Hearthstone thread

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

8 people seems like a reasonable amount of folks, let's get this party started people!

Slightly Green · **Joined:** 26th Aug, 2010 **Posts:** 2069

So just to clarify, generate random deck, don't look at it, and go to town for 3 games, then new deck and new opponent?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Slightly Green wrote:

So just to clarify, generate random deck, don't look at it, and go to town for 3 games, then new deck and new opponent?

Aye. It's a bit tricky not to look at it as you see it being built, so don't worry too much about that, but don't mulligan it. What you get is what you get

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

RuySan #2293

Bring it on

CrazyFace · **Joined:** 30th Oct, 2014 **Posts:** 15

MIND CONTROL IS A JOKE.

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

Finally... a deck that could actually go the distance.

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Double pack reward too.

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In the last couple of months I've barely done better than 5 wins, so this is very welcome.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat Dec 20, 2014 0:48

I have vanquished Druss in the league thing, and also just got that rubbish legendary ogre.

Huzzah for bomb lobbers and lucky mage draws.

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

Curio has a totes bullshit cheaty playable deck that beat my shitty crappy deck. Bah. Humbug.

Next challenger please.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

What was the result? You get a point for each win.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat Dec 20, 2014 9:20

It was 2-1

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

Oh my. My next arena run.... A very high quality Hunter deck with so much aggro that most games were dusted before turn 10. The longest game was 13 mins and that was the one I lost. The entire run took less than 2 hours.

2 packs and 410 gold.

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Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Dec 22, 2014 23:54

Just remember that you had 12 people complaining about your deck the next time you bomb out at 3!

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

The thing is this is so vastly different to my previous experiences of just a couple of weeks ago. I could believe they're pissing about with the matchmaking constantly and can't quite find the balance. I railroaded most of these matches and the one I lost was a very close thing mostly because I didn't have the coin. The guy I beat to get to 12 clearly wasn't an 11 win player. Very odd.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

It's just random luck.

Since GvG landed i've done the following in arena:
1 win
2 wins
12 wins
4 wins
2 wins
5 wins
1 win
4 wins
0 wins
6 wins

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

and now i've just done two 0 win runs on the trot...

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:14

Trooper wrote:

and now i've just done two 0 win runs on the trot...

Stop being rubbish!

Also, has anyone else played a league game other than me and EBG?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Not yet, keep forgetting and when I do remember there is nobody online!
I'm away over xmas from tomorrow, so the league might take a while to complete...

Regarding arena, there are a lot more cards now, so the chance of synergy is a lot lower, and the chance of getting the needed board clearance cards is also reduced as GvG didn't introduce any new ones of those.
A good deck will go far, and crappy decks will go nowhere as always, you just have a much greater chance of getting a crappy deck these days.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Trooper wrote:

Regarding arena, there are a lot more cards now, so the chance of synergy is a lot lower, and the chance of getting the needed board clearance cards is also reduced as GvG didn't introduce any new ones of those.

Exploding sheep ?

Useful for *some* board clearance stuff.

I'm currently playing around in ranked with a Shamen who has every Murloc (apart from the new shaman legendary) and some shamen specific cards (the two windfury cards + the minion who gives windfury) and when it fires off its amazing to watch - if i get the right murloc stuff at the start i can get lethal on turn 4 , if it dont and they have not cleared the board then old murk-eye plus windfury to double up on his hits is a big finisher as early as turn 6 (5 if i have the coin in hand)

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Potentially cheap card packs via amazon and coins

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/cheap-h ... et-2096242

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

It doesn't help your arena run when the floating card bug appears to be back. Waited for around 10 minutes but nothing was happening so I had to shut down the client and lose the game. I was winning too!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

zaphod79 wrote:

Potentially cheap card packs via amazon and coins

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/cheap-h ... et-2096242

Working for me although its very fiddly to setup

I had around 2000 'coins' on my amazon account from some of the freebie stuff from last year (get free games and get 100 coins - use those coins to buy GTA for android and get even more).

