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| 12s | welcome to hearthstone legends where we |
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| 15s | look back at the most iconic matches and |
| 17s | moments that made the players we know |
| 19s | today |
| 20s | legends |
| 22s | for this episode we look back on the |
| 24s | long and storied road that thais |
| 26s | travelled to become one of the most |
| 28s | successful hearthstone players in the |
| 31s | world |
| 33s | one of tyso's first steps in his pursuit |
| 36s | of greatness was the 2015 european |
| 39s | championship |
| 40s | he locked in a world spot by making it |
| 42s | to top four and then went on to face |
| 44s | naira in the finals where he became the |
| 47s | european champion |
| 50s | get ready because this is some truly |
| 52s | classic hearthstone featuring the likes |
| 55s | of patron warrior and savage raw druid |
| 58s | check this out our two competitors still |
| 60s | here are nyria from team liquid and tys |
| 63s | from team g2 representing ukraine and |
| 66s | representing the netherlands |
| 68s | we have a best of five remaining before |
| 71s | we decide who our european champion is |
| 74s | and taking us through the action we have |
| 76s | an excessively talented caster desk how |
| 80s | are you guys doing over there gentlemen |
| 82s | excessively well rachel thank you very |
| 85s | much for saying that and welcome |
| 86s | everybody to day number two of the |
| 88s | european road to blizzcon in prague |
| 91s | czech republic my name is frode and i'm |
| 92s | joined by nymch lothar and savis who |
| 94s | will be bringing you guys the action in |
| 96s | just a few minutes but before we do that |
| 98s | we want to recap how everything has |
| 100s | transpired over the past few days we've |
| 102s | had eight players come from all over the |
| 104s | european continent and battle it out and |
| 106s | two remain and only one would be the |
| 108s | european champion four spots were |
| 110s | determined to go to blizzcon but only |
| 112s | one of these guys will get ten thousand |
| 114s | dollars in the right to call themselves |
| 115s | the first eu champions a pretty awesome |
| 117s | experience how has it been so far for |
| 118s | you nibs |
| 119s | uh it was great we had uh eight great |
| 121s | players and i'm really happy to see |
| 122s | naria entice in the finals i'm i'm |
| 124s | really excited for the games and we've |
| 126s | seen a lot of good stuff yesterday we've |
| 128s | seen seven matches i believe and those |
| 131s | some memorable moments where pavel well |
| 134s | he didn't miss lethal but you know that |
| 136s | the doctor boom after attacking the |
| 138s | sylvanas was uh was very interesting to |
| 140s | see |
| 141s | was it was crazy i mean the crowd |
| 143s | reaction was so loud and then of course |
| 145s | life coach was stressed i mean then we |
| 146s | reflected later that life coach also |
| 148s | potentially could have messed up as well |
| 149s | uh there's a lot on the line and some |
| 151s | people definitely got nervous and it was |
| 153s | very interesting to see how it all went |
| 155s | down um however that said and done you |
| 157s | know life coach ended up playing his |
| 158s | teammate tyson and tyce was able to 3-0 |
| 161s | him that was very surprising as well we |
| 162s | don't really see many three zeros in |
| 164s | these kind of tournaments right |
| 165s | i don't think we saw a single one |
| 167s | yesterday |
| 168s | outside of the the thai's life oh right |
| 170s | outside of that yeah |
| 171s | it's pretty amazing the games have been |
| 173s | so close everyone there has been playing |
| 175s | so well and now it's come down to |
| 176s | justice too |
| 178s | and then lothar for you how's the |
| 179s | experience been uh at these eu |
| 181s | championships i mean last year you've |
| 183s | been able to see the journey through |
| 184s | some of these players tyson nyrea both |
| 186s | of them last year got eliminated in the |
| 188s | qualifier spots right before going to |
| 191s | blizzcon and this year they are there |
| 193s | and they're in the championships that's |
| 194s | something amazing to just see how the |
| 196s | players can be super consistent in a |
| 198s | card game that everyone blames for rng |
| 201s | and this is just |
| 202s | this proves that it's not the case we |
| 204s | see here thais and neria which were as i |
| 207s | said |
| 207s | both were |
| 209s | last year in stockholm playing for the |
| 211s | eu qualifiers and it's really amazing |
| 214s | i'm really happy for them that they |
| 215s | actually made it this year this means a |
| 217s | lot to the community this means a lot to |
| 218s | the players and |
| 220s | they show it |
| 222s | you can see it in their eyes they are |
| 223s | really happy about it yeah and i think |
| 225s | they were really stressed uh to |
| 227s | not fail again because that would be |
| 229s | like a curse to them right it would be |
| 231s | like an ongoing meme or whatever just to |
| 233s | you know say that |
| 235s | third time the charm right |
| 237s | yeah yeah well i guess in this scenario |
| 240s | they can't really fail i mean no matter |
| 241s | what both these players are going to |
| 243s | blizzcon as well as two other players in |
| 244s | fact let's go ahead and recap how |
| 246s | everything went with just a brackets to |
| 248s | show you uh how the past couple of days |
| 251s | have went for us and group a we had ty's |
| 254s | advance in first place oz kaka was able |
| 256s | to grab that second place spot after |
| 258s | battling his teammate not once but twice |
| 260s | he had to defeat hoy and he did bring |
| 262s | that really unique priest deck that |
| 264s | we've been seeing the dragon priest that |
| 266s | people have started to catch on |
| 267s | popularity also we heard some rumors of |
| 270s | maverick who did finish in fourth place |
| 271s | unfortunately uh we heard maverick |
| 273s | bought a dragon beige which is really |
| 275s | cool but maybe the reason why he |
| 277s | finished that fourth and maybe not in |
| 279s | first or second place unfortunately i |
| 280s | was watching the game between ties thais |
| 282s | and maverick um like the first game in |
| 284s | the best of five i actually saw the 24 |
| 287s | from maverick twilight wreck and thais |
| 289s | was like |
| 291s | what just happened that's not that's |
| 292s | very unusual it's not supposed to belong |
| 294s | in that deck very exactly indeed uh well |
| 296s | in group b we also had a set of story |
| 299s | lines that was really interesting as |
| 300s | well nairia was able to advance in first |
| 302s | place defeating life coach anne pavel |
| 305s | and of course the conclusion of group b |
| 307s | the conclusion of all the blizzcon |
| 308s | matches the drama was never higher only |
| 311s | one spot remaining and we did have that |
| 314s | extremely memorable moment where pavel |
| 316s | and life coach played a druid versus |
| 317s | hanlock pavel ended up giving a doctor |
| 320s | boom to life coach based off of not |
| 322s | killing savannah's beforehand if you |
| 323s | guys missed it i highly check recommend |
| 325s | you check out the vods and see for |
| 327s | yourself what happened uh what what are |
| 329s | some of the other stories outside of |
| 331s | that we didn't really get to see much of |
| 332s | jira do we nemsh |
| 333s | uh no we haven't even though jira was |
| 336s | playing versus life coach in an |
| 337s | elimination match and apparently the |
| 339s | match took two hours that's why we had |
| 341s | to wait for life coach to recover from |
| 343s | that stress mentally when he was facing |
| 345s | jira you know jira great player from |
| 347s | italy uh he was supposed to be like car |
| 349s | and also qualify for blizzcon but |
| 351s | lifecoach was able to overcome that |
| 353s | obstacle and actually advance himself |
| 355s | yeah apparently he had the most intense |
| 356s | series of the entire tournament and that |
| 358s | was also on the community stream which |
| 360s | you guys can check out the vods as well |
| 362s | let's take a look at the bracket of how |
| 363s | it's going to go down today we have only |
| 366s | one match the grand finals bestified |
| 368s | between tice and direa and we in order |
| 371s | to get that point we had naira take out |
| 372s | osaka and then tice was able to defeat |
| 375s | his teammate life coach the only 3-0 |
| 377s | we've seen this tournament so does this |
| 379s | does this go a little bit closer home to |
| 381s | you because you and iria used to |
| 382s | practice together you've prepared |
| 383s | together i mean lothar of course has |
| 385s | voiced his closest to both of the |
| 386s | players that were here representing g2 |
| 389s | but for you and liquid yeah i'm |
| 390s | obviously really happy with an area he's |
| 392s | been kind of waiting for this big moment |
| 393s | and this might be it already made it to |
| 395s | blizzcon but if it was to get a european |
| 397s | champion title that would be absolutely |
| 399s | amazing and about this final two i think |
| 401s | it's really cool that both of them made |
| 403s | through the upper bracket they haven't |
| 405s | lost a single match so it's like it's |
| 407s | very well deserved for both players yeah |
| 409s | and i mean at this point only one person |
| 411s | will be undefeated between these players |
| 413s | but it's going to be really cool make |
| 414s | sure to let us know what you guys think |
| 416s | as well we're going to give our |
| 416s | predictions in just a second but you |
| 418s | guys can do by hashtagging rgb 2015 and |
| 421s | tweeting at play hearthstone let us know |
| 424s | other things too maybe you're playing |
| 425s | hearthstone with us or share some of |
| 426s | your pack openings or some of the cool |
| 428s | board games that you're having or even |
| 430s | just talk about what you think will |
| 431s | happen to some of your favorite moments |
| 433s | so really quickly let's talk about the |
| 434s | predictions uh if we do have to pick a |
| 436s | winner and i assume i know what these |
| 437s | two guys are picking he's going to pick |
| 439s | ties he's going to pick diarrhea so what |
| 441s | are you choosing nibs you are the |
| 443s | deciding factor so in the beginning of |
| 444s | the tournament my pick was ties or |
| 446s | maverick as a finalist i wanted to see |
| 448s | both of them in the final uh right now |
| 450s | i'm happy that ty's made it even though |
| 451s | i'm also friends with nyria i feel like |
| 453s | this is going to take it uh it seems |
| 455s | like tais is more motivated to to take |
| 457s | the win and he practiced a bit more |
| 458s | naira practiced a lot for this |
| 460s | tournament but thais |
| 462s | he was in many finals before and i don't |
| 465s | exactly i don't know exactly in how many |
| 467s | uh finals naira was but he's constant |
| 469s | with where he is right now and dice |
| 471s | always wants more i mean i i can |
| 472s | definitely see that i do feel like naria |
| 474s | is really comfortable too considering |
| 476s | here i did qualify for blizzcon and with |
| 478s | that we've said a lot about these two |
| 480s | players but these two players also got |
| 481s | to spend some time with our camera crew |
| 484s | right after qualifying for blizzcon and |
| 485s | going to the finals let's hear what they |
| 487s | had to say about getting this far |
| 493s | i'm happy that i made it to blizzcon and |
| 495s | grand final is a really big bonus for me |
| 498s | also because i was in the finals only |
| 500s | once and it was like almost one year ago |
| 503s | actually even more than one year ago so |
| 505s | i'm happy for that |
| 510s | for me the tournament went insane i |
| 512s | prepared really well and i'm happy that |
| 514s | it paid off |
| 517s | i played last match not very focused i |
| 519s | made a couple of misplays that i usually |
| 521s | will not do |
| 523s | in the semi-finals i won against my |
| 525s | teammate life coach we knew each other's |
| 527s | decks card by card we boot camped it for |
| 529s | more than a week i'm happy that i made |
| 531s | it but i'm way more happy that i can |
| 533s | just go to blizzcon |
| 536s | the best mindset to win is to have a |
| 538s | motivation to win it's a big prize pool |
| 541s | so i should be motivated by that |
| 545s | it's probably gonna be hard i'm gonna |
| 547s | play against nurea and |
| 549s | it's not gonna be easy he has a kind of |
| 551s | similar playstyle as me plays more |
| 553s | control decks we have a similar lineup |
| 555s | so it will be really close he's really |
| 557s | good |
| 560s | i tried to |
| 561s | to make my zone so i don't |
| 564s | look at the stage and just be |
| 566s | comfortable playing my game because if |
| 568s | you will like uh try to look at the |
| 571s | stage |
| 572s | you'll start getting nervous you should |
| 574s | just |
| 575s | like imagine that no one is here |
| 581s | i think |
| 582s | i can win it i'm super prepared here |
| 584s | i've never prepared as much and i feel |
| 586s | really comfortable at the moment so um i |
| 588s | think if i can just play my best and |
| 590s | don't get nervous uh i will take the win |
| 598s | strong words from our two competitors |
| 602s | right before you guys face off for our |
| 604s | european hearthstone championship |
| 606s | now you've had a lot of time together |
| 608s | this weekend and all through your |
| 609s | competitive careers as both of you are |
| 611s | quite storied competitive players so uh |
| 614s | i want to know do you guys have anything |
| 615s | to say to each other before we get into |
| 617s | the match what |
| 620s | anything to say to dice |
| 624s | i gonna crush you |
| 626s | that's what i love to hear |
| 631s | all right size anything you want to say |
| 632s | tonight |
| 633s | it's not gonna happen i wish you good |
| 635s | luck |
| 637s | such sportsmanship from thais gentlemen |
| 639s | please shake hands |
| 642s | and you are free to enter this |
| 643s | competition let's give it up for your |
| 645s | two hearthstone finalists |
| 655s | all right so we're just moments away for |
| 657s | the grand finals once again for anybody |
| 659s | tuning in it's ready for naira versus |
| 662s | thais a battle between the netherlands |
| 664s | versus ukraine two regions where are two |
| 666s | sorry two countries excuse me in this |
| 668s | region which is absolutely stacked |
| 670s | taking a look at these guys classes we |
| 672s | have very similar lineups although there |
| 674s | are some subtle differences so don't be |
| 676s | fooled by just the similar lookings of |
| 678s | the |
| 679s | outer shell but there actually is some |
| 681s | inner workings there which makes these |
| 683s | decks different so |
| 684s | looking up how it match up we talked |
| 686s | about predictions of things but how do |
| 688s | you think a person is favored or |
| 690s | unfavored here let's start off with |
| 691s | soviets it's really close i mean if |
| 693s | those warlocks go up against each other |
| 695s | and area is the one with two big game |
| 696s | hunters he's going to have an edge there |
| 698s | but if for example the warriors are |
| 700s | playing each other then in that case it |
| 702s | might be dice whose favorite because he |
| 703s | had us around that brawl in there so |
| 705s | there's those small decisions uh small |
| 707s | tax choices that might uh give an |
| 709s | advantage if the item lineup sorry their |
| 712s | matchups are are good for those uh |
| 715s | players lothar we've been seeing a lot |
| 716s | of players start off with druid and |
| 719s | warrior why why do you feel like that is |
| 722s | this is a situation i think both players |
| 724s | would like actually |
| 726s | like to seal the warlock first because |
| 728s | as you said the mirror match between the |
| 730s | warlocks will be decisive so i think |
| 732s | both players i mean thais would like to |
| 733s | avoid that it might open with the |
| 735s | warlock instead but what uh the question |
| 738s | was about through the warrior and those |
| 740s | classes are just super consistent and |
| 743s | they are not relying on a country right |
| 746s | because in an example when you open with |
| 748s | a warlock you would like to play against |
| 749s | a warrior an example if you play with |
| 751s | the druid you don't care what or what is |
| 753s | your opponent playing you just want to |
| 755s | play the game you have the same game |
| 757s | plan every single time |
| 758s | and |
| 759s | you just want to outrace him with mana |
| 762s | and with damage so you're not really |
| 764s | you know dependent on what is the metric |
| 766s | exactly |
| 767s | okay |
| 768s | it's actually this is actually amazing |
| 769s | that in conquest uh you have those mind |
| 771s | games and right now whoever becomes the |
| 773s | european champion will be decided by the |
| 775s | fact do you mind game your opponent do |
| 777s | you exactly know what is your opponent's |
| 779s | tendency what is he going to start what |
| 781s | he thinks you're going to start with and |
| 782s | how can you counter that okay well |
| 785s | based off of that we've seen it's not |
| 786s | only just what you start off with but |
| 788s | it's how the series ends up progressing |
| 789s | it's a lot about those mirror matches |
| 790s | too the hand lock versus hand lock which |
| 792s | still to this day is actually i think |
| 793s | one of my favorite mirrors in the entire |
| 795s | game or even just mashups in general i |
| 796s | think it's a lot of chess moving with |
| 798s | how you move some of your pieces and |
| 800s | sure you can always talk about the draws |
| 802s | but i think the way you use your hand is |
| 803s | oftentimes just as powerful because |
| 805s | we've seen these players not only play |
| 808s | with what they have what they think |
| 809s | their opponent has and that's oftentimes |
| 811s | just even more powerful right the threat |
| 814s | of druid may be killing you or the |
| 815s | threat of what war you're having in |
| 817s | terms of just |
| 818s | insane burst damage that's oftentimes |
| 820s | more scary than the cars that are |
| 822s | actually there yeah that's absolutely |
| 824s | true there is a phantom brawl for ties |
| 827s | so nyria knowing that there is a brawl |
| 829s | might not overextend might not play |
| 831s | those many patrons and if there is |
| 833s | actually no brawl he'll be just uh |
| 835s | gaming himself |
| 837s | yeah absolutely so i think we're just |
| 839s | about to get ready underway here i'm |
| 841s | thinking that's going to be like a druid |
| 843s | starts here i think you know teice comes |
| 845s | in here as a very experienced druid |
| 846s | player but naira he's also the |
| 848s | experienced warrior player and we're |
| 849s | going to start off with a good |
| 851s | old-fashioned page and warrior mirror |
| 853s | and it's going to be game number one |
| 854s | enjoy thank you so much frodan all right |
| 856s | guys patron versus paige and we've seen |
| 858s | this matchup a couple of times but take |
| 859s | me through it what is the most important |
| 861s | thing |
| 862s | you're gonna go for the four patrons on |
| 864s | turn five if you can if you anyhow can |
| 866s | you want you need to have dead spite or |
| 868s | whirlwind and then rage on patreon so |
| 870s | would you keep a good |
| 872s | opening hand if you're the starting |
| 874s | player because you have one less card |
| 876s | you kind of want a weapon as well and if |
| 877s | you keep a cream patron it's possible |
| 879s | that you draw the second one and then |
| 880s | you kind of have one dead card so |
| 883s | maybe not especially since dice doesn't |
| 884s | have a weapon just yet so in this |
| 886s | situation nario will just keep the death |
| 888s | spot oh yeah yeah yeah absolutely he |
| 891s | might pick up the patreon he has |
| 893s | everything else he needs so do you like |
| 895s | naria's hand right now with double death |
| 896s | spider and slam in rage it's decent it |
| 899s | could be better he's still missing some |
| 901s | important cards like he would love to |
| 903s | have some early minions maybe an |
| 904s | armorsmith |
| 905s | battle rage to cycle through |
| 908s | and most importantly that cream patron |
| 910s | for the turn five but he's not worried |
| 912s | about using the first step spine because |
| 913s | that's a common problem now you have to |
| 915s | shoot the second uh second strike with |
| 918s | your weapon yeah because you have to use |
| 920s | it for your patrons when you have two |
| 921s | you can use the first weapon as your |
| 923s | advantage as the advantage to build |
| 925s | report control uh and use your health |
| 928s | points as a resource instead of mana |
| 930s | there is a couple a couple differences |
| 932s | between those players with regards to |
| 933s | the decks and irea is running double |
| 934s | shoe block and shield some and ties is |
| 936s | running the brawl that we mentioned and |
| 938s | he also plays big hunter is this uh big |
| 940s | game hunter is it useful in the matchup |
| 942s | overall or right now is is going to be a |
| 944s | dead card it's pretty much a dead card |
| 946s | sometimes you get to become on the |
| 948s | frothing berserker but it's kind of rare |
| 949s | and |
| 950s | most commonly you just played on maybe |
| 952s | down three and |
| 954s | get a few points of damage especially if |
| 956s | when area already knows that there's a |
| 958s | big game hunter he would probably not |
| 959s | play in uh don't play as not he then get |
| 962s | into a situation when his frozen |
| 964s | berserker will not deal damage and be a |
| 966s | huge minion on the board right |
| 969s | for thais there is that big uh the |
| 971s | patron and inner rage but he doesn't |
| 973s | have any other weapon effect uh so and |
| 975s | no death spider as well yeah no weapons |
| 977s | at all for ties right now it might be a |
| 979s | bit problematic if he doesn't find one |
| 981s | soon here's two draws |
| 983s | three exactly |
| 985s | one from the beginning of the turn then |
| 986s | you have one cycle from the notion and |
| 988s | then another draw so that's three cards |
| 990s | to get a weapon for no machine vendor of |
| 992s | turn 4 is as good as it gets it can be a |
| 994s | bit clunky later on in the game the |
| 996s | cycle because of the mana cost it's |
| 998s | fairly expensive |
| 1000s | so tyson is looking for the weapon or |
| 1001s | somewhere in the facts uh what is an |
| 1003s | aerial situation he doesn't have |
| 1005s | paycheck he has the double death spite |
| 1009s | needs to either take a patreon or try to |
| 1011s | draw for it |
| 1012s | and he's wondering if |
| 1014s | maybe he should just play |
| 1015s | his numbers inventory less than because |
| 1017s | his |
| 1018s | his hand is kind of awkward and putting |
| 1021s | a minion on board which would allow |
| 1023s | battle rage maybe an extent with this |
| 1024s | slam to finish off the numbers inventor |
| 1026s | might be not bad if you really want to |
| 1028s | search for the patron yeah it's fairly |
| 1030s | unlikely that no machine vendor would |
| 1031s | just survive to the next term because |
| 1033s | ty's could have also had a slam in his |
| 1034s | hand so then it would be that ties then |
| 1036s | machine weather from that would survive |
| 1039s | this area does not find that page and |
| 1041s | now he needs to find a way to get to it |
| 1043s | as fast as he can they act like it |
| 1045s | seemed tasty here because you can use as |
| 1047s | i said before you can use the first |
| 1049s | death spider yeah with no real |
| 1051s | consequences because you're aware that |
| 1054s | most of your opponents are not playing |
| 1055s | hard syndromes anymore in your grand |
| 1057s | patron decks quite often you want to |
| 1059s | hold under a dead spot as long as you |
| 1060s | can but in this situation like like you |
| 1062s | mentioned later he |
| 1063s | does have that second one so it's not a |
| 1065s | problem at all to use the first one you |
| 1066s | also want to deny the the draw from |
| 1068s | accolade of pain oh yeah you don't want |
| 1070s | to give more than one card from it |
| 1073s | all right so from there's perspective he |
| 1075s | still wants to draw there is no threat |
| 1077s | for the moment and we've mentioned that |
| 1078s | the patron on turn 5 is really important |
| 1080s | but what if the players actually missed |
| 1082s | the page in turn if there are no patrons |
| 1083s | what happens to the game then |
| 1085s | well tell me just wait for the patrons i |
| 1087s | suppose or for the emperor or for them |
| 1090s | but yeah sometimes the otks can happen |
| 1092s | too with the frothing berserkers |
| 1093s | charging in but |
| 1095s | quite often it is the green patron |
| 1097s | that's the win condition in this matchup |
| 1099s | the patreon a better win condition kind |
| 1101s | of changes depending on what you're |
| 1102s | playing against sometimes it's a fraud |
| 1104s | thing against a decks like handlock you |
| 1106s | want to do the frothing you want to kill |
| 1107s | your opponent in one turn against stuart |
| 1109s | and other warriors it's usually the |
| 1110s | creme patron |
| 1112s | yep that's very true |
| 1113s | in this situation both players have an |
| 1115s | awkward hand |
| 1116s | oh yeah it's not that great thai's still |
| 1119s | looking for that weapon showing two wars |
| 1120s | on commanders not helpful at all at this |
| 1122s | stage of the game i would still favor |
| 1124s | naira's hands with the second death |
| 1126s | spider at some draw |
| 1129s | double frotting or some commander is |
| 1130s | also pretty nice definitely slightly |
| 1133s | better for an area right now |
| 1135s | actually when you look at those hands |
| 1136s | and you compare them there is a |
| 1137s | possibility for ties to explode the |
| 1139s | patrons at some point at some point but |
| 1141s | if he doesn't find lethal there is the |
| 1143s | double frauding and war song that might |
| 1145s | actually finish the game yep |
| 1148s | nice with that with those patrons and |
| 1150s | they inner rage in his hand so if thai |
| 1151s | stopped like something like a whirlwind |
| 1153s | he could just go off with the patrons |
| 1154s | would you there's that spider and i know |
| 1157s | mr deventos there might be an option to |
| 1159s | clear the pages before that is true but |
| 1162s | will trigger his deferral right that is |
| 1164s | true that no mission vendor makes it a |
| 1166s | little bit worse i suppose to go with uh |
| 1169s | to go for those pictures there is a |
| 1171s | whirlwind effect for thais there is |
| 1174s | he could just go for cream patron inner |
| 1175s | rage and play that |
| 1177s | cool i'm not sure if you will |
| 1180s | because then |
| 1182s | it pushes your opponent to use a |
| 1184s | additional |
| 1185s | inner range or maybe |
| 1188s | what can you do with an unstable when |
| 1190s | you have two for a minion on board |
| 1192s | basically on taskmaster and energy to |
| 1194s | clear that unstable goal |
| 1196s | and then deal with the patrons right but |
| 1198s | it's really awkward for both players to |
| 1200s | see the scenarios through because you |
| 1202s | have no certainty of what will happen |
| 1204s | next time dice is just going to take it |
| 1206s | slow here |
| 1207s | goes some phase for one and the armor's |
| 1209s | up so this is what happens with the |
| 1210s | players kind of exploded patients we |
| 1212s | turn in a different kind of game |
| 1214s | both players will have to have patience |
| 1216s | just wait for the moment and try to |
| 1217s | accumulate the combo parts to maybe have |
| 1219s | the lethal or at some point they will be |
| 1221s | forced to make a move because you have |
| 1222s | too many cards in hand you have to play |
| 1224s | something oh yeah and uh nyria right now |
| 1228s | i believe he has 10 cards here so he has |
| 1230s | to play something might be one of their |
| 1232s | fraudings or oh he goes for the acolyte |
| 1234s | okay it's interesting that's interesting |
| 1236s | because that's additional draws and |
| 1238s | maybe your opponent will trigger you |
| 1239s | overdraw he has to play something more |
| 1242s | well that's cool |
| 1245s | it's a good pickup i'm obviously not |
| 1247s | gonna use it just yet but later on it |
| 1249s | will be valuable |
| 1251s | so naria is looking for tourism for |
| 1253s | possible paycheck i think toryson would |
| 1254s | give him the most especially with the |
| 1256s | cards he has right now that whirlwind is |
| 1258s | great |
| 1259s | as well |
| 1260s | slam that looks like a really weak slam |
| 1262s | but the reason he did it was because of |
| 1264s | the |
| 1264s | amount of guards in his hand |
| 1268s | you were talking about emperor but when |
| 1269s | he still has the coin he doesn't really |
| 1271s | need that emperor to make a really big |
| 1273s | combo because he has a nine mana that |
| 1275s | has to be spent for three minions wars |
| 1277s | on command of double floating berserker |
| 1279s | one man for ruined effect and if you |
| 1281s | find a second whirlwind then you have a |
| 1283s | free woo and effect combo with double |
| 1285s | floating berserkers yeah that's not |
| 1286s | enough damage most situations so you |
| 1288s | know the game |
| 1291s | that could potentially be a huge |
| 1293s | liability because of those double |
| 1294s | frothings in aria's hand that nerea |
| 1296s | might just be able to deal that 40 in |
| 1298s | one turn yeah might backfire really |
| 1300s | heavily he might not even need the third |
| 1302s | whirlwind if dice goes with the patience |
| 1304s | just double frotting it yeah |
| 1306s | i really love the use of execute here |
| 1309s | and this method actually is basically |
| 1312s | not |
| 1313s | it's not meant to deal with a big minion |
| 1316s | it just deals like one or two damage the |
| 1318s | best you can execute is quite often then |
| 1320s | there are sometimes you it helps with |
| 1321s | clearing |
| 1322s | your opponent's patrons off but in this |
| 1324s | situation tais had two executes in his |
| 1326s | hand so |
| 1328s | spending one there definitely a good |
| 1329s | choice another inner rage well that's |
| 1332s | not looking good for ties no |
| 1335s | how deep is he in his deck and still no |
| 1338s | weapon inside |
| 1340s | so |
| 1341s | he doesn't really want to |
| 1343s | have too many patients here also |
| 1348s | i think he might be going all in here if |
| 1349s | he if he's getting golden that might be |
| 1351s | over because the frontings are there in |
| 1353s | the hand there will be 10 mana with the |
| 1355s | coin for naria and now you can see that |
| 1357s | maria's already counted he is |
| 1360s | to have enough time during his turn to |
| 1363s | actually make the move because if you |
| 1364s | start you have to commit to it but if |
| 1367s | you miss lethal well that's kind of you |
| 1369s | know |
| 1370s | oh yeah there is six millions on board |
| 1372s | right now with frauding and warsong that |
| 1374s | will be plus three which means there |
| 1375s | will be nine nine minions first will win |
| 1377s | this plus 18 a second whirlwind will be |
| 1381s | i think that should do it |
| 1383s | and this morning |
| 1385s | that's plenty of damage so this should |
| 1388s | be game one right here |
| 1390s | yeah that's what happens when you have |
| 1391s | the patrons when you have not enough |
| 1393s | damage maria had exactly what he needed |
| 1395s | with that coin and the whirlwind effect |
| 1398s | double whirlwind in fact with the death |
| 1399s | spite i'm a little unsure how much |
| 1401s | exactly that is but it should be plenty |
| 1404s | with nine minions on the board like |
| 1406s | right now |
| 1407s | it's welding effect this uh effectively |
| 1410s | 18 damage ah the trash talk is real more |
| 1414s | the audience is loving it yeah i feel |
| 1416s | like there should be more trash talking |
| 1420s | we are kind of missing out here he said |
| 1422s | he's going going to crush dice and he is |
| 1425s | doing exactly that the frothings are |
| 1426s | still getting the attack here it's not |
| 1429s | exactly |
| 1431s | it's a little bit more i think it's 19 |
| 1433s | 19. it's 19 each right okay so it's too |
| 1435s | overkill i believe |
| 1437s | but yeah it is enough so game one going |
| 1439s | to my area |
| 1442s | now we just enjoy the animations |
| 1445s | might take a while |
| 1446s | what do we have all day each is 19 |
| 1449s | damage 90 damage so it's wow all right |
| 1452s | maria's taking game number one versus |
| 1454s | dice |
| 1456s | one step closer to taking the european |
| 1458s | championship cycle |
| 1460s | that's a really huge thing for naria i |
| 1462s | mean |
| 1464s | tais is my teammate but he is the player |
| 1466s | that accomplished a lot and i kind of |
| 1468s | feel from there he's he's lacking the |
| 1470s | title he's really eager to win here |
| 1473s | absolutely um |
| 1475s | can you take me for the for the game was |
| 1476s | there anything else that zeiss could |
| 1478s | have done um |
| 1479s | or was he was he locked with his place |
| 1481s | and was was there a need to uh explode |
| 1484s | with the patrons in that turn i hope |
| 1485s | there is no worse song i didn't see any |
| 1487s | mistakes from ties to be honest there's |
| 1489s | no way you can account for that double |
| 1491s | exact those cards |
| 1493s | um i don't know if you remember that |
| 1494s | maria still had the coin but even then |
| 1497s | it required those but particular four |
| 1500s | cards in his hand including those two |
| 1502s | floating berserkers that you cannot |
| 1503s | replace so |
| 1504s | everyone i can't really like say that i |
| 1506s | should have played around that yeah sure |
| 1508s | well he played the best he could in that |
| 1510s | situation with the cards that he was |
| 1511s | dealt and uh now with the page unlocked |
| 1514s | for an area that still has all three |
| 1516s | decks uh available aloha what do you |
| 1518s | think the naira is going to pick for the |
| 1519s | next match |
| 1521s | um i think he will pick the warlock |
| 1523s | because the warlock is really great |
| 1524s | against uh ty's handlock and he wants to |
| 1527s | find that |
| 1528s | um find that uh match up as soon as |
| 1531s | possible and still the warlock is great |
| 1533s | against uh warriors tyson's warrior in |
| 1536s | theory because we know that ties and |
| 1538s | life coach were tweaking the deck so i |
| 1541s | guess maria would like to start with |
| 1542s | that because otherwise ties might just |
| 1544s | run off with his warlock deck that was a |
| 1547s | big win for nyria not only go on zero |
| 1549s | but he went with the warrior because the |
| 1550s | warrior was the one deck that kind of |
| 1552s | had a bad matchup potentially against |
| 1553s | the hand look with the two remaining |
| 1555s | decks that he has now being the handler |
| 1556s | and the druid doesn't there's not that |
| 1558s | bad of a match-up so |
| 1560s | nyrea could just queue up either one and |
| 1562s | should be fine regardless of what dice |
| 1563s | goes with absolutely there was also uh |
| 1565s | the counter card entices deck because on |
| 1567s | paper ty's had an advantage with the |
| 1569s | brawl in the deck specifically for the |
| 1572s | mirror all right all right guys game |
| 1574s | number two is starting area versus dice |
| 1575s | druid versus patron wow that's quite a |
| 1578s | hand from nyria wild growth and harrison |
| 1580s | jones i would say that's that's amazing |
| 1583s | game game defining |
| 1586s | yeah and |
| 1587s | lothar take us through this why is the |
| 1589s | white girlfriend harrison so good versus |
| 1590s | patron |
| 1591s | well the wild grove is always good in |
| 1593s | opening hand uh regardless of a matchup |
| 1595s | but the harrison jones is something that |
| 1597s | you really want because |
| 1598s | it's first of all it denies your |
| 1600s | opponent a win condition being the death |
| 1602s | spider because that's one of the |
| 1604s | most important cards in patron deck |
| 1607s | while it still gives the druid player |
| 1610s | tempo because you use a card you get a |
| 1612s | border advantage you destroy a card from |
| 1614s | your point and at the same time you gain |
| 1616s | card advantage by drawing uh |
| 1618s | additionally so it's it's like a freeing |
| 1620s | one when you think about cards and joins |
| 1621s | this would be something that you want to |
| 1622s | accomplish with any card so it fits |
| 1625s | perfectly in every single situation but |
| 1627s | only if your opponent is playing a |
| 1630s | weapon class right it's not looking |
| 1632s | duper advertised either he does have the |
| 1633s | throating and the death spite even a |
| 1635s | potentially could play an acolyte here |
| 1637s | so if your ties you're kind of happy |
| 1639s | with your hand not happy seeing that |
| 1641s | wild clothes come out from nyria but |
| 1643s | still it's not a bad hand at all so |
| 1645s | savings you you like to play this |
| 1646s | matchup from the warriors perspective |
| 1648s | and looking at tyson's hand what are the |
| 1649s | cards he is looking for well |
| 1651s | once again same thing as i the in the |
| 1653s | previous match up you do want to go for |
| 1655s | those green patrons as fast as you can |
| 1657s | you want to make four of them through it |
| 1659s | really struggles dealing with those |
| 1661s | the aoe of druid being that's why not so |
| 1664s | good against phaedra is just going going |
| 1666s | to make more of them |
| 1668s | that's very true and uh for thais |
| 1670s | unfortunately he's just being next to |
| 1672s | him his stepson will be denied so that |
| 1674s | he will have no option even if he will |
| 1676s | double at an innovation for the growing |
| 1678s | patron to them so that's that is |
| 1680s | that will delay his plan by at least two |
| 1683s | terms all right that harrison jones |
| 1685s | being really strong as author mentioned |
| 1687s | uh drawing pilot of the trailer for |
| 1688s | nigeria oh look at that oh man yeah that |
| 1691s | if death spike would be there |
| 1693s | john's actually changed the game yeah |
| 1695s | that might have been game right there |
| 1696s | and no way for nike to clear that but as |
| 1698s | it is an area did have that harrison so |
| 1701s | the despite got dealt with despite being |
| 1703s | one of the most important cards for for |
| 1705s | the warrior in this matchup this is a |
| 1706s | great story this only shows like how a |
| 1708s | single card can change who is going to |
| 1711s | become the european champion |
| 1713s | well still far away from that yeah this |
| 1716s | will work away from from that to going |
| 1718s | to have some more matches but |
| 1720s | yeah definitely helps and that's |
| 1722s | imperative for themselves what more can |
| 1724s | you hope for |
| 1725s | definitely not only that but rice |
| 1727s | doesn't have any way to deal with it as |
| 1728s | it is that's terrible so this might be |
| 1731s | two terms of emperor effect from area so |
| 1733s | he's looking for executes |
| 1736s | i mean there are some matchups where you |
| 1737s | can just leave the emperor on board |
| 1739s | because it's not so important to just |
| 1741s | you know deal with it after the first |
| 1743s | stick because most of the cars in your |
| 1744s | opponent deck are kind of low posted |
| 1746s | right |
| 1749s | i was expecting them but i think the |
| 1751s | emperor would have worked out a lot |
| 1752s | better with no minions on the side of |
| 1755s | port i think that might have been a and |
| 1757s | without that spider already yeah no |
| 1759s | weapon equipped either one dead spite |
| 1760s | already gone he might have been |
| 1762s | expecting something like maybe shield |
| 1763s | some from from thais i don't think twice |
| 1765s | is actually playing that at all but |
| 1767s | if yeah he used child slam the ten |
| 1768s | before all right i mean the shield yeah |
| 1771s | i mean uh another shield son |
| 1773s | was on nyria's side so i think taiz |
| 1775s | doesn't have the shields now |
| 1777s | yeah what was possible maybe that he was |
| 1780s | expecting patrons that's why he wanted |
| 1782s | to have minions on board so that's |
| 1784s | possible if thais plays peyton in a rage |
| 1786s | whirlwind |
| 1788s | he wants to have something to counter |
| 1789s | that and with thorison even though his |
| 1790s | hands get head gets better he can't deal |
| 1793s | with the patron board yeah well here's |
| 1794s | the engine of war yeah which is a huge |
| 1797s | deal but we didn't know with no minions |
| 1799s | on the border the only way that is to |
| 1801s | really effectively deal with the emperor |
| 1802s | would have been with an execute but if |
| 1804s | there was an execute on the emperor that |
| 1805s | would mean that there it would be |
| 1807s | unlikely that there's another one for |
| 1809s | the age of the war |
| 1812s | but nothing too bad i mean we are still |
| 1814s | in great shape and that ember it will be |
| 1816s | good later on yeah and this is exactly |
| 1818s | what you want as a druid player you want |
| 1820s | to have the board and you want to |
| 1821s | pressure paigeen and you want to give |
| 1823s | yourself a chance to finish the game |
| 1824s | with savager |
| 1826s | is this the brawl yeah i don't think so |
| 1828s | the warrior has |
| 1830s | we see that there's a still uh shield |
| 1832s | block in the hand |
| 1833s | uh so if thais will just play will drag |
| 1836s | out the game but will not telegraph a |
| 1838s | brawl so let's say he'll just play |
| 1840s | something on the board and just play |
| 1841s | time he might have saved the role but |
| 1844s | you know it's a matter of preference and |
| 1847s | that would damage if the |
| 1856s | and he can kill the free too without any |
| 1858s | problems wow oh look at that that's just |
| 1861s | insane that was the perfect roll |
| 1864s | how good is brawl turns out it's pretty |
| 1866s | good |
| 1867s | pretty damn good |
| 1869s | and now the game changed um the rear can |
| 1872s | play doctor boom it's a great board but |
| 1875s | it seemed like without the brawl it |
| 1876s | would be so hard to go through all those |
| 1878s | minions he's just looking so |
| 1879s | criminalized not having an answer to the |
| 1882s | attention of war also struggling to deal |
| 1884s | with other two minions and just like |
| 1886s | that with one card he turns their arm |
| 1888s | but he's not he didn't win the game yet |
| 1891s | and he doesn't have an execute for that |
| 1893s | just yet oh he's going for the patrons |
| 1897s | wow that's really |
| 1898s | really courageous maybe he feels after |
| 1901s | that brother hey maybe i will get lucky |
| 1903s | and actually the bombs will spawn but |
| 1905s | this is risky it is risky but high risk |
| 1908s | reward |
| 1909s | i bet his courage skill look oh no |
| 1913s | what happened what happened this is |
| 1914s | shaking it's a this is a new patron |
| 1916s | maybe donald trump is still green oh six |
| 1918s | out of five |
| 1926s | wow well it's not out of the woods yet |
| 1929s | because oh he can't unfortunately |
| 1930s | because that 5-2 patron was dealt with |
| 1933s | with the bomb there's no option to kill |
| 1935s | the doctor boom and that was five too |
| 1937s | many was crucial to these plans i think |
| 1940s | maybe there was a slight miss that would |
| 1942s | not attack me with the fight to first |
| 1943s | deduct the bomb if that was really his |
| 1945s | plan oh yeah to clear the board i |
| 1947s | actually kind of liked it because it it |
| 1948s | the only thing that you would keep it |
| 1950s | for was if a boom but was to hit it for |
| 1952s | one yeah |
| 1953s | three out of four or bad results exactly |
| 1956s | but there is also a chance that the |
| 1957s | boombot can hit the new page and kill it |
| 1960s | and then your turn stops with this at |
| 1962s | least he is having a board and that word |
| 1964s | is hard to deal with from nary's |
| 1966s | perspective yeah i suppose that is also |
| 1968s | true there's a lot to consider and you |
| 1969s | can never really know what's going to |
| 1971s | happen when those boomers are out there |
| 1973s | so what do you think about naira's |
| 1975s | position right now he can't really deal |
| 1977s | with the with the patrons he can kill |
| 1978s | two of them but uh with this double |
| 1980s | savager he might actually choose to be |
| 1981s | aggressive there's not much navy i can |
| 1983s | do with this board there are just two |
| 1985s | options either kill the warzone |
| 1987s | commander or just go face because the |
| 1989s | warsong commander is wow is it trigger |
| 1992s | and that's the game right |
| 1994s | there's no word yet but uh that's should |
| 1997s | be it it's nine plus eight |
| 1999s | you can also slam one yeah that's one |
| 2002s | slam adds four damage because that adds |
| 2004s | one damage from the volume berserker and |
| 2006s | gains additional patrons right so that's |
| 2008s | true that's game that is a little |
| 2010s | there's enough zeiss is going to tie it |
| 2012s | up and we are done with these warriors |
| 2014s | oh my god even though there is this |
| 2015s | heist jones that killed the |
| 2017s | death spider on the back of the brawl |
| 2019s | and then those patrons he's able to seal |
| 2021s | the game and uh tie the series |
| 2023s | well yep that was quick |
| 2027s | yeah and that the mvp was brawl here and |
| 2029s | the numbers invented oh yeah the brawl |
| 2031s | was absolutely amazing what if the |
| 2032s | ancient war won that world well that |
| 2034s | would be awkward the game was saying the |
| 2036s | least you know |
| 2038s | so if you execute there was no chance of |
| 2040s | dealing with that movie that's true |
| 2042s | that's true i can't help but wonder how |
| 2044s | the game would have looked like the area |
| 2045s | was to just go for the emperor tourism |
| 2047s | on them six what would have happened he |
| 2049s | was maybe uh too safe when when |
| 2052s | with his play he was afraid of something |
| 2054s | and with torrison uh he would have much |
| 2056s | better plays but then there was that |
| 2057s | role still so maybe oh yeah the bro |
| 2059s | would land and if the result would be |
| 2061s | the same yeah then you know ties will be |
| 2062s | ahead and then the page and turn yeah |
| 2065s | that brawl they're taking out the one |
| 2066s | card that we usually don't see and it |
| 2068s | works out so well i mean i always feel |
| 2070s | ha feel happy for the players when they |
| 2071s | do something that's different and it |
| 2073s | works out we talked about a lot to |
| 2074s | afford about it that dna scene is always |
| 2077s | using brawls lately in |
| 2079s | patreon warriors and mostly because |
| 2082s | yeah well patreon is |
| 2084s | relevant on the ladder and handlock has |
| 2086s | made an occurrence and it's almost in |
| 2089s | every single lineup right now so brawl |
| 2091s | is great against two matchups yeah and |
| 2093s | that's |
| 2094s | that's that's that's the reason |
| 2096s | i've also heard the same thing but in |
| 2097s | the european scene and on the european |
| 2099s | ladder you hardly ever see it i never |
| 2100s | play around brawl |
| 2107s | but brawl is out uh warrior is sealed |
| 2109s | for both players or they are not going |
| 2111s | to use it and right now we are advancing |
| 2113s | into druid druid |
| 2114s | or handlock it both players are playing |
| 2117s | a mid-range druid are there any |
| 2118s | differences that you guys remember in |
| 2120s | those druid lists the druid list looked |
| 2122s | fairly similar what's an area running |
| 2124s | ancient of wars i can't quite remember |
| 2126s | since we've seen quite this in so many |
| 2127s | years he had one engine |
| 2130s | okay that could be the case double combo |
| 2132s | for both players some aspirants there is |
| 2134s | running as pirates for sure guys maybe |
| 2136s | one maybe two there were more |
| 2137s | differences in that in the warlock list |
| 2139s | i remember that thais was for example he |
| 2140s | was running double hellfire |
| 2142s | uh navy sonic double big game hunter |
| 2145s | so um in that matchup if those warlocks |
| 2148s | are playing against each other naria is |
| 2149s | definitely the favorite but both players |
| 2151s | are playing the demon headlock oh yeah |
| 2153s | yeah that's right only pavel was playing |
| 2155s | the classic handlock with without the |
| 2157s | void callers mal guyanas but he was |
| 2159s | playing jaraxxus so he had one demon |
| 2162s | when we saw the warlocks really |
| 2165s | was one of the most popular |
| 2167s | classes like let's say half a year ago |
| 2169s | almost everyone was trying to shuttle |
| 2171s | flames just to be better in mirror |
| 2172s | matches and i really |
| 2174s | look forward to |
| 2176s | have that um that modification |
| 2178s | in the future |
| 2180s | yeah i mean shadowflame is a really |
| 2181s | powerful card but it's also a little bit |
| 2183s | situational and uh in the meta right now |
| 2185s | you i'm not sure if it's correct to play |
| 2187s | too but definitely if that if things |
| 2189s | change a little |
| 2190s | it's uh it's a car that you always have |
| 2191s | to consider and these startings oh my |
| 2194s | goodness look at this hand well that's |
| 2196s | those minions it's not good it's awful |
| 2199s | like he has two seven minions one deck |
| 2201s | card that's five mana also and the roar |
| 2204s | the roar is one of the cards that you |
| 2206s | want to troll yeah last it's one of the |
| 2208s | best fans we've seen i would say i i |
| 2210s | can't say it's the worst hand we've seen |
| 2212s | because we've seen oscar hand versus oh |
| 2214s | yeah |
| 2215s | has this power to influence influence |
| 2217s | his opponent's hand when he's playing |
| 2218s | druid but ridgewood mirror well we've |
| 2220s | talked about it in the in the past a |
| 2222s | couple of times so it's dependent on |
| 2224s | wild girls and openings right now both |
| 2226s | players they didn't get |
| 2227s | why gross yeah narea has one with the |
| 2229s | innervate so he's going to have to get a |
| 2231s | better start yeah as bad as tyson's hand |
| 2233s | is narias isn't that spectacular either |
| 2236s | let's see if he picks up aspirant or |
| 2238s | maybe that wild girl from the top that |
| 2240s | would help a lot |
| 2241s | so lothar do you think this is the |
| 2242s | situation where bore players have uh |
| 2244s | semi bad hands which will make the game |
| 2247s | even more skill intensive |
| 2249s | uh in this situation their years has the |
| 2251s | innervate and their innervate can change |
| 2253s | a lot because it can |
| 2255s | basically translate to |
| 2257s | 4 8 12 damage if you spit out the minion |
| 2261s | really really fast but |
| 2262s | we see that and area wants to curve out |
| 2265s | better so he wants to point out |
| 2267s | pilot each other next to so he can an |
| 2270s | example |
| 2271s | drop a six uh a six-man minion on top |
| 2273s | four or just the engine of low on tune |
| 2275s | five |
| 2276s | all right ty's finally finding something |
| 2278s | to play informative aspire and he would |
| 2280s | love to have it on turn two but still |
| 2282s | it's a decent pick up for turn 3. now it |
| 2284s | will be awkward to kill with the swipe |
| 2286s | you still want to go with the shredder |
| 2287s | because it contested but you know that |
| 2289s | there is something uh |
| 2290s | for five mana coming from thais if the |
| 2292s | area saw the hands he would point out |
| 2294s | the swipe for sure you know |
| 2296s | there's a such a high like ability that |
| 2298s | dice is not going to have a play for |
| 2300s | turn five but if you nairiya you don't |
| 2302s | think that the swipe is necessarily all |
| 2304s | that good because taizo could also have |
| 2306s | something like a pilot that shredder and |
| 2308s | it's important to match up druid versus |
| 2309s | gereto to grab the tempo advantage as |
| 2311s | soon as possible because it's hard to |
| 2312s | come back if one druid is just attacking |
| 2315s | phase with the minions and the other has |
| 2316s | to kill those minions absolutely and |
| 2318s | quick turn from thais here |
| 2320s | wants to protect that aspirant and the |
| 2322s | 46 is excellent for that job |
| 2324s | when you think about using this pal |
| 2326s | instead of a minion you have to think |
| 2328s | what would you what would you do what |
| 2330s | would what would your minion do next |
| 2333s | turn if you would play it instead of the |
| 2334s | swipe and in this situation you deal |
| 2336s | twice the damage because the pilot |
| 2338s | trailer would will be able to attack and |
| 2340s | you will still be able to play the swipe |
| 2342s | so it's important to have the you know |
| 2344s | just the ability to see what will be the |
| 2346s | outcome of the next |
| 2347s | one two turns absolutely true |
| 2350s | force of nature is really good choice |
| 2351s | here from diarrhea he will be able to |
| 2353s | clear the board and then lock the mana |
| 2355s | crystals for ties because it's a great |
| 2357s | question that he's asking you just play |
| 2359s | druid of the claw which is one of the |
| 2360s | best fighters you can have do you have |
| 2361s | another fight draw and it also stops uh |
| 2364s | oh wow |
| 2366s | he does have another five drop ideas |
| 2368s | something even better with athena but |
| 2369s | he'll be able to get the doctor boom out |
| 2371s | here on turn five if he wants to |
| 2373s | i think it's not the bad choice but at |
| 2375s | the same time there's the pelted |
| 2376s | shredder with a with a swipe and then |
| 2379s | the sleeves yeah |
| 2380s | while it's sweater if the |
| 2382s | but on the other hand |
| 2384s | the rio will be a five mana so swipe is |
| 2386s | not exactly that stream turn for five |
| 2389s | when you think about the lesson i would |
| 2390s | just wanted to point it out because |
| 2391s | that's like a trademark for druid he |
| 2394s | sacrificed card advantage for tempo when |
| 2397s | you can board a board advantage still |
| 2400s | because you use two cards wow those and |
| 2402s | laws of nature oh my goodness |
| 2406s | yeah the one damage to phase one on the |
| 2408s | crocodile that was excellent from the |
| 2409s | area that was excellent for nyrea but |
| 2411s | thais is the one who's getting advantage |
| 2413s | right now with the engine of floor he's |
| 2414s | not only going to draw some cars but has |
| 2416s | a big five five so naira will be behind |
| 2420s | somebody gets |
| 2422s | i'm just wondering what was the reason |
| 2424s | for the excessive cheer right now that's |
| 2427s | an amazing edge of war if you look at it |
| 2429s | okay |
| 2431s | maybe just the one mana |
| 2432s | that was not used was a brave mana here |
| 2442s | all right |
| 2443s | so uh from maria's perspective what do |
| 2445s | you guys think what's the best play |
| 2446s | right now uh sylvanas |
| 2449s | uh sylvanas is |
| 2450s | it seems pretty bad here it's the red |
| 2453s | circle is going to be completely wasted |
| 2456s | but what does he |
| 2457s | do if he chooses to play something else |
| 2459s | the tweet of the claw doesn't seem all |
| 2461s | that good as a trick it's only a 4-4 and |
| 2463s | the opponent has a five-five on the |
| 2465s | board would die to swipe easily |
| 2467s | it's a tough turn for sure |
| 2469s | well you know you want to play engine |
| 2470s | floor next turn so just um playing the |
| 2472s | 460 stop the five five you all you might |
| 2475s | have the hero power |
| 2476s | uh on turn seven maybe on turn several |
| 2478s | he'll play azure drake and would the |
| 2479s | hero power finish the five five that's |
| 2481s | why he went for the first six right now |
| 2483s | blue shade from the top that could |
| 2485s | potentially let thais play the shade and |
| 2487s | the shredder but she would be quite a |
| 2489s | powerful turn but if he does that he |
| 2491s | cannot take out the treat of the claw |
| 2492s | maybe just hero power the four six |
| 2494s | attack of the five five and play a pilot |
| 2496s | shredder like for sure he wants to gain |
| 2498s | some advantage here |
| 2499s | oh savager is uh his good chase as well |
| 2502s | he'll be able to kill the 46 and still |
| 2504s | play the shredder yeah that's quite |
| 2505s | efficient |
| 2506s | and he just saw one swipe so there's a |
| 2509s | little chance of having different ways |
| 2510s | to clear the board which pushes neria to |
| 2513s | use two mana for his gear power to deal |
| 2515s | with the five one minion or use a wrath |
| 2518s | uh well and that was a situation when |
| 2520s | the rebel would have been much better |
| 2523s | than any other situation in the world so |
| 2525s | he's now sure that there's no ref in the |
| 2527s | rear so that's that's actually a great |
| 2528s | point because you really want to force |
| 2529s | druid to use the hero power on turn |
| 2531s | seven seven is mostly the engine of war |
| 2533s | turn so you are forcing naria to not |
| 2535s | play engine on floor and if you like the |
| 2537s | engine of the floor here would be |
| 2538s | terrible just play it you draw cars but |
| 2540s | it does this oh yeah it's just training |
| 2542s | it for that buy one |
| 2543s | goes for the sylvanas windrunner that is |
| 2546s | i mean that would be tough for thais to |
| 2548s | deal with unless he |
| 2549s | he didn't have that keeper of the crow |
| 2551s | which is absolutely perfect here and |
| 2553s | with his remaining four mana he will |
| 2554s | even be able to play out the shade oh |
| 2556s | man the national floor did so much this |
| 2558s | game and right now ty's turned around |
| 2560s | the game even though he had this |
| 2562s | awful opening with no rough elements it |
| 2565s | was really rough but right now uh thais |
| 2567s | is way ahead that i feel like this was |
| 2569s | the moment where our thighs pulled |
| 2570s | really far ahead in the game |
| 2573s | and also wanted to point out that this |
| 2574s | palette shutter isn't perfect perfect |
| 2576s | placement |
| 2577s | oh yeah absolutely for those flame blank |
| 2579s | totems or direwolf |
| 2582s | there's a chance of dropping a minion |
| 2583s | that that affects both minions all on |
| 2586s | the sides yeah like they will valve all |
| 2588s | flamethrower totem yeah niria with that |
| 2590s | swipe pickup he also has the azure drake |
| 2592s | and he will be able to spill power swipe |
| 2594s | but |
| 2596s | it's not that efficient right now double |
| 2598s | rev doesn't seem to be that bad |
| 2600s | especially when you have a five mana |
| 2602s | minion or foam and a pound of sugar i |
| 2604s | think he's gonna just play the shredder |
| 2606s | and uh trade for that uh lore yeah |
| 2608s | that's uh absolutely correct there's |
| 2610s | nothing that can do with uh such a big |
| 2612s | board |
| 2615s | good mana store |
| 2617s | the best minion out of piles of other |
| 2619s | appeared in the grand final of european |
| 2622s | championships yeah you just turned your |
| 2623s | 4-3 into a 4-4 and kill the minion as |
| 2626s | well sounds like a really good secret |
| 2628s | from paladin |
| 2630s | wow that is incredible and naria's |
| 2632s | options are very limited here |
| 2635s | is there anything he can do to survive |
| 2637s | like maybe a swipe keeper combination he |
| 2639s | can survive because ice doesn't have any |
| 2641s | damage in his hand as it is |
| 2643s | but that's all he can do he can survive |
| 2646s | turning this around getting back into |
| 2647s | the game that's another thing how |
| 2649s | important is it to kill fluorescent |
| 2650s | though |
| 2652s | is it i don't think it did i don't think |
| 2654s | it's that important i think you're just |
| 2655s | more worried about the shade and the |
| 2657s | milhouse something like a swipe and a |
| 2660s | keeper would let him kill two minions i |
| 2663s | think that's what he's gonna go for so |
| 2665s | low on hp |
| 2666s | he knows he's far behind |
| 2669s | i like leaving up the ember here i'm |
| 2670s | just hoping that the the remaining hand |
| 2672s | from the ice is bad |
| 2675s | that's basically six damage so let's say |
| 2677s | it's a like a fireball draw it has 14 |
| 2680s | damage total right now seven on board |
| 2681s | and seven in hand you can rap for |
| 2683s | savager i think he brought for one you |
| 2685s | know he used one already uh before but |
| 2687s | if he gets it right now |
| 2694s | so you can play two minions that have |
| 2695s | nine nine power on the board so you can |
| 2697s | set up for evil next turn yeah i just |
| 2699s | played the minions what can really go |
| 2701s | wrong if he's feeling like he wants to |
| 2703s | play it super safe |
| 2704s | he might clear off the |
| 2707s | keeper and the double combo would would |
| 2709s | kill him yes but there was already one |
| 2711s | innervate to use and one source of |
| 2712s | nature i think there is no problem i |
| 2714s | mean it seems extremely unlikely that he |
| 2716s | is also so far ahead that i wouldn't be |
| 2718s | too surprised and he does clear it yeah |
| 2720s | himself with 23 not gonna take any |
| 2722s | chances at all that's a good choice um |
| 2724s | clear board no way to dying he's not |
| 2725s | playing around a mind control attack but |
| 2728s | it's not like mike is being played this |
| 2730s | might be the time for nehri to go for |
| 2732s | shredder and it better not be another |
| 2733s | milhouse monastery he gets the savagery |
| 2735s | so this gives him a possibility to |
| 2737s | actually um kill some of those minions |
| 2739s | in these but he's not clear with that |
| 2740s | yeah |
| 2741s | situation |
| 2742s | and now let's see if thais will be |
| 2744s | missing the crucial damage almost a |
| 2746s | clear |
| 2747s | well it's actually not going to be |
| 2748s | enough |
| 2750s | time it still needs to be a doomsayer |
| 2751s | zeiss has 10 damage in his hand he will |
| 2753s | also be able to hero power oh that's not |
| 2756s | going to attack her not usual but it's |
| 2757s | still going to be the exact |
| 2760s | 11 damage from the hand all right so |
| 2762s | ty's on the back of force nature's swipe |
| 2764s | and hero power can steal this game right |
| 2766s | now he sees it and he goes for it |
| 2769s | and this means that thais is going to |
| 2770s | take game number three versus nyria and |
| 2773s | get a lead in this race |
| 2775s | who is going to become the european |
| 2777s | champion wow |
| 2780s | what a mirror match |
| 2782s | what a turnaround that was a roller |
| 2783s | coaster of emotions |
| 2785s | both players had not that great opening |
| 2787s | hands but |
| 2789s | the innervates made a lot of work |
| 2791s | that's for sure |
| 2793s | yeah i remember i turned five i was in |
| 2794s | the middle of explaining how good the |
| 2796s | situation is for gnaria and then we saw |
| 2797s | innervate for dice and suddenly dr boone |
| 2799s | changed everything yeah well you know it |
| 2801s | was a fast forward two turns ahead for |
| 2803s | ties |
| 2804s | so |
| 2805s | yeah sometimes luxor boom does change |
| 2807s | everything i mean this situation the |
| 2808s | boombots weren't all that good dealing |
| 2810s | only that one with the crocodile dealing |
| 2812s | one two phase but still it's a big |
| 2814s | minion seven seven |
| 2815s | but we have to remember that the boombox |
| 2817s | are not exactly all about the result |
| 2820s | of the from them but it's all about the |
| 2822s | threat that they present oh yeah because |
| 2824s | you have to change your way of play of |
| 2826s | um just the plan you have to play around |
| 2830s | uh the possible |
| 2831s | just for damage and minions so you can |
| 2833s | just lose board control instantly right |
| 2834s | so turn five was not where he wanted to |
| 2836s | swipe but he had to because of the spoon |
| 2838s | bits i really like the situation where |
| 2840s | um dice decided to salvage roar early so |
| 2842s | that he was able to kill druid of the |
| 2844s | claw with vengeance lore and then with |
| 2846s | the hero power well with the hero |
| 2847s | actually attacked uh kill the crocolisk |
| 2849s | so not only clearing the board having |
| 2851s | that 5-1 and actually forcing maria to |
| 2853s | play that sylvanas on that specific turn |
| 2855s | and not ancient of lauren of his uh on |
| 2858s | his side yeah definitely a good call |
| 2860s | they're very efficient way to take the |
| 2862s | boat all right so right now uh tyson's |
| 2864s | left with demon warlock and what do you |
| 2866s | think maria is going to bring he has |
| 2868s | still his own demon warlock and his |
| 2869s | druid i mean it doesn't really matter |
| 2871s | which one he choose to play first the |
| 2873s | hand looks of his own should be a better |
| 2875s | matchup so if he wants to |
| 2877s | once do they try to put it to make its |
| 2880s | game five i think he will go with the |
| 2881s | hand look to drag it out yeah if he |
| 2884s | wants to drag it out sorry who wants to |
| 2885s | just like uh see take the worst match up |
| 2888s | first and it's completely fine too |
| 2889s | lothar |
| 2890s | can we say that even though thais has a |
| 2893s | lead he's uh winning two to one that |
| 2896s | naira still has a better situation yeah |
| 2898s | that's the beauty of conquest even if |
| 2900s | you're winning there's a threat that you |
| 2903s | can still have a bad matchup in both |
| 2905s | games and then now it can be just |
| 2907s | reverse swiped by uh |
| 2909s | just a simple lineup that punishes your |
| 2911s | weakest link and the warlock might be |
| 2913s | the the weakest thing but at the same |
| 2915s | time we know that it's not like a 70 30 |
| 2918s | matchups in both situations |
| 2920s | the warlock still can prevail uh druid |
| 2922s | can draw badly as we saw like this in |
| 2924s | those matches or can just |
| 2927s | be missing out on become hunters on |
| 2929s | keeper that grows to deal with the early |
| 2930s | threats from the warlock so it's not |
| 2934s | it's not yet |
| 2936s | it's not yet an end for both of the |
| 2938s | players here absolutely it's not |
| 2939s | confirmed yet but overall druid has an |
| 2941s | okay match up versus uh demon headlock |
| 2943s | yeah and then nyria's demon headlock is |
| 2945s | tweaked to actually kill demon headlight |
| 2946s | as well yep |
| 2948s | all right so the players are going to |
| 2950s | start in just a moment we're going |
| 2952s | straight into game number four and irea |
| 2954s | versus ties |
| 2955s | this is um |
| 2957s | european championship and we are going |
| 2958s | to crown european champion it's a match |
| 2961s | point it's a match point yeah if dice |
| 2962s | wins this he is the european champion |
| 2964s | but uh it's actually far away still |
| 2967s | yep let's look at this starting hand the |
| 2969s | area gets to go first in this this |
| 2971s | matchup it's much better to go first |
| 2973s | than to go second that coin sometimes is |
| 2975s | a little bit weird you have to play play |
| 2977s | a minion before turn four |
| 2979s | you cannot just go tap on turn two and |
| 2981s | three because because you would have a |
| 2983s | full hand so what are you looking for |
| 2985s | early game you want threats you want as |
| 2987s | many threats as possible also that |
| 2989s | beacon hunter and an iron big owl those |
| 2991s | are very good so right now it's going to |
| 2993s | be |
| 2994s | or it should be and it normally is a |
| 2996s | back and forth game where one player is |
| 2998s | playing threats and the other one is |
| 3000s | responding to that |
| 3001s | oh look at that naria has already tacked |
| 3004s | out two big game hunters in his opening |
| 3006s | hand which basically deal with the |
| 3009s | doctor boom and mountain giant from |
| 3011s | tights that's pretty good and he also |
| 3012s | has a twilight trick twice does have the |
| 3015s | answer to that in form of the owl but |
| 3017s | it's still a good card to have early on |
| 3019s | but he's lacking the mortal coil to |
| 3020s | finish off the that is |
| 3022s | that's a huge deal still lives up to |
| 3024s | four one i love it and uh freud |
| 3026s | mentioned that he's that this is his |
| 3028s | favorite matchup i think this is one of |
| 3029s | my favorite matchups as well where |
| 3030s | there's action reaction from both |
| 3032s | players so we are going to see back and |
| 3033s | forth if we see back and forth till |
| 3036s | let's say turn eight to nine what is |
| 3037s | going to decide who is going to win |
| 3040s | is there like a specific card the shadow |
| 3041s | flame dragster shadow flame is always a |
| 3043s | big turning point if if one of the |
| 3045s | players is able to land a land a good |
| 3047s | shadow flame that can be a big deal also |
| 3049s | whoever gets to play the malden giants |
| 3051s | first is first is quite often the |
| 3053s | favorite it helps a lot you have those |
| 3055s | additional threats so the player which |
| 3058s | is dealt the most damage is actually |
| 3060s | another yeah in an advantage so if you |
| 3063s | see a situation in this match where one |
| 3065s | of the players is choosing not to attack |
| 3066s | the opponent that's not because they |
| 3068s | didn't know the sword because they |
| 3069s | forgot to attack it's because of those |
| 3071s | molten giants oh man there's jaraxxus |
| 3074s | already uh is it good though because you |
| 3076s | do want to have traxxas at the end of |
| 3078s | the game to prepare even more threats uh |
| 3080s | with infernals right now nyria knows |
| 3082s | that there will be no way that draxus is |
| 3084s | getting spawned but it is a threatened |
| 3085s | board i mean it looks good to me it |
| 3087s | looks very good to me also like how do |
| 3089s | you deal with that |
| 3090s | that has 15 health points you have no |
| 3093s | means of killing it instantly with our |
| 3095s | like a siphon soul we only saw pavel |
| 3098s | running the card in this tournament and |
| 3100s | if this gets toned up |
| 3102s | yeah it's so it's very hard to deal with |
| 3104s | the normal answers to that would be the |
| 3106s | cycle soul and sylvanas windrunner but |
| 3108s | narriest version of demon handling is |
| 3110s | running in either one so there is no car |
| 3112s | that would really kill it off easily so |
| 3114s | he will just have to deal 50 damage to |
| 3116s | it yeah but he under this with maybe an |
| 3118s | 88 he hit it twice it's not impossible |
| 3120s | to feel it it's also only only three |
| 3122s | power so it's not that big of a threat |
| 3124s | it's not gonna kill you very fast |
| 3127s | and this is also the turn when tyson is |
| 3128s | thinking do i even deal the damage |
| 3131s | because there's there's a lot of cars |
| 3133s | that can deal with them to do attacks |
| 3135s | itself so like hellfire |
| 3141s | coming in from the area they are doing |
| 3142s | the thank you as if he had a molten sand |
| 3144s | in his hand we know better there is no |
| 3146s | molten giant just yet but just trying to |
| 3148s | give |
| 3149s | size a little bit of like |
| 3151s | false information i suppose we are |
