When the RNG god rings twice, a clear defeat can also be seen in Hearthstone. We have the face of despair here for you!
Blizzard’s card game Hearthstone, despite its popularity, is often criticized. Many players dislike that Hearthstone often relies on random effects that have many different possible outcomes. This “RNG” makes Hearthstone exciting for other players, as it allows seemingly hopeless situations to be turned around with a bit of luck.
Such a situation faced AKAWonder at the DreamHack Winter 2017 tournament. His opponent Davidos had clear control of the game, but only had 6 life points left. Thanks to a strong presence of minions and the lifesteal of some cards, Davidos could have quickly recovered from that.
AKAWonder had to literally put everything on one card, as it was the only one he had in hand. The Pirate Thief. This card costs only 1 mana and generates a random card from the opponent’s class.
Luck is on AKAWonder’s side, as he receives the Cabalist’s Tome. This spell grants the player 3 random Mage spells. As it must happen: Here, too, he draws exactly the one card that secures his victory: Fireball. This causes exactly the 6 necessary damage points and can just barely be played with the remaining mana.
The probability that the Pirate Thief first pulls the Cabalist’s Tome from the hat and that it actually brings forth a Fireball afterward is extremely low.
This play will likely be a prime example for RNG opponents of why Hearthstone cannot be an eSport. Everyone else will likely remember this moment as one of the most exciting and funniest moments of the past tournaments.
Sometimes a picture simply says more than 1000 words. Because the feelings of the defeated Davidos can hardly be better summed up than with this facial expression:
What do you think about this play? Is it good that such things can happen in Hearthstone? Or should RNG effects be completely banned from the game?
