In the middle of an arena run. Nothing special. I end up with a bloodsail corsair (battle-cry remove one weapon durability).
I am up vs a warrior and it is in my hand. So I am waiting for him to play a weapon so i can get some value from the card. I put down a gurbushi berserker, and he responds with a Gorehowl and kills it (this is turn 7). I play the card and the Gorehowl is destroyed and I go on to win the game (i would have insta quit he played it out).
On November 30 2013 05:14 defenestrate wrote: Wow, quite a weak draft for a mage. No poly, no fireball. Where can I improve?
Mage:
Doomsayer – BIG GAME HUNTER – Southsea Captain Ironfur Grizzly – Lord of the Arena – CONE OF COLD Goldshire Footman – Thrallmar Farseer – TAZDINGO Shieldbearer – Ice Barrier – DARKSCALE HEALER Voodoo Doctor – Mad Bomber – ARCANE MISSILES Young Dragonhawk – CONE OF COLD – Mogushan Warden Murloc Tidehunter – Dread Corsair – STORMWIND KNIGHT Frost Nova – Shieldbearer – MIRROR ENTITY FAERIE DRAGON – Cult Master – Mana Wyrm Justification – no 2s yet, couple of midgame creatures in already. EMPEROR COBRA – Ravenholdt Assassin – Bloodsail Corsair IRONFUR GRIZZLY – Mirror Entity – Murloc Tidehunter Lord of the Arena – Thrallmar Farseer – TAZDINGO IRONBEAK OWL – Dire Wolf Alpha – Ironfur Grizzly Cone of Cold – RAGING WORGEN – Razorfen Hunter Goldshire Footman – Stonetusk Boar – ACIDIC SWAMP OOZE FLAMESTRIKE – Murloc Tidehunter – Shieldbearer LORD OF THE ARENA – War Golem – Elven Archer FLAMESTRIKE – Abusive Sergeant – Boulderfist Ogre Mirror Image – HARVEST GOLEM – Loot Hoarder Southsea Captain – Doomsayer – PYROBLAST BLIZZARD – Questing Adventurer – Ethereal Arcanist Boulderfist Ogre – FAERIE DRAGON – Murloc Raider Abusive Sergeant – ARCHMAGE – Darkscale Healer Voodoo Doctor – Arcane Explosion – VENTURE CO MERC Bloodsail Raider – Razorfen Hunter – RAGING WORGEN SORCERER’S APPRENTICE – Mana Wyrm – Ice Lance SPITEFUL SMITH – Dread Corsair – Magma Rager Leper Gnome – Booty Bay Bodyguard – JUNGLE PANTHER FROSTWOLF WARLORD – Ice Barrier – Magma Rager SEA GIANT – Murloc Warleader – Molten Giant
I would consider mad bomber over arcane missiles, definitely get cult master that early in the draft despite your justification, consider either alpha or grizzly over owl, and consider war golem over lord of the arena. Overall I think the only clear error was not getting cult master.
Seems fine to me. Maybe Leper Gnome over Panther and Mirror Image over harvest for some decent one drops. Also probably would have taken war golem over lord of the arena since its way more cost effective.
+1 earth shock. 1 of those losses is to an exploiting hunter douchebag. ... and a final loss to a druid who got every single max possible value card to every card I played, or near enough to absolutely destroy me. Good to know that exploit wasn't an important deciding factor in my run or anything /s.
