Coin Concede - Episode 285

“Body Parts of Guldan"

Hat * Botticus * Edelweiss* Guest*

Intro (~10 min)

Welcome to Episode 285 of Coin Concede, a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to making the competitive side of the game more accessible to you.

It is Thu 04/01/2021 in the evening!

Joining us from Gadgetzan, New York, it’s RidiculousHat!

Also joining us - from Karazhan, California it’s Botticus!

And joining us from Gnomeregan, Ohio, it's Edelweiss!

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Adam P and new producer LUCKY!

Thanks for reviews

How's life and ladder? -

Hat -

Botticus -

Edelweiss - Fully vaccinated. New Cards!!

News Highlights -  (~30 min)

• BUGS https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/hearthstone/t/known-issues-%E2%80%93-patch-200/56567 

• Ranked was messed up on launch day for about 8 hours, they fixed it - golden core cards were the root of the issue
• So were classic packs

• They've comped dust for any cards since 20.0 that you weren't supposed to see
• They did not comp dust if you opened duplicates when you would have opened HOF cards

• Gameplay issues

• Sparkjoy still bugged, grave runes still bugged, thrall totem still bugged
• Oh my yogg FX are bugged with precast animations/sounds
• Secret pools fixed

• Tavern brawl was broken

• They fixed it

• Demon hunter was playable in classic for about an hour and a half

• Did they try to do too much?

Tournaments and the meta  -

• Qualifiers last weekend and qualifiers this weekend, they are crazy
• Note on 20.0 qualifiers - Sparkjoy Cheat vs Grave Runes
• Grandmasters

Decksplanations - NEW HEARTHSTONE

• Super broad high level overview

• Super limited damage from hand
• Speed of the meta
• Board presence matters but not necessarily the way you would think
• All random pools are loaded with goodies
• Classes all feel different, except for a few powerful neutrals
• Some really swingy early game cards as far as mull WR%, we'll talk as we go

• Watchposts and their impact
• Initial look at popular decks

• Caveat - Meta is still developing and is wide open, this podcast will be outdated super quickly
• Secret Paladin
• Libram Paladin
• Spell Mage
• Post Rogue
• Anything else we want to talk about

• Decks that we think are sleepers

• Burn Shaman
• Miracle Priest
• Deathrattle DH

• New card talk

• Taelan Fordring
• Conviction
• Refreshing Spring Water
• Kazakus
• Xyrella (not a surprise but boy is she insane)
• Field Contact (same)
• Octobot (better than Hat expected at least)
• Venomous Scorpid

• Relevant cards from previous expansions

• Pen Flinger
• Librams
• Deck of Lunacy
• Jandice Barov
• Not broomstick, surprisingly

NERF TIMELINE BET

MT Org is April 30th.

What do you think they'll nerf and when do you think they'll do it?

Popular opinions on twitter include: 2post, 3post, JBar, Sword, Deck of Lunacy, Flinger

• Outro (~5min)

Thanks and contact!

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Coin Concedes (Shout Outs):

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Hat - Blizzard again, wickedgood, pasca, everyone who came to stream

Botticus -  AlfredoHeights

Edelweiss -

Keep Calm and

And if you see us on ladder…

“Coin Concede” Hat

“Coin Concede” Bott

“Coin Concede” Edelweiss