@@coltonjones7206 the amount of matches I lost to Druid after they played terribly the entire time is insane. I had a friend make a dragon Druid deck that was just to the most infuriating thing because she would just gain 20 max mana and just play like 8 dragons a turn lol
I used to love this game, it was part of my daily routine. Then everything with Blizzard happened, and I couldn’t stomach even opening it again. Seems I got out at the best time
Watching this while I'm at Diamond 5 grinding my way to legend once again this month... Wish I was around when Duel mode was a thing, I jumped into the game in August 2024, so I never got the chance to play it.
@@MikailAtiyeh congrats on diamond my man! Yeah it’s really shit for anyone trying to join hearthstone as a new player these days because you have to try catch up on like 10+ years worth of content and modes after so much has been changed or removed it’s honestly kinda sad at times :/
@@djjaxter I thought the same thing, missing out on all previous cards and combinations. However, as a newcomer, I do find myself excited for what the new expansions have to offer. My friends and I love tabletop/card games, but we always struggled to find one that had proper replayability, and hearthstone was the right mix. It was casual friendly and the meta changes up every month - which is great for my friends and I who meet up every weekend to play against one another with new and unique decks - it continues to stay fresh. and I do agree with you when it comes to the meta. It can be so rage inducing at times that I wonder why it takes them so long to balance these issues out, but instead, we have to wait months on end for the power creep to level out to proper playing field. Even now, the starcraft mini-set has brought the power creep to new heights. But atleast when I'm tired playing the standard, I can always just enjoy the friendly matchups with my group instead.
Nah, the main game is completely unplayable now. Hearthstone in the old times had control decks, where you would use cool mechanics to hold out and win in the long run. Nowadays power creep is insane, most games end on turn 6, you won't even get to 10 mana. Say hello to death knight with 6/6 zergs on turn 5
@@TheAndreyCraft yeah it’s kind of crazy how much bullshit is in the game now, especially with wild just having every single card in the game for better or worse. Having said that I do still very much enjoy it all but there are some games that just end up sucking
@djjaxter the thing about wild is you still can have fun playing self made decks in silver ranks, cause people there are playing random fun decks too. In standard there's no such option, everyone is playing meta turn 4 lethal sh1t. I absolutely can go to wild and play my random mage deck with yoggs puzzleboxes, yoggs location, yogg himself and a lot of freeze spells to live to cast the puzzlebox, but in standard fun isn't an option
Nice video, but fuck you for bringing up duels. I'm still salty they removed it, yet left Mercinaries in to rot. P.S. I'll be needing that "Birds aren't real" deck code if you don't mind...
@@Sethios1 man I’m so pissed about duels still. Also I’m so sorry I have no idea about it but I think someone has posted something like it on top decks if that helps?
@@whippybroom771 I haven’t really played it that much tbh :( by the time it came out I was nearing the end of the video so I was only ever really jumping on to get little bits of footage. I tell you what though I fought one guys deck who used the collab cards and that match dragged on for ages before I won by being annoying lol
Christ, this game. Yeah I've got a bit of history with it. Buckle up, chucklefucks, this is gonna be a long one. Also, my experiences will mostly reflect Wild play, for better or worse. I never bothered with Standard all that much, because I disliked the idea of being locked out of cards after a point, especially some of which I busted my balls for. In some respects, this was a huge mistake in hindsight. Started out as a pretty fun little game, although it started gradually shifting towards a direction I wasn't fond of, before eventually hitting a point of no return. Whilst even at the start, I think it was a bit flawed in places (paying for access to raids for new cards is a little shitty, but I'm admittedly not sure on where I stand on this in particular), it had plenty enough to do once Raids started being introduced. Those were so fucking challenging for me, and I remember busting my balls against Nefarius and Kel'Thuzad, even whilst on holiday. They were such a bitch, but god, beating them was the best fucking feeling, especially when you got them as some great card choices for the time. They don't do them like they used to anymore, sadly, and it is very unfortunate. Around Un'goro Crater is when the game noticibly shifted to something more.. Well, insane, frankly. Whilst I didn't like the power creep, and eventual shift to fixating on big wombo combos and big damage numbers, I would be lying if I said it was entirely bad for the game (with exceptions. Priest's Quest card from that expansion in particular. I'll explain more in a bit), and hilariously, this was when I started getting super into the game as well. There were some combos and deck archetypes that I used that I found particularly fun, especially when I decided to use said combos with.. Unorthodox cards. Cube Lock for instance, holds a special place in my heart personally, mostly because of the funny shit I got up to with it. You had your usual suspects, but as I played Wild, I