[2022] Lobby Legends - Raid Leaders Top 8 | Hearthstone Dev Tracker

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716s	hello everyone and welcome to the
719s	introduction of one of the most exciting
721s	changes coming to hearthstone esports in
723s	2022.
725s	lobby legends is going to be the debut
727s	for battlegrounds within the competitive
730s	hearthstone ecosystem while we've seen
732s	some invitational events in the past and
734s	various community members have put on
736s	some awesome community events in their
737s	own right this will be the first time
740s	that a truly open and competitive system
743s	will be provided to allow people to find
745s	out who the true lobby legend is with
748s	our first event lobby legend raid
750s	leaders right around the corner i'm here
752s	to give you the lowdown on exactly how
755s	everything works
757s	qualification for lobby legend starts on
760s	ladder yes the very same ladder that you
762s	are playing right now you just missed a
764s	triple by the way if you manage to
766s	finish in the top 16 on ladder in any
769s	region during a qualifying period you
771s	will find yourself invited to a 48
773s	player qualifying tournament finish top
776s	12 in that qualifier and you are then
778s	joined by four players from the china
780s	region to make a 16 player lobby legends
784s	tournament
786s	this process is then repeated throughout
788s	the year with each individual lobby
789s	legends event offering a 50 000
792s	prize pool totaling half a million
795s	dollars in prize money for battlegrounds
797s	esports in its debut year in 2022
802s	so how exactly do the events themselves
804s	work well for the sake of brevity i will
806s	be referring to the broadcast finals
808s	tournament right now but if you would
809s	like to know how the qualifiers work you
811s	can check out the full rule book which
813s	will be linked in the video description
816s	the 16 qualified players for a lobby
819s	legend event will be broken up into two
821s	different lobbies each containing eight
824s	players these lobbies will each play
826s	three games of hearthstone battlegrounds
828s	with points being rewarded for each
829s	individual respective finish within
831s	those games at the end of the three
833s	games the four players in each lobby
835s	with the highest total number of points
838s	will progress into a final lobby of
840s	eight where the process is repeated but
843s	with one crucial difference
846s	in the final lobby we will be
848s	implementing the check format which
850s	means that players must first reach a
852s	cumulative total of 20 points to put the
856s	rest of the lobby in check but then they
858s	must win a game finishing in first place
862s	in order to secure the tournament
864s	victory this means that towards the end
865s	of a tournament we might have one player
867s	on 20 points or more we might have
869s	multiple players on 20 points or more
872s	all scrapping for that all-important
874s	first place finish that will end the
875s	tournament check format really rewards
879s	high-risk high reward play towards the
881s	end of an event and it also means that
883s	the eventual winner ends on a high going
886s	out with a game victory under their belt
891s	and finally it is with a great pleasure
894s	on top of all of that information i can
896s	also announce that battlegrounds lobby
898s	legends will be streaming on both
901s	youtube and twitch throughout 2022.
905s	furthermore players will be allowed and
907s	in fact encouraged to restream their own
910s	perspective throughout the tournament so
912s	if you want to follow a particular
914s	player's route through a tournament
915s	exclusively you can absolutely do that
918s	you can hop around from multiple players
920s	you can stick with the main feed but if
922s	you really want to avoid those pesky
924s	sappable casters you can absolutely do
926s	that as long as enough players are
928s	willing to stream their own perspectives
930s	this sense of community involvement is
932s	something that we're very eager to
933s	promote this year with battlegrounds
934s	lobby legends and we really want the
936s	hills to be alive with the sound of
939s	re-rolls and for battlegrounds lobby
941s	legends to be the talk of the town
943s	throughout the entire battlegrounds
945s	community
947s	and so that is you all caught up to date
949s	with battlegrounds lobby legends all the
951s	remains is to remind you to check out
953s	our debut broadcast lobby legends raid
957s	leaders which starts on april 2nd live
960s	on youtube.com hearthstone and twitch.tv
965s	play hearthstone
966s	also don't forget to follow at hs
968s	esports on twitter to make sure you do
970s	not miss any crucial updates throughout
972s	the year and if you really want to dig
974s	into the nitty-gritty and the finer
976s	details the full rule book for lobby
977s	legends will be linked in the
978s	description below so are you excited for
982s	lobby legends uh which player do you
983s	think is going to dominate proceedings
986s	throughout the year if you have the
987s	answers to those questions or any
989s	questions that you might have go ahead
991s	and leave them in the comments below
993s	take care everyone and we will see you
995s	in the lobby
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1031s	greetings from the tavern and welcome to
1033s	the second and final day of lobby
1035s	legends raid leaders the first ever
1037s	official esports event for hearthstone
1039s	battlegrounds my name is gia and once
1041s	again joining me to bring you all of the
1043s	action is battleground streamer
1045s	extraordinaire solissa so are you ready
1047s	to see who we are crowning our very
1049s	first lobby legends champion today i am
1052s	so excited we have eight amazing players
1055s	uh and i'm just really looking forward
1057s	to this first ever check format in
1059s	battlegrounds so it's going to be an
1062s	awesome day ahead of us maybe a short
1064s	day maybe a long day who knows
1067s	it is very true super different to
1069s	yesterday where we did have a very
1070s	structured schedule of lobby a playing
1073s	out three games and then lobby b playing
1075s	out another three games and then we had
1076s	our top four from each advancing on
1079s	towards today but now we are entering
1082s	the check format which if uh we could
1085s	just reiterate what subtle was
1086s	mentioning is that this is now not
1089s	scheduled in any way shape or form we
1091s	still do have our points system where
1093s	players will be uh slogging it out to
1096s	try and get 20 points first but it is a
1099s	dual stage process to try and become the
1101s	champion could you go a bit more in
1103s	depth lissa yeah so dual stage meaning
1105s	there's two conditions condition one you
1107s	need to hit that 20 points once you've
1110s	hit 20 points after that you need to get
1113s	a first place once you achieve a first
1115s	place after gaining 20 points you will
1118s	be crowned the champion
1120s	indeed it means that no matter how we go
1123s	out on the day no matter who is the
1125s	champion it will be them having to get a
1128s	first place to end the day on a high
1130s	it's going to be very high tension here
1132s	we expect some slight changes to the
1134s	meta and we honestly cannot predict just
1137s	how long it will go we do have a minimum
1140s	of at least four games to be played and
1142s	a maximum of 11 but both of those
1144s	extremes are just a fraction of a
1146s	percent chance to happen and more likely
1148s	we expect somewhere from seven to nine
1150s	games to be played out but lissa i
1152s	honestly wouldn't mind if it goes all
1154s	the way to 11.
1155s	i wouldn't either yesterday was so fun i
1157s	just wanted it to continue uh so i i i
1161s	wouldn't mind sticking around all day
1163s	casting more battlegrounds
1164s	i'm very excited for these games
1167s	that's right and we do have the same
1169s	point distribution that we featured
1171s	yesterday which is completely linear
1173s	like you said no premium for the first
1176s	place or the finishing in top four it's
1178s	just um increments of one for every
1181s	placement that you go up so i would
1183s	imagine that for the first few games
1185s	before anyone has gotten the lobby in
1187s	check we should be seeing a pretty
1189s	similar meta to yesterday do you think
1191s	that it's going to change however once
1193s	we get someone in check yeah i
1195s	definitely think it will
1196s	only change once somebody is in check
1199s	because then they're going to be
1200s	targeting that person to make sure they
1201s	don't get a first place and then in the
1203s	meantime they need to be getting their
1205s	20 points so that they can put the lobby
1207s	into check so uh they're going to have
1210s	to be very aware of who is playing white
1212s	hero and who they need to be targeting
1215s	um yeah it's going to be very exciting
1218s	right and because there is no like big
1220s	jump in points from say going from first
1222s	to second no it's just increments of one
1224s	i do think there's a very high
1226s	likelihood as well that we could have
1228s	several players entering check uh
1230s	position at the same time maybe around
1232s	the fourth lobby maybe around the fifth
1235s	and what our players will be playing for
1237s	is of course a fifty thousand dollar
1239s	prize pool here where sadly half the
1241s	field has already gone out yesterday
1244s	with a thousand and two hundred fifty
1246s	dollars in their pocket but for
1247s	everybody else there is still a lot of
1250s	money on the line here of course the
1251s	champion the first one to win
1254s	after being in check position is going
1256s	to get ten thousand dollars and after
1258s	that we kind of stop the count the
1260s	points will be set in stone there and
1262s	that will determine who will get second
1264s	through eighth
1265s	yes
1266s	very exciting 10k on the line
1269s	yup i am super excited to see just how
1272s	our players will be conscious of each
1274s	other whether or not they're able to
1276s	sacrifice some of their own long-term
1278s	potential just to get somebody in check
1280s	to be a bit weaker for that game but we
1282s	can see the recap from yesterday we
1283s	started off with lobby a with zoe knew
1286s	one of the early favorites from latin
1288s	america taking a very convincing victory
1291s	with the exodia pirates
1294s	yep and educated collins was you could
1296s	just see they're so excited as he's
1298s	making his way into second place for the
1300s	first game of lobby a and pompada in
1304s	third place for our apac region now into
1308s	game two when we see summer on arana
1311s	going the new arana build with murlocs
1314s	but you gotta get educated collins on
1316s	the lord bare off just destroying
1318s	players in the lobby and able to get
1320s	another uh top two
1322s	yeah there was a lot of deja vu in that
1324s	second lobby with poinpada zoinu and
1326s	collins
1327s	all going on the same hero but it was
1329s	only
1330s	collins that was able to replicate that
1333s	good result from the first game and then
1335s	we do see pon pada taking a win with
1337s	probably our favorite end game comp that
1338s	we saw all day with the triple golden
1340s	peggy's very creative stuff and because
1343s	of it he ends up being the lone japanese
1346s	representative that's still standing out
1347s	of four um over in lobby b though we
1350s	started off with goddammit very
1352s	impressively taking a third on edwin
1354s	which is generally considered a very bad
1355s	hero but it was a dragon showdown at the
1358s	end here between be nice and hoff
1362s	any thoughts on some of the other
1363s	players in the lobby
1365s	yeah we were uh
1367s	kind of counting out ken ken and kurt in
1369s	the early games uh but can i kirk make a
1371s	turn around you can see here kurt
1373s	picking uh mr bigglesworth over gallywix
1376s	which was a surprising pick but the
1378s	correct one as he destroys the lobby
1381s	with mr bigglesworth his cat around him
1384s	the whole time encouraging him to play
1386s	his best on the cat and second place are
1389s	chinese player hoff on the mill house
1393s	playing a fun
1394s	bran
1395s	hogger peggy comp
1398s	very fun stuff i got the chance to take
1400s	a look at some of the co-streamer vods
1401s	and we actually had collins join rdu at
1404s	one point in the um game commentary and
1406s	he actually mentioned that the cat pick
1408s	over gallywix he definitely sees the
1410s	reasoning behind it and i wonder if a
1412s	bit more of that niche sort of thinking
1414s	is gonna come into play later in the top
1416s	eight but over here in game three we did
1418s	have the final two come down between
1420s	goddammit and ken ken which had us all
1422s	on the edge of our seats because god
1424s	dammit was very very close to sneaking
1427s	his way into the top four of that lobby
1429s	but ultimately took a lot here to ken
1432s	ken with a very creative mech build with
1435s	the ground shaker and i say that's
1436s	creative because i don't often see that
1438s	on milhouse which prefers to keep
1441s	buying instead of rolling
1442s	yep and because goddammit didn't get
1444s	that first place he lost to tie breakers
1447s	uh he was tied with two other players to
1449s	get into the top four uh but with our
1452s	tiebreakers being whoever has the most
1454s	first places and then followed by
1455s	whoever has the most second places
1457s	goddammit ended up in fifth place barely
1461s	missing out on our top four so for lobby
1463s	b we are going to see today be nice kurt
1466s	ken kent
1468s	and
1469s	off i believe yes
1473s	second places yesterday
1475s	exactly and the pan out from lobby b
1477s	means that we have broken our even
1479s	representation pan out that has started
1482s	since the beginning of lobby legends
1484s	where we had uh
1486s	four players from every region
1487s	represented and then every lobby two
1490s	players from each region however now
1491s	that we're down to the final eight there
1493s	are more america's players than from any
1496s	other region here we have educated
1498s	collins ken ken and kurt you must be so
1500s	happy about this lissa oh i am thrilled
1502s	i have been
1504s	you know
1505s	i've been very vocal that i think the
1507s	americas are the best at battlegrounds
1509s	and then we won the global invitational
1511s	uh because our balcony was undefeated
1514s	and now we're just seeing that in this
1517s	uh tournament where there was no
1518s	invitations all qualified based mostly
1521s	america's players making me proud
1523s	absolutely but a big shout out to bayou
1526s	and hoff as well we're at that same
1527s	invitational it seemed like china were
1530s	playing on a very very different meta
1531s	game but we see these two players very
1533s	adaptive and willing to try and learn
1535s	different strategies and they've
1536s	absolutely proved that china's scene is
1538s	evolving and it's very strong at the
1540s	moment we do have bubble fat and be nice
1542s	from europe there in the middle be nice
1545s	uh i tuned in to his stream a little bit
1547s	earlier today as he was reviewing some
1549s	matches and talking about uh maybe
1551s	shaking off the nerves going into today
1553s	just a very very uh positive member of
1555s	the community i'm happy to see you
1556s	represented and then the lone apac
1558s	player standing is pon pada from japan
1562s	has been lauded by many many strong
1564s	players in the vg community the world
1566s	round as the best player in the world
1570s	i think early on in the battlegrounds
1572s	community scene that was very true he
1574s	was just winning every single tournament
1575s	he competed in but this is going to be
1577s	his biggest hurdle yet i cannot wait to
1580s	see how this pans out lissa we have
1582s	eight amazing players we have players
1584s	who are willing to pick cats over
1586s	gallywix what do you think is going to
1589s	be the way that we see this tournament
1592s	pan out any hot takes about what's the
1594s	winning hero after somebody has it in
1596s	check
1597s	mr biglesworth obviously i'm gonna go
1599s	with that or patches i would love to see
1601s	a patches gameplay where patches takes
1604s	first um
1605s	so yeah i think a lot of interesting
1607s	heroes will be seen once we have the
1609s	lobby in check i want to point out that
1611s	we went through some
1613s	of the players uh scores from the first
1616s	stages of qualification into the
1618s	semifinals and pampala has the highest
1620s	average of placement 2.7 so pompada is
1626s	winning in that kind of tournament since
1628s	he has the best tournament showing so
1630s	far far uh right behind him is uh
1634s	be nice and cur or ken ken and kurt so
1637s	yeah these are some of those like really
1639s	highly efficient tournament game players
1641s	be nice having the most first places
1644s	though and first place matters some
1645s	players struggle with those first places
1647s	bible fat has only gotten one first
1649s	place through any of the qualifications
1652s	yesterday
1653s	combined so
1654s	they have to be able to get a first
1656s	place and right now i'm seeing be nice
1658s	has the most first places so far in this
1660s	tournament uh unfortunately i don't have
1662s	any of the chinese players information
1664s	from when they qualified but using what
1666s	we have
1667s	be nice is
1668s	a favorite
1670s	i'm glad that you brought up how first
1672s	places matter because they absolutely
1674s	still do today but perhaps in a
1675s	different fashion than they did
1677s	yesterday because the order of which you
1680s	fulfill the two conditions to win this
1682s	tournament matters here even if you get
1685s	a first place if you're not at 20 points
1687s	yet or if that's the game that gets you
1689s	to 20 points it does not mean that you
1691s	automatically win here you need to get
1693s	20 points no matter if that comes from
1696s	very consistent middling placements
1697s	across many lobbies or a couple first
1699s	places and then after you hit that 20
1702s	points or more threshold that's when you
1704s	need to get a first place to finally
1706s	lock out the game here we are clearing
1708s	any um
1710s	right now because the rules are not
1711s	something that we're necessarily used to
1713s	seeing in battlegrounds but i have no
1715s	doubt that it is going to create a lot
1716s	of tension and high octane competition
1720s	towards the end here
1722s	we talked about funpada a little bit he
1724s	is known as the battlegrounds alien in
1726s	japan or the alien from the
1728s	battlegrounds planet i've heard and one
1730s	of the japanese casters actually tweeted
1733s	out a little like comic that he drew of
1735s	panpata sleeping and like some sort of
1738s	alien pod as he charges up his energy to
1741s	play today i am very very happy to see
1743s	that so many players who have their
1745s	entire community rallying behind them
1748s	and in the case of educated collins they
1750s	have one very biased
1752s	rally
1754s	no he has a lot of people rallying
1757s	behind him just on twitter today he was
1760s	so
1761s	amazed by how many people were
1762s	supporting him
1764s	so it's not just me maybe i'm swaying a
1767s	few people but i think he swayed them on
1769s	his own we are go checking out the hero
1772s	selection hopping offered uh
1775s	ragnaros next to secret hero i'm not
1778s	gonna say the name i'm just going to
1779s	ruin it
1780s	no that's fine it's honestly a close
1783s	choice because i like ragnaros's spot in
1785s	the meta right now but we can see here
1787s	that mechs are out of the lobby and that
1789s	is a minion type that ragnaros really
1791s	benefits from having divine shields
1793s	mackerels uh like double deflectobot
1796s	with rag is a very very consistent way
1798s	to finish at least third in my opinion
1800s	but we do have hoff on the axe zamzarak
1803s	which is also a hero that i feel can
1805s	pretty consistently make it through to
1807s	top four there's so many different scam
1809s	comps you can go for with it i do feel
1812s	it's suffered a little bit with the loss
1813s	of myaxna because that's one of the best
1815s	minions that the secrets can benefit
1817s	from with splitting image and auto
1819s	defense matrix etc but murlocs are still
1821s	in so the akka zamzara can go for poison
1823s	which is very strong without mexin and
1826s	do something crazy with splitting image
1827s	of malgadons and um
1831s	have them summoned many times using
1834s	chadgar as i call it
1837s	cadgar nice little splitting image combo
1839s	but we have to point out that there are
1840s	no beasts in this lobby and what a lot
1842s	of people like to do with the aca
1844s	miserac i think i said that right is
1846s	using the macaw as a way to proc the
1850s	buddy so that's one thing to keep in
1852s	mind and looking here at educative
1854s	collins playing omu he was not offered a
1857s	token turn one which is necessary for a
1859s	clean level uh so he has to make a
1862s	decision here is he going to level and
1865s	waste two gold or just
1867s	get one roll in one minion and kind of
1869s	do more of a chief curve or a standard
1873s	uh warrior curve
1875s	pretty close here i mean there's no
1877s	minion in the shop that really has that
1878s	much more stats if he were to sell the
1880s	rock pool and immediately replace it so
1882s	i was looking at potentially just buying
1884s	here or rolling and then buying but he
1887s	settles on the rathweaver and on the
1888s	next shop hits double wrath weaver and
1891s	a demon so that looks like a pretty good
1894s	uh opener here for collins but i want to
1896s	draw your attention says to the hero
1898s	choices here where honestly this overall
1900s	power level of the lobby looks a lot
1902s	lower than what i'm used to seeing
1904s	there's so many yeah to deterior heroes
1908s	i want to say like vol'jin is still very
1909s	strong but maybe less so without mexin
1912s	and beast there's no
1913s	cave hydra early for that crazy cleave
1916s	so while they do have chromowing options
1919s	and quillbert options to get the early
1921s	scale to place big stats on the vol'jin
1924s	buddy which is kind of the current meta
1926s	there's nothing really to transfer those
1928s	stats over to
1930s	besides i mean there's elementals and
1932s	dragons but what you normally see oh
1934s	cattail is the cave hydra or the mex i'm
1938s	super happy that saddle listened to me i
1940s	did complain yesterday that there was
1941s	not enough cat appearances and that
1945s	needed to be shown but his cat was
1947s	presents we need to find out the name of
1950s	his uh buddy over there
1952s	who's playing with him we're barely a
1955s	few minutes into the cast and i'm
1956s	already a hundred percent distracted
1958s	kurt why do you gotta do this but i mean
1961s	if anything it makes sense why he picked
1963s	missile mr biggles
1964s	over gallywix which is considered by a
1966s	lot of people to be the greatest hero
1968s	right now he just can draw out the power
1970s	and full potential of the cat here and
1973s	also he has the double chromoing start
1976s	with a potential triple in the shop now
1978s	chroma wing is a decent minion to get
1981s	buffed with the mukhla obviously it's
1983s	not an ideal mukla lobby without mechs
1985s	in but there's still demons and you can
1987s	get some value with trickster which
1989s	paired with chroma wing actually just is
1991s	a lot of stats you have the highest
1992s	attack scaling minion and the highest
1994s	health scaling minion on tier one uh
1996s	however all of these chromo wings being
1998s	here for mukhla makes me worried for
2000s	vol'jin did he manage to get any from
2002s	the pool
2003s	i was like yep he's holding him off the
2005s	bulge and can't have them i love this
2007s	play
2010s	earlier over griefing
2012s	yep look over there boom fat on a
2015s	bulging not a single chroma wing in
2017s	sight i think he's a little angry over
2020s	there you see he stayed on one going the
2022s	warrior curve and that's usually done so
2024s	that you can find specific minions
2028s	that are tier one and try and triple
2029s	them early because you're staying down
2032s	getting the best opportunity uh
2035s	just not just because kurt has frozen
2037s	them all he's they're mine
2039s	i love how we can just call this out and
2041s	then saddle shows us meanwhile involved
2044s	for two seconds a complete drought of
2046s	chromo wings
2048s	right here a little bit of an
2049s	interesting decision as to how he wanted
2051s	to approach this curve it's very rare
2052s	that we see players level to tier two on
2056s	six gold doesn't necessarily fit many
2059s	curves other than the rafam curve which
2061s	is something that is available to mukla
2063s	in particular but the timing of when he
2066s	takes the triple i will be very
2068s	interested to see a bit later on but
2070s	over here by you on the elise with a
2072s	pretty efficient start lots of stats
2074s	going on he has this elementals lots of
2077s	economy it could be a decent lobby for
2080s	him to go a bit greedier because like we
2082s	said there's very few high power ceiling
2084s	heroes here
2086s	yeah a lot of tempo heroes and like a
2088s	random syndragosa i mean
2091s	i'm curious to know what ken ken's
2093s	options were but i mean syndragos is
2096s	pretty safe just kind of like daryl but
2097s	i just uh i i guess i haven't played
2100s	cinderella enough to to firmly say i
2102s	would pick it at a tournament oh man i
2105s	was hoping you would save me there
2106s	because at least you're a rat king
2108s	enthusiast i am neither a sindragosa
2111s	player nor a rat king player hopefully
2113s	ken ken can prove us wrong a little bit
2116s	we do have bayou over on tier three by
2119s	seven gold which is where all the three
2121s	different curves we sort of discussed
2123s	seem to
2125s	equalize once again
2127s	again it's all about the timing of when
2129s	to take the triples here and based on
2130s	the minion types that are out are you
2132s	thinking people are gonna go for fours
2133s	or fives or even sixes
2136s	um
2137s	without beasts and pirates i'm thinking
2140s	fours and sixes uh
2143s	but i also want to point out here that
2144s	bible fat has stayed on seven gold is
2146s	normally when warrior curve double
2147s	levels to three but bobo fat has decided
2150s	to stay down again in search of maybe
2154s	chroma wing or i don't know he tripled
2156s	into a two drop and has refused to level
2160s	so that is interesting be nice last
2163s	minute leveling to tier two as daryl so
2165s	we should expect that be nice has done a
2168s	little bit of dancing over there on with
2170s	daryl likely on a trickster or a chroma
2173s	wing because there are no mechs in the
2175s	lobby
2176s	i never really for boba fett that at
2177s	least he takes the tie here but he is
2180s	staying on one this long to find the
2181s	chroma wing because okay finally gets
2183s	one because every level you take without
2186s	a chromowing is in some instances just
2188s	lost stats here because you don't have
2190s	infinite tiers that you can go up to to
2193s	keep doubling the attack on the chromo
2194s	wing so he finds it i want to say at the
2196s	last possible moment where it's
2198s	reasonable to stay on tier one and now
2201s	it's about trying to get the return on
2203s	investment the buddy will come to hand
2206s	next turn and that means that he can
2208s	swap the chromowing stats onto the buddy
2210s	and then regenerate the attack on
2212s	chromowing but how do you feel about
2213s	vol'jin's general power level now after
2215s	they've changed the body to copying only
2218s	or rather letting only the left minion
2220s	copy instead of left and right
2222s	i think he's still very good obviously
2224s	just not as broken it's going to be a
2225s	lot slower it's a tier 4 buddy instead
2227s	of a tier three buddy now uh so it is a
2230s	lot slower but as long as they are
2233s	stable in tempo in the early game and
2235s	not taking damage they can get there so
2238s	again
2239s	volden was busted before now he is very
2242s	still much playable but not in a scary
2245s	sense over here on bayou he is
2249s	not tripling just using his map because
2251s	he is a lease and now his maps only cost
2253s	one gold looking for some synergies here
2256s	not much getting a big funnel but has a
2259s	triple on board so likely we'll be going
2261s	for a six drops next term when he has
2264s	nine gold takes 10 the level just needs
2265s	to sell this elemental level and get an
2268s	early six drop and we'll have the money
2270s	to go for a five with the map because uh
2272s	elise's buddy allows a four
2275s	uh only a one cost map which is just
2278s	super
2279s	super good
2281s	back back when the lease was broken that
2283s	her maps cost too now her maps cost one
2287s	with the buddy right yeah at least
2288s	definitely able to get a big power spike
2291s	turn i want to say this fight was very
2292s	unfortunate for bayou his biggest minion
2294s	with a lot of health that could have
2295s	taken a bunch of value trades just
2297s	straightaway went into the chromowing so
2300s	he does end up taking more damage than
2302s	expected but still very much enough
2304s	health to greet out and take the sixth
2305s	drop here with the triple i would
2308s	not be surprised if bayou just went
2309s	straight up to tier six next year
2311s	especially now that he has eight kalagos
2313s	as well he obviously has the strongest
2316s	um end game set up out of all the
2318s	players we've seen so far but can he
2320s	capitalize
2321s	yeah so the reason we've talked about
2323s	this yesterday caligo's just isn't that
2325s	great of a minion right now but with a
2328s	lease the buddy is feeding you minions
2330s	of your tavern tear and once it's golden
2333s	the buddy feeds you two minions of your
2335s	tavern tear so dragons is a very very
2338s	good
2339s	minion type to go as a lease because
2341s	they can feed you calgos amalgadon or
2343s	nadinas and you can just
2346s	stack them all up and just knock your
2348s	whole lobby out and i think our player
2352s	realizes that and is going to be going
2354s	hard but over here ken can with the
2355s	syndragosa tripling into myth racks does
2358s	have quite a few minion types so this
2361s	is looking good
2363s	but is it enough
2365s	definitely looks like good stats for now
2367s	but this is my concern with singer rosa
2369s	once those like first three to four
2371s	turns have passed and you've gotten the
2373s	value from your hero power and you have
2375s	more stats on average than then the hero
2377s	power falls off really quickly i feel
2379s	like the additional stats you get from
2381s	that don't matter too much however he
2383s	did manage a triple on the refreshing
2386s	anomaly which i assume all three pieces
2388s	of that got hit by the syndragosa hero
2391s	power that's why it's so buffed and
2393s	maybe he can leverage this tempo into a
2395s	good enough position to power level and
2397s	try and keep up with elise uh this looks
2400s	like enough stats to still win the fight
2402s	here versus the mukhla i think it's
2404s	interesting that he took the taragosa
2406s	and just
2407s	rolled away the prize the promo drake
2410s	which is the the pair to terra go such a
2412s	giving all those good buffs um the
2414s	terragosa
2416s	will still grow because of the trickster
2418s	on board but that's just showing us that
2420s	we think he wants to stay with this
2422s	menagerie build more leaning towards the
2424s	mythrax as opposed to the dragon build
2428s	and over here we now see the chroma wing
2430s	has given the stats that they gained
2433s	over to the buddy so you see that buddy
2435s	on the second minion has 98 attack and
2438s	has given their 98 attack uh this
2440s	cyclone so now he's going to be looking
2442s	for new divine shield minions or cleave
2445s	minions which we don't have in this game
2447s	so never mind
2448s	to get them more stats picks up a gem
2451s	splitter so obviously knows he's going
2454s	to be trying to force some divine shield
2456s	gaming looking at this argus as well
2459s	to protect the gem splitter finds a
2461s	triple though in the refreshing anomaly
2464s	yeah and on five
2467s	it's not in microsoft hits without the
2469s	other mechs but he could see some
2470s	quillboard synergy right again i think
2472s	is still viable from this position
2474s	definitely
2476s	oh
2477s	a 98 attack deadly spore
2481s	amazing that's double sleeve
2485s	not quite what he's looking for he's
2487s	going to be giving this attack and
2488s	health to the
2490s	minion in the shop to eat his trickster
2495s	maybe
2496s	so
2497s	not much better he can do with this and
2500s	not really hitting divine shield minions
2502s	in the shop even a bronze warden you
2505s	would take at this instance another
2507s	crackling would be amazing
2508s	but again like you said no cleaves
2510s	available so vol'jin's overall power
2512s	level not quite so high but the most
2514s	interesting thing i find about volgen is
2515s	sort of like the the rhythm of the
2517s	copying because i feel like you need to
2520s	switch the chromoid stats to your buddy
