I returned to work today, and after an uneventful 45-mile drive I pulled in to the car park at work... and promptly beached the car on a foot of snow, resulting in needing to be pushed out later.
The local FLGS also had to close for a day or two while our local councils decided whether to bother gritting around there, and as a result we had to skip Battlegrounds for a week, so I have no Core best-of to fall back on this weekend. Diane did me proud last week though - 3-1 for first place on tiebreakers in the end, one game against a Warlock DoT deck which left me with one damage to go before I made the kill, and against a deck somewhat similar to mine that was designed to double-strike and play powerful allies rather than my quad-strike/Red Bearon concoction, where I pushed all 28 damage through in one turn.
So anyway! I'll catch up on some of the previews later, today saw Ysera and Alexstraza round off a pretty decent set of previews in anticipation of tomorrow's Darkmoon Faire Los Angeles, where players will be cracking Worldbreaker packs to play sealed with. Trick is, other than the previews and the FAQ document that was posted today, nobody knows what else is in the set. It's going to be an interesting weekend.
One thing I did want to comment on before I go into the previews is that the hero sheet has been released, so we finally know what new race/class combinations we're getting! The pdf file has changed locations a couple of times, but:
- Worgen / Troll Druid
- Human / Undead Hunter
- Dwarf / Orc Mage
- Tauren Paladin
- Gnome / Tauren Priest
- Worgen / Goblin Rogue
- Dwarf / Goblin Shaman
- Worgen / Goblin Warlock
- Blood Elf Warrior
The flips on the new heroes are all static, much like the old Arena Grand Melee heroes; some are better than others though. The Tauren Priest's three-cost Mend 1 isn't exactly enviable but the following are pretty decent:
- Rekwa Proudhorn, Tauren, Paladin, Retribution: (2) >> Flip Rekwa. Back: Damage that Rekwa and allies you control is unpreventable
- Caleb Pavish, Worgen, Rogue, Assassination: (2) >> Flip Caleb. Back: Caleb deals 1 Nature damage to Target hero.
- Grizlik Sparkhex, Goblin, Warlock, Demonology: (2) >> Flip Grizlik. Back: You can control an additional Pet.
- Peter Hottelet, Human, Warrior, Arms: (4) >> Flip Peter. Back: When you strike with a Melee weapon, you may add a +1 ATK counter to it.
I'm pretty impressed with these four - the Paladin one speaks for itself, and the Rogue's is a static DoT. The Warlock is a little more difficult to quantify - being able to control extra pets is generally strong due to their crazy stats compared to normal allies, but Demonology has forever been the least-loved Warlock spec and trying to balance the right number of pets in your deck can be a deckbuilding nightmare at times... having the ability as a static flip power rather than on a fragile ability is definitely a plus though!
Peter's is probably the most interesting at this moment in time. Bear in mind you strike with a weapon before damage is dealt, this flip being active will power up any weapon with ease. My mind wanders to Jin'rohk all too often in situations like this, but a friend pointed out something potentially scarier - a Warrior with daggers! A pair of Whispering Blades of Slaying could hit for six with the flip active, and from then on, it would just get messier.
There isn't a huge amount of Core-legal stuff granting Dual Wield to Warriors at the moment, but you never know what Worldbreaker brings. Even a simple Krol Blade imitator would benefit immensely from this flip, or what about an Edge of Oblivion that never runs out of tokens? It's a shame the flip costs 4 but in the right circumstances it could be devastating.
Hopefully we'll see something amazing tomorrow - I'm really excited to learn about the rest of the set so will be keeping a close eye on proceedings tomorrow.
For now, to bed - the snow has begun to fall once again.
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