I knew that I wasn’t crazy. Duplicate is the single best card in arena, since the whole format is based on trading with the board.
Willy and I just did two tests. Here are the results.
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Having two Loathebs out on the board via Duplicate does in fact stack. But that’s not surprising since other card abilities have been known to stack. I don’t see mages using this trick, though.
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The more important test is whether you can shadowstep Loatheb and have his ability activate twice in one turn. I can confirm that it does stack. What this means is that a rogue can completely shut down your ability to cast spells. I imagine Blizzard will nerf Loatheb so that it only activates once, but for now, enjoy the stacking effect. I know I will.
EDIT: I didn’t think to take a screenshot. Would’ve been hilarious to see.
I actually used ambusher to return it but shadowstep is more practical : )
Can’t wait to run Spectral knights with duplicate. The anti mage mage. Unless they have Water eles they always fucking do, then it’ll awkwardly trade within 2 turns.
Does anyone else here still play handlock? what does your lists look like post Naxx? my list didn’t change too much other than dropping 1 coil and 1 argus for 2 belchers?
I still play 2 faceless and 2 siphon, neither has been too clunky in my experience so far. Not a fan of sunwalker, too slow and too vulnerable.
My handlock is ancient. Don’t have leeroy on that account :lol:
No more JARAXXUS?
Jaraxxus is hard to use in the current meta. Too much instant death combos around the 8 mana mark.
Am I the only one who thinks Arena kinda sucks now?
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ggs kim
New wing is fun 
GG
Yeah the new challenges are nice. Haven’t tried heroic mode yet. I’m pretty sure its gonna be a pain in the ass to beat
Heroic 4 horsemen is cracking me up
Spoiler
brb going to official hearthstone forums and making a thread called “craft 2 doomsayers if you want to beat the 4 horsemen for free”
Still playing handlock, but with 1 BGH and 2 Hellfires/1 Shadowflame - too much aggro.
2nd Shadowflame was too often a dead card to me. Sludge is pretty good, idd.
Beat Heroic 4 Horsemen by fatigue. He actually did it to himself. I just kept healing myself.
Heroic Instructor’s gonna be a pain. You cannot let him have weapons.
I actually ended up beating Heroic Gothik by fatigue with a super passive warrior armor deck (Rampage, Inner Fire, Cruel Taskmaster, Argus, and Sunfury to enable the ghosts). Heroic Razuvious got bopped by the ol’ bullshit turn 1 crystal, turn 2 divine spirit on the 0/7, turn 3 inner fire to make it a 14/14. Razuvious didn’t draw an answer until it was way too late.
I didn’t get a chance to try the wing this morning, daily took too long. Looks interesting, but I’m starting to fall behind- heroic loatheb is still unbeaten.
I’m hoping I can keep up with my dailies the rest of the week, but I’ll be at the beach so who knows what the WiFi situation will be or if I’ll even feel like playing on vacation.
Next week though… 3000+ gold to drop on my account, my friend visiting has 4500+, and we are going to go all out in arena.
Any of you have a link to an easy way to get streaming? My friend and I definitely need pointers/constructive criticism.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/tech-support/372629-streaming-with-obs-open-broadcaster-software
Hope this helps.
Opened a golden one some time ago, he’s way too clunky though :(. I don’t have Alex yet but I’d imagine I’d think the same about her.
I liberally use my Shadow Flames even without getting maximum value out of it just to establish control and I often end up wanting to draw the second one as well. I think it’s good enough against Zoo while being stronger in most other match ups other than Shaman and aggro as you mentioned.
yeah OBS is what I use to stream, really user friendly to get going with
Thank you, I’ll try to get that all set up next week for my binge.