16462s | friendlier uh going forward than what |
| 16464s | we've seen too many of today I think if |
| 16467s | he get to the point where he's got a |
| 16468s | wisdom ball he's okay but like the Rogue |
| 16470s | might just put a load of 8s on the board |
| 16472s | against you right the priest could just |
| 16474s | make an un beatable board turn three or |
| 16477s | four we all know how Demon Hunter works |
| 16479s | it hitss you hard and relentlessly |
| 16483s | if vams I mean it's kind of the meta if |
| 16485s | V Bam's decks do their thing they will |
| 16487s | win but um they will do their thing more |
| 16490s | often than molar gets to wisdom ball I |
| 16492s | think I think that um mostar's got to |
| 16495s | find a way to stall and stall good |
| 16496s | against one of these three right yeah |
| 16499s | we'll have to find out uh going to be a |
| 16501s | tough one for Ream for sure um I'm |
| 16504s | excited to see more of this Mage though |
| 16506s | because it's a deck that I think's |
| 16508s | really difficult to get a good grasp on |
| 16510s | like yes of course play safe kill him we |
| 16514s | all know that but I think getting to |
| 16516s | that point especially in this meta feels |
| 16518s | quite difficult I think some of the |
| 16520s | matchups are really tough take a look at |
| 16522s | the list now and there's so much |
| 16525s | generation that I feel like the punish |
| 16527s | for say picking wrong in certain |
| 16529s | scenarios is so high that in this like |
| 16533s | super high powered meta you just lose if |
| 16535s | you mess it up so this deck at least for |
| 16538s | me has been quite difficult to learn met |
| 16540s | as a whole um there there's always |
| 16543s | things you can pick in holes in metas |
| 16544s | that you don't like personally or |
| 16545s | whatever but what I think I really do |
| 16547s | like about this meta is make a mistake |
| 16550s | lose rack him up try |
| 16552s | again you don't get the option to lose |
| 16555s | make two or three mistakes in this meta |
| 16556s | don't don't make mistakes or you will |
| 16557s | lose the good news is if you make your |
| 16559s | mistake you will die quickly and you get |
| 16560s | a chance to play another game and |
| 16562s | hopefully your opponent makes a mistake |
| 16563s | first in the next one yeah and taking a |
| 16565s | look at Ream's priest I know you've been |
| 16568s | jamming some priest recently um are you |
| 16570s | a fan of the Heth Stone Brew CU I feel |
| 16573s | like the everyone's putting Stone Brew |
| 16577s | in their decks now just as a sort of |
| 16579s | throw it out there in |
| 16581s | Hope um yeah I I don't empty my hand |
| 16584s | well enough for halfth to be good enough |
| 16586s | for me at my level which is you know 500 |
| 16588s | to a th000 on average Legend um the very |
| 16592s | top players do end up with empty hands |
| 16593s | and so halfth I think S Sub it up it's |
| 16596s | nine Hearthstone cards which is which is |
| 16598s | great uh but personally no I don't I |
| 16600s | don't think that the card is required in |
| 16602s | the deck I don't think I don't think |
| 16604s | you're behind in games where you've |
| 16606s | emptied your hand often enough I think |
| 16608s | you've emptied your hand you are |
| 16610s | winning well the game is ready to go uh |
| 16614s | I think one of the players just took a |
| 16615s | little bit of a bathroom break which is |
| 16617s | fair enough especially if they're maybe |
| 16618s | expecting this match to go a little bit |
| 16620s | longer H we'll see if molar can close |
| 16622s | this one out quickly or not he's going |
| 16625s | to keep hold of that Frost cross stitch |
| 16627s | and frost bolt so you can really see the |
| 16629s | uh the game plan here is kill the priest |
| 16633s | stuff so they don't kill |
| 16635s | me yeah and that's that's something I've |
| 16637s | struggled with in this matchup which is |
| 16639s | again meant to be strongly priest |
| 16641s | favored as what I've read if the maage |
| 16643s | just kills your things you have no |
| 16646s | things um complicated equation |
| 16652s | though okay I think I've lost lenda here |
| 16654s | for some reason okay I can hear you yeah |
| 16658s | okay I maybe lost the end of your |
| 16659s | sentence apologies um I was looking at |
| 16662s | the uh connection quality it was okay on |
| 16664s | my end because you know I'm nervous |
| 16666s | about that now but moving on to turn one |
| 16669s | as the players are ready to go we're |
| 16670s | going to see a couple of Miracles |
| 16671s | Miracle salesman sorry uh be available |
| 16674s | for rec fam so nice early pressure and |
| 16677s | O cth A little bit too early for mstar |
| 16680s | right |
| 16681s | now yeah and the creation looks good but |
| 16685s | not got all the |
| 16687s | um the juice for it just yet |
| 16692s | so molar already with a decision yeah I |
| 16696s | find this sort of position quite |
| 16697s | interesting because mostar's kept a |
| 16699s | frost ball to answer early game minions |
| 16702s | is this in like on curve is this a |
| 16706s | minion worth answering right I think |
| 16708s | it's an interesting point because it is |
| 16709s | interesting it's not the biggest threat |
| 16712s | but it can become a threat right because |
| 16714s | it's just another Minion on board added |
| 16717s | but you're also wasting a point of |
| 16718s | damage fbot does three it's a two two |
| 16721s | and there's a lot of three Health |
| 16722s | minions in the deck so that's why it's a |
| 16723s | choice yeah he's going to respect it |
| 16725s | though take it |
| 16733s | off |
| 16741s | okay well replica is normally something |
| 16743s | you just rip in this position thin your |
| 16745s | deck get some stuff but obviously it's |
| 16746s | turn two where you're doing nothing |
| 16750s | yeah has potential of coin though right |
| 16753s | with |
| 16757s | welp is that problem though like is |
| 16760s | coining a Minion out versus Mage going |
| 16763s | to achieve much or I think rein would be |
| 16766s | more aiming at just creating an actual |
| 16768s | board right and not trying to just drip |
| 16770s | feed molar minions one by one to die uh |
| 16774s | so yeah I definitely think also holding |
| 16776s | on to it is a little bit more worthwhile |
| 16777s | especially with the hand that he's got |
| 16779s | the the streamer in recam on turn one |
| 16781s | when he had both salesman he played one |
| 16782s | and then he hovered over his amthor and |
| 16785s | I think that was trying to show us why |
| 16787s | he's not coining out the second salesman |
| 16789s | I might be wrong he wants to coin I want |
| 16792s | I think he wants to coin amth on six |
| 16794s | again I could be wrong there but that |
| 16796s | just looked like I've seen ream do that |
| 16797s | before in tournaments to he's so used to |
| 16800s | streaming and so enjoy sort of people |
| 16802s | enjoying the game with him uh try to let |
| 16804s | us know what was on his thought process |
| 16806s | at that point and it makes sense because |
| 16807s | Ream's hand isn't exactly the Allin |
| 16810s | early game hand is it right |
| 16813s | there's well there's a now though so |
| 16815s | yeah yeah that can |
| 16820s | help start a little trade oh got loads |
| 16823s | of ones |
| 16825s | Raven I can see we |
| 16833s | make no card draw of |
| 16838s | course it's going to be the salesman I |
| 16841s | guess yep to try and solve that no card |
| 16843s | draw problem |
| 16848s | yeah we love to get a pip or something |
| 16850s | off the top here and get like reduced 4 |
| 16855s | Sixers |
| 16856s | Drifters it's nice though molar getting |
| 16859s | the not only the bit of removal there |
| 16861s | but also just sticking a chunky minion |
| 16863s | in the form of that water Elemental |
| 16865s | right that is going to be a a relevant |
| 16867s | threat on the board for recam not a |
| 16869s | threat in terms of his own health total |
| 16871s | but able to just like get multiple |
| 16873s | positive trades to I can't get zelc down |
| 16876s | here I don't think he |
| 16878s | can no I don't think |
| 16883s | so just a little bit shy need did an |
| 16885s | extra couple of One Drops |
| 16898s | maybe so he could have done just chose |
| 16901s | not |
| 16907s | too cuz he's busy making |
| 16912s | dragons yeah I think Rec from here is |
| 16915s | just saying I'm building a board right |
| 16917s | it's early enough I'm again I've not |
| 16919s | been keeping track so that's my bad but |
| 16922s | I don't really think the Creations is |
| 16925s | good enough here one F bolt and uh |
| 16929s | Stitch |
| 16930s | right oh yeah yeah I think you're right |
| 16932s | yeah yeah yeah uh so yeah it's |
| 16935s | definitely not good enough so I think |
| 16936s | this is just good timing here from ream |
| 16939s | saying look the hand's not amazing |
| 16940s | obviously looking at potentially getting |
| 16942s | into this arm andth later but for now if |
| 16946s | this can just survive and push a little |
| 16947s | bit soly the zelc can help out and then |
| 16950s | he's no doubt hoping it'll St ball from |
| 16952s | there |
| 16954s | yeah but good reverberations there from |
| 16959s | molar yeah ream still hasn't actually |
| 16962s | connected with everything and he's used |
| 16963s | the coin so even though he's building |
| 16965s | boards for the reasons you've |
| 16968s | said he hasn't got anywhere and he's run |
| 16970s | out of card draw so yeah he's going to |
| 16973s | now generate some card draw and try |
| 16974s | desperately to get something going |
| 16977s | again okay this is good because this |
| 16979s | sets up um some dragons for zeri at |
| 16982s | least yeah it's |
| 16985s | something but ream looking stressed I |
| 16988s | don't blame him is in a tough spot |
| 16989s | whereas molar even with that you know |
| 16991s | the the early safe the awkward Creations |
| 16993s | for now is still looking kind of okay |
| 16996s | this is a very manageable board and |
| 16999s | there's enough resources as there always |
| 17001s | is with mage of course you're never |
| 17003s | really going to run out of resources um |
| 17005s | especially with wisdom now so yeah I |
| 17008s | think molar is in a pretty good spot the |
| 17010s | only worry is you've always got to be a |
| 17012s | little bit scared of a timewinder of |
| 17015s | course and like just trying to think |
| 17016s | well what has to happen for me to get |
| 17018s | two turn here and try and hold that off |
| 17022s | yes that's one thing I I hear people |
| 17024s | they're not joking as they're joking but |
| 17026s | they're not joking like oh shall we take |
| 17028s | zi out the deck CU it's kind of the |
| 17029s | worst card the second is not in the deck |
| 17032s | you don't have to worry about that stuff |
| 17034s | right like you don't so just the fact |
| 17036s | it's there means you have to like you |
| 17037s | said worry about these two George C |
| 17040s | Leroy plan for many years back the words |
| 17043s | I said to sttle when he said |
| 17046s | it yeah you can explain the George C |
| 17049s | levo plan cuz that was like six years |
| 17051s | ago |
| 17052s | I'm not going to explain it if you were |
| 17053s | there you deserve to know if you weren't |
| 17055s | there you don't deserve to know Fair |
| 17057s | that's it at George C I'm sure he'll |
| 17059s | love it talking about a game played five |
| 17061s | years |
| 17062s | ago snake cycling to power cord isn't |
| 17066s | terrible but are we going to see the |
| 17070s | tempo |
| 17073s | play how many more dragons is it are we |
| 17075s | power three it said oh okay yeah three's |
| 17079s | too |
| 17080s | many I could be wrong but I think I |
| 17082s | caught three there I think you're right |
| 17086s | yeah so I'll confirm |
| 17093s | three this looks like when I play |
| 17096s | priest yes this is how I feel when I |
| 17098s | play it |
| 17102s | too what do you |
| 17104s | do molar might actually find himself in |
| 17107s | a position to play |
| 17109s | chadar yes you know what I said about |
| 17112s | that cuz I'm always |
| 17114s | right ooh it's going to be heal |
| 17117s | pass oh no there's no like heal Dragon |
| 17122s | power cord is that the plan now I guess |
| 17124s | maybe power cord no you can't |
| 17128s | though okay overdrew the glyph but |
| 17131s | that's fine I think from allar didn't go |
| 17132s | for the power cord from RE I'm just |
| 17134s | going to hold on yeah you just can't |
| 17136s | yeah I mean you'd be doing it to just do |
| 17139s | it right like there there no ual good |
| 17141s | outcome there I think your win |
| 17144s | conditions now are some sort of opponent |
| 17145s | doesn't have C is one of them and my |
| 17148s | amthal goes crazy and gets copied is |
| 17150s | probably another yeah there star power |
| 17154s | doing what it always does clearing the |
| 17155s | board regardless of Health |
| 17159s | total spoken like a true Hunter player |
| 17163s | o oh when lightning |
| 17167s | Bol that was very tempted like's he's |
| 17170s | not far off yeah that's that's |
| 17172s | absolutely Fair it's just my eyes were |
| 17174s | drawn to huh not much to do this turn |
| 17176s | four Mana floating what if you just play |
| 17179s | meta and you have like two turns of one |
| 17181s | like you know deal four damage |
| 17185s | like you've mentioned a couple of times |
| 17187s | like the um the discovers the difference |
| 17190s | between the very top players and other |
| 17191s | players you know mostar's got the vision |
| 17194s | that he thinks he's going to end this |
| 17195s | pretty soon so which is fair enough like |
| 17197s | you said a lightning bolt when you're |
| 17199s | playing safe yeah good card |
| 17202s | here it |
| 17203s | is amthal hits the |
| 17215s | board going to go for |
| 17218s | voon |
| 17222s | yeah it's one of those situations where |
| 17224s | like yeah there's life steal but does |
| 17226s | that really matter against this deck |
| 17231s | got to do something about the um yth so |
| 17235s | yeah that did something |
| 17251s | yeah just building his now there another |
| 17255s | excavate if molar wants it |
| 17262s | something with the dragon deck that um |
| 17264s | people might be wondering oh no re's |
| 17265s | getting so unlucky no dragon there's |
| 17268s | only four dragons in the deck usually or |
| 17271s | five if you count zi there's things that |
| 17273s | generate dragons there's ways of copying |
| 17275s | your dragons there's there's dragons |
| 17276s | that make dragons sorry there's things |
| 17279s | that make dragons but there's actually |
| 17280s | not many dragons in there you when you |
| 17282s | get stuck like this and you can't get |
| 17284s | your Zori going you often just don't get |
| 17286s | it going yeah I mean the the even though |
| 17290s | the Z is like the flashy crazy part of |
| 17293s | the deck it's not the core of the deck |
| 17295s | right it's not the sole goal even though |
| 17297s | it can win you a lot of games like you |
| 17299s | really are just building a board early |
| 17301s | and powering through tons of card draws |
| 17303s | so yeah that's pip yeah this is every |
| 17305s | this is PIP on the clergy with a zillion |
| 17308s | funnel cakes this is this is Rec Ram's |
| 17310s | big turn needs to watch his ball space |
| 17312s | needs to draw a lot of stuff needs to |
| 17314s | set up some sort of lethal opportunity |
| 17316s | and he doesn't do that unless he plays |
| 17318s | at least a dragon and probably two from |
| 17319s | what we've seen yep and there ziliax is |
| 17321s | like basically free right like whenever |
| 17324s | ran wants it to be at this point all |
| 17326s | right go there's a dragon |
| 17329s | left he can copy a power cord he can |
| 17331s | mess around with more funnel cakes |
| 17334s | to there's also |
| 17340s | voon okay he's good has he got do what |
| 17343s | he |
| 17344s | wants yeah this |
| 17347s | is I mean this looks like a good setup |
| 17349s | to me yeah he can't get the zelc down |
| 17352s | which is really annoying for |
| 17367s | him yeah okay well now he has two |
| 17371s | zies yeah next turn his plan is to |
| 17373s | basically um he's challenging molar to |
| 17375s | get rid of all this stuff on the board |
| 17377s | which is fine and then next turn it is |
| 17380s | just the lethal setup with double for |
| 17381s | zilia if there is a next turn cuz molar |
| 17384s | has to kill some of this stuff it's too |
| 17393s | threatening and then when some of it's |
| 17395s | dead obviously your zil acces make this |
| 17397s | board more |
| 17398s | strong really trying to stare at this |
| 17400s | creation and try and think how much it's |
| 17402s | uh if I've missed some spells or not |
| 17408s | but I'm trying to find a world where |
| 17410s | mostar |
| 17411s | um yeah he's he's trading maximum |
| 17414s | minions in here right so that he gives |
| 17418s | minimum board space to Rec r for next |
| 17420s | turn I think that's what he's doing I |
| 17422s | mean no he he can oh they're on five he |
| 17424s | just clears the board and he gets to |
| 17426s | push five as |
| 17428s | well sure pushing five is pretty |
| 17432s | sick basically I mean recam must be |
| 17435s | assuming this is setting up lethal right |
| 17438s | I think's got it now though right I |
| 17440s | think yeah with the |
| 17447s | has |
| 17448s | he oh he's got funnel cake still in |
| 17456s | hand yeah he's he's got all sorts of |
| 17458s | stuff going on here he's just got to |
| 17460s | make sure he gets both zil axes down if |
| 17461s | he can um preferably at least one this |
| 17464s | turn but if he can't say be |
| 17467s | it yeah this to copy replay funnel cake |
| 17470s | yeah that's that's yeah he's got 100% |
| 17472s | stage |
| 17474s | one and then followup time I mean it |
| 17477s | just doesn't matter he's he's got this |
| 17478s | now as long as he counts |
| 17482s | correctly 6 7 8 11 |
| 17486s | 15 say that yeah I think it's |
| 17495s | exact must be more than 28 |
| 17507s | is significantly more I |
| 17515s | think yeah it is right plenty if if he |
| 17518s | needs to he can trade in one of the |
| 17519s | three fives and play another zelc like |
| 17521s | there's there's loads there but yeah |
| 17522s | there's plenty of damage anyway yeah |
| 17524s | it's anyway yeah I think he he did the |
| 17526s | usual of this is if I mess this up I |
| 17529s | probably lose so I'm going to Triple |
| 17531s | count everything and make sure it works |
| 17533s | re vam just about pulling it out the bag |
| 17537s | there and that kind of leads back to |
| 17540s | what Saul I think touched on a little |
| 17541s | bit earlier uh on on the show today |
| 17544s | where talking about this priest and that |
| 17546s | you're not even though it looks like it |
| 17548s | and even though it can do this you don't |
| 17550s | just go one drop two drop three drop |
| 17552s | four drop five drop win right you can |
| 17554s | play late game you can set things up for |
| 17557s | a more drawn out game even if it looks a |
| 17560s | little bit dire sometimes and uh rfam |
| 17562s | you know we know we know Ream's no |
| 17564s | pushover so yeah really well played |
| 17566s | there and just about got to where he |
| 17568s | needed to be I really like the uh the |
| 17570s | voon um the voon the vo was really good |
| 17573s | yeah cuz that that is so much extra not |
| 17577s | even just damage but just options that |
| 17579s | that it gave him available CU he ended |
| 17580s | up with obviously two uh two timelines |
| 17582s | as |
| 17582s | [Music] |
| 17584s | well yep yeah he ripped the um the |
| 17588s | dragon that he required just in time I |
| 17590s | think he was dead the next turn almost |
| 17592s | certainly I haven't counted it and I'm |
| 17594s | it's really hard to count when you don't |
| 17595s | know how many spell scools and things |
| 17596s | have gone but hey do my best it's hard |
| 17599s | especially like because there's a lot to |
| 17601s | keep track of on both decks there with |
| 17603s | you know the priest dragons and then the |
| 17605s | Sith uh I love making excuses for why |
| 17608s | we're bad um and then like the SI with |
| 17610s | the uh potential spell damage is always |
| 17613s | a little bit tricky but yeah ream is |
| 17616s | fighting back priest is ticked means |
| 17618s | it's won a game and then mol Stars still |
| 17620s | going to have to to sit on this Mage and |
| 17622s | try and get something done in the next |
| 17623s | game or two to be able to move on to |
| 17626s | Sunday yeah got the um the Mage win |
| 17629s | under the belt again I feel like the |
| 17632s | Mage should struggle but it looked like |
| 17634s | he was going to get it done there to be |
| 17636s | fair and still two more |
| 17638s | goes um really curious to know how it |
| 17640s | deals with with the Rogue if the Rogue |
| 17643s | gets going obviously because the |
| 17645s | creation is just too |
| 17649s | small yeah it's so on the freezes yeah |
| 17652s | we'll have to see it's so the the |
| 17654s | rogue's always a tricky one because um a |
| 17657s | lot of the games with Rogue look very |
| 17659s | polarized one way or the other uh |
| 17661s | because if you can drop an A8 and then |
| 17663s | stealth it suddenly you're feeling |
