You buy classic, gvg is what 100 something cards, and are the only rewards from arena, trust me you get dupes very very fast.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Hearthstone |OT2| Created by Unstable Portal
- Thread starter ZealousD
- Start date
- Status
call_kotaku
Member
Minsc, did I just play vs you (rank 14 Shaman)?
Or was it someone else?
Or was it someone else?
Minsc
Gold Member
Sounds like me (I'm around there and did run Shaman this morning, as I mostly do), but the couple games I played today are already a bit of a blur (happens when you queue in to Druid after Druid after Druid, especially since Shaman is so vulnerable to those KotGs), sorry I can't recall it specifically. Minsc #1352 if anyone wants to add me, though I may be a bit slow accepting requests, generally I tend to avoid them unless I recognize the person sending them. I could probably use a few more active friends to spectate when I'm bored, most of the people I added a while back have lost interest in the game.
I'd feel sorry, but, well, it's anti-Handlock (which is a good thing imo)... so you gotta deal
Besides, if you ran BGH, that'd make a 2:1 trade with a banana, clear the giant and Mukla.
At 7-1 with a really damn good Warlock deck, beat five or six Mages in a row
Next two games:
I have lethal next turn (would have had it this turn if not for a topdecked Sen'Jin) - double Fireball to the face
I have lethal next turn (would have had it this turn if not for a topdecked Exorcist) - triple Soulfire to the face
Fuck this piece of shit game
That's not it, check what's written below the cards. Also that's arena
Next two games:
I have lethal next turn (would have had it this turn if not for a topdecked Sen'Jin) - double Fireball to the face
I have lethal next turn (would have had it this turn if not for a topdecked Exorcist) - triple Soulfire to the face
Fuck this piece of shit game
That's not it, check what's written below the cards. Also that's arena
He dropped those two on turn 5? fuck that shit and thoughtsteal.
Yeap
Kotetsu534
Member
Until you learn how Arena works, it's definitely a good idea to use a site like ArenaValue to avoid picking rubbish cards (no one good will ever draft Silverback Patriarch or Eye for an Eye, unless offered utter bilge, two cards I saw played earlier by the same person), and follow some basic drafting rules about 2-drops, 4-drops and big guys to make sure you can contest the board early and curve out. But a really strong Arena player knows the game well enough to know better than a generic value aggregator what's best for their deck and approach.
I think my favorite part is how she still has one mana leftover, so there was still room to play something like a zombie chow or a mana wyrm.
RumblingRosco
Member
If he had played Mukla first, he'd have only spent 2 mana on the Clockwork Golem instead of 4... he could have had 3 mana to spare instead of just 1. Super gross.
I'd feel sorry, but, well, it's anti-Handlock (which is a good thing imo)... so you gotta deal
Besides, if you ran BGH, that'd make a 2:1 trade with a banana, clear the giant and Mukla.
Umm.. What? 2 UPs gave his opponent that combo... in arena.
Right and here's the third one from that game
Was fun
Note how the portal'd Sylvanas also snatched my Flametongue instead of one of the two trash minions I had prepared
Minsc
Gold Member
Yeah, I missed that was in Arena... my bad (is there even a way to know that vs thinking it was just a normal casual match?). My current Mage run in Arena I've yet to start also has 2 portals drafted in it, so I'll probably get only parrots and footmen for that now.
FiveSix4Three
Member
Got knocked out of my 7 win arena to the biggest topdecks ever.
I have lethal on the board against hunter. He has 0 creatures and cards in hand and top decks deathwing into faceless manipulator back to back.
ugh fml.
I have lethal on the board against hunter. He has 0 creatures and cards in hand and top decks deathwing into faceless manipulator back to back.
ugh fml.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
The unstable portal stuff reminds me of ragnaros hitting the worst target like 10 times in a row. At one point my opponent had malganis only. Hits face. Next turn he has 4 minions on board. Hits face. Then he has dr. boom and nothing else. I win if I hit face and I lose to fatigue if I hit dr. boom... So after 2-3 turns of hitting face, he finally decides to hit a minion.
The ramp control deck I made... I feel is awesome. But ragnaros single handedly made it look like bad.
The ramp control deck I made... I feel is awesome. But ragnaros single handedly made it look like bad.
A Sentient Keyboard
Member
This is my first time at the arena, making a rogue deck, and I'm presented with the following choice:
According to what I'm reading, all are high-tier choices. Auto-barber would go great with my many weapon cards and 2 mechwarpers, another boulderfist ogre would give me more lategame and backstab is simply a good card.
What do hearthstonegaf?
According to what I'm reading, all are high-tier choices. Auto-barber would go great with my many weapon cards and 2 mechwarpers, another boulderfist ogre would give me more lategame and backstab is simply a good card.
What do hearthstonegaf?
burntchomsky
Member
I would do backstab. You already have 3 deadly poisons and an ogre. Backstab allows for sick opening plays with SI:7, enables other combos, and is just generally versatile and useful.
A Sentient Keyboard
Member
Thanks team.
