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Quote from TallStranger >>

 Yeah, play a pro and tell me there's no skill involved. Even in a mirror match, he/ she will beat you WAAAAY more than 50% of the time.

Whatever it takes to make you feel better about yourself.

 just not true at all!   

The OP touches ever so lightly on the real culprit in how HS "tricks" players. At its core, HS is basicallt the card game "War". Where if u plsay a 4, then I play a 5 and win that hand. This goes on till one guy has all the cards.

That would get boring pretty quick wouldnt it? So, Blizzard adds lights, cloors, sound efffects  and familiar characters to the game of "War"

But thats still not enough to keep people playing and coming back for more. So they purposely built the game to keep winrates as close to 50% as possible, so every player gets the experience of beating down an opponent by turn 5. 

This game is designed to obfuscate the fact that luck of the draw and powere level of the cards, are what determine who wins. NOT SKILL BUT LUCK AND SHEER POWER LEVEL. 

Of course there are still basic skills needed to play HS, but nothinnmore than basic addition and subtration, as well as knowing your outs and what % that is.  Afterthat, the skill level dissapears and its really about whats the powere level of the deck your playing.

This is how they trick us. Watch a GM tourney any weekend and listen to the casters try and present basic addition into some grand level of skill!!  lol I know that their job,I get it. But does anyone else?

Another "trick" Blizzard uses is golden cars, Legendaries etc...all which give little dopamine hits when played or opened in a pack. All these little ways to trick us into believing our skill is what matters, and tricking our brains into needing that dopamine hit over and over again.

without these tools, HS would be a lame boring ass game. But throw some real psychologyb into the game design, make it as addicting as possible, and obfuscate the fsct its mostly luck not skill, and voila! you have a money making engine ypu can rely on. 

Quote from Zka >>

This deck beats pretty much anything right now. The surprise factor when you hit them 22+ dmg with buffed al akir no1 expects. 

 

 that almost never happens so no biggie....lol  u dont brag about a 1% chance as if its 100% reliable. unless your a vsaccine maker. lol

I crush this Priest with my 3 gods Priest list.....just saying. lol

 If your gonna run clowns, put in the 5 mana Priest card that discounts corrupt cards by 2 mana. Then u can play the clowns for 7 mana ,. it speeds up the deck. 

amazing! lol 

Quote from PetiteMouche >>

Why don't you play casual then, where is your integrity ? There's more to life than ranked modes. "winrated be damned" you said.

Of all the places where people could have a little more integrity, video games is the least of my concerns, it's the one place in the world where having no integrity is of no consequence.

Winning is more fun than losing, people win for fun not to frustrate you.

And if you made this post, it's not because you have more integrity than others, it's because you are losing with your allegedly fair decks and wish you'd win. But the moment you start winning with your deck, people will say you have no integrity and teach you how to raise your children.

These people are not cheating, they are not taking advantage of anyone, they are playing cards available to them. You are also free to concede against any deck you dislike, I do that sometimes, as you said rankfloor can help. And again, winrated be damned you said that too.

As for your archery story, tell me when was the last time you passed your turn when your opponent was AFK for a turn ? Yeah, right. Winning is more fun.

Take control of your own life, nobody forces you to endure spell mage if you don't want to, it's just a game. If the deck is indeed broken Blizzard will nerf it and that's the end of it, people with no integrity will suddently have integrity again and you will seek other children to educate, most likely children of hyper aggro or tickatus players.

 its no different in casual. you see the same broken decks there too. I think the point was, everybody has different opinions , and the Op clearly stated there more to life , and HS, than just winning games. Yes we all compete to win, but  winning with a broken deck isnt all that valuable to them. It obviously is too you. Thats ok too. 

Quote from HSam >>

"Please don't use decks with the highest winrate when the objective of ladder is to win!"

Cancel culture seeping into video games, great.

 not even remotely close to what the OP was saying. 

Quote from Okramz77 >>

Mindrender Illucia is just useful if you want to give all your best cards to your opponent .... 

 lol  dont forget, you can steal OTK DH cards and OTK them using Illucia, ypu can also do the same to Mage, etc.....sometimes its the only way to win/survive. High skill card. Get gud!! lol

Quote from Jonesy978 >>

Lunacy mage is indefensible bullshit. It is outrageously overpowered if they draw Lunacy on turn 2. The pool of spells that works well with the deck is too strong. And springwater is the dumbest card to be printed in years. Free draw two cards on turn 4?

The meta would be much, much healthier if they did the following:

1. Delete Lunacy, or at least increase its cost to 4.

2. Delete Pen Flinger or make it so it can only target minions

3. Reduce the durability on Sword of the Fallen to 2

4. Reduce the health on the watchtowers so they can be killed more easily

 how come nobody is tslking about the new 4 mana draw 2 cars for free? I has a Mage 6 cards on turn 4, then draw another 2 the next turn for 1 mana.....so draw 7 cards by turn 5........and then on top of that, Lunacy spells....and then the burn spells inhand....draw2 for free is broken.....

Quote from TheArcanist236 >>

It was quite OK and diverse before I hit Legend. At Legend, it's 75% Mage/Paladin and I have to play one of them to barely have a positive winrate.

 so basically your part of the problem too. lol " I was only following orders"  lol  "i was just keeping a plus 50%winrate"  lol

I must be a weirdo because I wont play broken decks ever.I find no challenge in winning games with decks im supposed to win with, and my integrity just wont let me do it, winrate be damned!  I will still get to at leadt D5 with my fair, home brew counter the meta deck.

I wish more were like me.  lol

Quote from Phoesias >>

Ok cool, but otherwise its just a 4 Mana 4/5 Taunt wich is absolutely weak und useless most of the time.

2 Slots just for 3 Mana 4/5 Taunt as a Priest is a rly rly bad choice.

 bro, I made Legend with Corrupt Priest using Amalgam.Just cuz a card isnt the absolute nuts. doesnt mean its not good. You never even tried the card out in Corrupt Priest before, so why criticize like that? If ypou read the OP , he said he wasnt trying to build the best deck in the game etc....peopelloike you who just cancel an idea with no real reason are why people only play tier 1 meta decks....you would be surprised how a couple of early taunts help you win vs aggro decks.....in fact, i crush them using this card, and Priest had so much value, I still maintained a plus 60%winrate with that deck. 

Quote from DeafKnight >>

Quote from TheArcanist236 >>

This is a SEVEN MANA combo that removes ONE SINGLE MINION. In what world is this problematic?

 In the world of a game which heavily relies on minions for win conditions for the greatest percentage of decks. 
Wonder what game that might be. Something beginning with "Hearthst....."?

And your comment kind of shows you don't see what this combo actually does. It removes 2 minions, not one.
And it also only costs 5 mana, with the discounts mentioned above.

 incorrect sir. if you have to play another card earlier to discount the demons, then your talking about a multi turn, mutiple card combo. This isnt very bad compared to what Tickatus does. Also, brewmaster might not be in the core set. 

Once per game max. Anymore and it breaks the game for other control deck players. Being forced to Play Ticakatus as a control player feels bad. Allowing Tickatus to be discovered from 1 mana spells, copied multiple times etc..... ruins the game. all u need vs a control deck is remove remove remove, play Tickatus, remove rempove and win the game.