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Welcome to the Hero Power website, we are glad you have found us and we hope to be able to provide you with entertainment or assistance.  We are a weekly Hearthstone: Heroes or Warcraft podcast and we focus on bringing you news and notes as well as an increased knowledge of the game through video play through’s and descriptions of decks you might see in the current meta.  Please have a look around, you can find all of our episodes on this site as well as our audio podcasts on iTunes.  Follow us on Twitter to find out when we go live and if you enjoy what you see and want a chance at some sweet loot each month or to play in the Hero Power Invitational Hearthstone tournament check out our Patreon to help support and improve the show.  If you have any questions about the site, the show, or Hearthstone you can send us an email using the form on the Contact Us page of this site or directly at HeroPowerPodcast@gmail.com.

We record live every Wednesday night at 7:30pm eastern/4:30pm pacific on our Twitch channel, join us!

Thank You for taking the time to check us out, and as always, Good Gaming!

Avanties

Lets go to Vegas! – Hero Power Episode 179

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This week we are excited to welcome Hearthstone Grandmaster Bloodyface to the show, we will be discussing the upcoming Masters Tour Tournament in Las Vegas

During the play portion of the show Bloodyface shows us a conjurer’s calling mage deck with some secret tech.

News and Discussion

  • Introduction: Bloodyface
    • Tell us a bit about yourself (How you’ve been since you were last here.)
    • Discussion: How did it feel to represent NA in the World Championships?
    • Discussion: How has the Grandmasters experience been?
      • Are you happy with how it has been run? If not what do you think Blizzard could do to make it a better experience for the players?
  • Masters Bundle – Available Now!
    • $19.99 US
    • 10 Rise of Shadows and 10 Rastakhan’s Rumble Packs
    • Stolen Thunder Card Back and Thunder King Shaman Hero!
    • Portion of purchase goes to Master Tour Tournament Prizing, up to $250,000 US per Tournament ($750,000 Total)
  • Masters Tour Vegas: June 14-16
    • Event to be streamed in 5 Languages
    • Over 350 Players
    • 12 rounds of Swiss (7 rounds on day 1, Players with 4 or more wins will play through 5 more rounds on day 2.)  Top 8 will play on Day 3.
    • $250,000 US Prize Pool
    • Discussion: Are you excited for Masters Tour Vegas?
      • What class/archetype do you expect to see the most
    • Are you going to Vegas for the Masters Tour?  Here are the official hangouts with other fans:
      • Poolside Gathering, Thursday Night 6/13 7pm-11pm at the LINQ Pool
      • Day 3 Watch Party Sunday 6/16 12pm-5pm at The Book inside the LINQ
  • Dalaran Heist Chapter 5 – Kirin Tor Citadel
    • Final Chapter of Solo Content for Rise of Shadows
    • Twist: 12 Total Bosses
    • Completing 5 Normal Bosses grants 3 Rise of Shadows Packs
    • Completing Normal Mode grants a Golden Classic Pack!
    • Discussion: How has everyone been enjoying the Solo Content?
    • Discussion: Overall impressions of the Solo Content for Rise of Shadows?

Decklist:
Elemental Evocation x 2
Magic Trick x 2
Mirror Image x 2
Ray of Frost x 2
Khadgar x 1
Mana Cyclone x 2
Sorcerer's Apprentice x 2
Arcane Intellect x 2
Banana Buffoon x 2
Conjurer's Calling x 2
Frost Nova x 2
[SN1P-SN4P] x 1
Stargazer Luna x 1
Sandbinder x 1
Zilliax x 1
Archmage Antonidas x 1
Sea Giant x 2
Mountain Giant x 2

If you would like to build this deck in Hearthstone you can copy the following string of code to your clipboard and then open My Collection and select New Deck, you will then be prompted if you wish to create the deck saved to your clipboard, just click yes.
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If you have any questions about this deck or questions about Hearthstone in general you can email us at: HeroPowerPodcast@gmail.com or use the Contact Us form on this site and we will answer them on the next show.

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Hearthpwn’d? Hero Power Episode 178

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This week Avanties and Zerotio reminisce about the Hearthpwn website and the recent announcement of its closure. They also discuss the recent grandmasters play and the start of the Rise of the Mech event.

