How does spell damage interact with secrets? The damage number on my explosive trap card goes up when it is in my hand, but when I've played it the secret still says 2 damage.

EDIT: Now it activated, and it did 3 damage! The minion with +1 spell damage was still in play, so I guess my replacement question is: When is the damage added? When you play the card or when the secret activates?

EDIT2: I did it again, and this time I think I played the spell damage minion after the secret, so I think what matters is if it is in play when the secret activates. Can anyone confirm this?

JackDragon

525 Posts

January 05 2014 12:11 GMT

#1042

when the secret is activated, so you need the +1 minion in play to benefit from it

Cluster

Sweden125 Posts

January 05 2014 12:36 GMT

#1043

Great. It really should say on the secret popup info though, that it currently benefits from increased spell damage.

hariooo

Canada2830 Posts

January 05 2014 13:18 GMT

#1044

On January 03 2014 07:57 Celestia wrote:
I'm finding rude and sarcastic when a Mage or a Warlock says Hi after summoning a Mana Wyrm or a Flame Imp. Are they taunting or am I being to sensitive?

oh my god imagine how you would feel if they allowed people to chat normally.

JackDragon

525 Posts

January 05 2014 13:47 GMT

#1045

On January 05 2014 21:36 Cluster wrote:
Great. It really should say on the secret popup info though, that it currently benefits from increased spell damage.

I agree, and there is a lot of things that should be on the cards but isn't. They have said that they don't want to write to much on each card so they don't mind people testing these things out for themselves.

tomnov

Israel148 Posts

January 05 2014 14:07 GMT

#1046

do spells that don't have the amount of damage set on the card (holy wrath, savagery, blade flurry, shadowflame) benefit from +spell damage?

JackDragon

525 Posts

January 05 2014 14:33 GMT

#1047

On January 05 2014 23:07 tomnov wrote:
do spells that don't have the amount of damage set on the card (holy wrath, savagery, blade flurry, shadowflame) benefit from +spell damage?

Yes they do

Amestir

Netherlands2126 Posts

January 05 2014 15:14 GMT

#1048

Tbh spell power is still the most confusing mechanic in Hearthstone.

virtu333

United States56 Posts

January 05 2014 15:22 GMT

#1049

Some quick questions:

-Thoughts on fan of knives vs. blade flurry for rogue?
-Black knight vs. tink; I can't decide what to run in some of my midrange decks like rogue. Thoughts?
-Do you guys actually like loot hoarder? Can't tell if I'd rather run argent squires or something

57 Corvette

Canada5941 Posts

January 05 2014 17:08 GMT

#1050

Golden Mountain Giant. I have 1 non-golden, and don't use either in any of my decks. Should I DE the golden one?

JackDragon

525 Posts

January 05 2014 18:08 GMT

#1051

On January 06 2014 00:14 Amestir wrote:
Tbh spell power is still the most confusing mechanic in Hearthstone.

How so?

Skilledblob

Germany3392 Posts

January 05 2014 18:41 GMT

#1052

On January 06 2014 00:22 virtu333 wrote:
Some quick questions:

-Thoughts on fan of knives vs. blade flurry for rogue?
-Black knight vs. tink; I can't decide what to run in some of my midrange decks like rogue. Thoughts?
-Do you guys actually like loot hoarder? Can't tell if I'd rather run argent squires or something

i prefer blade flurry because I got all rogue weapons in my deck. It's great removal and deals damage to every character so with poison and assasinsblade that means 5 dmg to everything which is pretty neat.

if I had to choose I'd go for the Black Knight simply because it seems to be the more stable card to me

loot hoarder is good and arguable better then the 1/2 card draw creature because a loot hoarder will allow you to kill 3/2 drops.

Alaric

France45622 Posts

January 05 2014 18:47 GMT

#1053

8 mana and 3 cards to deal 5 damage to the board, or without poison 7 mana and 2 cards to deal 3 damage to the board... it's not that effective I'd say, although you can hit several times with the blade, or actually use it turns 6 provided you don't get your weapon destroyed, contrary to stuff like Flamestrike. It's still 2 cards though, and since I wouldn't put 2 assassin's blades in my deck and you often use your poisons pretty early, it sounds super situational.

Fan of knives is weak without spell power, but since you can combine it with stuff like betrayal or backstab it helps to snipe some minions. Its main draw is the cantrip though, in my eyes.

mordek

United States12705 Posts

January 05 2014 20:10 GMT

#1054

Berserker is 5/6. Opponent plays Aldor Peacekeeper on it. Will he gain attack the next time he takes damage? I found out last night this is not the case for Humility

trinxified

Canada7774 Posts

January 05 2014 20:21 GMT

#1055

On January 06 2014 05:10 mordek wrote:
Berserker is 5/6. Opponent plays Aldor Peacekeeper on it. Will he gain attack the next time he takes damage? I found out last night this is not the case for Humility

yes, same with anything else. you can buff on top of it, just that you start at 1 attack.

HolyArrow

United States7116 Posts

January 05 2014 20:45 GMT

#1056

Should I craft Tinkmaster or Black Knight? I feel like Tinkmaster is overall more versatile, but BK seems more consistently good.

Unleashing

Denmark14978 Posts

January 05 2014 21:05 GMT

#1057

On January 06 2014 05:45 HolyArrow wrote:
Should I craft Tinkmaster or Black Knight? I feel like Tinkmaster is overall more versatile, but BK seems more consistently good.

Depends on what class you tend to run, a class without good hard removal(Druids who are limited to bad removal like naturalize)? Tinkmaster.
A class with decent hard removal(Hex and polymorph for example for shaman and mage)? Black Knight.
Overall i prefer tinkmaster because of how he handles stuff like sylvanas and tirion without triggering their effects.

HolyArrow

United States7116 Posts

January 05 2014 21:07 GMT

#1058

On January 06 2014 06:05 Unleashing wrote:

Show nested quote +

I enjoy all the classes. Right now I'm running Druid, Shaman, Rogue, and Mage decks on ladder.

mordek

United States12705 Posts

January 05 2014 21:34 GMT

#1059

On January 06 2014 05:21 trinxified wrote:

Show nested quote +

yes, same with anything else. you can buff on top of it, just that you start at 1 attack.

Except it doesn't work after Humility so I'm not sure why you would say "same as anything else".

Gotuso

Netherlands733 Posts

January 05 2014 22:28 GMT

#1060

On January 06 2014 02:08 57 Corvette wrote:
Golden Mountain Giant. I have 1 non-golden, and don't use either in any of my decks. Should I DE the golden one?

Only if you need the dust. Even if you never use it, eventually you will get all the normal cards and the only thing to aquire are the golden versions. Ofcourse this can take a while and if you don't care about gold cards/don't play them then why not DE right? Because you can DE them whenever you want to. The amount of dust doesn't lower so a golden Mountain Giant is simply 400 dust in storage. You can see it as a bankaccount; there's no point in withdrawing your money if your not going to spent it (this is a bit flawed but you get the idea).