| 17665s | pretty good about life uh but you know |
| 17667s | if you leave it open some options are |
| 17668s | very tricky but it looks like we're |
| 17669s | going to be checking out the Demon |
| 17672s | Hunter uh first of all again uh another |
| 17675s | tough one I think a a deck that can |
| 17678s | really just push out the Mage very very |
| 17680s | quickly indeed even though this is the |
| 17682s | uh slightly more comboy based one let's |
| 17685s | say with those blind ey Sharpshooters in |
| 17687s | but at the end of the day you can put |
| 17689s | all the fancy combos you want in |
| 17691s | sometimes you can just get the weapon |
| 17693s | swing it play Shopper and then off the |
| 17695s | back of that kind of steamroll the game |
| 17697s | yeah absolutely and like you said |
| 17699s | earlier sometimes you just don't even |
| 17700s | get there you just play some ones and |
| 17702s | twos and you've done 16 damage before |
| 17704s | you know it and yeah the game kind of |
| 17706s | just |
| 17709s | ends yeah and um we'll see how this is |
| 17712s | going to go as the players are just |
| 17714s | going to be getting ready here looks |
| 17715s | like it's going to be the Demon Hunter |
| 17716s | coming up um in terms of this matchup |
| 17719s | because we've seen like as we mentioned |
| 17720s | the Demon Hunter able to push a lot of |
| 17722s | damage but how do you feel this matchup |
| 17724s | is just broadly like is one favored is |
| 17728s | it just extremely close H is Demon |
| 17730s | Hunter just going to Stomp the Mage I |
| 17732s | think Demon Hunter is going to Stomp the |
| 17733s | Mage but again I just keep adding this |
| 17735s | cavat I I I have to always add it in |
| 17737s | tournaments that Mage does better in |
| 17739s | tournaments than it does on ladder and |
| 17741s | that isn't because it's lucky that's not |
| 17742s | because of matchups it's because the |
| 17745s | players playing Mage in tournaments are |
| 17746s | better than the players playing Mage on |
| 17748s | ladder as a as an average even if you |
| 17751s | count top thousand it doesn't it's not |
| 17752s | enough you've got to count top 25 top 30 |
| 17755s | so always very careful when I say about |
| 17758s | Mage but also I think the Demon Hunter |
| 17760s | will stop the Mage yeah it's going to be |
| 17762s | a little bit tricky though because |
| 17764s | there's always the outcomes cuz I feel |
| 17765s | like we we are seen it a lot and I guess |
| 17767s | it's you know it is down to Mulligan and |
| 17769s | down to the weapon the |
| 17771s | Tech draw uh as well but if Demon Hunter |
| 17775s | just doesn't get hold of the weapon uh |
| 17778s | and because this is a slightly more |
| 17780s | comboy version let's say h from recam it |
| 17785s | you don't really have time to mess |
| 17786s | around right because the Mage will just |
| 17788s | overpower has access to freeze as well |
| 17791s | uh so it's not like uh this is I never |
| 17796s | mind umpire's grasp in hand it does play |
| 17798s | four weapons to be fair it plays two |
| 17801s | exactly yeah yeah with the tech and the |
| 17803s | weapon is common but it's I'm just like |
| 17805s | oh yeah so what's the world where |
| 17806s | there's no weapon molar can get ahead no |
| 17809s | there is the weapon so whatever ignore |
| 17812s | everything I just said and even in the |
| 17813s | world where there isn't a weapon the |
| 17814s | demon d Hunter does have a lot of ons |
| 17816s | and twos to to fiddle around with while |
| 17819s | it waits it's it's much much much less |
| 17822s | good we're going to find out on |
| 17826s | Monday yeah yeah Ream's open hand |
| 17829s | looking pretty nice it's got the |
| 17830s | selections of the ones and twos we |
| 17832s | talked about here slyther spare salesman |
| 17835s | um that's not one card by the way that's |
| 17838s | two I just realized I've just created |
| 17840s | I've just leaked the next card from the |
| 17841s | the next set maybe H but yeah so this SP |
| 17844s | going down now to challenge and then |
| 17845s | there's just options coin grasp uh from |
| 17847s | recam is going to really accelerate this |
| 17851s | game yeah and I'm looking to see what |
| 17853s | molar does here um with regard these |
| 17855s | Frost bot are they going at the face |
| 17858s | with re them keeping cards molar can |
| 17860s | beir fairly sure that the the weapons |
| 17862s | one like you don't keep much else yeah I |
| 17865s | wonder if because of the second Frost |
| 17867s | bow is ever Frost excuse me Frost B the |
| 17871s | slyther spay um this turn let the swing |
| 17875s | happen and then Frost ball afterwards H |
| 17877s | it's kind of it's so tricky it's defin I |
| 17880s | mean that's how You' go about it if you |
| 17882s | want to fbot the slyther spear but |
| 17883s | you've also got the option of just |
| 17884s | letting the S spear LIF and then forbing |
| 17886s | them on turns four and five oh it sounds |
| 17890s | stupid is is it frostbolt face now yeah |
| 17892s | I was going to say okay yeah I think |
| 17894s | this is probably the play I wouldn't |
| 17896s | make but the play I wish I'd made |
| 17898s | because yeah as you mentioned you saw |
| 17899s | the keeps there was a what two keep and |
| 17902s | the coin so it's |
| 17905s | like and the artificer just dies to the |
| 17908s | weapon right so I do like this |
| 17910s | unfortunately for molar though there is |
| 17912s | uh multiple other options for recam as |
| 17916s | we can |
| 17917s | see yeah the reason I'm curious about it |
| 17919s | and again I know that he's right and I'm |
| 17921s | wrong so I'm just interested is I like |
| 17923s | to make them show me the weapon and do |
| 17925s | the first swing and that way they |
| 17927s | haven't developed any to any Tempo so |
| 17930s | they've just developed a weapon that |
| 17931s | then can't swing the next turn uh |
| 17933s | whereas when you do it this way you do |
| 17934s | let your opponent actually develop board |
| 17937s | because you've told them they can't |
| 17938s | swing this turn I think the artificer |
| 17940s | was the |
| 17941s | difference it's because it just it's |
| 17943s | just defending the artificer right |
| 17945s | whereas if there was no artificer on one |
| 17947s | I would definitely agree that like you |
| 17948s | know you can either kill the slither or |
| 17950s | do something else and then Frost bolt |
| 17952s | weapon |
| 17953s | after fair oh oh my they both gone face |
| 17957s | oh little chuckle there from recam he's |
| 17959s | loving it he is loving it oh okay a |
| 17961s | natural draw of the |
| 17963s | Shopper look at this though umire grass |
| 17966s | bear that's the balance change it's |
| 17967s | becoming a one |
| 17969s | [Laughter] |
| 17971s | drop don't upset the people Raven |
| 17974s | they're already |
| 17979s | upset h |
| 17981s | this is going to be tough like Ream's |
| 17984s | ticking all of the boxes right board and |
| 17987s | weapon threat and there's going to be a |
| 17989s | shopper or at least there it's extremely |
| 17991s | likely there's going to be a shopper |
| 17992s | next |
| 17995s | turn yeah it's a bit rough this is |
| 17999s | almost in the line of what you were |
| 18000s | saying earlier like what happens if they |
| 18001s | don't draw a weapon well I know he's got |
| 18003s | a weapon but it's it's the rest of the |
| 18005s | stuff is what's doing the damage right |
| 18006s | now right |
| 18012s | weapon just represents about another |
| 18014s | trillion damage after you take this |
| 18015s | board in the |
| 18018s | face |
| 18021s | yeah yeah that's the problem Frost Bol |
| 18024s | number two going to face I mean that |
| 18026s | makes sense I'm definitely not |
| 18027s | questioning that play but it's the |
| 18029s | sacrifices that have to be made for that |
| 18031s | play right like molars just left a board |
| 18034s | full of minions up and now the second |
| 18036s | weapon crunching it out going to make it |
| 18039s | uh a little bit awkward yes the Shopper |
| 18042s | doesn't come down but it's still a bit |
| 18044s | of a |
| 18047s | disaster |
| 18049s | yeah I think Ream's just thinking |
| 18051s | whether he's going to Burning Heart this |
| 18052s | want to I don't hate it honestly because |
| 18055s | when are you playing this Bernie heart |
| 18056s | if next turns three Mana shoer one Mana |
| 18058s | shoer one Mana |
| 18061s | shoy yeah I don't hate it pushes one |
| 18064s | extra damage to face and defends your |
| 18065s | board like |
| 18068s | yeah the only weird thing is |
| 18070s | is because all your minions are two |
| 18073s | Health it doesn't defend it against much |
| 18077s | right I guess is the other creation |
| 18080s | exactly play creation you want the |
| 18082s | Burning Heart so you can hit the |
| 18083s | creation next turn and go for either |
| 18085s | stuff's dead or it's not so I don't mind |
| 18089s | if there was one more Health on this |
| 18091s | Slither spear I just be like yeah okay |
| 18094s | sure but you know kill it whatever but |
| 18095s | because there isn't I actually like this |
| 18097s | uh hold back here from recam |
| 18100s | yeah cuz there's always time for Burning |
| 18103s | Heart later right like the odds on there |
| 18105s | being nothing to hit and then push the |
| 18106s | extra damage are so |
| 18109s | low yeah if your opponent doesn't play a |
| 18111s | creation then you don't mind that you've |
| 18112s | held the burning heart because you're |
| 18113s | going to hit them for all this stuff |
| 18114s | anyway yeah and off basically a pass |
| 18118s | turn from mstar of course he drew a lot |
| 18120s | of cards you know I'm not saying it's |
| 18121s | literally a pass but feels like a pass |
| 18123s | from where I'm sitting because wow this |
| 18126s | is a lot of damage now I want to see the |
| 18129s | one Mana um secret generator here if |
| 18132s | it's noton we missed oh Shadow's |
| 18137s | good oh |
| 18142s | really I think this is one of the spots |
| 18144s | where a lot of the secrets are quite |
| 18145s | handy especially the hunter |
| 18148s | ones it wasn't Secrets though no that's |
| 18151s | what I'm saying I wanted to see it cuz |
| 18152s | I'm greedy oh right sorry sorry yeah I'm |
| 18155s | just I think I would have took three |
| 18158s | Health maybe I'm stupid Maybe El just |
| 18160s | doesn't matter |
| 18161s | yeah uh I don't think it matters |
| 18164s | personally |
| 18166s | but yeah maybe maybe it matters more |
| 18168s | than a one I guess the one one lives |
| 18170s | through creation right so it's an extra |
| 18171s | point of damage next turn look how low |
| 18173s | did he know it was getting Divine Shield |
| 18176s | though no but there's there's reborn as |
| 18178s | well right I guess I guess yeah yeah |
| 18181s | you're right you're |
| 18184s | right sleep skaters coming down now |
| 18186s | going to be gaining some health here |
| 18188s | from allar |
| 18196s | yeah actually saved him there double Sig |
| 18200s | of time yeah just a couple of |
| 18203s | Cs ah it's not just paladins that can do |
| 18206s | silly |
| 18208s | things so if ream oh no he won't draw |
| 18212s | from the swing anyway right yeah doesn't |
| 18214s | matter |
| 18221s | no yeah you're worried about the |
| 18223s | overdraw but it's fine for a second I |
| 18224s | was worried yeah there's also the I me |
| 18227s | don't get me wrong I don't think the |
| 18228s | overdraw is going to matter I was just |
| 18230s | realizing that the uh the salesman can |
| 18232s | also potentially cause overdraw in this |
| 18234s | scenario |
| 18235s | right uh yes unless he just trades and |
| 18239s | plays the |
| 18244s | oil oil's good though with upcoming |
| 18247s | Sharpshooter potentially right oh yeah |
| 18251s | by no means has to play the oil I was |
| 18252s | just interested at what Rec Ram's uh |
| 18254s | thoughts were on that overdraw or not oh |
| 18257s | oh now yeah did he mean to play the oil |
| 18259s | I think I think he meant to play it |
| 18261s | yeah yeah cuz you probably wouldn't have |
| 18263s | traded it if you weren't going to play |
| 18265s | the oil why trade it yeah is is I'm |
| 18269s | guessing you're what's happened |
| 18276s | here yeah I think that was just Rec |
| 18279s | famam getting himself caught up in a few |
| 18282s | things he also might have done the thing |
| 18284s | I've definitely done where it's like oh |
| 18286s | draw six cards I'll be fine but there's |
| 18288s | a natural draw as well yes is the |
| 18292s | problem yeah something doesn't look |
| 18294s | right here for |
| 18297s | sure and honestly about wait till next |
| 18300s | turn how you're going to Wi your next 10 |
| 18302s | cards molar can clear the board right |
| 18305s | yeah I think the inquisitive creations's |
| 18308s | enough to clear |
| 18312s | uh it hides four plus the Ping okay yeah |
| 18316s | sure sure sure I thought it was on five |
| 18317s | but yeah this I mean this is fair enough |
| 18319s | right um so effectively clear board 15 |
| 18322s | Health arguably 14 with the one one |
| 18324s | sitting there everybody just pay |
| 18327s | attention to what the overdraw ends up |
| 18328s | being oh God |
| 18335s | don't okay whatever fine it's fine |
| 18347s | check for |
| 18348s | lethal wait you think this is |
| 18352s | lethal I don't think it is you've got to |
| 18354s | check for it I guess |
| 18356s | so it's a decent amount of Health on the |
| 18359s | board you know like overall though |
| 18362s | right and there's none of the big spikes |
| 18366s | of damage oh I'm just looking at Burning |
| 18367s | Heart Burning Heart hit you like nothing |
| 18370s | for clever Sharpshooter stuff at the |
| 18371s | moment |
| 18373s | that's I'm s staring at Sharpshooter and |
| 18376s | thinking God I'm too dumb for this no |
| 18378s | that's yeah that's that's the secondary |
| 18379s | thing that's what I'm actually doing but |
| 18381s | yeah I would like to say if Ream's |
| 18383s | locking it in then it is lethal but |
| 18387s | maybe he's |
| 18394s | just it's a lot of damage especially |
| 18396s | with the Naga pickup I don't think it's |
| 18398s | lethal though |
| 18400s | oh wait a minute that's plus one on that |
| 18402s | can attack |
| 18406s | face close |
| 18409s | close still set up set up himself in a |
| 18412s | very good position here though because |
| 18414s | even though it's not lethal it's a ton |
| 18416s | of damage and there's still a lot of |
| 18417s | damage left in hand second Sharpshooter |
| 18419s | pick up as well as as you said The |
| 18421s | Burning uh double in hand yeah and going |
| 18424s | down swinging as oh going down S I |
| 18425s | didn't even notice the going down |
| 18427s | swinging was |
| 18428s | there Y no you're right you're |
| 18436s | right cing |
| 18445s | it okay facez can swing but not face um |
| 18450s | if loads of taunts got made for |
| 18455s | instance Creations to clear |
| 18460s | okay and Molar is just saying well |
| 18462s | that's pretty much all I can do freeze |
| 18464s | the face clear the board The Usual |
| 18470s | Suspects this is looking like it should |
| 18473s | be |
| 18474s | [Music] |
| 18477s | fine oh no he doesn't have the other oh |
| 18480s | he's |
| 18482s | wait this could be fine okay |
| 18490s | there was ways that could have worked |
| 18491s | out obviously never mind just the damage |
| 18493s | RNG but like the Discover and so on so |
| 18495s | on but yeah doesn't matter H ream got |
| 18499s | molar down to two and I don't think |
| 18502s | there's anything else that can really go |
| 18504s | down here honestly nature |
| 18506s | spells just going heal for six often oh |
| 18509s | no going for reduction draw |
| 18511s | okay I was confused for a second |
| 18516s | then oh skater |
| 18521s | yeah but nothing dangerous enough right |
| 18523s | no ice |
| 18527s | Baro so ice |
| 18534s | barrier re's like just press ENT turn |
| 18538s | just press ENT turn but now G |
| 18547s | pain look at like please just press |
| 18550s | enter make this nonsense stop what are |
| 18554s | you doing like for where ream sat M has |
| 18558s | just drawn like 15 ways to win the game |
| 18560s | from where we're at he's drawn a coin |
| 18561s | and an ice barrier yeah he needs to be |
| 18563s | able to stack ice barriers like uh |
| 18566s | sigils and oras can be |
| 18569s | stacked there we go yeah |
| 18580s | there used to be somebody on that bottom |
| 18581s | camera now it's just a hand now it's |
| 18584s | just |
| 18585s | emotions |
| 18587s | yeah okay oh that's |
| 18592s | helpful yeah that is very |
| 18594s | helpful is this burnning and then blind |
| 18602s | ey sure oh all that yeah |
| 18610s | please go face can't stand being upet |
| 18613s | for so long no it didn't go face CU he's |
| 18615s | attacking oh he didn't do it that's |
| 18617s | right yeah it's just doing this and now |
| 18618s | he's going to proc yeah yeah yeah this |
| 18619s | is fine this is fine yeah you got |
| 18621s | it game four going to rec V on his way |
| 18627s | for a reverse sweep potentially drinking |
| 18631s | out of the Hearthstone flask |
| 18634s | thing confir looks like the stone one to |
| 18637s | me regardless Mage once again 10 left |
| 18640s | over for molar molar kind of just got |
| 18642s | ran over there honestly did well to |
| 18644s | defend as long as he could but just |
| 18646s | could not stabilize in terms of the |
| 18648s | health and again it's one of the bonuses |
| 18650s | that that build of Demon Hunter sort of |
| 18652s | new age versions of Demon Hunter have is |
| 18655s | they just have kind of just damage from |
| 18657s | hand that isn't negated by freeze a lot |
| 18659s | of the time H but now Linda we've got at |
| 18662s | least in this series the two flimsy |
| 18665s | decks fighting each other right we've |
| 18667s | got the Mage that has struggled so far |
| 18669s | for Mol |
| 18670s | and then we've got the Rogue which can |
| 18672s | be extremely powerful or extremely weak |
| 18675s | depending on from what we saw earlier on |
| 18678s | so uh interesting way to end the series |
| 18680s | honestly and uh often the way this can |
| 18682s | happen in Conquest although we've seen |
| 18683s | some more one-sided matchups today I |
| 18686s | think but a lot of it does come down to |
| 18688s | the two weaker decks just try and hit |
| 18691s | each other a little bit in |
| 18693s | Hope yeah um I'm I don't know about this |
| 18696s | rogue deck I think it might be fine here |
| 18698s | like my instinct says |
| 18700s | mind scts not very good against M keep |
| 18702s | saying that but that the Rogue will get |
| 18704s | enough time just make a bunch of 8s and |
| 18706s | and that should do it I don't think the |
| 18708s | Mage is going to combo quick enough so |
| 18710s | it's case of the freeze is there enough |
| 18712s | freeze for the Mage to stop this from |
| 18715s | going off but with neop fights in decks |
| 18718s | and well well that's it it's um you're a |
| 18721s | shadow step and a Neo fight away from a |
| 18723s | good time a lot of the time right and |
| 18724s | then also you can stealth these mechs |
| 18727s | too which is a big deal um I hope sttle |
| 18730s | has uh enjoyed the order in which the |
| 18732s | key cards have appeared so one special |
| 18735s | one for sttle that one but yeah I uh 28 |
| 18739s | and three nice but I uh I I think again |
| 18744s | Rogue has game like you can do this |
| 18746s | there is the stealth uh there is the Neo |
| 18748s | fight specifically against Mage uh but |
| 18751s | you need to hit it and most importantly |
| 18754s | you need that Gaslight gatekeeper right |
| 18756s | that is the card that really unlocks the |
| 18758s | deck even when you play it as early as |
| 18760s | turn three or turn four like that is |
| 18762s | what you want to do card draw card draw |
| 18765s | or card generation as much as you can |
| 18767s | and then Gaslight gatekeeper and then go |
| 18770s | is basically the way the deck's played |
| 18772s | at least in the initial openings of |
| 18774s | games so that's what ream will be |
| 18776s | looking for we'll see how it works out |
| 18778s | once the players get into the game but |
| 18780s | yeah for me at this point Linda could |
| 18782s | easily go either way if recam takes his |
| 18785s | time again like we saw it in one of the |
| 18787s | early games in this match could be a |
| 18788s | little bit awkward and let molar gather |
| 18790s | all these freeze effects and sort of |
| 18792s | controlling effects but if recam does |
| 18795s | the thing on three or four that is |
| 18797s | extremely early for the Mage to be able |
| 18799s | to fight |
| 18800s | back yeah I think I think if re doesn't |
| 18803s | to say turn four I think this game will |
| 18805s | end fairly quickly um obviously there's |
| 18808s | always generated blizzards and things |
| 18809s | can slow things down but we're missing |
| 18812s | good old Frost nowadays so yeah I |
| 18816s | actually said that I think you just get |
| 18817s | him I said that when I was playing |
| 18820s | people watching like a few days ago now |
| 18821s | I was like I do you guys remember Frost |
| 18823s | NOA what a card like there were so many |
| 18827s | cards right now that are like kind ofish |
| 18829s | Frost NOA but they're not quite Frost |