| 3153s | preparing the taunt wall uh with those |
| 3155s | ancient watchers but uh we can already |
| 3157s | see how good drugs is because dealing |
| 3158s | with the 4-2 is trying to grab the |
| 3162s | word presence early neria has an option |
| 3164s | to deal with the emperor because one of |
| 3166s | one of them is just a silence the fire |
| 3168s | fight order one is to silence one of the |
| 3170s | ancient watchers then pound it up with |
| 3172s | defender over argos which is actually |
| 3174s | what maria is doing right now he has to |
| 3176s | deal it there's no way you can leave up |
| 3178s | an emperor for |
| 3188s | yeah |
| 3189s | he might go for it but doesn't he's |
| 3191s | running into some issues here and then |
| 3192s | because then area would be pushed down |
| 3194s | to 18 hp |
| 3197s | and he will have that eight mana so |
| 3198s | molten giants might start coming out i |
| 3200s | think it might have been a small mistake |
| 3201s | from uh |
| 3202s | from thais i like i actually like |
| 3205s | uh because with dr you've seen one big |
| 3207s | game hunter so you hope there is no a |
| 3210s | second not the second one and when you |
| 3211s | coil you deal with the biggest threats |
| 3213s | and doctor boom is uh a big fan on your |
| 3216s | side yeah i kind of like that |
| 3218s | and it's also if there's a big second |
| 3220s | beginning hunter you bailed it out |
| 3222s | for the hellfire and i mean the boombots |
| 3224s | are gonna |
| 3225s | get at that revenge kill oh there's the |
| 3228s | molten giant so no if that boombot is to |
| 3229s | go to the face oh no damage wow |
| 3232s | that is going to let naria play the |
| 3234s | mullet if he wants to but it might just |
| 3237s | be game on twitter it's so funny though |
| 3238s | like mostly when the boombot goes for |
| 3240s | phase you are so happy but fortnight is |
| 3242s | like no why |
| 3243s | double four |
| 3245s | yeah i was hoping for another boombot on |
| 3247s | his face |
| 3248s | to maybe potentially play both the |
| 3250s | molten giant and the big camera on the |
| 3252s | same turn but now he has to make a |
| 3253s | choice here |
| 3255s | i would imagine that he's going to lean |
| 3256s | towards the bgh |
| 3260s | gh is a good tempo swing yep let's him |
| 3262s | play the low tempo i like it why lotham |
| 3265s | though |
| 3266s | do you just want to have a big minion on |
| 3268s | a big minion on board well you you |
| 3270s | certainly can't play heal bot because |
| 3271s | you are going to lock your molten giant |
| 3273s | but lufthan is sometimes good in the in |
| 3274s | the end game if you seal um the shadow |
| 3277s | flame so like you you develop your |
| 3279s | molten giants and then you play lothal |
| 3281s | to protect them from a possible aoe |
| 3283s | attack yeah but also lyria has been |
| 3285s | fighting from behind ever since that |
| 3286s | characters hit the boat and i feel like |
| 3288s | getting that five five on the body even |
| 3289s | if the effect from it is if the |
| 3291s | battlecry is somewhat wasted it still uh |
| 3293s | kind of gets him ahead in the game |
| 3296s | but does he want to deal the damage at |
| 3297s | all that's the question because you put |
| 3299s | out a really a lot of damage potential |
| 3301s | damage which is nine power to the board |
| 3303s | but |
| 3304s | do you really want to deal that to your |
| 3306s | opponent so you know his own molten |
| 3308s | giants not the face but it helps with |
| 3310s | the traits |
| 3311s | i wanted to see to say that nyria |
| 3313s | doesn't have that much burst but with |
| 3314s | the hellfire pick he actually has the |
| 3316s | six points of damage well that's nowhere |
| 3318s | near enough just yet but that might be |
| 3321s | useful later on yeah into two turns i |
| 3323s | think that's actually great having that |
| 3324s | argus as well so it's like some |
| 3326s | eight eight points damage out of nowhere |
| 3328s | if he has some kind of board that can |
| 3330s | help him manage the game that's a really |
| 3332s | awkward situation because he has to deal |
| 3334s | with the jar axis if she wants to go |
| 3335s | through it right that is 11 damage so |
| 3339s | that your axis has been absolutely |
| 3341s | amazing what eyes |
| 3343s | i think like the stern is just stories |
| 3344s | done actually from daria's perspective |
| 3346s | attack with the 4-2 into the 3-1 uh 311 |
| 3348s | to avoid |
| 3350s | the shadow flame shadow flame or |
| 3352s | hellfire just dealing with your minions |
| 3354s | so you want to deal some damage how |
| 3355s | risky is that if there was a silence |
| 3357s | just for that ancient watcher you would |
| 3359s | he would die like the game would just |
| 3361s | end right there if there was a silence |
| 3363s | because there would be a |
| 3364s | 10 damage on the board |
| 3366s | granted that dice did use one silence |
| 3368s | already |
| 3369s | but yeah i like |
| 3371s | this sort of approach way more finally |
| 3373s | getting rid of the characters completely |
| 3375s | and the engine which is still out of |
| 3377s | range of such a single hellfire so it |
| 3379s | doesn't leave you like you know with no |
| 3381s | defenses at all |
| 3383s | yeah i think that was a really strong |
| 3384s | turn from the area how much damage is |
| 3386s | there actually because |
| 3388s | wow if you would get like a mortal coil |
| 3390s | that would be enough uh with |
| 3392s | two two three attacks to the five six |
| 3394s | you hellfire yeah that's uh eight damage |
| 3397s | and you have three more with the dark |
| 3399s | bomb which is eleven |
| 3401s | and with doomguard that's sixteen the |
| 3403s | problem is the tone is just right right |
| 3405s | would have been lethal if he had it but |
| 3406s | now if he taps for it won't be anymore |
| 3408s | because he won't have the mana to cast |
| 3410s | everything yep |
| 3412s | but i think you still have to tap |
| 3414s | because you you know that you have to |
| 3416s | deal with with the board so there'll be |
| 3418s | no damage coming to you next turn |
| 3420s | and you need the damage to yourself yeah |
| 3422s | molten giant those molten giants he has |
| 3424s | two of them in his hand he wants he |
| 3426s | needs to tap every single turn in order |
| 3427s | to get those out this is so amazing like |
| 3429s | he can't pull the trigger because he |
| 3430s | doesn't want naria to play his modern |
| 3432s | giants so it's the moment where you |
| 3433s | can't really you have to kind of clear |
| 3435s | the board like you may be dark on the |
| 3437s | 6-3 but uh |
| 3439s | you can't really go for phase this is |
| 3441s | why you need a really big truck of |
| 3443s | damage on your side of the board to |
| 3445s | finish the opponent's warlock in one big |
| 3448s | swing |
| 3448s | but now here's the dark bomb so he only |
| 3450s | has doomguard and he'll fire that's so |
| 3452s | eight points of damage out of nowhere |
| 3454s | it's interesting that he didn't want to |
| 3456s | um clear the engine water because we all |
| 3458s | know that ancient |
| 3460s | ancient waters are the best targets for |
| 3462s | shadow flames and this one |
| 3464s | in particular has five attacks so it |
| 3466s | clears the load up too |
| 3468s | what do you guys think all right so is |
| 3470s | there any help fire play here if you |
| 3471s | attack with the defender of argus into |
| 3473s | eight eight you hell fire you dark bomb |
| 3476s | the a8 so the only lothip is uh left on |
| 3478s | board with your um |
| 3480s | ancient watcher you can play molten |
| 3482s | giant for |
| 3485s | two |
| 3486s | now after the hellfire we've been able |
| 3488s | to play the zero man of molten giant but |
| 3492s | wow he's going for the heel but before |
| 3494s | that |
| 3495s | it's very defensive play |
| 3497s | very defensive and kind of saying to |
| 3499s | thais i don't have molten rain so it |
| 3501s | might be also a bluff daiso does have a |
| 3503s | lot of damage in his handing from the |
| 3505s | hellfire and the doomguard |
| 3507s | so he's going for the hellfire here to |
| 3509s | kind of no that makes us wondering if |
| 3511s | that's not so if that's like one of the |
| 3513s | things about playing on a big stage |
| 3515s | where you kind of imagine the worst and |
| 3518s | uh just go for them for the defensive |
| 3520s | play instead of potentially a stronger |
| 3521s | play double hellfire might be huge next |
| 3523s | turn oh yeah absolutely |
| 3526s | that ancient watcher and the fact that |
| 3527s | he has six health is so huge for |
| 3529s | there there was no good way to clear it |
| 3531s | there's always like one damage missing |
| 3533s | five would be easy |
| 3535s | but six is a bit too much now with |
| 3537s | double hellfire you will be able to just |
| 3538s | double that fire the board use six to |
| 3540s | face deal with the taunt and then still |
| 3542s | attack possibly with the giant and the |
| 3544s | twilight rig the followers are really |
| 3546s | big threat here because it's it's a |
| 3548s | looming melganis or a doomguard and this |
| 3550s | is something that warlock will not have |
| 3552s | an easy time with especially after using |
| 3554s | two big game hunters yeah it's it's |
| 3557s | really rough uh they're really looking |
| 3558s | for that shadow flame but now after the |
| 3561s | deal but he wouldn't even be able to |
| 3562s | play the mould and giant and shadow |
| 3563s | flame that |
| 3565s | but this hand right here for an area it |
| 3567s | just doesn't quite seem to cut it i |
| 3569s | would imagine that he's gonna start to |
| 3570s | turn off with that with a live tap well |
| 3572s | actually i have to ask you guys what is |
| 3574s | the play that doesn't kill him because i |
| 3576s | i look at this board and i see void |
| 3578s | walker attacking into the 5 6 doomguard |
| 3580s | entering the board double hellfire and |
| 3582s | then everything goes to face |
| 3584s | well there's a lot of damage that's a |
| 3585s | lot of damage so what i realized |
| 3588s | the area is probably not thinking about |
| 3589s | double hill fire and doomguard you |
| 3591s | normally don't play around that |
| 3594s | what is the best play is this |
| 3597s | he used to deal with this board somehow |
| 3599s | i feel like the um |
| 3602s | was too defensive i think so though that |
| 3604s | might have been a play to survive over |
| 3606s | or playing too |
| 3608s | oh my goodness that's it i think that's |
| 3610s | going to do it that should be it 12 |
| 3612s | points of damage from the giant and |
| 3614s | twilight drake 17. looking thighs he's |
| 3616s | doing the mat in his head right now |
| 3618s | he has it not again when if that's 23 |
| 3621s | actually yep that's hellfire first |
| 3624s | sacrifice to devoid color to get the |
| 3626s | doomguard out and deal the lethal damage |
| 3629s | yeah all right with the doomguard that |
| 3630s | will be 17 and he can finish the game |
| 3632s | with the hellfire so the doomguard |
| 3633s | attacks twilight drake attacks hellfire |
| 3636s | daria goes down and thais |
| 3638s | is your european champion gg what a |
| 3642s | series guys that was amazing |
| 3645s | what an amazing one |
| 3647s | yeah |
| 3648s | he didn't lose a single game in this |
| 3651s | tournament |
| 3652s | we actually thought |
| 3654s | we actually thought that he has this |
| 3656s | warlock is the weakest link but he was |
| 3658s | able to take uh the game i i really want |
| 3661s | to |
| 3662s | i really want to see what's going what's |
| 3664s | going to happen and uh |
| 3666s | how happy is he what does this title |
| 3668s | mean to you so rachel i'll take it away |
| 3671s | thanks so much guys let me get on the |
| 3672s | side of our champion over here |
| 3674s | your hearthstone europe champion tys |
| 3678s | from team g2 |
| 3681s | tys i want to know |
| 3683s | as the reigning champion |
| 3686s | what will be your first order of |
| 3688s | business |
| 3689s | i just tried to do well at blizzcon |
| 3691s | prepare for discount and try to defend |
| 3694s | my italian next year |
| 3695s | fantastic answer tys here is your trophy |
| 3698s | lift it high |
| 3700s | be excited |
| 3701s | your champion from europe |
| 3706s | casters |
| 3707s | what do you think of that match |
| 3713s | oh i i think the match i think the match |
| 3715s | is good |
| 3719s | turns out an early |
| 3721s | zero mana 315. it's pretty good |
| 3730s | all right well congratulations to tyson |
| 3732s | your 2015 european hearthstone world |
| 3734s | champion and uh it's really exciting to |
| 3736s | see the conclusion of all these events |
| 3739s | it's been a long journey even dating |
| 3741s | back to when tyson was just an unknown |
| 3744s | player right we can kind of evaluate uh |
| 3746s | back when he was the person that was |
| 3748s | just qualifying for open cups and then |
| 3750s | he was starting to get maybe an invite |
| 3752s | here and there in a couple tournaments |
| 3753s | and he started placing well and |
| 3754s | consistent and now he's one of the |
| 3756s | people that you know you associate with |
| 3758s | a top-level hearthstone player so uh |
| 3761s | absolutely brilliant moment to see all |
| 3763s | of his hard work pay off he's played |
| 3765s | some of the most harsh one of anybody |
| 3766s | he's practiced some of the most of any |
| 3768s | players i'm very proud of him absolutely |
| 3770s | he is a fantastic player and he proved |
| 3773s | himself many times over uh he won the |
| 3775s | dreamhack and now he is our european |
| 3777s | champion i think he's one of the best |
| 3778s | european champions that we can have yeah |
| 3780s | i mean it's no surprise that he made it |
| 3782s | this far it's not another news blast |
| 3784s | that thais is a good player but if there |
| 3785s | was someone who was still doubting him |
| 3788s | no no no no not really and i think it's |
| 3790s | just it's extra sweet specifically for |
| 3792s | thais because |
| 3794s | last year he was denied entry to |
| 3796s | blizzcon because of kolento kalento was |
| 3798s | his final opponent and we were playing |
| 3800s | single elimination at that stage and i |
| 3802s | remember also specifically last year |
| 3805s | during the european regionals he was |
| 3807s | struggling a lot he had to lose his |
| 3809s | first match he had to climb to the |
| 3810s | losers portion of his group and then he |
| 3812s | struggled and he like finally fought |
| 3814s | through it through really intense |
| 3815s | comeback after comeback and then he was |
| 3817s | rewarded with kolendo as his final boss |
| 3819s | and he got denied um after he lost that |
| 3821s | match he took it like a champ he said |
| 3822s | you know what i'll just try again next |
| 3823s | year he also won the cider match in case |
| 3827s | uh any of the players couldn't go to |
| 3828s | blizzcon for travel reasons or whatnot |
| 3830s | uh he was a fifth place person so he was |
| 3832s | the next closest person in line to |
| 3834s | blizzcon |
| 3835s | this year though the region belongs to |
| 3837s | him what a fantastic story it is for |
| 3839s | this young man from the netherlands and |
| 3841s | lothar it must mean the most to you as a |
| 3843s | person who spent a lot of time with |
| 3844s | thais over the past year i'm really |
| 3846s | proud of my team and ty's in particular |
| 3848s | i mean those results are bringing is |
| 3850s | just insane and i think |
| 3853s | i think that life coach another uh are |
| 3856s | the most consistent players in in hearts |
| 3858s | in general and i'm really proud of them |
| 3860s | here yeah absolute fantastic moment and |
| 3863s | again thank you everybody who's able to |
| 3864s | tune in we've had a lot of fun over the |
| 3866s | past two days and even though thais did |
| 3868s | defeat nario we also want to give a |
| 3870s | shout out to naria as well he played his |
| 3871s | heart out this over this weekend we'll |
| 3873s | be seeing him at blizzcon along with two |
| 3875s | other players in osaka and life coach |
| 3878s | but we're pretty much done here thanks |
| 3879s | so much for |
| 3883s | watching for final words to close the eu |
| 3886s | road to blizzcon |
| 3887s | thank you so much guys at the casting |
| 3889s | desk let's give it up one more time for |
| 3891s | our wonderful casting team here on the |
| 3893s | road to blizzcon for hearthstone |
| 3895s | wonderful guys i i don't know how you |
| 3897s | guys are going to top this hearthstone |
| 3899s | has kicked butt all weekend long i know |
| 3901s | chobra has his work at as do our casters |
| 3904s | over on the heroes of the storm stage |
| 3906s | which is what is going to happen next |
| 3907s | did you catch in the action yesterday no |
| 3908s | fill me in what happened well it was an |
| 3910s | amazing day we've ended up at a final |
| 3912s | obviously the top two teams will be |
| 3913s | going to blizzcon um navi did what they |
| 3916s | do they dominated they rolled over the |
| 3918s | opposition but the interesting one is |
| 3920s | dignitas a team that weren't called |
| 3921s | dignitas until four days ago they pulled |
| 3924s | out some plays they knocked out liquid |
| 3926s | they knocked out rokat can they become |
| 3928s | the european champions i don't know it's |
| 3930s | going to be interesting so if you're |
| 3931s | watching on twitch refill the snacks |
| 3933s | come back in about 10 minutes time when |
| 3935s | the pre-show starts if you're here |
| 3937s | rotate around the auditorium to the big |
| 3939s | stage it's going to be interesting and |
| 3941s | if you're going to call who's going to |
| 3942s | win dignitas or nazi rachel which way |
| 3945s | would you go |
| 3946s | i'm the host oj i cheer for good games i |
| 3948s | just want to see all how many masters |
| 3950s | are going to be what is it |
| 3952s | i want to see all five games so okay |
| 3954s | then so she's saying dignitas i read |
| 3956s | into it she's saying this in about 10 |
| 3957s | minutes time we're going to have the |
| 3959s | final heroes of the storm on that stage |
| 3962s | it's going to be massive |
| 3963s | after becoming the european champion |
| 3966s | ty's had his sights set on the next big |
| 3968s | title |
| 3970s | world champion |
| 3971s | after making it out of the group stage |
| 3973s | 2-0 while only dropping a single game he |
| 3977s | looked like he was in prime position to |
| 3979s | take it all until he ran into his |
| 3982s | semi-final opponent oskako |
| 3986s | even though tice would not go on to the |
| 3988s | finals |
| 3989s | this match would go down in history as |
| 3991s | one of the greatest of all time |
| 3996s | representing the netherlands |
| 4008s | all right gentlemen join me here in the |
| 4010s | center of the stage |
| 4018s | now i know both of you are players who |
| 4020s | work very hard to repair you study |
| 4023s | and you crunch the numbers and over |
| 4025s | these past two weeks when you've been |
| 4027s | playing these decks you've been getting |
| 4029s | analysis from |
| 4030s | your teammates the casters here your |
| 4033s | fellow players and all you generous |
| 4035s | people online so i want to know |
| 4038s | taking all that into account how well |
| 4040s | prepared do you feel you are with your |
| 4042s | current lineup of decks |
| 4044s | well first i'm really proud that me and |
| 4046s | oscar both made it through here i think |
| 4048s | we took a cool approach by really going |
| 4051s | for the control decks and |
| 4053s | now i also prepared for skaka i feel |
| 4055s | really prepared i did what i called the |
| 4056s | last day to also prepare for him and i'm |
| 4060s | gonna give my best i'm ready fantastic |
| 4063s | how about you oscar yeah i mean i'm |
| 4065s | really really happy to be here but i'm |
| 4067s | super prepared to win versus tez |
| 4069s | that's what i like to hear gentlemen |
| 4071s | please shake hands |
| 4074s | and you can head into the booth good |
| 4075s | luck to you both |
| 4078s | joining us on the caster desk to bring |
| 4079s | you the action we have nem chamas and |
| 4082s | savitz all you guys |
| 4084s | thank you so much rachel harrison world |
| 4087s | championships here at blizzcon we have |
| 4090s | four players left and one of them is |
| 4092s | gonna become the the world champion |
| 4094s | they're guaranteed fifteen thousand |
| 4095s | dollars and they have a shot for fifty |
| 4097s | thousand and then for one hundred savitz |
| 4100s | what does it mean to become the world |
| 4101s | champion both of the players here that's |
| 4103s | going to be playing next are |
| 4104s | professional players this is the world |
| 4106s | champions this is the biggest event |
| 4108s | possible for these guys and they're not |
| 4110s | only playing for 100 000 they're playing |
| 4112s | for the title and that title is going to |
| 4114s | last with them forever absolutely and |
| 4116s | the next match is going to be thais |
| 4117s | versus oscar european's finest hamas |
| 4119s | what can you tell us about them |
| 4121s | well um this reminds me of uh when they |
| 4123s | uh battled against each other in the |
| 4125s | alkaline team league championships and |
| 4127s | the thais won that one so um you know |
| 4129s | it's up to oscar to prove himself once |
| 4131s | again that you know he deserves to be |
| 4134s | here um and he can you know take him |
| 4136s | down one-on-one and yeah i think the |
| 4138s | title does mean much more than you know |
| 4142s | winning the prize to me because you'll |
| 4144s | be invited to more tournaments you know |
| 4146s | you have a big reputation everybody |
| 4148s | knows who you are and you know really |
| 4150s | sets your mark on the globe yeah that's |
| 4152s | amazing and guys we actually sat with |
| 4154s | ostkaka so let's hear his thoughts |
| 4160s | when i was younger i moved around a lot |
| 4161s | i've lived in miami new york indonesia |
| 4164s | and mexico city i think i attended like |
| 4166s | six different schools most of them were |
| 4167s | international some swedish and it's |
| 4170s | really been quite an experience you know |
| 4171s | i've always had to adapt to other people |
| 4173s | and their sort of lifestyle and yeah |
| 4175s | it's looking back on it it's been a |
| 4177s | really good experience |
| 4178s | so when i was playing competitive soccer |
| 4179s | it was really more just for fun of |
| 4181s | course i spent a lot of time and you |
| 4182s | know put a lot of effort into it it sort |
| 4184s | of came naturally as well like i mean i |
| 4186s | was not only playing soccer like during |
| 4187s | the evening but also like like all the |
| 4189s | time during the day of all the breaks |
| 4191s | balancing school and soccer practice of |
| 4193s | course you know it's a lot of uh time |
| 4195s | you have to put into it and you don't |
| 4197s | have a lot of time for other stuff and |
| 4198s | so it's actually quite similar to like |
| 4200s | my hearthstone schedule right now i'm |
| 4201s | just you know trying to balance |
| 4202s | everything that other practice and then |
| 4204s | actually sleeping and eating and |
| 4205s | everything just bouncing at all |
| 4207s | usually whenever there's a camera on me |
| 4208s | or even just a microphone i usually get |
| 4210s | quite nervous and you know as soon as |
| 4212s | like my heart rate increases it's just |
| 4213s | not as comfortable as if i'm sitting at |
| 4215s | home playing |
| 4216s | so i tend to rely a little more on |
| 4218s | instincts when i'm playing in |
| 4219s | tournaments and |
| 4220s | it's usually not that good but uh you |
| 4222s | know so far i think i've been playing |
| 4223s | pretty on point so i |
| 4225s | i think it's fine |
| 4227s | my youngest brother is 13 years old his |
| 4229s | name's william he goes to school in |
| 4231s | sweden he's really cool in supporting me |
| 4233s | and all this gaming stuff and my older |
| 4235s | brother marcus he lives in london he's |
| 4237s | 22. i give my little brother some |
| 4239s | necklace every now and then and ask me |
| 4241s | about the game of course i'm like really |
| 4242s | willing to help him of course it's it's |
| 4244s | fun for me as well |
| 4245s | it's mostly about like the time i don't |
| 4246s | always have time for everything at first |
| 4248s | my parents were not like that supportive |
| 4250s | i mean they weren't really sure how |
| 4251s | serious it was and of course |
| 4253s | as i was growing up you know it was |
| 4254s | always your job to you know sort of tell |
| 4256s | me to stop playing you know do my |
| 4258s | homework and whatever but as soon as i |
| 4260s | started you know actually making money |
| 4261s | off of this and i was really good at it |
| 4262s | you know they started respecting it so |
| 4264s | my parents are actually just figuring |
| 4265s | out twitch and uh you know it's really |
| 4267s | cool for them they're it's like i'm |
| 4268s | watching tv you know i'm playing the |
| 4270s | world championships and they think it's |
| 4272s | really really cool and on this huge |
| 4274s | stage in front of so many viewers i |
| 4276s | actually had a lot of preparation going |
| 4278s | into this event and i always had my |
| 4279s | teammates uh practicing with me you know |
| 4281s | the whole way around they were always |
| 4283s | you know questioning my deck choices and |
| 4284s | everything so i really had my teammates |
| 4287s | there the whole time preparing with me |
| 4288s | if i would give advice to an upcoming |
| 4290s | pro player i'd say that |
| 4292s | just keep practicing keep playing |
| 4294s | preferably the same deck and it's like a |
| 4296s | high skill deck as well |
| 4297s | just keep playing it until you can sort |
| 4299s | of perfect it and then look into playing |
| 4301s | tournaments and showing what you're |
| 4302s | worth i really like the game it's really |
| 4304s | like just endless amounts of skill that |
| 4306s | you can put into it and at the same time |
| 4308s | i'm of course really good at it so it's |
| 4309s | really fun |
| 4321s | all right the first thing is about to |
| 4322s | begin guys are you excited for this oh |
| 4324s | yeah this is as good as it gets if |
| 4326s | you're a fan of competitive hearthstone |
| 4327s | we have two of european's finest going |
| 4330s | at it on the big stage |
| 4332s | wow i can't wait to see how it pans out |
| 4334s | it's so amazing there is a priest being |
| 4336s | brought how excited are you for the |
| 4338s | priest yeah obviously i'm a big fan of |
| 4340s | the freeze class |
| 4341s | and a lot of people have you know not |
| 4343s | been using it they've been um you know |
| 4346s | referring back to the standard druid you |
| 4348s | know the hunter and you know the more |
| 4350s | stable classes so it's always good to |
| 4352s | throw a loop in the mix and hopefully |
| 4354s | your opponent doesn't expect it and |
| 4355s | doesn't know how to play against it uh i |
| 4357s | mean oscar on the other hand is also |
| 4358s | bringing rogue it's not a class we've |
| 4360s | seen often in this |
| 4361s | championship at all so both of them have |
| 4363s | their kind of niche picks which is going |
| 4365s | to be very exciting absolutely and |
| 4366s | zavitz is one of the most analytical |
| 4368s | players what do you think about the |
| 4369s | lineups because priest might be dice's |
| 4372s | downfall here yeah both players |
| 4373s | definitely prepare for aggressive |
| 4375s | lineups and that's what they came to |
| 4377s | counter so that they are playing |
| 4378s | anti-aggro matchups but |
| 4380s | but in this situation that they are |
| 4382s | matched up against each other the |
| 4383s | difference is that ostkaka is bringing a |
| 4385s | rogue while ties past the priest and if |
| 4387s | those two get matched up against each |
| 4388s | other it's definitely going to be |
| 4389s | austraca with the advantage because of |
| 4391s | the way that |
| 4392s | rogue has so many different tools to |
| 4394s | deal with the minions that that the |
| 4395s | priest is playing early on all right the |
| 4398s | players are ready to begin so let's |
| 4400s | start the first semi-final match |
| 4407s | uh |
| 4419s | i mean right now we see that the lineups |
| 4421s | are quite similar i mean they both come |
| 4423s | from european uh backgrounds and i think |
| 4425s | the european meta did uh really just uh |
| 4430s | get the conclusion that they are |
| 4431s | bringing both freeze mage and they are |
| 4433s | both bringing the uh patient warrior so |
| 4436s | um i think it's gonna be interesting |
| 4437s | yeah absolutely um seriously remember |
| 4439s | their differences in their decks that |
| 4441s | they are bringing green page and warrior |
| 4442s | but there are some differences i believe |
| 4444s | dice is bringing them more control |
| 4446s | control one with less threats and oscar |
| 4448s | has done more power in it yeah the dice |
| 4450s | nicest patreon team to be a little bit |
| 4452s | more reliant on those cream patrons and |
| 4454s | uh making more of those while |
| 4456s | australia's version has the doctor boom |
| 4458s | in it and the chroma's health screen |
| 4460s | which are additional threats that an |
| 4462s | additional win conditions |
| 4465s | and here in game one it's going to be |
| 4466s | ostaga going up against isis priest and |
| 4469s | that that priest has been doing well in |
| 4470s | the tournament but oscar comes well |
| 4473s | prepared |
| 4474s | yeah i really wonder if thais can win |
| 4476s | the priest this is one of the most |
| 4477s | important things here in in this matchup |
| 4479s | overall if he can steal a win |
| 4482s | against any deck he might position |
| 4484s | himself to be in a good spot but for now |
| 4486s | that breeze this is weak link absolutely |
| 4488s | the matchups that priests are good |
| 4490s | against are the aggressive decks like |
| 4492s | zoo warlock |
| 4493s | thunder |
| 4494s | and uh and temple mage but |
| 4497s | is not playing any of those |
| 4500s | so here we go turn one zombie toe |
| 4502s | definitely a great start from dice ghost |
| 4504s | gaga doesn't have a death doesn't have a |
| 4506s | fiery war axe just yet yeah he does have |
| 4508s | that death spite has actually got the |
| 4510s | dragons as well so it's really helpful |
| 4511s | in the beginning maybe with north shore |
| 4512s | clerk he'll be able to draw enough cards |
| 4514s | to get the advantage so |
| 4516s | for the priest the best plan is just to |
| 4518s | play the big big minion any turn on free |
| 4521s | you want to have um black pink raptor or |
| 4523s | you want to have dark uh the cultist and |
| 4525s | then pour twilight guardian into um |
| 4529s | another black wing so like a lot of |
| 4530s | great minions every turn to just |
| 4532s | overload your opponent and this also one |
| 4534s | of the strategies versus patron when you |
| 4536s | want to have those minions before they |
| 4538s | explode information sometimes |
| 4541s | exactly as a priest you just want to |
| 4542s | curve out every turn so every time you |
| 4544s | want to develop something big like you |
| 4545s | said but uh oscar is looking at the |
| 4548s | turn uh five explosive term of like |
| 4550s | inner rage plus the uh whirlwind effect |
| 4552s | from the uh desperate so yeah that's |
| 4554s | still guys going to set up for he is |
| 4555s | still missing the inner rage but he's |
| 4557s | going to try to draw into it here battle |
| 4559s | rage only for one card but with two |
| 4561s | battle rages in his hand it's quite |
| 4563s | valuable to just cycle because you you |
| 4566s | he's unlikely to be able to use both of |
| 4568s | them as efficiently as the game |
| 4569s | progresses is there any specific van for |
| 4571s | a scott carr is just uh going with the |
| 4573s | patrons on turn five or six and then |
| 4575s | just pumping the threats well right now |
| 4577s | judging by his hand that seems to be his |
| 4579s | best strategy going forward maybe he'll |
| 4581s | draw into some you know bigger threats |
| 4583s | such as like dr broome or something that |
| 4584s | might alter his game plan but for now |
| 4586s | this is his strategy and taish knowing |
| 4588s | that uh might not drop too many uh small |
| 4591s | creatures but uh yeah you see the |
| 4593s | phelan's chosen this option right now |
| 4595s | just to pump a minion uh to you know put |
| 4597s | more pressure on the board uh the other |
| 4599s | option would be to put two small minions |
| 4601s | but uh once again uh to attack is not |
| 4603s | really what you want against the patron |
| 4605s | yeah |
| 4606s | there is another strategy for the |
| 4608s | warrior available as well where the |
| 4609s | warrior just keeps clearing every single |
| 4612s | minion from the priest and then just out |
| 4614s | values the priest player with the bat |
| 4616s | with those battle rages but as we saw |
| 4617s | the first batteries got used kind of |
| 4619s | lightly and oscar seems to be aiming to |
| 4622s | do the massive crime patron turn but |
| 4625s | there are tools for the priests to deal |
| 4626s | with the um with those patrons not not |
| 4628s | now but there should be a light bomb |
| 4630s | holly a nova as well so there are some |
| 4631s | things to actually help with the full |
| 4633s | paging board right exactly uh osaka here |
| 4636s | could choose to coin up a desk by it |
| 4638s | because he does have the shredder a turn |
| 4640s | for it to play uh obviously you want to |
| 4642s | save the um you know death rattle effect |
| 4644s | from the weapon when you play the patron |
| 4646s | so we should um see just the attack here |
| 4649s | and no attack next turn |
| 4651s | yep there is the dead spider ty's still |
| 4653s | holding on this not so clear he had |
| 4655s | multiple times there he could have |
| 4656s | played it but he understands the |
| 4657s | importance of getting those extra cards |
| 4659s | against the patron to be able to sustain |
| 4663s | all right so again valencia is available |
| 4665s | he can be a bit more aggressive but the |
| 4667s | problem is execute if there's an execute |
| 4670s | just attack with the weapon and uh he |
| 4672s | will be able to deal with the big minion |
| 4674s | starting with power shield |
| 4676s | trying to try a card |
| 4677s | oh one that's a good one for for the |
| 4679s | following turn he has the option to go |
| 4681s | for the villains chosen here as well but |
| 4683s | he knows this oscar might have a an |
| 4686s | execute in his hand so that takes a |
| 4688s | little bit of value out of the villains |
| 4690s | but in case there was no exit that |
| 4692s | zombie chow could just win the game |
| 4693s | alone yeah and see we can see uh taish |
| 4696s | has a lot of pressure on the board right |
| 4697s | now oscar is down to 16 health but at |
| 4699s | the end of the day it is a zombie chow |
| 4700s | so osaka could feel a little bit safer |
| 4703s | as his life told is effectively at 21. |
| 4705s | so uh he has to think of a |
| 4707s | interesting player so yeah schreder is a |
| 4709s | very natural follow-up um if he's gonna |
| 4711s | follow strategy from last turn he might |
| 4713s | want to just deal with the challenge |
| 4715s | right now as well so maybe master dusk |
| 4717s | master execute it would be an option for |
| 4719s | sure |
| 4721s | oh he's going for the attack so he might |
| 4723s | actually |
| 4724s | um execute this thing |
| 4727s | he chose to play the frothing berserker |
| 4729s | after |
| 4730s | using the weapon it would have taken |
| 4732s | more damage more but it would have also |
| 4734s | gained some some additional attack power |
| 4737s | from the from the death spider |
| 4741s | is he playing around with that |
| 4743s | could be yeah sure of her death |
| 4746s | sometimes can be a bit clunky for the |
| 4747s | priest player and if that frothing went |
| 4749s | up to five power it could have given |
| 4751s | ties a good turn |
| 4758s | there's the second dead spider coming |
| 4760s | down and |
| 4762s | finds his light bomb that will that will |
| 4764s | certainly help if australia chooses to |
| 4766s | go for the patrons next time |
| 4768s | all right so what's that for dice uh he |
| 4770s | can't play worm rest |
| 4772s | but it doesn't look great |
| 4775s | yeah that's six mana right now it's he's |
| 4778s | really limited on the options |
| 4781s | there's a memorization they only play |
| 4783s | just holy nova doesn't seem great it |
| 4785s | doesn't do anything the north shore |
| 4786s | cleric will not draw make hard |
| 4790s | seems like there's no no other play play |
| 4793s | available as we as weak as the agent is |
| 4796s | there's just simply nothing else to do |
| 4802s | definitely not the town six that tice |
| 4804s | was hoping to |
| 4805s | to do yeah it doesn't look good for him |
| 4807s | but then oscar is the oh he loves the |
| 4809s | inner rage he was looking for that |
| 4810s | specifically or maybe a whirlwind to |
| 4812s | just be able to play more patrons but on |
| 4814s | the other hand there is that light bulb |
| 4815s | and holy nova as well there is that |
| 4817s | light bomb but oscar knows that twice is |
| 4818s | only playing one light bomb so i |
| 4820s | wouldn't be surprised if he just went |
| 4821s | for it here |
| 4823s | but he there is |
| 4824s | there is that light bump already and |
| 4826s | waiting so if he chooses to go for the |
| 4828s | green patrons maybe even with the inner |
| 4830s | rage and the attack from the weapon |
| 4832s | he is going to |
| 4834s | kind of |
| 4835s | run into a lot of trouble what do you |
| 4837s | think savitz about just playing pilot |
| 4838s | shredder and task master with the task |
| 4840s | master you um maybe you just attack into |
| 4842s | the 24 and kill it with the task master |
| 4844s | instead of buffing your own berserker it |
| 4846s | will |
| 4847s | leave your berserker on two half after |
| 4849s | the attack and you can still have the |
| 4851s | pilot shut on board as well |
| 4853s | not bad at all he could also choose to |
| 4854s | maybe play the piloted shredder hit with |
| 4856s | the death spider show some additional |
| 4858s | cards |
| 4860s | but there's the cream patreon yeah at |
| 4862s | the end of the day oscar does go with |
| 4864s | your patreon play and i do like it you |
| 4865s | only get punished by life vomit even if |
| 4867s | um does have the card which we'll see |
| 4869s | teddy does |
| 4870s | he can't really follow up that with |
| 4871s | anything it does cost his mana it cost |
| 4878s | he's not going all in but he still |
| 4880s | creates a board that is really hard to |
| 4882s | deal with because holy nova is not |
| 4884s | clearing this holy nova will create |
| 4885s | another patron |
| 4887s | it's |
| 4901s | it's an option to hold down to the light |
| 4902s | bone but that's such an amazing play for |
| 4904s | most kaka not going to commit too much |
| 4907s | into this play with with the green |
| 4908s | patrons for now and he's showing it here |
| 4910s | why he made it so far in the tournament |
| 4912s | yeah exactly he made it so the touch has |
| 4914s | a very awkward turn right now and if he |
| 4916s | does choose to use the light bomb oscar |
| 4918s | can actually kept this despite as a |
| 4919s | resource to use later game which is very |
| 4921s | important certainly going to help with |
| 4923s | uh with the battle rage because it |
| 4925s | allows him to damage all of his own |
| 4926s | minions so for thais you know that there |
| 4928s | is something being planned by |
| 4930s | if you just go for the light bulb you |
| 4932s | you lose a tool if there's another |
| 4934s | patron and something's like a whirlwind |
| 4935s | you will not be with you of that board |
| 4937s | so he is it seems like he's going for |
| 4940s | the light bulb at the zombie show here |
| 4942s | yep there's the light bulb |
| 4945s | three light bulbs actually |
| 4948s | yeah the animation is pretty nice yes |
| 4951s | yep all right so zombie char is actually |
| 4953s | uh |
| 4954s | another thread it's it even might help |
| 4956s | us kaka because if he kills it he can |
| 4958s | take two damage and then he heals for |
| 4960s | five so essentially it's more |
| 4962s | more health but on the other hand from |
| 4964s | tyson's perspective you need something |
| 4965s | to pre create presence yeah he |
| 4968s | definitely wants to get something going |
| 4969s | you there are still a little bit |
| 4971s | of his nine mana for that the next turn |
| 4973s | he will only have eight available for |
| 4975s | him so he's hoping to pick up something |
| 4977s | that he can play something that's not |
| 4979s | too reactive because priest is known for |
| 4981s | playing a lot of reactive cards while |
| 4984s | dragon priest is the version that has |
| 4985s | more proactive cards |
| 4987s | there's still so many cards that might |
| 4989s | not fit the situation and he might be |
| 4991s | might end up just hero power passing if |
| 4993s | the card from the top of his deck is a |
| 4994s | bad one yeah and also this zombie shot |
| 4996s | created a weird situation for his kaka |
| 4997s | because normally he might have just |
| 4999s | played the pilot shutter and uh and |
| 5001s | maybe slam but |
| 5003s | right now |
| 5004s | zombie choke |
| 5005s | the shredder that's not good at all yeah |
| 5007s | i do like the shoulder play you just |
| 5008s | have to put something on the board the |
| 5010s | slime already sets up for a very |
| 5011s | excellent desk bite uh i was gonna try |
| 5012s | to slam zombie chow and then use the |
| 5014s | despite on something else and therefore |
| 5016s | killing zombie child as well i guess |
| 5017s | what's going through osaka's mind is |
| 5020s | that taj does run the uh shrink meister |
| 5022s | kabal shadow priest combo and if that |
| 5025s | actually um if thais actually use that |
| 5027s | on oscar shredder it will be a big swing |
| 5029s | turn |
| 5030s | absolutely that was going through his |
| 5031s | mind that's one of the comeback |
| 5032s | mechanisms and it would be amazing uh |
| 5034s | but there is no couple shadow piece for |
| 5036s | now for thais he just got a second |
| 5038s | cleric |
| 5039s | can he even draw cards with it not |
| 5040s | really he could but it's really awkward |
| 5042s | you can sacrifice your zombie chow heal |
| 5044s | your opponent's shredder just to draw |
| 5045s | those two cards that that might be what |
| 5048s | he has to do |
| 5049s | oh wow he's actually going to go for |
| 5051s | that play |
| 5052s | i can't to be honest i can't really play |
| 5054s | before |
| 5066s | normally is not that useful |
| 5067s | reciprocation but versus this version |
| 5069s | it's very useful there is dr bonkermage |
| 5071s | yeah a lot of cars can actually get uh |
| 5074s | yeah definitely those were the |
| 5075s | replacements for the warsaw commander |
| 5076s | and uh yeah |
| 5078s | it's not a debt card |
| 5080s | now it does develop the uh shrink |
| 5082s | meister just for a little bit more board |
| 5084s | so that he can set up for yuzera much |
| 5086s | better wow that executes first car |
| 5088s | absolutely a huge straw because that |
| 5090s | will allow him to deal with the user |
| 5092s | that's |
| 5093s | bound to come down on the following turn |
| 5094s | from dice |
| 5096s | oscar only had one executes remaining |
| 5098s | and uh there it is yeah sarah has the |
| 5100s | biggest threat for ties this is the |
| 5102s | biggest card he has in the deck and he |
| 5104s | certainly hopes to draw as many cards |
| 5106s | from it as possible but with that |
| 5107s | execute he's just gonna get one card and |
| 5109s | that might be a laughing system that's |
| 5110s | right but uh right here right now oscar |
| 5114s | might get tempted to play the grand |
| 5115s | patron uh and activate his uh |
| 5118s | uh despite right now and that would be |
| 5121s | you know not that bad he won't affect |
| 5123s | one word |
| 5125s | slap something else but he chose to do |
| 5127s | this instead yeah oscar is really |
| 5129s | patient here and he knows that with the |
| 5131s | double nostril player gun tyson will not |
| 5133s | have that many options to draw the cards |
| 5135s | so he can out value ties in the long run |
| 5137s | he doesn't execute for isera he doesn't |
| 5139s | have that many cards so if osukaka is |
| 5142s | patient and has four patients at some |
| 5143s | point there might not be any removal to |
| 5145s | deal with that and he would just just |
| 5146s | win |
| 5147s | guys find surveillance chosen and with |
| 5150s | the holy nova that could potentially |
| 5152s | take out the second shredder too |
| 5155s | all right so he decides to go with |
| 5158s | balance chase |
| 5159s | villains chosen get the spell damage |
| 5161s | holy nova as well dealing free |
| 5164s | he's considering whether or not he |
| 5165s | should first attack into a share before |
| 5167s | playing the holy nova yeah because if |
| 5169s | you attack first the holy nova actually |
| 5170s | heals the shrink fighter |
| 5174s | and um |
| 5180s | that's pretty good for ties but oh |
| 5182s | doctor |
| 5183s | comes to the board here |
| 5185s | um originally more depth though so even |
| 5187s | though dr boom is a great card and the |
| 5189s | bombs will have some interaction with |
| 5191s | the same tongue totem nice as an answer |
| 5193s | for now wait what's more interesting is |
| 5195s | if a skullca is going to deal with this |
| 5197s | shrink meister whether he's going to use |
| 5199s | his desk bite or is it he's going to use |
| 5200s | his execute right if he uses execute |
| 5202s | this he's going to be pretty steamrolled |
| 5204s | but on the other hand if oscar wants to |
| 5207s | attack with his weapon then grim patron |
| 5209s | son looks much better |
| 5210s | he is going to go |
| 5213s | so that he is going to |
| 5215s | open up some possibilities beat that |
| 5218s | after he has dealt with the doctor boom |
| 5219s | yeah that's a really strong play another |
| 5221s | option was maybe playing green patron |
| 5222s | and then using whirlwinds attacking into |
| 5225s | the |
| 5225s | attacking to the the minion and then |
| 5227s | using power range to just replenish your |
| 5229s | hand yeah battle race was a really good |
| 5230s | option there but thais must be pretty |
| 5232s | happy knowing that both executes are |
| 5234s | gone but at the same time this |
| 5235s | flametongue totem is actually consisting |
| 5237s | the zero they would just die on board so |
| 5240s | uh he might choose to do something else |
| 5241s | well this time |
| 5243s | he can't really play it all right into |
| 5244s | this so oh yeah it's a go with the show |
| 5246s | where death and dark holidays dark art |
| 5247s | is something that can play this turn so |
| 5249s | it's not bad the problem with sarah as |
| 5250s | well like if he plays the sarah next |
| 5252s | turn he will not have any dragons for |
| 5254s | the moment so then if he doesn't get a |
| 5256s | dragon from sarah's dream card and they |
| 5258s | started being dealt with |
| 5260s | the dragon cards that he's gonna draw |
| 5261s | like jumpers |
| 5263s | yeah that's definitely a thought that |
| 5265s | crosses mine and uh yeah he agrees with |
| 5267s | you he's gonna save his server later |
| 5269s | remove the doctor broom for now |
| 5270s | and uh you know save that for a little |
| 5273s | turn now that flametongue totem as bad |
| 5275s | as it looked when it popped out of the |
| 5276s | stratories it's actually going to be |
| 5278s | quite valuable here with those boom bots |
| 5281s | it is that time also that oscar can |
| 5282s | actually go for the green pageant uh he |
| 5284s | is going to get two patrons he will be |
| 5286s | able to draw some parts |
| 5290s | yeah it does get poor but it's not that |
| 5291s | meaningful right now as this game has |
| 5294s | kind of developed you know in a way that |
| 5296s | is more about the board control than it |
| 5297s | is about bursting down your opponent |
| 5301s | can i skaka feel that this is the moment |
| 5303s | just goal and there's only one card for |
| 5304s | ties he's in a bad spot he knows what is |
| 5307s | in his |
| 5317s | yeah just to maximize damage |
| 5320s | for three and then |
| 5331s | is looking at |
| 5333s | 15 damage right now on the board he |
| 5335s | knows that if there's even one more |
| 5338s | point of damage available for ostroga |
| 5340s | next then playing the user here would |
| 5342s | cost him the game but on the other hand |
| 5344s | twilight will that's going to win the |
| 5346s | game |
| 5349s | is actually really bad here because the |
| 5350s | patron will uh you know |
| 5352s | propagate itself there is a drake but |
| 5354s | oscar has so many jaws to get lethal |
| 5356s | whirlwind oh not quite not yet but he |
| 5360s | can damage one of patreon into one more |
| 5362s | card with that i think drawing four |
| 5363s | cards right now is pretty good yeah i |
| 5365s | think four isn't going to be enough he |
| 5367s | is looking for another weapon or an |
| 5369s | inner rage cruel dust monster something |
| 5371s | like that to find that |
| 5373s | one extra damage even grommash like if |
| 5375s | he decides not to use whirlwind and then |
| 5376s | use batteries if he gets grammatical |
| 5379s | whoa he decides to cycle the one as well |
| 5382s | just one more challenge |
| 5385s | see if he finds it |
| 5386s | all right armor spiff is not the card |
| 5389s | not quite not really |
| 5408s | before doing that play and now he's |
| 5410s | actually gonna you know mislead though |
| 5411s | it might not be too punishing as taj |
| 5414s | can't really deal with this board but |
| 5415s | that was an interesting uh you know |
| 5416s | mechanic there but i'm sure it's really |
| 5418s | stressful for for |
| 5420s | this morning yeah i mean how often does |
| 5421s | that situation pop up |
| 5423s | oh not often certainly not often in the |
| 5426s | world championships |
| 5430s | okay guys times one more draw that's |
| 5431s | combo shadow please you can steal the |
| 5433s | flame from totem that's true but it's |
| 5435s | not going to help him and tyson is going |
| 5437s | to drop a game with the priest and |
| 5438s | skagger showing us why picture war is |
| 5440s | still very relevant |
| 5442s | yeah absolutely |
| 5444s | so oscar thanks game number one versus |
| 5445s | ties this is the first not for the |
| 5447s | dragon priest which is the weak link |
| 5449s | behind you guys really needs to win with |
| 5451s | it at some point |
| 5453s | but on the other hand guys unfortunately |
| 5455s | like what is going through his mind you |
| 5457s | know he knows |
| 5458s | that he misplayed |
| 5460s | with that attack not attacking and then |
| 5461s | like the fact he's really composed will |
| 5464s | stress him more or will he be all right |
| 5466s | after this |
| 5467s | i think he'll be just fine oscar is an |
| 5469s | experienced player and that was such a |
| 5470s | rare situation we didn't spot the flame |
| 5472s | like interaction i don't think many |
| 5474s | viewers at home either like noticed that |
| 5477s | that that would happen and he would miss |
| 5478s | those two damage points he has a one |
| 5480s | zero lead that must give him confidence |
| 5482s | going forward absolutely he played |
| 5484s | amazingly and all the all the things he |
| 5487s | did not attacking with the death spite |
| 5488s | not creating too many patients before |
| 5490s | the light bulb forcing ties to use his |
| 5491s | removal cards as early as possible so a |
| 5494s | really really great play yeah exactly |
| 5496s | like you said you know just focus on the |
| 5497s | good moves that you did don't worry |
| 5499s | about the carelessness play it's not |
| 5501s | really it didn't really affect the game |
| 5502s | at all right any day you're the one with |
| 5504s | the one zero lead so you know you got |
| 5505s | the uh edge |
| 5507s | so amaz how awesome is it to see the |
| 5508s | dragon priest on the big stage yeah it's |
| 5511s | awesome um of course thais feels like |
| 5513s | it's a very strong deck according to his |
| 5515s | meta because you don't play a deck for |
| 5517s | fun in a competitive tournament right |
| 5519s | but um you know i think um it's a very |
| 5521s | good choice uh the shrink master kabal |
| 5523s | shah freeze combo is a is a one that's |
| 5525s | uh not a lot of people remember |
| 5526s | sometimes and they could swing the game |
| 5528s | around so i'm really happy that uh |
| 5530s | priest has you know shown his space in |
| 5533s | the east uh world championship yeah up |
| 5535s | to this point it has really shown its |
| 5537s | power and place has been doing well with |
| 5539s | it i think it's also worth pointing out |
| 5541s | that what what |
| 5542s | does not have in his lineup is the druid |
| 5544s | thais is famous for his street play he's |
| 5546s | an excellent touring player we have 13 |
| 5548s | we had 13 retreat players |
| 5551s | i don't know 16 out of 16 and heist was |
| 5553s | one not one of them |
| 5555s | that was really surprising |
| 5557s | yeah |
| 5558s | yeah he is known as the best well not |
| 5559s | maybe not the best route but one of the |
| 5561s | best ones for sure and his favorite |
| 5563s | class from he didn't even play it before |
| 5565s | he just fundraised to be the most fun |
| 5567s | class for him personally yeah in a meta |
| 5570s | filled with druids it means 13 out of 16 |
| 5572s | jurors right you want to play something |
| 5574s | that can counter it and i think dragon |
| 5575s | priest actually does that pretty well uh |
| 5577s | hundreds you know ramp up the first few |
| 5579s | turns and then the priest just drops |
| 5580s | these one drops these strong two drops |
| 5582s | like you know it needs to have bigger |
| 5584s | stat lines than what they supposedly |
| 5585s | cost for so i think it's a very good |
| 5587s | medical absolutely and so what do you |
| 5589s | think uh ostaka is going to bring next |
| 5591s | he's locked with his patient patron one |
| 5592s | he will not bring it again because we |
| 5594s | are playing conquest best of five what |
| 5595s | is the next class he can bring here i |
| 5597s | think ostroga might just roll a dice |
| 5599s | here and uh go for either one that he |
| 5602s | can't really know for sure what dice is |
| 5604s | going to bring and uh |
| 5606s | so many decks remaining all different |
| 5608s | decks of obviously um different matchups |
| 5611s | it's hard to tell but i'm pretty broke |
| 5613s | but that's just a guess that's a very |
| 5615s | good guess but let's actually hear osaka |
| 5618s | talking about his decks himself |
| 5638s | so when we bring forward tournament it's |
| 5640s | very much based around like how many |
| 5642s | players there are and if it's a very |
| 5643s | small amount of players then you can be |
| 5644s | more specific and try and predict |
| 5646s | exactly what that is going to bring but |
| 5647s | if it's like a 50-man tournament or |
| 5649s | something like that then it's very much |
| 5650s | important to just bring solid decks and |
| 5652s | not try and be too specific so for this |
| 5654s | term i brought oil rogue remade and |
| 5655s | patron warrior and the goal of the next |
| 5657s | is to try and uh beat decks like paladin |
| 5660s | and zoo with all three of my decks so |
| 5662s | for now i'm actually really comfortable |
| 5663s | with what i've done i'm really happy and |
| 5664s | i think i |
| 5665s | did my preparation really well |
| 5676s | we've traversed the tombs of nazramus |
| 5679s | we've climbed every cliff on black rock |
| 5681s | now the world cries out for heroes as a |
| 5684s | new evil rises there will be danger |
| 5688s | there will be doom there will be ancient |
| 5691s | temples filled with relics treasures and |
| 5693s | traps who will answer the call |
| 5711s | oh yes |
| 5721s | all right guys we're almost ready for |
| 5723s | game number two but league of explorers |
| 5724s | seems really cool yeah it does the quest |
| 5727s | for the golden monkey or the origination |
| 5729s | rod more like yeah that's going to be |
| 5731s | cool but right now the players are |
| 5733s | playing for the trophy absolutely the |
| 5734s | trophy looks amazing and it's a beat |
| 5738s | do you like ostaka's lineup overall |
| 5740s | freeze mage it's so cool to see frisbee |
| 5742s | on the big stage absolutely priest mate |
| 5744s | has a lot of good matchups one of the |
| 5746s | bad matchups used to be the warrior just |
| 5748s | because of the hero power and the |
| 5749s | ability to go above 30 health but |
| 5751s | australia has made the call here that |
| 5752s | the warriors are going to be less than |
| 5754s | with what we saw before the war |
| 5756s | something changed so i like bringing the |
| 5758s | rogue a lot i think it's a little bit of |
| 5760s | a gamble doesn't have a good matchup |
| 5761s | against something like a face hunter but |
| 5763s | it has been paying off for him in this |
| 5765s | tournament well oscar is really |
| 5766s | confident in his lineup and uh he said |
| 5768s | like he's not only favorite against ties |
| 5770s | he feels like he's also favorite versus |
| 5772s | other opponents if he wins versus dice |
| 5774s | here |
| 5775s | yeah i mean both of these players are |
| 5776s | actually very similar in their uh |
| 5777s | mindset of you know anti-aggro |
| 5780s | so |
| 5781s | it's interesting when they match up |
| 5782s | together right |
| 5783s | they're playing pretty much the same |
| 5784s | decks except for one one deck difference |
| 5787s | and uh you know the matchups are going |
| 5789s | to be pretty weird because how often do |
| 5790s | you play you know a freeze major mirror |
| 5792s | uh it's a little bit more special but |
| 5794s | here we're going to see uh oscar is |
| 5796s | going to play rogue like you predict |
| 5797s | this the beach |
| 5799s | against the free smith so how do you |
| 5800s | think about this matchup it can't go |
| 5802s | either way but i would give the edge to |
| 5804s | the priests mage because priest mate has |
| 5806s | so many tools to deal with the minions |
| 5808s | from the rogue side with the aoe spells |
| 5811s | and the rogue has to use those minions |
| 5813s | to deal enough damage and the true |
| 5814s | double ice barriers |
| 5816s | and the anti-kill but it might be |
| 5818s | difficult |
| 5819s | so what's the best case for rogue so if |
| 5820s | the freeze match has a good matchup |
| 5822s | frisbee just needs to do what does just |
| 5824s | set up the defenses then draw the cards |
| 5826s | get to the combo and stop the rope from |
| 5827s | doing damage what is the key thing for |
| 5830s | rogue is there like a big flurry well |
| 5832s | yeah there are a couple of options you |
| 5833s | could actually pressure them a lot with |
| 5835s | your early game minions getting those |
| 5836s | repetitive damage before things like |
| 5838s | blizzard and flamestrike stop the board |
| 5840s | and of course if that strategy doesn't |
| 5842s | work you always have the trump card |
| 5844s | which is loca which just stops every |
| 5846s | card in the freeze mage deck and you |
| 5848s | know hopefully win the game after that |
| 5850s | yeah i think the most |
| 5852s | most successful strategy in general for |
| 5854s | the rogue player is to put as much |
| 5856s | pressure as possible early on because if |
| 5858s | it goes to |
| 5859s | very late game the mage is going to be |
| 5861s | the one with the advantage so rogue |
| 5863s | player has to end the game before alex |
| 5865s | raza before the one turn kill after it |
| 5868s | so that said savings what do you think |
| 5869s | about this kaka's hand |
| 5871s | well it certainly is an interesting one |
| 5873s | those back steps not so valuable he does |
| 5876s | have a violent feature which is which is |
| 5878s | definitely a good card sprint |
| 5880s | if he picks up a preparation and there |
| 5882s | it is he's going to be also very strong |
| 5885s | that preparation is going to help him |
| 5887s | get those extra minions that he needs he |
| 5890s | does need another spell to combo the |
| 5892s | preparation with but on the other hand |
| 5893s | tys has a you know pretty solid hand |
| 5896s | before you can cycle for more cards |
| 5898s | especially especially what you want in |
| 5899s | your freeze mage uh not the best turn |
| 5901s | three can establish a secret but so far |
| 5903s | looking like a standard freeze major |
| 5905s | printer all right but it's not like the |
| 5906s | best treatment opener he doesn't have |
| 5908s | the mad scientist he maybe would like to |
| 5910s | have acquired maine to just play down |
| 5912s | yeah it's not the best but it's it's |
| 5914s | reasonable and osaka here realizing that |
| 5916s | you know it is a race for damage did use |
| 5918s | his dagger last turn and this turn and |
| 5920s | it's gonna reward him because you know |
| 5922s | he has to use his hero part this turn |
| 5924s | another ice block a little bit drop here |
| 5926s | tyson was definitely hoping to draw |
| 5928s | either acolyte of pain or occasional |
| 5930s | intellect to get through his deck faster |
| 5933s | now also the scientists later on might |
| 5935s | be a bit clunky |
| 5937s | in case he he draws another barrier to |
| 5939s | his hand so exactly um massage is her |
| 5941s | only proc and uh ice barrier now since |
| 5944s | both ice balls are in the hand so if |
| 5946s | oscar knows that for a fact then he can |
| 5948s | actually you know do some interesting |
| 5950s | plays around it oh wow edwin edwin is |
| 5952s | one of those cards that can be set up |
| 5953s | pretty early if australia is able to |
| 5956s | cast a lot of spells the big ending |
| 5957s | can't be troublesome and this is not the |
| 5959s | hand to do it with though he would |
| 5961s | really love to have something deadly |
| 5962s | poison eviscerate maybe a minion from |
| 5964s | twice's side to be also be able to use |
| 5967s | the backstab to get even a bigger one |
| 5969s | cliff here we likely to see a poor job |
| 5972s | might be either the violet teacher or a |
| 5974s | pilot distributor he could also go for |
| 5976s | preparations print but |
| 5979s | turn |
| 5986s | damage against freeze mage uh you don't |
| 5988s | really need cargo right now the damage |
| 5990s | is much more important oh there is a mad |
| 5992s | scientist before he got all the secrets |
| 5994s | so maybe he'll be able to play it now |
| 5995s | yeah definitely a good show and at four |
| 5997s | mana he can also ping or frostbolt uh to |
| 6000s | pilot the sweater |
| 6002s | i kind of like pinging i think |
| 6018s | oh it might be |
| 6019s | yeah that's um |
| 6021s | it's interesting you can just |
| 6022s | preparation into something like that you |
| 6024s | know what you need it for you just want |
| 6026s | the extra buff do you double back stuff |
| 6028s | um |
| 6030s | wow |
| 6032s | we know that um putting a big minion |
| 6034s | against freeze me just is really strong |
| 6035s | because usually they don't have much |
| 6037s | removal their only removal is through |
| 6039s | damage so uh that's why for example hand |
| 6041s | locks when they play like a mountain |
| 6043s | giant against them it's really really |
| 6044s | effective so skunk is trying gonna mimic |
| 6047s | that with the edwin but not this turn |
| 6048s | this thing is just going to um you know |
| 6050s | establish some minions like someone once |
| 6052s | getting the big van cliff would have |
| 6054s | required using the preparation and uh |
| 6056s | keeping the preparation for the sprint |
| 6058s | is going to allow him to |
| 6059s | to play the sprint and minions on the |
| 6062s | same time |
| 6064s | yeah it's absolutely essential for him |
| 6065s | because the pressure |
| 6066s | as much as possible to put tyson those |
| 6068s | awkward spots where he either has the |
| 6070s | removal or he takes the damage |
| 6073s | but there is a nice barrier from the mad |
| 6075s | scientist so that's eight points of |
| 6076s | health easily gained |
| 6079s | oh wow another good time |
| 6081s | well it's not too bad i guess he can |
| 6083s | pick a blade right now and that will |
| 6085s | thin his deck a little bit more and he |
| 6086s | will find the cost that he |
| 6088s | needs even more |
| 6090s | instead of drawing into any more secrets |
| 6092s | after this what does he need right now |
| 6094s | is he looking for a doomsayer a possible |
| 6096s | blizzard |
| 6097s | time strike some aoe players yeah i |
| 6099s | think cardstraw is the most important |
| 6101s | thing |
| 6102s | as it is right now just doesn't seem to |
| 6105s | be doing enough so those cards as you |
| 6107s | mentioned like blizzard |
| 6108s | flame strike doomsayer the board clears |
| 6111s | yes he does need those cards but he |
| 6113s | needs something more so he must first |
| 6114s | find maybe find the card for it to |
| 6117s | increase his hand size |
| 6119s | i also like that uh thais also use this |
| 6121s | hero part instead of use frost nova |
| 6123s | because first nova effectively only |
| 6124s | gains the amount of health your opponent |
| 6126s | has an attack right so first number or |
| 6128s | just for seven where later on it might |
| 6131s | be even uh better or you can even combo |
| 6133s | stuff with doomsayer so |
| 6135s | i like keeping it absolutely oscar going |
| 6137s | with the sprint four extra cards and uh |
| 6140s | well what |
| 6142s | finds another preparation i believe the |
| 6144s | next turn we might see a |
| 6147s | huge |
| 6148s | van cliff |
| 6149s | that could be possible but it's it's |
| 6151s | reasonable because on some spots mage |
| 6154s | just has to cast this big removal |
| 6156s | and if you have that one set up it's not |
| 6158s | dying to it you can't conceal it but |
| 6160s | it's really hard and even if you have to |
| 6162s | spend the firewall |
| 6165s | there actually isn't that much speaking |
| 6169s | someplace |
| 6170s | in maybe |
| 6171s | maybe a big game hunter |
| 6173s | you don't need to see that |
| 6174s | that was a long time ago yeah that |
| 6176s | happens |
| 6178s | yeah but the sky guy is still far away |
| 6180s | from winning this game there's a lot of |
| 6181s | help for tonight so you'll have enough |
| 6183s | time to draw some extra cards for sure i |
| 6185s | think it's actually a little bit |
| 6186s | problematic for us |
| 6188s | he has so many minions on the board |
| 6189s | right now that might prevent him from |
| 6191s | playing the van cleef because playing |
| 6192s | the spells before it is going to fill |
| 6194s | the board yeah that's very true so if |
| 6196s | thais does choose to for example frost |
| 6199s | over the board oskar can actually you |
| 6201s | know combo spells beforehand for the |
| 6203s | edwin van cleef |
| 6205s | so uh |
| 6207s | this board i think there is not that no |
| 6209s | he's almost at 40 health here and after |
| 6212s | the being there's only going to be seven |
| 6214s | power from the minions |
| 6216s | i think he's fine just like hero about |
| 6218s | passing yeah sure yeah killed it to one |
| 6220s | iceland from the top was not the card |
| 6223s | that i wanted to see |
| 6225s | exactly which mentions he's missing to |
| 6227s | draw without the jaw he will not be able |
| 6229s | to get all the answers he needs and one |
| 6230s | of the big strengths of free speech is |
| 6232s | that |
| 6232s | it's going to draw everyone's out |
| 6235s | full deck |
| 6238s | he's going to go for the fireball on the |
| 6240s | teacher but that is going to allow him |
| 6242s | to play that big one cliff if he chooses |
| 6245s | to do so well there's double frost nova |
| 6247s | for ties so van cleef might get frozen |
| 6249s | for a couple of returns but how many can |
| 6251s | we play |
| 6252s | the poison flurry preparation |
| 6255s | blood made so the van cleef could |
| 6257s | potentially be a 1010 |
| 6259s | if he wants it to be yeah three minute |
| 6261s | time is a pretty good deal sounds good |
| 6263s | to me is it the best play though ty's |
| 6266s | even though he doesn't have warp gears |
| 6267s | he has those freezes he has three of |
| 6269s | them i think it's almost impossible to |
| 6270s | say no to it he also has that zap |
| 6273s | available for later on |
| 6276s | oh whoa |
| 6278s | pay attention class okay so uh going |
| 6280s | with the feature |
| 6282s | stronger medium than the than the blood |
| 6284s | image would have been still gets to play |
| 6286s | the final thing |
| 6290s | the other way around but this allows |
| 6291s | keeping the getting the teacher on the |
| 6293s | porch and saving the flurry yeah |
| 6296s | uh |
| 6297s | also use the fireball on the violet |
| 6299s | t-shirt which pretty much means that he |
| 6300s | doesn't have a flame strike in his hand |
| 6302s | right so it feels very comfortable |
| 6303s | establishing another one since the last |
| 6305s | one was so hard to deal with absolutely |
| 6307s | oscar got so much information about |
| 6308s | fireball western |
| 6310s | yep so what do you do here is dice you |
| 6312s | got anthony so another kind of dead card |
| 6315s | unless it will allow him to have another |
| 6318s | strategy if if he actually waits |
| 6321s | he'll turn nine he'll be able to point |
| 6323s | the first number as well from tinnitus |
| 6325s | well |
| 6327s | he's uh just gonna slam |
| 6343s | play is um forcing skakka to to do |
| 6345s | something with it kill it or maybe stop |
| 6347s | it and it also gave ties to fireball so |
| 6349s | his hand didn't look that great but now |
| 6352s | if you change the coin into the fireball |
| 6354s | and also the isis that wasn't doing much |
| 6357s | so he has some ways to fight back he |
| 6359s | recognizes that his situation is not |
| 6360s | great yeah taj's hand just doesn't have |
| 6362s | enough cycle that a freeze mage usually |
| 6364s | wants so he just has to make the best |
| 6366s | situation out of you know a poor hand |
| 6369s | oscar on the other hand is going to try |
| 6370s | and |
| 6385s | yeah and he also keeps eviscerate for |
| 6386s | some extra bursts for the future |
| 6389s | uh would you say that oscar is uh kind |
| 6391s | of all in here uh she plays all his hand |
| 6394s | and only has a stack of history left for |
| 6397s | some amount of burst taj really needs to |
| 6399s | find the dreams there but that's not the |
| 6401s | card he was looking for and he gets the |
| 6403s | god journal but is it too late yeah |
| 6407s | he wants it don't start here |
| 6409s | absolutely we thought dooms here he got |
| 6411s | a good one doomsayer no one and then |
| 6413s | even |
| 6418s | right now |
| 6420s | he might have to go off the acolyte try |
| 6422s | find those extra answers that he needs |
| 6441s | of the board that's perfect positioning |
| 6443s | yeah blizzard would have been certainly |
| 6445s | a better card really smart positioning |
| 6447s | like you mentioned here having that air |
| 6449s | in one clip on the side and the other |
| 6450s | big minions on the other side |
| 6452s | even though it looks really bad for tys |
| 6454s | uh as long as he draws his allen straws |
| 6456s | in time it might be very hard for his |
| 6458s | guy to steal the game uh ty's already |
| 6460s | has 12 damage in his hand he still has |
| 6462s | no frostbolt and he has the second nice |
| 6464s | block as well so if he can um stagger |
| 6466s | his turns correctly uh osaka can't |
| 6469s | actually come back from this so he's |
| 6470s | going to actually set the afterlife |
| 6472s | prevent tyres from drawing more cars |
