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Kotetsu534
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Pulled off a completely ridiculous topdeck victory in Arena. Two turns till I die, a useless Ice Lance in hand, no board. 5 cards left in deck. Enemy has 12HP. Draw Frostbolt. Can't do anything. Hero power, pass. Enemy plays a taunt and takes me to 3hp. Draw Azure Drake. Still nothing - one off lethal. Play it. Draw Kobold Geomancer. "I'm sorry."
With the number of cards left being so low, I guess the odds of it weren't too insane. But in the moment, man.
With the number of cards left being so low, I guess the odds of it weren't too insane. But in the moment, man.
DID SOMEONE SAY BOMB?!?
Mobius and pet octopus
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This is a good article by brian "brian kibler" kibler of Brian Kibler gaming (
) talking about hearthstone tournament formats.
We should keep some of these thoughts in mind when we do our next tournament. Maybe only require 1 deck so more people can join in (kibler thinks this format can work even without sideboards).
http://bmkgaming.com/hearthstone-tournament-formats/
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We should keep some of these thoughts in mind when we do our next tournament. Maybe only require 1 deck so more people can join in (kibler thinks this format can work even without sideboards).
http://bmkgaming.com/hearthstone-tournament-formats/
poppedcollar69
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ragnaros ability removed finicky cloackfield!!!
An opponent of mine found that out the hard way.
Great read, i agree about the ESL format, its pretty cool compared to Last Hero Standing (+ Class ban)
Dude is top notch when he streams too.
Mobius and pet octopus
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Banned for what?
He played on a friends account so he got banned for account sharing.
FormallyFamicom
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Once you complete all of the Heroic Naxx wings, you get the green ooze cardback the bosses use.
Well I've never played the undertaker version (because its a terrible card) but control loses to warrior and handlock and can easily get beat by hunter and zoo. Not to mention each game lasts forever.
While I tend to agree it is a garbage card, a paladin I was playing got Redemption to proc on a Sneed's in a recent arena game. Yeah, I lost that one.
If control priest was heavily favored against hunter and zoo there would probably be a lot more people playing it then control warrior on ladder. Its just way more reliable.
Mobius and pet octopus
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One thing people kind of jumped on was making the class even more reactive than it was before. I believe priest is best when it is proactive, although sometimes it does get by against some decks when it has to play reactive due to draws.
I like Redemption more than most people, but its only good with value taunts like Sludge Belcher and Sunwalker. Maybe Harvest Golem in a pinch. Or Kel'thuzad, but that's the dream, and Reincarnate does it better.
Mobius and pet octopus
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It is actually quite important to know when to trade and when to go face. You'll grow used to it. Being able to attack minions directly actually increases the amount of combat.
You'll often attack minions directly to get the most value out of your minion, prevent them from performing combos or buffing a minion, prevent them from killing you next turn, reduce the amount of damage they can do to you next turn... and more but basically there are many reasons to not attack their total hp. Some decks are built to play aggressive though, face decks, and you'll probably grow to resent how effective they can be... but you'll also learn how to beat them consistently.
That was pretty crazy.
Hahaha, that's insane.
When the deck gets beat by handlock and cw (obviously we have a different opinion on this) and is worse against aggro than both its pretty bad. With the bonus of your games lasting way longer.
veloxStrix
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Except it doesn't? The Control Warrior matchup is all about skill. That's it. The player who plays better will win this matchup 9/10. The priest has Cabal Shadow, Thoughtsteal, and Harrison all there to seal things up. Maintaining card advantage until late game when you need to deal with back-to-back legends is the most important aspect.
The Handlock game can be rough, but not impossible. It really just depends on if Handlock gets out early game Drakes and Giants and how well you can handle them.
The thing about Priest is that the deck is one of the most flexible ones. Adding Lightbomb and Rag can make your deck much better against Control. To make it favor aggro/midrange you can swap in Shrinkmeister and another Shadow Madness.
Rosenskjold
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Sometimes you almost feel bad for the other person.
edit: But you feel the same pain when your opponent topdecks the only card he could possibly regain the game with.
edit: But you feel the same pain when your opponent topdecks the only card he could possibly regain the game with.
