Hearthpwn

Woo! 5-2! I just beat a Mage in a very satisfying game. It went back and forth, but ultimately, it came down to two things. First, was a well timed Archmage + Moonfire to finish off a Water Elemental. (I can't believe I actually got to use that combo!) Second, was a game ending Kezan Mystic at the top of turn 10 stealing Mirror Entity. Despite the two of us having comparable boards, both of us with taunt, my opponent conceded immediately after the Kezan Mystic landed.

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I picked up win #4 over a Priest this evening, to my great relief. I typically flame out at 3-3 in the Arena. This is. I belive, my third time getting more than 3 wins out of a run! Woo! This win was plain and simple a matter of just doing better at board control. While I had a Claw in my opening hand, I held it to use for removal instead of just turn 1 going for face. I'm glad I did. My opponent dropped on turn 2 a minion that reduces the cost of the first minion played each turn, which I was able to kill with Claw. On turn two I played Puddlestomper. On turn 3 my opponent played Dark Cultist, which I removed on turn four with my hero power + a Wrath and thankfully they had no other minions to take the Cultist's deathrattle bonus. From there I controlled the rest of the match with no major surprises. Yay win #4!

DO NOT even consider going for face using cards unless it's a finishing move. Claw is a tempo-based removal and it should stay that way.

Well, I finally picked up my third loss. Up against a Warlock that managed to get down two Floating Watchers, I just didn't pull the cards needed to stay in the game. All in all though, this is second best I've done in the Arena. I'm looking forward to my continued delve into improving in the arena. Thanks again to everyone for your advice! If anyone cares, I earned 110 gold in addition to the GvG pack.

Congrats, you are well on your way. 

Thanks! I think I'll start up another arena run next week after I finish saving enough up to buy a BRM wing. I'm at about 650g, so it'll probably be another 4 or 5 days before I could start up again.

Congrats, hopefully next time we can get you a few more wins! Dakaran, I've added you & Elmyna as a friend on Battle.net

If anyone is interested, I'll be looking to do the same type of thing for my next Arena. I'm currently running an Arena with a Paladin, I'm sitting at 4-1. This Arena was started pre-BRM expansion, haha!

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Congrats, hopefully next time we can get you a few more wins! Dakaran, I've added you & Elmyna as a friend on Battle.net

If anyone is interested, I'll be looking to do the same type of thing for my next Arena. I'm currently running an Arena with a Paladin, I'm sitting at 4-1. This Arena was started pre-BRM expansion, haha!

Thanks! And cool, I'll keep an eye out for the invite.

If you start up a thread for your next arena run, shoot me a PM with a link. I'd love to get in on the fun. =)

Hi everyone, just letting you all know that I'm starting up a new arena run and you can follow along and/or join in here in the new thread: Teach a Man to Fish #2: Continuing the Quest!