It's not a power level complaint so much as it is "this deck is f'ing miserable to play against" complaint.
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Hearthstone |OT9| Our raid wiped in Icecrown Citadel
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Not only that, but it is an absolute fucking bore to play. I tried it out because I was excited to get a few wins with priest but doing nothing until turn 6 is awful and the games just drag on forever. I'm sticking with warlock for now and maybe some Mage.
FINALLY!
After been so close few times, I finally did it!
I went around 20-5 from rank 4 0 star.
After reached rank 1 3 stars few days ago, I was down to rank 4 again yesterday, but slowly went 15-2 with jade druid to rank 1.
Tired of playing against aggro with jade druid in rank 1-2. I decided to crafted 2 southsea captain, and played PW.
I made it to rank 1 5 stars twice, failed my 1st time to aggro murloc, but then won in turn 4 the next time I faced another aggro murloc for final boss.
Now I can literally relax and trying to get Arthas.
Never again I'd do this, kudos to the streamers and pro players.
Lost to turn one Innervate Fledgling, turn two coin Fledgling.
Why do I never get hands like that
Congrats!
Why do I never get hands like that
Congrats!
BananasWithGuns
Member
I wish Blizzard would rework the ladder system already. Just feels like the game stagnates so freaking quickly these days, though I guess the Druid situation doesn't really help.
Gratz, i remember my first time reaching rank 1 and switching to secret palladin. Didnt play it before and won 5 games.
I still regretted my decision to trade my 5/4 berserker into 1/1 murloc, cuz I'm afraid of steed in my 1st final boss. I could've won that one, cuz I was off by 5 damage.
Thank you!
I changed to PW cuz it's quick, I didn't care anymore if I win or lose, as long as it's a quick match.
Indeed. The grinding is crazy, but I appreciate they lock the rank after rank 15, 10, and 5.
Thank you!
I changed to PW cuz it's quick, I didn't care anymore if I win or lose, as long as it's a quick match.
Indeed. The grinding is crazy, but I appreciate they lock the rank after rank 15, 10, and 5.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
WHAT HTE FUCK
So a Warlock uses Soul Fire
discards Cruel Dinomancer
Then he plays another Cruel Dinomancer
And then they just kept summoning each other over and over again. That surprised me.
So a Warlock uses Soul Fire
discards Cruel Dinomancer
Then he plays another Cruel Dinomancer
And then they just kept summoning each other over and over again. That surprised me.
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
Worth it to get into this game? Would be playing on an S8+, first screen size I've considered longer-form gaming on a phone with so interested in the F2P options.
Also how much am I likely to spend (if anything) in the early-mid game, being realistic, to have a decent amount of fun. Don't mind spending bits here and there if the hooks are decent.
Also how much am I likely to spend (if anything) in the early-mid game, being realistic, to have a decent amount of fun. Don't mind spending bits here and there if the hooks are decent.
Yes. I've got an S8+. Game works perfect on it.The ๖ۜBronx;247091126 said:
Welcome pack is great, 5 bux, effectiively 2 guaranteed legendaries in the packs. Definitely worth getting, as well as at least "One Night in Karazhan" since it's a guaranteed set of cards and not random packs.
I can send ya a recruit a friend link if you want.
There is a trick to saving money w/ the game- if you install the game via Amazon's appstore instead of google play, you can buy "coins" through Amazon, which are cheaper than their real-money equivalent via battle.net bux.
This is also good advice, no reason to actually spend money until you've unlocked all the basic class cards.
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
Thanks for the reply. That all sounds good, especially the tip about the Amazon app-store savings. I've already created an account just to have a peek so sorry on the referral, should have thought about that really.
Will have a play around with it and drop the cash on Thursday if it's looking like I'll stick. Certainly been a long time since I've fallen into a card game!
Edit: Also thanks for the tip on the tutorial, will focus on getting that done in that time b
So i reached legend 4 times out of 5, ill take it.
My favorite one was reaching it with renomage and pogchamp shaman
The Mango Sentinel
Member
The ๖ۜBronx;247091358 said:
Also, not just the tutorial....in order to unlock all the basic cards I believe you have to get each class to level 10 or 15. I could be wrong on this but I think I remember not playing any matches against real players until I unlocked everything.
