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Quote from fleurdedieu >>

Any tips as to how to become better? I’ve been playing over a year and still feel so lost most times. I feel like I shouldn’t feel like such a newbie but I do just because I have not made it past Silver 5. I know I definitely need to put more time in.

It’s seriously great that you’re offering your time to help coach other players :)

 Hey there! I can understand the frustration, it took me a few years to understand things that I’ve naturally learned either by someone else’s opinion/input or by trial and error.

 Before Hearthstone, I’ve played a few games of Yu-Gi-Oh, the trading card game with a friend who owned them but we both were novices. Although we had fun playing, our fundamental understanding of concepts were non-existent. It’s like trying to learn to speak a language before you know the context of what you want to say, or when it’s appropriate to say it.

The same can be said in Hearthstone. I like to look at the game on two levels. The first “surface level” is knowing what people are currently playing and what the focus of the “meta” is, or what decks are popular at any given time. This is a helpful skill to acquire but going back to my language analogy, you’re still only trying to “speak” the Hearthstone language if you don’t know the second and more important level, the “fundamentals”.

There are many parts to learning the fundamentals in Hearthstone, most of it stems from trying to understand why any decision, at any given time is the “optimal” play. Is it correct to hold onto The Coin rather than using it sooner? Is it correct to ignore the five minions on your opponent’s side and go face? Why is it correct? I’ll tell you a secret, some of the decisions may not be obvious and some of them might be risky. However, they might be the best thing that will guarantee a victory, with a little luck on the side.

Some decisions come down to understanding what your deck is trying to achieve (i.e. are you more aggressive? Are you more control? In how many more turns can you set up a win? How many more turns do you think you can survive before its too late?). Some decisions might seem correct when they may not be. I try to ask the people I coach why they are considering certain plays. I also try to explain why certain plays are made based off of the information we received during the game etc.

A good exercise a buddy once gave me was to go watch a stream of a good Hearthstone player like Brian Kibler for example, pause the match throughout, and make a decision of what you would do with the cards available to play, then unpause the stream and see if the streamer is making the same plays. No one is perfect, including streamers but their knowledge is mostly deeper than ours because they’ve put in the time and are usually just that good.

Hope this helps a little, I can talk about Hearthstone philosophy all day haha. Happy to help as well! 

Quote from Chillwindyeti >>

Please help me :(

 What's your BattleTag? Mine is Winky#1488, happy to help.

Hey Everyone,

Just wanted to give an update on coaching. I had my first success by getting someone to legend.

This player was on the NA server but all the way from Taiwan (that's pretty cool).

He came to me while they were sitting at Rank 2 Diamond, needed some help since their current deck wasn't working out for them, was able to get them to legend in 2 sessions.

Congrats again to Ttinytb, everyone can get there if you make the effort, put in the time and learn from mistakes and scenarios.

Cheers!

Thanks xskarma. Honestly I could not find this thread once I posted it, thought I somehow broke it haha, so then I created a new one.

Apologies for the confusion.

Hey Everyone,

It's been a while but I once offered some free coaching to anyone interested on NA standard ladder.

Reached legend a few times, helped a couple of friends recently and had fun. Thought I'd come back and see if anyone also wanted some help.

Hope you all are enjoying the expansion, my battletag is Winky#1488.

Hey Everyone,

Reviving this thread, it's been a while, hope everyone has been enjoying the new expansion.

Just wanted to say if anyone wants some help on standard, I can lend a hand.

Update on my current status, reached legend a total of 3 times now, helped a couple of close friends climb and improve their matches.

Anyone interested can hit me up via my battle tag Winky#1488.

Just posting an update to this thread.

I've met a lot of cool people so far, some made it to rank 5, others are still making the climb.

Thanks for taking the time to listen and hopefully you can continue making a good progress.

I'm always here to help :)

Yup, just helping out ladder climbers. If your style is to play more fun, less competitive decks on ladder or just in general, that's totally cool. Just manage expectations and have fun!

Also, while I enjoy the occasional Wild games, my grasp around the meta is currently a bit limited. Admittedly, I mainly play standard but that doesn't mean I won't try to help. Want to set expectations now in case anyone was wondering :)

Had a great session with a member just now, we went 2-2, couldn't get enough games in but tried to help establish what to do in certain scenarios.

We lost to one game where overthinking a play made us fall into a  Rat Trap secret but it was important to go over and explain the correct line of play anyway.

ggs to that player, good experience overall :)

Hey Murl0c_Slayer,

That sounds like a great idea, appreciate the help!

Just post your battle tags and I'll send a friend request :)

Haha, just feel good vibes here.

I was helping out a friend recently and had a lot of fun coaching him. Thought I'd give it a shot here if anyone is interested.

No prob, I play on NA!

Hey Everyone,

Wanted to offer some help for those who need it on ladder.

Just interested to help those who want to climb a little more consistently.

I've reached legend before, usually average between ranks 5-3 per season.

No charge, just helping out on my free time :)