Hearthpwn

Classic pack

seems that on the pre-made decks or random Brawls, everyone complains and wants a build-a-deck. Now on a build Brawl, we get the opposite. 

I guess I am in the minority. I am a Free player, have played since not long after release and have never payed a single dime for the game. I am OK with never making Legend because I don't have all of the Legendaries required for the best decks, I just enjoy getting to play the game. 

As a former Magic: The Gathering player, I understand how expensive it can be in real money to try and keep up with collecting all of the cards. I spent several thousand over a few years on buying booster boxes and whatnot, but those were physical items that I could sell or do something with when I am finished playing. Have cards from Unlimited/Revised all the way up to the Eldrazi sets, can't remember exactly where I stopped. But again, those are physical, resellable items and not bits of code. 

I refuse to pay real money for digital items that can be nerfed or phased out of play with no recourse but to Dust the card and try to gather enough dust to craft the new stuff. It is a losing battle unless you are willing to sink a couple hundred every release, and Blizzard is releasing more expansions more quickly. It is free money for them, I understand they do put time and development into the new expansions but the return on investment is obscene. And as long as people continue to throw money at them for a "Free" game, it will not stop. 

Oh, and this is likely to be my last post here, as I am not a fan of Twitch and I will not be converting my account over. Not a big loss, as I don't post much here anyway.

Wow, you willingly admit that you rope as BM just because you face a deck you don't like. Thanks for being part of the problem...

That said, I generally will let my opponent get the kill in, unless they are BMing or have obvious lethal and are just screwing around. Don't waste my time playing 5 more cards, just go face and end the match...

Sindragosa - OTK priest.

Putricide - Taunt Warrior

Blood Queen - OTK priest

The description says each deck has the Death Knight, but I have played nearly a dozen Brawls and have not seen one yet, for my side or the opponent. Almost always goes at least to turn 10... maybe I am just really unlucky with them.

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Quote from Nefine1337 >>

the games take way to long it sucks

oh, and it seems that the Warrior bug has been fixed. No longer gives both players Bananas.

Quote from HSteinway >>

freakin spiders everywhere. I have a question:

do I have to kill a spider with a spider? and why. it tortures me from the very beginning of tavern brawls

wow, I found the answer:

After playing a few matches I realized the following:

• At the start, use webspinners to go for face. Your opponent will either trade webspinners (doing your job for you) or also go for face, which evens out.
• Use webspinners to attack his OTHER summons. NEVER attack webspinner against webspinner unless you ABSOLUTELY have to (ex: you have no cards, and he only has webspinners). Even attacking a 6/6 with a webspinner is better because it doesn't give your opponent another summon.
• In the end you are playing against RNG and what minions your opponent gets from webspinner, NOT the actual webspinners.
• Save your spells and your coins as long as you can because the webspinner summons seem to get progressively stornger (might just be a coincidence though since some people post screenshots of early 7-mana or 8-mana cards)

My preference for playing is Mage/Priest/Hunter.

© PumpkinRiot

Quote from ender2003 >>

Oh look, a build your own deck brawl just like all the whiners have been asking for...

Oh wait, they won't get to use their best cards. Cue the salt.

Quote from TehJumpingJawa >>

Still not sure what the correct strategy is.

• Playing for value is rarely necessary, as you're likely to draw plenty of cards from incidental spells.
• Playing for tempo is often bad too, as you'll frequently end up clearing some, or all, of your own board.
• Playing for combo is practically impossible, as you've no idea what's in your deck, and there are very few minion-based combos

Thus the only reliable and controllable aspect of this brawl is your hero power & the class minions you have access to.

Rogue has an advantage (spells that require you to have a weapon), as do classes with minions that give access to spells & weapons (Mage & Warrior).

 

Tbh though there's barely any strategy to it at all.

More salt in here than the Dead Sea

Grow up!

Like this brawl a lot. A lot of crazy randomness, with generally more skill than portals. If you get a crappy minion, you can often choose not to play it and wait for a better one, and unlike portals, you don't get OP mage synergy. Having good in depth knowledge of the cards helps so that you can properly interact with them. People who play a lot of arena will generally have an edge.

For everyone complaining, how is this worse than constructed where a lot of games come down to drawing C'thun or Call of the Wild?

Preparation The Coin

I give up

But you know what I really hate, absolutely hate, for no reason? Flame Imp. 

It always gives me the feeling that it helps my opponent on purpose and I don't know exactly why. But what I know is that the Imp right now sits somewhere in a dark place and rubs his hands together in pure evilness.

Bloodlust. No one plays it, but if they do you want to punch a hole into your wall

Onyxia. Who the fuck cares whose daughter you are? Is your best qualification really just is that your daddy is a big scary dragon?

People (and dragons) who sell themselves too short are just plain annoying.

Thoughtsteal. Never thought it was a top tier card.