| 6473s | since you know he feared the inevitable |
| 6476s | might be coming soon yeah absolutely |
| 6478s | except not too strong here but |
| 6480s | he couldn't have any other place to make |
| 6483s | so |
| 6494s | and that is going to be an excellent |
| 6495s | position for ties if you choose to go |
| 6497s | with the playing strike here alexstrasza |
| 6499s | was a bit better because we felt like |
| 6500s | strazza as mentioned just get 15. get |
| 6503s | him to 15 and then you have double |
| 6504s | fireball and you have wasted you even to |
| 6506s | ping him to death |
| 6510s | it was really interesting that the |
| 6511s | master swordsman buffed the headway yeah |
| 6513s | so that you know it's that much closer |
| 6515s | to popping out tyson's ice block the |
| 6517s | only minion that would survive the flame |
| 6520s | strike thing by getting the buff here |
| 6525s | is thinking about all of his options |
| 6526s | there could be some some different lines |
| 6528s | of play potentially some of their breeze |
| 6530s | spells |
| 6532s | yeah potentially |
| 6534s | right side of the board |
| 6536s | good and and also being the three one |
| 6538s | maybe yeah you could also use frost nova |
| 6540s | and the antique healbot such that the |
| 6542s | antique about attacking the edwin would |
| 6544s | uh you know clear the next start of the |
| 6545s | fellaing pink but he's actually gonna |
| 6546s | spend a fireball yeah he's going to set |
| 6548s | up the flamestrike for next time oh very |
| 6550s | cool yeah that's a really nice play |
| 6552s | oscar would not be |
| 6555s | and one of the win conditions against |
| 6556s | rogue is clearing their minions and oh |
| 6559s | no no space |
| 6560s | so they'll lose them |
| 6563s | how do you make that play how |
| 6565s | are you going to make that that would be |
| 6567s | an insane play my mind would be blown if |
| 6569s | he actually went for it |
| 6575s | wow |
| 6577s | to get that lord he knows that flames |
| 6579s | are coming on the following turn |
| 6581s | that's |
| 6584s | usually frost nova is the counter to |
| 6586s | local if it's cost eight mana you can |
| 6587s | still play it but now this can't do that |
| 6589s | look at that look at the corner cool |
| 6591s | positioning the big three minions are as |
| 6593s | different as the first four for seven |
| 6595s | position that's just amazing that's so |
| 6596s | amazing yeah on the other hand he also |
| 6598s | he also knew that violet is not going to |
| 6600s | create a |
| 6601s | dominion to have the space for laughter |
| 6604s | so what can i do here if you thought |
| 6607s | this is i guess you could have called i |
| 6610s | guess but where where did you go yeah |
| 6612s | where did you put it |
| 6613s | is that is the icebox still getting |
| 6615s | popped this really changed the game |
| 6617s | times was in a really good position |
| 6618s | there with those minions yeah frozen |
| 6621s | it's so awkward too because nine mana |
| 6623s | usually you can ping and play the corner |
| 6625s | call to kind of shift the positions a |
| 6627s | bit but you can't even kill edwin here |
| 6629s | yeah |
| 6630s | he actually he can't stop the ice block |
| 6632s | from getting popped here with the cone |
| 6634s | of gold even on the biggest minions he |
| 6635s | could stop 11 damage by using it on the |
| 6638s | one cliff side of the board but there |
| 6640s | will still be 14 from there from the |
| 6642s | other minions in combination with that |
| 6645s | with the weapon for most gaga so dice |
| 6647s | knows that ice block is getting popped |
| 6648s | anyway if you choose to use the cone of |
| 6650s | gold so it seems like he's going to hold |
| 6651s | on to it for now |
| 6653s | all right he's going for atticus |
| 6656s | still going to set up for the flint |
| 6657s | strike |
| 6659s | how much damage is there incoming it's a |
| 6661s | lot of damage we see uh |
| 6663s | 10 |
| 6664s | 16 |
| 6665s | 18 |
| 6667s | 24 24 on the board 25 including the |
| 6669s | dagger so yeah i could choose to play |
| 6672s | the board but of course |
| 6673s | the uh acolyte paint you want to just |
| 6675s | deal three damage to it uh remove it off |
| 6677s | the board and not draw any additional |
| 6679s | cards i'm tiny bit surprised that tais |
| 6681s | chose to go with the heel but here |
| 6682s | because with that flame strike and |
| 6684s | second ice block |
| 6686s | on the following turn he could have like |
| 6688s | the heel but could have maybe |
| 6689s | potentially be even more valuable after |
| 6692s | the second nice block |
| 6694s | no he kind of needs that |
| 6696s | to be able to hang in there that's true |
| 6699s | but can he win with alexstrasza right |
| 6700s | now this ice block is getting popped so |
| 6702s | he will need to play iceberg next turn |
| 6704s | not to die yeah well his his uh strategy |
| 6706s | is going to revolve around clearing the |
| 6708s | board and external flame strike and |
| 6709s | setting an ice block and then drawing |
| 6711s | the alistar to heal himself uh he |
| 6712s | already went to the route of clearing |
| 6715s | all of uh osukaka's minions and winning |
| 6717s | that way by the t |
| 6718s | so the game plan changes a little bit |
| 6720s | here yeah it's a good strategy but oscar |
| 6722s | is the one who was able to |
| 6724s | get more cards |
| 6726s | so you try to set up a kill with the |
| 6727s | dagger is that extra the only outcome to |
| 6730s | die |
| 6731s | um it wouldn't seem so well snapping in |
| 6734s | accola as well just to prevent |
| 6736s | additional cards |
| 6738s | yep |
| 6739s | decides that he does not need the zap |
| 6741s | anymore for anything else |
| 6744s | denying that culture he knows that that |
| 6746s | backlight will not only join one card |
| 6748s | but at least two maybe even three |
| 6751s | both players are so calm just look at |
| 6753s | their faces they're calculating thinking |
| 6755s | about everything they're here at the |
| 6757s | world stage of hearthstone yeah |
| 6760s | maybe they're like you know |
| 6762s | kind of stressed out inside but you're |
| 6763s | just not showing it you know |
| 6765s | yeah and uh here is the flame strike |
| 6768s | finally the delayed the tiny bit |
| 6771s | dice does get to play it here but one |
| 6773s | ice block is popped and the second one |
| 6775s | is just about to get the same treatment |
| 6778s | now guys wow double oil is going to be |
| 6780s | really really good so even if tice does |
| 6783s | choose to play australia next time |
| 6784s | healing himself back to 15. double oil |
| 6787s | should be able to clear the game yeah |
| 6788s | and there is no more ice block for ties |
| 6790s | no more ice barriers all the secrets |
| 6792s | around everything is plain inside yep |
| 6795s | and because oscar knows that angstrom is |
| 6796s | the only way that types can stay in the |
| 6798s | game he feels comfortable in healing |
| 6800s | himself there is still a tough chance |
| 6801s | with the icelands in combination with |
| 6803s | the alexstrasza in case the oils would |
| 6805s | land on the right means but please are |
| 6807s | not going is it not the card and osaka |
| 6810s | having the si7 agent can actually deal |
| 6812s | the remaining damage after the board |
| 6814s | gets frozen even the flurry can also |
| 6816s | deal with one damage that's remaining |
| 6818s | yep taj needs to fish for a card right |
| 6819s | now he's in |
| 6820s | a very desperate situation |
| 6823s | absolutely |
| 6824s | all right so he's fireblasting the |
| 6826s | minion to see what he can get there is |
| 6828s | no card that thais can draw here |
| 6831s | called iceland |
| 6832s | if you're looking from his point of view |
| 6834s | there is still a tiny chance that dice |
| 6836s | knows with six cards in those caucus ham |
| 6838s | it's highly likely there is going to be |
| 6840s | a contract florida's gonna do it |
| 6842s | yeah guys taking game number two over |
| 6844s | time |
| 6846s | very impressive yeah it's very very |
| 6848s | impressive that evie's right play from |
| 6851s | oscar on his own vladimir |
| 6853s | i think that one won him the game yeah |
| 6855s | absolutely and you said it's a bad |
| 6856s | matchup and it seemed like times had |
| 6858s | that moment where he could maybe come |
| 6860s | back even though he didn't have the |
| 6861s | great hand he had a good position at |
| 6863s | some point but every straight into |
| 6865s | into lothal i mean it's not only that he |
| 6868s | played the loafer in the middle of his |
| 6870s | whole minion board and made the corner |
| 6872s | code so awkward for tires that was just |
| 6874s | amazing |
| 6887s | the positioning the damage counting |
| 6889s | everything he was able to stop the |
| 6890s | important aquifers as well before he put |
| 6892s | sides in a very awkward spot and just |
| 6895s | grabbed the win yeah and now uh speaking |
| 6897s | of awkward spots times needs to win |
| 6899s | three games against osaka's freeze mage |
| 6902s | and that's going to be very difficult |
| 6903s | touch this has a warrior which is a good |
| 6905s | matchup but he has the priest and uh |
| 6907s | free space is so good against priests |
| 6909s | they don't put nearly enough pressure |
| 6911s | and they have all the time in the world |
| 6912s | and there's also the free speech mage |
| 6913s | mirror match which is kind of a coin |
| 6916s | flip but then the more experienced |
| 6917s | player can actually yeah sometimes it |
| 6919s | comes counter comes down to the draws |
| 6922s | but also the more experienced player can |
| 6924s | take the advantage in a in games where |
| 6927s | the draws are fairly similar both of |
| 6929s | these players however are excellent |
| 6931s | frisbee players and i don't think |
| 6932s | there's |
| 6933s | a massive skill difference there but |
| 6936s | both of them are so good and fairly |
| 6937s | flawless all right shout out to the fans |
| 6940s | that are watching the audience right now |
| 6941s | you guys signs are awesome |
| 6944s | and um yeah we'll have to see if |
| 6945s | wisconsin's take it to the grand finals |
| 6948s | it's going to be amazing but only one |
| 6949s | european advance right those they are |
| 6952s | europeans finest the best players we |
| 6954s | have savitz and one of them |
| 6957s | will have a chance to become the world |
| 6959s | champion but before we even conclude |
| 6960s | this match before we even go to the next |
| 6963s | game we have an interview with the ice |
| 6964s | cream |
| 6973s | case think my past really uh made where |
| 6977s | i am now i look everything positive even |
| 6979s | if something is really negative |
| 6981s | happening in my life or happening with |
| 6983s | me it's something i learn from so it's |
| 6985s | not bad at all it feels sometimes like |
| 6987s | the day back where i played in the king |
| 6989s | of the hill and |
| 6990s | i had a chance a change there to make a |
| 6993s | name of myself and |
| 6995s | surprisingly also for myself is that i |
| 6997s | did really well there and i won nine |
| 6999s | times in a row and after that it went |
| 7001s | just really fast i had an infight for |
| 7003s | dream act and i get picked up by a team |
| 7005s | and |
| 7006s | yeah it's uh i'm still super surprised |
| 7008s | how fast all the time go and that i'm |
| 7009s | now just here being a |
| 7011s | competitive |
| 7012s | hearthstone player when i was younger i |
| 7014s | was kind of ill i was really struggling |
| 7017s | with myself |
| 7018s | really anxious and yeah i had some yeah |
| 7022s | some more mental problems and it took |
| 7024s | that time but how i'm getting out of it |
| 7027s | like it really improves your personality |
| 7029s | and now i'm just |
| 7031s | yeah i feel really strong i was really |
| 7033s | unsure about myself i |
| 7035s | i never i was always thinking how others |
| 7038s | will think of me how they will like me |
| 7039s | so that was sort of a problem for me but |
| 7042s | after that um i i just realized that if |
| 7046s | i'm just myself that's the best way to |
| 7048s | go and |
| 7049s | yeah people don't like it then it sucks |
| 7051s | for them |
| 7052s | the gaming was a good outweigh for me |
| 7055s | when i started gaming i always played |
| 7056s | already some games but yeah i kind of |
| 7059s | enjoyed myself i found my way making |
| 7062s | things easier |
| 7063s | i felt really comfortable |
| 7065s | where i struggled sometimes with being |
| 7066s | comfortable |
| 7068s | communicating |
| 7070s | now it made me easier the motivation of |
| 7073s | me is |
| 7074s | it's something that was always already |
| 7076s | with me in every game i played even if |
| 7078s | it was just footballers just some small |
| 7081s | game with friends or not even a game |
| 7084s | i just always look to |
| 7086s | look for perfection and |
| 7088s | it's um yeah something that also when i |
| 7091s | play hearthstone i play it for fun but i |
| 7093s | always want to be one of the better or i |
| 7095s | want to improve and yeah it's just how |
| 7098s | my personality is somehow |
| 7101s | but now with the mode there is also a |
| 7103s | lot of motivation i just like |
| 7105s | hearthstone a lot the game and |
| 7108s | yeah i'm just enjoying everything i do |
| 7109s | and that is the biggest motivation for |
| 7111s | me now |
| 7114s | i think in most of the regions in |
| 7116s | hearthstone at least it's pretty uh |
| 7118s | friendly um how people look at it of |
| 7120s | course you are competitively when you |
| 7122s | play the game but after the game you can |
| 7124s | have some frustrations but you will |
| 7126s | still be friends i'm not going here to |
| 7128s | survive the groups i really want to win |
| 7130s | the tournament and that's why i'm just |
| 7132s | taking a lot of risk and |
| 7134s | yeah i'm pretty sure people didn't |
| 7137s | expect this fire from me for me |
| 7139s | winning blizzcon helped me a lot and |
| 7141s | just being the world champion is |
| 7143s | something i could not even dream of |
| 7150s | guys it's such a long journey i still |
| 7152s | remember times when he was starring he |
| 7153s | was just winning some online tournaments |
| 7154s | and he entered the king of the hill and |
| 7156s | he had so many wins in a row and |
| 7158s | suddenly he wins dreamhack second dream |
| 7160s | hockey is in the final and then he is |
| 7162s | the european champion and now he's here |
| 7164s | on this amazing stage with amazing |
| 7166s | audience watching him perform yeah i |
| 7168s | mean he's on a hot streak lately but you |
| 7171s | know he's in danger right now of uh |
| 7173s | getting oscar stopping his hot streak so |
| 7175s | um he has to keep that positive energy |
| 7177s | like he talked about and just focus on |
| 7179s | his plays focus on the game and just win |
| 7182s | three games he's practicing so much so |
| 7184s | what are his chances to still win this |
| 7186s | match |
| 7187s | well |
| 7189s | i kind of got to be honest it's going to |
| 7191s | be extremely difficult the warrior is |
| 7193s | likely to get a win and i would expect |
| 7195s | him to play it first just to get a |
| 7197s | little bit of extra confidence you don't |
| 7199s | want to get three zeroed ever and you |
| 7201s | even more don't want to get three zeroed |
| 7203s | on the world championship stage so that |
| 7205s | one is is likely that he is going to be |
| 7208s | able to take down but it's only gonna |
| 7209s | get more and more difficult in the |
| 7211s | series if he if he can go forward even |
| 7214s | if the matchups are difficult i believe |
| 7215s | in ties i think like mentally he is able |
| 7217s | to come back this is conquest format and |
| 7219s | i've seen |
| 7220s | just the reverse sweeps before and thais |
| 7222s | was also one of the players i've seen |
| 7223s | him losing zero three and then winning |
| 7225s | the series four to three so he's one of |
| 7227s | those guys who really thinks |
| 7229s | methodically about the games and he will |
| 7231s | not not break here at the world station |
| 7233s | yeah has been down |
| 7235s | 0-3-0-2 in many tournaments before he's |
| 7237s | an experienced player i'm sure he cannot |
| 7240s | he can still |
| 7241s | do it there's still hope for him and |
| 7243s | he's going to just play one game at a |
| 7245s | time and |
| 7246s | maybe it'll work out all right so he |
| 7248s | picks up that warrior ammas what do you |
| 7249s | think about the match-up service |
| 7250s | mentioned is pretty good why is it so |
| 7252s | good yeah it's really good because uh |
| 7253s | freeze mage's strategy revolves around |
| 7255s | playing out straza and then burning you |
| 7257s | down from 15 health but the mechanical |
| 7259s | armor from the warrior just you know |
| 7261s | throws it out the window when you're |
| 7263s | your opponent uses not extras on you you |
| 7264s | have 15 health but say you have like |
| 7266s | even 10 armor |
| 7268s | and the mage does not have enough burn |
| 7270s | they just fizzle out and you win that |
| 7271s | way |
| 7272s | and that's really the main |
| 7273s | strategy that warriors tend to go with |
| 7276s | armorsmith helps with that a lot and of |
| 7278s | course execute is a key part in removing |
| 7280s | antonitas removing uh emperor thorazon |
| 7283s | and even alexstrasza they just have all |
| 7284s | the tools to deal with this matchup all |
| 7286s | right so it seems really good actually |
| 7287s | and ascaka bringing the freeze mage |
| 7289s | savings this is a bad matchup for him is |
| 7292s | there any valid strategy that you can |
| 7293s | use |
| 7294s | absolutely you want to if you're the |
| 7296s | free space player you want you have to |
| 7297s | get the archmage underneath us because |
| 7299s | freeze mate without the uh and tonight |
| 7302s | has very limited amount of amount of |
| 7303s | burn damage so with those extra |
| 7305s | fireballs you need to get as many of |
| 7307s | those as possible and if he does get it |
| 7310s | with an emperor effect first then |
| 7311s | ultrasound tonight maybe one minute |
| 7313s | frostbolt zero mana iceland that kind of |
| 7315s | combos going there is definitely hope |
| 7317s | for him there is one more strategy that |
| 7319s | this kaka can use and a strategy is to |
| 7321s | fatigue the warrior because warrior has |
| 7324s | a limited number of threats this version |
| 7326s | that thais brought is a very anti-aggro |
| 7328s | one so he is not running doctor boom he |
| 7331s | is bringing only grommash i believe and |
| 7333s | he doesn't even have piloted shredders |
| 7334s | this means that if oscar survives and |
| 7338s | prolongs the game long enough he might |
| 7340s | actually be able to fatigue the warrior |
| 7342s | at some point eyes will just not have |
| 7343s | any threats yeah that's definitely a |
| 7344s | valid strategy it might be a bit more |
| 7346s | tricky since you do not have healing |
| 7348s | while the warriors uh hero part is |
| 7350s | effectively healing uh so it's a little |
| 7352s | bit more tricky it really depends on if |
| 7353s | warriors use their car drills or not but |
| 7356s | right now it's gonna pull that secret |
| 7358s | from the uh mad scientist and it's |
| 7360s | actually super helpful because he |
| 7361s | doesn't need to draw it um later on so |
| 7363s | he can draw something more valuable |
| 7366s | yeah i think it's unlikely that the |
| 7367s | australia would go for the pathetic game |
| 7369s | plan unless he sees dice make a big |
| 7372s | battle rage early on and this is an |
| 7373s | experienced player and if he notices the |
| 7375s | lost kaka is going for that type of |
| 7376s | strategy twice will stop drawing |
| 7379s | and maybe not even use the battle rages |
| 7381s | at all |
| 7383s | yeah that's absolutely a fair point and |
| 7384s | uh looking at their hands and what do |
| 7386s | you think about the stack of tents |
| 7388s | you've got those two secrets i'm gonna |
| 7390s | say it's it's it's not that great he's |
| 7392s | the extra culture he needs to find the |
| 7393s | arcane intellect and the acolyte as soon |
| 7396s | as possible fill his hand find the |
| 7398s | emperor find the antonidas a lot of |
| 7400s | things have to go right for him |
| 7402s | that is a bit awkward because if he goes |
| 7404s | for the strategy he doesn't want |
| 7405s | to draw the playing cards |
| 7408s | exactly so that's why mages usually |
| 7410s | wants uh the archmage antennas and then |
| 7412s | you know it's theoretically infinite |
| 7414s | damage with fireballs you just need to |
| 7416s | make sure that the warrior cannot kill |
| 7418s | your antonettis on the turn is um |
| 7420s | dropped titus of course is looking to |
| 7422s | hear a power every turn that's a very |
| 7424s | good strategy and save the army smith |
| 7426s | for what you have a lot of minions and |
| 7427s | you have a whirlwind effect perhaps and |
| 7430s | just get even more armored that way |
| 7431s | maybe even double the armor step forward |
| 7434s | doesn't |
| 7443s | yeah more options is always a good |
| 7445s | choice against a mage and |
| 7447s | freeze mages naturally draw themselves |
| 7450s | right massax actually draws a card and |
| 7451s | puts it on the battlefield lujar draws a |
| 7453s | card so yeah it's it's really tough for |
| 7455s | warriors to uh fatigue uh loot terror |
| 7457s | loser not a bad draw from most daca |
| 7459s | there but it doesn't increase the size |
| 7461s | of his hand |
| 7462s | nope it's another cycle card so yeah |
| 7465s | oscar is still looking for something |
| 7466s | better touch on the other hand does have |
| 7468s | the patron it's not too effective |
| 7470s | against the freeze man they do have |
| 7471s | flame strike they do have the foul nose |
| 7473s | blizzard but uh you know it's one way to |
| 7476s | actually just |
| 7478s | pressure the freeze mage enough to win |
| 7480s | the game but the more reliable one uh |
| 7482s | based on what all the pros say is to |
| 7484s | just gain so much armor that freeze |
| 7486s | mages just fizzle out with power damage |
| 7487s | well patreon can help with that it's not |
| 7489s | playing it really early to pressure |
| 7495s | that's true |
| 7496s | yep sometimes you can go |
| 7498s | really quickly with the patrons and try |
| 7500s | to get it on turn five make a big one |
| 7502s | before the flame strike comes |
| 7504s | but uh in this situation it was a little |
| 7506s | bit late he didn't have that extra |
| 7507s | welding effect set up just yet so even |
| 7510s | if he was to go for the four queen |
| 7512s | patrons next turn with the weapon and |
| 7514s | the inner rage |
| 7515s | it would be likely to get wiped out with |
| 7517s | that uh |
| 7518s | with that flame strike an austraca |
| 7521s | arcane intellect not just one but he |
| 7523s | picks up two arcane intellects and those |
| 7525s | are exactly the cards that he was hoping |
| 7526s | to see yeah and now if he actually finds |
| 7529s | an emperor perhaps and the anthony is in |
| 7531s | hand he can create a lot of fireballs |
| 7534s | yeah |
| 7535s | just join the cards he's uh wait for now |
| 7537s | biggest thing that the lack of tonight |
| 7539s | the lack of tourism or the warrior |
| 7541s | changes anything in the metro |
| 7544s | really really yeah it doesn't need it |
| 7547s | right now it wouldn't help him all that |
| 7549s | much to decrease the cost of those cars |
| 7551s | that he has in this hand |
| 7552s | it's not that much about |
| 7554s | the mana costs |
| 7556s | for now |
| 7558s | it's an unstable ghoul i'd like to just |
| 7560s | see a hero power pass here maybe maybe |
| 7562s | they cool because why not but sure just |
| 7565s | please accomplish all that much |
| 7567s | but he also doesn't need to hold on to |
| 7568s | it for later on but this means that |
| 7570s | thais is not pressuring much |
| 7572s | he's just armoring up which is a great |
| 7574s | strategy but on the other hand |
| 7575s | the game might go long and long okay |
| 7577s | yeah i mean it is the more consistent |
| 7579s | strategy right yeah patient warrior |
| 7581s | against freeze mage outlast your |
| 7583s | opponent and uh you know win the game by |
| 7585s | that way oscar is the one |
| 7588s | that's kind of being pressured to pull |
| 7590s | enough damage before the uh end of the |
| 7592s | game happens |
| 7593s | so uh yeah well double armistice is |
| 7595s | pretty decent |
| 7596s | this is amazing if he finds another |
| 7599s | whirlpin effect |
| 7601s | he can potentially gain a lot of armor |
| 7602s | on this |
| 7603s | on one turn by playing both of the |
| 7605s | armorsmiths at the same time and using |
| 7606s | those welfare effects to get that extra |
| 7609s | armor and uh get out of burn range from |
| 7611s | their freeze mage so what's the best way |
| 7613s | to deal with this |
| 7614s | archmage and tonight that is that is a |
| 7616s | good card he definitely needs that even |
| 7617s | though it's not the time for it just yet |
| 7620s | i would say |
| 7621s | uh oscar does need to cycle more cards |
| 7623s | but it's a really awkward hand right now |
| 7625s | right you want to play the arcane elect |
| 7627s | but you are sitting on 10 cards so you |
| 7629s | need to play something but you don't |
| 7630s | want to play anything |
| 7632s | it's an awkward position you're kind of |
| 7633s | blizzard i believe |
| 7635s | i do you could just wizard throw it away |
| 7638s | yeah yeah you only throw away one card |
| 7640s | though so |
| 7642s | it's just an awkward turn i think oscar |
| 7644s | still has time like if he just throws |
| 7646s | away some cards here oh wow |
| 7648s | oh really that's |
| 7650s | surprising to me i was expecting him to |
| 7652s | save that iceland |
| 7654s | yeah later in combination with that |
| 7656s | archmage antenna seems like he has a |
| 7658s | different game plan i'm really |
| 7660s | interested to see what australia is |
| 7661s | planning to do and uh how |
| 7664s | how does he feel like he doesn't need |
| 7666s | iceland right iceland is usually the uh |
| 7668s | spell that you can combo of antoinette's |
| 7670s | to get more fireballs but the sky feels |
| 7672s | like that perhaps this might be the turn |
| 7674s | thais wants to use this display |
| 7676s | um but then once again thais can just |
| 7678s | sit there hero power you know |
| 7682s | chill out a little bit and it's oscar |
| 7683s | once again with pressure to actually do |
| 7685s | something well you're mentioned |
| 7687s | mentioning chilling out but how |
| 7688s | stressful and how straining mentally |
| 7690s | this match is |
| 7692s | i mean it's it's for everything right |
| 7694s | now right it's a single elimination if |
| 7696s | you lose the series you're out of the |
| 7697s | running for blizzcon uh world |
| 7699s | championships being so close to the |
| 7701s | trophy so yeah i'm assuming the pressure |
| 7704s | must be super high and you also can't be |
| 7706s | active it's more about being passive |
| 7707s | thinking about your place and it's one |
| 7709s | of the slowest matchups at the moment |
| 7711s | yeah i mean one little mistake might |
| 7713s | change the whole thing and that's just |
| 7715s | what hearthstone is so you have to |
| 7716s | remain focused even though sometimes you |
| 7718s | think it's kind of uh oh it's just going |
| 7720s | to hear a power pass you know it's kind |
| 7721s | of negligible it's very important to |
| 7724s | always consider your options |
| 7726s | absolutely |
| 7727s | are you considering options for a stack |
| 7729s | yeah i'm trying to see how good here how |
| 7731s | could he manage with this hand his hand |
| 7733s | is full right now he it's it's so |
| 7736s | difficult he he has ways to draw more |
| 7738s | cards he has the acolyte he could even |
| 7739s | use the ghoul to kind of draw him |
| 7743s | is a again problem he needs to get rid |
| 7745s | of something from some of his cars |
| 7746s | before playing being able to draw more |
| 7749s | how do you like the pre-emptive here |
| 7751s | i mean he just wants to throw it away |
| 7753s | basically it just accomplished much but |
| 7756s | it's like why not well basically the |
| 7758s | doomsayer is not as good as a card a |
| 7761s | random card from his deck right now so |
| 7763s | he just feels like he just doesn't want |
| 7764s | to use it |
| 7765s | uh thais here can just once again just |
| 7769s | sit there and hero power gain some |
| 7771s | effective health |
| 7773s | and just play a card that he doesn't |
| 7774s | really need for example like the coin |
| 7777s | doesn't feel too important right now |
| 7779s | ostrogok are not the only player who's |
| 7781s | struggling with the hand size right now |
| 7783s | dies also with 10 cards and he needs to |
| 7785s | figure out |
| 7786s | what card he he wants to |
| 7789s | throw away in this situation because he |
| 7791s | doesn't want to burn the next draw |
| 7793s | that's so interesting because the the |
| 7795s | doomsayer would normally be executed but |
| 7797s | the fact that the saga destroyed away |
| 7798s | will mean that don't execute targets so |
| 7801s | executes are gonna sit there and ties |
| 7802s | his hand forcing him to do some actions |
| 7804s | to make the plays |
| 7805s | looks like he is deciding to go with the |
| 7807s | coin in this situation |
| 7810s | thinks that everything else in his hand |
| 7812s | is more valuable i wouldn't say that the |
| 7814s | slam is more valuable that doesn't solve |
| 7816s | the problem because it would only |
| 7817s | only take up another time you could only |
| 7820s | only a cycle for another one |
| 7822s | and also uh |
| 7824s | the fatigue race |
| 7827s | oh extras are from from the top |
| 7831s | so uh yeah i mean i'm sure that deals 13 |
| 7833s | damage it's not gonna do any more damage |
| 7836s | throughout this game and it's a play |
| 7838s | that you don't feel too bad uh playing |
| 7841s | about uh once again what uh tyson's |
| 7843s | strategy is to reduce you down to |
| 7845s | fatigue uh and then you know just |
| 7847s | physically out with armor so |
| 7849s | i don't think there is a situation where |
| 7851s | you need to alexstrasza yourself |
| 7853s | i'm trying to think if there's any |
| 7855s | reason not to play the alex strata |
| 7857s | and uh |
| 7859s | also thinks it's the best play in this |
| 7861s | situation he does put it down and this |
| 7863s | is likely to be the double armor smith |
| 7864s | turn from thais and he's going to get a |
| 7867s | lot of armor yeah with the patron with |
| 7869s | the despite that rattle with the inner |
| 7871s | rage |
| 7872s | this armor is gonna absorb really really |
| 7874s | high yeah even though he got the damage |
| 7876s | from like strazza it's one of the |
| 7878s | winning strategies such a small army but |
| 7881s | how much it's gonna be |
| 7883s | he's 11 right now so he's going to |
| 7885s | that's plus two of the enrage |
| 7889s | but you do need to use the xq that is |
| 7891s | true yeah so you do not get the |
| 7893s | whirlwind but you still have a board of |
| 7895s | uh armistice so yeah that's |
| 7909s | that's 12 armor since there are six |
| 7911s | minions on the board yeah so the best |
| 7913s | way to deal with that board is having a |
| 7915s | doomsayer yes all right |
| 7918s | blizzard is also oh or flinch |
| 7920s | there you go again that is going to give |
| 7922s | us |
| 7923s | sorry that is going to keep ties to |
| 7926s | build armor if it goes with that flame |
| 7928s | strike right now and it would |
| 7930s | that's right |
| 7932s | very high on the hp at the other end |
| 7933s | dice is stuck with a lot of useless |
| 7935s | cards in his hand yeah yeah that's true |
| 7937s | and what else can he do |
| 7940s | there's a lot of uh interesting uh |
| 7942s | concepts that arise from the situation |
| 7944s | right now right because osaka using the |
| 7946s | flame strike you know it's gonna |
| 7948s | stabilize him but then uh you know he |
| 7950s | might not have enough time to kill thais |
| 7953s | right he's to count in this time that |
| 7954s | yes |
| 7955s | use one execute so if i play another |
| 7958s | thread my second thread will be bigger |
| 7959s | for example emperor and antennas those |
| 7961s | are usually the big thumbs right um and |
| 7964s | another thing you realize |
| 7965s | is that oscar then uses arcane intellect |
| 7967s | very early on and that was actually |
| 7969s | really good because it's going to get |
| 7970s | him closer to fatigue so all these |
| 7972s | little things start to come up right now |
| 7977s | is actually going for the fatigue plan |
| 7980s | yeah with uh 49 health i'd say that's a |
| 7982s | that's what he's doing |
| 7984s | well he's not tinnitus |
| 7986s | but fatigue damage will be helpful right |
| 7989s | yep and uh doomsayer well that's a |
| 7992s | little bit late for the party |
| 7993s | not the worst right now i mean not the |
| 7995s | worst but last time it would be so good |
| 7997s | potentially denying that |
| 7999s | either denying the armor or waiting out |
| 8001s | the execute so the undeniable had better |
| 8003s | chance to survive yeah you do want the |
| 8005s | execute to be used |
| 8008s | but oscar feels like he wants to uh use |
| 8010s | these antennas right now hopefully they |
| 8013s | execute in tyson's hand so that this |
| 8016s | access goes in the wrap around fireballs |
| 8018s | but unfortunately that's not the case |
| 8019s | well it seems like oscar can play a |
| 8021s | risky a bit he is still in a great spot |
| 8023s | he uh has free chances with the freeze |
| 8025s | mage so here if he risks that there is |
| 8027s | no way to activate execute or maybe if |
| 8029s | there is no execute you keep might just |
| 8031s | win the game right there but we |
| 8032s | obviously know there is there is a way |
| 8034s | yep |
| 8035s | he can choose anything he likes here he |
| 8037s | could go with the fiery war axe to |
| 8039s | damage the minion |
| 8040s | before execute he'll also go for the |
| 8042s | slam if he's not too worried about |
| 8043s | drawing the card here |
| 8045s | don't get him closer to fatigue but it's |
| 8048s | not really a huge issue for now well i |
| 8051s | mean it might come back to haunted right |
| 8052s | every card draw is kind of scary you |
| 8054s | take that one fatigue damage you don't |
| 8056s | think it's a problem but if you draw two |
| 8058s | cards before your opponent you're taking |
| 8059s | 10 fatigue damage when they're taking |
| 8061s | only eight yeah it does back up really |
| 8063s | fast that is true but it also has a lot |
| 8065s | of hp right now he has 49 49 effectively |
| 8070s | and he's he's going to get another two |
| 8072s | here so if it goes to the patient it |
| 8074s | might be |
| 8075s | it or it will still be ties with the |
| 8078s | advantage unless he goes interface a lot |
| 8081s | of cuts before oscar |
| 8083s | is running out of threads with his other |
| 8085s | knight is down yes |
| 8088s | yeah and because this realized that |
| 8090s | there is one more big threat it's gonna |
| 8092s | save the execute |
| 8098s | use the second slam last to kill off the |
| 8101s | minion from his opponent |
| 8103s | in order to prevent himself from |
| 8105s | enjoying that one extra card exactly |
| 8108s | card draw is sometimes you know a |
| 8110s | double-edged sword in this matchup this |
| 8111s | matchup is so delicate every card drill |
| 8113s | matters and those acolytes of bane if he |
| 8116s | follows up on it there are dead cards |
| 8118s | yeah i can't play them anymore oh yeah |
| 8120s | you definitely don't want to play them |
| 8121s | they draw three cards because this goes |
| 8122s | to the kingdom right yeah and you do not |
| 8124s | want to draw three cards right now |
| 8129s | well |
| 8130s | yeah |
| 8132s | doesn't really have much to play here |
| 8134s | how much burst is left for a skucker |
| 8136s | well not not 48 that's for sure he's not |
| 8139s | 48 so uh fatigue to finish together |
| 8142s | that's true absolutely so this rk |
| 8144s | intellect is probably not going to get |
| 8145s | played ever his accolade is also not |
| 8148s | going to be played |
| 8149s | it's going to be interesting |
| 8151s | for us |
| 8152s | there |
| 8156s | let's see what happens here |
| 8158s | i'm just going to stall up for |
| 8161s | you know maybe person emperor |
| 8167s | it's like okay maybe he has another uh |
| 8169s | aoe that he's uh saving for later so |
| 8172s | maybe i want to keep the frogging |
| 8174s | um you know to be used after the street |
| 8176s | corsair dies i think taisha's position |
| 8178s | is very interesting in that he only |
| 8180s | needs one minion to have enough pressure |
| 8183s | this yeah three two represents a lot of |
| 8184s | damage yeah surprisingly so |
| 8187s | keeping that throttling no real reason |
| 8189s | to play it here |
| 8190s | oh explosive well it's not a threat |
| 8193s | it's not a trend it's a car you can |
| 8195s | throw away and deal with the three two |
| 8197s | that's true and so that's all right |
| 8199s | trade i suppose we have some |
| 8201s | uh |
| 8203s | cards left we have seven cards left for |
| 8205s | the freeze mage player oscar and thais |
| 8208s | does have eight cards left so yeah once |
| 8209s | again freeze mage is ahead of cards |
| 8212s | in the cards remaining twice is doing |
| 8215s | better than post kaka right now |
| 8217s | i was really conservative with drawing |
| 8218s | never played those alkalize use that |
| 8220s | slam to finish off all right |
| 8222s | this is going to be almost impossible |
| 8224s | for gaga to |
| 8226s | to close out exactly when you're behind |
| 8228s | on fatigue and your opponent is ahead on |
| 8230s | health |
| 8231s | it seems like a double whammy |
| 8233s | well he does have some burst |
| 8236s | yeah but once again versus not enough |
| 8238s | fatigue damage reacts just so quickly |
| 8240s | like |
| 8241s | right right now oscar has two cars ahead |
| 8242s | right so he'll be taking |
| 8244s | uh you know |
| 8246s | two extra fatigue damage cards before it |
| 8248s | touches and what that means is that a |
| 8250s | fatigue damage you're taking 19 more |
| 8253s | damage than your phone and drawing the 9 |
| 8254s | and the 10 before opponent maybe let's |
| 8256s | count how much damage he has left in his |
| 8257s | deck so he should have one more fireball |
| 8271s | that's even worse but yeah if you count |
| 8273s | all the damage you have to deal |
| 8276s | at least as much damage as you have |
| 8277s | right now right so touch needs to be |
| 8279s | reduced down to |
| 8281s | 26 and i don't think |
| 8283s | it even has enough damage to touch down |
| 8285s | to 26. there's no way if i was i would |
| 8288s | stop thinking about the next game yeah |
| 8289s | he might be like planning his next pick |
| 8292s | sure what to play |
| 8294s | because i think well he's going to stick |
| 8295s | with the mage actually yeah exactly |
| 8298s | i was gonna even play the dominoes |
| 8300s | because thousands draws a card like yeah |
| 8302s | there's just so many different cards at |
| 8303s | least uh but maybe if he uses thomas at |
| 8306s | the afternoon game |
| 8309s | damage |
| 8310s | if there wasn't so much on the light |
| 8312s | right now i i believe you would just see |
| 8314s | that come see from most kaka but when |
| 8316s | you're playing for this much you kind of |
| 8318s | want to play it out even if you know |
| 8319s | that it's very unlikely that you're |
| 8321s | going to |
| 8322s | win in the end certainly super unlikely |
| 8325s | taj has a battle an inner range on the |
| 8327s | ground that's 12 less health for mascara |
| 8330s | but there is an ice bearer so far less |
| 8332s | health but that's still you know still |
| 8334s | damaged yeah and weapons as well so |
| 8336s | fireworks is three damage that's what is |
| 8338s | this positive the plus eight |
| 8340s | and they cause a couple of couple of |
| 8341s | turns |
| 8344s | well mad scientist is not gonna do much |
| 8346s | all of his secrets are either played or |
| 8348s | in his hand right now but it's a minion |
| 8350s | you can do damage with it that's |
| 8352s | important that it is |
| 8353s | just deal that two trades with the fine |
| 8356s | forex charge every part of damage |
| 8358s | matters this guy can do one damage every |
| 8361s | turn thighs can heal yeah two damage on |
| 8363s | the flip side every card draw minion |
| 8365s | doesn't matter and it actually matters |
| 8367s | more that you do not play them at all at |
| 8369s | night's playing a lot of cards with |
| 8370s | music it still has the power |
| 8372s | one more dimension |
| 8374s | yeah possibly just things that you don't |
| 8377s | want to play ever |
| 8380s | this game is oh emperor finally comes |
| 8382s | into the hand of his kaka a little bit i |
| 8384s | don't know bad |
| 8386s | on the um |
| 8387s | you know what was that called uh you |
| 8389s | know he drew his emperor uh no he draws |
| 8391s | enzonitas |
| 8392s | before his emperor so the ordering was a |
| 8394s | little bit unfortunate |
| 8396s | definitely one of the most important |
| 8398s | things in this matchup was the freeze |
| 8399s | mage is to draw that emperor early on |
| 8402s | and |
| 8402s | it might be a little bit late for the |
| 8403s | party in this case |
| 8405s | it's still a five five million something |
| 8407s | that size will have to deal with it's |
| 8409s | true |
| 8410s | yeah |
| 8411s | tyson is already counting the number of |
| 8413s | threats because freeze major only runs |
| 8415s | the three threads right thorazon and |
| 8416s | tinnitus alex razza once you remove |
| 8418s | those it's all about the health game you |
| 8420s | might be also counting the number of |
| 8421s | turns fatigue how does how does it look |
| 8424s | like uh because at this point titus |
| 8426s | knows exactly how much help this guy has |
| 8428s | with the |
| 8429s | uh |
| 8431s | right but still it's it's uh it seems |
| 8433s | only a moment ago the title 39 held but |
| 8435s | now it's like 49 |
| 8437s | and it's only going to increase |
| 8439s | played so much for you in the past i've |
| 8441s | seen him in the matches many |
| 8452s | all right activator for execute i guess |
| 8454s | sure yep he probably won't |
| 8456s | he doesn't want to take that five damage |
| 8459s | to his own face here and with those two |
| 8461s | whirlwinds he might as well just use one |
| 8463s | here also the execute there's nothing |
| 8466s | else to execute later on so the emperor |
| 8469s | will go down it seems wrong right since |
| 8471s | both the armistice are gone already |
| 8472s | where wins have no value other than deal |
| 8474s | one damage dice should have one |
| 8476s | replacement as well |
| 8477s | okay but that's that that really doesn't |
| 8480s | really matter i mean just needs to clear |
| 8482s | all of oskoka's minions from this point |
| 8484s | out um keep on using the hero power |
| 8486s | because it's twice as strong as your |
| 8488s | opponent's your car right now so that |
| 8490s | that's just gameplay |
| 8494s | all right so where's kaka he can't use |
| 8496s | much burst |
| 8497s | i believe |
| 8498s | maybe |
| 8499s | you want to keep falmouth horrible |
| 8501s | frostbolt iceland for the last moment |
| 8504s | yeah even so the uh |
| 8506s | best combo i can do with thalnos is 21 |
| 8508s | damage well that's before the emperor |
| 8510s | but even with the emperor oscar already |
| 8512s | used you know |
| 8514s | one of his icelanders already so but he |
| 8516s | needs to play a card and |
| 8518s | you don't get the full value from ebal |
| 8521s | doomsayer |
| 8522s | you might beat it if there is a board |
| 8525s | so he's going to throw away the fireball |
| 8536s | like they said the other battle rage |
| 8538s | comes in hand so |
| 8539s | yeah it's really just the uh formalities |
| 8542s | right now i show up and pass i mean i'm |
| 8544s | pretty sure that tyson's not gonna |
| 8545s | mistake here um he's a very experienced |
| 8547s | warrior like you said and he realizes |
| 8549s | that his win condition is just the hero |
| 8551s | cause |
| 8552s | yep the game is getting closer and |
| 8554s | closer to the end must was cock-up |
| 8556s | almost out of cards it's interesting |
| 8558s | that they are just locked in this |
| 8559s | eternal struggle major versus warrior |
| 8562s | just waiting waiting till the sure final |
| 8565s | condition comes to play you could see |
| 8567s | this kind of like as a you know |
| 8569s | concession break uh when you're watching |
| 8571s | like a concert or something you know |
| 8573s | this is like oh break time guys you know |
| 8575s | like you can kind of chill out you know |
| 8576s | run this match through and then you know |
| 8579s | focus on the other matches that are |
| 8580s | going to be much more important you know |
| 8582s | freeze mage mirror is going to be very |
| 8583s | well on the other hand |
| 8585s | you blink you miss one thing and maybe |
| 8587s | you will miss who wins this oh |
| 8589s | okay so you you want it it is really |
| 8591s | intense for those players |
| 8593s | it does take a lot from not just |
| 8596s | if oscar wins this game is because taj |
| 8599s | also helped oscar win this game and now |
| 8601s | that's not gonna happen |
| 8602s | i'm actually a tiny bit surprised that |
| 8603s | we haven't seen that concede from austin |
| 8606s | i'm not sure what exactly is going in |
| 8608s | his head right now maybe he's trying to |
| 8610s | think about the other matchups maybe |
| 8612s | like |
| 8614s | how to beat this how to be places other |
| 8616s | decks with his uh freeze mage so one of |
| 8618s | the reasons might be that uh he wants to |
| 8621s | fatigue dice |
| 8622s | i mean mentally like mentally no |
| 8625s | that could be that's the case absolutely |
| 8626s | yeah well at the end of the day it is |
| 8628s | for you know 250 000 right you might as |
| 8631s | well just you know |
| 8633s | give the option for your opponent to |
| 8635s | make a mistake because why not |
| 8637s | absolutely and dice is in a bad spot |
| 8638s | overall in his matchup he needs to win |
| 8640s | versus the freeze mage three times even |
| 8642s | though he has a good situation right now |
| 8644s | just concentrating counting damage it |
| 8646s | takes a tall oscar at this point might |
| 8648s | be like it doesn't matter i lost this i |
| 8650s | know it but i would just play cards |
| 8652s | and pretend i had still have a chance |
| 8654s | and thais will think do i really win |
| 8656s | this yeah right now ty does seem like |
| 8658s | he's uh in a mental zone right now just |
| 8661s | goes with his think of his guts here |
| 8665s | and fatigue hits a bit yes that guy |
| 8668s | would of course that was the fireball |
| 8669s | the last card |
| 8674s | is available for him |
| 8676s | there is |
| 8677s | 45. |
| 8679s | yeah that's not good yeah what is some |
| 8681s | all right isos is five frostbolt is four |
| 8683s | it's nine plus seven it's uh |
| 8686s | sixteen amazon correct |
| 8688s | my map says it's not forty five |
| 8692s | that's pretty true yeah |
| 8694s | tyson here thinking whether or not to |
| 8696s | attack with that death by those nominees |
| 8698s | inventors and allies up there completely |
| 8700s | useless in inside right now |
| 8702s | well the answer is why not because you |
| 8704s | do know that also played a nice player |
| 8706s | already |
| 8707s | he doesn't even have a second one |
| 8709s | that is true perfectly fine |
| 8714s | all right let's calculate the first |
| 8715s | thousand damage |
| 8717s | yep from now on out there ice blocks |
| 8719s | from most kaka completely worthless |
| 8721s | those do not work |
| 8723s | against the fatigue because patek damage |
| 8725s | is taken in the beginning of the turn |
| 8727s | and secrets only trigger on your |
| 8729s | opponent's turn |
| 8730s | unless you actually play a heel bot |
| 8733s | and then fatigue will not kill you there |
| 8735s | isn't like an instance so that your |
| 8737s | opponent will not be able to proc ice |
| 8738s | block |
| 8739s | well are you speaking are you |
| 8742s | that's my lord i'm thinking |
| 8744s | valor means that you never fatigue |
| 8748s | so |
| 8749s | number three |
| 8753s | his first win in this series and he is |
| 8756s | not out yet he needs to win two more |
| 8758s | times against the freeze mage |
| 8760s | might be more difficult with the other |
| 8762s | decks but he has fighting chance |
| 8765s | we assume that the priest matchup is |
| 8766s | really bad for tyson freeze mage i will |
| 8768s | have a great advantage what about the |
| 8770s | the other the mirror are there any |
| 8772s | differences you guys call |
| 8774s | yeah the mirror is all about like |
| 8776s | knowing if you know how to play the |
| 8777s | matchup at all you know things like ice |
| 8779s | barrier is |
| 8781s | uh very tricky uh because if your |
| 8783s | opponent plays a secret and you activate |
| 8784s | the ice bear you're effectively giving |
| 8785s | them a lot of health and freeze mage |
| 8787s | doesn't play a lot of minions so um you |
| 8789s | don't usually you don't want to trigger |
| 8791s | your opponent's secret unless you're |
| 8792s | very greedy for example and of course |
| 8794s | alex strazza is one of those swing cards |
| 8796s | not only can you use it on your opponent |
| 8797s | instead of for a kill you can also use |
| 8799s | it on yourself after your opponent |
| 8801s | expends all their spells and then they |
| 8803s | fizzle out so it's a very intricate |
| 8804s | matchup sometimes are we going to see |
| 8806s | any frostbolts intimate scientists into |
| 8808s | ice block |
| 8811s | most likely not but it might happen who |
| 8813s | knows |
| 8814s | all right so what are you guys most |
| 8817s | excited about |
| 8818s | well the small decisions because the |
| 8820s | next matchup is most likely going to be |
| 8822s | that free space mirror because that is |
| 8824s | the better deck out of the two that |
| 8826s | thais has remaining so i would expect |
| 8827s | him to save the priest for last so it's |
| 8830s | the small decisions the early turns what |
| 8832s | do you do how do you ping and what do |
| 8834s | you say for later on what cards do you |
| 8836s | feel like you can use to deal with early |
| 8838s | minions for example all right before we |
| 8840s | jump into another game we have a small |
| 8842s | video prepared for you guys |
| 8857s | if you want to be a competitive |
| 8859s | hearthstone player you just really have |
| 8860s | to look at yourself and with yourself |
| 8863s | it's not only your hearthstone gameplay |
| 8865s | but also just um |
| 8867s | yeah look where you are and look what uh |
| 8869s | will will be the best for you |
| 8871s | people always ask me yeah i should i |
| 8873s | bring these classes these classes but |
| 8875s | start with the classes you're |
| 8876s | comfortable with start with the classes |
| 8878s | you know the best it doesn't help to go |
| 8879s | to the best deck in the meta and not |
| 8882s | playing them well as for tips go to |
| 8886s | start with online tournaments through |
| 8887s | them and meta is way different than |
| 8888s | leather also never copy tournament decks |
| 8891s | on leather it's uh it's a horrible |
| 8893s | experience people always copy my decks |
| 8895s | and then they see double bths or six one |
| 8897s | drops increased and yes it just doesn't |
| 8900s | work so i will just |
| 8902s | trust in yourself and make the best out |
| 8904s | of that i still remember the first time |
| 8906s | i went |
| 8907s | to sweden and my parents were super |
| 8909s | scared what i was doing and i was |
| 8912s | actually a bit scared too because it was |
| 8914s | my first time i didn't really know what |
| 8916s | to expect |
| 8917s | it doesn't really matter how it goes for |
| 8919s | me what matters for my parents for my |
| 8921s | friends from my brothers is just that i |
| 8923s | enjoy what i'm doing and at this moment |
| 8924s | i'm really enjoying everything i am |
| 8926s | doing in hearthstone |
| 8932s | oh man cosplay is real it's really |
| 8934s | important to enjoy what we are doing and |
| 8936s | we we see elk and his wife enjoying |
| 8939s | uh the cosplay as well |
| 8941s | that's amazing |
| 8943s | dude those cosplays are actually pretty |
| 8945s | legit yeah absolutely can you name those |
| 8947s | characters ammas yeah i'm now ganes and |
| 8949s | valeera yeah yeah they're really well |
| 8952s | done i'm really impressed absolutely |
| 8953s | well guys is his favorite card |
| 8956s | and even though we've seen elky play |
| 8958s | yesterday and unfortunately for him he |
| 8959s | lost |
| 8960s | he is able to be here as morganista yeah |
| 8963s | it's pretty scary though what if |
| 8964s | somebody is cosplaying big game hunter |
| 8966s | oh |
| 8967s | yeah you're right something you don't |
| 8969s | want to meet that guy yeah absolutely |
| 8971s | you need to avoid him |
| 8972s | well maganis is eternal |
| 8974s | okay but still being hunters yeah |
| 8978s | almost eternal this is real life savage |
| 8980s | it's not hearthstone you know baking |
| 8982s | hunters you know just smell goodness |
| 8983s | just stomps them away do you just high |
| 8985s | five morganis if you're a vegan hunter |
| 8987s | oh yeah you can go that direction too |
| 8988s | perfect all right guys oscar is leading |
| 8991s | two to one versus thais and tais has a |
| 8993s | really difficult match up in his priest |
| 8995s | and the mage vs mage mirror is really |
| 8997s | intricate as we uh talked about it guys |
| 9000s | i have a different question for you how |
| 9001s | creative have you uh do you have to be |
| 9003s | as a pro player to be at this stage at |
| 9006s | blizzcon the world championship |
| 9009s | with your deck choices and thick |
| 9010s | building well the thing is like you're |
| 9013s | kind of balancing consistency versus the |
| 9015s | surprise factor right and the thing with |
| 9017s | uh this format is that sometimes when |
| 9020s | you bring a surprise deck |
| 9022s | it comes back to haunt you because you |
| 9024s | do need to get a win at least with each |
| 9026s | of your decks so in that case some |
| 9029s | players do prefer the consistency but |
| 9031s | ties on the other hand thinks that his |
| 9032s | priest is enough to you know be big |
| 9034s | enough of a surprise factor that players |
| 9036s | might not play optimal against this and |
| 9038s | just you know get in the window well |
| 9040s | he's got him so far but right now we're |
| 9042s | going to see the freeze mage versus |
| 9043s | freeze match matchup well austi kaka's |
| 9046s | hand is looking amazing right now he has |
| 9048s | to match science and double arkham |
| 9050s | blacks but thais also with a decent hand |
| 9052s | he has an acolyte of pain |
| 9054s | and arcane intellect |
| 9057s | well another key card in this matchup |
| 9059s | just throwing it out early to get the |
| 9061s | cycle yeah it's funny that you mentioned |
| 9063s | that because you kind of uh skipped over |
| 9065s | the blizzard frost nova and that's |
| 9067s | exactly what you don't want in this uh |
| 9069s | in this matchup because you know as a |
| 9071s | freeze major you don't play a lot of |
| 9072s | minions you don't really need those |
| 9074s | board players |
| 9075s | so what you're really looking for the |
| 9077s | cycle cards the burn cards and the big |
| 9080s | threats yeah there are a lot of |
| 9081s | worthless cards in this matchup but most |
| 9083s | of those aoe spells speak to me but also |
| 9086s | the duplicators might be tricky to use |
| 9089s | well it seems that dice's hand is |
| 9090s | probing a bet with the arca intellect |
| 9091s | and the second mad scientist |
| 9093s | so |
| 9095s | it's not over yet for sure and oscar got |
| 9097s | a lot of burst instead |
| 9101s | yeah but arcane intellects are just so |
| 9103s | key in this matchup you do want to cycle |
| 9105s | for more cards uh because you either |
| 9107s | spend your turn cycling or spend your |
| 9109s | turn using cards that don't really |
| 9110s | matter in this matchup for example |
| 9112s | losing that blizzard when you are 10 |
| 9114s | cards yeah the arcade archangel here |
| 9116s | seems fairly obvious there might be some |
| 9118s | other plays but it's hard to argue |
| 9120s | against that is there any merit thinking |
| 9123s | about fatiguing your opponent |
| 9125s | and not this early on at least yeah |
| 9127s | that's not the game plan usually |
| 9129s | for a free speech where it's usually uh |
| 9132s | you have in the first to kill them after |
| 9134s | they electrons themselves and after |
| 9136s | choice blocks or you know defending |
| 9138s | yourself uh after the two ice blocks and |
| 9140s | after your opponent uses australia so |
| 9142s | it's kind of like a you know uh |
| 9144s | kind of game so we don't want to |
| 9146s | give them more cards because then they |
| 9148s | have more options and they will faster |
| 9150s | get the ice blocks sure yeah so fatigue |
| 9152s | doesn't really |
| 9153s | settle in until later all right |
| 9156s | right explosive ship might be a decent |
| 9158s | play here it's hard to get a lot of |
| 9160s | value from it |
| 9161s | he doesn't have to do it if he doesn't |
| 9163s | want to also match scientist and ping |
| 9165s | would be |
| 9166s | quite good |
| 9167s | yeah that's actually taking out the pain |
| 9169s | with that already |
| 9171s | on the board |
| 9174s | it is a huge board it's for attack |
| 9175s | because alex does reduce reporting down |
| 9178s | to 15 health so effectively you are |
| 9181s | starting to match with 15 uh health only |
| 9183s | if you can use your minions to deal that |
| 9185s | 15 damage you can actually just save the |
| 9187s | alistar to use it on yourself and you |
| 9189s | don't need to use it |
| 9190s | interestingly you choose to go with the |
| 9192s | doomsayer because the zooms are probably |
| 9195s | not very important for later on so might |
| 9197s | as well play it here well that and of |
| 9199s | course the board is really really |
| 9201s | threatening right now to attack oh every |
| 9203s | damage matters |
| 9206s | what is the situation of the ice |
| 9207s | barriers because sometimes you may never |
| 9209s | proc the barriers if one mage has the |
| 9212s | bar is an ice block you just all |
| 9213s | stratton and then use your spells to pop |
| 9215s | the ball to pop the block and then they |
| 9217s | get the block you pop up again and then |
| 9219s | you win without ever proclaiming the |
| 9220s | aspires yeah i wouldn't |
| 9222s | i wouldn't imagine that the ties would |
| 9224s | attack here it was a random scene |
| 9225s | there's 50 50 chance that it would be a |
| 9227s | barrier and in that case instead of |
| 9228s | dealing two damage you would heal your |
| 9230s | opponent for six yeah |
| 9233s | yeah that risk resistance reward doesn't |
| 9234s | seem quite yeah it doesn't seem worth it |
| 9238s | skaka decides to draw with the arcade |
| 9239s | intellect |
| 9240s | cards |
| 9246s | still no ember thorison from either side |
| 9250s | is one of the better cars in this |
| 9251s | matchup |
| 9255s | it's really good because not only does |
| 9256s | it reduce your cards it also |
| 9258s | basically says you gotta remove me right |
| 9260s | now and usually the best answer is a |
| 9262s | fireball and when you lose a fireball to |
| 9264s | every thor's on well your opponent might |
| 9266s | be able to uh you know piece out some |
| 9268s | strategy to avoid you know more damage |
| 9271s | they might burn you a turn earlier |
| 9275s | absolutely |
| 9276s | and there's loot holder in the first |
| 9278s | nova with the second person in his hand |
| 9280s | there's |
| 9281s | no no not much reason to hold on to it |
| 9284s | probably just a good thing that he gets |
| 9286s | rid of it freezing the mad scientist not |
| 9288s | all that meaningful in this situation |
| 9290s | well for now skakka has that extras on |
| 9292s | hand and some bursts it's not enough |
| 9294s | first to win after um alexas is being |
| 9296s | played |
| 9297s | but it is important that he has these |
| 9299s | cards and thighs doesn't have the heel |
| 9300s | so in case the dice doesn't pick up the |
| 9302s | heel at all what to do then oscar might |
| 9305s | put times to one health and then just |
| 9307s | one of the things yeah that's right |
| 9309s | pinging is uh one of the |
| 9311s | main things to prop the ice block with |
| 9313s | so once again the anti-heal-bots are |
| 9315s | very very important in this matchup yep |
| 9317s | well that ice barrier looks like it |
| 9319s | could be playable at this time |
| 9321s | he won't be it's unlikely that he would |
| 9323s | actually do it because then this mad |
| 9325s | scientist on the board would not find |
| 9328s | anything |
| 9329s | and he's going to go with the ship |
| 9331s | killing off his own signs |
| 9334s | nice barrier |
| 9335s | right now |
| 9336s | making his future draws better because |
| 9339s | he does not want to draw us into the ice |
| 9341s | barrier from the top of his deck all |
| 9343s | right so both secrets are up for us for |
| 9345s | ties let's make a move here |
| 9349s | is not good |
| 9350s | one power on the board |
| 9352s | yeah |
| 9353s | that is flames targets oh absolutely you |
| 9356s | cannot get rid of it |
| 9358s | i mean to be honest flinch trick is not |
| 9359s | that bad yeah i mean |
| 9362s | exactly yeah we're going to use flame |
| 9363s | check again i think the best target for |
| 9365s | flamestrike in this matchup is probably |
| 9366s | the antique bug so uh in that case you |
| 9369s | know just you know you lose it you can |
| 9371s | get lizard and cure apart anyways he |
| 9372s | absolutely could go for the flames right |
| 9374s | here |
| 9375s | just to make room for those extra fire |
| 9377s | balls later on he's going to break yeah |
| 9384s | oh man that thanos was much of a threat |
| 9386s | right and now we see osaka actually in a |
| 9389s | pretty good position the coin does |
| 9391s | matter a lot in this matchup i mean you |
| 9393s | can alex draws a one turn earlier you |
| 9395s | can always turn it into a fireball with |
| 9397s | antonitas it's good to start second |
| 9399s | actually because he has something i does |
| 9401s | for the next turn we'll be able to turn |
| 9403s | both eyes into fireballs and point the |
| 9405s | fireball so he's essentially getting |
| 9407s | free marbles exactly so it seems like |
| 9408s | this play will be just a blizzard |
| 9410s | nothing uh |
| 9411s | you know uh trumping taisha's a flame |
| 9414s | strike against what they did |
| 9416s | or nothing |
| 9417s | and he's going to go for it then |
| 9420s | anthony's going iceland's iceland would |
| 9421s | be an option for for australia's tornado |
| 9424s | but also the coin alex straws are quite |
| 9425s | powerful |
| 9427s | yeah that's absolutely really strong but |
| 9429s | then if you get the antennas on the |
| 9430s | board and get those fireballs your mind |
| 9432s | has to deal with that |
| 9433s | oh a pre-emptive doomsayer from guys he |
| 9437s | knows that there is the coin still in |
| 9438s | australia's hand so it's one of the |
| 9440s | better ways to preemptively deal with it |
| 9443s | in case that he doesn't go for that |
| 9449s | he might still go for the anthony |
| 9452s | because |
| 9455s | oh wow really i mean if he emperor's |
| 9457s | this turn next turn is anthony just |
| 9459s | caught six his fireballs cost three |
| 9461s | icelands are cheap you have like |
| 9464s | little fireballs pretty much |
| 9466s | so yeah emperor has to come down yeah |
| 9467s | you can't say no to an emperor like this |
| 9469s | there's so much value in it right now oh |
| 9471s | no he's going go down to the doomsayer |
| 9474s | but he's still in excellence |
| 9476s | thanks does not look happy about that |
| 9478s | because jim's here it was supposed to |
| 9479s | stop your opponent from playing their |
| 9481s | entire turn but oscar still managed to |
| 9483s | find and play and dice he knows he is |
| 9484s | with his back of the wall he needs to |
| 9486s | win this matchup and it's the best |
| 9488s | chance for him because the priest is the |
| 9489s | the tough one if he doesn't win him he's |
| 9491s | eliminated oh yeah i mean either or he |
| 9494s | has to win this game staying |
| 9495s | alive right so uh |
| 9497s | this is a very tricky situation |
| 9501s | so you know thorson hit a lot of cards |
| 9503s | and you know the cards were good enough |
| 9505s | so that this kaka actually decided to |
| 9506s | play that person |
| 9507s | what what do you do |
| 9509s | well |
| 9510s | right now it seems that osaka is the |
| 9512s | aggressor he's going to probably alex |
| 9514s | razza or like burn anthonitis will be |
| 9516s | with a lot of fireballs so we're trying |
| 9518s | to find is a more defensive approach |
| 9520s | find a second ice block and then after |
| 9522s | both of your ice blocks are popped and |
| 9524s | to kill you |
| 9526s | and fizz up the mage down actually he |
| 9528s | doesn't even have the first eyeball here |
| 9530s | because that's the secret |
| 9534s | oh seems like he's going to do a |
| 9536s | preemptive essence before he's going to |
| 9537s | use this |
| 9539s | just to stop lost from developing things |
| 9542s | for watching going aggressive here |
| 9545s | it wasn't quite optimal but out of the |
| 9547s | options that he had he it kind of seemed |
| 9549s | like the only play he can make |
| 9552s | and uh austin here with a lot of options |
| 9555s | if he goes for alexstrasza and just |
| 9557s | limits the health of 15 he will have |
| 9559s | enough to just kill pius |
| 9562s | oh yeah but the thing is like it might |
| 9564s | be a nice yeah |
| 9565s | yeah the third of ice block is too high |
| 9567s | and the third of anton that is sticking |
| 9569s | on the port is also very very high we do |
| 9571s | know both players playing people so well |
| 9573s | we just need to calculate the damage |
| 9574s | right if you feel like opponent will |
| 9576s | have a way |
| 9590s | yep doesn't really matter though he |
| 9592s | cycles |
| 9592s | three of these cards for fireballs i'm |
| 9594s | pretty sure the coin is going to change |
| 9596s | in the fireball oh no he's actually keep |
| 9597s | the coin yeah with that coin he he could |
| 9599s | potentially cast three fireballs on the |
| 9601s | same turn because one of their fireballs |
| 9603s | is discounted with three mana cost |
| 9605s | absolutely very cool |
| 9608s | styles needs to deal with the |
| 9609s | centenaries it's not difficult he can |
| 9611s | just fireball and ping it |
| 9613s | what else he can do he's still searching |
| 9616s | for the ice blocks he's searching for |
| 9617s | zone |
| 9619s | alexstrasza does have to deal with the |
| 9621s | antennas like what's cargo did |
| 9623s | but yeah not as clean as uh |
| 9626s | since he did establish a minute |
| 9628s | afterwards fireball being seems like the |
| 9630s | only only way to deal with that for now |
| 9632s | he could go for arcane intellect first |
| 9634s | see if you can pick up something else no |
| 9636s | he actually again intellect is not |
| 9638s | playable right now because he does have |
| 9639s | thin cards in his hand is there any |
| 9641s | merit in |
| 9642s | another preemptiveness |
| 9644s | because you are expecting the thoughts |
| 9660s | here does he want to go aggressive with |
| 9663s | that alex trust he could also maybe save |
| 9666s | it for later on if he needs to use |
| 9668s | him on himself |
| 9670s | but at 16 hb |
| 9672s | and no emperor played from dice's side |
| 9674s | he might feel safe yeah alex straza |
| 9676s | seems really good here on the other hand |
| 9678s | for thai slice will have 15 points of |
| 9679s | damage easily next turn so putting oscar |
| 9682s | to one and one is that the exit point of |
| 9684s | how we want to have meijong just ping |
| 9686s | after that get the aspect done and then |
| 9688s | if there's another ice bucket pink again |
| 9690s | so in cars of four turns right |
| 9692s | next you you get into one the second |
| 9695s | turn ping first let's go yeah and curse |
| 9696s | the four turns actually |
| 9698s | sure but you know there's always |
| 9699s | something that you know in the freeze |
| 9701s | major messes up your accounting quite |
| 9703s | quite a bit you got to be a bit careful |
| 9705s | also if you use your burn right now what |
| 9707s | if your opponent just drops like an |
| 9709s | emperor or like an alexander you do need |
| 9710s | to save some removal from those |
| 9712s | austin gaga decides to save them alex |
| 9715s | straza |
| 9716s | for a defensive opportunity later on in |
| 9718s | this game |
| 9719s | so dangerous autocubot will save him |
| 9722s | here |
| 9723s | he still doesn't have an ice block no |
| 9725s | still an ice block |
| 9727s | he has to either occasionally into an |
| 9729s | ice block or play the heal but right now |
| 9731s | that's right 13 damage means that two |
| 9733s | fireballs and a ping is enough to kill |
| 9735s | twice |
| 9736s | uh |
| 9737s | well ty's only knows that |
| 9739s | this guy has one fireball so he might be |
| 9740s | a bit greedy here but i mean the chances |
| 9743s | are |
| 9743s | pretty against them |
| 9746s | can intellect |
| 9747s | likely to be the first thing he plays |
| 9748s | this time |
| 9750s | i couldn't like see what you get and if |
| 9752s | you don't get iceberg just keep on |
| 9754s | and of course |
| 9755s | tyson's in the spot where |
| 9757s | his stress is compounded by the fact |
| 9759s | that if he loses this game he's out |
| 9761s | yeah |
| 9762s | i like his last stand there is an ice |
| 9764s | block for him |
| 9765s | okay but the ending |
| 9767s | seems a little bit stronger here keep |
| 9768s | that minion on the boat as well |
| 9779s | putting his opponent down to 13 hp |
| 9781s | distance would allow him to rock the ice |
| 9784s | block with two fireballs and the beam |
| 9787s | but it's a |
| 9788s | very interesting situation where osaka |
| 9790s | could actually choose to alex strazza |
| 9793s | because after the ncaa ball is played |
| 9795s | i'll show that it becomes that much |
| 9796s | better you know that that uh sending |
| 9798s | health to the 15 is not going to get |
| 9800s | healed anymore uh and then of course you |
| 9803s | can you know just pop the ice block next |
| 9805s | turn |
| 9806s | you always have to be careful about your |
| 9808s | own blockage yeah the thing about the |
| 9810s | extras is that you you see thighs |
| 9812s | putting you down on 13. this means that |
| 9814s | double fireball and a ping is going to |
| 9816s | put you in one and popular popular |
| 9818s | iceberg as well and you absolutely don't |
| 9819s | want to see that and if you see that you |
| 9821s | need it to come back to 15. i actually |
| 9824s | think it's it's completely fine to see |
| 9825s | that because then you and i surround |
| 9827s | them all the way from there after seeing |
| 9829s | all sperm spells if you supposed to use |
| 9830s | that extras right now there will still |
| 9832s | be the potential fireball fireball |
| 9834s | frostbolt inside his hand which would |
| 9836s | allow him to |
| 9837s | broke the icebox anyway so he's deciding |
| 9840s | to not use it just yet and we can see |
| 9843s | that ice actually has that combination |
| 9845s | of thoughts in his hand that's a really |
| 9846s | good problem |
| 9849s | to gain some extra help |