Note you dont actually need to have an android device to do this - you can follow the link in the hotukdeals thread and download a 'virtual' android machine which you can install hearthstone to and then you can use it to buy card packs or arena runs (its slow on my system so i would not suggest playing on it but use it to buy then switch back to your regular system)

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You can run DuOS to get it. The download is from here http://www.amiduos.com/. I don't have a tablet, so this is what I did.

You must install Hearthstone from the Amazon store (on my tablet i had it from google play which did not give me the option to pay with amazon coins) and then when you go to buy anything in game the option is to use cash or amazon coins - when you use amazon coins you get 50% of them back so i spent around 1400 coins on 15 packs of cards and got 700 coins back - then spent 150 coins on an arena run and got 75 of those back

And for my 15 packs of cards I got one legendary which i already had so walked away with plenty of dust and i still have plenty of coins to play more arena runs or buy more card packs - i dont think this offer will be on for long but if (like me) you had these coins sitting around gathering dust then you might as well use them

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

I have no Amazon coins, and had never heard of them before this.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

ElephantBanjoGnome wrote:

I have no Amazon coins, and had never heard of them before this.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/coins/accou ... zon_coins&

Should show if you have any - this was the post about getting the 'free' ones

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=111&p=821459&hilit=gta+amazon#p821459

Which i followed at the time but then had no use of them (until now)

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

A well deserved game of the year from Eurogamer.

Apart from the Wii U (and more recently WoW again), 2014 has basically been the year of Hearthstone for me when it comes to videogames.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014- ... earthstone

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Well, that was exciting, I was playing a game in arena, the guy played a move that was good enough for me to be a bit surprised. I looked at his name and it was Trump

I lost, obviously, but don't think I played too badly. He gave me a well played at the end at least

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Trooper wrote:

Well, that was exciting, I was playing a game in arena, the guy played a move that was good enough for me to be a bit surprised. I looked at his name and it was Trump

I lost, obviously, but don't think I played too badly. He gave me a well played at the end at least

Do you think it was 'the' Trump? Wouldn't he be playing US or does he play EU? Or do you play US?

Personally I've steered clear of Arena for months, still playing my daily quests in a mix of Casual and Ranked though, got to Rank 14 this month with no effort beyond daily quests.

Sometimes I find it hard to drag myself away from WoW but invariably after a game or two I'm right back into a very pleasant Hearthstone groove

Lack of play is definitely hurting me though, I'm tending to make a few real fucking noddy mistakes, yesterday I Owled and Aldor-ed a single enemy when either would have done

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Could have been an imposter, but he played very very well, and Trump plays on all servers.

I've been playing around with some very fun decks to play.
First is the mill druid

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This can make any game a longer more tactical game. The idea behind it is to outlast your opponent and burn their cards. You either want to draw them to 10+ cards, so they burn their deck, or control them to fatigue and draw them to death or just wait them out. It's all about board removal and healing.

The second one is hilarious. The Hunterlone deck. Hunter with zero minions, at all. Just you, your bow and your spells...

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People don't know how to play against at the moment. Your main play is to get eaglehorn out and proc secrets to keep it up. That plus hero power is a minimum of 5 point damage per round. Save your clearance for taunts, and use misdirect on big minions

ElephantBanjoGnome · **Joined:** 22nd Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 8175

Easy to confirm Trooper - check his vods on Twitch on the day you played. Jump through it until you find him playing Arena as he only does 1 or 2 a day. Find your game and post the link!

Just did a 12/2 Arena, my third 12-win recently. 325g and a golden rare as a reward.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

Next balance changes :

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/for ... 5700587539

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Upcoming Balance Change to Undertaker
After the release of Goblins vs Gnomes, we kept an eye on the state of game balance as more matches were played with the new cards we introduced to Hearthstone. After careful consideration we have decided to make a balance change to the card Undertaker.

The following balance change will be made in an upcoming patch:

Undertaker now reads: Whenever you summon a minion with Deathrattle, gain +1 Attack.

