The Lightforge Podcast: A Hearthstone Arena & Battlegrounds Podcast

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The Lightforge is a weekly podcast that digs deep into the Hearthstone Arena and Battlegrounds meta to help YOU grab that 12-Win Lightforge Key and become the Last Hero Standing. Hearthstone is always changing, and the Lightforge is the best podcast for staying on top of the game. Co-hosts ADWCTA and Merps are infinite Arena players since beta, averaging ~7.5 wins/run in the Arena with all classes played evenly, and Top200 Battlegrounds Leaderboard players. They are also creators of the Lightforge Arena Tier List and stream at twitch.tv/GrinningGoat.

Grinning Goat (ADWCTA & Merps)


    • May 23, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 24m AVG DURATION
    • 209 EPISODES

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    Lightforge - Ep392 - "The Last One"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023


    Lightforge - Ep391 - "DADWCTA"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2023


    ADWCTA & Merps talk arena...and being a new father.

    Lightforge - Ep390 - "Festival Week 1"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023


    ADWCTA discusses the first week meta.

    Lightforge - Ep389 - "Festival of Legends Review" (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023


    ADWCTA and Merps review the latest expansion.

    Lightforge - Ep389 - "Festival of Legends Review" (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the latest expansion.

    Lightforge - Ep389 - "Festival of Legends Review" (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2023


    ADWCTA & Merps review the newest expansion.

    Lightforge - Ep388 - "Past and Future"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss why they love Arena and what they hope to see in the future.

    Lightforge - Ep387 - "Year of the Puppy"

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023


    ADWCTA and Merps preview the upcoming expansion mechanics.

    Lightforge - Ep386 - "Witch Woodstock"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2023 67:25


    ADWCTA and Merps discuss the upcoming expansion.

    Lightforge - Ep385 - "Incremental Advantages"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss ways to gain incremental advantages in this crazy meta.

    Lightforge - Ep384 - "More Leaderboards"

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2023


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the newer updated leaderboards.

    Lightforge - Ep383 - "Live Leaderboards"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023 52:54


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the flawed live Arena leaderboards.

    Lightforge - Ep382 - "Swing Swing"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2023 102:08


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the Naxx meta and the wild swings that happen every game.

    Lightforge - Ep381 - "Chill Meta"

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023 49:34


    Sorry for the late upload! This was from 2 weeks ago.

    Lightforge - Ep380 - "Looking Better"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2023 37:08


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new Horror-less meta.

    Lightforge - Ep379 - "The Horror"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 51:17


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the still present DK problem and Malignant Horror.

    Lightforge - Ep378 - "2022 Retrospective"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 43:04


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss Arena in 2022 and look forward to 2023.

    Lightforge - Ep377 - "The Arena Scourge"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the Death Knight issue and break down the rune system.

    Lightforge - Ep376 - "The Death Knight Problem"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the overwhelming win rates for Death Knights.

    Lightforge - Ep375 - "March of the Lich King Review" (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 82:20


    ADWCTA solo reviews the MotLK expansion, second part of class cards.

    Lightforge - Ep375 - "March of the Lich King Review" (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 69:23


    ADWCTA solo reviews the MotLK expansion, first section of class cards.

    Lightforge - Ep375 - "March of the Lich King Review" (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 112:41


    ADWCTA solo reviews the MotLK expansion neutral cards.

    Lightforge - Ep374 - "Death Knight Review"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2022


    ADWCTA & Merps review the newest class for Hearthstone.

    Lightforge - Ep373 - "Long Live the Lich King"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2022 71:17


    ADWCTA & Merps preview the new mechanics and talk about the Arena update.

    Lightforge - Ep372 - "Not So Dual Class Arena"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 54:33


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new "dual" class arena event.

    Lightforge - Ep371 - "Baseless Speculation"

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2022 49:22


    Lightforge - Ep370 - "The Mulligan"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2022 67:17


    ADWCTA & Merps talk about optimal mulligan strategies.

    Lightforge - Ep369 - "Criminal Imp-Tent"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022 68:27


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the meta and mulligans.

    Lightforge - Ep368 - "Special Meta Unit"

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022 45:13


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the latest changes and why the meta needs a bigger change.

    Lightforge - Ep367 - "Maw and Disorder"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 147:07


    ADWCTA & Merps review the newest mini set Maw and Disorder.

    Lightforge - Ep366 - "Subtle, Small Changes"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the updates (really not much updates) to Arena.

    Lightforge - Ep365 - "Murmy of the Heart"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2022 50:23


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss Murmy and Stoneborn General.

    Lightforge - Ep364 - "Arena Hijinks"

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 41:57


    ADWCTA & Merps go meta on the meta.

    Lightforge - Ep363 - "Pay2Win"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 86:06


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the P2W BG changes.

    Lightforge - Ep362 - "The Modern AGE"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 51:54


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the recent changes to the meta.

    Lightforge - Ep361 - "Week One Meh-Ta"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022 86:41


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new expansion meta.

    Lightforge - Ep360 - "Location Location Location"

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2022 45:08


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the Nathria meta and the problem with Mages and Hunters.

    Lightforge - Ep359 - "Murder at Castle Nathria Review" (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022


    ADWCTA & Merps review the last 5 classes for Nathria!

    Lightforge - Ep359 - "Murder at Castle Nathria Review" (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022


    ADWCTA & Merps review the first half of the class cards for the new expansion!

    Lightforge - Ep359 - "Murder at Castle Nathria Review" (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2022


    ADWCTA & Merps review the neutral cards for Murder at Castle Nathria!

    Lightforge - Ep358 - "Infuse"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2022 36:55


    Sorry, this is a late upload! This is from 7/10 and I forgot to upload until now.

    Lightforge - Ep357 - "Taverns Rewind"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 79:20


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new Taverns of Time event.

    Lightforge - Ep356 - "Metas of the Future"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2022 61:33


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the metas of the future.

    Lightforge - Ep355 - "Fast Changes"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2022 41:55


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the quick response from the Arena dev team.

    Lightforge - Ep354 - "Big Moves"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022 65:02


    ADWCTA and Merps discuss the latest adjustments to Arena.

    Lightforge - Ep353 - "The Raging Seas"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2022 110:47


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new Thrones meta and the new power level.

    Lightforge - Ep352 - "The Coming Tides"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2022 89:45


    ADWCTA and Merps preview the new mini set.

    Lightforge - Ep351 - "Small Steps"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 77:32


    ADWCTA & Merps review the small Arena changes made.

    Lightforge - Ep350 - "Lady Nagaga"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2022 69:09


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the latest Arena changes.

    Lightforge - Ep349 - "Rise of the Nagas"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2022 57:38


    ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new upcoming BG patch.

    Lightforge - Ep348 - "For The Naysayers"

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2022 50:40


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