| 9852s | okay both players have more strength |
| 9855s | so useless now do you |
| 9858s | uh don't uh underestimate just yet |
| 9860s | because if a skugger does uh aggressive |
| 9863s | yeah yeah you can have the answer to it |
| 9865s | but because both players know they have |
| 9867s | another struggle they're going to be |
| 9868s | very very careful with the burn so for |
| 9870s | example if touch just goes uh all out |
| 9872s | and just spends two fireballs use the |
| 9874s | ping and it's kind of follows them with |
| 9876s | alexa tess doesn't have any more reach i |
| 9878s | feel like this match the previous game |
| 9880s | that we've seen uh going into fatigue |
| 9881s | and then freeze magic frisbee mirror is |
| 9883s | the embodiment of the european metagame |
| 9886s | most of the european players they favor |
| 9888s | control so |
| 9889s | oh my gosh all right well dice is |
| 9892s | changing up his game plan he's going to |
| 9894s | try |
| 9896s | yeah playing the act light might prove |
| 9897s | to be let's go ahead he's going to lose |
| 9903s | but uh if we have uh you know a car |
| 9905s | count here oscar might be closer to |
| 9907s | fatigue than tysus |
| 9909s | and we know that fatigue actually |
| 9911s | pierces through ice block which is quite |
| 9913s | interesting yeah might change the |
| 9915s | dynamic if you go down and this here but |
| 9917s | also |
| 9918s | right so once again this is the best use |
| 9920s | of venturi killing an antique bike |
| 9925s | down it goes oscar choosing not to play |
| 9927s | the lotor in this situation he does not |
| 9929s | want to draw that extra card oh you have |
| 9931s | to think about the fatigue at this point |
| 9933s | oh yeah now now is the term where it |
| 9935s | matters because both players are kind of |
| 9937s | in a stalemate they go from alexstrasza |
| 9939s | they don't want to use it uh i mean they |
| 9942s | do want to use it but only when your |
| 9944s | opponent pulls the trigger but they |
| 9945s | don't want to pull the trigger |
| 9946s | themselves so and double entenders was |
| 9948s | used already so they don't have that |
| 9950s | extra version of their deck exactly no |
| 9951s | more resources are going to gain outside |
| 9953s | of their decks right now so like you |
| 9954s | said nimsh it's going to be |
| 9956s | it's gonna come down to fatigue yeah |
| 9958s | look it's like interesting and that is |
| 9960s | seems to have the upper hand right now |
| 9962s | in this situation |
| 9965s | still at 20 hp while oscar is down |
| 9970s | oh man this is just so funny he's |
| 9971s | sitting on those fireballs he can't get |
| 9973s | him to one pop the iceberg but it does |
| 9975s | he doesn't |
| 9976s | want to do it he can't do it because |
| 9978s | then i like struggling |
| 9982s | there's no more burst so now you have to |
| 9984s | use those small minions but he doesn't |
| 9985s | even have that he's like he can't play |
| 9986s | outside no |
| 9988s | don't you don't want to play it i mean |
| 9990s | you can't but you just kind of kill |
| 9991s | yourself yeah that seems like a bad |
| 9993s | strategy in this situation |
| 9995s | seems like a bad stretch in any |
| 9996s | situation used to kill yourself |
| 10001s | that also yeah all right so first first |
| 10004s | kaka it seems like |
| 10006s | it might be in a |
| 10008s | oh it's a really similar situation you |
| 10009s | can't really play those order |
| 10011s | because it will only |
| 10013s | give you 0.1 card all right so a |
| 10015s | fireball is going to be played here and |
| 10017s | just going to use the hero power every |
| 10019s | turn |
| 10021s | yeah so we are going to see a low of |
| 10023s | hero power we have big use stop finally |
| 10026s | comes in hand that is the uh |
| 10028s | last strike |
| 10029s | besides alex yeah he's in good card |
| 10032s | price right now |
| 10033s | that is like this going to fall off |
| 10037s | or the last remaining fireball on it |
| 10039s | because he doesn't have an aoe too yeah |
| 10041s | oh never mind close it comes to the head |
| 10045s | wow |
| 10047s | he's going to go aggressive here |
| 10051s | this seat is the turn for skulka to go |
| 10059s | coming down that is really really cool |
| 10061s | but it's such a great setup |
| 10063s | but actually it doesn't actually kill |
| 10066s | the doomsayer that is correct because of |
| 10068s | the discounts on those cards |
| 10072s | can play |
| 10073s | the frostbolt |
| 10074s | in addition to the alexstrasza yeah |
| 10076s | usually you can't do that usually either |
| 10078s | clear the doomsayer or you play the alex |
| 10080s | trailer but here yeah that's pretty good |
| 10083s | for taste |
| 10086s | yeah absolutely so do you guys think |
| 10087s | alex strasser yourself is ties and then |
| 10090s | going for the oh yeah i mean |
| 10092s | he's absolutely the only play in the |
| 10094s | situation i don't |
| 10098s | something else you fish for an ice block |
| 10100s | painting your accolade but you don't |
| 10102s | want to record your house you can't you |
| 10103s | can't go for oh can you go maybe for |
| 10106s | popping the iceberg is there anywhere |
| 10108s | i mean you're one health so you have to |
| 10110s | solve that problem first set up your own |
| 10112s | eyes can you say oh he doesn't have the |
| 10114s | sickness yeah exactly |
| 10115s | so touch this exactly |
| 10118s | here we go there is that alexstrasza |
| 10120s | coming guys |
| 10122s | and emperor will have another tick |
| 10124s | that's also for it |
| 10126s | uh not too relevant right now as uh half |
| 10129s | of texas cars don't want to get played |
| 10131s | anyways but whoa |
| 10135s | oh it's actually sacrificing his board |
| 10137s | okay |
| 10139s | it's very interesting and oscar has one |
| 10141s | more card left which means that thais |
| 10143s | only needs to deal nine damage and he's |
| 10145s | gonna win the game because once fatigue |
| 10147s | damage pierces through iceball that is |
| 10149s | true that's nine turns of thinking yeah |
| 10151s | and uh |
| 10153s | there you go and uh ty's on the other |
| 10155s | hand |
| 10156s | uh he might be also close to fatigue he |
| 10158s | is uh sitting on two cards |
| 10160s | so again dice is one card up oh yeah |
| 10163s | that's like he'll take the damage later |
| 10165s | that's right and that's really important |
| 10169s | this only shows excellence in the |
| 10170s | fatigue matches on the titanium he's |
| 10172s | almost out of cards |
| 10175s | is that ice block uh it's not really |
| 10177s | going to matter too much |
| 10179s | because the sky does not have to burn |
| 10180s | anyways |
| 10182s | i mean |
| 10183s | go ahead and play it |
| 10185s | yeah why not |
| 10189s | well he can't really unload the damage |
| 10190s | you can ping face right but you want to |
| 10193s | force extra plate but do you really want |
| 10195s | to pick the face here i mean you want to |
| 10197s | fireball and frostbolt the next |
| 10199s | turn so that you reduce your opponent's |
| 10201s | health exactly down to one and then you |
| 10203s | know the fatigue damage finishes all so |
| 10205s | the ping actually kind of makes the math |
| 10207s | bad yeah i agree i i don't think he |
| 10210s | should necessarily being here right so |
| 10212s | it's just gonna be ice bucket pass most |
| 10214s | likely right yep |
| 10217s | he's going to be |
| 10219s | damn it's there no that is a mistake |
| 10224s | though it's really interesting yeah |
| 10226s | that's pretty good for us kaka there's a |
| 10228s | lot of health a lot of health gains so |
| 10230s | this game is far from over |
| 10232s | yeah because thais is going to draw his |
| 10234s | fatigue as well this ice bear is going |
| 10236s | to come into play though the only damage |
| 10238s | oscillator can do |
| 10240s | is through minion combat yeah and we |
| 10242s | thought with one ice barrier up and the |
| 10244s | second one in thrice's hand it looks |
| 10246s | like he's uh he is going to most likely |
| 10248s | be able to win this game right and also |
| 10250s | a corner called right yeah that also |
| 10252s | doesn't hurt but it's not something ice |
| 10254s | block already |
| 10256s | nice yes test didn't lose that spot but |
| 10259s | it really doesn't really matter right |
| 10260s | now it really doesn't matter because we |
| 10261s | are at fatigue in any case |
| 10264s | gostkaka considering his options if he |
| 10266s | does not play an alex raza |
| 10268s | or the hill |
| 10274s | that is really clever so now thais can |
| 10276s | actually this is incredible |
| 10286s | i mean there is a little bit of a light |
| 10288s | bulb that comes up when your opponent |
| 10290s | doesn't ping you of the hero power so i |
| 10291s | guess i'll do it for you yeah absolutely |
| 10295s | at the worst stage |
| 10296s | oh man this was brilliant |
| 10299s | oh that truly was amazing oh no look at |
| 10301s | us |
| 10302s | oh you've my yeah yeah i got foiled you |
| 10304s | lose you lose a turn right like what do |
| 10306s | you do |
| 10307s | no he's looking like he's really in pain |
| 10309s | right now he knows that he almost had |
| 10311s | the game in the back |
| 10313s | he's still mined that was so |
| 10315s | heads up wow |
| 10317s | yeah |
| 10318s | not going to go for any kind of minion |
| 10320s | combat here he's going to just try to |
| 10322s | out heal the damage and dice his hand |
| 10324s | and maybe win that fatigue that's right |
| 10326s | does have effectively 14 health uh he'll |
| 10329s | hopefully get the full value off the |
| 10331s | dollar stores and of course another |
| 10332s | eight on the icobot oh and now ty's just |
| 10335s | going to do a preemptive doomsayer well |
| 10337s | doesn't have the burst |
| 10339s | to win here but still it really messed |
| 10342s | up the plan that seismic that's true but |
| 10344s | now it's interesting because |
| 10346s | get to two damage so tyshon needs to |
| 10348s | steal six so osu he can't just go with |
| 10350s | the strategy of paying himself again |
| 10351s | it's not gonna work this time |
| 10354s | yeah it's certainly not going to work so |
| 10356s | he will be forced to play either the |
| 10357s | heel but or the alex stras at this time |
| 10359s | oh and if he actually plays the alan |
| 10380s | wait no herobot doesn't really work |
| 10381s | either because double fireballs in the |
| 10382s | frostbolt |
| 10383s | is 15 damage that is true |
| 10387s | wow |
| 10388s | right now yeah i don't really |
| 10390s | see it out here that pink was so smart |
| 10392s | but it seems like thais has it with the |
| 10394s | fatigue damage |
| 10396s | but yeah of course going through all the |
| 10398s | options here |
| 10399s | uh |
| 10400s | man that that thing was really really |
| 10402s | impressive but right now it seems that |
| 10404s | he's back in the corner |
| 10406s | and um the rope is running what is kaka |
| 10409s | going to do |
| 10412s | can he play anything he's going for the |
| 10413s | heel box |
| 10415s | going for that 16. |
| 10417s | but unfortunately it's heist has to be |
| 10419s | possible to deal the remaining brain |
| 10421s | damage |
| 10426s | yeah and it seems like i was going to |
| 10427s | pull the trigger a bit too early and |
| 10429s | tyson's gonna weather the storm and go |
| 10431s | to game five |
| 10433s | that game was so good it's so good |
| 10438s | the series |
| 10440s | two fatigue wins |
| 10442s | how crazy is this series |
| 10445s | that |
| 10450s | and suddenly tyson is coming into the |
| 10452s | last game at the episode five winning |
| 10455s | two games in a row |
| 10456s | how tired you have to be and how |
| 10458s | exhausted mentally is this kaka |
| 10461s | i mean both players are pretty much you |
| 10463s | know using all their mental energy |
| 10465s | thinking of all the plays so impressive |
| 10467s | so impressive about these past four |
| 10468s | games it's all going to come down to |
| 10470s | this it's my final match single |
| 10472s | elimination one winner goes through to |
| 10474s | the grand finals and one winner or one |
| 10477s | uh not winner is gonna have to leave |
| 10479s | here |
| 10480s | feeling a little bit empty-handed but |
| 10482s | still you know you got this far you're |
| 10483s | better than like a lot of people in the |
| 10485s | world so you shouldn't feel too bad but |
| 10487s | of course players have to focus on this |
| 10489s | match absolutely and savvy what was your |
| 10491s | favorite moment during that that whole |
| 10493s | game |
| 10493s | it had to be that thing for most kaka i |
| 10495s | i did not see that and it was absolutely |
| 10497s | amazing now twice has won two games in a |
| 10500s | row and for the game five of this series |
| 10502s | he will have to now play his priest |
| 10504s | against the nation that might be a |
| 10506s | difficult task it is certainly the the |
| 10508s | most difficult one for him to win and uh |
| 10511s | he needs to find ways to maybe like |
| 10513s | counter play things like doomsayer frost |
| 10515s | nova that can be very problematic for a |
| 10517s | priest so what is the best strategy like |
| 10519s | we identify it really as a bad mansion |
| 10521s | for ties priests uh will have a hard |
| 10523s | time uh you can counter play the |
| 10525s | doomsayer froze nova but what are you |
| 10527s | really looking for as a priest player |
| 10529s | what a strong curve early on just hope |
| 10531s | to try the mulligan aggressively try to |
| 10533s | get that one two three four and uh if |
| 10536s | possible try to always think what if my |
| 10538s | opponent goes for the doomsayer frost |
| 10540s | nova what do i do then |
| 10542s | all right i've asked from the freeze |
| 10543s | player perspective you just go with your |
| 10545s | standard plan or is there anything |
| 10546s | specific you can |
| 10548s | use yeah i mean there is a good plan uh |
| 10550s | you just need to uh remember that after |
| 10552s | you outstructure your opponent's uh |
| 10554s | opponent's hero that you have enough |
| 10556s | burn to finish them off you can always |
| 10558s | just heal themselves and then get out of |
| 10561s | your range so it's very important to |
| 10562s | wait till you have all the combo pieces |
| 10564s | ready to go and then just burn them all |
| 10566s | in two turns |
| 10567s | all right we have an amazing audience |
| 10569s | you guys can see the tavern is really |
| 10570s | busy and tais is thinking what he has to |
| 10573s | do he knows it's a tough matchup he |
| 10575s | knows this is the the final stand if he |
| 10578s | wins this he advances to the final but |
| 10580s | if he loses then well he gets fifty |
| 10583s | thousand dollars but he is that his road |
| 10585s | is actually ending here there's so much |
| 10587s | on the line in this last one that priest |
| 10589s | has carried |
| 10590s | twice this part in the tournament but |
| 10592s | will it get him to the finals |
| 10594s | we'll just have to have to see yeah |
| 10596s | that's right and now that you mentioned |
| 10598s | it his priest was actually undefeated |
| 10600s | throughout the top 16 so this is the |
| 10602s | match to win that's that's absolutely |
| 10604s | pretty impressive the guys are being |
| 10606s | here uh lothar as well watching ties his |
| 10609s | uh his teammate it's prodigy and cosplay |
| 10613s | this is blizzcon guys this is the world |
| 10615s | stage hearthstone world championship |
| 10618s | oh man it's actually very detailed very |
| 10621s | impressive yeah that's pretty good |
| 10622s | cosplay |
| 10626s | all right so |
| 10628s | who do you think is gonna take part like |
| 10630s | just use your heart not your mind well i |
| 10632s | i've been saying it that i think that |
| 10634s | thai's twice is one of the favorites to |
| 10636s | win the entire tournament but i have to |
| 10638s | give the edge to ostkaka here it's uh |
| 10639s | it's a good matchup for him and he's a |
| 10641s | he's a masterful player with the freeze |
| 10643s | mage so i would i would predict |
| 10645s | australia but |
| 10646s | i guess |
| 10647s | well it will just have to stay |
| 10649s | all right and i'm asked who do you think |
| 10650s | is going to take it man oscar's place |
| 10652s | has been just so impressive and you know |
| 10654s | it'll be a shame that if he doesn't make |
| 10656s | the grand finals really cool and of |
| 10658s | course ty's on the other hand i've been |
| 10660s | a fan of him since the beginning since |
| 10661s | like when he played atlc he got the |
| 10663s | first place so um yeah both players |
| 10665s | deserve it but only one can go through i |
| 10667s | would go with my heart i think i think |
| 10669s | taiz ty's gonna take it he's the |
| 10670s | european champion he deserves it but |
| 10672s | before we go into the last game we have |
| 10674s | a small video prepared for you guys |
| 10690s | yeah i heard the uh that uh i said some |
| 10693s | words from uh winning uh the european |
| 10695s | championship might be more difficult |
| 10698s | than winning blizzcon these words are a |
| 10700s | bit out of context to be honest but |
| 10704s | the way i meant that was that |
| 10706s | winning the european |
| 10708s | regionals it was like a really hard road |
| 10710s | we had to get already online and really |
| 10713s | uh good european players and |
| 10715s | yeah at the end um |
| 10717s | winning here is um it's gonna be super |
| 10720s | difficult like there are so many good |
| 10722s | players left and |
| 10723s | i hope i can do it but it's gonna be art |
| 10726s | and i have to perform i think the decks |
| 10728s | that i bring here to blizzcon will be a |
| 10730s | surprise for a lot of people i'm not |
| 10732s | going here to survive the group so i |
| 10734s | really want to win the tournament and |
| 10736s | that's why i'm just taking a lot of risk |
| 10739s | and |
| 10740s | yeah i'm pretty sure people didn't |
| 10742s | expect this lineup from me |
| 10747s | all right guys best of five this final |
| 10749s | game is going to decide who is going to |
| 10751s | the final |
| 10753s | this was so amazing such a journey two |
| 10755s | fatigue matches ty's barely barely |
| 10758s | making it winning christmas kaka and now |
| 10760s | with this priest the trusted priest is |
| 10763s | gonna face the freeze mage |
| 10765s | the two of europe's finest going at it |
| 10768s | here what a worthy worthy game five i'm |
| 10770s | really happy that this series went |
| 10772s | all the all the way up to five games |
| 10775s | yeah both players are excellent and is |
| 10777s | there anything we don't know about them |
| 10778s | hamas |
| 10780s | um i think we know a lot about them |
| 10782s | already throughout this uh journey uh |
| 10784s | from the top 16 and even before the top |
| 10786s | 16 they have to like play a lot louder |
| 10788s | and i know that oscar plays a lot of |
| 10790s | leather you know he finishes top 100 in |
| 10792s | like nearly every single one of them and |
| 10794s | just been racking up those points you |
| 10796s | know um getting to this stage |
| 10798s | it all comes down to this and here we go |
| 10801s | thais from the netherlands going up |
| 10803s | against oscar from sweden |
| 10806s | it's going to be priests |
| 10808s | from thais going up against carcass |
| 10810s | freeze mage |
| 10811s | all right so we mostly said what they |
| 10813s | are looking for tyson's looking to |
| 10815s | pressure to play around those doomsayers |
| 10817s | deal enough damage and he will hope that |
| 10819s | oscar will not get the clears and will |
| 10821s | stumble on his jaws on the other hand |
| 10823s | kaka wants to get all the combo pieces |
| 10825s | alex strauss and finish the game really |
| 10827s | fast yep and of course both players are |
| 10830s | trying to look for the early games uh |
| 10831s | these hands don't really seem like uh |
| 10834s | they can do the trick so they might just |
| 10836s | pull back some of them maybe get the uh |
| 10838s | you know early pressure with the valence |
| 10840s | chosen ties this uh plane second and for |
| 10842s | skype of course the mad scientist acura |
| 10844s | pain those are always really really |
| 10845s | strong cards so you don't want to get |
| 10847s | them stolen by cabal shadow priests a |
| 10849s | bit later on how important is to keep |
| 10850s | the dragon in his hand |
| 10852s | well um |
| 10854s | you know there is a lot of things that |
| 10855s | can activate of uh having a dragon in |
| 10857s | your hand and actually it's one of those |
| 10858s | cards that do cycle for another card uh |
| 10860s | so ty's just feel that this game could |
| 10862s | go long enough that maybe that will |
| 10864s | become useful yep but he doesn't find a |
| 10868s | the small dragon for the one but he does |
| 10870s | find the zombie chow so that is |
| 10872s | certainly something that he |
| 10875s | likes scenes i mean zombie child really |
| 10877s | can only be played in the early turns if |
| 10879s | you play it later the free speech can |
| 10881s | actually heal from it and you know |
| 10883s | health swings from a freeze mage is very |
| 10885s | very deadly wow that's |
| 10887s | an interesting hand from most gaga those |
| 10888s | two secrets just so good but he also has |
| 10891s | a mad scientist |
| 10892s | and dark and intellect dooms are also |
| 10894s | very valuable so it's not too bad yeah |
| 10896s | shrink meister is pretty cool this means |
| 10898s | that um thais has a good curve with the |
| 10900s | shrink meister dark cultist and twilight |
| 10902s | guardian into azure jake into a coin |
| 10906s | right that's actually right one of the |
| 10909s | better um |
| 10910s | curves that a priest can hope for |
| 10912s | especially against the freeze mage yeah |
| 10914s | first match once again it's going to |
| 10915s | draw the cards you know priest plays |
| 10917s | really slow i can't take my time but um |
| 10919s | i'm just going to start backing the |
| 10921s | pressure we were talking about before |
| 10923s | this game started how important is both |
| 10925s | eyes to curve out country four and he |
| 10927s | has it here that is exactly what he was |
| 10930s | hoping for |
| 10932s | again |
| 10933s | doomsayer frost nova there's no way for |
| 10936s | him to counter it for now |
| 10937s | yeah but there's no frost nova for a |
| 10939s | skaka with a kaka got this all the |
| 10940s | secrets because there's double ice block |
| 10943s | and uh iceberg one is already used he |
| 10945s | has second one in hand mad scientist not |
| 10947s | giving him anything there's no |
| 10949s | secret left in ostaka's deck for that |
| 10952s | match scientist anymore |
| 10954s | a little bit unfortunate for him but uh |
| 10957s | he still has a fairly decent situation |
| 10959s | here as long as he finds the aov that he |
| 10961s | needs yeah the thing is like priest |
| 10963s | doesn't have burst so even if thais gets |
| 10966s | really quiet |
| 10967s | and gets his stack up pretty low |
| 10969s | is able to |
| 10970s | take |
| 10971s | control of the game right there and |
| 10973s | clear the board he might be in a good |
| 10975s | spot to win anyway but even though that |
| 10977s | priest doesn't have the burst their |
| 10978s | advantage uh comes from the minion |
| 10981s | health you see that we have twilight |
| 10982s | garden and six health uh dark cultures |
| 10984s | are gonna give another three health when |
| 10986s | it dies so uh it's |
| 10988s | priest minions are pretty sticky so |
| 10990s | they're gonna actually use the |
| 10992s | do their damage mostly with the minions |
| 10995s | instead of spells |
| 10997s | yeah that's the third part |
| 11000s | of them puts down the second mad science |
| 11002s | and the ice barrier |
| 11004s | to a slow ties down at least a little |
| 11007s | bit |
| 11008s | yep |
| 11009s | and it's an interesting situation here |
| 11011s | for tys |
| 11012s | you might choose to actually sacrifice |
| 11013s | one of the similes or even not play |
| 11015s | minions so that boom uh dr boom does get |
| 11017s | the two boom bots out uh |
| 11020s | you have to think a little bit ahead |
| 11021s | because anytime you have a big board |
| 11023s | against the freeze mage and they freeze |
| 11024s | your board |
| 11025s | uh |
| 11026s | they limit your officers quite a bit |
| 11028s | what would you expect being guys from |
| 11030s | oscar connect next turn do you expect |
| 11032s | blizzard or maybe frost novadom sayer |
| 11035s | something as a segue to the flank shirt |
| 11037s | as well yeah you always have to be |
| 11038s | careful about the frost nova doomsayer |
| 11040s | combo because right now you do not have |
| 11042s | an answer to it and priests usually do |
| 11044s | not have an answer to it a couple shadow |
| 11045s | priests does not work so um yeah you |
| 11048s | just have to be careful not to over |
| 11049s | commit yeah there's a lot of things that |
| 11051s | this has to worry about here but there's |
| 11053s | nothing that you can really do about it |
| 11054s | except for just hope for the best and |
| 11056s | play his strongest minion |
| 11058s | he does have a lot of gas so in in his |
| 11060s | hand so if he if he's brought up |
| 11063s | but got clear he could easily establish |
| 11065s | a new one yeah the doctor boom is super |
| 11067s | powerful |
| 11070s | even though he doesn't have attraction |
| 11071s | for now his little dragons in his deck |
| 11073s | so that's extra free damage can be used |
| 11076s | at some point and oscar does not find a |
| 11078s | police order first no one oh what a |
| 11081s | board to be facing down as a freeze mage |
| 11084s | you do not expect this board from a |
| 11085s | priest player ever |
| 11086s | well sometimes if they curve up really |
| 11088s | really well and this is one of those |
| 11089s | cases there's 15 damage on the board and |
| 11093s | effectively you only have two turns left |
| 11095s | so it's gonna feel a little bit too |
| 11097s | pressured here just gonna play an |
| 11098s | emperor with only five parts in his head |
| 11101s | and uh you know in fact just try and |
| 11103s | stabilize the board |
| 11104s | there's a balance chosen for thai suits |
| 11107s | that with that six mana he could go for |
| 11109s | shadow over |
| 11110s | death and play the valence chosen for |
| 11112s | some additional pressure yeah that seems |
| 11114s | really good just dealing with that |
| 11115s | horizon and putting even more damage |
| 11117s | honest kaka even though zombie chow is |
| 11119s | eventually gonna heal us kaka if it dies |
| 11122s | and it's gonna supposed to die next turn |
| 11125s | and thais knows that it's next turn for |
| 11127s | most kaka is likely to be the flame |
| 11129s | strike so the villains chosen would also |
| 11131s | allow him to buff one of his minion |
| 11134s | like another minion out of the flame |
| 11135s | strike range |
| 11137s | it seems like he was hovering over the |
| 11139s | the notes are cleric though so he might |
| 11140s | be able to consider wanting to get the |
| 11142s | draw instead |
| 11144s | more access is always |
| 11145s | pretty good i can't stay freeze mage |
| 11147s | especially those holy novas after a uh |
| 11149s | perhaps alexstrasza you want that extra |
| 11151s | heat |
| 11152s | quickly it seems like yeah he's going to |
| 11154s | keep |
| 11155s | the shadow we're dead here this means |
| 11157s | that the flame strike is going to be |
| 11159s | able to clear everything except for one |
| 11161s | minion |
| 11162s | yeah that's a pretty good play from |
| 11164s | thais just |
| 11165s | recognizing that it's hard to deal with |
| 11166s | one big minion uh from the mages |
| 11168s | perspective and then there's |
| 11170s | froze nova is a great pickup of the |
| 11172s | player that's right and we can see that |
| 11174s | titus does not actually have an answer |
| 11177s | to deal with that black and corrupters |
| 11179s | don't really work well against doomsayer |
| 11182s | and you know we don't see anything like |
| 11184s | a shadow of pain or anything and there's |
| 11185s | also no dragon for those corrupters |
| 11187s | right now entices oh yeah battlecry |
| 11189s | would not activate |
| 11191s | i just mean i can even uh think about |
| 11193s | playing loot hoarder just to cycle it |
| 11195s | into into another card yeah that makes a |
| 11197s | lot of sense |
| 11199s | oscar really low on cards wow gonna draw |
| 11203s | the card immediately to dodge the cabal |
| 11205s | shadow priest |
| 11207s | yeah that's good later the hipster drops |
| 11209s | down there's nothing to kill it all |
| 11211s | right needs to find an answer and that |
| 11213s | is not one of those so his whole board |
| 11216s | is going to get wiped here and he can't |
| 11217s | really even develop anything no he can't |
| 11219s | draw one card with the no charge though |
| 11221s | maybe he could find the card to steal it |
| 11223s | no that's not going to do it he has a |
| 11225s | lot of spell power so holy no i would be |
| 11227s | poor damage but still not enough wow |
| 11229s | what a turnaround oscar has stabilized |
| 11232s | see if he can leverage this |
| 11235s | somehow that the frost number was so |
| 11236s | important the echo out of plane is great |
| 11238s | here you'll be able to draw more cards |
| 11240s | it's exactly what he did he |
| 11242s | replenish his hand and then with more |
| 11244s | spells to me he might actually stop |
| 11246s | twice but ty's a really good opening he |
| 11248s | goes quite low and he still has a lot of |
| 11250s | cards in his hand yeah i would still say |
| 11251s | that ties is ahead in this game just |
| 11254s | because oscar's hand is so small right |
| 11257s | now he only has he only has five cars |
| 11259s | yes the acolyte will throw an extra card |
| 11261s | but |
| 11262s | it doesn't |
| 11263s | it's not very threatening if you if you |
| 11265s | thighs and and you knew what it was |
| 11267s | you would not be worried |
| 11270s | and there is a dragon as well this means |
| 11271s | that black crafter can deal with three |
| 11273s | damage deal with a lot of pain |
| 11276s | another doomsayer being picked up by |
| 11278s | oscar |
| 11279s | he needs something more |
| 11282s | oh oh that that's a good one yeah arcane |
| 11284s | select getting some more cars |
| 11286s | replenishing his hand all right |
| 11289s | and uh yeah the burn is starting to come |
| 11290s | into the hand and if alex trouser ever |
| 11293s | comes from uh for oscar here he could |
| 11295s | actually just pull the trigger and go |
| 11297s | all in here flamethrower's gonna clear |
| 11298s | this board quite well and once again |
| 11300s | stalled for more turns |
| 11309s | eight so that's 14 |
| 11311s | 17 oh wow how much is that oh that is |
| 11316s | this is plus four so it will be 21. 21 i |
| 11320s | believe and with the ping 20 no he can't |
| 11324s | afford to think this one yeah without |
| 11326s | yeah without uh the emperor anymore on |
| 11328s | all those spells the maximum damage a |
| 11330s | freeze mage can pull out of their hand |
| 11332s | is 21. we call that kind of like the |
| 11334s | blackjack rule yeah yeah but of course |
| 11336s | emperor messes the math up uh thais |
| 11338s | doesn't know that knows that some cards |
| 11340s | are reduced by emperor but doesn't know |
| 11342s | quite which so he's going to be playing |
| 11344s | extra safe uh it still doesn't dodge the |
| 11346s | fact that oscar if he draws alexstrasza |
| 11348s | the game might just be over yeah but he |
| 11350s | might need to use the fireball here to |
| 11352s | deal with the boom |
| 11354s | or do you do you just play uh you know |
| 11357s | perhaps the doomsayer and heal yourself |
| 11359s | for seven i think it's also possible |
| 11361s | that he would hold some kind of cycle |
| 11365s | okay |
| 11366s | yeah he's going for he wants to double |
| 11368s | his chance in finding that |
| 11383s | again taisha's face again uh wow he's |
| 11386s | chosen this time dice can't deal with |
| 11388s | that |
| 11389s | it's a blackmailing corrupt or holy nova |
| 11391s | or plaquemine corrupt or valence chosen |
| 11392s | there's a lot of ways to do this but |
| 11394s | also just villains chosen |
| 11396s | and |
| 11399s | that's the most likely one because that |
| 11401s | gives him the most possible power |
| 11403s | this is so good for ice yeah the second |
| 11406s | big sayer is the flame strike so there |
| 11408s | is only a lizard left that's right in a |
| 11411s | very good position here oscar draws a |
| 11413s | blizzard once again can stall the game |
| 11415s | out but uh keeping the holy novas with |
| 11418s | tyson is actually so important he can |
| 11420s | play holy nova into hero park he himself |
| 11422s | before over uh two turns that's eight |
| 11424s | health |
| 11425s | so uh that's that's a lot of now |
| 11427s | that's the second remarkable so this |
| 11429s | means that the game can still end if |
| 11431s | there is an alex |
| 11433s | draw from |
| 11434s | but at this point it looks really good |
| 11436s | for ties anyway because there is not |
| 11437s | enough clears to deal with the board |
| 11439s | well now that you mentioned that it's |
| 11441s | actually a very scary situation if thais |
| 11443s | does get alex russell he's probably |
| 11445s | going to be holy nova and then he'll be |
| 11446s | silver that's 19 and 19 is exactly how |
| 11449s | much damage oscar has so ty's needs to |
| 11452s | end this game before it gets to that |
| 11454s | point yeah that is the ice book as well |
| 11456s | so oscar still has some time together |
| 11458s | like straza it all depends on that |
| 11461s | yeah and uh thais could go for holy nova |
| 11463s | to try and heal up his own minions oh |
| 11466s | but i believe uh |
| 11468s | is only running one flame strike and |
| 11470s | it's already been played so |
| 11472s | there are no board players available for |
| 11475s | first kagan and once again it comes back |
| 11477s | to the matchup of priests versus mage |
| 11478s | right right has that stored that combo |
| 11481s | for over two turns alex rather plus the |
| 11482s | burn sometimes it just might be too much |
| 11484s | for the priest to do they don't have |
| 11486s | access to armor or any overhealing so um |
| 11489s | that's the weakness |
| 11491s | they sound denied us enough for us kaka |
| 11494s | well |
| 11496s | anthony's is definitely not as good as |
| 11497s | alex strasser because it makes the math |
| 11499s | really really difficult another |
| 11500s | frostbolt comes into hand |
| 11503s | a lot of damage but not enough to win |
| 11505s | the game here well let me it's pretty |
| 11507s | interesting right now because the |
| 11509s | frostbolt does make it so that osaka |
| 11512s | doesn't die next turn uh he could also |
| 11514s | use it against the dr broome because |
| 11515s | holy novas might probably block he could |
| 11517s | also choose the fireball and kill off |
| 11519s | the doctor room that way but then of |
| 11520s | course you don't get the alex trust the |
| 11522s | burst combo that you're looking for |
| 11524s | unless he goes for the first ball though |
| 11525s | on the doctor boom the ice block is |
| 11527s | getting popped those holy normals entice |
| 11529s | his hand are three damage each but with |
| 11531s | only nine on the board that adds up to |
| 11532s | 15 so he's still safe be one one one |
| 11538s | means that holy novas are not going to |
| 11540s | be used |
| 11541s | oh kevin sharpe is not really a good |
| 11543s | card right now how many drills still |
| 11544s | oscar has to win with alex |
| 11546s | like he needs to have iceberg up when he |
| 11548s | draws it that's true but he still has |
| 11550s | his ice back up right now exactly |
| 11553s | so this is the turn for alexstrasza for |
| 11555s | oscar and of course tyus is going to |
| 11557s | cross his fingers and hope that this is |
| 11559s | not the case so this might be the last |
| 11561s | straw for you |
| 11563s | possibly |
| 11565s | if he draws an extras after that he will |
| 11567s | he will not be able to play ice club and |
| 11569s | not extras in the same yeah he'll have |
| 11570s | to go with another strategy perhaps |
| 11572s | including the board and then i'll |
| 11574s | struggle in the face but shadow with |
| 11575s | death is going to make short work of |
| 11576s | this it's so amazing this is so close to |
| 11579s | winning this game very important draw |
| 11580s | here for his calculator |
| 11584s | oh my god |
| 11586s | wow this is incredible that's exactly |
| 11589s | the car you're looking for now touch is |
| 11590s | going to be with you sounds like health |
| 11594s | for extra healing is the maximum thing |
| 11596s | you can do and of course oscar has 19 |
| 11598s | damage can ties actually get away with |
| 11600s | the spell damage is that plus six |
| 11603s | the spell |
| 11604s | damage the spell power |
| 11606s | buffs the death |
| 11609s | still heal for only two damage |
| 11612s | which is 19 which is exactly what oscar |
| 11615s | has in his head wow he has the coin but |
| 11617s | it's not enough to squeeze out the hero |
| 11619s | power yeah holy nova costs a little bit |
| 11621s | too much uh playing both would be 12 |
| 11623s | mana and um |
| 11626s | yeah that top deck right that was the |
| 11627s | last moment that was the only moment he |
| 11629s | needed he needed that extras without |
| 11631s | trying it the game was enticed his head |
| 11633s | so yeah pretty much just |
| 11642s | yeah of course you want to use the hero |
| 11643s | power because we can hold in the next |
| 11645s | turn and pure power to get even more |
| 11647s | healing but unfortunately for him the |
| 11649s | emperor reducing the iceland is just |
| 11651s | enough to finish the game ozkaka is |
| 11654s | going to the grand finals and he's going |
| 11656s | to have a chance at the world |
| 11657s | championship |
| 11659s | he just needs to go for the amount of |
| 11661s | fruit emotions double fireball is 12 |
| 11663s | frost balls is 15. gotta not tremble now |
| 11666s | with your fingers gonna distract the |
| 11668s | four spells directly to tyson's opponent |
| 11670s | and that's the game yeah that is game |
| 11673s | and we've got frostbolt and ice dance |
| 11677s | those |
| 11678s | and he goes to the finals |
| 11681s | of the world championship |
| 11684s | i still can't believe it |
| 11686s | it looks so bad of him |
| 11688s | hoping to get the alex ross i'm not |
| 11689s | getting it not getting up then on the |
| 11691s | last moment he actually gets it and has |
| 11694s | exactly the 19 damage that he needed a |
| 11697s | little there i can't believe how close |
| 11698s | kais was with this priest this deck it |
| 11701s | was such a bad matchup but he was almost |
| 11703s | there yeah one card away and not to |
| 11706s | mention that the whole series which is |
| 11709s | such |
| 11710s | it's so intense right we got the rogue |
| 11712s | doing oskar's rogue stuff and then we |
| 11714s | have the self ping there was just so |
| 11717s | many of different situations where the |
| 11718s | game could have handled differently if |
| 11720s | not for these two world class players |
| 11722s | that are playing brother skoka is going |
| 11723s | to take it today and uh yeah his play |
| 11726s | was so impressive he definitely deserves |
| 11727s | a spot in the finals and he's going to |
| 11729s | face against the winner of harcourt men |
| 11731s | kuno |
| 11732s | that's going to be happening after this |
| 11734s | absolutely yes kaka's our first finalist |
| 11736s | savitz do you have anything to say about |
| 11738s | this amazing match |
| 11739s | i was predicting that we are going to |
| 11741s | see a good game but that doesn't |
| 11743s | understate me that was an amazing match |
| 11745s | it was it's just mind-blowing that's |
| 11747s | hearthstone at its best all right i |
| 11749s | absolutely agree guys rachel is ready |
| 11751s | with our winner on the stage let's hear |
| 11753s | his thoughts |
| 11756s | thanks so much namesh i'm here with |
| 11757s | oscar and |
| 11759s | you know what that was incredible |
| 11761s | especially |
| 11762s | that final draw alex draza for the win |
| 11766s | how did you feel when you saw that face |
| 11768s | i mean it was like a one and five or one |
| 11770s | and six so at that point it was just i |
| 11771s | thought it was almost over it was the |
| 11772s | only card i could draw at that point but |
| 11774s | i mean this series overall was just the |
| 11776s | most intense series i've ever played in |
| 11778s | so many close situations i almost |
| 11780s | managed to like throw it away because i |
| 11782s | felt like in game three i didn't play |
| 11783s | super well i was a little bit |
| 11784s | experienced in that matchup but uh for |
| 11787s | the rest of the series i think i played |
| 11788s | pretty well so i'm really happy that i |
| 11789s | made to the finals |
| 11791s | congratulations ty it was kaka's moving |
| 11794s | on to the finals taking out tice and |
| 11797s | you talked about hard choices especially |
| 11799s | in game two we saw you make an |
| 11800s | exceptionally hard choice you took out |
| 11802s | your own blood mage thalanis to play |
| 11804s | loatheb |
| 11805s | what |
| 11806s | do you have to calculate when you're |
| 11807s | making these extremely hard choices in |
| 11809s | these very high stakes matches for me |
| 11812s | it's just a lot about like looking at |
| 11813s | what your opponent has in his hand and |
| 11815s | just experience with the matchup just |
| 11816s | playing it over and over again on ladder |
| 11818s | and uh obviously it was really good |
| 11820s | against freeze mange i saw that he was |
| 11821s | setting up the flame strike so it was a |
| 11822s | very logical move |
| 11824s | now you and tice are two of the most |
| 11827s | accomplished players on the hearthstone |
| 11829s | world championship stage this weekend |
| 11831s | you both have a number of accolades that |
| 11834s | you've earned throughout the years |
| 11836s | do you feel better having ty's behind |
| 11838s | you as an opponent or do you still feel |
| 11840s | like the next matchup is going to be |
| 11841s | your most difficult matchup i feel like |
| 11843s | this match was almost worthy of like |
| 11845s | being a grand final so it's an insanely |
| 11846s | close match but of course the other two |
| 11848s | semifinals also really strong so i'm |
| 11850s | looking forward to the finals of course |
| 11853s | well we're looking forward to the finals |
| 11854s | as well please give one more round of |
| 11855s | applause our first finalist oscar |
| 11859s | to kick off 2016 ties took part in the |
| 11862s | curse trials an event that saw 16 of the |
| 11865s | best players in the world test their |
| 11867s | deck building skills as goblins versus |
| 11869s | gnomes and naxxaramus was banned |
| 11872s | thais faced cevitz in the finals in a |
| 11875s | close series that came down to a single |
| 11879s | draw |
| 11880s | let's see what happened |
| 11881s | the grand final |
| 11884s | ceviz and tice so these has been on |
| 11888s | some |
| 11888s | ridiculous like best of fives i mean |
| 11891s | i think every single match he's had has |
| 11894s | been |
| 11895s | five games long right like the last one |
| 11898s | it was top deck war which he barely |
| 11900s | managed to win against super jj |
| 11903s | it was the the dc best of five victory |
| 11906s | against um |
| 11909s | against kolento and against uh amnesiac |
| 11915s | yeah and uh he also i don't know how his |
| 11917s | series went against rd i can't remember |
| 11919s | off the top of my head but um that may |
| 11921s | have been a little bit i think that was |
| 11922s | a 3-1 yeah i think you're right i think |
| 11924s | you're right i think that was very close |
| 11926s | but he's made it and he's done it doing |
| 11929s | his own unique style with the priest |
| 11931s | deck that's definitely the the oddball |
| 11933s | in |
| 11933s | tyson in the meantime has a team style |
| 11936s | the g2 it feels appropriate that g2 |
| 11938s | seems to have |
| 11940s | found something unique with the format |
| 11942s | with the priest and the the warrior and |
| 11945s | that one of them has made it to the |
| 11946s | finals uh and if and who else but their |
| 11949s | flagship trademark consistent player |
| 11951s | from 2015 um i mean life coach was great |
| 11954s | at the beginning of 2015 but when you |
| 11956s | think about |
| 11957s | last year in retrospect uh people pick |
| 11959s | up thais as one of the top three players |
| 11961s | uh who who made a notable impression for |
| 11964s | his results |
| 11965s | absolutely it's great to see them here |
| 11967s | um |
| 11968s | let's how do these decks match up |
| 11971s | i feel like |
| 11972s | this this g2 lineup of dex has mostly |
| 11975s | profited off the fact that almost |
| 11976s | everybody has brought this aggro shaman |
| 11979s | deck uh everybody has brought this drew |
| 11981s | a deck but the drew deck just wasn't |
| 11984s | really that easily countered but it |
| 11986s | seems like their lineup just does well |
| 11989s | enough against shaman to |
| 11991s | to kind of punish it they're playing |
| 11992s | kind of like you know they're playing |
| 11994s | druid because it's like the almost |
| 11995s | unbeatable class and then the other two |
| 11998s | are like the the punish so it's like the |
| 12001s | hybrid of bringing your best decks |
| 12003s | versus bringing the counter comp |
| 12006s | yeah it's a good point um |
| 12009s | it's like a clash of the meta versus the |
| 12011s | next level and trying to beat it |
| 12013s | sometimes you go a little bit too far |
| 12015s | with trying to counter |
| 12016s | uh what's popular and you end up |
| 12018s | weakening your entire lineup |
| 12020s | but |
| 12021s | it's i don't know if that's the case |
| 12022s | here i think thais would much rather |
| 12024s | face against ceviche's priest |
| 12026s | than the rogues because i think the |
| 12028s | rogue is the one that gives a real |
| 12030s | problematic |
| 12031s | uh fit to tice's priest and his warrior |
| 12034s | um however |
| 12035s | i don't know like ceviche's priest every |
| 12037s | time i underestimate it it seems to have |
| 12039s | the right draws with the right combos uh |
| 12042s | or his opponent mysteriously leaves |
| 12045s | right when he's about to lose otherwise |
| 12048s | hopefully that's not the case here |
| 12050s | i i'm pretty sure that uh you know amaz |
| 12053s | and crew put in a work order to have |
| 12056s | backup power to the entire city of |
| 12058s | escoda so it's heist doesn't have his |
| 12060s | internet disk disconnect like he did in |
| 12062s | day number one i'm not so sure about |
| 12064s | that but all right hopefully none of |
| 12066s | that does happen it is going to be a |
| 12068s | druid mirror |
| 12069s | um looks like tice has uh |
| 12072s | what i would consider the better opener |
| 12074s | oh maybe not anymore |
| 12076s | looks like they both have some uh some |
| 12078s | real |
| 12079s | i don't know what they call those |
| 12081s | sinkers they just do nothing for |
| 12084s | most of the game |
| 12085s | well they trade uh that's that's |
| 12087s | basically what it is the darnest |
| 12089s | aspirant will warrant your opponent to |
| 12092s | definitely clear it yeah that's gonna |
| 12094s | reset his board and |
| 12096s | he can't do anything the following turn |
| 12098s | i was referring to these like huge |
| 12100s | minions like uh |
| 12101s | there's a seven and a six in uh |
| 12104s | i think it's ibiza's hand |
| 12106s | he's got the six seven eight types |
| 12111s | that's true um |
| 12113s | and they're very similar to and what |
| 12114s | they try to accomplish |
| 12116s | so |
| 12117s | uh we'll see i mean i i i still do like |
| 12121s | having more card draw than my opponent |
| 12123s | if i'm playing the druid matchups just |
| 12125s | because |
| 12126s | um the ancient of lore can out value |
| 12128s | over time some of these minions it can |
| 12130s | trade |
| 12131s | with minions and then you'll still have |
| 12132s | two more versus if for some reason |
| 12134s | someone can deal with your ancient of |
| 12136s | war silence it for example and kill it |
| 12138s | you're just out so |
| 12140s | i i also like that um ceviche |
| 12144s | is on an additional mana |
| 12146s | i it's assuming that darnassus dies but |
| 12149s | him going first is a big deal to play |
| 12151s | threats pro pretty proactively and and |
| 12153s | threaten whatever ties plays reactively |
| 12157s | he's going to play a bit passively |
| 12158s | though is going to give respect to a |
| 12160s | potential five drop from the bonus man |
| 12162s | crystal mccoy and dice |
| 12164s | um instead of playing his own three drop |
| 12166s | but that seems acceptable as he doesn't |
| 12168s | have a four drop either |
| 12170s | so he's not really giving up much |
| 12173s | antistrong pretty badly yet again but |
| 12175s | the the farce here why not |
| 12179s | it's his best play i mean even if he had |
| 12180s | a four drop i think he would still |
| 12182s | consider playing the first year so he |
| 12183s | can uh |
| 12185s | so he can play use the coin pretty |
| 12187s | effectively as long as he has something |
| 12189s | to do next turn |
| 12190s | he has an opportunity to uh coin the |
| 12193s | thorson on five and then hit the ancient |
| 12195s | war on six ragnaros on seven |
| 12198s | so that's going to be the plan for ties |
| 12199s | just draw something playable |
| 12201s | meanwhile savades is going to be on the |
| 12203s | plan of just like making sure that he |
| 12205s | has something to play every turn as well |
| 12207s | oh |
| 12208s | that emperor |
| 12211s | that's a turn 920 tour |
| 12214s | uh |
| 12216s | yeah and it's gone |
| 12217s | yeah |
| 12219s | i haven't it makes sense to use it now |
| 12221s | just because again he wants to coin |
| 12222s | emperor but you are right uh it would be |
| 12226s | a |
| 12227s | 22 |
| 12228s | wombo |
| 12230s | for nine mana |
| 12233s | all right |
| 12235s | well |
| 12236s | nobody's gonna be playing secrets from |
| 12238s | what we know |
| 12241s | no i don't like the five face |
| 12243s | pretty impossible to get secrets |
| 12247s | not not unlikely not not the most |
| 12249s | impossible but it's extremely unlikely |
| 12254s | i i think yeah |
| 12256s | in the end |
| 12257s | whether or not you attack here you could |
| 12259s | be missing five damage which is very |
| 12260s | relevant |
| 12262s | i think the main consideration was |
| 12264s | uh in regard to keeping his |
| 12266s | uh emperor safe |
| 12270s | yeah but he can do it next turn as well |
| 12273s | the best way to remove it is the keeper |
| 12275s | the growth tempo otherwise you if your |
| 12276s | opponent use wrath you only have three |
| 12278s | more mana to use |
| 12282s | oh there's no swipe in savisa's hand yet |
| 12286s | but that would be a pretty brutal card |
| 12291s | a swipe would be such clean removal |
| 12293s | giving you enough mana to also develop |
| 12294s | other stuff |
| 12297s | oh man um |
| 12300s | you can play your own emperor and then |
| 12303s | innervate clear on the emperor thorson |
| 12306s | on the other side so that's something |
| 12309s | that sticks out to me immediately |
| 12310s | however |
| 12312s | you still place a lot of bars here |
| 12314s | i don't think solanus is bad sylvanas |
| 12316s | just prompts the trade |
| 12321s | what i feel like you're also asking to |
| 12323s | get blown out by keeper the grove |
| 12325s | oh yeah |
| 12326s | also you'd die to innervate that's |
| 12328s | that's a fun fact |
| 12332s | that is fun very good |
| 12337s | plenty |
| 12339s | i i think because of the size of your |
| 12342s | hand and that you have cars like |
| 12344s | uh living roots |
| 12346s | being zero |
| 12348s | i think it's okay to trade here and try |
| 12351s | to put the onus back on your opponent to |
| 12353s | clear |
| 12355s | i mean he still can't clear very cleanly |
| 12360s | i think you just don't clear |
| 12363s | i think you uh ancient a war |
| 12366s | and prep for combo next turn |
| 12369s | well now you can |
| 12370s | you can um |
| 12372s | azure drake |
| 12374s | oh yeah that is pretty good |
| 12376s | for two but you're |
| 12380s | you're absolutely right actually if it |
| 12382s | sets up for uh |
| 12383s | sets up our force nature savage roar the |
| 12385s | next turn |
| 12389s | that's really interesting |
| 12394s | and it's innocuous enough where it's |
| 12396s | like |
| 12397s | you don't really expect it |
| 12400s | because the thing is some sometimes are |
| 12402s | really obvious you know like when you |
| 12404s | swipe face when there's like a four |
| 12406s | health target in front of you yeah yeah |
| 12408s | but in this case it's still pretty |
| 12409s | sneaky it looks like ah should i leave |
| 12412s | it up should i i'll just play this on |
| 12414s | curve |
| 12415s | and and zavitz is about to get |
| 12417s | a pretty big surprise |
| 12419s | yeah this this sylvanas is a death |
| 12421s | sentence |
| 12423s | there's no way he can stay alive if you |
| 12425s | play salons |
| 12426s | well actually there's just no way he can |
| 12428s | serve |
| 12429s | um |
| 12430s | yeah there's just no way he can really |
| 12431s | survive if yeah you're actually right |
| 12434s | there's like i was thinking like he has |
| 12435s | to heal right and then living rooms |
| 12437s | right he could survive |
| 12440s | so that's going to wrap it up entice |
| 12442s | with the two turn lethal spot this was |
| 12445s | one of the difference makers |
| 12447s | that uh you know we saw life coach's |
| 12449s | teammate |
| 12451s | opt to not do something like this and |
| 12452s | end up punishing him and i think |
| 12455s | he that's something that he's recognized |
| 12456s | a lot because he's played yeah |
| 12459s | it is a difference in play style that |
| 12461s | i've noticed that life coach would play |
| 12463s | around |
| 12464s | more cards than most people can imagine |
| 12467s | uh he usually plays around stuff that |
| 12469s | takes us a while to see when we can see |
| 12470s | both hands you know that's that's his |
| 12472s | like his strength that's his forte well |
| 12474s | while tice |
| 12475s | gets himself involved in a lot of |
| 12477s | situations that um have complicated |
| 12480s | multiple turn lethal |
| 12482s | lethals that i feel is is very distinct |
| 12485s | between the two players |
| 12487s | um |
| 12488s | both are very successful styles though |
| 12491s | yeah yep uh it's working out really good |
| 12493s | for tyson he's up 1-0 and this druid is |
| 12495s | out of the way |
| 12496s | i wonder if ceviche is just going to |
| 12498s | stick on druid get the win and then |
| 12499s | reset us to see which is better between |
| 12502s | the shaman priest |
| 12503s | and the priest warrior |
| 12506s | it's gonna be shaman from sevis in fact |
| 12510s | hmm harrison |
| 12512s | you tempted to keep that |
| 12514s | i am but i'm only tempted if i have a |
| 12516s | good curve and i'm on the coin which he |
| 12518s | happens to have i think he just kept |
| 12520s | every card by the way yeah |
| 12522s | yeah the when you play um |
| 12524s | because harrison these days are played |
| 12526s | in control priest i think kolento was |
| 12528s | climbing to rank two repeatedly hitting |
| 12530s | it over and over and over and over and |
| 12532s | he put harrison in his deck to really |
| 12534s | kill a lot of the paladins but |
| 12536s | one of the rules that i remember that |
| 12538s | was being discussed is you should keep |
| 12540s | harrison if you think it's a really |
| 12542s | important card only if you have the coin |
| 12544s | and you're on curve |
| 12546s | but this happens to be a pretty nice |
| 12548s | curve two to five |
| 12550s | even splits |
| 12551s | and you even have opportunities to draw |
| 12553s | into |
| 12554s | more stuff |
| 12556s | um the only |
| 12557s | caveat is that twilight guardian doesn't |
| 12559s | have a dragon for itself to activate but |
| 12561s | i'm sure you'll pick it up within the |
| 12562s | next three draws or so |
| 12565s | i feel like tice is in a very good |
| 12567s | position here with with these two decks |
| 12569s | and the shaman not having won any games |
| 12572s | and |
| 12573s | i mean i hate to call it early but it |
| 12575s | doesn't look like he's going to be |
| 12576s | winning this game |
| 12579s | you you can just say someone's favored |
| 12580s | you want to say it |
| 12582s | you could say heavenly favor |
| 12583s | it i think it i think he is very heavily |
| 12585s | favored wow even with a north shire it's |
| 12588s | further punishing the options |
| 12590s | is someone injured yeah that means |
| 12592s | you're not forced to use the coin |
| 12594s | immediately giving yourself other uh |
| 12597s | giving yourself further options to |
| 12598s | explore one thing to consider is that |
| 12601s | harrison jones might not actually have |
| 12602s | impact if shaman never draws doomhammer |
| 12608s | can shaman win without drawing |
| 12609s | doomhammer in this situation |
| 12613s | it's a good question |
| 12615s | uh one that i'm not personally prepared |
| 12617s | to answer so i'm just gonna let |
| 12619s | ceviche answer that |
| 12621s | because he's the one who has to deal |
| 12622s | with it ultimately |
| 12624s | okay |
| 12625s | well the worm earth agent does a pretty |
| 12627s | good job here |
| 12629s | um |
| 12632s | can lava shock and lightning bolt |
| 12634s | just to push for more and more damage |
| 12637s | yep try to get more out of your minions |
| 12639s | except as minions are going to be met by |
| 12641s | a wall |
| 12643s | known as the twilight guardian |
| 12646s | and the guardian is going to be so good |
| 12649s | because not only will you have minions |
| 12651s | crashing on it but you'll also have the |
| 12652s | farseer to bounce it back up in health |
| 12656s | i think he might farseer here |
| 12660s | yeah farseer also does have some |
| 12662s | validity but the taunt directly |
| 12664s | translates to health |
| 12666s | versus |
| 12667s | the farseer is |
| 12669s | gonna just make your opponent attack |
| 12671s | into your face anyways yeah so it's like |
| 12673s | a temporary stall versus this is a hard |
| 12675s | stall they actually just can't attack |
| 12677s | well i mean they could but |
| 12680s | do you want to put all the damage into |
| 12683s | the three six |
| 12684s | it's tough he's got to do it |
| 12687s | there's no way around it right now |
| 12689s | there's no more spells he's used all of |
| 12690s | those there's no earth shock or anything |
| 12692s | yet |
| 12693s | um |
| 12695s | it would have been interesting to save |
| 12696s | the coin is why i suggested the farseer |
| 12698s | play because you would you would then |
| 12700s | play the taunt the turn after then you'd |
| 12702s | have the |
| 12703s | coin for turn five with the cabal i feel |
| 12705s | like the game really like ends when the |
| 12707s | ball hits on a good minion |
| 12709s | it's just such a swing |
| 12712s | it's right um horse riders are great |
| 12716s | feral spirits are awesome |
| 12718s | um even when you like landed on |
| 12721s | other stuff that ha that you don't |
| 12722s | really expect it like um like leopard |
| 12724s | gnomes they can really swing how things |
| 12726s | are going |
| 12727s | band bronzebeard another intimidating |
| 12729s | card it's not directly whoa |
| 12732s | it's not directly the threat but what it |
| 12734s | can combine with is good |
| 12736s | he needs two juggles |
| 12737s | onto bran |
| 12739s | or face i think double face is all right |
| 12741s | as well because bran cannot challenge |
| 12742s | these taunts |
| 12744s | i'm |
| 12745s | i'm actually uh thinking sevis is uh |
| 12749s | has pulled it back i think he might be |
| 12750s | the favored right now |
| 12752s | well you can heal for eight and there's |
| 12756s | how much onto the board right now five |
| 12758s | seven |
| 12760s | seven nine |
| 12762s | so it's not it's not impossible it's |
| 12765s | like we're saying though |
| 12766s | uh just because you have harrison |
| 12767s | doesn't mean that you're guaranteed to |
| 12769s | win that wasn't my heel but i just |
| 12772s | noticed |
| 12775s | i guess a little bit better |
| 12778s | wow |
| 12780s | two more |
| 12782s | add those to the count |
| 12786s | bran has taken damage |
| 12789s | so those splits |
| 12792s | allowing you to uh kill bran if you want |
| 12795s | to |
| 12798s | i don't think he feels like he can |
| 12800s | afford to savitz is targeting the face |
| 12803s | the best he would probably trade in his |
| 12804s | um |
| 12805s | maybe one of the wolves but he doesn't |
| 12806s | want to weaken his board to |
| 12808s | holy nova anymore yeah |
| 12814s | pyro but no spells |
| 12816s | you gotta do uh |
| 12818s | cabal shadow priest |
| 12821s | hit the two one and |
| 12824s | really hope that your opponent doesn't |
| 12826s | have any more julian welcome top on |
| 12830s | curse |
| 12832s | i think that might seal it |
| 12834s | it's on it's it's on the mana curve but |
| 12836s | it's |
| 12837s | i don't know it's it's it's allowing him |
| 12840s | to put seven more damage |
| 12843s | but that damage still seems very far |
| 12845s | away |
| 12847s | think about killing bran here i think |
| 12849s | it's a good consideration |
| 12851s | because doubling uh another heal battle |
| 12853s | cry |
| 12854s | might actually be a bit of an issue |
| 12858s | i don't know i i have to think that |
| 12860s | you're oh you know what he's |
| 12862s | i'm thinking about if savitz expects his |
| 12865s | teammate to get harrisoned |
| 12868s | if you if you i mean this is because |
| 12869s | you're playing as if it doesn't exist |
| 12871s | here's another thing though harrison |
| 12873s | cost five out of seven mana with two |
| 12874s | mana remaining you have to pick up cards |
| 12876s | like holy smite |
| 12878s | boom |
| 12880s | he's not happy to see it at all but he |
| 12882s | still knows there's draws there are two |
| 12884s | holy smites in this deck let's see if |
| 12886s | they're drawn that's a one drop that's |
| 12888s | not a great one |
| 12890s | oh one of them |
| 12894s | is so important |
| 12897s | the last draw possible |
| 12902s | oh my gosh and the uh twilight well push |
| 12905s | for more board |
| 12908s | okay eight damage short |
| 12910s | oh that's a blunder |
| 12914s | that's just nothing |
| 12916s | yeah it's nothing uh it's to get |
| 12919s | bazzaton if he has some kind of damage |
| 12920s | but he'd rather just have damage |
| 12924s | uh still there it probably is just going |
| 12925s | to use holy nova and farseers and that |
| 12928s | kind of stuff to heal back up right now |
| 12930s | you just need to stay alive |
| 12933s | what did you what is your opponent not |
| 12935s | able to play |
| 12936s | for six mana in his deck i would say |
| 12939s | absolutely nothing |
| 12940s | so he has to be holding situational |
| 12943s | removal right |
| 12945s | yeah i think tyson might do a far seer |
| 12949s | taunt play |
| 12952s | what he's thinking about doing that |
| 12954s | versus the holy note but the holy nova |
| 12955s | seems like the the obvious choice he |
| 12957s | might do the holy nova and the farcier |
| 12959s | just to push himself as far as possible |
| 12964s | yep i like it it also sets up lethal for |
| 12966s | the following turn |
| 12970s | and can savitz |
| 12972s | come back no the totem golem |
| 12976s | just too uh weak at this point |
| 12980s | i mean it's just too weak on the tempo |
| 12982s | even if it was a huge minion like fell |
| 12984s | reaver wouldn't do anything |
| 12986s | because he's just dead on the board |
| 12987s | somebody's has to kill the uh the drake |
| 12989s | just to not be dead on the board but uh |
| 12992s | there's plenty of damage coming |
| 12994s | dice has an additional five in hand |
| 12996s | right now |
| 12997s | cabal the spell power totem and and |
| 13000s | shoot him for three on the holy smoke |
| 13002s | that's what i say |
| 13003s | wow that's a weak bmw |
| 13012s | oh i don't know about that |
| 13014s | oh it's all blurred the screen is |
| 13016s | blurred you can't see |
| 13017s | i i don't think it could one up you that |
| 13019s | was that was a good vm i i meant i mean |
| 13021s | his bm was weak |
| 13023s | oh okay okay your suggestion was good i |
| 13025s | think |
| 13026s | okay i appreciate it i appreciate that |
| 13029s | all right well twice is on warrior a |
| 13031s | spot we've seen them a few times already |
| 13035s | well i have to say i think this |
| 13036s | warrior's gonna get dunked pretty hard |
| 13038s | by that druid i think that druid is um |
| 13041s | particularly good against this warrior |
| 13043s | with sylvanas and i think harrison's |
| 13044s | also in there |
| 13046s | um i think the priest is gonna |
| 13048s | destroy the warrior in most games but i |
| 13051s | have a feeling this shaman um is really |
| 13055s | going to struggle to pull out against |
| 13056s | this warrior if it even comes to that |
| 13060s | if it comes out to that i mean that's a |
| 13062s | opening hand where |
| 13065s | it's okay for druid you got the |
| 13068s | mounted raptor which is sticky you've |
| 13070s | got emperor thorson early on which is |
| 13072s | great but if if warrior can pick up a |
| 13074s | single dragon i would say that it has |
| 13076s | decent amount of removal options early |
| 13077s | on |
| 13080s | i like the living rooms here yeah |
| 13083s | i'm a big fan of saving at least one |
| 13085s | innervate for uh emperor |
| 13087s | i mean you have good four drops in this |
| 13089s | deck but they're not active like you |
| 13091s | have a savage combat which is a great |
| 13092s | four drop but you feel bad just playing |
| 13094s | it on turn four |
| 13096s | so i i think nothing is really going to |
| 13098s | beat a uh innervate arsenal on four |
| 13107s | yep |
| 13108s | okay |
| 13111s | it makes sense he has the three drop |
| 13113s | following up wants to keep up the |
| 13115s | pressure |
| 13117s | he doesn't want to pass to the alex |
| 13118s | ross's champion let it just seize the |
| 13120s | board |
| 13124s | warax |
| 13126s | is |
| 13127s | awkward |
| 13128s | yeah it's almost good i think in this |
| 13130s | spot you might just |
| 13132s | play the monkey out and worry about |
| 13134s | removing stuff next turn |
| 13138s | if you play the fierce monkey you have |
| 13140s | access to four man next turn it still |
| 13142s | doesn't improve your removal options on |
| 13144s | four mana |
| 13147s | that's like the really awkward thing too |
| 13152s | ah |
| 13157s | all right fierce monkey coming down |
| 13160s | guess two of them so it's better to get |
| 13161s | it down anyways you're absolutely right |
| 13164s | mounted raptor one of the stickier |
| 13166s | minions as well |
| 13168s | so that that car is really complicated |
| 13170s | for war axe to trade into |
| 13172s | yeah |
| 13174s | but i can't do it |
| 13180s | i'm wondering |
| 13183s | i'm wondering how much health uh tice is |
| 13185s | willing to leverage here |
| 13187s | he might do a greedy trade onto the one |
| 13188s | one with your with the armor smith and |
| 13190s | the war axe on the four one |
| 13192s | just to keep another minion |
| 13194s | i think so i think minions fighting |
| 13196s | minions is the way you can win the long |
| 13198s | term as uh the warrior because |
| 13202s | as your you you need them to fight the |
| 13204s | scale so that way you're not taking the |
| 13206s | the big hits from the ancient of wars |
| 13208s | and the ancient divorce |
| 13211s | i said armorsmith is so nice with more |
| 13213s | minions on board it's great |
| 13217s | okay well living roots is something to |
| 13219s | do you can kill the armorsmith and play |
| 13222s | living roots it's almost certainly that |
| 13224s | you want to kill the armorsmith before |
| 13225s | anything else |
| 13226s | card's so problematic |
| 13228s | i think you've seen this warrior deck |
| 13230s | enough already like there are no |
| 13231s | whirlwind effects |
| 13232s | i think it's it's good enough to just |
| 13234s | play living rooms as one ones |
| 13236s | that surprises me |
| 13237s | this is interesting |
| 13239s | very aggressive |
| 13242s | especially because it's like he has |
| 13243s | living roots |
| 13245s | so |
| 13245s | he's using living roots after he uses |
| 13248s | savage where to get the board and he |
| 13249s | doesn't have savage roar |
| 13251s | but i think he's recognizing his hand as |
| 13253s | pretty awkward |
| 13254s | he can't slam |
| 13256s | tight |
| 13257s | monkey |
| 13263s | he's just gonna armor up he wants like |
| 13264s | he wants to use bashing seriously |
| 13269s | voidwalker not really that great |
| 13272s | as it should be even though that's |
| 13273s | usually a much higher than average one |
| 13275s | drop |
| 13279s | that's an okay draw |
| 13281s | i must say yeah so drew's going to need |
| 13283s | a lot of help from ancient of lore in |
| 13285s | the coming terms |
| 13287s | the hands not terribly impressive to |
| 13288s | close the game out but warriors also |
| 13291s | floundered he's a dragon sneeze dragon |
| 13293s | oh no dragon the dragon would have been |
| 13295s | sick because it would have basically |
| 13296s | blocked the thorson |
| 13300s | kill the one three the two four doesn't |
| 13302s | challenge it play tarson into |
| 13304s | a situation where he dies straight out |
| 13306s | with three cards in hand |
| 13308s | it's marginal |
| 13311s | yeah i used i mean he still had an |
| 13313s | option of playing the |
| 13315s | blackwing corrupter |
| 13317s | but i can understand why he wants the |
| 13319s | value off of it |
| 13321s | here we go is it the the |
| 13323s | parade |
| 13325s | for savitz to start making the comeback |
| 13327s | his opponent had a very weak turn |
| 13329s | producing some pretty effective cars |
| 13331s | with the ancient of lore |
| 13334s | and the only way to remove it is to bash |
| 13337s | hero power shield slam and that happens |
| 13339s | to be six mana |
| 13340s | oh that's good |
| 13344s | now you might not need to even use bash |
| 13346s | you can just slam pick up a dragon |
| 13350s | kill the 5-3 with the relaxing corrupter |
| 13354s | it'd be ridiculous oh he got it |
| 13357s | he got it |
| 13359s | that was huge |
| 13361s | slam into dragon had to be the best |
| 13364s | sequencing of of draws there |
| 13366s | yeah |
| 13369s | it's also a playable dragon too it's not |
| 13371s | like something that you have to wait |
| 13372s | till turn nine or and hope that his |
| 13374s | board's okay all right garden's usually |
| 13376s | very good |
| 13380s | so the wrath |
| 13382s | yeah you can you can wrath first you can |
| 13385s | wrath for one and savage combatant kill |
| 13387s | that then the keeper kills the three two |
| 13393s | i like it a lot |
| 13394s | you don't have to worry too much about |
| 13395s | trading with your health it's very clear |
| 13397s | this deck's not running some kind of |
| 13398s | grommash alex strauss |
| 13405s | when those big minions do come down |
| 13406s | mctech is his only defense though |
| 13414s | oh man |
| 13415s | that sucks |
| 13416s | speak it's just full of awkwardness the |
| 13419s | the bash's |
