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Soleron said:
Talal said:
Just went 12-0 in arena for the first time. Had 3 Flamestrikes and a Deathwing. :p So much board clear.

I just can't get anywhere in arena. Usually 1 or 2 wins. Best ever was 3.

I stick to the draft tier lists and I try and trade up as my main strategy, but everyone else has legendaries and I've yet to see a single legendary in draft.


Draft tier list according to who?

There are times when one gets unlucky, either by getting a shitty draft or getting matched up against a counter deck, but honestly a lot of the legendaries are situational. There are really op legendaries like Ragnaros or Ysera, but for example the Deathwing for me was only useful in one situation. 

Anyway I feel like picking cards purely on their tier rank is wrong. You usualy need to keep a good mana curve. You can also draft according to your play style. I personally like to pick low costing minions because I like to take an early game advantage. There are cards though that you can never pass up like Harvest Golem and Yeti for example in my opinion.

I recommend you watch Twitch streams for arena, that's how I improved. The first 10 or so arena games I got less than 4 wins, but after watching streams I started to win more.



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Talal said:
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Draft tier list according to who?

Antigrav and/or Trump.

There are times when one gets unlucky, either by getting a shitty draft or getting matched up against a counter deck, but honestly a lot of the legendaries are situational. There are really op legendaries like Ragnaros or Ysera, but for example the Deathwing for me was only useful in one situation. 

I've seen like 3x clutch Leeroy in arena so far.

Anyway I feel like picking cards purely on their tier rank is wrong. You usualy need to keep a good mana curve. You can also draft according to your play style. I personally like to pick low costing minions because I like to take an early game advantage. There are cards though that you can never pass up like Harvest Golem and Yeti for example in my opinion.

And what is a good arena mana curve. No one's said. I prefer control to aggro but a lategame skew bombs hard for me.

I recommend you watch Twitch streams for arena, that's how I improved. The first 10 or so arena games I got less than 4 wins, but after watching streams I started to win more.

I have tried, but they seemingly get a lead by like turn 3 and then it's obvious who will win, and the opponent never has any board clear like I seem to face.





I usually get 5-7 average on draft. Highest was a 9.

Lately i've had a harsh run of being screwed on drafts though.



ClassicGamingWizzz said:
Kasz216 said:
I usually get 5-7 average on draft. Highest was a 9.

Lately i've had a harsh run of being screwed on drafts though.


when did you start playing ? I think i am only good with 2 classes , druid and paladin :S

 

my highest was a 9 too but i most of the time only get 3 wins max

Hm, i'm not sure when exactly I started playing.   My total level is 243 though if that's any indication.



I was just playing arena. I was Paladin and I went 11-0. I was feeling really good. My deck wasn't that strong and I had 0 consecrations, but I was playing it right and Ragnaros helped a bit. Anyway I got paired up against another Paladin and I got stomped. He kept playing minions that summon other minions and once he had board control I was toast. He also had Sylvanas which really helped him get that control and 2 swords of justices. Anyway I didn't mind, it was a fair loss. Then I got paired up against another Paladin, that time it was very close, but I lost. Then I get paired up against a Shaman I was veeeery ahead then boom you have been disconnected from battle.net and they gave me a loss, it's so frustrating. How does that happen anyway do you both lose or what? If so then that's really stupid they punished both of us because their servers fucked up. And the worst part is that I only got 200 gold for 11 wins...



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Talal said:
I was just playing arena. I was Paladin and I went 11-0. I was feeling really good. My deck wasn't that strong and I had 0 consecrations, but I was playing it right and Ragnaros helped a bit. Anyway I got paired up against another Paladin and I got stomped. He kept playing minions that summon other minions and once he had board control I was toast. He also had Sylvanas which really helped him get that control and 2 swords of justices. Anyway I didn't mind, it was a fair loss. Then I got paired up against another Paladin, that time it was very close, but I lost. Then I get paired up against a Shaman I was veeeery ahead then boom you have been disconnected from battle.net and they gave me a loss, it's so frustrating. How does that happen anyway do you both lose or what? If so then that's really stupid they punished both of us because their servers fucked up. And the worst part is that I only got 200 gold for 11 wins...


Yeah you both lose.  Which is nonsense.  The loss should just go to whoever disconnected first.



Okay. Im running a Mage in Arena. Things are going will until I hit a run of 3 horrible games.

First game I come up against a Priest. He uses thoughtsteal. Proceeds to wipe my board on turn 7 with one of my 2 flamestrikes, leaving him with board control and a card advantage. Turn after he plays another thoughtsteal. Next thing you know, he has my water elemental on his board.

Turn after, the cards I played to try regain the board get wiped with another flamestrike.

Second game I come up against a Priest. He uses thoughtsteal. Plays a water elemental. Turn after, fireballs my yeti and plays another thoughtsteal after clearing the board somewhat.

I regain board control thanks to the sunfury protector and a gurubashi on 8/2 or whatever it was... Only for him to fucking flamestrike my board the turn after.

Third game is another Priest. This guy, in all fairness, managed to beat me down with his own cards. Got some really good synergy from his early game. That said, he did thoughtsteal and got a flamestrike and a water elemental. His Rag kicked my arse.

Am I being screwed here? I feel like Im being screwed. Finished up

Rage quit!



                            

What are the percentages of people at each rank? What is considered good? Rank 15, 10, 5?



I'm very addicted to the game, but the past few days I tend to alter my opinion, as I see things I find suspicious. Last night I've lost 5 battles in a row because the game kept opening lvl5 cards at me. My decks are balanced and there are many 1,2 and 3 lvl cards in them. For some reason, I kept getting high lvl cards, resulting in me having no minions on the board and losing easily.

I've also noted that the most powerful cards like flamestrike, Hogger or Ragnaros come quite scarcely. I've cleared whole games without them ever showing up.

Is it some weird balancing thing? I can't tell. Also, does anyone else think that Hogger is a far better card than Ragnaros?



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ClassicGamingWizzz said:
kabamarutr said:
I'm very addicted to the game, but the past few days I tend to alter my opinion, as I see things I find suspicious. Last night I've lost 5 battles in a row because the game kept opening lvl5 cards at me. My decks are balanced and there are many 1,2 and 3 lvl cards in them. For some reason, I kept getting high lvl cards, resulting in me having no minions on the board and losing easily.

I've also noted that the most powerful cards like flamestrike, Hogger or Ragnaros come quite scarcely. I've cleared whole games without them ever showing up.

Is it some weird balancing thing? I can't tell. Also, does anyone else think that Hogger is a far better card than Ragnaros?

you talking about arena or constructed ? you already have  ragnaros and hogger  ? damn !!!

 

to me ragnaros , ysera are the best, hogger is realy good in arena.


Mostly constructed. Imo arena does not pay your money back most of the times.

Hogger has twice the value of Ragnaros and I think it's jastified. (I got him from a pack). Ragnaros needs a field flooded by friendly minions. That way he deals constant damage, devastating the opponent who has to deal with multiple threats. Throw Ragnaros alone, or with a single companion and you will get only one attack. In such occasions he is just a minion with 8 attack and charge. Hardly worth the 1200 dust needed for creation.



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