Hearthpwn

When I meet an annoying player (annoying FOR me ok?) if my way dealing with it comes through as toxic (to him) then I certainly hit a nerve... I may be wrong but seems like I hit your nerve as well?

That's the spirit, hope meet in ranked HS one day. I'll be annoyed and I'll handle it in a toxic way of course. Gonna be fun!

Wow! so annoyance is exclusively tied to time. Well it's not because that's what you think that it's the universal truth. Also I never said it's an issue ( again that's your view, not the rest of the world). It's never and issue when you can handle it. I just said what I do when I face an annoying player. I admit the annoyance is totally subjective and the things that annoy me wouldn't affect others. I clearly said it in my post and yet...AGAIN I remind you the topic is what kind of player annoys you and what do you do to handle it. I do it in any way I want and I asked in OP what do you do if you have a similar experience. If you don't, fine no need to be judgemental in a pejorative way. That's it. If in your case, you are not annoyed and think this is just a waste of time, you have the right to say it here, but be humble cause it's your view, not....etc etc...ok? some may agree with you and some may agree with me. 

Why are you talking about wasting time? I never complained about time. Again it's about what annoys you and how you handle it..Jeez!

I clearly said that the faker was not a problem but only annoying. he does whatever he wants I can't respond cause he concedes. As for you comment about me being rude with a Trumper...I wouldn't go that far. roping once in the game AND for lethal is a good as him keep on playing when he has no way of avoid my lethal on next turn. Like I said it's about what annoys you and how you handle it that's the topic

The trumper and faker may well be playing for the reasons you give but they ALSO be playing the way I explain it. The topic here is about how annoying they can be to me and how I HANDLE it. I also specified that not all players would feel the same way as me. I was clear on this and yet... I find your comment about me making my life more miserable quite funny by INTERPRETING their actions...isn't that what you are doing here? Or couldn't it just be in your head?

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The Trumper is a good counter of the Faker btw.

 wow never thought about it...I think you are right!

You've never encountered players that annoys you on HS because the way they play has no bearing on you. Good for you! Not the case for me and what seems to be a waste of time to you is not for me. Nothing else to add.

I have distinguished 3 categories of players that are particularly annoying. It may not be the case for you but I am pretty sure many players feel the same way as I do. I know what some of you will say: "It's his turn and he does what he wants". Ok, so do I then right? I am not counting the rage quitters, it's fun to see them doing it.

- The roper: The most obvious one. Against a roper, I give him the benefit of the doubt the first time he ropes  and I play my turn normally. The third time he does it, I rope him till the end even if he stops roping.

- The Trumper (one who refuses to concede). We all have met the Trumper. You have lethal on the board, he keeps on playing. Example: I play Hunter, he plays, let's say Rogue, and he has only 2 health left, he is dead next turn for sure.  He doesn't heal, plays his turn using most of his time placing this minions, uses his spells, maybe draws cards. Other Trumpers will draw "looking for a solution" even if their mana left will not give them any way to survive. Here, I just take my time (aiming minions or his face, check my cards to show that I am not disconnected and I rope before giving the final blow. All this time, I guess he just watches, maybe goes to get a drink I don't care he has to wait for me to finish my turn too.  Now I get it, the plausible excuse here would be, there's still a chance that you get disconnected or make a mistake blabla whatever but we know it's all BS.

The Faker: He has met a lot of inexperienced players who concede easily so he goes for it. He is most of the time an OTK/ combo player. He starts to play his combo cards and sometimes even says "well played", hoping that you will concede. They play in a very convincing way, fast and determined, and you only find out that it was all fake when they concede seeing that you are not buying it. No problem here, he is giving it a try. I still find it annoying though. 

The norm against Quest mage is using hero power at every turn if possible and damage spells on face. Use of minions:

- Only if you can go wide the first 3 turns go for it, mage will have trouble deciding if he play incanter's flow turn 2/3 or control board. Going wide in the first 3 turn is worth the risks. Buffed minions is what you want, hit face as there is no ice barrier yet. After that use minions only to counter minions mage put on board use poisoned rush 1 mana beast (wound prey or given by kolkar)on big minions and rhino on small ones. No need to mention that once mage has ice barrier don't hit face with your minions if there are any on board.if you feel there is no significant threat on board just go hero power and damage spells. Aimed shot is your best friend here followed my piercing shot which can kill that annoying spell damage minion that pops up and arcane shot.

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Right now I am testing the deck post nerfs...we'll see..

Exactly, that is one of the reasons I did not want Mankrik in the deck. And now that we know what the nerfs are I believe I still don't need Mankrik. Once the patch is up, I shall see if Kolkar is still a viable option, cost 3 mana but a 3/4 body that could help it to stick. Problem though Kolkar could shine on turn 4 and thus take the spot of Warsong Wrangler which would mean no turn 5 buffed Rhino rush. Many things to factor in. We'll see, Face Hunter and multiple options and we just have to find the best one. I practically never use Kolkar when I face a Quest mage so nothing changes here. Quest Warlock is the one that I want to face and see I need make changes or not.

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What about using Mankrik? Seems to be one of the highest winrate cards according to hs replay and u can get it for almost free with barrens packs so it's budget enough

Yes, Mankrik is a great card indeed and could be a card to consider depending on the incoming nerfs. Right now, I am still facing many Quest mages and the match is a race where Mankrik (and his wife) could help mage to finish his quest line faster than me getting the cards I need to finish him.

Thank you very much for the feedback. Glad the deck helped you in your climb!

Agree with most of them except "Piercing Shot unable to target own minions" is not a good idea. Hunter would then have 

two useless cards against all no minion decks like Quest line Mage. Balance not kill the card is the goal.

Face Hunter is good against Quest mage too.