One of the worst cards in Hearthstone is now the centerpiece of a devastating combo. A Peasant for only 1 mana can defeat you instantly.
Throughout the history of Hearthstone, there have always been clever players who have found so-called “One-Turn-Kill Combos” (OTKs). These are card combinations that can defeat the opponent within a single turn, without giving them a chance to respond. On one hand, these OTKs are interesting; on the other hand, they can be a balance problem and make games boring.
A new combo emerged yesterday after the release of the “Darkmoon Races” mini-expansion with 35 new cards. The Priest card Hysteria suddenly makes a small Peasant very powerful.
This is how the combo works: The combo essentially requires four different cards, which are only available to the Priest. The combo is only available in “Wild” mode, where almost all cards from various expansions can be played. You need:
- Pitiful Peasant
- Shrink Ray
- Deathrattle Summoner
- Hysteria
First, you play “Pitiful Peasant” and then reduce its attack power with the Shrink Ray. Next, give the Peasant immunity with the Deathrattle Summoner to then apply Hysteria to it as the final step.
What happens next? Hysteria causes “Pitiful Peasant” to attack other minions until he is defeated. However, since he is immune, he cannot die. At the same time, the Peasant has 0 attack power, as he was debuffed by the Shrink Ray with -3 attack. This means that the Peasant’s targets can never die, as they take no damage from him.
The catch is that the Peasant deals 2 damage to the enemy hero every time he attacks. This gradually reduces the enemy hero’s health points without any chance for retaliation.
How this works is demonstrated by the streamer MarkMcKz:
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The combo is capped at 30 attacks, by the way. After that, the Peasant stops attacking further targets. By that time, however, he has already dealt 60 damage, which likely led to the death of the enemy hero in most cases.
Another side effect of this combo is the extremely long animation. If the opponent does not die from the combo itself, they could completely miss their turn. Because the animations take so long, they can even extend into the opponent’s turn, thus “stealing” their playtime.
Is Blizzard doing anything about it? Not yet. However, it can be expected that at least one of the cards will be adjusted soon, as this combo is currently flooding the wild game mode. A possible solution would be to change “Pitiful Peasant” so that he only deals damage to the enemy hero if his attack actually deals damage. This would nip this combo in the bud without overly restricting the functionality of the affected cards.
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Pitiful Peasant rather unpopular: “Pitiful Peasant” comes from the “Knights of the Frozen Throne” expansion and was rather unpopular there. Aside from some Rush decks, the card saw little use, as it is too easy to kill and often cannot even make a single attack. Now the Peasant is making a comeback in Wild mode and is already generating many memes in the Hearthstone subreddit.
What do you think about this new combo? Cool that something like this is possible? Or should such combos be removed immediately?
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