2522s	and then at some point you need to put
2523s	the body left of the crow the chromoid
2525s	left of the body so that it gets the
2527s	attack back and then you can level again
2529s	um we saw that this tourney is not
2531s	necessarily putting the stats back so
2533s	he's maybe hoping to stay on tier for a
2534s	bit longer but switching over to hoff's
2536s	perspective he has the buddy now with a
2539s	baron which is a very good opening set
2541s	up to get those scams going
2544s	yeah it's very much what you're looking
2546s	for there's no macaw because there's no
2547s	beast but getting the double uh
2551s	secrets every turn is going to be
2553s	important then once that buddy triples
2554s	they're going to be getting four secrets
2556s	every turn a lot of scams a lot of long
2558s	terms and educated collins goes out in
2561s	eighth place with the calgos and nomi in
2564s	hand
2564s	not sure what was going on there but
2566s	that is
2568s	a huge bummer for educated columns going
2570s	out so early in the game i believe we're
2573s	around turn eight right now um which can
2577s	happen with a greedy hero like omaha
2579s	over levels a bit got to tier five just
2581s	too soon and hit someone that's power
2583s	spiked
2586s	very very unfortunate to see there we
2588s	have pompata who haven't seen since the
2590s	very beginning with a snap hero
2592s	selection on the gale wing and asi
2594s	gilbing i feel is kind of an underrated
2597s	hero here the only tier list that i've
2599s	seen from the community that places gail
2601s	wing high has come from the japanese
2603s	community i unfortunately can't remember
2605s	whose it was but i was surprised to see
2608s	that they put it as high as b or a at
2610s	the time i think this was before the
2611s	friend of a friend meta though but
2612s	buddies were definitely in and i thought
2614s	that the buddy from gail wing just
2616s	speeding up the flight path by one turn
2618s	was difficult to use but we see here
2620s	panpada made very good use out of it got
2623s	a pretty good demon set up is really
2625s	only missing a fel bat and that's the
2626s	direction sold however he's in the
2629s	danger zone and there's still no damage
2631s	cap so everyone's in the danger zone i
2633s	want to point out that his hero power
2635s	he's used the flight path that reduces
2637s	leveling by five as opposed to using the
2640s	flight path that gives you a minion of
2642s	your tavern tier which is more common to
2644s	use on our servers so maybe that's what
2647s	they've discovered on a package is using
2649s	gale wing more for leveling and going
2652s	for that five every turn or for two
2654s	turns until you get to tier six and then
2657s	using the flight path that gives you a
2659s	minion of your tavern tier
2661s	a gal wing is honestly so difficult to
2663s	time correctly because if your buddy
2665s	comes one turn oh my gosh the net dina
2667s	didn't go off that's huge for pompada
2670s	but uh going back to what i was saying
2672s	sorry if you get your buddy too late you
2674s	might get it on a turn where your flight
2676s	path is already only one turn away from
2678s	being completed and then the buddy on
2679s	that turn doesn't do anything huge snipe
2682s	on the seven as well means that panpada
2685s	can very convincingly win the fight this
2687s	looks like a scam to me yeah he seems
2690s	excited
2693s	i think this is probably a scam and now
2694s	we're going to see him being able to
2696s	level the six as well as uh get double
2698s	triple into six drop with the big fernal
2701s	on the board and his buddy oh well he
2704s	might not love those things but felbat
2706s	is discovered
2707s	with this big fernal can he
2709s	get maybe an imp mama or
2711s	a
2713s	another fel bat the problem with double
2715s	felba is it doesn't make double stats
2718s	it's not double stats until you triple
2720s	it
2721s	unless you have only three demons if you
2724s	have only three demons then you can eat
2725s	the board twice so he has to decide do i
2728s	want to just hold a felbat and hand
2730s	level and try to find the triple early
2732s	or do i want the stats out of mama
2735s	so i have this big minion that can
2736s	damage people early
2738s	it's very close especially since he has
2740s	that golden big fernald that mama has
2742s	additional value for every demon it
2744s	summons buffing that golden big kernel
2746s	by plus two plus two but honestly that
2749s	fell bad seems very late compared to
2751s	what some of our players were doing we
2753s	said bayou had the best setup to go for
2755s	a good endgame comp here and he
2757s	absolutely has capitalized it's a double
2759s	caligos with a brand he is looking like
2761s	the front runner in the lobby and
2763s	there's an edina now as well
2765s	i don't think that kurt can keep up with
2768s	this
2768s	father's like you're going to want to
2770s	see this gia
2771s	[Laughter]
2772s	let me show you some magic thank you
2775s	saddle yeah this is quite exciting uh
2778s	the buddy has been sold off so uh he
2781s	will no longer be fed um six drops every
2785s	turn but he has double caligos he has
2788s	double or a single nadina and a brand i
2791s	don't really think he needs more six
2792s	straps because he's already tier six can
2794s	go find him on his own but the golden
2795s	marazon is always so fun to watch a very
2798s	exciting turd and we have the presser
2800s	power response to try to beat out divine
2802s	shields that mukla might have and he
2805s	does because of the nadine
2809s	keeping medina unkilled however because
2812s	both players had access to pyro spawn i
2814s	guess the nadina not going or still
2817s	going off there is not a huge deal i
2820s	think this is still going to be a very
2821s	convincing one for bayou simply too many
2824s	stats on his side once the divine
2826s	shields are factored out it still comes
2829s	out in favor of bayou with the stat
2831s	advantage here i'm interested on how he
2833s	is going to use the open slot though or
2836s	which minion he would rather sell to get
2837s	the open slot to keep playing battle
2839s	cries because he does have a spare
2841s	nadina in hand but the mirazon also is a
2843s	lot smaller than the other dragons and
2845s	having double medina can be very
2847s	powerful but maybe not this early on
2849s	yeah so uh good position for being nice
2852s	though though he probably was
2854s	decently scared with someone dying so
2856s	early in the lobby that could be a
2857s	little bit detrimental to daryl once
2859s	they face someone who has popped off and
2861s	they're about to face galwing who we
2863s	know has
2864s	double fell back possibly triple fell
2866s	back by now so definitely needs to get
2869s	to dancing has danced on two minions
2872s	looking to dance on that third glyph
2874s	guardians and he knows he's still on
2876s	tier three that's to allow him to
2878s	dance as much as possible uh selling out
2882s	all of these minions and just focusing
2884s	on minions that can give him a lot of
2886s	stats so this cliff guardian will get
2888s	double attack when they attack
2890s	which works out nice for him but is it
2892s	enough compared to how much the lobby
2894s	has grown if i look at this board and
2896s	think that he's going to have to face
2898s	these nadina calgos players soon he's
2900s	obviously dodged them from now
2903s	right
2904s	yeah that's right i love the point you
2906s	brought up about the daryl being ideal
2909s	to stay around tier three because
2911s	on tier three there's four minions in
2913s	the shop right which means that at 10
2914s	gold you can
2916s	buy three of them and perfectly isolate
2918s	the one that you want to buff and you
2919s	don't waste any of the buffs from the
2921s	dances as long as you are able to buy
2924s	those other three first
2926s	we have here a decently studded board
2929s	but again we haven't really seen just
2931s	how much the scaling has worked out for
2934s	pon pada so far i would honestly be a
2936s	bit scared for being nice here and the
2938s	high stats on the selfless hero might
2939s	come back to bite him if there's a small
2941s	taunt in the way he might not get the
2942s	divine shield on time
2944s	yeah i mean
2946s	he did taking the ghoul on the other
2947s	side for
2949s	uh
2949s	pompada but
2952s	it doesn't look like it's gonna be
2953s	enough even with the poison even with
2955s	the tech of the ghoul
2957s	it looks like be nice will convincingly
2959s	take this one
2961s	yeah a break point on the glyph guardian
2964s	absolutely huge just surviving at one
2967s	but still pon pada's alive here being at
2969s	five or seven is effectively the same at
2971s	this point in the game um so he will
2974s	really have to get something big cooking
2976s	later on ken ken on the sindragosa has
2979s	managed to leverage that early stats
2982s	from hit the hero power to get to an
2984s	amalgadon brand position here he's
2986s	played it like you were saying how most
2987s	people would approach a greybao maybe of
2989s	just getting early stats and then using
2992s	those two power level
2993s	yes yes i love seeing the amalga dance
2996s	i'm sure uh huff on the other side is
2999s	wishing he had those amalgadons so he
3001s	could splitting image them and not gonna
3003s	be enough to knock that uh
3005s	ice block off the head of hoff so we
3008s	still have top seven here we're gonna
3011s	see what can we do with this guy with so
3013s	many golden minions tara ghost is just
3015s	growing from the um
3018s	the trickster that's now dead
3021s	and now cal goes honestly i thought ken
3023s	ken was already on tier six here i
3025s	honest i confess i didn't look to the
3026s	left side of the screen where we could
3028s	have that information but that means he
3030s	hid amalgadon's off of his triples and
3032s	one of them was a perfect one with the
3035s	divine shield and poison with the bran
3037s	some pretty good stuff here um has the
3040s	seafood slinger and now a pretty good
3041s	target for it i was honestly looking at
3043s	the seven but he goes for a golden tad
3045s	instead for more economy
3047s	yeah i think you can just end on the
3049s	stuffing because he only needs one
3051s	divine or one poison but yeah i was
3054s	looking at the same thing as well my
3055s	instinct was to golden the seven but the
3058s	display definitely makes sense looking
3060s	at the triples not really much what he's
3062s	going for but phil that does have
3063s	synergy with the amalgadons and zap
3066s	could be a good tech we know that
3067s	vol'jin usually has really big attack
3070s	minions but not very big health minions
3072s	so a zap could just take one out and we
3074s	see over here pompada going crazy with
3077s	the brand trying to get as much skill
3079s	and money as possible
3081s	oh and he found his triple fell back he
3083s	did but uh the scaling from felbat is
3086s	really outclassed by some of what some
3087s	of the other people in this league
3089s	and unfortunately this amalgadon is not
3092s	fixable no mechs in the lobby so you
3093s	can't just stick a divine shield on it
3095s	because of that pon pada realizing he
3097s	needs to play around divine shield
3098s	himself has that ghoul to try and win
3100s	the next fight but it depends where the
3101s	natina goes
3103s	uh okay nadine are not dead so not a
3105s	complete disaster but does pandora have
3108s	enough stats to win here he needs value
3110s	trades
3110s	for those watching the ken game
3113s	unsure of which minion he was going to
3115s	pick he did end up picking that fell
3116s	back that we talked about and it looks
3118s	like here pompano is going to save
3119s	himself and knock out our
3124s	mukhla kurt is going down this turn not
3126s	sure if anyone's going down with him oh
3129s	it does look like ken king goes out
3131s	oh that's unfortunate ken ken had a
3133s	pretty good setup in the late game with
3135s	the double amalga dawn strike
3138s	yeah
3140s	wait i'm confused ken can but we have
3142s	gail wing on screen
3147s	okay
3148s	we'll get that fixed i'm pretty sure
3149s	this is
3150s	right now
3151s	[Laughter]
3155s	skips on the smogger he doesn't value
3157s	stats on the amalga don what do you
3160s	think he he should be searching for at
3162s	this point like some selflesses maybe
3164s	yeah because he can't find divine shield
3166s	using uh mechs because they aren't in
3169s	and oh we're looking over at babof out
3170s	here he has these ginormous selfless
3174s	heroes
3175s	what is this
3177s	oh my gosh it's beautiful
3180s	it's just turn them into poison minions
3182s	essentially because nobody in this lobby
3185s	has gone for like huge stats it's quite
3187s	hard to do that without pirates in um
3190s	effectively if you get over a hundred
3192s	attack here that's poison nobody has
3195s	minions with higher than 100 health it
3197s	feels like so uh bubble fat has put
3200s	together a poison scam comp uh with a
3202s	zap on top of it no cleaves but with
3205s	that baron and the selfless pair next
3208s	turn he is very likely to hit a triple
3210s	on one of those and he could be a
3212s	runaway favorite for the lobby he has so
3214s	much health as well so even if he loses
3216s	the next fight i think it's still very
3218s	winnable to win the war
3220s	and look there's pon pada we found him
3223s	playing on the gale wing uh he has a
3226s	triple on the board with also seafood
3228s	singer in hand so come by the triple
3231s	stephen slinger the gurgle for stats
3234s	although he only has two murlocs right
3237s	now but can discover way more using
3239s	these triples i think that's definitely
3241s	what he's trying to get into we need
3242s	more malgodons more poisons to defeat
3245s	the lobby and but the scary thing too is
3247s	like
3248s	did he eat it i don't think he did yeah
3251s	i think it's stained he wasn't even
3253s	watching he was taking his jacket off so
3255s	i don't know if he knows
3257s	that he didn't eat it
3258s	or like if he knew to to watch for it
3261s	because it's a very scary moment of like
3263s	am i going to eat the minion i know
3267s	you often get in that position if you
3268s	don't have enough gold which is why i
3269s	was gonna say i'm surprised he didn't
3271s	buy it on the spot because he did still
3272s	have murlocs to sell out of to get the
3274s	triple seven but maybe he doesn't really
3276s	value the triple that much there's not
3278s	much else that needed to be poisoned
3280s	here but yes it survived
3284s	and now he faces uh be nice on the daryl
3287s	one thing i want to point out is that
3288s	pon pada here has had this ghoul not
3291s	permanently on his board but he's had it
3293s	the last couple fights because he's just
3294s	kind of been cycling in and out of it
3296s	ghoul as a tier 2 minion is very easy to
3298s	find multiple copies of throughout the
3300s	game so it's a very weird way that it
3302s	comes in and out of the comp like that
3303s	but he knows that since he has no divine
3305s	shield he has to tuck that in so he can
3307s	go toe-to-toe with the divine shield
3309s	players especially since he's leading
3310s	more into a big stat poison comp
3314s	yeah so decides to get out of the goal
3316s	now but has one
3317s	generously in hand isn't finding more
3320s	murlocs for the seafood slinger which
3323s	i'm sure he's a bit disappointed with
3325s	but finds another seafood slinger that's
3327s	not exactly what he wanted
3330s	yeah
3331s	this is missing
3332s	and this is like a pretty low stat shop
3335s	to eat so he might just take another
3336s	roll to maybe get the felbat to buff his
3339s	minions even more but returning to
3340s	bobofat's perspective yesterday we did
3343s	talk about
3344s	he was one of the players that maybe
3345s	struggled taking first places but this
3347s	absolutely looks like a first place set
3350s	up to me something is clicking today the
3352s	hero selection perhaps or maybe just a
3355s	more bold play style knowing that it's
3357s	down to the final eight uh there's an
3360s	interesting option of pyro spawn but he
3362s	only has one dragon here so he passes up
3365s	on it there's really no board space here
3366s	i do agree that it should just be hard
3368s	rolling to get the triple on the
3369s	selfless or the baron yeah
3372s	finds the defender of argus which is
3374s	important to
3375s	protect the baron
3377s	but needs to find a way to get it in
3379s	ends up selling the zap for it which you
3381s	know if he doesn't need zap that's
3382s	totally fair
3384s	uh and is able to get some losses in
3386s	place finds a deadly spore but i was
3389s	gonna buff up the cleave
3391s	a little bit gold wasted but did what
3393s	was important for the turn which is what
3395s	you need to focus on
3397s	yeah a little bit unfortunate but
3400s	um it could have had an additional quill
3402s	bar i don't know which of these minions
3404s	have gems on them but i'm always
3406s	interested in necrolyte as vulchin
3409s	because you can do the thing of swapping
3411s	the stats and then buffing the minion
3413s	that gained the stats yeah also putting
3416s	the gems on it
3418s	and we do have confirmation that um
3420s	the
3421s	sky mizrack over there
3423s	um still has his ice block so
3426s	looking pretty safe for hoff on
3431s	the secret hero but oh pompada out in
3434s	fifth place
3436s	that's pretty rough i didn't think that
3438s	uh be nice on the daryl
3440s	was you know particularly strong at the
3442s	moment but we saw that he has very
3444s	cleverly transitioned into a poison comp
3447s	as daryl you just want to try and stay
3449s	big stats in the early to mid game and
3451s	then as people are outscaling you that's
3452s	when you try and tuck in some poisons
3454s	and that's absolutely what be nice has
3456s	gone for and he hit the triple selfless
3458s	that means that there's seven selflesses
3460s	in play in this lobby at the moment
3462s	maybe more um we have hoff and uh balboa
3466s	fat on the vulgin both looking for the
3468s	triple
3469s	yeah and we just saw hoff did lose his
3471s	ice block so it finally did go away for
3473s	him so he's looking for a miracle to
3476s	stay alive he is facing off first elise
3479s	so he's reading dragons four right now
3482s	five uh so has that inkling in hand that
3486s	like yo i'm going to be facing a nadine
3488s	as well
3489s	what can i do to defeat these massive
3492s	dragons nadina knowing that
3495s	uh bayou's been on tier 6 for a very
3498s	long time
3500s	yeah this looks like a very difficult
3502s	setup to beat if you don't have poison
3505s	slash a ghoul of your own to go off
3507s	after the nedina has gone off and it's
3508s	very hard to make everything go in the
3510s	right order but with the golden street
3512s	performer and baron all things are
3514s	possible here's this all right he could
3516s	just all the poison the one one can
3519s	defeat a hundred a hundred easily though
3521s	hoff did lose his ice blocks to a ghost
3524s	in the last turn which you hate to hear
3527s	that but he lost to the ghost to lose
3529s	the ice block but hopefully he can come
3531s	back and win this turn with his tech
3533s	that he's decided on
3535s	okay big 50 50 for hoff's attack here
3538s	there was a acolyte of c'thun tucked in
3540s	here to maybe make sure that the street
3542s	performer doesn't die so early and maybe
3544s	you can kill the baron before it but the
3545s	performer went in to the bigger minion
3548s	so now hoff gets all the secrets we're
3550s	reading a lot of paladin secrets and he
3552s	kind of whiffs on one of the 101 snake
3554s	trap really not useful in this instance
3556s	and the divine shields that you get from
3558s	auto defense matrix honestly not that
3561s	great here too because of that presser
3562s	pyro spawn
3564s	it's finally daryl's turn to go out we
3566s	say daryl's a top four hero and look at
3568s	that daryl getting a third fourth place
3571s	tying with
3573s	the secret hero which that fight will be
3575s	going on for a very very very long time
3578s	but we do have some caster insight
3581s	knowing what's about to go down
3585s	right in in an hour or so i'm not quite
3588s	sure the timing but this will take a
3589s	while
3590s	now we're almost there and that last
3592s	paladin secret is a competitive spirit
3595s	not useful whatsoever here so that will
3597s	be you know half going out as well we
3600s	are down to bayou and bubble fat we have
3602s	the big dragons versus
3605s	you know i want to say essentially just
3607s	poison scam that's what vol'jin is right
3609s	because high attack and very little
3611s	health oh he got it he got it but he's
3615s	facing a pyro spawn comp so is that
3618s	enough
3621s	if there's a world where he can snipe
3622s	the pyro spawn before nadina goes off
3625s	let's say he hits a zap from this triple
3627s	uh but the pi response is huge as well
3629s	right yeah yeah the fire response has
3631s	been growing with uh the caligos for
3633s	quite some time
3635s	so
3637s	i think this is likely the end of the
3639s	road for baba fat but you know i still
3641s	want to see his board pop off with such
3644s	low health minions uh vulgin is really
3647s	susceptible to things like mechanotank
3649s	and soul juggler but obviously that's
3652s	not what our opponents are doing because
3653s	there's no mechs but um
3655s	yeah i think this will likely just be
3658s	the end of the road
3660s	i thought he was going to play the
3661s	mythical double baron board i was so
3663s	excited
3664s	we do see that babofat um has sold out
3667s	of his buddy i think that's the right
3669s	call at this point he's gotten enough
3670s	stats that the attack on his minions can
3672s	challenge the health on anything else in
3674s	play but like you said there's no great
3676s	way to beat the pyro spawn at the moment
3679s	which is going to shave off all of the
3681s	shields that he gets from the selfless
3684s	hero and also his only pseudo-cleave of
3687s	the wildfire elemental just going
3688s	straight into the divine shield not
3690s	getting that much value is a bummer
3692s	however
3694s	still doing pretty well here
3697s	okay it's a win
3698s	yeah
3700s	i didn't i was writing him off i was you
3702s	know that's not gonna happen but bubba
3704s	fat i think i might have gone to him
3706s	when i was joking that he can't get
3708s	first places so he took it to heart he
3710s	said i'm gonna show salissa what's up
3712s	i'm gonna get a first place with vol'jin
3715s	while staying on tier one for
3717s	till eight gold
3720s	getting the win
3722s	yeah that chroma wing was being very shy
3724s	but showed itself at the last possible
3727s	moment and babov had absolutely
3729s	capitalized well deserved victory
3731s	they're making it work even without the
3733s	mex in or cleaves and for vulgen which
3735s	are generally the insta win recipe
3739s	ingredients for bulging comps however a
3742s	big story here is that we have two ties
3745s	in our first lobby be nice and hoff and
3747s	then ken ken and kurt and we have
3750s	collins with no points unfortunately
3752s	which is very very scary to be in but
3755s	keep in mind this is the check format so
3757s	as long as the points across the rest of
3759s	the board even out as long as there's no
3761s	player truly running away with it colin
3763s	still has quite a lot of time to recover
3766s	yep it's time to get to that 20 points
3768s	and because maybe someone puts the lobby
3771s	in check before him players will be
3773s	targeting that person and giving him an
3775s	opportunity to get up to that 20 points
3777s	as well so we still will likely have
3780s	many games to go today uh
3783s	possibly four games possibly 11 games
3786s	we're not sure it's gonna be either a
3788s	long or short day we're hoping for a
3790s	long one though
3792s	yes uh myself included even though it is
3795s	not early here whatsoever i'm such a big
3798s	fan of battlegrounds action it's an
3800s	honor to be part of the first ever
3802s	official open qualification hearthstone
3805s	battlegrounds esports event and all our
3808s	players here are feeling that same
3809s	pressure i'm sure it's less upon pada
3811s	here one of our most expressive players
3814s	on camera just taking those deep breaths
3816s	and size of relief every time he takes a
3819s	fight every combat here matters but i
3821s	have to imagine that for collins in
3823s	particular this was an excruciating one
3825s	he died what three four turns before the
3828s	next person and he just had to get there
3830s	and wait
3831s	yeah it was probably one of those games
3832s	we didn't get to see him a lot but it
3834s	was one of those games where you just
3836s	faced someone who popped off every turn
3839s	you know you just get the bad cues every
3841s	turn you face someone who just got their
3843s	power spike and likely just took way too
3845s	much damage um unfortunately as he tried
3848s	to level with his hero but he has plenty
3851s	of time to make it up and as you can see
3853s	this beautiful vulgen win
3855s	with a very
3857s	unlikely board of
3860s	nomex no cleaves just pure skill out of
3863s	baba fat right and looking at it again
3866s	that last minute uh last spot taken by
3869s	the imprisoner pretty much genius from
3871s	bobo fat because he knew that there
3872s	would like very likely be an adina on
3874s	the other side so having a taunt to
3876s	shave off a shield on one of the big
3878s	minions on the other side kind of just
3880s	works out net in his favor because like
3883s	um some of his shields were being taken
3885s	off by the pi respond instead and he had
3887s	to come up with his own way of ghouling
3889s	them away without actually playing a
3891s	ghoul to wreck his own board and those
3893s	last minute taunts of like uh imprisoner
3895s	void lord acolyte of cthun can very much
3898s	uh be included in endgame comps for that
3900s	reason very close fight on the first
3903s	game it's lisa any last thoughts before
3906s	we give our players a bit of a rest
3909s	no not yet
3909s	[Laughter]
3911s	she's excited for the final or the
3913s	upcoming games
3915s	all right that is just the first game
3917s	what could possibly be a very long day
3919s	ahead of us so right after this break do
3922s	not go anywhere we'll be back with game
3924s	number two
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3941s	[Music]
3960s	do
3966s	[Music]
3975s	[Music]
3982s	so
3983s	[Music]
3992s	foreign
3995s	[Music]
4040s	do
4044s	[Music]
4059s	[Music]
4122s	welcome back everybody you are watching
4124s	lobby legends raid leaders where we have
4126s	just concluded the very first game of
4129s	the day first of we don't know how many
4131s	because we are playing the check format
4133s	where it could go on for as long as 11
4136s	games total because the name of the game
4137s	here is to be
4139s	one of the first players getting 20
4141s	points first and foremost with the same
4142s	distribution that we played out
4144s	yesterday but after that you need to
4147s	actually win a lobby take a first place
4150s	in order to be the champions lissa
4152s	there's already been quite a few shocks
4155s	in the first game anything you want to
4156s	call out and draw attention to
4159s	i mean i think educated collins was just
4161s	being nice to the lobby giving them a
4162s	little bit of a lead as he plans to
4165s	charge his way back up i i definitely
4168s	think he's gonna make an epic comeback
4171s	uh we saw some really interesting hero
4174s	picks not the typical lobby you would
4176s	see on ladder so that was quite
4178s	interesting uh i wonder if we'll see
4181s	more some more standard hero picks next
4183s	round um but as you can see here we are
4185s	looking at these curved sheets you can
4188s	probably hear g and i talking about
4190s	these different curves during the game
4192s	the standard curve the g curve and the
4195s	warrior curve and she is going to talk
4198s	to us about that a little bit oh i am
4200s	sure okay so this curve like we know on
4202s	your first turn you have three gold you
4204s	can't afford the level yet it costs five
4206s	then so all you can do is really buy on
4209s	the second turn your level goes down to
4210s	costing four so it makes a lot of sense
4212s	as your gold meets it that your first
4214s	instinct is to level to two and then on
4216s	turn three you could sell that first
4218s	mini new bot and double bye so on and so
4220s	forth and by tier uh turn five you get
4222s	to tier three that was the most common
4226s	thing you would see for the first few
4227s	months that battlegrounds came into
4229s	existence years as people years even wow
4232s	um but as people iterate began to
4234s	experiment we saw different ways of
4236s	approaching the early game uh chief who
4239s	is a competitive battlegrounds players
4241s	finished multiple times at the top of
4243s	the america server really popularized
4246s	the gf curve which is known for leveling
4249s	on the five gold turn tier three rather
4253s	than on uh sorry turn three rather than
4256s	to on turn two here and this is
4259s	something that has kind of hybridized
4262s	these days because you don't necessarily
4263s	power level to tier four and tier five
4266s	even though it costs the perfect amount
4267s	on those turns
4269s	yeah we used to level to three on turn
4271s	four and then level to four on turn five
4273s	but with buddy meta that's actually
4275s	slowed down a bit and you likely don't
4276s	level to turn to tier three until turn
4279s	five uh and then this last thing warrior
4282s	curve when you watch a player stay on
4284s	tier one forever and ever and ever that
4286s	is called the warrior curve or you might
4288s	have heard it called the shiny curve
4290s	because you are getting as many goldens
4292s	as possible you're just staying on tier
4294s	one to collect pairs freeze triples
4298s	power level to tier four
4301s	or tier three in order to triple into a
4303s	four or a five drop early so that is
4305s	known as the warrior curve or the shiny
4308s	curve
4309s	right warrior curve was definitely what
4310s	everybody was going for a few meters ago
4313s	right before buddies came out it was the
4314s	avenge meta where it was all about
4316s	trying to hit the dazzling light spawn
4318s	or the nest matron or a tank all of
4321s	which are tier four minions that you can
4323s	triple into and just having as many
4326s	possibilities the triples by staying on
4327s	tier 1 and narrowing down the pool of
4330s	minions made a lot of sense but these
4332s	are not the only curves in the game here
4334s	there's so many different ones one of
4335s	the main ones that we
4337s	could also mention is a rafam curve
4339s	which applies to almost all the heroes
4341s	with a one cost hero power where they do
4344s	buy and then on turn two they can buy
4345s	again and still perfectly spend their
4347s	gold by using the hero power and there's
4349s	so many different ways you can approach
4351s	the game we saw just a while ago that uh
4354s	bubba fat on the vulgen did an extended
4357s	warrior curse
4358s	one more turn down on uh tier one and
4361s	these are definitely not set in stone
4363s	they should just be guidelines and if
4365s	you are interested dear viewers on
4367s	learning more about the different
4368s	strategies and battlegrounds there is a
4370s	very um helpful community member you can
4373s	find on twitter my at minder roots who
4376s	on his twitter has pinned a curve sheet
4379s	of all the different strategies that you
4380s	can go for on each hero very educational
4382s	stuff if you don't mind reading a lot of
4384s	text
4385s	yeah he has a whole spreadsheet of what
4387s	heroes work best with what and again
4389s	things are different we talked about
4390s	that extended warrior curve that can
4392s	work a lot with reno because you're
4394s	trying to force triple so that you can
4396s	hear a power of minion
4398s	things are flexible but that's what's
4400s	great with coming up with all these new
4401s	curves is we used to just do standard
4404s	curve no change refoam curve came a
4406s	little bit later because rafam was a
4408s	newer hero at the time but now there's
4411s	so many options for the curve that it's
4413s	made
4414s	early game battlegrounds super complex
4417s	as we go into game two we see be nice
4419s	with some interesting options uh omu yog
4422s	rakanishi sky cap and crag keep in mind
4424s	there are no beasts dragons or pirates
4427s	this game he is going to go with the fun
4429s	yogg pic educated collins on the galley
4432s	wigs let's go keep in mind no pirates
4435s	are beasts for him though huff takes a
4438s	toki oh i missed what those other
4440s	options were but toki quite interesting
4443s	bubble fat
4444s	playing the guitar he's singing the song
4446s	oh wow
4448s	he's feeling it is he trying to summon a
4450s	hero there afk has little music notes
4453s	when she wakes up right but we do have a
4456s	finley choice here which i agree with
4457s	i'm not a big fan of malagos anymore
4459s	after the murloc tidehunter has left the
4462s	minion pool but finley definitely
4464s	capable of spiking very hard as long as
4466s	you find a hero power which has a
4468s	corresponding buddy of tier 4 you're
4470s	already getting great value because
4472s	finley gets his buddy on tier 3.