particularly found it funny to use Mal'Ganis as my intended copy target. Basically rendering my hero invincible seven times over, whilst also buffing each Mal'Ganis is pretty damn funny. Sure, a board wipe fixed that pretty quick, but unless they have a means to get rid of the Mal'Ganisi, they're not touching you until they do. This isn't why I love Cube Lock though. The reason I love Cube Lock was because I decided to use it with Jaraxxus. Whilst also playing as Mecha-Jaraxxus. It's not at all advantageous to me in the slightest, but summoning a horde of Jaraxxusi, whilst also getting my skin back in the process, was the funniest fucking thing to me, and it's even funnier when this somehow wins me games. This was before they turned Jaraxxus into a hero card, and I despise Blizzard for doing that, because this stupid idea can never be repeated again, unfortunately. Another favourite of mine was what I called "Minesweeper." Was a hunter that used deathrattles with damaging effects to the other player, and the goal as to basically set up the board for one big kaboom. Gets neutered a bit if people refuse to play ball, but even that whittles down their health to an extent, which can prove costly if they insist upon killing the deathrattle creatures that keep pinging them for 2 damage. Combined with the hero power, pretty much a race against time. When it all goes well though? You whittle them down enough for the big kaboom to go off, and boom, they're just suddenly dead. It was wild. There were the annoying ones though, like Priests and Rogues just copying your deck essentially. And Priests in general, for that matter. For some reason, ever since Un'Goro, Priests have consistently been the most infuriating class for me to be matched up with, especially on Wild, and they always seem to be getting the most busted shit. I've rarely had a good encounter with a Priest, and after a point, I started encountering decks where the Priest would literally never die, because the Priest would complete their Un'Goro quest card, which is a creature that sets their life to 40. And then copy it. Repeatedly. You will *never* kill a priest on Wild. Don't even try. I pretty much auto concede the moment I see one, that's how bad it's gotten. If you're one of these Priest players that does this shit, know that you have earnt a very special place in hell, and have earnt my eternal seething hatred. As ironic as it is, despite your class, you are absolutely *not* going to see Heaven for what you've done to me alone. It was some time around when Demon Hunters were announced as the next class where I started getting the impression that they're just doing whatever the hell they felt like after a point. I was not a fan of Demon Hunters being added as a class, I would've much prefered them being a fancy hero card type, like Death Knights before, which I think would've been cooler. Not only would Demon Hunters have less cards in Wild to play around with long term, but I figured it would be more of a ballache to balance than it's worth. I think they hit a good sweet spot with nine classes, they didn't need more (although I'm convinced Priest should be removed at this point, but I am just that bitter, truth be told). After that point, it just started getting worse in my opinion, without much hope of getting better. Sure, Battlegrounds is popular, and all the power to the fellas who enjoy it, but I couldn't get into it. And then you got Battlepasses, along with Diamond cards, so on, so forth. Just stopped after a point, a few years back. It wasn't the game I fell in love with anymore. Pretty much a running theme with Blizzard titles though for me. Used to be a mega fan of theirs. Now, I just don't care anymore. Somehow ended up going back to WoW, despite telling myself I never would after two years, but Hearthstone? No, those days are long gone, and I don't see myself returning. But I am grateful it existed at least. It sucks to see what it's become now, but at some point in my life? This was the card game I wanted to play, and I enjoyed the everloving fuck out of it. Well, until a Priest shows up. But besides that? Was one of the greats. As you've said, a wonderful game, made by, at the time, a great company. Alas, it was not meant to be. Perhaps it's still good for some though. I guess that's some kind of win. Anyhow, thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
@@ogre7699 yeah it’s kinda crazy how much stupid decisions blizzard has made in general let alone for this game, it’ll always have a special place in my heart since I played it way back at launch but I’m unsure how much I’ll play it after this point. I love all the stupid and crazy things you can do but there is so many games where someone has some insanely unfair deck that just doesn’t feel good to play against which sucks :(
@@djjaxter Tell me about it. Running theme with Blizzard though, sadly. It didn't need to be this way though, I think it could've been avoided. But alas, the shit greed does to a company. Or at least, I'm convinced that is the main motivator for half the dumb shit Bizzard themselves have done. Those unfair decks are also a big mood killer, especially on the ranked ladder. Holy shit, can they ruin a good time when they rear their ugly head. I do miss this game though. Same could be said about Heroes of the Storm as well, which I personally prefer for MOBAs. By the way, the banana strat is fucking hilarious. I would hate to be hit by that admittedly, but I see the amusement in it at least, especially when it's coming from Hunter of all classes. Well played.