| 18831s | NOA it's glorious but let's get into it |
| 18834s | game five of this match the winner moves |
| 18838s | on to the final day of the Masters Tour |
| 18840s | spring Championship the loser gets |
| 18842s | knocked down into their lower bracket of |
| 18844s | Group B let's see how this one's going |
| 18847s | to go molar on the top on the mage Rec |
| 18849s | vam on this Rogue bit of a crack of the |
| 18852s | neck and fingers crossed for the |
| 18855s | Mulligan yeah very much |
| 18857s | so |
| 18859s | um curious see what molar does with this |
| 18861s | as well does he want the discovers or |
| 18863s | does he want to trust his |
| 18868s | deck the problem is yeah o keeps infin |
| 18872s | okay interesting I was going to say the |
| 18874s | problem is early game I don't know what |
| 18877s | you're looking for right with the Mage |
| 18879s | in ter ter like what from the C like |
| 18881s | what are you trying to glyph into on |
| 18883s | turn two cuz you don't really know cuz |
| 18885s | it depends how the Rogue opens starting |
| 18888s | off with a gear shift into gear shift |
| 18889s | though is going to be pretty nice for |
| 18891s | rec oh Everything Must Go everything's |
| 18894s | going to be going pretty |
| 18897s | quickly back into the |
| 18901s | deck allar going to start off getting |
| 18904s | that infinitize value lizard I mean y y |
| 18908s | That's one you looking for it |
| 18912s | is stack those blizzards oh |
| 18918s | okay and that's what he's going to do |
| 18920s | isn't it moar is just going to go on a |
| 18922s | big freezing |
| 18927s | [Music] |
| 18935s | trip artificer make space in hand gets |
| 18938s | you some armor and allows you to do all |
| 18939s | again I think I like |
| 18947s | this |
| 18949s | um |
| 18953s | wein um molten runes probably tempting |
| 18957s | for a second but a cheap glyph is a |
| 18959s | cheap |
| 18960s | glyph he's just assembling the deck he |
| 18963s | should have |
| 18966s | brought okay I go quick pick going to |
| 18969s | really start to try and stack the hand |
| 18971s | and even though we've talked a lot about |
| 18973s | you know you want to pop off on turn |
| 18975s | three or four as Rogue um if you don't |
| 18978s | exactly do that this is the thing you |
| 18980s | want to be doing which is start stacking |
| 18982s | the hand drawing cards and fishing for |
| 18984s | that key set of combos there's a |
| 18986s | playhouse giant another everything must |
| 18989s | go but it's just not hitting The |
| 18990s | Gaslight there is no card draw there now |
| 18993s | no no gas light would change everything |
| 18996s | another blizzard |
| 19000s | it's got to be right I think so yeah |
| 19003s | yeah I'm I'm a blizzard enjoyer right |
| 19005s | now not only uh in this game but um in |
| 19009s | general |
| 19011s | mhm freeze to stop the card draw we |
| 19014s | start stacking armor get the escaping |
| 19016s | trog down as well just for a little bit |
| 19018s | of extra pressure sprinkled on break |
| 19023s | dance uhoh |
| 19030s | it's got to be MIM right |
| 19034s | yeah |
| 19036s | oh this is the problem the deck is so |
| 19039s | Reliant oh I don't know whether Reliant |
| 19042s | is too strong a word but it's so much |
| 19045s | weaker when you don't have gas light by |
| 19048s | now like the difference in power level |
| 19050s | is |
| 19051s | absurd and now we can see just molar |
| 19054s | chilling on the |
| 19057s | blizzards wheel of death goes |
| 19062s | behave yourself right look you know it I |
| 19064s | know it chat knows it we all wanted to |
| 19067s | see wheel of death there's not subtle |
| 19069s | here to keep you under control if you go |
| 19071s | off the rails I will join in with you |
| 19072s | and it will be a mess have even moved my |
| 19075s | location so I can't be found now there's |
| 19078s | no way to stop me yeah he's coming to |
| 19080s | get you don't worry about that he |
| 19082s | doesn't know where I am |
| 19084s | [Music] |
| 19093s | there it is sigh of relief here from Rec |
| 19097s | because this is the |
| 19100s | card okay still needs to draw and there |
| 19105s | we go Shadow |
| 19107s | step that's so big I think yeah |
| 19110s | everything must go Shadow Step Go |
| 19114s | Again |
| 19116s | surely youve got it right oh he going to |
| 19119s | got prep ah prep mic drop |
| 19123s | to to draw more cards yeah this is also |
| 19126s | fine as long as Shadow step gas light |
| 19128s | happens yeah |
| 19132s | sure |
| 19134s | okay drop coin just to give a little bit |
| 19136s | more wiggle |
| 19138s | room one less card drawn but uh one more |
| 19141s | Mana so reasonable trade that's what you |
| 19144s | fancy really wants the max at least one |
| 19147s | my goodness are they oh |
| 19150s | no okay that's not too bad no |
| 19156s | um oh no what's the name of the card |
| 19158s | what's the one that bounces it |
| 19160s | back bre dance yeah there we go yeah I |
| 19163s | just I just blanked then uh but yeah no |
| 19165s | break dance is kind of |
| 19170s | rough |
| 19173s | well still got decent stuff on the board |
| 19176s | though he's only turn five but it's just |
| 19177s | going to keep getting Frozen now that's |
| 19179s | the problem ah yeah but the big thing |
| 19181s | here is I think for molar is molar does |
| 19183s | not have to Blizzard this is a very not |
| 19185s | blizz blizzard needed board that was |
| 19188s | very eloquent there um true yeah this is |
| 19191s | not threatening enough I don't think |
| 19193s | when you know basically what the Rogue |
| 19196s | is capable of this is a very low power |
| 19198s | level I think molar can just deal with |
| 19200s | this |
| 19202s | [Music] |
| 19204s | manually yep yeah I like it right that's |
| 19207s | exactly what he's done great Elemental |
| 19209s | as well and again this is going to be a |
| 19211s | nightmare cuz if ream just plays 8s even |
| 19214s | if molar has to be in desperation mold |
| 19217s | mold mold mold |
| 19221s | um he could just trade the water |
| 19223s | Elemental into one of the 8S to freeze |
| 19224s | it out it's another giant |
| 19228s | though right plenty put down again we we |
| 19231s | can see that these things aren't |
| 19232s | attacking face for any time but he's got |
| 19234s | to make the best board he can surely |
| 19236s | yeah is this yeah magnetic giant GI in |
| 19239s | see what the magnets do and then Shadow |
| 19242s | step the uh gas light |
| 19246s | again sure yeah try and get some break |
| 19248s | dancing get your um copies |
| 19255s | y oh going to |
| 19257s | hold wow okay oh no uh you could still |
| 19261s | do it no no yeah you can still do it's |
| 19262s | got one left right I I say he's got more |
| 19264s | confidence the match up than me if he |
| 19265s | thinks he go to turn eight or nine so |
| 19267s | getting him down now feels right |
| 19271s | oh not going to go for the shadow step |
| 19274s | okay yeah this is gross Ste so yeah was |
| 19279s | the stealth better though because this |
| 19281s | A8 can get Frozen no problem the shadow |
| 19285s | step would have gave options for break |
| 19286s | dance which just cuz the problem now is |
| 19289s | if these |
| 19290s | die yeah he's done if these die that's |
| 19292s | just game right I I I think cuz the both |
| 19296s | break dances still on the deck and but |
| 19297s | there's nothing left to break |
| 19301s | yep agreed yeah I think rram just uh got |
| 19305s | a bit of a rough into the stick here I'm |
| 19309s | really surprised he could have Shadow |
| 19310s | stepped and gone for the uh The |
| 19313s | Gaslight a bit earlier and not had not |
| 19315s | done all the the Bots thing even though |
| 19317s | I do understand stealth is strong |
| 19319s | here yeah I think he's just seeing he's |
| 19322s | feeling it a bit but also he's just |
| 19323s | seeing no way to get there through what |
| 19326s | we can see because he the double I think |
| 19328s | he thinks he's just might get get there |
| 19329s | we can see it just doesn't and most 48 |
| 19333s | like and even that the fact still not |
| 19336s | requiring a blizzard really good uh I |
| 19339s | tell you molar and yala should be |
| 19340s | friends um oh okay break dance there |
| 19344s | fine so he gets to do the breakdowns if |
| 19346s | he |
| 19348s | wants proba is now he is it's kind of |
| 19351s | just dead even if it's just blizzard |
| 19354s | gace with the minions blizzard go face |
| 19356s | with the minions game |
| 19359s | [Music] |
| 19361s | yep yeah like and also there's like |
| 19366s | Bard creation Shadow step as |
| 19374s | well o this is a rough |
| 19380s | one I just can't believe in this match |
| 19383s | up molar picked blizzard early which was |
| 19386s | perfect and correct and he's just chill |
| 19389s | with him he's just s like I don't need |
| 19390s | him yet it's |
| 19393s | fine that was made available by the fact |
| 19395s | he kept the |
| 19396s | Infiniti the um Mulligan and just |
| 19399s | decided to go looking for stuff that |
| 19400s | would save the game if he got in trouble |
| 19402s | and that's what he did yep 22 With the |
| 19405s | Wind Fury but the armor is going to keep |
| 19407s | molar very safe indeed and now here |
| 19411s | comes the |
| 19412s | ice unless it's lethal which I don't |
| 19415s | think it is but there might be think it |
| 19417s | is but yeah |
| 19421s | and I don't think there's any punish for |
| 19425s | blizzard right there's no like |
| 19427s | unfreezing and these don't have charge |
| 19430s | or anything right so there's no there's |
| 19432s | no the the little mini Bots left so it's |
| 19435s | not like the hands full of mini bots so |
| 19438s | it's like if they freeze you re them can |
| 19440s | bounce them back and then play them and |
| 19442s | then have like life steel rush or |
| 19444s | something so I don't think there's any |
| 19445s | great punish for blizzard in here so I |
| 19447s | think this is extr extremely likely to |
| 19450s | lock out the |
| 19453s | game yep getting the armor back just in |
| 19455s | case yeah why not right yeah it just |
| 19458s | doesn't matter like |
| 19459s | whatever there's no mechs left as far as |
| 19463s | I can recall I may be wrong no Titan or |
| 19465s | anything crazy hanging in there |
| 19467s | so you know oh no memon's there I forgot |
| 19472s | about mimon I'll be honest |
| 19477s | [Music] |
| 19482s | yeah molar can basically just do |
| 19483s | whatever because it's just another |
| 19485s | blizzard and then there's still gliff |
| 19487s | there's still the um the Creations as |
| 19489s | well there's the armor from the freeze |
| 19491s | if required he's just got every base |
| 19493s | covered at this |
| 19496s | point yep just have a last |
| 19500s | look see re looking for |
| 19505s | stealth doesn't H the wrong blue I think |
| 19507s | it's the wrong blue yeah I don't think |
| 19509s | stealth |
| 19510s | now trou with those Blues in the |
| 19515s | past pretty |
| 19522s | sad still no lethal |
| 19528s | there it's double infinitize to keep |
| 19530s | going fishing if he wants but again like |
| 19533s | just another blizzard and it's just done |
| 19536s | right is there a way that's like |
| 19537s | blizzard and then sleep again just to |
| 19540s | put a little bit more damage on board I |
| 19542s | think mol's just fishing for lethal yeah |
| 19544s | I think he's just checking first for |
| 19545s | lethals and then he's going to Blizzard |
| 19547s | when he runs out of Mana |
| 19548s | yeah fine blizzard push three |
| 19554s | more can even infinitize if he wants for |
| 19557s | zero yeah he can go fishing for damage |
| 19559s | if he wanted to I think it just leaves |
| 19561s | it |
| 19563s | open now Memon can Memon achieve |
| 19566s | anything |
| 19568s | turn nine Mage that couldn't do six |
| 19571s | damage how |
| 19573s | silly they've always got six they gained |
| 19575s | a million armor though yeah I mean he's |
| 19578s | absolutely the right Play It's just why |
| 19580s | haven't you got six you silly |
| 19582s | Mage and to be fair if he hadn't had to |
| 19584s | spend five on the blizzard he could |
| 19585s | probably have found lethal another way |
| 19587s | why why risk it oh yeah there's just |
| 19590s | that that's it that's how um sort of |
| 19592s | onedimensional the blizzard is in this |
| 19594s | matchup right it's just well if I |
| 19596s | blizzard you you you can't attack me |
| 19599s | done that's the end of conversation the |
| 19601s | weapons are gone uh the buff to like |
| 19603s | attack for the weapons are gone there's |
| 19606s | just like nothing really I don't think |
| 19608s | there like everything must go as like a |
| 19611s | really small outlier but I don't think |
| 19613s | there's actually anything it can create |
| 19615s | that would cause allar problem at this |
| 19617s | point Neo fight's going to be a little |
| 19619s | bit annoying |
| 19622s | yeah just adds a check to the number of |
| 19626s | times you get to discover and stuff but |
| 19629s | absolutely fine I'm not sure what the |
| 19631s | Creations is on but I think with these |
| 19633s | blizzards softening the board up that |
| 19635s | creations just does the |
| 19642s | job again same as we've talked about |
| 19645s | there's no reason to take any risk on 39 |
| 19647s | the 88s are all gone everything's off |
| 19650s | the board there's no win condition left |
| 19652s | for rec you don't actually have to do |
| 19653s | that last six damage course ream can't |
| 19655s | kill you look he's only got two more |
| 19656s | cards in deck |
| 19659s | yeah there's like I said there's |
| 19660s | Everything Must Go as like one last |
| 19663s | ditch effort but another blizzard take |
| 19665s | it um but I can't think |
| 19669s | of of another yeah 100% look molar is an |
| 19674s | aoly of yala surely because there was an |
| 19677s | option to have a spell that dealt damage |
| 19679s | to face you just pick blizzard again |
| 19681s | it's like |
| 19682s | nope yeah oh I mean it's not enough but |
| 19687s | it's a cool outcome it's something |
| 19691s | consider right if we can just keep the |
| 19693s | dragon ban alive for the next 10 turns |
| 19695s | yeah imagine if you roll two of them |
| 19698s | still wouldn't be enough but it' be more |
| 19699s | exciting hey there's still celest oh |
| 19702s | yeah can't do it can it won't be enough |
| 19704s | I look at that manner of whether it's |
| 19705s | like projectionist again just pop |
| 19712s | off |
| 19715s | okay it's a good effort just smiling is |
| 19718s | like oh I'm going to make you win this |
| 19720s | game of hearthstone whether you like it |
| 19722s | or not fishing for lethal |
| 19726s | glyph fishing for |
| 19729s | lethal stop Frost BS kind of |
| 19734s | 35 |
| 19736s | Maybe please just make it end oh no it |
| 19739s | is with P yeah sorry yeah yeah I missed |
| 19742s | that yeah yeah yeah well there you have |
| 19744s | it what a match Rec famam almost managed |
| 19749s | to claw it back but the Rogue just let |
| 19751s | him down again and Molar o popping off |
| 19754s | with the celebration as well let's go oh |
| 19757s | w w okay okay I'm glad he stopped there |
| 19761s | I don't think that's something we can |
| 19762s | broadcast if he kept going but yeah |
| 19764s | congratulations to molar a really good |
| 19767s | win and I think um cool K and collected |
| 19771s | I think it was just chill and yeah it |
| 19772s | was a tough series it's not like it was |
| 19774s | easy it's not like he ran ream over ream |
| 19776s | definitely put a lot of pressure on |
| 19778s | there but I think molar really is just |
| 19781s | showing his how comfortable he is with |
| 19783s | his |
| 19783s | lineup yep nice to see somebody um |
| 19786s | playing control in this field it's a |
| 19788s | very not controlly field it's a very not |
| 19791s | controlly meta really it's slightly slow |
| 19793s | but it's not particularly |
| 19794s | slow um and yeah interesting to see |
| 19797s | somebody bringing the lineup again the |
| 19799s | Mage is going to be my question all |
| 19801s | weekend but he got it done through to |
| 19804s | Sunday already he put his feet up for |
| 19806s | two days |
| 19808s | for two |
| 19810s | days I'm not sure how days work yeah I |
| 19812s | was going to say I'm it's nearly bedtime |
| 19816s | where I am right now so yeah two days is |
| 19817s | a stretch but yeah congrat |
| 19820s | congratulations to molar there I think |
| 19822s | um like I said comfortable with the |
| 19824s | lists good knowledge of the matchups and |
| 19827s | just a really good uh ideas of how to |
| 19829s | win those ones so really big win over |
| 19831s | recam there uh congratulations to molar |
| 19833s | Rec Vamp is not out though I know there |
| 19835s | are a lot of Rec Vamp fans but as you |
| 19838s | can see as we take a look at the update |
| 19839s | bracket for Group B he is in that deci |
| 19841s | match so he if he wins the next one he's |
| 19844s | still through a little bit more of a |
| 19845s | tough go of it but he can still get |
| 19847s | there but of course we have his opponent |
| 19849s | to find out which is kimchi slap versus |
| 19852s | gamer rvg uh so we'll get an update on |
| 19855s | that very very soon but uh yeah |
| 19857s | definitely a cool match I'm really glad |
| 19859s | uh I really enjoyed casting that one |
| 19860s | lend it was it was a longer five game |
| 19862s | series but it was a very interesting |
| 19863s | five game series yeah it was it was |
| 19865s | interesting it was Clash of styles or |
| 19866s | Clash of matchup lineup whatever anyway |
| 19870s | um looked like ream was finally turned |
| 19872s | the corner there the first two games |
| 19874s | didn't feel like games at all like it |
| 19875s | feels like um that Shaman deck is pretty |
| 19878s | terrifying obviously Warrior is is scary |
| 19881s | the DK in the hands of a good player |
| 19882s | looks good the Mage looked like re might |
| 19885s | have got through it but no um mostar |
| 19889s | just came good showed what we heard from |
| 19891s | people who know him for the last few |
| 19893s | days that he's a very good control |
| 19895s | player but he's got to keep it up for |
| 19896s | all of Sunday if he is going to get to |
| 19898s | the championships yeah that was just our |
| 19900s | first broadcast match from Group B but |
| 19902s | we've got more where that came from |
| 19904s | we're going to go to a quick break while |
| 19905s | we set up the next one for you guys so |
| 19907s | make sure to stick around and we'll be |
| 19908s | right back after this |
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| 20110s | welcome back to the first Master's tour |
| 20114s | of 2024 we are here for it this spring |
| 20117s | championship and to continue the action |
| 20120s | I am Dragon Rider joined This Time by TJ |
| 20123s | how you doing |
| 20124s | today doing great doing great it's been |
| 20127s | a while since we've got to uh watch and |
| 20129s | cast some competitive Hearthstone and |
| 20133s | I've been enjoying today we've had some |
| 20136s | some grueling games to be quite honest |
| 20139s | some grueling |
| 20140s | matchups uh and it's been fun it's been |
| 20142s | fun to |
| 20143s | watch yeah I think there's some really |
| 20146s | interesting things with the lineup this |
| 20148s | time around uh of the players plus the |
| 20151s | actual lineups of decks that all of |
| 20154s | those players brought like it just feels |
| 20155s | like a really cool event overall uh we |
| 20159s | have a couple different kind of story |
| 20160s | lines these very familiar names that a |
| 20163s | lot of people are uh kind of already |
| 20166s | familiar with that we saw with y |
| 20168s | for example in the first group uh but |
| 20171s | now we're getting to see a couple |
| 20173s | players who you may or may not have |
| 20175s | heard of before uh and first we have Kim |
| 20178s | Chi slap here who has been in quite a |
| 20181s | few Master's tours uh but this time |
| 20184s | around in this big top |
| 20188s | 16 yeah this matchup is going to be |
| 20190s | quite difficult for me to for who to |
| 20192s | root for because kimchi slap has the |
| 20194s | name to end all |
| 20196s | names uh but gamer rvg is the America's |
| 20202s | representative uh the The Last Hope of |
| 20204s | the Americas for the |
| 20206s | past um I don't know year has held that |
| 20210s | title so uh it's going to be tough one |
| 20213s | thing I do appreciate about kimchi slap |
| 20215s | is uh Hearthstone Brew gamer in a couple |
| 20219s | of decks which a couple of decks is |
| 20223s | above average for amounts of hearth |
| 20225s | stone Brew uh in a tournament lineup |
| 20228s | so I'm very excited to see uh what these |
| 20232s | are going to hold but right now we're |
| 20233s | just looking at the pretty standard |
| 20234s | Chopper DH arstone brw is kind of just |
| 20237s | there for that refill once you uh sort |
| 20240s | of run completely out of |
| 20245s | stuff and gamer rvg there we see uh did |
| 20249s | have a second place finish Grand |
| 20252s | Masters first season for Americas can |
| 20255s | you do something like that again |
| 20258s | we'll find out yeah it's it's gamer rvg |
| 20262s | was one of those players in Grand |
| 20263s | Masters that |