A Sentient Keyboard
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Hey folks, I decided to give this game a whirl since I got myself an ipad and this seems like a fun timewaster. I beat the ai on basic and expert, did some challenges and now I'm grinding all classes to lvl 10.
So far the most succes I've had (in my undoubtedly shit tier skill bracket) is with this priest deck I scraped together, based around using taunt minions/heals to keep my northshire clerics up early game, and my gurubashi berserkers safe lategame, while I manipulate their health for my benefit. I'll probably swap out holy smite with shadow word: death or mind control once I unlock those cards.
A question to this thread, how realistic is it to play this game without buying packs/arena tickets? Can you get by by playing the arena for packs and playing normal matches for gold? Or should I not even bother with that approach? Thanks!
PS: is there a way to 'share' decks instead of making a screenshot and putting it on imgur?
So far the most succes I've had (in my undoubtedly shit tier skill bracket) is with this priest deck I scraped together, based around using taunt minions/heals to keep my northshire clerics up early game, and my gurubashi berserkers safe lategame, while I manipulate their health for my benefit. I'll probably swap out holy smite with shadow word: death or mind control once I unlock those cards.
A question to this thread, how realistic is it to play this game without buying packs/arena tickets? Can you get by by playing the arena for packs and playing normal matches for gold? Or should I not even bother with that approach? Thanks!
PS: is there a way to 'share' decks instead of making a screenshot and putting it on imgur?
Minsc
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Time or money basically.
You can get by without money, but it will take a really, really long time (4-6+ months), unless you get super good fast and start winning 5+ at arena consistently.
Best way is a little of both, spending $30-50 (Naxx + bunch of packs), to get a head-start, then cruising on the dailies for free arenas will be much simpler and less frustrating, since you'll have a decent set of cards to make decks for your dailies with. Also, the best time to spend money is earlier on since you end up not getting all worthless duplicates of cards you already have when purchasing packs.
Sounds like a completely predictable control warrior deck (unless you're talking about arena). Did you play around the archetype correctly? It's a good deck, but has some weaknesses.
Those are class cards, Vol'Jin and Shadowflame can only be used in Priest and Warlock decks respectively. Only neutral cards (purely minions) are shared between classes.
veloxStrix
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You can. I put $20 dollars into it at the beginning and that's it. I now have almost all the cards. Of course, I play a lot (probably 2-3 hours a day) and I'm pretty fantastic.
My friends have been playing for about 3 months, and they all have at least one good deck so it's do able. Are you planning on playing competitively?
If you are, these articles are good reading when you have spare time:
Aggro, Combo, and Control - Jeff Cunningham
The Midrange Archetype - Ken Nagle
And if you decide to get competitive with it...
“Eight Core Principles of Who's the Beatdown” - Mike Flores - A MUST READ
"Introduction to Tempo" - Scott Johns
"Taking Card Advantage" - Brian Weisdsman
"Strategy and Tactics" - Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
“Playing to Win vs. Playing Not to Lose” - Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
“The Art of Reducing Variance” - Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa
These are all Magic: The Gathering articles, but they cover fundamental card game topics.
First time I faced something with so many legendaries, so no idea whatsoever, I just had him at like 9 or 7 pulled alextraza and all went to shit from there.
TetraxShards
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That's awesome.
That feel when a Zoo is hammering the "Sorry" emote every turn, then wiping his full board with a top-decked on curve Holy Nova and eventually beating him. "My apologies." indeed.
Used the gold to do an Arena run, went 1-3 but got two Imp-losions in the pack. Now I can try that Sea Giant deck I've seen a few times.
Then, to be blunt, the game wasn't looking like an easy win. Just like you're likely not in a good spot against a 10 HP Handlock, a CW's gameplan vs aggro/midrange involves going low via weapon usage and then healing+armoring back up once they've taken control of the board in the lategame.
All I've been doing is ramping up power (er-"Attack") with a bunch of creatures (er-"minions") and going at that 30 health.
I'm not finding anything too "deep" about this compared to Magic. At least in Magic I had to kinda think of my next move. Here I can play semi-sloppy and still get out of most situations.
...Unless it's life-gain, seriously fuck that ability in any card game when I'm doing fast burn. Ugh.
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