The only problem BB has with Priests is when the Priest gets to 11 resources and plays TW + Aeon.
You simply die. Otherwise the matchup is pretty even.
The only problem BB has with Priests is when the Priest gets to 11 resources and plays TW + Aeon.
You simply die. Otherwise the matchup is pretty even.
I believe you. I'm not a good BB or Priest player.
imo, BB does a sufficiently good job of turning the board on turn 3 (when going second). It doesn't necessarily need HBM to help. If I were going to play it, though, I believe I'd play a fair bit more 2cc allies (thinking 6 or 7). If you're going to take the turn to cast HBM, you're going to need some ping on Turn 2 to deal w/ their jasmine/aldon. Flayer/Carniboar + BB can take care of it. Brutalis + a T4 DMT could also.
One thing for certain, though. If you don't take care of a T3 human drop the turn it comes, BB will almost never catch up.
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Other 2cc allies are just too vulnerable (especially to Mage) and take up needed deck slots, even Brutalis is better suited to Zaladar's ability doing 3 damage instead of 2. This strategy doesn't require board control from the start of the game, however Banebow's ability is great for preventing a quick death to a good rush draw. And BB can catch up without killing a Human's T3 drop with HBM.
Couple more changes and you'll steal my deck lol.
Everything you have does have a reason for them to be there so it's cool. Only 3x HBM feels a bit weak because you really want them early-game and past 5 resources you won't really use it. That's the problem I have with all resource control cards: You don't really gain an advantage from them.
You don't have Shadow Font to capitalize the situation after HBM and Banebow can't really deal with 2 3cc allies(In extreme cases 1 2cc and 2 3cc allies) without a 3cc ally of his own if you don't have Shadow Font.
Also due to you having Ogloth and the meta having more Warriors and MS in it than before, 1-2 Sever Ties would be a fairly good choice.
Last edited by Airact; 06-19-2012 at 03:38 PM.
HBM just combo's so well with Shriek. I often use it at 5 or even 6 resources (with another 2/3cc drop) to help prevent an Aeon drop if I was able to shriek their draw engine(s). It really helps stall fatties that can make Plainbow Painbow.
If you can't get a decent WoTF set up at any point then it's a tough win anyway, so top decking an ally instead of a HBM mid-late game isn't going to change a lot because you probably won't have board control if you are top decking.
Ogloth is anti Elementalis and Mage mainly. SL and DK are more versatile than Severed Ties if I really need Oggy.
Keaven:
+1 HBM, -1 SK, and swap the Oggies for Moltens, and that's my deck, spot on. It is a very solid build, indeed.
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