I Tried the WORST Hearthstone Solo Adventure

[@alicia9290]

The AI used to be so much smarter, and prioritized killing shrines over basically anything else because of how wildly powerful they were. That last match makes it clear that Rarran was also hit by that same nerf, so this was a lot more fair than it could've been.

[@Icetea-2000]

I think the code might’ve been screwed up by the deathrattle. Small Indie company btw

[@Opno]

Now it prioritizes killing its own shrine lmao

[@WaterbuffelNL]

The shaman as final boss with that totem almost always used to do Keleseth on his first turn, giving all his minions +3/+3 right from the start. Almost all other classes have some broken combo too. I haven't played this one for years but either they nerfed the opponents or Rarran got extremely lucky.

[@sevret313]

Same, I feel when the last time I played it, it was a lot more about taking advantage of it when it was alive than being a reliable source of advantage every turn. Unless your shrine was really beefy.

[@TheLeft4Dead2Player]

I was totally sidelined when Rarran said the rumble was supposed to be the easiest, unless this is just based around getting a single win, because I feel like some of those shrines are complete ass to play with.

[@Astro_CG]

28:00 Pushing 3 damage instead of killing MEGA Bran Bronzebeard is certainly a choice lol. Bro wanted to break out his credit card

[@casko9626]

Almost unsubscribed

[@realFlynnrider]

you’re missing the even better play at 27:16 😂

[@Kajed8963]

@@realFlynnrider tbf it's hard to read and Rarran definitely wouldn't remember that this card can go face. Pushing 3 face instead of killing the shrine when there's literally no reason to is a new kind of dumb.

[@lucjanl1262]

Ok, I really like his content, but it has to addmited that he really is not the best hearthstone player

[@xing378]

This almost threw the game 😂

[@cotnesiradze3520]

The Paladin shrine is very good mainly because the ai is dumb and will attack you with 1 drops.

[@susamogus8331]

Also it’s easy when the game offer you the self damage bucket 50 times

[@neartheplumtree]

the hearthstone ai is so freaking bad man. why they never bothered to fix it is beyond me

[@danieldancza6171]

@@neartheplumtree It's simple: Solo adventures like this don't sell packs. Or the overpriced fancy visuals

[@neartheplumtree]

@@danieldancza6171 yeah that’s the truth but i don’t wanna see it so much i keep asking the same question hoping it’s not just greed and there’s a different answer to this

[@LegendRed01]

but taking Rogue is pretty good just to not see hocktusk with the anchor

[@Matiargentino100]

I personally really liked it I won it with every class, multiple times but the thing that I dislike is we don't have a counter that tells you what you won with

[@kindlesstraitor5587]

I don't think Blizzard intended it to be that "popular". In Hindsight it was quite good guess. xDD

[@Icetea-2000]

Of course you did, because it was easy af

[@dollenrm]

Wasnt there some reward for doing that? Like a cardback if you won with every class?

[@robertlupa8273]

@@dollenrm Nope, it's just for completing a single run.

[@maxydal3512]

15:56 Because Zul'Jin is the final boss of Zul'Aman (the TBC version), an old wow raid. He is also present in WC2 and HotS, and has become a bit of a fan favorite character. Side note: The hero power isn't buffed, it's just reskinned to fit the character better, considering he only has one arm. Edit: And he is also a hero card in for Hunter.

[@divicarpe1844]

Zul'jin is in Heart of th Swarm? When did he acquire a spaceship?

[@maxydal3512]

@@divicarpe1844 He is in Heroes of the Storm. Sorry for the confusion.

[@solarstorm5242]

@@maxydal3512I’m pretty sure Rarran, as knowledgeable as he misplays, thought that ZJ had his hero card’s hero power, which can target anything instead of just the face. To be fair, both are called heroic throw and have the same art. … But this is also a really great way to describe 33% of Rarran’s losses.

[@ryanmccoy8980]

​@@solarstorm5242😢7🎉liiu😢u😢😢8th 7th

[@deocharismostrales4142]

Am i crazy or has the AI changed? the AI used to prioritize the shrines more. Also... the extortion spell could hit the face

[@RealityMasterRogue]

Blizzard lobotomized the AI a few years back

[@monopoman]

The AI was made a lot worse for some reason, I have no clue if it's intentional or not.

[@adamwest7019]

Yeah they made the ai dumber. In the community it’s called the ai lobotomy.

[@Kajed8963]

I think they tried to fix the fact that AI used to prioritize trading way too much and would sometimes miss lethal because of it. So now it just almost always goes face and trades only if it's really good like a 2-2 into an 8-2. They overfixed it.