| 13421s | three damage the shield's name off the |
| 13422s | bash is three damage and you would have |
| 13424s | to armor up to do it |
| 13427s | yeah uh |
| 13429s | he's gonna do it though there's no doubt |
| 13433s | yeah i think one thing you have to |
| 13434s | consider is that |
| 13436s | you can't take that damage from the |
| 13438s | minions it's just too much to absorb |
| 13440s | every turn |
| 13442s | you know as as seven damage on the |
| 13444s | boards it's gonna get worse |
| 13446s | it's reasonable though i mean this this |
| 13448s | twilight guardian is not even that great |
| 13449s | without the uh with the battlecry being |
| 13451s | able to trigger from the hold mechanic |
| 13453s | so |
| 13454s | i don't think you're you're losing much |
| 13455s | by holding it another turn |
| 13457s | yep two |
| 13459s | you're really just i mean you have you |
| 13461s | have like |
| 13462s | two or three nine drops |
| 13465s | i think it's three nine drops and a ten |
| 13467s | drop you just have to draw one of those |
| 13468s | that's it what's the game |
| 13471s | get one of those syrian nefarian i'm |
| 13473s | sorry you're serious yes sarah |
| 13479s | varian |
| 13481s | crazy valiant |
| 13485s | oh yeah we saw the the varian dream it |
| 13487s | happened pulled three millions onto the |
| 13489s | battlefield |
| 13491s | it's awesome |
| 13494s | oh |
| 13496s | okay i mean you're here's the thing |
| 13498s | you're getting by with removal but it's |
| 13501s | just barely you know |
| 13507s | and druids still gonna keep out keep |
| 13510s | foot on the pedal and putting the druid |
| 13513s | in a position where it has to draw into |
| 13516s | lethal is going to be really dangerous |
| 13517s | to fight back from |
| 13521s | very close to it |
| 13523s | unreal turn if he was able to play azure |
| 13525s | drake innervate ancient of war that |
| 13527s | would have been sealed |
| 13529s | here's a question would you uproot this |
| 13533s | no three damage is too common but i |
| 13535s | would definitely not trade i think i |
| 13537s | would have picked up by now that there |
| 13539s | is i think there is no execute i think |
| 13541s | there is no execute he |
| 13543s | he used |
| 13544s | both bashes a shield slam |
| 13547s | it ain't a slam |
| 13549s | yeah |
| 13550s | he's not going to uproot but is there |
| 13551s | any world |
| 13553s | where no i wear 12 000 wasn't on the |
| 13556s | line |
| 13557s | would you uproot |
| 13559s | no i don't think so but i i do very much |
| 13562s | approve of not trading the three threes |
| 13566s | hello oh man i think i think it's time |
| 13569s | to forget their synergies with the |
| 13570s | twilight guardians |
| 13572s | yeah |
| 13575s | oh that's why |
| 13576s | you easily take care of this |
| 13579s | he has chances for his way you first |
| 13582s | have to get the swipe and what are the |
| 13583s | chances of those oh we're gonna try |
| 13586s | again here i believe |
| 13589s | yeah you can cycle the wild growth |
| 13591s | unless he wants to keep the innervate or |
| 13593s | something else |
| 13595s | i think the innervate is not really |
| 13597s | worth much after this turn |
| 13599s | so i think you basically innervate the |
| 13600s | drawn of the card and if you don't get |
| 13602s | anything good you taunt the druid of the |
| 13604s | claw |
| 13604s | what to do |
| 13610s | i agree i don't think there's actually |
| 13612s | too much value it's not like you can |
| 13613s | silence something and then force a |
| 13614s | nature savage where you need to have |
| 13616s | emperor thorson hit some of those cars |
| 13618s | in order to get the benefit of it |
| 13620s | the innervate also has benefits from |
| 13622s | using a two savage drawers but ty's |
| 13624s | already used one in the early game so |
| 13627s | it's not looking likely that he'll be |
| 13628s | able to benefit off oh no oh sorry |
| 13630s | ceviche is one uh early not thais |
| 13632s | tyson's the warrior player yeah |
| 13637s | by the way kind of funny that he played |
| 13638s | my control tech and then nixia followed |
| 13641s | up with it |
| 13644s | well |
| 13646s | okay |
| 13647s | double dragons |
| 13649s | i guess you could play |
| 13651s | one could argue you could play two |
| 13654s | uh he doesn't have many dragon oh yeah i |
| 13656s | think you do players i think |
| 13659s | um the only one i believe might be a |
| 13661s | second blackwing corrupter which is one |
| 13663s | out of i don't know |
| 13665s | 14 cards |
| 13666s | at best |
| 13668s | yeah |
| 13669s | it's not really worth anything at the |
| 13670s | stage |
| 13674s | would you use your weapon at all here |
| 13676s | probably not |
| 13677s | no you're probably going to get a chance |
| 13679s | to next turn you only have one charge |
| 13680s | anyway |
| 13684s | he's thinking about |
| 13685s | you don't have to worry about mctech if |
| 13687s | you trade that's another plus |
| 13691s | but when you see mountain raptor and |
| 13692s | mctech do you expect two mc techs |
| 13696s | i have a sneaky suspicion that you might |
| 13698s | have to have some pecks |
| 13699s | we've just seen it so frequently i don't |
| 13701s | think we've ever seen two in one game |
| 13702s | but we've seen empty tekken every game |
| 13705s | you've been burned too many times |
| 13707s | yeah |
| 13708s | the trauma is so real |
| 13710s | oh gosh another bad draw here |
| 13715s | uh while growth still at least giving |
| 13717s | him the ability to cycle |
| 13720s | imagine if wild growth couldn't cycle |
| 13724s | oh is that it wait is that it |
| 13726s | oh my god it might be |
| 13729s | wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait |
| 13730s | wait no he's one off |
| 13732s | he has 19 yeah he has 19 that's right |
| 13736s | he was so ready to commit to it too it |
| 13738s | was so awkward if he ended up playing it |
| 13742s | to clear right |
| 13743s | no i i think he could just uh he could |
| 13746s | just commit to it now give the warrior |
| 13748s | to one because then he has keeper and |
| 13750s | then hero power it's not like there's |
| 13752s | more taunts in this deck he's gone |
| 13753s | through two monkeys and two twilight |
| 13755s | guardians right |
| 13757s | yeah but you also know that there's like |
| 13758s | shield blocking this deck too i think |
| 13760s | you just clear and then |
| 13762s | try to ride the minions a little bit |
| 13764s | yeah probably |
| 13768s | there's actually i think it's still |
| 13770s | completely okay |
| 13774s | wars out of cars and you know what card |
| 13776s | you would really want right around now i |
| 13779s | probably want varian |
| 13781s | except you use your monkeys what kind of |
| 13782s | toss do you have |
| 13784s | no you don't have anything that's what i |
| 13785s | was saying i think you have no taunts |
| 13787s | left that's why i don't think ties can |
| 13788s | can come back this game |
| 13791s | you needed shield block she'll block |
| 13793s | into |
| 13795s | the armorsmith |
| 13797s | uh |
| 13798s | it had to be something better than that |
| 13799s | but yeah she'll block into something a |
| 13801s | little bit good |
| 13803s | all right death it is uh speed stays |
| 13807s | alive in the series but that would have |
| 13808s | been just a one-sided uh thrashing if he |
| 13812s | was not able to win druid versus the |
| 13813s | warrior |
| 13815s | um |
| 13816s | my guess is that ceviz is going to |
| 13818s | continue to try to get as much |
| 13818s | information as possible i think the visa |
| 13820s | is going to go priest here and i think |
| 13821s | the priest is is |
| 13823s | uh very good against this warrior deck |
| 13827s | much like the druid the minions are hard |
| 13828s | to remove oh no it is going to be shaman |
| 13832s | it also could be a comfort thing maybe |
| 13833s | cevice doesn't feel like his priest's |
| 13835s | just reliable |
| 13836s | as he'd like it to be but |
| 13839s | it's worked out okay well he still needs |
| 13841s | to win with both decks either way |
| 13843s | yeah |
| 13845s | yes has had a few inconsistent exp |
| 13847s | experiences with the priest but the few |
| 13849s | times it has worked the deck is pretty |
| 13851s | spectacular |
| 13856s | not exactly the cars to follow up turn |
| 13858s | one for the shaman but the warrior isn't |
| 13861s | exactly in the |
| 13863s | most comfy of boats either |
| 13867s | needs to pick up some weapons throws |
| 13869s | away a farcier even so that way he has a |
| 13871s | higher likelihood of picking up a weapon |
| 13874s | it's really all about the war axe i |
| 13876s | think a mulligan the way to shield slam |
| 13877s | drew the other shield slam and the first |
| 13879s | card was the first shield slam that he |
| 13880s | mulliganed out |
| 13884s | that's pretty bad |
| 13888s | yeah definitely it's not ideal |
| 13890s | whatsoever |
| 13891s | that's awesome terrible i think you have |
| 13893s | to armor up here |
| 13895s | uh you don't slam here to draw a card |
| 13898s | i mean you do miss the two health but |
| 13900s | your hands pretty bad i think |
| 13905s | i'd consider it at least |
| 13907s | yeah |
| 13908s | yeah you have to consider it |
| 13910s | but i feel like the slam is better used |
| 13912s | to kill a juggler behind taunts |
| 13915s | yep also completely fair you don't have |
| 13917s | bash so you can't really |
| 13919s | um |
| 13921s | you can't really play around something |
| 13922s | like that |
| 13925s | abusive sergeants adding five damage |
| 13930s | i like it your opponent didn't show |
| 13931s | ability to deal with the the board so |
| 13933s | just go for it |
| 13934s | oh this is pretty crazy that monkey is |
| 13937s | gonna get destroyed by that lava burst |
| 13945s | oh oh can we do this |
| 13948s | is it going to happen |
| 13949s | cruel task |
| 13954s | that's going to cause a lava burst |
| 13956s | lava monkey here we go |
| 13961s | well you don't have to you can use coin |
| 13962s | rock biter now |
| 13965s | i mean lava burst is very clean removal |
| 13966s | though i like the lava burst a little |
| 13968s | bit more |
| 13970s | but they're both very good |
| 13974s | let's see um if you use a two overload |
| 13977s | you're gonna have two man next turn |
| 13984s | so you can coin feral spirits following |
| 13985s | turn if you lava burst now but if you |
| 13988s | but you lose out the four damage you get |
| 13989s | from the feral spirits |
| 13992s | it's hard you're trading in the rock |
| 13994s | biter |
| 13995s | which could give you maximum six damage |
| 13997s | right now to give you |
| 14000s | an extra four but if the pharaoh spirits |
| 14003s | two turns then it's worth it it's |
| 14005s | actually more damage it's one point five |
| 14007s | turns of attack |
| 14008s | if you play the rock fighter you have to |
| 14009s | lose up to one so it's only it's only |
| 14011s | two more damage oh you're right you're |
| 14013s | right |
| 14014s | i think he's gonna double trade too okay |
| 14019s | so he's giving up that four for another |
| 14021s | two okay that's perfectly reasonable |
| 14023s | when you start analyzing it like that |
| 14025s | because i like keeping the coin for the |
| 14027s | flexibility of being able to lava burst |
| 14029s | next turn if needed |
| 14035s | cool task master to pick off this tunnel |
| 14038s | frog |
| 14039s | so that's a huge deal yeah these two |
| 14042s | talk going down |
| 14044s | would have been so problematic um |
| 14047s | i have to imagine that ceviche feels |
| 14049s | really time to just draw cards right now |
| 14051s | but you overload |
| 14052s | so |
| 14054s | it's |
| 14055s | kind of a losing situation if you pick |
| 14057s | up a doom hammer somewhere along the way |
| 14060s | i like the card draw um i don't think |
| 14062s | it's worth it to |
| 14063s | lava shock the tutu |
| 14066s | it just doesn't trade favorably against |
| 14068s | your board |
| 14070s | yeah the two what's it gonna do just hit |
| 14072s | it into the two three and then use |
| 14074s | another cool task master that's not |
| 14076s | fishing at all |
| 14079s | intercessional knowledge |
| 14081s | definitely has all a lot of gas to go |
| 14084s | into it |
| 14086s | and the doomhammer was picked up so |
| 14089s | it's definitely not the the happiest |
| 14091s | with how it panned out but it's okay at |
| 14093s | least he has a zoom hammer one of the |
| 14095s | important cards against warrior |
| 14097s | in my opinion |
| 14099s | the only reason the trade here would |
| 14100s | probably be like a slam |
| 14105s | yeah i guess so but |
| 14107s | you can also just slam the other one if |
| 14108s | you really want the card draw yeah |
| 14113s | black wing corrupter |
| 14116s | pretty nice that's probably the best |
| 14117s | card that um thais could have drawn here |
| 14122s | yeah tais is starting to reel it back |
| 14124s | into his side i mean he was |
| 14126s | so far behind |
| 14128s | going into some of those few turns |
| 14130s | but now it's it's slowly edging towards |
| 14133s | the warrior side |
| 14136s | well |
| 14137s | shaman has 20 damage in the hand |
| 14139s | assuming he could play it all in one |
| 14140s | turn and doomhammer of course with |
| 14142s | adding four per turn so |
| 14144s | it's he's not out of the woods just yet |
| 14147s | you know warrior will be playing the |
| 14148s | taunt and armoring up but there's so |
| 14151s | much damage on the shaman's side |
| 14153s | and ty's just still so close to ending |
| 14156s | the game |
| 14158s | or ending the series excuse me as long |
| 14160s | as he can end this game he can declare |
| 14162s | himself the winner but the warrior deck |
| 14164s | still seems like it's struggling a |
| 14165s | little bit these early game woes the |
| 14167s | early game seems to be what ultimately |
| 14168s | betrays his deck |
| 14173s | what do we have here |
| 14177s | well if you |
| 14179s | well if you like totem and you get a |
| 14180s | spell power you can lightning bolt |
| 14187s | and that does give you the option of uh |
| 14189s | keeping your mana for next turn so that |
| 14191s | you can play the doom hammer |
| 14194s | yeah you can do doomhammer and lightning |
| 14196s | bolt next turn |
| 14198s | which is quite nice |
| 14200s | you don't have a dragon |
| 14202s | maybe this is the time you played the |
| 14204s | emperor while you have a chance to |
| 14205s | breathe |
| 14206s | but |
| 14207s | it's one of those false |
| 14209s | it's one of those false sense of |
| 14210s | security he's holding seven cards one of |
| 14213s | them being the coin and he just hero |
| 14215s | powered with three mana most likely he |
| 14216s | has another three mana card to play in |
| 14219s | some capacity in fact it's impossible |
| 14221s | that he doesn't have anything to play |
| 14223s | so he knows that the doomhammer must be |
| 14225s | coming up i like the emperor though |
| 14228s | i mean i was thinking some kind of more |
| 14230s | defensive clear play but |
| 14232s | i think you're absolutely right in the |
| 14234s | fact that if you don't play the emperor |
| 14235s | here you're never going to get a chance |
| 14237s | to play it |
| 14241s | the problem with the emperor though is |
| 14243s | that you miss out on hero powering and i |
| 14244s | think tice also might be in the |
| 14246s | mentality that he wants the hero power |
| 14247s | as much as possible |
| 14249s | but he can't also um |
| 14252s | he can also equip the weapon too which |
| 14254s | is really annoying he'd rather have all |
| 14256s | those things |
| 14257s | which is why emperor might be one of |
| 14259s | those things to try to squeeze in he's |
| 14260s | taking a s he's taking a super safe |
| 14262s | approach even trading with a 1-1 |
| 14264s | oh my god |
| 14266s | yeah tys i think built this deck to |
| 14268s | outlast uh shamans |
| 14270s | yeah |
| 14273s | so he's going to elemental destruction |
| 14275s | that gives him room to play totem golem |
| 14277s | coin lava shock |
| 14279s | and that'll allow him to set up a clean |
| 14282s | fresh slate |
| 14284s | for doomhammer to start going to town |
| 14285s | next turn he still has an enormous |
| 14287s | amount of damage |
| 14289s | uh 25 again i'm sorry 20 with the burn |
| 14292s | but 24 with doomhammer and 28 to turn |
| 14295s | afterwards so uh he's gonna really start |
| 14297s | to hope that this totem golem can start |
| 14299s | putting in the work as well |
| 14302s | and that lava shock was a triple inner |
| 14303s | bait |
| 14305s | it's really sick |
| 14310s | but is it too late it's a lot of damage |
| 14313s | right now it's 16 damage yeah it's 16 |
| 14316s | that i see |
| 14317s | oh and there's a replacement hammer yeah |
| 14319s | this is if you are afraid of the |
| 14321s | harrison but he's not i i'm sensing that |
| 14323s | the series is going to be tied and going |
| 14324s | to game five unless ty's can somehow |
| 14326s | bring it back right now |
| 14334s | he's even going for the lightning bolt |
| 14336s | i don't like that too much next turn is |
| 14338s | your last turn i think it's better to be |
| 14339s | flexible with it |
| 14345s | you you play one man and now we have one |
| 14346s | man at last next turn so it's the same |
| 14348s | thing |
| 14352s | well if he does do armor up and then |
| 14354s | twilight guardian |
| 14356s | he is alive |
| 14358s | yeah he's alive by one hp unless the |
| 14361s | spell power totem rolls from the shaman |
| 14363s | hero power allowing him to hit the lava |
| 14364s | burst for six that would kill off the |
| 14367s | warrior |
| 14369s | so |
| 14370s | we we probably want to do that the good |
| 14373s | thing is that you get to actually use |
| 14375s | the uh the fiery war axe this turn start |
| 14377s | hitting because otherwise it's just |
| 14379s | sitting there doing nothing but here's |
| 14381s | another bigger |
| 14382s | problems that you can't kill those |
| 14384s | shaman |
| 14385s | boards like you think of another piece |
| 14386s | of burn here |
| 14388s | oh my goodness oh that's gonna be it |
| 14390s | but i think that may have not been true |
| 14392s | with a five mana true heart and a zero |
| 14395s | mana shield slam he could have gained |
| 14397s | six armor next turn in shield slam for |
| 14399s | six |
| 14400s | it's actually the emperor's second pick |
| 14402s | had a really big impact that game and |
| 14405s | had there not been a lethal there it's |
| 14408s | possible that tice could have held on |
| 14410s | the entire game oh no ty's i mean he's |
| 14412s | so devastated man you see at the end of |
| 14414s | the game he's |
| 14416s | he's just you know stressed out he was |
| 14418s | up 2-0 now he's down there now oh that |
| 14420s | down zero two but in the past two games |
| 14422s | he's dropped it uh while being pretty |
| 14425s | close and once again this warrior deck |
| 14427s | is it the reason he's got here or is it |
| 14429s | the reason he hasn't won already it's |
| 14431s | one of the hardest things maybe it's a |
| 14432s | little bit of both |
| 14434s | well |
| 14435s | it is going to come down to sevis's uh |
| 14437s | consistency on this priest i think if |
| 14439s | sevis draws well um the priest minions |
| 14443s | are just too big to be dealt with |
| 14445s | appropriately by this warrior deck so |
| 14448s | we'll have to see |
| 14450s | i think uh |
| 14451s | the the range of draws in the priest are |
| 14453s | so vast that it's it's almost entirely |
| 14456s | based on that |
| 14458s | even though the warrior hasn't been very |
| 14459s | consistent either it |
| 14462s | it seems consistent enough |
| 14467s | shadow word pain does deal with a lot of |
| 14468s | the dragons though deals with the monkey |
| 14470s | as well |
| 14473s | yep that's right uh you know being able |
| 14476s | to deal with those early game minions |
| 14477s | it's going to be such a big deal for the |
| 14478s | priest uh you really need to be able to |
| 14480s | land |
| 14482s | that curve |
| 14483s | because the priest hero power doesn't do |
| 14485s | anything |
| 14486s | at least the warrior hero power still |
| 14488s | gains you life |
| 14490s | and ultimately synergizes with shield |
| 14492s | slam but priest still has no benefit |
| 14493s | whatsoever if it doesn't have any |
| 14495s | minions |
| 14497s | actually |
| 14498s | actually really like |
| 14499s | uh sevis's hand here |
| 14502s | you can do turn four corrupter turn five |
| 14505s | corrupter and he has a shadow word pain |
| 14507s | for the life binder the pain answers the |
| 14510s | champion |
| 14512s | does it |
| 14513s | it can i mean it depends on what you |
| 14516s | want you can also pass but |
| 14518s | that's two turns of taking this damage |
| 14521s | it's not about damage i think it's about |
| 14522s | value this warrior deck has no draw it's |
| 14524s | all about the big minions |
| 14531s | yeah but you're giving like you're |
| 14533s | giving you're giving it options to |
| 14535s | expand the board |
| 14537s | so while i can understand because |
| 14539s | shadower paint has a lot of targets you |
| 14540s | can hit in this deck the first that |
| 14542s | comes to mind is the twilight guardian |
| 14547s | it's just going to be more pressure |
| 14548s | building up and with that |
| 14550s | arathi weaponsmith draw that that's |
| 14552s | basically optimal lines of removal |
| 14554s | i think it's going to be |
| 14558s | yep |
| 14561s | the situation that he set up is |
| 14563s | um if ty's play something he does or can |
| 14566s | i circle if dice plays nothing he wins |
| 14568s | the board with a coin corrupter uh sevis |
| 14571s | just wins both ways he can afford to |
| 14572s | take some damage |
| 14577s | uh the twilight guardian isn't um |
| 14580s | isn't killed by the |
| 14582s | circle combo |
| 14584s | with the akanai soul priest |
| 14586s | and i think tais is really evaluating |
| 14588s | this thinking |
| 14590s | like why why isn't he doing anything |
| 14591s | he's just passing |
| 14594s | even if he wasn't like |
| 14595s | passing on purpose for this that he had |
| 14597s | no play he definitely would be mindful |
| 14599s | of this combination he knows that |
| 14601s | auchenai soul priest is a possibility |
| 14602s | here it's still an unusual card |
| 14605s | given in in the |
| 14607s | format right i'm not used to seeing this |
| 14610s | but yeah |
| 14612s | that is a lot man that is a really |
| 14615s | passive play |
| 14617s | i thought he would circle |
| 14619s | it's okay that's the best target shower |
| 14621s | where pain can hit if you're saying it |
| 14623s | you're playing for value you're gonna |
| 14625s | really out card them you're not |
| 14626s | anticipating that warrior can kill you i |
| 14628s | think he's really |
| 14629s | taking advantage of the fact that it's |
| 14630s | clear warrior doesn't have a true burst |
| 14633s | finisher |
| 14634s | like a true closer it's got a lot of |
| 14635s | good starting pictures but you know no |
| 14637s | one no ace to finish it out |
| 14640s | what now |
| 14642s | seeing as everything dies to a circle i |
| 14644s | think it's in your best interest to play |
| 14645s | the weaponsmith |
| 14650s | well one thing for sure is i i don't |
| 14651s | want twice to play the dragon i i've |
| 14653s | i've seen scenarios like this |
| 14655s | uh very recently |
| 14657s | oh |
| 14662s | oh my gosh |
| 14664s | all right okay here we go the the clear |
| 14666s | the circle clear |
| 14668s | it's okay because this turn he's gonna |
| 14670s | play the weaponsmith anyways right he |
| 14671s | wasn't planning on playing the corrupter |
| 14674s | so he has two draws to get the the |
| 14676s | dragon |
| 14677s | yeah |
| 14678s | no |
| 14679s | okay there's varian |
| 14682s | ah try i get it drag drake azure drake |
| 14685s | there was the best um to |
| 14687s | replace what it's like to build the |
| 14689s | pressure in case he's not |
| 14692s | actually |
| 14693s | saving for an awk and i play |
| 14695s | and it's also replaces itself so for him |
| 14698s | in his opinion he was okay |
| 14700s | well this is the marsh back of the |
| 14701s | priest |
| 14702s | if he played the weaponsmith first and |
| 14705s | the azure drake second uh he could not |
| 14707s | lose his minion to the corrupter |
| 14709s | actually so the azure drake would have |
| 14711s | actually stabilized the board this turn |
| 14714s | yeah that's also a good point too |
| 14717s | that's brutal because the difference |
| 14719s | between keeping the drake and not is |
| 14721s | huge bash is four damage |
| 14724s | shield slam gets an extra plus one |
| 14728s | no dragon |
| 14730s | still has a oh yeah no dragon so he got |
| 14732s | he has to bash |
| 14734s | shield slam and then i guess the farseer |
| 14736s | is all that's remaining mana wise what |
| 14738s | if he just armor up shield slams and |
| 14741s | then plays the farseer |
| 14743s | that seems all right |
| 14747s | that is true you can get away with that |
| 14749s | as long as you don't have power with |
| 14750s | shield and |
| 14752s | draw a card but i don't think you |
| 14754s | care too much about that the the thing |
| 14757s | that is scary though is how much cars |
| 14758s | that priest can draw and outcard you |
| 14761s | yeah you do know that these north shards |
| 14763s | are particularly threatening |
| 14765s | uh in this deck |
| 14770s | savis is running the wild pyromancers |
| 14772s | he's running a lot of heel effects |
| 14775s | it can really steamroll out of control |
| 14778s | so you could even make that play and |
| 14780s | then just war axe at the end |
| 14783s | okay so he does end up going for a full |
| 14786s | clear option but he's dumping a lot of |
| 14788s | cars to do it |
| 14793s | i guess the good news is that almost |
| 14794s | anything is answered |
| 14796s | by what uh |
| 14798s | ceviche plays he probably doesn't have a |
| 14801s | dragon another valuable trade here the |
| 14803s | priest is just |
| 14805s | really marching on it's like he said |
| 14807s | using the health as a resource and |
| 14808s | playing concerted from the beginning |
| 14810s | it was a great line that cevitz has |
| 14812s | taken |
| 14813s | that's a good card |
| 14815s | like fine dragon he needs |
| 14817s | about time end up paying off |
| 14821s | but if he didn't he would have been in |
| 14822s | uh |
| 14824s | would have been a very similar situation |
| 14826s | as a teammate life coach |
| 14832s | cevis also i think plays two in tombs |
| 14836s | i think you're right |
| 14838s | so that means ultimately the dragons in |
| 14841s | the late stages of the game for tice |
| 14844s | assuming it goes to the point where |
| 14845s | neither player can kill each other tyus |
| 14847s | will outgrind the warrior by a big |
| 14849s | margin |
| 14854s | depends on the north shores right |
| 14857s | the north shores can swing that in a |
| 14858s | huge direction i'm pretty familiar with |
| 14861s | the control warrior versus control |
| 14863s | priest matchup |
| 14864s | and typically i just when i feel i'm in |
| 14867s | control i just let the priest draw with |
| 14870s | northshire |
| 14872s | and usually end up winning the fatigue |
| 14873s | game |
| 14874s | but i think i think sevis is too smart |
| 14877s | to let that happen |
| 14879s | and he's definitely played his fair |
| 14881s | share as well of the matchups |
| 14883s | particularly with the golden monkey ones |
| 14886s | play fatigue i think everyone's really |
| 14887s | experimented with a lot |
| 14889s | um |
| 14890s | man ties from this point |
| 14893s | he's got to use varian to climb back |
| 14895s | into it |
| 14898s | azure drake |
| 14900s | trying to see if you can dig for some |
| 14902s | other stuff and really keep up the card |
| 14903s | count that's not bad |
| 14906s | it does happen to weaken one of the |
| 14908s | minions within range of the fiery war |
| 14910s | axe so either you choose the fire i |
| 14913s | guess the you probably put on the azure |
| 14914s | drake because the pyromancer is going to |
| 14916s | die either way i like the azure drake a |
| 14918s | lot more |
| 14921s | i would consider perhaps um |
| 14925s | i guess you can't do much about it no i |
| 14927s | thought you could heal um |
| 14929s | never mind |
| 14930s | all right let's go |
| 14932s | baron wren your time this is an actual |
| 14934s | real need for varian |
| 14936s | yeah |
| 14937s | whether you pull minions or draw cards |
| 14939s | anything we'll do he gets like yesera |
| 14941s | he's going to win the game |
| 14943s | nope oh man nope |
| 14945s | oh |
| 14946s | and he drew his third card |
| 14951s | that's so huge |
| 14953s | uh because |
| 14955s | now he can only play sylvanas but he |
| 14957s | can't actually uh guarantee a steal on |
| 14960s | it |
| 14961s | no one tomb |
| 14964s | no the only thing he can do is death his |
| 14966s | own sylvanas and hope to get you sarah |
| 14971s | is that really what it's come down to |
| 14974s | uh well it's happening pretty quickly |
| 14976s | here |
| 14977s | well okay here oh my goodness |
| 14980s | 50 50 to steal your sarah |
| 14983s | which can completely turn around the |
| 14984s | titans feels varying instead |
| 14987s | that's huge because now now dream |
| 14990s | punishes varian |
| 14992s | yeah that's right because the variant |
| 14994s | has to be played again and then that |
| 14996s | pulls deep into the deck |
| 14999s | but it's oh okay okay oh adjust the car |
| 15002s | just the car |
| 15004s | i think tyson might have a fatigue game |
| 15007s | on lock |
| 15009s | well uh he's drawing with the slam so |
| 15012s | he's still evaluating his plan his plays |
| 15016s | bran bronzebeard not really impactful |
| 15018s | here |
| 15025s | i feel sevisa's depression right now i i |
| 15028s | mean he was so close to making a |
| 15029s | comeback he was down 0-2 and he's like |
| 15031s | yes i i can do this against the warrior |
| 15035s | but um you know that 50 50 was such a |
| 15038s | big deal |
| 15040s | but he also went for that risk because |
| 15041s | uh he knew that if he played sylvanas |
| 15044s | and just death variant for example he's |
| 15046s | still in the same spot but might be more |
| 15048s | however uh don't discount the fact that |
| 15051s | sevis can still get an entomb off the |
| 15052s | top of his back |
| 15058s | so we can't believe that varian got a he |
| 15060s | got bounced he's like no i don't want |
| 15062s | you gave me the varian usually the |
| 15063s | player who plays this is in the bad spot |
| 15066s | with as many spells as sevis has this |
| 15068s | really could um |
| 15070s | be a big problem |
| 15071s | it's it's all up on this though |
| 15078s | and he's got an entomb |
| 15081s | i have no clue what's happening he's got |
| 15083s | the nightmare uh i mean tyson's saying |
| 15085s | well played because this is hilarious |
| 15087s | not because he actually won |
| 15092s | wow now tice doesn't actually know how |
| 15094s | to deal with his opponent just sarah |
| 15096s | because he doesn't actually have the |
| 15097s | removal in mind for it yeah he might go |
| 15100s | face and that is going to be a disaster |
| 15102s | because uh |
| 15104s | savis does have the bounce he has the |
| 15106s | flash heals |
| 15109s | would you want it any other way for |
| 15111s | the final game where barry and rin |
| 15113s | decides to finally come off his throne |
| 15116s | and say okay guys i hear you guys |
| 15118s | talking mad smack talk about me |
| 15128s | now reads battlecry put your sarah from |
| 15130s | your deck onto the battlefield |
| 15138s | here's the big problem we were saying |
| 15140s | tyce might have the edge to close it out |
| 15142s | and the fatigue but savitz also has |
| 15144s | cards like entomb which are fantastic |
| 15146s | for fatigue |
| 15148s | but he's also dying so does he have |
| 15150s | enough time this is such a hard thing |
| 15152s | assistant awakens is a really relevant |
| 15154s | card right now because damage |
| 15156s | really matters |
| 15159s | all right this is this is an extremely |
| 15161s | difficult play for ceviz |
| 15164s | you also have to consider the fact that |
| 15165s | he got a north shore and he has a circle |
| 15167s | heel so he is capable of drawing every |
| 15169s | single card in his deck |
| 15171s | so the possibilities here are |
| 15173s | almost endless |
| 15176s | he basically has to go off of his |
| 15177s | decklist and consider every possible |
| 15179s | imaginable play |
| 15182s | he he definitely needs to um |
| 15187s | i think he really hopes that he can get |
| 15189s | a north uh uh what's it called the |
| 15191s | auchenai soul priest but he can't use |
| 15194s | that circle of healing anymore |
| 15196s | so he's going to draw some cards |
| 15199s | he's almost certainly going to entomb |
| 15202s | if he can get that off if he was able to |
| 15203s | get the oxygen maybe he could have also |
| 15204s | used some of this |
| 15207s | at first he can nightmare a taunt to |
| 15209s | stop damage by the way |
| 15211s | oh you're right that's such a clutch |
| 15213s | move because nightmare kills at the |
| 15215s | beginning of your turn |
| 15217s | oh i love it |
| 15220s | so let's stop some damage |
| 15222s | for now |
| 15224s | of course tyson's pretty upset he's |
| 15227s | he's looking pretty stressed |
| 15229s | fiery war axe |
| 15232s | uh |
| 15234s | okay yes sarah awakens does five |
| 15239s | no there's no way you could do that |
| 15241s | right now |
| 15242s | you bet your your options are basically |
| 15244s | to develop a weapon |
| 15247s | and nothing else |
| 15249s | do you want to develop a weapon you can |
| 15251s | you can develop a weapon |
| 15254s | hit into the worm rest agent |
| 15256s | sarah awakens and then kill varian |
| 15258s | develop the dre the emerald drake |
| 15264s | but that also i mean maybe he feels like |
| 15266s | he wants to use the fiery war axe for |
| 15268s | six damage to the face |
| 15271s | that's 11 over turns i mean priests also |
| 15274s | drew a lot of cards |
| 15276s | yeah i want to get a count of how many |
| 15277s | cars we're actually at |
| 15281s | chris has got like five cards i think |
| 15287s | okay |
| 15288s | at this point he needs to have something |
| 15290s | on the board and definitely needs to at |
| 15291s | least keep |
| 15293s | hitting the armor up because he's going |
| 15294s | to need as much health as possible |
| 15300s | this is coming down a pretty epic game |
| 15302s | so this looks like he can almost |
| 15303s | stabilize but he's picking up kind of |
| 15305s | weak cards here |
| 15307s | and he doesn't really necessarily want |
| 15308s | to draw him too anymore but no i think |
| 15310s | playing the armor smith is a huge |
| 15312s | mistake uh savings drew his whole deck |
| 15314s | it does have exactly five cards uh he he |
| 15317s | drew his whole deck so you know you're |
| 15318s | going to have your armor smith cabald |
| 15320s | the fact that your armorsmith gets |
| 15321s | caballed i think means that you can |
| 15323s | stabilize as the priest i think |
| 15326s | with the armorsmith coming down ceviz |
| 15328s | has won this game |
| 15331s | that's a really good point because now |
| 15332s | you can play for the fatigue |
| 15334s | yeah |
| 15337s | um |
| 15338s | and but you're really far ahead of the |
| 15339s | car draw |
| 15342s | you know this is the case where warrior |
| 15344s | really wish it had some kind of uh |
| 15346s | execute because if you could execute |
| 15348s | your sarah then your sarah awakens has a |
| 15350s | chance to reset the board |
| 15354s | let me change your mind cabal on the |
| 15357s | armorsmith is so big and tice |
| 15361s | is losing grip very slowly from this |
| 15363s | game |
| 15365s | and the ammo drake is really cool but |
| 15368s | not really doing much here |
| 15372s | all right well this awakens is going to |
| 15374s | have a big impact on the board |
| 15377s | but |
| 15378s | um |
| 15381s | yes sarah won't die and there's another |
| 15383s | yasera in the deck mm-hmm |
| 15386s | there's two users there's your cry |
| 15389s | yeah |
| 15392s | and there's a lot of armor from that |
| 15393s | armor smith i think that was the turning |
| 15395s | point |
| 15396s | because you can't actually burn your |
| 15398s | opponent anymore yep uh what what cars |
| 15401s | do you have okay he needs nefarian |
| 15403s | to pull thought steel |
| 15406s | and thought steel will get you sarah in |
| 15407s | the hand what do you think about that |
| 15409s | |
| 15410s | oh man i don't know about that how about |
| 15412s | how about thoughts how about ediferian |
| 15414s | into entomb there's a lot of uh steel |
| 15418s | cards left if he can survive that long |
| 15421s | um |
| 15422s | if he can survive that long i mean this |
| 15424s | the fact is yes sarah even pulling any |
| 15426s | kind of minions like laughing sisters is |
| 15429s | pretty relevant too |
| 15430s | yeah a lot of board pressure |
| 15433s | i don't see how tice wins this game |
| 15436s | the last time i said that the opponent |
| 15438s | disconnected so i i guess i guess that |
| 15441s | could happen |
| 15443s | not now |
| 15448s | holy nova is not really it you know it's |
| 15449s | it's |
| 15451s | going so long without hitting the other |
| 15453s | yasara but it's perfectly fine um |
| 15457s | ceviche's got so many good cards |
| 15460s | uh ready in the bottom of his deck here |
| 15462s | that entomb has been so clutch |
| 15467s | i think |
| 15468s | ties is basically on his uh he only has |
| 15470s | like two turns three turns maybe at most |
| 15473s | in order to nixia though i think if he |
| 15475s | draws a knicks here there might be some |
| 15476s | hope |
| 15477s | oh |
| 15479s | nixie up top |
| 15481s | and there's no aoe clear |
| 15483s | not anymore |
| 15485s | you use both circles you shadow where |
| 15487s | death you sylvanas you use this entomb |
| 15491s | he's got the dream but um he's gonna |
| 15494s | have to keep getting good user parts for |
| 15496s | this to work |
| 15498s | but yes siri |
| 15499s | has like the laughing sisters |
| 15503s | that twilight guardian might be useful |
| 15506s | to stop the the nixon from direct |
| 15508s | attacking |
| 15510s | but all these ones are so annoying |
| 15516s | yep it's really hard to handle the |
| 15518s | whelps |
| 15520s | i must consider uh would you kill the |
| 15523s | onyxia and just take it really slow and |
| 15526s | play minions |
| 15527s | just trade both the four attack minions |
| 15530s | play |
| 15530s | out the twilight guardians and their |
| 15532s | laughing sisters and then you know you |
| 15534s | have yesterday your final card oh sorry |
| 15536s | you have two cards remaining |
| 15538s | i mean you there's there's a possibility |
| 15540s | for that |
| 15541s | yeah |
| 15543s | it looks really bad but |
| 15546s | i think it's a it's a good opinion |
| 15550s | i do like the idea of trying to grind it |
| 15552s | out um however if priest is hitting |
| 15555s | fatigue much quicker than the warrior is |
| 15557s | based off its draws |
| 15559s | then it's gonna need to also heal itself |
| 15561s | you have to definitely consider how much |
| 15563s | you want to heal for sure |
| 15565s | looks like save is gonna try to go for |
| 15567s | an aggressive approach |
| 15569s | okay |
| 15570s | could work green |
| 15571s | could absolutely work |
| 15577s | so he's gonna try to see if he can draw |
| 15578s | something really nice here |
| 15580s | another dream that's pretty good |
| 15583s | just to keep the nyxia's bouncing |
| 15587s | i mean for tice though he like onyxia |
| 15590s | kind of left mini boombox if you think |
| 15591s | about it |
| 15593s | it's just like boombots guaranteed do |
| 15594s | three damage |
| 15596s | yeah but those only did six damage |
| 15597s | coding that's nothing |
| 15600s | dr boom frowns on your statement |
| 15608s | this is hilarious though i just want to |
| 15610s | point out that ten minutes ago is |
| 15612s | when the yoseris was pulled out by |
| 15615s | the uh the varian wren followed by the |
| 15618s | sylvanas into barry and written pulling |
| 15619s | another sylvanus because he dreamed it |
| 15622s | what good all right well they're still |
| 15625s | far away uh from being able to pressure |
| 15627s | for the kill because tank up is so |
| 15629s | strong but warrior has definitely missed |
| 15631s | a couple of armor ups here |
| 15634s | and i think if you're gonna go for that |
| 15635s | plan of like |
| 15637s | playing dream i think you really go for |
| 15638s | it again try to see if you can max life |
| 15640s | one more turn |
| 15641s | poor ceviche has not drawn his other |
| 15643s | cesaro either |
| 15646s | because i think if he had the second |
| 15648s | user and played |
| 15650s | right he only had one card |
| 15656s | how many cars does the warrior have in |
| 15657s | this deck is it how far is ties from 15 |
| 15659s | you've got five it's plenty |
| 15662s | more than one yeah pierce will be so far |
| 15666s | into fatigue |
| 15668s | not to mention that he has a tank up i |
| 15670s | must consider |
| 15673s | among those five again is nefarian |
| 15677s | which is a lot of it's a it's a huge |
| 15680s | weight |
| 15682s | dude i i don't even understand anymore |
| 15687s | uh injured blademaster |
| 15690s | like anything that he puts out as like a |
| 15692s | reasonable size threat is also pretty |
| 15693s | significant he's starting to play a |
| 15695s | little bit of the clear |
| 15698s | i do like killing the onyxia though for |
| 15699s | sure |
| 15703s | dream you seriously can get maximum |
| 15705s | value he's running out of time oh my |
| 15707s | goodness ceviche ran out of time here |
| 15710s | i think you wanted to play the two |
| 15711s | toilet well so we can get them onto the |
| 15712s | board and now the board is vulnerable a |
| 15714s | little bit oh did you get it outside |
| 15717s | looks like you missed uh |
| 15720s | yeah |
| 15724s | okay |
| 15725s | not bad |
| 15726s | uh it helps fill out the curve so azure |
| 15728s | drake and the fierce monkey |
| 15732s | you've got something you can tank up |
| 15734s | so as you have to hit nefarian |
| 15736s | the big |
| 15737s | daddy nefarian to give us some |
| 15740s | real nice dessert to this awesome main |
| 15742s | course |
| 15743s | this has been delicious |
| 15747s | it's been exquisite so far |
| 15749s | not even ramsay could be too salty about |
| 15752s | this game |
| 15753s | yeah all that |
| 15755s | all that thais has to do is stall |
| 15757s | he like |
| 15760s | if i i think this game |
| 15762s | might be |
| 15764s | reliant on yesera dreams |
| 15769s | okay um |
| 15772s | okay if he gets like awakens then i |
| 15775s | think |
| 15776s | sevis can maybe |
| 15778s | like if he gets like two nightmares and |
| 15780s | awakens i think he can |
| 15782s | do like some crazy burst combo before |
| 15784s | he's dead |
| 15787s | okay ty's tice is keeping the |
| 15789s | eye alive because he doesn't want the |
| 15791s | awkward heal oh no he didn't get the |
| 15793s | last attack ah |
| 15795s | you messed up no |
| 15797s | not like this |
| 15799s | why oh after all we've been through this |
| 15802s | is how it goes he loses the fierce |
| 15804s | monkey and twice is regretting |
| 15806s | everything right now |
| 15807s | oh my goodness |
| 15809s | a second too late |
| 15811s | might have costed him |
| 15813s | a big opportunity it's not that the game |
| 15815s | is over but the advantage has been uh |
| 15818s | definitely given more over to sevis and |
| 15820s | that's rattle tice a lot |
| 15824s | emperor's no not really anything here |
| 15827s | that's a that's a decent yesera pull by |
| 15830s | the way the um the emerald drake |
| 15832s | okay |
| 15833s | uh i don't know if we're gonna at that |
| 15835s | point if we're if the fatigue is |
| 15837s | actually going to matter |
| 15839s | uh so in four turns five and five turns |
| 15842s | peace will take 15 damage and it can't |
| 15843s | heal |
| 15844s | so if |
| 15848s | it can last that long i don't think it |
| 15850s | will though |
| 15852s | watch this be like a nefarian holy smite |
| 15854s | to the face lethal |
| 15858s | so sick |
| 15859s | oh i would i would love it i would love |
| 15861s | it if that was the case |
| 15863s | um |
| 15865s | you know realistically it might also be |
| 15867s | the thing where like you want to suicide |
| 15869s | your own authentic so you can start |
| 15870s | healing |
| 15871s | wait is that too fatigued damage i was |
| 15875s | oh i was miss counting i was pretending |
| 15877s | as if he was taking one next turn |
| 15879s | so |
| 15880s | now he doesn't want this one it was one |
| 15882s | oh okay my bad i miscounted them |
| 15885s | so he takes 15 |
| 15887s | in five turns so he needs to kill the um |
| 15892s | he doesn't have to kill the the thurston |
| 15895s | is a thing he doesn't have to |
| 15896s | right but i'm saying he should probably |
| 15898s | consider killing his own auchenai if he |
| 15900s | wants to heal or he wants to |
| 15902s | be more proactive on the board keep the |
| 15904s | auchenai alive and then use it to fight |
| 15907s | as minion combat |
| 15914s | okay so beats also roping he's gonna use |
| 15916s | this ping |
| 15919s | and it looks like he's trading it in |
| 15921s | okay i like it i think you definitely |
| 15922s | just want to play to keep away because |
| 15924s | the fatigue is definitely against you |
| 15926s | and you need to heal your sarah awakens |
| 15928s | is also very dicey is it a foreign is it |
| 15930s | a farian |
| 15932s | no |
| 15934s | no |
| 15934s | it's pretty bad |
| 15936s | that's pretty he's also gonna try to hit |
| 15938s | to accelerate the fatigue |
| 15941s | to the face i like it oh this is coming |
| 15944s | down so close |
| 15946s | three damage next turn |
| 15949s | oh sorry two damage my bad uh three |
| 15951s | damage the following turn |
| 15953s | he has to heal here |
| 15958s | i don't know if he's enough time |
| 15965s | something like that |
| 15967s | i think he's just going to go for it |
| 15969s | he has to go for a huge amount of burst |
| 15972s | because i think he still has |
| 15973s | the opportunity to get the user awakens |
| 15976s | for the finish or maybe even a tie oh |
| 15978s | it's 10 damage |
| 15982s | nefarian has wait no it's not |
| 15984s | he's the bash he got bash that's it |
| 15986s | that's enough damage right is it no it's |
| 15990s | it's only two |
| 15992s | are you sure |
| 15995s | oh there's three we're down |
| 15998s | here |
| 16000s | what was that |
| 16010s | they're still stunned we have their |
| 16011s | cameras right here that was insane i |
| 16014s | swear i saw nefarian played by that |
| 16016s | warrior deck before i don't know maybe |
| 16017s | they switched it up a little bit |
| 16020s | i don't know maybe maybe some of them |
| 16021s | were playing the farm maybe some aren't |
| 16023s | whatever yeah that was mind-blowing |
| 16026s | that was a climax that lasted 20 minutes |
| 16029s | and i will never know what it's like to |
| 16031s | feel something like that again |
| 16033s | oh my goodness |
| 16035s | yeah what a relief that that twice uh |
| 16038s | got got the win there because if if he |
| 16040s | hadn't if he would have lost by the |
| 16041s | slightest margin he would have blamed |
| 16043s | himself forever for that missed attack |
| 16045s | with the 1-1 |
| 16047s | i mean and the same thing too like it's |
| 16049s | one of those things okay i i kind of was |
| 16050s | in the zone where like |
| 16052s | ceviche probably couldn't win the game |
| 16054s | but if he had so much damage he could |
| 16055s | have maybe tied the game |
| 16057s | if that wasn't bashed as the last car we |
| 16059s | were expecting nefarian for the longest |
| 16060s | time i think it's because the |
| 16062s | life re-game on that one oh god we've |
| 16065s | been here all through the night |
| 16068s | uh |
| 16069s | oh my goodness oh warrior goes through |
| 16072s | all the way to the end how about that |
| 16073s | speechless |
| 16075s | yeah |
| 16076s | great stuff well tice does take it he |
| 16079s | has taken home uh it's about 13 000 |
| 16081s | bucks or first place |
| 16083s | but uh |
| 16084s | certainly all the glory especially after |
| 16086s | that |
| 16088s | yeah that was quite the the photo finish |
| 16090s | there uh not not not quite the like one |
| 16093s | damage over fatigue ended being the |
| 16095s | lethal where they both end up passing |
| 16097s | but uh pretty dang close all 30 cards |
| 16099s | were drawn from both decks uh and you |
| 16101s | wouldn't want to go either way from all |
| 16103s | the swings from the varian wren we |
| 16104s | mocked him enough but he ended up being |
| 16106s | a super player for both teams there |
| 16108s | yeah also shout out to uh savitz for |
| 16110s | bringing a really good amount of decks |
| 16112s | uh really being able to mix it up with |
| 16114s | that priest love it love it a lot |
| 16116s | uh thanks so much everybody's tuned in i |
| 16119s | believe this concludes our programming |
| 16121s | we want to give some final shout outs uh |
| 16123s | to everybody but before we do uh do |
| 16125s | you have anything you want to say about |
| 16126s | the event before we dismiss |
| 16129s | not too much it was um it was really |
| 16131s | interesting to see kind of like a sneak |
| 16133s | peek on what uh the standard formula |
| 16135s | might be like okay of course we knew the |
| 16138s | druids will dominate and all that but uh |
| 16140s | in the end uh the very decisive matches |
| 16143s | were like priest and warrior games so |
| 16146s | you know that that actually probably is |
| 16148s | a pretty good sneak peek on what we can |
| 16150s | expect in the future hearthstone and uh |
| 16152s | well |
| 16154s | unless something drastic happens the |
| 16156s | future looks pretty bright yeah |
| 16158s | collectively the hunters are weeping |
| 16160s | everywhere around the world right now as |
| 16162s | they have not had any representation but |
| 16164s | don't worry the shamans will live on in |
| 16166s | its former glory at least for now until |
| 16169s | then uh this has been frodan and |
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| 16206s | real it's been fun it's been real have a |
| 16209s | good night |
| 16210s | thanks for watching |
| 16212s | in hearthstone form over time is the |
| 16214s | true measure of success as a player |
| 16217s | and after taking down the european |
| 16219s | championship in 2015 as well as a top |
| 16222s | four placement at the world championship |
| 16225s | that year |
| 16226s | thai secured his legacy in the 2016 |
| 16229s | european spring championship by beating |
| 16232s | inner in the finals let's see how he did |
| 16235s | it |
| 16236s | uh the final set it's going to be tice |
| 16238s | versus inner and both these guys have |
| 16240s | had very different play styles and you |
| 16243s | know very different roads to get to this |
| 16245s | point and very different backgrounds as |
| 16246s | well so of course i'm joined by savitz |
| 16248s | and kibler we're gonna get right into um |
| 16251s | uh player number one here which is uh |
| 16253s | gonna be tice uh |
| 16254s | so if you talk to me a little bit about |
| 16255s | tais what's his background um what are |
| 16258s | your thoughts on him moving into the |
| 16259s | finals i'm sure there's a lot of viewers |
| 16261s | watching right now |
| 16262s | know of ty's or i have seen him play in |
| 16264s | the past |
| 16265s | the most accomplished player definitely |
| 16267s | in this uh in this tournament |
| 16269s | he's the european champion from last |
| 16271s | year he's a semi-finalist from police |
| 16272s | con has won a lot of tournaments over a |
| 16275s | hundred thousand dollars |
| 16276s | behind this uh him on his uh from |
| 16279s | hearthstone and and uh that's really |
| 16281s | impressive on its own |
| 16282s | and uh kibbler um are you surprised at |
| 16284s | all i know uh you have been |
| 16287s | uh |
| 16288s | hyping ty's up throughout this |
| 16289s | tournament you're surprised at all to |
| 16290s | see him get to say i mean not at all i i |
| 16292s | picked him as my choice to go through to |
| 16293s | the uh to the finals and to be the |
| 16295s | eventual champion uh for a reason i |
| 16297s | think that he is the strongest player in |
| 16299s | this tournament and he's proved exactly |
| 16301s | that yeah two out of the three analysts |
| 16303s | in the pre-show did predict uh tice so |
| 16307s | unfortunately |
| 16308s | one of our members predicted casey and |
| 16310s | it was not true i will not name any |
| 16312s | names but the people that watch the |
| 16313s | pre-show |
| 16314s | know who it is but casey had a good run |
| 16316s | as well um now what what's uh ty's what |
| 16319s | are the keys to tyson's success uh civ |
| 16321s | it's moving forward into this into this |
| 16322s | final uh |
| 16324s | center one of the interesting things |
| 16325s | that i've noticed is that like in our |
| 16326s | inner we've seen bring the freeze mage |
| 16328s | and some others did as well thai's very |
| 16330s | well known for his freeze mage gameplay |
| 16331s | but he thought that it was not worthy of |
| 16333s | bringing here he thought the five other |
| 16335s | decks gave him better chances so you |
| 16337s | know has he has been able to get the win |
| 16339s | with his freeze mage every single series |
| 16340s | that he's played but he's also like lost |
| 16342s | some games with it so that's that's one |
| 16344s | of the decks that i'm like most |
| 16345s | interested in watching in the finals |
| 16346s | yeah it will be interesting to see how |
| 16348s | his freeze match performs uh ty's lineup |
| 16349s | i think is is pretty strong against it |
| 16351s | he has the the tempo war he has the the |
| 16353s | shaman and the hunter all of which can |
| 16355s | really put pressure on that freeze page |
| 16357s | yeah okay well let's talk about inner a |
| 16358s | little bit now we've we've sort of uh |
| 16360s | talked about ties for a while uh his |
| 16362s | pedigree as a hearthstone player and |
| 16364s | being the favorite coming in |
| 16366s | inner is a player who was very unknown |
| 16367s | we saw in in some of the videos that we |
| 16369s | saw earlier in his interview he's very |
| 16371s | quiet guy with a very subdued |
| 16373s | personality but he came here to play and |
| 16375s | he had some some slip ups yesterday so |
| 16377s | what's what's going to be inner's key to |
| 16378s | success moving forward in this |
| 16380s | tournament speeds |
| 16381s | i think that his chances are very good |
| 16383s | against ice tys might be the favorite |
| 16384s | but inner is definitely a worthy |
| 16386s | opponent i enjoyed watching him play his |
| 16388s | rogue deck and his mage deck he really |
| 16390s | knows his stuff those are some of the |
| 16391s | most difficult decks to play and he's |
| 16393s | really proven that he is able to |
| 16396s | pilot them to create success what was so |
| 16398s | remarkable to me about inner watching |
| 16400s | him play his match today you know not |
| 16402s | only do you match casey's pace of play |
| 16404s | we remarked earlier about you know just |
| 16406s | how break neck of speed casey played at |
| 16408s | but he just seemed to have just |
| 16410s | automatic awareness of what he needed to |
| 16411s | do and what was important at any given |
| 16413s | time |
| 16414s | instantly he drew that cold blood he's |
| 16415s | like okay i have you dead next turn |
| 16417s | there wasn't any hesitation at all he |
| 16419s | absolutely had a game plan in mind going |
| 16421s | in and executed it not only perfectly |
| 16423s | but incredibly quickly |
| 16424s | yeah we've seen it sometimes that when |
| 16426s | players are maybe nervous they might be |
| 16428s | playing very quickly and mistakes are |
| 16429s | getting made there was a small mistake |
| 16431s | with sequencing yesterday that we saw |
| 16433s | that happened from inner side where |
| 16435s | there was a little bit of a risk that it |
| 16436s | could have went wrong but most like |
| 16438s | today when we've seen him play even |
| 16439s | though he plays fast he plays solid and |
| 16441s | uh he's just uh really he knows his |
| 16443s | stuff he's very comfortable with his |
| 16445s | decks and uh |
| 16446s | he just knows what he needs to do with |
| 16448s | the win yeah i like to call that type of |
| 16449s | place out instinctual because you really |
| 16451s | don't have much time to think and |
| 16453s | now let's take a look at their lineups |
| 16455s | side by side so we see their deck lists |
| 16457s | uh they're quite a bit different though |
| 16458s | there's a few differences um what are |
| 16461s | gonna be some of the decks kibbler to to |
| 16463s | look out for uh moving into this grand |
| 16465s | final i mean clearly the biggest |
| 16467s | difference in their lineups is the |
| 16469s | freeze mage versus the mid-range hunter |
| 16471s | uh inner has shown that he's able to to |
| 16473s | take some you know some key wins with |
| 16475s | that freeze mage deck hunter was a much |
| 16477s | more popular deck in this tournament and |
| 16479s | i think that the hunter deck feels like |
| 16481s | it's probably a bit better positioned |
| 16483s | overall in this matchup i feel like the |
| 16484s | freeze mage |
| 16486s | may struggle quite a bit against the the |
| 16488s | warrior against the shaman the hunter |
| 16490s | matchup i feel like can go kind of |
| 16491s | either way it does have some strong |
| 16493s | match-ups against the zoo and the the |
| 16495s | rogue but it really will come down to |
| 16497s | where uh inner can get that freeze mage |
| 16499s | matched up i feel like yeah i think the |
| 16500s | warrior is very likely to be getting |
| 16502s | banned from dice's side it's something |
| 16503s | that we see very often when when a |
| 16505s | player chooses to bring a mage it's very |
| 16507s | likely their strategy overall is to |
| 16509s | always ban the warrior rogue also kind |
| 16511s | of uh |
| 16512s | well it's not that bad of a match-up |
| 16513s | against warrior anymore but still like |
| 16516s | warriors like to go out and seeing how |
| 16518s | what matchup inner ends up getting with |
| 16520s | this mage is going to be big all right |
| 16521s | well i'm going to go with a little bit |
| 16523s | different approach here i want to talk |
| 16525s | to you guys about what deck you think |
| 16526s | will be uh the weak link uh i want to |
| 16529s | actually bring up that deck list again |
| 16531s | so we can see it uh the the side-by-side |
| 16533s | decklist is going to say what deck do |
| 16534s | you think going into this final we're |
| 16536s | gonna start with yusuf eats uh for tys |
| 16538s | uh do you think will be the weak link in |
| 16540s | the grand final |
| 16541s | i think that rogue is uh something that |
| 16543s | can at times kind of defeat itself it |
| 16545s | might struggle against uh against evil |
| 16547s | mage and the shaman is a little bit too |
| 16549s | fast maybe from inner so even as |
| 16551s | powerful as it can be to get that |
| 16553s | auctioneer get it concealed get all |
| 16555s | those nice card jaws and combos off |
| 16557s | against some of the inner decks it might |
| 16559s | be too slow even against the zoo if he |
| 16561s | doesn't get the right cards early on |
| 16563s | all right kibber i'm gonna ask you for |
| 16564s | in or now what what deck for inner could |
| 16566s | be uh sort of his downfall in this |
| 16567s | series that really is gonna have to uh |
| 16569s | sort of perform i i think the freeze |
| 16571s | mage is really gonna be the what his |
| 16573s | lineup lives and dies on the freeze mage |
| 16575s | you know if it is able to find a good |
| 16577s | match-up against the zoo uh and and you |
| 16580s | know we've seen |
| 16581s | freeze-mage decks lose to zoo these days |
| 16583s | there's things like crazy alchemist that |
| 16584s | can really throw a wrench in the |
| 16586s | doomsayer frost nova plan i really i |
| 16588s | think that will be the crucial part of |
| 16590s | his lineup and if he can find a win with |
| 16592s | that i think he has a good chance |
| 16594s | yeah should be a good one and uh we're |
| 16596s | going to go down the line now and we're |
| 16597s | going to sort of uh give our predictions |
| 16600s | going into the grand finals it's we've |
| 16601s | had some bold calls throughout the |
| 16603s | weekend but we've also had uh some safe |
| 16605s | calls uh savitz i'm going to start with |
| 16607s | you we're at the spring europe |
| 16609s | championship grand finals inner versus |
| 16611s | taiz who's going to take it |
| 16613s | it's so hard to like |
| 16615s | guess against dice he has to be the |
| 16617s | favorite going into this but i i do |
| 16619s | think that dinner's chances are very |
| 16620s | good and if he doesn't make any mistakes |
| 16622s | it's uh it's pretty much 50 50. |
| 16624s | depending on on how things work out how |
| 16627s | decisive of you |
| 16628s | yes |
| 16629s | i am going to not accept that answer you |
| 16632s | gotta pick one man force you to force |
| 16634s | you to pick one |
| 16635s | all right i have the big thighs i mean |
| 16637s | he has to be the favorite also in my |
| 16638s | mind i have a lot of respect for him as |
| 16640s | a player always playing flawlessly it's |
| 16643s | nearly impossible to find any any |
| 16645s | mistakes even small ones from from his |
| 16647s | his lines of play it's just a pleasure |
| 16649s | to watch him play and i think he's gonna |
| 16650s | take it |
| 16651s | all right kibbler you're right i said |
| 16653s | before the first game of the tournament |
| 16654s | that tice is my pick to win it and i'm |
| 16656s | sticking with it i think that that tice |
| 16657s | is gonna take this down he will be the |
| 16659s | first repeat regional champion in |
| 16660s | hearthstone |
| 16661s | all right well there you have it the |
| 16663s | analysts have spoken on their |
| 16665s | predictions we still want to give enter |
| 16666s | a little bit more time before we jump |
| 16668s | into that match so we're going to move |
| 16669s | on to some different topics here i want |
| 16671s | to go back to sort of inner's play style |
| 16674s | as a player in a very sexual player and |
| 16676s | i want to get your guys thoughts on on |
| 16677s | that type of uh play style i i've heard |
| 16680s | some criticisms uh whether it be you |
| 16681s | know on social media or just talking to |
| 16683s | people in person that say it's not that |
| 16685s | great because |
| 16686s | there's so there's high stakes tens of |
| 16688s | thousands of dollars uh on the line as |
| 16691s | far as placement goes there's a spot at |
| 16693s | the world championship at blizzcon on |
| 16695s | the line but there's some players who |
| 16696s | say overthinking is actually a big deal |
| 16698s | too and |
| 16700s | letting your preparation shine through |
| 16701s | is a big thing so uh save both of you |
| 16703s | guys have been competitive players |
| 16705s | whether it be in other card games or in |
| 16707s | hearthstone as well uh so savitz you |
| 16709s | first how does that play into your |
| 16711s | psyche do you think overthinking is |
| 16712s | something that you should play in the |
| 16713s | back of your mind when you go over these |
| 16715s | things with this much on the line and |
| 16716s | there might be some extra extra like |
| 16718s | pressure miners might be even bigger |
| 16720s | bigger of an issue on in this finals |
| 16722s | it's a lot of money and also the ticket |
| 16723s | to blizzcon so for inner i i really hope |
| 16726s | that he's going to slow it down just |
| 16728s | see the |
| 16729s | the play that he first is going to like |
| 16731s | be making but then they take a small |
| 16733s | pause every turn and kind of like double |
| 16734s | check that you're not missing on |
| 16736s | anything because if you make one mistake |
| 16737s | against player like ties it can cost you |
| 16739s | the entire series |
| 16741s | yeah kibbler what do you think i |
| 16742s | absolutely agree i think i think that uh |
| 16744s | on the first day in her kind of |
| 16745s | underestimated the impact that being in |
| 16748s | this kind of situation could have on you |
| 16750s | know his ability to to sort through |
| 16752s | things in play instinctually as you |
| 16753s | mentioned he he kind of made a little |
| 16755s | bit of a misstep in one of his games in |
| 16757s | his first match and we saw that visually |
| 16760s | just rattle him you know he was he was |
| 16762s | sort of had his head his face in his |
| 16764s | hands he was really clearly shaken up by |
| 16766s | that and i think that we saw him come |
| 16768s | back with with very much increased poise |
| 16770s | today |
| 16771s | he has been playing quickly but he's |
| 16773s | been playing very well and i think that |
| 16774s | he'll carry that on to the finals all |
| 16776s | right well let's uh sort of move over to |
| 16777s | tyson's play style ties is very |
| 16779s | preparation focused you saw it in his |
| 16781s | interview as well um uh savitz when you |
| 16784s | prep that much we actually heard it from |
| 16787s | george c in his preliminary interview he |
| 16789s | said when decklists are public it makes |
| 16791s | people play afraid and tice has had some |
| 16794s | moments in this tournament where he has |
| 16796s | not played things because he was afraid |
| 16798s | that a tech card from his opponent's |
| 16799s | deck would have punished that type of |
| 16801s | play and even though he's made it this |
| 16802s | far it had success that might have cost |
| 16804s | him a few games or at least a few points |
| 16806s | of damage uh along the line can you over |
| 16809s | prepare for a tournament savitz i mean |
| 16810s | it's certainly something you might |
| 16812s | overthink things quite easily for |
| 16813s | example |
| 16815s | there are no black knights in any of the |
| 16816s | lists here but if you know that your |
| 16818s | opponent is running that card you might |
| 16819s | be overthinking it oh no like every time |
| 16821s | i play a taunt you think that your |
| 16822s | opponent has it in their hand and with |
| 16824s | the stakes so high it certainly is |
| 16826s | something that is a threat so but dice |
| 16828s | is such an experienced player i think |
| 16830s | he's going to recognize the situations |
| 16831s | and just take the risk when he has to if |
| 16833s | you've got black knight you just got to |
| 16834s | uproot man you just got to uproot |
| 16837s | that's right but no black knight but |
| 16839s | there is that harrison jones in some of |
| 16840s | the decks so gotta be careful for that |
| 16842s | but uh taking the risks when necessary i |
| 16844s | think this can do it and so again in |
| 16846s | here all right well the stakes are high |
| 16848s | and the stage is set so without further |
| 16851s | ado i'm going to send it over to frodan |
| 16852s | to introduce our grand finalists |
| 16856s | thank you very much gentlemen that's |
| 16857s | right it's time for the grand finals to |
| 16860s | crown our spring champion for europe who |
| 16863s | is it going to be between tice and enter |
| 16866s | let's go ahead and meet our first |
| 16866s | contestants haley from the netherlands |
| 16868s | it's tice |
| 16887s | and his opponent hailing from russia |
| 16889s | it's inner |
| 16908s | you know the first question goes to you |
| 16909s | i'll keep it short you look like you're |
| 16911s | on top of the world is that how you're |
| 16913s | feeling right now |
| 16914s | kind of |
| 16915s | yeah |
| 16916s | but there's a final game |
| 16920s | we'll see |
| 16921s | all right we'll leave it up to how the |
| 16923s | cards fall tyce you've been on the stage |
| 16925s | before once again in a grand finals |
| 16928s | what's it gonna take for you to get to |
| 16929s | the top once again |
| 16932s | i'm just gonna like i prepared i did my |
| 16934s | best i feel that i can feel really |
| 16936s | comfortable and now i just want to take |
| 16938s | the trophy |
| 16939s | all right well best of luck to both of |
| 16941s | you shake hands |
| 16942s | and once more we're gonna crown a |
| 16945s | champion for europe stay tuned guys the |
| 16947s | best of seven is about to continue stay |
| 16949s | in your seats let's hand over to rob uh |
| 16952s | and oaks who's coming to the caster desk |
| 16953s | with saddle and kibbler excuse me as you |
| 16955s | get ready for the grand finals |
| 16958s | thank you frodan i am here joined by |
| 16961s | brian kibbler and although it's been a |
| 16963s | relatively fast journey today to get |
| 16965s | here this has been an incredibly long |
| 16967s | journey throughout the three months to |
| 16968s | get to this point ladder finishes open |
| 16970s | cups preliminary qualification and now |
| 16972s | we are finally here down to two players |
| 16975s | tice and inner kibbler what does this |
| 16977s | mean for this player such a grind for |
| 16979s | them to get here oh for for tice it's a |
| 16982s | moment that he can try to really affirm |
| 16984s | the the position that he has risen to in |
| 16986s | the hearthstone community he was the |
| 16988s | european champion in 2015. he has so |
| 16990s | many accolades behind him he just really |
| 16992s | wants to further cement his spot in sort |
| 16995s | of the pantheon in hearthstone for inner |
| 16997s | it's a chance for him to really start |
| 16999s | building that story he's already gotten |
| 17001s | to this point but being able to be one |
| 17003s | of the competitors at the world |
| 17004s | championship at blizzcon that's beyond |
| 17006s | anything else yeah i mean i think we're |
| 17008s | already seeing a bit of an evolution in |
| 17009s | in day one he was a little bit in his |
| 17011s | shell but you saw there just from that |
| 17013s | entrance giving it a little bit of the |
| 17014s | rocky on the way out like he's starting |
| 17016s | to feel like he belongs here and that's |
| 17018s | a really big deal as you see the two |
| 17019s | players starting to stare each other |
| 17021s | down a little bit now both players |
| 17023s | entering their focus but from the |
| 17024s | technical side of things you discussed |
| 17026s | it quite heavily on the on the analyst |
| 17028s | desk there beforehand who do you think |
| 17030s | has the overall edge was basically as |
| 17031s | far as line-ups go i feel like i feel |
| 17033s | like the edge goes to tice i really like |
| 17035s | his his lineup overall i feel maybe |
| 17038s | maybe this little bit of my bias show |
| 17039s | but i like the hunter deck more than i |
| 17041s | like the free space deck in particular |
| 17043s | in this uh in this matchup |
| 17045s | very good and we are going straight into |
| 17047s | our first game here inner is going to be |
| 17050s | on the zoo |
| 17051s | tice with his reno warlock and brian |
| 17055s | what how how does this match up usually |
| 17057s | fall what are the key cards what are |
| 17058s | both decks looking to do well one of the |
| 17060s | key cards is sitting in tyson's hand |
| 17061s | reno jackson himself uh this is a |
| 17063s | matchup that prior to standard tended to |
| 17065s | be pretty significantly i think in the |
| 17067s | advantage of the reno warlock player uh |
| 17069s | simply because they had so many strong |
| 17072s | tools fighting for the board gaining |
