partyphone
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rogue is really good in arena assuming you don't get too many class epics.
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BlackBuzzard
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WTF lost to someone with 2 Ragnaros in Arena. GTFO Blizzard.
partyphone
Banned
I got double ysera once but only went 11 wins. : (
Ftfy
Brian Griffin
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My only 12 win in arena so far was with a priest deck. Mages can be beat. Or maybe 3 Mind Blasts is just op.
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
I fucking hate priest so much right now. He fucking stole my tirion from my hand and then he stole the one i put in to the field 
partyphone
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yeah. the thing about mage is that flamestrike and fireball are very good in arena and they're basic cards so they come up frequently in drafts. also their hero power let's you make favorable trasdes without taking face damage. so it's just easier to get a good deck. so on average it's the best class. but the other classes can be way better with a bit of luck in the draft.
Yeah Rogue used to be strong in arena but now you just die to your own weapons against most 5+ decks, I avoid it like the plague
On average Paladin comes close to Mage in terms of draft quality, Shaman and Priest are usually solid as well. Druid and Hunter can be good but are risky picks in my experience.
Don't even think about Warrior unless you've reached the gold cap
Secret high tier: Warlock
I hate playing as Hunter and i hate playing against it. Seriously just wish Undertaker and Mad Scientist were nerfed already.
Mobius and pet octopus
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I feel like mage is more straight forward to draft so even people who have a hard time picking a good draft will do better on average. So I think it is a little less about luck and more about just ease of picking the right choices.
And the fact that the hero power is the best in the game for arena.
It's mainly about card rarity
The continued state of arena is just so fucking baffling when so much of it could have been fixed ages ago by simply adjusting the chances of drafting the hyper value Mage basics & commons
A Sentient Keyboard
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There's also arenamastery.com. I don't know which is better, does anybody here use one of these?
TetraxShards
Member
Probably be another while, there will be a shitstorm when Blizz nerfs cards most people paid for with real money plus they can't be disenchanted (unless you have gold ones you crafted of course).
They didn't public test with them, Blizzard has only themselves to blame.
I'm kind of surprised that they didn't TBH. When I think about how they run test realms for ages before doing anything to D3 proper, it seems weird for Blizzard to operate like this in HS. Just releasing the cards and (maybe) fixing it later. Different teams I guess.
The question of how to compensate players for nerfed Naxx cards might really be the major factor responsible for Blizzard's hesitation. It's pretty damn apparent at this point that UT and Scientist need to be addressed, and with their fixation on keeping every part of the game "simple and elegant" (see deck slots issue) I'm not surprised that it's taking them so long to come up with a solution.
Officially it's about simplicity and new player experience.
http://www.pcgamer.com/explosive-hearthstone-goblins-vs-gnomes-interview/#page-3Ben said:
... which is funny because compared to the actual issues new players face, like being a year late to the card grind and facing idiots deliberately lowering their rank to farm golden heroes, a second page of deck slots doesn't seem too scary.
But yeah I absolutely expect them to monetize it similar to WoW's additional services. It's basically free money.
RumblingRosco
Member
Black Knight, coin, Harrison Jones... Duh.
Mind control followed by dropping your own thought stolen one next turn.
Follow da rules + cabal is also acceptable.
Nowadays, even double shrinkmeister + cabal is ok if you happen to run that and want to save mind control for something with 7+ attack.
Ashbringer is legitimately insane. If Ashbringer were an actual card in the game by itself it would probably cost 6 or 7 mana. A 6/6 body is only worth like 5.5 mana. I think dealing with the 6/6 body is easier. That Ashbringer is going to dish out 15 damage guaranteed if you don't have ooze or Harrison. A 6/6 body probably won't do that much.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
Also depends on whether your opponent has played sylvanas yet or not. And how much hp you have. How much HP the opponent has. How big your board is etc.. It is a real judgement call based on all the facts at the time.
If he is close to lethal, you might find black knight to be the best choice cause then sludge belcher can be silenced, for example. Also the 6/6 will still remove minions like the sword will, except when he removes things with the sword he takes damage.
If he is close to lethal, you might find black knight to be the best choice cause then sludge belcher can be silenced, for example. Also the 6/6 will still remove minions like the sword will, except when he removes things with the sword he takes damage.
toddhunter
Member
Run two. When you get out of hunter and mage town, take them out of the deck. Hunters make incredibly dumb plays when they have a secret up, in relative terms. To take their secret after that play wrecks them every time.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Alright, scrounged up enough dust to make one Legendary. Which one should it be?
Edit: Oh God 0 mana cost VanCleef from Unstable Portal
Edit: Oh God 0 mana cost VanCleef from Unstable Portal
Yep, it helps that his music is voted on by chat and the popular tracks are the ones that make rotation. And its extremely fun the way he has scripts that lets chat do an entire arena draft via voting then he plays the decks and we see how far he can get with a 90% good deck plus 10% troll picks like Wisps.
Cincinnatus Powell
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After days of running into mill druid, today has been three mill mage decks in a row. Looks like a fun deck, seems hard to pilot though.
TetraxShards
Member
Six priests in a row. Kill me now.
Also, dat feel when your MMR is clearly so shit you're getting matched up against players that have no idea what they're doing and you're struggling to beat them.
Also, dat feel when your MMR is clearly so shit you're getting matched up against players that have no idea what they're doing and you're struggling to beat them.
Sneaky Gato
Member
Just started a mage arena run first pick is Foe Reaper, Loatheb, and Lorewalker. Which do you choose?
TetraxShards
Member
HearthArena says Foe Reaper.
Foe Reaper is just nasty in arena where hard removal is scarce in the late game while Loatheb turns into a win more card. If your curve is low enough to guarantee a dominating start he could be strong dropped before AoE turns but in a more balanced deck Foe Reaper is the way to go.
: Oh it's your first pick and you're Mage, definitely Foe Reaper then. Congrats on the 12 wins.
: Oh it's your first pick and you're Mage, definitely Foe Reaper then. Congrats on the 12 wins.
Good decision.
It would be sweet but it would be so rare. I still need the bread and butter legendaries. I did get a gold Van Cleef that I kept because I'll actually use him.
TimeEffect
Member
Looking at patch notes, seems like Hunter was really OP
Is there a new tier list?
Is there a new tier list?
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
What patch notes?
TimeEffect
Member
Im new, just the old ones
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