[@RealityMasterRogue]

@@Kajed8963 there's also the fact the AI can kill itself now, though. It will attack into minions with more attack than they have hp, and things like that. I think "actively kills itself" would be difficult to argue as an improvement in intelligence.

[@mmajchalmmajchal5081]

I’m surprised how easy this was. Last time I tried it the ai always just killed my shrine on turn 1 or 2 and than immediately after it respawned almost every time

[@m3e7]

Yeah, it feels as if the "Kill the Shrine" AI has deteriorated over the years

[@staren1991]

that used to be the case yeah, but well, solo player adventures haven't been stable for years now

[@jerianaleonarcturus6759]

Also did that 0/1 taunt shrine exist? I've never seen it before...

[@robertlupa8273]

@@jerianaleonarcturus6759 It only appears on your first ever run.

[@trutwhut6550]

​@@jerianaleonarcturus675990% that's a first time tutorial thing.

[@luisangel8147]

I actually like Rikkar a lot, hope he comes back

[@quisait5794]

Rikkan Rakkan Rarran Coincidence?

[@naplockblubba5369]

@@quisait5794holy shit!!!!!!

[@hihigocat]

yeah im surprised he hasnt returned in some form, like as a neutral legendary just randomly

[@blizz2748]

One thing I loved is that shrines are aluminion meaning whenever you someone a new shrine it is a full shrine. Still has the dormant then come back still has the effects

[@WavemasterAshi]

The other two Rogue shrines were an 0/2 with "Your minions have Stealth. Deathrattle: Your minions get +2 Attack." and an 0/2 with "At the start of your turn, add a card from your opponent's deck to your hand. It costs (2) less."

[@banjokatooie]

Run almost went down in flames with that missed Violet teacher into battlecry totem attack. Glad to see you pulled it off :D

[@SebastianRamirez-kz2lv]

Honestly this is my second favorite solo adventure just barely behind dungeon run, the shrines add interesting mechanics that you can play around and build a deck around rather than dungeon run where you pretty much just pick the best bucket a lot of the time

[@project_swift]

I used to really enjoy the solo adventures, but about 2 years ago, something with the AI changed and they became SO bad... It made the adventures SO easy :(

[@olehbelozor4918]

No way you just called Rustakhan's Rumble the worst solo adventure when Faelin's book of heroes exists

[@imperialmoose]

I absolutely loved Faelin's book of heroes, one of my favourite solo adventures ever. The rest of the book of heroes sucked, but Faelin's I loved

[@IplayTeemoasaWard]

I mean, Im one of those people that plays dungeon runs literally every day since their inception (on the phone before sleeping) and I completely purged this mode from my mind. Maybe not THE worst PvE content ever but getting this mode at a time in which Blizzard called the Standard meta "too swingy" was just grade A irony

[@andrewcartwright7550]

'it's only one damage' -The average Patches enjoyer

[@NevirSurrender]

27:13 i love how rarran opted to kill his own 1/1 instead of deal 6 damage face lol

[@GamePlayMetal]

His misplays really infuriated me but this one in particular lol

[@rektalizertv9958]

It's crazy how much stupid stuff Rarran did in that last fight and still won. Truly a Hearthstone 2024 PVE AI experience

[@greggp4840]

Rumble had some tough runs back before Blizzard completely broke the AI

[@Poketom-ob1dl]

27:16 ouch. Misplay, that spell could’ve gone face for 6

[@juliandacosta6841]

I really like this solo adventure, it's just that the computer in this mode is extra stupid. In most modes it doesn't play right, but in this mode it's just atrocious for whatever reason. Not sure when this started or why.

[@clonecody7070]

You should have died like 23 times over during that last fight with you shrine management skills 😂

[@sora8711]

28:00 "This goes face" Why? Like, a 0-3 that makes battlecries trigger 3 times or 3 damage to the face. In what world is face the play?

[@skrill9765]

I loved this solo, had lots of fun with it

[@derekpoltoranos6640]

The Paladin one you turned down is debatably the best. Any weapon or minion that does 1 damage to you is just 5 extra damage to your opponent face

[@bb7344]

now, I only played solo adventures from Kobolds and Catacombs onward, but I never thought Rastakhan's Rumble run was bad, I quite enjoyed it - the flavor of that expansion was pretty good, the dungeon run format is great and the various shrines focusing on different strategies allowed for a lot of nice replayability

[@galkain7685]

"I don't think the Paladin one is really good"

[@Random-person-on-the-internet]

As someone who has beaten 1200 bosses over 50+ runs, there are many things you missed. Pesky rascal is actually pretty good because you can buff it, especially with cold blood. The passives you get after boss 6 say shrines because they affect any copies you summon(usually as priest).

