You haven’t played long nor do you understand the mechanics, unless you meant “for THIS exact scenario, THIS one card can do THIS one thing ALL the time”. Eeek - what a terrible containerized world to live in.
Most probably know you’re just whining about a specific scenario, but let’s just be clear and identify that your scenario is using Wave of Apathy AND Cabal Acolyte. 5 mana to steal one minion.
Now, let’s just list the the cards that can change ATK values (from the Priest perspective):
Lazul’s scheme (0 mana)
Topsy Turvy (0 mana)
Pint-Size Potion (1 mana)
Wave of Apathy (1 mana)
Confuse (2 mana - no real effect if the HP=ATK, obvi)
Scarlet Subjugator (1 mana)
Shrinkmeister (2 mana)
Vol’jin (5 mana)
Twilight Acolyte (3 mana)
Let’s list some priest cards that interact with low ATK minions (there are more, but these are for the whining point):
Cabal Acolyte
Cabal Shadow Priest
Potion of Madness
Shadow Madness
Shadow Word: Pain
Shadow Word: Horror
Now let’s just say you’re playing standard and you have one mechanic to play against that’s usually only in one type of Priest deck.
Lower ATK and steal the minion. 5 Mana and non-targeted, 7 mana and targeted - both of these require at least 2 cards and the board to present the opportunity.
I wish it were game breaking and not just panty ruffling. Then it would get removed or redesigned like Tortillian or just about any DH card.
Tell me again how you remember playing priest and attack reduction interactions since release, though. Fascinating. You and I remember priest much differently.
I found a solution, instaconceede my friend and save yourself 20 minutes. Unfortunately this is the best option right now until blizzard decides to actually nerf the class
priest was most affected this year. lost its card draw , otk ability and still getting nerfed . i dont see the joke . Northshire cleric was probably the best card from basic set for priest . If u dont manage to win against a priest its your fault .
if u find this game a waste u should consider playing something else
How is priest not in a great spot? Priest is one of the best competitive decks (look at GM, look at any decent ladder rank) and it’s now blatantly overtuned, with only microscopic adjustments made to it as opposed to the devs killing entire archetypes with other changes (see what happened to shaman, warlock and druid lmao). Wave of apathy is far from the only overpowered tool priest has.
Control priest is one of the most brought decks in GM this season. Still is.
It’s also the best high legend deck because it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what kind of tech you need against warriors or demon hunters and for priest it’s extremely easy to find a spot for those cards. They directly fit the priest’s control game plan as well.
Priest is not “in a bad spot”. It’s in a fantastic spot. It doesn’t even have skewered matchups like Egg Warrior (also oppressive as hell) did last expansion against priest. Control gala priest won’t even instantly die if wave of apathy was 2 mana. Priests have many other mechanics to abuse. The devs are barely tickling this class.
Ladder works similarly and the only reason why priest isn’t played more is casual players are allergic to how slow the control priest is. That’s literally it. The deck is fantastic. Some pros also openly hate it but still play it because the deck simply wins.
High legend ladder is infested with priests. Look at the top 100 for this season and the previous season.
The resources generation. Priest can still play their sethekk anytime without fear for repercussions and raise dead to make the opponent feel bad for killing anything at all. Priest still has their infinite galakrond. Priest still has raise dead + abuse the cheapest gala activator turbo fast.
Wave of apathy spam is far from the only mechanic they abuse lmao.
You reach upper diamond or high legend and priest becomes the best deck.
Putting a sticky or an ooze into their deck doesn’t pressure them against other matchups. And isn’t an extremely skill intensive decision lmao. It’s not rocket science.
That applies to any class and yet look at the devs killing entire archetypes and adjusting cards because of the way they perform in gm and legend. They should be taking a look at priest and mage soon again.
Just because the casual player is afraid of how slow priest is and can’t even manage spellburst without fail every time doesn’t make wave of apathy (let alone spamming it) any less overpowered and degenerate at 1 mana.
the game has a limited amount of rounds before it ties so no infinite galakrond .
the only one who abused raise death was warlock in prenerf darkglare
sethekk . most cards generated from sethekk wont trigger it .
its pointless to generate value if ur hero has 0 health
if u find wave of apathy op 100% ur bad at this game
Priest has been abusing raise dead since the expansion hit. It synergizes with literally every minion they run, gala package or yoink package, allows them to generate obnoxious amounts of value and punishes the opponent for removing their minions (which detracts from face damage, by the way). Whereas apotheosis punishes the opponent for leaving them up (which also detracts from face damage by the way). Very fun.
The only real counter play to raise dead is transformation, which is only playable in mage because mage is also a degenerate scam deck that can easily afford to run a copy of missiles and generate multiple copies of it cheaply. Shaman is hibernating in the meantime.
If you don’t find wave of apathy overpowered you haven’t been playing the game against people who actually want to win. It’s been a couple of months and I’m sick of seeing yoink priests in high legend.