So, yesterday I was doing some dailies at rank 15 (EU) and everything was normal regarding my opponents: Mage, Warlock, Warrior, etc. Control, Combo, Zoo, Tempo, Midrange, etc.
And today, from rank 15 to 13 (EU) I've encountered 11 Hunters... for 14 matches. Mostly face.
Can it be linked to the recent announcement of the "Highest Rank Bonus" / Ranked Chest? I really think so.
Have you feel such disturbance in the force on your server and at your rank?
PS: I'm not complaining at all, as it's easy to adapt to such meta.
I went from rank 17 to 8 over the last 2 days and 3/4ths of my matches were against hunter. Of those, I believe only 1 wasn't face. This is pretty common at the beginning of the season and in the lower ranks; I think it happens pretty much every month.
It's mostly grinders looking to rank up quickly, I believe. No one wants to play 15-20 minute control games against joke decks before they get to a reasonable rank.
I like facehunter in ranked. So many people play it that you can just play a deck with a favorable matchup and grind easy ranks. Facehunter only annoys me in casual, where people are trying to have fun.
I will admit though, every time I see yet another Worgen Infiltrator / Leper Gnome opening I kinda sigh and wonder how people can enjoy playing that kind of deck. The game is exactly the same every. single. time.
Yes, that is not an issue (the opposite in fact), but still, it was like the end of the month... Hunters everywhere around rank 5 (where I sit by this time).
Maybe I don't pay attention to this at the beginning of the month and for yesterday random encounters were... random.
But still, even myself (not a huge player of HS) I will dedicate more playtime to ranked play (instead of the arena) following the announcement. Thus, more people might take the "easy" way to grind and dedicate more games for that purpose?
RIght now at rank 10 i play against 50% Face Hunter and 50% Patron... To be honst i would much enjoy my games if it were like 90% Face Hunter instead of this Patron bs... I still wonder how could they simply not see that Warsong Commander was a problem since day 1 drafting the Grim Patron card 0_o
Yeah, patron takes a lot more of your time and in the end it destroys you anyway, unless it is unlucky or newbie player. Facetard, Eboladin, Patron, Freeze mage are all annoying to play against but at least Hunter kills you faster.
I just teched my Control Warrior to counter aggro better and what I get in return are matches against other Control decks and aggro with dream plays, which destroys me anyway. That's why I hate aggro meta - it makes you tech your deck to play better against it but in the end it can still destroy you - and at the same time you lose more to control because deck is overall weaker...
curious what cards you used to tech against aggro in cw? I've made a few tweaks but wondering what others are doing to compete with facehunter using cw
I rather face a hunter, it is so easy to guess their deck. (Face & Midrange), hybrid is just face Hunter with webspinners.
whereas compared to a paladin.. You have aggro, midrange, control, dragon. At times when you have BGH, you don't even know if you should keep or replace
this thread could just as well been from 2014 without anybody knowing (check for necros!) because the OP is apparently surprised that people use face hunter to climb the bo1 ladder format....
So, yesterday I was doing some dailies at rank 15 (EU) and everything was normal regarding my opponents: Mage, Warlock, Warrior, etc. Control, Combo, Zoo, Tempo, Midrange, etc.
And today, from rank 15 to 13 (EU) I've encountered 11 Hunters... for 14 matches. Mostly face.
Can it be linked to the recent announcement of the "Highest Rank Bonus" / Ranked Chest? I really think so.
Have you feel such disturbance
in the forceon your server and at your rank?PS: I'm not complaining at all, as it's easy to adapt to such meta.
Is Starcraft Ghosts out?
I went from rank 17 to 8 over the last 2 days and 3/4ths of my matches were against hunter. Of those, I believe only 1 wasn't face. This is pretty common at the beginning of the season and in the lower ranks; I think it happens pretty much every month.
It's mostly grinders looking to rank up quickly, I believe. No one wants to play 15-20 minute control games against joke decks before they get to a reasonable rank.
Have a great deck that's really, really cheap? Help the new players out
I like facehunter in ranked. So many people play it that you can just play a deck with a favorable matchup and grind easy ranks. Facehunter only annoys me in casual, where people are trying to have fun.
I will admit though, every time I see yet another Worgen Infiltrator / Leper Gnome opening I kinda sigh and wonder how people can enjoy playing that kind of deck. The game is exactly the same every. single. time.
Have a great deck that's really, really cheap? Help the new players out
Yes, that is not an issue (the opposite in fact), but still, it was like the end of the month... Hunters everywhere around rank 5 (where I sit by this time).
Maybe I don't pay attention to this at the beginning of the month and for yesterday random encounters were... random.
But still, even myself (not a huge player of HS) I will dedicate more playtime to ranked play (instead of the arena) following the announcement. Thus, more people might take the "easy" way to grind and dedicate more games for that purpose?
Is Starcraft Ghosts out?
I hope the facehunters keep it up. I'll mop the floor with them with druid taunt deck or cw lol
Meta changes really fast in Hearthstone. Personally I rather face Face Hunter and not eboladin or patron
Face Hunter is ok. But not patron.
RIght now at rank 10 i play against 50% Face Hunter and 50% Patron... To be honst i would much enjoy my games if it were like 90% Face Hunter instead of this Patron bs... I still wonder how could they simply not see that Warsong Commander was a problem since day 1 drafting the Grim Patron card 0_o
curious what cards you used to tech against aggro in cw? I've made a few tweaks but wondering what others are doing to compete with facehunter using cw
I rather face a hunter, it is so easy to guess their deck. (Face & Midrange), hybrid is just face Hunter with webspinners.
whereas compared to a paladin.. You have aggro, midrange, control, dragon. At times when you have BGH, you don't even know if you should keep or replace
Since when is seeing face hunter new meta??
Every month there's a call of a "new aggro meta!" that has overwhelmed the "wonderful control meta" of before.
You get used to it.
It's typically due to the swtich from late season to new season, when the shift takes people by surprise and creates well...this.
One does not simply walk into Mordor,
unless they want to be the best they can be.
this thread could just as well been from 2014 without anybody knowing (check for necros!) because the OP is apparently surprised that people use face hunter to climb the bo1 ladder format....
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