Undertaker was frustrating to play against. It often gained both Attack and Health stats significantly above those of other inexpensive minions very early in the game. With this change, we expect Undertaker will still be better than other 1-Mana minions when played in a deck with a Deathrattle theme, but more likely to die in combat against other minions.

The golden version of Undertaker can be disenchanted for its full cost for a limited time once this balance change goes live.

We will continue to make balance changes to Hearthstone when we feel they are necessary in order to increase the variety of cards seen at all levels of play, with the goal of making Hearthstone a more fun and interactive game for everyone.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Much needed IMO, against a cheap Deathrattle deck Undertaker could pretty much seal the game on Turn 1 or 2.

Undertaker > Coin > Leper Gnome/Webspinner/etc

If you can't deal with that Undertaker immediately (Fiery War Axe, Wrath etc), your game is effectively over. (Especially if it gets followed up with more cheap-ass Deathrattle minions.)

Hunters in particular could be ridiculous with them, as they also have the inexorable ticking of their hero power helping them along.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Had an incidence of someone sending me a friends request just to hurl abuse at me last night, which I took as a flattering sign

I'd systematically and carefully taken apart a mech-rogue deck using my current new favourite deck 'Tesla's Oil Rogue' - http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/186148-tesla-oil-rogue

It's a bit like Miracle Rogue in that it's all about total control of the board leading to a finisher, but there's no Auctioneer draw engine in there so you have to chip away at your opponent's health constantly as well, as there's no massive finisher (lots of weapons and weapon buffs though). It's a really tactical and enjoyable deck to play, lots of adding up to do as well so I routinely take a good chunk of my allotted time to play a turn.

The guy was using the I WILL BE YOUR DEATH Rogue threaten quite liberally throughout the game (which I consistently replied to with a polite 'Thank you'), so I knew the friends request wasn't to congratulate me on a good game.

True enough I immediately received something along the lines of:

You fucking faggot pay to win fucking noob fuck you bitch

And he immediately defriended me and disconnected. I genuinely LOL-ed

The extra amusing thing is it's as far away from a P2W deck as you can get, with just one legendary in there, and masses of basic cards!

Having a bit of a Hearthstone revival at the moment, still playing lots of WoW but sort of maxed out on the current tier of content (four raid-geared Level 100s and more gold than I can spend, even to the extent of dropping 40K on a two-seater dragon mount just to burn through some of my riches), which leaves more time for Hearthstone!

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

FYI anyone with Android tablets their 'coins' offer is back on

https://twitter.com/amazonappstore/stat ... 24/photo/1

So you can 'buy' 500 coins from Amazon for £4.80 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-500-Coin ... azon+coins and when you use them to buy either card packs or entry to the arena you will get 30% back

So for example - buy the coins listed above and then use those to buy 5 card packs , you'll then get 5x33 coins back (165) which is enough for an arena run

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Bloomin' heck this is the first time I've seem this message!

That must be 30 games won today

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Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2015 21:34

I hereby declare myself the winner of the last Hearthstone challenge.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

EBG's psycho Warrior deck (which is still one of my favourite decks to play) destroys Freeze Mage in awesome style.

30 health + 30 armour at the finish, and my opponent had played two Healbots and a Farseer so I'd got through 49 health on his side.

Didn't even need the Grommash, and the finisher was pretty epic, cleared a Sludge and the remains of a Healbot, silenced my frozen Alex (so she becomes unfrozen), then Task Mastered her for extra attack, BOOM to face.

Had to do it that turn as he'd Duplicated two Sludges back into his hand and there was no way I was going to get through them, plus there were only about 4 cards left in my deck.

It was a great control game, but I know Freeze Mage pretty damn well so was always one step ahead of him, and EBG's deck really does have the ability to go for the long game when it needs to.

No GvG cards in there either! It's all original and Naxx, a lot of them basic.

Hearthstone is back in the ascendency for me, since I've slowed down a lot on WoW of late.

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Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Possibly the final frontier for me as far as playing Hearthstone is concerned, I have embraced the game's festering pus-filled boil and decided to have a crack with Control Priest.

