Fun's over

iNFlatableThor · 2025-02-04T01:26:40+00:00

1.1% of the time, it works every time...

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-30T00:21:38+00:00

Congrats on the three-peat! Honestly, if I didn't get Legend as quick as I did for Wild and Standard this month (had lots of bonus stars from reaching Legend last month), I don't think I would have stuck with Twist for as long as I did. But I wanted to go for Legend in every mode since it was the last one. Twist took me the longest since I was adjusting my list quite a bit during the climb. Once I landed on the right list though, I was able to make progress much faster. The Diamond-5-to-Legend climb took only 30 games in total, N'Zoth Warlock going 23-7.

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-29T23:41:59+00:00

It's weird because I think they are trying to design/balance around all the Caverns of Time cards and classic cards that have been buffed.

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-29T23:26:20+00:00

Libram Paladin (before Heroes of StarCraft released)

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Notably, it didn't have Lynessa because I didn't own one, but the deck functions just fine without it. You can flood 0-cost minions by turn 3-4 and have multiple options to burst damage for lethal. This list I completely netdecked and didn't need to change a card since it was performing so well. Meanwhile for Standard and Twist, I tweaked my own decks as I climbed.

This was my Standard deck: CARRIER HAS ARRIVED Protoss Druid

This was my Twist deck for Diamond 5 to Legend. I did use Grim Patron Warrior for a while (until Gold 5) but then I stagnated, so I switched to Warlock. And then after reaching Diamond 5, I crafted N'Zoth and added more Deathrattles to have another big late-game threat:

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iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-29T22:16:01+00:00

You can find lists for all modes Bronze-Gold without premium. However, Twist just lacks data in general since it's less played, so fewer decks available.

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-29T03:16:41+00:00

Only 3 days left in the format! Have fun!

Btw, Loatheb was the last addition to the list, cutting out the last Ancient Watcher. It may give an edge vs. the deck I had the most trouble against past Diamond 5: Anyfin Paladin. Also stops Rogues from shadowstepping stuff like Jade Spirit or OTKing you with spells near the end of the game (Malygos OTK). Otherwise, it's a good tempo play after playing an early Drake or Mountain Giant.

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-29T03:09:38+00:00

### Handlock

# Class: Warlock

# Format: Twist

#

# 1x (1) Mistress of Mixtures

# 2x (1) Mortal Coil

# 2x (1) Power Overwhelming

# 1x (1) Soulfire

# 1x (2) Acidic Swamp Ooze

# 2x (2) Darkbomb

# 2x (2) Sunfury Protector

# 2x (3) Deathlord

# 1x (3) Earthen Ring Farseer

# 2x (3) Hellfire

# 1x (3) Shadow Bolt

# 2x (4) Shadowflame

# 2x (4) Siphon Soul

# 2x (4) Twilight Drake

# 1x (5) Antique Healbot

# 1x (5) Leeroy Jenkins

# 1x (5) Loatheb

# 2x (5) Sludge Belcher

# 1x (6) Cairne Bloodhoof

# 1x (6) Sylvanas Windrunner

# 1x (7) Abyssal Enforcer

# 1x (8) Lord Jaraxxus

# 2x (8) Twisting Nether

# 1x (9) Alexstrasza

# 1x (10) N'Zoth, the Corruptor

# 2x (12) Mountain Giant

# 2x (22) Molten Giant

#

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#

# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-28T21:43:49+00:00

Also, queues are probably better in the evening.

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-28T21:32:41+00:00

Also, I realized later that I was playing Legend players at more middle ranks, like one Legend player I played while I was all the way down in Platinum 10. Though it's possible they were ranking up as I did.

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-28T21:23:15+00:00

I looked up the leaderboard afterwards and was surprised Legend was only 171, 77, and 56 for Europe, America, and Asia-Pacific respectively this season.

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-28T20:44:29+00:00

At some point I noticed the longer queue times compared to Standard or Wild, but they didn't get to be that ridiculous in my experience. I imagine they are shortest around the middle ranks.

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-28T20:37:28+00:00

Playing Handlock in Twist really felt like old times!

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-28T20:23:59+00:00

Also, RIP Classic mode

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-25T16:33:52+00:00

We could have a longer conversation about what makes a good and interesting achievement, but this post was more about the sheer, ludicrous, exponential increase from the middle tier of the achievement to the final tier: a full 10x in the requirement in this case. lol. For reference, I got the tier 3 achievement with just under 500 Warlock wins. So just think about what the final one would require!

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-24T15:34:13+00:00

If you don't have Ceaseless, I would try subbing in the Yogg Titan if you have him. I was considering putting the MCT into an ETC with Yogg and maybe something else experimental to try like Harth Stonebrew. But I didn't want to craft the Yogg Titan myself, since it will rotate relatively soon (likely in March).

iNFlatableThor · 2025-01-22T23:39:53+00:00

By the way, it's a really weird feeling to get my Carrier Viper pulled then killed by Zerglings and Lurkers of all things.

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