(This thread probably won't be up for long, tl;dr for those reading after it's gone: Tracking, game stops going, you lose whenever you decide to quit (or the game kicks you for being afk))
Doomsayer – BIG GAME HUNTER – Southsea Captain Ironfur Grizzly – Lord of the Arena – CONE OF COLD Goldshire Footman – Thrallmar Farseer – TAZDINGO Shieldbearer – Ice Barrier – DARKSCALE HEALER Voodoo Doctor – Mad Bomber – ARCANE MISSILES Young Dragonhawk – CONE OF COLD – Mogushan Warden Murloc Tidehunter – Dread Corsair – STORMWIND KNIGHT Frost Nova – Shieldbearer – MIRROR ENTITY FAERIE DRAGON – Cult Master – Mana Wyrm Justification – no 2s yet, couple of midgame creatures in already. EMPEROR COBRA – Ravenholdt Assassin – Bloodsail Corsair IRONFUR GRIZZLY – Mirror Entity – Murloc Tidehunter Lord of the Arena – Thrallmar Farseer – TAZDINGO IRONBEAK OWL – Dire Wolf Alpha – Ironfur Grizzly Cone of Cold – RAGING WORGEN – Razorfen Hunter Goldshire Footman – Stonetusk Boar – ACIDIC SWAMP OOZE FLAMESTRIKE – Murloc Tidehunter – Shieldbearer LORD OF THE ARENA – War Golem – Elven Archer FLAMESTRIKE – Abusive Sergeant – Boulderfist Ogre Mirror Image – HARVEST GOLEM – Loot Hoarder Southsea Captain – Doomsayer – PYROBLAST BLIZZARD – Questing Adventurer – Ethereal Arcanist Boulderfist Ogre – FAERIE DRAGON – Murloc Raider Abusive Sergeant – ARCHMAGE – Darkscale Healer Voodoo Doctor – Arcane Explosion – VENTURE CO MERC Bloodsail Raider – Razorfen Hunter – RAGING WORGEN SORCERER’S APPRENTICE – Mana Wyrm – Ice Lance SPITEFUL SMITH – Dread Corsair – Magma Rager Leper Gnome – Booty Bay Bodyguard – JUNGLE PANTHER FROSTWOLF WARLORD – Ice Barrier – Magma Rager SEA GIANT – Murloc Warleader – Molten Giant
This seems like quite a good draft to me. I'd make some different choices, but two flamestrikes, two cones, and a blizzard with a pyro finisher. This deck should do just fine.
On November 30 2013 05:14 defenestrate wrote: Wow, quite a weak draft for a mage. No poly, no fireball. Where can I improve?
Mage:
Doomsayer – BIG GAME HUNTER – Southsea Captain Ironfur Grizzly – Lord of the Arena – CONE OF COLD Goldshire Footman – Thrallmar Farseer – TAZDINGO Shieldbearer – Ice Barrier – DARKSCALE HEALER Voodoo Doctor – Mad Bomber – ARCANE MISSILES Young Dragonhawk – CONE OF COLD – Mogushan Warden Murloc Tidehunter – Dread Corsair – STORMWIND KNIGHT Frost Nova – Shieldbearer – MIRROR ENTITY FAERIE DRAGON – Cult Master – Mana Wyrm Justification – no 2s yet, couple of midgame creatures in already. EMPEROR COBRA – Ravenholdt Assassin – Bloodsail Corsair IRONFUR GRIZZLY – Mirror Entity – Murloc Tidehunter Lord of the Arena – Thrallmar Farseer – TAZDINGO IRONBEAK OWL – Dire Wolf Alpha – Ironfur Grizzly Cone of Cold – RAGING WORGEN – Razorfen Hunter Goldshire Footman – Stonetusk Boar – ACIDIC SWAMP OOZE FLAMESTRIKE – Murloc Tidehunter – Shieldbearer LORD OF THE ARENA – War Golem – Elven Archer FLAMESTRIKE – Abusive Sergeant – Boulderfist Ogre Mirror Image – HARVEST GOLEM – Loot Hoarder Southsea Captain – Doomsayer – PYROBLAST BLIZZARD – Questing Adventurer – Ethereal Arcanist Boulderfist Ogre – FAERIE DRAGON – Murloc Raider Abusive Sergeant – ARCHMAGE – Darkscale Healer Voodoo Doctor – Arcane Explosion – VENTURE CO MERC Bloodsail Raider – Razorfen Hunter – RAGING WORGEN SORCERER’S APPRENTICE – Mana Wyrm – Ice Lance SPITEFUL SMITH – Dread Corsair – Magma Rager Leper Gnome – Booty Bay Bodyguard – JUNGLE PANTHER FROSTWOLF WARLORD – Ice Barrier – Magma Rager SEA GIANT – Murloc Warleader – Molten Giant
T.T omg you and the guy before,your "weak drafts" are my "omg super lucky" drafts. I don't really see how two flame strikes a blizzard, 3 epics including pyroblast and pretty much all your other cards being pretty good picks is a weak draft o.o. Yeah no poly or fireball but you can't always have everything. I don't think I would have picked anything different. Getting a blizzard is already above average draft imo getting 2 flame strikes with it and its an 8 win deck..
