New Curse of Naxxramas Card Revealed – Loatheb
by JR Cook - 10 years ago show comments
A day after the great unveiling of the release date of Curse of Naxxramas, the Hearthstone Twitter account provided another gift in the way of a brand-new card. Loatheb, as seen below, is a neutral Legendary that should have an immediate effect on the current metagame.
In World of Warcraft, Loatheb is the final boss found in the Plague Quarter. Here’s some flavor from the game to give you a bit of background:
The hideous result of fusing the living plague of the Plaguelands with the bog beasts of Azeroth, Loatheb is said to control the power of healing itself.
Early impressions seem rather positive that this ought to help shut down some of the power of Miracle Rogue and Freeze Mage, as noted by my excited colleagues below. What do you think?
Oh my god, RIP in pepperoni Miracle Rogue. Based Loatheb is coming to save us. pic.twitter.com/62L8ShjtoC
— ZenStyle (@RobertAWing) July 18, 2014
Yessss. New Loatheb card is going to kick Freeze Mages and Miracle Rogues right in the teeth. I love it.
— OdinnTV (@lackofrealism) July 18, 2014
5 for 5/5 with an awesome ability that counters hard removal and messes with tempo? When would anyone NOT use this card?
5 for 5/5 with an awesome ability that counters hard removal and messes with tempo? When would anyone NOT use this card?
New shaman ‘reincarnate’ next turn: Stall again for 2 mana!! Or even a brewmaster. The mysterious Kel’Thuzad, if he exists, or the mage secret ‘duplicate’ could also make things difficult for our miraculous opponents :).
I like it: Blizzard stated several times that they don’t want decks that prevent interaction, but two of our strongest decks now do exactly that. Now we get a card to counter these decks, well done Blizzard!
Question: What happens if you play both Loatheb and Millhouse Manastorm?!? Every spell costs 5 mana then, or nothing?
Well, correction.. since it is a battlecry, neither Ancestral Healing nor Reincarnate or Kel’Thuzad will do the job, sadly. Still, well done Blizzard, let’s see whether this stops the miracles! And yes, what about Millhouse?
I’m guessing the sequence you play them matters in that case. If you play Millhouse second, spells will be free, and vice versa.
You’ve got questions; we’ve got answers!
http://hearthstone.blizzpro.com/2014/07/21/maximizing-loatheb-combos/
New shaman ‘reincarnate’ next turn: Stall again for 2 mana!! Or even a brewmaster. The mysterious Kel’Thuzad, if he exists, or the mage secret ‘duplicate’ could also make things difficult for our miraculous opponents :).
I like it: Blizzard stated several times that they don’t want decks that prevent interaction, but two of our strongest decks now do exactly that. Now we get a card to counter these decks, well done Blizzard!
Question: What happens if you play both Loatheb and Millhouse Manastorm?!? Every spell costs 5 mana then, or nothing?
Well, correction.. since it is a battlecry, neither Ancestral Healing nor Reincarnate or Kel’Thuzad will do the job, sadly. Still, well done Blizzard, let’s see whether this stops the miracles! And yes, what about Millhouse?
I’m guessing the sequence you play them matters in that case. If you play Millhouse second, spells will be free, and vice versa.
You’ve got questions; we’ve got answers!
http://hearthstone.blizzpro.com/2014/07/21/maximizing-loatheb-combos/
wtf. there is no counter to the results and its MASSIVE. It should be a 1/1 for 5 mana with that battlecry. Every single deck will use this, its a free round when played on turn 5 or earlier.
wtf. there is no counter to the results and its MASSIVE. It should be a 1/1 for 5 mana with that battlecry. Every single deck will use this, its a free round when played on turn 5 or earlier.