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Really? This is the first wing that I've used the Priest in at all. I did warlock, druid, and mage decks for the others. I think I did a warrior in there too.

I beat the first one with:

Turn 1 - Power Word: Shield on an understudy.
Turn 2 - Divine Spirit on the same one
Turn 3 - Mind control crystal, Inner Fire.

You need a PERFECT draw to beat him with priest.

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4 horsemen pretty much requires both Shadow Word: Pains by turn 3 or you lose.

Seems a little silly to rely on luck to win in Heroic.  Instead of "Heroic mode," they ought to call it "Luck mode" or "RLK mode" or some other silliness.   

You need a PERFECT draw to beat him with priest.

I went with Mage. Polymorph'd 1-2 and stall out with spells until you can kill or silence the last couple, then just cast some fireballs

So I somehow got to 11 wins with this rather average deck.  idgi.  I generally go 3-0 or 4-0, and then lose 3 in a row, so after going 4-0 I decided to wait a day to play again. Today I finished it up, winning my first 3 games and the rest being spread out.

Cards at top were Mirror Image x2, Argent Squire, and Arcane Missiles.

What RNG are you speaking of?

I think for some people good performances can be attributed to taking breaks at occasional intervals rather than playing all games out at once.

I know what RNG is. I'm just perplexed at what it can possibly be attributed to in the situations already described. Arena opponents are assigned based on having the same record as you currently have. Arena drafting and cards in starting hand or drawn from deck are obviously RNG, but I do not know how either of those would possibly be affected by choosing to play in one sitting or at different times during the day.

If you're talking about the ranked ladder resetting, yes, the meta does change every few hours near the top of the ladder. In Arena, you're always playing people with the exact same current win record as you, so I'm not certain what would be resetting in those regards.

Taking breaks every few Arena rounds is always a good idea, even if it's only for a couple minutes. Being able to take the time to refresh yourself or shake off a loss is a good way to prevent mental fatigue or going on tilt in future rounds.

I think I've played 18 Hunters out of my last 20 games in constructed...

Thanks a lot, Reynad. Stupid 90% win-rate deck..

One of my friends said he kept running into stupid Duplicate combo decks. I told him to run hunter with 2x flare, and he said pretty much everyone else had the same idea.

Blizzard needs to make a neutral anti-secret card.

Hunter is incredibly good right now, and its bad for the meta.  Secrets aren't the only issue that causes this, but Mad Scientist was one of the biggest boons you could possible give a class with great secrets like hunter.

So Kel'Thuzad is a joke...literally. He just sits there making puns the whole time. The cool thing is he has a different response at the beginning based on which class you are (I don't want to spoil them cuz they're kinda funny) and each different type of emote you can do (Thanks, Sorry, Greetings, Threaten, etc.) he gives a different response (like "You're....welcome..?" when you use Thanks).

Also, word of warning, Kel cheats a bit partway into the match. On normal he starts with 30 health and 10 armor. Once you break his last armor he immediately ends your turn (so use your mana before that if possible), switches his Hero Power (becomes: 8 cost, Take control of a random enemy minion until end of turn), and summons two 3/3 minions with Taunt.

I am, however, having some difficulty on him with the Paladin Class Challenge. They give you a bunch of the duplicating oozes and not much else.

The problem I'm having with the Paladin challenge is that, with the oozes being 1/2, it takes awhile to get them rolling and through his 10 armor, meanwhile he's zapping you for 2 damage every turn with his HP and smacking into you with his minions (since the oozes don't taunt by default). By the time I get to phase 2 I'm usually sub 20 health and I haven't yet seen any heals in the deck.

I'm signed up for it as well now. Thanks for the info!

Edit: Update - The first series we traded games back and forth, I came out on top 3-2. The second series I lost the first two, and then came back to win 3 straight (3-2).