Posts from Shadowverse

Well, I'm afraid that all this fun will only be in the campaign. Just like in the default campaign, where half of the battles were won by using the dragon skin. And yes, Vish, sorry, I'm out. I was just about to give you a hard time, but I decided not to and closed my daily task for today. Maybe another time.

Hmm, will the tournament take off now?

No.

This class has existed since 2016 – the King. Or, if you prefer, the Sabertooth class. Once, it summoned a bunch of followers onto the battlefield and boosted their stats, but over time, it devolved into a degenerate rush strategy where followers just attacked directly, which annoyed many players.
But as soon as the developers nerfed one card and developed the archetype of the Burn Witch into a more intellectual class, all the degenerates switched to her and continued to occasionally whine online about how they had "killed" their favorite "most fair" class. Some masochists continued to play it occasionally, and I easily defeated them on Retribution (Art of Movement in translation). I even started to feel a little sorry for them, because they practically had no way to win this matchup.
However, in this expansion, the King received a huge number of new buffs, while the Witch was stripped of some of them, and all the degenerates happily changed their minds mid-flight and rushed back, squeezing the last bit of money out of their parents' wallets to donate to crystals and buy more packs. Because the new King requires a significant investment in flasks.
Yesterday, I played against one of these degenerates as a very weak Witch-enchanter at the moment and in this particular match. And because I gave the opponents a taste of their own medicine, I noticed that this boy smirked at me several times during the game, savoring his superiority, and probably even thinking that this was his personal achievement.
This slightly upset me, so I waved away the 17,500 flasks wasted, returned to Retribution, and turned off the degenerates' ability to express emotions again.
And now, when I encounter Kings in exactly half of the ranked games, who stole and donated the last money from their parents, which was supposed to go towards paying utility bills, to get a new, flashy, expensive deck that they absolutely need to help them in life, I defeat them 100% of the time, crushing all their pathetic attempts to summon and attack with followers. And their pathetic cries go unheard.

TL;DR - thanks to swords for making this meta even easier than the neutral-forest one. The easiest ranked points in history, and what's even more pleasant is that now I'm playing with Legacy Magnas, and not because I have to, but because I can, and because it's very enjoyable. And I get extra pleasure from slicing up their pathetic board swarms with giant lasers into a stinking, burnt mess.

Come on, Lock, I had a hastily crafted deck made of some random stuff... Just kidding, I realized it wasn't for me.
Actually, I thought that even in the previous meta (whatever it ended up being), aggro sword could be quite good. I just never got around to checking. But the fact that people have largely forgotten about wards suggests... And few people used the portal.
I don't know about now. I don't think sword is better now; the new cards don't compensate for the loss of Albert, who carried the entire class.

The funny thing is that the deck is no longer Stormcraft, but rather a deck focused on maximizing stats, with all the consequences that entails. If before it was just a bunch of Storm creatures in a curve, culminating in a final Saberstrike, now they spam so many stats that people can't even keep track. Of course, the Portal deck counters it because it has insane board control and board flood with artifacts, bringing it down to zero.

Just in case, I'm kidding, I realized it's not for me.

Lol. Yeah, I was playing it. The problem is that there's almost nothing to clear the board with, and there are very few wards, so the performance is very poor in this meta.
And Kosha explained perfectly about the "loss of Albert."

Yesterday, statistics on win rates for classes were released - Swords have 56% (5-7% higher than the average), and the largest percentage of players play as Swords.
What's my point? Play Swords, it's very strong!And please, let me encounter you more often in ranked matches.

Well, it feels like what happened with the sword is similar to what happened with the Sylvan faction in Chronogenesis. Everyone was saying that the Sylvan faction wouldn't survive without the "Cockroach" unit (referring to a specific unit), except for the neutral faction, but in the end, it turned out that the Sylvan faction has a lot of good cards that don't replace the "Cockroach," but allow you to easily dominate using other methods.
Just wait, things will settle down a bit more, and you'll get a Tier 1 "Fae Dragon" / "Anomaly" + "Fast Wolf" / "Yggdrasil" OTK (One-Turn Kill) strategy.

If SHV ever gets a Russian localization, I want it to be like in Lok's post. What could be better than playing Retribution against the Tsar? And Art of Movement against Saber Craft is also not bad.

I picked up a priest for the arena here; managed to build a deck based on jade golems lion crystals - it's a fun thing. In some places, there was even a certain feeling of unfairness left - the opponent is sitting with almost no cards, while you have a full hand and can even avoid using any other cards, just sitting there and spamming endless 4/4s. But I couldn't pull off 5 wins in the end - a guy on blood punished me. Maybe it's my own fault, misplayed with the new legendary deer - forgot that you need two amulets on the table for its activation, although activating the deer wouldn't have solved much there. It's also a decent card, by the way.

And I still want to play as a rushing Bishop.

and in the end, it turned out that the Sylvan faction has a lot of good cards that don't replace the "Cockroach" card, but allow you to easily win using other methods.

Suddenly, it turned out that you can still pull off an OTK on the tenth turn through any wards, and surviving in the Sylvan faction until the tenth turn is not a problem.

I took a Priest to the arena and managed to assemble a deck with Jade Golems and Lion Crystals - it's a fun thing. In some places, there was even a slight feeling of unfairness - the opponent is already almost out of cards, and you have a full hand and you don't even need to use any other cards, you just sit and spam endless 4/4s.

Yes, I had that feeling when I went to the arena with Haven yesterday. I played 2/3, Sword and Dragon, which is strong. But Haven without the right synergies is weak.

The Wolf was rotated. It's no longer viable. Okay, let's try TTK. And even then, only if the enemy doesn't heal or cast some nasty spell (Roland, Lyokha, and their friends, burn in hell).

Are there no more sacrifices to be made?

Casualties?

Yes, I was looking for someone to do a daily challenge with. I got upset with you, I got upset with Reddit (I stalked and stalked, but didn't find anyone), I got frustrated, and I registered there. That's what you made me do.
But at least I completed the daily challenge.