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Malygos rogue hardest deck to play in the game, face hunter easiest, what else? ;)

I think a lot of people is focusing on a deck that is "easy to win" instead of "easy to pilot". 

That's two different things, you know?

Edit: like... me bad at grammar.

Quote from Mesmerizeer jump

 

overall aggro is easier bc its like you are day 1 of HS going face and trying to make appropriate trades every once in a while but just going face and just praying there isnt a board clear the next turn. control is just easier for me bc i think i am so used to it. or maybe it was bc i would play 15 hatch zerg for so many years. combo is just hard for me and in general because i feel like its so important to have 4 specific cards in your hand or youre screwed.

Let me say that this is a very common mentality for a lot of Hearthstone, or in general, card game players. They think back on day one, when they are learning the game. People tell them about damage the opponent and considering blockers / trades. Then they will start to learn about mana curve. Followed by card advantages and tempo. 

All these builds a little network of "ifs" conditions. 

myMinionPower = 2; myMinionHealth = 2;

if (enemyMinionPower > 2 && enemyMinionHealth < 3)

{ myMinion.trade();}

else {myMinion.goFace()}

Because there are so many people that think this way, this "ifs" condition network actually works, because what could go wrong if we all follow the ifs and elses? They are not to blame. Card game IS hard. You need to know the rules. You need to know the cards. You need to know the meta. You need to know the players. You need to know their decks. You need to know their mentality. And so on and so on.  Lots of tiny little details that if we don't build mental shortcuts, we are likely to take 3 minutes to take a turn. 

However, this mentality hurts a player's growth. They are trying to program themselves into a card playing machine. Every victory means the program works nicely. Every defeat means the program has bugs, and in need of a fix, in the form of more conditions, or amending existing conditions. But the problem is, this way of thinking makes this kind of players very predictable. Predictable players never reach high level plays. 

"Aggro decks are easy" - this statement is partly built on this mentality. Writing a bot for aggro decks is easier than writing one for say... Malygos Shaman. But a bot with an aggro deck can only achieve mediocre results. You can't constantly beat an experienced player with an aggro deck, because they can anticipate your play, and counter them accordingly. They will know when to play minions, when to play card draw, when to kill you minions. 

I will concede to the point that "Aggro decks will never be the hardest to play". Aggro decks exploit a very fundamental concept - the Sligh deck concept. With sufficiently abundant low mana creatures, distributed so that you can use up every mana crystal per turn, you can build up a tempo advantage such that your opponent will be unable to recover. Also Aggro versus Control is like "Questions" versus "Answer". A famous saying is that "There is no wrong questions, only wrong answers". 

lol yea dude this isnt your phd thesis its a HS thread. aggro=ez to play/ez to win. other stuff=harder to play/harder to win. its syence.

I find zoo pretty tough to play I don't think aggro I so easy. Unless it's a face deck which the deck plays itself.

Mid range are the easiest decks I feel as the deck plays itself and rarely require much thought process.

Combo is definitely the hardest to play as u have so many different ways to go about your turns and u must calculate what the best way to play your turn is.

Because turn 10 hero power pass

aggro is the easiest to play, people who say it isn't, please just shut up. it's the type of deck that punishes you less for mistakes. for the hardest it's combo, some midrange decks also have some pretty cool interactions that can cost you the games if you fuck up. i don't think control decks are very hard to play, but then again what pure control decks are out there? not many.

Well done midrange deck is the easiest to play, because you rarelly have turn with 2 good options - it's really autopilot.

Control is hard to play perfect, because you must decide what removal to use/safe for later - there are often turns where playing nothing is correct and it's not obvious and it takes time to learn.

Patron is hard and if you say it isn't - you are delusional. It's easy when the turn comes, the kindergarden aritmetics are also a joke - but restraining your resources is hard for players used to play midrange normally. There is a lot of desision making in this.

I would like to point out that the poll was "what is hard to play" and not "what makes you salty" - and midrange is easier to play than aggro if you want to play perfectly.

