Wasn't that mainly due to it being a team tournament (where other people counted on him)? I seem to recall him discussing it on his stream last week.
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Hearthstone |OT4| The warsong has ended, please patron other decks
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The Mango Sentinel
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So I started playing ranked matches. Does the level of your chest go down if you drop a rank?
BananasWithGuns
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No, your reward is based on the highest rank you achieve during that month and not the rank you end at.
Well, I don't know about that. It's not like he doesn't like playing dragons, he made 'the' list.
toddhunter
Member
That is how I get my wins. Knowing all your opponents deck is a massive advantage.
RNG is good when you can manipulate the odds or the variance is not particularly high. Shredder has some outcomes with crazy variance but there are so many middle of the road 2 drops that Doomsayer, Millhouse, and Cho are rare edge cases.
The worst RNG cards are Crackle and Implosion. They have huge variance with no rare edge cases. You can't play around them. You can't manipulate your odds. You roll the dice and what happens, happens.
The worst RNG cards are Crackle and Implosion. They have huge variance with no rare edge cases. You can't play around them. You can't manipulate your odds. You roll the dice and what happens, happens.
Mobius and pet octopus
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This rogue... why gang up a dreadsteed in this brawl? This guy really thinks dreadsteed is stronger than an unstable portal draw? What a dumbass. And he did it twice over other targets like cairne.
Uh. Dreadsteed is a goddamn horse that is on FIRE, and it never dies.
Why wouldn't you want that hot shit in your deck?
Maybe he's hoping to pull out a warsong commander + undertaker/frothing berserker from the esportal.
Kotetsu534
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Some classic Dr. Balanced in the deciding game of silentstorm vs. Luchesi right there.
+ Gang Up allows you to win any joust.
Mobius and pet octopus
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I've come to find that the best wins against druid are when you lure him into thinking that they can win off the combo. You fight for board over healing and they go all in on that combo strategy and then turn 9 comes (they've already innervated once or twice) and you heal and they have to combo down your board instead of your face.
I guess I need say no more since Cage has it covered.
I guess I need say no more since Cage has it covered.
Kotetsu534
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Shaman. It's the most consistent class of the three and got a little better in TGT. Priest has a big upside if you get a strong deck which can actually get on the board, but that's less likely in TGT than it was before, and if you miss you can easily go 1-3. Warrior is the worst class in Arena.
What about Priest with Deathlord?
One annoying loss in arena is having a Priest who has that and then later combos with double health.
Priest relied pretty heavily on Velen's Chosen to carry them through arena before TGT, and with the TGT card bonus you see it much less thesee days. And you won't always see deathlord either. Shaman got a huge arena buff in TGT. Totem Golem is disgusting in arena.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
Ok cool. A little less to worry about now. Hoping I can get to at least rank 15, but I have a feeling it's going to get very rough.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
God my Paletress RNG has been so bad. Leeroy,Fjola Lightbane and Millhouse ugh.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Ugh face huntard also evolved with TGT. Who at Blizzard was like hey lets make a 2/1 charge minion with shield because face retards needed sticky burst dmg...
Haunted
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I play Justicar in pretty much every deck of mine that can expect to reach past turn 10 (so basically all of them except face hunter).
But I also love fun and don't much care about optimisation.
irfaanator
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is the # of stars you get based on ending rank or highest rank. Ive heard ending rank
BananasWithGuns
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Stars that carry over for the next season are based on the rank you end at, yeah.
It's only the reward chest that takes your highest rank into consideration.
MetroidPrimeRib
Banned
Still wondering why they haven't just done simple shit like Mogor Brawl. Nozdormu is a busted card so I don't think Nozdormu Brawl is a good idea anymore
Looks like a 1-3 run with Shaman.
Should have picked the others.
I don't know why people don't complain about charge.
Edit: Now 2-2. Looks like this is going to end 2-3.
This is why I don't pick Shaman. People seem to rock out with their board clears when I get none.
BlackBuzzard
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Scamaz getting 3-0d by Hotform.
Mobius and pet octopus
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I just did some testing with bolf. I really didn't know how this card worked mechanically.
So I had bolf with 1 hp, with a wrathguard on board, and then I used hellfire. Bolf absorbed the hellfire damage, and the wrathguard damage, before dying.
Not sure if any of that matters... still seems to be a very narrow tech card because of how bad he is in situations where your opponent can just hit face.
So I had bolf with 1 hp, with a wrathguard on board, and then I used hellfire. Bolf absorbed the hellfire damage, and the wrathguard damage, before dying.
Not sure if any of that matters... still seems to be a very narrow tech card because of how bad he is in situations where your opponent can just hit face.
3-1 now. Not that Amaz is coming back though.
Where's your bomb lobber now?
BlackBuzzard
Banned
Fuck Ironeak owl this game would be so much better without it.
I have no problems with the card. Without it deathrattles and taunts would be pretty OP.
"It's OP when I'm losing."
So na'vi created a hearthstone team with hoej, xixo and ostkaka, like na'vi so is cool to see
BTW opiate, I created the mid range paladin that you posted, so far I like it, I had to left justicar out because I don't have him, but once I craft him I will cut loatheb since I had never used him in my matches. Heck, I hadn't even drawn him.
About Ironbeak owl, is one of the most op and rage inducing cards in the game, but I think that is pretty balanced and works well with the meta of the game
BTW opiate, I created the mid range paladin that you posted, so far I like it, I had to left justicar out because I don't have him, but once I craft him I will cut loatheb since I had never used him in my matches. Heck, I hadn't even drawn him.
About Ironbeak owl, is one of the most op and rage inducing cards in the game, but I think that is pretty balanced and works well with the meta of the game
Portugeezer
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The Hunter is so shit at drawing cards, it pains me.
Servbot #42
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A fucking hunter just conceded when i played darnassus on turn 2 LOL, he didn't even wait he just conceded on the spot.
Onion_Relish
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It's a sign. Triple ice rager deck go
All these Hearthstone tournament formats kind of suck. There's not too much strategy involved in picking your decks, because it's basically just glorified ladder play.
I would love to see one where players built their decks on the fly, and were able to more sensibly tech against each other. One player chooses a class, and then the other player chooses a class, and then they both make a deck (in secret). You'd switch the order for the next match. That would allow you to tech in appropriate cards for a change. And skill as a deck builder would finally come into play, as well as your knowledge of your opponent's tendencies and preferences. Would make for more interesting games, I think. Has that ever been tried?
I would love to see one where players built their decks on the fly, and were able to more sensibly tech against each other. One player chooses a class, and then the other player chooses a class, and then they both make a deck (in secret). You'd switch the order for the next match. That would allow you to tech in appropriate cards for a change. And skill as a deck builder would finally come into play, as well as your knowledge of your opponent's tendencies and preferences. Would make for more interesting games, I think. Has that ever been tried?
CarbonatedFalcon
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Nozdormu is still fucking bugged and it's bullshit. Opponent got him in the unstable portal brawl just now and used my entire turn.
FormallyFamicom
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Sounds like you'd be a big fan of Challengestone.
irfaanator
Banned
I just bought a crap load of packs. what have I done.
Part of the core Hearthstone experience is opening packs.
BananasWithGuns
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One of us. One of us.
Enjoy it though. Opening packs is like crack, for me at least.
Mobius and pet octopus
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You'll probably find that pyroblast is a poor choice for even mech mage I think. Most decks runs healing and the ones that don't aim to kill you before pyroblast is ever useful.
I do remember when pyroblast was quite good, but that was before it was nerfed to 10 mana from 8.
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