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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    Dibby wrote: »
    Coinage wrote: »
    For some reason I keep accidentally thinking a Warlock is a Warrior when I mulligan, and vice versa. I'm sure this is Blizzard's fault, somehow.

    So you're saying all orcs look alike to you, huh? I don't understand how we can have this sort of racism in the modern day.

    Yeah dude, I mean cmon.

    One has brown skin, the other has green skin! ezpz

    Also one likes weapons and armor a whole lot and the other is super into fel magic and demons.

    Brown orcs pillage like this while green orcs pillage like this.

    Big Dookie wrote: »
    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    I heard Aggra was having a baby. Now I don't want to spread any rumors, but I heard, how shall I say, the father comes from a family that didn't drink The Blood of Mannoroth.

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    Ahahah, holy crap, I went back into the Brawl and I'm so glad I did. It built aggro priest for me! This was what I played:
    1: Leper Gnome. 2: Mechwarper. 3: Shadowbomber + brewmaster shadowbomber. 4: shadowbomber plus something else. 5: Auchenai + voodoo doctor.

    Other notes included a mind blast, and then (after he cleared board with minimage + demonwrath) mindgamesing his Malygos and drawing the second shadowbomber to put him to 1. He tapped himself to death.

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  • VarethiusVarethius CymruRegistered User regular
    I actually really enjoyed the new brawl. As someone who doesn't have any viable deck outside priest, it gave me a lot of things to play around with different classes. It also made the "X wins with Y class" dailies a lot more bearable.

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  • XeddicusXeddicus Registered User regular
    edited July 2015
    I wish Nozdormu was redesigned to a <something>/<something hardish to kill> for like 2 mana. Be a lot more useful if you could get him out at the start instead of the end.

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    Nozdormu just really messed up a brawl game. I still won but it was chaos, he lived for three turns (two frozen from blizzards) and a flame leviathan activation.

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  • Gnome-InterruptusGnome-Interruptus Registered User regular
    Oh, I finally got the Spectate daily, so if you could friend me Deaddin#1356 it would be appreciated :D

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited July 2015
    I finally got to Rank 12 as a Dragon Mage.

    Huh. So its Warsong Commander.

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  • fedaykin666fedaykin666 Registered User regular
    Control warrior vs control warrior, just casually hanging out with 81 health. Well I was playing some deathrattle deck with Baron Rivendare and Kel, but the basic archetype remained.
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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    Cantido wrote: »
    I finally got to Rank 12 as a Dragon Mage.

    Huh. So its Warsong Commander.

    I don't understand this post and the 2 awesomes make me feel like I'm missing out

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  • AlphagaiaAlphagaia Registered User regular
    edited July 2015
    Variable wrote: »
    Cantido wrote: »
    I finally got to Rank 12 as a Dragon Mage.

    Huh. So its Warsong Commander.

    I don't understand this post and the 2 awesomes make me feel like I'm missing out

    Each rank is associated with a minion from the game. Rank 12 has Warsong Commander displayed when you rank up/down.

    Poster did not know this as he has never reached this rank. So, awesome he got there?

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    Variable wrote: »
    Cantido wrote: »
    I finally got to Rank 12 as a Dragon Mage.

    Huh. So its Warsong Commander.

    I don't understand this post and the 2 awesomes make me feel like I'm missing out

    They're congratulating him on his new personal best rank.

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  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular
    edited July 2015
    I was awesoming his realization that having finally reached this rank, it's warsong that's broken in patron.

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    Witty signature comment goes here...

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  • LilnoobsLilnoobs Alpha Queue Registered User regular
    edited July 2015
    Dibby wrote: »
    Coinage wrote: »
    For some reason I keep accidentally thinking a Warlock is a Warrior when I mulligan, and vice versa. I'm sure this is Blizzard's fault, somehow.

    So you're saying all orcs look alike to you, huh? I don't understand how we can have this sort of racism in the modern day.

    Yeah dude, I mean cmon.

    One has brown skin, the other has green skin! ezpz

    Also one likes weapons and armor a whole lot and the other is super into fel magic and demons.

    I find the hero power icons more different and easy to see than the actual portraits (during the mulligan stage).

    Lilnoobs on
  • MMMigMMMig Registered User regular

    The RNG in this game really pisses me off.

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    Witty signature comment goes here...

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    Alphagaia wrote: »
    Variable wrote: »
    Cantido wrote: »
    I finally got to Rank 12 as a Dragon Mage.

    Huh. So its Warsong Commander.

    I don't understand this post and the 2 awesomes make me feel like I'm missing out

    Each rank is associated with a minion from the game. Rank 12 has Warsong Commander displayed when you rank up/down.

    Poster did not know this as he has never reached this rank. So, awesome he got there?

    ah yeah I literally forgot there were cards/character associated with each rank, totally blanked.

    wooooooooooooops

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited July 2015
    they should honestly remove emotes, they accomplish nothing except for me hating people

    edit - I know I can squelch but I don't always remember

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  • Grunt's GhostsGrunt's Ghosts Registered User regular
    I like emotes. I want more aggressive emotes so I can yell at Warriors to hurry the hell up!

