BenjaminBirdie
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Can US not add EU players?
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Presumably the game doesn't make a distinction between arena and constructed when you are actually playing the cards. So to unlock the GvG beasts for Webspinner in arena means they also can be pulled in constructed as well.
I see.
partyphone
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they are completely separate it is the dumbest thing.
Then I faceless'd it. Then he had TIRION WTF! 0-2 TIRION RAG AND I HAVE RAG HOGGER!BenjaminBirdie
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Xamtheking
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Muster For Battle is ridiculous
It's like instant board presence, albeit weak board
BenjaminBirdie
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How do you get gold cards in arena?
Xamtheking
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Hearthstone: Heroes Of Warlock
Xamtheking
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Buy GvG packs first
The arena meta is super aggro right now, due to the majority of the best GvG cards being 2, 3, and 4 drops. Successful arena decks right now are basically a shitload of 2s and 3s, a decent number of 4s and like 5-6 5+ drops.
The funny thing was, I never missed a beat. The opponents just had perfect answers and blowouts in every game.
RumblingRosco
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No Lightning Storm and no Hex is RIP for Shaman in Arena. Gotta get at least one of those.
TetraxShards
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It's always the one you least suspect.
That's what happened in both my 1-3, 1-3 runs of GvG arena. I think we just got really unlucky. I watch streamers play and they run into some of the worst players I've ever seen. Both Forsen and Tides ran into Dennis players a couple of times in their multiple runs.
Random death and random minions on every turn in arena.
Btw: is GvG out in europe too today?
SquiddyCracker
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At best, it's probably out 11PM?
That would correspond to "afternoon" PST time.
More likely, it'll come out midnight.
centracore
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GvG should be live in NA once the maintenance finishes: https://twitter.com/CM_Zeriyah/status/542016961425584129
RumblingRosco
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God I cannot wait to demolish people with Shamurloc. Straight to Legendary with it.
Arena entry. You get 1 guaranteed pack per run.
3 wins and you likely make back that 50 gold extra.
More wins and you likely make more gold.
Would be awesome if this happens.
Professor Lich
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I actually have a lot of fun with Murlock, so I'm hoping Shamloc is fun too. I feel like with Flametongue / Vitality and strong Shaman cards, it might be decent.
While we wait, been playing around with deck ideas, and here is one I want to try. I call it "Sticky" because pretty much every minion in the deck spawns more minion(s) when it dies.
http://www.hearthpwn.com/deckbuilde...56:2;12176:1;12187:1;12191:2;12216:1;12238:2;
I chose hunter because not only do they have probably the best "sticky" minion in the game (Highmane) but Feign Death seems to synergize pretty well with the theme of the deck. Basically, get as many minions on the board as you can then drop a Feign Death + Enhance-o Mechano to completely overwhelm the opponent. (If you can have a Knife Juggler on the board at the time, even better.)
My early game should be quite strong with the still-OP Undertaker and all my Deathrattles buffing him up. Mid-game I'm looking for the FD+Enhance-O combo. In the meantime, Multi-Shot, Hunter's Mark and Bow can help me make favorable trades with my smaller minions. Jeeves will hopefully help me keep my hand and board full. Belchers, Highmanes and Sneed's give me stuff to play in the late game, while I continue to hero power them down.
Strengths of the deck are obviously how hard it will be to clear the board against. It's practically AoE proof. Weakness is a lack of burst damage, but I'm counting on my hero power to help there. Thoughts? Suggestions?
http://www.hearthpwn.com/deckbuilde...56:2;12176:1;12187:1;12191:2;12216:1;12238:2;
I chose hunter because not only do they have probably the best "sticky" minion in the game (Highmane) but Feign Death seems to synergize pretty well with the theme of the deck. Basically, get as many minions on the board as you can then drop a Feign Death + Enhance-o Mechano to completely overwhelm the opponent. (If you can have a Knife Juggler on the board at the time, even better.)
