Turn2: Episode #28

Hosts: Gnimsh & Frodan | Guests: Lothar Production: Sympatico & Music: Matt Ilantzis

Turn2 this week was a blast of an episode, talking about the newly released Naxxramas Hearthstone expansion as well as some candid and striking discussion about Dreamhack Valencia and IEM Shenzhen Post-Mortems.

NEW TITLE: News - Naxx Arachnid Wing discussion/strategy

Info:

https://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/14907058/hearthstone-patch-notes-1105997-the-necropolis-beckons-7-22-2014

Topics:

• How have you been enjoying it??
• Strategy to get past the first wing: How did you do it?
• Are the wings too easy? Not enough content?
• QOL Changes: Eaglehorn Bow nerf, Deathrattles reorder, Brawl animations, Voice acting, Busy ignores chat popups, More music
• PSA: First wing is free, it can be drafted in arena

NEW TITLE: News - Naxx: Meta Impressions

Topics

• Breakdown of the first 6 cards released: 4 Neutral // 2 Class specific
• Haunted Creeper, Nerub’ar Weblord, Nerubian Egg, Maexxna, Poison Seeds, Anub’ar Ambusher
• Which cards will have immediate impact?
• Possible combos or deck ideas
• Which card is being underestimated (if any)?
• Any other uses of cards that haven’t been developed yet?

NEW TITLE: Pro - IEM Shenzhen Post-Mortem

Info: https://www.gosugamers.net/hearthstone/news/28209-amaz-channels-ragnaros-into-iem-shenzhen-championship

Topics:

• Recap of tournament
• Gnimsh and Frodan’s highlights/stories
• Thoughts on Asia’s metagame and skill level

NEW TITLE: Pro - DH Valencia Post-Mortem

Info: https://hearthstars.com/noticias/205-thalai-gana-la-dreamhack-valencia-2014

• Recap of tournament
• Lothar’s highlights/stories
• Scandal time: Players in the top 16 advance by reporting wrong scores, players like Dandido were eliminated in swiss despite only losing once
• “It was too much trouble to make it again”
• Format changes: 3 times for top 16, allowed swiss players to play same class because of wording legality “3 different decks”
• Spanish casters/stream sit right next to the players with no headset, left player can see the screen of casters
• Seeds were created last minute, Kaldi thought he was BYOC

NEW TITLE: Community Q&A (Twitch/Reddit Chat)

Fun and serious questions always welcome!