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Vanish didn't even see play (aside from the elusive Mill Rogue) until the current meta despite its being a Classic card.

You can't complain about a card being a "problem" if it's only just recently started seeing play. "Problem" cards are those that are toxic from the day they are released, regardless of what state the meta is in. Vanish sees play in one deck. That deck just so happens to counter your favorite class. You apparently continued to play that class despite the overwhelming number of direct counters on the ladder, then, instead of walking away or switching to a different deck, you came on Hearthpwn to complain. Do you see the issue here?

No you're not.

Judging by the first few replies, sarcasm doesn't seem to be a strong-point for users on this site. Duly noted.

OP, I enjoyed your post.

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I don't know about turn 4, it is to early to win for the game to be enjoyable for me, but other than that yes, winning with a combo is what gets me "howling" 

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If you seek the hard counter to quest warrior, as someone previously said (although a tad flippantly), Miracle Plant Rouge is what you want. The one with Sherazin, Corpse Flower and Arcane Giants.

You still have to play well as the rogue, utilizing Hallucination skillfully and knowing when to go all in with your board/drawing through your deck; but if you do, you should win 9 times out of 10, no exaggeration.

These responses were super helpful, thank you all. Gonna have to agree that my main problem is probably deck switching, which results in the illusion of bad matchups, which results in tilting. Definitely an easy fix. Any further input is appreciated.

First thread, spare me.

Any recommendations for getting to legend? I've been playing since GvG and get Rank 5 literally every month but have never managed to make it past Molten Giant, let alone the Inn Keeper. It seems once I hit 5 my matchups become a losing bout of rock, paper, scissors. I play Miracle, they play Pirate. Switch to Pirate, they play Value Priest. Switch to Value, they play Quest Mage. Switch to Quest Mage, they play Quest Rogue, and so on. I can't seem to achieve the consistency required to get to Legend.

Notably, I was Rank 5 on the 4th. Been stuck there since. I refuse to dismiss this as "bad luck" or some kind of "rigged matching  system." I know I'm doing something wrong. I just don't know what it is.

Edit: Just to clarify, I am playing more than one game with each deck before switching​. I am also aware that this great diversity is a positive thing, not a negative, and I do not expect to be able to dominate with a single deck... Looking at you, Secret Pally. I climbed to 5 with Miracle Rogue at a 41-6 win ratio. That same deck fell to 54-29 before I stopped playing it.

I think it'd be pretty dope but we all know Blizz will never go for something like this. At most we get a similar concept in a Brawl.

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Hearthstone is moving into direction where you cant compete as f2p player anymore in tournaments etc. Yes you can craft couple of decks for ladder but lets say for bo9 conquest format it is impossible for someone who has't spent a dime to participate. The removal of adventures and the "fixed prices" outside Muricas means that for someone who buys 120 packs from every expansion this year, the year 2017 will cost 55% more than the year 2016. Yes, FIFTY FIVE PERCENT MORE! This is scamming at its finest.

Back to the point, the only way you can earn money as f2p player is playing arenas. You need +7 win average per run for it to be time well spent/profitable. 

Reroll your 40g daily quests, play your 30 wins a day, do every tavern brawl there is and trade your 80g play a friend quests. In the end the cruel fact is, you can never even dream about being even a semi HC tournament player if you're not willing to pay some real

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You gonna support that with a counter-argument or just throw down an unsubstantiated opinion?

 Do you see the words "Debate Club" in the header or "Hearthpwn"?

So just your unsubstantiated opinion, then?

That's not at all how it works.

Why do you show the whole world that you're a noob, dude?

So I was thinking:

I think it'd be cool if you selected 2 decks before starting a Ranked match, and once you find an opponent, you both take 30 seconds to Ban one of the Heroes the other has selected, then proceed playing with the two non-banned decks. That way, say if the meta is that everyone is using a certain deck you don't have the defenses for and say you're ready for one but not the other, you can ban it, but of course the opponent is doing the same and banning whatever she/he forsee's might be your strongest deck. Gives a wrinkle of strategy where normally, its luck of the draw on what hero you might face.

Anybody else think that might be a cool idea? I'm sure there's plenty of arguments against this, but I wondered what the community thought...

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Cure the problem, not the symptoms. The roots of that problem lie within the ranked system, not aggro.

 And how would you fix the ladder? Aggro is naturally overplayed due to the quick games it provides, i don't see any way this can change. Aggro decks should actually be weak just to compensate this factor. It has been proved that people prefer to play a 55% winrate aggro deck rather than a 65% control/fatigue deck to climb the ladder. I don't see any way to solve this issue other than making aggro bad enough that it doesn't go past 50% winrate. And even then i bet many people would still pick an aggro deck to climb up.

Have you tried testing out decks with 0, 1 and 2 cotw? Or did you just run to the forums so that people can tell you what to think? 

Easy rank 20.