  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    edited July 2015
    And here I am just wishing there was a "you're welcome" emote because there is nothing polite to say after "thank you"

    ...also to spam when winning

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  • DibbyDibby I'll do my best! Registered User regular
    edited July 2015
    Whoo, back up to Rank 8 using Zoo. Lost two whole ranks a while back dropping down to 10.

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    This is the deck I've been using, contemplating some changes though. I think I might drop 1 Zombie Chow for a second Haunted Creeper. I originally removed a Creeper for an Ooze (which is amazing!), but I think a second could be good. Either that or maybe try using Argent Squires in place of Chows. A second Owl could also be good. Not sure, there's a few tweaks I could make. I like this list over the Voidcaller list with Mal'ganis and Dr Boom. Just feels a little too inconsistent and slow.

    Sea Giant is great. Enhance-o Mechano is better. It can just straight up win games on its own.

    Or both. Both can win you games.
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    Windfury on my Sea Giant is pretty silly.

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  • sanstodosanstodo Registered User regular
    I'm not a streaming arena pro, but I do track my win-loss rates. Since I started stats a few months, I average about 8 wins per run with Mage, 6.75 wins with paladin, around 5 with warlock, shaman, priest, and Hunter, and 4 with Druid and warrior.

    Over the last couple weeks, I've only been offered Mage twice, and took those to 12 and 10 win runs even with meh drafts (flamestrike fixes everything). Furthermore, my high win runs almost always end with a glut of mages and Paladins. Luckily, rngesus has offered me pally a lot so there's profit to be had.

    IMHO, blizzard needs to think about tweaking rarities for arena. Either move at least one mass removal spell per class to common, or move most or all mass removal up a rarity. I think Mage dominates because its best removal is at common, with both aoe (flamstrike) and single target (frostbolt, fireball, polymorph). It's also less rng dependent than warlock (imp-splosion) and can double as finishers. Plus, you can even get Blizzard at rare for more aoe and tempo gain!

    WotC took a long time to figure out limited formats but they're really, really good at it now. Blizzard should take arena seriously and treat it like a different format with its own meta and balance issues, not just as a sideshow for constructed.

  • Grunt's GhostsGrunt's Ghosts Registered User regular
    Dibby wrote: »
    Whoo, back up to Rank 8 using Zoo. Lost two whole ranks a while back dropping down to 10.

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    This is the deck I've been using, contemplating some changes though. I think I might drop 1 Zombie Chow for a second Haunted Creeper. I originally removed a Creeper for an Ooze (which is amazing!), but I think a second could be good. Either that or maybe try using Argent Squires in place of Chows. A second Owl could also be good. Not sure, there's a few tweaks I could make. I like this list over the Voidcaller list with Mal'ganis and Dr Boom. Just feels a little too inconsistent and slow.

    Sea Giant is great. Enhance-o Mechano is better. It can just straight up win games on it's own.

    Or both. Both can win you games.
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    Windfury on my Sea Giant is pretty silly.

    I was going to build this deck as I knew I had like 80% of the cards but I'm still level 1 with Warlock... I totally didn't know that.

  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    I am loving zoo lately. I played one with a higher curve and more demon focus but they're all good because lock is good.

    love the enhanceo. anything that punishes people for not trading makes me happy.

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  • sanstodosanstodo Registered User regular
    edited July 2015
    Meh. Mage kills my 2 drop with a lucky mad bomber. Well, that's game over right there. 1/9 of the time, you lose 100% of the time. Hooray?

    Edit: ugh, borked my math. Still sucks to lose to long tails right away.

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  • sanstodosanstodo Registered User regular
    On the upside, a panda with blessing of wisdom just drew me 5 cards against a warlock. So it's not all bad. Just damn arena mages.

  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
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    This is the best screenshot I will ever see.

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  • ObiFettObiFett Use the Force As You WishRegistered User regular
    edited July 2015
    What?!

    Oh, double Cho. Lol

    ObiFett on
  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    And an Echo, for the lols.

  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    Coinage wrote: »
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    This is the best screenshot I will ever see.

    You know what's better than a screenshot? Video!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd5Z-skKyKM

    (game in question is towards the end, but the whole video is funny)

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  • KafkaAUKafkaAU Western AustraliaRegistered User regular
    sanstodo wrote: »
    I'm not a streaming arena pro, but I do track my win-loss rates. Since I started stats a few months, I average about 8 wins per run with Mage, 6.75 wins with paladin, around 5 with warlock, shaman, priest, and Hunter, and 4 with Druid and warrior.

    Over the last couple weeks, I've only been offered Mage twice, and took those to 12 and 10 win runs even with meh drafts (flamestrike fixes everything). Furthermore, my high win runs almost always end with a glut of mages and Paladins. Luckily, rngesus has offered me pally a lot so there's profit to be had.