Welp, here it is: http://i.imgur.com/CHJYwFK.png
I'm kicking myself for choosing auto-barber over harvest golem earlier, but aside from that this deck doesn't seem too... disastrous? Wish me luck boys.
Unless you are hunter/Zoo/handlock/control warrior
Card quality is pretty good across the board but that low of a curve with almost no card draw is going to backfire at some point. And yeah, one or two more good 3-drops would have been key. Also I wouldn't have taken the second Twilight Drake, with your draft you're lucky to get a Yeti out of it.
It's not terrible though, just prone to running out of gas so go for value trades and avoid overcommitting into AoEs. As long as you curve out well you should be in a decent spot. Face damage taken from weapon usage will likely be a problem down the line though.
It's not terrible though, just prone to running out of gas so go for value trades and avoid overcommitting into AoEs. As long as you curve out well you should be in a decent spot. Face damage taken from weapon usage will likely be a problem down the line though.
Well constructed is a different animal.
Agreed with Vivi. Twilight Drake, while generally good, is bad for your draft because you're going to be dumping your hand every game. That means your Twilight Drakes are actually overcosted Injured Blademasters.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I would pick boulderfist ogre. You have so much early game already that picking autobarber or backstab can actually hurt your deck. You only have 5 minions of 5+ cost so far and boulderfist is pretty much the best 6 drop you can hope for. And the way drafts tend to work out now is that you may not get another premium high cost minion making your late game very weak.
You have to think about curve more than simply what the best card is when you're that late into the draft and frankly I don't think the draft is good with only 1x 3 drop, 3x 4 drops, and 5x 5+ drops. Maybe you got lucky and they gave you the cards you need to round it out well, but with only azure drake as card draw, I think you're going to run out of steam pretty fast.
edit:
Just saw your final draft. I think you could get around 7 wins top with the deck. Just my guess though. Maybe you play it very well and your opponents fall before a flurry of 2 drops.
I was going to comment on how that's kind of a cool little combo he's thought of, then I saw that they were both portal minions. The chances of getting those two must be ridiculously small.
The worst part is that like Soka mentioned he didn't even take advantage of the bananas and it was still obscene value
oh right, I missed that the conversation was about arena drafting. It is indeed decent advice for that.
BigJonsson
Member
As a newbie should I save up gold for arena/naxx or just keep buying packs?
I also need to get this running on my OnePlus One as my tablet probably can't run it very well
I also need to get this running on my OnePlus One as my tablet probably can't run it very well
TetraxShards
Member
Play Arena if you're enjoying it, otherwise buy packs. Buy Naxx with real money if at all possible.
A Sentient Keyboard
Member
Got to 5 wins, way more than I was expecting. Last loss was to a warrior that got micro machine, then two consecutive deathlords to stall me out while the micro machine went face. Dead by turn six
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
The worst fucking thing that can happen to you is to lose because of a mistake you made, i just loss a game because i forgot to attack in a turn......always fucking attack in a turn.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Noice pack.
Third GVG legendary.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Boom will get hit by the nerf bat he is just so good, congrats on 1600 dust.
So far my GVG legs are
Gold Vol'Jin
TROGGZOR!
Gahzrilla
I had a Mage to 1 health as Hunter so instant win. Kids distract me and my thumb accidentally hits end turn as I hold the iPad to talk to them. I lost
TetraxShards
Member
Dat thread title change. Simply amazing.
"Well played."
"You win this one, friend."
"Well played."
"You win this one, friend."
RumblingRosco
Member
Created by Unstable Portal and played three turns ahead of curve.
EnVy_CaLiBeR
Member
Lol at the thread title change.
Would love some more Hearthstone friends. Add me anyone.
EnVy_CaLiBeR#1879
Would love some more Hearthstone friends. Add me anyone.
EnVy_CaLiBeR#1879
I had a coghammer up and I reflexively daggered up to use my mana.... I would ahve had lethal next turn if I hadnt done that, instead I lost the video game
call_kotaku
Member
Sounds like me (I'm around there and did run Shaman this morning, as I mostly do), but the couple games I played today are already a bit of a blur (happens when you queue in to Druid after Druid after Druid, especially since Shaman is so vulnerable to those KotGs), sorry I can't recall it specifically. Minsc #1352 if anyone wants to add me, though I may be a bit slow accepting requests, generally I tend to avoid them unless I recognize the person sending them. I could probably use a few more active friends to spectate when I'm bored, most of the people I added a while back have lost interest in the game.
I'd feel sorry, but, well, it's anti-Handlock (which is a good thing imo)... so you gotta deal
Besides, if you ran BGH, that'd make a 2:1 trade with a banana, clear the giant and Mukla.
Sorry, I was one of the druids. Formthehead#1590
Professor Lich
Member
Awesome title change. Also, I haven't noticed, but do beasts from Webspinner also get an annotation like minions from Unstable Portal? They probably should.
TetraxShards
Member
I'd rather they didn't, I'd rather think that King Krush that hit me in the face for exact lethal was in the other guy's deck from the start.
FutureZombie
Banned
I don't understand why Bloodmage Thalnos is a legendary when Loot Horder is a common. They are the same card except Thalnos has 1 less attack and +1 spell damage.
- Status