Hello All, The last 2-3 months, my bonus stars expire at like plat 10 and I literally get stuck. No matter what deck I play or I switch decks, I get countered where its a battle, which is fine, but then it becomes impossible to advance. Any advice? Is everyone in the same boat? Is it me and I play bad maybe? Just wondering from other players as literally sometimes I feel helpless and it kinda takes the fun away.
Hello All, The last 2-3 months, my bonus stars expire at like plat 10 and I literally get stuck. No matter what deck I play or I switch decks, I get countered where its a battle, which is fine, but then it becomes impossible to advance. Any advice? Is everyone in the same boat? Is it me and I play bad maybe? Just wondering from other players as literally sometimes I feel helpless and it kinda takes the fun away.
Greetings friend, *I've made wild legend first time, though I've hit 12 wins arena many times on multiple accounts.*
You are making incorrect tempo decisions if you are not advancing in rank. Since you are in plat 10, in my opinion, you are incorrectly using your mana, your not playing the optimal cards to win you the match, and finally you maybe are missing lethal countless times but you don't notice. If your a standard player, you should definitely watch a top player that plays your deck type on twitch or youtube to see how they play. If you are watching on youtube, or past twitch video, try to pause the video and guess what the streamer might play on that turn.
P.S. This will take you maybe 2-4 months to hit legend. Depending how fast you learn. Also, it's just a game, you need to give your mind some time to digest things.
Check out Old Guardian on YouTube. He does a lot of budget and non budget deck guides and is one of the best content creators for explaining his decisions. He pretty much just says what he's thinking so you hear his considerations for what the opposition will do next and what he can then do following that etc.
I think a big part of being good in this game is anticipation and knowledge of your opponent. Your deck will only take you so far, if you aren't aware of what removal your opponent has then you're going to walk into board clears or that large taunt being removed straight away. Baiting clears and removal can be key.
I've also found that when I started playing, I would play with a lot of hope. What I mean is I would hope the priest doesn't have plague of death because I saw it as a slim chance due to only being able to have 2 in a deck and I would find my threats being dealt with. What I came to understand is that the odds of drawing particular cards aren't all that low, especially once you get to turn 10 and my naivety was costing me games.
I started watching some streamers and saw that they played around things much more than I ever did. So instead of hoping they didn't drop a shield of Galakrond on turn 5 because that would be their best play, I started to play against what their best next move would be. It obviously isn't as straight forward as that but the shift in mindset helped a lot.
It turned into me no longer over extending, I wouldn't play 4 minions on turn 8 anymore because the plague of death would likely come down. So maybe I woukd play one big minion and a small one, they still need to use their clear but it also takes their entire turn and following that I can drop the other 2 minions knowing that the chances of them having another answer immediately was lower.
I have tried to get my brother into playing but it isn't really for him. He likes games that he can roll over, cheat codes, easy mode, that sort of thing. When I played with him he woukd get frustrated that he didn't get to pull off certain moves. His play style was pretty centered around 'if I play this now, I can then play this in 2 turns and it will be really powerful' but I would know what he was setting up and shut it down. He would even ask if I coukd leave certain minions alone so he could do whatever it is he wanted to do but that really just highlighted the difference in our thinking and skill. He was still stuck in that hopeful mindset and coukd t grasp that the game isn't all about what you and your deck can do but what you can do to stop your opponent.
Because of this, he won't ever be very good at the game and he stopped playing because his ability level kept him around the old rank 15 and he just got frustrated. But he was stubborn and wouldn't adapt to the advice I would give so he ultimately ruined the game for himself and I see this in a lot of players who blame bad luck and rng all the time.
Don't just learn your deck, learn the meta and start to understand what deck your opponent is going to be playing so you can counter it or make better decisions about your own plays. Not having a good idea of the other cards and decks you're up against puts you at a huge disadvantage.
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Hello All, The last 2-3 months, my bonus stars expire at like plat 10 and I literally get stuck. No matter what deck I play or I switch decks, I get countered where its a battle, which is fine, but then it becomes impossible to advance. Any advice? Is everyone in the same boat? Is it me and I play bad maybe? Just wondering from other players as literally sometimes I feel helpless and it kinda takes the fun away.
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Greetings friend, *I've made wild legend first time, though I've hit 12 wins arena many times on multiple accounts.*
You are making incorrect tempo decisions if you are not advancing in rank. Since you are in plat 10, in my opinion, you are incorrectly using your mana, your not playing the optimal cards to win you the match, and finally you maybe are missing lethal countless times but you don't notice. If your a standard player, you should definitely watch a top player that plays your deck type on twitch or youtube to see how they play. If you are watching on youtube, or past twitch video, try to pause the video and guess what the streamer might play on that turn.
P.S. This will take you maybe 2-4 months to hit legend. Depending how fast you learn. Also, it's just a game, you need to give your mind some time to digest things.
Check out Old Guardian on YouTube. He does a lot of budget and non budget deck guides and is one of the best content creators for explaining his decisions. He pretty much just says what he's thinking so you hear his considerations for what the opposition will do next and what he can then do following that etc.
I think a big part of being good in this game is anticipation and knowledge of your opponent. Your deck will only take you so far, if you aren't aware of what removal your opponent has then you're going to walk into board clears or that large taunt being removed straight away. Baiting clears and removal can be key.
I've also found that when I started playing, I would play with a lot of hope. What I mean is I would hope the priest doesn't have plague of death because I saw it as a slim chance due to only being able to have 2 in a deck and I would find my threats being dealt with. What I came to understand is that the odds of drawing particular cards aren't all that low, especially once you get to turn 10 and my naivety was costing me games.
I started watching some streamers and saw that they played around things much more than I ever did. So instead of hoping they didn't drop a shield of Galakrond on turn 5 because that would be their best play, I started to play against what their best next move would be. It obviously isn't as straight forward as that but the shift in mindset helped a lot.
It turned into me no longer over extending, I wouldn't play 4 minions on turn 8 anymore because the plague of death would likely come down. So maybe I woukd play one big minion and a small one, they still need to use their clear but it also takes their entire turn and following that I can drop the other 2 minions knowing that the chances of them having another answer immediately was lower.
I have tried to get my brother into playing but it isn't really for him. He likes games that he can roll over, cheat codes, easy mode, that sort of thing. When I played with him he woukd get frustrated that he didn't get to pull off certain moves. His play style was pretty centered around 'if I play this now, I can then play this in 2 turns and it will be really powerful' but I would know what he was setting up and shut it down. He would even ask if I coukd leave certain minions alone so he could do whatever it is he wanted to do but that really just highlighted the difference in our thinking and skill. He was still stuck in that hopeful mindset and coukd t grasp that the game isn't all about what you and your deck can do but what you can do to stop your opponent.
Because of this, he won't ever be very good at the game and he stopped playing because his ability level kept him around the old rank 15 and he just got frustrated. But he was stubborn and wouldn't adapt to the advice I would give so he ultimately ruined the game for himself and I see this in a lot of players who blame bad luck and rng all the time.
Don't just learn your deck, learn the meta and start to understand what deck your opponent is going to be playing so you can counter it or make better decisions about your own plays. Not having a good idea of the other cards and decks you're up against puts you at a huge disadvantage.