This is the deck as it currently stands, and it's basically all about getting through the early game, being as much of a thieving arsehole as possible, and ratcheting up to a finish from there. (It's also taken directly from Icy Veins, with a few of the suggested changes implemented.)

It seems to be a bit weak against mech aggro decks (but then again, what isn't), but if the game moves on a bit its ability to frustrate an opponent is spectacular.

The real cheeky stuff are combos like:

Shrinkmeister > Shadow Madness/Cabal Shadow Priest, this extends the attack power of the minion for pinching from 3 and 2 to 5 and 4 respectively, a massive difference.

Add on a Recombobulator to the above, and you can steal a minion permanently with Shadow Madness, albeit you don't get to choose what you want.

Vol'jin is a great legendary (I had to craft him unfortunately, despite me having got a good number of GvG legendaries out of packs I didn't have him), play him against a big bastard like an Ironbark and you get a 6/8, and the opponent is left with an 8/2 that is very easy to take out.

Shadow Word Death on Sylvanas is effectively a second Mind Control if required.

Most of the usual wanker Priest stuff is in there too.

I'm not convinced by Dr Boom, I appreciate he's just flat-out a great card, but I can't help but think something a bit more arseholey could be placed in the slot.

One thing I will say is, rather like Miracle Rogue where it was only by playing the deck did I appreciate the craft behind it, the same is true of Control Priest - lots of thinking going on.

I'm pretty rubbish with the deck at the moment as there's a serious learning curve with it, but it is, I must confess, a very entertaining deck to play.

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Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Decided to try the new season playing this Priest control deck.

I can't even get to Rank Fucking 19, although have been one win away a couple of times. I know the better players are climbing again with it being the start of the month, but even so it's ridiculously brutal. I often seem to be basically there in having gained control of the game, but it's too late and the opponent just has enough damage in hand to finish me off.

Also, there is almost no such thing as a quick game with this deck, they can go on for a looooong time and then I lose at the end of it. Sometimes it's easy to see the appeal of cheapy fucking aggro decks when it comes to the ladder.

EBG has forged on ahead to 18 already, so clearly I'm doing something wrong.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

I've been mucking around with a hunter pirate deck, which is quite good fun.

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I'm missing the pirate legendary, which would be nice, but it isn't really necessary. If I did have it, i'd swap out a salty dog for it.
It's missing a strong end game, so is reliant on a good card draw.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Clawed my way up to Rank 19 and faced this comically vicious mech Rogue deck.

Why wouldn't you just bust out a fucking aggro deck? Your reward for trying to play a longer and more skilful control game appears to be regular arse-fuckings like this.

The other problem is there is no way of knowing what deck you're up against, mulligan for Oil Rogue (which is basically Miracle Rogue so very slow to start), and get Aggro Rogue - BANG, you're fucked!

Problem with playing Priest is they can pretty much only do control, which your opponent knows full well, of course - and can plan accordingly.

I'm going to stick in Ranked this month I think, however tawdry it gets, bit of a change of pace.

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Slightly Green · **Joined:** 26th Aug, 2010 **Posts:** 2069

Am finding my Druid Taunt deck is working very nicely against all the mech and rush decks and it stands up well against the slower decks also.

You can play the deck 2 ways, play as a ramp style druid for the slower games or just dump taunts down to let the faster decks smash themselves against a big taunt wall and run out of steam. The main deck I seem to struggle against is the Pally Muster Deck, but if you have swipe in hand when he plays it you can blunt even that bastard deck.

This deck is from eindboas on Heartpwn btw (he has recently added a mulligan guide to it), not taking credit for the making, it just seems to work very nice in this meta. I am also running 2 Rush decks for when I fancy quick games, and the Mechmage is very fun to play, but lots of people runnning counter decks for them now which is good

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Hmmm I might give that a go, my current Druid deck fails pretty hard in the current meta (two Shades of Naxxramas which are far too slow), and I'm not getting consistent results with the Priest control deck at all.

Something to try this evening methinks! Fuck the cheap mech decks!