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
alternatively patron warrior works as well. Just need a humongous frothing or 2.
Amazing, congrats!!
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
I used this one subbing for a bunch of cards I didn't have
2 Wild Pyromancer
2 Frothing Berserker
2 Whirlwind
2 Commanding Shout
2 Dread Corsair
2 Inner Rage
2 Acolyte of Pain
2 Shield Block
2 Fiery War Axe
1 Grommash Hellscream
2 Armorsmith
2 Battle Rage
2 Death's Bite
2 Grim Patron
2 Ravaging Ghoul
1 Blood Razor
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you need a patron online by turn 5 or 6 and it's a bad idea to leave just one on the board because of obliterate.
What's the strategy here? And how do I remove the 2/6s?
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
patrons trade into the 2/6s favourably and you're running a bunch of aoe. Afterwards make a huge frothing and go face hoping there's no blizzard.
Get huge amounts of armor with armorsmiths to extend the game. I used a blood warriors I had to get some additional patrons and frothings.
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
Beat the tutorials, all going well so far. Just a few quick questions if someone wouldn't mind helping out:
- How casually (or for how long) can you play the game without needing to look up decks? As much as I'd love to get into that side of it eventually with all the games coming out soon I won't have the time to commit to strategy outside of my own meddling.
- Are there any preferred pack types of those you can buy - not counting the beginner ones or the story one? Be good to know which are recommended.
- Rough length of time to be able to unlock all the deck types (meaning Mage, Warrior etc)? Got an Epic card from one of the free booster packs but can't use it in my Mage deck (only one I have so far).
From that initial tutorial only lost once by 1 life, rest of it managed to grasp. Like the style of it, and the animations are nice too. There also seems to be a decent amount of variety to what cards can do, already interested in trying some out. Only minor nitpick is I really hate the font choice for the dialogue, just stands out from the rest of the theme.
Sorry if this is all coming across a bit 'noob'. Just heard a lot of positive things about Hearthstone but never really looked into it much, it's cool to finally have a look inside the box.
Thanks for the tips so far, appreciated.
- How casually (or for how long) can you play the game without needing to look up decks? As much as I'd love to get into that side of it eventually with all the games coming out soon I won't have the time to commit to strategy outside of my own meddling.
- Are there any preferred pack types of those you can buy - not counting the beginner ones or the story one? Be good to know which are recommended.
- Rough length of time to be able to unlock all the deck types (meaning Mage, Warrior etc)? Got an Epic card from one of the free booster packs but can't use it in my Mage deck (only one I have so far).
From that initial tutorial only lost once by 1 life, rest of it managed to grasp. Like the style of it, and the animations are nice too. There also seems to be a decent amount of variety to what cards can do, already interested in trying some out. Only minor nitpick is I really hate the font choice for the dialogue, just stands out from the rest of the theme.
Sorry if this is all coming across a bit 'noob'. Just heard a lot of positive things about Hearthstone but never really looked into it much, it's cool to finally have a look inside the box.
Thanks for the tips so far, appreciated.
The ๖ۜBronx;247096390 said:
dont buy any packs (unless with gold) for any reason.
see if you like the game and maybe if you like a particular class. i enjoyed mage and hunter a lot in the beginning. you unlock classes by beating them in the solo mode.
just keep playing and build decks with the cards you have.
if you're interested watch this video series called trumps teachings on youtube. its not that trump, its a twitch streamer.
dont think about netdecking yet. that stuff is stupid anyways.
edit: Trump Teachings - A video series by one of the game's most notable streamers. This is essentially Hearthstone 101 and is mandatory viewing for any new player looking for a crash course in Hearthstone strategy.
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One of the big ways you can tell jade druid might be overpowered is that they can fit so many tech cards into it.
Playing at rank 1 trying to get legend and played a guy running black knight, mc tech, silence, and that choose taunt or poisonous card. Seeing all kinds of random cards in others too. Now I'm getting yogg'd every game.
Doesn't help there's a fair amount of aggro druid so can't even count on doing my mulligan correctly.