"If you want to win, play druid" I haven't played or payed attention to Hearthstone for the most part since 2019, I'm glad nothing has changed.
@@coltonjones7206 the amount of matches I lost to Druid after they played terribly the entire time is insane. I had a friend make a dragon Druid deck that was just to the most infuriating thing because she would just gain 20 max mana and just play like 8 dragons a turn lol
if birds aren't real, then why is your deck filled with 60 copies of them? checkmate
@@jah_jo1975 one day trust you will be dealt with
@@djjaxter just use skulking geist
I used to love this game, it was part of my daily routine. Then everything with Blizzard happened, and I couldn’t stomach even opening it again. Seems I got out at the best time
@@Egalia_1 yeah it’s a real sad case with blizzard. Unbelievably hard fall off
I fucking hate this game but yet I'm a 1000 dollar down and trying to hit platinum 😮💨
@@ehamonfore kindest hearthstone experience tbh
dawg i will coach you. as a top 1k legend player
Watching this while I'm at Diamond 5 grinding my way to legend once again this month... Wish I was around when Duel mode was a thing, I jumped into the game in August 2024, so I never got the chance to play it.
@@MikailAtiyeh congrats on diamond my man! Yeah it’s really shit for anyone trying to join hearthstone as a new player these days because you have to try catch up on like 10+ years worth of content and modes after so much has been changed or removed it’s honestly kinda sad at times :/
@@djjaxter I thought the same thing, missing out on all previous cards and combinations. However, as a newcomer, I do find myself excited for what the new expansions have to offer. My friends and I love tabletop/card games, but we always struggled to find one that had proper replayability, and hearthstone was the right mix. It was casual friendly and the meta changes up every month - which is great for my friends and I who meet up every weekend to play against one another with new and unique decks - it continues to stay fresh. and I do agree with you when it comes to the meta. It can be so rage inducing at times that I wonder why it takes them so long to balance these issues out, but instead, we have to wait months on end for the power creep to level out to proper playing field. Even now, the starcraft mini-set has brought the power creep to new heights. But atleast when I'm tired playing the standard, I can always just enjoy the friendly matchups with my group instead.
Only in Hearthstone can you make an OTK deck revolving around Angry Chickens.
@@trevoreyre2775 that sounds genuinely incredible
@@djjaxter It isn't very consistent, but it is funny when you can pull it off.
I have a warlock wild deck named "Very Big"
It has all boardclears and 15 legendaries. It gets me to wild plat5 every month
@@lydierayn I cannot imagine the malding from everyone you’ve played against that deck sounds hilarious
mythical video pull
@@chibikyuz7635 you might even say legendary
Nah, the main game is completely unplayable now. Hearthstone in the old times had control decks, where you would use cool mechanics to hold out and win in the long run.
