I had my best run last month and made it to rank 13.
Used a facehunter variation and then I started backsliding to a Warrior deck where they just kept getting more and more armor. Thought, well add the card that destroys armor, but it's a 5 drop (I think) and I never would draw it.
So, how do you know when you need to either start using another deck, or are there just times that A will never beat B?
I didn't see any replacement cards which would allow me to have won any games, and then if I switch to say a mage or some other class, what happens when I stop running into that problem class.
Too small of a sample size? Or stay with facehunter and ride it out?
This sounds a bit tin foil hat-ish but I firmly believe if you start hitting hard counters all the time, it's supposed to be like that. The only time I switch decks is if I check a rank band on hsreplay on my server, and the deck I'm playing is under 50% in that rank band. Otherwise you have to ride out the losses you're "supposed" to take, and then there will be a swing. If I've had a streak and start losing a lot, then switching decks immediately sparks a different hard counter. Deck switching sometimes works in wild though, when it has no-one to match you against and you keep seeing the same guys.
You shouldn't switch, that's something new players fail to understand and that's the biggest advice any veteran can give a new player, switching is never the answer. That doesn't mean you're forced to play the same deck always but if you think that switching will automatically make you win then that's just incorrect. Yes, you could switch to a deck that has a better match-up spread (Face Hunter is pretty polarized and easy to counter) and that could mean you start winning but you didn't win cause you happened to switch but because you chose a deck that has better game against the other stuff on the meta and that means winning more.
So why is switching a bad thing you might ask? Well it's pretty simple... You'll win less if you don't properly know a deck, you need to know its ins and outs to play it efficiently. The best advice for climbing is to choose a good deck (Face Hunter is a solid choice) and just stick with it, learn everything the deck can and can't do, there's no perfect deck that beats everything, and if there is, it'll get nerfed fast (lke with Galakrond Shaman). I don't want to be a dick with you but you're on rank 13 so it's not like you're facing strong opponents and as a matter of fact, both you and your opponents are definitely making a bunch of misplays, that's the only difference between someone at rank 15 and someone at legend, low ladder players make mistakes and they don't even realize it, they just play impulsively and then say it's cause of terrible match-ups that they can't climb. And yeah maybe you just hit a wall of warriors, that can happen but lets not get paranoic, you just happened to queue against some warriors, bad luck. What's gonna happen when you switch decks and keep losing? What's gonna happen when you switch to some other class and then you get a bunch of "bad match-ups"? Are you gonna keep switching infinitely? Cause if that's your mentality then you'll be stuck at 13 forever.
Just choose a deck, it doesn't have to be face hunter, but go ahead and choose one, you can inform yourself on sites like Vicious Syndicate and HSReplay about some more good decks, and then just stick to it, learn your MU, learn what you keep against every class, how to manage your resources, what cards to play around in which turns and you'll get to rank 10 in a matter of days and you'll improve day after day.
If you are seeing a great deal of Warriors on the ladder I actually do recommend switching decks. Some decks just have horrible match ups and you have to accept that when choosing what to play.
While I generally agree with what the last poster wrote, there are times when you have to adjust your game plan. Good luck whatever you choose.
This sounds a bit tin foil hat-ish but I firmly believe if you start hitting hard counters all the time, it's supposed to be like that. The only time I switch decks is if I check a rank band on hsreplay on my server, and the deck I'm playing is under 50% in that rank band. Otherwise you have to ride out the losses you're "supposed" to take, and then there will be a swing. If I've had a streak and start losing a lot, then switching decks immediately sparks a different hard counter. Deck switching sometimes works in wild though, when it has no-one to match you against and you keep seeing the same guys.
What you have described is called the Law of Averages. It's a perfectly normal statistical phenomenon, not an algorithm in the game's coding.
Over time, the more games you play, the closer your personal win rate will get to the average win rate of the deck. Win streaks will always end eventually, and everyone experiences losing streaks now and then.
Blizzard does not need to force this through programming. It occurs naturally.
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This sounds a bit tin foil hat-ish but I firmly believe if you start hitting hard counters all the time, it's supposed to be like that. The only time I switch decks is if I check a rank band on hsreplay on my server, and the deck I'm playing is under 50% in that rank band. Otherwise you have to ride out the losses you're "supposed" to take, and then there will be a swing. If I've had a streak and start losing a lot, then switching decks immediately sparks a different hard counter. Deck switching sometimes works in wild though, when it has no-one to match you against and you keep seeing the same guys.