| 17073s | health back uh since auntie kilbot left |
| 17076s | the format since uh there just aren't |
| 17079s | quite as many ways for the warlock |
| 17082s | rather control warlock yeah they're both |
| 17083s | warlocks in this instance uh to claw |
| 17085s | back into the game it's made the deck |
| 17088s | lean a lot more heavily on reno jackson |
| 17090s | right makes uh the fact that it's |
| 17091s | entices opening hand very important yeah |
| 17094s | i think definitely the the board clears |
| 17096s | also have to come into effect as well |
| 17097s | though right because you cannot just |
| 17099s | heal yourself back up to 30 against zoo |
| 17101s | and hope that's going to be good enough |
| 17102s | if they still have you know 10 power on |
| 17104s | board the following turn it's just not |
| 17105s | going to get you across the line and one |
| 17107s | of the things that can make those ball |
| 17109s | clears more effective from the other |
| 17110s | side is that zoo has lost a lot of cards |
| 17112s | as well they've lost a lot most of their |
| 17113s | efficient death rows the haunted |
| 17115s | creepers and arubian eggs etc yeah and |
| 17117s | while tice has uh that reno jackson has |
| 17119s | opening hand he mulligan the rest and |
| 17121s | the cards that replaced it just are not |
| 17123s | very good right uh ragnaros and |
| 17125s | alextraza are very powerful cards but |
| 17126s | they're very expensive cards and this is |
| 17128s | a matchup that can go very quickly yeah |
| 17130s | tice would have been looking for an |
| 17131s | opening similar to what he got against |
| 17133s | lyon on his reno lock game where he had |
| 17134s | the doomsayer into him gang boss curve |
| 17136s | does pick up |
| 17138s | and i was just about to make the point |
| 17140s | that inner missing his two drop is a |
| 17142s | massive deal as well because obviously |
| 17143s | he's the one looking to play for |
| 17144s | pressure in this matchup and the fact |
| 17146s | that he's missed his two drop now gives |
| 17148s | that doomsayer a very realistic chance |
| 17150s | of going off whereas there was a dark |
| 17152s | peddler or a knife juggler down |
| 17153s | alongside this flame him now he'd have a |
| 17156s | much more realistic chance of dealing |
| 17157s | with it yeah it's a very very big deal |
| 17159s | now the only real way for inner to |
| 17161s | remove that is either a power |
| 17163s | overwhelming or a soulfire he has both |
| 17165s | of those in his hand uh but that ends up |
| 17167s | costing him a fairly significant amount |
| 17169s | of resources here uh he's gonna go ahead |
| 17172s | and use the sulfide loses defender |
| 17173s | vargas but this is very important |
| 17174s | because he is able to maintain his |
| 17176s | pressure on the board right yeah i think |
| 17178s | definitely worth the uh the loss of some |
| 17180s | burst damage and the loss of a card from |
| 17182s | your hand and actually although argus is |
| 17183s | such a power card in the deck since that |
| 17185s | was the card he had two of it may have |
| 17187s | been his best discard just to maintain |
| 17189s | the variety of options in his hand and |
| 17191s | the the twilight drake from tais pretty |
| 17193s | pretty valuable here the most important |
| 17195s | thing for your minions in the early game |
| 17197s | against uh zoo is their health because |
| 17200s | zoo's power lies in its ability to |
| 17202s | effectively trade into uh opposing |
| 17205s | buffs |
| 17206s | unfortunately for tice the power |
| 17208s | overwhelming is enough to take out the |
| 17210s | drake despite it having so much health |
| 17212s | yeah so board dominance continuing for |
| 17215s | in uh for now but |
| 17216s | after that very very awkward looking |
| 17218s | opening hand has been drawing some good |
| 17219s | options that's at least keeping him on |
| 17221s | the board here spellbreaker and him |
| 17223s | gangboss both relatively appropriate |
| 17225s | spellbreaker would be the better on |
| 17226s | curve player you can get rid of the |
| 17227s | annoying threat of the m gang boss |
| 17228s | spawning too many tokens but is the m |
| 17230s | gang boss equally appealing in this |
| 17232s | situation |
| 17233s | i think that the spellbreaker definitely |
| 17235s | has some appeal the imp gang boss |
| 17237s | has a bit higher health right uh and |
| 17240s | right here if he does play spellbreaker |
| 17241s | the threat of defender vargas or a |
| 17244s | abusive sergeant are both pretty scary |
| 17245s | he has seen one defender go down to the |
| 17248s | soul fire so he may be thinking it's not |
| 17250s | that likely he has another one but |
| 17252s | unfortunately for tice this is gonna be |
| 17254s | a pretty bad situation for him because |
| 17255s | the defender of argus will allow uh |
| 17258s | inner to remove his board with little |
| 17260s | effort |
| 17261s | certainly will he's gonna go ahead and |
| 17263s | place the argus on the one three and |
| 17265s | actually not take the value trade uh |
| 17268s | getting some aoe effects mortal coil as |
| 17270s | well he's just gonna keep his powerful |
| 17271s | minions on the board as you mentioned |
| 17273s | the health on your targets on board very |
| 17275s | important in this matchup but yeah a |
| 17276s | little psychological tricks that can |
| 17278s | sometimes get you into trouble in |
| 17279s | hearthstone it's perfectly valid |
| 17281s | reasoning to say i've just seen one |
| 17283s | defender of argus get discarded i'm not |
| 17284s | gonna play around the second one just so |
| 17286s | happens that sometimes they do have the |
| 17288s | second one set in hand and you get |
| 17289s | punished for it and this is actually a |
| 17291s | pretty good just on curve cult |
| 17292s | apothecary for tice brings him back up |
| 17294s | to 27. the cult apothecary is a 4-4 that |
| 17298s | body is quite valuable against the board |
| 17300s | that inner has available to him |
| 17303s | yeah the first real whiff of a turn from |
| 17305s | inner here didn't really pick up any |
| 17307s | power options does have power |
| 17308s | overwhelming in his hands to try and |
| 17310s | create a better trade with this 4-4 but |
| 17312s | it's not an attractive looking |
| 17313s | proposition to use a power overwhelming |
| 17315s | on any of these minions didn't really |
| 17316s | pick up any really big proactive threats |
| 17318s | as well just a couple of one drops it's |
| 17320s | definitely a power option it's literally |
| 17321s | an option with power in the name all |
| 17324s | right all right kibbler you win this one |
| 17326s | yeah um |
| 17328s | you know a low impact turn let's put it |
| 17330s | that way no dark councilman no more |
| 17332s | big threats coming down on this turn he |
| 17334s | is still you know maintaining his |
| 17335s | dominance off the board so he's still |
| 17337s | looking in good shape and there aren't |
| 17338s | any crucial aoes in theis hand right now |
| 17341s | but inner of course will be considering |
| 17343s | the various implications of what does a |
| 17345s | shadow flame do to my board right now |
| 17346s | what does a hellfire do to my board |
| 17348s | right now so he has to work out how to |
| 17350s | mitigate all those potential options as |
| 17352s | best you can if he does decide to get |
| 17354s | gonna go ahead and just attack two of |
| 17356s | his minions and wants to save that power |
| 17358s | overwhelming potentially for burst |
| 17359s | damage or to fight through a larger |
| 17362s | minion on a later turn |
| 17364s | yeah so |
| 17365s | this is the situation you get into now |
| 17368s | with reno lock where you know you you're |
| 17369s | playing a tempo focus match up you're |
| 17371s | playing against a deck where you know |
| 17372s | they're just trying to out-tempo you as |
| 17374s | hard as they can so your temptation is |
| 17375s | to match that so the highest tempo |
| 17377s | player you can make right now is just to |
| 17378s | play brown bronze beard and in gambos |
| 17380s | assuming you're not just going to slam |
| 17381s | reno but there's the question of do i |
| 17384s | win the game with this hand that i have |
| 17385s | right now do i need to tap and pick up |
| 17387s | more options having now seen that |
| 17389s | twisting never come out i'm kind of okay |
| 17391s | with this line of just playing the |
| 17392s | double three drops and competing with |
| 17393s | the board but with no aoe in sight i |
| 17395s | think the temptation to tap there might |
| 17397s | have been a lot higher yeah he |
| 17398s | definitely needs to find some sort of |
| 17400s | answer to what inner is doing here |
| 17402s | speaking of finding answers inner finds |
| 17404s | a soulfire or a mortal coil uh the |
| 17407s | mortal coil gives him the ability well |
| 17410s | he was gonna want i think what to attack |
| 17412s | the three five into bran and then mortal |
| 17414s | coil uh but now the juggler means that |
| 17417s | that mortal coil is no longer terribly |
| 17419s | valuable in that particular exchange |
| 17422s | he could attack his his one power guys |
| 17424s | into bran to use the mortal coil in |
| 17426s | order to draw a card that ends up being |
| 17428s | a little less for all uh efficient for i |
| 17430s | think what he wants to do because it |
| 17431s | leaves him without a deathrattle minion |
| 17432s | in play |
| 17433s | right yeah i mean |
| 17435s | that that mortal coil was it was a |
| 17437s | strong pick in two out of three worlds |
| 17439s | but the world where the knife juggler |
| 17441s | snipes down the brand has gone into a |
| 17443s | little bit of trouble he is gonna go |
| 17444s | with your play here kibbler just now |
| 17446s | he's oh oh wow |
| 17448s | that |
| 17449s | was a juggler he really wanted bran dead |
| 17452s | wow and i think i think tice knows based |
| 17454s | on that attack sequence that the card |
| 17456s | that inter selected was mortal coil |
| 17458s | right he has he's really sort of uh |
| 17460s | telegraphed the fact that this is what |
| 17462s | i'm trying to do with my turn |
| 17464s | and you know particularly the time that |
| 17465s | he took the hesitation after the |
| 17467s | selection uh really telegraphed that uh |
| 17469s | that karna's hand so a bit of valuable |
| 17471s | information for titus what's |
| 17472s | particularly crazy about that whole |
| 17474s | sequence of events is that the the more |
| 17476s | coil there seems like such a safe pick |
| 17478s | because if if any knife hits the imp |
| 17480s | gang boss for example there's a mortal |
| 17482s | coil target on the board there because |
| 17483s | an imp gets spawned so that specific uh |
| 17486s | interaction with it hitting the brand |
| 17488s | twice specifically was the only thing |
| 17490s | that denied his coil that time and i |
| 17491s | wonder if the sequencing of inner's |
| 17493s | particular attacks uh if he attacked |
| 17495s | with the void walker first he could have |
| 17496s | attacked with with the minion with death |
| 17498s | rattle first and he would have known |
| 17499s | where the knife would have been thrown a |
| 17501s | very minor thing but ultimately |
| 17503s | significantly impacted the way the turn |
| 17505s | played out yep so now suddenly that |
| 17507s | power overwhelming is looking a lot more |
| 17509s | rosy but he's going to go ahead and coil |
| 17510s | first to pick up his card his hand is |
| 17512s | still lacking in threats a little bit |
| 17514s | that councilman changes that very very |
| 17516s | quickly though darkshaker councilman one |
| 17518s | of the biggest threats in the zoo deck |
| 17519s | these days 5-5 into 3-5 through the use |
| 17522s | of power overwhelming and he's just |
| 17523s | going to continue to play for the board |
| 17525s | here this is interesting because he's |
| 17527s | seen um |
| 17529s | no hellfire no shadow flame being used |
| 17531s | for several turns now um so he might |
| 17533s | just be able to put his opponent on a |
| 17535s | twisting nether as the only potential |
| 17536s | aoe in hand in which case you know |
| 17538s | trading with the m gang boss doesn't |
| 17539s | really achieve anything and that that |
| 17541s | demon wrath is a huge draw for tyse |
| 17542s | because he has the opportunity to use |
| 17544s | twisting nether to clear the board right |
| 17545s | now and then the demon wrath gives him |
| 17547s | an answer to the follow-up forbidden |
| 17549s | ritual that's waiting in his hand right |
| 17552s | yeah i mean |
| 17552s | not too much debate about this turn |
| 17554s | tyso's going to go ahead and remove this |
| 17557s | board with the power of twisting nether |
| 17558s | we're going to get a life tap from inner |
| 17560s | which i like he's not going 100 all in |
| 17562s | on the forbidden ritual he's in fact not |
| 17564s | even playing one of his cards even has |
| 17566s | the perfect curve of demon wrath into |
| 17567s | reno roy silvano she also just drew i |
| 17571s | think reno jackson here may be |
| 17573s | uh maybe something that that he might |
| 17575s | consider just because he is playing |
| 17577s | against a deck that has significant |
| 17578s | amount of burst damage he has seen power |
| 17580s | overwhelming he's seen soul fire um but |
| 17583s | i think that there's a lot of incentive |
| 17585s | to ensure that you're not you're not |
| 17586s | priced into playing reno on a future |
| 17588s | turn a lot of players will think that |
| 17590s | okay i want to get the maximum value out |
| 17591s | of my reno jackson so i'm going to wait |
| 17593s | until i'm lower but that can sometimes |
| 17595s | lead to being in a very awkward |
| 17596s | situation where your mana usage isn't |
| 17598s | optimal in a later turn because you feel |
| 17600s | like you have to play reno to stay alive |
| 17601s | right particularly because at a high |
| 17603s | level that's something your opponent |
| 17604s | will be trying to do right they will try |
| 17606s | and create a situation where playing |
| 17608s | reno jackson is awkward for you because |
| 17610s | of the board they create so if you have |
| 17612s | the freedom to do it and it's a |
| 17613s | significant heal as that was for tice |
| 17616s | it's usually a solid plan to just go |
| 17617s | ahead and do it but still now that he's |
| 17619s | uh chewed through most of those cards |
| 17621s | that he drew in the mid game we're kind |
| 17623s | of back to that sort of opening hand |
| 17625s | looking scenario where most of his cards |
| 17627s | are fairly awkward against the deck he's |
| 17628s | up against they are fairly awkward but |
| 17630s | they're also fairly powerful yeah you |
| 17632s | know even though ragnaros is not the |
| 17634s | best card against zoo it's still |
| 17636s | ragnaros it's still a card that they |
| 17638s | need to deal with uh or just |
| 17640s | the threat of it killing one of their |
| 17642s | minions or just sending giant fireball |
| 17644s | to their face is uh is very very real |
| 17646s | yeah i mean the zoo has tapped and |
| 17648s | played flame imp etc all the way down to |
| 17650s | 12 life so fast |
| 17652s | in your face |
| 17654s | but with the with the four damage reno |
| 17655s | on the board already with the soul fire |
| 17657s | in hand he has a potential ragnaros that |
| 17659s | can hit face at some point as well like |
| 17661s | the zoo cannot just play all out for |
| 17663s | offense here so yeah i like this rag |
| 17665s | coming down right now because this |
| 17666s | ragnaros if it ever manages to connect |
| 17668s | with face threatens to end the game |
| 17671s | gonna soul fire the uh the dog i like |
| 17674s | this is he gonna attack the face with |
| 17676s | reno yeah he's going ahead if if |
| 17678s | ragnaros hits face the game's over ifrag |
| 17680s | knows the minion well that's really bad |
| 17682s | for you too yep um these these are |
| 17684s | situations that you can often create |
| 17685s | with ragnaros where it's either i win or |
| 17687s | i win you know you either get a |
| 17689s | fantastic trade on the board with |
| 17690s | ragnaros's fireball or you just get |
| 17691s | lethal they're usually superior to just |
| 17694s | you know playing the safe version on the |
| 17695s | board but mortal coil is going to allow |
| 17697s | the removal of rag but that's that's |
| 17699s | that mortal coil that he picked up yeah |
| 17700s | a bunch of turns ago wanting to use it |
| 17702s | immediately finally it kills a ragnaros |
| 17705s | and he draws another mortal coil off of |
| 17707s | it yes he does um so yeah i mean this is |
| 17710s | just |
| 17711s | really really awkward no way to even |
| 17713s | answer the reno on board so power |
| 17716s | overwhelming draw four plus four where i |
| 17718s | come from brian makes eight and that |
| 17720s | means tice is gonna go up one game to |
| 17722s | zero in the grand finals here inner has |
| 17725s | some fighting back to do and the reno |
| 17727s | lock able to overcome the zoom yeah and |
| 17730s | that's a a big matchup uh win there for |
| 17733s | tice i think the uh |
| 17735s | the warlock deck was one of the matchups |
| 17737s | that the freeze mage was potentially |
| 17738s | going to be able to match up quite well |
| 17740s | against right uh i actually |
| 17742s | had it sort of confused in my head when |
| 17743s | i was sitting at the analysis i was |
| 17744s | thinking that tyson is actually playing |
| 17745s | zoo but the reno lock deck i think is |
| 17747s | similarly vulnerable these days because |
| 17748s | of the lack of |
| 17750s | of healing in that day |
| 17751s | and uh |
| 17753s | that's definitely a a key win because |
| 17755s | that can make it much more difficult for |
| 17758s | inner to really pick up that important |
| 17759s | win with this reasoning yeah it seems |
| 17761s | weird to say that the weakness of the |
| 17762s | reno log deck is a lack of healing right |
| 17764s | but in the freeze mage match up you know |
| 17766s | they have 54 plus damage in their deck |
| 17768s | so that one reno doesn't get the job |
| 17770s | done and the the loss of hillbot has |
| 17772s | hurt them significantly we haven't |
| 17773s | really talked about the bans just yet |
| 17775s | inna has had his shaman banned out where |
| 17777s | tais has lost his warrior i don't think |
| 17779s | it's a great surprise to see that face |
| 17781s | sharman going down from inner side i |
| 17783s | think that was looking pretty powerful |
| 17784s | against tyson's lineup but what do you |
| 17786s | think of the warrior band |
| 17787s | uh we've actually i believe see an inner |
| 17789s | band warrior in every matchup so far and |
| 17791s | i think that given the fact that he is |
| 17793s | playing freeze mage it's generally a |
| 17795s | class you don't want to go against |
| 17797s | really any version of when you're |
| 17798s | playing uh that freeze may jack |
| 17800s | similarly i think the warrior matches up |
| 17802s | fairly well the the mid-range tempo |
| 17803s | warrior matches up fairly well against |
| 17805s | most of his lineup in general so i |
| 17806s | definitely think that that's the uh the |
| 17808s | ban he was looking for when constructing |
| 17810s | his lineup right i was backstage with |
| 17811s | some of the players while the admins |
| 17813s | were asking for the bands at the start |
| 17814s | of the day for the semi-finals and |
| 17816s | before the admin even got anywhere close |
| 17818s | to inner knew what the question was and |
| 17820s | just said warrior again all day every |
| 17821s | day 24 7. |
| 17823s | i believe last uh last night we were we |
| 17825s | were talking a little bit with it and he |
| 17827s | was just saying yeah bad warrior bad |
| 17828s | warrior every time |
| 17830s | so here we go we're gonna have the uh |
| 17833s | shaman from thais this is an aggressive |
| 17835s | shaman it just has these extra mid-range |
| 17837s | cards like tuscar totem making thing |
| 17838s | from below thrown in there it's gonna be |
| 17840s | the shaman up against the zoo from inner |
| 17843s | and tice does have that coin totem golem |
| 17845s | opening but power overwhelming on a |
| 17848s | death row minion followed up by a flame |
| 17850s | him picks apart that opening very very |
| 17853s | effectively that's the perfect answer |
| 17854s | for inner here and this is really the |
| 17856s | perfect match-up for inner as well the |
| 17858s | uh aggressive warlock deck typically |
| 17860s | matches up extremely well against the |
| 17862s | aggressive shaman deck because they are |
| 17864s | so much more effective at keeping early |
| 17866s | minions on board the aggressive shaman |
| 17868s | deck has better tools to close out games |
| 17870s | like doom hammer and lava burst but |
| 17872s | those aren't necessarily efficient at |
| 17873s | fighting for the game for the board |
| 17875s | early which is really what the the games |
| 17877s | can often come down to when it's minion |
| 17879s | deck versus minion deck |
| 17882s | is gonna go ahead for the three one ones |
| 17884s | here had the option to play voidwalker |
| 17886s | and two one ones but with nothing on the |
| 17888s | board to you know protect these tokens |
| 17890s | from the voidwalker didn't really seem |
| 17891s | to have much use and he'll just be |
| 17893s | looking to leverage one of these tokens |
| 17895s | with the dark iron dwarf on the |
| 17896s | following turn to trade up and uh this |
| 17898s | tusk totemic is looking like a pretty |
| 17900s | solid target but |
| 17903s | it's totem golem number two |
| 17905s | that was huge we see that the little uh |
| 17908s | thumbs up from inner there he's like uh |
| 17910s | okay okay uh but despite uh tice getting |
| 17913s | the best possible result from his uh |
| 17915s | tuscar totemic he's still in trouble |
| 17917s | he's still just got his board entirely |
| 17919s | cleared uh he's facing down a 4-4 and |
| 17921s | this is this is where the zoo deck |
| 17923s | strength really lies the ability to use |
| 17924s | these pumps many of which come in the |
| 17926s | form of minions |
| 17928s | but this is also where the strength of |
| 17930s | the specific version of shaman that tice |
| 17933s | is playing lies the the five-five the |
| 17935s | thing from below that he's able to play |
| 17936s | here thanks to uh having summoned those |
| 17938s | totems has suddenly really shut down |
| 17940s | inner's offense yeah i mean zoo is the |
| 17942s | deck that you know plays numerous buffs |
| 17944s | so if if you're playing another board |
| 17946s | control based flooding deck against them |
| 17948s | you know you normally get outmatched |
| 17950s | because they have too many direwolves |
| 17952s | and power overwhelmings and abusive |
| 17953s | sergeants to deal with you but this |
| 17955s | thing from below right here is one of |
| 17956s | the cards in this deck that can't really |
| 17958s | just change the maths on that and just |
| 17959s | say you know i'm putting a huge five |
| 17960s | five down for way too little mana than |
| 17963s | you're able to deal with especially with |
| 17965s | one power overwhelming already gone from |
| 17966s | the deck and uh looks like inner is |
| 17968s | gonna try and take the juggle here |
| 17970s | juggler plus one drop which will enable |
| 17973s | a trade 50 of the time so this is a big |
| 17975s | deal in terms of who gets to dictate the |
| 17977s | initiative of the attacks here and he |
| 17979s | does unfortunately miss out |
| 17982s | and that can also be a pretty big pretty |
| 17984s | big swing here tys has that lava burst |
| 17986s | in his hand which as i mentioned earlier |
| 17988s | generally pretty inefficient in these |
| 17990s | mid-range minion battles however uh |
| 17993s | rather inefficient in the aggressive |
| 17994s | minion battles however it's excellent at |
| 17996s | dealing with mid-range minions like that |
| 17997s | dark iron dwarf he's able to potentially |
| 18000s | trade his lava burst get that dwarf off |
| 18002s | the board and suddenly |
| 18004s | his thing from below is much bigger than |
| 18006s | anything else in play yeah so he has the |
| 18008s | opportunity here he can take a full |
| 18009s | board clear with the lightning bolt and |
| 18010s | the lava burst he can develop a squire |
| 18012s | alongside that that will mean he only |
| 18014s | has three mana next turn to answer what |
| 18016s | zoo will have to offer but a three mana |
| 18018s | turd next turn with finley and |
| 18020s | flametongue totem with an argent squire |
| 18021s | already on the board is looking like it |
| 18023s | still could be potentially very powerful |
| 18025s | yeah and that that is |
| 18027s | a huge swing in not only this game but |
| 18029s | in this matchup this is a a place where |
| 18031s | inner uh really really needed to find a |
| 18034s | win uh with his zu deck he does find a |
| 18037s | soul fire however and that will allow |
| 18039s | him to potentially answer uh this thing |
| 18041s | from below so uh tice is not out of the |
| 18044s | woods in this matchup just yet he's not |
| 18046s | and he holds on to the councilman over |
| 18048s | the abusive sergeant abusive sergeant is |
| 18050s | honestly one of the very best cards in |
| 18052s | this matchup you know so don't you know |
| 18053s | don't get carried away okay he kept the |
| 18055s | best card in his hand abusive sergeant |
| 18056s | definitely has a lot of usage but you |
| 18058s | know darkshire councilman as a power |
| 18060s | player is fantastic as well but this is |
| 18062s | where that flametongue totem turn does |
| 18064s | come into effect with the flame tongue |
| 18066s | on the board it looks like he's gonna go |
| 18067s | ahead and favor argent squire number two |
| 18069s | over finley that does make sense to me |
| 18071s | you know he's not gonna use his hero |
| 18072s | power until next turn anyway where he |
| 18074s | will likely have the mana to play finley |
| 18076s | and do it immediately and the divine |
| 18078s | shield uh value trading up with the |
| 18080s | flame tongue actually you know |
| 18082s | seems like it could create some |
| 18083s | favorable trades in the future and |
| 18084s | that's a big draw from in there the |
| 18086s | forbidden ritual allows him to play |
| 18089s | doctor councilman play forbidden ritual |
| 18092s | not only get a huge buffed counselman on |
| 18095s | board but also get a very wide board |
| 18097s | that's very difficult for tys to trade |
| 18099s | into even with his his flame tongue |
| 18101s | totem on board it's important to note |
| 18103s | many players include a elemental |
| 18106s | destruction or lightning storm in some |
| 18107s | of their shaman decks tice does not tice |
| 18109s | has no way to clear this board |
| 18111s | he does not but he does have a way to at |
| 18113s | least clear that ever-growing threat of |
| 18115s | the councilman that second flame tongue |
| 18117s | is possibly the only thing in his deck |
| 18119s | that could do it efficiently uh he's |
| 18121s | gonna go ahead and totem before playing |
| 18124s | finley here which you know might seem |
| 18126s | obvious but there is a thought not to do |
| 18128s | it because sometimes you pick up the |
| 18130s | warlock hero power which means that you |
| 18132s | have more mana available to you for a |
| 18133s | card that you draw if you don't totem |
| 18135s | first and this is an interesting |
| 18137s | decision fire blast versus life tap i |
| 18139s | think he does need to go with the life |
| 18142s | tap just because fireblast only allows |
| 18144s | him to sort of incrementally remove |
| 18146s | these small things from the board and |
| 18147s | he's totally out of resources |
| 18148s | yeah i mean he he can't pay two mana |
| 18150s | return to kill a 1-1 each turn that's |
| 18152s | not a line that's going to win you the |
| 18153s | game right i feel like he really yeah he |
| 18156s | picks the life tap he really needs to |
| 18157s | find higher impact cards like doomhammer |
| 18160s | which he does |
| 18163s | and it would be well played as uh gets |
| 18166s | exactly looking for uh now inner does |
| 18169s | have |
| 18170s | a very good turn here potentially oh |
| 18173s | zero cost eight eight in the c giant is |
| 18176s | huge |
| 18177s | all right so hopefully inner doesn't |
| 18179s | just go ahead and mortal coil that five |
| 18181s | one right in the middle first that seems |
| 18183s | like a bit of a potential mistake so |
| 18185s | trading out the flame tongue totems here |
| 18187s | first seems sensible then using the |
| 18189s | mortal coil to finish something else off |
| 18191s | he only has five power in attacks from |
| 18193s | these one ones so without using the |
| 18194s | mortal coil on a flametongue totem he |
| 18196s | couldn't even get rid of the buffs on |
| 18197s | the board yeah he he could choose to |
| 18199s | just remove both flametongue totems this |
| 18201s | turn using the five power he has and the |
| 18203s | mortal coil that would leave tyce with |
| 18206s | three minions um but it would cause him |
| 18208s | not to actually lose any uh power and |
| 18211s | work he doesn't choose to leave the |
| 18213s | totem up however finds power |
| 18214s | overwhelming |
| 18216s | he could use that to clear off the uh |
| 18218s | the totem as well or he's gonna take |
| 18220s | down finley and leave just the totem in |
| 18222s | play yeah it looks like he's just gonna |
| 18223s | isolate the totem so the ordering there |
| 18226s | you know he wanted to use the ball coil |
| 18227s | early in his turn while he still had |
| 18229s | attacks remaining so if he picked up say |
| 18231s | a direwolf alfa an abusive sergeant or a |
| 18233s | power overwhelming that we saw he then |
| 18235s | had more options to be able to trade for |
| 18237s | the board more effectively but suddenly |
| 18239s | that 8a obviously a zero mana 8a is a |
| 18242s | massive draw but with that doomhammer in |
| 18244s | hand from tice it's a particularly huge |
| 18247s | draw because it now means twice can't |
| 18249s | create a world where he wins a race by |
| 18251s | just going fast because he has this 8a |
| 18253s | clock on the board and people you know |
| 18255s | people talk about the |
| 18257s | the 4 mana seven seven that the dice |
| 18259s | just picked up in his hand it's actually |
| 18261s | totally out class here |
| 18263s | he uh he's gonna be able to |
| 18265s | uh get that down i imagine in order to |
| 18267s | uh contest the sea giant somehow |
| 18270s | uh but |
| 18272s | it will basically end up uh that the sea |
| 18274s | giant will basically end up being able |
| 18276s | to to clear it off the board |
| 18279s | tyson's i think he's debating the |
| 18280s | doomhammer versus the flame being |
| 18281s | faceless here he could use the |
| 18284s | doomhammer to to either go face or |
| 18286s | remove the two minions |
| 18288s | and yeah this puts uh this puts enter in |
| 18290s | a situation where he has just the eight |
| 18292s | eight uh and is gonna have to choose |
| 18294s | exactly how he wants to use it whether |
| 18295s | he sends it face this lets tice |
| 18297s | potentially find uh feral spirits which |
| 18300s | can absorb damage over time fairly |
| 18301s | readily oh boy but |
| 18304s | defender of argus makes that 88 uh a lot |
| 18307s | scarier |
| 18308s | yeah it certainly does i think what |
| 18309s | twice was trying to set up that turn you |
| 18312s | know or would have loved to have set up |
| 18313s | that turn anyway it was a situation |
| 18314s | where the c giant had to choose between |
| 18316s | killing the seven seven or the flame |
| 18318s | tongue totem where there wasn't enough |
| 18319s | damage to deal with both he couldn't do |
| 18321s | that so he just went with the ball |
| 18322s | control of the doomhammer but that argus |
| 18324s | coming down may just crush his hopes and |
| 18327s | dreams does have a bit of a defensive |
| 18329s | play here with the feral spirits that |
| 18330s | can at least let him see another draw |
| 18332s | but it's hard to imagine a world where |
| 18334s | he digs himself out of this through that |
| 18335s | nine nine i don't believe there's an |
| 18337s | earth shock in his deck either from what |
| 18339s | i've seen |
| 18340s | well right now the sea giant can |
| 18342s | currently only take out one of these |
| 18344s | wolves the seven seven can kill the sea |
| 18346s | giant after the fact and he still does |
| 18348s | have doom hammer in play sure |
| 18350s | uh have we seen rock buyers from tyson |
| 18352s | yeah he used one early to kill a flame |
| 18354s | imp i believe after that power |
| 18356s | overwhelming play in the early exchanges |
| 18358s | um so he only has one left in his deck |
| 18361s | if i've remembered correctly so uh has |
| 18363s | also of course used that lightning bolt |
| 18364s | and lava burst in the same turn so a lot |
| 18366s | of his direct damage has already been |
| 18368s | pulled out of the deck he's pretty far |
| 18371s | behind here does not have all that much |
| 18373s | life to work with he has life tap but |
| 18375s | it's a lot better when you are not under |
| 18377s | nearly as much pressure as tice is right |
| 18380s | here lifetime will find him |
| 18382s | do member is a great card but not when |
| 18384s | you're this far behind it not when you |
| 18385s | already have doom hammer in play |
| 18389s | yeah i mean tyson's going to consider |
| 18390s | his options here he's just going to go |
| 18392s | face i think this ends up being his out |
| 18394s | um |
| 18395s | i think i mean does yeah is 13 really |
| 18397s | relevant though i think it is there's |
| 18398s | still one lightning bolt left in the |
| 18400s | deck so i think going face increases |
| 18402s | you're out significantly here you can |
| 18404s | basically you're hoping to chain draw a |
| 18405s | rock biter into something and sending |
| 18408s | this to extra damage face gives you that |
| 18409s | something to be lightning bolt and not |
| 18411s | just lavabre well if you if you go face |
| 18413s | as well you put your opponent dead to |
| 18414s | just rock bite if he doesn't clear your |
| 18416s | totem golem sure |
| 18418s | and i think that attacking the minion |
| 18420s | you know you're going to take damage |
| 18421s | from the minion attacking your face next |
| 18422s | turn regardless right |
| 18425s | he does choose to clear the peddler so |
| 18428s | i'm curious exactly what he's playing |
| 18429s | around in this instance |
| 18432s | no matter what he's playing around |
| 18434s | nothing could help him survive leroy |
| 18436s | jenkins who comes down and takes game |
| 18438s | number two tying up the series for enter |
| 18441s | yeah now i feel great for you now |
| 18443s | getting himself on the board i think you |
| 18444s | know he's he's up against the titan |
| 18447s | entices i think you know it's hard to |
| 18449s | not consider yourself the underdog even |
| 18451s | though maybe from a skill perspective he |
| 18452s | might consider himself on par with tice |
| 18455s | tice has all the experience in the world |
| 18456s | he's the one that everyone is looking to |
| 18458s | to win this series |
| 18460s | we did see the uh the inexperience |
| 18462s | playing on stage kind of rattle inner on |
| 18464s | the first day |
| 18466s | he made a slight misstep in sequencing |
| 18468s | and it visibly impacted his confidence |
| 18470s | he was he was playing you know looking |
| 18472s | shaky playing maybe a little bit shaky |
| 18474s | but he's come back |
| 18476s | uh today and and really put on a |
| 18479s | performance that has shown he's probably |
| 18481s | gotten over those nerves but he hasn't |
| 18482s | been in the grand finals before |
| 18484s | he hasn't as they both |
| 18486s | survey that potential trophy that could |
| 18488s | be their prize for for winning all of |
| 18490s | this they're both deep in thought about |
| 18492s | their uh their queue for the next game |
| 18494s | one game apiece so they get the decks |
| 18496s | that have picked up a victory are the |
| 18498s | zoo for inner and the |
| 18501s | wait what did thais win game one with |
| 18503s | i've already forgot |
| 18505s | tyce won the first with the reno lost |
| 18507s | right yeah |
| 18508s | and still quite a few options remaining |
| 18510s | um wondering if we might see the uh the |
| 18513s | mid-range hunter from ty's come out at |
| 18515s | this point you did predict it to be a |
| 18516s | potential power deck in this uh in this |
| 18518s | lineup yeah i think the hunter deck is |
| 18521s | pretty strong uh in particular now with |
| 18523s | the warlock gun i actually think the |
| 18525s | warlock was the weakest matchup for the |
| 18526s | mid-range hunter deck right in all of |
| 18528s | inner's lineup because thais is playing |
| 18530s | a very anti-control |
| 18532s | uh version of hunter he has |
| 18534s | the uh the the camel he has no copies of |
| 18537s | unleash the hounds so that's that's a a |
| 18539s | build of hunter that can struggle very |
| 18541s | much against zoo yeah well that's gone |
| 18543s | so all that's left for inner are these |
| 18546s | combo control decks like freeze mage and |
| 18549s | rogue and then his mid-range warrior |
| 18551s | deck against which desert camel is an |
| 18553s | excellent card because there's no one |
| 18554s | drops yeah i mean i i had the pleasure |
| 18556s | of discussing the strategy of this deck |
| 18558s | with life coach quite extensively who |
| 18559s | plays a very similar list is a is a |
| 18561s | practice partner of tice of course and |
| 18563s | you know he said basically |
| 18564s | you're bringing this deck into the |
| 18566s | tournament you most of the time are |
| 18568s | going to be banning shaman and then the |
| 18569s | only deck you're left exposed to is zoo |
| 18572s | so yeah with the zoo gone having picked |
| 18574s | up a victory for inner it makes a ton of |
| 18576s | sense for ty's to lead out with this |
| 18578s | deck here he's up against the tempo |
| 18580s | warrior from inna |
| 18582s | and this is a match-up uh where you know |
| 18584s | it is very much a tempo match-up as the |
| 18586s | tempo warrior |
| 18589s | it's still a mid-range okay but |
| 18591s | the |
| 18592s | importance in a matchup like this one |
| 18594s | really is tempo because this is a |
| 18596s | matchup where one player can very easily |
| 18599s | get ahead uh significantly in the early |
| 18601s | game and that can cause big problems |
| 18604s | because neither deck really plays |
| 18606s | terribly well from behind |
| 18607s | yeah looking at this opening hand from |
| 18609s | tais the one thing he will be thinking |
| 18611s | right now is that he hopes that injured |
| 18614s | valdir stays in his deck now because |
| 18616s | he's drawn both fiery bats so if he gets |
| 18618s | a camel before a cloudier now that camel |
| 18621s | is a very very huge power play but um |
| 18624s | going down the line here that he has the |
| 18625s | option of coin two into two or he can go |
| 18627s | for coin double ones right now or you |
| 18629s | can just play a one drop and maintain |
| 18631s | his coin this is one of the most |
| 18633s | flexible openings you can have for a |
| 18634s | tempo based deck is the double one |
| 18636s | double two opening hand with the chord i |
| 18638s | like the uh the emote from inner here is |
| 18641s | the laugh he's uh clearly showing |
| 18643s | that uh he's loosened up a bit since his |
| 18646s | early stress uh on day one |
| 18648s | entice though clearly a playtest partner |
| 18650s | of life coach as the rope is burning on |
| 18652s | turn one uh this is though admittedly a |
| 18655s | very difficult first turn he has a lot |
| 18656s | of options |
| 18658s | uh |
| 18659s | he could he could choose to save the |
| 18660s | coin he's going to go ahead and just |
| 18661s | play a kings ellick here |
| 18664s | well yeah he actually coined that i was |
| 18666s | like wait maybe that's not what i'm |
| 18667s | gonna do and well there's the injured |
| 18669s | voldeer it's still in his deck |
| 18671s | but not gonna come to his hand as it |
| 18673s | does not win the joust that looked very |
| 18674s | much like a fiery war axe to me it was a |
| 18676s | fiery warwick's inactive throws out the |
| 18678s | greetings that war axe is a huge deal |
| 18681s | may have had to have gone ahead and just |
| 18682s | slammed that freezing to get it off the |
| 18684s | board if you didn't pick it up and now |
| 18686s | the decision to go uh coin three two |
| 18688s | into three two is looking a bit rough |
| 18690s | but he does have the backup plan now of |
| 18692s | the double fiery bat which plays around |
| 18694s | the uh war axe to an extent and this is |
| 18696s | a rough situation for twice because |
| 18698s | there are both two copies of ravaging |
| 18699s | ghoul and two copies of whirlwind uh in |
| 18702s | inner's deck and two copies of acolyte |
| 18705s | as |
| 18706s | yeah uh tice does have the |
| 18708s | freezing trap as well as deadly shot in |
| 18710s | his hand so the acolyte is not quite as |
| 18712s | scary |
| 18713s | as one of those might be but there is |
| 18715s | the possibility that inner can actually |
| 18717s | just get a fiery bat trigger right to |
| 18719s | draw a card off this acolyte right away |
| 18720s | he chooses not to attack however and |
| 18723s | quick shot being picked up is very very |
| 18725s | relevant here deadly shot a very high |
| 18726s | value card so he wouldn't have |
| 18728s | necessarily wanted to throw it away here |
| 18729s | but he is in fact going to use it just |
| 18730s | for curve reasons this enables him to |
| 18732s | use a know guaranteed combination of two |
| 18734s | of his two uh two mana cards in hand on |
| 18737s | the following turn even if one of those |
| 18738s | cards is quick |
| 18740s | another acolyte for inner here |
| 18743s | well let's try that again |
| 18745s | and i think that he may uh he may be |
| 18748s | considering the possibility now that |
| 18750s | tice is going into a four mana turn it's |
| 18752s | much more important that he actually |
| 18753s | clears these because the threat of hound |
| 18755s | master is absolutely huge right and |
| 18758s | one fiery bat hits his face blood to |
| 18761s | anchor on his own minion |
| 18762s | he could have chosen to blood to icker |
| 18764s | the the bat which would get it off the |
| 18766s | board uh but that would uh not give him |
| 18769s | a tutu because the bat would would die |
| 18771s | yeah there's also some sequencing |
| 18772s | questions there obviously he could have |
| 18774s | ickered his uh acolyte first at which |
| 18776s | point he would have picked up the |
| 18777s | whirlwind so that scenario makes what he |
| 18780s | did look a bit silly but of course he |
| 18781s | was trying to maximize the chance of |
| 18783s | that fiery uh that fiery bat token uh |
| 18786s | firebat deathrattle hit the acolyte of |
| 18788s | pain which is why he did that first and |
| 18790s | this |
| 18790s | uh this opening around this hand from |
| 18793s | theis is a little bit awkward here it's |
| 18795s | not really what he's looking for uh in |
| 18797s | this matchup a lot of these small |
| 18799s | minions a lot of these utility cards uh |
| 18801s | they're they're good in particular |
| 18802s | situations but against the uh |
| 18806s | against the mid-range warrior deck these |
| 18808s | are very vulnerable minions like the the |
| 18810s | fiery bats he really needs the more |
| 18811s | substantial things uh like houndmaster |
| 18814s | like stranglethorn tiger right |
| 18819s | ravaging ghoul is a solid clear here |
| 18821s | ravaging one of the best tempo cards in |
| 18823s | this tempo warrior deck kibler uh is |
| 18826s | able to clear out very very uh small |
| 18828s | minions white boards very easily reverse |
| 18830s | the state of the board which is exactly |
| 18832s | what you're looking to do in these mid |
| 18833s | game turns and it's a very very strong |
| 18835s | time for him to create this reversal on |
| 18837s | the board because he now has a follow-up |
| 18839s | of cairn which is a powerful card but a |
| 18841s | relatively slow one initially so you |
| 18843s | want to be able to |
| 18844s | consolidate it on a board where you're |
| 18846s | already comfortable not one where you're |
| 18847s | fighting from behind yeah and uh ty's |
| 18849s | picking up a second bow really not what |
| 18851s | he's looking for here he has uh |
| 18854s | that freezing trap could be good but is |
| 18857s | not good |
| 18857s | at the moment because of the two and in |
| 18859s | play he can use his bow to kill the two |
| 18861s | one and then drop the uh the second bow |
| 18864s | or that grub alongside the freezing trap |
| 18866s | which does threaten to deal with karen |
| 18868s | uh it's problematic though against a |
| 18870s | a warrior deck that includes crore crown |
| 18872s | elite because you can really never be |
| 18874s | sure that you'll be able to uh guarantee |
| 18876s | the freeze effect on karen there |
| 18879s | yeah so he is going to go for that play |
| 18880s | develops the carrying grub locks out the |
| 18882s | can with the freezing trap and now |
| 18884s | suddenly in his hand does not have a |
| 18885s | great deal to do in terms of proactivity |
| 18888s | fierce monkey is nice he can also now |
| 18890s | turn that into a three-card battle rage |
| 18893s | if he would like to looks like he's |
| 18894s | gonna go ahead and start by slamming the |
| 18896s | carrying grub |
| 18897s | picks up ragnaros firelord so he has now |
| 18901s | uh reduced his battle rage capabilities |
| 18903s | just a little bit not enough mana |
| 18905s | remaining for the monkey the battle rage |
| 18907s | and the whirlwind so probably just gonna |
| 18909s | go ahead and drop the monkey here armor |
| 18911s | up and he's gonna hold on to that battle |
| 18912s | rage on a for a following turn |
| 18914s | yeah this is definitely a rough spot for |
| 18916s | tice you know he has a very marginal |
| 18919s | life advantage but he is super far |
| 18921s | behind in resources uh inner has five |
| 18924s | cards in hand like you mentioned that |
| 18925s | battle rage as well uh yeah it looks |
| 18927s | like he's just gonna go ahead and i |
| 18929s | think just kill this uh no you're not |
| 18932s | gonna kill it i'm just gonna go ahead |
| 18933s | and slam it again dig a little bit |
| 18934s | deeper through his deck |
| 18935s | well speaking of kale there's kill |
| 18937s | command |
| 18938s | uh tice picks up the spell that can give |
| 18941s | him a way to take down that monkey |
| 18944s | but still not a great situation for the |
| 18948s | dutch player |
| 18950s | yeah i mean in his play on that |
| 18951s | following term just trying to work out |
| 18953s | his thinking i mean first thing to make |
| 18954s | clear is that secret that's in play from |
| 18956s | tice is not a secret there's only one |
| 18958s | secret in the deck and it is freezing |
| 18960s | trap and since the lists are revealed to |
| 18962s | all the players he knows that that is |
| 18964s | exactly freezing trap so there's no way |
| 18966s | that he's gonna want to attack with this |
| 18967s | can when he can potentially get |
| 18968s | something else frozen instead but it |
| 18971s | seemed like the uh potential three-card |
| 18973s | battle rage term was an extremely |
| 18975s | powerful line there but he chose to just |
| 18977s | turn instead yeah he's going for it this |
| 18978s | turn instead which also makes sense as |
| 18980s | to why he left that carrying grab but |
| 18982s | one health on the following term which |
| 18983s | looked a little bit strange um but the |
| 18985s | battle rage pickup now does get |
| 18987s | activated inner made a little bit of a |
| 18989s | wince because okay now it makes sense he |
| 18991s | was reacting to the double armorsmith |
| 18993s | whirlwind pickup and that brian kibbler |
| 18996s | is the worst draw in tice's deck yeah by |
| 18999s | a mile not only not only is that an |
| 19001s | incredibly low impact card at a juncture |
| 19003s | where he needs something powerful it |
| 19005s | also makes other cards in his deck worse |
| 19007s | because his last one drop for the desert |
| 19010s | camel yeah so ty's in a really bad spot |
| 19013s | here and uh inner |
| 19015s | as he has been doing all day playing |
| 19016s | very quickly with a very powerful turn |
| 19020s | whirlwind here will gain a bunch of |
| 19022s | armor set up a five card battle rage |
| 19024s | this game is all but over |
| 19026s | it certainly is this was the big power |
| 19029s | turn from inner you saw his reaction on |
| 19031s | the end of the previous turn as he got a |
| 19032s | good look at which cards he drew armour |
| 19034s | smith armour smith whirlwind he knew was |
| 19036s | pretty much guaranteed to lock that game |
| 19038s | out and now it looks like he's even |
| 19040s | gonna go ahead and just activate the |
| 19042s | freezing trap so he can start pushing |
| 19043s | through damage he wants this game over |
| 19045s | and done with we've seen he is a rapid |
| 19048s | fast impatient player he wants to get |
| 19050s | this done he wants the momentum to |
| 19052s | continue and try and ride this streak |
| 19054s | all the way to the european title uh |
| 19056s | flame juggler for tice that's not gonna |
| 19058s | do it there's really no coming back from |
| 19060s | the situation |
| 19061s | for uh for tys here |
| 19063s | he's gonna play it out we have seen tais |
| 19065s | not someone who who generally will uh |
| 19067s | will concede unless the game is over uh |
| 19070s | does give inner the possibility of |
| 19072s | making some sort of crucial mistake but |
| 19074s | this is this is a game where it's hard |
| 19076s | for me to imagine inner even be able to |
| 19079s | find a line of play that could lose he's |
| 19080s | he's just in such a dominating position |
| 19083s | yeah i mean it does seem that we could |
| 19085s | just fairly comfortably play cards at |
| 19088s | random and still win the game from this |
| 19089s | position varian being picked up is just |
| 19091s | another huge late game bomb but inner |
| 19094s | actually for once is in such a good |
| 19097s | position that it's taking him some time |
| 19099s | to work out exactly what the best line |
| 19101s | of players i mean this is this is a sort |
| 19103s | of situation a lot of players when they |
| 19105s | get to a a game state where they're in |
| 19108s | such a huge lead |
| 19110s | they will kind of get overconfident in |
| 19111s | some cases make mistakes that could lead |
| 19114s | to them losing from what is otherwise |
| 19116s | pretty much an unlosable position and |
| 19118s | it's important even if you do have a big |
| 19121s | lead |
| 19122s | not to just squander that by just |
| 19123s | playing quickly because you're like oh |
| 19125s | well whatever you know i i'm just |
| 19127s | winning or maybe he also just wants to |
| 19128s | experience the uh the joy of crushing |
| 19132s | dice for as long as possible on this |
| 19134s | stage i mean that is very possible as |
| 19136s | well but the play he's ended up with i'm |
| 19138s | pretty happy with much whirlwind synergy |
| 19141s | is is to be had he picks up a ton of |
| 19144s | armor makes a huge frothing berserker in |
| 19146s | ranges another bloodhoof brave tices in |
| 19149s | a huge mess right now as you mentioned |
| 19151s | at the start no unleash the hounds in |
| 19153s | his deck which is one of the cards that |
| 19154s | could at least have some sort of impact |
| 19155s | on this board so unfortunately |
| 19158s | stranglethorn tiger not gonna do it this |
| 19160s | is gonna be the end of game three for |
| 19163s | tice inner now taking a lead and i spoke |
| 19167s | to him very very briefly in the |
| 19168s | post-game interview after the last game |
| 19170s | and i asked him you know was this was |
| 19172s | the blizzcon dream was it ever something |
| 19174s | that was a reality to you you know was |
| 19175s | this just something that you were doing |
| 19177s | gathering points seeing if you could |
| 19179s | make it to prelims was this all a pipe |
| 19180s | dream for you or were you really focused |
| 19182s | on on blizzcon he said no of course i |
| 19184s | hadn't thought about it i was just doing |
| 19186s | it to see how far i could get well now |
| 19188s | winner now suddenly it's a reality you |
| 19191s | are very very close yeah he's in the |
| 19193s | lead in the grand finals and yeah this |
| 19196s | is definitely a very strong position for |
| 19198s | him he does still have |
| 19199s | that freeze mage and that miracle rogue |
| 19201s | and those are decks |
| 19203s | that have the potential to struggle |
| 19205s | against what tys has remaining in his |
| 19207s | lineup uh there's the miracle for for |
| 19209s | ties as well that i think is uh probably |
| 19212s | the weakest deck remaining for tice |
| 19214s | because it is uh at best a uh a |
| 19217s | even match up against the opposing |
| 19219s | miracle deck and it tends to be |
| 19221s | unfavored uh against freeze mage |
| 19223s | absolutely yeah but having having said |
| 19225s | that yes i agree that you know these |
| 19227s | decks the inner has left are the decks |
| 19229s | that he's are bad in the match-up |
| 19231s | concerns they are you know decks that he |
| 19233s | likes dexter is the most accomplished |
| 19235s | with he is primarily known as a freeze |
| 19237s | mage player put in a ton of freeze mage |
| 19239s | practice with you know one probably |
| 19241s | arguably the best freeze match player in |
| 19243s | the world laughing as well as um dr |
| 19245s | hippy who we saw in the previous |
| 19247s | season's europe finals who is |
| 19248s | established as one of the best freeze |
| 19250s | match players in europe himself so he is |
| 19252s | one of the elite he is freeze mage |
| 19254s | he's not a free space player he is a |
| 19256s | freeze mate he said himself uh in his |
| 19258s | interview earlier |
| 19260s | so yeah i'm not a freeze mage |
| 19262s | not at all wow really |
| 19264s | i never knew this about you i thought i |
| 19266s | thought freeze major is your favorite |
| 19268s | deck and you spent all of your evenings |
| 19270s | just happily firing frost bolts and ice |
| 19272s | lances at your opponent's face |
| 19274s | all right well it will be tice playing |
| 19276s | the aggro shama deck against the freeze |
| 19279s | mage yes indeed the freeze mage deck and |
| 19282s | inner the freeze mage himself he's |
| 19285s | playing against both of them finley |
| 19287s | mergleton totem golem thing from below |
| 19289s | is the opening hand so a promising |
| 19290s | looking star there's always some debate |
| 19292s | about keeps of sir finley in this deck |
| 19295s | because you are playing the totem |
| 19296s | synergy cards |
| 19298s | in the form of thing from below |
| 19299s | but when you already have another totem |
| 19301s | in your hand straight away and that's |
| 19303s | the reason you can afford to fit fiddly |
| 19305s | in your deck because you have tuskar |
| 19306s | totemic totem golem |
| 19312s | when you have that security i think in |
| 19314s | this match up particularly looking for |
| 19316s | one of these aggressive type hero powers |
| 19318s | on term one is definitely viable entice |
| 19321s | finds steady shot he is taking his time |
| 19324s | uh before picking it which i i really |
| 19326s | can't imagine another another pick in |
| 19328s | this particular matchup yeah i mean we |
| 19330s | saw him in the previous series in the |
| 19332s | semi-final he took exactly that mage |
| 19334s | over hunter in a match up against uh was |
| 19337s | this it was off pal against |
| 19339s | paladin yeah i mean which was a very |
| 19342s | very interesting decision and one that |
| 19343s | me and tj were talking about backstage |
| 19345s | but still frostbolt is going to come |
| 19347s | right down now to deal with the 1-3 |
| 19349s | there is going to be almost certainly a |
| 19351s | totem golem follow-up that is going to |
| 19353s | be met with the doomsayer and suddenly |
| 19356s | the advantage will swing quite heavily |
| 19358s | towards the freeze major |
| 19360s | does have an answer if he chooses to use |
| 19361s | it he could uh actually know he's |
| 19363s | overloaded never mind i was thinking |
| 19365s | that he could play the lava burst but |
| 19366s | here |
| 19367s | thankfully he does have that hero power |
| 19368s | which does mean that he can have a |
| 19370s | productive turn regardless uh he can |
| 19372s | steady shot the face attack the face |
| 19374s | still does five damage but will enter |
| 19376s | his next turn uh with an absolutely |
| 19378s | clear board uh is able to drop an |
| 19380s | acolyte of pain and get his card draw |
| 19382s | rolling yeah that is |
| 19384s | just about the dream doomsayer for a |
| 19386s | freeze mage in that scenario wiping the |
| 19387s | board denying the tempo and then being |
| 19389s | able to develop an acolyte behind it but |
| 19391s | speaking of the dream if there's one |
| 19393s | thing that shaman dreams about in this |
| 19395s | matchup it's playing a four mana seven |
| 19397s | seven yeah this is a very big threat |
| 19400s | that uh can easily ch chip away not even |
| 19403s | chip away chunk away |
| 19405s | pound |
| 19406s | yeah rip rip the life out of the freeze |
| 19408s | that's what i like to do yeah |
| 19410s | and we see the flavor faceless inner is |
| 19413s | not going to have any way to stop it at |
| 19415s | least immediately |
| 19416s | and it will crack in for seven damage |
| 19419s | but inner does set up a board that |
| 19421s | allows him to not only uh threaten to |
| 19423s | get some damage in on potentially the |
| 19426s | seven seven but also draw a bunch of |
| 19428s | cards yeah so this is actually kind of a |
| 19429s | complex term for twice here i mean the |
| 19432s | the the twitch chat play here is 11 to |
| 19434s | face that's the most damage you can do |
| 19436s | this term with abuse 12. oh you can do |
| 19437s | 12 with photo with love sure okay so |
| 19440s | this is the alternate line where |
| 19442s | suddenly you're you're giving acolyte |
| 19444s | value here but you're protecting your 77 |
| 19446s | from these minions on the board so this |
| 19448s | is the ultimate consideration he's not |
| 19450s | valuing the card draw from his opponent |
| 19451s | too much at this point since the entire |
| 19453s | board is essentially deathrattle draw a |
| 19455s | card so he knows card draw is gonna |
| 19457s | happen so he was just trying to protect |
| 19459s | his seven seven from these minions on |
| 19461s | the board that you know paired with |
| 19463s | those you know a frostbolt ping or a |
| 19464s | fireball suddenly is able to take care |
| 19466s | of it really easily yeah and uh inner |
| 19468s | now you know he finds a arcane intellect |
| 19471s | he finds more card draw he's gonna go |
| 19472s | ahead and draw with his novice engineer |
| 19474s | first |
| 19475s | it's an interesting choice |
| 19477s | i wonder what he's looking for before |
| 19479s | uh drawing with that loot hoarder he |
| 19482s | finds a torch |
| 19485s | he does find a torch but i mean novice |
| 19487s | engineer gonna come down i'm almost |
| 19488s | certain we're going to see the icelands |
| 19490s | come out as well here there's just no |
| 19492s | way he can tank another seven right now |
| 19494s | especially with no secrets in sight just |
| 19496s | yet and still the overload is going to |
| 19498s | prevent tice from loading up the |
| 19500s | doomhammer this term but still plenty of |
| 19502s | proactive stuff abusive sergeant to send |
| 19504s | in extra damage he has the constant |
| 19506s | threat of that hunter hero power and as |
| 19508s | soon as he is able to start firing away |
| 19510s | some of these spells then he's going to |
| 19511s | be in really good shape tyce really has |
| 19513s | to be afraid of blizzard next turn uh |
| 19515s | inner is going into a six mana turn and |
| 19517s | in particular he also has the blood mage |
| 19520s | thalnos in play along with three minions |
| 19522s | so a blizzard even if he did remove the |
| 19525s | blood mage uh could threaten to actually |
| 19527s | wipe out pretty much his entire board |
| 19530s | certainly could but he is just going to |
| 19531s | go for the all-in play i think this is i |
| 19534s | think this is right because he basically |
| 19535s | has him covered even in the world of |
| 19537s | blizzard here with the amount of damage |
| 19538s | he has in hand |
| 19540s | it's not really a big deal if his board |
| 19542s | gets blizzarded he can just switch to |
| 19544s | the all-out face plan not worry about |
| 19546s | his board too much we are gonna find out |
| 19548s | though kibbler because the blizzard has |
| 19550s | been drawn but from inner's perspective |
| 19552s | he really is just worried about his life |
| 19554s | total right he can blizzard here but if |
| 19556s | he blizzards here he is passing the turn |
| 19559s | without having drawn any extra cards and |
| 19561s | he's he's still pretty far away from |
| 19564s | potentially having ice block or bearer |
| 19565s | to keep himself alive i agree so you |
| 19567s | know arcane intellect and frost nova is |
| 19569s | definitely a pairing that you could |
| 19570s | throw together here in aries just |
| 19572s | considering his options though that |
| 19573s | blizzard is attractive and there is a |
| 19575s | tendency sometimes to you know get |
| 19576s | tilted towards the car that you draw on |
| 19578s | the immediate term because that natural |
| 19580s | excitement that you get of drawing |
| 19582s | another option looks like inna is going |
| 19583s | to go ahead and favor the blizzard and |
| 19585s | as you said that leaves him still |
| 19587s | without a secret activated argent horse |
| 19589s | rider picked up is even more damage but |
| 19592s | tice can just start rationing out all |
| 19594s | this damage now in the most efficient |
| 19596s | way that he possibly can to try and beat |
| 19598s | that 12 health he hasn't seen a secret |
| 19600s | played yet no information of course from |
| 19603s | tyson's side as to whether there's one |
| 19604s | in hand or not he he needs to just try |
| 19607s | and get the game over as fast as |
| 19608s | possible right he wants to just get the |
| 19610s | g member to the face he can use his uh |
| 19613s | his hero power here to get another two |
| 19614s | damage leaving in her at just six health |
| 19617s | he has eight points of burn in his hand |
| 19619s | uh so barring the possibility of exactly |
| 19622s | ice block uh the game is going to be |
| 19625s | tices next turn |
| 19627s | yeah not to mention there is still that |
| 19628s | 7-4 on the board that needs dealt with |
| 19630s | and he's being dealt with he is able to |
| 19632s | deal with it just with his board trading |
| 19634s | into it one by one but |
| 19636s | that ice barrier is a risky proposition |
| 19639s | he doesn't know that there would be |
| 19640s | double spells in hand that could kill |
| 19641s | him without even you know having to |
| 19644s | activate the ice barrier here so he |
| 19645s | might suspect that's good enough might |
| 19647s | also just be taking a risk you know he |
| 19649s | may expect to die here but he might just |
| 19651s | be saying okay if i'm going to win this |
| 19654s | game this is what i need to happen i |
| 19655s | need this barrier to stick |
| 19657s | yeah and this is a situation that you |
| 19659s | know you you are leaving yourself he |
| 19661s | could have used arcane intellect to dig |
| 19663s | right but if he lea if the arcane |
| 19664s | intellects and digs |
| 19666s | what's he beating yeah he he probably |
| 19668s | can't beat the burn spells that kill him |
| 19670s | anyway uh if he just plays that and it's |
| 19672s | like okay well he has to get another ice |
| 19674s | block the next turn because his opponent |
| 19675s | just has steady shot so here he's just |
| 19677s | playing for the uh is going to attack |
| 19681s | uh so i mean he still has enough damage |
| 19685s | it puts him up to 14 life so he has |
| 19687s | eight from the lava burst yeah |
| 19690s | i briefly |
| 19692s | was terrified yeah but |
| 19694s | you know |
| 19695s | does end up just having the damage to |
| 19696s | close things out despite the ice barrier |
| 19699s | and uh he will even up the series two |
| 19701s | games to two |
| 19703s | yep so tys squares things up again you |
| 19706s | know as you said he we're starting to |
| 19707s | get down to the decks now with inner |
| 19709s | that can start to be a little exposed |
| 19711s | but i think that was one of the the |
| 19712s | worst match-ups remaining for the freeze |
| 19714s | mage for sure that shaman you know inner |
| 19716s | has the fastest build possible almost he |
| 19719s | hasn't even slowed his deck down with |
| 19720s | the the new list that a lot of players |
| 19722s | are going towards the one twice is |
| 19723s | running with the thing from below and |
| 19725s | the |
| 19726s | uh thing from below and uh uh tuscar |
| 19729s | totemic so that that deck was as fast as |
| 19731s | possible uh |
| 19732s | being able to just crush out the freeze |
| 19734s | mage and from now on there is gonna be |
| 19738s | uh a much more or slightly more |
| 19739s | favorable matchups for the freeze mage |
| 19741s | at least yeah the freeze mage is in |
| 19743s | pretty you know definitely in good shape |
| 19744s | against tyson's rogue deck |
| 19746s | the the sort of bigger question mark i |
| 19748s | think is the hunter deck uh historically |
| 19750s | hunter has been pretty good against |
| 19752s | freeze mage right this is a bit slower |
| 19755s | of a hunter deck than we've we've in |
| 19756s | many cases seen in the past topping off |
| 19758s | at call the wild that is a bit slower |
| 19761s | than say uh a lot of the the previous |
| 19764s | iterations also doesn't have a lot of |
| 19765s | the death rattle minions that in |
| 19767s | pre-standard things like uh piloted |
| 19770s | shredder that could make the the board |
| 19771s | clears less valuable right i was |
| 19772s | discussing this match up in in some |
| 19774s | detail with the players who are here and |
| 19776s | i know tice thinks it's immensely |
| 19777s | favored for the hunter george c thinks |
| 19779s | it's favored for the freeze mage uh |
| 19781s | crane thinks it's slightly favored for |
| 19783s | the hunter so you know the jury is still |
| 19786s | out is the verdict on there and one |
| 19787s | thing one thing that's important is |
| 19788s | we've actually seen so many different |
| 19789s | versions of hunter that's the the |
| 19792s | class that has seen the greatest |
| 19794s | diversity in terms of the choices and |
| 19796s | the specific builds uh in this event and |
| 19799s | tice i think has one of the better |
| 19800s | builds against freeze mage he has no |
| 19803s | copies of unleash the hounds he has uh |
| 19805s | the |
| 19806s | uh |
| 19807s | uh not the carrying grub but desert |
| 19808s | camel yes the other three drop |
| 19810s | so that i think gives him a lot more |
| 19812s | power in this matchup and a lot less |
| 19814s | potential dead draws that some of the |
| 19816s | other builds might suffer from right he |
| 19818s | also has the high main as well which |
| 19819s | isn't an auto inclusion you know some |
| 19821s | people are leaving the high main out of |
| 19823s | their deck because of some of the |
| 19824s | targeted removal like sap and hex that |
| 19826s | you commonly come up against in |
| 19827s | tournaments but highmane is one of the |
| 19829s | power cards against freeze mage for |
| 19831s | shorts so difficult for them to deal |
| 19832s | with efficiently on the board so |
| 19834s | completely agree with you tys does have |
| 19837s | a very powerful build of the hunter |
| 19838s | available to him but you i think in the |
| 19841s | pre-pre-finals analysis segment pointed |
| 19843s | out that maybe the rogue might be a |
| 19844s | difficult point for tyson that is the |
| 19846s | other deck that he has remaining here |
| 19848s | yeah i think that that is going to be uh |
| 19850s | the deck that i mean as we were saying |
| 19852s | that is definitely a good matchup for |
| 19853s | the freeze mage the freeze mage wants to |
| 19855s | queue into the road definitely get a win |
| 19856s | there and then it could just come down |
| 19859s | to rogue versus rogue |
| 19861s | it certainly could and that is a matchup |
| 19863s | that we saw in the semi-final as well |
| 19865s | the inner was able to win in explosive |
| 19867s | fashion we saw that you know that |
| 19868s | clenched fist when he got that cold |
| 19869s | blood and knew that he had the damage to |
| 19871s | force through i was actually talking to |
| 19872s | casey about that as well and he did in |
| 19874s | fact pick up on that signal like he knew |
| 19876s | that he was dead so he was considering |
| 19878s | options as crazy as you know shadow |
| 19880s | striking his own blood mage down us to |
| 19882s | try and pick up that healing that he |
| 19884s | needed to get out of it so |
| 19886s | um you know maybe inner needs to just |
| 19887s | hold back on some of the information |
| 19889s | that he's revealing to his opponent here |
| 19891s | but again it kind of comes back to that |
| 19892s | that inexperience and unfamiliarity that |
| 19894s | he's talked about with this kind of live |
| 19896s | studio hearthstone environment i mean |
| 19897s | and tyson's someone you know he's been |
| 19899s | here before he has been exactly here |
| 19901s | before in fact |
| 19902s | the grand finals of european |
| 19904s | championships and |
| 19906s | that is that sort of poise and not |
| 19908s | necessarily letting your excitement get |
| 19909s | the better of you when you're in a |
| 19911s | situation where |
| 19912s | that they you know communication of that |
| 19914s | excitement could possibly give your |
| 19916s | opponent information that they could use |
| 19918s | to influence their decisions |
| 19919s | yeah i mean it's something that only |
| 19921s | comes with time this isn't something you |
| 19923s | know a lot of the best players in |
| 19924s | hearthstone are very studious people |
| 19926s | they you know they sit at home and they |
| 19928s | use their time you know time management |
| 19929s | skills effectively to gather information |
| 19931s | on the meta gather information on deck |
| 19933s | lists you know running spreadsheets or |
| 19935s | these mathematical equations working |
| 19936s | things out experience in a live |
| 19938s | tournament environment and how to handle |
| 19940s | yourselves how to overcome the nerves |
| 19942s | that's not something that you can learn |
| 19944s | through any other means than just being |
| 19946s | here and doing it over and over again |
| 19947s | all right well here we are and it is |
| 19949s | time to |
| 19950s | see who wins between tice's hunter deck |
| 19953s | and enter with that rogue |
| 19956s | yes indeed this is a matchup that is uh |
| 19959s | often dictated by key usage of the card |
| 19962s | sap but i think people over simplify the |
| 19964s | match up in that sense and just say okay |
| 19966s | you know it's favored for the rogue |
| 19967s | because they can sap high mains well |
| 19969s | things aren't quite that simple |
| 19970s | sometimes the hunter can have an |
| 19971s | aggressive enough start you know you |