Nowadays power creep is insane, most games end on turn 6, you won't even get to 10 mana. Say hello to death knight with 6/6 zergs on turn 5
@@TheAndreyCraft yeah it’s kind of crazy how much bullshit is in the game now, especially with wild just having every single card in the game for better or worse. Having said that I do still very much enjoy it all but there are some games that just end up sucking
@djjaxter the thing about wild is you still can have fun playing self made decks in silver ranks, cause people there are playing random fun decks too. In standard there's no such option, everyone is playing meta turn 4 lethal sh1t. I absolutely can go to wild and play my random mage deck with yoggs puzzleboxes, yoggs location, yogg himself and a lot of freeze spells to live to cast the puzzlebox, but in standard fun isn't an option
Awesome video dude, keep it up!!!!!
@@csabazsuga7638 thank you so much!!!!
this guys humor got the whole middle school laughing
Brother you have "Swag" in your name
who cares?
Just play Pot of Greed, you’ll win everytime
@@guyserslayer my greedy ass
Nice video, but fuck you for bringing up duels. I'm still salty they removed it, yet left Mercinaries in to rot.
P.S. I'll be needing that "Birds aren't real" deck code if you don't mind...
@@Sethios1 man I’m so pissed about duels still. Also I’m so sorry I have no idea about it but I think someone has posted something like it on top decks if that helps?
Rip duels. Played the hell out of it since it was released. Feels bad they got rid of it.
I love and hate HS, this shit funny af tho hope you blow up good vid 🎉😂
@@andrewjones8267 big thanks my man, I feel the exact same way :)
YOOOOOO THATS ME!
@@Sir_Big_Fish AINT NO WAY SIRBIGFISH IM YOUR BIGGEST FAN!!!!
On a positive note, how are oyu liking the Starcraft collab? Tested out the new cards yet?
:0
@@whippybroom771 I haven’t really played it that much tbh :( by the time it came out I was nearing the end of the video so I was only ever really jumping on to get little bits of footage. I tell you what though I fought one guys deck who used the collab cards and that match dragged on for ages before I won by being annoying lol
Christ, this game. Yeah I've got a bit of history with it. Buckle up, chucklefucks, this is gonna be a long one. Also, my experiences will mostly reflect Wild play, for better or worse. I never bothered with Standard all that much, because I disliked the idea of being locked out of cards after a point, especially some of which I busted my balls for. In some respects, this was a huge mistake in hindsight.
Started out as a pretty fun little game, although it started gradually shifting towards a direction I wasn't fond of, before eventually hitting a point of no return. Whilst even at the start, I think it was a bit flawed in places (paying for access to raids for new cards is a little shitty, but I'm admittedly not sure on where I stand on this in particular), it had plenty enough to do once Raids started being introduced. Those were so fucking challenging for me, and I remember busting my balls against Nefarius and Kel'Thuzad, even whilst on holiday. They were such a bitch, but god, beating them was the best fucking feeling, especially when you got them as some great card choices for the time. They don't do them like they used to anymore, sadly, and it is very unfortunate.
Around Un'goro Crater is when the game noticibly shifted to something more.. Well, insane, frankly. Whilst I didn't like the power creep, and eventual shift to fixating on big wombo combos and big damage numbers, I would be lying if I said it was entirely bad for the game (with exceptions. Priest's Quest card from that expansion in particular. I'll explain more in a bit), and hilariously, this was when I started getting super into the game as well. There were some combos and deck archetypes that I used that I found particularly fun, especially when I decided to use said combos with.. Unorthodox cards.
Cube Lock for instance, holds a special place in my heart personally, mostly because of the funny shit I got up to with it. You had your usual suspects, but as I played Wild, I particularly found it funny to use Mal'Ganis as my intended copy target. Basically rendering my hero invincible seven times over, whilst also buffing each Mal'Ganis is pretty damn funny. Sure, a board wipe fixed that pretty quick, but unless they have a means to get rid of the Mal'Ganisi, they're not touching you until they do.
This isn't why I love Cube Lock though. The reason I love Cube Lock was because I decided to use it with Jaraxxus. Whilst also playing as Mecha-Jaraxxus. It's not at all advantageous to me in the slightest, but summoning a horde of Jaraxxusi, whilst also getting my skin back in the process, was the funniest fucking thing to me, and it's even funnier when this somehow wins me games. This was before they turned Jaraxxus into a hero card, and I despise Blizzard for doing that, because this stupid idea can never be repeated again, unfortunately.
