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Journey to Un’Goro Meta Report #5: Attack of the Aggro Decks
Aggro decks are back. What can we say? It was fun while it lasted. That’s right folks, the period of experimentation following the release of Hearthstone's Journey to Un'Goro expansion is officially over. Four out of of the top...
Midrange Hunter Guide
Hunter decks haven't been good in a very long time, but Hearthstone's Journey to Un'Goro expansion has managed to bring Midrange Hunter decks back from the dead. Hunter is certainly not the most popular class, nor the most oppressive...
Heroic Tavern Brawl: N’Zoth Reigns Supreme
The third Heroic Tavern Brawl has arrived! Like it has been in the past, the Heroic Tavern Brawl is a Hearthstone event that caters to the best of the best. Streamers love this week, but for us mere mortals,...
Opinion: Hearthstone’s Failure to Innovate
Hearthstone has always struggled with innovation. Every cycle, without fail, the community will invent a couple oddball decks that are surprisingly successful, but for the most part, the archetypes are established and most players follow decklists. There are about a...
Dota 2: What Is a Deathball Strat?
If you tuned into Dota 2's Kiev Major last week, you might've heard the analyst panel mention the possible appearance of a "deathball strat." Popular among teams from the CIS region, a deathball strat prioritizes ganking and fighting over laning and...
Journey to Un’Goro Deck Guide: Aggro Druid
Egg Druid was one of my favorite decks before it got lost to the abyss of Wild. Originally created by J4CKIECHAN, Egg Druid was a unique deck that made use of underpowered cards efficiently. Now, with the release of...
Journey to Un’Goro Meta Report #3: The Rise of Paladin
Hearthstone's meta has been slowly settling over the past several weeks. As the new Journey to Un'Goro decks become more refined, they're bound to move around a few ranks. Normally, however, we don't see drastic changes--a deck might move up...
Esports Ain’t Easy: What Valve Can Learn from Riot Games
Over the past year, Valve's updates to CS:GO have been few and far between, but while these patches lack in frequency, they've almost always been significant. In the time that's passed since the release of the R8 Revolver, Valve have...
Need for Speed: Hearthstone’s Fast and Furious Meta
Hearthstone has been feeling fast for a while now. When the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan expansion dropped, many players felt that games were suddenly over on turn five. In Pirates, Hearthstone's meta picked up the pace again, and the breakneck speed...
Journey to Un’Goro Deck Guide: Taunt Warrior
Taunt Warrior is a new Hearthstone deck archetype, spawned by Blizzard's Journey to Un’Goro expansion. While the deck itself is new, it's not exactly hard to see why these cards work well together--once you finish the new Warrior Quest...
Journey to Un’Goro Meta Report #2: Non-Quest Decks
The Hearthstone meta has already shifted numerous times in the weeks since the Journey to Un'Goro expansion was released. The Rogue Quest deck has stayed in a dominant position, but the success and popularity of almost everything else has fluctuated wildly....
The New Negev and R8 Revolver: Why, Valve?
Valve’s most recent update to CS:GO on April 12th, 2017 was quite the doozy. After removing the R8 Revolver and Negev from competitive play for a while in order to rework the weapons, Valve have re-added tweaked versions of...