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22266

Well, that was a pretty successful day!

Did 2 arena runs, got 2 legendaries... Mimiron's Head and Mekgineer Thermaplugg.
Decided to buy 15 normal packs, got The Beast

3 legendaries in one day, shame none of them are that brilliant. I think i've only opened about 4 in total before now.

I've also got enough dust saved up to craft 3 more...

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Three legendaries is nice, although I'd be hard pushed to find a slot for any of them in the current meta (or indeed at all, really). Mimiron's Head has the most awesome animation if you do get to play him though.

They put in a whole new animation for the card because, like, no one was running it. (Which hasn't changed, but we do now have a cool animation for it.)

http://youtu.be/r7peXU3J410?t=24s

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blo ... t-3-6-2015

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Blackrock Mountain: A Hearthstone Adventure Announced at PAX East!

The smoldering Blackrock Mountain looms on the horizon. Elementals, dwarves, and dragons lie in wait within … and they’ll be ready for you to unearth in Hearthstone’s second Adventure Mode, Blackrock Mountain, announced today at PAX East!

Blackrock Your World
Blackrock Mountain is home to a wealth of creatures with a burning desire to meet you: From the elementals of the Molten Core that find
1300°F “comfortable” to the dragons that lie in wait within Blackrock Spire, Hearthstone’s second adventure mode pits players against single-player bosses and their unique abilities that are guaranteed to put you in the hot seat. Each boss within Blackrock Mountain has unique cards at their disposal, and they’re guaranteed to challenge any adventurer ready to brave the challenges within. A total of five unique wings make up the massive expanse of Blackrock Mountain, and each wing is a unique experience to one of the five iconic zones found within it.

Cards Too Hot to Handle
Battling your way through the unique wings of Blackrock Mountain will reward players will all-new Hearthstone cards to add to their collection! Once these cards have been earned by defeating each individual Blackrock Mountain boss, they can immediately be added to your deck. 31 new cards will be added with Blackrock Mountain!

Delving into Blackrock Depths
Players that enter the adventure will immediately be greeted by the Dark Iron Dwarves that dwell deep within the depths Blackrock Mountain. They’re a bit hot-headed, but can you blame them; there’s no air conditioning in Blackrock Depths! If you’re thinking about grabbing a refreshment at the Grim Guzzler Bar while you're there, keep your cards ready – a good ol’ fashioned Hearthstone brawl could break out at any time!

Rockin’ New Game Board!

Blackrock Mountain has its own unique game board that you’ll battle on while you’re in the Adventure. Best of all, as soon as Blackrock Mountain is hot off the presses, the game board will be a part of the normal board rotation in Play and Arena modes! What new surprises await you?

New Class Challenges
If you enjoyed the class challenges within Curse of Naxxramas, they’re back with a vengeance in Blackrock Mountain! Nine new class challenges are prepared for you to put your skills with a specific class to the test. Conquering these Class Challenges will reward you with new class-specific cards to add to your collection.

Rock the Heroic Modes
Prepare to fight fire with even more fire! Once you’re defeated all of the bosses within any given wing for the first time, you’ll unlock the Heroic mode of that wing. Heroic mode bosses do not play fair – they are significantly more difficult than their normal mode versions, and they will prove to be a challenge for even the most veteran Hearthstone players.

Defeating all of Blackrock Mountain’s bosses on Heroic mode will unlock a new card back for your collection.

Fortune Favors the Boulder
Blackrock Mountain will unearth its secrets over the course of 5 weeks. Starting with Blackrock Depths, each wing opens one week at a time with a new wing opening each week, until all five wings are open.

Each wing within Blackrock Mountain can be purchased with in-game gold or real money, following the same pricing as Curse of Naxxramas. Each wing can be purchased for 700 gold or $6.99 USD. Blackrock Mountain bundle pricing is also available – the bigger the bundle, the bigger the discount! Purchasing wings in bundles does not unlock Blackrock Mountain wings faster than the one-wing-a-week schedule, but it does ensure that you’ll be able to dive into the next challenge and earn new cards as soon as they unlock.

