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r/ArenaHS•
brandymon

So, apparently Stonehill Defender is disgustingly good in Paladin.

12 wins

So, I got my third ever 12-win run today with a disgusting Paladin deck (Truesilver Champion + 2xSpikeridged Steed + 2xConsecration + Grimestreet Protector feelsgoodman). Of course, thanks must go to u/adwcta and u/Merps4248 without whom this run wouldn't have gone as far as it did. When I was drafting this deck, I was surprised to see Stonehill Defender rated 120; after the run, I'm surprised it isn't rated higher. Paladin has 4 class taunts which are horrifically good arena cards (Grimestreet Protector, Tirion, Sunkeeper Tarim, and Wickerflame Burnbristle), and only once was I not offered one of these four. Having done the maths, I may have gone on a lucky streak (I believe it's ~65% to be offered one of these four taunts), but even so, the self-replacing 1/4 body makes a great target for buff spells.

Anyone else had much chance to play with Stonehill Defender in Paladin? Am I just high from my 12-win run, or is the card that good?

Posted Apr 8, 2017, 11:34 PM UTC

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Camplify•

I think the card is great in every class. There are plenty of good neutral taunts to discover.

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lagerbaer•

True, but only in paladin is basically every legendary a raging taunt.

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TachiiNA•

It's definitely the best in paladin, able to pull Tirion, Grimestreet Protector, and the new legendary rather consistently. I'm not sure where you got the 65% from, isn't class cards more likely to be discovered as well?

I don't really consider the wickerflame that good of a card tho. I remember taking a Faceless shambler over it. And this is another topic, but faceless shambler is ridiculous for Paladins now too lol. When it goes off with Dinosize or any buffs it's crazy!

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Tarrot469•

There are 40 neutral taunts in the game + 4 Pally taunts. The neutrals count for 40 points, and each pally taunt counts for 4, so 56 total points. The chance to discover a Pally taunt is 1-[(403938)/(565554)]=~66.4%.

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DSMidna#24 EU Leaderboard•

Yes, class cards get a huge bonus on discover effects (they are about three times as likely I think). I assume OP calculated 65% by factoring all neutral taunts vs paladin class taunts.

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ArielScync•

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pvhy•

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Tarrot469•

I called it being broken in Paladin/Shaman cause of a ~20% chance to pull one of the OP taunts in each class. They said they didn't have time to fix the score on Primalist and Stonehill for each class and that'd be in the next update.

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SomeAnonymousUser•

Just went 12-1 with paladin too, with a similar deck as OP.

Just wanted to add that Stonehill defender is insane to drop at 3, especially since there are way less 3 mana 4/3s around

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FluffyBunbunKittens•

Based on my Paladin opponents, seems it gives Tirion 100% of time.

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