I have a question about the climbing the ladder in Hearthstone. I have played the game since 2014 and love the game, but i don't seem to be going anywhere. My highest rank ever was rank 12 back when Dragon Priest was absolutely OP that time. but since then i even struggle to get to rank 15. Do you guys have any general tips to be a better player overall?
Let me know because i really want to be beter at hearthstone.
Yeah, you need to watch stream of pro players or youtubers which channel is dedicated to Hearthstone. And also need to play a lot for knowing the meta game decks, and wich type of decks or cards can counter it. And then build a tier meta game deck which you can play well and like it. And for last, play everyday in little dosis of 1h to not get borring, and think clearly.
1 (most important) Play a net deck tier 1 deck !!! NO, that is not shameful or mindless as people here tend to say . If you do not have the cards to play one, dust any bad/gold cards you have until you do . There is a reason these deck are the most played
2 Watch some twitch streamers (but not the likes of Kripp or Thijs) , some serious try hard pro players like Zalae, RDU, MrYagut etc and also any important tournament with good casters .
3 (important) Play a lot . If you want to get legend you usually need to spend a few hours a day playing . The more you play the more you learn about the deck the better you play .
4 (crucial) As much as possible try not to get salty/tilted . If you see you are having bad luck/ make misplays etc , just take a break and calm down . Playing while tilted often leads to misplays that mean you lose even more, get more angry and so on . (TIP: it helps to play slower so that you think better about the situation and make fewer misplays . Making misplay can be tilting but you need to get over them)
This is it . If YOU follow these 4 steps you will be as good as a pro player in no time .GOOD LUCK !
The most efficient (meaning by far the fastest) way to improve at HS, especially if you've hit a plateau for an extended period of time, is to pay for lessons. If you've played since 2014 and your highest rank is 12, you're doing something fundamentally wrong that you will need to have directly diagnosed by someone who can watch your play and give advice. You can watch 10000000 hours of the best streamers in the world....but it's unlikely that that would help you come to an epiphany when it comes to fundamental errors in play style.
The most efficient (meaning by far the fastest) way to improve at HS, especially if you've hit a plateau for an extended period of time, is to pay for lessons. If you've played since 2014 and your highest rank is 12, you're doing something fundamentally wrong that you will need to have directly diagnosed by someone who can watch your play and give advice. You can watch 10000000 hours of the best streamers in the world....but it's unlikely that that would help you come to an epiphany when it comes to fundamental errors in play style.
Don't believe this for a second !
This game is so stupidly simple to play with some aggro or midrange decks that even little kids / bots can have over 50 percent win rate .
The most common cause of staying at low ranks is playing little time with bad decks .
If you just play a tier 1 aggro everyday for a month you very easily reach at least rank 5 . If you play couple of hours a day and watch some pro players playing the deck you can easily each legend .
I suppose the most important question is, how many games do u play each month? Cause the problem can simply be in the amount of time put in, if you for example play very casually and dont have time or dont want to play as much as it would require to reach higher ranks.
Im saying this cause playin for 3 years and best you could do was rank 12 is a bit weird, u can reach at the very least rank 5 even with a full basic deck, given enough time :p
I suppose the most important question is, how many games do u play each month? Cause the problem can simply be in the amount of time put in, if you for example play very casually and dont have time or dont want to play as much as it would require to reach higher ranks.
Im saying this cause playin for 3 years and best you could do was rank 12 is a bit weird, u can reach at the very least rank 5 even with a full basic deck, given enough time :p
It's not that much really. maybe 100-150 games. I tend to get tited easily and quit for a few days xd
It's not that much really. maybe 100-150 games. I tend to get tited easily and quit for a few days xd
100-150 games per month in ranked is plenty to reach rank 5 if you're playing correctly. This means this isn't an issue with you "getting bored" or not putting enough time into the game
What decks do you play? Do you netdeck or make your own? I second all the people saying you should netdeck something good. Building your own deck is very, very difficult and I wouldn't recommend anyone who isn't skilled to worry about that if they're focused on ranking up
Play more, watch streamers and always blame yourself for losing. The latter will allow you to reflect on your mistakes and improve the basics :)
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I started playing pretty recently, and I've been looking for ways to get better, too. One thing I've found helpful is to play as the classes I have the most trouble beating, or just don't know as well.
I realized this by accident. I don't like playing Rogue, so they tended to smash me. I didn't know the cards well, and couldn't anticipate what was coming. Then I opened a Valeera the Hollow one day, so I decided to play around with it. I started getting to know Rogue cards better and learning how to think and strategize like a Rogue.
I still dust some cards for the classes I don't play as much in order to make the ones I really want, but I try to keep the best ones, as well as a solid critical mass of Classics, for each class. Rotating which class I play, in addition to helping with daily quests, helps keep things interesting and I think makes me better able to counter different kinds of opponents.
I've gotten some good tips from others in this thread, so thanks for starting it. Good luck to you!
