A couple months ago I was floating around rank 4-5. I went inactive though because of other games and the staleness of the ladder (everything was a control warrior or tempo rogue and it just got old). So I've been trying to claw my way out of the gutter ranks since this season started. I was doing pretty well at first but once I got within one win of rank 10 the game has just been spiking me down over and over. I went from secret mage to quest druid to get there. But then my draws went to crap and my opponents just got better draws and I ended up dropping back down to 13. So I switched to quest paladin. Got back up to 12 and then spiked down again. So i switched to aggro warrior (I really hate aggro decks but I am fed up with the nonsense). I keep getting within one win of rank 11 and I face the same perfect play/draw crap that spikes me down. I'm sitting here with a lower curve deck and never getting a good opener. Meanwhile I face 5 quest paladins who finish their quest by turn 5. In all the games I played quest paladin never once did I get that kind of opener despite running the same cards these guys are playing. Every quest druid I faced had a perfect play to complete their quest as early as possible but still play for board, meanwhile running the same cards in my quest druid never once did I get those kinds of openers. Now, I haven't lost all of these games but I'm sitting here watching them play and wondering why the hell I can't get that kind of luck when I run those decks. If like one opponent every few games just had an amazing opener, fine, I'd get that. But we're talking like 4 out of every 5 opponents I play right now has the perfect optimal opener for the deck they are playing. I shouldn't be able to predict every play before it happens. How the hell can I get out of the cesspool that is lower ranks right now? I'd like to get somewhere where I can at least pick a deck, tech it, and have a fighting chance.
TL:DR I'm getting boned by the ladder and card draw no matter what I play and I don't know how to get around it and I need tips. I can pretty much make any deck so if you have a deck you used to get out of this lay it on me. I've already hit the point where I'm playing aggro so not much is off the table.
what deck are you playing? the meta deck one or are you teching useless cards in it? aggro warrior and quest paladin are legend capable decks, it should be a quick run from rank 15 to rank 5 can you show some replay to see what went wrong in your games? your decks are not the issue, it's your gameplay, you can't be unlucky during hundred of games
if you prefer playing quest paladin than aggro warrior, i reached legend with it, i can give you some advice
Dude i don't want to be rude, but it makes no sense to blame bad luck for what is happening to you. Most probably you are doing some mistakes that are influencing your winrate without realizing it, or maybe you didn't fully understand the current meta and how to play some matchups. Personally i suggest you to watch high level player streaming or video on youtube, so you can get useful information on how to efficiently play these decks. Also play for the long run and don't get tilted by some bad games, losing streaks happen to everybody. Good luck!
Dude i don't want to be rude, but it makes no sense to blame bad luck for what is happening to you. Most probably you are doing some mistakes that are influencing your winrate without realizing it, or maybe you didn't fully understand the current meta and how to play some matchups. Personally i suggest you to watch high level player streaming or video on youtube, so you can get useful information on how to efficiently play these decks. Also play for the long run and don't get tilted by some bad games, losing streaks happen to everybody. Good luck!
sure it's luck or whatever u want to call it. one day you win every single game and the next day, you lose every game. after 2 played games each day, i can tell if its a winning or losing day. and now, may the tinfoil hats comments come my way...
Dude i don't want to be rude, but it makes no sense to blame bad luck for what is happening to you. Most probably you are doing some mistakes that are influencing your winrate without realizing it, or maybe you didn't fully understand the current meta and how to play some matchups. Personally i suggest you to watch high level player streaming or video on youtube, so you can get useful information on how to efficiently play these decks. Also play for the long run and don't get tilted by some bad games, losing streaks happen to everybody. Good luck!
sure it's luck or whatever u want to call it. one day you win every single game and the next day, you lose every game. after 2 played games each day, i can tell if its a winning or losing day. and now, may the tinfoil hats comments come my way...
Luck and predetermined matches decide our fates. Sucks but it’s true. No tinfoil hat, facts are facts.
There are winning and losing streaks, but as long as your winrate is positive you will always climb in a long run. If your winrate is negative you are probably doing something wrong. I think it's a better attitude to look at your mistakes and improve rather than blame luck or destiny.
I'd like to get somewhere where I can at least pick a deck, tech it, and have a fighting chance.