Im starting to get curious about how people would react getting one of my standard drafts, 0 epics no aoes, no good class cards 0 legendaries. For example my last pally draft had 0 argent protectors, 0 true silvers, 0 consecrates , 0 epics, 0 legendary , and one of my choices was wisp,the murloc that gives other murlocs +1/+1(i had no murlocs) and repentance ~_~. 0 faerie dragons, 0 amanis, 0 worgens, 0 dark irons, 0 defender of argus, 0 clerics. I think the only class cards that came up were 1 BoK and all the rest were secrets not even the good ones, stuff like " eye for an eye". Pretty sure I still got 7 or 8 wins somehow. I'm gonna start screen shotting my drafts to show you guys the true meaning of a "weak draft" lol.
That just happened. Vulture, Wolf, Hyena, Hyena, Unleash The Hounds, Unleash The Hounds. That was uh.. 18? damage from an empty board. Not having much luck against hunters today.
I wish I remember the draft choices, but was forced into summoning portal (and it really worked out!). Glad I didn't run into too much AOE. Also got lucky with the Bane of Doom a few times. I remember turning down a Komodo Dragon for more removal and chose the squire to pressure (over slight better cards), when I saw my curve developing.
Went 6-3 with my first arena draft as Shaman. Was really lacking on AoE boardclear, and the deck was weak to rushdown, but having 3 stormwind champions on the field lategame was pure hilarity. Didn't write down the draft, but I was recording with FRAPS so I have a video.
^ 4th pick shoulda gone dark iron over stormwind champ, 6th turn id take kobold over warden when you have no 2s(and probably most any time you have an aoe spell like lightning storm already) 7th turn is debatable, I'm not a huge fan of raid leader and you have no 2s or 5s atm since you picked warden over geomancer earlier. I think I woulda gone warlord, although I was thinking possibly geomancer since you didnt pick it earlier and I dont like not having 2 drops. over all not that big a deal though 8th turn, senjin id value higher but having no 2s sucks, this is why picking geo earlier woulda been nice so you dont risk screwing up curve too much. 9th turn, debatable you have no draw cards atm so acolyte of pain is pretty good here but you dont have 5s either and tiger isn't bad. 10th turn I'd go loot hoarder too but with possibly better choices earlier you coulda gone with lightning bolt. 11th turn debatable I think I woulda gone windfury though when I have two minions with 6 damage. WF on fire elemental is pretty nasty. 17 gnomish inventor over ancient brewmaster imo turn 21 caus of curve I think id go flametongue but inventor isnt too bad turn 22, I woulda gone frost elemental this would be a easier decision if picked more 2s earlier. turn 24, razorfen hunter over tauren warrior, considering bloodsail caus of curve. turn 27: definitely scarlet crusader over a 2nd stormwind champ.
Started out 1-2 with this really strong warrior deck that had 2 arcanite reapers, 2 arathi weaponsmiths, and gorehowl, but came back to finish 9-2. Finally.
today I learned that warriors are imbalanced as hell in arena, went 8-0 with the most ridiculous draft I've ever had http://imgur.com/p3LEUpx other 2 cards were shield slam and abusive sergeant