4475s	now unfortunately we cannot see who
4477s	findlay has been offered for hero
4479s	options
4480s	it is a good a very interesting decision
4482s	he is going to take sky cap and crag so
4485s	sky cap and crack has the hero power
4487s	that it saves up money in this little
4491s	money piggy bank
4494s	and you don't want to use the hero power
4495s	until you need the money it will scale
4497s	one gold per turn so eventually you can
4500s	get seven extra gold eight extra gold
4502s	stuff like that
4503s	and then has a tier four buddy but with
4506s	sir finley he will get that buddy on
4509s	tier three so sir finley picking sky cap
4512s	and crack here excellent decision
4514s	early hero power or early buddy and
4518s	because the buddy is a battle cry buddy
4520s	can get use out of bran
4522s	yeah that buddy will give him another
4524s	huge turn of gold's bike so
4526s	it means now that the finley on the crag
4529s	has two turns where they can truly try
4531s	and pop off the timing of when to cash
4534s	out your hero power i find is very very
4536s	interesting with craig we see some
4537s	players try and greet it as much as
4539s	possible when they get to 10 gold for
4540s	example but sometimes it's correct to go
4542s	for it a bit earlier if you find a very
4544s	good shop that you can buy immediately
4547s	and maybe save you a lot of health for
4548s	the next immediate fight but over here
4550s	on kurt's side we have rafam we did just
4553s	mention the rafam curve and that's
4554s	exactly what he's gone for with two of
4556s	the best minions to get in the early
4558s	game to do so that swamp striker plus
4560s	the rockpool hunter is already an iconic
4563s	duo i want to say and should be able to
4565s	win almost any early game fight while he
4567s	continues to get value from the hero
4569s	power and copies a pair
4572s	yes
4573s	very good start for rafam i want to just
4575s	say we have a lot more standard heroes
4578s	going on this game rafa isn't seen as
4580s	much in this method but oh my gosh kirk
4582s	gets offered another pair of swamp
4584s	strikers and a triple that he can freeze
4588s	in the shop very nicely this is just the
4591s	most stats you can basically start with
4595s	in any game right now because he's
4596s	getting double swamp striker double rock
4598s	pool hunter so many stats and might even
4602s	steal a tier 2 from hoff i don't know if
4605s	hoff has decided to hero power early but
4607s	they did stay on tier one
4609s	yeah there's honestly a curve for toki
4612s	as well where you can like on uh turn to
4615s	sell out of the minion you bought on
4616s	tier one so you can level in hero power
4618s	even if you don't have a board it means
4620s	that you can buy a three drop on the
4621s	very next turn but we saw that hoff went
4623s	for a more reserved style of play of buy
4626s	into by hero power into buy and hero
4629s	power again so he has a two drop on
4632s	board and the tough tusk and has frozen
4634s	the harvest golem in shop it's a lot of
4636s	stats for now but i don't think enough
4638s	to beat this amazing murloc start from
4642s	uh
4643s	the refund i also want to draw attention
4646s	to ken ken he is on sindragosa again
4649s	that was him last game right
4652s	sorry it's about here
4654s	i'm blind
4655s	i was like what there's another syndrome
4657s	no no no
4660s	no we do see him on shambala though
4661s	which is a very fun hero and uh educate
4664s	cons will be taunting him with all his
4666s	elementals as we know shambhala thrives
4669s	on early elementals but so does gallywix
4673s	so gallywix gonna say to him no no no
4676s	i am the true elemental hero but a
4678s	little interesting of a turn for collins
4680s	because
4681s	this triple is way too early
4684s	um
4686s	he isn't able to double level or
4688s	anything
4689s	and the other minions on the board are
4691s	decent he could just freeze for it
4693s	there's a pretty interesting i think
4695s	line of maybe buy the weaver by the imp
4698s	then you could sell the imp and level or
4700s	you could sell the 4-2 if you want to
4701s	keep the trickster around
4704s	um
4705s	i agree with you that it's too early to
4707s	take this triple and if you take it now
4709s	and don't play it he loses too many
4711s	stats so he does go for this line of uh
4713s	just selling out of the demon after it's
4715s	applied it's plus two plus two buff for
4717s	the rap weaver and we can see that
4719s	because it's elemental it's a double
4721s	triple guaranteed for collins here it's
4723s	really the timing though of when he
4725s	wants to cash out do you think he's
4726s	gonna go for fours or fives
4728s	uh there's no pirates uh no beasts so i
4732s	don't and no dragons i could see him
4734s	going for at least one four and deciding
4736s	if i want to go for double four or a
4738s	single four single five
4740s	um the thing with br with gallywix is
4743s	that they really want brand for when
4744s	they hit their buddy so that is the
4748s	reasoning to always go for five
4750s	but at the same time you can always try
4753s	to play safe go for one four drop then
4755s	go for one five drop um and we're gonna
4758s	see what he decides to do here
4760s	he could go for his first triple here
4762s	technically uh he has the money to do so
4765s	as long as he sells the minion he is
4767s	going to do that
4768s	likely we'll go for a four
4770s	by no collins which i do
4773s	yes you do
4775s	and it's that dazzling light spawn
4777s	doesn't have a lot of avenged units
4779s	currently um
4781s	but
4782s	is direction
4784s	is it enough direction the champion does
4786s	not work because there's no taunts on
4788s	board and he also doesn't have any
4789s	murlocs so
4790s	i think he's kind of forced into it the
4793s	question now becomes does he feel like
4794s	this was too weak of a turn so now i
4796s	need to double triple into a four that
4798s	is definitely what he's thinking about
4799s	now
4801s	yeah it's really tough to say here
4803s	because even if he takes another four he
4805s	doesn't necessarily get that much
4807s	stronger on board because he would have
4808s	to give up this 4-4 or rather the 2-2
4811s	because with the second triple on the
4812s	water droplet he'd have a 4-4 as well
4816s	he'd also have to float a gold in that
4818s	instance just using it for a roll so i
4821s	kind of like that collins is potentially
4823s	holding on to get another triple later
4826s	on
4827s	yeah he is very stressed
4829s	one point now though he is wearing his
4831s	uh america's global invitational jacket
4835s	he wore that jacket when we won
4837s	the global invitational i think he knows
4840s	that that is his lucky jacket reppin
4842s	americas
4844s	all right if you're stressed if you're
4846s	just the best dressed i guess
4848s	i tried to rhyme again today it didn't
4850s	quite land so well let's ignore that
4854s	we have here
4855s	off on the toki
4858s	with a pretty good avenge set of getting
4860s	a lot of value from the budding green
4863s	thumb
4864s	but he had that as her favorite daddy
4868s	which means he got the money
4871s	he hasn't even used his hero power yet
4872s	which is important to look at so he
4874s	wouldn't even use the buddy yet so that
4876s	he's likely just gonna hold it because
4878s	um oh there he goes
4880s	he uses the buddy
4882s	uh will he
4884s	shark bait immediately to try to double
4887s	level he can't double level i'm just
4888s	kidding he has it's 11 gold to double
4890s	right
4891s	uh i'm just kidding but he's going to
4894s	use his turn to try and power spike to
4895s	get way more stats on the board allowing
4898s	him to have
4900s	much gold what did he do like
4902s	16 gold this turn so far he might hear a
4904s	power again we don't know yet colin's
4907s	got his five drop whiffs on the brand
4910s	unfortunately so it has to go for trying
4912s	to gain size with the urzel and demon
4915s	set up now it is interesting because
4917s	with ozil you can uh he is scaling with
4920s	his dazzling light spawn so elementals
4922s	in the shop are scaling so he can get
4924s	more stats uh there is some synergies
4927s	there looking really rough for collins a
4929s	while ago because he ate the worst
4931s	minion with the urzul horror and he's
4933s	also down in the low 20s here
4935s	approaching the danger zone but babafat
4938s	had a very interesting turn of just
4942s	like using the hero power not for
4943s	maximum
4945s	long-term value but to power spike on a
4947s	crucial turn which i think is a mark of
4949s	a experienced player of captain craig uh
4953s	pon pada here on the arana elementals
4956s	here sort of elementals like he's got a
4958s	good setup but he's not necessarily
4960s	going to stay down and just do party
4962s	rock stuff because he has a pretty good
4963s	avenge set up with the light spawn this
4965s	could be the rare arana dreaming bigger
4969s	yeah you normally don't see iran's
4971s	levelings quite aggressively until they
4973s	have maybe five party elementals and a
4976s	couple rocks but uh yeah but maybe he
4978s	just wasn't getting them he wasn't going
4979s	to force it and did find an early
4981s	dazzling light spawn
4982s	able to do seven damage to
4985s	be nice on yogg
4988s	and that was going to face off versus
4989s	toki educated collins down in the danger
4992s	zone 13 health a bit scary plus he still
4995s	has rap weaver on board so he can take
4998s	more damage he's going to be looking for
5000s	a minion to put his battlecry buddy on
5004s	to get this extra boost and stats
5007s	looking at the domo in the shop because
5009s	doble just have a lot of synergy
5011s	with uh gallywix but decides not to take
5014s	it and goes for the annoying module
5015s	because it is a good target for
5017s	the buddy of gallywix
5020s	a bit rough though that he goes into the
5022s	buddy activation turn with no additional
5024s	gold saved up which is something you
5026s	ideally do with golly wicks but i guess
5028s	that's a sort of side effect of collins
5030s	having to use his tokens to hit an early
5033s	triple uh that was only the real thing
5035s	that his board was doing at that point
5037s	and with no beasts in there was no way
5039s	of really printing even money for the
5040s	next turn with alicats maybe tads at
5043s	some point could have helped but it
5044s	looks like he hasn't hit any still a
5046s	good turn in terms of stats built up
5049s	though do you think he's gonna expend
5051s	the buddy here on the module just
5053s	because it's a divine shield yeah he has
5055s	to he's in a situation where he's in the
5057s	danger zone he's about to die
5059s	any moment now does the extra sell just
5061s	for that extra one one in stats
5064s	for the buddy gets a 14 16 which is good
5067s	at this point in the game but is it
5069s	enough as shambhala popped off is the
5072s	the scary point because uh ken cannon
5074s	shambala we don't know what they've been
5076s	up to and shambala can be either a
5078s	really strong hero or a really weak hero
5080s	depending on what they've been offered
5083s	and it looks like uh collins is going to
5085s	have enough
5087s	right oh maybe not um i don't know yeah
5090s	hence where the result goes on
5094s	oh
5096s	gosh
5098s	it will be enough to stay alive yes for
5101s	sure
5102s	for sure
5104s	but
5106s	that's very painful he is on the brink
5108s	of death absolutely cannot afford to
5110s	lose another fight here has to be only
5112s	ties or wins from here on out a very
5115s	scary situation but we have hoff here on
5117s	the toki now um able to level to four
5120s	this turn which means the hero power can
5122s	give him a roll on a five drop and this
5124s	does look like a very powerful mech
5126s	setup um if you could hit okay i was
5129s	going to say mackerel that's amazing but
5131s	the light tank's not bad either because
5133s	he's also scaling a divine shield quill
5135s	bar here from the golden tough tusk yeah
5137s	we see in the back right now he's using
5139s	green thumb as a scale which only scales
5141s	two minions now this light thing has
5143s	opportunity to scale even more minions
5145s	so
5146s	uh
5147s	it is a tempting pick the problem right
5149s	just right now is only having two types
5151s	that are available but can easily
5154s	transition into more he barely has
5156s	enough money to buy the light fang this
5157s	turn so could be something he freezes
5162s	not sure because i mean i guess he's a
5164s	murlocs and hands but it's not that big
5167s	bit of an update on the overview we have
5169s	two nomi players here one of which is
5171s	kurt and we also have collins on the
5174s	lights bonds and ashanvala on the lobby
5176s	who is playing not nomi's so the
5178s	elementals here are highly highly
5180s	contested kurt with the nomi set up and
5183s	a recycling rate that is the best way to
5185s	get nomi going here but it's only one
5187s	nomi at the moment and the elementals
5189s	and shop aren't too big yet however he
5191s	has tons of health to work with and as
5193s	rafam with elementals highly contested
5195s	his hero power and buddy have a lot of
5197s	value here didn't get the full turn
5199s	through though it looks like no yeah he
5201s	had this 2-2 left in the shot or on his
5203s	board and at 10 10 in hand i think he's
5205s	a little bit uh disappointed in that
5207s	term because uh he just doesn't have max
5210s	tempo but he has max health he has 40
5212s	health three armor so even if he does
5215s	the turn it's not the end of the world
5217s	uh but yeah you can see his
5218s	disappointment and not getting the full
5219s	turn done
5220s	with that timer
5222s	yeah the 10-10 here possibly could have
5224s	saved him some health if not tied the
5226s	fight
5227s	would have been a chance to kill off the
5229s	tank here and that means that he is
5231s	going to take a hefty chunk of damage
5234s	from hoff on the toki here
5237s	uh
5238s	second nomi player who also has a light
5240s	spawn is talked about is doing something
5243s	very unusual with arana not going for a
5246s	safe murloc setup nor a safe tier two
5249s	elemental setup he's dreaming bigger and
5251s	is that going to pay off he is very much
5253s	in the danger zone same spot as collins
5255s	cannot lose any more fights
5257s	yeah it looks like collins did save
5259s	himself last turn which is good to see
5261s	uh and a lot of people hanging on their
5263s	four players in the danger zone with
5265s	bayou baba fat educate collins and
5267s	pompada be nice barely staying out of it
5270s	16 health is one of those great stats
5273s	sidelines where you're like okay i can
5276s	lose one more game and then then i'm
5279s	done but
5280s	so
5280s	yeah be nice in a good spot here
5285s	it's very curious to see nomi arana but
5288s	looking at it the buddy is just kind of
5290s	like a built-in recycling wraith however
5292s	he's sold out of the body because the
5294s	recycling rate has way more stats on it
5297s	whereas clip cannot scale whatsoever
5299s	found a good elemental to end the turn
5301s	on with that crackling cyclone i love
5303s	the positioning of that going first
5304s	which means that if po pon pota wins the
5306s	50 50 to go first in the fight he can
5308s	still get value from this divine shield
5310s	before the ghoul goes off
5313s	yep and he's about to face silas who is
5316s	uh by you i don't know if we've seen
5318s	much of bayou what his board is up to
5321s	so we're gonna find out now
5323s	if it's enough
5325s	oh
5325s	a nice mix of agum quite small though
5329s	and compared to the elementals that nomi
5331s	has built up over here on pon pada's
5333s	board so it looks like silas might be
5336s	out this round by you looking to be
5340s	yep this is gonna be the end of the road
5342s	for bayou here and we will no longer
5344s	have a 15 damage cap
5346s	that is a heartbreaker for bayou there
5348s	but i also want to point out that 26
5351s	health break point on the big taunt from
5353s	bayou and the 26th attack from the
5354s	cyclone was huge to make this
5356s	be absolutely in panpata's favor so our
5359s	first casualty is bayou but everybody
5362s	else who was in the danger zone has
5363s	managed to hold on and now collins is
5366s	popping off a bit hits a triple on the
5368s	wildfire elemental one of the best
5370s	minions to get way more stats on because
5372s	of the double cleave or cleave effect
5374s	that it gets with the overkill uh little
5377s	rag picked up not bad not bad
5379s	there was a decision to make the faux
5381s	reaper but because if you look at the
5383s	buddy meter it is too far away if the
5386s	body meter would have allowed uh to get
5388s	the buddy this next turn i think faux
5390s	reaper would have been the choice so
5391s	that he could make the biggest uh faux
5394s	weeper possible
5396s	but unfortunately just has six health
5398s	and cannot risk that so he's going to
5399s	just go for as much stats as possible at
5402s	this point he can switch out of a pair
5405s	to get the refreshing anomaly for a
5408s	little bit more stats but tripling
5410s	elementals is very key when you are
5412s	playing this dazzling light spawn comp
5415s	um
5417s	you have to force triples because that's
5418s	really where you get your stats and
5420s	that's why it was such a big deal that
5421s	he was able to triple on this turn
5423s	his opponent ken ken is over here
5425s	playing bran
5427s	comp with an amalgadon in hand and a
5429s	golden si7 so we'll be able to get some
5433s	poisons but will they the poisons show
5435s	up too late
5436s	yeah um he has a few more rules here but
5438s	i'm sorry can we go back to colin's
5440s	board a little bit because i wanted to
5441s	call out here that the
5443s	lil rag i feel like he was going to sell
5445s	out of that after just getting the plus
5448s	four plus four from playing the wildfire
5449s	but it ended that the plus four went on
5451s	the little rag itself so he had that
5453s	decision you were talking about to sell
5455s	out of the pair instead um he's also
5457s	gotten rid of the void lord now which is
5459s	really the only good scaling he had for
5461s	the light spawn he's paying full respect
5463s	here to can can on the shan valla and
5466s	will it be enough here i think it's all
5468s	about the timing of the avenge here the
5471s	amalgadon will get the poison
5474s	it will
5478s	that's not gonna be enough damage coming
5480s	from our elemental side
5482s	oh oh uh
5484s	oh it has 25 health but no
5487s	the the plants the plants
5491s	lance op
5494s	unfortunately for collins that will be a
5496s	loss to the shen valla
5499s	uh
5500s	the trades just were not in his favor
5502s	and that will be a seventh place for
5504s	educated collins and we are now into our
5507s	top six with being nice getting to his
5510s	buddies these buddies spinning the wheel
5513s	of yogg which is quite a fun turn we
5516s	might be able to see it here probably
5517s	looking for a brand so that he can get
5520s	double the value
5521s	he is still in tier four though so maybe
5524s	rolling for a triple to get to the brand
5529s	we'll see though
5530s	the argus is very nice to try and
5532s	manipulate the resets on the deflector
5534s	but i expect i was gonna say the egg to
5537s	be taunted up but not the case here he's
5539s	taunting up ground shaker and now that
5542s	the egg has attack and of course he has
5544s	the blood gems to make it get more
5546s	attack and make sure it actually dies
5547s	the deflectobots will have at least one
5549s	guaranteed reset here and now he goes
5553s	for the body towards the end of the turn
5555s	pro tip you can click on the wheel to
5557s	make it go faster
5559s	i want to point out that he used the
5561s	gems first because there is a
5563s	uh wheel option where you gain three
5565s	three stats and then all the stats
5567s	switch and because you have added all
5569s	these uh imaginary stats for the turn
5572s	they're actually going to become
5573s	permanent stats from the quillboard
5575s	that's the dartmouth prize on the second
5577s	rule the first one was the double hero
5579s	power which is not great at the end of
5581s	the turn
5582s	but it can be added value later on
5586s	not amazing prizes either but it's some
5589s	tempo
5590s	meanwhile for hoff here he is on a brand
5593s	himself has a setup to get poison on his
5596s	4 6 murloc as well and some good max
5599s	energy with the buster don't think it's
5602s	going to be enough to get here against
5603s	these elementals from kurto
5606s	yeah
5607s	looks like kurt's going into double know
5609s	me which is a bit
5610s	scary um
5613s	he he's going to need to sell out of the
5615s	double know me soon because having two
5617s	four fours is quite weak uh two big
5620s	minions but it looks like he's just
5621s	still have tons of stats so he's been
5623s	able to greet the double know me and hop
5626s	over here with the golden seafood
5628s	slinger i'm excited to see where that
5630s	goes if he survives but it doesn't look
5632s	like he is
5634s	oh rana takes the l
5637s	yeah that's another
5639s	bottom floor placement for
5642s	um
5643s	here but yeah that very last fight for
5645s	hof there was honestly so scary every
5648s	one of those microbots missing the one
5650s	health minion was a heartbreaker for him
5653s	but he still stabilizes here he has the
5655s	jug a golden seafood slinger many
5657s	chances at hitting a malgadons but bubba
5659s	fat winner of last lobby wipes out in
5662s	fifth here which means the field is wide
5664s	open to try and overtake his points
5668s	yep so we see
5669s	uh hof over here tier five
5672s	maybe looking to go to tier six soon
5674s	takes nine gold but going to golden this
5676s	book gurgle triple into some
5679s	options that aren't amalgadon which i'm
5681s	sure is what he was looking for here uh
5683s	so just going to use this but gurgle to
5686s	discover another minion might hold off
5688s	on rolling because if he hits the amalga
5691s	down that doesn't get divine shield
5692s	could buy that module decides to roll
5694s	past it though
5698s	i am racking my brains trying to figure
5700s	out how he ended up with a golden
5702s	seafood slinger
5705s	like sometimes what happens if you
5706s	mirazon with a brown but there's no
5708s	dragons in it
5710s	probably from the
5712s	europe
5713s	power
5715s	but like could he buy it
5717s	rather than separating their battle
5719s	cries i feel like that would be bad that
5720s	wouldn't be
5725s	all right
5727s	look at that last-minute triple there's
5730s	the amalgadon he only has
5732s	does he have two types he has three with
5734s	the genie mm-hmm
5737s	aim's good six rolls with bran but miss
5740s	is on poison however it's very fixable
5742s	he has the sephin the taunt on the
5744s	amalgadon means it's not guaranteed but
5746s	he has many other taunts here so i'd say
5748s	it's very likely that he still gets the
5750s	poison on the amalgadon
5752s	over here on be nice's side with the yog
5756s	this honestly looks like a pretty
5757s	mediocre board for this stage of the
5759s	game but he's managed to hang on this
5762s	long with the ground shaker it looks
5764s	like he didn't quite get so many gems
5766s	this turn as previous turns because he
5768s	doesn't have that much attack on his
5769s	minions yeah i think hoff was expecting
5771s	more he picked up that last minute zap
5773s	because he was reading mechs and was
5774s	expecting to
5776s	likely use his uh zap to knock a baron
5779s	down which you'll see with the omega
5781s	buster comp at this stage in the game
5784s	but uh yeah
5785s	that's just not where being ice is at
5787s	but because of these trades because of
5789s	all the divine shields bease is going to
5792s	wish
5793s	with that trade there and knock out hoff
5796s	into fourth place
5798s	oh my god that was crazy like the
5800s	deflectobot with the divine shield just
5804s	dodging all of those one ones going
5805s	straight for the snipe on the poison
5807s	that is quite unfortunate for hop in the
5810s	end there
5811s	but still ends up with the top four
5812s	which is very very big at this point
5815s	it's just about getting to 20 first no
5817s	one's worried about check at the moment
5820s	but here we have a clear front runner to
5822s	win the lobby with ken with the
5824s	amalgadon set up he has transitioned
5827s	from that
5828s	elemental mid game and now is just
5830s	trying to collect all of the amalgadons
5832s	yep he only has two right now which
5835s	only but
5837s	you can have a full board of amalgadons
5839s	any minute as long as he hits the
5841s	seafood slingers which i'm sure is what
5843s	he's looking for the thing about murloc
5845s	builds is they don't necessarily build