Another favourite of mine was what I called "Minesweeper." Was a hunter that used deathrattles with damaging effects to the other player, and the goal as to basically set up the board for one big kaboom. Gets neutered a bit if people refuse to play ball, but even that whittles down their health to an extent, which can prove costly if they insist upon killing the deathrattle creatures that keep pinging them for 2 damage. Combined with the hero power, pretty much a race against time. When it all goes well though? You whittle them down enough for the big kaboom to go off, and boom, they're just suddenly dead. It was wild.
There were the annoying ones though, like Priests and Rogues just copying your deck essentially. And Priests in general, for that matter. For some reason, ever since Un'Goro, Priests have consistently been the most infuriating class for me to be matched up with, especially on Wild, and they always seem to be getting the most busted shit. I've rarely had a good encounter with a Priest, and after a point, I started encountering decks where the Priest would literally never die, because the Priest would complete their Un'Goro quest card, which is a creature that sets their life to 40. And then copy it. Repeatedly. You will *never* kill a priest on Wild. Don't even try. I pretty much auto concede the moment I see one, that's how bad it's gotten.
If you're one of these Priest players that does this shit, know that you have earnt a very special place in hell, and have earnt my eternal seething hatred. As ironic as it is, despite your class, you are absolutely *not* going to see Heaven for what you've done to me alone.
It was some time around when Demon Hunters were announced as the next class where I started getting the impression that they're just doing whatever the hell they felt like after a point. I was not a fan of Demon Hunters being added as a class, I would've much prefered them being a fancy hero card type, like Death Knights before, which I think would've been cooler. Not only would Demon Hunters have less cards in Wild to play around with long term, but I figured it would be more of a ballache to balance than it's worth. I think they hit a good sweet spot with nine classes, they didn't need more (although I'm convinced Priest should be removed at this point, but I am just that bitter, truth be told). After that point, it just started getting worse in my opinion, without much hope of getting better. Sure, Battlegrounds is popular, and all the power to the fellas who enjoy it, but I couldn't get into it. And then you got Battlepasses, along with Diamond cards, so on, so forth. Just stopped after a point, a few years back. It wasn't the game I fell in love with anymore.
Pretty much a running theme with Blizzard titles though for me. Used to be a mega fan of theirs. Now, I just don't care anymore. Somehow ended up going back to WoW, despite telling myself I never would after two years, but Hearthstone? No, those days are long gone, and I don't see myself returning. But I am grateful it existed at least. It sucks to see what it's become now, but at some point in my life? This was the card game I wanted to play, and I enjoyed the everloving fuck out of it. Well, until a Priest shows up. But besides that? Was one of the greats. As you've said, a wonderful game, made by, at the time, a great company. Alas, it was not meant to be. Perhaps it's still good for some though. I guess that's some kind of win.
Anyhow, thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
@@ogre7699 yeah it’s kinda crazy how much stupid decisions blizzard has made in general let alone for this game, it’ll always have a special place in my heart since I played it way back at launch but I’m unsure how much I’ll play it after this point. I love all the stupid and crazy things you can do but there is so many games where someone has some insanely unfair deck that just doesn’t feel good to play against which sucks :(
@@djjaxter Tell me about it. Running theme with Blizzard though, sadly. It didn't need to be this way though, I think it could've been avoided. But alas, the shit greed does to a company. Or at least, I'm convinced that is the main motivator for half the dumb shit Bizzard themselves have done.
Those unfair decks are also a big mood killer, especially on the ranked ladder. Holy shit, can they ruin a good time when they rear their ugly head.
I do miss this game though. Same could be said about Heroes of the Storm as well, which I personally prefer for MOBAs.
By the way, the banana strat is fucking hilarious. I would hate to be hit by that admittedly, but I see the amusement in it at least, especially when it's coming from Hunter of all classes. Well played.
nah Hearthstone is based
@@friendlyshadow6857 yeah man one of my favourite games, just unfortunately made by a shit company lol
smol indie company xdddd