I am old and never imagined I had it in me to watch someone play a game in an application on a stream that taught me lessons.
I have been watching Zetalot, whom I consider the Salt of the Earth, for two years now. In case you never heard of this character -- he only plays the Priest class and does it soooooo well. He is so good at that I often cringe when I face one.
Trump - Just good allround and does well explaining choices etc. Clam and collected, positive etc.
Firebat - Great to watch, can play a wide variety of decks really good. Does well explaining choices, is critical etc.
Zalae - Can be a bit irritating at times to watch because he puts a bit of a macho attitude on, which to me is grating. Excellent player though.
Thijs - Generally positive, can play certain decks really well (he's poor at Hunter or anything mildly agressive) ... does have irritating moments though.
Dane - Awesome, funny, positive Wild player ... always trying out new things.
There are a number who are decent ... Savj, Kibler etc. but I can't watch them for longer than a game because they are clicking all over the place and are really jittery and nervous. I can't stand how Kibler constantly looks to chat etc.
I generally don't like watching players who check Twitch chat more than actually playing the game and so making massive misplays because of it (e.g. RegisKilbin).
I would suggest watching a number of their YouTube videos ... Trump has good long videos for Arena, Firebat has daily content (short videos) that's fun to watch. There in-depth stuff with Omni/ etc. etc. etc.
Isn't that kind of the point of streaming? The interaction between the streamer and the viewers is exactly what makes watching streams fun imo.
I am an arena player, so I watch amaz and learn what not to do. Just kidding. I watch amaz, hafu and kripp. I think Amaz has an funnier stream, but the weakest between these three.
I truly forgot about Amaz existing in hearthstone realm. Have not seen him or heard of him in ages. He must only play arena now.....lol.
My favorite current streamers are Savjz and Amaz. Savjz will often play tweaks on meta decks, or more complicated off meta decks.
When I was first learning I watched a lot of tournament streams, and jumped between many random streamers. I found it most helpful to watch someone playing either a deck I had problems beating, or a deck I wanted to get better at. HSReplay lists the popular meta decks and links the twitch streamers who are playing that deck at the time. Often the streamers aren't the big personalities, but watching another players decision making on a specific deck is super helpful.
Not streams but I also really like Trump and Trolden you tube videos. Especially Trumps value evaluation of cards. Trolden is mostly just comedy, but the "spot the lethal" segments remind me to think outside the box rather than just conceding.
I started off watching Strifecro quite a bit and learned how to play a greedy, value oriented game. Then I started watching Zalae and learned to play a smorc/tempo oriented game. Now I prefer playing proactive decks where I spend all my mana pretty much every turn but also have fun playing greedy late game decks.
Kibler and Asmo. Kibler tends to play off meta decks a lot, but he explains nearly every move he makes, so from a learning perspective, I think he is one of the best. Asmo does a pretty good job at explaining his moves as well, and his stream is usually pretty relaxed.
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When brand new to the game trump is good. but he's not great at the game honestly - just very good at explaining key game concepts to noobs.
Kripp and sometimes Hafu I watch. I have no interest in high legend ranks, dumpster is fine for me and i can get there myself with all kinds of decks so I don't watch any constructed streamers. Arena is where the pay-off is for high levels of skill at the game anyway, none of this 50-50 bs.
Firebat and the Omnislash team. Asmo, Dane and Dog are good too. Kripp and Toast are definitely knowledgeable, but I watch them more for pure entertainment.
Honestly I learn the most from RegisKillbin - he doesn't always make the best plays, but he does a really good job of explaining his plays, and he will honestly consider other play suggestions as well and suggest the implications of them. I've also learned a lot from Kripp, Toast, Kibler, Zalae, and Kolento.
I generally don't like watching players who check Twitch chat more than actually playing the game and so making massive misplays because of it (e.g. RegisKilbin).
Isn't that kind of the point of streaming? The interaction between the streamer and the viewers is exactly what makes watching streams fun imo.
That depends on your goal. If you goal is purely entertainment then watch entertaining streams, if you goal is to learn how to play better, then obviously you'll want to watch someone who is going to make less misplays, and generally to make less misplays you have to focus more on the game.
As far as who I would watch I would watch firebat, Dog, and Toast. They are all very good and generally explain their thought process behind harder decisions.
I mean Kripp does that cuz he advertises it. There was a lot of situations when he made other pick over the highest rated one.
Not defending him, just writing from my pov. Well... actually im defending him kek
kibler and toast. they explain what they do and are insane players.
I am old and never imagined I had it in me to watch someone play a game in an application on a stream that taught me lessons.
I have been watching Zetalot, whom I consider the Salt of the Earth, for two years now. In case you never heard of this character -- he only plays the Priest class and does it soooooo well. He is so good at that I often cringe when I face one.
I enjoy.
I enjoy.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this forum, I have a long list of people to watch but I am excited about it :)
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Trump
The absolute best is Kolento for standard.
If you play wild watch Control.
Kripp if you play arena, Amaz 2nd place.
Most entertaining Dane and Savjz.
Top deck is cheat
Kibler's the only one I would trust or listen to in how to get better
Firebat's deck doctor series is really good if you like to build your own decks
My favorite current streamers are Savjz and Amaz. Savjz will often play tweaks on meta decks, or more complicated off meta decks.
When I was first learning I watched a lot of tournament streams, and jumped between many random streamers. I found it most helpful to watch someone playing either a deck I had problems beating, or a deck I wanted to get better at. HSReplay lists the popular meta decks and links the twitch streamers who are playing that deck at the time. Often the streamers aren't the big personalities, but watching another players decision making on a specific deck is super helpful.
Not streams but I also really like Trump and Trolden you tube videos. Especially Trumps value evaluation of cards. Trolden is mostly just comedy, but the "spot the lethal" segments remind me to think outside the box rather than just conceding.
I learn from Pavel how to get sick RNG.
Cause that's what this game is.
I started off watching Strifecro quite a bit and learned how to play a greedy, value oriented game. Then I started watching Zalae and learned to play a smorc/tempo oriented game. Now I prefer playing proactive decks where I spend all my mana pretty much every turn but also have fun playing greedy late game decks.
Kibler and Asmo. Kibler tends to play off meta decks a lot, but he explains nearly every move he makes, so from a learning perspective, I think he is one of the best. Asmo does a pretty good job at explaining his moves as well, and his stream is usually pretty relaxed.
I wanna glide down, over Mulholland
I wanna write her, name in the sky
I wanna free fall, out into nothin'
Gonna leave this, world for awhile
When brand new to the game trump is good. but he's not great at the game honestly - just very good at explaining key game concepts to noobs.
Kripp and sometimes Hafu I watch. I have no interest in high legend ranks, dumpster is fine for me and i can get there myself with all kinds of decks so I don't watch any constructed streamers. Arena is where the pay-off is for high levels of skill at the game anyway, none of this 50-50 bs.
For spanish speak i usually watch feelink or snoodyboo
Firebat and the Omnislash team. Asmo, Dane and Dog are good too. Kripp and Toast are definitely knowledgeable, but I watch them more for pure entertainment.
Honestly I learn the most from RegisKillbin - he doesn't always make the best plays, but he does a really good job of explaining his plays, and he will honestly consider other play suggestions as well and suggest the implications of them. I've also learned a lot from Kripp, Toast, Kibler, Zalae, and Kolento.