[@eamk887]

I've beaten 1216 runs, but only 27 completed runs, lmao. I completed one run for each shrine.

[@iliekturtles2709]

My favorite part of these videos are when he's in danger of losing and he says his catch phrase "now I'm Rarran to go," and wins because of plot armor.

[@TheLivingOdyssey]

I love Rasta so much. It’s so much fun watching both me and my opponent spiral out of control with power creep

[@frothyxd7784]

RIP hearthstone AI. I'm probably in the minority, but I exclusively play solo content. Not super often, but sometimes its fun to just run a Dalaran heist act 5 heroic, or tombs of terror heroic. Again, in the minority but I'd totally pay for another solo adventure. Craving one actually. The solo adventures are up there with slay the spire and monster train for a roguelike card game imo.

[@brunocastelo2026]

I really enjoyed this adventure, I was doing the krip challenge and trying to win with every shrine. I lost count at some point

[@gabrielosborne3416]

This title cracked me up, cause the was actually my absolute favorite solo adventure!

[@BigJthumpalump]

Rastakhan's Rumble was always one of my favorite solo adventures!

[@underfall2749]

I do love if your warlock with the demon seed shrine you pretty much just win against paladin with 5 damage when they take damage. I also hate how if you have the Paladain with the 5 damage shrine you just lose against damage warlock. Also I Feel lied to, I have never seen this Taunt Shrine and Ive played a fair amount of this Solo Adventure

[@kogure7235]

you got pretty lucky, one bad turn can get you absolutely rolled the mage one is especially bad to face at later turns iirc, but shaman also tends to be really tricky

[@milothan-poirier570]

Mage juste freeze your entire board several turns before casting fireball 10 times on your face. Only counterplay is to play mage.

[@naplockblubba5369]

I haven't won a single run of this despite dozens of tries, while my brother somehow beat it on his first ever run

[@alizah8042]

Omfg I only beat it the first time because the last boss broke!!! I think that's still my only completion lolzzzzz

[@ufonom2]

It wasnt that hard

[@rotationalbox588]

I re rolled until I got the “steal a card and discount” shrine. I’ve found it to be the most consistent for a win.

[@oscarmeldgaard5407]

@@ufonom2 Depends on the shrines you get. I haven't rolled a top tier shrine ever

[@bnsz8704]

Skill issue

[@MildlyInterested_]

tbh if i recall correctly from the time when i spammed this mode, the paladin shrine he got was like by far the strongest one since you do get an entire self harm package or something

[@Flatfootsy]

"imagine having a shark as a weapon" Trothak the Shark Puncher would like a word.

[@alexsam8554]

RR was about "AI kills you at 5 mana 30% of times" balanced by "AI suicides for no reason".

[@johnny5731]

Lol at rarranch being continually surprised at how his shrine works

[@Teauma]

I remember struggling a little with some of the really bad shrine, then having 0 challenge with the broken ones and sometimes losing randomly without being able to do anything against some combo. Basically, crazy imbalanced and a lot less exciting stuff than the other roguelike expansions. Witchwood was pretty underwhelming too actually.

[@maximiliengosselin9866]

rarran you can'T keep forgetting about shaman when listing hearthstone classes like that

[@ChrisDaPancreas]

My man always forgets my fav Shaman exists

[@eyesoftomorrow6647]

27:17 You could've hit face with the SI 7 Extortion there lol

[@WaterbuffelNL]

I pretty much only like to play it with the rogue totem that gives you the hero power to steal cards from your opponent. That's the only way for me to have fun with this solo adventure.

[@AidanWR]

Attacking face with the 1/1 to extortion it instead of using it on face was certainly a choice

[@SDiazabc]

God- I super recognize its flaws, but when I first super got into hearthstone, that was the new one and I LOVED it. So much so that when I eventually played WoW, I only ever made Trolls cuz this set and solo adventure showed me how cool and full of personality they were.

[@Divock]

This mode is imo 2nd not 3rd when it comes to the original dungeon run trio. It’s incredibly flawed in some of the game feel but it’s super interesting and has a lot of gradient when it comes to challenge. I almost came close to winning with every possible shrine back in the day but uh, i eventually got too busy

[@Thinker_of_things]

That combination you had for rogue was really nutty

[@nightknight5357]

In the final fight, if Rarran didn't get the hero he would have probably lost. The extra damage, attack, and divine shield really saved him. Shows that you need future cards to beat up the boomers of the past

[@turntsnaco824]

14:47 Whoa, I thought it had rush too! I would've literally made the same play. 😂 I wonder why that is....were we both just thinking of a different minion?