You don't really elaborate on what you mean by "tech it," but I suspect you are ruining your deck by overcompensating for recent losses.
Tech is for tournaments and top legend. For most of the ladder, you should not be teching against specific archetypes, no matter how frequently that archetype seems to appear.
If by "tech it," you just mean you are adding your own touches, I'd advise NOT doing that and see if you get better results.
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Dude i don't want to be rude, but it makes no sense to blame bad luck for what is happening to you. Most probably you are doing some mistakes that are influencing your winrate without realizing it, or maybe you didn't fully understand the current meta and how to play some matchups. Personally i suggest you to watch high level player streaming or video on youtube, so you can get useful information on how to efficiently play these decks. Also play for the long run and don't get tilted by some bad games, losing streaks happen to everybody. Good luck!
sure it's luck or whatever u want to call it. one day you win every single game and the next day, you lose every game. after 2 played games each day, i can tell if its a winning or losing day. and now, may the tinfoil hats comments come my way...
Do you know how many games I see people blaming everything but themselves for any losses or bad streaks? You can sit in your hole all you want but it won't help. Sure, some games you get crappy draws or your oppononent draws the mutts nuts but this will balance out with games going in your favour as well.
Admit you probably aren't as good as you think you, own your mistakes and you'll get better. There's no conspiracy keeping people at rnak 12 etc. I make lots of mistakes and I don't have a wealth of knowledge about the game but I'm sitting at rank 3 without really putting time into it. I've used a combination of decks along the way, zoo lock, warlock quest, hunter quest, highlander hunter, quest paladin, control warrior, highlander warlock to name a few.
It's always the game, the devs, the servers, the draw, amongst a ton of other common excuses, not just with HS but every other game I play, I see the same type of players refusing that they aren't shit hot. Other games players also make swipes at Pro players and streamers either having too much time or getting favours from devs.
Fact is, bad players make bad excuses. Even the very best players, regardless of the game, have some bad luck or bad games/matches but the cream always rises to the top.
Dude i don't want to be rude, but it makes no sense to blame bad luck for what is happening to you. Most probably you are doing some mistakes that are influencing your winrate without realizing it, or maybe you didn't fully understand the current meta and how to play some matchups. Personally i suggest you to watch high level player streaming or video on youtube, so you can get useful information on how to efficiently play these decks. Also play for the long run and don't get tilted by some bad games, losing streaks happen to everybody. Good luck!
sure it's luck or whatever u want to call it. one day you win every single game and the next day, you lose every game. after 2 played games each day, i can tell if its a winning or losing day. and now, may the tinfoil hats comments come my way...
Luck and predetermined matches decide our fates. Sucks but it’s true. No tinfoil hat, facts are facts.
Bad players are bad players. Facts are facts. Until you can provide some coding or evidence, you're talking shit. Please provide evidence of these 'facts' and we can all join you in agreeing. I'm going to guess you can't and that you've made up your so called 'facts' based on bias and bad memory.
I don't think you really understand what a fact is to be honest.
I kinda figured this would devolve to "you're making mistakes" or "It can't be luck," so let me elaborate.
I just played against a quest rogue who RNGed 3 restless mummies which quite literally won him the game. I played against a highlander hunter who I had topdecking. On his turn 10 he topdecked Zuljin and won the game because of it, if not for that I had lethal on board. I just lost to a mage who topdecked Doomsayer then blizzard then flamestrike and then another flamestrike on turns 5/6/7/8. I just lost to a zoolock who RNGed the rush lackey on turn 3 which let him rush my berserker he had no other way of killing which snowballed his board. if he doesnt do that I get restless mummy out on turn 4, buff my berserker and kill his board and hit his face and have a really strong position on board and in my hand. This is the kind of stuff I'm facing every single game. I'm amazed I'm pretty much sitting at a 50% winrate.