    IMHO, blizzard needs to think about tweaking rarities for arena. Either move at least one mass removal spell per class to common, or move most or all mass removal up a rarity. I think Mage dominates because its best removal is at common, with both aoe (flamstrike) and single target (frostbolt, fireball, polymorph). It's also less rng dependent than warlock (imp-splosion) and can double as finishers. Plus, you can even get Blizzard at rare for more aoe and tempo gain!

    WotC took a long time to figure out limited formats but they're really, really good at it now. Blizzard should take arena seriously and treat it like a different format with its own meta and balance issues, not just as a sideshow for constructed.

    8 wins on average with mage is insane. Congrats.

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  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    Coinage wrote: »
    L9zTy3Ql.png
    This is the best screenshot I will ever see.

    You know what's better than a screenshot? Video!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd5Z-skKyKM

    (game in question is towards the end, but the whole video is funny)
    It's not better because those are constructed decks. That is Brawl, what makes it great is RNGesus descending from on high to say no, you will not play Hearthstone this game.

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    Paladins have started using Kelthuzad. Can I have a third Polymorph plz?

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  • The Escape GoatThe Escape Goat incorrigible ruminant they/themRegistered User regular
    Cantido wrote: »
    Paladins have started using Kelthuzad. Can I have a third Polymorph plz?

    Tinkemaster Overspark!

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  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    edited July 2015
    I'm getting really sick of egg + power overwhelming + void terror....

    And Strifeco needs to STOP PLAYING FREEZE MAGE

    Coinage on
  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    Coinage wrote: »
    I'm getting really sick of egg + power overwhelming + void terror....

    And Strifeco needs to STOP PLAYING FREEZE MAGE

    Why does "current meta" mean "decks everybody hates the most?"

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  • admanbadmanb unionize your workplace Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    Cantido wrote: »
    Coinage wrote: »
    I'm getting really sick of egg + power overwhelming + void terror....

    And Strifeco needs to STOP PLAYING FREEZE MAGE

    Why does "current meta" mean "decks everybody hates the most?"

    Because no one has a reason to complain about decks no one plays.

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    admanb wrote: »
    Cantido wrote: »
    Coinage wrote: »
    I'm getting really sick of egg + power overwhelming + void terror....

    And Strifeco needs to STOP PLAYING FREEZE MAGE

    Why does "current meta" mean "decks everybody hates the most?"

    Because no one has a reason to complain about decks no one plays.

    Speaking of which, I just saw a unicorn: a Control Hunter, complete with Stormwheedle Snipers.

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  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Cantido wrote: »
    Coinage wrote: »
    I'm getting really sick of egg + power overwhelming + void terror....

    And Strifeco needs to STOP PLAYING FREEZE MAGE

    Why does "current meta" mean "decks everybody hates the most?"

    To be fair, it is slightly annoying when a popular streamer plays a deck and suddenly that deck is like 50-60% of the ladder. Playing the same matchup over and over and over gets pretty boring.

  • sanstodosanstodo Registered User regular
    KafkaAU wrote: »
    sanstodo wrote: »
    I'm not a streaming arena pro, but I do track my win-loss rates. Since I started stats a few months, I average about 8 wins per run with Mage, 6.75 wins with paladin, around 5 with warlock, shaman, priest, and Hunter, and 4 with Druid and warrior.

    Over the last couple weeks, I've only been offered Mage twice, and took those to 12 and 10 win runs even with meh drafts (flamestrike fixes everything). Furthermore, my high win runs almost always end with a glut of mages and Paladins. Luckily, rngesus has offered me pally a lot so there's profit to be had.

    IMHO, blizzard needs to think about tweaking rarities for arena. Either move at least one mass removal spell per class to common, or move most or all mass removal up a rarity. I think Mage dominates because its best removal is at common, with both aoe (flamstrike) and single target (frostbolt, fireball, polymorph). It's also less rng dependent than warlock (imp-splosion) and can double as finishers. Plus, you can even get Blizzard at rare for more aoe and tempo gain!

    WotC took a long time to figure out limited formats but they're really, really good at it now. Blizzard should take arena seriously and treat it like a different format with its own meta and balance issues, not just as a sideshow for constructed.

    8 wins on average with mage is insane. Congrats.

    I don't really feel special because Mage generally feels OP in arena. Arena stats still seems to bear that out, although I wonder why so many people pick Druid in arena. That said, I'm really only good with Mage and paladin, and about average with everything else. No pro, but having a job does cut into hearthstone time.

  • KafkaAUKafkaAU Western AustraliaRegistered User regular
    Druid is my best class in arena. I Average 5.5 wins with it. Then mage, then pally. Across the board I average 5 wins. Averaging 8 wins with a class is pretty damn good, even if it is "OP". Hafu, who is an arena pro, has an average of 8 (I think, and that's across the board though) for example. I only average 5 with mage. Not like we're talking 50 games or something either, I just hit 2000 arena wins. I haven't had a 12 win arena since GvG came out, think my best has been 11 with a warlock deck.

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