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Iceman331
United States1306 Posts
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Hairy
United Kingdom1169 Posts
EDIT: and next game I was against another mage, who I was in an *amazing* position against, then he dropped Deathwing and held board control. Fuck sake. Bombed out of arena with just 1-3 score with what was actually a really solid paladin deck. I'm so frustrated right now. | ||
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Nisyax
Netherlands756 Posts
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SOB_Maj_Brian
United States522 Posts
On November 25 2013 23:08 Hairy wrote: What the hell. Mage that has flamestrike AND three abominations AND three gurubashi berserkers. Don't know what the hell you're supposed to do against that, the amount of board clear was absolutely ridiculous. EDIT: and next game I was against another mage, who I was in an *amazing* position against, then he dropped Deathwing and held board control. Fuck sake. Bombed out of arena with just 1-3 score with what was actually a really solid paladin deck. I'm so frustrated right now. Similar thing happened to me. I thought I built a great paladin deck. Had the legendary that became a copy of anything on the battlefield, a sea giant, two of the weapons that heal 2, and some other decent neutrals and "good" paladin cards that synergized well with creatures that would return one to hand (brewmasters) (had defender of argus, argent protector, guys that healed for 3, and the guys that let you draw a card). I ended up going 3-3. The hardest match up seemed to be these very low curve warlock decks; which seemed to be able to empty their hands by turn 3 and then still had decent plays for the rest of the game (despite my deck's ability to heal). Previous draft of the day. I went 6-2 with mage. Lost the first 2 games and then won 6 more before losing the last. The mage deck was objectively worse than the paladin deck, imo. The deck had a really low curve (tons of 2-3 drops, and one Leper Gnome that I was able to get in my starting hand in many of the games and traded surprisingly well); I also had one flame strike, one fireball, one ice lance, one cone of cold, one arcane missiles, and one arcane explosion. I drafted a Leeroy Jenkins (over the 9 guy that brought health to 15 or the other 9 guy that makes it so you have 15 sec turns). I was able to combo the Leeroy Jenkins, plus arcane explosion, in one game, to win one I shouldn't have. I also got the 3 drop (Dalran Mage) that ups magic damage by 1 and the 2 drop (Sorcerer's apprentice) that lowers spell cost by 1, but never was able to keep either alive long enough to really abuse their abilities. In one game against a paladin, the other person had complete board control and was going to hit for lethal I had been freezing his stuff to stay alive etc. and then I drew the fireball to win. Based on the cards, I was seeing from him, it seemed like a better deck (but I got lucky). Mage is just so good in arena b/c it can ping divine shields, pick of weaklings, and the spells are so good at stalling. | ||
Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
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Zeon0
Austria2995 Posts
Hammer of Wrath Consecretion are all pretty good removal? and very often u can use a Blessing of Kings to buff a Token and kill something strong | ||
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RuiBarbO
United States1340 Posts
EDIT: Ended 5-3. Lost the last game to a pyroblast when I was one turn away from winning. Got the fifth win with the world's luckiest Elven Archer topdeck to deal the last 1 damage. No complaints here. | ||
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woodszilla
United States64 Posts
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Parametric
Canada1261 Posts
On November 26 2013 01:43 Zeon0 wrote: Truesilver Champion Hammer of Wrath Consecretion are all pretty good removal? and very often u can use a Blessing of Kings to buff a Token and kill something strong True silver champion is very good but if you get to mid late game and the ogres/giants start coming out you will be wishing you had assassinate/soul siphon/poly/hex etc for that stuff. Blessing of kings can work but if you're slightly behind most people will constantly clear your board to prevent that. | ||
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awesomoecalypse
United States2235 Posts
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Arolis
United States496 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/SvFUZyM.jpg) If you look at the mana curve, you'd see twelve 2 drops and think this was super aggro. It certainly can be with the right card draws, but realistically it only has 6 cards you would want to play on turn 2 which is just average. Instead, this deck ended up dominating the the mid game with either some decent combo possibilities, strong individual cards or a well timed Assassinate. There's enough flexibility that there tended to be an answer to whatever my opponent tried doing between turns 4-9. Even against 1x Flamestrike or 1x Holy Nova. I haven't faced any opponents with multiple aoe's, unless you count the Mage who also had a Cone of Cold. So far I'm 7-0. I'll update my final score when I finish. EDIT: Ended up 9-2. Lost to a mage which isn't too surprising. Then lost to a warlock when I made 3 stupid mistakes. | ||
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DaCruise
Denmark2457 Posts
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awesomoecalypse
United States2235 Posts
Abusive Sergeant Flame Imp ×2 Power Overwhelming Blood Imp Amani Berserker Demonfire Dire Wolf Alpha Acidic Swamp Ooze Faerie Dragon Knife Juggler Loot Hoarder Earthen Ring Farseer x2 Questing Adventurer ×2 Raging Worgen ×3 Thrallmar Farseer Ancient Mage Dragonling Mechanic Spellbreaker Bane of Doom Frostwolf Warlord x2 Gadgetzan Auctioneer Venture Co. Mercenary Argent Commander Sea Giant I'm really psyched about the possibilities in the first 3 or 4 rounds, and then the Frostwolf Warlords and Sea Giant are solid midgame followups if I can avoid being AOE'd to death. I'm also a huge fan of Earthen Ring Farseer in Warlock decks. | ||
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Serek
United Kingdom459 Posts
On November 25 2013 23:08 Hairy wrote: What the hell. Mage that has flamestrike AND three abominations AND three gurubashi berserkers. Don't know what the hell you're supposed to do against that, the amount of board clear was absolutely ridiculous. EDIT: and next game I was against another mage, who I was in an *amazing* position against, then he dropped Deathwing and held board control. Fuck sake. Bombed out of arena with just 1-3 score with what was actually a really solid paladin deck. I'm so frustrated right now. I know how you feel. As a mage was trading equally with a priest until I dropped Ysera when we were running out of cards and got the +5 damage board clear dream card. I felt pretty bad when he conceded but at least it was a gg :/ | ||
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Hairy
United Kingdom1169 Posts
EDIT: and it's my birthday so you totally have to respond  ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/YLcbjeI.png) The other legendary choices were Millhouse Manastorm and Illidan, if anyone was curious. | ||
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Cool Cat
United States1644 Posts
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Zeon0
Austria2995 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/27ZfdxT.jpg) arena ftw^^ | ||
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Big G
Italy835 Posts
On November 26 2013 22:33 Hairy wrote: Okay, just finished a druid draft. Haven't played yet - interested to see how you guys judge it. I've been inconsistent at best, so any advice would be good: EDIT: and it's my birthday so you totally have to respond The other legendary choices were Millhouse Manastorm and Illidan, if anyone was curious. A few weak cards (Boar, Grunt, BBB) but overall a very solid deck, 7+ wins guaranteed. Happy birthday! | ||
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LittLeD
Sweden7973 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/8OdY4QO.jpg) Just had a stupidly close game. I was top decking for like 5 turns straight and was below 10 health. I think I got the taunt totem like 3-4 times in a row to save my ass. The most butt-clinching moment was this screenshot where he was out of cards, had just cleared mine, as well as his board (except for the engineer) with hellfire. I topdecked silencer, ok the only thing that could save me was the taunt totem which I managed to get. Some days man, the gods are with you | ||
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RuiBarbO
United States1340 Posts
And here I get stuck drafting Elven Archers for my Hunter deck when the other options are Wisp and Magma Rager. | ||
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