Currently I'm playing aggro warrior. I am not teching my decks, there's no point when you're in gutter ranks hence why I said I want to get to a place where I can tech my decks. I know the difference between losing to bad luck and losing to a mistake. So back on topic, I need some deck advice, not "git gud"
EDIT::: I pretty much only play on my iPad. My computer gets annoying glitches with hearthstone that make playing annoying. Because of this I can't run something like HS replay
Just faced another quest rogue who RNGed 2 mage secrets with 1 clever disguise which both prevented lethal. The first was Counterspell which was hilarious considering I discovered The Boomship earlier in the match and was working to Boomship in Grommash, Leeroy, and a Kor'Kron Elite with inner rage for 22 damage. I guessed it was counterspell (because of course that's what he'd get) and popped it with battle rage, but this delayed my lethal by a turn (Which had already been delayed by him RNGing the echo priest pumpkin that heals you). The second was Vaporize, which no matter how I played stopped me from winning the game (I couldn't stick a minion to pop it and then play my game plan). You can't tell me the issue right now isn't luck when out of the entirety of all of the class cards in the game this guy RNGed 2 Mage secrets which directly countered a plan I had formulated 6 turns before.
Sometimes very bad luck streak happens. I play another game where you can try to upgrade your items by putting a rune on them, with a 1% chance of success. Took me 475+ tries before it landed. After that I got 2 runes working on 20 tries total.
This will pass don't worry. Just try to not switch/tech your deck after every lose.
Sometimes very bad luck streak happens. I play another game where you can try to upgrade your items by putting a rune on them, with a 1% chance of success. Took me 475+ tries before it landed. After that I got 2 runes working on 20 tries total.
This will pass don't worry. Just try to not switch/tech your deck after every lose.
I don't tech deck at lower ranks unless the meta is very heavy on one particular kind of deck, which isn't really going on right now. I do switch decks though if whatever I'm playing just clearly isn't working. My luck has been shit for a little over a week now so I'm hoping it swings the other way soon :(
Also I feel that enchantment crap man. I've played a lot of games where enchanting something can outright destroy it and it's never ever a fun feeling.
I can say from repeated experience that the best thing to do when you suddenly find yourself losing a couple of games in a row, is to take a break from the game. And by break, I don't mean 5 minutes to get a cup of tea - I mean, take a proper break. Go do something else. Watch TV, play another game, go out. The worst time to play (ever!) is when you're already starting to feel cheesed off, or that RnG is abusing you, etc. Because even if you will yourself to do better, that mindsight will cause you to lose focus and make silly mistakes. I often find myself regretting starting another game because it got even worse after that one.
I still have to force myself to take a break, because the desire to "just get a win, and then my luck will return" is a strong (and fatal) one. It never works that way.
Of course, while you're on a winning streak, keep playing - that positive feeling will help you do well.
I'm sorry man but you seem to be the sterotypically "I only lose because of bad luck" player. You describe situations again and again which you are are extreme bad luck but for me sound like normal gameplay (topdeck doomsayer, flamestrike, blizzard...), dude, their deck is DESIGNED to do this.
I get Legend every month and the way I play is always expecting the worst. Where you get furious about them every turn having a board clear, I totally expect it. Basically, against almost any deck which is control'ish, I always expect to not have a board next turn. If I do, great, I'm getting in a winning position. If not - well, that was expected, let's build it again. You seem to overextend a bunch, for starters. You also mention RNG like "the rush Lackey", but that's actually a 20% chance, AND you have to consider that maybe otherwise he had another play like Soulfiring your Berserker, etc, it's just that the Lackey was the most optimal.
As others have said, you really have to be more critic on yourself and try to improve your gameplay - bluntly put, you are not good enough right now for Rank 10, and the game is reflecting that.
When people ask me how to improve at their game, I always say the same thing:
"THERE IS NO LUCK IN THIS GAME. Well, let me rephrase it. There is always some degree of luck in the draws and RNG, but statistically it always compensates over a few games or even a few days. People who are good will always get to Legend, people who are not will always stay rank 10-15. That's because the games that you draw like shit are compensated by the ones you draw like god (which you will conveniently never remember, basic human psychology). Plus, you can sometimes turn the tides even with shit draws if you are good enough."
I hit Legend this month with a custom Tempo Rogue and it was such a fucking grind. I rode down to Rank surprisingly quickly and easily but I hit a barrier. For 4 days straight I was stuck between Ranks 1 and 2, even touching the glorious Rank 1 5 stars, before falling all the way back down. Sure, some games my opponents got the nuts, but I had to self reflect and see how I could improve and tech against certain matchups. I made some adjustments to my deck and adapted with the meta, and was able to hit Legend. A great player can fluxuate with the meta, that's what you need to learn to do.