| 20265s | was I don't want to say underrated uh |
| 20268s | but kept sneaking out wins against some |
| 20269s | of the top |
| 20271s | players um when g r was very new uh so |
| 20275s | I'm I've definitely grown to really |
| 20279s | enjoy gamer rbg's gameplay and uh the |
| 20283s | other thing is I've really come to enjoy |
| 20285s | the bunk bed um which I hope that it's |
| 20288s | playing under |
| 20291s | still we'll find out uh but look at this |
| 20295s | Shaman uh I think uh it was touched on a |
| 20297s | little bit earlier the nature Shaman |
| 20300s | that has kind of been uh changed up a |
| 20303s | little bit and we'll see how it fares |
| 20306s | this is not uh running the jives and |
| 20310s | it's not quite the uh full uh shutter |
| 20314s | block kind of control version that we |
| 20317s | just saw from m star uh but instead this |
| 20319s | does focus a little bit more on the |
| 20321s | spell damage and just trying to put |
| 20323s | together a lot of uh a lot of those big |
| 20326s | turns to be able to pop off create a lot |
| 20329s | of damage in one turn uh but I will say |
| 20333s | the matchup for warrior into the shaman |
| 20337s | not good for the shaman uh which I think |
| 20339s | is probably a big reason why we did see |
| 20342s | gamer rvg actually uh go ahead and just |
| 20344s | ban the warrior for uh kimchi on the |
| 20347s | other |
| 20349s | side yeah it's uh this version |
| 20352s | especially of the shaman does not |
| 20355s | farewell against Warrior does |
| 20356s | consistently provide um the damage reach |
| 20361s | but you don't kind of have that X Factor |
| 20363s | uh of the conductivity plus uh plus |
| 20366s | drive so we'll see how it's going to |
| 20368s | Fair against the uh the rest of the |
| 20371s | lineups um what one thing to |
| 20376s | note um |
| 20379s | never mind I don't want to note it |
| 20381s | because gamer rvg has already won with |
| 20383s | the warrior |
| 20385s | so I got that backwards even though we |
| 20388s | talked about it right before this this |
| 20389s | went on that it was kimchi slap that was |
| 20393s | playing the Warlock in that first game |
| 20394s | that we missed |
| 20396s | so now you'll just have to not know |
| 20401s | forever that's right well we'll we'll |
| 20403s | say that the note is to point out that |
| 20405s | they did play the first uh game of this |
| 20409s | match off stream while the other series |
| 20412s | that went to that quite long game five |
| 20415s | was finishing up so yeah we do have |
| 20418s | gamer rvg already up 10 Z with that |
| 20421s | Warrior beating kimchi slaps warlock uh |
| 20424s | which is that kind of what we're calling |
| 20426s | Custom warlock uh very interesting to |
| 20430s | see uh what's going to happen now |
| 20433s | because now uh that means gamer rvg just |
| 20437s | has to win with uh his own custom |
| 20442s | warlock or that |
| 20446s | Shaman so I will say as we wait for |
| 20448s | these players to get in here because |
| 20449s | this is relevant because kimchi slap |
| 20451s | actually does have it in his lineup it's |
| 20452s | not banned uh the deck that I've been |
| 20454s | impressed the most by um so far this |
| 20457s | tournament and this is going to come to |
| 20460s | as no surprise to anybody |
| 20464s | is the priest the priest just feels like |
| 20468s | even when it loses it at least had a |
| 20471s | good chance you know um so I this |
| 20476s | variation of the priest uh from kimchi |
| 20478s | slap uh is one of one of my favorites um |
| 20482s | does have the hear Stone brute in there |
| 20484s | uh for that little bit of extra juice |
| 20486s | right at the end we've seen players not |
| 20488s | really need that little bit of extra |
| 20490s | juice but it has um it's there priest |
| 20495s | you can never really count them out |
| 20496s | especially since that extra turn |
| 20497s | provides you with so much room for Tempo |
| 20500s | if a game's going to go late especially |
| 20503s | it we we saw that game from ream just in |
| 20505s | the previous Series where uh really was |
| 20509s | just counted out Non-Stop and just the |
| 20512s | ability to uh have 10 Mana available |
| 20515s | have the funnel cakes uh be able to copy |
| 20518s | the zelc there's just so many crazy |
| 20520s | things you can do um and I feel like |
| 20523s | that's kind of The X Factor of this deck |
| 20526s | um if it was last year standing I'd put |
| 20528s | all my chips on priest uh to just be |
| 20531s | that that deck that can sweep cuz it can |
| 20532s | beat anything so uh we'll see uh if Kim |
| 20537s | Chop's going to be able to uh use that |
| 20539s | well uh throughout this matchup it's I |
| 20542s | mean it's almost going to have to take a |
| 20544s | win on the first shot because being down |
| 20546s | 10 in the series uh you're going to have |
| 20549s | to likely win some some unfavorables in |
| 20551s | order to get the job |
| 20554s | done yeah which I did want to ask ask |
| 20557s | you how you feel about uh these two |
| 20559s | lineups versus each other because I feel |
| 20561s | like uh the Decks that were banned out |
| 20564s | leave quite a few kind of very um I |
| 20567s | would say even or close to even matchups |
| 20570s | I feel like between these two lineups so |
| 20573s | I'm kind of curious how you feel about |
| 20575s | that do you think that these matchups |
| 20576s | that we're going to see here are a |
| 20578s | little bit um closer together and not as |
| 20581s | kind of uh varied or polarized as what |
| 20586s | we may have mentioned in previous uh |
| 20589s | discussions well I think that first uh |
| 20591s | first matchup uh went a long way I think |
| 20594s | gamer rvg starting off with a warrior |
| 20596s | win um was a big deal cuz looking at the |
| 20599s | lineup side by side I do think that it |
| 20601s | was quite even um maybe with a a slight |
| 20604s | favorable to gamer rvg despite the |
| 20606s | priest uh but winning that first first |
| 20609s | series or that first game in the series |
| 20611s | is a big deal cuz now he's got a little |
| 20613s | bit of wiggle room and there's the bunk |
| 20615s | bed it's still there just it's just as |
| 20618s | glorious as I remember it it is it is |
| 20621s | fantastic it actually looks like it's |
| 20623s | changed up in format slightly um uh |
| 20628s | since the last time I've seen it I think |
| 20630s | the ladder might have moved back a |
| 20632s | little bit the storage is slightly |
| 20634s | different um yeah but nonetheless it's |
| 20638s | going to be warlock versus The Demon |
| 20639s | Hunter to k kick things |
| 20642s | off and I would say uh they both have |
| 20646s | not terrible starting hands uh kimchi |
| 20649s | slap on the Demon Hunter going to be |
| 20651s | able to go in with the instrument Tech |
| 20653s | on turn two be able to find that uh |
| 20656s | umpire's grasp and start getting to that |
| 20660s | Shopper and on the other side gamer rvg |
| 20662s | uh does I guess he going to go ahead and |
| 20665s | just coin into this geode here but being |
| 20667s | able to start uh dealing some of that |
| 20670s | damage to his own hero and be able to |
| 20673s | get additional card draw out of this |
| 20675s | seems very very good using the coins |
| 20677s | there though does mean that turn two uh |
| 20681s | might have to be some sort of |
| 20682s | combination of trading off the speaker |
| 20685s | stomper or maybe just going for a hero |
| 20687s | power which I I know we've kind of |
| 20689s | talked about this and it was brought up |
| 20691s | quite a bit in the previous series to me |
| 20694s | it sounds so weird saying hey you know |
| 20697s | how this warlock wants to deal damage to |
| 20699s | thems yeah the hero power is too little |
| 20702s | too little |
| 20703s | damage no no no you don't want to deal |
| 20705s | too damage to yourself you need to be |
| 20708s | doing three |
| 20710s | five and just a hero power is actually |
| 20714s | not enough damage to |
| 20716s | yourself yeah it's coin that out just |
| 20719s | accelerates the clock because you're |
| 20721s | using that coin to get that damage just |
| 20723s | a little bit faster um which like you |
| 20726s | said very important um the hero power I |
| 20729s | feel like you have so many plays to make |
| 20730s | on curve that it doesn't really make |
| 20733s | sense to just |
| 20737s | try and fit it in in you know in between |
| 20740s | playing cards the deck does rely a lot |
| 20742s | on Tempo it is sort of that uh board |
| 20744s | Flood deck and the life tap's kind of |
| 20747s | just there as a as a backup |
| 20749s | plan |
| 20751s | yeah yeah we saw uh gamer go for that |
| 20755s | fracking just to discover and had the |
| 20758s | option for going for a flame M which |
| 20760s | could have fit in with the turn uh but I |
| 20763s | really liked that choice of just taking |
| 20764s | the molten giant there's already two |
| 20766s | Forge of Wills in in hand and going into |
| 20769s | turn three we're going to see this |
| 20770s | malefic Rook come down which just that's |
| 20773s | so good now we get the imprisoned |
| 20775s | coming out this Molton giant going to be |
| 20777s | able to come out very very quickly which |
| 20780s | I think in some of the other matches we |
| 20782s | didn't even get to see molon Giants come |
| 20784s | out with the custom warlock uh until a |
| 20786s | little bit later so we're going to be |
| 20788s | able to see the very quick giant here |
| 20791s | which I think is going to be potentially |
| 20793s | difficult for kimchi slap to deal with |
| 20796s | uh on the other side if kimch slap wants |
| 20799s | to just go for using this weapon and |
| 20801s | going for Shoppers but the red card |
| 20804s | might have to be used a little bit more |
| 20806s | defensively to uh kind of keep the |
| 20808s | molten Giants uh a little bit sleepy for |
| 20811s | a couple |
| 20814s | turns still a lot of damage being |
| 20817s | presented on board |
| 20819s | however |
| 20822s | yeah and you only got uh so many red |
| 20826s | cards yeah |
| 20829s | to put him to |
| 20832s | sleep I I guess Kimi here is probably |
| 20835s | just thinking you know how badly do I |
| 20836s | want to fight for this board versus go |
| 20839s | face |
| 20843s | yeah this is a an interesting turn here |
| 20846s | I think as well something that was |
| 20848s | mentioned before is kind of that |
| 20849s | difference between the turn for Shopper |
| 20852s | plus the mini coming down or that turn |
| 20855s | five uh kimchi slap going to go for the |
| 20858s | three cost Shopper and just a Salesman |
| 20860s | but I would say didn't didn't really get |
| 20864s | the uh early board presence that you |
| 20868s | kind of would have liked to see in this |
| 20869s | matchup either to start fighting board |
| 20872s | or to start chipping away uh at damage |
| 20874s | which feels a little weird against this |
| 20877s | warlock though because do you actually |
| 20879s | want to deal damage to them and allow |
| 20881s | them to play a molten giant earlier or |
| 20884s | do you want to kind of hold off let them |
| 20886s | deal with that damage to themselves and |
| 20889s | then try somehow to save up uh some |
| 20892s | attack damage and hit them with a weapon |
| 20895s | swing but kimchi slap not really able to |
| 20899s | do some of that here and I wonder if the |
| 20902s | metamorphosis uh was the other potential |
| 20904s | right instead of going for the board |
| 20906s | just go for that metamorphosis and hope |
| 20909s | to close out the game in the next turn |
| 20911s | or two with over the top damage yeah the |
| 20914s | the problem with that is that would have |
| 20916s | been Kim slaps entire turn uh without |
| 20919s | even activating the hero power you're |
| 20921s | giving up board you're letting game |
| 20924s | rvg |
| 20925s | um just do whatever um and it means |
| 20930s | you're limited to just that single game |
| 20932s | plan uh of trying to go face ended up |
| 20936s | going face anyway but now can kind of |
| 20937s | weave in but now that option's kind of |
| 20940s | gone |
| 20942s | um just because there's too much damage |
| 20944s | being represented on board the red card |
| 20945s | is there um The |
| 20949s | Observer might be able to buy some time |
| 20952s | but it's the effect is so Random uh that |
| 20957s | you you have no idea if it's even going |
| 20958s | to impact your board whatsoever |
| 20966s | so yeah and the Shopper discovers are |
| 20971s | interesting in this matchup as well um |
| 20974s | the Mana wasn't there to play whatever |
| 20977s | was discovered off of the first Shopper |
| 20979s | anyways but at this point now if kimchi |
| 20982s | slap even wanted to play the mini |
| 20984s | something like uh just going for finding |
| 20987s | a MAG theodon doesn't do much against |
| 20989s | the |
| 20991s | board it would have to be over multiple |
| 20994s | turns |
| 21001s | yeah okay |
| 21004s | well there's 18 right now |
| 21008s | so one of the six damage effects okay |
| 21010s | goes for the life steal there's going to |
| 21012s | be just one off but it's still just such |
| 21015s | a big Health |
| 21021s | swing that it should be enough to get |
| 21024s | the job done game rvg just sat back like |
| 21026s | okay that's what I needed I little I |
| 21028s | needed that little bit of extra |
| 21029s | breathing room in order to really get |
| 21032s | this |
| 21033s | done I mean that little bit but it |
| 21036s | almost just felt like gamer rvg was |
| 21038s | really in I I don't want to say in |
| 21040s | control of this game but in the the |
| 21043s | driver's seat just putting out all of |
| 21045s | these answers forcing kimchi slap to |
| 21048s | actually respond to this and even though |
| 21051s | kimchi slap got that |
| 21053s | amazing uh kind of start with instrument |
| 21056s | Tech into the weapon being able to play |
| 21058s | shoer that was way too slow compared to |
| 21061s | what gamer was able to do |
| 21069s | [Music] |
| 21080s | uh |
| 21083s | okay little bit of damage hope to get |
| 21086s | some good |
| 21089s | Secrets red |
| 21091s | [Music] |
| 21093s | card well it's a Mage and a warlock |
| 21096s | Secret |
| 21097s | yeah or M Hunter secret he's a |
| 21107s | warlock guess I guess you just smack |
| 21109s | into it right there's nothing else you |
| 21111s | can |
| 21118s | do slightly awkward though because you |
| 21121s | really have no idea what those are and |
| 21123s | you can't afford to really hold the turn |
| 21124s | if it's freezing trap whether or not you |
| 21125s | go face or anything thing I guess you |
| 21127s | check for freezing first with the uh |
| 21129s | Forge of |
| 21131s | souls |
| 21134s | yeah at least to uh uh get rid of that |
| 21138s | possibility can also gain some |
| 21141s | health uh with the ziliax now that you |
| 21143s | have another Minion in |
| 21145s | [Music] |
| 21150s | play oh this kind of interesting too if |
| 21153s | this uh it ends up being the freezing |
| 21155s | trap but there is kind of that debate of |
| 21158s | if it ends up being |
| 21161s | uh the Plus St or uh Plus stats to a |
| 21166s | minion not really relevant in that case |
| 21168s | because there was Lethal after that so |
| 21170s | really just had a test for the freezing |
| 21172s | but yeah sometimes those Secrets just |
| 21175s | are so interesting uh to kind of figure |
| 21177s | out but you mentioned it the turn before |
| 21180s | those Secrets weren't really doing much |
| 21183s | and then they came down when I feel like |
| 21185s | it made even less of an effect so yeah |
| 21188s | unfortunate uh there for kimchi slap but |
| 21192s | uh pretty pretty good game here for rvg |
| 21195s | being able to just get all of these |
| 21198s | Minions on board uh heal up a little bit |
| 21201s | as you said and just be able to stay in |
| 21203s | the game that little bit longer to be |
| 21205s | able to close it |
| 21207s | out yeah that was a a nicely done game |
| 21211s | even going back to just the uh the coin |
| 21214s | play uh to get that damage rolling just |
| 21216s | to calculate late uh when when to be |
| 21219s | able to get that pressure down |
| 21221s | so um nicely done and that's a 20 lead |
| 21225s | right now for gamer |
| 21226s | rvg and only the shaman remaining which |
| 21230s | we we've seen the |
| 21231s | shaman um be a little bit Hit or Miss uh |
| 21235s | so far today obviously we've seen |
| 21237s | multiple variations of the |
| 21239s | shaman um but I do still think it is one |
| 21241s | of the stronger decks out there it just |
| 21245s | kind of needs to line up into the right |
| 21246s | map match up because it does have the |
| 21248s | more polarizing matchups as as you |
| 21251s | mentioned this is the more nature the |
| 21253s | nature |
| 21254s | Shaman uh more focused on that spell |
| 21259s | damage and those big turns with lots of |
| 21261s | burst damage you can see the spirit |
| 21263s | claws um the extra spell damage uh with |
| 21267s | the Cobalt |
| 21268s | geomancer um so really akin to the uh |
| 21273s | classic nature Shaman uh in that regard |
| 21278s | yeah I would say notably one of the well |
| 21282s | there just kind of two big differences |
| 21284s | uh from this version from the previous |
| 21287s | versions which is there is uh no longer |
| 21291s | people are |
| 21292s | running uh the two threes anymore so you |
| 21297s | don't get quite as much of uh the kind |
| 21301s | of tempo board presence I think that's |
| 21303s | another reason why people are kind of |
| 21304s | running the cactus Cutters a little bit |
| 21306s | too as adds a little bit of draw uh but |
| 21308s | notably the biggest thing is that not |
| 21310s | only did we have a new expansion uh |
| 21313s | which added a few cards like Popa book |
| 21315s | that we're seeing uh but there was also |
| 21316s | the rotation and that means that |
| 21319s | bioluminescence is no longer available |
| 21322s | uh for these nature shamans to be |
| 21323s | running for the really big burst turns |
| 21327s | so they do have to rely a little bit |
| 21328s | more on discovering finding more |
| 21331s | additional damage through additional |
| 21333s | spells rather than relying on just the |
| 21336s | spell damage and and using those Minions |
| 21338s | on |
| 21341s | board yeah you you do have ways to buy |
| 21345s | yourself a little bit more more time but |
| 21348s | again no no really Tempo |
| 21352s | options um I guess Miracle salesman is |
| 21355s | enough Tempo and it has the added |
| 21356s | benefit of giving that snake oil which |
| 21359s | does have some flexibility and can be |
| 21360s | used as spell damage burst later on |
| 21363s | let's get into it potential last game of |
| 21365s | the match here for kimchi slap gamer |
| 21367s | RBG h a little bit of an awkward ant for |
| 21370s | gamer RPG but it can come together quite |
| 21373s | nicely uh with a couple of draws does |
| 21375s | have um the Goan |
| 21378s | s ready to go which is a a key part of |
| 21383s | basically any |
| 21385s | matchup always nice to |
| 21387s | see and we do have Kimi slap having the |
| 21391s | the uh umpire's grasp there is a window |
| 21393s | shopper in hand though so it could run |
| 21396s | into a littleit bit of an awkward |
| 21397s | situation if the second ones pick up |
| 21398s | before the weapon uh comes |
| 21402s | online could I I think the helpful thing |
| 21406s | for kimchi slap is having that coin |
| 21408s | available though to be able to just coin |
| 21410s | that out next turn uh and then get that |
| 21413s | umpire's grasp uh solved or death rattle |
| 21418s | triggered before hopefully drawing the |
| 21420s | second Window Shopper but you never know |
| 21423s | as Hearthstone the uh draw order could |
| 21427s | always be a pain to deal with uh but I |
| 21432s | think with how many cards there left |
| 21433s | this is a pretty good setup for kimchi |
| 21435s | slap here just hoping to not draw that |
| 21438s | next turn and unfortunately for gamer so |
| 21442s | far not really not really the cards he |
| 21445s | wants early in the |
| 21449s | game |
| 21451s | yeah it's just going to spend Mana here |
| 21455s | try and preserve some health |
| 21458s | uh gets taon him as well so a solid |
| 21461s | amount of Health |
| 21463s | preserved but does need something to get |
| 21465s | these cards online might have toe use an |
| 21469s | early lightning reflexes just to have uh |
| 21471s | kind of playable turns |
| 21476s | ooh the basist or Inquisitor both |
| 21480s | possibilities here from the first half |
| 21482s | of the Window Shopper both are pretty |
| 21484s | good options |
| 21488s | which one do you feel like you want to |
| 21490s | lean towards if you're picking these I |
| 21493s | mean in quizer is just damage as long as |
| 21497s | you can get it through yeah there's a |
| 21501s | just a slight cost difference because of |
| 21503s | the effect on the basis |
| 21508s | but Inquisitor just allows you to double |
| 21510s | up on the damage if it |
| 21515s | sticks yeah yeah yeah the added uh |
| 21518s | discount on the basist is really nice it |
| 21521s | can't be played this turn though so yeah |
| 21524s | I was going to say I think if uh kind of |
| 21526s | as you said it is damage but if you're |
| 21528s | having to wait to play it to a different |