Control is easy to play, just not easy to play well. In a control vs control matchup the better control player will win a pretty high percentage of the time. Skill makes a significant difference once you get to the turns when you have multiple different choices on how you can play your turn, and you will see this happen a lot in a control vs control matchup, not so much against agro and other agressive decks that try to shut the game down early.

I think agro is easiest in general, but there are definitely different difficulty levels to decks in all levels of the spectrum.

Easy midrange deck: combo Druid

Hard midrange deck: midrange Shaman

Hard Control deck: Handlock

Easy Control deck: Dragon Priest

Hard aggro deck: Zoo

Easy aggro deck; Face Hunter

I would have said combo due to Oil Rogue and Patron Warrior, two decks that need your full attention during each game, but then again Force/Savage Druid is also considered a combo deck and it's almost on the level of a Face Hunter. Well maybe that's a little too harsh, but there really isn't much to it.

Aggro: Play the cards that deals the most damage. Wait for the chance to deal the last points of damage.

Combo: Play control until you have the combo, and finish the game.

Midrange: Play control until you've got board advantage, start going face

Control: Play control until you've won

Easiest: Aggro
Medium: Combo and midrange
Hardest: Control

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HOWEVER:
Handlock is easier than Control Warrior.
Control Warrior is easier than Freeze Mage.

Some combo decks are hard to play.

No deck archetype is inherently easy to play. Control warrior, Midrange druid and mech mage are all insanely easy to play well compared to most, and Midrange pally, zoo and control priest are some of the most complex decks in the game.

That being said, I don't think there has ever been a combo deck that allows noobs to get legend.

All of them are fairly easy to play once you are good at the game. But IMO, it's more about matchups than anything else. Aggro can be very easy to play, yet playing Face Shaman or Hunter against certain classes/builds is very difficult.

But to at least try to answer the question with more clarity -- combo decks are usually hard to play, except combo druid which is fairly easy. The extremes - aggro and control are all fairly easy to play. You know exactly what your role is and your plays are usually quite obvious for the most part. To me, playing, say, control priest is about as difficult as playing face Shaman, but their decisions are different, since their roles in most matchups are different.

Midrange decks are exactly in the middle. Playing cards is generally very easy, since they mostly play on curve. But they generally do more trading than control or aggro, so there are potentially more decisions to be made on the board. So, my list is (from easy to hard):

-Extreme aggro & control

-Midrange

-Combo (except druid).

Quote from LightsOutAce >>

I think agro is easiest in general, but there are definitely different difficulty levels to decks in all levels of the spectrum.

Easy midrange deck: combo Druid

Hard midrange deck: midrange Shaman

Hard Control deck: Handlock

Easy Control deck: Dragon Priest

Hard aggro deck: Zoo

Easy aggro deck; Face Hunter

Quote from zoerenz >>

 

Easiest: Midrange, because most Midrange decks simply tend to play efficient on curve and have a straight forward gameplan (win via board control or be a Druid)

As I said, midrange player has an easy job playing cards on curve, but the job on the board is fairly difficult. Also, you have to know when to play beatdown and when to control. Decks like Control warrior/priest or Face Hunter don't have that problem most of the time. So, midrange ends up right in the middle of the "difficulty curve".

Force of Nature + Savage Roar combo = hardest deck

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The thing is, the vast majority of hearthpwn users are rank 10's who are used to playing against terrible face hunters every other game, so obviously they are going to say aggro decks are the easiest.

seeing more people voting aggro decks are harder to play then midrange shows, that the majority of HS players dont know the game and are whiny kids getting tilted as soon as they see Leper Gnome

yes, playing "face is the place" does not require a lot of skill, but if you try to win every game, even against matchups you arent supposed to win, playing aggro requires a lot of knowledge, calculating odds and damage

playing midrange is simple as fuck. just play the biggest minion every round ... yes, very hard. i dont care about midrange druid, i started the game with midrange hunter and every deck i played after it took more thoughts to put in... also secret pally is also a midrange deck, for all of you, that dont know

Quote from LefticusRighteous >>

Less cards in hand means less chance to misplay (relying more on "luck"). Aggro decks, while still not "easy" to use are more playable then Control. But you can only play with the hand you got, so if you curve out perfectly, then every deck can be easy etc.