Simon Welch
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Which cards should be exiled to Hearthstone's Hall of Fame next?
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retired Sottle's finger hovers over the 'delete from Standard forever' button in this week's column.
Does it matter that Hearthstone’s Warlock class sucks right now?
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Gul'dan's Game Long considered almost unassailable as a top tier class, Warlock lately finds itself in the dumpster.
Why have Hearthstone’s new Quest cards mostly missed the mark?
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Cratered Sottle examines why the new mechanic seems to have failed, but also argues we shouldn't be worried.
5 cards from Hearthstone’s Journey to Un’Goro that might end up being broken
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Time Warping Sottle picks his sleeper hits from the dinosaur-flavoured expansion which arrives later this week.
Why Journey to Un'Goro will be Hearthstone's most important expansion yet
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Meteoric Whether this set succeeds or fails will have a huge impact on the coming Standard meta.
Is this really the worst Hearthstone meta we’ve ever had?
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Blame Game With Standard set to rotate with the next set, Sottle ponders the community’s unhappiness with the Shamanstone era.
Why you should be watching Hearthstone’s Trinity Series
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THREESOMES ESL’s team-based tournament is the best thing to happen to the competitive scene in ages.
Why Hearthstone in 2016 was actually pretty great (despite all the Shaman)
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Godly Sottle rounds up the most memorable moments of the year, and then Yogg deletes his work and makes him start again.
Is Mean Streets of Gadgetzan going to be Hearthstone’s first anti-aggro expansion?
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Speed Kills According to Simon “Sottle” Welch’s analysis the meta isn’t about to slow drastically.
Hearthstone: The 25 best legendary cards
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Crafty Refreshed by our experts to include One Night in Karazhan.
Here are the results of our Hearthstone Priest card design competition
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Divine Intervention We asked you to make Anduin great again, thousands answered.
Sottle on the state of Priest in Hearthstone
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Holy Crap Just how bad is the worst class in the game, and what’s to be done about it?
7 things we learned from the first week of Hearthstone’s Whispers of the Old God expansion
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NEW META Sottle analyses the state of the new Standard format.
Playable or not? Analysing the latest Hearthstone nerfs in detail
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RIP BGH Simon “Sottle” Welch looks at each of the forthcoming card changes and evaluates the likely impact.
What the Winter Prelims said about Hearthstone's future as an esport
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Simon”Sottle” Welch on why arguing about big upsets is missing the point
In defence of aggro in Hearthstone
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smorc special Playing fast doesn’t have to make you feel icky.
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