Introduction

KotH #10 Recap

Game 1: Realz Shaman vs Kisstafer Mage

Game 2: Realz Shaman vs Kisstafer Druid



Swiping Realz's face proved to be the game ending mistake.

Game 3: Realz Shaman vs Kisstafer Priest

Game 4: Realz Shaman vs Kisstafer Warrior

monk says:



Since this Warrior deck is labeled monk, I guess I should say something here. This deck is based off of an old version of my deck from last patch, about five cards different. I made the deck with the intentions to counter all the popular classes at the time, Warlock, Rogue, and Druid as these three classes were three of the best and most popular classes of the time. However, I don't believe this particular version does well in today's metagame. This deck excels at early game removal( Whirlwind Cleave Execute Shield Slam Chillwind Yeti Twilight Drake Cleave Deathwing Hex Since this Warrior deck is labeled monk, I guess I should say something here. This deck is based off of an old version of my deck from last patch, about five cards different. I made the deck with the intentions to counter all the popular classes at the time, Warlock, Rogue, and Druid as these three classes were three of the best and most popular classes of the time. However, I don't believe this particular version does well in today's metagame. This deck excels at early game removal() and Late Game removal(), but it struggles with a mass amount of mid-ranged creatures. Thus, I feel Warriors these days need to be at least somewhat more minion based in order to fight for board control. Having a four drop slot of eithers ors is very necessary in my opinion. Some other choices that are more geared towards the previous patch meta include the doubleand, both of which were used very well against Warlock, Rogue, and Druid. Kisstafer was correct, however, in choosing this class last as it has very bad matchup against Shaman. The combination of Totem spam andis incredibly difficult for this Legendary Warrior to beat.

KOTH #11 Preview

The IHeartU King of the Hill (KotH) is a weekly tournament casted by Artosis and DoA. Each week, the winner of the previous KotH will face off against a new challenger seeking the glory of toppling the old King and gaining Artosis' eternal praise. Each player selects four different heroes and decks to battle in a best of 7 where the loser will swap his deck. By using four different heroes, each player must be adaptable in playstyle and deck building.After defeating Trump in an emphatic 4-1 the week before, our defending champion Realz faces the new challenger Kisstafer. You can find the VODs of this series here Realz version of Shaman can be best described as Mid Range burst. It has the typical early board control cards that all shamans run but where it differs is the interesting mid game card draw mechanics of. This allows Realz to hopefully draw into his game ending burst combos throughandorandKisstafer's Mage deck is a modern version of the old Frozen Giants Mage deck. Central to the theme of the deck is still survival until you are able to play your giants and swing the game in your favor. Withouts, the deck relies on other creatures to deal with early game board state and dealing some additional damage to your opponent.The early game saw Realz drop the ever annoyingon turn 2 and Kisstafer had no answers for the legendary fisherman. Kisstafer responded by dropping an earlyon turn 4, but much to his dismay Realz had aready and waiting. In Kisstafer's next turn, he makes a bold move to use the Coin and castinstead of using his. The play caused Realz a bit of an issue, but he ultimately decided to killand give up either hisor his. It resulted in the later being stolen and Realz playing his. Despite Realz missing lethal damage the next turn, he maintains a very threatening board and punches through Kisstafer's defenses a few turns later to take game 1.This Druid is your bread and butter mid range Druid deck made popular by StrifeCro. It utilizes strong creatures liketo gain board control before finishing you off with the infamousandcombo.Kisstafer got out to a nice lead early by casting anwithon turn 3. In response, Realz decided to use histo clear the drake taking a beating before killing the drake. The mid game saw the two players fighting over board control before Realz finally gained a board advantage on turn 10. In a moment of greed, Kisstafer decided toRealz instead of thefinishing it off with the. This left 2s on Realz side of the board and with a couple of quick hits from the totems, a couple more from abuffed, Realz deals 24 damage to finish off game 2.This Priest deck is a mix of mid range creatures and late game power. It uses the early game removal spells available to Priest to try to get the player into the mid game without being behind where minions likeandgains the board control back. Rounding out the deck is aandfor some super late game power.Realz races away to an early lead withdrawing him a card and forcing Kisstafer to remove it with. Every Shaman's dream is to playfollowed by many spells that Overload to grow the Unbound to monstrous proportions and with Kisstafer using the, he had no way of dealing with Realz's. From there it quickly snowballed away as Realz continued to deal damage to Kisstafer and dealt with Kisstafer's attempt to gain any semblance of board presence with ease. 3-0.For his final deck, Kisstafer uses a control warrior deck full of early game removal. The deck has good utility cards such asandto either finish off minions, set upkills or draw cards off. For much of the game, the Warrior will sit back and attempt to keep the board clear until the late game where his array of late game threats come out and deal the finishing blows.As expected of the decks, most of the early and mid game saw a lot of removal cards from both sides and a lack of minions staying on the board. The game heats up when Realz, looking a little worse for wear, finally places a threatening board that Kisstafer did not have an efficient way to remove. In a choice between using Alextrasza to bring Realz down to 15 and, Kisstafer chose the latter and cleared the threats off Realz's board. In a bold play, Realz used the last charge of histo take out an enraged- taking 10 damage int he process - instead of using. This turned out to be the winning move as it allowed Realz to efficiently deal with Alextrasza the next turn and cruise to a 4-0 victory a couple of turns later.This week, King of the Hill continues with a new challenger, Lothar, looking to take Realz down off the throne. With quick wins in the past 2 weeks, Realz has not had to showcase his decks and brings an air of mystery about the decks he hasn't used. Meanwhile over at the challenger corner, Lothar will be looking to put his card game experiences to pull off a win. As both Realz and Lothar are not so well known to the community, we've included a brief introduction on both players.is an eSports veteran and card game enthusiast who is no stranger to live competition. In World of Warcraft Arena he earned four live tournament victories including two MLG wins in Columbus and Raleigh, Blizzard NA Regionals 2009, and the Intel Extreme Masters NA Finals in Philadelphia 2008. In card games, Realz has years of experience playing semi-competitively in Magic: the Gathering and held strong ratings for both Limited and Constructed. He also won multiple qualifier tournaments including one for US Nationals. Taking these experiences now into Hearthstone Realz has thus far found great success under the banner of Team Managrind and is constantly seeking ways to improve his game within the game's rapidly growing competitive scene. His favorite class is Mage and hopes to climb to Legend using Mage as his main deck.For more information or to watch him play visit his Twitch Channel is an ex-World of Warcraft TCG player who placed very highly in both the Polish Championships and the Multinational tournaments. In Hearthstone, Lothar is a highly ranked player in Legends (legend Rank #19 in test season 2) with numerous top 4 finishes in various tournaments. He likes to play a mix of both aggressive and control orientated decks and loves to both create and tweak decks.If you would like to find out more about Lothar, visit him at:Who will win the King of the Hill #11? Find out Thursday, Feb 06 2:00pm GMT (GMT+00:00) in