My early game should be quite strong with the still-OP Undertaker and all my Deathrattles buffing him up. Mid-game I'm looking for the FD+Enhance-O combo. In the meantime, Multi-Shot, Hunter's Mark and Bow can help me make favorable trades with my smaller minions. Jeeves will hopefully help me keep my hand and board full. Belchers, Highmanes and Sneed's give me stuff to play in the late game, while I continue to hero power them down.
Strengths of the deck are obviously how hard it will be to clear the board against. It's practically AoE proof. Weakness is a lack of burst damage, but I'm counting on my hero power to help there. Thoughts? Suggestions?
There's no way you're beating the Bombs Away Mage: http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/118807-bombs-away-super-serious
2x Knife Juggler doesn't fit. You don't have UTH so the only good synergy is snake trap and maybe haunted creeper. If you want to stick to the theme and improve feign death/undertaker, use nerubian eggs instead.
You have double mad scientist but only 2 traps. Seems weak, you could easily run out of traps for your second scientist. I'd add a freezing trap. I might take out one of the feign deaths to do.
Your only card draw is 1x Jeeves. That's very weak. If you dont draw him you probably lose. Without draw you are going to run out of cards. I don't know if you should run the enhanco instead of a second Jeeves.
Also I really don't see how multishot or deadly shot fit into your deck. At all.
partyphone
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madder bomber is one of the most fun cards i've used in arena. can't see him making the cut in a constructed deck, though. bomb lobber, probably.
I've had it played 3 times against me and the 3 times it has worked ridiculously well, killing at least one minion, once it killed 3 =/
Mobius and pet octopus
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I joked about the extended maintenance getting an extension, apparently we'll have to wait another 45 minutes though.
Well, Knife Juggler should proc every time something dies and spawns something else, right? That's pretty much everything I have with the exception of UT and Mad Scientist. I didn't want eggs since outside of FD, I have no activators.
Yeah, 2x Mad Scientist might be overkill with only 2 traps. Might just run one. Maybe replace with another Jeeves.
Multishot either clears the board for me outright, or allows me to make favorable trades with my tokens. Deadly Shot is the 'oh shit, that's a fatty' card, although I guess Hunter's Mark works fine for that as well. Might remove that one for another Enhance-o or something. We'll see. Obviously, gonna need to do a lot of play testing.
Thanks for the thoughts!
Mobius and pet octopus
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In the meantime:
http://www.pcgamer.com/reynad-picks-the-10-most-op-new-hearthstone-cards/
"Reynad picks the 10 most OP new Hearthstone cards"
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list - but it is a short article worth reading for the reasoning
http://www.pcgamer.com/reynad-picks-the-10-most-op-new-hearthstone-cards/
"Reynad picks the 10 most OP new Hearthstone cards"
edit:
list - but it is a short article worth reading for the reasoning
10. shieldmaiden
9. Mal'ganis
8. tinkertown technician
7. darkbomb (thought this card had potential)
6. crackle
5. bomb lobber
4. vol'jin
3. muster for battle
2. fel reaver
1. unstable portal
9. Mal'ganis
8. tinkertown technician
7. darkbomb (thought this card had potential)
6. crackle
5. bomb lobber
4. vol'jin
3. muster for battle
2. fel reaver
1. unstable portal
centracore
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NA maintenance extended by an hour, should be done in ~45 minutes from this post (unless it gets extended again).
If you aren't going to put in Nerubian eggs than 2x Feign Death is probably overextending. You need the result to be worth 3 or more mana for the slot to be worth it and only highmane and Sneed's ole shredder do that for you individually. I tend to follow a rule of threes when it comes to synergy cards like that, you need 3 activators or more for each synergy dependent card in your deck. So I think you're overextening unless you think you can pull off a double deathrattle consistently enough on anything else. And three card combos can be pretty tricky.
partyphone
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i drafted one with a gurubashi and it worked out pretty great the 2 times i got to play it. my opponents had to be so mad.
But the salt card hasn't been introduced yet Reynad.
In all seriousness the new cards send the whole meta into a toss up.
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