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Nibbler89
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GulpyBlinkeyes
United States1449 Posts
On November 21 2013 02:36 woodszilla wrote: This. This just happened to me. And I'm priest, so that lack of a turn 2 play is extra shitty. Also, I got a legendary pick between Captain Greenskin, Tinkmaster Overspark, and King Mukla. Thanks anyway. Yeah, I just had similar experience on priest. The draft started out incredible-- I got Rag, two mind controls, and Illidan within the first 5 or 6 picks. The next several rounds had some extremely good 4-6 drops against some extraordinarily terrible low cost cards, so I ended up taking the high cost cards again, even though my curve was starting to get a little lopsided. With about half the draft done, I was mostly holding cards that were 4+, so I figured, "Okay, that's a little heavy on the late game, but I'll pick up enough early game cards from here on out to survive and I'll crush face in the end." And then... basically nothing came up that cost 3 or below, except the occasional boar or murloc. I think I ended up with only ~6 creatures that were 1-3 drops. It was pretty awful, especially since (like you said) priest's hero ability does basically nothing to help out during the early game when you've got nothing on the field. I could never get any kind of control of the board, so all my amazing mid/late game cards were worthless by the time they came out. Definitely taught me to start worrying about my mana curve earlier on that I usually do. I've got to leave more buffer for bad luck. | ||
WhX
Germany778 Posts
I lost the first game badly, managed to win three times in a row only to get crushed in games 5 and 6. That happened 2 days ago and right now I don't even think about playing arena. That was the worst... Edit: Should've made a screenshot, it was ridiculous. And I'm actually pretty decent when it comes to drafting, this time I had some terrible luck. | ||
hootsushi
Germany3468 Posts
On November 20 2013 19:08 Hairy wrote: If you feel confident, just go for it. I just got a 9-win arena on my 4th attempt and I'm just 1* Diamond at the moment. I'd really recommend watching some drafting videos from this guy: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_GNfdbP7ZfIJNyTSZh1jNQ?feature=g-high-crv Watching him explain the drafts, and the thought process behind it, really helped my drafting I think. Just go for it I guess, I have no clue how you should be able to hit 3-star master without cards from packs/crafting. At diamond level I just got mobbed up by people with really good decks. Playing without something like Argent Commander seems impossible on master. | ||
woodszilla
United States64 Posts
On November 21 2013 07:39 GulpyBlinkeyes wrote: And then... basically nothing came up that cost 3 or below, except the occasional boar or murloc. I think I ended up with only ~6 creatures that were 1-3 drops. It was pretty awful, especially since (like you said) priest's hero ability does basically nothing to help out during the early game when you've got nothing on the field. I could never get any kind of control of the board, so all my amazing mid/late game cards were worthless by the time they came out. Yea I think I literally have 1 1 drop (worgen) and 2 2 drops (and one is loot hoarder). I have a glut of 3 drops, so maybe it'll work out... Just going to lose the tempo early on most of the time, so rush decks are going to crush me. | ||
RuiBarbO
United States1340 Posts
Will post a deck list when I figure out how to do that ![]() EDIT: Also thank goodness he didn't draft any Holy Novas or Mind Controls. | ||
Ristle
United Kingdom30 Posts
Against the last mage: Turn one Pass, I have no 1 drops outside Deadly Poison Mana Wyrm, coin, Mirror image. Turn two I think I need to move all that ASAP. Drop Acidic Swamp Ooze. Mirror Image, Arcane missiles. Kills my ooze. Hits me with Wyrm for 4 or 5, can't remember if coin counted. Basically, I could do nothing to get through his 4 taunts and he just spelled anything I played for the next 4 turns till I conceded. I have never been so thoroughly destroyed, let alone in arena. I wish I could draft combos like that. | ||
Hairy
United Kingdom1169 Posts
"oh, alarmobot. No thanks" "another alarmobot? Sorry, no thankyou" "ANOTHER alarmobot? Really? Could I not have something nice, like Mind Control?" No, no I can't. No Holy Nova, no Mind Control :| This is going to be interesting.... | ||
Massami
Brazil12 Posts
I tought I would get crushed but turned out my deck was pretty solid. Ohh, and i didnt get a flametongue toten either :c | ||
ILoveCoffee
Malaysia164 Posts
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gingerfluffmuff
Austria4570 Posts
On November 22 2013 01:11 ILoveCoffee wrote: 9-1 with warrior with ~20 2-4 mana cards, such an aggressive deck had quite a few games ending at turn 4-5 Hell yeah, well done mate :D. | ||
RuiBarbO
United States1340 Posts
The most annoying thing? 5 gold for going 4-3. Plenty of dust though... :/ | ||
Goibon
New Zealand8185 Posts
Next draft was a terrible Paladin deck which went 3-3 or something. Curve was just way too mid heavy, with zero late game. I think my only 5+ was the guy that heals your hero, and zero card draw. Now i'm playing a similarly bad Shaman deck with a high curve and no early game (very few damage spells, and a tonne of 4+). If i can get all of my low cast spells in my opening turns it's ok, but lol. Curve is everything. I also kill myself with my own doomhammers which is something i need to be careful with. Not sure i'll ever draft 2 of them in the same deck again. | ||
GGQ
Canada2653 Posts
More interesting, one of the paladins I beat had no fewer than 5 argent protectors... | ||
FetTerBender
Germany1393 Posts
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asaed
United States1412 Posts
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Derrida
2885 Posts
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Big G
Italy835 Posts
7) farseer is one of the worst cards unless you have already a couple of Blessing of Kings... but even then, Direwolf Alpha is a better pick (especially in Paladin/Shaman) 19) Blessed Champion is terrible, both Abom and Holy Wrath are better 23) same, Faerie Dragon is clearly better. BBB is... bad | ||
Derrida
2885 Posts
On November 22 2013 20:52 Big G wrote: 6) 2/3s for 2 mana are a bit underwhelming, I'd probably pick Guardian of Kings over River Croc 7) farseer is one of the worst cards unless you have already a couple of Blessing of Kings... but even then, Direwolf Alpha is a better pick (especially in Paladin/Shaman) 19) Blessed Champion is terrible, both Abom and Holy Wrath are better 23) same, Faerie Dragon is clearly better. BBB is... bad hmm ok thanks! for 19 i was thinking if I go Abom, all my minions are low HP so i could be screwing myself. for 23 i was thinking too many 2-3 drops. was i wrong? | ||
Arolis
United States496 Posts
Went 6-3 in the end. All my losses were to Priests which I guess isn't too surprising. I entered the late game at a disadvantage most games and Priests are generally very strong in the late game. I haven't played many card games and the Arena draft style format is completely new to me. I feel like this run was super educational so hopefully I can get to my first 9 win soon. | ||
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