[@taxibutler1858]

I've actually never seen this dungeon run/solo adventure, glad to see some "new" content in HS. Love the videos my man

[@sunnydelish1997]

Bro rastakhans rumble slaps, at least it used to

[@mutownik6834]

27:59 "this goes face" was very painful to watch

[@hrose220424]

watching this literally gave me anxiety

[@Y0G0FU]

the Shaman one could have gone out of control real bad with the Jade Package. But man you got lucky twice hehe :_D

[@sevret313]

Blizzard broke this expansion completely. Previously I struggled with it, now it doesn't seem like the AI know how to attack the shrine anymore and only reason I lost my last run was that I completely bricked on the last boss.

[@joelsalyer5544]

I definitely remember this being harder than this.

[@hellman0076]

By far the worst one to fights are mage and shaman depending on the shrines they have, Warrior is also up there if it gets the Shrine has attack equal to armour

[@kokioen]

Rastakhan's rumble is a fun roguelike mode, and I will accept no objections

[@Dionisisdenis]

If Rarran has to buy a bandle for these challenges that he doesn't even want,he could just give it away to one of his viewers tbh

[@milothan-poirier570]

Lol this is the second solo dungeon run I have spent the most time in. (First is Dalaran obviously because I 100% dalaran and that's like 45 runs in heroic assuming you win each one). I actually love and hate this one because the luck is more centered on who you fight last rather than what you get in your deck. I've lost 90% of my run when fighting mage last but won every single time against druid.

[@kapitanmaurice9806]

Rarran has been tossing for content so hard and somehow still won damn

[@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor]

Rastakhan's Rumble was honestly more fun than Witchwood.

[@imperialmoose]

The Paladin shrine is busted, the AI often self-kills off it.

[@mattmalone8106]

Was gonna come here to defend the mode but realize ppl are talking about the ai and agree since I only won with paladin totem because the final boss used all their creatures to hit my face instead of my totems which were redirecting 10 damage back at them all the way to 6 hp

[@lucasliotti3423]

Wait till he see that one of the warlock shrines is the stormwind quest reward.

[@MrRustywood]

That ending was intense!

[@XxmelloandmattxX]

Ah yes, the classic reading the card explains the card.

[@whiskyfox7943]

I completely forgot this existed

[@sindrimyr4938]

Once again, when it is a streamer, he gots absolutely lucky. When I played vs the shaman as the last boss, he was ALWAYS pulling out Keleseth on his very first turn, when his shrine is alive most of the time, and that's just one example. With such luck he can play lotteries.

[@ShaggySummers]

Been trying to clear this these days. Maybe I'm just picking the wrong loa...

[@jorgecabrera3694]

Day 25 of Rarran's Really Cringy Comment. We got That Rastakhan joke "War Master Vhoone, more like Warmaster, I hardly know her" "Cope harder not smarter" 1 Cringe 1 W 1 Dedge 1 4Head That is all

[@Rarran]

I look forward to this everyday

[@jorgecabrera3694]

@@Rarran to answer your question. I do watch the whole video, and I do mark down where I cringe but also where other people would too. I'm an Equal Opportunity Cringer. This all started as a joke from one of your stream highlights where you were arguing about how you aren't cringe, and I thought "it would be funny if someone were to keep a tally of how cringy you are" and thus the Rarran's Really Cringe Counter was born

[@kristeenlivesay2664]

I was just waiting for the shaman to jam Shudderwock and win.

[@BMXLore]

Rumble is the second best dungeon run in the game, it's just been hit with massive nerfs as the AI breaks more and more with each new expansion and powercreep makes the Shrines go from absolutely broken to 'yeah, this could see play as is'.

[@DemonNo667]

I'd love to see some more Magic Arena and Legends of Runeterra content.

[@richmondyayarea]

Rarran tried his best to throw for content in that final round lmao

[@apoclive8978]

how can 1 person make so many mistakes and cant even read his cards, when this game is literally ALL HE DOES IN HIS LIFE

[@gorgon483]

How can you not love this??!!!

[@Kajed8963]

Did Rarran just say that a minion that refreshes your entire mana every single time you gain armor would be ok in standard for 6-7 mana?