| 19973s | have to sap an early how mastered target |
| 19975s | or you're going to end up taking too |
| 19976s | much damage and then the hunter is able |
| 19978s | to come through so it is a little bit |
| 19980s | more complex but an early backstab and |
| 19982s | an early tomb pillager here from inner |
| 19984s | makes this looks like a very promising |
| 19986s | opening hand for him yeah and you know |
| 19988s | one card that's fairly key in this |
| 19989s | matchup uh we see in ty's hand uh or at |
| 19992s | least we did before we mulligan we'll |
| 19994s | see if it's still there the deadly shot |
| 19996s | uh deadly shot is a card that is uh able |
| 19999s | to answer even a concealed auctioneer uh |
| 20002s | inner's version of rogue actually only |
| 20004s | plays a single copy of conceal right but |
| 20007s | the combination of the pressure that the |
| 20009s | the hunter can put on in particular with |
| 20011s | desert camel which creates multiple |
| 20013s | bodies that can be more difficult for |
| 20016s | the the sort of tempo based removal of |
| 20017s | the rogue to deal with along with |
| 20019s | actually having answers to gadgets in |
| 20021s | auctioneer not giving your opponent time |
| 20023s | uh can really give the the hunter a |
| 20025s | window to take down the game yeah and |
| 20027s | here you can see backstab a huge card |
| 20029s | against hunter most of their early game |
| 20031s | minions are extremely vulnerable to the |
| 20033s | backstab he's able to develop the weapon |
| 20035s | now for tempo which means if the desert |
| 20037s | camel comes down and pulls a fiery bat |
| 20040s | he's able to take care of it with the |
| 20043s | dagger and coin out the tomb pillager to |
| 20045s | contest the 2-4 effectively now has |
| 20047s | double tomb pillager as well yeah that |
| 20049s | tomb pillager is a huge card in this |
| 20051s | matchup for the rogue it actually gives |
| 20053s | them a sizable body that can not only |
| 20058s | contest the |
| 20059s | mid-range minions of the hunter deck but |
| 20061s | also threatens to to actually close out |
| 20064s | the game so they don't necessarily have |
| 20065s | to play the slow grindy uh gadgets and |
| 20067s | auctioneer style of play right and now |
| 20070s | the consideration for tice here has to |
| 20071s | be how he allocates his resources here |
| 20074s | he's gonna go with the freezing trap he |
| 20075s | did see in a coin out the two pillager |
| 20078s | here so he's expecting something along |
| 20080s | the lines of second tune pillager maybe |
| 20082s | an azure drake somewhere in the near |
| 20083s | future because if this pillager were to |
| 20084s | die you know inner could of course coin |
| 20086s | out a drake on this turn using the coin |
| 20088s | that he got so he's gonna choose not to |
| 20090s | deadly shot it keep that in mind as you |
| 20091s | said for the gadgetzan auctioneer being |
| 20093s | concealed or for higher value threats |
| 20095s | freezing trap and the hero power locks |
| 20096s | it out quite effectively yeah |
| 20099s | enter with a you know potentially tough |
| 20101s | turn here he does have that second tuned |
| 20103s | pillager we'll get the first one bounced |
| 20106s | and does decide to just play the second |
| 20108s | one giving him again a fairly large |
| 20111s | minion that can help contest what |
| 20112s | tyson's able to muster a second deadly |
| 20114s | shot for tice though |
| 20116s | will potentially allow him to just |
| 20118s | continue the pressure |
| 20119s | yeah i mean it's a it's still a very |
| 20122s | interesting decision because deadly shot |
| 20123s | means no more development here and he |
| 20125s | does have two good development options |
| 20126s | on his part but that 5-4 on the board |
| 20129s | threatens to trade so effectively i mean |
| 20131s | what does desert camel get you at best |
| 20133s | it gets you two more two fours which any |
| 20135s | of which are a nice trade for the tomb |
| 20136s | pillager what does animal companion get |
| 20138s | you well some of the time it gets you a |
| 20140s | 2-4 which is a really good trade for the |
| 20142s | tomb villager so now that the second |
| 20144s | deadly shot has been drawn it seems to |
| 20146s | make sense to me he does still have the |
| 20147s | initiative he's plugging away for four |
| 20149s | damage returns since he keeps hero |
| 20151s | powering so often so the rogue is still |
| 20153s | under pressure even though tice is uh |
| 20155s | missing on some of his development a |
| 20156s | little bit yeah he's gotten in or down |
| 20158s | to just 18 life he doesn't have access |
| 20160s | to any real burst in his hand |
| 20162s | there's no kill commands there's no |
| 20164s | quick shots |
| 20165s | and you know he does have that high main |
| 20167s | which as we mentioned you know so great |
| 20169s | in so many other matchups but in this |
| 20170s | one often a card you just don't want to |
| 20172s | ever actually spend your mana on |
| 20175s | and shiv is going to come down followed |
| 20177s | by the si7 agent and that dagger that |
| 20179s | was able to be developed on turn two has |
| 20181s | just meant so much for inner here and |
| 20183s | that comes from the power of the zero |
| 20185s | mana backstab able to remove the first |
| 20187s | minion that uh thais played and |
| 20189s | developed the manor into the dagger |
| 20190s | there and that's been able to answer |
| 20192s | half of the desert camel and now the |
| 20194s | second half of the desert camel on the |
| 20195s | following turn so that dagger is pretty |
| 20197s | much primarily responsible for him being |
| 20199s | a 3-3 ahead of the game right now and |
| 20202s | there's huffer off the animal companion |
| 20204s | this is definitely a difficult situation |
| 20206s | for the hunter player because once the |
| 20209s | rogue starts developing minions |
| 20211s | they can start to really contest the |
| 20213s | board and the hunter player really needs |
| 20215s | to just keep the pressure on keep |
| 20218s | attacking because their goal obviously |
| 20220s | is to reduce the opponent's life to zero |
| 20222s | but the rogue is able to do that in much |
| 20224s | you know surprisingly in much larger |
| 20226s | bursts thanks to leroy and cold blood |
| 20229s | and things like that whereas the hunter |
| 20230s | has the more consistent damage over time |
| 20232s | because of the steady shot hero power |
| 20235s | absolutely does get the cloudier this |
| 20237s | time does tice off the desert camel so |
| 20239s | he is in pretty good shape now this is a |
| 20241s | very awkward board for rogue to deal |
| 20243s | with even with such a large hand they |
| 20245s | need very very specific combinations of |
| 20247s | cars to be able to deal with this |
| 20248s | effectively it's going to go for the |
| 20250s | violet teacher the eviscerate |
| 20251s | it has the trade on the board into the |
| 20253s | huffer if you would like it which i'm |
| 20255s | sure he will take as he's under so much |
| 20257s | pressure so now just isolating that 2-4 |
| 20259s | on the board double high mains now from |
| 20261s | tice as you said not a card that you |
| 20264s | really want to invest the manor into in |
| 20266s | this matchup which means his hand is |
| 20268s | looking sparse on options uh what point |
| 20270s | do you get to kibler where you say okay |
| 20272s | now i just have to play one of these |
| 20274s | high mains now or i'm just going to |
| 20275s | relinquish the pressure anyway |
| 20277s | i mean when you |
| 20279s | in part when you have nothing else to do |
| 20280s | right i mean ties is definitely in a |
| 20282s | very rough spot because |
| 20284s | you know uh inner has now this violet |
| 20287s | teacher in play which threatens to make |
| 20289s | the deadly shot in his hand completely |
| 20291s | useless essentially |
| 20293s | and now ties has to has to |
| 20296s | figure out okay do i am going to attack |
| 20298s | the face am i going to just give up on |
| 20299s | my deadly shot here and i think that's |
| 20300s | the plan he's taking he's just gonna go |
| 20302s | ahead and try to close out this game as |
| 20304s | quickly as possible hope that inner |
| 20306s | can't punish him for leaving this |
| 20307s | violent teacher on the board and i think |
| 20309s | in particular with the highmanes in his |
| 20310s | hand he's kind of |
| 20312s | a just hope situation because he has so |
| 20315s | few resources that are really valuable |
| 20316s | at the stage and the game is getting |
| 20318s | getting long which really favors the |
| 20319s | rogue yeah there's also the |
| 20321s | consideration that just the more heavily |
| 20323s | you pressure the rogue player the more |
| 20325s | damage you push the more desperate they |
| 20326s | get the more likely they are to just sap |
| 20328s | one of your minions because they have no |
| 20330s | better removal option then suddenly your |
| 20332s | high mains become good cards again but |
| 20334s | the gadgetzan auctioneer is going to |
| 20336s | come out here the eviscerate can help |
| 20338s | him clear out the board entirely which |
| 20340s | means no additional damage in hand right |
| 20342s | now for tice and even if the high main |
| 20345s | does come down inner is still preserving |
| 20347s | that sap but he might be just |
| 20349s | considering the option of holding on to |
| 20351s | that damage and using the sap because |
| 20353s | let's be clear here inna needs to find a |
| 20354s | way to race very very soon otherwise |
| 20357s | he's just going to lose to the hunter |
| 20358s | hero yeah inner has just a single copy |
| 20361s | of earth and ring cars here in his deck |
| 20363s | there's kill command but tice has no |
| 20365s | beasts he can play he can use his hero |
| 20368s | power here play out a high main puts in |
| 20370s | her to just five uh if he's if inner is |
| 20373s | not able to close at the game the next |
| 20374s | turn or uh heal himself tice will have |
| 20378s | the win with that kill command in the |
| 20379s | following turn yep |
| 20381s | but |
| 20382s | that's a big if there's already a uh |
| 20384s | there's already a |
| 20385s | auctioneer in play he could also just |
| 20387s | not play the savannah highmane and use |
| 20389s | deadly shot instead he could use the |
| 20390s | deadly shot which will |
| 20392s | reduce the possibility that inner will |
| 20394s | will be able to kill him on his turn |
| 20396s | it gets a 1-1 but this also not only |
| 20398s | that but it also strands sap in his |
| 20400s | opponent's hand which means that that's |
| 20402s | one fewer card one for a cheap spell he |
| 20404s | can possibly play yep and there is no |
| 20407s | activator in hand right now for cold |
| 20409s | blood which is the only spell that is |
| 20411s | holding on to right now that is castable |
| 20413s | so if he does have to lead off his term |
| 20415s | with that it does mean it's going to be |
| 20416s | an inefficient use of cold blood but |
| 20419s | thais is considering his options seeing |
| 20420s | if there's any particular reason why he |
| 20422s | would want to kill command now looks |
| 20424s | like he is going to go ahead and do it |
| 20425s | so he has turned his strategy face up |
| 20428s | inna knows exactly what the deal is he |
| 20430s | is dead he needs to either kill his |
| 20432s | opponent or find his urban ring farcia |
| 20434s | here to get himself out of this game |
| 20436s | yeah and he finds a zero which can |
| 20438s | represent another shot at a card uh cold |
| 20441s | blood will pick him up one |
| 20445s | there's leroy okay so now we're talking |
| 20447s | in terms of damage he has 11 now he had |
| 20449s | 10 on board already that one one cannot |
| 20451s | attack that's 16 with the leroy so he is |
| 20453s | a way too far off for lethal to be a |
| 20455s | realistic possibility and it's |
| 20457s | interesting crucially the fact that |
| 20458s | thais chose not to play a high man has |
| 20460s | stranded that sapping in his hand if |
| 20462s | inner's next card is earthering farsier |
| 20465s | if thais had played that highmane he'd |
| 20466s | lose the game right and there's also |
| 20468s | just the consideration that the deadly |
| 20469s | shot at the very very least took one |
| 20471s | damage off the board which is probably |
| 20473s | more relevant than that highmane was |
| 20474s | ever gonna be it was it was just gonna |
| 20476s | be urban ring farcia or buster his |
| 20478s | opponent he knew that so yeah second |
| 20480s | cold blood is gonna come down inner is |
| 20482s | gonna continue to cycle but he is on a |
| 20484s | drawing to nothing right now this game |
| 20486s | is over and uh despite that concealer |
| 20489s | can see your face looking like the dream |
| 20492s | draw face is still visible even if it oh |
| 20495s | there it is |
| 20498s | just there to tease him and tice |
| 20501s | will take |
| 20502s | game five and lead the series through |
| 20504s | the two there you go even if you could |
| 20506s | conceal face the hunter hero power |
| 20507s | always knows where to go you just press |
| 20509s | the button and it's just |
| 20510s | the place stealth or not |
| 20513s | yeah so tice is looking in very very |
| 20515s | good shape here he is gonna go to the |
| 20517s | hill just one more game to pick up to |
| 20519s | become the repeat european champion |
| 20522s | which would be a phenomenal feat but i |
| 20524s | believe tj is standing by with uh some |
| 20527s | of our players to see what they are |
| 20528s | having to think about this grand final |
| 20531s | the action starting to heat up ty's just |
| 20533s | one win away from winning the grand |
| 20535s | final and making himself a europe |
| 20537s | champion once again i'm staying here |
| 20538s | with crane and george to talk about what |
| 20541s | this player's got to do uh to find a win |
| 20542s | so george i'm going to come to you first |
| 20544s | uh ty's just has one win left |
| 20547s | to uh to make it and be the spring |
| 20549s | champion uh can he do it what is he |
| 20550s | gonna have to do to win this match he's |
| 20552s | gonna win with rogue against his rogue |
| 20554s | and his freeze mage so he has like two |
| 20555s | chances and the mirror is pretty |
| 20557s | volatile frieza is kind of bad but he |
| 20558s | has two chances it was super important |
| 20560s | because if he lost with his hunter |
| 20562s | it would be pretty difficult then |
| 20563s | because he has to win rogue against |
| 20565s | freeze mage on its own and in a vacuum |
| 20568s | freeze may should win every time so i |
| 20570s | think it was super important that game |
| 20571s | and tice is probably favored to take it |
| 20573s | now |
| 20574s | graham what do you think do you agree |
| 20575s | ty's favor to take this or do you think |
| 20577s | inner has the the decks to bring it back |
| 20579s | i mean if you look at the matchups |
| 20582s | i think it's fairly close because it's |
| 20583s | all coming gonna come down to the rogue |
| 20585s | mirror in my opinion like inna's freeze |
| 20588s | mates he's so good at it and if you know |
| 20589s | how to play it you almost always beat |
| 20591s | the rogue with freeze mate so the mirror |
| 20594s | is gonna be key and i think i think he |
| 20596s | has a really good shot at making it i |
| 20598s | mean it's just gonna come down to good |
| 20600s | decision making |
| 20601s | all right well good decision making it |
| 20602s | is we've heard it from george he thinks |
| 20604s | ty is gonna take it we've heard it from |
| 20606s | crain i think it's gonna come down to |
| 20607s | the rogue mirror but we're gonna send it |
| 20609s | back to the desk to get into the action |
| 20611s | and see the finale |
| 20614s | thank you tj george and crane uh |
| 20617s | interesting thoughts both from george |
| 20618s | and crane there um obviously we we've |
| 20621s | made the point as well that the rogue |
| 20622s | mirror could end up being crucial here |
| 20624s | because |
| 20624s | the the freeze mage rogue game is fairly |
| 20627s | one-sided you know miracle rogue is a |
| 20629s | very highly tuned combo deck that has |
| 20632s | all the tools it needs to kill an |
| 20633s | opponent once it's not it's not very |
| 20636s | well equipped to be able to deal with um |
| 20638s | killing an opponent up upwards of three |
| 20640s | times sometimes when ice blocks comes |
| 20641s | into play as well as chewing through ice |
| 20642s | barriers etc so um the freeze mage can |
| 20645s | definitely be extremely effective in |
| 20647s | that matchup but if we do see an |
| 20649s | eventual rogue mirror is there anything |
| 20651s | in either of these lineups looking at |
| 20653s | them that gives one deck or the other |
| 20655s | the edge one thing that is worth noting |
| 20657s | uh is that as you mentioned earlier uh |
| 20659s | inner only has a single copy of conceal |
| 20662s | and we have seen a number of rogue |
| 20663s | matchups in this in this event uh and |
| 20665s | throughout the preliminaries come down |
| 20667s | to just a a concealed turn rather than |
| 20669s | auction your turn just setting up uh a |
| 20671s | burst of damage over two turns thanks to |
| 20673s | conceal so that could give the edge to |
| 20675s | touch |
| 20676s | yeah that is in the future right now |
| 20678s | tice is gonna have to try and win the |
| 20680s | difficult match up first if he doesn't |
| 20681s | want this game to go all the way he's |
| 20683s | 3-2 up right now if he can get the |
| 20685s | unlikely win with the miracle rogue |
| 20688s | against the freeze mage he will be the |
| 20689s | first repeat european champion he's got |
| 20692s | a long way to go as you mentioned freeze |
| 20694s | mage heavily favored in this matchup it |
| 20696s | is called miracle rogue though it is |
| 20697s | anything could happen |
| 20698s | it is and the the fact that someone in |
| 20701s | hearthstone or in a card game in general |
| 20702s | could be a repeat european champion is |
| 20704s | something of a miracle in itself because |
| 20706s | brian you have a lot of experience with |
| 20708s | playing huge um card game tournaments in |
| 20710s | a bunch of different disciplines like |
| 20711s | what would it mean for someone like what |
| 20713s | level of dominance does it show for |
| 20714s | someone to win such a huge tournament |
| 20716s | back to back on two consecutive years i |
| 20718s | mean it's particularly impressive as you |
| 20720s | mentioned because it is done you know uh |
| 20722s | if he does win that it will have |
| 20723s | happened so close together because |
| 20725s | one of the most important things uh is |
| 20727s | demonstrating yourself as a top player |
| 20730s | uh in games that that do have you know |
| 20732s | in card games that do have elements of |
| 20734s | chance in them you need to demonstrate |
| 20736s | they can perform consistently obviously |
| 20737s | players bringing preparing and bringing |
| 20739s | great decks to an individual event uh |
| 20741s | will often lead to them being able to be |
| 20743s | successful in that event but |
| 20745s | you know it's still very important and |
| 20747s | perhaps more important to demonstrate |
| 20748s | that you're able to have that kind of |
| 20750s | success |
| 20751s | multiple times and for tys to have been |
| 20753s | so successful |
| 20754s | uh over not only last year but into this |
| 20757s | year as well is incredibly impressive |
| 20758s | there we go and let's not just quite get |
| 20761s | too far ahead of ourselves here thais |
| 20762s | does still have a way to go and even |
| 20764s | right now he's having a very tough |
| 20766s | decision as to what he wants to do with |
| 20767s | his coin here obviously the coin is just |
| 20769s | a very valuable card in itself in this |
| 20771s | match-up and after tyson's 60-second |
| 20775s | turn or so we see a one-second response |
| 20777s | from inner who snap fireballs that |
| 20779s | violet teacher before he gets too far |
| 20781s | out of control and that leaves tight |
| 20783s | with a fairly dead uh turn of his own |
| 20785s | he's just going to try and cycle out his |
| 20787s | blood mage thanos attack face re-dagger |
| 20790s | so the pressure has been relieved by |
| 20792s | that fireball from inner and you can see |
| 20794s | straight away how much more comfortable |
| 20795s | inner is with this deck than he is with |
| 20797s | any other just straight away he knows |
| 20799s | every play that he wants to make and you |
| 20801s | know this this isn't an indication of |
| 20803s | him not thinking about the plays it |
| 20805s | means he's incredibly comfortable and |
| 20807s | he's so comfortable with the expected |
| 20809s | outcomes of the deck that he can |
| 20810s | consider options during his opponent's |
| 20812s | turn and then when it comes back to him |
| 20814s | he knows what his reaction is straight |
| 20816s | away one thing that's very important in |
| 20818s | hearthstone in general and in particular |
| 20820s | with a deck like freeze mage in |
| 20821s | hearthstone inner with the uh well it's |
| 20823s | emoting emoting is incredible yes it is |
| 20825s | but beyond emoting uh is just |
| 20828s | understanding the dynamic of a match up |
| 20831s | not necessarily figuring out everything |
| 20833s | from sort of first principles as you go |
| 20835s | but recognizing this is what's important |
| 20837s | at various stages this is what i'm |
| 20839s | looking to do in the early game the mid |
| 20840s | game and the late game and in particular |
| 20843s | with freeze mage it's like okay well |
| 20845s | what are the combinations of cars that |
| 20846s | represent me being able to win from |
| 20848s | these variety of situations and inner |
| 20850s | clearly understands that very very well |
| 20852s | yeah in the meantime thais has decided |
| 20855s | to go off very early in this match |
| 20857s | gadget coming down backstab and a |
| 20859s | preparation being used with the fan of |
| 20860s | knives and the spell damage means that |
| 20862s | the emperor is taken care of and he's |
| 20864s | making a pretty strong push early on in |
| 20867s | proceedings here no flame strike in hand |
| 20870s | from inna to be able to deal with this |
| 20871s | gadgetzan right off the bat um it does |
| 20874s | have the blood mage which can help some |
| 20875s | of the spells deal with this board very |
| 20877s | effectively he also just has a pretty |
| 20879s | significant amount of damage he is going |
| 20881s | to use a lot of it uh to clear the board |
| 20882s | but has alex strazza also waiting in the |
| 20885s | wings uh and worth noting that tyson's |
| 20887s | deck has only that single earth ring |
| 20889s | farcier to possibly heal himself back up |
| 20891s | yeah the the single earthen ring is |
| 20893s | becoming pretty much standard these days |
| 20895s | um both inner and tice are favoring that |
| 20897s | list or that configuration in their list |
| 20900s | so |
| 20901s | not too much healing to mitigate the |
| 20903s | potential damage of the freeze mage here |
| 20904s | the the rogue if they're going to get |
| 20906s | the job done does have to play as the |
| 20907s | aggressor hope that the freeze mage |
| 20909s | misses some of their important answers |
| 20911s | and they're able to push enough damage |
| 20912s | through |
| 20913s | um but push after push here from tice is |
| 20916s | being denied by inner we saw the early |
| 20919s | violent teacher meet the fireball we saw |
| 20920s | that big miracle turn get answered with |
| 20922s | the double forgotten torch now just a |
| 20924s | lowly three three on the board |
| 20926s | threatening damage |
| 20927s | i hope you like it and enter just |
| 20929s | continue to draw cards here novice |
| 20930s | engineer picking himself up |
| 20932s | an ice block or rather a frostbolt in |
| 20935s | addition to that ice block he had just |
| 20936s | using the frost note to prevent a little |
| 20938s | bit of damage here just looking to buy |
| 20940s | himself some time |
| 20942s | yeah does use that time to develop the |
| 20944s | ice block as well so he is now protected |
| 20946s | to the damage from hand and that's |
| 20948s | relevant because we see ties has already |
| 20950s | built up all of his burst in hand the |
| 20952s | the leroy jenkins double cold blood |
| 20953s | combo is sat in hand already so if |
| 20956s | eviscerate started to get added to that |
| 20958s | he would be under threat of dying very |
| 20960s | quickly |
| 20960s | it's worth noting |
| 20962s | that uh inner has quite a bit of damage |
| 20964s | in his own hand he has double frostbolt |
| 20966s | iceland and fireball |
| 20968s | that i believe adds up to uh well a lot |
| 20973s | right so this goes some way to explain |
| 20975s | the frost nova on the previous time |
| 20977s | because basically if inner can keep that |
| 20979s | ice block up for this turn he |
| 20981s | essentially has auto in proceedings from |
| 20983s | there because if that ice block is |
| 20985s | protected he can alexstrasza on the |
| 20987s | following turn and then he has all the |
| 20988s | burn to back it up so that frost nova |
| 20990s | may look like a waste on just a 3-3 but |
| 20993s | it's just about maximizing his chances |
| 20995s | of protecting 23 life from getting |
| 20997s | popped right now if that can happen |
| 20999s | nothing else matters for inner |
| 21001s | and and ty's here you know trying to |
| 21003s | figure out if there's any way he can |
| 21005s | really deal with this uh this particular |
| 21007s | board |
| 21009s | going to go ahead and dig a little bit |
| 21011s | with the azure drake and looks to be |
| 21013s | thinking about preparation |
| 21017s | yeah it might just be looking to prep |
| 21018s | out a spell make a huge van cleave here |
| 21020s | as he's gonna prep the conceal first |
| 21022s | hide his board van cleef is gonna come |
| 21024s | down as a huge threat but as i |
| 21026s | elaborated on the previous turn this is |
| 21029s | a formality um |
| 21031s | rogue has no way to interact with an ice |
| 21033s | block here which means that alex straza |
| 21035s | is going to come down the other ring |
| 21037s | farcia is in hand but ice lances and |
| 21039s | frostbolts just keep getting drawn and |
| 21042s | uh this is that single copy of urban |
| 21044s | ring faster is not going to be enough to |
| 21046s | get the job done here if if it weren't |
| 21048s | for that uh that iceland's picked up |
| 21051s | tice might have been able to get himself |
| 21053s | out of range to die the immediate |
| 21054s | following turn right inter has just |
| 21056s | enough or more than enough damage to uh |
| 21058s | to close things out despite uh even if |
| 21061s | tice you know breaks the ice block here |
| 21063s | even if ty heals himself inner has all |
| 21065s | the tools he needs |
| 21067s | yep so ty's is just going to go through |
| 21069s | the motions here he'll be strongly |
| 21071s | suspecting that he dies but there'll be |
| 21073s | an inkling in the back of his mind that |
| 21074s | maybe the follow-up here is pyroblast in |
| 21076s | which case i've just pulled myself out |
| 21078s | of range but he's gonna get the sad news |
| 21080s | very very quickly that the combination |
| 21082s | in hand from inner is viable frostbolt |
| 21085s | and icelance and as you go through the |
| 21087s | motions here we can see with our perfect |
| 21089s | 2020 caster vision that the game is over |
| 21092s | and this grand finals in in fitting form |
| 21095s | is going to go all the way down to a |
| 21097s | game seven yeah is going to go ahead and |
| 21099s | break the ice block |
| 21100s | and even conceal his remaining board if |
| 21103s | he chooses |
| 21104s | but doesn't get doesn't end up mattering |
| 21106s | whatsoever inner has everything he needs |
| 21108s | in his hand to burn tice into a crisp |
| 21113s | yep and leads out with the doomsayer |
| 21115s | just for the fun of it second doomsayer |
| 21117s | joins the party they want to watch the |
| 21119s | firework display and here we go fireball |
| 21121s | frost bowl and iceland's comes up the |
| 21124s | end is in fact coming there we go inna |
| 21127s | after you know this this just being |
| 21129s | purely a dream to him just a few months |
| 21131s | ago is now one game one victory one |
| 21135s | mirror match away from picking up a |
| 21138s | ticket to blizzcon and the title of |
| 21140s | european champion yeah we look at his |
| 21142s | face you know he he has played very |
| 21144s | quickly very decisively throughout this |
| 21146s | but i think it's it's really uh setting |
| 21149s | in that he is about to play |
| 21151s | one game of the rogue mirror match to |
| 21153s | determine who will be the europe spring |
| 21156s | champion and will be moving on to |
| 21157s | blizzcon later this year |
| 21159s | and then he's just taking a moment to |
| 21160s | compose himself quick sip of water but |
| 21162s | he's he's come a long way just purely in |
| 21164s | this tournament it has to be said he did |
| 21166s | look a little bit uncomfortable in the |
| 21167s | in the first day he's come out of his |
| 21170s | shell a little bit he looks much more |
| 21171s | accomplished at the desk now and tice is |
| 21174s | uh the one that's looking a little bit |
| 21175s | pensive about perceiving proceedings if |
| 21177s | anything right now i mean ty's he's a |
| 21179s | player who has a lot of a lot of success |
| 21182s | a lot of experience on this kind of |
| 21184s | stage but even if you've been there |
| 21186s | before you know this is this is the |
| 21188s | final game to determine who will be the |
| 21190s | champion and that's stressful for anyone |
| 21192s | you know i i i've been in this kind of |
| 21194s | situation and you know definitely the uh |
| 21197s | the nerves are there no matter how many |
| 21199s | tournaments you may have won in the past |
| 21201s | yeah absolutely but this again for inner |
| 21204s | for sure is the most important game of |
| 21206s | this hearthstone career and we've we've |
| 21208s | talked about the rogue mirror that |
| 21209s | double conceal build for tice does |
| 21211s | possibly give him the slight edge and i |
| 21214s | believe there's only one shadow strike |
| 21216s | in both lists as well which can have a |
| 21217s | big impact shadow strike a very very |
| 21220s | clean removal card in the mid game for |
| 21222s | the pillagers the azir drakes the |
| 21223s | gadgets and auctioneers so tice has |
| 21226s | drawn the early edwin here as well which |
| 21228s | can be another way if there's no sap |
| 21230s | generally sap is just not a card that |
| 21232s | you keep |
| 21233s | so if the early edwin can come down as a |
| 21236s | huge six six eight or beyond then that |
| 21238s | can be uh potentially crushing in the |
| 21241s | match up but suddenly the psychological |
| 21243s | side comes into effect you know do you |
| 21244s | want to bet your tournament life bet the |
| 21247s | european title on going all in on an |
| 21249s | edwin yeah it's definitely a tough |
| 21251s | situation uh tys both players really |
| 21254s | taking their time uh with their mulligan |
| 21256s | decision here i imagine in part they |
| 21258s | don't want to give away any information |
| 21259s | to their opponent before they make their |
| 21261s | own mulligan decisions that's one thing |
| 21263s | that some players don't really pay much |
| 21264s | attention to but your opponent sees the |
| 21267s | number of cars that you mulligan |
| 21269s | as it happens so if you immediately make |
| 21272s | your mulligan decision and uh your |
| 21274s | opponent has the opportunity okay well |
| 21275s | you kept three cards so i know you're |
| 21277s | very likely to have a good hand |
| 21280s | speaking of good hands neither player |
| 21283s | with a particularly exciting one uh |
| 21285s | inner does have the more proactive hand |
| 21286s | barring that edmond van cleef though |
| 21288s | right i mean what i will say is the |
| 21290s | inner actually mulligan very quickly |
| 21291s | that he's just he kept his hand he just |
| 21293s | kept si prep gadgets an auctioneer he |
| 21295s | just thought that was good enough and |
| 21296s | honestly i mean it's not bad i mean |
| 21298s | generally the way i like to mulligan in |
| 21299s | this matchup is that i want threats and |
| 21301s | i want like one tempo card i want a |
| 21303s | deadly poison or a backstab or an |
| 21304s | eviscerate alongside threats so you know |
| 21306s | si agent gadgets an auctioneer and a |
| 21308s | prep kind of you know fulfills that |
| 21310s | requirement for me and he's picked up a |
| 21312s | very very powerful curve picks up the |
| 21313s | tomb pillager and the drake to go along |
| 21316s | with the auctioneer and the prep so he's |
| 21318s | the one that's going to curve out as the |
| 21320s | aggressor here but tice has the |
| 21322s | opportunity to swing proceedings back |
| 21324s | the other way right now with a edwin |
| 21326s | bank cleveland yeah deadly poison allows |
| 21328s | him to remove the si7 agent from his |
| 21330s | opponent's board and coin 6-6 van cleef |
| 21333s | suddenly inner is under a lot of |
| 21336s | pressure |
| 21337s | certainly is he does have the consistent |
| 21339s | curve on his side and with that |
| 21340s | preparation in hand he does have the |
| 21342s | potential to make a huge headwind of his |
| 21344s | own on a following turn but backstab is |
| 21347s | picked up which can allow him now to |
| 21349s | answer this tomb pillager he did have |
| 21350s | the sap already that could just go ahead |
| 21352s | and get rid of it if you wanted to ride |
| 21353s | this edwin to victory but uh blood mage |
| 21356s | backstab is possible as well it does |
| 21358s | already have the deadly poison dagger |
| 21359s | though so it doesn't need the spell |
| 21360s | damage from the blob mage yeah this is |
| 21361s | definitely this is gonna be a pretty uh |
| 21363s | pretty difficult spot an interesting |
| 21365s | spot for tice he does have as you |
| 21367s | mentioned that sap and as you said sap |
| 21369s | is not really a card that has tons of |
| 21371s | application in this particular match-up |
| 21373s | and i think that getting your opponent's |
| 21374s | four drop with it is about as good as |
| 21377s | it's going to get and he's just going to |
| 21379s | go ahead and cold blood edwin van cleef |
| 21381s | so tyson wants to get this over as |
| 21383s | quickly as possible |
| 21384s | 10 damage to interspace and this just i |
| 21387s | spoke about this in the opening you know |
| 21389s | there would be a tendency for a lot of |
| 21391s | players in this situation to play safe |
| 21393s | in this scenario you know tice is not |
| 21396s | that guy he's going to make what he |
| 21397s | thinks is the best play in any situation |
| 21399s | he's going to ignore the exact status of |
| 21401s | the game doesn't matter if this is him |
| 21403s | in his bedroom or him playing for the |
| 21404s | european title if he thinks sap cold |
| 21406s | blood is the play then sap cold blood is |
| 21408s | the play and inner does not find a sap |
| 21410s | of his own we mentioned that inner snap |
| 21412s | kept his hand all three cards we also |
| 21414s | said zap is not a card that you |
| 21415s | generally want early in this matchup so |
| 21417s | ty's able to piece that information and |
| 21420s | and read that inner probably doesn't |
| 21421s | have a sap i can just go in on this |
| 21423s | edwin and end the game as quickly as |
| 21425s | possible and he has 15 damage right now |
| 21428s | he has that second deadly poison that he |
| 21430s | can add to the first victory |
| 21432s | doesn't have the mana this term but if |
| 21434s | there are not dramatic answers picked up |
| 21437s | for inner in the near future tice is |
| 21439s | going to close out this this rogue |
| 21441s | mirror in unexpectedly quick fashion |
| 21444s | inner needs something serious very very |
| 21446s | soon he has auctioneer and a preparation |
| 21448s | in his hand so miracles are possible |
| 21451s | here that the clue is in the name of the |
| 21453s | deck but he's going to have to find |
| 21454s | something |
| 21456s | despite this this huge edge he has right |
| 21459s | now taking his time he doesn't want to |
| 21460s | miss anything he's going to go ahead and |
| 21462s | attack the face right away getting in or |
| 21464s | down to just seven life |
| 21468s | and inner will pick up violet teacher |
| 21470s | that is not gonna help |
| 21472s | he has as you mentioned that auctioneer |
| 21474s | he can prep he can find sap but that |
| 21477s | that's not going to be enough |
| 21479s | oh it's really not you know gadgetzan |
| 21480s | preparation fan of knives is his best |
| 21482s | looking play right now that would allow |
| 21484s | a trade into the 10-6 but the azir drake |
| 21486s | would still remain on the board even if |
| 21488s | a backstab was picked up it couldn't do |
| 21490s | the two damage because the drake was |
| 21492s | already damaged but he sees no better |
| 21494s | option here shiv is picked up that's not |
| 21497s | gonna do anything better than fan of |
| 21498s | knives in this scenario so unless |
| 21501s | backstab is picked up here okay so |
| 21504s | actually the shift first was sensible |
| 21505s | because it meant he could have picked up |
| 21506s | backstab interface but it's too late |
| 21508s | there's nothing there |
| 21510s | tyce is the europe spring champion he'll |
| 21513s | be going back to blizzcon back-to-back |
| 21515s | years wow and that cry that came out |
| 21517s | from thais was audible over here through |
| 21519s | my headset he is a delighted young man |
| 21521s | right now a repeat european champion a |
| 21523s | valiant effort from inner just falling |
| 21526s | at the last hurdle but no shame tys |
| 21529s | continuing his dominance as just one of |
| 21531s | the most dominant hearthstone players we |
| 21533s | have seen in our game short lifespan and |
| 21534s | look at the champion just overwhelmed |
| 21536s | with emotion he is you know a player who |
| 21539s | is so passionate about this game and |
| 21540s | clearly this means a lot to him |
| 21543s | yeah i believe uh we do have dan is |
| 21545s | standing by |
| 21547s | to have a few words with thais i'm sure |
| 21549s | he's a happy boy dan take it away |
| 21551s | ty's a million words must be going |
| 21553s | through your mind right now give me your |
| 21554s | first thoughts now that you're the |
| 21556s | spring champion for europe |
| 21558s | well actually not much words going into |
| 21560s | my mind it's just time now i worked so |
| 21562s | hard for that um |
| 21564s | um already like after last year like it |
| 21566s | was hard to get myself motivation again |
| 21569s | but |
| 21570s | yeah so happy now just super super happy |
| 21572s | what's the secret you're the first |
| 21574s | person to have a repeat champion and |
| 21576s | you've done it again so recently 2015 |
| 21579s | was the year for you and then also |
| 21581s | you're doing it here in the spring |
| 21582s | season tell us ties how do you do it |
| 21585s | well the most important thing is hard |
| 21587s | practice improve look what you can do uh |
| 21590s | better |
| 21591s | people sometimes argue that it is like |
| 21594s | it's hard to be consistent in the game |
| 21595s | but i actually think that hard working |
| 21597s | and playing a lot preparing a lot |
| 21600s | works out |
| 21601s | how does this field of eight players |
| 21603s | that you're able to try for the hundreds |
| 21604s | over compared to last year seems like it |
| 21606s | was extremely difficult once again yeah |
| 21608s | it feels amazing uh it's just again like |
| 21611s | i'm so happy that it pays off i put a |
| 21613s | lot of time into it and yeah that it |
| 21615s | works off i i just have to give a really |
| 21617s | big shout out to uh some of my practice |
| 21620s | partners that uh especially stan sifka |
| 21623s | and radhu day bear the last days when i |
| 21625s | was here also in america they every time |
| 21627s | that i would like to play they were |
| 21628s | there for me |
| 21630s | life coach also jj like they have been |
| 21633s | without them i can't stay here and of |
| 21635s | course the team g2 |
| 21637s | absolutely congratulations twice we like |
| 21639s | to present you the trophy it's a little |
| 21640s | bit heavy |
| 21642s | but once again i present to you the |
| 21644s | spring championship winner tice from the |
| 21647s | netherlands |
| 21651s | hard fought and well learned well played |
| 21654s | congratulations to tyce and we're done |
| 21656s | over here let's send over to the desk to |
| 21658s | break down what happened and how that |
| 21660s | all went down over to the sidebar |
| 21665s | thanks very much once again a big |
| 21667s | congratulations to thais we're actually |
| 21668s | gonna get a few extended words with him |
| 21671s | after we're done recapping the day here |
| 21672s | but we're gonna give him a chance to |
| 21674s | celebrate to reset we can actually hear |
| 21677s | him celebrating with some of his friends |
| 21678s | across the stage but uh |
| 21680s | i i to be honest it was a a well fall |
| 21683s | tournament a well-fought day but at the |
| 21684s | end of it all our predictions were |
| 21686s | correct |
| 21687s | and i i'm not surprised talk to me about |
| 21689s | uh tyson's run through this tournament |
| 21691s | uh it's truly amazing to see somebody be |
| 21693s | so consistent in a card game and there's |
| 21695s | it's always that uh your cards aren't |
| 21697s | even random order in your deck and |
| 21698s | seeing somebody be so consistent |
| 21701s | do so well every time it's just a |
| 21703s | pleasure to watch and i'm actually |
| 21705s | really emotional right now for him |
| 21706s | because we i've known dice for a long |
| 21707s | time and just such a well deserved |
| 21709s | victory |
| 21710s | yeah he's an impossible guy not to like |
| 21712s | you know even when i i went and spoke to |
| 21714s | him after he defeated loya and was |
| 21715s | having a few words to him then and he's |
| 21717s | just such a engaging happy enthusiastic |
| 21719s | character he thinks about the game the |
| 21721s | right way he you know he reacts to |
| 21723s | defeat he reacts to bad variance in the |
| 21725s | right way he just understands what it |
| 21727s | takes to really just keep going and just |
| 21729s | get the volume of games underneath his |
| 21730s | belt that means he has the experience to |
| 21733s | come out on top over and over again yeah |
| 21735s | i remember watching ty she's sort of an |
| 21737s | icon for up-and-coming players who want |
| 21739s | to get their foothold in competitive |
| 21741s | hearthstone i remember watching in 2014 |
| 21744s | two years ago tice make his way he was |
| 21746s | like a seven time in a row champion on |
| 21748s | like deck wars which is a king of the |
| 21749s | hill style tournament uh back before |
| 21751s | there was a hearthstone championship |
| 21752s | door back before anything so it's really |
| 21754s | cool to see him be the first player to |
| 21756s | sort of have those back-to-back uh |
| 21758s | championships not necessarily |
| 21759s | back-to-back but two uh in a very short |
| 21761s | period of time now let's take one last |
| 21763s | look at tyson's entire run uh through |
| 21766s | the championship uh why don't you go |
| 21768s | through uh some of the people that ty |
| 21770s | speed on his way uh to be the europe |
| 21772s | spring champion yeah after the crueling |
| 21773s | preliminary stais in this tournament but |
| 21775s | managed to first beat his first opponent |
| 21777s | turner |
| 21778s | after that lyon |
| 21780s | and now finally inner |
| 21783s | in a seven game series i'm actually a |
| 21784s | little bit scared for summer season |
| 21785s | because the finals was so awesome it's |
| 21788s | going to be hard to beat but i'm sure |
| 21789s | we're going to get another one another |
| 21791s | good one then yeah and for all to come |
| 21793s | down into rogue mirror i was actually |
| 21794s | joking with dan on the side i was like |
| 21796s | out of all of the matchups to see in the |
| 21799s | seventh game if i was either player i |
| 21801s | would not want to go into a rogue mirror |
| 21802s | matchup yeah and it was crazy because |
| 21804s | when i saw the mulligan came out i made |
| 21806s | the point of you know how brave do you |
| 21808s | have to be to bet the title on van cleef |
| 21811s | right because |
| 21812s | suddenly if sap comes out you've |
| 21814s | committed these resources to a vancleave |
| 21815s | to the board you you lose the game and |
| 21817s | not only did he commit to the van cleef |
| 21818s | he committed to the cold blood line |
| 21820s | straight afterwards like he knew he was |
| 21822s | playing the percentages he knew most of |
| 21824s | the time sap was not going to be there |
| 21826s | if most of the time sap isn't going to |
| 21828s | be there most of the time you're the |
| 21830s | european champion so you know the laws |
| 21832s | of card games and playing the |
| 21833s | percentages makes that the right line to |
| 21835s | take tice had the discipline and the |
| 21837s | guts to take it and he got paid out for |
| 21839s | it it was awesome to see |
| 21840s | all right well now we have |
| 21843s | one player who's won |
| 21845s | two championships titus of course |
| 21846s | winning the 2015 europe championship and |
| 21849s | now the spring championship for 2016. |
| 21852s | what does this mean for competitive |
| 21854s | hearthstone because a lot of people say |
| 21855s | how long is it gonna be before we have a |
| 21856s | repeat champion well it wasn't that long |
| 21858s | so what does this mean for for |
| 21859s | competitive arson in the long run now |
| 21861s | that we have a repeat champion already |
| 21863s | i mean i am feeling quite inspired by |
| 21865s | just just seeing how it's possible to |
| 21867s | even even even like do things like ties |
| 21869s | does we play so well so consistently |
| 21871s | piloting five decks in a difficult best |
| 21873s | of seven format |
| 21875s | why am i wearing this tooth i want to |
| 21876s | play |
| 21879s | yeah sado i i know uh you're sort of |
| 21882s | like ceviche as well you guys sort of |
| 21883s | made the transition from from player to |
| 21885s | cash did you see did you think it was |
| 21887s | going to be this short amount of time |
| 21888s | before we saw someone take two regional |
| 21891s | championships no i absolutely didn't you |
| 21893s | know i think it was great when standard |
| 21896s | first came in that it seemed like it was |
| 21898s | rewarding better players more often you |
| 21900s | know there was less individual power |
| 21902s | cards that were above the power curve |
| 21903s | you know games weren't being decided by |
| 21905s | who drew deathspite who drew dr boom you |
| 21907s | know the the power level was more |
| 21909s | balanced throughout people were getting |
| 21910s | more time to make decisions and outplay |
| 21912s | each other but |
| 21913s | it's still a card game right like this |
| 21915s | you still have to expect a certain level |
| 21917s | of variance inbuilt to the fact that |
| 21918s | you're just randomly drawing a card each |
| 21920s | turn so the fact that someone can |
| 21922s | overcome all that and be so consistent |
| 21924s | and consistency is such a buzzword with |
| 21926s | tice but you can't get away from it |
| 21928s | because it's true he just keeps winning |
| 21931s | and that's phenomenal all right well we |
| 21933s | do have mr consistency himself standing |
| 21936s | by with dan to give his extended |
| 21937s | thoughts on his championship run |
| 21941s | thanks guys i'm joined by tice on the |
| 21943s | winner's desk that's right this is your |
| 21945s | platform no one else can join you ties |
| 21947s | because you're the champion we already |
| 21948s | got your initial feelings we want to |
| 21949s | take this opportunity to break down a |
| 21951s | lot more about just your wins |
| 21953s | specifically so we walk through each |
| 21955s | game of the series your victories and |
| 21957s | just talk about some of the mindsets |
| 21958s | that you had because you know there's a |
| 21960s | lot of elaborate strategy that does go |
| 21961s | into the finals now that you guys have |
| 21963s | so much information and this series |
| 21965s | thankfully did take some time to think |
| 21967s | out so let's go ahead and roll the first |
| 21968s | clip and start off with game number one |
| 21970s | where you're able to win reno lock |
| 21972s | versus the zoo warlock what was some of |
| 21973s | the mindset as you were watching this |
| 21975s | flood coming at you well this is one of |
| 21977s | the games i prepared a lot for um it's |
| 21980s | also my warlock it's pretty anti-aggro |
| 21982s | like i actually have all the expensive |
| 21984s | cards here in the hand but what is |
| 21985s | really important i try to play the zoom |
| 21987s | mirror as long as i can at some moment |
| 21989s | you will lose it as the reno warlock but |
| 21991s | as long as you can like fight for the |
| 21992s | board at the end of the game your aoe |
| 21994s | effects are getting really strong and |
| 21996s | normally you want to hold on on them a |
| 21998s | bit longer than playing them on turn |
| 22000s | four five already we'll give you the uh |
| 22002s | the gall to go for this ragnaros play in |
| 22005s | soul fire even though it doesn't have a |
| 22007s | it's not a high chance to directly win i |
| 22009s | mean i think it's a pretty good play but |
| 22011s | i want you to go and explain it yeah |
| 22012s | here it was actually a hard call to make |
| 22014s | because i actually had also two uh with |
| 22017s | the sylvanas and fender code also set up |
| 22018s | the board really well but it will cost |
| 22020s | him so much to trade back in the board |
| 22022s | and i knew that even with a discard i |
| 22024s | could most likely still drop |
| 22026s | dropped two cards i felt comfortable |
| 22028s | going for this play even if rekt will |
| 22030s | miss it will still kill an a reasonable |
| 22032s | two drop so i felt fine with going here |
| 22034s | for direct i didn't felt it was like too |
| 22037s | aggressive or too yolo sure did you |
| 22039s | expect zoulog right off the bat from him |
| 22042s | i was pretty confident he will start |
| 22044s | with two and this is something that is |
| 22046s | hard to maybe explain but yeah people |
| 22048s | have favored decks and when it comes to |
| 22051s | a lot of pressure down people start |
| 22052s | often with decks they are a bit more |
| 22054s | comfortable with and sure i that is one |
| 22057s | of the things that i always try to yeah |
| 22059s | abuse in some way that i can get an |
| 22061s | advantage and i felt that i it worked |
| 22063s | out in all my three series i felt that i |
| 22065s | had a lot of good matchups going into |
| 22067s | you yeah it seemed like you castly got |
| 22068s | the edge on people at least in the first |
| 22070s | game i think definitely worked out in |
| 22072s | your favor i guess the last question i |
| 22073s | want to ask about that first game and |
| 22075s | ultimately the arena warlock is do you |
| 22076s | feel like um like what's the overall |
| 22079s | piece of the strategy for a lineup that |
| 22081s | reno lock fits uh reno lock fits um it |
| 22084s | beats kind of almost all the control |
| 22086s | decks when people go for really greedy |
| 22088s | decks within the shot for example it's a |
| 22090s | you have really good matchups but you |
| 22091s | can you don't have to weld it in any |
| 22093s | greedy way with just a lot of early game |
| 22095s | as you see i played a soulfire also what |
| 22098s | is um really good against aggro and just |
| 22101s | people also in a burst combination i |
| 22103s | feel the card is like one of the best |
| 22105s | cards in the deck and |
| 22107s | yeah just yeah really really solid uh |
| 22111s | deck i'm just a big fan uh reno one of |
| 22114s | my favorite decks to bring would you |
| 22115s | change any card if you want if someone |
| 22117s | wants to take this reno warlock and head |
| 22118s | to ladder well i think actually this is |
| 22121s | one of the the arena lock it might be |
| 22123s | from the five decks if i look over it |
| 22125s | some decks you should probably not play |
| 22126s | on leather but the reno lock is one of |
| 22128s | the better ones i went to the top 10 |
| 22130s | also last season with almost a similar |
| 22132s | list |
| 22133s | and yeah i think especially the kodo is |
| 22137s | also i like it at the moment i was |
| 22139s | thinking of putting it out but yeah |
| 22140s | there is still like some doomsday and |
| 22142s | against warrior it's pretty fine i think |
| 22144s | this list is actually uh pretty solid i |
| 22146s | don't think you need to good any late |
| 22148s | game i'm only running ragnaros and alex |
| 22151s | absolutely check out the batman website |
| 22152s | by the way to check out tyson's list as |
| 22154s | we go into the second game uh where |
| 22156s | you're able to use aggro shaman to beat |
| 22158s | his freeze mage in game number four uh |
| 22160s | specifically with this matchup it's |
| 22161s | really tough for freeze mage but you |
| 22163s | also had uh some pretty good opportunity |
| 22165s | to line up some cool plays specifically |
| 22167s | with setting up a position yourself to |
| 22169s | to threaten with that hundred hero power |
| 22171s | um yeah there are some specific cars |
| 22172s | that are really good against freeze-mage |
| 22174s | for example the doomhammer and the four |
| 22176s | mana seven the faceless that is these |
| 22178s | cards are so good because they have to |
| 22181s | spend so much and then do memories just |
| 22182s | 16 damage against freeze match he |
| 22184s | actually had a price i had an okay hand |
| 22187s | but he had a quite good start too so it |
| 22188s | went actually i |
| 22190s | it went harder than i was hoping for but |
| 22192s | yeah at the end like it has so much |
| 22194s | burst damage and if there is one |
| 22196s | weakness of uh free smash is also |
| 22198s | getting bursted down by spells would you |
| 22200s | keep doomhammer in your opening hand |
| 22201s | against freeze mage if you knew it was |
| 22203s | for sure um |
| 22204s | if i had at least like one or two drop i |
| 22207s | would keep it yeah and that's actually |
| 22208s | the same that i will do uh in my |
| 22210s | semi-final uh match against loin for |
| 22213s | example there was a control warrior and |
| 22215s | if there is you know there is no |
| 22216s | harrison and that is a bit of the |
| 22217s | advantage you have in tournaments if |
| 22219s | there is no harrison do memory 16 damage |
| 22221s | and which car deals deal 16 damage |
| 22224s | doomhammer does yeah |
| 22226s | does i can answer that one uh and i mean |
| 22229s | people are looking at shaman right now |
| 22230s | as the go-to class is it too strong not |
| 22233s | to bring to a tournament |
| 22234s | i think it is too strong to not bring |
| 22236s | especially if you have to gain five |
| 22237s | decks with three likes you can consider |
| 22239s | not bringing it because there might be |
| 22240s | some strategies uh where echo shaman |
| 22243s | just doesn't fit or midterm shaman but |
| 22245s | yeah i would say shaman is a top three |
| 22247s | class and |
| 22248s | i'm it is the deck i have spent the |
| 22251s | least time on because i feel how more i |
| 22253s | play with the deck i'm i can improve |
| 22255s | more with my other decks |
| 22256s | so um yeah it's it's a bit |
| 22258s | straightforward but really really strong |
| 22261s | in tournament and on leather is there |
| 22262s | any card you change specifically people |
| 22264s | want to take this to top legend as well |
| 22267s | um |
| 22268s | you can consider like i'm playing a |
| 22270s | really more aggressive uh i think the |
| 22272s | touch card totemic is way is so insane i |
| 22275s | hate the guard but it's uh it's so good |
| 22278s | uh it's better than a feral spirit so i |
| 22280s | will always go for i was actually |
| 22282s | thinking of cutting feral spirits well |
| 22283s | it's not the biggest thing from it yeah |
| 22284s | interesting and one of them were both of |
| 22286s | them |
| 22287s | probably one of them |
| 22290s | kind of like the horse rider a lot not |
| 22291s | sure if the thing from below is always |
| 22293s | that consistent but if you drop it |
| 22295s | sometimes for four or five mana it still |
| 22297s | seems to be pretty reasonable all right |
| 22299s | cool let's roll into the third game that |
| 22301s | you're able to win which is the |
| 22302s | mid-range hunter up against a miracle |
| 22304s | rogue a super pivotal game in the series |
| 22307s | talk to me about things that you're |
| 22309s | keeping in mind during this game yeah |
| 22311s | this is a matchup that i favor the |
| 22313s | hunter a lot in i actually had a really |
| 22315s | rough start by not going aggressive but |
| 22317s | this is the match up where you have to |
| 22319s | be aggressive you have to press your |
| 22320s | hero power a lot as you see i had double |
| 22323s | jaime all the time i just never want to |
| 22325s | play it it's so bad of a card i prefer |
| 22328s | doing and steady like just pressing my |
| 22330s | hero power once than playing in highmane |
| 22332s | in this match japan i know that it |
| 22334s | sometimes you really roll over rogue in |
| 22336s | 50 of the games and then the other 50 |
| 22339s | you really have to fight to get every |
| 22340s | amount of damage in and yeah i was |
| 22343s | actually not happy i had also looked |
| 22344s | here then i picked up the scary i picked |
| 22346s | up the kill command but gave me a bit |
| 22348s | more out and um |
| 22350s | yeah at the end then i also the reason i |
| 22353s | kill commanded here already was also |
| 22355s | giving myself a bit more outs with call |
| 22356s | of the wild for example i know he had an |
| 22358s | earthen ring sadly he drew it a bit too |
| 22361s | late yeah |
| 22362s | last card i love the deadly shot play |
| 22365s | too make sure that your opponent can't |
| 22366s | get a spell to use with the gadsden |
| 22368s | auctioneer uh with sap so he had the zap |
| 22370s | in hand if you played the highmane |
| 22372s | instead of just deadly shot randomly |
| 22374s | plus you might have the upside of |
| 22375s | killing the gadgets and auctioneer too |
| 22376s | very good i think that was a play of the |
| 22377s | series for me on my end um and hunter in |
| 22380s | general has been pretty underrated is |
| 22382s | that what you feel as well for a class |
| 22384s | like this in tournaments i think hunter |
| 22386s | is my is my best deck here i think |
| 22389s | hunter in tournaments is really good on |
| 22391s | leather it's struggles i i won't advise |
| 22393s | this deck for leather the reason for |
| 22395s | that is as you see i made my deck |
| 22397s | really attacked with the camel and it's |
| 22399s | so good there are only two matchups |
| 22401s | where to hurt you against and that is |
| 22402s | zoo and shaman so i've been |
| 22405s | what you probably know i ban shaman |
| 22407s | mainly and i take the loose against zoo |
| 22409s | and it's favored against everything else |
| 22411s | it's so strong around the field |
| 22414s | how more decks you need like for five |
| 22416s | decks it's it's probably my best deck i |
| 22418s | it destroyed everything in practice yeah |
| 22421s | yeah there you go don't uh don't try us |
| 22422s | at home because you're gonna run into |
| 22424s | your own fair share shamans pulling |
| 22425s | tunnel trucks i don't know if that's |
| 22427s | what you want |
| 22428s | let's go into the fourth game here uh |
| 22429s | where you're able to finally seal the |
| 22431s | deal miracle rogue versus miracle rogue |
| 22433s | and some of the the ballsy plays i mean |
| 22435s | it wasn't an uprooted ancient of war but |
| 22437s | it might as well be when you attach it |
| 22439s | as a 10-6 what what gave you the courage |
| 22441s | to make this play and specifically the |
| 22442s | reads i |
| 22444s | saw that he kept the ball hand so that |
| 22445s | is a really dangerous thing if the row |
| 22447s | goes uh uh if the rogue is going first |
| 22450s | and he keeps everything one really that |
| 22452s | you make is that he has like probably |
| 22453s | pillager auctioneer maybe prep things |
| 22456s | and also readers they don't keep scepter |
| 22458s | you you don't keep really step in the |
| 22460s | mirror i was actually considering doing |
| 22461s | it sometimes myself because there are |
| 22463s | two ways you win you go for a really |
| 22465s | aggressive advent or you um or you win |
| 22468s | like with the gadgets and during the |
| 22470s | game but |
| 22471s | yeah when i saw him keeping the whole |
| 22472s | hand i saw my hand what wasn't that good |
| 22474s | at all i i knew that i had to go all in |
| 22477s | here because i would never win the in a |
| 22479s | later stage yeah i think that ended up |
| 22481s | being the key of course from this point |
| 22482s | on it was kind of a blowout because he |
| 22483s | just kept digging but that's so |
| 22485s | interesting you were paying attention to |
| 22486s | every card that he kept and uh that |
| 22488s | helped you make some a decision whether |
| 22490s | or not you can actually go aggressive or |
| 22491s | not a job well done how good is rogue in |
| 22493s | your opinion for the latter these days |
| 22495s | that people want to start emulating this |
| 22496s | kind of play i think rogue is not a |
| 22499s | really good letter that could just |
| 22500s | struggle so much against shaman so yeah |
| 22503s | it fits amazing in my strategy by |
| 22504s | banning shaman you |
| 22506s | put the worst matchup away and i don't |
| 22509s | think it's that |
| 22511s | you can play it on leather it's fine you |
| 22512s | can but i will take it a bit more maybe |
| 22514s | against uh a bit more against the shaman |
| 22517s | bit |
| 22518s | i will i won't mind playing like double |
| 22519s | earth from the ring and did that kind of |
| 22522s | stuff double deadly poison is probably |
| 22523s | not the right uh leather tech also sure |
| 22526s | but um it's okay for leather but |
| 22528s | probably not gonna yeah it's just it's |
| 22530s | also not that good against zoo anymore |
| 22533s | it's okay only the true rogue loyalists |
| 22535s | will uh yeah |
| 22537s | well you talked a little bit about your |
| 22538s | band deck strategy of shaman would you |
| 22540s | ever consider changing your shaman band |
| 22541s | at all if |
| 22542s | if you hit a specific player in the |
| 22544s | lineup like george c for example has |
| 22545s | murloc pound that's really weird would |
| 22547s | that change at all if you faced against |
| 22548s | him um i had some shamans like if there |
| 22550s | were people with a really late game |
| 22552s | mid-range shaman and they had zul i |
| 22555s | would probably bend the zoo because |
| 22557s | these two decks were a bit rough for my |
| 22559s | lineup uh against inner i was actually |
| 22561s | considering banning sue because i was |
| 22563s | really expecting the warrior band so i |
| 22564s | was like yeah that's my best matchup |
| 22566s | against who i don't have that much you |
| 22568s | can sue anymore but yeah my decks were |
| 22570s | so bad against xiamen that i was kind of |
| 22572s | forced to steal bennett but i mean you |
| 22574s | knew you could ban so you could left |
| 22575s | that hole purposely so that way you can |
| 22577s | be better yeah i i feel if you want to |
| 22579s | attack your decks against chaminade |
| 22580s | herzl especially against five decks i |
| 22582s | don't wanna like focus on one or two |
| 22584s | certain thing classes they have to be |
| 22585s | strong overall yeah absolutely i see |
| 22587s | like a noticeable missing of like no |
| 22589s | harrison jones for example just like |
| 22591s | because people usually play the shutdown |
| 22592s | doomhammer um so ultimately if you were |
| 22595s | to pick one out of your five decks which |
| 22597s | you think is the best to ladder with and |
| 22599s | start climbing so they too can be also a |
| 22601s | champion |
| 22603s | well i had a lot of success with the |
| 22605s | temple boy i think that is one of the |
| 22607s | decks that i really didn't like here it |
| 22608s | was my deck that i'm slightly regretting |
| 22612s | not totally regretting because i didn't |
| 22613s | find the fifth better deck but really |
| 22616s | good it's for example way better on |
| 22618s | leather and i would say the arena lock |
| 22620s | like my reno lock i think it's really |
| 22621s | well made it's really good against aggro |
| 22624s | it's really good against |
| 22625s | the control decks and |
| 22627s | might struggle a bit against rogue but |
| 22629s | that's really it |
| 22630s | okay cool and then any last piece of |
| 22633s | advice you'd give to somebody who also |
| 22635s | is watching you and is inspired and now |
| 22636s | also wants to take your title away from |
| 22638s | you |
| 22640s | i would say um |
| 22642s | it starts with like playing a lot but |
| 22643s | what is really impo important is you |
| 22645s | want to improve yourself analyze your |
| 22647s | place |
| 22648s | what i always do is like i'll go back |
| 22650s | over my matches there are always ways to |
| 22652s | improve i think i played really well |
| 22654s | here but i'm pretty sure that i still |
| 22655s | have all also room to improve there i |
| 22657s | think it's just try to yeah |
| 22660s | be motivated and |
| 22662s | i'm pretty sure like if you work hard i |
| 22664s | really believe in that if you work hard |
| 22666s | you will reach your goal and then you |
| 22667s | can become the next european champion |
| 22670s | wow you can frame that and put that in |
| 22672s | your wall for anybody who wants to |
| 22673s | become also a europe champion there's |
| 22675s | the summer season so make sure to get |
| 22676s | your games in on ranked play as well as |
| 22678s | sign up for those open tournaments uh |
| 22680s | that's pretty much it tys thank you so |
| 22682s | much for any final words you want to say |
| 22683s | before i wrap things up talk about next |
| 22684s | week's schedule no just everybody here |
| 22687s | also uh i know there are a lot of |
| 22689s | supporters also in twitch like i |
| 22692s | super amazing to have so much support i |
| 22694s | really really uh it gives a lot of |
| 22695s | energy it gives a lot of motivation to |
| 22697s | keep going yeah and just again like |
| 22700s | now in g2 with my uh it's amazing my |
| 22702s | teammates all my practice partners |
| 22705s | there are too much to say thank uh |
| 22707s | thanks to but yeah especially like with |
| 22709s | um steve conrad who have been with me |
| 22711s | the last two weeks that has been just |
| 22713s | super amazing |
| 22715s | what a what an incredible journey man |
| 22716s | congratulations couldn't be happier for |
| 22718s | you and we'll see you at the heart of |
| 22719s | the world championship you're guaranteed |
| 22720s | to go to blizzcon uh that's i could yeah |
| 22723s | take it easy now it's it's amazing i |
| 22725s | mean you my last month it was so much |
| 22728s | just playing i have played every day |
| 22729s | like seven eight hours just to improve |
| 22731s | be ready here and i'm yeah |
| 22734s | now i'm just so happy that it's paid off |
| 22736s | i think all the players and cast can |
| 22737s | also agree a job well done and thank you |
| 22740s | so much everyone who's been able to tune |
| 22741s | in for the journey next weekend we're |
| 22743s | going to continue our path to crown yet |
| 22745s | another champion june 17th to 18th |
| 22748s | starting from 9 p.m pacific we're going |
| 22751s | to have the asia pacific spring |
| 22753s | championship featuring the best players |
| 22754s | from korea taiwan southeast asia uh |
| 22757s | australia slash new zealand uh that area |
| 22759s | is just gonna be really fun to watch we |
| 22761s | have some other casters coming in like |
| 22762s | doha too making a return can't wait to |
| 22765s | see him and then we also have the spring |
| 22767s | championship for the americas june 25th |
| 22770s | to 26th that's going to be 12 hours |
| 22772s | different at 9 00 a.m pacific very |
| 22775s | similar to how we did europe as well and |
| 22777s | that's pretty much it make sure to go |
| 22779s | out there once again congratulate tyus |
| 22781s | on twitter at g2 ties and thank you so |
| 22783s | much guys for watching we'll see you |
| 22784s | guys next week for more hearthstone |
| 22785s | championship tour action frodan everyone |
| 22787s | else here thank you so much and have a |
| 22789s | good night |
| 22791s | in the fifth china versus eu tournament |
| 22794s | tice went all the way to the finals to |
| 22797s | play for the prize of either two hundred |
| 22799s | thousand dollars or an aston martin |
| 22803s | the two previous years were won by |
| 22805s | chinese players and tice was going up |
| 22807s | against xiaoti one of the players we |
| 22810s | know now is the best in china with such |
| 22813s | a huge prize pool up for grabs both |
| 22815s | tyson xiaoti were feeling the pressure |
| 22818s | but that did not stop them from giving |
| 22819s | us an incredibly tense series and ending |
| 22823s | with tice jumping into an aston martin |
| 22826s | you just see that you are 10 steps away |
| 22829s | from an aston martin and we're getting |
| 22831s | off to a |
| 22832s | zoolock mirror to start off |
| 22835s | tice has prince keleseth and had the |
| 22838s | decision to keep tar creeper but i think |
| 22840s | he wants more one drops than that and |
| 22843s | xiaoti doesn't look like he has the most |
| 22846s | you know beneficial hand especially |
| 22848s | being on the play is going to really |
| 22849s | need to find a one drop here yeah he |
| 22852s | does get it and it is a one drop that is |
| 22855s | not ideal this coupled librarian but it |
| 22857s | can at least challenge what might be a |
| 22859s | coin callous esperantise in fact if this |
| 22861s | draws a one drop i might expect them to |
| 22863s | just hold back on the keller staff for a |
| 22865s | bit because if you coin that and then |
| 22867s | just play a one drop it's kind of a |
| 22868s | waste |
| 22869s | um |
| 22870s | to only |
| 22871s | buff one additional minion by plus one |
| 22873s | plus one |
| 22876s | yeah ty's has a hard decision here you |
| 22879s | could go for that coin prince kelly |
| 22881s | which is a very appetizing play the |
| 22883s | issue is exactly what you said you don't |
| 22885s | have follow-up to this play so if you go |
| 22888s | coin prince kelset then to life tap and |
| 22890s | your opponent is just playing minion |
| 22891s | after minion that could be very very bad |
| 22894s | for you especially seeing how xiaoti has |
| 22897s | soul infusion |
| 22899s | voidwalker but you know it looks like |
| 22901s | tyson is going to take this risk just go |
| 22903s | ahead and play out that prince kalasath |
| 22905s | and utilize the buff as quickly as |
| 22907s | possible as long as he gets a one drop |
| 22909s | next turn it should be good enough and |
| 22911s | xiaoti with the three |
