I've been HS 'serious' ladder starting around February, and made d5 finally last month, and this month just the day before SA hit, and that was the easy part. Took me a while to figure out what I can and can't play with the SA cards I have ("shockingly" I didn't get the very best legendary), because crafting pally/warrior/mage/priest would cost me 4.8k or more dust and I'm holding from crafting due probable nerfs.
I've been playing mainly shaman, rogue, and hunter, I've had too many e.g. +7s (like a 10-3), just to drop back to d5, a few times down to no stars. Last few days I'm 2-2'ing or 3-3'ing nonstop, swinging endlessly between d3 and d4. I'm trying to just play the best game I can 'Now' not caring about rank, but I can't shake it. I ain't salty, and though a bit pissed at times, I'm just tired of not being able to make it.
Bro I feel you. So I haven't played HS for like 2 years. This month I decided to download the game again and play. I always played on EU server but since I moved to the USA I started a new NA account.
I got some dust and cards by playing arena and ended up crafting an aggro rogue deck that got me to D5 in two days.
3 days ago I was 2 wins away from the legend rank but then fell all the way back to D5.
And now finally after 2 days I hit my first legend on NA server.
My advice = just play more and more and eventually you'll get there.
Never forget why you play the game; it’s a form of entertainment and a way to de-stress. The last thing you want is for it to pile on more of it!!
Enjoy the game and Legend will come, it doesn’t really mean that much anymore as the rank has seemed significantly easier to attain after the Year of the Phoenix dropped with ladder changes.
If you just wanna "get the job done", I suggest you play a fast aggro deck with good win rates (aggro rouge / face hunter). That way you either win or lose by turn 5-8. This is probably the fastest way to grind your way to legend.
Just go rogue. I was having same problem because I was keep swapping decks after few games and decide to stick to wep rogue and went 20W 5L to legend with it
I've played disco lock in wild and got legend the 2nd of August without much grinding (took just a few hours). It's cheap and very fun to play. But may not be for everyone
My advice is to keep a close eye on your own mood. As soon as you start going on a loss streak and are starting to feel annoyed or desperate, stop. If you're just playing a casual session, stop altogether, if you're trying to grind up some ranks take a ten minute break, watch something on YouTube or something, anything to take your mind off HS for a short while. Don't convince yourself that if you play one more game you'll stop your loss streak: You're probably a lot more on tilt than you realize, and it's causing you to play way worse than you usually would. As soon as you notice yourself sliding into even a little bit of a sub-optimal mental state give yourself a bit to refresh and get back to your best. It's a lot more beneficial to your rank to spend ten minutes refreshing yourself than to spend them losing another game and tilting even further. For me it usually takes three or four losses in a row to get me to the point I need to take a breather - find what that number is for you.
1. Just keep playing. Easier said than done as it can be VERY frustrating, but try to keep an even head about the grind and if you get frustrated at all, stop playing for a bit and then go back.
2. Make sure you aren't making mistakes. Go back to the games you are losing (sometimes even the games you win) and see if you held the wrong mulligan, made any misplays, made a GREAT play that you should remember to do again, etc...
3. Shaman sucks, so play either aggro Hunter or aggro Rogue. Those would be your best bets. But I'd recommend sticking with 1 deck the whole way. You learn little tricks to give you an edge in certain matchups the more you play them.
The same happened to me too. A few months ago I decided to finally climb to legend and was grinding the game with Highlander Mage till I got to D1. But then, as always it seems like, I was hit with a wave of either unlucky or just really bad matchups and dropped to D4. I got frustrated and didn't play ladder for 2 months, only playing battlegrounds. I'm planning to climb again next month tho, probably after a nerf hammer hits so I can safely craft a viable deck without worrying it might get nerfed. I just wanted to share my experience lol but anyway, good luck on ladder!
At OP the meta is in a very poor state ATM. While DH received nerfs balance isn't really a thing.
Hi roll druids, RNG mages and priests and then face hunter, rogue and arguably pali - looking at you first day of school.
If all you facing are hunters play the counter. I went control bomber warrior in the end and Teched in 2 owls. Had above 90% we against rogues and hunters, the owls kept paladin in check l, and the bombs steam rolled mages. Priest was by and far the worst match when RNG hit me like a truck, but there are really few priests I personally ran into.
Easily hit legend after making the change.