| 21531s | turn anyways I feel like just going for |
| 21533s | The Inquisitor uh it just feels like it |
| 21536s | gives you the best odds in the coming |
| 21539s | turns yeah in an Ideal World gamer rvg |
| 21542s | has a pretty dead turn this turn and |
| 21544s | then next turn you get to play The |
| 21545s | Inquisitor Rush it into the |
| 21548s | Frog and then you're |
| 21550s | pushing 14 damage next |
| 21553s | turn uh which is pretty absurd and just |
| 21558s | makes the rest of the game just that |
| 21560s | much easier G barg just pick does pick |
| 21563s | up a nice card here with the ancestral |
| 21564s | knowledge that also activates the Flow |
| 21566s | Rider so looking a little bit better and |
| 21569s | the overload is getting out of the way |
| 21572s | uh right before turn five which means |
| 21574s | that game Marv G can set up or goath on |
| 21577s | turn six uh which is looking like that's |
| 21580s | going to have to be the game plan |
| 21582s | assuming gamer rvg is even |
| 21584s | alive at that point because kimchi slap |
| 21588s | is load |
| 21590s | up loading up a bunch of kimchi in his |
| 21593s | hand to give a big old |
| 21598s | slap I mean uh yeah is still being in |
| 21601s | the game is kind of important for uh |
| 21605s | trying to win so I would say that that |
| 21608s | definitely being in the game still would |
| 21610s | benefit gamer |
| 21611s | rvg um I I'm a little interested as well |
| 21616s | this I feel like was kind of a decision |
| 21618s | of having previously seen the Window |
| 21622s | Shopper come down and knowing that there |
| 21624s | is likely to be a discounted minion |
| 21628s | coming down or the mini still coming |
| 21630s | down now at this point uh but I feel |
| 21633s | like gamer rvg really kind of had to |
| 21635s | decide last turn of okay I saw the |
| 21639s | Discover there's demons in hand do I |
| 21641s | want to set up more taunt right |
| 21644s | now and not go in on Napa zapper |
| 21648s | potentially go in on it next turn but if |
| 21651s | I do go in on it next turn going to be |
| 21653s | overloaded and can't go into ganth but |
| 21657s | also again like you said is is is going |
| 21660s | all the way to game or to turn six or is |
| 21664s | uh gamer going to have to kind of commit |
| 21666s | something like a zapper and board |
| 21668s | removal potentially next turn and just |
| 21671s | hold out as long as |
| 21676s | possible it's going to be tough to deal |
| 21678s | with I don't know we're get to six I |
| 21681s | don't think so yeah no ancal knowledge |
| 21686s | you don't again you don't really want to |
| 21687s | overload because you want the Goan next |
| 21689s | turn um maybe lightning reflex and try |
| 21693s | and find something you can get altered |
| 21694s | cord |
| 21695s | [Music] |
| 21699s | um cuz there is some overload I think |
| 21701s | that's a necessity at this |
| 21704s | point |
| 21706s | H not really much else to do if you deal |
| 21710s | with that 76 then you are setting up for |
| 21713s | a pretty nice Goan next turn to be able |
| 21715s | to clear and heal based off what you can |
| 21718s | see yeah still hasn't seen oh we're |
| 21721s | going to go with flash first okay |
| 21726s | so the amphibious elixir does heal but |
| 21730s | it doesn't answer the Minions on board |
| 21733s | so it doesn't do quite as much as uh the |
| 21738s | removal option you were talking about if |
| 21740s | uh that had been discovered from |
| 21741s | lightning |
| 21743s | reflexes |
| 21745s | um yeah but if you don't hit it you know |
| 21749s | then what's the plan yeah oh okay |
| 21753s | Aftershock is |
| 21754s | fantastic cuz next turn |
| 21757s | goth uh into Aftershock as the free |
| 21759s | spell would be enough to clear all this |
| 21762s | up from the board |
| 21765s | um the posic though is quite interesting |
| 21769s | that provides a little bit of uh |
| 21771s | protection |
| 21772s | from um AOE that's rather expected from |
| 21776s | kimchi slap at this point uh given the |
| 21779s | plays thus |
| 21780s | far uh illar Inquisitor represents a |
| 21783s | great opportunity to push damage but |
| 21786s | it's almost always going to be there |
| 21788s | whereas theic you can kind of protect |
| 21791s | this board but How likely is the AOE |
| 21793s | going to be able to clear the board um I |
| 21795s | think |
| 21797s | it's yeah I I like it I like it you're |
| 21799s | still pushing the damage on board you |
| 21801s | get to hold on The Inquisitor and you |
| 21803s | have that protection from AOE I like the |
| 21804s | uh the posic that was drawn off the top |
| 21806s | here yeah I I do too I think uh looking |
| 21809s | at there was only 22 uh possible damage |
| 21813s | to push that turn if kimchi had gone for |
| 21816s | like heral Power Plus The idari |
| 21819s | Inquisitor uh but then do have to worry |
| 21822s | about if you go all in like that even |
| 21824s | just trying to set gamer rvg down pretty |
| 21827s | low uh I guess there would have been an |
| 21829s | additional three uh from the uh mag |
| 21833s | theodon still but not it still just was |
| 21835s | slightly off of a lethal and then if the |
| 21838s | board clear comes or there's clear and |
| 21842s | heal then Pik just kind of sits there |
| 21845s | and doesn't to quite as much on the |
| 21847s | following turn so I do I do agree just |
| 21850s | putting out this pressure now with the |
| 21852s | paic forcing the clear and then being |
| 21855s | able to push additional damage |
| 21858s | afterwards yeah still actually going to |
| 21860s | be a clear though with the uh smack from |
| 21862s | the spirit |
| 21865s | claws um so that |
| 21871s | Aftershock wait |
| 21876s | I think we're just unable to see the |
| 21878s | Discover options here oh okay yeah maybe |
| 21883s | looking for cheap nature spells to try |
| 21885s | and get crash of Thunder |
| 21890s | out |
| 21894s | um I don't know a little bit surprised |
| 21896s | by the lightning reflexes there cuz if |
| 21898s | you hit double like one cost or less uh |
| 21902s | with the |
| 21903s | flash um flash of lightning nature spell |
| 21906s | the crash could have come down and then |
| 21907s | I guess you could |
| 21909s | draw with the gogen but I think the heal |
| 21912s | was kind of necessary at that point yeah |
| 21915s | I I wonder if the the out was |
| 21917s | potentially just trying to find a popup |
| 21919s | book that would have been discounted and |
| 21921s | free just to put up another couple of |
| 21923s | taunts as |
| 21924s | well yeah |
| 21927s | maybe but gameer you down oh nope that's |
| 21930s | with the red card that's enough thought |
| 21933s | it was going to be one off but we had |
| 21934s | the extra attack damage yep and that's |
| 21938s | the second time we've seen |
| 21940s | the would it be an offensive or a |
| 21942s | defensive red card I guess an offensive |
| 21945s | red card yeah yeah let's go |
| 21949s | offensive uh to be able to seal it up so |
| 21951s | very nicely |
| 21953s | done um but yeah the pop-up books a good |
| 21955s | call out in terms of uh what game RV |
| 21959s | could be looking for that's a tough game |
| 21961s | though nothing really to do in the |
| 21963s | opening had to use both pop-up books |
| 21964s | just to block early damage |
| 21966s | and K slap just happened to have the |
| 21969s | cards that could kind of bypass those |
| 21972s | taunts a little bit in the form of the |
| 21973s | mag theodon picked up from the |
| 21975s | miniaturized uh Window |
| 21978s | Shopper it was able to clear uh finish |
| 21981s | off the game with that eler Inquisitor |
| 21982s | that was being held on to even though |
| 21984s | the posic was cleared I did like uh that |
| 21987s | play on the previous turn just to make |
| 21989s | things just that much more Awkward for |
| 21990s | gamer |
| 21992s | rvg uh but |
| 21994s | now gamer RV is not |
| 21998s | Immortal can lose a game you know what |
| 22001s | TJ I am just glad that on the day one of |
| 22004s | a tournament that I am casting I finally |
| 22007s | get to cast a match that is not a 30-0 I |
| 22009s | think this is the first out of like six |
| 22012s | that I have done in a row now that's not |
| 22014s | just going to be ending in three- Z so |
| 22016s | we made it finally well the three zeros |
| 22019s | that have been happening today have been |
| 22021s | long three zeros they've been good three |
| 22023s | zeros we kicked off the day with a yeah |
| 22026s | um a very good one that was well over an |
| 22029s | hour uh which for a 3 you'd expect to be |
| 22033s | uh much shorter than that but I'm glad |
| 22036s | you got your wish there shall be no |
| 22038s | sweeps here look it the the three O's |
| 22041s | that I somehow cast on day ones are |
| 22043s | always like 15minute entire matches it's |
| 22047s | like you blink and you miss it so look |
| 22049s | we're not getting to that point in this |
| 22051s | one finally we did it Mom we made it all |
| 22054s | right here we go getting H to again |
| 22057s | potentially game-winning point for our |
| 22060s | uh gamer rvg with that Shaman still has |
| 22064s | to get a win on the shaman and kimchi |
| 22066s | slap now coming in with this Zari |
| 22072s | priest okay you're a big fan the best |
| 22077s | deck to ever |
| 22080s | exist in the history of decks it's |
| 22083s | really not it's good |
| 22087s | um but we have a uh interesting |
| 22089s | variation from Kimi slap I I do like it |
| 22093s | um it's got the double |
| 22096s | um speaker |
| 22101s | stomper which I I find a little bit |
| 22104s | interesting obviously you want to |
| 22105s | protect your board and that's a good |
| 22106s | card to do |
| 22108s | it |
| 22110s | um but in some matchups the speaker |
| 22113s | stomper you actually don't want and when |
| 22116s | every Mana counts in a deck that's so |
| 22119s | board focused like this |
| 22120s | one even just the fact that it's |
| 22122s | tradeable may not necessarily be like |
| 22126s | that huge of an |
| 22127s | upside uh but does throw it away and the |
| 22129s | opening hand looks pretty |
| 22132s | reasonable uh for Kimi slap it's |
| 22135s | obviously not the best opening hand I've |
| 22136s | seen um no dragon for the gift W WP but |
| 22140s | does have a play on one and a reasonable |
| 22143s | curve this is one that's missing another |
| 22146s | cheap dragon and a funnel cake and we're |
| 22149s | cooking yeah and on the other side I |
| 22152s | would say for uh gamer vvg this is not |
| 22154s | really the best looking starting hand uh |
| 22158s | either but I know for Shaman especially |
| 22162s | uh sdle was mentioning earlier about |
| 22165s | that uh speaker stomper inclusions in a |
| 22167s | lot of these decks uh and even the cult |
| 22170s | neo fights and if you look too it's uh |
| 22174s | very interesting there is double speaker |
| 22177s | stomper in the Demon Hunter for uh |
| 22182s | kimchi SLP that we just saw there is |
| 22184s | double speaker stomper in this priest |
| 22188s | and double speaker stomper double neoy |
| 22191s | in the Warlock uh so yeah definitely |
| 22195s | seems like gamer rvg is maybe going to |
| 22200s | struggle a little bit with the shaman if |
| 22202s | that is kind of targeted to this but |
| 22205s | also the the draws are just not really |
| 22208s | doing gamer rvg any favors either yeah |
| 22211s | uh specifically against Shaman the the |
| 22214s | uh speaker stopper is even better |
| 22216s | because they're usually their turns are |
| 22218s | so so |
| 22220s | telegraphed um if they play a flash of |
| 22222s | lightning and are holding on to a lot of |
| 22225s | cards speaker |
| 22227s | stomper that's the go button right so |
| 22231s | yeah um this deck in particular from |
| 22233s | gamer RB is gonna struggle even though |
| 22236s | uh got got up to a uh a good start which |
| 22239s | was expected looking at the rest of the |
| 22241s | decks this is the one |
| 22243s | where um gamer rvg probably knew was |
| 22246s | going to be a tough time um however if |
| 22248s | you're up two Z and your opponent has to |
| 22250s | win uh three in a row even if you're |
| 22253s | unfavored by like um you know 6040 |
| 22257s | unfavored in any matchup you're still |
| 22259s | favored to win in the overall odds in |
| 22261s | the series because you only sign your |
| 22264s | opponent to win three in a row which no |
| 22266s | matter what deck you're playing is very |
| 22268s | difficult to do um in |
| 22270s | Hearthstone uh unless you just have the |
| 22272s | worst deck imaginable but this nature |
| 22274s | Shaman is tried and- true |
| 22277s | so I mean if we're if we're seeing these |
| 22280s | top 16 players and they have had to |
| 22282s | qualify over two months of ladder I sure |
| 22284s | hope they are not bringing the worst |
| 22286s | tcks |
| 22288s | ever yeah |
| 22291s | uh I don't |
| 22294s | know the the the miracle Rogue it's |
| 22297s | pretty |
| 22299s | bad I'm kidding it's not that bad you |
| 22302s | you just have to believe in the heart of |
| 22304s | the cards TJ thought we had agreed on |
| 22306s | this already I suppose |
| 22310s | so ah in a little bit of a pickle here |
| 22313s | if I'm game rvg I'm very worried about |
| 22314s | that |
| 22315s | cleric um because of the possibility of |
| 22318s | funnel cake it doesn't feel great using |
| 22320s | the |
| 22321s | aftershocks um just to deal with two |
| 22324s | minions this early |
| 22326s | U because you know that the priest just |
| 22327s | going to flood the board over and over |
| 22330s | however I feel like that cleric is a |
| 22332s | little bit too threatening if you're |
| 22334s | just passing over the |
| 22335s | turn um to potential funnel cake |
| 22339s | Shenanigans and no other way to deal |
| 22341s | with it so I like it and yeah you can |
| 22345s | tell kimchi did not like it so that |
| 22347s | means it's a good play for gamer rvg now |
| 22349s | the GI W well is still stranded uh |
| 22352s | without a dragon to be |
| 22353s | seen really not much Synergy going on in |
| 22355s | the hand |
| 22357s | whatsoever um I I might even just play |
| 22361s | the celestial projectionist here as a |
| 22363s | Tempo play to get something on the board |
| 22366s | uh but it looks like it is going to be |
| 22367s | one drop uh instead just getting the uh |
| 22370s | non-active gift wrap we out to spend the |
| 22373s | Mana get those thirsty Drifters a little |
| 22375s | bit cheaper and try and save the pro |
| 22377s | projectionist to go for a big board with |
| 22383s | those y there is is a flash of lightning |
| 22387s | and a popup book here for gamer could go |
| 22392s | on the flash |
| 22394s | yeah uh you got two free lightning |
| 22397s | reflexes next turn to just try and play |
| 22400s | for uh May Tempo or or react to kimchi |
| 22403s | slap cuz you know there's got to be some |
| 22406s | type of board built next turn |
| 22408s | right |
| 22411s | yeah I think the uh the Discover options |
| 22415s | from lightning reflexes are really |
| 22417s | interesting right now at the moment |
| 22419s | there are 16 nature spells I believe |
| 22423s | that uh that can be discovered and only |
| 22426s | two of those cost more than five and |
| 22429s | even the ones that cost uh five can |
| 22432s | easily be discounted to free or one or |
| 22437s | two uh so really it's it's pretty easy |
| 22440s | to play a lot of the things that are |
| 22442s | discovered off of the |
| 22444s | reflexes uh especially with the added |
| 22448s | discount |
| 22450s | yeah oh uh I kind of like thirsty |
| 22454s | Drifter thirsty Drifter Dreamboat cuz |
| 22456s | playing the the first thirsty Drifter is |
| 22458s | is a one cost it'll discount the second |
| 22460s | one and then you go full |
| 22465s | in I guess this works too yeah cuz |
| 22468s | you're guaranteed a one drop um Dragon |
| 22471s | so you're still putting a reasonable |
| 22472s | bount and Power on board but the dream |
| 22473s | boats represents a lot of damage damage |
| 22476s | maybe kimchi slap's trying to do the |
| 22478s | dragon math um and then using dream as a |
| 22482s | followup yeah it could be a combination |
| 22484s | of that plus knowing that uh that that's |
| 22488s | what I believe the |
| 22490s | only the ships uh sure is the only one |
| 22495s | cost left so or one cost or cheapest |
| 22498s | Dragon uh so adding a little bit of |
| 22501s | Health uh to hopefully pad the board a |
| 22504s | little bit kn that there is likely to be |
| 22507s | at least one crash coming out this next |
| 22508s | turn after seeing flash of Lightning's |
| 22510s | last turn but look this is this is what |
| 22514s | I talking about look at all of these |
| 22516s | cheap spells I love this so much board |
| 22523s | removal the conductivity amphibious |
| 22527s | Elixir combo is just |
| 22530s | so so |
| 22532s | fun is a feral Spirit or just getting on |
| 22536s | board with the turn the tides this is |
| 22538s | not necessarily A matchup like we saw |
| 22540s | with the Demon Hunter where getting |
| 22542s | taunts on board is as critical if you're |
| 22545s | able to just kind of keep the board |
| 22546s | clear |
| 22549s | but it's a pretty effective board clears |
| 22553s | for gamer |
| 22555s | rvg |
| 22557s | yeah and did dump both crashes here |
| 22561s | because this is basically the Allin turn |
| 22564s | from from kimchi that's both both |
| 22566s | thirsty |
| 22567s | Drifters um none copied so no |
| 22570s | opportunity to do that Zari not |
| 22573s | active uh even with that extra Dragon |
| 22576s | fit in last turn there really wasn't |
| 22577s | much played it was Miracle salesman |
| 22579s | cleric where where the two one drops |
| 22580s | played in the opening hand so G slap |
| 22583s | doesn't really have anything to do this |
| 22585s | turn |
| 22587s | um that that's proactive just play the |
| 22590s | magatha and then hope that next turn's |
| 22593s | enough uh the Z might even be two off |
| 22597s | which is a little bit |
| 22599s | awkward for next turn and even if you |
| 22602s | drew a funnel cake to try and cheat Mana |
| 22604s | from this Maga be handed right back over |
| 22607s | to gamer |
| 22608s | rvg |
| 22612s | so no speaker stomper either picked up |
| 22615s | or kg in those draws which is running |
| 22619s | two of them couldn't find unfortunate |
| 22626s | how safe do you think gamer rvg feels |
| 22629s | here you think he can just kind of |
| 22631s | commit both of these |
| 22633s | flashes uh or would want to and just |
| 22636s | kind of draw and then set up for |
| 22639s | additional cheap stuff next turn I guess |
| 22641s | the downside is that did already play |
| 22643s | his lightning reflexes so what is he |
| 22646s | hoping to Discount next |
| 22648s | turn I wouldn't even be surprised if |
| 22652s | there's like power synchronize on the |
| 22654s | Flow Rider that'd be |
| 22657s | be uh fun there's not even that many |
| 22661s | nature spells left in the deck is there |
| 22666s | I guess there's a lot because a lot of |
| 22667s | the spells that played thus far have |
| 22669s | been |
| 22672s | generated uh but it's going to just push |
| 22674s | damage uh right now so |
| 22678s | yeah I mean the potential to draw next |
| 22681s | turn with the flash of lightnings uh |
| 22684s | into lightning bolts are pretty great or |
| 22688s | just forcing kimchi slap to actually |
| 22691s | answer these couple of minions and the |
| 22692s | weapon that's on board as well uh |
| 22695s | because with having this Blood Mage thos |
| 22698s | in hand now as well uh gamer rvg doesn't |
| 22700s | have to rely on a hero power trying to |
| 22702s | hit the 25% for the uh spell damage |
| 22705s | totem to increase the attack on that |
| 22707s | Spirit Clause so that is some added |
| 22710s | damage plus a decent chance of drawing |
| 22714s | into additional |
| 22726s | damage one thing about this deck |
| 22729s | is it doesn't |
| 22731s | really um have |
| 22735s | any comeback mechanics on the board |
| 22737s | outside of taking an extra turn and then |
| 22739s | using the board that you build to attack |
| 22742s | your opponent's stuff you do have amul |
| 22747s | later yeah which isn't even no way to |
| 22751s | really interact yeah it's only six Mana |
| 22754s | currently so put just putting up this |
| 22756s | popup book means that these minions are |
| 22759s | almost always going to connect and then |
| 22761s | that's a lethal setup from gamer RBG on |
| 22763s | the following turn just from hand so |
| 22765s | there's not even anything that needs to |
| 22767s | be looked for and there it is gamer rvg |
| 22770s | giv that little fist bump y the cele |
| 22773s | that be enough draws the crash as well |
| 22776s | yep who even needs it you don't need the |
| 22779s | Nature spells you just get them with the |
| 22781s | minions on board love to see it that |
| 22785s | celebratory uh cheering there for gamer |
| 22787s | rvg taking the match three to one and uh |
| 22793s | going to be going into uh I believe the |
| 22798s | last match of the day |
| 22801s | now last match of the |
| 22803s | day uh so yes this is worthy of |
| 22807s | Celebration however there's still some |
| 22809s | work yet to be done uh in order to make |
| 22812s | it to that Sunday but that was a nice |
| 22814s | display uh from gamer RBG getting ahead |