It's not that much really. maybe 100-150 games. I tend to get tited easily and quit for a few days xd
100-150 games per month in ranked is plenty to reach rank 5 if you're playing correctly. This means this isn't an issue with you "getting bored" or not putting enough time into the game
What decks do you play? Do you netdeck or make your own? I second all the people saying you should netdeck something good. Building your own deck is very, very difficult and I wouldn't recommend anyone who isn't skilled to worry about that if they're focused on ranking up
i play the new cubelock and razakus priest. i love playing control heavy decks with lots of quirky mechanics. i do however miss kazakus and some key cards for cubelock so i fill them with the cards i think suites the playstyle.
It's not that much really. maybe 100-150 games. I tend to get tited easily and quit for a few days xd
100-150 games per month in ranked is plenty to reach rank 5 if you're playing correctly. This means this isn't an issue with you "getting bored" or not putting enough time into the game
What decks do you play? Do you netdeck or make your own? I second all the people saying you should netdeck something good. Building your own deck is very, very difficult and I wouldn't recommend anyone who isn't skilled to worry about that if they're focused on ranking up
i play the new cubelock and razakus priest. i love playing control heavy decks with lots of quirky mechanics. i do however miss kazakus and some key cards for cubelock so i fill them with the cards i think suites the playstyle.
That might be the problem. There's three issues with this
Control decks are generally harder to play than aggro or midrange. Playing optimally is ... well, kind of important
Control games take longer. This means it'll take you more time to get in the same amount of games
Control decks are much, much more sensitive to card changes. The cards in faster decks generally do one of two things : push good tempo or burn face. One good tempo card is about the same thing as another good tempo card. Swapping burn cards with tempo cards don't generally impact the deck very much since tempo converts to face damage in the long run anyway. On the other hand, control decks have board clears, win conditions and sustain. These are usually fine tuned by the deck author and you can't just do things like remove Kazakus (a board clear that can also draw into your win condition) without really hurting your deck
I think a small interlude into other archtypes will really help your growth as a player. Even if you end up hating it and giving up, you might learn something that helps you pilot control better. A lot of people look down on aggro players and pride themselves for being pure, chess playing control players. These people are probably rank 20. Great control players need to understand the gameplans of their opponents and predict what they're going to do each turn in order to play around them
The most efficient (meaning by far the fastest) way to improve at HS, especially if you've hit a plateau for an extended period of time, is to pay for lessons. If you've played since 2014 and your highest rank is 12, you're doing something fundamentally wrong that you will need to have directly diagnosed by someone who can watch your play and give advice. You can watch 10000000 hours of the best streamers in the world....but it's unlikely that that would help you come to an epiphany when it comes to fundamental errors in play style.
Don't believe this for a second !
This game is so stupidly simple to play with some aggro or midrange decks that even little kids / bots can have over 50 percent win rate .
The most common cause of staying at low ranks is playing little time with bad decks .
If you just play a tier 1 aggro everyday for a month you very easily reach at least rank 5 . If you play couple of hours a day and watch some pro players playing the deck you can easily each legend .
You can disagree if you like. I happen to think you are wrong. :)
You've gotten some good tips so far. I'd suggest, in addition:
Streamers that nobody mentioned yet - And I don't know how. But Brian Kibler is easily the one that I've learned the most from. He's on Twitch as BMKibler, though he is now 'off' until the new year taking some time to spend with his wife and such. Brian's great because he really takes the time to break down his plays, explain and recognizes his mistakes before explaining them to the stream. As a former world champion, the man knows his shit. The other one is Disguised Toast, who is more of a showman, but definitely still teaches a bit. He's funny to watch and educational too.
Budget decks - There are a lot of pros, including Toast, who have created lovely budget deck lists for folks just like you. Do not expect that these will rank you up past 15, or 10 at the absolute best, even if your luck is ridiculously good. What they will do is show you a lot of the base elements of how to build decks, the archetypes and the like.
Experiment, Fail, Experiment Some More! - And I capitalize those because of emphasis. It's fine and well to netdeck. But you probably don't have the collection to do all of the stuff listed here. Hell, I've sunk a bit of money into HS and I still don't! But the key is to make tweaks to your decks, or the netdecked lists, and see what works and what doesn't. Write things down. Make different choices under the same circumstances. Fail. Get your ass handed to you. There's a quote, often attributed to Kareem Abdul-Jabar. "You can't win until you learn how to lose." Once you've learned how you've lost, you'll know how to win that much better. And don't expect that lesson to stop just because you've "gotten good" with something. Every single deck will teach you that lesson.
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Hello my name is Azraellion,
I have a question about the climbing the ladder in Hearthstone. I have played the game since 2014 and love the game, but i don't seem to be going anywhere. My highest rank ever was rank 12 back when Dragon Priest was absolutely OP that time. but since then i even struggle to get to rank 15. Do you guys have any general tips to be a better player overall?
Let me know because i really want to be beter at hearthstone.
thanks in advance.
