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HEARTHSTONE WIN
CONDITIONS: WINNING ON
YOUR OWN TERMS
Because the shortest distance between 30 and 0 is never a straight line
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ast issue, I wrote about
By Ian Kernohan
It might seem like a purely
stall the game until you’re able to
some good points to think
rhetorical question. A deck wins
drop giant, legendary threats in the
about while building your
by, well, winning! You want the
late game? Or, would you simply
Hearthstone deck. In doing so, I
other fellow to explode before
like to grind your opponent’s deck
neglected what might be the most
you do, and it cannot get more
into dust until they literally have
obvious question a player should
complicated. However, just as
no more cards to play against you?
be able to answer when going into
Buddha taught that there are
This process is called ‘identifying
a game: how does this deck win?
many paths to enlightenment, so
your win conditions.’ Here, we’ll
too are there many different roads
examine three famous decks
that lead to total destruction of
in-depth as they represent and
your Hearthstone opponent.
utilize different win conditions,
Identifying which of these roads
or WinCons: Fatigue Druid,
you wish take and streamlining
Undertaker Hunter, and Control
your deck alongside it will
Warrior. We’ll end with a brief look
truly make it a force to fear.
at some of the new cards that will
debut in The Grand Tournament
Victory in Hearthstone is
ultimately achieved by dealing 30
expansion and how the new
mechanic could be used to win big.
damage to the enemy hero. Ask
yourself, then: would you like to
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Fatigue Druid debuted last winter,
deal that damage with spells, or
with reddit user /u/ChaosFollowing
with minions? Would you like to
being one of the first to popularize
overwhelm your opponent with
the build. It makes use of a sneaky
more threats than they have
way to deal damage to your
answers for, or would you like to
opponent: through fatigue. If you