I can say from repeated experience that the best thing to do when you suddenly find yourself losing a couple of games in a row, is to take a break from the game. And by break, I don't mean 5 minutes to get a cup of tea - I mean, take a proper break. Go do something else. Watch TV, play another game, go out. The worst time to play (ever!) is when you're already starting to feel cheesed off, or that RnG is abusing you, etc. Because even if you will yourself to do better, that mindsight will cause you to lose focus and make silly mistakes. I often find myself regretting starting another game because it got even worse after that one.
I still have to force myself to take a break, because the desire to "just get a win, and then my luck will return" is a strong (and fatal) one. It never works that way.
Of course, while you're on a winning streak, keep playing - that positive feeling will help you do well.
Yeah after that last loss to the RNG rogue I just quit playing for the day. I knew I would just make mistakes after that.
I'm sorry man but you seem to be the sterotypically "I only lose because of bad luck" player. You describe situations again and again which you are are extreme bad luck but for me sound like normal gameplay (topdeck doomsayer, flamestrike, blizzard...), dude, their deck is DESIGNED to do this.
I get Legend every month and the way I play is always expecting the worst. Where you get furious about them every turn having a board clear, I totally expect it. Basically, against almost any deck which is control'ish, I always expect to not have a board next turn. If I do, great, I'm getting in a winning position. If not - well, that was expected, let's build it again. You seem to overextend a bunch, for starters. You also mention RNG like "the rush Lackey", but that's actually a 20% chance, AND you have to consider that maybe otherwise he had another play like Soulfiring your Berserker, etc, it's just that the Lackey was the most optimal.
As others have said, you really have to be more critic on yourself and try to improve your gameplay - bluntly put, you are not good enough right now for Rank 10, and the game is reflecting that.
When people ask me how to improve at their game, I always say the same thing:
"THERE IS NO LUCK IN THIS GAME. Well, let me rephrase it. There is always some degree of luck in the draws and RNG, but statistically it always compensates over a few games or even a few days. People who are good will always get to Legend, people who are not will always stay rank 10-15. That's because the games that you draw like shit are compensated by the ones you draw like god (which you will conveniently never remember, basic human psychology). Plus, you can sometimes turn the tides even with shit draws if you are good enough."
No offense dude but I don't think you read everything I posted. I am fully aware of when I make a mistake and totally blow it and I'm incredibly critical of it. As for the mage example, I wasn't over extending. I completely planned for blizzard on 6 after killing his turn 5 doomsayer so I threw the enraged reborn minion on the board to get some damage in after the fact. I fully prepared for a turn 7 flamestrike the same way because chip damage adds up and mages don't have many healing options. The examples were merely to show what's happening game in and game out and to point out the unlikelihood of topdecking those cards when needed especially when no extra card draw is played. Yes decks are designed a certain way but statistically speaking decks don't always play optimally which is where deck building and proper card play come in. My point is how do you deal with every opponent getting their perfect optimal play while you're not? I should be running into more opponents who aren't getting their perfect curve or perfect topdeck than I am. Playing on my back foot game in and game out is obnoxious to say the least and most of the wins I pull off are like that. I remember good openings quite well because they stick out. I had a few amazing openings with secret mage early in the season that just steamrolled people, but early season was the time to be playing that deck. With quest druid I had a few solid openers but nothing I would consider "optimal." I've never had that perfect opening with quest paladin that finished my quest by turn 5. Turn 6 is the earliest I've ever finished that. With the aggro warrior deck I've been playing (which is so god damn boring) "optimal" depends on the matchup but the good openers I do get don't fit the matchup I'm in. Like sometimes on turn 3 I want livewire lance but I have berserker and visa versa. My Mulligan luck thus far hasn't been good.
I know you were trying to be helpful but "You're not good enough for rank 10," Is a pretty condescending thing to say so someone who literally lost their rank up games to bad draw/RNG. In one case I got steamrolled by a Zoolock on my quest druid which was just a bad matchup but there's not much you can do about that stuff. Getting to legend is more a matter of time and patience than skill. When I was roaming around rank 4-5 I saw a lot of derpy plays that made me scratch my head. The "skill gap" from rank 20 to rank 5 isn't much and I've watched enough streamers playing ranks 5-1 to see that trend largely continues, it's just the meta that shifts which is really where I want to be at..
