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Interview with Brazil's HGG team

HSReplay.net sat down with the HGG runner-ups to hear their thoughts about the tournament, the upcoming expansion and more.

Interviews

Interview with Hearthstone Executive Producer Chris Sigaty and Senior Game Designer Dean Ayala

The team got a chance to interview Chris Sigaty and Dean Ayala during BlizzCon.

Changelog

New Filter: Player Experience

The HSReplay.net team is proud to announce the release of a brand new filter: Player Experience!

Changelog

New Feature: Top Legend Filter

The HSReplay.net team is proud to announce the release of a much requested feature: Top Legend filter! This new filter will allow Premium users to only see stats from games recorded in the top 1,000 ranks of Legend.

Ranked Standard

One True Meta?

With any expansion release, Hearthstone's meta undergoes stages of refinement, counter-strategy and optimization. We can evaluate the differences in the meta across regions to see where they may differ.

Card Analysis

Winning with Whizbang

Whizbang the Wonderful was a card hyped since its unveiling, being heralded as the champion of free-to-play and the ultimate challenge for streamers throughout the community. Many have pledged to reach legend using the card, but just how hard a challenge will that be?

Meta Pulse

Meta Pulse - Boomsday - Aug 13

With Day 6 in the books, we're still seeing a lot of diversity and some change, but there are some signs of the first Boomsday meta beginning to manifest with some consistency at

Arena

How The Boomsday is Affecting Arena

The Boomsday Project brought a breath of fresh air to the Ranked Standard meta, but how has it affected Arena? Let's find out.

Mechanics

A Closer Look at Mechs and Magnetic

Mechs are a big part of The Boomsday Project. Let's take a closer look at them and their new mechanic: Magnetic!

Meta Pulse

Meta Pulse - Boomsday - Aug 10th

With Day 3 of The Boomsday Project wrapped up, we're starting to see a good variety of decks having a lot of success.

Meta Pulse

Meta Pulse - Boomsday - Aug 9th

Day 2 of The Boomsday Project expansion has seen very little change in terms of what classes people are playing.

Meta Pulse

Meta Pulse: August 8th - Day 1 of Boomsday

Day 1 of The Boomsday Project is now complete! Let's take a first look at what everyone's playing and what is winning.

Card Reveal

The Boomsday Project Card Reveal - Prismatic Lens

We are excited to be revealing a BRAND NEW card from The Boomsday Project exclusively with Streamer Showdown.

Ranked Standard

Rock, Paper, Rexxar

With the nerfs that came in Hearthstone Patch 11.1.1 we are seeing one of the most diverse metas in terms of diversity since possibly Journey to Un'Goro.

Ranked Standard

Patch 11.1.1 in Numbers

In late May, Blizzard swung the nerf hammer on some older archetypes that had seen significant play before and after the most current standard rotation.

Meta Pulse

Meta Pulse May 23rd - A World Upside Down

Patch 11.1.1 is out and we see some serious changes in the first 24 hours!

Ranked Standard

The Witchwood's Impact

Set rotations have always been a time when the game is most exciting to play. The addition of new cards coupled with stale ones leaving for Wild make for an extremely compelling and

Adventure

Monster Hunt: Your Map to the Witchwood

We take a look at all the deck lists for Monster Hunters and bosses.

Archetype Analysis

Spiteful Druid: Unexpected Techs and Turns

With a new expansion and Hearthstone year upon us, about the only thing missing from the meta is any sign of staleness. Outside of our good Cube Warlock friends, there is experimentation aplenty

Meta Pulse

Meta Pulse April 21st - Hello Murlocs!

We are just past a week with The Witchwood expansion and we are seeing Druid and Rogue on a rapid rise and our old friend the Murloc Paladin returning to the top tier.

Meta Pulse

Meta Pulse April 18th - Our First Shifts

We are upon Day 6 of The Witchwood expansion and we've seen the settling of the meta begin with Paladin and Warlock. Now we're seeing players reacting to this with some powerful counters.

Meta Pulse

Meta Pulse: April 15th - Paladin Risen

Day 3 of The Witchwood has come to a close and we're seeing some more separation between the top tier classes and the rest.

Meta Pulse

Meta Pulse: April 13th - The Witchwood Day 1

The Witchwood is finally out! We've seen an enormous variety of decks on the first day, ranging from Shaman with Shudderwock to Odd and Even decks with Baku the Mooneater and Genn Greymane.

Arena

The People's Choice - A Final Look At The New Arena Cards

Along with some pre-expansion preparations, Patch 10.4 brought some interesting changes to the Arena, notably 9 new class cards exclusive to the Arena format. These cards were chosen at Blizzcon between a

Whats The Worst That Could Happen? Top Millhouse Fails From Kobolds & Catacombs

Millhouse Manastorm has always been one of those cards that exist to teach players that a card's rarity does not always dictate its playability. It's always been the card that you craft a