Rarran Ranks All Hearthstone Basic Hero Powers 

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@@joephorbach2656 that goes without saying

“Blessings to you”

You joke, but priest really does ruin my day every time 😭

yeah priest will allways seem worse to people with an anti priest mindset and the other way round (priest main, talking here)

spot on about rogue, but warlock hero power in arena just feels like it doesn't do enough. it sounds ridiculous, but drawing from your deck is just so much worse than generating value, and the way you want to build warlock is usually mostly tempo, unless your card quality is just through the roof. that said, you often end up just tempoing out, tapping away and spending your deck and life total while some clown mage just keeps doing what you're doing with half the resources you're spending. how warlock goes deep in arena is insane card quality and card gen, not tempo/life gain and tapping. the tapping strat worked wonders when power level and discover was lower, but it no longer feels like it works at all, you just wanna get ahead by playing stronger cards not more cards.

@dasdasdiamlasdasdsada9717 Good point. I forget how much discover is in modern arena sometimes. Warlock zoo was a good fallback up until maybe Galakrond era arena.

honestly i heavily disagree on the rogue point. like yes rogue has bad turn 2s but that doesnt change that its a strong hp in a vacuum and it only builds on the hp that it helps fill out the weak curve of the class. Like if you look at it its demon hunter hero power*2. yes its a lower value hp because it costs more to do the same thing twice, but its still really good. then you add that rogue has attack synergies, weapon synergies, kinda weak turn 2, and its like a slightly weaker DH HP. me personally id have put it in low A below hunter and warlock.

Playing Finley in an agroo deck is generally looking for hunters HP first and warlock second imo.

I agree, mage HP is easily S tier

DKs hate this one trick: taunt

@@NergusFlame sure there is always a downside to anything but on average the ghoul has more value and more often than not don’t feel bad ever hero powering as DK

The corpse part is the most relevent. Thats why its S-tier. Without that i'd argue theyre about the same level. Mage might actually be slightly better because it can bypass taunts. Arguing that you can buff dk's hp doesnt matter because you can also buff Mage's hp and Rarran rated them in a vacuum so that part doesnt even matter.

It's just the corpse lol, that's the only reason

It's an undead corpse that dies, which is all stuff that DK actually care about.

I think they changed it specifically because of Odd Shaman, which could handpick, you guessed it, the spell damage totem. It was really strong in Wild at that time from what I remember, so it was one of the rare times where they nerfed or banned sth in Wild.

Nah S tier

You’re high if you think mindspike is a sidegrade

Good point but I'd argue they all provide the classes a base line identity such as hunter closing out games from multiple positions. The dk hero power just has more card synergies than other hps and I can def see how youd say its the top one.

The totems should either be on a rotation, or it should show you which totem you're getting next. Imagine if the Rogue hero power could give you a 0/3, 1/2, or a 2/1 dagger, or the druid hero power could be split like 0/2, 1/1. 2/0. It's a horrible rng fest.

@@Supercris25 yeah rotation seems the best something has to be changed and i like your idea

I just wish they would let us choose from 3 different hero powers for our decks like in duels but on a lower power level obviously

I also really hate that you can't have duplicate totems from your hero power. Like The fact that it literally won't let you make another totem after you get all 4 is so annoying to me.

​@@Baxrillui like it. Means i don't get 2 healing totems, if i have 2 totems on board i know it's a 50/50 for a taunt if i don't already have it

LMAO DINOMANCY I FORGOT

your crazy right? rogues hero power is one of the worst ones id say only better then shaman priest and pally

Preach

You mean the hero power change into 1/1 murlocs right?

@@longbow857 YES THATS THE ONE XD.

@@blanketman6470 Those buggers were so happy when you summoned them. They spawned with a cry of joy.

