Mage: Broken Class

Been playing Hearthstone a long time, and seriously, mages are the most broken class in the game… so broken I’ve yet to win a game against one the past two seasons. Especially these stupid Fire Mages and Spell Mages. Maybe it’s RNG? But i find it hard to believe or just unbalanced that around turn 5 they can kill you off with not stop spell cards or ignites after buffing up spell power. Not sure why blizzard took a nerf bat to so many other classes, but left mage alone. Im sure there are gonna be those that disagree, but I know I can’t be the only one who feels this way. I just concede every match against a mage now, no since in bothering matching up with them.

Please feel free to discuss your thoughts below or give tips on how to counter this class, as I have literally gone up against them with all classes and haven’t beaten one.

The class along with Priest with the least tier 1 decks in years …
The most broken class lmao , why arent you honest and just call it your most hated class that i can respect.

Not a fan of people trying to rewrite history to fit an agenda but whatever makes you happy.

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My winrate versus them is over 50 percent.
I understand the deck is unfun to play against but broken they are not.

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Run tech cards. Robes, crossroads watch post, cult neophyte etc. Or join the rest of the face is the place hyper aggro players.

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Aggro? Then Face Hunter or Secret Paladin.

Midrange? Then DR DH or Questline Warrior.

Combo? Anacondra Druid or Garrote Rogue.

Control? Don’t go there!

Post your deck lists.

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Ah yes, the 1.6k dust deck class that had deck of lunacy and 50% play rates followed by quest mage a immediate expansion after, the deck that suffers as a poor tier 3 class that had to adamantly insist it wasn’t tier 2, despite being listed as tier 2. Because it would randomly shoot between 51% to 49.94% winrate with only the poor liberty of nearly always countering 2 of the top decks while 5-10k priest and raza decks could go 60% to 10% in a questlock fire overnight and nobody would care.

Yes, nobody can understand your pain of being a class not meta for five minutes, your suffering is far beyond anyone can understand. Anyone who doesn’t main a 10k dust meta to 10% winrate class vs a 49.94% suffering 1.6k dust tier 3 doesn’t know you’re pain…

Despite being half the playrate of barrens, having tremendous day 1 cheap decks that did actually get to dominate both day 1s pretty cheaply, and also had Sayge, Darkmoon printed when secret mage had already been a zombie deck that was Tier 1 for general aggro climbing in wild for like what… 2-4 years?

You’re right, nobody else can suffer the emotions of a tier 3 deck having 60% deck winrates for quest mage lists on hsreplay vs 44% garrote rogue winrates.

Clearly, t3 quest mage players are skilled to win, because it is lower tier, while garrote players are less skilled, since they lose more with higher tier decks. All that matters for the general diamond joe trying to play his pack is the top 1k player rate, data for his own rank is of the devil and should be ignored.

49.94% winrate for mage is a sin against god, but 36% winrate for mage or 42% past winrate metas for warriors when it didn’t even have a single viable deck. Eh, who cares, not blue enough. Classes having a low winrate 0.06% below 50% is only a problem if it’s slightly below 50% for mage. Every other class can’t comprehend the suffering. For they aren’t mage. :roll_eyes: Woe is the good for 3 years class. nobody can understand their pain of not being VS tier 1 in something for 5 minutes.

[Edit: Also speak of the devil, also about the time when Priest was one of the weakest classes in the game in both standard, wild, and arena during WOTOG, and was printed a 2 mana: Silence your own minion card as a common, while mage got firelands portal and was top tier in Arena and also lots of WoTOG tournament play with yogg, and got Firelands portal while unicorn priest got purify. XD. Good times.

Oh, and during the crystal core era, the other deck everyone hated, apparently Freeze mage and Secret mage were both the 1k legend tier 1s ( https://www.vicioussyndicate.com/vs-data-reaper-report-55/ )while 5/5 Quest rogue, was nerfed to acclaim for being a meta warper with apparently 48% 1k legend winrate, despite lopsided matches killing entire archetypes back then. Hmm. Just saying, in terms of class history, Food for thought. XD )

Mage is not the most broken class. It is the most toxic of all classes though.

Absolutely horrible experience watching them play solitaire with no minions.

It’s no wonder hearthstone is losing so many players

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This has to be hyperbole.

trying to bring political jargon into a video game forum? “rewrite history to fit an agenda” that has nothing to do with what we’re discussing here, go over to one of your favorite news sites and comment there. Enjoy the rest of the discussion.

Lets see…nope. Priest is still the worst class to face. That ugly stain on HS wouldnt go off no matter how bad this class is atm. Hope it wouldnt even come close to meme tier for several years.

My claims are backed by data yours are by LUNACY so yes you are trying to rewrite history when you say its the most broken class.
But lets try to deflect when you have no base to stand and go on to character insults, just a heads up im from Portugal so you are way off.

You cant get 1 thing right in all those bs claims its such a sad display.

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I started to write something. But then I remembered the TOS.

Be careful.

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