5847s	beat mech builds uh if they don't have
5849s	the health because mexican just keep
5851s	resuming these divine shields that can't
5853s	die to poison so um
5857s	is it actually going to shembala here
5859s	not sure if benice can get a ton of
5861s	stats on his divine shield by really
5864s	utilizing his uh quillboard utilizing
5867s	that ground shaker
5869s	this might not actually go to the
5871s	amalgadons and you see here you should
5872s	follow is again putting in a zap for max
5875s	reading max hey i need to hit the baron
5876s	but we know that that's not quite the
5878s	board that be nice has going on
5880s	yeah that's right i think the nice does
5883s	struggle to get enough attack because he
5885s	didn't have a gem generator that we saw
5887s	on board
5888s	just kind of um buying the gems from the
5891s	shop here and there and also the ground
5892s	shaker was not golden right so it can't
5894s	actually get that much attack on the
5896s	mechs at the moment i was gonna say
5898s	perhaps the best way for him to scale
5899s	from here is to try and find a mega
5901s	buster but he's not on tier six at the
5903s	moment and also ken can also has that uh
5907s	zap to try and have some insurance
5908s	against it uh he does have a big myth
5911s	racks though be nice
5913s	uh going to wipe out from the poison
5915s	here but will the double resets from the
5917s	eggs be enough here the trades
5919s	definitely have to go a certain way
5923s	not that way oh okay it's a reset but i
5926s	don't think it's not okay wait uh
5929s	no it's not that was not enough yeah
5931s	those stuffins hiding in the back and
5934s	not having any replicating menaces on
5936s	those deflector bots is going to put be
5938s	nice out into third and we see
5941s	over here kurt able to defeat the ghost
5944s	with five health in a dream
5947s	uh
5948s	very scary
5950s	uh point but i assume kurt has gotten
5952s	out of his nomi's at this point i'm not
5954s	sure we haven't seen what he's been up
5956s	to but i'm sure we're gonna go check it
5958s	out there we go he has one nominee left
5960s	a
5961s	huge mega win fury in front he is now
5964s	looking to either get these premium
5967s	elementals which are the cleaves the uh
5970s	cyclones or to triple uh so that he has
5973s	a big static minion though the big
5976s	segments aren't as important right now
5977s	because he is going to be facing murlocs
5981s	yeah he can read that from the shambhala
5982s	as well and ken ken has been on tier 6
5985s	forever now basically so kurt knows he's
5987s	kind of doomed he can't really beat
5989s	poison divine shield at the moment but
5991s	if there is any small percentage chance
5993s	it absolutely comes from what you're
5994s	saying so finding the premium elementals
5997s	with divine shield with cleave trying to
5999s	two for one and offset the fact that he
6002s	doesn't have shield on every minion the
6003s	selfless could be huge here but at the
6006s	moment because the amalgadons from ken
6008s	ken are poison divine shield and taunt
6011s	that mega wind fury is gonna have two
6013s	attacks at most
6015s	yeah exactly you notice they got out of
6017s	the know me and then started playing
6018s	elementals i think so people are like oh
6020s	what was he doing he does not care about
6022s	sex he's facing
6024s	murloc he's facing poison so he really
6027s	just cares about getting minions that
6029s	can defeat murlocs which is divine
6031s	shields which is uh
6034s	yeah oh there's in the shop does he
6036s	freeze it okay he does get the freeze on
6038s	the cyclone last minute
6040s	yeah
6042s	oh well not gonna be enough here though
6045s	i don't think even though this one one
6048s	because of the clobber todd
6049s	is just gonna shave off a shield that's
6052s	an insta wipe from the mega wind fury
6055s	and he gets the poison attack on the
6057s	next one and the amalgadon even survives
6060s	here gets the trade twice which is going
6063s	to spell disaster for kurt yeah just uh
6066s	not having the meg with one fury first
6068s	wait wait wait
6070s	this cleave means that oh sorry sorry i
6073s	forgot about the cleave
6075s	yeah the clean is huge and that's why we
6077s	have to go for those premium minions
6078s	because the cleave if he triples it can
6080s	knock out three minions in one then the
6083s	cyclones can knock out two and that's
6085s	how he defeats these poison minions that
6088s	they can't beat it so he really needs to
6090s	try and focus on tripling his cleave
6093s	tripling his cyclone or not tripling the
6095s	cycle and actually keeping them separate
6097s	uh is better in this situation right
6100s	they have enough stats individually to
6102s	go toe to toe with what ken is reading
6104s	which is the murlocs not too much health
6106s	on those
6107s	i think it's more about trying to find
6108s	another selfless here um baron
6112s	is not that much of an improvement on
6114s	the board because it no you'd have to
6116s	sell out of a threatening minion to
6119s	double your divine shields here's the
6120s	triple you were talking about but
6122s	probably not necessary right yeah
6126s	and he doesn't even probably want to
6128s	trade out of his current taunt because
6130s	this taunt that he has is
6132s	making sure that his opponent doesn't
6134s	attack his megawind fury
6138s	question is is there any six drop that
6140s	could improve his board state here does
6142s	the zap do anything i don't quite
6144s	remember ken's exact board state i don't
6147s	think the zap does anything and
6150s	oh it does take triple though
6153s	the only miracle is hitting amalgadon
6155s	with poison
6158s	right the faux reaper might knock some
6159s	stuff off that uh like knocked the
6162s	divine shields off of malgadons if
6164s	they're next to each other
6165s	yeah that was interesting but we'll see
6167s	here what ken has done with his board i
6169s	was honestly thinking like ghoul might
6171s	be effective here even before i saw the
6173s	deadly spore
6174s	but we see that the faux reaper gets the
6177s	ghoul job done pretty much just as well
6179s	because he knew that there were two
6180s	taunts here kurt did not separate them
6182s	because he wanted them to attack next to
6184s	each other so that four reaper does a
6186s	lot of work indeed um it's now once
6189s	again up to the wildfire to scale what
6191s	hit the poison
6193s	that's huge kurt just went yes yes his
6196s	uh
6197s	but he said elemental alive
6199s	oh it's not enough
6203s	he did just level this turn so it did
6205s	add an extra damage
6206s	um but just wasn't quite there over here
6209s	on ken ken's side he is looking
6212s	for
6214s	probably some tech pieces he doesn't
6217s	quite need this uh if you look at the
6219s	taunt on the far right his rock what
6221s	it's doing now is it's deterring minions
6224s	from attacking his amalgadons keeping
6226s	them safe in the front um but you could
6229s	talk to other minions and get out of it
6230s	it's not quite necessary uh but that's
6233s	what it's it's
6235s	action is right now
6237s	and otherwise yeah he needs some um
6240s	selfless heroes for exactly that's
6242s	exactly what he wants here not only
6244s	because it has way more utility to
6246s	protect the uh or create a threat a
6249s	divine shield here on any of these
6251s	poisons is way more valuable than the
6253s	2786 it also can be cleave protect
6256s	depending on how you position it there's
6257s	a chance that the wildfire's excess
6259s	damage kills the selfless which is not a
6262s	problem at all for ken ken but it's just
6264s	looked like a -10 whiff here nothing
6266s	good in the shop no good replacement for
6269s	the 2786 there is a murloc but he
6271s	doesn't have the gold to buy it unless
6273s	he wants to go down to six minions which
6275s	is absolutely not the way to play this i
6277s	think so he just kind of has to hope
6279s	that the trades go better maybe he saw
6281s	that his odds were good and the last
6283s	fight maybe he just got a little bit
6284s	scammed and he's trying to improve a
6286s	little bit with uh positioning here it's
6287s	still anyone's game yeah but we know
6289s	that uh
6291s	rafam has hit an amalgadon
6293s	uh but it turns out it wasn't a good one
6296s	so he had to sell out of it and with the
6298s	knowledge of um ken ken having the
6300s	cleave he did separate his divine shield
6302s	minions so that they couldn't knock off
6304s	both divine shields so that was
6306s	important information and it made it so
6308s	the amalgadon went into a divine shield
6311s	not being very useful
6313s	okay there's a cleave whiff here on the
6315s	far right but that's not a whiff that's
6317s	not a poison okay but there could still
6319s	be the one one spore going into a plant
6321s	here oh but then the elemental's too big
6324s	so in the end
6326s	kurt just barely takes it here with the
6329s	genie actually getting some value in
6331s	terms of combat
6333s	yes yes if
6335s	it did end up winning tier four and the
6337s	americas vs america's final goes to kurt
6341s	and uh
6344s	i think this is wrong but this is wrong
6346s	please just switch
6348s	it
6350s	kurt did take the win kurt will have
6352s	seven points and ken ken will have six
6354s	that will be changed in just a second
6356s	we're gonna go
6357s	look at the uh replays of this game the
6360s	exciting
6361s	points
6363s	yes indeed this one here the scam that
6365s	we talked about
6366s	i remember that here okay that was a
6368s	good trade for hoff the poison took a
6370s	value trade but then this deflector just
6373s	dodged all the one ones made the shield
6375s	get value and then at the 50 50 in the
6377s	end here hoff lost it again
6380s	didn't get the tie and that's a very
6382s	unfortunate way going out and and fourth
6384s	where i think he very realistically
6386s	could have gone third or even higher
6388s	because he had the poisons which it did
6390s	come down to sort of a poison battle in
6392s	the end of this lobby
6394s	yeah but then be nice was not able to
6396s	take it in the long run because he was
6398s	just not getting the scaling that he
6399s	needed
6400s	but still was able to get a very
6402s	respectable third place with max
6405s	considering he wasn't the full omega
6407s	buster crazy mech piece and it ended us
6411s	up in the final two with an a previously
6415s	elemental turned murloc player versus a
6418s	standard elemental refon player
6421s	that is right i mean for ken ken here
6424s	this must have been a heartbreaker
6425s	because i think he had gone to tier six
6426s	very early he was healthy for the
6428s	majority of this lobby and when you're
6430s	that far ahead and nobody else is
6432s	contesting of malaga don's and murlocs
6434s	are in it's very realistic that you can
6436s	get a board of four or more malgadons
6438s	just using seafood slinger to make sure
6440s	there's enough of them still in the pool
6442s	creating the goldens with the battle cry
6444s	rather than actually buying three of
6445s	them and the more amalgadowns you have
6447s	the more divine shield poisons the
6449s	better you can contest the poison battle
6451s	here ended up with only two of them and
6453s	then the cleave was the big offsetting
6456s	factor here for kurt to get the victory
6458s	but very cleverly played by these two in
6461s	the end game here it was that um
6464s	separation of the divine shields here
6466s	that was the key to success for kurt and
6469s	also his cat as we know and we have our
6471s	fixed scoreboard with bobo fat time with
6473s	b nice and first bubble fat winning the
6475s	tiebreakers but that doesn't really
6477s	matter until we go because we are
6479s	playing the check format curt in third
6481s	place hop in fourth and ken can now with
6484s	that six points in fifth after a uh
6487s	struggling first round now remember we
6489s	are playing check format so our players
6492s	need to hit 20 points and then once they
6495s	do they will have to get a first place
6497s	to end the day and win the lobby
6501s	that is right which means we could still
6503s	have a lot more action ahead of us or
6505s	less it's not necessarily these eight
6508s	lobbies that we have here on the graphic
6509s	that's just a rough estimate we have
6511s	many players who are neck and neck as
6513s	well so it's very likely that in a few
6515s	games time we end up with several
6517s	players heading into check position at
6520s	the same time and that will drastically
6522s	change the landscape of how our players
6524s	will face against each other and the
6526s	strategies they go for lots of action
6528s	still to be played out so we are going
6530s	to go to a quick break to let our
6532s	players settle down get ready for yet
6534s	another high action lobby don't go
6536s	anywhere right after this game three of
6539s	the lobby legends raid leaders finals
6546s	[Music]
6556s	[Music]
6598s	so
6600s	[Music]
6736s	welcome back everyone you are watching
6738s	hearthstone battlegrounds lobby legends
6740s	raid leaders that is a lot of words but
6743s	the most important point that you need
6745s	to take note of is that we have only
6747s	finished our first two games of the day
6750s	so alyssa you are still here with us
6751s	thank you very much for casting this
6754s	whole time can you take our players and
6756s	viewers once more through what kind of
6758s	format we are playing yes we are playing
6760s	a check format which is the first time
6762s	we've ever done this in battlegrounds
6764s	meaning we don't end after a certain
6766s	amount of games normally it's like oh
6768s	we're gonna play three games or five
6769s	games and whoever has the most points
6771s	wins no what we are doing is we are
6774s	having our
6775s	our competitors meet two conditions
6778s	condition one they have to get to 20
6780s	points once they've met that condition
6783s	then they need to get a first place so
6785s	the first person to get to 20 points and
6788s	then get a first place will win the
6790s	lobby
6791s	that is right and now that we have two
6794s	games in the books we are starting to
6796s	have our front runners rise to the top
6798s	here two players tied at 9.5 points
6800s	which is roughly half the first
6802s	condition met already and we did have
6805s	kurt take down that second lobby already
6808s	i think gaining himself a lot of fans
6810s	both for his play and his adorable cat
6812s	whose tail shows on the camera nice
6814s	framing if i've ever seen it but kurt is
6816s	for sure one of the players that is
6818s	perhaps less known among our top eight
6820s	to the main community here um i think
6823s	that we ended up with a nice mix in our
6825s	top 16 of some players who are more
6827s	prominent because they've been streaming
6828s	or long-time community members maybe
6831s	coming from different game modes as well
6833s	like collins but we also have a lot of
6835s	new blood here kurt is one of those
6837s	players that's been playing hearthstone
6839s	since 2015 in constructed but has moved
6841s	on to battlegrounds so so did you get to
6843s	ask him any other information yeah i got
6846s	to ask him quite a bit about like his
6848s	favorite comp and his favorite minion he
6850s	loves pirates which you know
6852s	automatically makes me a fan favorite
6854s	minion captain hogger uh favorite hero
6857s	gallywix which goes well with hogger and
6860s	favorite comp is exodia pirates uh
6864s	but he also said that you can catch him
6865s	on twitch at twitch.tv
6868s	captain curt
6873s	k-a-r-c-a-p-n-c-u-r-t-44 so if you've
6874s	become a fan of kurt uh through these
6877s	games make sure you go check out his
6878s	twitch channel go give him a follow uh
6880s	i'm sure he'll appreciate it and as we
6883s	go into game number three we see educate
6886s	calm with some excellent hero options
6889s	probably gonna avoid the omu because of
6890s	some
6891s	rough situations earlier but tess and
6894s	scabs offered tess
6896s	being quite a great hero in the lobby
6899s	works well with scabs but you know
6901s	obviously there won't be a scabs and a
6903s	test in the lobby unless there's a sir
6904s	finley
6906s	no mechs no pirates and no quillboard
6908s	available
6909s	yeah two heroes that are very similar in
6911s	their buddy effect and their hero power
6913s	effect and i notice they even have this
6914s	sort of parallel portrait here each with
6916s	the other arm race there but tess
6919s	generally considered to be higher power
6921s	sealing of a hero here because in the
6923s	late game she can steal multiple minions
6926s	when you have lots of gold available to
6927s	you just press the button you get to see
6929s	your opponent's entire board pick any
6932s	huge direction defining minions or maybe
6934s	additional ambalgadons and then just be
6937s	a better version of them the tricky part
6939s	of playing tests though is navigating
6941s	the early games so so what kind of style
6943s	do you prefer to go for i mean with
6945s	tests what you're trying to do is play a
6948s	tempo oriented early game just to be
6951s	safe and then once your opponents start
6954s	popping off you just start stealing what
6956s	they've gone for you're just trying to
6958s	stay as safe as possible
6960s	you can steal some triples early because
6962s	a lot of players will be going for the
6964s	same early minions that are really
6966s	powerful
6967s	but basically just trying to stay safe
6969s	until you can start stealing all their
6971s	juicy stats their brands their light
6974s	fangs whatever they have and the fact
6976s	that there's a galley wicks in the lobby
6978s	is really nice because educated columns
6980s	will be able to get some early tempo
6982s	when stealing a gallywix buddy
6987s	also kurt's buddy from
6989s	is that yeah that's got cabin crack yes
6991s	it is yeah a lot of good oh no it
6993s	doesn't work does that work sorry
6996s	refreshing is your hero power but like
6998s	it's still something you can use with
7000s	test right if you want to get two copies
7002s	of something your opponent only had one
7003s	copy on one board you can press the
7005s	button as test twice and get two copies
7008s	so kind of inefficient but it's not that
7010s	there's no value and i generally think
7011s	that as long as there are
7014s	battle cry based buddies that you can
7016s	steal with tests that's great because
7018s	a lot of the time the low value buddies
7020s	to steal are the ones that have to be on
7022s	board start of turn effects that you
7024s	have to wait a whole turn to get value
7025s	from them but the battlecry you can
7027s	cycle nicely so like gallywix is a huge
7029s	one there as well but we can see here
7031s	for panpada i went for the ooh because
7033s	he had the double alley cat start which
7035s	is amazing on gallywix because you can
7038s	uh just print gold the more tokens you
7041s	buy because with this hero power it
7043s	means you get to stockpile your gold for
7045s	the next turn um additional amounts
7048s	based on how much you've sold so the
7049s	alicat costs three to buy but you get
7051s	two gold back from selling and then
7053s	another two gold the next turn yep
7055s	doesn't hit a token here but we'll have
7057s	a roll and as we go over to ken ken we
7059s	see ken ken is starting to scale up a
7061s	wrath weaver this is a quite a popular
7064s	way to play mutinous because then you'll
7066s	be able to spit the stats of this wrath
7069s	weaver onto the body when you first get
7071s	it and then eventually spit those stats
7073s	onto some divine shield minions keeping
7075s	in mind there is no mechs or quill bore
7077s	in this lobby and we see now be nice has
7080s	an offered a triple alley cat could go
7083s	for triple alligator or could go for
7084s	triple tabby cat that is an option
7087s	he can go do but not anywhere near
7090s	hitting his buddy
7091s	yeah generally if you have the board
7093s	space i do prefer like selling out of
7095s	alicat the gray slash purple one first
7098s	and then you put it back in the pool and
7099s	potentially get value um to triple again
7102s	later on as you first take the triple on
7105s	the brown cat however with xyrella he
7107s	has buffed the the original body the
7110s	purple alley cat first with the hero
7112s	power so there's more value to holding
7113s	on to that uh just to creep the buddy
7115s	meter up and win the fights a little bit
7117s	more consistently ken ken here um i
7120s	think should be expecting to lose quite
7122s	a few of the early fights as mutant as
7124s	you generally take a beating in these
7126s	early turns as you are setting up
7128s	the big buffs for your buddy to get spat
7130s	on uh but later on when you um get the
7134s	payoff from the buddy that's when mutant
7136s	stabilizes but we do have kurt here
7138s	winner of the previous game with a nice
7140s	demon set up but a kind of terrible shop
7144s	there's a pair
7146s	i see probably the worst pair in the
7148s	game but
7150s	it can knock some small
7152s	tokens early it's not the end of the
7155s	world because with skycap and crag if
7157s	you find triples then you can power
7160s	level oh yep see that's a double triple
7162s	there because if you sell an alley cat
7165s	then you can triple the tabby cat the
7167s	brown cat and then you can buy the other
7169s	alley cat for the second triple the
7172s	question becomes how do i make space on
7174s	my board how do i utilize my gold uh
7177s	because you would have to sell out of an
7179s	alley cat first well no right he can
7181s	take an alley cat then yeah you
7183s	you can do it this way exactly sorry my
7186s	bad no no no problem this is still it
7188s	still has its problems right because i
7190s	don't think he necessarily wants to
7192s	triple into a three drop which means
7194s	that he'd have to hold the golden alley
7196s	cat in hand which is a lot of stats
7198s	missed out which means the next fight
7200s	could be a little bit scary and also
7203s	less of progress towards your body meter
7206s	here yeah he really wants to have the
7207s	buddy by next turn
7210s	and the buddy got so good when you have
7211s	this many minions with the same stat
7213s	line for attack and health however
7215s	speaking of meter this mutinous is just
7217s	getting stonk stonk stonks because
7219s	apparently um ken ken has spat the wrath
7222s	weaver on to an evolved chromo wing
7224s	which is amazing because after you level
7226s	you get the double attack and you kind
7228s	of do a bit of a bulging cosplay and
7230s	then spit those stats onto the eventual
7232s	body that mutinous will get
7235s	and we see be nice over here did not get
7237s	his buddy
7239s	is going to play out the alley cat to
7241s	triple the tabby cat and then likely
7244s	going to
7245s	level and
7247s	here power if he sells but he can get
7249s	slightly better we see pompata on the
7252s	gallywix hits an early nomi which is
7255s	quite a direction for gallywix along
7257s	with a razer gore or mama bear mama bear
7259s	a safer pick if he wants to just build
7261s	some early stats
7263s	um
7264s	he is down to 29 health which isn't
7266s	terrible but
7268s	he is probably considering between those
7270s	two because of that
7272s	it is really close but i really favor
7274s	the nomi here i feel like mama bear just
7276s	doesn't get you that much value with
7277s	your hero power whereas the synergy with
7279s	nomi is amazing yep
7281s	a man after my own heart here going for
7283s	the greedier lines and he is on tier
7286s	four so the elementals can really start
7288s	to pop off here like uh with a nomi
7291s	elemental setup you don't even need to
7292s	go to tier five anymore right it's much
7294s	more common to stay on for try and find
7297s	the recycling rate as a priority and
7299s	then just cycle cycle cycle and save up
7302s	a lot of gold as gallywix every
7304s	sellamental is huge value and he can try
7307s	and potentially triple into another nomi
7309s	or even tavern tempest could be huge
7311s	off over here on uh
7314s	lord bear off lots of golden ham but
7317s	nobody about to get the buddy though
7319s	first uh gallywix
7322s	and i'm
7323s	going to easily take this round
7326s	but not deal too much damage to gallywix
7328s	so i'm sure gallywix is happy about that
7330s	and does get the buddy because of the
7332s	win that is going to do the final tick
7334s	for the buddy
7335s	into hand wondering if he has a triple
7338s	on the other side of the board
7340s	he does have two triples won't be able
7343s	to
7344s	level into tier five though for double
7346s	six bill will likely hold off because of
7350s	the 31 health
7351s	you can't get put into the danger zone
7353s	next turn oh decides to go for a 5.
