By the way, facing a Maw / IK / Mercy / Sheggra team right now. I got a couple of Anariel casts off in the early back and forth and then used Ysabelle on Khorvash, killing Maw.
The enemy gets a lucky drop for an extra turn and casts Sheggra. Ouch. Then Infernal King. Double ouch. Overall, he got like 5 extra turns, all with skulls and I took well over 100 damage (before factoring in Khorvash’ stone skin of course).
My next turn starts with Khorvash at 0 Armor but 55 life, and mana full.
Thank for suggesting this team. I just tried it out & it works as promised. Makes a nice change.
Went up against a Manticore/Manticore/Bone Dragon team & the Manticore killed my Korvash early on. Then the Valk, too. Next team had a Death on it & the death mark killed Korvash and Valk on its first cast.
Manticore x2 + Deep Borer + Bone Dragon = a gigantic pain. Not just because the team is intimidating, which it is, but because its popping up as much as we used to see Goblins. I skip them if I’m paying attention (unless the #2 team is almost as bad). Not worth it after the first hundred times.
I won’t lie, I tried the Manti/Manti/DB/BD team on defense last week on console when I saw someone mention it, and it was fine at first. After a few days it dropped below 20% win ratio real fast. It’s just so easy to fake out both manties then dominate the team
I’m agreeing with @Mekkalyn and @Shimrra here. Manticore is still a problem as it’s so cheap. I also think Bone Dragon’s spell should cost a bit more - it’s about the best attack in the late game, and only costs 14 mana.
Use stealthy troops. Rakshanin has fast for a turn one fill, and uses browns against them. I also like Sylvasi since he is the only stealthy generator, and keeps Manticore’s attack at bay with steal.
Sylvasi
Sylvasi
Skeleton
Rakshanin
I’ve also seen a Spirit fox and Mist Stalker combo popping up a lot recently.
My Whitehelm team works okay against BD because if I get Mercy off first turn, I can charge and buff Paladin before the enemy gets a turn. Even without match-4 heroics, I can get Paladin to one-shot BD before he casts about 90% of the time
The other thing about the way this team buffs is that it helps against slow-drain Horsemen teams. Even if they suck your magic down to nothing, Ysabelle is buffing attack so you’re not dead in the water.