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A couple months ago I was floating around rank 4-5. I went inactive though because of other games and the staleness of the ladder (everything was a control warrior or tempo rogue and it just got old). So I've been trying to claw my way out of the gutter ranks since this season started. I was doing pretty well at first but once I got within one win of rank 10 the game has just been spiking me down over and over. I went from secret mage to quest druid to get there. But then my draws went to crap and my opponents just got better draws and I ended up dropping back down to 13. So I switched to quest paladin. Got back up to 12 and then spiked down again. So i switched to aggro warrior (I really hate aggro decks but I am fed up with the nonsense). I keep getting within one win of rank 11 and I face the same perfect play/draw crap that spikes me down. I'm sitting here with a lower curve deck and never getting a good opener. Meanwhile I face 5 quest paladins who finish their quest by turn 5. In all the games I played quest paladin never once did I get that kind of opener despite running the same cards these guys are playing. Every quest druid I faced had a perfect play to complete their quest as early as possible but still play for board, meanwhile running the same cards in my quest druid never once did I get those kinds of openers. Now, I haven't lost all of these games but I'm sitting here watching them play and wondering why the hell I can't get that kind of luck when I run those decks. If like one opponent every few games just had an amazing opener, fine, I'd get that. But we're talking like 4 out of every 5 opponents I play right now has the perfect optimal opener for the deck they are playing. I shouldn't be able to predict every play before it happens. How the hell can I get out of the cesspool that is lower ranks right now? I'd like to get somewhere where I can at least pick a deck, tech it, and have a fighting chance.
TL:DR
I'm getting boned by the ladder and card draw no matter what I play and I don't know how to get around it and I need tips. I can pretty much make any deck so if you have a deck you used to get out of this lay it on me. I've already hit the point where I'm playing aggro so not much is off the table.
what deck are you playing? the meta deck one or are you teching useless cards in it?
aggro warrior and quest paladin are legend capable decks, it should be a quick run from rank 15 to rank 5
can you show some replay to see what went wrong in your games?
your decks are not the issue, it's your gameplay, you can't be unlucky during hundred of games
if you prefer playing quest paladin than aggro warrior, i reached legend with it, i can give you some advice
Dude i don't want to be rude, but it makes no sense to blame bad luck for what is happening to you. Most probably you are doing some mistakes that are influencing your winrate without realizing it, or maybe you didn't fully understand the current meta and how to play some matchups. Personally i suggest you to watch high level player streaming or video on youtube, so you can get useful information on how to efficiently play these decks. Also play for the long run and don't get tilted by some bad games, losing streaks happen to everybody. Good luck!
sure it's luck or whatever u want to call it. one day you win every single game and the next day, you lose every game. after 2 played games each day, i can tell if its a winning or losing day. and now, may the tinfoil hats comments come my way...
Luck and predetermined matches decide our fates. Sucks but it’s true. No tinfoil hat, facts are facts.
There are winning and losing streaks, but as long as your winrate is positive you will always climb in a long run. If your winrate is negative you are probably doing something wrong. I think it's a better attitude to look at your mistakes and improve rather than blame luck or destiny.
You don't really elaborate on what you mean by "tech it," but I suspect you are ruining your deck by overcompensating for recent losses.
Tech is for tournaments and top legend. For most of the ladder, you should not be teching against specific archetypes, no matter how frequently that archetype seems to appear.
If by "tech it," you just mean you are adding your own touches, I'd advise NOT doing that and see if you get better results.
"Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? They have neither a soul to lose nor a body to kick." -- Lady Saba Holland
Do you know how many games I see people blaming everything but themselves for any losses or bad streaks? You can sit in your hole all you want but it won't help. Sure, some games you get crappy draws or your oppononent draws the mutts nuts but this will balance out with games going in your favour as well.