As each wing is released, the cards contained within each wing will also show up in your Arena picks, even if you have not earned them for your personal collection yet.

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Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

You really can't knock Blizzard when it comes to doing F2P right. The game is now over a year old (since it came out of beta and launched), this will be the second 'adventure' expansion and we also had the GvG cards expansion, and 100% of the game has been, and will be available to, devout F2P players.

Obviously I'll be getting Blackrock Mountain with cash as I still enjoy buying card packs with gold, although I've switched back to classic cards now as the cards I really want are classics and not GvG cards.

Hearthstone is probably my second most played game of all time now, bested only by WoW.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Really getting depressed with playing Priest in ranked, if you guess the mulligan wrong and/or don't get the right cards, it's damn near impossible to win against the silly aggro decks that abound at the lower ranks. Got up to Rank 16 *** yesterday evening and then dropped down to the arse end of 18 this evening with one shit aggro deck after another.

Like I just had a game against a mage, guessed mech mage as I've faced them ALL FUCKING EVENING, got the perfect hand for it as well, and it turns out to be some sort of slow secrety legendary heavy mage which I'm totally ill-equipped to deal with.

As priest you can only do control, which your opponent knows full well of course.

Fuck it, I'm going to level a bit as a fucking idiot fucking zoo lock, maybe the games will get more interesting a bit further up the ranks.

Why struggle and claw for every win with a clever control deck when a mindless zerg rush deck will achieve the same if not better results?

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Given up on Priest but I can't bring myself to play aggro so I've decided to go Control Warrior, deck is very similar to this.

http://www.icy-veins.com/hearthstone/le ... x-gvg-deck

But I've put a bit more early game in for all the aggro decks out there, so no Boom or Geddon (I don't have Geddon anyway), and in goes a Slam and a Cleave.

I'm not sure about Sylvanas either, she just seems very slow and weak against aggro decks, 'cause even if you do pinch something it's just a load of shit.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

I'm surprised at how many of the 'same' deck i'm seeing right now - between about 19 and 15 all i'm facing are :

The same Mage mech deck
The same Rouge 'tempo' deck

At this level I'd say most people have just picked the deck up and are still learning it but its always the same cards your going up against

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

zaphod79 wrote:

I'm surprised at how many of the 'same' deck i'm seeing right now - between about 19 and 15 all i'm facing are :

The same Mage mech deck
The same Rouge 'tempo' deck

At this level I'd say most people have just picked the deck up and are still learning it but its always the same cards your going up against

The problem with these decks is that even in the hands of a total fucking buffoon they can achieve a respectable winrate.

Trump built a Priest deck specifically to counter Mech Mage and it worked really well but gave too much away against other match-ups, which is often the problem with specific counter decks.

The other problem with control/counter decks is that they take a huge amount of skill to play them optimally, and are very unforgiving of mistakes, one slip-up and you'll lose.

Apparently Mech Mage has all but disappeared at the higher ranks but down at the lower ranks there are still loads of aggro decks around, I was getting a lot of Hunters last night too.

I was doing alright with Control Warrior last night, I prefer it to Control Priest as it can go aggressive a bit more easily, whereas Control Priest needs to be scarily passive at times.

I'm hoping I'll be able to climb the ranks a bit and escape the clutches of the aggro kiddies, 'cause they can be pretty tedious to play against. There's always the option of Casual as well of course.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14487

I need to trash my current priest deck and re-do it since it relied on deathrattle and removing the undertakers 'health' up really messes that up.

My current deck is a mage deck with murlocs , and then some big legendary cards at the end (Rag / Alex / Dr Boom / Kel'Z) if the murloc stuff fires off correctly its a quick win , if it doesnt then the big cards come out to knock people down at the end - its one i like playing and it does typically rip up the other mages but struggles a bit with the rouge decks as they have enough board clear stuff to kill off the murloc's cheaply and stop me gaining control of the board

I do also have 2 x unstable portals in there and its interesting to see how some of those cards mesh with what you already have

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