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Hey all,
Has anyone used hearthstone tracker software? I thought it would automatically track my games as I played them. So far it seems like I need to manually put in the results. Am I using it incorrectly? Is there better software to track deck performance?
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Quote from Notorious_BLT >>Yeah Paladin is great, I do find it a little boring though, Rogue is a lot more fun I think, I like having to plan out my hands a bit more to make use of combo/removal and calculating how much health I can afford to lose clearing minions. Plus I actually have a better average with Rogue (I think about 5.8)
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Quote from LastBlackDodo >>Removal, especially of the AoE kind, got scarcer in the last big expansion. You just have to adapt to the new pool a bit more. Now it's even more about early board pressence than before.
A good deck now (mostly) has to have some really high-valued 1/2/3 drops in it. Followed up by some decent mid/late game minions. Ending it with 1-2 win conditions, while win conditions that depend on a board of minions (like mukkla's champion) got better with this style of play.
This is one of the reasons why paladin is so strong in arena right now. Shielded Minibot and Muster for Battle help you really hard to trade early against a lot of things.
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As card pools increase the likelihood you see any former Arena staple commons decreases. Because not a lot of removal card options have been added to the game since release for a significant number of classes, especially not at common rarity, that makes cards like Hex much more of a "must-pick" than it once was as you may not even see a single copy, let alone a second or third as once was the case.
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Yeah, picking Paladin most likely secures me a re-entry to Arena.
When playing other classes (even Mage), there's alot of RNG involved in the choice of cards.
Even if you do pick high value cards, there are also chances that the opponent did if they were even decent at the game.
I assume that you know what you are doing in arena matches, then Paladin has such a edge, If you do not face up against another Paladin/Lucky Arena drafts, and have a decent hand/mulligan, it's quite difficult to not win.
Shielded Minibot, Muster for Battle, Blessing of kings/consecration/Truesword silver, Murloc Knight, Seal of Champion
Mix it with high value minions like evil Hecker, Senjin, Sunwalker, Kodorider, Mukla's Champion, Stormwind Champion, Silverhand reagent.
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Removal, especially of the AoE kind, got scarcer in the last big expansion. You just have to adapt to the new pool a bit more. Now it's even more about early board pressence than before.
A good deck now (mostly) has to have some really high-valued 1/2/3 drops in it. Followed up by some decent mid/late game minions. Ending it with 1-2 win conditions, while win conditions that depend on a board of minions (like mukkla's champion) got better with this style of play.
This is one of the reasons why paladin is so strong in arena right now. Shielded Minibot and Muster for Battle help you really hard to trade early against a lot of things.
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Yes, removal (or more specifically 'fast' cards) should almost always be taken if offered in the draft; without them you are vulnerable to bombs that give runaway board advantage to your opponent.
I don't think tier lists properly value the relative scarcity of fast cards; most are too value orientated.
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I've been away from Arena for a long time...like since after GVG released. So, between BRM and TGT getting added to the mix, I guess I just don't understand how Arena got this bad. I mean, it was bad enough before getting RNG heroes, then an RNG pool, but now the pools are so large there's a good chance you get no staples at all whatsoever.
I ran 2 Arenas tonight. Out of Priest, Druid, Shaman, I went for Shaman. Not one Rockbiter, Lightning Storm, Elemental, Crackle or Earth Shock. I got one Lightning Bolt and one Flametongue. No legendaries, 1 Epic (enhance-a-mechano). I pulled 4-3 and given what I didn't have, I felt I gave it my best and was quite happy with it. Then I ran another one, this time getting Mage. No Fireball, Flamestrike, Blizzard...once again, absolutely no AOE was even offered in the pool. I was so painfully light on removal, I started skewing my picks to grab a few mechs to power a Goblin Blastmage and shore up the gaps. Again, I went 4-3.
I don't really care about the record, I care about some of the things I saw while I was playing, even in games I won. My opponents were also severely light on removal, making games incredibly long and boring as we just bounced minions off each other, trying to jocky for board presence. Sure, I had a match where Illidan dropped and ran away with the game, but that was 1 game out of 14. More often, it was the same old crap I've really come to hate about HS - once someone stumbles, it's all but impossible to come back from behind. In both games I won and lost, either myself or my opponent put down 1 sticky creature, and the lack of ability to remove it turned the game into solitaire. Play a minion, lose it immediately, take 4 and another creature comes down. Rinse and repeat until someone is dead.
Another thing I noticed (though it wasn't in either one of my pools) was Mukla's Champion. Permanent pumps are stupid dangerous for this game to have, but this guy absolutely takes the cake. At least 5 of my opponents dropped one at some point, in one case 2 at the same time. This is busted in half. Between this and the paladin Murloc, I could not believe my eyes with just how dumb Arena has become. It's somehow even worse than when I stopped. I won and lost games with some of the dumbest, most lopsided board states I've ever seen.
Is Arena still enjoyable like this? I'm sure some people like it, I mean, I'm finding opponents obviously...but is this common now?
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You sound like someone's mom. " I'm not mad, just disappointed".
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Ben Brode's laugh is epic
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Greetings roleplayers,
I have accumulated quite the wealth of dust, and I'm looking to craft an entirely golden deck. As a tri-hard roleplayer, I like to play tier 1 decks and show my opponent how much I spend on the game with all my golden cards. What cards and/or decks would you craft to get that sweet golden coin?
P.S. I am not above being a filthy patron warrior (or any other degenerate deck for that matter). All suggestions will be considered.
My best regards,
Torrent
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I have been looking for a good Dragon CW list, and I think this would be pretty close to what I'd run. I would consider replacing Whirlwind with Revenge, as the up side is enough to pay an extra mana. Depending on the meta your seeing, other replacements I would suggest is Baron Geddon swapped for a second Brawl. And Emperor Thaurissan is a little underwhelming in CW, so I would use this slot for tech choices (i.e Harrison Jones).
Good list, hope to see more updates!
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I think this is a good start to the Demon Warlock. Some substitutions I made;
- Not a fan of Demonfire, so I put in Demonheart (Bigger and better, good removal if no Demons to target).
- I considered Illidan, but it is just too squishy to survive more than a turn. I put in Lord Jaraxxus as a way to gain heath if I am getting aggro'd
- Removed watchers in favor of Molten Giant + Defender. Removed Shadowflame since I am not running watchers. Added Imp-Iosion.
- Cut owls for Mistress of Pain
Great deck! +1, keep working on it!
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Thanks for posting this deck! I beat Gluth on the second go. However, I did not have Equality so I added Fordring and a random creature. The heals did the trick.