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Olpainless posted:Conversely, diamond 5-1 is the loving pits Yeah in April I got the highest I have ever in ranked at Diamond 1 with like 2 games away from Legend but kept losing and losing and losing after that til I stalled at Diamond 5 and quit for the month. Would like to hit Legend at least once to get that cardback. On the plus side, I did manage to hit 500 wins on Paladin so got the nice animated hero skin.
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Lurks With Wolves posted:The main thing to keep in mind is that Hearthstone isn't competing against other digital CCGs with these changes. They're competing with the wider sea change in how generous free-to-play games need to be to keep people invested in the economy, and games like Eternal and Runeterra are a reflection of that. (And also because they're smaller competitors and need to be more generous to draw attention to them in the first place.) Well said, probably narrow for me to think of competition in terms of other card games (or even games at all) -- if I were Blizzard I'd probably be more concerned about my potential customers scrolling TikTok than playing Legends of Runeterra. It's kind of nuts how much the quantity and quality of free online entertainment has grown over the past few years.
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WarMECH posted:Yeah in April I got the highest I have ever in ranked at Diamond 1 with like 2 games away from Legend but kept losing and losing and losing after that til I stalled at Diamond 5 and quit for the month. Would like to hit Legend at least once to get that cardback. Yeah as well as D5 to legend being as much effort as bronze to d5 I'd say high d2 to legend is as much as D5 to high d2. Its so easy to get knocked back down and everyone at that mmr is pushing for it so there are few soft games. I've made legend a handful of times and don't start thinking about going for it until I'm high d2. You basically need a really good deck that you are also really good at piloting to eke out the win rate the will get you there without playing hundreds of games. Conversely though I think there are good games to be had at D5 the same as low legend although maybe not as diverse. You can make a meme deck and have some fun, although you are more likely to be facing meta decks mostly.
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It is absolutely not fine to get shop pop ups every time you click on a menu item lmao.
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kater posted:It is absolutely not fine to get shop pop ups every time you click on a menu item lmao. As somebody who has spent at least 5 hours a day playing hearthstone since the expansion launched you are exaggerating to the most ridiculous degree.
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The Lord Bude posted:As somebody who has spent at least 5 hours a day playing hearthstone since the expansion launched you are exaggerating to the most ridiculous degree. I assumed a Marxist and moved on 
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https://twitter.com/PlayHearthstone/status/1653444245397569539 Battlegrounds patch looks to shake things up a lot! Really hard to evaluate the handbuff cards since it's never really been a thing in battlegrounds before. Mantid scam taking a big hit though!
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May 2, 2023 19:35
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See you in hell Hogger. The 6* elemental that acts like a wild card feels like it'll be a bust.
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Big DH is legit. 76% WR to D5 with 9 stars, now I can finally play other decks since I have no intention of completing the legend grind having done it before.
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Glad they're keeping some dual-type minions around, was worried that would just be a season gimmick
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goferchan posted:Glad they're keeping some dual-type minions around, was worried that would just be a season gimmick Considering dual type minions are part of the core game now it makes sense
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TyrantWD posted:Big DH is legit. 76% WR to D5 with 9 stars, now I can finally play other decks since I have no intention of completing the legend grind having done it before. I started playing that today and I’ve been really struggling with it. I probably just need to practice more but I’m definitely more comfortable with Tony at the moment. Big DH is just so different to the types of decks I normally play.
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I've been really enjoying playing this Big Druid list, it can get run over by aggro if you don't get good draws but if you're still running into lots of DKs it can armor through Frost's damage and does well against Blood's board clears because of the deathrattle and refill. It's also a deck that found a use for Colaque and Sesselie, two legendaries I opened but never used before now. ### Laerg # Class: Druid # Format: Standard # Year of the Wolf # # 2x (0) Aquatic Form # 2x (0) Innervate # 2x (1) Planted Evidence # 2x (1) Rake # 2x (2) Chitinous Plating # 2x (2) Lunar Eclipse # 2x (3) Hedge Maze # 2x (3) Wild Growth # 2x (4) Timber Tambourine # 2x (5) Death Blossom Whomper # 2x (5) Nourish # 2x (6) Masked Reveler # 1x (7) Colaque # 1x (7) Drum Circle # 1x (8) Sesselie of the Fae Court # 1x (10) Neptulon the Tidehunter # 2x (10) Stoneborn General # AAECAbPaBQSgsAS/zgSv5AT53wUNiZ8Erp8E2p8ErsAE1d0E1t4E+uIErO0Ey+0Eu5gF7qMFreEFq54GAAA= # # To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone
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The Lord Bude posted:I started playing that today and I’ve been really struggling with it. I probably just need to practice more but I’m definitely more comfortable with Tony at the moment. Big DH is just so different to the types of decks I normally play. There's a pretty comprehensive guide mentioned on the VS pod. I've definitely run into some really awkward situations that could have probably been avoided if I were more of a DH Gamer and knew how to plan for Outcast or nagas
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That's why I have stopped playing classes that I'm not used to. Pally, Mage, DK, or 'lock and I'm in, otherwise it's too high of a hill to climb.