Admit you probably aren't as good as you think you, own your mistakes and you'll get better. There's no conspiracy keeping people at rnak 12 etc. I make lots of mistakes and I don't have a wealth of knowledge about the game but I'm sitting at rank 3 without really putting time into it. I've used a combination of decks along the way, zoo lock, warlock quest, hunter quest, highlander hunter, quest paladin, control warrior, highlander warlock to name a few.
It's always the game, the devs, the servers, the draw, amongst a ton of other common excuses, not just with HS but every other game I play, I see the same type of players refusing that they aren't shit hot. Other games players also make swipes at Pro players and streamers either having too much time or getting favours from devs.
Fact is, bad players make bad excuses. Even the very best players, regardless of the game, have some bad luck or bad games/matches but the cream always rises to the top.
Bad players are bad players. Facts are facts. Until you can provide some coding or evidence, you're talking shit. Please provide evidence of these 'facts' and we can all join you in agreeing. I'm going to guess you can't and that you've made up your so called 'facts' based on bias and bad memory.
I don't think you really understand what a fact is to be honest.
I kinda figured this would devolve to "you're making mistakes" or "It can't be luck," so let me elaborate.
I just played against a quest rogue who RNGed 3 restless mummies which quite literally won him the game. I played against a highlander hunter who I had topdecking. On his turn 10 he topdecked Zuljin and won the game because of it, if not for that I had lethal on board. I just lost to a mage who topdecked Doomsayer then blizzard then flamestrike and then another flamestrike on turns 5/6/7/8. I just lost to a zoolock who RNGed the rush lackey on turn 3 which let him rush my berserker he had no other way of killing which snowballed his board. if he doesnt do that I get restless mummy out on turn 4, buff my berserker and kill his board and hit his face and have a really strong position on board and in my hand. This is the kind of stuff I'm facing every single game. I'm amazed I'm pretty much sitting at a 50% winrate.
Currently I'm playing aggro warrior. I am not teching my decks, there's no point when you're in gutter ranks hence why I said I want to get to a place where I can tech my decks. I know the difference between losing to bad luck and losing to a mistake. So back on topic, I need some deck advice, not "git gud"
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I pretty much only play on my iPad. My computer gets annoying glitches with hearthstone that make playing annoying. Because of this I can't run something like HS replay
Just faced another quest rogue who RNGed 2 mage secrets with 1 clever disguise which both prevented lethal. The first was Counterspell which was hilarious considering I discovered The Boomship earlier in the match and was working to Boomship in Grommash, Leeroy, and a Kor'Kron Elite with inner rage for 22 damage. I guessed it was counterspell (because of course that's what he'd get) and popped it with battle rage, but this delayed my lethal by a turn (Which had already been delayed by him RNGing the echo priest pumpkin that heals you). The second was Vaporize, which no matter how I played stopped me from winning the game (I couldn't stick a minion to pop it and then play my game plan). You can't tell me the issue right now isn't luck when out of the entirety of all of the class cards in the game this guy RNGed 2 Mage secrets which directly countered a plan I had formulated 6 turns before.
Sometimes very bad luck streak happens. I play another game where you can try to upgrade your items by putting a rune on them, with a 1% chance of success. Took me 475+ tries before it landed. After that I got 2 runes working on 20 tries total.
This will pass don't worry. Just try to not switch/tech your deck after every lose.
I don't tech deck at lower ranks unless the meta is very heavy on one particular kind of deck, which isn't really going on right now. I do switch decks though if whatever I'm playing just clearly isn't working. My luck has been shit for a little over a week now so I'm hoping it swings the other way soon :(
Also I feel that enchantment crap man. I've played a lot of games where enchanting something can outright destroy it and it's never ever a fun feeling.
I can say from repeated experience that the best thing to do when you suddenly find yourself losing a couple of games in a row, is to take a break from the game. And by break, I don't mean 5 minutes to get a cup of tea - I mean, take a proper break. Go do something else. Watch TV, play another game, go out.
The worst time to play (ever!) is when you're already starting to feel cheesed off, or that RnG is abusing you, etc. Because even if you will yourself to do better, that mindsight will cause you to lose focus and make silly mistakes. I often find myself regretting starting another game because it got even worse after that one.
I still have to force myself to take a break, because the desire to "just get a win, and then my luck will return" is a strong (and fatal) one. It never works that way.
