First of all I want to emphasis that You made a good guide how to play this deck. Also I watched Your replays and I got couple observations:
Against rogues in 4 of 6 games You fetch Barnes was able to put Barnes on board. It's ~66%. I know its only 6 games but if You draw this card so often then it's quite lucky for You.
Against warlock in 3 of 6 games You fetch Barnes. Not that much like against rogues but 50% Barnes in round 4th is still very lucky.
Of course this observations reffers to just small percent of Your overall games but still I think lot of Your games are won cause You draw card which win games in this deck. I also saw Your other matches (when You didn't draw Barnes in at least turn 4th) and saw Your plays was smart and all You wrote in this guide works.
I play many games using common build on EU server and I wasn't even close of Your WR (32/15). I play Your build and check how it works. Maybe I will post my results here.
BTW I seriously think that one of the biggest hurdles on the way to legend is to handle the psychological factors.
I totally agree with You. In my case when I hit rank 2 I start to feel so much pressure which probably cause mistakes in my plays which cause tilt in my mind. The fact is I don't see those mistakes.
BTW Thank You for analyse my stats and write this opinion.
If it's taking this long with a tier 1 deck then there's something that can be improved
I agree. Who can coach me. I will pay :)
Perhaps there's something to learn about the decks you're playing? I recommend watching some streamers or youtubers that talk a lot about their reads and plays in game like Firebat
I think hit rank 5th with decent deck isn't something extraordinary. Since april this year I reach 3rd rank in every season. In my case troubles starts at rank 2nd - something magic (very wrong) happens for me and I can't breakthrough this rank no matter how many games I will play. I show You my stats at the end of this season.
I mean you said you are having an endless loop of win-loss-win-loss, so I would take changes into consideration regarding the matches that I lost. But that's just my input, if you're feeling this exact version then stick with it. ;)
I just win 9th game in row so I think that I'll stick into this version.
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IMO rogues are quite good matchups. This deck is trashed by exodia mage.
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The Lich King works like Ysera - put OP cards into Your hand. Many times I won game using this cards. You can put Deathwing or Medivh.
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Maybe try to tech some cards instead of Free From Amber and/or Spirit Lash. Try to use 2 x Holy Smite.
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In this version Shadow Essence is weaker than standard 6 minions version. Case Shadow Essence -> [card]Cairne Bloodhoof[/card] is weak but accepted but Shadow Essence -> [card]N'Zoth, the Corruptor[/card] is like Shadow Essence -> [card]Barnes[/card] = disaster. This version of big priest has 3 bad outputs from Shadow Essence which makes this deck much less consistent.
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First of all I want to emphasis that You made a good guide how to play this deck. Also I watched Your replays and I got couple observations:
Against rogues in 4 of 6 games You fetch Barnes was able to put Barnes on board. It's ~66%. I know its only 6 games but if You draw this card so often then it's quite lucky for You.
Against warlock in 3 of 6 games You fetch Barnes. Not that much like against rogues but 50% Barnes in round 4th is still very lucky.
In this game (https://hsreplay.net/replay/Z67AWsPJDdvDk2xYKHD7ZT) against Warlock Your opponent in turn 6th has 7 cards including Soulfire and Doomguard = 9 damage. You got 7 hp. If he would play correct order Soulfire then Doomguard then he would greater chance to put Doomguard and kill You. I would say It was missplay/misslethal.
Of course this observations reffers to just small percent of Your overall games but still I think lot of Your games are won cause You draw card which win games in this deck. I also saw Your other matches (when You didn't draw Barnes in at least turn 4th) and saw Your plays was smart and all You wrote in this guide works.
I play many games using common build on EU server and I wasn't even close of Your WR (32/15). I play Your build and check how it works. Maybe I will post my results here.
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Wow. Whose goal it is?
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I totally agree with You. In my case when I hit rank 2 I start to feel so much pressure which probably cause mistakes in my plays which cause tilt in my mind. The fact is I don't see those mistakes.
BTW Thank You for analyse my stats and write this opinion.
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I agree. Who can coach me. I will pay :)
I watch lot of streams.
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I ended season on rank 2 with one star. Highest score 2nd rank with 4 stars.
My stats on ranks 1 - 5 :
My stats overall:
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Season end soon last moments to hit legend ;) Live here https://go.twitch.tv/doppelangger
C'mon and enjoy.
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1. Seems right. To be more specific I've played lite bit more than 200 games.
2. I pick top players decks.
3. You probably right. This topic though.
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I think hit rank 5th with decent deck isn't something extraordinary. Since april this year I reach 3rd rank in every season. In my case troubles starts at rank 2nd - something magic (very wrong) happens for me and I can't breakthrough this rank no matter how many games I will play. I show You my stats at the end of this season.
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I just win 9th game in row so I think that I'll stick into this version.