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Hearthstone |OT3| Preparing for the Ball of Spiders Meta
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nismogrendel
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Anyone else like mill druid?
I have the same old deck I found during GvG days. Anyone using an updated Blackrock mill deck? Care to share?
I have the same old deck I found during GvG days. Anyone using an updated Blackrock mill deck? Care to share?
FiveSix4Three
Member
6-1 with my fairly nuts arena deck atm.
Only loss so far was against druid.
T5 boom into t6 sylvanas will do that.
Only loss so far was against druid.
T5 boom into t6 sylvanas will do that.
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
dat feel when you lose 4 matches in a row in ranked 
It's time to stop for today. Funny thing i had a streak going in with my paladin deck until i got into rank 10 and started getting retk.
It's time to stop for today. Funny thing i had a streak going in with my paladin deck until i got into rank 10 and started getting retk.
dat feel when you lose 4 matches in a row in ranked
Started the day with 7 straight losses in ladder. Almost quit HS right there lol. But in the end it only took one wining streak to get back to where I was.
Vanillalite
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What confounds me is how Blizz arrived at its ranking system. I mean going by the past few months 75% of the player base is rank 15 or higher while the other 25% occupy all of the ranks bellow 15. Just seems crazy to have it set up this way.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Rank 11 right now, I hardly see any Patron warriors. I guess I am lucky.
Is Healadin worth laddering due to Patron?
terribletwo
Member
That wouldn't be a bad nerf, if the bots could go off on summon, maybe damaging boom
Decided to listen to the Warcraft II soundtrack tonight.
Now, I know where all that Hearthstone queuing opponent music originated.
I'm kind of sad I missed out on this game in my childhood as the game doesn't look like it aged well.
Let's see for tracks:
Human 1
Human 5
Orc 2
Orc 3 near the end
Now, I know where all that Hearthstone queuing opponent music originated.
I'm kind of sad I missed out on this game in my childhood as the game doesn't look like it aged well.
Let's see for tracks:
Human 1
Human 5
Orc 2
Orc 3 near the end
That's why I thought the card was perfectly reasonable until now. I've only seen it like 3 times so far, but I thought each time the summoner just got lucky. Now that I know they don't, I expect I'll see it a lot more. Shit's nuts. They cpuld at least make it to where the bomb's deathrattle could damage their own minions.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I just fought a generic deathrattle hunter using Undertakers named Trump and got my ass beat.
I am salt incarnate
I JUST FOUGHT A FREEZE MAGE USING MAJORDOMO AND WTF
I am salt incarnate
I JUST FOUGHT A FREEZE MAGE USING MAJORDOMO AND WTF
Some kind of fad, because I encountered one as well earlier.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
It actually worked. I'm just glad to lose to something new
Looking at the Forbes article about Magni and I cannot fucking believe people are suggesting that the $10 cost should be for a completely new hero. That would be so much worse. So, so so much worse.
This one
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Really considering crafting Malygod for a Freeze Mage deck...
I feel like with Emperor he's better then people gave him credit for.
I feel like with Emperor he's better then people gave him credit for.
The meta game is so cyclical it's almost funny at times.
So many people play Grim Patron on Ladder. One of the ways to beat Grim Patron is to basically try to kill them before turn 8 sort of like how you play against Druids turn 9 combo. This results in people playing a bunch of aggro decks. Well guess what beats aggro... that's right, it's even faster and more aggressive aggro which is Face Hunter. So then all these aggro classes just play each other Ladder and rush to kill each other fast. In the middle of it crops up Control Warrior to counter Face Hunter but then people adjust to control Warrior with Druids and Midrange Hunter... which get beat by Face Hunter.
And then some genius was like "if I combined Face Hunter and Midrange Hunter I would win Hearthstone!"And he did because that is in fact what you see on Ladder now.... Hybrid Hunter.
I would mention that Handlock and Freeze Mage has been cropping up on Ladder due to presence of Zoolock but in my experience they can get beat by Hunter. Good Hunter players play around Freeze Mage by just sniping with hero power and letting them not proc Ice Barrier where as against Handlock sometimes you don't draw the heals or taunts to counter aggression and just get pummelled when you have a hand full of Mountain Giants and Jaraxxus (some of which will be Freezing Trapped back in your hand). I had a miserable day playing Handlock today and got bodied by turn 6 most of the time. Need heavy teching against aggro these days (double Chows etc).
So many people play Grim Patron on Ladder. One of the ways to beat Grim Patron is to basically try to kill them before turn 8 sort of like how you play against Druids turn 9 combo. This results in people playing a bunch of aggro decks. Well guess what beats aggro... that's right, it's even faster and more aggressive aggro which is Face Hunter. So then all these aggro classes just play each other Ladder and rush to kill each other fast. In the middle of it crops up Control Warrior to counter Face Hunter but then people adjust to control Warrior with Druids and Midrange Hunter... which get beat by Face Hunter.
