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Fel Reaver in Arena - yes or no? I feel like it costs me the game more often than it wins me the game. Maybe I just use it wrong. I don't think I'll be drafting it anymore unless the other options are awful (though I have said this before and continue to draft it because "experts" have it...

I'm curious for you Arena players, do you have a better win % with or without the coin? I have a 60% win rate with the coin and a 57% win rate without. This is over 300 Arena games played. Blizzard claims that going first is a slight advantage, but my Arena experience does not bear this...

LOL, nice draft. Blizzard must be compensating you for their fuck up. Is that why there was just a patch - to fix whatever Arena issues you were having? I was about to start one, but maybe will hold off.

What weapons did you play with, 2x Powermace and 1 Doomhammer?

I just lost to a hilarious deck. No salt here... the way it all came together was amazing. I was playing shaman against a druid. He starts out first couple turns with a master swordsman followed by echoing ooze. I have a poor starting hand, so don't play a card until I coin out a Piloted...

Was thinking same thing as Gavin - Echo and Duplicate (along with maybe Arcane Int) seem like best options for control mage in terms of keeping your hand full and extending the game.

Yeah, I hear ya. When I don't have a simple answer for her, my entire tempo gets fucked trying to play around her. I guess that's why she's considered a good card. I think she will be next card I craft when I get 500 more dust.

What is best way to deal with Sylvanas assuming you have minions on the board and no hex or poly? This may be too general of a question to ask here, but I'm wondering if there is a general consensus. Do you just flood the board with minions, kill Sylvanas, and hope the deathrattle effect isn't...

Speaking of fun with priests... I thoughtstole a frothing berserker, slapped him with a pws, and got him up to 11 attack before the warrior conceded. Good times.

Ouch, that's brutal.

So it should be like ice lance, but you can't pick the target and it costs 1 mana more?

I disagree with this a bit. Sap costs the same mana (2) and lets you choose the minion. Many times the freezing trap ends up benefitting the person who triggered it by allowing them to play a useful battle cry minion again. I personally think it's about right in power. If anything, maybe...

Also, what do people think about Scavenging Hyena. It seems like a really good card if you are running Unleash the Hounds and/or Snake Traps. I might try incorporating it.

Rough afternoon on the ladder at ranks 7 and 8 for me. First went 0-3 with a face hunter (wolfriders, arcane golems, etc.). Then, 3-4 using a midrange hunter deck. Ugh... 10 matches to get 3 wins. I certainly make mistakes and don't always know the optimal play, but watching streamers to...

Cool, thanks for the response. I guess that is something to work towards.

What are some decks that are good counters to control warriors and priests? Running into lots of both on the ladder. If a 12k dust control warrior is played well, it seems tough to beat.

I'm sure this is nothing new, but just thought I'd share my opinion. I don't play the ladder primarily to see how high I can climb, but to have competitive matches to see where I stack up. I had played all month between 10-12, but starting yesterday climbed from 11 to 7 by going 22-13. My...

A couple thoughts that I had about changing Boom... these may be too harsh, but just wanted to see what you thought. 1. Make the bombs be able to damage friend or foe. 2. Make it so that he starts with 0 or 1 bomb, then creates another for each turn he is left on the board.

Boom in 10 of the 12 top-four finishers' decks at ESL Finals. Not sure if that makes it OP or just really good. Seems like the only card to have such a presence across a multitude of deck and hero types. Anything else stand out to you guys? TempoStorm

Off-topic from the current hunter discussion: Anyone have any insight into how match-making works for casual? Do they incorporate your constructed rank into casual match-making? Any links to info on the topic would be appreciated.

I started last month and was pretty easily able to hit rank 17-15 with pretty much basic decks. Now that my collection has a grown a bit, I've made a cheap hunter and a cheap warlock zoo deck and bounce between 10-12. I don't have a big enough collection to be able to have multiple quality...

I averaged 3.4 wins over 25 arenas in January (my first season). Averaging 5.3 wins over 12 runs in February, so improving I think.

I got tired of playing against mechwarpers, so have turned to the darkside. I've converted my cheap warlock zoo deck to a mech zoo deck. Only had to spend like 160 dust (2 annoyotrons, power overwhelming, spider tank). Already had implosions and whatever else. I'm liking it so far. No super...

I'm getting sick of turn 2 mechwarper, mechwarper, annoyotron. I just end up conceding on like turn 2 or 3 if these mech mages get a good start. Not much of a way to come back. Would rather move on to next match.

Finished my first 12 win arena earlier (mage). My best previously was 8, so I was pretty pumped. 325 gold and a golden mana wyrm. OK, all done. Nothing to see here.

Ah, thanks for the responses. I just ran into it for the first time in a ladder match at rank 12. He had a dagger with deadly poison on it, used prep, then sprint to draw. Following turn - malygos, sinister strike, plus dagger to burst down my last 11 health. Auctioneer was never played...

Does the term "miracle rogue" refer to a rogue playing a Malygos -> Sinister Strike combo for the finish?

TempoStorm is now blocking some of their content behind a premium subscription.

That depends on if you Arena or not. Arena only rewards GvG packs. I use gold for Arenas and any excess goes to classic packs.

Had my best arena this morning going 8-3 with a mage. Run ended when I faced another mage with 4 flamestrikes and a blizzard!

Also, just completed a 4-3 Arena run as a Druid (frustrating 4-0 start followed by 0-3 finish). Strange part was that 5 of the 7 matches were against Paladins.

My Hearthstone just patched, but I don't see any notes anywhere. Anyone else? Edit: NM. Clicking on patch notes link on battle.net window shows the notes. Undertaker nerf is live.

I started playing earlier this month, and so far Naxx is the only thing that I've spent money on. It was well worth it. I use Sludge Belchers and Haunted Creepers alot. Also, gives you a few legendaries. Besides that just trying to do an arena every other day or so to increase collection...

So this is my first month playing, and I have a question. Does ranked play change drastically towards the end of the month at the lower ranks (like 14-16)? The past few days I had been playing comfortably around rank 14 with various heroes and decks probably winning a little over 50%. I...

I've been playing for a couple weeks now. Just had my first no-win arena run. Went with rogue which is a class I'm not super familiar with. Lost to 2 pally's and a hunter. Coincidentally, it was the first run that I used Hearth Arena to help me draft. Didn't get many of those combo cards...

The thing I don't get that is really starting to piss me off is as follows. I'm playing ladder around ranks 17-18 and keep running into all these people with multiple legenderies... Dr. Boom, Rag, some knight that killed my taunt minion, etc. This isn't rare. Most people I go against have...

Thanks. +nets

Just venting a little arena frustration here (new player). First time I played mage a few days ago, I didn't get a flamestrike or blizzard. Today I play mage again and no polymorph. Is it common to never be offered the choice to draft these key class cards? Instead today I get secrets (went...

Ended up going 4-3 on my priest arena. After that was playing ranked level 19 or so on my mage against a warrior. Victory was assured, then I saw my first Deathwing and promptly got my shit pushed in. As a beginner still tons of cards I've never seen or knew existed yet.

Yeah, I hear you. I was surprised on my first arena to find out that they are only awarding GvG packs. I'm not sure where that leaves me for the classic cards. My initial thought if I have the patience is to use the dust from Arenas to craft the classic cards I want. P.S. I started a new...