Of course, while you're on a winning streak, keep playing - that positive feeling will help you do well.
I'm sorry man but you seem to be the sterotypically "I only lose because of bad luck" player. You describe situations again and again which you are are extreme bad luck but for me sound like normal gameplay (topdeck doomsayer, flamestrike, blizzard...), dude, their deck is DESIGNED to do this.
I get Legend every month and the way I play is always expecting the worst. Where you get furious about them every turn having a board clear, I totally expect it. Basically, against almost any deck which is control'ish, I always expect to not have a board next turn. If I do, great, I'm getting in a winning position. If not - well, that was expected, let's build it again. You seem to overextend a bunch, for starters. You also mention RNG like "the rush Lackey", but that's actually a 20% chance, AND you have to consider that maybe otherwise he had another play like Soulfiring your Berserker, etc, it's just that the Lackey was the most optimal.
As others have said, you really have to be more critic on yourself and try to improve your gameplay - bluntly put, you are not good enough right now for Rank 10, and the game is reflecting that.
When people ask me how to improve at their game, I always say the same thing:
"THERE IS NO LUCK IN THIS GAME. Well, let me rephrase it. There is always some degree of luck in the draws and RNG, but statistically it always compensates over a few games or even a few days. People who are good will always get to Legend, people who are not will always stay rank 10-15. That's because the games that you draw like shit are compensated by the ones you draw like god (which you will conveniently never remember, basic human psychology). Plus, you can sometimes turn the tides even with shit draws if you are good enough."
I hit Legend this month with a custom Tempo Rogue and it was such a fucking grind. I rode down to Rank surprisingly quickly and easily but I hit a barrier. For 4 days straight I was stuck between Ranks 1 and 2, even touching the glorious Rank 1 5 stars, before falling all the way back down. Sure, some games my opponents got the nuts, but I had to self reflect and see how I could improve and tech against certain matchups. I made some adjustments to my deck and adapted with the meta, and was able to hit Legend. A great player can fluxuate with the meta, that's what you need to learn to do.
Yeah after that last loss to the RNG rogue I just quit playing for the day. I knew I would just make mistakes after that.
No offense dude but I don't think you read everything I posted. I am fully aware of when I make a mistake and totally blow it and I'm incredibly critical of it. As for the mage example, I wasn't over extending. I completely planned for blizzard on 6 after killing his turn 5 doomsayer so I threw the enraged reborn minion on the board to get some damage in after the fact. I fully prepared for a turn 7 flamestrike the same way because chip damage adds up and mages don't have many healing options. The examples were merely to show what's happening game in and game out and to point out the unlikelihood of topdecking those cards when needed especially when no extra card draw is played. Yes decks are designed a certain way but statistically speaking decks don't always play optimally which is where deck building and proper card play come in. My point is how do you deal with every opponent getting their perfect optimal play while you're not? I should be running into more opponents who aren't getting their perfect curve or perfect topdeck than I am. Playing on my back foot game in and game out is obnoxious to say the least and most of the wins I pull off are like that. I remember good openings quite well because they stick out. I had a few amazing openings with secret mage early in the season that just steamrolled people, but early season was the time to be playing that deck. With quest druid I had a few solid openers but nothing I would consider "optimal." I've never had that perfect opening with quest paladin that finished my quest by turn 5. Turn 6 is the earliest I've ever finished that. With the aggro warrior deck I've been playing (which is so god damn boring) "optimal" depends on the matchup but the good openers I do get don't fit the matchup I'm in. Like sometimes on turn 3 I want livewire lance but I have berserker and visa versa. My Mulligan luck thus far hasn't been good.
I know you were trying to be helpful but "You're not good enough for rank 10," Is a pretty condescending thing to say so someone who literally lost their rank up games to bad draw/RNG. In one case I got steamrolled by a Zoolock on my quest druid which was just a bad matchup but there's not much you can do about that stuff. Getting to legend is more a matter of time and patience than skill. When I was roaming around rank 4-5 I saw a lot of derpy plays that made me scratch my head. The "skill gap" from rank 20 to rank 5 isn't much and I've watched enough streamers playing ranks 5-1 to see that trend largely continues, it's just the meta that shifts which is really where I want to be at..