During the play portion Mattatarms gives us a Murloc Aggro deck from the China Gold Series.

News and Discussion

Decklist:
[Zap] x 2
Lightning Bolt x 2
Murloc Tidecaller x 2
Sludge Slurper x 2
Voltaic Burst x 2
Bluegill Warrior x 2
Earthen Might x 1
Likkim x 2
Rockbiter Weapon x 2
Underbelly Angler x 2
Electra Stormsurge x 1
Haunting Visions x 1
Lava Burst x 2
Murloc Warleader x 1
Spirit of the Frog x 2
Thunderhead x 2
Doomhammer x 2

If you would like to build this deck in Hearthstone you can copy the following string of code to your clipboard and then open My Collection and select New Deck, you will then be prompted if you wish to create the deck saved to your clipboard, just click yes.
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If you have any questions about this deck or questions about Hearthstone in general you can email us at: HeroPowerPodcast@gmail.com or use the Contact Us form on this site and we will answer them on the next show.

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SN1P-SN4P gets the Clamps! – Hero Power Episode 177

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This week Avanties and Zerotio discuss the recently announced and implemented balance changes as well as the upcoming buffs. Also a new card is making waves in the community before it has even dropped.

During the play portion of the show we check out a really fun Heal Druid deck from G2Thijs.

News and Discussion

  • Balanced Changes announced 5/20, went into effect 5/22
    • EVIL Miscreant from 1/5 to 1/4
    • Raiding Party from 3 Mana to 4 Mana
    • Preparation from reducing Spell Mana cost by (3) Mana to reducing by (2) Mana
    • Archivist Elysiana from 8 Mana to 9 Mana
  • Behold the Rise of The Mech! Event starting June 3rd
    • New Card: SN1P-SN4P
      • Will be considered as part of Boomsday Project, for rotation
      • Hearthstone and THL Community Member Hockeyboyz found an OTK combo using Coppertail Imposter, SN1P-SN4P and Reckless Experimenter.
        • This prompted a Reddit Response from Community Manager Chris Attalus, which announced a change to Reckless Experimenter. Text Addition: “(Cost can’t be reduced below 1.)”
  • Arena will now contain the following sets:
    • Classic
    • Basic
    • Goblins vs. Gnomes
    • The Grand Tournament
    • Karazhan
    • The Boomsday Project
    • Rise of Shadows
  • Improvements to the following Boomsday Class Cards (Buffs):
    • Druid: Gloop Sprayer from 8 Mana to 7 Mana
    • Druid: Mulchmunker from 10 Mana to 9 Mana
    • Hunter: Necromechanic from 5 Mana to 4 Mana
    • Hunter: Flark’s Boom-Zooka from 8 Mana to 7 Mana
    • Mage: Unexpected results from 4 Mana to 3 Mana
    • Mage: Luna’s Pocket Galaxy from 7 Mana to 5 Mana
    • Paladin: Crystology from 2 Mana to 1 Mana
    • Glowstone Technician from 6 Mana to 5 Mana
    • Priest: Extra Arms from 3 Mana to 2 Mana
    • Priest: Cloning Device from 2 Mana to 1 Mana
    • Rogue: Pogo-Hopper from 2 Mana to 1 Mana
    • Violet Haze from 3 Mana to 2 Mana
    • Shaman: The Storm Bringer from 7 Mana to 6 Mana
    • Shaman: Thunderhead from 3/5 to 3/6
    • Warlock: Spirit Bomb from 2 Mana to 1 Mana
    • Warlock: Dr Morrigan from 8 Mana to 6 Mana
    • Warrior: Security Rover from 2/5 to 2/6
    • Warrior: Beryllium Nullifier from 3/8 to 4/8
  • Discussion: Are Buffs a “Good Thing” for the game? Doe it set a good or bad precedence? Do we like Events like this?

