Why did he burn a swipe on that Doomsayer instead of just Silencing it? That play made no sense to me. Freeze mage doesn't really have anything that can buff a 0 attack minion?
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Why did he burn a swipe on that Doomsayer instead of just Silencing it? That play made no sense to me. Freeze mage doesn't really have anything that can buff a 0 attack minion?
I didn't watch that game but Hyped is known for having a mage deck that runs Twilight Drakes.
Yup, by far his most crucial mistake as it resulted in him not having an answer to Alexstrasza.
I could see that had Stunner not
a) thrown away his other Keeper one or two turns earlier when he bombed - not silenced - Hyped's cycling Thalnos just to prevent his Yeti from taking a single point of damage, which was extremely unlikely to matter as Flamestrike was still turns away, leaving Hyped with plenty of time to ping it down to 4...
and b) still used the Keeper to clear the Doomsayer. What he did was, instead of simply silencing the Doomsayer, he silenced his frozen Yeti and used its attack plus Swipe to kill the Doomsayer. He literally wasted a Swipe to remove a worthless 0/7 body.
Thinking about it he really was most likely expecting the Giants/Drake Mage and afraid of the Doomsayer getting taunted up later on, but even then it's pretty damn careless to burn your removal that early when you have enough power on the board to punch through the taunt anyway.
So I just played a bunch of HS this weekend after not really playing much other than a week in the beta. I DE'd some stuff and put together a Zoolock list (without any Naxx cards outside of the first wing) and I'm up to about Rank 13 now.
Does anyone have any suggestions for streams/videos where I can learn to play the deck better?
Does anyone have any suggestions for streams/videos where I can learn to play the deck better?
lawlohwhat
Banned
shaman bots everywhere
gross
gross
Here's kolento streaming some zoo at legend rank.
http://www.twitch.tv/kolento/b/567200903?t=3h28m50s
It was banned, at least by one person.
partyphone
Banned
omg that chakki topdeck
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Maybe if Zoolock wins the World championship, blizzard will finally do something about it.
Officerrob
Banned
It's the Warlock hero power that needs to be addressed
partyphone
Banned
oh! they put some bookshelves up on the stage so the players can't see the big screen. that's way better than having a couple of big dudes stand in the way.
BlackBuzzard
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Yeah. The advantage it gives, is just too much.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Pretty much.
demosthenes
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Watching for the first time a little later. One of my good friends cousin is 'deerjason' and will be competing in group d!
Throw Kel'Thuzad down on a board when you have 4 or 5 minions, then smash them all into your opponent's minions carelessly. End turn. Boom. All your minions again. If you have taunt, it's even nastier.
It doesn't always work out that way, but when it does it's amusing.
Anyway, most of the Naxx cards are nasty.
partyphone
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that was more or less the case when i started playing halfway through the beta. you just grind arena, do quests(usually in casual) and do the best with what you have.
this is totally anecdotal but i seem to be doing okay just dusting my first handful of arena runs worth of bad pulls to make zoo
Mobius and pet octopus
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Because you don't require legendary cards to succeed in this game.
partyphone
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yeah. that's what most people do. there are a few viable budget decks that don't require epics or legendaries.
it's not like CCGs are a new concept and most people don't know what they're getting into when they decide to play.
no shit. It's still going to be an exercise in frustration as a new player though at this point.
Dunno, I think for the majority of people this will be their first CCG, just because it's made by Blizzard is enough to get people trying it out, especially since it's free.
partyphone
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that's any competitive game. why do new people keep playing dota2 or lol? multiplayer games are very compelling and people will push through the learning curve if they enjoy the core of the game. and it's not like there aren't resources out there for new players.
Well I only played Dota 2 for like 30 hours and I was terrible at it obviously since it was my first whatever the hell that genre is, but atleast there I had everything available to me from the start and never felt it was anything other than my own incompetence letting me down which gives me the drive to carry on.
I know CCG's are different. I was just musing really, I started the game up for the first time in like 3 weeks today and it put me at rank 20 and I was running into people with the full handlock sets, or the full control warrior sets, so like the most expensive decks you can make. I have all the cards I want right now including the legendaries so I'm not even complaining about it from that point of view (I'm not even complaining, more wondering). It just looks like it would be really shit to start the game now, you're either getting beat by cards you can't have, or facing the paywall of arena. You can do well with basic + naxx cards but not if you're still learning the game like they will be.
I'm an expert
Formerly worldrevolution. The only reason I am nice to anyone else is to avoid being banned.
tides proving im a genius yet again
AntiFacebook
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What are you talking about?
is there some sort of competition right now?
is there some sort of competition right now?
partyphone
Banned
road to blizzcon qualifiers:
http://www.twitch.tv/playhearthstone
http://www.twitch.tv/esltv_hearthstone
demosthenes
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People from group d are palying here: http://www.twitch.tv/playhearthstone
Will he definitely be on stream? Have they shown everybody today?
partyphone
Banned
they have two streams so i think every game has been streamed somewhere
CarbonatedFalcon
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Tiny draw boys.
Officerrob
Banned
Tides survives
BlackBuzzard
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Chakki seems like a douche. Hope he loses again.
Officerrob
Banned
He's about to play tides
It's the fringe. He's needs a better haircut.
demosthenes
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Won his group!!
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