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Today I am launching a brand new series, covering decks, mulligans, and potentially even spicier inclusions..
I also will be interviewing a member of the THL community each post and learning more about them and their styles of deckbuilding and play. In this article, I will be covering the new meta molder, Control/Tempo Warrior! My interviewee this time will be Nice Jewish Owl, a standout member of the community with a particular knack for Control Warrior. ===================== Q: Before we get started with the deck itself, NJO, what’s your reason for starting out in Hearthstone; what drew you to it? A: "I actually watched Kripp videos for a few weeks before I ever started playing Hearthstone. I don't know why but I [got] recommended some of his vids on Youtube and decided to try out Hearthstone as soon as it was released on mobile.” “(I think I played for at least a year or two as a mobile only gamer, I had a literal pen and paper deck-tracker to know whether my Reno was active in my Freeze Mage list)." Q: How long were you a mobile gamer for? A:”I don't remember when exactly I switched to playing on my computer, it was at some point in high school, so around 2014-2015.“ Q: When you first started the game, what was your initial favorite class, and how has it changed over the years if at all? A: "My initial favorite class was definitely Mage, I was a huge fan of Freeze Mage back in the day. I started playing Control Warrior around Scholomance, and with the birth of ETC warrior in Darkmoon Faire I became the Warrior 1-trick I'm known as now." Righteous! Now, let’s get right into the deck guide!
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For today’s interview, I have the Co-commissioner of THL and Systems Lead, MartyB. Diamond: What do you look for when constructing your rosters? MartyB: I'd say that varies by series. The latest blog post covers how I prefer to build a PR team. My PR doesn't usually allow me to go for two high seeds, so I'll try to game the system in the middle seeds. Rebobson and I work closely when constructing rosters, and we rely on each other a lot to find players. The biggest trait we look for together is how active someone will be in the team server. We like to get people who will be active in prep and discuss different options and strategies with the team each week. We also like to go for people that can commit long term. Look at Rebob with TotinosPizza for an example. Consistency is good for us. It helps develop chemistry and having someone who will improve and get better with exclusively your team is a huge asset to have. Wild tends to be more lax for me than other series. The Wild community is heavily intertwined at this point and we're all friends, so that vibe tends to carry to the team as well. We all prep a bit there too, but to a lesser extent to what I'd say I like to do in something like Legacy or Hero. Diamond: How would you describe your captaining style? MartyB: I try to keep things fairly lax when it comes to captaining. I'll ask how scheduling is going for my players so I can help prep them before a match, but otherwise I don't like to be on top of people too much. As long as someone feels like they're mentally ready to play their match in a given week, then I've done my part. Diamond: Do you have any interest in captaining other series besides Wild? MartyB: In a way, I already do! Rebob and I help each other a lot with captaining in F2L. We'll take over for each other when needed throughout the season and chime in occasionally for prep. I've also been captaining in Trios. Hello THL,
For today’s interview, I have recent Hall of Famer and AFG’s own Azalea Akari. Diamond: What do you look for when constructing your rosters? Azalea: When I am constructing my rosters, specifically for the Legacy and Hero Series teams I have captained, I have looked for people I enjoy playing with, as well as players who are talkative, whether about Hearthstone or whatever comes up. When I captained in Wild for one season, I was fortunate to stumble into a pre-built roster in F2L Celadon, which had great vibes, despite results not going our way. Diamond: How would you describe your captaining style? Azalea: My approach to captaining is being available to help my players as much as they want or need my help concerning lineup, classes, and deck preparation, as well as any in-match issues that may occur. I take a more proactive role when I am a player on the team. I also am more proactive if I have new or people returning after a longer period of time away when I am not a player on the team. Diamond: What do you think will be the first series you will win as a captain? Azalea: I think the series I will win first as a captain is Legacy Series or Hero Series, depending on how often I captain Hero Series. I plan to continue captaining Legacy for the foreseeable future though, so I will have the best chance to succeed in that Series, despite my best finish as a captain making the semifinals with F2L Obsidian in Season 18. Hello THL,
A couple of years back I started a series where I interviewed various captains. Well as the blog is making a comeback so is the interview series. Over the course of this blog series, I will be interviewing captains across all series. I have 8 captains that I will be interviewing over the course of this season. Once all the captain interviews have been completed, I will be interviewing a selection of players. Today I have a very special guest for the interview series, the captain of APM, and the man behind the brand, Bonemasher. Diamond: What do you look for when constructing your rosters? Bonemasher: The most important thing for me is communication. Having players that talk in the team server, even if it’s not about Hearthstone, makes for a good team environment. Also, if players are able to schedule, submit lineups and play their matches without any issues that makes my job much easier. Then it’s attitude, having players that want to do well, want to learn and improve, want to enjoy their matches. Sometimes you find a group that just seems to gel together; those are the best teams, but it can be trial and error sometimes. Diamond: How would you describe your captaining style? Bonemasher: I’m probably more laid back now than I was initially. I make myself available if anyone wants to discuss ideas or test some decks, but I’ll back my players to bring the decks they are comfortable with and think will do well. For me, it’s working out what each of my players needs from me or the team and trying to provide the right environment for them. Diamond: What do you think will be the first series you will win as a captain? Bonemasher: I really don’t know to be honest. I feel like I’ve had a championship-calibre team at least once in each series, but in two years I’ve only made it to one final. Wild is the series I’ve been most consistent in making playoffs, but there are some really stacked teams in Wild as there are in Pro. So it will probably come in the Hero series. Winning a championship in THL is hard. There’s so much that needs to go right for a team to reach the playoffs, let alone survive the sudden-death slog that we call the postseason. Succeeding at any of this starts at the very beginning. For the win-rated series, Pro and Wild, building a championship team is straightforward: Get the best players possible. If your team is strong from top to bottom, you’ll go far every season. For Legacy and Hero, on the other hand, team construction is a bit trickier. The PR cap imposes a limit on how skilled a team can be, meaning building the best team from top to bottom isn’t feasible. The best players aren’t enough to win a championship by design. If you want to win in a PR series, you need to find an edge.
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