And then some genius was like "if I combined Face Hunter and Midrange Hunter I would win Hearthstone!"And he did because that is in fact what you see on Ladder now.... Hybrid Hunter.
I would mention that Handlock and Freeze Mage has been cropping up on Ladder due to presence of Zoolock but in my experience they can get beat by Hunter. Good Hunter players play around Freeze Mage by just sniping with hero power and letting them not proc Ice Barrier where as against Handlock sometimes you don't draw the heals or taunts to counter aggression and just get pummelled when you have a hand full of Mountain Giants and Jaraxxus (some of which will be Freezing Trapped back in your hand). I had a miserable day playing Handlock today and got bodied by turn 6 most of the time. Need heavy teching against aggro these days (double Chows etc).
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
I played a lot of Handlock today too, hovering around Rank 11-9. I was doing really good but then I hit rank 9 and lost back up to 11, then went back to 10. It was really frustrating.
I won two Handlock mirrors and shit those take forever. I can't tell if going first or second is better, I would think second but no one played anything until turn 4 both times and his hand was full.
The meta is in a weird spot where the expensive control decks like Handlock, Control Warrior and Freeze Mage are slightly weakened by the aggro and combo heavy decks, but I know they will come back. Handlock and Control Warrior are eternal.
I won two Handlock mirrors and shit those take forever. I can't tell if going first or second is better, I would think second but no one played anything until turn 4 both times and his hand was full.
The meta is in a weird spot where the expensive control decks like Handlock, Control Warrior and Freeze Mage are slightly weakened by the aggro and combo heavy decks, but I know they will come back. Handlock and Control Warrior are eternal.
Savjz was streaming that deck a while ago. Seemed to work well enough.
Wow....just went 0-3 in the arena. Last two runs were 1-3. What a shitty feeling. Everytime I play I feel like I make the shittiest deck and get the shittiest draws in the world and my opponents have the best. And I like never fight anyone but Mages and Paladins.
Ugh. I guess I just am not good at improvising a deck. I kind of hate arena I think. Really makes me frustrated at the game in a way that it doesn't do to me anywhere else. I love that I can get competitive with this game but still be really chill about it, but arena just winds me up an annoys the shit out of me.
Also I hate flamestrike. So. Fucking. Much.
Ugh. I guess I just am not good at improvising a deck. I kind of hate arena I think. Really makes me frustrated at the game in a way that it doesn't do to me anywhere else. I love that I can get competitive with this game but still be really chill about it, but arena just winds me up an annoys the shit out of me.
Also I hate flamestrike. So. Fucking. Much.
Dr Boom is too random as it is. I wouldn't want a nerf to increase the randomness.
Are u uwing that arena tier list to draft value cards or are u just randomly drafting them when making a deck?
I just started playing HS and went 3-3 and 4-3 in arena, but with that tier list I managed to get two 7-3 runs, one 6-3, two 5-3 runs and one 4-3. I think it really helps when u look for the better cards. Maybe also try to stick to classes you're comfortable playing with? It also helps to play around the strength of those Mage and Paladin classes. Against Paladins u want to keep clearing his minions so he can't use his buffs on it. Learned it the hard way when I left a 1/1 on the board and he used some Blessing of Kings on it lol. Against Mages u generally don't want to flood the board at turn 6 with low health minions in case of Flamestrike, but sometimes u just have unlucky runs. :dI prefer doing arena than constructed, because I only have those basic decks, while everyone around me put a lot of money in their decks. :/ Arena gives a more even playing field imo, because all the cards are generally available to use. Only thing I hate is the GvG pack u get in the end. Hardly any staple cards compared to the classic pack.
Yes it does, but the silence might "heal" the minion if it has taken damage.
I actually think he's one of the better casters in this tournament. He does a pretty good on the fly analysis of each play turn, which is welcome.
Singularity42
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Freeze mages
Freeze mages everywhere
Hadn't faced one in weeks now 5 in a row
Freeze mages everywhere
Hadn't faced one in weeks now 5 in a row
Time to shine that armor.
Healadin doesn't counter patron, it only counters freeze mage and face hunter. You probably even weaken the matchup by losing board control cards.
Aquavelvaman
Banned
Anyone experiencing latency issues right now?
I had some serious ones when logging in a few minutes ago. Bad enough that I didn't even bother trying a game.
few hours at least... But there is an ongoing event that gives bonus exp so if there is ever a time to go for it it's within the next couple of weeks.
NobleGundam
Banned
You're better off just crafting him imo.
pulled a Malygos legend two days ago.
Dragonblight Outrider seems crazy strong. The drawback isn't even that bad. I'd pick that in arena even if I didn't have a Dragon or a Beast.
toddhunter
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We need a card that repositions a minion.
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