Decklist:
Crystal Power x 2
Bloodmage Thalnos x 1
Keeper Stalladris x 1
Wild Pyromancer x 1
Wrath x 1
Ferocious Howl x 2
Healing Touch x 1
Mind Control Tech x 1
Witching Hour x 2
Archmage Vargoth x 1
Flobbidinous Floop x 1
Juicy Psychmelon x 1
Predatory Instincts x 2
Swipe x 2
Faceless Manipulator x 2
Starfall x 1
[Witchwood Grizzley] x 2
Zilliax x 2
Ancient of Lore x 2
Gloop Sprayer x 1
Lucentbark x 1

If you would like to build this deck in Hearthstone you can copy the following string of code to your clipboard and then open My Collection and select New Deck, you will then be prompted if you wish to create the deck saved to your clipboard, just click yes.
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If you have any questions about this deck or questions about Hearthstone in general you can email us at: HeroPowerPodcast@gmail.com or use the Contact Us form on this site and we will answer them on the next show.

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We hope you like warrior mirrors! – Hero Power Episode 176

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This week Avanties rolls solo while discussing the solo content. He also takes a look at a breakdown of classes brought by the Grandmasters in Week 1 and a recent announcement of Improvements coming to Masters Qualifiers.

During the play portion Avanties checks out the new Zayle, Shadow Cloak deck recipe card.

News and Discussion

  • Grandmasters Week 1
    • 25 Warriors, 12 Rogues, 8 Mages, 3 Hunters
    • NA and EU brought warrior….lots and lots of bomb warrior
    • APAC most diverse
      • Languagehacker Casting! (he was awesome)
    • Did you watch? Will you still watch?
  • Improvements to Masters Qualifiers
    • Each Qualifier will now send 2 invites to their Masters Tour Event
      • First & Second Place
    • Introducing Single Elimination Tournaments mixed in with the Swiss Tournaments to try to improve the length of time each one takes.
      • Single Elimination Events will be on Saturday & Sunday
    • Players that have made top 8 6 times will get an invite to Masters Tour Event.
      • Retroactive to the start of Masters Qualifiers (24 new players met that qualification)
    • Listening to concerns about Specialist Format, Format will be revisited after Vegas Tour Event.
  • Dalaran Heist is live!
    • Chapters 1 & 2 are live along with Mage, Shaman, Hunter for those who have purchased.
    • Chapter 3 goes live next Thursday.  
    • New feature introduced with the newest patch, When you disconnect, close the app, or crash from Single Player content, you will connect right from where you left off
    • Impressions, Thoughts, is it worth the $20? (yes, duh)
  • Tavern Brawl, Cloneball
    • The legends of Azeroth are playing Cloneball! Your team is random legends, each cloned four times! Go get ’em champ!

If you have any questions about this deck or questions about Hearthstone in general you can email us at: HeroPowerPodcast@gmail.com or use the Contact Us form on this site and we will answer them on the next show.

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Happy Cinco de Boomsday! – Episode 175

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This week it is a light news week so we talk about the recent Hall of Heroes tournament and the potential release date of Rise of Shadows solo content.

During the play portion we check out the new MechHunter decklist on ladder.

News and Discussion

  • Rise of Shadows Solo Content Release Announcement set for May 9th
  • Hall of Heroes Invitational Tournament, sponsored by Progressive
    • Specialist Format (2 Group Round Robin)
    • Very Heavy Rogue Contingent
    • Top 4: RayC (Warrior), Firebat (Rogue), RDU (Rogue) and Zalae (Rogue)
    • Finals: Zalae def Firebat 3-0
      • RDU def RayC 3-0, for 3rd place
  • Tavern Brawl: Showdown at Blackrock Mountain
    • The two epic bosses of Blackrock Mountain are settling things once and for all… with your help!

Decklist:
Mecharoo x 2
Acidic Swamp Ooze x 1
Bomb Toss x 2
Dire Wolf Alpha x 2
Fireworks Tech x 2
Galvanizer x 2
Venomizer x 2
Spider Bomb x 2
Unleash the Hounds x 2
Ursatron x 2
Explodinator x 2
Replicating Menace x 2
Leeroy Jenkins x 1
Wargear x 2
Zilliax x 1
Missile Launcher x 2
Boommaster Flark x 1

If you would like to build this deck in Hearthstone you can copy the following string of code to your clipboard and then open My Collection and select New Deck, you will then be prompted if you wish to create the deck saved to your clipboard, just click yes.
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If you have any questions about this deck or questions about Hearthstone in general you can email us at: HeroPowerPodcast@gmail.com or use the Contact Us form on this site and we will answer them on the next show.

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