Game of the Week: Clash of the Death Knights

[@etherealg3940]

Love these grindy, grindy control games! :)

[@JaxonBurn]

Man what an intense game, well played dude! One of the best control players in HS for sure.

[@poodlesftw123]

Someone needs to inform blizzard that every KZbin video about hearthstone doesn't need a hearthstone ad before it theyre hitting a market that already knows the game

[@markusmeier8520]

I rember seeing you asking for feedback on the new video style - well, here it goes... 1. You need to place your "selfie" frame somewhere else. One of the most interesting things is covered by it - cards in opponents deck. This is especially true for this match 2. I think the editing could be improved - there is too much time where "nothing" is happening, i.e. you just sitting there and thinking or the opponent doing the same while ou provide no insight to what is going on. These sequences should be cut in my oppinion. I cant remember having this feeling in the older videos. Thx for your time!

[@sharanv9182]

it feels like he is more quiet in this video...idk if its the new expansion

[@drunyon214]

Completely agree. There's too much empty "thinking" time where nothing is going on, which is normally edited out in Hearthstone videos.

[@strifecro]

I don't have cards in opponent's deck up even during my stream anymore so there is nothing under my webcam atm. As far as the editing goes for cutting out time, this will start happening in the next video.

[@miclochesm6222]

He meant the tag that shows up when you hover your mouse over the opponents deck. For example at 19:51

[@Warm_Pancakes]

I enjoy hearing the thought process

[@NEprimo]

RopeCro strikes again.

[@lemuelbach]

Great work!

[@Notreal76]

Pretty good match ans plays of both players.

[@oguzhantorayev5557]

Why don't you replace ice barrier with counterspell since your elementals have lifesteal

[@alejandromatosanguis5267]

oguzhan torayev Because midrange decks could be a problem

[@EndTheEnding]

oguzhan torayev because you can't rely on that single card, half of the time you won't be able to draw the DK let alone playing it, I made the same mistake by making a full elemental DK Jaina but performed very poorly. It is a good addition to the existing control mage, not the other way around.

[@strifecro]

For a control deck Ice barrier generally gives you better results to survive into the late game. Counterspell is mostly a tempo mage card.

[@LiangHuBBB]

u changed the deck list quite a bit I see Im running the same deck + 2 water elemental + 1 medivh but I gotta say baron geddon seems pretty solid in this mage

[@PharmDiff]

Holy shit Strife needs an editor. So much dead air.

[@theantimatter]

all play and no edit makes the video a long one.

[@ericcartman6301]

4th turn: cro thinks for 50 secs, then pings arfus gg

[@mrmoux]

@22:15 What about attacking with Anomalus into Aldor and then ping Anomalus ? Would the Water Ely get summoned before or after the deathrattle aoe ?

[@antranikian5127]

Afterwards... pretty sure :p

[@tehmastawow]

What the fuck? I thought this would be like 3 games till i noticed the tittle.

[@AnnauraK]

If I don't have Pyros does it cripple the deck a lot? What's a good replacement?

[@unclebenz86]

Akhmet K i just crafted him. was doing 50% win rate with an elemental deck. I can only assume he will improve that. it's like elise. I guess he provides more late game value. which is what strife is going for due to skulking and the amount of jade druids.

[@Hahahahaaahaahaa]

Lol. Pyros does not counter jade druid to any degree, in fact he is garbage against them because he is absolutely the worst tempo in the game.

[@unclebenz86]

that is true to an extent but with jaina its usually around 10 - 16 health after DK which does matter. since as soon as you skulking the druid renders 6 of his cards useless. he cant ultimate infestation and he cant really nourish, if he hasnt played them by then, if he did, it just brings him closer to fatigue. his DK heropower delays the fatigue timer by 3 but jaina in this setup can remove all of his shit and have elementals leftover to heal more than the druid while drawing less. pyros is not necessary by any means, just look at him as around 16 for lifesteal. can do similar with other things.

[@Bandoolero]

very good, !

[@ibeliuso]

Anomalus replacements?