| 22817s | with those two games being put on the |
| 22820s | deck that's got tough matchups across |
| 22822s | the board um and still finding a way to |
| 22825s | win at the end I really love the uh |
| 22829s | discovered |
| 22830s | conductivity um into amphibious Elixir |
| 22833s | play uh just to be able to have a |
| 22835s | million |
| 22836s | spells um allowed an aggressive use of |
| 22841s | spells on that turn to push a little bit |
| 22843s | of damage and to clean up the board so |
| 22846s | very nicely very nicely |
| 22848s | done yeah and uh the speed with which he |
| 22851s | did that turn as well just discovering |
| 22853s | all those spells and just going uh |
| 22856s | definitely shows how well-versed he is |
| 22858s | in that Shaman deck so uh very exciting |
| 22861s | to see that uh but unfortunately that |
| 22863s | does mean that uh kimchi slap has not |
| 22866s | made it out of the bracket here which |
| 22870s | now we'll take a look at that we're |
| 22871s | going to see gamer rvg uh move up to |
| 22874s | that decider match to face into Rec bam |
| 22877s | next and then we'll get to see which of |
| 22879s | the two of those will be joining molar |
| 22882s | for our group b winners to move into |
| 22885s | Sunday for the top |
| 22888s | eight I I got my eye on molar for the |
| 22892s | top eight on Sunday molar just refuses |
| 22895s | to lose games of hearthstone uh and has |
| 22899s | the |
| 22901s | Decks that allow him to refuse to lose |
| 22905s | um which is a |
| 22907s | very uh great quality in a Hearthstone |
| 22910s | player is one that will continuously |
| 22912s | just try and find outs to delay the game |
| 22915s | and continuously try and find those |
| 22917s | Fringe case scenarios where you can can |
| 22919s | eek out a win and this is one of those |
| 22922s | metas where you can do that uh I feel |
| 22924s | there's a lot of decks where you can uh |
| 22926s | pull winds from nowhere and I think |
| 22928s | that's pretty cool um especially with |
| 22930s | hearth stone Brew you can really pull |
| 22932s | wins wins from nowhere uh with |
| 22935s | Hearthstone brew from nothing from only |
| 22938s | card in hand just we are we even going |
| 22940s | to see it at any point this weekend |
| 22942s | though some point right we've got to see |
| 22944s | one |
| 22946s | played I mean that's the thing it's only |
| 22949s | it's like break glass in case of |
| 22950s | emergency you know break Hearth in case |
| 22953s | of emergency that's fair um you know |
| 22956s | it's it's it's the fire extinguisher of |
| 22958s | a hearthstone deck you you you hope that |
| 22962s | you won't have to use it you hope that |
| 22963s | you'll just get through that Hearthstone |
| 22965s | game with no fire but everybody secretly |
| 22969s | knows that if you do get to use the fire |
| 22972s | extinguisher it's really fun |
| 22974s | so all right so now we know everybody |
| 22978s | make sure you get on social media uh and |
| 22981s | tag TJ with all of the fire extinguish |
| 22986s | memes just Spam the fire extinguisher |
| 22989s | memes that's I thought I thought you |
| 22990s | were going to condone people purposely |
| 22992s | starting fires in order to this this is |
| 22995s | metaphorical I I we don't need to do |
| 22997s | that using a fire extinguish in real |
| 22999s | life is |
| 23000s | is I hope you never find yourself in a |
| 23002s | dire situation this was purely a |
| 23005s | metaphor only for |
| 23007s | Hearthstone Hearthstone Brew is is |
| 23010s | cool don't try this at home disclaimer |
| 23013s | disclaimer disclaimer y yada all of the |
| 23016s | Hearth in your Hearth in your |
| 23018s | Hearthstone and speaking of that we |
| 23020s | still have one more match of hearthstone |
| 23023s | to be played so make sure that you stick |
| 23026s | around for the last match of our day |
| 23028s | number one here don't go anywhere we |
| 23030s | will be right back |
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| 23225s | welcome back everybody p n wiq and Molar |
| 23229s | have made it through to Sunday but still |
| 23231s | one more spot remains and it is going to |
| 23233s | be either recam or gamer rvg and with me |
| 23236s | to steer through the action is going to |
| 23238s | be subtle subtle which one do you think |
| 23241s | is going to make |
| 23243s | it h i mean it's a bold call to be |
| 23245s | trying to make immediately straight out |
| 23247s | of the blue like that um I think gamer |
| 23249s | rvg played pretty darn well just from |
| 23253s | keeping 75% of the eye on that series |
| 23255s | that just went past um I think Rec vam |
| 23258s | has had a bit more of a struggle to get |
| 23260s | to this point I guess overall um and |
| 23264s | have I have more lineup questions about |
| 23266s | Rec's lineup but I also had lineup |
| 23270s | questions about Rec Bam's worlds lineup |
| 23272s | when it came into Worlds um and then |
| 23274s | when you slowly start to break things |
| 23276s | down over time you tend to then realize |
| 23279s | that Rec vam is actually just three |
| 23281s | steps ahead of you the entire time and |
| 23282s | it takes you a while to to get on his |
| 23284s | level with the lineup so uh we shall see |
| 23287s | um I do think there is a lot of |
| 23289s | interesting matchups uh in this series |
| 23292s | largely because of a decision that gamer |
| 23294s | rvg made last minute uh where he |
| 23296s | switched from I believe the identical |
| 23299s | priest deck that Rec bam is playing to a |
| 23301s | custom warlock which has then made this |
| 23304s | series just a little more interactive |
| 23306s | between the two there's far less |
| 23307s | mirrored decks now with those things |
| 23309s | going on which I think is kind of cool |
| 23310s | and just uh varies up the matchup spread |
| 23312s | just a little bit yeah and I think um |
| 23315s | the custom warlock gets the better of |
| 23317s | that one and having a look at what I |
| 23319s | make the M matchup spread to be Which is |
| 23321s | far less accurate than it used to can't |
| 23322s | just steal stats anymore um I feel that |
| 23325s | Gamer's got kind of a decent looking |
| 23328s | Edge in this one um as much as you can |
| 23332s | but part of that is down to can Rogue |
| 23334s | really beat anything and Linda says no |
| 23337s | so that doesn't help the match up |
| 23338s | spreads |
| 23339s | much Linda says no I see yeah I but I do |
| 23344s | like custom warlock as a choice for this |
| 23347s | uh generally um I like rean lineup as a |
| 23349s | whole I am yet to see the light on the |
| 23352s | shuffle Rogue particularly because right |
| 23353s | I feel like so many of the decks um and |
| 23357s | players don't like to admit this right |
| 23358s | like it's very uncool to talk about how |
| 23361s | like decks are skillful and how you're |
| 23362s | playing well and beating your opponent |
| 23364s | right but I feel like a lot of decks in |
| 23366s | Hearthstone do have that right now um |
| 23369s | there's just there's lots of flex Flex |
| 23371s | Points of decisions that need to be made |
| 23373s | um priest has it the pain warlock has it |
| 23376s | uh rainbow Death Knight has it Sharman |
| 23379s | certainly has it especially when |
| 23380s | everyone in the tournament is playing |
| 23382s | like eight speaker Stompers in their |
| 23384s | deck then it becomes an incredibly |
| 23385s | difficult deck to navigate properly |
| 23387s | whereas to me this deck from Rec vam |
| 23391s | this feels like one of the few decks in |
| 23393s | the format right now that's draw the |
| 23396s | good card or you lose I really struggle |
| 23399s | to see much more going on with it than |
| 23401s | that um and I think we saw a little bit |
| 23403s | of that in the previous series right |
| 23404s | where recam just could not find a |
| 23406s | gatekeeper to save his life um I'm |
| 23408s | willing to be proven wrong it's not a |
| 23410s | deck that I've put hundreds of games |
| 23411s | into just really a cursory visit on the |
| 23415s | on the shuffle Rogue so we'll wait if |
| 23417s | Rec bam can show us some magic cuz if |
| 23418s | anyone can Rec bam |
| 23421s | can sounds good yeah whether it's to no |
| 23423s | rean can definitely uh there is plenty |
| 23425s | of draw in that deck to find the good |
| 23427s | card you have to find it so quickly |
| 23430s | that's the thing um like Demon Hunter if |
| 23432s | it doesn't find the good card still sort |
| 23434s | of just hits you for 10 on turn four if |
| 23436s | you're not careful or something yeah I |
| 23438s | think exactly if Demon Hunter hasn't |
| 23440s | found the the curve into weapon they've |
| 23443s | probably played a one drop a spirit and |
| 23445s | then they can follow up with something |
| 23446s | you know and they're just pushing damage |
| 23447s | every turn just getting the job done and |
| 23449s | then maybe they can just burning heart |
| 23451s | you to death or something like Rogue |
| 23453s | does not have a plan B they have to have |
| 23455s | one of those cycle turns more often than |
| 23457s | not to be able to do something |
| 23459s | effed yeah it's going to be interesting |
| 23461s | to see I mean we should see more of vram |
| 23463s | we've got three games going if he's |
| 23464s | going to going to lose and he probably |
| 23465s | loses Rogue three times so we're going |
| 23466s | to get at least three more chances to |
| 23467s | let it redeem itself and he did win the |
| 23469s | first match of the day of course which |
| 23470s | we didn't see so it's obviously got |
| 23472s | through at least one of those um I know |
| 23475s | I know he's been a fan of the deck on |
| 23477s | and off a while it's hard to know cuz I |
| 23479s | wasn't sure if he was meing or not and |
| 23481s | then he brings it to the tournament |
| 23482s | right he says he likes a deck and then |
| 23484s | you know 50% of the time with re he's |
| 23486s | just saying things to say the other 50% |
| 23488s | of the time he mean means yeah yeah go |
| 23489s | go to any chat of any streamer anywhere |
| 23493s | and Rec vam will be in that chat posting |
| 23496s | a code and saying play this this is the |
| 23498s | nuts and like 90% of the time they're |
| 23501s | the worst decks you've ever seen in your |
| 23503s | life but that 10% that's what you've |
| 23505s | really got to look out for because he |
| 23507s | will find the deck you know there's |
| 23510s | there's some there's some thing about |
| 23512s | throwing a certain substance at a wall |
| 23514s | until something sticks you know I don't |
| 23516s | know if you've heard this before but |
| 23518s | that does very much seem to be Rec Bam's |
| 23520s | approach to deck building and you need |
| 23521s | people like that right you need you need |
| 23523s | your JRA you Need No Hands Gamers people |
| 23525s | that will just not treat anything as an |
| 23528s | instantly bad idea like no I'm going to |
| 23530s | put this card in my deck and I'm going |
| 23532s | to play 20 games of it and we're going |
| 23533s | to see if it works you know like you |
| 23535s | need those people because while a lot of |
| 23537s | the time they will just take a good deck |
| 23539s | and make it worse sometimes they take a |
| 23541s | good deck and make it the best deck and |
| 23543s | that's how you end up with uh a lot of |
| 23544s | these meta Terrors that we've seen |
| 23546s | recently absolutely I do that but I |
| 23548s | can't hit the wall I just nothing sticks |
| 23550s | the it doesn't get there yeah just |
| 23553s | released the wrong angle and it just all |
| 23555s | blows up in your face |
| 23556s | immediately yeah it's unfortunate but |
| 23559s | yeah you're absolutely right I think in |
| 23560s | these days as well something we've seen |
| 23562s | is is decks get refined a lot more |
| 23563s | slowly there's a lot more players |
| 23566s | willing to just copy what they believe |
| 23568s | is the best deck uh which is fine by the |
| 23570s | way if you if you want to do well in a |
| 23571s | computer game and somebody has made a |
| 23573s | good card you know deck for you to win |
| 23575s | with the computer game play the good |
| 23576s | deck and Win computer game but we are |
| 23578s | seeing because of that um decks do get |
| 23580s | refined more slowly I think that death |
| 23582s | knight in particular |
| 23584s | has evolved incredibly slowly into the |
| 23587s | deck it is now people with Corpse Bride |
| 23590s | originally trying to hit you with it and |
| 23591s | suddenly realized we don't need to hit |
| 23592s | our opponents we just need to not die um |
| 23596s | and I think we've been through three or |
| 23597s | four iterations that deck over three or |
| 23600s | four weeks uh whereas in the past maybe |
| 23603s | that would happened over two weeks so |
| 23605s | there is definitely room to innovate at |
| 23606s | the moment I think first off you know |
| 23609s | you can't say computer game that many |
| 23611s | times without making me laugh at the |
| 23612s | fact that you're literally 75 years old |
| 23615s | Neil earlier were no yesterday was |
| 23617s | annoyed at the fact that app was now a |
| 23619s | thing people use to describe things that |
| 23621s | you use on a PC and not just on your |
| 23623s | phone genuinely livid about it it was it |
| 23627s | was fascinating how am I meant to know |
| 23628s | if I'm on my PC on my phone if you going |
| 23630s | call it the same |
| 23632s | thing how do I know where I am I might |
| 23634s | get |
| 23637s | lost right we've got some action to save |
| 23639s | me the computer game has broken out on |
| 23642s | the screen oh there's so much computer |
| 23645s | game happening look at |
| 23646s | it and it is one of the um sort of more |
| 23650s | interesting games of this match uh it's |
| 23653s | basically a 50/50 in my mind this |
| 23656s | one uh i' take the Sharman I think more |
| 23659s | often than not um just the there's not |
| 23663s | too many boards that you generally need |
| 23665s | to have to deal with and um popup book |
| 23668s | is just such a wonderful stalling |
| 23671s | technique in uh a lot of positions in |
| 23673s | this game G so I I do like the shaman |
| 23675s | end for for this personally the shaman |
| 23678s | another deck that took a little while to |
| 23680s | find its presumed final form we've gone |
| 23682s | through Fizzles we gone through shutter |
| 23684s | blocks we oh even even that there's |
| 23685s | still like two or three lists in this |
| 23687s | tournament still right I'm not sure |
| 23689s | we're we're necessarily solved on it |
| 23690s | yeah yeah we're arguing many jives to |
| 23693s | play in the deck I think is the current |
| 23695s | sort of territorial battle depending the |
| 23699s | there's two main build |
| 23705s | spell damage build that plays no jives |
| 23707s | with like Spirit Claws and cobal Jer and |
| 23709s | stuff so and neither feel not they're |
| 23712s | necessarily |
| 23714s | perfect yeah I think there's still maybe |
| 23716s | one or two cards that can be uh can be |
| 23718s | messed around with for sure um |
| 23722s | particularly for for tournament lists |
| 23724s | When You're Expecting you know six to |
| 23726s | eight speaker Stompers in your opponents |
| 23728s | lists as we it's been talking about um I |
| 23731s | think the Jive list maybe does a lot |
| 23733s | little better better against that kind |
| 23734s | of stuff because you don't necessarily |
| 23736s | have to win on the ter where you flash |
| 23738s | you have a you have a plan B after that |
| 23740s | sometimes with the Jazz base and so on I |
| 23743s | was talking about this a little bit |
| 23744s | earlier I think we're in a position more |
| 23746s | than I can remember which is probably |
| 23748s | about a week um in half Stone where tech |
| 23751s | cards really work now like you can't |
| 23755s | load your deck full of them but things |
| 23757s | like speaker stomper and there's there's |
| 23759s | many examples dirty rat side of kind of |
| 23761s | accounts can be using your deck with |
| 23764s | without too much detriment as long as |
| 23765s | you don't go nutty with them and they |
| 23769s | make a massive difference on outcomes |
| 23770s | and matchup |
| 23772s | percentages yeah I don't know how much |
| 23774s | of that is like a tournament versus |
| 23775s | ladder difference like I don't think I'd |
| 23778s | necessarily advocate for like double |
| 23780s | speaker stomper on ladder lists a lot of |
| 23781s | the time I think people are playing too |
| 23783s | many glacial shards on ladder even |
| 23785s | honestly it's like such a bad card in |
| 23786s | the matchups where it's bad but we've |
| 23788s | seen it in tournament for quite some |
| 23790s | time right like we've seen what the the |
| 23792s | 16 weapon destruction lists winning |
| 23794s | tournaments you know we we've seen that |
| 23796s | happen down the line um so it's it's |
| 23799s | it's a tale of As Old As Time really is |
| 23801s | if you can kind of |
| 23802s | guarantee that your opponent is bringing |
| 23804s | a certain deck then tech cards kind of |
| 23806s | become more powerful just by nature of |
| 23808s | of what they are right like if you if |
| 23811s | you know you're facing the matchup where |
| 23812s | the tech card is good it's not a tech |
| 23814s | card anymore it's just the optimal card |
| 23815s | you know but now with tradable or cards |
| 23818s | just have decent stats or they're just |
| 23820s | kind of good or sorry not kind of good |
| 23822s | but they're just not terrible if if you |
| 23824s | draw them and they don't do their techin |
| 23827s | I think stats have gone up on tech cards |
| 23829s | I think I think it's interesting but |
| 23830s | yeah you're probably right I'm probably |
| 23831s | just imagining it it's been |
| 23834s | known meanwhile the game is on the |
| 23841s | screen re seems to be in a decent spot |
| 23844s | okay he's facing down a 65 he'll be |
| 23845s | facing down another one next |
| 23850s | turn doesn't have a crash in hand |
| 23853s | current which is slightly annoying like |
| 23856s | I think the if you take the distribution |
| 23859s | of the games that shamans win it's |
| 23862s | around this point turn five turn six |
| 23865s | that the Sharman probably plays some |
| 23866s | sort of turn that does an amount of |
| 23868s | damage and involves playing at least one |
| 23870s | crash of Thunder to to clear the |
| 23872s | opponent's board whether that's a lethal |
| 23873s | turn or whether that's just to clear |
| 23875s | your opponent's board and buy some turn |
| 23876s | turn um It's usually the kind of thing |
| 23879s | that you want to see happen it's that or |
| 23881s | uh Titan AOE normally that you want to |
| 23883s | be seeing around turn six um just |
| 23886s | because of the way that Demon Hunter |
| 23887s | builds board it's around that time where |
| 23890s | you kind of have to release the pressure |
| 23891s | or you're going to end up taking way too |
| 23892s | much damage way too quickly going to be |
| 23895s | interesting to see how much he gets rid |
| 23896s | of here because secrets in Hand next |
| 23899s | turn now I know you'll argue that whoa |
| 23903s | never mind that Secrets aren't that good |
| 23905s | but if you hit a counter spell they can |
| 23907s | be pretty |
| 23908s | damaging yeah I'll no I'll have to throw |
| 23911s | away my zero Mana snake oil to deal with |
| 23914s | entire turn sounds |
| 23917s | terrifying look they might end up with a |
| 23919s | 66 rat okay you do too |
| 23923s | much am might end up with two 66 rats |
| 23925s | how about that that's |
| 23928s | happened not sold yet are you |
| 23932s | no no I'm |
| 23935s | not if you're not getting the vibe here |
| 23938s | uh Neil thinks Observer of mysteries is |
| 23940s | a decent pick I think it's like |
| 23942s | absolutely unplayable in most situations |
| 23944s | off the three just to be clear right on |
| 23946s | the one you do |
| 23948s | agree no no no no no not all okay cool |
| 23951s | oh we can fight then because it because |
| 23952s | it doesn't cost one it costs the the |
| 23954s | amount that you've paid for the initial |
| 23956s | Window Shopper plus the one that you've |
| 23957s | played for the second Window Shopper |
| 23960s | plus the one that you then play for the |
| 23961s | eventual minion so for that to be |
| 23963s | worthwhile you have to hit two good |
| 23965s | Secrets which you don't |
| 23967s | ever |
| 23969s | okay it's just an unplayable card people |
| 23972s | will realize |
| 23974s | they will they'll get on my level |
| 23977s | eventually fil |
| 23981s | screamer there you go it's the car that |
| 23984s | people need to realize anyway is this |
| 23986s | lethal this looks very |
| 23987s | lethal it looks extremely is their |
| 23990s | damage in lightning reflexes which there |
| 23992s | appears to |
| 23994s | be only one so far so we can go digging |
| 23999s | for some spell damage now maybe doesn't |
| 24002s | find any right |
| 24004s | so that is 2 47 10 remaining needing 12 |
| 24009s | more can't be found from two spells off |
| 24011s | the lightning |
| 24014s | reflexes and this is the tough part of |
| 24016s | the deck right it is |
| 24018s | yeah if you can find one more copy of |
| 24021s | Crash I think you're very very happy |