[@eamk887]

WHAT? Who dares to kall Rastakhan's Rumble bad? I love it, it and Kobolds and Catacombs are the *only* Hearthstone modes I play nowadays. I've defeated 1216 teams in RR and 189 bosses in K&C.

[@nexim6]

I think I might get a hernia watching him not destroy the triple battlecry shrine. Like, im glad he won but holy sweet baby christ there was not a single active braincell going on.

[@nazift.3728]

Paladin one is the most broken among the three lol

[@Icetea-2000]

Shrines were just such a bad idea because your deck absolutely sucks without them and you’re just awkwardly waiting for it to come online again. It’s like a Dalaran Heist passive that just randomly is shut down throughout the game that your entire deck is built around.

[@WaterbuffelNL]

I didn't like the totems either but to be fair, part of it was building a deck that supports the totem but not focus on it too much that you can't handle yourself without it. If you kept losing as soon as your totem got destroyed that's a deckbuilding mistake on your part.

[@Icetea-2000]

@@WaterbuffelNL (totems are in the game too, it makes it a bit confusing but I know what you mean) And no, first of all you don’t "build" decks in dungeon runs, you merely pick the least bad buckets and that’s it. And also no, your deck absolutely is reliant on the shrine 90%+ of the time. When it’s gone you’re just waiting for it to come back to continue playing the game, which is terrible design by hearthstone, not the player on his "deckbuilding" skills

[@WaterbuffelNL]

@@Icetea-2000 At the time of writing I have over 1100 completed dungeon runs in Hearthstone, out of which 136 completed Rastakhan Rumbles. Don't worry, you don't have to explain me how to build decks in this gamemode. It's pretty much the only thing I play.

[@Icetea-2000]

@@WaterbuffelNL Ok… now that you’re done gloating would you actually be so kind to reply to my comment?

[@Swarm_]

​@@WaterbuffelNLyet you still call them totems lmao

[@Our_Remedy]

Seeing you freak out over the 'Armor refreshes mana' shrine is funny cuz like, what's scary about it? They can empty their hand for 20 armor? Spooky.

[@nevermind5657]

you read that wrong. at 10 mana, if they use 8 mana, without restoring armor, use hero power and bam, full 10 mana.

[@Our_Remedy]

@@nevermind5657 No I didnt. I understand any armor gain fully refreshes you. But that ends with you being able to play your entire hand just to gain some armor

[@turntsnaco824]

I hope to see you play more of these, some of the shrines are REALLY fun, even if its not much of a challenge these days. It actually used to be nearly impossible to win with some of the weaker shrines. But come on, you can't say you didn't have fun, right? 😛

[@viva_la_biba]

Just seeing Zentimo gives me ptsd This guy can crush you like its nothing

[@destertae1996]

Completely forgot this solo run even existed, guess we kinda just skipped Rahstakhans entirely. Also does anyone know what happened to Rarrans Shadowverse stream?

[@Lidard]

I remember back in the day where I was still bad, and I just tried again and again, re-rolling until I got the Rogue deck everyone said was broken. To this day it’s also the only Solo Adventure I beat only once

[@QuickSilverKitsune]

10 Health Shaman one was a free win back in the day when Unstable Evolution could be reduced to cost 0 That and a Call in the Finishers

[@electricVGC]

Rastakhan used to be way harder but one of the AI updates made them forget how shrines worked.

[@bluexco]

It is what it is. Famous last words.

[@rowan4573]

I played this mode a lot And I never saw that taunt Shrine that before

[@gamerguy5185]

13:54 miss lethal by coining dagger

[@GlawiousAldredMarci]

27:55 Me: Why are you playing that without adding a bunch of 1 cost to your deck? It would have drawn all the types! O.o

[@weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee360]

Looks like the AI really took the ol' tumble down the infinite stairs huh?

[@caiofiuzaseixas9027]

This run is cool but some enemy totems are so busted that when they awake they cheat a lot

[@ethanwright5754]

Armor shrine for warrior at later levels

[@caiofiuzaseixas9027]

​@@ethanwright5754it was one of my last fights i think his shrine awoke on turn and i got otkd i was so mad

[@andreaarmellini2991]

I love your content! Keep it up rarran

[@locogato3488]

Ah yes, the worst Solo Adventure, Book of... Wait that's not Book of Mercenaries?

[@nerdstrong]

You should definitely play Monster Hunt for spooky season

[@thatguy....IDKHWO]

I played a lot of this adventure and now i now that ai gets dummer when a new expansion realizes then after 1-3 monhts ai gets smarter again