Right now I feel like warrior is generally the worst and Druid or perhaps Shaman is the best, but I could be totally wrong about that despite over 100 games because of how variable it is. Different classes have different power levels of the average card. That brings me to my next point, which is that the power level of espionage is not only dependent on the archetype, but the class. There are times when it is definitely correct to forgo a productive play in favor of casting espionage and hoping to get lucky, but knowing how lucky you need to get, and how likely that is compared to scrapping a win with the cards in your deck, is very hard to know without casting dozens, perhaps 100's of espionages against different classes. There's highrolls and lowrolls with many hearthstone cards, but espionage surely has the widest range of anything we've seen yet. The variability of espionage makes it incredibly difficult to evaluate the "average" case. What about if you have myra's unstable element and two espionages? Do you play one before and one after, to ensure you draw into a good amount of the espionage cards for some guaranteed post-Myra's velocity? Or do you minimize burning cards and play both after, risking fizzling out? Is it worth burning 10 cards with Myra's if you have two sprints and two espionage in hand, and can then churn through 1-cost espionage cards the rest of the game? There's countless factors to consider and it's very difficult to come up with any fixed rules for sequencing/timing decisions. Do you play it turn 4 if you have nothing else to do, but have no card draw in hand? IMO it depends on the matchup, but quite often the answer is no. When to cast espionage is always a difficult question. You also don't know what's left in your deck, but still have to play to your outs, which means you need to have some awareness of basically every standard-legal HS class card.īeyond the randomness, there's the timing. It's discover (a skill-testing mechanic) on steroids, because you have very little control over what you get, but still have to think of the best way of combining what you have to pull off a win. The nature of espionage is that you play with different cards each time. So I don't think I'm being a total scrub when I say this deck (the cards Myra's Unstable Element, Tess, and Academic Espionage in particular) is incredibly difficult to play optimally. I should say that I've played Hearthstone since beta and have hit legend quite a few times with my own off-meta decks, watch a lot of competitive HS, and do play with meta decks from time to time. I want to be clear that I'm not presenting a guide as I've not had success with the deck (unless a 48% winrate at ranks 5-10 can be considered success), but I am interested in a productive discussion on how best to play and build the deck, and after playing 100 games with it around ranks 5-10, I am beginning to form some thoughts about how to best play the deck and am curious how others approach it. Of course, even if one can play it 100% optimally, it's still not going to be a good deck, but I do think it's probably better than its horrid stats would suggest, and obviously the lists are all over the place and quite unrefined. That said, it seems like there's been a fair amount of interest in the card in Miracle Rogue for meme potential, so now that we're a fair ways into the expansion, a discussion of competitive players' experiences with the deck and optimal strategy would be pretty interesting IMO.įirst, I'll say I think it's the hardest deck in the game currently to play optimally (which I will elaborate on as I know that's a strong claim). I don't know how many people in r/CompetitiveHS are playing Tesspionage (Miracle Rogue w/espionage and sometimes Tess) and I know it's not the most competitive deck so maybe this thread doesn't belong here. Quality content includes thorough deck analysis based on extensive and well documented play testing in a competitive environment, in depth card analysis, etc.īefore submitting a thread, ensure your topic or question doesn't belong in one of following threads: Your post must contain quality content that generates discussion. Contributors are expected to read our full list of rules before posting. We aim to maintain a serious atmosphere devoid of jokes, memes and low-effort content. This subreddit is dedicated to creating a place for high level discussion and content for those who wish to better themselves at the game.
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