Playing at rank 1 trying to get legend and played a guy running black knight, mc tech, silence, and that choose taunt or poisonous card. Seeing all kinds of random cards in others too. Now I'm getting yogg'd every game.
Doesn't help there's a fair amount of aggro druid so can't even count on doing my mulligan correctly.
The ๖ۜBronx;247096390 said:
Besides what has been said above me, I suggest you some other things...
If you buy packs (gold or money) try to go with classic, that set will never rotate out from the standard, so those ones are the best investment for a new player starting. Classic is usually the least interesting set, but eventually you will realize all decks use cards from this set, and you will need that bedrock.
Try to get all classes to 10 to unlock all cards, be aware that the starting cards are not optimized for the game, and you might lose a bit more than what you win, that's normal, specially for someone starting to learn, take the time to know which are the best plays you can do against your opponent and don't focus on the fact that the opponent might have a more expensive deck.
I also suggest you to buy 1 single Whispers of the Old Gods pack, when you do, the game will gift you 1 legendary (C'thun) and 2 c'mon cards that synergizes with C'thun. Even if you don't use them, they are a good source of arcane dust.
About money, if you want to optimize gold over money, you need to play the game every day, each day you get a daily quest you can complete for gold and that is the best way to get gold through the game. Tavern brawls are a good way to complete them as well as a good way to farm some wins (3 wins = 10g, caps at 30 wins per day). Also, pro tip: always reroll 40g quests and try to complete most quests at 50g or more, to get the most gold out of daily quests. A good way to do this is to save a quest (avoiding completing it) until next day to a chance of rerolling the 40g quest again.
The game is good for pick up and play, so even if you need to play most days to get gold, it can also be done quick for the day, that way you can focus on other games while dedicating low effort when you don't want to play much HS.
If you need more help, you can add me if you are on NA (wiibomb#1871)
- Try every classes. Find few that suits your style and focus on them.
- Classic is always a priority.
- Arena is great for farming gold and dust if you've already understand how the game works.
- Watch streamers, it really helps.
- Once you have enough gold, try to buy at least 10 packs of every set, for a guaranteed Legendary.
- Find infos or just ask here on which cards actually worth it to dust.
- Classic is always a priority.
- Arena is great for farming gold and dust if you've already understand how the game works.
- Watch streamers, it really helps.
- Once you have enough gold, try to buy at least 10 packs of every set, for a guaranteed Legendary.
- Find infos or just ask here on which cards actually worth it to dust.
Forgot about the guaranteed legendary in 10 packs, good suggestion.
The welcome pack is such an amazing value that even F2P players should consider them, yes that is also a very good suggestion.
slightconfuse
Banned
I found fatigue warrior to be good against lick King. You brawl on turn 7 leaving one 2/6 and start milling cards off him.
Then you just take the board
Then you just take the board
I ended up using 'Big Warrior' since even Patron decks weren't working out for me. Need Gastropod and Alarm-O-Bot in your first 4-5 cards, and the rest of the deck stacked with big minions. Took a few restarts but I got it and killed him by turn 6.
Hah, I had no idea most of these existed! Thanks!
Hah, I had no idea most of these existed! Thanks!
was gonna make a joke about patron warriors
lol what is happening here
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
looks like volcano + a ton of velen with the spell damage buff and a ridiculously large acolyte
i'm late here, but frost lich jainas card art is amazing
https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/media/hearthstone.gamepedia.com/b/b5/Frost_Lich_Jaina_full.jpg
original is too big to embed
but her feet oh no baby what is you doin
https://hearthstone.gamepedia.com/media/hearthstone.gamepedia.com/b/b5/Frost_Lich_Jaina_full.jpg
original is too big to embed
Hysteria doing Hysteria things.
slightconfuse
Banned
Found some wierd glitch where the lich doesn't attack if you have a taunt and KT on the board.
I just left one trapped soul and built a big board
I just left one trapped soul and built a big board
This is an old glitch in the game that was supposedly fixed but seems to have popped back up with the Lich King. You used to be able to beat nearly every solo boss with this trick.
slightconfuse
Banned
Any advice for hunter I am trying this molten giant deck but he obliterates on turn 2 and blizzard on turn 6