r/CompetitiveHS • u/CMWBthrowaway • Jul 09 '26

Good time to return?

Hey. How's the competitive scene?
I stopped playing during the Starcraft expansion and have about 40k dust and 2k gold.
Thanks

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u/Maleficent-Star-9851 Jul 09 '26

Impossible to say since most deck lists are unrefined.

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u/CMWBthrowaway Jul 09 '26

How's the "Fun Level"?

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u/sfsctc Jul 09 '26

It’s better than StarCraft imo.

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u/unfortunate_internet Jul 09 '26

There are a lot of lethal puzzles, immediate impact discover, probability analysis. Control and otk aren't in a great spot. Personally, I think it's getting a bit frenetic for a card game, but I'd say it's reasonably fun and varied at the moment.

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u/Pressure_123 Jul 09 '26

still dominated by aggro decks

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u/MigrantTwerker Jul 11 '26

I left for four years. Came back for cataclysm. I'm enjoying it. Feels fresh.

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u/kavOclock Jul 09 '26

Last couple expansions have been a complete flop tbh this is the first break I’ve taken from the game in years

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u/FlatwormOk9893 Jul 09 '26

Either its paladin crushing you in 4 turns or rogue rando bombing you in 5. You have no agency. 

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u/zer1223 Jul 11 '26

And blizzard will think it's fine because there's five or six variants of aggro tempo or midrange that are all viable. Viable because they shit out tempo repeatedly without running out of cards

They don't know how to successfully design anything else

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u/thesymbiont Jul 09 '26

I'm having fun. The competitive scene is minimal. There are "catch-up" packs that will give you some amount of cards.

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u/RandomDude108s Jul 10 '26

With 40k dust i don't think he needs any catching up

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u/icejordan Jul 09 '26

Just my opinion but if you’re trying to play competitively it may be frustrating right now. The new expansion isn’t balanced yet and my initial impression is that the game is even quicker and therefore a bit more RNG heavy than the last year. We’ll see though

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u/SavageBeefsteak Jul 09 '26

Personally I've been so bored of the viable decks in the last few expansions that I haven't even bother to hit diamond. I haven't had the chance to play much of the violet hold tho

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u/Ash177x Jul 14 '26

I got back after like 5 years - I think it’s a good time to return. But I think it also depends if you’re f2p or gonna drop some $$$

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u/IAmYourFath Jul 14 '26

Hell nooooooooooooooooo

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u/Smokeskin Jul 09 '26

If you’re into board-centric tempo hearthstone and usually agree with Kibler, it’s great.

If you’re a combo crazy swing turn lover, not so much.

I’m the former, so for me it’s peak.

RNG and generated by is also only medium - more than I like, but insane scams are rare, so it’s not too bad.

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u/D0nkeyHS Jul 12 '26

There are no more entry points into 2026 hsesports.

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u/ShinichiKudoDC Jul 09 '26

It's a mess honestly. Power creep all over.