Allan Pike

Instead of salty tweet I thought I would explain calmly why I think HS has become less skill intensive, complete with ugly visuals. Let's start with what separates the great players from the absolute best players in my view:pic.twitter.com/Q6WxdL584Y

To properly take into consideration your opponent's deck, you need to know 1) What they can play; and 2) What their win condition is. I remember facing elite players and thinking every turn was a nightmare because they made sure I never had a good play available to me.pic.twitter.com/IpiXYuwUYZ

Thanks to Lackeys, DQ Alexstraza and so many other randomly generated cards, it's very common now that your opponent will have multiple generated cards in hand, which means you can't play around it and just say "fuck it" and revert back to just playing your deck optimally.pic.twitter.com/TXv5hYKPPG

Since the power turns are so swingy, it's also impossible in many cases to prepare for your opponent power turn. There's nothing my DH can do vs turn 5 Mountseller + 4 spells. There's nothing I can do with Rogue vs a turn 3 Glowfly. So you just hope your opponents don't have it.pic.twitter.com/NhUDk7qSM9

On top of that, every deck's win con is now "do broken stuff on board and kill your opponent before they kill you", which is less skill intensive than trying to Control a midrange deck or gauging when to draw and when to remove with classic Combo decks.pic.twitter.com/R1pIU5g6Vt