7356s	yeah i think because uh we got word from
7358s	subtle that hoff has won every single
7360s	bet thus far outside of turn one where
7362s	he didn't bother batting which is
7364s	obviously not a super safe thing to do
7366s	if you bet on turn one so very
7367s	reasonable still that he skipped it and
7370s	having that many coins meant that i
7371s	think if he didn't buy anything else he
7374s	wouldn't even have gotten full value
7376s	from the hero power so this is kind of
7377s	just like um
7379s	optimizing gold and also being a bit
7381s	stronger for the next fight which he
7383s	knows he'll probably lose because it's a
7385s	daryl but he can minimize the damage by
7387s	taking triples but he actually takes
7388s	both of them here going for five drops
7391s	not interested in aiming for felbach yep
7393s	he's still gonna get a lot of tempo with
7395s	this mama bear cave hydra
7397s	um
7398s	has to spare a gold on rolling
7402s	goodbye
7403s	that soul devourer in the shop but
7405s	likely gonna hold off to use his hero
7407s	power oh if he does go for it last
7409s	minute i hopefully he has the time
7412s	does get the bet in goes for the mukla
7415s	win we'll see if that pays off
7418s	that when we see zyrella did the double
7421s	triple into double five hit the si7 in a
7424s	crocolisk
7425s	yeah nice avenge that up here the buddy
7428s	from zyrella is one of the few ones that
7430s	has a minion type attached to it baby
7431s	like a beast so that's some built-in
7434s	synergy to find
7435s	if you hit the croc or the mama bear
7438s	nicely set up from be nice it's going to
7440s	be a victory for him from him but not
7442s	too much damage applied to bayou on the
7445s	mukla
7446s	this tad in hand also means that being
7448s	ice has some economy um pretty good
7450s	board state decent amount of health this
7452s	looks like a game where he could
7453s	realistically just keep power leveling
7455s	you gotta keep in mind too that uh lord
7457s	baroff probably a little sad he didn't
7458s	get gold that turn because he did bet on
7460s	the mookla
7463s	over here we see gallywix is starting to
7465s	buy tokens these uh murlocs count as
7467s	tokens getting tad as another token he's
7469s	doing this because he has his buddy in
7471s	hand and he wants to get as much value
7473s	out of it as possible uh has a good
7476s	minion to
7477s	put the stats on in this uh cyclone
7482s	and do one more roll and there's a tad
7484s	in the shop
7486s	yeah
7487s	or no sorry he's gonna go for the
7489s	elemental though oh true yeah there's a
7491s	nomi i just remembered and that is a
7493s	pretty good one to get from the uh
7497s	tavern tempest
7498s	not gonna take it this turn because he
7500s	doesn't want to play down on the board i
7501s	do like having maximum spaces filled out
7503s	especially since he has the matron that
7506s	you want to keep getting value from with
7508s	the avenge effect uh that cyclone could
7511s	potentially be a triple later but right
7513s	now it's all about surviving for panpada
7515s	he did get the spike here because the
7517s	buddy came online this turn but he is in
7519s	the danger and we saw that be nice has a
7521s	croc and potential more scaling here so
7524s	this is definitely still scary yeah we
7526s	see that we saw the croc on the other
7528s	side we also saw the si7 so more murlocs
7530s	could be over there gaining poison
7533s	but this looking quite good i believe
7535s	for pompada with all that big minions in
7538s	the front
7539s	should be enough to give him the easy
7541s	win here
7543s	i want to note that ponpada has maybe
7545s	been taking slightly greedier lines
7546s	because he is currently in seventh place
7548s	with only 5.5 points um it's honestly
7552s	not that huge of a gap compared to our
7555s	tied for first place players who are at
7556s	9.5 there is a huge rift though between
7559s	collins on only one uh but pon pada here
7562s	definitely trying to get himself more in
7565s	the lead by going for greedier lines is
7567s	it gonna pay off though the croc does go
7569s	in the know me oh
7571s	he lives
7572s	he lives
7573s	because yeah the three hell or three
7576s	tier so eight damage leaving him at
7579s	three health
7580s	and a dream
7582s	dream
7583s	of the galley wicks over here on
7585s	mutinous we got a big spit the spit
7588s	occurred onto some elementals and a
7590s	selfless hero
7592s	yeah this is also fit again
7594s	the selfless is a very
7596s	weird minion because it doesn't look
7598s	intuitive to try and get stats on this
7600s	because you want it to die immediately
7602s	but turning selfless itself into a
7604s	threat can be a real thing right you can
7606s	say this is a high enough attack minion
7609s	to take a trade and then it also
7610s	regenerates divine shield on something
7612s	later on the only awkward part is that
7614s	if it takes a value trade and doesn't
7616s	die immediately you might not get value
7618s	from the shield so at some point i think
7620s	ken ken will be looking to argus up the
7623s	selfless hero and then just work with
7625s	that he has two other amazing minions
7627s	that he spat on a pseudocleave and a
7629s	divine shield and that's definitely
7631s	enough to work with at this point yeah
7633s	so we see he's about to go into the
7635s	galley wicks and galio is just trying to
7637s	maximize as much stats as possible so
7640s	will his full board be able to defeat
7643s	the board of three massive minions it's
7647s	a bit scary because of the cleave
7648s	placement will the cleave be able to
7651s	take out a bunch of minions in a couple
7653s	turns over here on bear off some
7656s	selections being made
7658s	yeah that we didn't get to see very much
7661s	but i do like that we're sticking with
7663s	the gallywix here this is do or die for
7665s	panpata
7667s	cleve goes on a high attack minion so it
7669s	dies straight away that's good news for
7671s	panpada but i don't think it's enough
7675s	oh the gallywix just isn't getting there
7679s	in this tournament
7680s	wow we've seen so many gallywix wipe out
7684s	early
7685s	and pompada out in eighth place uh just
7688s	kind of knew what he was doing yesterday
7690s	right just skipping over gali taking the
7692s	cat like that armor is such a huge
7694s	difference and galli not having arbor
7696s	available even in a lobby where the
7698s	beasts were in for tokens and elementals
7700s	were in for tokens just didn't get there
7703s	yeah so kurt on three health but luckily
7705s	got teamed up against the ghost not a
7708s	lot of great direction going on this
7710s	side of the board kurt having two wrath
7712s	weavers but can only play one more demon
7714s	without killing himself and then has a
7717s	soul juggler but not a lot of
7721s	demons to juggle over here educated
7723s	collins has found an amalgadon still no
7726s	brand but doing the fun macaw trickster
7729s	build to gain lots of health on his
7732s	units uh only has two minion types
7735s	though for the amalgadon and no bran
7738s	right so he could hold on to the
7741s	amalgadon another turn it does feel
7743s	greedy though because barrow is
7746s	consistently winning bets here could be
7749s	very strong it's very hard to get a
7750s	clear read here but collins is just
7753s	going to get out of the buddy now here
7756s	not interested in the next buddy yeah
7759s	like a barrel buddy he's not useful at
7760s	all for tess
7762s	um no pirates
7763s	yeah
7764s	if collins can survive the turn though
7766s	and steal the barrel board that can be
7768s	the huge power spike he needs from here
7770s	malkadon hits divine shield which is
7772s	huge and he gets to spend the rest of
7774s	his gold on just tempo tempo tempo the
7777s	zarella body huge here for him yeah the
7780s	hitting the divine shield is clutch
7782s	because first of all he did not hit
7783s	plants plants would have ruined his
7785s	macaw second of all there are no mechs
7787s	in this lobby so if he whiffs on the
7789s	divine shield he cannot fix it he can
7792s	fix the poison issue there are siphons
7794s	in this lobby in fact it's going to be
7796s	in his next shop when he hero powers so
7798s	that amalgadon is going to be beautiful
7801s	uh after this turn uh assuming he
7803s	doesn't die here yeah that's a big
7806s	assumption i am very scared three
7807s	poisons no
7809s	okay okay he he might lose but he'll
7812s	never die
7813s	no not our collins
7816s	okay and he even
7817s	there's some eyes okay all right
7822s	huge deal the seven is there like you
7824s	said so fixable amalgadon and
7827s	there is
7829s	was there anything else interesting for
7830s	him in the shop like the gas coiler is a
7832s	great temple minion but like you said
7833s	any other death rattle place here ruins
7835s	the macaw and uh trickster guaranteed
7838s	synergy yeah i think it was just the s
7840s	stephens and he might want to start
7842s	rolling for taunts or something to just
7844s	guarantee the stefan will work um
7847s	and
7848s	i also want to point out that kurt did
7849s	survive to the ghost i was a little bit
7851s	wary of him surviving to the ghost
7853s	because he didn't have a lot going on
7854s	there
7855s	so he did take one damage which means
7858s	that he played one demon and got out of
7861s	a wrath weaver i believe or else tripled
7862s	the wrath weaver
7865s	so
7866s	two health in a dream over there with
7867s	kurt and collins now getting this esi
7870s	stephens online just trying to get as
7872s	much scale as possible possibly looking
7874s	at that argus just so he can get oh
7876s	sorry he has an argus in hand trying to
7878s	make sure
7879s	units will die so as f s i stephen will
7882s	give poison to as many as possible
7884s	he does taunt the trickster
7887s	which means it could die and get sniped
7890s	before macau goes off but if you have a
7892s	ton of taunts then it's way less likely
7894s	because if everything has started
7896s	nothing has taunt yeah he might get out
7898s	of the macaw even here i was thinking
7900s	maybe over that other minion he sold
7902s	here and played double seven but sure it
7903s	still has utility here if there are
7906s	multiple taunts like you said crucial to
7908s	note that last combat collins sold out
7911s	of the body even knowing he would very
7912s	likely hit the triple buddy the next
7914s	turn not greeting or getting baited by
7917s	that and he is absolutely rewarded
7918s	because
7919s	he barely tied the fight here didn't
7922s	take any damage and if he can stabilize
7924s	here this is a huge board to steal there
7926s	is a brand on the side of the sky
7928s	captain craig and an additional
7930s	amalgadon yep yep very enticing board
7934s	for educated collins he just has to
7936s	survive a lot of health just went on his
7939s	seven and it should be enough to beat
7942s	out kurt and kurt will be going down
7944s	into uh seventh place after this round
7947s	with only two health it's just not going
7949s	to be enough to beat collins but will he
7951s	get the poison no he won't get the
7953s	poison on the second stuff in
7955s	um which is a bit unfortunate
7958s	but it's okay he's got plenty he is now
7960s	into the top
7962s	six
7964s	which is the best scoring for colin so
7966s	far and now he has on his way to get
7968s	first because he has all these
7969s	amalgadons coming towards him in the
7971s	late game and he's going to have a brand
7974s	checking in with ken ken here actually
7976s	took very little damage as mutanus early
7978s	on has the potential to triple here but
7981s	clearly he has tons of tempo do you
7983s	think he should settle for a five drop
7985s	or should he be aiming higher with all
7987s	of this tempo he's bought himself
7989s	yeah i mean part of me thinks that he
7991s	needs to be aiming higher just because
7993s	we do know there's a test in the lobby
7995s	and uh
7997s	that is quite scary to be going into
7999s	knowing that they probably are starting
8000s	to accumulate amalgadon's uh going to be
8004s	trying to get a big devourer going
8007s	that is something that means that kenhun
8009s	is feeling confident in his board
8012s	yeah he thinks that he's surviving the
8014s	turn he's not going to take 30 damage
8016s	that's a confident play right there
8018s	yeah i think 30 is you know pretty hard
8020s	to deal at this point but he
8022s	could take a lot of damage depending on
8024s	how much poison collins was able to get
8026s	from that second amalgadon uh but here
8029s	ken ken just took a very calculated 50
8031s	50 narrowing down the board to force so
8034s	that when he devoured the selfless hero
8036s	he had a 50 50 of getting the stats on
8039s	the buddy here and because it did land
8041s	on the buddy next turn when he devours
8043s	it he's gonna get so much return on
8045s	investment even if that buff lands on a
8047s	poison that doesn't need the attack the
8049s	health is very relevant to keep even
8051s	more threats alive over on bayou's side
8053s	though he has been scaling
8055s	a very interesting board state we have
8058s	hybrid dragons and golden beasts
8062s	yeah you don't play this comp often or
8063s	something
8065s	i gotta
8069s	[Laughter]
8072s	no yeah this is very interesting he's
8074s	just doing what he can with what he's
8076s	given and it's enough and he's going to
8078s	be able to
8079s	take out
8081s	nope yeah because you're on to your five
8082s	take out
8084s	uh baba fat on darren sing daryl
8087s	exact a lethal
8090s	that's awesome i got a favorite cop yay
8093s	i'm sure he's looking for a bit more
8095s	direction than next turn uh it looks
8097s	like here that uh mutinous took 16
8101s	damage we saw that he was on 30
8102s	previously
8103s	finds a triple in the shop he's going to
8106s	be going for a five drop and we'll
8108s	likely be spitting this turn
8110s	we haven't got to watch a lot of that in
8112s	this tournament so very exciting yeah
8114s	the big spit is coming but pretty
8117s	interesting here the ordering of the
8119s	wildfire elementals because he had an
8121s	option ken ken to play down the second
8123s	copy of wildfire before taking the third
8125s	one and tripling it and if you play two
8127s	separate copies of wildfire and then eat
8129s	the buddy you have a higher chance of
8131s	actually landing those buffs on the
8133s	wildfire before you triple it so i think
8136s	uh this is a conscious decision from ken
8138s	ken here where he says he wants to
8139s	spread out the stats more on this board
8141s	he knows that by tripling wildfire it's
8142s	going to be a big threat already in its
8144s	own right perhaps he wanted more odds of
8147s	landing the stats on the other buddy
8149s	which he absolutely did or on the bronze
8152s	warden which has been a you know pretty
8154s	good bumper this entire time but he
8156s	could turn it into a threat if he got
8158s	more attack on it
8159s	yeah notice that he spit he did get onto
8161s	his second devour so next turn is going
8164s	to be quite juicy for ken ken being able
8167s	to spit 77 42 more stats onto three more
8171s	minions this is the power of mutinous
8173s	right now we see over here be nice with
8175s	uh oh yeah
8177s	the winning
8178s	amalgadons
8180s	this this is the type of board that tess
8182s	is looking to steal i'm sure educated
8184s	collins will be thrilled to face this as
8185s	long as he doesn't die to it this is a
8188s	very scary board um and i'm wondering if
8191s	he'll put in the precious pyro spawn at
8193s	the end because he should assume that
8195s	mutinous is running a bunch of divine
8196s	shields yeah i'm sure he will
8199s	not over he's i think he's overconfident
8201s	he's not doing it yeah i mean it might
8204s	still be enough but i honestly cannot
8207s	tell for sure because we are looking at
8209s	a wildfire elemental which can two for
8211s	one here and a very cute
8213s	baron just as a bumper
8216s	bear's first by the way
8218s	there's a very nice bumper yeah i think
8221s	the not playing the presser is very
8223s	scary here but that oh
8226s	let's go down
8229s	all right evil one gonna be enough for
8231s	the mutanus here
8235s	if the cleave goes off again which it
8236s	doesn't it doesn't but it's going to be
8239s	a win for plants the plants are the
8241s	winners and with four plants out that's
8244s	going to be 10 damage leaving mutants at
8245s	four health
8248s	that feels a bit scammy to me i feel bad
8250s	looking at that cleave killing three
8252s	three total in stats from ken can bit
8254s	unfortunate but he lives to see another
8257s	day and he can still scale a lot from
8259s	here because that second buddy can once
8262s	again spit its stats onto three
8264s	different minions on this board he's
8265s	picked up a selfless hero as well now so
8267s	that baron is not just a meme on this
8269s	board it's gonna get some work done
8271s	and then we're hearing that tess uh has
8274s	faced another malgadon brand so has more
8276s	amalgadon's but did lose to the beast
8279s	palagos hybrid comp
8282s	uh and i don't think there was much over
8284s	there for tess to steal
8286s	so a little scary for educated collins
8288s	knowing that um and hopefully they will
8291s	get some more of melkathons to help face
8294s	them off uh some big
8297s	bits they're all going on the same
8298s	minions though so really we're a three
8301s	minion
8303s	tracy
8304s	yeah we're three million ken ken here
8306s	and we saw his sour expression where he
8308s	saw that it landed not on the uh bronze
8311s	warden which has been sitting there for
8313s	so long and not on the baron either so
8315s	he hasn't created more threats he has
8317s	doubled down on the threats he has but
8318s	honestly getting more stats on those
8320s	really doesn't matter especially on the
8322s	poison minion because this is not a high
8324s	health minion lobby it's turning into a
8326s	poison battle lobby so you want to
8328s	spread your stats more evenly so that
8331s	every minion can go toe-to-toe with
8333s	every poison on the other side hoff here
8335s	though um setting up
8338s	a pretty good chance of getting poison
8340s	on the amalgadon and ends with the
8342s	selfless hero but that's only one
8344s	utility minion here and just kind of
8347s	naked poisons on the rest i feel like
8349s	ken ken can still take this care of his
8351s	big wildfire elemental which is golden
8354s	interesting positioning here with the
8357s	you normally put your lower health
8359s	murlocs far left and saving your higher
8361s	health to the right
8363s	just guaranteeing more more uh
8366s	avengers for your amalgam to get poison
8369s	and just better uh trades
8372s	but
8373s	oh these attacks hurt
8375s	they're so powerful
8378s	that cleave actually means that hoff is
8380s	going out here from 12 straight down to
8383s	zero for exact lethal by ken ken we have
8387s	our top four
8389s	our top three in the books
8391s	yes it looks like educated collins lost
8394s	to be nice we saw be nice had that crazy
8397s	uh board and be nice put in his presser
8399s	pyre spun to knock off divine shields
8402s	educate collins not looking happy about
8404s	that
8405s	could have really turned it around after
8406s	that turn with all these amalgadons that
8408s	be nice had waiting for him but just
8411s	wasn't enough now be nice gets to face
8413s	the ghost of hoff which is a very nice
8417s	greedy turn for him and we see that
8418s	these uh
8420s	uh the dragons beasts have turned into
8423s	in fact
8424s	dragons with the brand so could get more
8427s	magadons going because this is a sad
8428s	magadon currently it's just amazing how
8431s	chromoing with nadina can just be an end
8434s	game comp you don't even need caligos
8436s	because if you get enough attack on the
8439s	chromo wings early on and you have
8440s	enough levels on them they scale so
8442s	quickly they're essentially poison
8444s	minions and if you put divine shield on
8446s	poison well that is the best type of
8448s	unit in the game uh unfortunately
8452s	i am not sure if everything is going to
8454s	work out in his favor um
8457s	the nadine is gonna be a big deal which
8459s	means that potentially the um
8462s	cleave from ken ken won't get full value
8464s	but we remember that ken ken has that
8466s	mega wind fury at the start here so if
8468s	he attacks first then he can potentially
8471s	kill these dragons before nadina even
8473s	goes off it's going to be a very very
8476s	contentious fight
8477s	yeah i like this end game macaw but i
8480s	wonder if that nadine needs to go second
8482s	in fear of the uh site or the
8485s	mega win period but the mega win fury
8487s	isn't first it's second
8489s	right and even though they go second but
8492s	the mega win fury not being in first
8493s	position is quite shocking to me
8496s	right
8497s	i mean maybe uh ken ken was thinking
8499s	that the nadines were taunted at this
8501s	point so mego and fury first not
8503s	necessarily very true yeah
8507s	really really hard to get a read on your
8508s	opponents here but even despite all of
8510s	that
8511s	it's going to work out in favor of
8515s	ken ken here just barely that was such a
8518s	close fight here and it's not even
8520s	enough to kill by you by you holds on by
8523s	a thread and that is huge for the
8525s	implications of the overall lobby
8527s	because it's kind of just whoever faces
8529s	xyrella is on the chopping block yes yes
8532s	because zyro has all the pieces uh uh
8536s	three amalgadons with more opportunity
8538s	because of the seafood singer in hand
8541s	nadina an oppressor to shoot off divine
8543s	shields the depressor has not been
8545s	scaled so can get zapped quite easily so
8548s	that's something to keep in mind
8550s	yeah also note that because both bobofat
8553s	and kurt who were sort of close to being
8556s	nice and points at the uh prior to this
8559s	game have been knocked out i think that
8561s	be nice is guaranteed to be
8563s	ahead of the lobby after this game pans
8566s	out he's very likely
8567s	taking a first place as well so he could
8569s	get a relatively large lead on the rest
8572s	of the field which was very tight for
8574s	first through fourth um leading up to
8576s	this point
8578s	is there anything that he needs to be
8580s	worried about lisa this looks like a
8582s	near perfect board state to me yeah he
8585s	was looking at tripling the seer which
8587s	just isn't necessary he gets more stats
8589s	if he uses them separately and then can
8591s	always just triple using the seafood
8593s	slinger so i do like that he passed up
8595s	on that uh can't get the macaw because
8598s	of all the plants that are on the
8599s	amalgadons but i think he's just like in
8601s	a pretty comfortable place he knows that
8603s	he's the one with the amalgams in this
8605s	lobby no one else has them he knows that
8607s	because mutinous is on tier four and i
8610s	believe he's faced much lot previously
8613s	and knows kind of the board state over
8615s	there right
8617s	like the only way to maybe improve this
8620s	board from be nice is to get higher than
8622s	seven attack on the pi response to play
8624s	around zap a little bit but that's
8626s	really just
8627s	like the worst possible scenario i don't
8629s	think he even loses if he gets zapped
8631s	because he just has the divine shields
8634s	and the poison and the scaling he got to
8637s	tier six very quickly utilizing what
8640s	xyrella does best right if everybody is
8642s	playing a bit slowly nobody spikes early
8644s	you can use your hero power and super
8646s	efficient economy too oh sorry i thought
8648s	that was the ghost
8650s	no yeah to get that economy go straight
8654s	up to six first and make sure that you
8656s	can hit all the amalgadons hoard them
8658s	before anyone else and crucially he
8660s	killed collins um on the turn he faced
8662s	them so that collins could not steal
8664s	them as tess
8666s	yep so here we see uh
8668s	i mean
8671s	this
8672s	this is probably going to be nice right
8674s	but i'm actually not sure
8677s	we are looking for the triple selfless
8679s	here that is what's going to improve his
8681s	board be nice can actually get out of
8683s	his buddy to improve his board it is a
8685s	big large minion but doesn't have to
8686s	bind shield does not poison
8691s	i also wanted to say that i thought be
8694s	nice would just win the whole thing
8696s	because he seems to have the poison and
8697s	the pyro spawn but we were in a similar
8699s	position like last game right where it
8701s	did end up going in favor of the other
8703s	players so it's very hard to evaluate
8705s	without seeing the percentages
8708s	that both players will have available to
8710s	them but you can see b nice is improving
8712s	the board even further
8714s	he has a triple you have to be
8716s	discovered second adina
8718s	nuts
8720s	yep this is excellent for be nice and i
8722s	will say yesterday we were trying to
8724s	maybe write off cyrella but i think she
8727s	is back she is still strong we gotta
8730s	triple into si7 which means we will have
8732s	a possible poison murloc which can help
8734s	defeat those big dragons doesn't get
8737s	that banana out last minute not the end
8739s	of the world is this going to be enough
8741s	to take on the amalgadons the nadines
8744s	the press store
8746s	the ghoul going first is huge because
8748s	the nadine is relatively far back for be
8751s	nice so a lot of these amalgadons will
8753s	die before actually even all of them
8756s	potentially nope nevermind
8758s	i have the nadine which is not good for
8761s	ken ken
8762s	and i think
8765s	oh this is the end of the road for ken
8767s	ken
8769s	yeah that nadina placement actually
8770s	needed to be farther up because of uh
8772s	ghouls it should be second if you're
8774s	expecting a goal sometimes uh but it all
8777s	worked out for being nice taking the
8779s	first place in this lobby
8782s	that is right be nice pulls himself far
8785s	into the lead of the rest of the lobby
8786s	here our first real front runner after
8789s	game three 16.5 points only 3.5 away
8793s	from being the first player to arrive in
8795s	check position for ken ken though that
8797s	was a very solid showing he's had two
8799s	second places here getting him in second
8801s	place overall as well i really like that
8803s	ghoul attack trying to catch be nice off
8805s	guard i'm sure it got him a lot more
8807s	percentage than he was meant to have
8809s	didn't work out in the end but i still
8810s	love to see that ken ken is going for
8813s	every uh
8814s	improvement on odds that he can get here
8817s	over on the bottom of the table though
8819s	we have sort of our two admitted
8821s	favorites
8823s	and collins struggling
8826s	yes they are struggling but we saw that
8828s	uh kurt he did have a struggling first
8830s	game and is making a comeback so we'll
8832s	see some comebacks coming probably from
8834s	them soon oh look at these achievements
8836s	from be nice number one ranking season
8839s	in seasons one and two of battlegrounds
8841s	and top four ranking in season four his
8844s	favorite hero being prince gallywix
8846s	which i think is a lot of people's but
8847s	no one
8848s	successful with him in this tournament
8850s	and obviously to pair with galliwick's
8852s	favorite minion cave hydra get that
8855s	massive cleave early
8857s	i feel like everybody's still stuck in a
8859s	couple patches ago where gallywix really
8861s	was the uncontested
8863s	triple s tier hero and the only one
8866s	there but with the armor with the
8868s	changes to the buddies we can see
8869s	especially in this tournament setting as
8871s	well where everybody is prepared to
8873s	punish you at the first sign of any
8875s	cracks in the armor or too much greed
8877s	any small mistake you can die and
8879s	gallywix is all about surviving till
8882s	that turn where you can start popping
8883s	off with the brand and all the infinite
8885s	money nobody's been able to get to that
8887s	point because everybody's been punishing
8890s	the galley players but that's right we
8891s	did get to highlight the nice as the
8893s	front runner in the lobby so far and
8896s	absolutely just a very very nice person
8899s	and positive for the community he lives
8901s	up to his name like i tuned into his
8903s	stream a bit a while ago and he was
8904s	talking about how yeah it would be nicer
8906s	if we had a larger sample size of games
8909s	in the early part of the day but he was
8910s	saying that check format even though
8912s	it's really stressful for the players he
8914s	appreciates it because he knows it's
8916s	going to be great for the viewers and
8917s	the casters as well and i love to hear
8919s	that
8920s	yeah it is such a great viewing
8921s	experience to watch the check format so
8923s	much excitement and cheering going on
8926s	and i'm sure be nice has a ton of people
8928s	cheering for him as we talked about
8929s	earlier some of these players are big
8932s	community members other are new faces
8934s	and be nice is a streamer he has all his
8938s	fans in chat spam in the modes and i'm
8940s	sure they're continuing to spam and
8942s	cheer him on to victory
8946s	that is right and we have talked about
8948s	the players at the top and the ones at
8951s	the bottom so far but there is a very
8953s	tight race towards the middle as well
8956s	bayou and hoff just quietly racking up a
8958s	consistent amount of points they are
8960s	still very much in contention to get to
8963s	check position first just one first
8966s	place can he make a huge difference here
8968s	and even after someone gets in check
8970s	that is by no means a guarantee to be
8972s	towards the end of the day
8974s	i can't wait to see when somebody gets
8976s	in check how our players attitude is
