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>>The murloc require 12 ticks of sitting there. Th...

2009-10-20T11:45:07.798-07:00

>>The murloc require 12 ticks of sitting there. The iranas require...more than the game will last...so you might as well play a better team that kills.

Irana can actually kill something with its attacks without praying to the dice gods. It can also defend itself against a team playing a single Purge, meaning you can only be hated by very dedicated people (double Purge, Mass Dispel or Purge + Battlecast Pants) that otherwise make their team loses against the rest of the field. As soon as your team is Ice Blocked with 3x Ice Blocks ready, if your opponent has Purge it won't do diddly. You'll just Ice Block again. Further, with Counterspell + Arcane Brilliance you have also more defense against counterstrategies of the simple 'Death Coil or Breakthrough your point scorer, LAWL' variety.

Finally, it can actually win without going Ice Block, which is more than can be said for Murlocs. Murlocs trying to go for kills need to hope they're playing against noobs who never read the card 'Flamestrike'.

And note: you don't need to get to 21. You just need to get closer to 21 than your opponent is to his total.

phew, Omedus/Champion Shadowsun with Mass Dispel a...

2009-10-20T08:52:27.088-07:00

phew, Omedus/Champion Shadowsun with Mass Dispel and Battlecast Pants, and bye bye IB.

great return of Haruka, Thangal, Omedus/Champion Shadowsun?

it does somewhat limit your options if you force y...

2009-10-19T23:20:07.279-07:00

it does somewhat limit your options if you force yourself to play a team that can deal with IB

"i realy like the idea of autowin if oponent is no...

2009-10-19T22:53:04.191-07:00

"i realy like the idea of autowin if oponent is not prepared:)" in this scenario why would you not be prepared for IB? Local metas be damned, we're talking about realms here :)

The murloc require 12 ticks of sitting there. The ...

2009-10-19T20:38:38.524-07:00

The murloc require 12 ticks of sitting there. The iranas require...more than the game will last...so you might as well play a better team that kills.

/agree with blackbloc

2009-10-19T20:24:21.958-07:00

/agree with blackbloc

The Rules were posted on UDEs board and are in the...

2009-10-19T20:24:08.637-07:00

The Rules were posted on UDEs board and are in the Deluxe Rulebook :)

1 VP at the end of every tick if you have a non-pet, non-totem, ally on the center hill
4 VP per kill
8 VP per Legendary kill

No one team is ever superior in this game, that's sure something I've learned, but no one strategy is superior either.

Triple Irana > Triple Murlocs.

2009-10-19T19:50:58.271-07:00

Triple Irana > Triple Murlocs.

...we do

2009-10-19T18:33:10.314-07:00

...we do

How can you argue that one team is superior when y...

2009-10-19T18:28:24.727-07:00

How can you argue that one team is superior when you dont know the rules?

You can counter Purge, and Brealthrough. Counters...

2009-10-19T14:40:03.166-07:00

You can counter Purge, and Brealthrough. Counterspell works on any ability that's non-physical, meaning a melee attack can't be counterspelled or a ranged attack can't be counterspelled.

I think you mean Action:) Its Action if it cost Ti...

2009-10-19T14:12:49.106-07:00

I think you mean Action:)
Its Action if it cost Tick:)
-Daf

Its Ability only if its cost ticks. Purge is Insta...

2009-10-19T14:08:30.543-07:00

Its Ability only if its cost ticks.
Purge is Instant like Breakt.

Why wouldn't purge be an ability?

2009-10-19T13:57:37.949-07:00

Why wouldn't purge be an ability?

yes it is...

2009-10-19T13:55:08.766-07:00

yes it is...

PS: Purge cant by countered. Its not ability:)

2009-10-19T13:49:07.166-07:00

PS: Purge cant by countered. Its not ability:)

Sure, U are right. But 3x Murlocs are still good e...

2009-10-19T13:46:47.262-07:00

Sure, U are right. But 3x Murlocs are still good enought and one Ice Block in sideboard inst big waste for them. Dont know how good your Realm meta is(mine is Poland, Slovakia and Czech Rep.), but i realy like the idea of autowin if oponent is not prepared:)
Each team heve weaknes and bad matchups, Murlocs have good ods:)

so one plays blink/ib others play counterspell fo...

2009-10-19T13:35:06.993-07:00

so one plays blink/ib

others play counterspell for purge/counterspell/breakthrough

and 12 ticks later...

So, anyone running Shaman will pack a purge, almos...

2009-10-19T05:44:49.593-07:00

So, anyone running Shaman will pack a purge, almost guaranteed. Anyone running mage will most certainly pack counterspell. Warriors, which should see a lot more play than normal, will 99.99% have breakthrough. This is not to mention the companion classes in teams that once purged, countered (and 5 ticks up for you to be damaged off of), or brokenthrough, will be wailing on you, or scoring VPs while you sit in Ice Block off the hill.

Not saying this isn't a goos strategy, I think it is, but I also think almost every meta should have 60to 75% of the teams packing hate against this, as it's not just Iceblock people have to worry about, it's things like Amalar's innate ability to not be ticked up or moved, and also Foreman's Reinforced Helmet.

I've playtested trip murloc, I suggest you do as well, against some of the more powerful teams. It's not as good as you may think, but it can outrace some people if done right.

Again, I like it, and I think it's good, but if you wana flamestrike the death out of the center, maybe a look towards Prince Kael may be better? :-)

U can always drop Ice Block and pick 3rd Flamestri...

2009-10-19T02:44:00.730-07:00

U can always drop Ice Block and pick 3rd Flamestrike from sideboard.
3x Murloc
3x Flamestrike
1x Ice Block(autowin agains teams that cant handle it with Breakt.,Purge etc.)
1x Blink
1x Polymorph
Dont forget that u can Flamestrike VP after respawn:)
Depends on local Meta, but with good rolls U can beat almost everithing.

"take 2 steps, then blink, then ice block" will ge...

2009-10-18T16:02:20.598-07:00

"take 2 steps, then blink, then ice block" will get your pwned, trust me. You don't wanna make that the crux of a warband strategy. Breakthrough is HUGE on this map.

then breakthrough. F

2009-10-18T12:59:47.096-07:00

then breakthrough.

F

then get purge'd, then auto lose. awesome.

2009-10-18T12:58:55.792-07:00

then get purge'd, then auto lose. awesome.

take 2 steps, then blink, then ice block

2009-10-18T10:44:32.171-07:00

take 2 steps, then blink, then ice block

That looks....familiar...

2009-10-17T11:40:24.522-07:00

That looks....familiar...