Just some looking for some general advice that other players may be able to provide
So far this season i've been playing a variant of Big Hunter (Secret w/ Kathrena and big beasts) and have gotten some modest success at rank 10 with a 57% win rate over about 30 games, however; there are some instances where I come up against some less than favorable matchup (hardest ones being dude paladin, burn mage and surprisingly spell hunter with Barnes/Y'sharaj combo) so when I get into a string of losses do you guys usually jump to a different deck to spice things up a little bit or do you tinker with the deck and pull/add cards you to tech against what you have been running into. I am usually into just teching based on amount of times I may run into but is it more viable to just have another deck to use?
Would be more than interested to hear some insight or what other players do when they reach these situations.
Good question. I usually run one that suits me better. I rank up with controlock but sometimes i goof around with other decks specially at rank floors. I say play the one u pilot better not the one that is considered tier 1. Example i played aggro pally with terrible sucess then cubelock spitefull priest and secret tempo. Turns out im not good with fast decks even tho ppl call them no skill decks. Instead slow rin controlock is where im best at.
My advice is play the one u feel comfortable with and gives u a fun time as long as it has a positive winrate in your hands
I switch decks. I usually rotate between Dudadin and Murloc pally, Cubelock, Secret Mage and sometimes Spell Hunter or Spiteful Priest. If I go on a losing streak and I'm facing the same decks/classes I try to pick a deck/class that's a better matchup. Of course sometimes that backfires and the system decides to put me against mirror matches or a different set of classes/decks.
the advantage of sticking with one class / deck archetype is you only have to learn 9 diffrent classes to play against. How to muligan with your deck vs the expected opponent.
When you do switch decks, you will have to learn that all over again.. and small mistakes are easer made. This is the risk you take. But sometimes it does make sence to switch to a diffrent deck because the meta of that day is not in favor of your chosen deck. So my advice is If you do switch make sure you have only one deck you play next to your main deck.
Most commen mistake is people switching from one deck to another and end up being jack of all trades and not mastering anything.
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Only switch decks that you have an equal mastery over when compared to the initial deck you were climbing with. Sometimes people switch to a stronger deck for the part of the ladder they are facing, but if they don't play that deck as well they are only doing themselves a disservice.
If you really really want to climb, don't use a deck with 57% winrate @ rank 10. If you really want to ladder with a meme deck, why would you ask us if you should change decks? :-/
I did start season from rank 9, in the begining I played Dragons steal Priest deck, but after few days of going back and forth in ranks I switched deck to Big Priest in rank 7. Ever since then I gradually climbed rather quickly to rank 5 in which I left the ranking play for few days.
I started playing again ranked during last weekend. Suddenly I noticed that I kept going up in ranks quite effortless. I had already seen that Big Priest, while not so common on ladder at the moment, was harder for my opponents to counter than maybe some other priests. I feel that one of the key issues is that you have to adjust your deck to be strong against most of the meta and then you just need to stick in to it so that you will be able to master it even though you may have some loosing streaks. On Tuesday I was already at rank 1/3 but then dropped back at rank 2/4. I made a decision to stick with Big Priest and finally yesterday evening it gave me the result I had been chasing for few years.
During my climb most common decks were Cublock (hard one for my deck) and slower control variant, Paladins both dude/murloc, priests (Spiteful mostly) and secrect mage. Hardest ones out of the most common ones were Cubelock, due to their spike damage from combo and Mulock Paladin due to murloc buffings.
I did start season from rank 9, in the begining I played Dragons steal Priest deck, but after few days of going back and forth in ranks I switched deck to Big Priest in rank 7. Ever since then I gradually climbed rather quickly to rank 5 in which I left the ranking play for few days.
I started playing again ranked during last weekend. Suddenly I noticed that I kept going up in ranks quite effortless. I had already seen that Big Priest, while not so common on ladder at the moment, was harder for my opponents to counter than maybe some other priests. I feel that one of the key issues is that you have to adjust your deck to be strong against most of the meta and then you just need to stick in to it so that you will be able to master it even though you may have some loosing streaks. On Tuesday I was already at rank 1/3 but then dropped back at rank 2/4. I made a decision to stick with Big Priest and finally yesterday evening it gave me the result I had been chasing for few years.
During my climb most common decks were Cublock (hard one for my deck) and slower control variant, Paladins both dude/murloc, priests (Spiteful mostly) and secrect mage. Hardest ones out of the most common ones were Cubelock, due to their spike damage from combo and Mulock Paladin due to murloc buffings.
I did start season from rank 9, in the begining I played Dragons steal Priest deck, but after few days of going back and forth in ranks I switched deck to Big Priest in rank 7. Ever since then I gradually climbed rather quickly to rank 5 in which I left the ranking play for few days.
I started playing again ranked during last weekend. Suddenly I noticed that I kept going up in ranks quite effortless. I had already seen that Big Priest, while not so common on ladder at the moment, was harder for my opponents to counter than maybe some other priests. I feel that one of the key issues is that you have to adjust your deck to be strong against most of the meta and then you just need to stick in to it so that you will be able to master it even though you may have some loosing streaks. On Tuesday I was already at rank 1/3 but then dropped back at rank 2/4. I made a decision to stick with Big Priest and finally yesterday evening it gave me the result I had been chasing for few years.
During my climb most common decks were Cublock (hard one for my deck) and slower control variant, Paladins both dude/murloc, priests (Spiteful mostly) and secrect mage. Hardest ones out of the most common ones were Cubelock, due to their spike damage from combo and Mulock Paladin due to murloc buffings.