What you have described is called the Law of Averages. It's a perfectly normal statistical phenomenon, not an algorithm in the game's coding.
Over time, the more games you play, the closer your personal win rate will get to the average win rate of the deck. Win streaks will always end eventually, and everyone experiences losing streaks now and then.
Blizzard does not need to force this through programming. It occurs naturally.
Yeah that's kinda what I said.
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I had my best run last month and made it to rank 13.
Used a facehunter variation and then I started backsliding to a Warrior deck where they just kept getting more and more armor.
Thought, well add the card that destroys armor, but it's a 5 drop (I think) and I never would draw it.
So, how do you know when you need to either start using another deck, or are there just times that A will never beat B?
I didn't see any replacement cards which would allow me to have won any games, and then if I switch to say a mage or some other class, what happens when I stop running into that problem class.
Too small of a sample size? Or stay with facehunter and ride it out?
Thanks everyone.
Facehunter has a ~30% win rate against warrior based on hs replay. So expect to lose 7 out of 10 matches against that class. It's just a tough match.
I'd say if you're mostly facing warrior, switch decks.
This sounds a bit tin foil hat-ish but I firmly believe if you start hitting hard counters all the time, it's supposed to be like that. The only time I switch decks is if I check a rank band on hsreplay on my server, and the deck I'm playing is under 50% in that rank band. Otherwise you have to ride out the losses you're "supposed" to take, and then there will be a swing. If I've had a streak and start losing a lot, then switching decks immediately sparks a different hard counter. Deck switching sometimes works in wild though, when it has no-one to match you against and you keep seeing the same guys.
You shouldn't switch, that's something new players fail to understand and that's the biggest advice any veteran can give a new player, switching is never the answer. That doesn't mean you're forced to play the same deck always but if you think that switching will automatically make you win then that's just incorrect. Yes, you could switch to a deck that has a better match-up spread (Face Hunter is pretty polarized and easy to counter) and that could mean you start winning but you didn't win cause you happened to switch but because you chose a deck that has better game against the other stuff on the meta and that means winning more.
So why is switching a bad thing you might ask? Well it's pretty simple... You'll win less if you don't properly know a deck, you need to know its ins and outs to play it efficiently. The best advice for climbing is to choose a good deck (Face Hunter is a solid choice) and just stick with it, learn everything the deck can and can't do, there's no perfect deck that beats everything, and if there is, it'll get nerfed fast (lke with Galakrond Shaman). I don't want to be a dick with you but you're on rank 13 so it's not like you're facing strong opponents and as a matter of fact, both you and your opponents are definitely making a bunch of misplays, that's the only difference between someone at rank 15 and someone at legend, low ladder players make mistakes and they don't even realize it, they just play impulsively and then say it's cause of terrible match-ups that they can't climb. And yeah maybe you just hit a wall of warriors, that can happen but lets not get paranoic, you just happened to queue against some warriors, bad luck. What's gonna happen when you switch decks and keep losing? What's gonna happen when you switch to some other class and then you get a bunch of "bad match-ups"? Are you gonna keep switching infinitely? Cause if that's your mentality then you'll be stuck at 13 forever.
Just choose a deck, it doesn't have to be face hunter, but go ahead and choose one, you can inform yourself on sites like Vicious Syndicate and HSReplay about some more good decks, and then just stick to it, learn your MU, learn what you keep against every class, how to manage your resources, what cards to play around in which turns and you'll get to rank 10 in a matter of days and you'll improve day after day.
If you are seeing a great deal of Warriors on the ladder I actually do recommend switching decks. Some decks just have horrible match ups and you have to accept that when choosing what to play.
While I generally agree with what the last poster wrote, there are times when you have to adjust your game plan. Good luck whatever you choose.
I didn't frequently switch my deck since matchmakings are mostly random.
What you have described is called the Law of Averages. It's a perfectly normal statistical phenomenon, not an algorithm in the game's coding.
Over time, the more games you play, the closer your personal win rate will get to the average win rate of the deck. Win streaks will always end eventually, and everyone experiences losing streaks now and then.
Blizzard does not need to force this through programming. It occurs naturally.
"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
Yeah that's kinda what I said.