Watch top streamers play like Firebat, Dog, Thijs, Savjz, Kripp, Kolento, etc. That will improve your skills a lot.
find a deck that fits your playstyle, play it A LOT and tech according to your bad or most frequent matchups
Yeah, you need to watch stream of pro players or youtubers which channel is dedicated to Hearthstone. And also need to play a lot for knowing the meta game decks, and wich type of decks or cards can counter it. And then build a tier meta game deck which you can play well and like it. And for last, play everyday in little dosis of 1h to not get borring, and think clearly.
Here is how to get better fast !
1 (most important) Play a net deck tier 1 deck !!! NO, that is not shameful or mindless as people here tend to say . If you do not have the cards to play one, dust any bad/gold cards you have until you do . There is a reason these deck are the most played
2 Watch some twitch streamers (but not the likes of Kripp or Thijs) , some serious try hard pro players like Zalae, RDU, MrYagut etc and also any important tournament with good casters .
3 (important) Play a lot . If you want to get legend you usually need to spend a few hours a day playing . The more you play the more you learn about the deck the better you play .
4 (crucial) As much as possible try not to get salty/tilted . If you see you are having bad luck/ make misplays etc , just take a break and calm down . Playing while tilted often leads to misplays that mean you lose even more, get more angry and so on . (TIP: it helps to play slower so that you think better about the situation and make fewer misplays . Making misplay can be tilting but you need to get over them)
This is it . If YOU follow these 4 steps you will be as good as a pro player in no time .GOOD LUCK !
The most efficient (meaning by far the fastest) way to improve at HS, especially if you've hit a plateau for an extended period of time, is to pay for lessons. If you've played since 2014 and your highest rank is 12, you're doing something fundamentally wrong that you will need to have directly diagnosed by someone who can watch your play and give advice. You can watch 10000000 hours of the best streamers in the world....but it's unlikely that that would help you come to an epiphany when it comes to fundamental errors in play style.
will work on that, thanks!
I suppose the most important question is, how many games do u play each month? Cause the problem can simply be in the amount of time put in, if you for example play very casually and dont have time or dont want to play as much as it would require to reach higher ranks.
Im saying this cause playin for 3 years and best you could do was rank 12 is a bit weird, u can reach at the very least rank 5 even with a full basic deck, given enough time :p
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Play more, watch streamers and always blame yourself for losing. The latter will allow you to reflect on your mistakes and improve the basics :)
Play casual and have fun. This game shouldnt be competitive anyway ...
I started playing pretty recently, and I've been looking for ways to get better, too. One thing I've found helpful is to play as the classes I have the most trouble beating, or just don't know as well.
I realized this by accident. I don't like playing Rogue, so they tended to smash me. I didn't know the cards well, and couldn't anticipate what was coming. Then I opened a Valeera the Hollow one day, so I decided to play around with it. I started getting to know Rogue cards better and learning how to think and strategize like a Rogue.
I still dust some cards for the classes I don't play as much in order to make the ones I really want, but I try to keep the best ones, as well as a solid critical mass of Classics, for each class. Rotating which class I play, in addition to helping with daily quests, helps keep things interesting and I think makes me better able to counter different kinds of opponents.
I've gotten some good tips from others in this thread, so thanks for starting it. Good luck to you!
I think a small interlude into other archtypes will really help your growth as a player. Even if you end up hating it and giving up, you might learn something that helps you pilot control better. A lot of people look down on aggro players and pride themselves for being pure, chess playing control players. These people are probably rank 20. Great control players need to understand the gameplans of their opponents and predict what they're going to do each turn in order to play around them
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
You've gotten some good tips so far. I'd suggest, in addition:
Streamers that nobody mentioned yet - And I don't know how. But Brian Kibler is easily the one that I've learned the most from. He's on Twitch as BMKibler, though he is now 'off' until the new year taking some time to spend with his wife and such. Brian's great because he really takes the time to break down his plays, explain and recognizes his mistakes before explaining them to the stream. As a former world champion, the man knows his shit. The other one is Disguised Toast, who is more of a showman, but definitely still teaches a bit. He's funny to watch and educational too.
Budget decks - There are a lot of pros, including Toast, who have created lovely budget deck lists for folks just like you. Do not expect that these will rank you up past 15, or 10 at the absolute best, even if your luck is ridiculously good. What they will do is show you a lot of the base elements of how to build decks, the archetypes and the like.
Experiment, Fail, Experiment Some More! - And I capitalize those because of emphasis. It's fine and well to netdeck. But you probably don't have the collection to do all of the stuff listed here. Hell, I've sunk a bit of money into HS and I still don't! But the key is to make tweaks to your decks, or the netdecked lists, and see what works and what doesn't. Write things down. Make different choices under the same circumstances. Fail. Get your ass handed to you. There's a quote, often attributed to Kareem Abdul-Jabar. "You can't win until you learn how to lose." Once you've learned how you've lost, you'll know how to win that much better. And don't expect that lesson to stop just because you've "gotten good" with something. Every single deck will teach you that lesson.
A never-Legend Dad who keeps making rank 2 or 1, but then sliding.
Rumbling around Gurubashi Arena. Shirvallah is the best loa. Go Tigers!