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Hearthstone / Re: Has anyone learned Hearthstone yet?
« on: May 14, 2016, 06:53:43 pm »
Just opened a Golden Xaril, after not opening any legends in like 30 packs of WOTG. And Cho Gal 2 packs later. \o/
I claimed earlier I was bored of this brawl, but someone on the subreddit suggested doomsayer/thoughtsteal. It's much less boring than most decks and has some pretty good matchups. It's a good counter to warper decks and ice block decks (you win nearly every time unless you draw horribly). Has a bad matchup vs dummy/bolster and is unwinnable vs naturalize/coldlight, and is kinda meh against niche decks (especially since I might not know how to play well against them), but overall still good.
Uhm, how does it beat warper exactly?
You keep playing doomsayers to deny their turn, while thoughtstealing with spare mana. Once you run out of doomsayers, play your own mech combo. You will be in a strong tempo position because you got out your mechs the turn before your opponent does.
I claimed earlier I was bored of this brawl, but someone on the subreddit suggested doomsayer/thoughtsteal. It's much less boring than most decks and has some pretty good matchups. It's a good counter to warper decks and ice block decks (you win nearly every time unless you draw horribly). Has a bad matchup vs dummy/bolster and is unwinnable vs naturalize/coldlight, and is kinda meh against niche decks (especially since I might not know how to play well against them), but overall still good.
This brawl rocks. You can get test all kind of crazy concepts.
I tried, with varying sucess:
Raven Idol / Innervate
Yog / Innervate
Chill Maw / Innervate
Chill Maw / Ancestor's Call
Upgrade / Southsea Deckhand
Brave Archer / Shieldberer
Undercity Husker / Journey Below
Doomsayer / Ice Lance
Edit: forgot
Wild Pyro / Silence (should try PW:S too)
I also faced Mana Wraith / Innervate Druid
Mechwarper / Gorillabot seems super strong too.
You forgot Mind Blast decks! My Mind Blast/Holy Nova got one point off lethal against a Mind Blast/Shadowbomber deck.
Damn, this brawl is making me want to recraft GvG cards. :/
Eater of Secrets says "I know who you are...". Pretty classic.
I don't think I know the reference, but this reminds me of that one episode of Metalocalypse where they make that movie "Blood Ocean".
Cthun decks all look like crap to me OTOH. You play River Crocs, Spider Tanks and Yetis and.. a giant bomb to finish it off? Wow, so not impressed.
I suspect some classes have it better than others with respect to C'thun. Druid and Priest have insane C'Thun synergy, while Paladin and Shaman have nothing.
Is there any real point to Renounce Darkness? It turns your constructed deck into a coin-flip brawl. Why is this at Epic?
That main issue with this brawl is that it is literally unplayable for new players. Not just unfair, but potentially you don't even have cards to make a deck.
All very good tips, some of which I was trying to go with already, some not so much. Thanks.Ugh. I just went 2-3 with what looked to me like a fairly respectable rogue deck. I have always struggled a lot with rogue in arena, has anyone got any tips on this one?
EDIT: Yeah so I realise that obviously showing the deck would be helpful, but I don't have it down anywhere. Just looking for any general ideas about rogue in arena. I average somewhere between 6 and 8 wins with other classes, but I don't think I've got more than about 4 with rogue recently.
I've done fine with Rogue recently. You rally need to play aggresive and keep the tempo on your side, clean stuff with face. Tomb Pillagers, Shado Pans, Eviscerate, Deadly Poison, and strangly Venture Co even (High attack is better for rogue, so you might want to take risky high attack guys more often). One thing I've picked up from Ben Brode streams is have 1 conceal in. It just does wonders in setting up leathal when you are ahead, and as rogue you want to be ahead early.
The conceal thing is really interesting. I've never thought of it as a good arena card, but when you put it that way...
Ugh. I just went 2-3 with what looked to me like a fairly respectable rogue deck. I have always struggled a lot with rogue in arena, has anyone got any tips on this one?
EDIT: Yeah so I realise that obviously showing the deck would be helpful, but I don't have it down anywhere. Just looking for any general ideas about rogue in arena. I average somewhere between 6 and 8 wins with other classes, but I don't think I've got more than about 4 with rogue recently.