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Have you laddered with it at all?

Played Mech Mage against Atramedes today. Had Antonidas in my opening hand, played Unstable Portal turn 2, got Alarm-o-bot, played it for 0. No other minions in hand, Antonidas out turn 3. He didn't stand a chance. Best play I've had in a long time.

Also, Nefarian 2 is actually kinda difficult. I might have to build a custom deck for him even on normal.

I have a terrible confession to make.

I kept losing to stupid decks like lightwell priests around ranks 19-20 after the reset. So, I did something I swore I would never do. I... I made a face hunter deck.

I'm so sorry. I don't know if you all can forgive me. A strange sensation is washing over me...

I feel... ICKY!

Oh no. It has begun. Run! PUT THIS APPLE ON YOUR HEAD! Run while you still can! I can't... control it. TASTE MY STEEL!

FLEE!!!

  ME HIT FACE

Face hunter wasn't quite doing it. I think the meta has shifted to fight back now.

Going back to my deathrattle paladin, this is what I have after multiple games and some tweaks:



While I am still stuck around rank 19-20, it's definitely got some potential. Obvious addition of Sylvanas aside, what would you all swap in/out to improve it?

I decided to add those in after losing to decks with hyper aggressive early-games, along with chows and annoy-o-trons.

The mid-to-end game in this deck is fine, but it just gets run over if it can't build an early board.


HAHAHA. I just made a face hunter ragequit with double annoy-o-trons / redemptions. It was as satisfying as it sounds.

I would either get 7 classic packs (there's a lot of useful commons that you should try to collect), or the second wing of Naxxramas, which provides you with Sludge Belcher and Loatheb.

Getting a good collection of basic cards first might help, because some of the NPC bosses can be tricky without them.

Buying packs at your stage is far more efficient. How long did it take you to collect that 700 gold? Now imagine that the next 2800 gold to unlock the rest of the wings are going to take much longer, because you've already finished the unique quests that you get when you start playing. Purchasing Naxx comes out to 3500 gold for 30 cards. Or you can spend that 3500 gold on 35 classic packs (or a mix of classic and GvG packs), which will net you 175 cards. Not all of these will be unique, but they'll give you a much stronger foundation on which to build. Plus, you can turn the repeats into crafting dust, which will let you create certain non-Naxx (or Blackrock) cards, which will let you put a decent deck together faster.

Haha, just got Malygos in the first pack I bought! Good advice!

So, I made a silly zoo deck for my 5 warlock wins quest:

FTFY

I can attest that patron warrior is super effective. And it's actually pretty fun, too.

I say that on Friday and then proceed to lose every Ranked game I've used my Patron Warrior deck for since then, lol.

2/5 for a Warrior quest but just can't seem to get those last 3 wins, it's super frustrating.

Glad to see Amaz made an account here.

I think Grim Patron Warriors are the best thing to ever happen to Hearthstone. They're a top-tier deck that require an immense amount of skill to use effectively. Hearthstone doesn't have nearly enough deck archetypes like that. Plus, it's relatively cheap in relation to other decks (not counting Adventures; but at this point, if you don't have Naxx and Blackrock, you're not going to be able to build any kind of competitive deck), so F2P (or other "cheap") players can use it, as opposed to other skill-based decks like Control Warrior that have an extremely high price of admission.

All decks (yes including face hunter) take skill to play effectively.  Certain decks like like Grim Patron do have a higher skill floor, but just play at the lower ranks some time, and you'll see a lot of bad players play the decks that "don't require skill."  Honestly you can often see a noticeable difference in how people at even rank 5 play these "mindless" decks and how people at legend play them.