| In terms of Gameplay, Deathstalker has a clear advantage. While some find the gameplay rightfully annoying, it is by far more interesting and involved than Fatebound, where coins flip themselves through regular rotational gameplay and can't be controlled much. There is a clear payout on Deathstalker upon consuming all Mal des Todespirschers by triggering a powerful Vergiften through Dunkelste Nacht which is exciting. The only downside of this gameplay is that it can be exceedingly challenging to keep track of the multiple debuff/buffs added from the hero talent, most likely requiring additions to a nameplate addon or Weakaura. There are also still issues with Mal des Todespirschers or Dunkelste Nacht dropping, which is EXTREMELY frustrating as a player and almost makes me not want to play it sometimes. More on that later.
Regarding "fun" gameplay, I don't think it's fair for me to claim something as more or less fun since it will be subjective for everyone. Neither tree personally strikes me as "fun," but they each have moments. Fatebound can feel fun when you get a long chain of flips in a row, and you keep flipping further and further in a row. Deathstalker, on the other hand, has okay base gameplay but quickly frustrates me when Mal des Todespirschers disappears off the enemy. A good example is Dromanin Oulfarran on the first boss of Die Nebel von Tirna Scithe. Dromanin Oulfarran turns friendly during this encounter, which removes all debuffs. Mal des Todespirschers is therefore removed, disallowing finishers to work towards getting Dunkelste Nacht. But because Dromanin Oulfarran doesn't die, Dunkelste Nacht does not automatically trigger either. This causes the entire Mal des Todespirschers gameplay to soft-lock itself. Of course, there are ways to plan around it, such as waiting to consume Dunkelste Nacht. That doesn't feel particularly good to me as a player, and in my opinion, having to focus on my gameplay on how to not soft-lock my Hero Talent tree is an extremely negative moment rotationally that shouldn't exist. I want to be excited to engage with my talents, but instead, I worry about how to make sure I can use the tree.
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