8978s	going to change maybe one of the players
8981s	that they underestimate can creep up
8983s	there if nobody um really puts their
8985s	focus on trying to knock those ones down
8988s	uh
8989s	three games into the day how are you
8991s	feeling energy levels all right oh
8993s	they're great i'm very excited it's just
8995s	it's
8996s	keeping me awake watching all these fun
8998s	exciting games you know i've seen some
9000s	long casts who have to cast a bunch of
9003s	uh control v control warrior v warrior
9006s	games and they're so slow this isn't
9008s	like that because this is just thrilling
9009s	all the way through uh we have players
9012s	who were doing poorly in the beginning
9014s	and just making their epic comebacks
9016s	like ken can we have our consistent
9018s	players like hoff who's just
9020s	consistently top four in third place
9022s	right now uh lots of action and i'm just
9026s	loving this casting experience hey hold
9028s	on sissa control warrior mirror isn't
9030s	constructed you press your hero power
9032s	button every turn and in vg if you can
9034s	press your hero power button you do it
9036s	every turn two most likely so it's less
9039s	boring and there's way more action
9042s	packed in there than just pressing a
9044s	button unless you're guff cuff
9046s	guff guff happy cow me press button me
9049s	win lobby now like that's a different
9050s	thing
9051s	something all constructed and bg players
9054s	can relate to is hating on guff's power
9056s	level at the moment or just getting a
9058s	bit traumatized by facing a guff a bit
9060s	earlier than you wanted to but that is
9063s	of course only our third game of the
9064s	game of the day uh once again we don't
9067s	know how many total games are going to
9069s	be played today so there's could still
9071s	be a lot more action here depending on
9073s	how the points shake out but we are
9075s	going to go to a slightly longer break
9077s	now since we have had tons of
9079s	battlegrounds action give our players a
9081s	chance to settle down and for be nice in
9083s	particular calm his nerves because he's
9085s	so close to getting to check do not go
9088s	anywhere right after this it's going to
9089s	be game four of lobby legends raid
9091s	leaders
9097s	[Music]
9102s	hello everyone and welcome to the lobby
9104s	legends raid leaders totally not rigged
9107s	uh lobby draw whatever
9109s	hello everyone and welcome to the lobby
9112s	legends raid leaders totally not rigged
9114s	lobby draw i am alex farhorst aka a bar
9118s	i am the product manager for hearthstone
9119s	sports joining me today is the assistant
9122s	to the product manager for hearthstone
9124s	esports that's griffy
9128s	[Music]
9130s	so what we're doing today is we have 16
9133s	competitors who made it through the
9134s	qualifier portion of our lobby legends
9136s	event so we need to separate them into
9137s	two different groups so we're going to
9139s	draw
9140s	balls from a cheap plastic ball machine
9142s	that i bought on the internet and uh if
9144s	the number is even then you're gonna go
9146s	into lobby a and if the number is odd
9148s	then we're gonna put that player into
9150s	lobby b
9151s	so without further ado let's uh get into
9153s	our random drawing briffy take it away
9157s	[Music]
9165s	[Music]
9167s	so first player we're drawing for is
9168s	educated collins and he is number 12. so
9172s	even will go into lobby number a number
9175s	lobby letter x so even numbers will go
9178s	into lobby a next up is ken ken and he
9182s	is number one so odd and so ken ken will
9185s	be in lobby
9189s	[Music]
9196s	isn't this exciting griffey
9201s	and that's it we have our lobbies drawn
9203s	lobby a over here and lobby b over there
9206s	thank you so much for the assist griffey
9208s	and everyone be sure to tune in april
9210s	2nd and 3rd for battlegrounds lobby
9212s	legends only on youtube and twitch
9221s	[Music]
9231s	[Music]
9244s	[Music]
9259s	[Music]
9286s	[Music]
9320s	[Music]
9329s	so
9331s	[Music]
9338s	[Music]
9346s	[Music]
9355s	[Music]
9370s	[Music]
9386s	[Music]
9401s	so
9409s	[Music]
9416s	[Music]
9427s	[Music]
9429s	so
9435s	[Music]
9449s	[Music]
9461s	[Music]
9473s	hmm
9475s	[Music]
9495s	[Music]
9503s	[Music]
9564s	[Music]
9579s	[Music]
9624s	so
9627s	[Music]
9652s	so
9654s	[Music]
9664s	so
9671s	[Music]
9701s	[Music]
9708s	we return once again to hearthstone
9710s	battlegrounds lobby legends raid leaders
9713s	lissa we are really getting into the
9715s	thick of it now we have a few players
9718s	rising to the top and starting to
9720s	separate themselves from the pack but
9722s	also a lot of players that really need
9724s	to scrape things together and it feels
9726s	like for the nth time today we are
9727s	coming into collins's perspective a huge
9730s	hero selection here and instant goes for
9732s	the maya he needs it first love the maya
9735s	pick over here with b nice nazdurmu
9738s	fleurgal great at gaza mazda
9742s	cephalus
9744s	yeah that's an improvement from last
9746s	time i think uh there are some people
9748s	who love largo i myself love zephyrus
9750s	ken ken with the alex draza pic which is
9752s	a greedy pick and it's interesting
9755s	because ken ken does has 13.5 points
9757s	putting him in second right now if he
9759s	gets the first place here he is the only
9761s	person in check unless bni scrapes up a
9764s	top four as well so that's what ken ken
9767s	has on his mind trying to get that seven
9769s	points to put him into the check
9771s	position
9772s	that is right be nice currently at 16.5
9775s	needs a fourth place and can also go out
9778s	in a tied fourth and fifth and actually
9780s	get 20 points to his name after this
9782s	game so it is very possible that we have
9785s	our first player in check after this
9787s	game this one is a crucial part of our
9791s	proceedings today panpada another player
9793s	who is towards the bottom and needs a
9796s	miracle so he's also taken a hero that
9798s	has a very high power ceiling in the
9801s	silas or rather that's the choice from
9803s	finley
9804s	tier 3 buddy so no like huge benefit to
9807s	getting the thinly based um buddy which
9810s	can accelerate it if you go for a tier 4
9812s	hero however this is still a decent
9815s	choice and as long as he gets enough
9816s	tickets going there he could go infinite
9818s	later on
9820s	so keeping in mind that what i was just
9822s	saying earlier ken ken and b nice are
9824s	the only two players who could put the
9826s	lobby into check after this game
9828s	hoff is in third place and only has 12
9830s	points and uh so he didn't need eight
9833s	points to put the lobbying check so
9835s	unable to do that this game so keep your
9837s	eye on ken ken and be nice if ken can
9839s	get the first be nice gets a top four
9842s	the we will be putting the lobby into
9844s	check so they are going to be players
9845s	that we are watching this round and we
9848s	see a good start for be nice with the
9850s	murlocs
9852s	yeah not quite in the order he wanted
9854s	them but still a decent way to get
9856s	things rolling and we see him go for a
9858s	rather conservative hero choice here
9860s	akazamzarak
9861s	that one is very much capable of taking
9864s	a top four just hitting an ice block
9866s	generally can get you the time you need
9868s	to live one more turn and have everybody
9871s	else around you wipe out
9873s	in the bottom four but akazamzarak with
9876s	the murlocs in is also capable of
9878s	scamming a bit uh there's also mechs
9881s	here so fixable amalgadons on either
9884s	side and if he does manage to get into
9885s	that position then getting that buddy
9888s	and baron can even give him first place
9890s	potential over here on hoff's side
9892s	though this is another player who's
9894s	pretty close in contention for the top
9895s	he cannot get
9897s	the lobby in to check this game but he's
9899s	at 12 points and very close trailing
9901s	behind cancun
9903s	yep and he has either a pair in the shop
9906s	or the opportunity to level on curve
9908s	here i also can consider buying the
9910s	pirate
9912s	for leveling next turn i'm not quite
9914s	sure if the math works out great um
9918s	but you know obviously he's considering
9919s	that you always have to think of your
9921s	economy when you're playing in these
9922s	high level games goes for the pair i
9925s	want to talk about a little bit about
9926s	the skirmish wreck a bit because
9929s	uh
9929s	he sometimes he's great but he can
9932s	really fail in lobbies where there's a
9934s	test and a cutter better because they
9936s	just steal the secrets and then they're
9938s	just way better than you because they
9939s	have your secrets plus more so be nice
9943s	is very lucky that there's no test and
9945s	no cutter butter in the lobby to do that
9948s	to him
9949s	yeah that's right
9950s	going back to hoff's decision at the end
9952s	of the turn i love the freeze on the
9953s	pirate it means he can very much cleanly
9956s	use his gold again next turn buying that
9958s	leveling for one and still able to press
9960s	the hero power for the full nice six
9962s	gold expenditure over on colin's side
9965s	though finally a pair has appeared in
9967s	the shop with the micro mummy he could
9968s	also go for sun bacon pear
9971s	including the one he's used with the
9972s	hero power but it's not a particularly
9974s	good one to hit with a triple i think
9978s	yeah so he can buy one here power the
9980s	other the consideration here is
9983s	well does he want the chroma wing just
9985s	for stats unlikely i would imagine he's
9988s	going for the pair and does he want to
9989s	put stats on the micro mummy by hero
9992s	powering it this turn because this is a
9994s	level turn for collins being on six gold
9997s	miab does go the reform curve we call it
10000s	reform curve because rafam was the first
10002s	hero to do it but mayev was the second
10004s	hero cause come out
10006s	right after rafam came out and so i
10008s	think he's just started deciding do i
10010s	want the micro mummy buffing stuff now
10012s	or do i want it to get buffed with that
10014s	hero power
10016s	there's also an alternate line where
10017s	you'd go off of the expected curve from
10020s	maiev because again he hasn't had any
10022s	guaranteed triples and leveling to two
10023s	means that it's slightly harder to hit
10025s	your triples on the one drops here there
10027s	was a line where you buy the sun bacon
10029s	sell it and then you can buy another
10031s	thing in hero power still you stay a bit
10033s	longer on tier one but you make up for
10035s	it a little bit by getting the immediate
10037s	plus two plus two i was really curious
10039s	if you would go for that line but
10040s	collins is valuing leveling up um on the
10043s	expected curve here which does give him
10046s	access to stronger individual minions
10048s	here and gets the buddy uh so that's
10050s	nice he can have a golden minion in the
10052s	shop and unfreeze it in two turns
10055s	yep so
10056s	normally he'd be looking for a triple
10057s	this term but now he doesn't need to
10059s	necessarily hit the triple this term
10061s	because he can uh just hear power
10063s	anything including money in the shop
10066s	so he'd either hear about money in the
10068s	shop
10068s	or he could
10070s	deck swabby level roll to try here power
10073s	three drop that has more value in the
10076s	game but this is just a good minion to
10078s	hit it's six gold uh and i know that
10082s	collins is going to value that economy
10084s	so
10085s	very good hit for collins here i'm sure
10088s	he is excited about hitting that uh
10091s	money over here with kurt on zyrella our
10094s	favorite hero right
10097s	not getting too much going yet there is
10100s	a pair in the shop he has this
10102s	opportunity to hear power itself and
10104s	level what she is going to do
10106s	um
10107s	there was some temptation to stay down
10109s	with the uh
10111s	with the mech in the lobby because it
10112s	does add attack to three of his minions
10115s	but uh decides he needs to stay on curve
10118s	with leveling he cannot fall behind the
10120s	pack
10121s	yeah uh zarello going for
10123s	slightly delayed uh from standard curve
10126s	here can still go for a sort of
10129s	chief curve like
10131s	effect where every time you level it's
10134s	going to be one gold short of your total
10137s	gold that turn so you're still able to
10139s	sell and then press the hero power and
10141s	improve your board incrementally while
10143s	also power leveling which is where
10145s	xyrella usually wants to be if you don't
10147s	hit premium early minions though she can
10149s	take a lot of damage but we see that
10152s	kurt hit the micro mummies and the pup
10154s	bot and also um the murloc that scales
10157s	its attack so it's quite good
10160s	an exciting turn uh for yog hits the yog
10163s	doesn't level first which i'm curious
10165s	about uh but goes and gets the three
10168s	three stats of that shuffle that should
10170s	give him some uh
10172s	confidence and leveling here
10174s	he could hear power after going for the
10177s	2-3 murloc to buff up his uh rock pools
10181s	already on the board
10184s	yeah he would have to hit a 50 50 there
10185s	a triple for pogba captain hogg or tony
10189s	tutask and baron you know you love to
10191s	see some pirates in the shop you wish
10194s	you could pick them both
10195s	i mean hogger with tickets in means lots
10198s	of value if you get a pirate with a
10201s	ticket on it it's essentially just free
10203s	once you have the buddy and he
10204s	absolutely does now the birth
10207s	that's a golden whelp smuggler which is
10209s	not synergizing with anything on the
10212s	board
10213s	but you know it was just there to give
10215s	him a five drop and he hit a big one
10217s	here these are powerful four drops with
10219s	tickets on them but he doesn't have the
10221s	money and i feel like next turn they're
10223s	a bit late so i don't think it's worth
10225s	it to freeze
10226s	and it was pampana yesterday who showed
10228s	us the way of silas peggy where you get
10231s	all these four drop peggies and you're
10234s	buying so many tickets and putting so
10236s	many things in your hand that you can
10238s	scale your your pirates and now we have
10240s	a hogger too to add even more value to
10242s	that type of comp so now we see on the
10245s	other side of the bar bobo fat is
10246s	playing silas with a peggy so are we
10248s	gonna see a peggy scandal going on
10251s	between these two players
10255s	it's a scandal with everyone going
10257s	peggy's ken ken taking early damage down
10260s	to 20 health
10261s	but two dragons on the board plus a
10263s	discover dragon in hand he's gonna go to
10266s	tier five so that he can get a five drop
10268s	with his buddy okay finds tara goes the
10271s	prize promo drake because he has two
10273s	promo drakes in the shop so he'll be
10275s	able to discover a sixth strap with that
10278s	so many stats are about to be on his
10281s	board right now and i would not want to
10283s	face him next turn that is an insane
10286s	spike uh not only an amazing shop an
10288s	above average um pick from the hero
10291s	power obviously it's not kala goes or i
10294s	mean amalgam's not even that good in
10295s	that position like i think it's the best
10297s	pirates he could get outside of caligo's
10299s	um there was a consideration to look at
10301s	the mirazon just because he could have
10303s	hit a pair with the veil straws but i
10305s	definitely agree just make sure you get
10307s	the guaranteed triple and the immediate
10309s	scaling on the taragosa um it's looking
10312s	to be a very solid stabilization turn
10316s	for ken can not even in the danger zone
10318s	yet but over here on kirk's perspective
10320s	he is a player that started off very
10322s	well at the beginning of today but has
10325s	fallen into bottom four needs a big
10327s	result as well to try and keep up with
10329s	the players that are almost putting the
10331s	lobby in check
10333s	this shop doesn't seem amazing though is
10335s	he going to hero power the menace just
10338s	to
10339s	um get some slight improvement on the
10341s	board and get the
10343s	uh value from the buddy
10345s	yep he's played it in a way so that he
10347s	could buy the
10348s	mug and get the replicating messages it
10351s	does put him down a minion but he is
10353s	making his buddy a lot stronger so he
10356s	has a good board and we see mutanus over
10357s	here has put all their stats onto their
10360s	buddy which means we are going to have a
10362s	big spit turn coming up which i know
10364s	everyone's looking forward to
10366s	silas on the other side though does have
10368s	double peggy now so we will see some
10370s	peggy action this game and he's gonna do
10373s	some big damage should buy you because
10376s	he has not got that spit going yet
10378s	putting bayou into the danger zone but
10380s	bayou is going to have a chance to turn
10382s	it around this turn as long as he finds
10385s	good minions to hit he has two decent
10387s	ones the selfless and the bot m splitter
10391s	is nice but is he going to use three
10394s	gold on that when he could use another
10396s	uh divine shield binion
10399s	i mean i'm tempted by this shot because
10401s	he could put the argus on the selfless
10402s	straight away as well and so you can
10404s	almost guarantee that the gem splitter
10406s	at least gets two gems per turn which is
10408s	i think more than enough here and you
10410s	really cannot afford to greet from this
10412s	position because that was a very
10413s	unfortunate pan out from the last fight
10415s	for bayou where his
10417s	one threat on board went straight into
10419s	the minion that could kill it right away
10420s	didn't take any value trade so he's um
10422s	taken i want to say above the average
10424s	damage there and has fallen into the
10426s	danger zone because of it argus
10428s	positioning i think
10430s	potentially only selfish but he could
10432s	double taunt selfless and divine shield
10434s	here it's close
10436s	yeah and we did get to check out ken ken
10437s	for a second we knew he was on the
10439s	alexstrasza with the triple available
10441s	and he was able to triple into caligo so
10443s	did hit a good minion there his
10446s	direction is quite clear so ken ken
10449s	about to pop off with that
10452s	triple promo drake and the caligos over
10455s	here on kurt he has tripled as well into
10458s	pran kangor tony he has a lot of mech
10461s	stuff going so i do like this kangor
10463s	pickup he is going purely for tempo he's
10466s	not going for greed with the brand
10468s	because he has such a direction with
10470s	these mechs and health this will allow
10472s	him to level faster um if he took the
10476s	brand he'd likely have to stay down to
10477s	try to build up some stats but with the
10480s	kanger now he can level and try to
10481s	triple into an omega buster or maybe
10483s	just go find it on tier six
10485s	i agree it's one of the few situations
10487s	where i think bran is too greedy here he
10490s	has too much of the board invested into
10492s	the mech direction which is like one of
10494s	the minion types that benefits the least
10496s	from bran so
10498s	uh is just trying to play down for tempo
10500s	here is it going to be enough though
10502s	there's a lot of health and still a
10504s	divine shield remaining here but that
10505s	deflectobot is putting in major work for
10508s	kurt
10508s	yep
10509s	as long as it gets to hit twice
10511s	which it will because the egg has no
10514s	attack so we're just going to take
10516s	damage again
10518s	yeah he's almost dead two hands
10522s	he already did his big spit turn so now
10524s	he has gonna be adding in small minions
10526s	from there uh so i'm curious to see here
10529s	if kurt just levels
10531s	uh
10532s	and goes off and over here on ken kent
10535s	he did take more damage putting him at
10536s	12th health but this is the turn that
10538s	now he actually gets to use his caligos
10541s	with all these uh battle cries another
10544s	promo drake in the shop but just not
10546s	enough money to get to it and we know
10548s	he's facing offers uh kurt who was the
10551s	xyrella with the
10552s	mex so that is what we're uh going to be
10555s	facing off there
10557s	tripled into a kala ghost didn't he
10558s	because he's still on tier 5 that's huge
10560s	with the promo drake so he gets that
10562s	double scaling from the battle cries and
10564s	also the terragosa um being nice here on
10568s	a very solid murloc setup here he is
10571s	really a seven away from the recipe for
10573s	success here because poison scam is a
10576s	very powerful thing to do with
10578s	akazamsarak you can regenerate so many
10580s	shields and
10582s	uh there's mechs in the lobby so not the
10584s	greatest way to win with poison but i
10586s	think this is a very solid security for
10588s	top four yeah
10590s	if you guys thought be nice is one of
10592s	the fastest pickers in the lobby when he
10593s	picks his triple so you didn't even get
10596s	to see the other team when he picked the
10597s	gurgle
10598s	likely there's no stuff in there uh but
10600s	that is kind of his place still he just
10603s	auto picks and goes we see the golden
10606s	peggy over here with pompada but pampa
10609s	only has nine health it's about the
10611s	first off versus silas who also is doing
10613s	the peggy dream whose peggies are the
10616s	ultimate peggies we have our peggy face
10618s	off
10620s	is this the scandal you are talking
10621s	about this is the scandal look at that
10623s	peggy versus our peggy oh yeah that's
10626s	pretty scandalous
10629s	the question is can ponpara survive
10632s	nine health
10634s	i don't think so this isn't going well
10637s	for pompada the seven has to die oh yeah
10640s	no it doesn't matter he's not still too
10642s	many stats oh no
10645s	wiping out on an eighth when he was
10647s	already seventh place prior to this game
10649s	the dream of getting into that 20-point
10652s	check position is farther and farther
10654s	away but hope is never lost as long as
10658s	there's a game to be played out with
10659s	this very unique format you can win the
10662s	entire thing with 21 points and have
10664s	somebody else at like 40 points but no
10666s	first place
10667s	that is correct so over here we see
10670s	mutant is hanging on with this two
10672s	health able to beat uh the skimmers or
10675s	ac
10676s	mcadoo as i call i'm just gonna call him
10678s	i call mackamackadoo i can't help it i'm
10681s	sorry saddle don't yell at me
10685s	but
10686s	that is hanging on over there didn't
10688s	take too much damage and we see more
10690s	peggies for babo fat on silas with a
10693s	pure 40 health
10695s	and bubble fat's doing what panpata did
10697s	yesterday he has three peggies only two
10700s	of them golden but there is the
10702s	possibility to find a tony at some point
10704s	and even if they're not golden this is
10705s	still a lot of scaling just buying every
10707s	ticketed minion playing for tempo here
10710s	again with the buddy of birth every
10713s	ticketed minion gives you one gold back
10715s	after you buy it so it essentially only
10717s	costs one as you can cycle it out with a
10719s	cell and then uh when the birth is
10722s	tripled you got two gold back and
10724s	essentially can go infinite which is
10725s	huge with peggies you just get more and
10728s	more stats every time you buy it and
10729s	they don't even cost anything so it's a
10732s	big deal as to whether bubba fat can get
10734s	that triple birth next turn but over
10736s	here for collins this is looking like
10738s	the big win he needed yes this is the
10741s	dream comp going on for collins he has
10744s	another golden um pirate in the shop
10747s	from his uh
10749s	like that's where we left him right is
10751s	it still just saying or is that a new
10752s	one i believe that's a new one a slinger
10754s	in the shop golden brand uh amalgadon's
10758s	galore
10760s	this is just spicy he's gonna be able to
10762s	get his golden minion from his hero
10764s	power
10766s	next turn
10768s	or did he play the brand prior though
10770s	because yeah he played that minion
10771s	before
10772s	right and that means the next time he
10774s	uses his hero power it's going to wake
10776s	up right the turn after in fact it's
10778s	overkill with the golden brown you
10779s	should get it this turn come on fix it
10782s	yeah it's just it's double triple
10785s	whatever
10786s	but yeah this is looking like a spicy
10788s	board for educated collins and kurt is
10791s	likely scared of what's gonna happen
10793s	going on for collins over here current
10795s	going into the uh fun amalgam comp where
10799s	you have uh divine shields generating
10801s	gems and your uh your again used to
10804s	scale your board but he just hasn't
10806s	gotten enough stats currently to beat
10808s	out what collins is up to and mutinous
10811s	is out to
10813s	ken ken on the alex strazza uh that just
10816s	wasn't enough he had
10818s	just he just took too much damage early
10821s	unfortunately for him
10822s	and maya will be out kurt
10825s	uh educated collins now into the top six
10829s	and that was a pretty powerful board for
10830s	mutants but i'm assuming maybe ken can
10832s	found a pyro spawn to try and counter
10834s	all of those divine shields it's
10835s	something you should be looking for when
10838s	playing against mutanus no pyrospawn
10840s	though so he just kind of outstarted or
10842s	there was a parason and he sold out of
10844s	it for this next fight i'm not quite
10845s	sure but for collins there that fight
10847s	was huge because um his two amalgadons
10850s	at the start of the combat were taunted
10852s	but not poisoned so he's really hoping
10854s	that the buster would die first there
10855s	and it absolutely did landed the poison
10858s	on one of the amalgadon so it's fixed
10859s	now
10860s	and that's a lot of money for hoff big
10862s	roll on the yog hero power lots of tempo
10865s	but how can he capitalize he also has a
10868s	seafood slinger here so he's looking for
10869s	some amalgadon's of his own
10872s	yep he has a calagus but only one other
10874s	dragons and he has quite the menagerie
10877s	and if you look on the far left side of
10878s	his hand he has adam with necrolite
10880s	which gives a ton of stats but if you
10882s	can find bran is going to give even more
10884s	and he has to start to a good menagerie
10888s	going to be able to get a golden primal
10890s	fan still no
10891s	bran yet though still going to give him
10893s	some value in gold and a triple
10896s	yeah primal finn is still huge here oh
10898s	that's an amalgadon and then everything
10901s	oh wow that's huge
10904s	somebody's contesting collins here now
10906s	no brand but a lot of minion types does
10908s	he land poison or divine shield neither
10911s	yikes either but he is about to face off
10914s	bruce be nice be nice still has an ice
10916s	block intact and he only needs to get
10918s	4.5 in order to put the lobby in check
10921s	so if he ties for fourth fifth place be
10924s	nice put the lobby in check so
10926s	uh hoff really needs to be able to knock
10928s	off benice's divine shield so that be
10931s	nice isn't on his way to victory
10933s	or not his divine shield his ice block
10936s	same thing
10937s	yeah same thing
10939s	with the space divine shield
10941s	very clever setup here playing down a
10943s	minion because he's using the khadgar
10945s	interaction which you do require there
10947s	to be more space on board to get the
10950s	full value uh from the splitting image
10952s	here this auto defense matrix not really
10955s	doing that much on the first one but
10957s	we'll see what the rest of the secrets
10958s	are he really needs venom strike track
10960s	trap more than anything
10963s	yeah no redemption for his uh buddy
10967s	just a redemption for a snake
10969s	yeah
10971s	on the buddy
10975s	little does he know it but there's a
10976s	potential that he is saving everybody
10978s	else from being under threat of check
10981s	but we don't know how the fight resolves
10983s	just yet with akrasam zarak he is
10985s	infamous for scamming and taking a lot
10988s	of time with all the secrets procking
10990s	a little bit of early information on the
10992s	left-hand side we see ken ken and kurt
10994s	do go out in fifth and sixth meaning be
10997s	nice has secured a top four
11000s	meaning he will be putting the lobby
11002s	into
11003s	check the only other player who could
11004s	put the lobby in to check this turn was
11006s	ken ken and ken ken is out there for he
11008s	will not be doing so so after this game
11012s	after this lobby we are officially in
11014s	check and be nice if he gets a first
11016s	place will win the first lobby legends
11019s	wow
11020s	it could come down to the fastest
11022s	possible outcomes lissa we have one
11024s	front runner and only one person with
11026s	the lobby in check and honestly from be
11028s	nice's perspective the
11031s	exact pan out of this game doesn't
11034s	matter to him so much but you can also
11036s	potentially think who is his next
11038s	closest competitor because for be nice
11040s	from this point it only benefits him for
11043s	the closest person to being the second
11045s	one to check to keep farther away so
11048s	from being isis perspective he would
11050s	love for collins to take the win here
11051s	since collins is so far down towards the
11054s	bottom of the table yeah the other two
11056s	players are actually quite high hoff is
11058s	uh at 12 points therefore uh he could
11061s	get up to 19 and then put the lobby in