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When Pigs Cry posted:There's a pretty comprehensive guide mentioned on the VS pod. I've definitely run into some really awkward situations that could have probably been avoided if I were more of a DH Gamer and knew how to plan for Outcast or nagas It took 10 or so games to click. I'm 37-10 with the deck at D3, but went 5-5 in the first 10 games as I figured out how to play it. If a game is being drawn out, and you haven't drawn your key cards, that is fine, as long as you aren't dying. Your opponent can go from sitting at full health to dead in no time.
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Firebert posted:https://twitter.com/PlayHearthstone/status/1653444245397569539
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When Pigs Cry posted:There's a pretty comprehensive guide mentioned on the VS pod. I've definitely run into some really awkward situations that could have probably been avoided if I were more of a DH Gamer and knew how to plan for Outcast or nagas Thanks for this!
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Am I crazy for cutting Xhilag from Big Demon Hunter? I can count on one hand the number of times the card has actually been useful so far, but I lost count at a dozen the number of times it got summoned off my Evoker and hosed up my AHBL pool, it’s lost me a bunch of games.
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The Lord Bude posted:Am I crazy for cutting Xhilag from Big Demon Hunter? I can count on one hand the number of times the card has actually been useful so far, but I lost count at a dozen the number of times it got summoned off my Evoker and hosed up my AHBL pool, it’s lost me a bunch of games. Turn 5 xhilag after a raging felscreamer is a pretty nuts play, and it infuses your fell breaks loose by itself with a ~60% chance to resurrect itself if no other demons have died yet It’s certainly more helpful in certain matchups (Paladin, implock, druid) than others (blood dk) but I don’t think cutting it is the right call
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Scrub-Niggurath posted:Turn 5 xhilag after a raging felscreamer is a pretty nuts play, and it infuses your fell breaks loose by itself with a ~60% chance to resurrect itself if no other demons have died yet Agreed. I've won a bunch of games off the back of xilag tentacles and ressurecting the main minion than the other big hitters.
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beeeg DH has been really fun while climbing the lower ranks Also, shouldn't this be "Barrel of Monkey"?  
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May 4, 2023 05:38
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 You get three barrels so it should actually be Barrels of Monkey
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Monkey Barrels
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excuse me the silverback patriarchs you get from them are obviously Apes
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The barrel belongs to the monkeys
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I never play Arena but have like 20 free tickets from Battlepasses et cetera, what's the current state of things and are there any good resources for drafting?
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They're actually on a barrel-shaped boat named the Barrel of Monkeys.
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Boatswain posted:I never play Arena but have like 20 free tickets from Battlepasses et cetera, what's the current state of things and are there any good resources for drafting? You just randomly choose things, lose after 3 games to people who got way better options, take the rewards, and move on.
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Alternative is to just mash through the draft and retire right away for a pack and a tiny bit of dust/gold
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There are three classes you will see in arena, they are priest, warrior and shaman priest will steal all your good cards and remove your poo poo until you lose warrior will buff its hand and gain armor + play fat tempo rushers until you lose shaman will play pack the house and schooling until you lose any other class may as well retire early and try to get one of the big three
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Boatswain posted:I never play Arena but have like 20 free tickets from Battlepasses et cetera, what's the current state of things and are there any good resources for drafting? Yeah I was in the same situation recently, I played a dozen Arena runs just to find out how many tickets I actually had and it was an absolutely miserable experience for the reasons already mentioned. I ended up with 11 total wins across 12 runs.
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RatHat posted:I think DK is still really good in arena as well Can confirm as I suck at arena and still managed a 9-win run the one time I picked DK. While I'm here, I am so sick of Astolor.
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Quiet Feet posted:While I'm here, I am so sick of Astolor. absolutely agreed good neutrals should only be printed very occasionally imo because then you see them *all the time*, and that goes double for good neutral win conditions
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It’s kinda like Dr Boom was back in the day. Such a good card that it gets thrown in just about everything
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Astolor might be the most annoying neutral as it's good at any time in the game. And if they have a way to bounce it back into their hand, it becomes even more of a problem.
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Nybble posted:Astolor might be the most annoying neutral as it's good at any time in the game. And if they have a way to bounce it back into their hand, it becomes even more of a problem. The bounce back is what bothers me. It's like they never got rid of Brann.
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Nybble posted:Astolor might be the most annoying neutral as it's good at any time in the game. And if they have a way to bounce it back into their hand, it becomes even more of a problem. It's frustrating because I don't have it and it feels like I'm running the only decks in the world without it. So many good decks include it and there is literally nothing remotely comparable to replace it with.
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