| 22913s | five which can come up to the board and |
| 22915s | have taunt is actually so so powerful in |
| 22918s | the mirror it can take two maybe even |
| 22920s | three value trades because he has this |
| 22922s | fungal enchanter to heal it up on the |
| 22924s | next turn i do not see how he could ever |
| 22927s | pass up on this you can even coin out |
| 22929s | with half uh curve out with happy cool |
| 22931s | with the fungal next turn and this is a |
| 22933s | hand to maybe beat a kalos at pen if |
| 22936s | i've ever seen like |
| 22937s | yeah so what i actually really like here |
| 22939s | is i would like to see xiaoti just pass |
| 22941s | this turn |
| 22942s | and not even swing anywhere with the two |
| 22944s | one not trade and not take the face |
| 22946s | damage and just kind of tell tyse that |
| 22949s | he needs to have you know some kind of |
| 22951s | uh he needs to have you know |
| 22954s | a way to light like he would have to |
| 22956s | life tap this turn sorry i'm stumbling |
| 22957s | over my words but with the face it you |
| 22959s | do leave yourself vulnerable to happy |
| 22961s | eagle coming out whereas if you just had |
| 22963s | past that turn you force twice a life |
| 22965s | tap and then you can just take a value |
| 22967s | trade and do the fungal enchanter so i |
| 22969s | don't quite like the hit but you know |
| 22972s | not going to get punished for it here as |
| 22973s | there is no way to enable that happy |
| 22976s | goal |
| 22977s | that is quite next level not even going |
| 22979s | for the face hit they're kind of |
| 22980s | cosplaying like playing around |
| 22982s | an even lock and you don't want the hook |
| 22984s | reaver to come down but yeah you |
| 22986s | really explain that well and you |
| 22988s | definitely see the argument for it |
| 22990s | having two damage this early on wouldn't |
| 22992s | make too much of a difference but now |
| 22994s | that he's started the damage you have no |
| 22996s | choice but to keep it going and this |
| 22998s | board from xiaoti on turn three is |
| 23001s | looking kind of insurmountable even with |
| 23003s | a kalos expo |
| 23006s | yeah it's pretty crazy to think that you |
| 23008s | know kelly's up in the hands but tice is |
| 23010s | just having a really rough time |
| 23012s | especially not being able to |
| 23014s | really combat these minions right now |
| 23016s | just kind of it's a force to play out |
| 23018s | this doubling amp just to put something |
| 23021s | on the board and right now if xiaoti |
| 23024s | wants to do so knowing that the next |
| 23026s | best play next turn is just you know a |
| 23028s | saronite chain gang that's potentially |
| 23030s | buffed up could just keep playing onto |
| 23032s | the board and just |
| 23034s | keep wailing away i think value traits |
| 23036s | need to come out here if he does go for |
| 23038s | the sarah knight chain gang however but |
| 23040s | you know he can just push a lot of |
| 23041s | damage facing this game could end very |
| 23042s | quickly i definitely like just the one |
| 23045s | value trade there because even if the |
| 23048s | doubling gets a trade onto one of the |
| 23050s | saronites you can still trade away your |
| 23052s | kobold librarian and if that is he even |
| 23055s | needs to do so shouty is presenting oh |
| 23058s | my gosh 15 damage on board with life |
| 23060s | drinker that's 18 tice is at 19. they'll |
| 23064s | probably heal with the voodoo doctor and |
| 23066s | i'm actually really surprised to see |
| 23068s | this trade from xiaoti come out i feel |
| 23069s | like he really needed to push his |
| 23071s | advantage there but most of the time |
| 23073s | there should still be enough i think |
| 23075s | even with the double happy ghoul coming |
| 23076s | out from thais this turn |
| 23078s | yeah i think more so the reason jyoti |
| 23080s | went for that trade is he's he was |
| 23082s | worried about the potential for a fungal |
| 23084s | enchanter happy gold turn from tice i |
| 23087s | think as long as he trades there he's |
| 23088s | fine because this board is |
| 23089s | insurmountable for tice and there's not |
| 23092s | much that tice really can't do besides |
| 23094s | kind of hail mary this solarium he needs |
| 23096s | to find something here five drop isn't |
| 23099s | it |
| 23100s | that's a bit of a start but |
| 23101s | that's not what you're looking for |
| 23103s | it was quite awful indeed those are two |
| 23106s | of the best cards that you need to |
| 23107s | discard and |
| 23109s | nothing that's playable along with this |
| 23112s | void walker tyce doesn't really want to |
| 23114s | be soul infusioning his fungal mancer |
| 23117s | but he doesn't really have the choice at |
| 23118s | this point |
| 23120s | and i gotta say that |
| 23121s | the coining out of the kellogg really |
| 23123s | came out came back to bite twice they're |
| 23126s | not having a good play to follow it up |
| 23128s | um it's also that |
| 23130s | it gave shaoti |
| 23132s | more room to play around or to not have |
| 23135s | to play around a fungal mansur you see |
| 23137s | on turn four there he could have maybe |
| 23139s | gone faze because the coin fungal dancer |
| 23141s | wasn't a possibility at that point |
| 23145s | and ty's thought there long hard about |
| 23146s | whether he wanted to use the soul |
| 23148s | infusion there to buff up this fungal |
| 23149s | mancer i think he has to |
| 23152s | just for the reason |
| 23154s | that he's not going to live long enough |
| 23156s | to be able to buff up the chain gang and |
| 23158s | play it in the next couple of turns i |
| 23160s | think he needs this fungal master to be |
| 23162s | more impactful when it does hit the |
| 23164s | board but it's very unfortunate that |
| 23166s | soul infusion went onto the fungal |
| 23167s | master and not the chain gang for the |
| 23168s | next couple of turns |
| 23170s | and xiaoti is unfortunately healthy so |
| 23173s | this life drinker is not going to |
| 23176s | actually activate the happy ghouls i'm |
| 23178s | not surprised to see the solarium at all |
| 23181s | doesn't quite have the mana to play a |
| 23183s | five drop which is unfortunate but he at |
| 23185s | least hits a one and a three and the |
| 23188s | doubling imp doesn't have space at the |
| 23190s | moment but of course chelsea can trade |
| 23192s | off his kobold librarian to make room |
| 23197s | yeah i think xiaoti was really searching |
| 23198s | for that second fungal enchanter there |
| 23200s | as that would have just been |
| 23202s | game ending in and of itself but you |
| 23205s | know he still has a very strong board |
| 23207s | state and he's already seen |
| 23208s | one of the typical dreadlords discarded |
| 23210s | from tice i remember correctly tice does |
| 23213s | play two of the dreadlords he does he |
| 23216s | was expecting more odd pounds in the |
| 23218s | tournament so this is a bit of a risk |
| 23221s | that's right so tyus now |
| 23224s | even though the funko nancer looks like |
| 23227s | it creates two monstrous minions they're |
| 23229s | only actually able to clear two things |
| 23231s | so i think tais is forced to play down |
| 23233s | the ceremony chain gun it's quite good |
| 23235s | in the sense that um only one of the |
| 23237s | minions can get value traded because |
| 23239s | they assume he'll put his far far into |
| 23241s | the void walker and then thais can also |
| 23244s | heal it back up with the voodoo doctor |
| 23248s | yeah it appears to be tyson's only sort |
| 23251s | of play if he goes for the fungal mancer |
| 23254s | here |
| 23255s | pretty sure he may just be dead on the |
| 23258s | follow-up |
| 23259s | i mean even if he's not there's just way |
| 23261s | too much damage presented so i |
| 23263s | definitely think it has to be |
| 23265s | that sarah knight chain gang plus the |
| 23267s | voodoo doctor still a you know decent |
| 23269s | way to fight back for the board but we |
| 23271s | can see xiaoti will have plenty of |
| 23273s | refill for the next couple turns |
| 23275s | yeah and one consolation for tais is |
| 23277s | that right now xiaoti doesn't have |
| 23279s | anything to buff his minions so that one |
| 23282s | saronite might be able to eat two |
| 23284s | minions whereas the other one stalls the |
| 23287s | happy ghoul |
| 23289s | i can see a world where titus can maybe |
| 23291s | come back but it's very unlikely like |
| 23294s | shanti's next few draws have to be just |
| 23296s | completely dead |
| 23299s | and with that uh with that |
| 23301s | enchanter i would say that's probably |
| 23302s | the opposite of dead yeah take a value |
| 23305s | trade fit in a life tap |
| 23308s | i really lo that was a that was a very |
| 23309s | strong draw that's what jose was going |
| 23311s | for earlier on when he went for that |
| 23312s | soul uh solarium was just trying to draw |
| 23315s | this card |
| 23317s | i think this is pretty much lights out |
| 23319s | for tice |
| 23320s | even though he gets to land this fungal |
| 23322s | mansur there's just too much damage onto |
| 23325s | the board |
| 23330s | even if you were to draw a despicable |
| 23331s | dreadlord |
| 23332s | set up his board in a way to not be |
| 23334s | vulnerable to that at all |
| 23336s | yeah jacqui wants to even go for trades |
| 23338s | to play around this fungal master which |
| 23340s | i'm not opposed to i think the trades |
| 23341s | are very strong here and as long as your |
| 23344s | opponent doesn't have a board the zlock |
| 23345s | mirror there's no real way they can win |
| 23347s | the game so these two trades do look |
| 23349s | very nice also forces that 4-3 into the |
| 23351s | 2-1 |
| 23353s | rather than the 31 going into it |
| 23358s | i think no matter which avenue xiaoti |
| 23360s | takes he will be fine here but he just |
| 23362s | wants to make sure that any little piece |
| 23365s | of healing that thais can put together |
| 23367s | will not be enough for him here |
| 23369s | so the best thing thais can do is just |
| 23372s | to play down this doubling if he had |
| 23374s | picked up maybe something like a soul |
| 23376s | fire he could have prevented a little |
| 23378s | bit more damage but this will just be |
| 23380s | game with the life drinker and the 12 |
| 23382s | points of damage on board |
| 23385s | yeah and if it wasn't game already the |
| 23386s | soul fire off the top makes it super |
| 23389s | game and xiaoti is going to go up to a |
| 23391s | quick 1-0 |
| 23393s | there you go xi takes down the mirror |
| 23396s | one of what might be a couple more |
| 23398s | mirrors in the future and i think it |
| 23400s | might be likely that we see a zoo versus |
| 23402s | temple mage match up in the future and |
| 23405s | this is something that people argue |
| 23407s | about a lot personally i feel like the |
| 23409s | temple may just slightly ever so |
| 23411s | slightly favored just because of the |
| 23413s | power of the shooting star with cosmic |
| 23415s | anomaly but what's your take on the |
| 23417s | matchup dr j |
| 23419s | i think it is close to 50 50. i can see |
| 23422s | merit for you know both sides i do think |
| 23425s | that tempo mage when it does have either |
| 23427s | that early explosive runes start and |
| 23429s | capitalizes on having a kirin tor or if |
| 23432s | it has something like |
| 23434s | that shooting star with the cosmic |
| 23436s | anomaly that you were mentioning it can |
| 23438s | seem very one-sided for the tempo mage |
| 23440s | but sometimes zoolock you know they just |
| 23441s | sole infusion of doubling if they play |
| 23443s | that and they take value trades onto |
| 23445s | things like mana worms and it just kind |
| 23447s | of is smooth sailing for them so i think |
| 23448s | there's definitely very powerful plays |
| 23450s | on both of their sides |
| 23453s | true enough |
| 23454s | and |
| 23455s | i'm also curious as to whether you keep |
| 23458s | allen f in a lot of these matchups as |
| 23460s | the temple mage you definitely want that |
| 23462s | against lower control oriented decks but |
| 23464s | there's merit to keeping it against |
| 23466s | aggro decks too but only when it's |
| 23468s | supported by cheaper spell cheaper cards |
| 23471s | in your hand right |
| 23472s | yeah i don't think you can |
| 23475s | i don't think you really can take that |
| 23476s | huge risk we saw tice earlier exactly i |
| 23478s | believe against xiaoti in the earlier |
| 23481s | days had the option of keeping a lunath |
| 23483s | in one of the series but the other two |
| 23486s | cards in his hand were not very |
| 23489s | aggressive tools and they were not |
| 23491s | you know one drop mana worm or two drop |
| 23493s | arcanologist so |
| 23495s | when you have that decision if you do |
| 23497s | have those early game it does make more |
| 23498s | sense to keep it but if you don't have |
| 23500s | that early game then you kind of have to |
| 23503s | throw it away to look for it |
| 23506s | i'm very excited to see the temple mage |
| 23508s | come into play if it wasn't obvious yet |
| 23510s | and those two players are looking more |
| 23512s | focused than ever so ty's assuming these |
| 23515s | steepled finger stance that's a personal |
| 23517s | favorite of mine in terms of like the |
| 23519s | focused face focus stance as far as |
| 23522s | hearthstone play goes at least |
| 23524s | and the very next matchup will be indeed |
| 23527s | a temple mage versus zoo |
| 23531s | yeah i really like this keep from thais |
| 23533s | decided to go for the fungal enchanter |
| 23537s | along with the happy go because he knows |
| 23539s | he's prob most likely going to be |
| 23541s | damaged |
| 23542s | in some former fashion so he will be |
| 23544s | able to heal up and get that minion down |
| 23545s | having the combination two is really |
| 23547s | strong i would have liked for tys to |
| 23548s | maybe consider keeping the soul infusion |
| 23551s | i'm a big proponent of keeping soul |
| 23552s | infusion in a lot of matchups i think |
| 23554s | it's a very very strong card especially |
| 23556s | if the leftmost minion is something like |
| 23558s | a one drop you can buff it up and take |
| 23560s | so many value trades on a tempo mage |
| 23562s | that it really really helps so i would |
| 23563s | have liked heist to consider that but |
| 23565s | you know i can't blame them for wanting |
| 23567s | to have some kind of one drop instead of |
| 23568s | the soul infusion |
| 23570s | yeah the one drop flame is very crucial |
| 23573s | to contest nanoworm although i would be |
| 23575s | more inclined to harden mulligan for it |
| 23577s | if you're going first |
| 23579s | so thais did see though that xiaoti |
| 23580s | missed the mana worm on one which is a |
| 23582s | very welcome sight for him thais also |
| 23584s | picks up a way to damage himself on turn |
| 23587s | one which is really important so that |
| 23589s | now he's able to coin out the fungal and |
| 23591s | happy ghoul if you didn't get that kabul |
| 23593s | shalti would have just played this two |
| 23594s | drop and tyson would have to hold back a |
| 23596s | turn |
| 23598s | oh my gosh oh |
| 23599s | that is uh yeah ty's tice fans are |
| 23603s | really just going wild in the crowd |
| 23605s | right now as that was the best draw he |
| 23608s | could have had |
| 23610s | and um shoutino is gonna have to hope |
| 23613s | for this cosmic anomaly to come off the |
| 23616s | top of his deck soon |
| 23619s | but will you even have the time for that |
| 23620s | that is a five mana plate with the |
| 23622s | shooting star |
| 23624s | okay kirin tor is a good start it can at |
| 23626s | least stave off the next minion that |
| 23628s | thais puts down |
| 23631s | it does stave off the minion that thais |
| 23632s | puts down also we'll be able to you know |
| 23635s | kind of contest the board and if you if |
| 23637s | you thought it uh you thought it |
| 23639s | couldn't get worse for xiaoti |
| 23641s | tyson's really showing you that |
| 23643s | it can't get worse it could get much |
| 23645s | worse thank again so xiaoti now is going |
| 23649s | to have to face off a massive board from |
| 23651s | thais the kirin tor cannot take any |
| 23653s | value trades and because of that i |
| 23655s | wouldn't be surprised to just see thais |
| 23657s | push most of this damage face i would |
| 23659s | like to see the value trade on to the |
| 23661s | archanologist but |
| 23663s | all right so he's going to respect the |
| 23664s | kirin tor i guess because it can value |
| 23666s | trade into the colossa that's fair |
| 23669s | i think it's also the fact that tice is |
| 23671s | so far ahead right now that he's going |
| 23672s | to be able to play turn after turn of |
| 23674s | minions that the only real way he loses |
| 23676s | this game is if he gets |
| 23678s | cheated out by some kind of crazy |
| 23680s | primordial glyph turn into something |
| 23682s | else so i think he understands that like |
| 23685s | the only way he loses this game right |
| 23686s | now is if that kirin tor connects face |
| 23688s | and then xiaoti cheeses out the wind |
| 23690s | with the primordial glyph |
| 23692s | okay that is the cosmic anomaly off the |
| 23695s | arcane intellect which i was very happy |
| 23697s | to see that xiaoti played the intellect |
| 23698s | i feel like he had to and hope that one |
| 23700s | of these missiles hits the happy goal |
| 23702s | okay that is a very good comeback for |
| 23706s | xiaoti and thais who no doubt will play |
| 23708s | a chain gang this turn will have three |
| 23710s | of these minions eaten up by the |
| 23712s | shooting star |
| 23714s | and i would like to see xiaoti aim it at |
| 23716s | the keller set so that the three attack |
| 23719s | minion doesn't survive and take a free |
| 23721s | trade into the cosmic anomaly |
| 23723s | you can just see tice just get visibly |
| 23726s | distressed as soon as that cosmic |
| 23727s | anomaly came to |
| 23728s | snap play and i think he knew what was |
| 23731s | happening but right now this cosmic |
| 23733s | anomaly living is so bad for tice yeah |
| 23736s | this is just insane how xiaoti was able |
| 23738s | to pull it back |
| 23740s | very fortunate missiles i gotta say but |
| 23742s | he has the alaneta follow up but i don't |
| 23744s | think he might i don't think he |
| 23746s | necessarily plays it next turn if he at |
| 23748s | least gets a cheap spell to go with |
| 23750s | arcanologists next turn because tyus has |
| 23753s | the opportunity to go for another chain |
| 23755s | gang |
| 23756s | if you're thais i don't think you have |
| 23758s | the liberty to play around a second |
| 23760s | shooting star at this point |
| 23763s | i don't think so either and in jiaoti's |
| 23766s | position i wouldn't be surprised to |
| 23768s | actually see him slam down that alone as |
| 23770s | he will be able to get card advantage |
| 23772s | over tice and be able to try and end the |
| 23774s | game through burn because right now if |
| 23776s | tice has to life tap over and over xalty |
| 23779s | will be able to fit these fireballs in |
| 23780s | on the face and trying to end the game |
| 23782s | that way but of course this all depends |
| 23783s | on you know what does xiaoti draw for |
| 23786s | turn if he draws something like that |
| 23788s | shooting star then it could change up |
| 23790s | his play |
| 23793s | for sure entice |
| 23795s | it's a decision of whether to play the |
| 23797s | voodoo doctor or |
| 23799s | the |
| 23800s | voidwalker with this i definitely prefer |
| 23802s | the voodoo doctor because it has more |
| 23804s | attack to challenge this cosmic anomaly |
| 23806s | if xiaoti spends the time removing this |
| 23809s | so because the spell is not too great |
| 23812s | or the draw for zhanti is not too great |
| 23814s | i do also endorse just slamming the luna |
| 23816s | now |
| 23818s | i think xiaozi is just thinking about |
| 23819s | you know what can he afford to do here |
| 23821s | it looks like you know he's got plays of |
| 23823s | his own wants to go for that draw really |
| 23826s | wants to find that shooting star |
| 23833s | i think in jail t's head that he thought |
| 23835s | the only way for him to win this game or |
| 23837s | the best way to get back in this game |
| 23838s | was to find that shooting star so it |
| 23840s | makes sense that he went for the play |
| 23841s | that he did and to be honest he still |
| 23843s | can draw it he has the second cosmic |
| 23845s | anomaly now we'll be able to find it |
| 23847s | potentially in the next couple of turns |
| 23850s | it will mean though that tice has this |
| 23852s | window to start pushing back against |
| 23854s | xiaoti he is only on one card so tais is |
| 23857s | forced to tap but he has a lot of health |
| 23859s | to work with whereas xiaoti is only at |
| 23860s | 18 now so tais needs to just get a |
| 23863s | little bit more minion damage there |
| 23868s | tar creeper pretty decent draw |
| 23871s | yeah i'd like to see both these minions |
| 23873s | come out here i don't think there's too |
| 23875s | much merit to going for the solarium as |
| 23878s | it is a proc for counter spell that may |
| 23880s | mean that the final damage can be pushed |
| 23882s | with a soul fire |
| 23884s | and also you know slaying maybe on a |
| 23886s | potential draw of a leroy or |
| 23889s | i'm sorry a doom guard would push tice |
| 23891s | over the edge i think just getting more |
| 23892s | minions on the board now is |
| 23894s | pretty strong |
| 23896s | yeah i would agree and i think thais has |
| 23898s | no reason to trade into this |
| 23900s | archanologist as he is behind two taunts |
| 23902s | now he's just thinking about the right |
| 23904s | positioning for a possible second cosmic |
| 23906s | and shooting star |
| 23908s | and you can see that half of that combo |
| 23910s | is available to shouty and if he doesn't |
| 23912s | get that or some kind of glyph out i |
| 23914s | don't think it's looking too good for |
| 23916s | our chinese player here |
| 23919s | yeah jyati is going to need something |
| 23920s | here could potentially |
| 23922s | get that illuminate down but he could |
| 23924s | just be dead especially if all this |
| 23926s | damage gets pushed face |
| 23929s | yeah thais will be presenting nine |
| 23931s | damage next turn at the minimum and |
| 23934s | xiaoti at 13 means that thais only needs |
| 23936s | a fungal enchanter or a soul fire to |
| 23938s | finish off the game unless xiaoti clears |
| 23941s | minions |
| 23944s | xiaoti may be forced just to go |
| 23946s | sorcerer's apprentice fireball and |
| 23948s | explosive runes just to try and fight |
| 23950s | for this board back somehow |
| 23952s | um i guess it means kirin tor plus |
| 23955s | fireball then and then the secret in |
| 23957s | that case |
| 23959s | it's just sad that the archanologist |
| 23960s | cannot clear anything without the help |
| 23962s | of a ping that is true |
| 23964s | the character would be much better now |
| 23965s | that it's been drawn |
| 23971s | just doesn't have a choice so you do not |
| 23973s | have |
| 23974s | to alan here |
| 23982s | yeah definitely this has to be the play |
| 23984s | can't save that sorcerer's apprentice |
| 23986s | for later since the cantor got picked up |
| 23989s | he's probably thinking about maybe |
| 23990s | potentially just playing out |
| 23994s | something else and just pinging looks |
| 23996s | like he wants to go for like a half |
| 23997s | measure it is actually kind of smart |
| 24000s | because the star creeper is only |
| 24001s | presenting as much damage as the saturn |
| 24003s | it would have been but |
| 24005s | oh my gosh with the soul fire tyce is so |
| 24008s | close to lethal now of course he doesn't |
| 24010s | know whether the spell is counterspell |
| 24012s | or |
| 24013s | um explosive ruins gonna take his time |
| 24015s | but i'm pretty sure the turn starts with |
| 24017s | a tap no matter what |
| 24020s | i think so as well tyson's just |
| 24022s | considering here is there any way he |
| 24024s | gets extremely punished by you know life |
| 24027s | tapping and putting himself lower i |
| 24029s | definitely think you have to go for it |
| 24030s | right now you still had a pretty |
| 24031s | comfortable life total |
| 24034s | oh it looks like he's going to go for it |
| 24036s | first |
| 24037s | looks like he wants the light tap after |
| 24038s | the fact in order to |
| 24040s | make sure any minion he draws he doesn't |
| 24042s | necessarily have to play or we'll |
| 24044s | discard |
| 24046s | yeah i'm just |
| 24047s | i mean the play makes sense if you are |
| 24049s | fully sure that you want to soul fire |
| 24051s | this turn but |
| 24052s | seeing that it wasn't lethal even if the |
| 24054s | spell isn't a counter spell i would have |
| 24056s | liked to see the top first of course |
| 24058s | that is kind of being a little bit |
| 24060s | results oriented as we can see fungal |
| 24062s | and chandra would have been the draw but |
| 24064s | i also think um minions like despicable |
| 24067s | dreadlord would have been okay or not |
| 24070s | necessarily since it's explosive runes |
| 24073s | maybe like a doom guard off the top |
| 24077s | but now because thais went for that you |
| 24079s | know unorthodox sequencing of plays |
| 24081s | didn't really want to try and commit to |
| 24083s | discarding the minion he if he had life |
| 24085s | tapped into |
| 24087s | save this minion and then he still went |
| 24088s | for this soul infusion |
| 24091s | soul fire play |
| 24093s | right now xiaoti can |
| 24095s | go cosmic anomaly |
| 24098s | frostbolt the voodoo doctor and then |
| 24100s | ping the two one |
| 24102s | and as for him |
| 24104s | tais |
| 24105s | shouldn't have an answer unless it is |
| 24107s | that one of doomguard or potentially |
| 24110s | despicable dreadlord maybe the second |
| 24112s | soul fire as well i was thinking of |
| 24114s | shouting maybe even had to go for a full |
| 24116s | board clear you do forego playing the |
| 24118s | cosmic anomaly that way though so this |
| 24120s | definitely looks better |
| 24122s | and thais again is too off lethal here |
| 24128s | so given that he sulfired the first |
| 24130s | kirin tor i assume that he'll want to |
| 24132s | soul fire this cosmic anomaly as well so |
| 24135s | this will be the sequencing so that he |
| 24137s | doesn't discard what he gets off the tap |
| 24140s | he's going to take quite a bit of damage |
| 24143s | from that |
| 24144s | explosive runes though |
| 24146s | oh |
| 24148s | solarium is the draw of the top shout he |
| 24150s | does have a spell but i'm not sure how |
| 24152s | concerned he will be with playing it the |
| 24154s | turn will definitely include a fireball |
| 24157s | though so with the remaining mana |
| 24159s | he might as well yep |
| 24163s | when counterspelling the solarium that |
| 24166s | is huge right now the solarium was an |
| 24169s | impressive draw but if he gets this |
| 24171s | counter spell down he i mean |
| 24174s | you have to fireball that minion don't |
| 24176s | you it feels so bad |
| 24180s | and i can't help but think |
| 24182s | if the game would have turned out turned |
| 24184s | out differently if xiaoti had just |
| 24186s | slammed the aluneth on that turn he |
| 24188s | would have had one less minion at some |
| 24190s | point |
| 24191s | because |
| 24192s | of the arcanologist not being played but |
| 24194s | i feel like the draw would essentially |
| 24196s | have been the same i mean |
| 24198s | because he |
| 24199s | gave up |
| 24200s | the illuminati play just to fit in |
| 24203s | an arcane intellect with the |
| 24205s | archanologist would have drawn so much |
| 24207s | more |
| 24209s | instead so we actually went face with |
| 24211s | the fireball which surprises me to no |
| 24213s | end |
| 24215s | yeah i'm a little bit curious as to that |
| 24218s | oh |
| 24218s | but tice just whiffs on doomguard or any |
| 24222s | source of damage |
| 24227s | oh my gosh |
| 24230s | and if he taps here he's scared of dying |
| 24232s | to some sort of fireball combination |
| 24236s | i mean i think if you're tights here you |
| 24238s | just have to play out the minions i |
| 24241s | don't think you can really |
| 24243s | afford to |
| 24245s | life tap because you're exactly right |
| 24247s | double fireball |
| 24249s | plus ping is just lethal at that point |
| 24251s | yeah tyson is only out there |
| 24254s | for lethal i think was doomguard exactly |
| 24257s | because he played two fungal enchanter |
| 24259s | and two soulfire already |
| 24262s | so i really don't think it was worth |
| 24264s | going for the tap now but xiaoti has |
| 24266s | not |
| 24267s | a lethal out yet but ah that's not |
| 24269s | primordial glyph i was gonna say he had |
| 24271s | a glyph out he can try to get it with |
| 24273s | this with this stylenose |
| 24277s | and paying off the thalnos he needs |
| 24278s | something like frost nova |
| 24281s | so he needs to go |
| 24282s | stargazer luna |
| 24285s | play out v32 and the majority of his |
| 24288s | draws are very cheap |
| 24290s | and i think he has to go for it now |
| 24293s | and there's still glyphs in the pool |
| 24304s | i think you should start with the arcade |
| 24306s | missiles just because you really need |
| 24308s | the glyph and the the mana on this doll |
| 24310s | nose |
| 24312s | is a little bit too expensive |
| 24318s | yeah i'm a little curious to think about |
| 24320s | you know xiaoti's ordering behind this |
| 24322s | play but you know he's going to hit a |
| 24324s | couple of those whoa |
| 24328s | oh man a worm needs to be a cliff he |
| 24330s | needs to go quick |
| 24332s | that is |
| 24334s | not it though he has one more draw at |
| 24336s | the top has the other frost ball been |
| 24338s | played oh my gosh |
| 24343s | oh no |
| 24345s | oh my goodness that was really tense |
| 24349s | you managed to get it through but tyus |
| 24351s | will know that anything except the |
| 24354s | uh what is it ice barrier would save him |
| 24357s | here so he's just gonna take the attack |
| 24359s | face i think oh wait no yeah this is 100 |
| 24361s | percent with the 15. 100 i like how |
| 24363s | tight recognized that even in that |
| 24366s | moment thais realized that there was no |
| 24368s | reason to take the risk of trying to you |
| 24371s | know attack into something that could |
| 24372s | have been ice barrier that was very |
| 24375s | smart from size i'm glad he stayed calm |
| 24377s | and recognized that because that was a |
| 24379s | very intense moment where he could have |
| 24381s | just messed up by going face but you |
| 24383s | know i i don't expect anything less |
| 24385s | enticed right yes and that was so tense |
| 24389s | i can't believe that game |
| 24392s | that was uh |
| 24394s | that was uh |
| 24395s | pretty crazy i'm curious to think if he |
| 24397s | had gone for |
| 24399s | the |
| 24400s | missiles first and just didn't go for |
| 24403s | the blood mage thalnos and how much |
| 24405s | different it would have turned out |
| 24407s | because he would have had extra mana |
| 24409s | towards the end and he would have |
| 24411s | possibly been able to take the meteor |
| 24413s | and use the meteor to clear off the |
| 24414s | board |
| 24418s | yeah so what i coulda shoulda at that |
| 24421s | point and now the players are one all |
| 24424s | both of them having their zoo out of the |
| 24426s | way are you feeling like it's time for a |
| 24428s | temple mage mirror there dr j |
| 24431s | now that i'm looking at it i'm analyzing |
| 24434s | it i'm thinking about it and there's |
| 24436s | nothing more i would rather see than a |
| 24437s | temple mage mirror because i love temple |
| 24439s | mage mirrors i don't necessarily like |
| 24441s | tepe beige but the temple mage mirrors |
| 24442s | are really you know really snowbally |
| 24444s | really |
| 24445s | finicky a lot of times you know if both |
| 24448s | players don't have that mana worm on one |
| 24450s | or a player can't really snowball the |
| 24452s | game out of control |
| 24453s | then it's a back and forth of just |
| 24455s | utilizing their cards for their most |
| 24459s | potential yeah it is very interesting |
| 24462s | the nuances of when you need to play |
| 24464s | your secrets and when you feel like you |
| 24466s | have the liberty to play out minions |
| 24468s | i've seen these mirrors go to a point |
| 24470s | where players just don't play any |
| 24471s | minions at all when they have the read |
| 24473s | on explosive runes because your opponent |
| 24476s | if you trigger that then you let your |
| 24477s | opponent play the second runes and you |
| 24478s | just essentially wasted mana on playing |
| 24481s | minions so this is the mirror coming up |
| 24483s | and the builds are a little bit |
| 24484s | different heist has the two of amani |
| 24487s | berserker in place of only one uh arcane |
| 24490s | intellect |
| 24493s | oh and shouts he just has the hand of |
| 24496s | hands right now |
| 24498s | ty's full toss trying to find some kind |
| 24500s | of one drop or two drop could have |
| 24502s | potentially kept the frostbolt but i |
| 24504s | think that's too |
| 24505s | you know too defensive of a play but |
| 24507s | right now xiaoti had the mana worm |
| 24509s | xiaoti has access to aluminum this is |
| 24511s | looking really good for him right now |
| 24513s | yeah |
| 24514s | funnily enough that's not necessarily |
| 24517s | the manner where i'm gonna get too much |
| 24518s | work done here if chelsea doesn't pick |
| 24520s | up something like a cliff or a frost |
| 24522s | ball oh my gosh |
| 24524s | um |
| 24525s | yeah it was looking like xhaki would |
| 24526s | just play down the |
| 24528s | um archanologist there |
| 24531s | glyph is looking pretty tasty right now |
| 24534s | though if you just take any cheap spell |
| 24536s | off the glyph then you can get the value |
| 24538s | trade with the mana worm and that's |
| 24540s | already so powerful in the match up |
| 24544s | i think it has to be glyph here i mean |
| 24546s | the 2 3 is |
| 24548s | fairly strong you do get through to |
| 24550s | those secrets quicker |
| 24552s | but you really want this mana worm to |
| 24554s | put in more work especially if you |
| 24556s | expect |
| 24557s | tys to go for a three drop plus |
| 24560s | the |
| 24562s | if you if you expect them to go for a |
| 24564s | three drop plus the kirin tor next turn |
| 24566s | uh you really want this mana worm to |
| 24568s | value trade |
| 24569s | yeah and shout he forced to coin out a |
| 24572s | secret there it's not the greatest use |
| 24573s | of coin but it just allows him to take |
| 24576s | control of the board forcing thais to |
| 24578s | ping off the mano worm |
| 24579s | and i do believe he took vaporize |
| 24581s | because ice barrier is pretty useless in |
| 24583s | this matchup when you're the one ahead |
| 24585s | on board |
| 24591s | you know ty's just going to ping that |
| 24593s | away that is a very passive turn from |
| 24595s | him he was essentially forced to with |
| 24598s | how the hands panned out and i wouldn't |
| 24599s | be surprised to see out to you just get |
| 24601s | that arkanologist finally down |
| 24604s | there is an argument for going arcane |
| 24607s | intellect to maximize mana usage but |
| 24610s | that would mean that the turn foreplay |
| 24611s | is likely it's just a secret which |
| 24613s | doesn't feel great so i do like just |
| 24615s | having the minion |
| 24617s | and taking the board control while |
| 24619s | you're the one who has a secret on board |
| 24622s | yeah the minion also contests any kind |
| 24624s | of play that ties may have and you get |
| 24626s | it down before explosive runes for |
| 24627s | instance if tice is forced to try and |
| 24630s | tempo out one of the minions it could |
| 24632s | contest something like the kirin tor or |
| 24634s | the cosmic anomaly plus you know just |
| 24636s | getting the body down is always good |
| 24638s | because it will be able to get |
| 24639s | continuous damage in |
| 24641s | the tais here is very afraid of the |
| 24643s | possibility of a spell based secret this |
| 24646s | is something off the glyph so it could |
| 24648s | be crazy things like mana bind and spell |
| 24650s | bender not just your usual counter spell |
| 24653s | and explosive ruins so thais plays his |
| 24655s | explosive runes conceding that if it's a |
| 24657s | counter spell i'd rather get rid of this |
| 24662s | this is uh this is not looking the |
| 24664s | greatest for tice right now as we do see |
| 24666s | xiaoti has access to that aluminum we'll |
| 24668s | be able to play that in the next couple |
| 24670s | of turns |
| 24674s | can you expect heist to just play down |
| 24675s | the second explosive runes i don't think |
| 24677s | there's any spell on turn five that you |
| 24679s | necessarily want to counter |
| 24682s | it's not likely that the thunderstorm |
| 24683s | actually clears this arcanologist |
| 24688s | yeah i think you're a tice here you |
| 24690s | probably have to commit to the explosive |
| 24692s | runes just try and stop any kind of |
| 24694s | crazy shenanigans from jlt side |
| 24696s | especially if he wants to try and tempo |
| 24697s | out some kind of cosmic anomaly or |
| 24699s | something like that but thais has |
| 24701s | something different in mind he really |
| 24702s | wants to counterspell something it may |
| 24704s | be you know if xiaoti has access to |
| 24707s | arcane intellect it could be something |
| 24709s | like that that you know thais is really |
| 24711s | hoping to hit here |
| 24714s | tais is now aware that the glyph secret |
| 24716s | is not something like mana bind or |
| 24719s | spellbender sorry mana bind or |
| 24721s | counterspell though so that does remove |
| 24723s | a lot of the mystery shrouding this |
| 24726s | xiaoti however has not seen second |
| 24729s | explosive ruins so i wouldn't hate him |
| 24731s | starting off the turn with the |
| 24733s | sorcerer's apprentice |
| 24739s | yeah i think the sorcerer's apprentice |
| 24740s | is a strong consideration just kind of |
| 24742s | you know |
| 24743s | test the waters and if you do see that |
| 24744s | it is something like a counterspell you |
| 24746s | could decide to not play the arcane |
| 24748s | elect |
| 24749s | but i don't even think that xiaoti minds |
| 24752s | that the arcane elect gets counters |
| 24753s | about because he does have access to |
| 24755s | that alumnus |
| 24758s | ties himself now |
| 24760s | i do think he had |
| 24762s | he knows it's not explosive runes right |
| 24764s | because he did play a minion oh and |
| 24766s | there was an explosive runes that was |
| 24768s | procked well he had the other secret on |
| 24770s | board so that's why he's fine to go for |
| 24773s | this cosmic anomaly and shooting star |
| 24775s | play he's also eliminated spellbender |
| 24778s | from the pool |
| 24780s | yeah he knows right now that it's |
| 24781s | something that procs when i'm being |
| 24783s | attacked on the face that it could be |
| 24784s | something like vaporize or ice barrier |
| 24787s | so i'm curious to see how tys decides to |
| 24789s | navigate this |
| 24791s | knowing that there is a potential line |
| 24792s | of it being that vaporized and i don't |
| 24795s | think he wants his 4-3 to be killed off |
| 24797s | quite yet yeah i think tys just might |
| 24800s | not attack |
| 24802s | for the next couple turns he takes a |
| 24803s | spellbender of his own and i think this |
| 24806s | archanologist is not going to be drawing |
| 24807s | anything for him which is a little bit |
| 24809s | unfortunate the hand from thais is |
| 24810s | looking kind of light |
| 24813s | kind of early to start trucking all this |
| 24815s | damaged face but is this thunderstorm |
| 24817s | getting any better |
| 24819s | i think |
| 24820s | thais may have to hold on to it in the |
| 24822s | hopes of sitter storm being able to |
| 24823s | clear up some of the minions because |
| 24825s | right now |
| 24827s | he doesn't quite have you know removal |
| 24829s | and if you know |
| 24831s | tice clears this board or i'm sorry if |
| 24834s | xiaoti clears the board state |
| 24836s | and develops minions behind it he'll |
| 24839s | need this thunderstorm and |
| 24841s | you know |
| 24843s | all of these cards in order to clear up |
| 24844s | the board state |
| 24847s | okay so there gets a pretty good glyph |
| 24849s | option in the arcane intellect he |
| 24851s | severely needed card draw there so |
| 24853s | that's a welcome sight for him but i am |
| 24856s | doubtful of whether he can outpace the |
| 24858s | allen s and |
| 24860s | wow |
| 24860s | i'm really not sure about this attack i |
| 24863s | think from everything that tais has |
| 24864s | played he would be able to rule out |
| 24866s | everything except vaporize and ice |
| 24868s | barrier and in both cases if you just |
| 24871s | attack into an ice barrier you're |
| 24873s | essentially giving your opponent for |
| 24874s | health right it's likely that shaoti |
| 24876s | would be able to just clear the cosmic |
| 24878s | anomaly following |
| 24879s | so i |
| 24881s | i'm not a big fan of the attack there |
| 24883s | the attack was definitely a calculated |
| 24885s | risk on tyson's part he may have felt as |
| 24887s | if he's so far behind right now that he |
| 24890s | has to hope it's the ice barrier and |
| 24892s | then hope the spellbender is enough to |
| 24895s | keep this cosmic anomaly alive because |
| 24897s | if he doesn't get those attacks in then |
| 24900s | he may never win the game |
| 24902s | that is true xiaoti is just drawing |
| 24905s | three more cards than tice does every |
| 24907s | single turn and he's nowhere close to |
| 24909s | fatiguing so now t here |
| 24912s | has the option to start chucking away |
| 24914s | these spells but i definitely like the |
| 24915s | hold when he still has this cosmic |
| 24918s | anomaly in hand he can just put out |
| 24919s | insane amounts of damage next turn |
| 24923s | that is quite a bit of damage now that |
| 24926s | i'm looking at it |
| 24928s | uh cosmic anomaly double missiles |
| 24930s | cinderstorm |
| 24932s | fireball |
| 24933s | frostbolt you name it all that's going |
| 24935s | man three missiles going face for ty's |
| 24938s | there |
| 24939s | i was really unlucky but even if he |
| 24941s | cleared the whole board state i don't |
| 24943s | think it was looking too good for him as |
| 24945s | well |
| 24946s | ciaoti he only knows that it's not a |
| 24948s | summoning-based secret so he eliminates |
| 24950s | explosive runes and frozen clone |
| 24958s | this is looking really good for xiaozi |
| 24960s | here i don't think thais can really do |
| 24961s | anything about this and the shooting |
| 24963s | star even though it hits a spellbender |
| 24965s | will be able to clear out both the |
| 24967s | minions |
| 24968s | that is pretty sad indeed and i expect |
| 24971s | ty's to be conceding after this turn |
| 24975s | even though he's not technically dead on |
| 24977s | board there's just so much burn that you |
| 24979s | expect jaunty to be holding in hand |
| 24981s | after this point |
| 24984s | so there is |
| 24985s | if twice gets glyph he might hold on a |
| 24987s | bit but |
| 24989s | i don't think there's as much holding on |
| 24991s | especially double fireball there's |
| 24993s | nothing that tice can do here |
| 24997s | shout t is going to go up 2-1 |
| 25001s | and |
| 25002s | that is very scary for tice but he needs |
| 25005s | to be aware that the odd hunter is the |
| 25008s | last deck for xiaoti and that is the |
| 25010s | deck that tice knows that he can prey on |
| 25013s | so it's not completely hopeless for him |
| 25015s | yet and you know ties to be a great |
| 25017s | player definitely going to keep a level |
| 25018s | head despite this deficit in game points |
| 25023s | we are going to game four real soon |
| 25026s | yeah and you can see |
| 25028s | that xiaoti keeping that aluminum and |
| 25031s | mulligan was the reason he won that game |
| 25034s | he understood the matchup and he |
| 25035s | understood that he wanted the alumnus |
| 25037s | especially because he had the one drop |
| 25040s | and he could easily find the two drop as |
| 25042s | well keeping that aluminum rewarded him |
| 25044s | so much |
| 25046s | absolutely a lunath is just such a |
| 25048s | monster in the mirror because the |
| 25050s | resources for the two mages very much go |
| 25054s | um |
| 25055s | head to head |
| 25057s | they're even even though you have a |
| 25059s | little bit of differences in the tech |
| 25060s | choice as we did see thais with his |
| 25063s | amani berserker there and just having a |
| 25065s | luna kept in the hand makes it so that |
| 25067s | if your opponent doesn't have their own |
| 25069s | elune every time you win the resource |
| 25071s | battle because you have counter spells |
| 25073s | to eliminate their stuff and then you |
| 25075s | can actually reach those so |
| 25077s | broken combos of just being able to put |
| 25079s | down the kirin tor plus a secret it's |
| 25081s | all about the efficiency |
| 25083s | and now xiaoti |
| 25085s | has to sneak in a win with this odd |
| 25087s | hunter |
| 25088s | i do think that he can sneak it in |
| 25090s | through the temple mage i don't think |
| 25092s | temple mage is that strong against odd |
| 25094s | hunter i do think timo mage is |
| 25096s | definitely favored as odd hunter is i |
| 25097s | would say a fairly weak inconsistent |
| 25099s | deck overall but xiaoti has been playing |
| 25102s | that odd hunter extremely well through |
| 25104s | the entirety of this tournament and he's |
| 25106s | been you know finding wins with it where |
| 25109s | it didn't seem like he could find a win |
| 25111s | and i believe i was mentioning earlier |
| 25114s | that there was a game between |
| 25117s | these two players right here where |
| 25118s | xiaoti played the odd hunter extremely |
| 25121s | well and was one damage off lethal at |
| 25123s | the very last parts of the game |
| 25128s | i expect to see something pretty similar |
| 25130s | happening just because all these aggro |
| 25132s | decks at some point they do come down to |
| 25134s | just the very last few points of damage |
| 25137s | and we saw in the zoo mirror uh not |
| 25139s | quite the zoomer sorry zoo versus temple |
| 25141s | mage was it that it went really back and |
| 25143s | forth |
| 25146s | and thais also has his malygos druid |
| 25148s | that needs to get through the odd hunter |
| 25150s | and i do feel like it has a good chance |
| 25152s | with the amount of armor you can gain |
| 25154s | not quite as much as taunt druid but |
| 25156s | sometimes it can just get there when you |
| 25158s | have an early malfurion |
| 25161s | and there we see |
| 25163s | xiaoti is one game away from taking home |
| 25167s | and aston martin and tice right now |
| 25170s | looking a little distressed does not |
| 25172s | want to give you know what chad has been |
| 25174s | calling his car up |
| 25176s | and this is a pretty good hand to |
| 25179s | keep the car in your side of the field |
| 25181s | just toss away the malagos the rest of |
| 25183s | it looks pretty solid to me |
| 25187s | i do like tossing the malagos keeping |
| 25189s | that twig keeping that wild earth even |
| 25192s | that |
| 25193s | spellstone and tice feels like this |
| 25195s | match-up is you know |
| 25197s | so |
| 25198s | detrimental that he doesn't want to keep |
| 25200s | the twig but he feels like he can't |
| 25201s | afford to get through all those swings |
| 25203s | they'd rather find either a branching |
| 25205s | path or a nourish just something like |
| 25206s | that to keep |
| 25208s | the sustain going |
| 25210s | so quite an interesting choice from tais |
| 25213s | there |
| 25214s | but let's see if it pays off it did |
| 25216s | throw back a nourish in its place so |
| 25218s | that is something but |
| 25220s | even though you get all the ramp in the |
| 25222s | world in this matchup i feel like you |
| 25224s | need some kind of armor at some point |
| 25226s | just being able to play out your lich |
| 25229s | king super early won't necessarily get |
| 25231s | there |
| 25237s | and jaunty was really thinking on that |
| 25238s | first turn about what kind of one drop |
| 25240s | he wanted to go for there the dharma is |
| 25242s | much stronger against something like |
| 25244s | spellstone but the diamond also will be |
| 25247s | an enabler for the |
| 25250s | kill commands later on so you may have |
| 25252s | been thinking about whether he needed to |
| 25253s | hold on to that or not and now xiaoti |
| 25256s | has presented the decision |
| 25258s | whether he starts to weave the hero |
| 25259s | power in or if he goes wide with these |
| 25262s | minions i definitely think he should be |
| 25263s | playing the minions but there is some |
| 25265s | consideration for trying to weave in |
| 25267s | that hero power return yeah it's just |
| 25270s | a matter of whether he thinks these |
| 25272s | things can deal more damage to the face |
| 25274s | and |
| 25275s | it's quite early to be playing around |
| 25277s | spreading plates so i can definitely |
| 25279s | respect going wide with the minions but |
| 25281s | from this turn onward i do think it's |
| 25283s | gonna be a bunch of infinite frost |
| 25286s | faults to the face |
| 25288s | yeah i think the frostbolts are coming |
| 25290s | unfortunately they don't freeze tyson's |
| 25292s | face but they definitely feel three |
| 25293s | damage i think that's all xiaoti right |
| 25295s | now |
| 25297s | blackwell pixie is the draw honestly i |
| 25299s | would rather see the hero power than |
| 25301s | that me too |
| 25303s | i mean we do see that there's a swipe in |
| 25305s | hand that could punish it but even |
| 25307s | though thais or jaki can't necessarily |
| 25310s | see it there's just other things that |
| 25312s | thais can do to remove like the spell |
| 25314s | stone and later on you can use the pixie |
| 25317s | for an extra three damage |
| 25322s | thais can go coin nourished into nectar |
| 25325s | nourish and the turn after ui |
| 25328s | but how much time does he have |
| 25331s | i think he's got to go for it i don't |
| 25332s | think he necessarily has the time but if |
| 25334s | he doesn't do this now when is he ever |
| 25337s | going to do it could it decide to hero |
| 25338s | power down but it looks like tice is |
| 25340s | playing so defensively |
| 25342s | that he just wants to get rid of one of |
| 25344s | those fireflies yeah so it's looking |
| 25346s | like the next turn is nourish ramp again |
| 25348s | and then swipe so i can definitely see |
| 25350s | why he wants to fit in the mana for the |
| 25352s | spell stone here now in xiaoti |
| 25356s | we ain't in this game to play around |
| 25358s | playing dr j we're in this |
| 25360s | push damage to the face |
| 25362s | he said you know what if you've got |
| 25364s | plague you've got it right now i'm not |
| 25367s | i am just trying to firefly my way to an |
| 25369s | aston martin |
| 25370s | yes |
| 25373s | leave these one attack minions leading |
| 25375s | you straight to the car there entice |
| 25378s | with a pickup of ferocious howl is able |
| 25381s | to get some armor back quite a hefty |
| 25383s | chunk after the ui but he needs to just |
| 25385s | make sure that he can get there so i |
| 25387s | still think it's nourish and swipe this |
| 25389s | turn |
| 25391s | yeah the ferocious house is much |
| 25393s | stronger |
| 25394s | after the fact of a ui because you will |
| 25397s | be able to draw that many cards in order |
| 25399s | to make the ferocious how gain more |
| 25401s | armor question is he feels so threatened |
| 25403s | now that he needs to go for it and he |
| 25405s | decides to go for it alex strazza will |
| 25407s | be able to heal himself back up if he |
| 25409s | gets too low |
| 25412s | have been pretty bad here and he does |
| 25415s | not want to respect the ui not that he |
| 25417s | could have really played anything else |
| 25419s | this turn but i do think there might |
| 25420s | have been an argument for holding back |
| 25422s | the pixie for exactly turn seven |
| 25425s | since you saw that thais has been |
| 25426s | ramping so aggressively and could |
| 25428s | probably put him on having ui |
| 25433s | yeah |
| 25434s | right here you really want to find |
| 25436s | animal companion in the leok because |
| 25437s | that pushes a lot of damage and i guess |
| 25440s | puffer would also do the same amount of |
| 25442s | damage but |
| 25444s | xiaoti is going to need something here |
| 25446s | as he finally uh oh okay we're going to |
| 25448s | lose the board a little bit |
| 25449s | the funny thing is even if thais takes |
| 25451s | both these minions unleash gets |
| 25453s | significantly better for xiaoti |
| 25455s | you can even put down a floop and that |
| 25457s | gives xhaki four points of damage out of |
| 25459s | nowhere |
| 25460s | all right but the crazy thing about this |
| 25462s | is thais is going to play out all these |
| 25463s | minions in order alex strasse xiaoti's |
| 25466s | face and just push counter lethal on the |
| 25468s | following turn tyson is counting up to |
| 25470s | see if unleash the hounds would be |
| 25472s | lethal from jail t's side |
| 25475s | it's not enough |
| 25479s | i mean xiaoti may have to respect one of |
| 25481s | these minions by just trading here |
| 25483s | oh hunter's mark makes things a lot more |
| 25486s | streamlined for him you can just remove |
| 25488s | the five five i think |
| 25491s | and |
| 25492s | and i think you take the unleash while |
| 25494s | it's available to you |
| 25496s | i agree i think you go |
| 25498s | hunter's mark trade off one of the one |
| 25500s | twos unleash |
| 25501s | and then just fit in all that damaged |
| 25504s | face as much as possible as the |
| 25506s | alexstrasza will not be able to kill you |
| 25507s | and you cannot afford to keep trading |
| 25510s | definitely not |
| 25512s | shouty there |
| 25514s | okay i think he has not thought about |
| 25517s | the alexstrasza unless he's gonna end |
| 25519s | with the hunter's mark but i see these |
| 25520s | arrows and they're all going face so he |
| 25523s | may just candle shot down the last |
| 25526s | minion |
| 25528s | oh but it looks like he's just fitting |
| 25529s | everything in face i think this is just |
| 25532s | forgetting that alex draza is a possible |
| 25534s | out and this is a very unconventional |
| 25537s | lethal from thais but yeah that is quite |
| 25540s | the misstep from jyoti there |
| 25542s | so this will just be a lethal out of |
| 25545s | nowhere |
| 25546s | aggroing down the aggro player |
| 25549s | yeah a little curious to think about |
| 25552s | what shouty was because all he had to do |
| 25554s | was commit the |
| 25556s | hunter's mark |
| 25558s | onto the five five and could have face |
| 25560s | tanked it with the |
| 25561s | candle shot |
| 25563s | and he would not have died to the |
| 25564s | alexstraza combo he would have pushed |
| 25567s | i believe |
| 25569s | one less damage yeah and he still would |
| 25571s | have had the arcane shot in hand |
| 25573s | so i would have liked to see that come |
| 25576s | out rather but maybe |
| 25577s | maybe xiaoti felt like he needed the |
| 25579s | hunter's mark for a much different |
| 25581s | application |
| 25582s | to clear up something else but there's |
| 25584s | not lich king in the decklist so it |
| 25585s | wouldn't need to get through a taunt and |
| 25587s | if he had plague you were losing the |
| 25589s | game no matter what |
| 25591s | maybe he thought of like malfurion for |
| 25594s | two taunts and then you could use it on |
| 25595s | winter but yeah i really think that |
| 25598s | it was just |
| 25599s | forgetting that alex strazzo could |
| 25601s | provide lethal there because it how |
| 25603s | often do you ever see just a board state |
| 25605s | into alexstrasza ending the game in two |
| 25608s | turns |
| 25610s | that doesn't happen too often it |
| 25612s | happened that game but does not happen |
| 25614s | too often that's something you gotta be |
| 25615s | very conscious of and right now |
| 25618s | coming down to game number five it's |
| 25621s | going to be odd hunter versus tampa mage |
| 25623s | a game that i believe was decided in the |
| 25625s | group stage for these two players |
| 25627s | where tyson just |
| 25629s | narrowly took it where xiaoti was one |
| 25632s | damage off of lethal |
| 25634s | it all comes down to this and even |
| 25636s | though i'm inclined to give the favor to |
| 25639s | the temple mage just because they have |
| 25640s | efficient forms of removal for |
| 25643s | small minions from xiaoti thunderstorm |
| 25645s | and arcane missiles can get some work |
| 25647s | done there's also the fact that the odd |
| 25649s | hunter has candle shot which can be very |
| 25651s | effective with just one hit of your |
| 25653s | minion to clear off your opponent's um |
| 25656s | like sorcerer's apprentices and their |
| 25659s | own minions which are not too many |
| 25662s | in the first place so it will be this |
| 25664s | very last game to decide who is taking |
| 25667s | whole aston |
| 25668s | i am so hyped for this let's go dr j |
| 25673s | oh my gosh the hand from thanks |
| 25676s | this is a hand to win this is one of the |
| 25678s | hands |
| 25684s | the aston martin could be crossing an |
| 25687s | ocean dr jay |
| 25692s | candle shot looks pretty solid to me |
| 25695s | just because |
| 25697s | it allows you to clear off minions |
| 25698s | without taking the damage that other |
| 25700s | decks don't want to be taking against |
| 25702s | temple mage |
| 25703s | the 2-1 minions do not line up that well |
| 25706s | against nanoworm and if your opponent |
| 25709s | doesn't have the mana worm though they |
| 25711s | do push quite a bit of damage but i |
| 25713s | really think xanthe needs dire mole |
| 25717s | this is a very hard choice i i don't |
| 25719s | blame him for full keeping as you know |
| 25721s | the camera shot with the deckhand is you |
| 25723s | know very very important |
| 25726s | but it's definitely a hard close call |
| 25729s | xiaoti is going to try and weave in as |
| 25730s | much damage as possible |
| 25732s | i was thinking he might have to toss |
| 25734s | away the actress veteran just because |
| 25737s | if it buffs the |
| 25739s | deckhand next turn because you start |
| 25740s | with candleshot um |
| 25743s | then the shot plus that can would be |
| 25745s | able to deal with most of the minions |
| 25746s | from thais anyway so maybe xhaki could |
| 25749s | have gone for a better one drop there |
| 25754s | oh |
| 25756s | oh man |
| 25757s | man oh man this is looking like xiaoti's |
| 25760s | hand from the temple mage mirror yeah |
| 25762s | this is looking like tice is about to |
| 25765s | walk away with a brand new aston martin |
| 25768s | that's what this hand is saying to me |
| 25770s | but jabti is going to put up a fight |
| 25772s | does have some very efficient plays in |
| 25774s | the next couple of turns maybe find |
| 25776s | something like |
| 25778s | a |
| 25779s | misha in order to stage off some of the |
| 25781s | damage or rolls a week into one of these |
| 25784s | two threes |
| 25789s | twice in the next few turns has his |
| 25791s | curve pretty much just given to him on a |
| 25794s | silver platter and the huffer there |
| 25797s | is going to make things a little bit |
| 25799s | dicey for thais though because xiaoti |
| 25801s | and this candle shot are getting a lot |
| 25802s | of work done |
| 25807s | does have kieran torque counter spell |
| 25809s | needs to contest this somehow it doesn't |
| 25810s | quite have a clean answer for it don't |
| 25813s | think tice really wants to be |
| 25814s | fireballing up her and defensive |
| 25816s | purposes |
| 25818s | but you know it's something to consider |
| 25822s | i think he still has enough health to |
| 25824s | not have to respect it that much he also |
| 25826s | sees that xiaoti is somehow already only |
| 25829s | on two |
| 25830s | well thais has an abundance of resources |
| 25834s | and this tracking even though it had the |
| 25836s | potential to draw chaotic better is just |
| 25838s | going to get counterspelled this turn i |
| 25840s | believe |
| 25843s | lisa as well jaunty's going to play it |
| 25844s | sees as the the counterspell |
| 25846s | most likely going to play out that |
| 25848s | dharma swing the face and hero power |
| 25850s | right now it's a game of |
| 25853s | fitting in that hero power every turn |
| 25856s | because he knows tice will not be able |
| 25857s | to heal |
| 25859s | ot can deal seven to the face this turn |
| 25862s | i do not know if he wants to trade off |
| 25865s | the current or |
| 25867s | from the hands |
| 25869s | i mean xiaoti's hand is so light that i |
| 25871s | think he can't afford to go anywhere but |
| 25873s | the face |
| 25875s | i definitely agree with that i think |
| 25876s | this huffer has to go face i think |
| 25878s | xiaoti is thinking about whether he |
| 25879s | wants to put this candle shot into the |
| 25881s | kieran tour or not because if he puts it |
| 25883s | into the kirin tor the karen tour can't |
| 25885s | exactly take a value trade into the dire |
| 25887s | mall without dying to the candle shot on |
| 25889s | the follow up |
| 25891s | that is fair |
| 25893s | so i think xiaoti is already counting |
| 25894s | many turns into the future if he puts |
| 25897s | thais |
| 25898s | at 19 or |
| 25900s | 18 this turn then that means thaius's |
| 25902s | health is a multiple of three so the |
| 25904s | hero power can technically get there but |
| 25906s | because the candle shot has two charges |
| 25908s | i can definitely see the argument for |
| 25910s | trying to soften up the kirin tor mage |
| 25912s | is he trading oh my gosh |
| 25917s | that surprises me to no end that |
| 25920s | is a huge shock to me i think |
| 25924s | you have to go face there i mean |
| 25927s | xiaoti |
| 25928s | has some kind of game plan in mind |
| 25931s | where |
| 25932s | he thinks he can win this through just |
| 25935s | hero powering over and over and keeping |
| 25937s | this dire mole healthy and alive because |
| 25939s | he's probably worried |
| 25941s | tice has |
| 25942s | some kind of answer |
| 25944s | i i could |
| 25946s | i could respect the play if xiaoti |
| 25948s | somehow knew that the hand |
| 25950s | was spells and not many minions because |
| 25953s | then you can have the board to yourself |
| 25956s | but yeah this is looking really bad for |
| 25958s | xiaotin now he's kind of forced to |
| 25960s | hunters mark away the kirin tor |
| 25963s | if he wants to save it for something |
| 25964s | like a cosmic anomaly i don't think he |
| 25967s | has the time it's gonna be taking too |
| 25969s | much damage in the process so no i think |
| 25971s | he has to go for this as well he can |
| 25972s | iron beak owl the |
| 25976s | amani berserker in order to make sure it |
| 25977s | doesn't deal that much damage |
| 25979s | but that uh not going face there i mean |
| 25982s | obviously we can see the hands we could |
| 25983s | see that there were minions to follow up |
| 25985s | but if thais were to have some kind of |
| 25986s | answer that huffer and that 43 stuck |
| 25988s | around it could have been pretty bad for |
| 25989s | him |
| 25993s | bear in mind that this odd hunter deck |
| 25996s | doesn't have any |
| 25998s | tracking which is just one card for one |
| 26002s | draw |
| 26003s | and |
| 26003s | looking at how |
| 26005s | chaotic has to just work off the top of |
| 26007s | his deck while thais can drop a looney i |
| 26010s | don't think there's any way that shouty |
| 26011s | can |
| 26013s | push enough damage by that point |
| 26016s | i mean i think to start with that |
| 26018s | eaglehorn bow that that is something |
| 26019s | could just keep pushing this damaged |
| 26021s | face |
| 26022s | if thais goes for the i think xiaoti is |
| 26024s | really hoping that aluminum isn't there |
| 26026s | i think this might actually be closer |
| 26028s | than we're giving it credit |
| 26029s | yeah |
| 26031s | and with the draw of luna |
| 26034s | this actually might delay the alanis |
| 26036s | from ties by one turn simply because it |
| 26038s | means he can keep the amani berserker |
| 26040s | alive and still draw a card in the |
| 26042s | process |
| 26045s | but you're not playing a lunath here and |
| 26047s | that's |
| 26048s | oh i i agree with you i think stargazer |
| 26051s | may be the player as you want to present |
| 26053s | something on the board |
| 26054s | in order to you know constantly keep |
| 26056s | drawing because you can just play card |
| 26058s | after card after on the top of your deck |
| 26060s | but |
| 26061s | now he's gonna be able to push quite a |
| 26063s | bit of damage |
| 26064s | yeah i was gonna say if he got another |
| 26066s | draw there i think it would be worth it |
| 26068s | and |
| 26069s | it's like the two draws plus four health |
| 26071s | and four attack on board i think is |
| 26074s | enough to offset three draws from luna |
| 26077s | and now |
| 26078s | oh my gosh |
| 26081s | this is so close |
| 26097s | gonna get work done on the face |
| 26100s | i think you go face and you arcane |
| 26102s | shot |
| 26103s | the two two that way you don't take that |
| 26105s | much damage and you can go |
| 26108s | hero power oh this is so crazy because |
| 26111s | if you hold on to the arcane shot and |
| 26113s | make second deckhand and out and make |
| 26116s | something like |
| 26117s | uh i'm trying to think of another spell |
| 26119s | my second arcane shot and out there's no |
| 26121s | counter spell |
| 26123s | yeah there's also unleash the hounds i |
| 26124s | guess |
| 26126s | and uh |
| 26127s | oh my gosh |
| 26129s | okay as for xiaoti he also has to think |
| 26131s | about how much leaving two damage on |
| 26133s | tyson's side of the board matters |
| 26135s | and there's just too many combinations |
| 26138s | of spells to comprehend that i think |
| 26141s | i think you have to he's a ships at face |
| 26144s | yeah just get in there before the |
| 26146s | counters oh wait ties only has one |
| 26148s | counter spell right so |
| 26150s | oh my gosh i don't think there's a way |
| 26152s | that thais can present lethal this turn |
| 26154s | he can get frostball to freeze off |
| 26156s | shouty's face though that's not it so |
| 26159s | shouty is on one draw |
| 26161s | to possibly take home the aston martin |
| 26165s | you have to play the explosive here yes |
| 26167s | you have to oh my gosh deckhand's not |
| 26169s | even out anymore |
| 26171s | yeah that removes the deckhand out |
| 26173s | there's blackwell pixie there's uh |
| 26175s | unleashed their second arcane shot that |
| 26178s | is not it |
| 26180s | and i think we have our winner |
| 26184s | one um |
| 26186s | if xiaoti |
| 26188s | had arcane shotted |
| 26191s | the tutu |
| 26192s | he would be at 12 health right now |
| 26195s | and tice |
| 26197s | may have not had |
| 26199s | enough damage to finish this game |
| 26202s | oh we could yeah with that it would have |
| 26205s | been enough damage but there was |
| 26206s | definitely a pop |
| 26207s | yes |
| 26208s | i got your argument 100 because he had |
| 26211s | seen the counter spell onto the tracking |
| 26213s | already so that means that |
| 26215s | he didn't necessarily have to use the |
| 26217s | arcane shot on the turn he did he could |
| 26219s | have waited one more to see what he got |
| 26221s | off the top but anyway this is not a |
| 26223s | story of what could have been this is a |
| 26225s | story of tice winning you versus the end |
| 26229s | 2018 congratulations you are watching |
| 26231s | from tyson's own channel |
| 26236s | that was absolutely insane for as |
| 26239s | crazy as that game was |
| 26242s | it's insane to think of how close xiaoti |
| 26245s | had brought it |
| 26246s | to potentially winning that game one |
| 26248s | damage off |
| 26249s | twice against tice this entire |
| 26252s | tournament and that exact matchup |
| 26257s | oh my head is reeling dr jaden |
| 26262s | many things |
| 26263s | we're hype in that series |
| 26286s | i don't know i wasn't expecting it to be |
| 26288s | that close |
| 26289s | and from the opening hand it just looked |
| 26291s | like it was tyson's game |
| 26306s | and i have to say i am so so happy for |
| 26309s | ty it's very well deserved he's been |
| 26311s | looking for a big tournament win for |
| 26313s | quite some time now because a lot of |
| 26315s | people after 2015 were saying oh he's |
| 26317s | focusing more on streaming now |
| 26320s | qualified for playoffs and he still got |
| 26323s | it as a player |
| 26324s | and now he has the car to prove it |
| 26327s | yeah that is definitely tyson's car you |
| 26329s | saw him there they gave him the keys to |
| 26331s | the aston martin |
| 26334s | ha ha |
| 26336s | this is awesome |
| 26340s | now we all have pranked this autograph |
| 26342s | man i'm driving away it's heist driving |
| 26344s | away just just driving off the set you |
| 26346s | got a long drive |
| 26363s | space |
| 26374s | it was the first time the only time you |
| 26376s | got the driving |
| 26383s | he really deserves it he does a lot for |
| 26384s | the community he has a great community |
| 26386s | for his streaming and also just a |
| 26389s | phenomenal player himself and obviously |
| 26391s | a great guy so i'm really glad he won |
| 26393s | this tournament |
| 26395s | yeah bear in mind that it was tyson's |
| 26397s | own idea to this english broadcast at |
| 26399s | all originally there wasn't supposed to |
| 26401s | be one just the chinese broadcast but he |
| 26403s | put it together with g2 and help of his |
| 26406s | manager and we have this community |
| 26408s | project to show you guys just how |
| 26411s | amazing the whole story was heist takes |
| 26414s | home the aston martin and xiaoti i have |
| 26417s | to say well played to him as well he |
| 26419s | made it all the way from being 0-1 |
| 26421s | deficit against heist himself pulled up |
| 26424s | all the way back to the championship and |
| 26426s | had a really good showing as well |
| 26430s | not i'm not sure what else to say to you |
| 26432s | that was an impressive finals i'm really |
| 26433s | glad i got to see it i'm really glad i |
| 26434s | got to cast with you so thank you very |
| 26436s | much |
| 26438s | yeah welcome pleasure to work with you |
| 26440s | jace so thank you guys so much for |
| 26442s | watching i think we're just going to |
| 26443s | have a few more highlights now any last |
| 26445s | words dr j before we sign off |
| 26447s | no i think i'm good i think that was an |
| 26450s | incredible series congratulations to |
| 26451s | thais again and congratulations to all |
| 26453s | these competitors for their fart uh |
| 26455s | their hard fought series and thanks chad |
| 26458s | for uh keeping us entertained as well it |
| 26460s | was great to see some of the comments so |
| 26462s | thank you all very much i really |
| 26463s | appreciate it and always great to work |
| 26465s | with you as well jesus thank you very |
| 26466s | much yeah thanks dr j and i just want to |
| 26469s | plug that i will be |
| 26471s | single for this weekend as well so you |
| 26472s | guys can |
| 26473s | tune in there to see some more |
| 26475s | hearthstone action no guarantees i don't |
| 26478s | think tice will be there himself but |
| 26480s | maybe you guys can also watch |
| 26482s | hearthstone on other channels sometime |
| 26484s | all right see you thank you so much for |
| 26487s | tuning in this has been dr jekyninki and |
| 26489s | gia see you guys later |
| 26505s | you |