Simon Welch

retired Sottle's finger hovers over the 'delete from Standard forever' button in this week's column.

Gul'dan's Game Long considered almost unassailable as a top tier class, Warlock lately finds itself in the dumpster.

Cratered Sottle examines why the new mechanic seems to have failed, but also argues we shouldn't be worried.

Time Warping Sottle picks his sleeper hits from the dinosaur-flavoured expansion which arrives later this week.

Meteoric Whether this set succeeds or fails will have a huge impact on the coming Standard meta.

Blame Game With Standard set to rotate with the next set, Sottle ponders the community’s unhappiness with the Shamanstone era.

THREESOMES ESL’s team-based tournament is the best thing to happen to the competitive scene in ages.

Godly Sottle rounds up the most memorable moments of the year, and then Yogg deletes his work and makes him start again.

Speed Kills According to Simon “Sottle” Welch’s analysis the meta isn’t about to slow drastically.

Divine Intervention We asked you to make Anduin great again, thousands answered.

Holy Crap Just how bad is the worst class in the game, and what’s to be done about it?

NEW META Sottle analyses the state of the new Standard format.

RIP BGH Simon “Sottle” Welch looks at each of the forthcoming card changes and evaluates the likely impact.

Simon”Sottle” Welch on why arguing about big upsets is missing the point

"Mistakes were made."

smorc special Playing fast doesn’t have to make you feel icky.

OPINION Our Grim Patron-loving expert is furious, and wants you to know why.

Simon ‘Sottle’ Welch gives us a look at the best ways to track your Hearthstone decks during a game.