11063s	check next round and baba fed at 11.5 so
11066s	again could easily get there in a by
11069s	next game so
11071s	collins is quite far away with only 4.5
11074s	points so i'm sure uh that is something
11076s	that'd be nice could keep in mind that
11078s	saying hey i need collins to win this to
11080s	get the points to keep the opponents
11082s	away from check so i'm the only one
11084s	there
11085s	and be nice is for sure gonna die next
11087s	turn you cannot get another ice block
11089s	but you know what it's probably the
11090s	happiest way to go out because this is
11092s	perfect for him he is the first one and
11094s	only one to 20 points plus here and
11096s	he'll see that the person most likely to
11098s	win the lobby has this uh insane near
11101s	unbeatable board
11103s	and there's the scam
11106s	okay wait if the even wins this then
11109s	that would be insane here i just noticed
11110s	collins doesn't have a pyro spawn here
11112s	so auto defense matrix on some venom
11114s	strikes could still potentially be scary
11116s	here
11119s	collins has left the building though
11121s	or rather his chair
11123s	he's like hold on
11125s	he knows
11126s	my a high apm next turn
11130s	he's just got to wait this out and you
11132s	can't
11134s	oh
11134s	our first damage to silas going down to
11137s	31 hop on the yaw yeah we don't need to
11140s	watch the other game do we i mean we can
11142s	go watch hof i don't mind
11144s	i think we know what's gonna happen here
11147s	uh sure yeah we can watch all the pretty
11149s	colors go off it's secret paladin all
11151s	over again but all the colors are here
11156s	did you manage were you still playing
11158s	constructed at the time that shadow
11160s	jeweler hanar was meta
11162s	no i've never heard of this card okay
11164s	it's a rogue card that every time you
11166s	play a secret you can discover a secret
11169s	from another class as well and just keep
11172s	the train going and have the rainbow
11174s	christmas tree on top it is just like
11176s	scams rock oh
11178s	you know some crossover gameplay there
11180s	we see a lot of this is why the scam is
11182s	in name because we have so many poisons
11184s	on our side but it's just not enough not
11186s	enough divine shields and be nice is
11188s	going to go out into
11190s	fourth
11191s	not third because we saw boba fett and
11193s	hoff no one died over there so
11197s	be nice with that loss but probably
11200s	pretty happy because he has now put the
11202s	lobby into check
11204s	literally the best loss of his life like
11206s	some people say oh this is a good loss i
11208s	only took five damage and i'm like no go
11211s	no loss is a good loss and battlegrounds
11213s	you just want to win every single time
11214s	but i've seen the exception now be nice
11217s	is the only one with the lobby in check
11219s	and the strongest person in the lobby is
11221s	the one that's farthest away from
11223s	catching up to him it's the perfect
11225s	situation he's maximizing his time to
11227s	try and get that first place but we
11229s	don't know how our players are going to
11231s	react to it and for now collins has to
11233s	focus on making sure that he can truly
11235s	seal this lobby right there was a chance
11238s	that he could get scammed a while ago
11239s	because he didn't have the pyro spawn
11241s	and he currently still does not have it
11243s	yeah but he has a lot of money in hand
11246s	and not a lot of time because if he had
11247s	to face the secret hero so he has to
11250s	work as fast as possible making the most
11253s	optimal plays with what little time he
11255s	has just trying to buy every battle cry
11257s	possible here uh
11259s	seafood slinger has been discovered
11262s	i mean
11264s	yeah i wonder if he even has suppressed
11266s	her on his mind but we know that the
11268s	yogg wasn't terribly strong so it isn't
11271s	a concern very much at this turn
11273s	especially with the doubling double
11274s	golden galagos yeah this is just
11277s	infinite scaling for collins honestly oh
11279s	a divine shield in the shop
11282s	he has one of algodon that needs it it's
11284s	a beautiful way to end this turn
11287s	yeah perfect gold expenditure he might
11290s	buy the battle cry okay
11292s	he's thinking about not doing it but
11294s	yeah he's going to end on this nadena
11295s	here
11298s	almost
11309s	he just sees his board but with roughly
11311s	five times the amount of stats on each
11314s	menu
11315s	oh god
11318s	all right then that will be half going
11321s	out from 20 to zero here because every
11324s	minion on board for collins is at least
11326s	here five uh okay kills one of algadon a
11330s	round of applause
11334s	deserved oh but yes this is gonna come
11337s	down to just collins destroying the
11340s	lobby 37 damage
11343s	um put in collins and bible fat top two
11346s	with the silas and the maya so good
11348s	greedy heroes were winning out this
11350s	round where some of the safer heroes
11352s	maybe not so much
11355s	why is there still the secret on the
11356s	count of three that confused
11359s	oh oh because of as a buddy
11362s	oh buddy probably right right yeah
11364s	competitive fear the ghost has an ice
11366s	block or a competitor that's pretty cool
11369s	yeah competitive spirit from the buddy
11372s	so yeah we have this infinite peggy
11374s	going on right now but this isn't going
11375s	to be enough for divine shield
11377s	amalgadon's to handle unless he can
11379s	triple his selfless hero he does find
11381s	medina but doesn't have a malgadons yet
11383s	so it's not going to do much until he
11385s	finds a bunch of malgodons and it all
11388s	just depends on how fast he can play
11390s	because uh silas is infinite gold as
11393s	long as you're fast you have to just
11394s	play as quickly as possible and what is
11396s	babelfast apm like
11398s	yeah but i wonder how many amalgadonts
11401s	are even left in the pool here and even
11403s	if you were to hit them only two minion
11405s	types online uh at this point with 28
11409s	seconds left as bobo fat i feel like i
11410s	would just cop out and start taking
11412s	selflesses here these are effectively
11414s	poison as well a lot of his minions have
11416s	a lot of attack on them but i don't
11418s	think these peggies are quite scandalous
11420s	enough to beat what collins has going on
11422s	oh they are nice not there
11426s	he has to decide how he's going to end
11427s	is he going to sell out his buddy
11429s	probably needs to but he's just waiting
11430s	to the last moment to do so and end on
11433s	some tech cards puts it the zap trying
11435s	to get through to the
11437s	prester pyre spawn or or a nadina um
11440s	doesn't get out of the buddy though
11442s	thinks he has enough health to last a
11444s	second turn but do we actually think he
11445s	has enough health
11448s	i don't think so this could be
11450s	like 31 to zero it's very realistic i
11453s	think all of these are six drops and
11454s	they have poison divine shield okay one
11456s	of algodon goes down
11458s	two of them
11459s	let's go down
11462s	three amalgadon's down 24. okay he's
11465s	alive at three
11470s	you know
11472s	he did have one extra turn with the
11473s	buddy so he was correct in his play
11476s	okay 90 seconds is he gonna give up
11480s	there's no giving up in battlegrounds no
11484s	he doesn't have a lot of space he just
11485s	burns his fries
11486s	he did he did
11489s	so that does hurt a bit it doesn't do
11492s	all the peggy stuff because it got
11493s	burned so nothing went to hand um but he
11496s	just has so much money he just needs to
11497s	sell and just tip bob a million gold
11501s	i got the prize that time
11503s	i mean tip bob for the next game right
11505s	there is still a lot of battlegrounds to
11507s	be played
11509s	exactly
11512s	okay while we see volvo fat kind of
11515s	going through the motions and enjoying
11517s	the numbers going up we can sort of talk
11519s	about the implications for this because
11520s	we already know that collins is going
11522s	out with seven points this game and
11525s	bubble fat is going up with six so that
11528s	would put baba fat to
11530s	17.5
11532s	he's within contention of also getting
11534s	into check just kind of close to ken ken
11536s	and hoff in that regard so
11539s	even though be nice is currently the
11541s	only player with the lobby in check
11543s	there could be three or more players
11545s	joining him after that and then collins
11547s	will go up to eleven
11551s	oh
11553s	dream
11556s	yeah so he will be putting the lobbying
11558s	check do you want to point out too we
11559s	were talking about how ken ken or sorry
11561s	be nice is the only one who's put the
11562s	lobby in check
11564s	uh he's also our number one player for
11567s	the most amount of first places
11569s	i think you can win this thing
11572s	that means that he is very much
11574s	comfortable with going for the big wins
11576s	when he needs to like we saw him here
11578s	going for access amstrad which is very
11580s	smart for his position going into this
11582s	game which he knew he just needed a top
11584s	four in order to make sure he can get
11586s	that first condition of the tournament
11589s	um satisfied he absolutely has now and
11592s	being the first one in check without
11594s	anyone joining him means that he has a
11597s	lot of leeway but now we get to see
11600s	exactly the thing that we've been hyping
11602s	up slissa how do people adapt how hard
11604s	are people going to grief
11607s	be nice towards the end
11609s	how nice is everyone going to be to be
11612s	nice
11613s	i don't think they're going to be very
11615s	nice to him and i wonder how nice
11616s	they'll be to each other though they
11618s	might be nice to pompata say hey i'm
11621s	going gonna fluff off this i'm gonna i'm
11623s	gonna put all my high attack minions far
11625s	right and let you win this out so that
11627s	you can you know
11629s	be greedy and and get first place this
11631s	game so be nice doesn't uh that's
11633s	another thing you can do is just be nice
11635s	to the
11637s	players who aren't in check contention
11639s	uh we have three players in check
11641s	contention bobo uh hoff and i missed the
11645s	other one i penten yeah it was ken ken
11648s	uh and again denies our only player who
11651s	has put the lobby in check just needs
11653s	one first place to end the day
11657s	that is right this day is not ending
11659s	until we get a champion with a first
11662s	place to close it off it's going to be
11664s	ending on a high no matter what but i
11667s	think it's just the calm part of the
11669s	tournament over now be nice is going to
11672s	have a very long road ahead of him
11673s	because players will know that he is
11676s	public enemy number one he's gonna have
11677s	a target on his back i am so excited to
11680s	see how it pans out this does feel like
11682s	it has been the most one-sided end game
11685s	out of all the lobbies we've seen so far
11687s	throughout the whole tournament which
11689s	you can see why people value mayab so
11691s	highly she's picked a lot but definitely
11693s	a hero that skews the most common
11695s	placements into first place or eighth
11697s	because if you don't manage to get into
11699s	a position where you got all of those
11701s	six drops if you don't stabilize early
11703s	enough you can very much likely die
11706s	before you get to those power spikes
11708s	bubble fast no just kind of saying i
11710s	mean how the heck am i supposed to beat
11712s	this and you're just going i'm sorry you
11715s	don't and i think educated collins first
11718s	of all notice that he did this with 32
11720s	health which is really not seen a lot
11722s	with maya we always see mayab going
11724s	below 15 health and dying but he had
11727s	that early buddy that hit the pirate
11730s	with gold and i think that was what
11732s	sealed the deal for him he had so much
11734s	early economy which is key in these high
11738s	mmr lobbies keeping your economy
11741s	high and
11742s	just in a good position so i think that
11745s	was the turn that
11747s	collins wanted honestly just hitting the
11749s	pirate
11750s	that's right and it is doing wonders for
11752s	his morale i think we could see the
11754s	difference of his expressions on camera
11756s	over the past couple lobbies he was
11758s	getting in full focus mode and getting
11760s	stressed out he even took off what you
11762s	said was the best dressed um jacket from
11765s	the hgi invention
11767s	to make sure yeah yeah yeah i wasn't
11769s	working this time but something is
11770s	clicking now he had that big smile and
11773s	his iconic laugh i think anybody who
11775s	knows who has watched colin stream knows
11778s	what i'm talking about and even though
11780s	he is still at least two games away from
11782s	getting to that 20-point threshold the
11784s	hope is returning for him and i'm hoping
11786s	for panpata's sake that he can also have
11788s	a miracle run and try and get in line
11792s	with everybody else who is so close
11794s	trailing behind be nice uh lissa this is
11797s	getting so exciting now how hard do you
11799s	think people are gonna grief the nice
11802s	starting next game
11803s	i mean i feel like they will but at the
11805s	same time how
11807s	i mean it must be hard to grieve someone
11808s	with the name be nice he's like what are
11811s	you doing you should be being nice to me
11814s	and i know he has a ton of fans watching
11816s	right now cheering for him so uh i but i
11820s	do think that the competitors have to
11821s	grief be nice they have to be nice to
11823s	pompata and those players who haven't
11825s	put the lobby in check yet to give them
11827s	the best opportunity to get a first
11829s	place so that be nice can't get a first
11831s	place so that is something to keep in
11832s	mind plus we have three uh competitors
11835s	who are on the brink of their own check
11838s	for themselves so we could get be
11840s	getting into if if uh be nice knows it
11842s	wouldn't here next game is going to be
11844s	even more thrilling that's right after
11848s	this break we are entering the bonafide
11850s	second phase of our finals here the
11852s	czech format really going to start
11854s	showing its true color so do not go
11856s	anywhere right after this lobby legends
11859s	raid leaders will continue
11865s	[Music]
11876s	[Music]
11920s	do
11926s	[Music]
11935s	so
11938s	[Music]
11964s	so
11967s	[Music]
11992s	so
11996s	[Music]
12057s	we have been talking about check format
12059s	all weekend but truly it starts to come
12061s	into play right from this moment so lisa
12064s	we have b nice with 20 points plus the
12067s	first and only player currently to have
12070s	the lobby in check three players hot on
12072s	his heels trying to get to that 20 point
12075s	threshold but we've talked about how we
12077s	have no idea how long the day could go
12079s	technically this could be the last game
12082s	of the first ever lobby legends i hope
12085s	it's not but it could be we see be nice
12087s	to hit elise who is a t uh a first place
12090s	hero not sure what other heroes be nice
12093s	had we had a little bit of a whiff there
12095s	but
12096s	baba fat who is in contention for uh
12100s	putting the lobby in check next turn he
12102s	just needs 2.5 points so not a lot just
12105s	needs to you know get above
12108s	a uh
12110s	seventh sorry sixth place needs to get
12112s	fifth or better um 5.5 but not a lot of
12116s	the great heroes here there are no mechs
12118s	in the lobby so with curator he will not
12120s	be able to put modules on to his
12124s	mishmash or his amalgam but that is what
12127s	he goes for also keep in mind no demons
12130s	no uh elementals but those two uh minion
12134s	types don't really do as well with the
12136s	curator so this is still a good pick and
12139s	gets the excellent murloc in the
12141s	beginning
12142s	got word from subtle that be nice really
12144s	didn't have any other decent picks so
12146s	the elise was pretty straightforward for
12148s	him and it happens to be like you said a
12150s	hero that is very much capable of taking
12152s	first place but within that sort of vein
12155s	of heroes we are seeing collins running
12157s	it back on miami
12159s	zephyrus here also very much capable of
12162s	taking first we see tickets that's
12164s	another first place hero we see we
12166s	haven't seen you know which it could
12168s	yeah reno could also be a first place
12170s	hero it's going to be very very exciting
12172s	here but with the minion types out both
12175s	demons and mechs these are two of the
12177s	heaviest tempo comps if you want to go
12179s	for like early damage around tier four
12182s	when you take the tanks or the soul
12184s	jugglers you can really grieve players
12186s	if those types are in however they're
12188s	not so i wonder how people are going to
12190s	adapt when facing be nice
12193s	yeah i do too
12195s	how much they're gonna tempo early game
12197s	really not go for some greedy tier five
12200s	triples maybe go
12202s	straight to the tier four triples this
12204s	lobby so that they can just gather as
12206s	much tempo as possible we're gonna have
12208s	to see um but i am very excited to see
12212s	how this plays out we have a ticket in a
12214s	hook test which are heroes we haven't
12216s	seen a lot of this tournament and they
12219s	are decent heroes ticket is one of my
12221s	favorites in the meta has a lot of fun
12223s	with bran and his battle cry buddy
12228s	oh man i'm just so excited for all of
12230s	the late game implications of the lobby
12233s	being in check here because we kind of
12235s	talked about in our discord uh just a
12237s	while ago during the break that
12239s	technically be nice could have sold his
12241s	entire board when facing collins uh just
12244s	to make sure that collins would most
12246s	likely win that lobby which at that
12248s	point would have been most in benice's
12250s	interest because nobody else had the
12252s	lobby in check now we have be nice in
12256s	check and then we could have an endgame
12258s	situation let's say where it's three
12259s	players theoretically be nice x and y
12262s	where b nice is strong against x x is
12264s	strong against y and why it's strong
12266s	against be nice we could have x and y
12268s	sort of realize that it's to their
12270s	benefit to have one of them that's
12272s	stronger against be nice specifically
12274s	win and we could have the x player just
12277s	say that i it's just not good for me in
12279s	the long run to beat y because y needs
12281s	to be be nice and it would be perfectly
12284s	legal for x to sell their board to make
12286s	sure that y can win the only thing that
12288s	is not legal is for the players to
12290s	communicate that directly with each
12292s	other they need to figure it out on the
12293s	fly what is in their own best interest
12296s	and uh notice here be nice didn't go for
12298s	the chief curve which i was expecting he
12300s	decides to stay down and do more of a
12302s	warrior curve which is interesting and i
12305s	want to direct your attention to the
12307s	left side of the screen where it says be
12309s	nice and it shows that 40 health in the
12311s	gold
12312s	if you see that gold next to a player's
12314s	name that is how you know that they have
12315s	put the lobby into check so as we go on
12318s	throughout the day if you see more uh
12320s	players with gold in their uh
12323s	current health you know that is a player
12325s	who has put the lobby into check
12327s	all right we see ken ken here with the
12329s	first uh darkmoon prize discover and he
12332s	has actually gone for the very rarely
12335s	seen three on three he's going into uh
12338s	six gold with uh already being on tier
12342s	three what do you think about this
12343s	so uh tickatis is one of the heroes that
12345s	you can do three on three so when we say
12347s	three on three that means you're
12349s	leveling to tier three on turn three and
12352s	the reason you can do it with tickets is
12354s	because you do not need the buddy early
12356s	this buddy you usually do not use until
12359s	turn eight when you have the opportunity
12362s	to get a turn 12
12364s	prize so you don't have to force tempo
12367s	to get to an early buddy you can just
12371s	be a bit greedier and go for this three
12373s	on three
12374s	it's not seen often but tickatis is one
12376s	of the only heroes that specifically
12378s	waits till a certain turn to use the
12380s	buddy you might see with skycam and
12382s	craig as well
12384s	as for the way to spend the rest of the
12385s	gold wow it's a four on fours listen a
12388s	four on four situation the greed is
12393s	beautiful and i like that he did it not
12396s	in to be nice i think he's been avoiding
12398s	be nice so he's been able to do it and i
12400s	bet if he were to face be nice he would
12402s	have had other plans
12405s	i mean it depends though because it's
12407s	also hard to sort of say that okay i'm
12409s	gonna be the player to grief be nice and
12411s	it sort of becomes a game theory thing
12413s	of where if you're the only one who
12414s	griefed them you did a favor for the
12416s	rest of the lobby you're not necessarily
12418s	advancing your own points maybe you just
12420s	gave other people time to earn their
12422s	points so it's really weird that the
12424s	rest of the lobby sort of have to have
12426s	the silent agreement of maybe trying to
12428s	bully be nice a little bit uh when they
12430s	face him but not to the point where they
12432s	are deleting their chances against the
12434s	other players but we are constantly
12436s	going to the perspectives of who is
12438s	facing be nice because i'm so excited to
12440s	see if any one of them is doing anything
12442s	special to make sure that be nice cannot
12445s	win there's nothing in particular though
12447s	about high tempo that we've seen um hof
12450s	here very likely just going to level
12452s	again with the warrior curve do you
12453s	think it's worth taking one of the pairs
12456s	well it was a really interesting turn
12457s	for hoff because what happens with reno
12460s	is you're staying on tier 1 to force a
12461s	triple and he didn't even have a pair so
12465s	it was this weird stay on one without
12466s	even a pair and now we're seeing our
12468s	first sets of pairs
12470s	so some people would just stay on one an
12473s	extra turn to find the triple but
12475s	because he couldn't even get to a pair
12477s	it was really unfortunate so he has to
12480s	go for the double level play here um and
12483s	he needs to honestly just like
12485s	find something quickly because well he
12488s	does have a lot of health he has no
12490s	pair or triple opportunities here
12493s	unites doesn't quite have a lot of tempo
12495s	though oh no that snipe on the hyena
12498s	means that he doesn't get value from the
12500s	golden but it's still going to be a win
12501s	for hoff here less overall damage for be
12504s	nice though and every point of hell he
12506s	can save matters because we've talked
12508s	about at least potentially being a high
12511s	chance of getting first it's one of
12512s	those heroes that can get to six and
12514s	immediately have benefits from it
12516s	because of the recruitment map
12519s	over here on educate columns with mayab
12521s	he does have a triple lined up in the
12523s	shop you see the double alley cats
12525s	frozen so he's going to be
12527s	leveling to get to an early six drop
12530s	likely
12531s	he's just trying to figure out what to
12532s	do with his money here because he has
12534s	the shadow warden and he can use that to
12536s	hear power this term but he actually has
12538s	a lot of money as well so he could level
12541s	role for something but i feel like he's
12543s	looking at tad because he can get a lot
12545s	of tempo with the double with the swamp
12548s	striker this turn and that is what he
12550s	goes for he's gonna play uh the level
12553s	play the tad sell out of it
12556s	and likely
12557s	oh it's a triple it's an early five drop
12560s	here
12561s	yeah
12563s	to fill the board or myth racks with
12565s	only one minion type right did it was it
12568s	all murlocs i can't quite remember oh
12569s	two okay yeah that makes this a lot more
12571s	reasonable gonna go straight up to an
12573s	eight eight and then he hero power is
12575s	still a decent minion with the battle
12577s	cry double jumps from the razor bore um
12580s	good order from collins there to level
12581s	before he sold the tad so that gave him
12583s	a chance to get primal fin from the cell
12585s	here hits the triple which is you know a
12586s	very good outcome as well and he is
12589s	facing be nice and this is a quick
12591s	reminder that everybody knows who
12594s	everyone is here it's different from the
12596s	qualifying period where players had to
12598s	be in streamer mode now they know
12600s	exactly who they're facing and exactly
12602s	how many points they have available to
12605s	them so far but we have here on by you
12608s	the zephyr
12609s	five drop is a brand and that's gonna be
12611s	a golden brand very very soon yeah he'll
12613s	have to sell out of a pair he has to
12615s	guarantee the triple he is in a safe
12618s	place above 15 health not in the danger
12620s	zone at all uh closest person down there
12623s	right now is currently ken ken who we
12624s	saw the go to the tier four on four so
12627s	we're going to see an early triple here
12629s	i'm very excited to see if he hits like
12631s	an si7 or a gurgle
12634s	um
12636s	i doubt he
12637s	sells and levels and holds
12640s	i doubt it to it
12642s	especially with the swabi right if you
12644s	have gold and brown then the swabi
12646s	actually saves you gold if you're
12647s	planning to level however he just rolls
12650s	over it and hits a different triple
12651s	instead so now he gets that triple and
12654s	uses the hero power for brand like the
12656s	order on the button animation looked
12657s	really weird there but that was the
12659s	button to triple the brand
12661s	um and he gets verizon oh my gosh yeah
12663s	board again that is gonna be a lot of
12665s	money i wonder if he should have waited
12667s	to hear a power because he could have
12669s	gotten the brand from this discover here
12671s	though he didn't uh does hit a razor
12674s	gore which is great because he does have
12676s	dragons in hand so that will be scaling
12679s	especially with this twilight emissary
12681s	uh and i i wonder if he waits to play
12684s	out this murrah zone because he knows
12686s	that the mayab already tripled so maybe
12689s	wants to discover what mayev has
12692s	true i mean it's a greedy line but again
12695s	the damage cap is still intact here so i
12697s	think it's completely viable and we have
12699s	talked about trying to grief be nice in
12701s	particular but the other way to grief be
12704s	nice is just by playing as hard for
12705s	first as you can because be nice
12707s	anything less than a first will not get
12709s	him the victory the points essentially
12711s	don't matter for him either it's first
12713s	or nothing so if there's another player
12715s	that is more likely hitting their power
12717s	spike early and in a better position to
12719s	hit first that is in a way still gonna
12722s	be awful for being nice and good for
12724s	everyone else a tie which is excellent
12726s	for both of these players uh
12729s	not taking damage we see be nice going
12731s	down to 29th health not in the danger
12733s	zone yet but this mirazon could be
12735s	interesting because of the razer gore's
12737s	on the other or not the razer core sorry
12738s	the myth racks on the other side if he
12741s	gets a pair of him he could triple with
12743s	his hero power
12744s	it's one
12746s	not great
12747s	but has the opportunity to level which
12750s	he takes because he is in such a strong
12752s	position
12753s	and we want to point out that ken ken is
12755s	in the danger zone 14 health uh meaning
12758s	he can go out this round
12761s	very scary stuff by you
12764s	as much as i love bird buddy i don't
12765s	think there's anything worth staying on
12767s	for this shop one rule he could still
12768s	buy another minion because of the
12771s	mirazon cash but be nice here going for
12774s	a five drop discover of his own from the
12776s	recruitment map
12778s	bran is available murloc's on board he's
12782s	six
12784s	he's the first one oh my gosh
12788s	he's the first huge
12790s	he's the first player to six he has the
12792s	lobby in check he needs the first place
12794s	and hits the brand amalgadon with
12796s	numerous minion types in his hand he can
12799s	sell out of a dragon to get this done
12801s	this turn or you can sell out of a beast
12804s	but i'd like to see the dragon play
12805s	happening here
12807s	um
12809s	wow
12810s	oh i'm still trying to process this okay
12813s	no poison it's not a perfect amalgam but
12815s	he's still so strong
12817s	he can fix it there are no mechs so
12819s	couldn't fix that but uh we see over
12821s	here hoff has here powered a hogger and
12824s	half play over in china is going to be
12826s	cross server playing apm pirates uh i'm
12830s	very excited to see how this goes down
12833s	um
12834s	hopefully the server is not too big of
12836s	an issue and he can just attack with
12838s	those pirates on the other side we have
12841s	um cap or yeah
12844s	what what's her name
12846s	captain oh
12848s	my gosh i thought you said tess my brain
12850s	just farted so hard there
12853s	i was like what is happening yeah kurt
12855s	over there with captain hook tusk