Most definetly climb with one deck ur good at. Even if u face decks that counters urs in a row. I run controlock and for the first time this month ppl stopped running aggro or so I thought. My deck is amazing against aggro and can out value most control decks. Unless its otk decks and mill rogue which is what i faced time 5 times in a row.
So i thought ok then let me play exodia mage. Then bam Secret Mage witch i hadn't seen for days is the first one i get followed by druid token aggro dude pally and even PIRATE WARRIOR!!!
Conclusion is that i would be in same place where i startef those 10 games if i had sticked with my controlock. I switched so i payed tbe price.
Never switch unless u want to play DMH Fatigue Warrior. It just takes major balls to run that deck.
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Just some looking for some general advice that other players may be able to provide
So far this season i've been playing a variant of Big Hunter (Secret w/ Kathrena and big beasts) and have gotten some modest success at rank 10 with a 57% win rate over about 30 games, however; there are some instances where I come up against some less than favorable matchup (hardest ones being dude paladin, burn mage and surprisingly spell hunter with Barnes/Y'sharaj combo) so when I get into a string of losses do you guys usually jump to a different deck to spice things up a little bit or do you tinker with the deck and pull/add cards you to tech against what you have been running into. I am usually into just teching based on amount of times I may run into but is it more viable to just have another deck to use?
Would be more than interested to hear some insight or what other players do when they reach these situations.
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Good question. I usually run one that suits me better. I rank up with controlock but sometimes i goof around with other decks specially at rank floors. I say play the one u pilot better not the one that is considered tier 1. Example i played aggro pally with terrible sucess then cubelock spitefull priest and secret tempo. Turns out im not good with fast decks even tho ppl call them no skill decks. Instead slow rin controlock is where im best at.
My advice is play the one u feel comfortable with and gives u a fun time as long as it has a positive winrate in your hands
I switch decks. I usually rotate between Dudadin and Murloc pally, Cubelock, Secret Mage and sometimes Spell Hunter or Spiteful Priest. If I go on a losing streak and I'm facing the same decks/classes I try to pick a deck/class that's a better matchup. Of course sometimes that backfires and the system decides to put me against mirror matches or a different set of classes/decks.
the advantage of sticking with one class / deck archetype is you only have to learn 9 diffrent classes to play against.
How to muligan with your deck vs the expected opponent.
When you do switch decks, you will have to learn that all over again.. and small mistakes are easer made. This is the risk you take.
But sometimes it does make sence to switch to a diffrent deck because the meta of that day is not in favor of your chosen deck. So my advice is If you do switch make sure you have only one deck you play next to your main deck.
Most commen mistake is people switching from one deck to another and end up being jack of all trades and not mastering anything.
" In the beginning, there was nothing, which exploded."
Only switch decks that you have an equal mastery over when compared to the initial deck you were climbing with. Sometimes people switch to a stronger deck for the part of the ladder they are facing, but if they don't play that deck as well they are only doing themselves a disservice.
Asks serious laddering question- plays meme deck
If you really really want to climb, don't use a deck with 57% winrate @ rank 10. If you really want to ladder with a meme deck, why would you ask us if you should change decks? :-/
Legend with : S65 Freeze Mage, S57 Maly Gonk Druid, S57 "Okay" Shaman, S53 Boom-zooka Hunter, S53 Maly Tog Druid, S52 Wild Tog Druid ft.Blingtron, S50 Quest Rogue, S49 Dead Man's Warrior, S41 Wild Clown Fiesta Druid, S41 Hadronox Jade Druid, S40 Wild OTK Dragon Druid, S35 SMOrc Shaman, S33 Jade Druid, S22 Control Priest, S19 Control Priest
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I did start season from rank 9, in the begining I played Dragons steal Priest deck, but after few days of going back and forth in ranks I switched deck to Big Priest in rank 7. Ever since then I gradually climbed rather quickly to rank 5 in which I left the ranking play for few days.
I started playing again ranked during last weekend. Suddenly I noticed that I kept going up in ranks quite effortless. I had already seen that Big Priest, while not so common on ladder at the moment, was harder for my opponents to counter than maybe some other priests. I feel that one of the key issues is that you have to adjust your deck to be strong against most of the meta and then you just need to stick in to it so that you will be able to master it even though you may have some loosing streaks. On Tuesday I was already at rank 1/3 but then dropped back at rank 2/4. I made a decision to stick with Big Priest and finally yesterday evening it gave me the result I had been chasing for few years.
During my climb most common decks were Cublock (hard one for my deck) and slower control variant, Paladins both dude/murloc, priests (Spiteful mostly) and secrect mage. Hardest ones out of the most common ones were Cubelock, due to their spike damage from combo and Mulock Paladin due to murloc buffings.
Most definetly climb with one deck ur good at. Even if u face decks that counters urs in a row. I run controlock and for the first time this month ppl stopped running aggro or so I thought. My deck is amazing against aggro and can out value most control decks. Unless its otk decks and mill rogue which is what i faced time 5 times in a row.
So i thought ok then let me play exodia mage. Then bam Secret Mage witch i hadn't seen for days is the first one i get followed by druid token aggro dude pally and even PIRATE WARRIOR!!!
Conclusion is that i would be in same place where i startef those 10 games if i had sticked with my controlock. I switched so i payed tbe price.
Never switch unless u want to play DMH Fatigue Warrior. It just takes major balls to run that deck.