That said the meta right now is a salt one, it doesn't feel good losing to stupid or like wise winning because of stupid. And the amount it happens is higher than its ever been. T5 is definitely catering to the lowest form to maintain player base at this point. Which is bad for the game.
I reached legend once during boomsday. All I had to do was to leave my pride behind. I played priest as always and was able to reach rank 3 but always bumped back to rank 5. I met an opponent wo befriended me afterwards and we shared decks. He liked mine and I liked his one. Even though I totally hate hunter. Well I decided to give it a try and crafted the deck for a class I didn’t really like that much. I am happy that I got to legend but I always have the little pity that i couldn’t do it with priest because it’s my favorite class. But the deck was pretty fun. It was a recruit hunter with katrena and so on and it raped all the druids in this bracket.
long story short: of you want the easy way craft the meta deck or the meta counter deck. It’s really that much more easy.
Just curious, why would ever lose all progress and change regions? You know you can play on the EU or whatever server even though you're in NA right?
If you want to play with friends I feel it is very understandable, even though I'd never change regions. Years of collecting going ti the trash bin would make me quite sad.
Never forget why you play the game; it’s a form of entertainment and a way to de-stress. The last thing you want is for it to pile on more of it!!
Enjoy the game and Legend will come, it doesn’t really mean that much anymore as the rank has seemed significantly easier to attain after the Year of the Phoenix dropped with ladder changes.
Goodluck!
This. Best piece of advice of the thread. Don't focus on the rank itself, enjoy your games, always aim for the optimal plays and Legend won't be a problem.
We focus on the grind so much that we forget we started playing the game to have fun in the first place.
I lost my promotion match to Legend 5(!) times before falling back all the way to D3. I crafted the Libram Pally Deck, went almost undefeated and hit Legend for the first time. Games were crazy fast, deck is autopilot.
Pick a fast deck like aggro hunter, rogue or pally and learn how to mulligan based on the matchup. A good mulligan is extremely important imho.
I've been HS 'serious' ladder starting around February, and made d5 finally last month, and this month just the day before SA hit, and that was the easy part. Took me a while to figure out what I can and can't play with the SA cards I have ("shockingly" I didn't get the very best legendary), because crafting pally/warrior/mage/priest would cost me 4.8k or more dust and I'm holding from crafting due probable nerfs.
I've been playing mainly shaman, rogue, and hunter, I've had too many e.g. +7s (like a 10-3), just to drop back to d5, a few times down to no stars. Last few days I'm 2-2'ing or 3-3'ing nonstop, swinging endlessly between d3 and d4. I'm trying to just play the best game I can 'Now' not caring about rank, but I can't shake it. I ain't salty, and though a bit pissed at times, I'm just tired of not being able to make it.
Any tips would be welcome.
Bro I feel you. So I haven't played HS for like 2 years. This month I decided to download the game again and play. I always played on EU server but since I moved to the USA I started a new NA account.
I got some dust and cards by playing arena and ended up crafting an aggro rogue deck that got me to D5 in two days.
3 days ago I was 2 wins away from the legend rank but then fell all the way back to D5.
And now finally after 2 days I hit my first legend on NA server.
My advice = just play more and more and eventually you'll get there.
Never forget why you play the game; it’s a form of entertainment and a way to de-stress. The last thing you want is for it to pile on more of it!!
Enjoy the game and Legend will come, it doesn’t really mean that much anymore as the rank has seemed significantly easier to attain after the Year of the Phoenix dropped with ladder changes.
Goodluck!
:)
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Shaman and hunter are some of the poorest classes to ladder with. Pick a aggro rogue and stick with it, at least games will end fast
ok im shifting through d3 and d2, i cant deal with paladins. Every match is against paladin.
If you just wanna "get the job done", I suggest you play a fast aggro deck with good win rates (aggro rouge / face hunter). That way you either win or lose by turn 5-8. This is probably the fastest way to grind your way to legend.
Shaman is garbage, but Face Hunter is the best deck in the game.