| 24023s | with your turn |
| 24025s | regardless it's going to take the full |
| 24027s | heal okay yeah that's fine |
| 24037s | okay |
| 24039s | so yeah full heal did a load of damage |
| 24042s | still has a handful of cards that's the |
| 24045s | good way to bail out the way that good |
| 24047s | players |
| 24048s | do and gamer played a vanilla 3 Mana 65 |
| 24051s | as their Quest reward essentially from |
| 24055s | yes because it didn't none of the seets |
| 24057s | actually went off which happens which is |
| 24059s | what always happens yeahh |
| 24064s | ah you're so negative |
| 24067s | honestly if look if you perceive |
| 24070s | accuracy is negativity there's not a lot |
| 24071s | I can do about that is |
| 24074s | there |
| 24077s | no you you should try harder |
| 24082s | okay M's very |
| 24090s | overloaded yeah it was such an awkward |
| 24091s | term when no spell damage was found it |
| 24094s | did become a little bit tricky um I |
| 24096s | don't know how much of the turn got |
| 24098s | impacted is by the fact that uh |
| 24099s | conductivity with certain spells eats so |
| 24102s | much of your time on uh animations as |
| 24104s | well um particularly because the altered |
| 24107s | cord that was used was the first card of |
| 24109s | a lightning reflexes so you were locked |
| 24111s | out of doing anything else right you |
| 24113s | cast conductivity then you cast altered |
| 24115s | cord then the game goes okay we have to |
| 24117s | show you your second lightning reflexes |
| 24119s | card now because you just used the first |
| 24121s | one so you have to sit there and wait |
| 24123s | for that entire animation to resolve |
| 24125s | before you're allowed to do anything |
| 24127s | else which chopped into Rec Ban's time |
| 24130s | quite significantly did still have the |
| 24132s | uh the head space at the end to not |
| 24133s | spend that last one Mana which would |
| 24135s | have um theoretically proed a hidden |
| 24137s | meaning from the temporary secrets so it |
| 24139s | does seem like re bam at least kept his |
| 24141s | head on his shoulders and and executed a |
| 24142s | turn I do wonder how much of that led to |
| 24145s | shutter block being cut on ladder it's |
| 24147s | like you just couldn't play the three um |
| 24151s | snapshots even if you wanted to like |
| 24154s | everyone's oh I I could have done 80 |
| 24156s | damage but I only did 47 and ran out of |
| 24158s | time I wonder just thought well if this |
| 24160s | is the only one thing that the shutter |
| 24161s | block really does is generate a load of |
| 24163s | snapshots that I can't |
| 24165s | play Then really even it was borderline |
| 24169s | before that anyway let's just get rid of |
| 24170s | it if we actually physically can't play |
| 24171s | all cards do you remember the uh the |
| 24174s | Topsy Turvy simulator that someone |
| 24176s | bought so that someone built so that |
| 24178s | people could practice the uh the APM |
| 24180s | kills with the the ball the really |
| 24182s | really old combo St that was fun yeah so |
| 24186s | someone should do that just with you |
| 24187s | know 100 Health yala from the the first |
| 24190s | series of the day and then you have to |
| 24191s | kill them with a triple photo shadow |
| 24193s | block nature Shaman hand that' be so |
| 24195s | much fun cuz you can do it the the |
| 24197s | triple photos just there's a lot of |
| 24200s | damage in there obviously |
| 24202s | yeah meanwhile what do you think of the |
| 24204s | Sharpshooter build of um Demon Hunter it |
| 24206s | seems a bit clunky to me even though |
| 24209s | this particular game is going to show |
| 24210s | off why it's |
| 24212s | good uh yeah I think it's a really smart |
| 24214s | development honestly I think I I I do |
| 24217s | think you will sympathize with the idea |
| 24218s | of wanting a plan B in The Shopper deck |
| 24221s | right where if your Shoppers don't just |
| 24222s | land and win the game then what on Earth |
| 24224s | do you do um and I think all in all this |
| 24227s | has been the smartest variation of that |
| 24230s | that I've |
| 24231s | seen um in terms of not playing cards |
| 24235s | that you know make you lose self-respect |
| 24237s | when you look at yourself in the mirror |
| 24238s | as a person that puts that card in your |
| 24240s | deck |
| 24243s | self respect just just go for it there |
| 24245s | we go that is the lethal though mhm um |
| 24249s | chunky amounts of damage there for seven |
| 24252s | mana and ream you know ruin his loss |
| 24255s | there because he was in a good position |
| 24258s | uh looked like he would either get |
| 24259s | lethal or at least get into a dominating |
| 24261s | position and just really whiffed not so |
| 24264s | much on the reflexes but on the on the |
| 24266s | card draws |
| 24267s | themselves and that's where the debate |
| 24270s | about lists comes into play right |
| 24272s | because then if you start to look at the |
| 24274s | Spirit claws list instead you play out |
| 24276s | that same game you'd be expecting to |
| 24278s | have a cobal geomancer or a blood Mage |
| 24280s | Thanos in your hand by that point right |
| 24282s | cuz you're playing the extra spell |
| 24283s | damage Minions on top of the zappers um |
| 24285s | so that's one of the sacrifices that you |
| 24287s | do make um but people have somewhat |
| 24290s | gravitated away from that kind of build |
| 24292s | since the deck had to make some |
| 24294s | adaptations from the the gift being Nerf |
| 24297s | the removal of the lightning bolt from |
| 24299s | the gift uh but redam yeah on that that |
| 24301s | crucial turn just did not find the |
| 24304s | damage needed had so many spells in hand |
| 24307s | but just had no way to get them to do |
| 24309s | more than than zero two or three at a |
| 24311s | time depending on what those spells were |
| 24314s | uh and then just fell behind even though |
| 24315s | got a very effective turn heal back to |
| 24318s | full with the triple altered cord um at |
| 24320s | that point Titan came down Titan was |
| 24322s | unkillable and then from there it was |
| 24324s | easy what 20 20 plus damage I think from |
| 24327s | that Sharpshooter turn even with the |
| 24329s | Sharpshooter costing four uh it goes to |
| 24331s | show how much damage you can output if |
| 24333s | you play momentums on a sharpshooter |
| 24336s | turn your opponent just kind of dies it |
| 24338s | doesn't really matter how much that |
| 24339s | Sharpshooter cost or how much health |
| 24341s | they have like that damage adds up so so |
| 24345s | very fast oh yeah the charm's doing four |
| 24347s | damage for zero with their spell damage |
| 24349s | in their lightning bolt you're doing |
| 24350s | four damage for zero with your Demon |
| 24352s | Hunter that's already hit them for a |
| 24353s | load so yes I agree strangely |
| 24358s | enough six damage even cuz the |
| 24360s | sharpshoot is going to shoot him in the |
| 24361s | face as well when you play it as long as |
| 24363s | you do do things in the right order but |
| 24365s | yeah the Demon Hunter gets out um just |
| 24367s | looking at the build the warrior has |
| 24368s | been banned away from Rec vam and it is |
| 24370s | a demon hunter ban from gamer so we are |
| 24372s | going to see I guess the the question |
| 24375s | decks coming into this one um I think |
| 24377s | some people would view pain warlock Uh |
| 24379s | custom warlock whatever you want to call |
| 24380s | it as a question mark deck I think both |
| 24382s | of us are pretty big Believers in the |
| 24384s | deck um and then the shuffle Rogue the |
| 24386s | miracle Rogue the uh the Giants Rogue on |
| 24388s | the other side from recam that's three |
| 24391s | names for the one deck but I didn't just |
| 24393s | name his whole L up and he's he's he's |
| 24395s | accidentally brought three Rogue decks |
| 24397s | to the tournament um they all the same |
| 24399s | deck anyway like zilak Rogue is a |
| 24401s | different deck but it's the same deck |
| 24403s | you have to just draw your one good card |
| 24404s | and you're good it's fine no okay in |
| 24408s | what I'm presuming you're referring to |
| 24410s | is Mech Rogue like you can also do the |
| 24412s | thing where you just curve out Mech Mech |
| 24414s | Mech and then they die right it's just |
| 24416s | yes the stealth zelc doubling is |
| 24418s | probably the most effective way to do it |
| 24421s | um I love that like that you know when |
| 24423s | metog was a thing initially and it was |
| 24425s | quite a complained about thing right how |
| 24427s | easily they had access to stealth we |
| 24429s | like oh they just give their minions |
| 24430s | stealth every turn I can't interact with |
| 24432s | it and then eventually I die I love that |
| 24434s | just okay yep well you haven't had to |
| 24436s | deal with that for a while now here's |
| 24438s | literally one minion that you can just |
| 24440s | play and it just doubles its own power |
| 24443s | every turn while having |
| 24445s | stealth okay I think people might have |
| 24448s | an issue with that if it ends up being |
| 24449s | really powerful but thankfully it's not |
| 24452s | it kind of sucks so we're so I want a |
| 24453s | prediction from you because that's kind |
| 24455s | of my job is to ask you for predictions |
| 24456s | because that's how this pairing Works |
| 24459s | how many turns will this game go how |
| 24462s | many turns will this game go yeah |
| 24466s | uh I will |
| 24468s | say hold on let me just check some lists |
| 24472s | real quick no one's playing speaker |
| 24473s | Stompers in their Sharman right no well |
| 24475s | people are but not these two players as |
| 24477s | what I mean I'm going to go for a player |
| 24479s | gets lethal on their seven okay I'm |
| 24481s | going to go for 12 |
| 24484s | wow okay see what |
| 24488s | happens only because every time I've |
| 24490s | seen this match up and it's I haven't |
| 24491s | seen it that many times even though I've |
| 24493s | been playing the Shaman deck it just |
| 24495s | seems to turn into this little dance |
| 24497s | where you both can't quite kill the |
| 24499s | opponent and you have to kill their |
| 24500s | minions and you run out of |
| 24502s | stuff cuz you don't want to take eight |
| 24504s | points of damage for minions or |
| 24506s | something like that so so having said |
| 24509s | that recam did IM immediately turn down |
| 24511s | a trade and go face which I'm on board |
| 24513s | with by the way we'll see if gamer RPG |
| 24515s | decides to do the same |
| 24517s | thing because to trade at this point |
| 24519s | would be to admit that you are the |
| 24521s | Lesser person yeah that's it I mean |
| 24523s | gamer rvg gamer rvgs just conceded |
| 24526s | dominance at this point to recam as far |
| 24528s | as I'm concerned um what I will say is |
| 24531s | nature Sharman mirrors back when |
| 24533s | bioluminescence was in the game I do |
| 24536s | agree you had to respect their stuff a |
| 24538s | lot more often I find more often than |
| 24540s | not in this matchup you do actually just |
| 24543s | want to go face a lot particularly |
| 24545s | because popup B uh popup B popup book |
| 24548s | exists when it didn't before which |
| 24551s | allows you to put situations like this |
| 24553s | in play right where you can just I don't |
| 24554s | really care about your minions because |
| 24556s | that my minions are protected behind |
| 24558s | tauns so I'm just going to slam you in |
| 24560s | the face repeatedly and swarmers were an |
| 24563s | issue before obviously that was one of |
| 24564s | the reasons they would go long it's like |
| 24565s | you've got to respect that because |
| 24567s | double swarmer turns out to be a lot of |
| 24569s | damage if you're not |
| 24570s | careful um so they were thing with the |
| 24573s | bioluminescence version which made them |
| 24574s | more minions obviously feral Spirit was |
| 24577s | in there so all those things could add |
| 24578s | up to you know an eight attack board and |
| 24580s | I agree that this is less but I have |
| 24582s | seen this |
| 24583s | go sort of long far more often than |
| 24586s | you'd expect is what I want to say I |
| 24588s | guess I believe you uh help me out here |
| 24591s | what's a swarma piranha oh piranas right |
| 24595s | no yeah I think you're right they are |
| 24596s | called piranha swarmers I've just never |
| 24599s | swarmers before yeah I was talking |
| 24602s | earlier on |
| 24603s | but I completely deleted the fact that |
| 24606s | octobot was called efficient octobot |
| 24608s | from my brain entirely like I absolutely |
| 24610s | would not have got that right given 300 |
| 24613s | attempts but no apparently that was a |
| 24614s | thing no one knows that everyone in chat |
| 24617s | will be like yeah obviously it's called |
| 24619s | efficient octopot they're chat knows |
| 24621s | don't believe them no no no don't |
| 24622s | believe them they're lying mhm sure chat |
| 24626s | always knows mhm as long as they're |
| 24629s | active though I don't I don't care |
| 24630s | that's the most important thing don't |
| 24632s | activate the chat |
| 24634s | meanwhile ream once again just putting |
| 24636s | every point of damage he can to the |
| 24639s | face um also has overloaded this turn so |
| 24642s | that he'll be okay to play the Titan on |
| 24644s | six and muddle around on five although |
| 24647s | muddling around on five might just |
| 24648s | involve playing a |
| 24650s | flash o with this hand |
| 24658s | baby I'm just looking at re V's flash on |
| 24661s | five actually with his hand it really |
| 24663s | does look |
| 24668s | good the little bit of Chip damage that |
| 24670s | he's done have really raised his lethal |
| 24673s | chances on turn |
| 24679s | six oh wow Gamer's double Flash and hit |
| 24683s | a second spell damage Minion Okay he sat |
| 24687s | forward in whatever it is he's sitting |
| 24688s | on |
| 24695s | real wood I think that it's one two so |
| 24699s | it's 5 10 12 plus lightning reflexes |
| 24703s | currently plus a draw plus an ancestral |
| 24707s | knowledge yes as long as every other |
| 24709s | card that's played costs zero you can |
| 24711s | get all that |
| 24712s | in he needs it because vam has hit the |
| 24715s | um the |
| 24721s | zapper I think you go face here I think |
| 24724s | here if your opponent is double flashing |
| 24726s | they have at least one spell damage in |
| 24728s | hand so giving them the snake oil just |
| 24731s | kind of works as extra damage anyway I |
| 24733s | guess they have the option of trading |
| 24734s | into your three four but I'm not my |
| 24737s | point being I'm not scared of the 22 |
| 24738s | snake going face right I think that is |
| 24741s | probably going to be less damage than |
| 24743s | the snake oil being in their |
| 24745s | hand okay sure I think I think that |
| 24747s | giving yeah 28 and 30 are quite a long |
| 24750s | way apart when it comes to |
| 24753s | but unless they can go face with the 2 |
| 24756s | two and then shoot their own 2 two with |
| 24758s | a spell that's free that couldn't go |
| 24759s | face sure and then shoot the snake oil |
| 24762s | at your face they're getting that damage |
| 24763s | back anyway right yeah |
| 24766s | sure yeah ream who is almost certainly |
| 24769s | got lethal next |
| 24770s | turn not happy because it looks like |
| 24773s | he's getting lethal |
| 24777s | here yeah snake oil snake oil |
| 24780s | is four four overdraft is |
| 24784s | some oh there you go that makes it |
| 24790s | easy |
| 24793s | yep two Z for gamer rvg in the final |
| 24797s | match of the group The Winner will go on |
| 24799s | to Sunday for the fight for the top |
| 24801s | eight the loser will have to go through |
| 24803s | ladder once again to get back here in |
| 24806s | the |
| 24806s | summer still did need a couple of outs |
| 24809s | there um hit lightning Bol off the first |
| 24812s | disgu cover from the uh from the |
| 24816s | lightning reflexes and then hit more |
| 24818s | damage from the Flow Rider which isn't |
| 24820s | like you're kind of entitled to hit |
| 24822s | damage when you play Flow Rider in in |
| 24823s | that deck it's kind of how it's built um |
| 24826s | but the the lightning bolt being the |
| 24827s | first Port of Call off the lightning |
| 24828s | reflexes was very very handy indeed um |
| 24831s | but I think gamer rvg really just had to |
| 24833s | do some some solid mats there on turn |
| 24835s | four trying to work out you saw one |
| 24837s | flash of lightning assessed the hand and |
| 24840s | then went okay I'm going to sit here and |
| 24842s | count for the next 65 seconds which is |
| 24844s | what he did and then settled on uh the |
| 24846s | the coin second flash that coin second |
| 24848s | flash hit another spell damage minion |
| 24851s | which I think was just straight up the |
| 24853s | POS the best possible outcome |
| 24854s | specifically the zapper at that the |
| 24856s | zapper is so much better than the other |
| 24859s | spell damage minions primarily because |
| 24860s | it cost one but then also because if |
| 24862s | you're casting overdraft on that turn |
| 24864s | it's also adding damage to the overdraft |
| 24866s | by being an overload card itself so uh |
| 24869s | the the result of the second flash was |
| 24871s | as good as it could get but you can |
| 24873s | argue that gamer rvg earned that by |
| 24875s | sitting and calculating everything so |
| 24877s | carefully before doing the coin second |
| 24879s | flash on that turn y absolutely um |
| 24882s | that's one of those situations as well |
| 24883s | where even a good player might make that |
| 24885s | decision because you know they they |
| 24887s | understand the strategy as well but the |
| 24888s | execution was |
| 24890s | actually with the ticking clock we've |
| 24892s | seen it many times you make discover |
| 24893s | mistakes you make choices with your Flow |
| 24895s | Rider can go wrong not not when you see |
| 24897s | the lightning bolting you in the game |
| 24898s | even though I can get that right but the |
| 24899s | choice to play The Flow Rider can be the |
| 24901s | wrong choice Etc Etc and yeah he managed |
| 24904s | to execute it all within the time as |
| 24906s | well and that's where I keep on about it |
| 24908s | but the top players just do that so well |
| 24910s | and it's really hard to get across |
| 24912s | sometimes because they do it well you |
| 24914s | only know if we we had a tournament |
| 24916s | between all the people ranked 500 to |
| 24918s | 1,000 you would see people doing it |
| 24921s | badly and then you'd see why these |
| 24922s | players are so |
| 24923s | good wow so much shade at rank 500 |
| 24927s | Legend players now I pick on my own |
| 24929s | level |
| 24931s | fine what's it called yeah cuz you know |
| 24934s | there's there's a lot of talk in like |
| 24936s | you know social issues and general |
| 24937s | discourse about punching up and punching |
| 24939s | down and why understanding the |
| 24940s | difference in that is important is it |
| 24942s | just punching when you're doing it to |
| 24944s | people yourself I don't know yeah yeah |
| 24947s | I'm not not quite sure how this works |
| 24949s | but anyway uh one thing that once one |
| 24952s | person who will be punching themselves |
| 24953s | is gamer rvg because he's about to play |
| 24955s | some pain warlock uh which is going to |
| 24958s | want to do that as rapidly as possible |
| 24960s | it is such a weird day |
| 24963s | to commentate on to watch if you're not |
| 24965s | familiar with it if you haven't played |
| 24966s | it a bunch you know I had a series |
| 24968s | earlier on where we commentating oh you |
| 24971s | know they're doing well they've played a |
| 24972s | couple of minions they're curving out |
| 24974s | and I'm like no they're doing terribly |
| 24976s | because they're still at 25 they've only |
| 24978s | done five damage to themselves so far |
| 24980s | this game which means they've got like |
| 24982s | six dead cards in their deck that they |
| 24984s | draw and just do absolutely nothing |
| 24986s | because if you haven't done the damage |
| 24988s | to yourself early with the deck your |
| 24990s | molten Giants are dead your imprisoned |
| 24991s | Horrors are dead but also weirdly cards |
| 24995s | like blood Triant then become dead do |
| 24997s | you know what I mean because because you |
| 24998s | don't have because you don't have the |
| 25000s | payoff cards yet at that point you then |
| 25002s | draw a blood Triant and like okay well |
| 25004s | this takes me from 25 to 20 which just |
| 25007s | isn't relevant but then my opponent is |
| 25009s | going to hit me for 12 and then suddenly |
| 25011s | it is relevant in the way they want it |
| 25013s | to be like it's such a weird deck to |
| 25015s | comprehend how you're supposed to |
| 25017s | develop boards and play with your health |
| 25018s | total but when you get a handle on it I |
| 25020s | do believe it is so so powerful in this |
| 25023s | current meta game I agree and it's weird |
| 25025s | because I played the the imprisoned |
| 25027s | horror package for a long time in in |
| 25030s | sludge I thought and when I saw this I'm |
| 25032s | like well just you're never getting a |
| 25034s | molten giant down you you don't you just |
| 25036s | it's not happening just just just play |