Daggers would be as good as firblast if i didn't die every time i want to extract value from it

Rarran wasn't doing this in a vacuum for any class tho. He said he did but he was counting the whole package for every class (rogue having bad turn 2s, warlock getting better card draws, shield slam for warrior etc) so your point doesnt make much sense

Imo priest and druid are in d as well

I mean it's hard to fully discount the Corpses for DK even in a vacuum given how core to the class and prominent across most decks the mechanic is, unlike Totems which are literally just used for one archetype (two arguably if you count Evolve), so I really don't think this is a fair one-to-one comparison. Also, you can buff a cheap Charge minion multiple ways in one turn, in large amounts, for burst or removal, while it's a lot harder to do so with a ping that only has very limited ways of dealing more than 1 damage, and rarely if ever more than 2 or 3, so even without taking into account Corpses I don't agree with your assessment.

@@badwulff I was not just talking about Corpses. Your argument is using different cards to buff the charge minion but that's still not in a vacuum. If we are just looking at the hero power and no buffs, synergy, or class mechanics then it's still a slightly worse mage hero power due to to the fact that it can't get past taunts. You can argue all day that you can buff the Ghoul, but if you use that argument then you have to use that with every hero power (mage, paladin, druid, shaman). That's the point of my comment. Sorry you can't read properly.

@@Castoma Why is a hypothetical buff a "different card", and yet a Taunt being hypothetically on board not? You have to define what "in a vacuum" means if you want to do this, and pretending that buff cards don't exist while Taunt minions do and are present on board means you haven't properly done so. To me, "in a vacuum", in this context, is the question: what does pressing the Hero Power do for the Hero? And you can't really answer that question without taking into account the basic characteristics of each Hero Power. If you use the argument that Taunts are obstacles to minions, it means that you're looking at what distinguishes minions from something like the ping - one of the things which distinguishes them is the fact that the minions have an Attack (and Health) value that can be readily buffed, that's quite literally a core part of what makes a minion alongside the fact they must attack Taunt. In other words, a Taunt minion being in the way is a _possible_ disadvantage that's not inherent to the Hero Power itself, but is part and parcel of the fact that a minion is being used to attack. A buff being usable is the exact same thing, except it's an advantage rather than a disadvantage. And yes, you can and should also take into account that sort of very basic element with the other Hero Powers. My only gripe with your presentation was the fact that you didn't do so for DK when comparing it to Mage.

Priest? What are you smoking. It's been a worse armour up because priest decks that had a board were barely a thing until stormwind, when you replace the hero power. And overheal priest has been underwhelming. Imo d tier hero power but maybe rarrans right idk

@@juliandacosta6841 Perhaps I'm misremembering, but from what I can recall, back when I played - that is before Naxxramas, Priest's Hero power was considered very strong in arena, because it helped you trade efficiently, which next to card draw, was the most important aspect of arena gameplay. For the same reason (and of this I am sure) the warrior Hero power was considered by far the worst, because it had 0 influence on the state of the board. Hunter's hero power was the second worst, because it at least helped you finish the game if you ran out of gas

@@janmazur3111 i wasn't judging it on arena, maybe that's the disconnect here. Sorry if i came off as weird

@@juliandacosta6841 I was thinking primarily about the arena, because that's where hero power seems to have the most impact. That being said, I even checked some data and I was still wrong about the priest hero power, even in the early days of HearthStone it was a pretty weak hp, the class was 3rd or 4th worst in arena... So yeah, my memory must have been influenced by my bias towards the class. Though we were thinking about other categories, you were still right. No worries man, I suppose we're all weird here, I appreciate your apology though, cheers

In control priest it is a worse amour up

I like the searing totem

dk hero power gives you a undead minion you can transform into 4/5s and if it dies you get 1 corpse, also infuses and it activates any cards that wants undead minions to die.

Because having a totem be that good compared to the others made for horrible RNG moments

The ghoul can be buffed by things like skeletal sidekick so it can deal more than 1 damage. That said, gaining a corpse should not be underestimated. It can be really impactful.

That is the correct d tier list

they just need to buff the totems, make them 1/2 searing, heal all characters, 0/3 taunt, the buff one is fine

@@nuhrii3449 or they could make it so you dont pay mana each second use