[@italoviturino6386]

U can use Lich King or a tech card, maybe even primordial drake if in need of aoe

[@Pattonator14]

Second Flamestrike

[@THAIPARADISE]

no deck with 2 kodos

[@cosminstefancurcan6867]

Man he truly looks like a human panda.

[@uchuuseijin]

Am I going insane or do 80%+ DK transformations on KZbin happen at 27 health

[@Notreal76]

Your going insane.

[@InfoJunky]

18:00 should have played sindragosa and pinged 0/1 FailFish

[@user-justApelsin]

giovanni flazar sindragosa?

[@saifury2]

Very questionable anomalus play with only 2 power on board

[@mikaelberg4304]

He clearly did it in an attempt to develop a threat and put some pressure on the opponent, since he was going to lose the fatigue game. Sadly, even Anomalus have to follow the rules :D

[@ЮрийСанбашев]

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[@NEprimo]

This was honestly hard to watch

[@juanmilenati1228]

i watch this tipe of videos in x2 velocity

[@Abdullah-gv3zo]

Too bad that uther DK suck so bad against other control decks, by the time you play turn 9, a token of 2/2 or 1/1 wont matter cuz they both ger killed easily by other Dk hero powers so basically you are only good against zoo which all the other Dk already are good it so what do you bring to the board? oh exodia yeah good luck with that... DE target for sure

[@pizza87760]

The OTK isn't what makes DK Paladin good against control, it's the THREAT of the OTK that does. If the Paladin goes second then they can hero power, Beardo, coin, hero power, any 1 mana spell, hero power, for game if they ever let a 2/2 survive for a single turn. And if you don't go second then Burgly Bully can get a single coin fairly easily, manage 3 and you can OTK from an empty board. Even without a coin you can still OTK if 2 horsemen survive. Forcing a control deck to clear a 2/2 every single turn will grind them out quickly. That's not even factoring in cheeky bounce combos with Panda or Gettaway Kodo and a lone horseman on board. DK Paladin is probably OP in wild with Garrison Commander as well so I wouldn't disenchant him.

[@schizophreniegenie]

But then you're already looking at at least 3 cards in your deck which are auto-include, while the other DKs let you build your deck a lot more flexible. Imo, Uther is nice for the Exodia but it is the most limiting of all of the DKs. Valeera can do whatever because she just gets insane value, Jaina can play all-in elementals or just have Jaina as a strong late-game option, Garrosh has Arcane Giants + Dead Man's Hand or Rotface, etc.

[@pizza87760]

Dedicating 4 cards of your deck to winning the game is perfectly acceptable. You could even run just Beardo without coin generation if you wanted. You'll still OTK half of your games and you'll always have the 2 horsemen OTK. You can even ignore the combo altogether and simply play as if you did, scaring other control decks to always clear your hero powers can generate tempo or value as seen in this very game.

[@saifury2]

Man id be pretty pissed if i was playing a game against you watching you rope every turn into fatigue.

[@Galloglaoch]

Thats literally Mage bullshit. 3 polymorphs, Frost Novas, Blizzards, Water elementals. Playing mage is like playing a single player puzzle, because your opponent can't play so it's just a matter if you fail at the puzzle... "FUN"

[@unclebenz86]

well, have fun playing this vs Piratewarrior, evolve shaman, Mill Rouge. lost 4 in a row to those yesterday. fun times. talking about singleplayer. mill rouge doesnt even care what you do, whatsoever. if you cant dump your hand and burn them asap you loose. if you arent deadmans warrior.

[@Galloglaoch]

I never said it's the only single player deck did I? As every single player deck it needs to have draw and some RNG in your favour but when they are literally nothing your oponent can do. He just spends 6 turns frozen and dies. Kinda same like mil lrogue actually witht eh added benefit Rogue can't get 2 more cheap freezes out of their arses from a 2 mana cost card but they cna sure get some pretty nice rng too. That shy the ladder is full with so many aggro decks. 1 they are easier to play and 2 you never run the risk of playing 20 minute game where your opponent single players you to death. Such boring single palyer decks are encouraging aggor. I'd say jade is encouraging aggro too but atleast Jade has you play against it.. unti lit grows forever and roflstomps you.