12857s	also having a pirate game but no hogger
12861s	so far
12864s	oh man um he did freeze the salty looter
12868s	in the shop i believe so he can get a
12870s	lot of scaling going with the hogger
12872s	needs to get out of these murlocs soon
12874s	hopefully for his they can find a triple
12876s	before he has to get rid of this pair
12878s	but the golden buddy is also gonna get
12880s	him another five drop no additional
12882s	hogger so he's not truly infinite yet
12885s	but we shall see how this plays out
12886s	every pirate essentially free because it
12889s	um costs three but you regenerate two
12891s	and can sell it for one again double
12893s	looter more pirates a lot of tempo
12896s	available uh but we do have bobo fat
12899s	also now down to two health bene still
12901s	above the danger zone and the only
12904s	player on tier six with a brand he could
12906s	just be giving us all a very short work
12909s	days lisa
12911s	no we want to see more i mean i i love
12914s	being nice i'd love to see him win
12916s	uh oh a strong arm in the shop no brand
12919s	for strong arm but is a lot of tempo
12922s	yeah i mean it would be so exciting if
12924s	he just got this win
12926s	right away off the check format but it's
12928s	not what i was expecting but he is in
12931s	quite the position to do so uh we see
12933s	all these pirates being generated by
12935s	hoff over here would be nice and oh my
12939s	god
12941s	wait it's golden okay
12944s	oh he hits the poison goes for the
12947s	triple coiler getting them buffed with
12949s	the mama first another oh my god
12953s	he has a dream comp in the making
12957s	this is like it's already made
12959s	is this the script be nice wins
12962s	the very first check format instantly
12965s	with no competition he's so much
12968s	stronger than collins well collins is
12970s	now on tier six as well which is huge
12972s	maybe he can try and contest some
12974s	amalgadons but there's already four out
12976s	of the pool right this triple was
12978s	naturally made this golden did not come
12980s	from a seafood slinger and there's
12981s	another amalgadon in hand so first
12984s	amalgadon's has a huge advantage collins
12987s	will not die nor take too much damage
12989s	because the cap is still intact here but
12991s	i thought he was the best hope to try
12993s	and get first place other than be nice
12995s	but it looks like being ice is just
12997s	running away with it and bubble fat has
12999s	died
13000s	yes boba fett is out meaning anyone can
13002s	die in these next few turns and be nice
13004s	could be the one to kill them because he
13006s	can do mass damage being on tier six we
13009s	see he's about to face bayou who is
13011s	playing the golden brand and is on tier
13014s	six so can find some of malgadon's uh
13016s	right now he just has a ton of stats but
13018s	that is not enough and he doesn't have
13021s	any gold left either
13022s	so this is not looking too great for
13025s	bayou even though he had the great setup
13028s	uh he could be able to still hold on to
13030s	with his 26 health he's not too far down
13033s	over here with kurt though he is on
13035s	captain hook desk um
13037s	bill no hogger but is getting to face
13039s	the ghost this turn has the opportunity
13041s	to hear a power a six drop to try to
13043s	find hogger instead goes for the one
13045s	drop
13046s	probably for economy purposes making it
13049s	cheaper to level which we see so many
13051s	people on tier six now he probably has
13053s	that on his mind a bit
13056s	is right but
13057s	who can contest the amalgadons like
13060s	people can get poison for themselves and
13062s	they can pick up
13063s	to take off divine shields but
13066s	in terms of outscaling
13069s	it just feels very unlikely that anyone
13072s	can get there faster than be nice at the
13074s	moment there needs to be some miracles
13076s	maybe like a gas coiler cop catching him
13079s	off guard now that the damage cap is
13081s	gone like be nice if he gets complacent
13083s	there's a chance he just dies out of
13085s	nowhere but it feels very unlikely he
13087s	was so strong last turn he had a full
13088s	turn this turn with a bran and now there
13092s	is the other amalgadon there's money on
13094s	board there is a seven and bayou's
13096s	expression says it wait this is the guy
13099s	that has the lobby in check and he's
13101s	this strong
13102s	yeah but gets the the poison just in
13105s	time on the correct murloc uh the stuff
13107s	not gonna be able to get any and will
13109s	minions die it looks like there's just
13112s	so much damage on the other side of the
13114s	board it's very dead he's just done very
13117s	dead
13118s	really overkill be nice starting to just
13120s	knock them out one after another on his
13123s	way to win the first lobby legends if he
13126s	can secure a first place meanwhile ken
13129s	ken holding on from ticketus he was the
13131s	first one in the danger zone but has not
13133s	died yet playing a ground shaker flat
13136s	tusk comp with a double cleave he is
13138s	next in line to try to defeat be nice
13142s	but
13143s	i don't god i worry i think we need
13147s	a a
13149s	a miracle i think we need a miracle
13152s	the name of this tournament is lobby
13154s	legends raid leaders i thought it was
13156s	that and not lobby legends raid boss
13159s	which is exactly what be nice is at the
13161s	moment he's just like the old diablo
13164s	being the grim reaper taking everyone
13166s	down one by one ken ken is gonna make a
13168s	valiant effort like cleaves if they were
13170s	big enough was one of the ways to
13172s	potentially still beat the amalgadons
13175s	that have poison from bee nights but
13177s	these are nowhere near big enough and he
13179s	also has the taunts to play around
13181s	cleave i just feel like be nice is a few
13184s	fights away from taking this whole thing
13186s	down as early as game five i can't
13189s	believe it i'm in shock i'm sitting here
13191s	just like is it
13193s	is it happening
13195s	and i think it is i i mean maybe i
13198s	shouldn't call it too early but kurt
13200s	over here with the exodia comp uh he has
13202s	a tony so he is looking to golden his
13205s	eliza's he might be putting in a
13208s	bear in here which is a great play to
13211s	get extra scallywags he doesn't need to
13213s	create space i've if you guys have seen
13215s	people play this comp before you'll see
13217s	that they'll have only six minions in
13219s	you only need to do that if you have a
13221s	cad guard because you need to create
13222s	space for extra scallywags baron is not
13225s	the same thing and we're going to see if
13227s	can can defeat
13228s	be nice and deal some damage
13238s	okay and one hoping to get poison
13241s	another one goes there we go fear of
13244s	being nice i mean if anything he's
13246s	earning the the first place all by
13248s	himself right it's killing everyone but
13250s	i'm really glad that we got to see
13252s	kurt's board because i feel like he's
13254s	the one last ray of hope for this lobby
13257s	and everybody else to try and take down
13259s	be nice because if the stats on the
13261s	amalgams are not huge and they're all
13263s	taunted right
13264s	enough scally comp if you have golden
13266s	eliza golden khadgar and a baron that
13269s	can still potentially beat this like
13271s	they can go through divine shields
13273s	pinged off with the first few scally's
13275s	enough attacker can get there and beat
13277s	it but kurt is running out of time to
13280s	put together the pieces meanwhile
13282s	collins we haven't checked in with him
13283s	for a while he has golden brown again
13285s	and he's on tier six but he's only
13287s	finding an amalgadon now
13290s	i was gonna say he's playing the kalagos
13292s	b stream again
13294s	our favorite comp yeah our first
13296s	amalgadon now
13298s	and coming to
13300s	collins getting some reborn he might
13302s	want to consider reborning the gas
13303s	coiler for more scam potential could get
13306s	some uh
13308s	some gurgles out of it to get more
13310s	poison another seafood slinger into hand
13312s	has one role to try to hit something
13314s	from it or can just go for this selfless
13316s	hero in the shop
13318s	yeah
13319s	what do you think about the choice to
13321s	reborn the golden over the ghast coiler
13324s	i really think the gas coiler was might
13326s	be correct because of possible gurgles
13328s	coming from it uh just like way more
13331s	minions to try to defeat like the plants
13332s	that might come from the amalgadons
13335s	all the potential scams
13337s	uh i just don't think the stats are
13339s	worth it here when it's only buffing two
13341s	minions
13342s	right but he can still buy this selfless
13345s	here to be slightly stronger if he's
13346s	reading poisons here i mean amalgadon
13349s	with murloc usually will just read
13350s	murloc and that would imply poison i
13352s	don't feel that the kalagos is
13354s	particularly threatening but collins is
13356s	even less greedy than that he sells out
13357s	of bran
13358s	and does play the selfless here is this
13361s	going to be enough though my instincts
13362s	say
13363s	no but
13365s	it's not i don't think it will
13367s	it's non-zero right there's a gas coiler
13370s	so scams can happen but now there's a
13371s	pyro's bona as well oh my gosh
13374s	colin's shaking his head
13377s	and seeing the defeat to
13379s	the the board on the other side but we
13381s	have a lot of uh
13383s	of poison murlocs over here plus a
13385s	divine shield if it hits correctly which
13387s	it does it doesn't hit the plant which
13389s	was a scary thing um but unfortunately
13392s	good because constantly has seven health
13393s	there's just
13394s	not a lot of hope here
13398s	oh the raid boss strikes again what is
13401s	this be nice is just unbeatable well on
13405s	his way to winning the entire thing as
13407s	early as game five is there anyone who
13410s	has a chance of beating this man subtle
13413s	you got something for us show us any
13416s	board that could beat this maybe pompano
13418s	has come up with something cute and
13420s	spicy
13421s	anything
13423s	okay
13424s	this could be it
13426s	right
13427s	we were talking about i think this one
13428s	has the best chance i don't think
13430s	there's quite enough stats yet but if
13432s	this shop or i mean he has full 10 gold
13435s	right he could stay here roll down for
13437s	triple baron slash find khadgar's
13440s	you can't technically get enough scallis
13441s	to work does the eliza is golden now as
13443s	well maybe he had a tony turn at some
13445s	point or he tripled it naturally
13447s	not all hope is lost uh but if be nice
13450s	is reading the scally comp then he can
13452s	also tech appropriately against this i
13455s	feel like the best chance
13456s	for this tournament to continue is if
13459s	bnice gets careless doesn't tech around
13462s	the um scally comp and kurt completely
13466s	catches him off guard and kills him in
13468s	one fell swoop
13472s	yes
13473s	it's a long shot don't get me wrong but
13475s	i am very used to looking for any one
13479s	constructed and i'll do it
13480s	i'm gonna find the one percent we find a
13483s	selfless hero meaning if we get to the
13484s	baron we have some potential from
13487s	pompada uh gets in adina which works
13490s	with the amalgadon
13492s	um but no baron fine he can consider
13495s	rolling one more time and then ending on
13497s	the ghoul in the front which i think he
13499s	decides to do
13500s	um unfortunate not hitting that baron uh
13504s	are these murlocs enough we we've seen
13507s	that there's plants on the other side
13510s	yeah we saw that there was a pyro spawn
13512s	also for be nice so the right
13515s	isn't necessarily gonna do a lot too but
13517s	i'm glad that we're coming back to kurt
13519s	here because the way that the fights
13520s	have panned out is that be nice has
13522s	literally knocked everyone out maybe not
13524s	the curator i don't know but everyone
13526s	from zephyrus up for sure has been a
13528s	kill by being nice and the next on the
13530s	chopping block is panpada right we have
13532s	kurt on the ghost here so in a way kurt
13535s	has had the maximum amount of time to
13537s	put together a comp that can maybe
13540s	challenge the super early tier six here
13542s	he's a lot of khadgar's away potentially
13545s	a golden brown uh sorry baron away as
13547s	well but if pompata dies here that will
13549s	be
13550s	the
13551s	baron back in the pool there's a miracle
13554s	potential for kurt but he doesn't have
13556s	much time to do it anymore baron back in
13559s	the pool miracle we did see that kurt
13561s	did level so now kurt is on tier six a
13564s	little bit more opportunity pompada is
13566s	congratulating being nice with
13569s	the clapping of the hands
13572s	he is saying congratulations to be nice
13575s	you have won this tournament and now
13577s	everything's on the line for kurt can
13580s	kurt do this can he defeat be nice
13584s	can you be the savior of the lobby i
13587s	don't know selissa can bob be generous
13590s	and give kurt a million khadgar's and
13593s	the triple baron because he needs the
13596s	perfect exodia pirates just golden eliza
13599s	i don't think is not gonna cut it and he
13601s	has some selflessness but i don't really
13604s	feel that's useful against being nice
13605s	because again he has pyro spawn guards
13611s	that's not what he wanted though he's
13614s	he's he's realizing that uh be nice just
13617s	kicked out pompada it's all on him he
13619s	knows it's all on him that is his
13621s	reaction like
13622s	really this is on me now
13624s	you guys are doing this to me he's
13627s	shaking his head why are you doing this
13629s	to me man
13630s	look at it this way be the optimist the
13632s	glasses half full everybody died first
13636s	to give him the maximum amount of time
13638s	to find the golden khadgar we don't see
13640s	the rest of the shot but as early as 50
13642s	seconds on the clock be nice is mostly
13645s	done with this turn but we see the zap
13646s	in hand and the acolyte i don't know if
13649s	he's gonna play those down but those are
13650s	both incredibly effective tech cards
13652s	against this comp that kurt has
13655s	zap conditional on whether or not the
13657s	baron has been buffed we do see that
13658s	blood gems are available from the
13660s	quillboard so kurt can try and slightly
13663s	play around that by keeping the selfless
13665s	on board the khadgar is in hand now and
13667s	he can replace the flat tusk at the end
13669s	of this with the khadgar a second baron
13671s	is available but there's almost no gold
13674s	left
13676s	no
13677s	the dream
13679s	dying
13683s	be nice fans in chat are going wild i
13687s	can hear them now
13690s	oh like this is what i can
13694s	little scallywag go
13697s	he's one wag going to spawn four pirates
13700s	here and with golden eliza each one of
13702s	those attacking is plus four plus two
13704s	but the attack order is not even what
13706s	kurt wanted to see he loses 50 50 to get
13708s	the board space and the selfless dead
13711s	first and the baron is out
13713s	i think we have a champion we do
13717s	be nice over here we get to see his
13719s	perspective
13721s	we get to see our first lobby legends
13725s	winner
13726s	he's real stressed he's still counting
13728s	all those scallywags
13731s	it's like this and constructed to the
13733s	players already a ladder they know
13735s	they've won but until the absolute final
13738s	call has been
13740s	yes exactly determined
13742s	yep
13744s	yeps for being nice let's go
13750s	ever
13751s	lobby legends a check format and be nice
13755s	takes it in five lobbies
13759s	crazy he just has such a huge lead on
13762s	everyone else a first place to lock it
13764s	out right after he got that 20 points
13766s	plus threshold for check and that means
13769s	now that there's no more chance to earn
13770s	points for anyone else so we do have our
13772s	top eight locked in order here
13775s	unfortunately some of our predictions
13778s	are going out in the bottom four but of
13780s	course it is all about being nice huge
13783s	congratulations to him we saw such a
13785s	consistent performance right from the
13787s	get-go during the qualification process
13790s	and he's gotten the most first places
13792s	even prior to today right including
13794s	those qualifications and he's shown that
13796s	he's capable of doing it when it matters
13799s	as well
13800s	yeah we talked about that at the start
13802s	of the stream but he was one of those
13803s	players to be really concerned about
13805s	because he got here with the most first
13808s	places and being able to secure first
13810s	place is how you win this style of
13812s	tournament and he did it at the correct
13814s	time and just destroyed one player after
13818s	another we're watching this playback
13820s	every single one just dying to be nice
13825s	wow i i feel like he took down everyone
13828s	in the lobby one by one he truly was the
13831s	raid leader the raid boss of the event
13834s	and the first ever official hearthstone
13837s	esports for battlegrounds champion it
13840s	must feel amazing for being nice and so
13842s	i did get the chance to actually pop in
13845s	his chat a while ago he was streaming
13846s	right before the tournament and getting
13848s	his thoughts on things i was asking him
13850s	do you think that people are gonna grief
13852s	really hard when one person has the
13854s	lobby in check and he said actually no i
13856s	don't think so because it's really
13858s	difficult to say that they're gonna be
13860s	the person to maybe make themselves
13862s	weaker in the long run just to help out
13864s	the rest of the lobby in order to give
13867s	somebody more time to get to check as
13869s	well and that's exactly how it panned
13871s	out i don't think i saw any like
13873s	specific plays that you wouldn't see in
13875s	a non-check format i don't think anybody
13878s	really had the capability either though
13880s	because yeah it got so strong so quickly
13883s	but it's just so impressive to me how
13885s	that confidence paid off right from the
13887s	beginning everything going according to
13889s	plan and that humility now can be thrown
13892s	out the window i think it's justifiable
13895s	to do so he can gloat all he wants
13897s	because this was so convincing and i
13899s	want to point out too when we saw the
13901s	points no other player got to 20 points
13903s	after this turn so he would have had
13905s	another game to himself to try to win it
13909s	out because the closest we got was 19.5
13912s	after that turn so yeah again like he
13915s	would have just had the lobby to himself
13917s	yet again to try to get for the first
13920s	very very true selissa thank you so much
13923s	but i do have to ask you to step away
13926s	for a little bit because we have an
13928s	interview with be nice ready the
13930s	champion of lobby legends raid leaders
13933s	be nice congratulations how does it feel
13936s	game five only
13939s	thank you so much it's yeah it's
13940s	unbelievable i don't know what to say
13942s	like it's actually crazy like i don't
13944s	know
13945s	it's it's mind-blowing to be honest like
13948s	i didn't expect that i have uh that like
13950s	that i have a chat like i i mean i i
13953s	knew i have a chance to win but
13955s	i mean it's it's so tough to to win a
13958s	tournament in in such a stacked field
13960s	and
13961s	like so much uh stuff has to work out in
13963s	order to to win the whole thing so it's
13965s	crazy it's actually crazy
13967s	i don't know what to say it really is
13970s	i know that a lot of things must be
13972s	going through your head right now but
13973s	can i pick your brain a little bit about
13975s	the thought process how it started out
13978s	at the beginning of the tournament and
13980s	how it changed it changed when you got
13982s	to that 20-point check position
13985s	um like
13986s	when i played my uh like my after i won
13990s	the game with uh cirella i had like 16.5
13993s	16.5 points and i got a i got the hero
13996s	selection with zephrys and i really like
13998s	zephry's and the um the secret the
14001s	secret dude and uh i decided then to to
14004s	go for for the for the secret because i
14006s	knew i i only need like a few points to
14009s	make it to 20 so i was like okay it's
14011s	it's a little bit more safe to to
14013s	get a top four with that character then
14016s	going for zephrys and uh yeah it worked
14019s	out and over the entire tournament i was
14021s	it was just step by step to be honest
14023s	like
14024s	i um yeah i just played game by game and
14026s	i was trying my best try to
14029s	squeeze in every every stat i can every
14032s	um advantage i have
14034s	somehow and um yeah it worked out really
14036s	well and in my last game i that was
14038s	really intense to be honest because uh
14041s	yeah i had to had like two lines that's
14043s	the line the safe line going for mama
14046s	bear death stuff i got the perfect death
14048s	for the setup but uh it's not enough to
14050s	to win the the tournament with with
14052s	beasts i had to go for the greedy line
14054s	with bran
14055s	and uh yeah it worked out like i got the
14057s	dongs uh i managed to to get the good
14060s	ones
14061s	and like the one turn was crazy when i
14062s	when i tripled the dong
14065s	and then i had like a double gas coil
14067s	and stuff and there was so much stuff
14069s	going on and it was also a little bit
14070s	laggy because like i'm sitting in berlin
14072s	and i play on an a so it was not uh
14074s	perfect in this situation and i i
14076s	couldn't couldn't do like everything
14077s	what i wanted because i didn't have the
14079s	time but um in the end it worked out and
14081s	yeah crazy
14083s	crazy i'm so sorry to ask this of you
14085s	but on the official broadcast we have to
14087s	call them amalgadon so please do that
14090s	from now on
14091s	i'm not used to that
14093s	i'm sorry
14094s	don't worry whatsoever you should get
14096s	used to it because with a performance
14098s	like this i'm sure we'll be seeing more
14099s	from you can you talk a little bit more
14101s	about your preparation going into the
14103s	event even all the way back from
14105s	qualifying on ladder and the initial
14106s	tournament
14107s	um yeah um i have to do a shout out for
14111s	like my my viewers know that i'm a big
14113s	fan of uh good dominant like i watched
14115s	uh watched him a lot uh he's one of the
14117s	best players we have and i i learned a
14120s	lot like this was kind of my preparation
14122s	to be to be fair like i watched his
14124s	stream a lot even if i don't understand
14126s	because i don't speak russian i learned
14129s	a lot so like he was in my opinion also
14131s	the favorite in
14132s	in uh in this uh top 16 event like he's
14135s	a really really good player and uh yeah
14138s	i tried to to learn from him and then
14141s	yeah i just
14143s	tried to stay calm like it's obviously
14145s	not that easy to to play tournament and
14147s	it's my first like gigantic tournament
14150s	so obviously there's also like uh like a
14152s	little bit nervous and stuff but yeah
14154s	that was like basically my my
14156s	preparation just try to be calm and uh
14159s	watching like good players like udamid
14161s	and like we have so many good players
14163s	and
14164s	i don't consider myself being the best
14166s	so there's uh there was a lot of stuff
14168s	to learn
14169s	to get advantage i mean
14172s	that humble attitude is really iconic
14174s	too already i tuned into your stream
14176s	just earlier today and i could see that
14178s	your positive outlook has really really
14181s	helped you and you also mentioned
14182s	something there as i was asking you
14183s	about check format and whether you think
14186s	it's more uh good for the players or the
14188s	viewers can you share what you told me
14190s	to everybody
14192s	i mean like like
14193s	um
14194s	the format is perfect for for the
14196s	viewers right because it's really
14198s	exciting and uh yeah it's not like if
14200s	someone someone um
14202s	gets a hat like what i what like it went
14205s	really well for me right like i got a i
14207s	got a good uh first game with daryl then
14210s	i got lucky with the with the oxford one
14211s	game and then i won the lobby with
14213s	cirella so if um
14216s	like i could have just played it really
14218s	safe and just uh go for beast right if
14220s	we have if we just have to make it to
14222s	like 20 30 40 points whatever then i can
14224s	just play it safe you know and uh with
14227s	this format i had to win a lobby so i
14229s	have to go for a greedy line in order to
14230s	win like i can't just get like second
14232s	second second second second or
14234s	just uh play save into top four and then
14236s	i make it right so you have to high rule
14238s	um as a hero and the lobby so that's
14241s	really interesting for the viewers it's
14242s	not that cool for the players i would
14244s	say because you you have to high roll
14247s	like i won the tournament because i got
14249s	lucky there like that's just how it is
14251s	in the end but yeah it's really cool for
14254s	the viewers
14256s	you also played well and i know you
14258s	mentioned that it wasn't so much about
14260s	the money necessarily but also just
14262s	growing the hearthstone scene and also
14264s	making sure that more people can tune
14266s	into your stream because i mean you are
14269s	laughing uh at me and soliza calling you
14271s	one of the bigger streamers in the
14272s	tournament when you feel you're not
14273s	necessarily that big of one but i think
14276s	a lot of people are going to start
14277s	tuning in and
14279s	appreciating your stream as i did today
14282s	so any message to all of your
14284s	subscribers and viewers and new fans
14287s	um yeah i mean i can just say thank you
14289s	like i got so many messages it's
14291s	actually insane like so many positive
14293s	vibes and
14295s	like after yesterday when i when i did
14296s	well and i qualified for today like i
14298s	got so many messages that they are
14300s	rooting for me and uh they're happy for
14303s	me and like it's it's crazy like i got
14305s	so much support so much so much love and
14308s	yeah i i don't know it's just i can just
14310s	say thank you to to everyone and um yeah
14313s	just thank you and i'm really thankful
14315s	for for everything
14317s	you know
14318s	all right thank you so much for those
14320s	kind words
14322s	i'm gonna let you go now celebrate a
14324s	little bit more so i hope to see you
14327s	perform in later oh so go ahead
14331s	thank you
14340s	and so i'm not great at interviews i
14342s	couldn't tell when he was trying to say
14344s	something more or if i was supposed to
14346s	keep going you did great and he did
14348s	great too it was a beautiful interview
14351s	absolutely i just haven't seen that
14353s	dominant of a performance in any game
14355s	mode for quite some time melissa the
14358s	event is over much quicker than anyone
14360s	of us thought um had any reactions here
14363s	i'm still honestly processing it i don't
14366s	want to leave the casting booth i'm here
14368s	forever no i'm just kidding no this was
14370s	such a great event i think the check
14372s	format was so exciting i think the
14374s	audience can agree it was shocking to
14376s	see it go by so fast i was ready to sit
14379s	here all day you know i was prepared but
14381s	i guess now i'm just gonna have to go
14382s	jump in my pool because uh
14384s	i got time to go have a pool day i guess
14387s	but yeah i think we have a lot more to
14390s	come from lobby legends this is just the
14392s	first of many events
14394s	uh keep in mind we just had the cut off
14397s	for the next event coming up the march
14400s	month uh the end of march we had cutoffs
14402s	for the top 16 of every single
14405s	region and they are going to be having
14407s	their qualifiers soon and our next lobby
14409s	legends will be happening in may so make
14413s	sure if you enjoyed this event that you
14414s	are following play hearthstone and all
14416s	of our community so you can watch our
14419s	next lobby legends event
14421s	that is right our next lobby legends in
14424s	may that qualification period has closed
14426s	but there is an ongoing qualification as
14428s	well for the third lobby legends to be
14431s	held later on the year and the dream
14433s	begins with finishing top 16 on any of
14437s	the three servers just as being ice did
14440s	you can also live the dream and compete
14442s	to become a lobby legend so i would like
14445s	to thank everybody for tuning in to this
14447s	event especially our co-streamers as
14450s	well who have poured their time and
14451s	effort into sharing their perspectives
14453s	and making sure that we can bring
14454s	battlegrounds action to as many people
14457s	as possible
14458s	thank you so much for joining me on the
14459s	broadcast thank you to our production
14462s	crew and everybody working behind the
14464s	scenes it has been an incredible event
14466s	and a great honor to cast the debut
14469s	official esports event for hearthstone
14471s	battlegrounds thank you so much
14473s	everybody have a good day and remember
14476s	tune in to the next lobby legends as
14477s	well
14493s	[Music]
14500s	so
14509s	[Music]
14528s	[Music]
14539s	[Music]
14547s	[Music]
14559s	[Music]
14568s	so
14578s	[Music]
14588s	[Music]
14596s	so
14597s	[Music]
14609s	[Music]
14720s	you

[2022] Lobby Legends - Raid Leaders Top 8

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