“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Just go rogue. I was having same problem because I was keep swapping decks after few games and decide to stick to wep rogue and went 20W 5L to legend with it
I've played disco lock in wild and got legend the 2nd of August without much grinding (took just a few hours). It's cheap and very fun to play. But may not be for everyone
My advice is to keep a close eye on your own mood. As soon as you start going on a loss streak and are starting to feel annoyed or desperate, stop. If you're just playing a casual session, stop altogether, if you're trying to grind up some ranks take a ten minute break, watch something on YouTube or something, anything to take your mind off HS for a short while. Don't convince yourself that if you play one more game you'll stop your loss streak: You're probably a lot more on tilt than you realize, and it's causing you to play way worse than you usually would. As soon as you notice yourself sliding into even a little bit of a sub-optimal mental state give yourself a bit to refresh and get back to your best. It's a lot more beneficial to your rank to spend ten minutes refreshing yourself than to spend them losing another game and tilting even further. For me it usually takes three or four losses in a row to get me to the point I need to take a breather - find what that number is for you.
1. Just keep playing. Easier said than done as it can be VERY frustrating, but try to keep an even head about the grind and if you get frustrated at all, stop playing for a bit and then go back.
2. Make sure you aren't making mistakes. Go back to the games you are losing (sometimes even the games you win) and see if you held the wrong mulligan, made any misplays, made a GREAT play that you should remember to do again, etc...
3. Shaman sucks, so play either aggro Hunter or aggro Rogue. Those would be your best bets. But I'd recommend sticking with 1 deck the whole way. You learn little tricks to give you an edge in certain matchups the more you play them.
there wont be nerf in the near future, so go craft the deck you want!!
The same happened to me too. A few months ago I decided to finally climb to legend and was grinding the game with Highlander Mage till I got to D1. But then, as always it seems like, I was hit with a wave of either unlucky or just really bad matchups and dropped to D4. I got frustrated and didn't play ladder for 2 months, only playing battlegrounds. I'm planning to climb again next month tho, probably after a nerf hammer hits so I can safely craft a viable deck without worrying it might get nerfed. I just wanted to share my experience lol but anyway, good luck on ladder!
At OP the meta is in a very poor state ATM. While DH received nerfs balance isn't really a thing.
Hi roll druids, RNG mages and priests and then face hunter, rogue and arguably pali - looking at you first day of school.
If all you facing are hunters play the counter. I went control bomber warrior in the end and Teched in 2 owls. Had above 90% we against rogues and hunters, the owls kept paladin in check l, and the bombs steam rolled mages. Priest was by and far the worst match when RNG hit me like a truck, but there are really few priests I personally ran into.
Easily hit legend after making the change.
That said the meta right now is a salt one, it doesn't feel good losing to stupid or like wise winning because of stupid. And the amount it happens is higher than its ever been. T5 is definitely catering to the lowest form to maintain player base at this point. Which is bad for the game.
I reached legend once during boomsday. All I had to do was to leave my pride behind. I played priest as always and was able to reach rank 3 but always bumped back to rank 5. I met an opponent wo befriended me afterwards and we shared decks. He liked mine and I liked his one. Even though I totally hate hunter. Well I decided to give it a try and crafted the deck for a class I didn’t really like that much. I am happy that I got to legend but I always have the little pity that i couldn’t do it with priest because it’s my favorite class. But the deck was pretty fun. It was a recruit hunter with katrena and so on and it raped all the druids in this bracket.
long story short: of you want the easy way craft the meta deck or the meta counter deck. It’s really that much more easy.
Just curious, why would ever lose all progress and change regions? You know you can play on the EU or whatever server even though you're in NA right?
If you want to play with friends I feel it is very understandable, even though I'd never change regions. Years of collecting going ti the trash bin would make me quite sad.
This. Best piece of advice of the thread. Don't focus on the rank itself, enjoy your games, always aim for the optimal plays and Legend won't be a problem.
We focus on the grind so much that we forget we started playing the game to have fun in the first place.
My thoughts exactly. If you push for it, it will push back at you. Just enjoy the game and ranks will come naturally.
Journey is what brings us happiness, not the destination.
In death, I exact my revenge!
I lost my promotion match to Legend 5(!) times before falling back all the way to D3. I crafted the Libram Pally Deck, went almost undefeated and hit Legend for the first time. Games were crazy fast, deck is autopilot.
Pick a fast deck like aggro hunter, rogue or pally and learn how to mulligan based on the matchup. A good mulligan is extremely important imho.
Good luck.
I've reached legend today with HL priest.
My tip is just have fun playing and if you cannot reach legend on August, try it on septembre.