| 25040s | BS of sludge instead it's fine right my |
| 25042s | build has to be better I play this for |
| 25044s | like I don't know two hours I was like |
| 25047s | okay this is really good I don't I can't |
| 25050s | quite explain why it's really good I |
| 25051s | don't know why the Giant work so well |
| 25054s | the part so I was talking I was talking |
| 25056s | to TJ about this earlier the part that |
| 25057s | gets me I'm fully on board with like you |
| 25060s | know making huge sacrifices to make huge |
| 25062s | boards I think that's cool I think that |
| 25064s | is historically been very powerful in |
| 25066s | Hearthstone the part that weirds me out |
| 25069s | is that there's no defense mechanism to |
| 25072s | pay off your huge minions it's not like |
| 25074s | you go mol giant mol giant defender of |
| 25076s | Argus like you used to in Handlock you |
| 25078s | just play the minions and for some |
| 25080s | reason decks can't kill you even though |
| 25082s | you've Tak taking yourself down to like |
| 25083s | 12 hp or 10 HP to be able to do that |
| 25085s | it's very strange but somehow does still |
| 25089s | work there's an element to the the deck |
| 25091s | that we haven't talked about much and |
| 25092s | it's a card that is in a lot of decks |
| 25095s | and I haven't heard anyone calling for |
| 25097s | it to be nerfed anyone calling it a |
| 25100s | problem I'm going throw out there |
| 25103s | projectionist MH it's just really really |
| 25106s | good and enabling a lot of stuff right |
| 25108s | now in a lot of decks |
| 25112s | is very very powerful but it's a very um |
| 25115s | shadowstep adjacent card right where |
| 25118s | when you play against it you notice all |
| 25121s | the times where it's allowed them to |
| 25122s | play two uh two thirsty Drifters or two |
| 25125s | molten Giants or two zerom Mana zil AES |
| 25127s | or whatever broken thing it's ended up |
| 25128s | doing all the games where it's sat in |
| 25130s | their hand doing absolutely nothing |
| 25132s | because it's a blood fend Raptor you |
| 25133s | don't see those turns right you so you |
| 25135s | just assume every time projectionist |
| 25138s | comes out you lose cuz that kind of is |
| 25140s | the reality but much like of these Rog |
| 25143s | cards will be seeing hanging around in |
| 25144s | Ream's hand if that's not the right |
| 25147s | scenario for them they're super super |
| 25149s | Dead But continuing with what I agree is |
| 25152s | a shadowstep adjacent card it's a |
| 25154s | neutral shadowstep adjacent card like |
| 25156s | Rogue supposed to be able to do Shadow |
| 25157s | Steppy things it's balanced around that |
| 25160s | mhm um but when you're giving priest and |
| 25163s | Warlock the chance to kind of Shadow |
| 25165s | step things cuz it's better than um a |
| 25167s | brew master or something where it's just |
| 25169s | way too slow and you wish you'd never |
| 25170s | tried it oh it's much better than brew |
| 25173s | master in most scenarios yeah yeah for |
| 25175s | sure yeah so projection this into I have |
| 25178s | two zero Mana 8s in multiple decks |
| 25181s | across the board now mhm I I think |
| 25183s | that's a card to keep an eye on |
| 25187s | honestly it's certainly the enabler in |
| 25190s | this deck um it's because you get your |
| 25191s | zero Mana horror twice you get your zero |
| 25193s | Mana giant |
| 25195s | twice it just pushes the number of zero |
| 25198s | Mana things from from four to six which |
| 25200s | is a lot |
| 25203s | meanwhile looks like gamer rvg just got |
| 25205s | freaking |
| 25207s | customized yeah customizing veam as we |
| 25214s | speak I drew projectionist though that's |
| 25217s | got to win the game right yep excuse |
| 25221s | Mew it again see it's great |
| 25225s | no why does this always happen to me |
| 25228s | with SLE why |
| 25232s | okay rush rush rush oh oh they're green |
| 25236s | they move Neil you can move those cards |
| 25238s | that's |
| 25239s | powerful there's a breakdown in hand as |
| 25241s | well |
| 25245s | yep I'm actually seeing enough |
| 25248s | movement next turn how many 88s can we |
| 25251s | play with these projectionists we have |
| 25252s | in our hand it's amazing currently zero |
| 25256s | I'm checking I'm checking V on the |
| 25258s | number of 88s check complete zero |
| 25263s | Ah that's not the projectionist fault |
| 25268s | though that's the |
| 25271s | giant talking of movement re B are you |
| 25274s | there |
| 25280s | hello oh |
| 25282s | no going to take the five with the face |
| 25286s | no okay and actually not going to break |
| 25288s | dance I would imagine then just decide |
| 25290s | there's no point yep okay fine |
| 25293s | well gamer can end the game right now if |
| 25295s | he wants |
| 25296s | to |
| 25300s | true and that is a problem with this de |
| 25302s | this is um obviously it's one of those |
| 25305s | things where when you first play it you |
| 25306s | think obviously this is going to happen |
| 25308s | then you play at a why you think this |
| 25309s | will never happen is just an idiot |
| 25310s | thought but sometimes you just can't |
| 25312s | play the cards in your hand because they |
| 25313s | will hurt you too much it is actually a |
| 25315s | real |
| 25319s | thing 100% yeah and this exact spot is |
| 25323s | where you really need good Hearthstone |
| 25326s | knowledge of exactly what your opponent |
| 25327s | could do like how much damage can you |
| 25329s | take here you would love to play at |
| 25330s | least two of these |
| 25333s | cards you can't play both Spirit bombs |
| 25336s | that's a good |
| 25337s | start you do get hero |
| 25342s | powered yeah which is really sad cuz |
| 25345s | playing two spirit bombs is really what |
| 25347s | I'd like to do right |
| 25349s | now hard wants to hero power and see if |
| 25352s | we can get a better |
| 25357s | card oh we're setting up lethal that's |
| 25359s | fair enough yeah incredibly Loosely but |
| 25363s | it is technically |
| 25365s | there it's just a little sad isn't |
| 25369s | it yeah oh here we go does not ask for |
| 25379s | much what what does this do nothing |
| 25383s | nothing nothing nothing nothing and it's |
| 25386s | a projectionist at the end obviously |
| 25389s | game rvg goes through to Sunday with a |
| 25392s | 30 win and that looked convincing to me |
| 25396s | obviously he had kind of a good draw |
| 25398s | there but the shaman game the shaman |
| 25400s | mirror in particular very very good and |
| 25403s | yeah he's earned his spot in the top |
| 25405s | eight yeah and can see what it means to |
| 25407s | him as well gamer rvg uh normally a |
| 25410s | pretty pretty lowkey guy emotionally |
| 25412s | uh nice chill uh chill stream if you're |
| 25415s | in the the market for that kind of thing |
| 25417s | as well go check out his stream I think |
| 25418s | it's a very uh comfy stream as the kids |
| 25421s | say these |
| 25422s | days um but you see the uh the moments |
| 25425s | these big moments in these big events |
| 25427s | can bring out the uh the joy and |
| 25429s | Jubilation in everyone but from Rec bam |
| 25432s | you see that's just wasn't his Series |
| 25434s | right like you know we can sit here and |
| 25436s | talk about this deck as a bring we can |
| 25438s | uh talk about the shaman mirror we can |
| 25440s | talk about various things but sometimes |
| 25442s | you just queue up a game of hearthstone |
| 25444s | you queue up a series of hearthstone and |
| 25447s | uh it just wasn't just wasn't your day |
| 25449s | right car games can just be like that |
| 25450s | sometimes and I'm not sure uh not sure |
| 25452s | re vam had an awful lot going on that he |
| 25454s | could have done in in this particular |
| 25456s | Series yeah the the wave goodby there at |
| 25458s | the end as he bricks on a guas like Gaye |
| 25461s | keeper one final time so two things |
| 25464s | about gamer rvg first of all um it's one |
| 25468s | thing actually it's just going to be an |
| 25469s | extended one thing he has been in more |
| 25472s | Master's tours I believe than any other |
| 25474s | player ever wow CU I think he only |
| 25477s | missed one of the original Master's |
| 25478s | tours okay and now he played all three |
| 25481s | last year which most people didn't do |
| 25484s | anymore like people like Fury Hunter |
| 25485s | people like Gabby yeah alimo sort of |
| 25488s | dropped out the system to some degree so |
| 25490s | game has played all three of those plus |
| 25491s | this I believe he's now played more than |
| 25493s | anybody i' also reminder that he came |
| 25495s | second in Grand Masters one time so he |
| 25497s | was won match from |
| 25500s | Worlds so when you're talking in terms |
| 25503s | of him celebrating why it means a lot to |
| 25505s | him this is sort of a chance to get as |
| 25508s | CL he hasn't been to world he he he sort |
| 25510s | of should be at some all that behind him |
| 25513s | he was in America's Grand Masters though |
| 25515s | let's let's be clear I mean it's a free |
| 25519s | slot he didn't |
| 25521s | take which way do you want to look at |
| 25524s | this good point no but you know I I |
| 25527s | couldn't I couldn't resist obviously |
| 25528s | Linda is a is a flag waving American as |
| 25531s | we all know so you have to take take him |
| 25532s | down a peg or two every now and again |
| 25533s | but yeah I I fully agree I think gamer |
| 25535s | rvg has been put in the work uh quite |
| 25539s | some time it's easy when you've got um a |
| 25541s | high quality practice partner like fled |
| 25543s | just a bunk bed away right it's very |
| 25545s | easy to improve when you have that level |
| 25547s | of partner available um but he's |
| 25549s | certainly put in the work I think he he |
| 25551s | leazes a lot of other very very strong |
| 25553s | players as well um across multiple |
| 25556s | regions um I think himself and and recam |
| 25559s | have have you know shared prepped talked |
| 25561s | about exchanged ideas about Hearthstone |
| 25563s | on various occasions as well which will |
| 25565s | make that a very Bittersweet result for |
| 25567s | him I'm sure but I think first and |
| 25570s | foremost he will be over the moon that |
| 25572s | he is one step closer to realizing the |
| 25575s | dream of going to the World |
| 25576s | Championships here but there are several |
| 25578s | very very strong players waiting and a |
| 25581s | whole bunch more ready to queue up |
| 25583s | tomorrow and I think just based on that |
| 25586s | outcome of Group B obviously we can look |
| 25590s | at pit and and we that we saw already |
| 25593s | but |
| 25593s | molar kind of impressed me I called him |
| 25596s | out at the start of the day I said this |
| 25597s | lineup is a bit weird but I think it's |
| 25599s | doing okay into this field we're hearing |
| 25601s | some Rumblings around that molar is a |
| 25603s | player that we might not have seen but |
| 25605s | he's an absolute control God and he can |
| 25606s | make some stuff happening he was playing |
| 25608s | some seriously yarla pilled Hearthstone |
| 25611s | today which is about the greatest |
| 25613s | compliment I can give to a control |
| 25615s | player um unfappable |
| 25618s | uh super super greedy but in a way that |
| 25621s | continues to make makes sense um |
| 25623s | absolute Focus even in like 95% One |
| 25626s | games making sure that you find that |
| 25629s | 100% line when you're in those positions |
| 25631s | everything that you need to do to play |
| 25632s | that style of deck and play it well he |
| 25635s | is doing so I really really do think |
| 25636s | molar is is one to keep an eye on yeah I |
| 25639s | don't know if you heard it earlier or if |
| 25640s | you were had to step away because you |
| 25642s | just finished casting but um I I share |
| 25644s | your opinion I've obviously seen the |
| 25645s | same things you've seen um apparently |
| 25647s | when he was Captain at UCLA in the |
| 25649s | Collegiate stuff um they always banned |
| 25652s | his |
| 25653s | Warrior he just banned his they didn't |
| 25655s | care what the meta was most I was on |
| 25656s | Warrior we're Banning it he's uh he |
| 25659s | laughing for control Warrior right is is |
| 25661s | pretty much the the Rumblings that I've |
| 25663s | had they just um even in situate like |
| 25666s | you know where so we've been through |
| 25667s | about a year period now where Warrior's |
| 25669s | been really really strong consistently |
| 25672s | but there was about a year and a half |
| 25674s | before that where every patch Warrior |
| 25676s | cards were getting buffed and control |
| 25678s | Warrior was still unplayable right um |
| 25680s | and I believe throughout that period uh |
| 25683s | marel was still just grinding control |
| 25685s | Warrior on ladder and getting incredibly |
| 25687s | High finishes where literally like no |
| 25689s | one else in like the top 200 was even |
| 25692s | touching control Warrior um which is |
| 25694s | very you know freeze Mage genius |
| 25696s | adjacent from for from way back in the |
| 25699s | day it gives me that same kind of vibe |
| 25700s | so yeah really really looking forward to |
| 25702s | what he can do going forward yeah and we |
| 25705s | will get to see him a lot more um but we |
| 25708s | do have some other players entering the |
| 25710s | fry tomorrow which I'm looking forward I |
| 25712s | think we'll be to show you those |
| 25713s | shortly um but perh we can't we'll have |
| 25717s | to wait a |
| 25719s | moment H we do we have plenty more to go |
| 25723s | one of those I I know like I just want |
| 25726s | to talk about the power of this field in |
| 25727s | general right because hyping up tomorrow |
| 25729s | a couple of times I've just kind of |
| 25731s | thrown out the names Fury Hunter Habu |
| 25732s | gaboo bunny Hopper right those are the |
| 25734s | three that I've been saying you know put |
| 25736s | those names up in lights if you're a fan |
| 25737s | of either of those players you're going |
| 25738s | to want to come back tomorrow and check |
| 25739s | these out right that's not even |
| 25742s | mentioning the likes of insane Demitri |
| 25744s | Kazo who is a former America's grandm |
| 25746s | Hemlock as well like this field is so |
| 25749s | absurdly stacked I think you've got four |
| 25752s | to five players in this tournament who |
| 25754s | at some point in time have been the |
| 25756s | consensus best player in the world yes |
| 25759s | that like recent time as well yeah yeah |
| 25762s | like within the last like four years |
| 25763s | like that's that's outrageous that's an |
| 25766s | outrageous field of hearthstone players |
| 25768s | to have um and just enough of your mool |
| 25772s | stars and your kimchi slaps and your |
| 25774s | toas right that we can learn about on |
| 25776s | the way which is something that we're |
| 25777s | really really interested in doing as |
| 25779s | well so I think it is a really really |
| 25782s | strong field for entertainment purposes |
| 25785s | for high quality Hearthstone purposes |
| 25787s | for you know interesting lineups and |
| 25789s | different matchup interactions like I'm |
| 25791s | so excited to watch this tournament |
| 25792s | development yeah like Habu I can't |
| 25794s | remember the stats that were the records |
| 25796s | but he was just setting record |
| 25797s | tournament after tournament for a while |
| 25799s | then he had he had a one and three that |
| 25800s | meant something and the else was 71 81 |
| 25803s | oh he needs to go did he miss a master's |
| 25805s | tour and still get enough points to |
| 25807s | qualify That season or something like he |
| 25809s | just didn't turn up and then he had to |
| 25810s | go eight and one and did it something |
| 25812s | like that mhm I think I think he turned |
| 25814s | he just missed a tournament or went one |
| 25815s | and three cuz he had work or school or |
| 25818s | something and it just put him a position |
| 25819s | where he had to go eight and one so he |
| 25821s | just turned up and did it Fury |
| 25823s | Hunter somehow wasn't the world champion |
| 25826s | two years ago um he just won two Masters |
| 25830s | Tour uh |
| 25832s | missed multiple different levels of |
| 25833s | qualification by a total like small |
| 25837s | amount took last year off with real life |
| 25840s | uh come back this year to finish the |
| 25841s | story maybe and yeah bunny Hopper former |
| 25845s | world champion only one world champion |
| 25848s | since him and again there's there's |
| 25850s | other lineup of players behind them with |
| 25853s | insane in particular somebody who's |
| 25855s | streaming regular and getting better and |
| 25856s | better I think yeah but uh sounds like |
| 25860s | we are going to be blessed with the |
| 25862s | presence of a certain gamer rvg who is |
| 25866s | here to give us a word or two about |
| 25867s | their victory over Rec bam gamer how how |
| 25870s | you doing um we saw your we saw your pop |
| 25872s | off at the end so we obviously know it |
| 25874s | felt good but just talk us through those |
| 25875s | last final moments what was going |
| 25877s | through your |
| 25878s | head yeah it just feels great to uh get |
| 25881s | a win cuz the last couple MTS last year |
| 25885s | didn't really pan out the way I wanted |
| 25887s | to so uh happy to uh be back in the top |
| 25890s | eight so just just uh excited excited to |
| 25894s | uh see what I can do in the top |
| 25898s | eight so I want go are you happy with |
| 25901s | the lineup you've got you think You' got |
| 25902s | a lineup to go all the way with this you |
| 25903s | got to test it out |
| 25905s | today yeah I'm happy with the lineup I |
| 25908s | uh when I ended up submitting it I was |
| 25911s | content with what I brought and uh uh I |
| 25914s | think they're they're Decks that suit me |
| 25917s | so I think I I can pilot them really |
| 25920s | well and I I think did that today so if |
| 25923s | I continue that in the top eight I think |
| 25925s | uh this this lineup can do |
| 25928s | it sticking with lineups just for a |
| 25930s | second I've heard a rumor that you were |
| 25933s | on priest initially when you submitted |
| 25935s | and that was changed to warlock is that |
| 25937s | is that true and if so like can you talk |
| 25939s | about what made that decision yeah that |
| 25941s | that actually is true I changed with uh |
| 25945s | like 2030 minutes too and I just decided |
| 25949s | to change to warlock because I think it |
| 25952s | fit a bit better with like I think |
| 25955s | priest is a very good deck but it for my |
| 25957s | specific lineup it fit better with my my |
| 25960s | band strategy and uh what I'm trying to |
| 25964s | beat so that's why I decided to |
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| 25972s | switch okay well I think um producer |
| 25975s | saying we're going to have to let you go |
| 25976s | now but thank you so much and good luck |
| 25977s | to oh Sunday you get a day to watch |
| 25979s | everybody else uh tomorrow so good luck |
| 25981s | with that on Sunday good to see you on |
| 25983s | the final day as well uh long may it |
| 25985s | continue um but yeah we got have to say |
| 25988s | goodbye so back to |
| 25991s | sutle thanks buddy yeah it's interesting |
| 25994s | stuff for sure um it's always great to |
| 25997s | hear from the players they can uh they |
| 25999s | can wrap things up in their own words we |
| 26001s | can only speculate they can uh they can |
| 26003s | actually talk with authority on why they |
| 26004s | did things and what they were thinking |
| 26006s | which is why it's always good to dip in |
| 26008s | when we can and but yeah great great to |
| 26010s | hear from him and I think uh a very very |
| 26012s | strong performance like Neil was saying |
| 26014s | Sunday we'll see gamer rvg enter The |
| 26016s | Fray but we've just been talking about |
| 26018s | some of the players that we are going to |
| 26020s | be seeing tomorrow um honestly like if |
| 26022s | if some of you are turning up now and |
| 26024s | going what on Earth is happening why why |
| 26025s | is there a Masters Tour on on Friday |
| 26027s | you've just got a whole bonus day of |
| 26029s | hearthstone if you were watching Friday |
| 26031s | and now if you want to tune in tomorrow |
| 26033s | and just imagine that a tournament |
| 26034s | starting with the likes of Fury Hunter |
| 26036s | and Bunny Hopper and Habu gaboo and |
| 26037s | insane and Demitri kov just kicking off |
| 26040s | from scratch you're still going to get a |
| 26042s | full serving of Masters tool Hearthstone |
| 26044s | and then we can jump back into the |
| 26045s | finals on Sunday so make sure you are |
| 26049s | here there we go just confirm that one |
| 26052s | more time day one well you're too late |
| 26054s | for that unlucky uh go watch the vods |
| 26056s | and by watching those V you'll probably |
| 26058s | get yourself just about onto day two |
| 26060s | which is tomorrow day three is that top |
| 26062s | eight single elimination and two players |
| 26065s | will go to the World Championships so |
| 26067s | we're going to find out who they are but |
| 26069s | for me and from sutle for tonight I |
| 26071s | think it is It's Time to Say Goodbye |
| 26073s | have a good one see you same time |
| 26074s | tomorrow |
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