Everyone (including me) will try all sort of things, but only DK will be consistent enough to be top dog. Be prepared for DK Stone for a very very long time, sigh…
Prery much agree with this just think rogue is no 1 and paladin druid and dk be fighting for its left overs.
Well part of me does.
Priest and warrior in the landfill though (they been in dumpster too long).
Vicious Syndicate posted their Overall Rankings:
https://www.vicioussyndicate.com/the-comprehensive-festival-of-legends-preview/14/
Why should Rogue be no 1? Can you elaborate?
Here are my bets. This is just my opinion obviously:
1. Death Knight: loses absolutely nothing and it is already one of the strongest contenders in a heavily powercrept meta. On top of that, it is getting really strong support. Death growl scares me.
2. Demon Hunter: the rush tokens + Halveria package looks crazy. Might end up being crushed if it is denied the board presence necessary to go face tho; so maybe it doesn’t live up to the hype.
3. Warlock: more implock. Seems pretty robust, but I’m not sure the fatigue package makes up for its weakness against control decks. I am not sure Symphony of Sins goes in the deck but that could be the ultimate control punisher it needs.
4. Paladin: I don’t rank it among the top simply because it can be easily controlled with removals. I predict this is going to slap your face and roll over your dead body even before it gets to play Countess if you can’t deal with its divine shielded early minions.
5. Shaman: there isn’t a lot of hope for shammies this expansion but I feel it will be stronger than predicted. It can also rely on a few different archetypes (totems, murlocs, overload, evolve, deathrattle or any combination of these), so I think there is a decent chance it will find a winning strategy.
6. Hunter: I don’t think there’s a whole lot to be super excited about here but I think the beasts package will have a decent performance and will at least see a similar amount of play as good-ol beast hunter is seeing right now. Not the best, but playable.
7. Druid: I must say, at first glance I thought druid was going to suck really hard this expansion. I thought the legendary minion was a lot worse than it actually seems to be. I think druid will be decent, but not amazing. The legendary spell is terrible tho.
8. Mage: This is the class I feel less confident ranking. If the whole lightshow stuff does work reliably it could be pretty strong, but I haven’t really seen that happening. There could also be an aggro mage deck that hits the jackpot, but with so many aggro decks already looking promising I am not sure this can do this job better than the others
9. Rogue: I have discussed rogue extensively already so I won’t repeat myself. I think the new cards look flimsy at best. Rogue will be as good as miracle rogue turns out to be. It might look like miracle isn’t losing much, but without Drakka (no more mailbox dancer and incompatible with record scratcher) I don’t think it is going to be anywhere near what it has been during MotLK. There could be a pirate rogue lurking the shadows that no one is seeing coming.
10. Priest: yep, doesn’t look amazing. Not much else to say here. It has some interesting pieces tho so I do think there’s some hope in the horizon. But for now it just doesn’t look very strong.
11. Warrior: wait… Warrior? Is that a new class? Seriously tho, I think a list with BRnR could work out and be decent. I will be trying my best to make some warrior list work. It just doesn’t look great.
This might just be the copium speaking but I am trusting Blackrock n Roll. Technically, Guff was a “5 mana, do nothing” card and it was the most significant card in Standard. Of course, Druid had things like Scales of Onyxia and Toppior to recover afterward (not to mention Devourers and Earthen Scales). And we’ll have to see if Warrior can handle itself in a new meta in the same way.
But even a once-buffed Zilliax can help you recover from BRnR. Lor’themar Theron soon after BRnR might be too much of a tempo loss, but even a single Sunfury Stalwart can protect you from a LOT of damage.
You gotta pull that Zilliax right after BRnR…like RIGHT AFTER.
I think we’re about to see a meta where a turn 5 non-buffed Zilliax is essentially trash. It’s no where near as good as it was years ago.
We’re about to head into a meta where Zilliax unbuffed needs to be 4 mana to even see play. That’s my prediction.
It’s not Zilliax, but I almost did a spit-take when I saw Dr. Boom rotating back into Core. Who would play that for 7 mana these days? Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
If my opponent dropped a War Golem and two small ping deathrattles on turn 7 these days, I’d probably thank them for giving me a breather.
Yeah, all of these cards rotating into standard are just exemplifying how far we’ve come from power creep. Yesteryear’s meta where Zilliax was perfectly balanced and strong will be welcomed into a meta where it’s almost unplayable.
We’re even getting a 5 mana Rag that will be considered unplayable. It’s crazy.