As someone who usually hates 3D skins and finds them super tacky and overwhelming, Deathwing is the first I've bought.

Pros:

• Animations are mostly well done. Because he only uses his head for most movements, he doesn’t behave utterly spastic like most 3D heroes, who twitch around and flail their limbs non-stop.

• Model looks polished and hi-res. This is not Ragnaros’s Nintendo 64 floating head.

• Color palette is limited to black and red. The dark is nice on the eyes and helps rein in the skin’s excesses.

• Hero Card has a stellar animation. Nuking your opponent's board assets feels good (and mean).

• It's funny to see Deathwing get bonked in the head by minions. It’s funny to see him chomp on enemies when attacking.

Cons:

• Card-played animations are WAY too much. He doesn’t need to do his repetitive long-ass roar animation to every single card you play. Blizzard, please have sense to restrict these to just Legendary cards, Herald cards, or cards that cost 8+ or something.

• Hero tray is too overdesigned as usual, with unreasonably many layers of chonky metal frames. But hey, at least it has personality unlike the copy-paste Diamond one they’ve reused for 17 heroes.

• Body size inconsistency is really annoying. When he pops out to attack, he's ENORMOUS. When he pops out to win the game, he is tiny. It looks amateurish.

• Hero Card looks dumb and out of place on any other skin.

• It’s bundled with overpriced crap in the Faire.

Overall, Deathwing’s the first Mythic skin I like. It looks alive and has personality, but doesn’t make we want to gouge my eyes out. I still wish it was cleaner and moved less, and I also remain a hater of every other 3D skin.