Hearthstone: Your latest arena! - Page 66

On February 13 2014 23:55 barbosaalr wrote:
Hello, I'm trying to understand if my problem is with decks I'm choosing or in my playstyle... Could you please critisize my choices? I want to know if with this deck it's possible to go better than I went!

I was using Arena Value to track and help me: Paladin Deck

It was my best result until now: + Show Spoiler +

Any help will be good!

* English is not my native language, so sorry about it!

Thanks in advance!

On February 14 2014 00:21 Cel.erity wrote:
(FYI I play Paladin almost every time I have the option in Arena; I don't track my winrate, but I manage 12 wins ~25-30% of the time, so take that for what it's worth.)

Pick 1 I consider Equality the strongest Paladin class rare besides Aldor Peacekeeper, I don't think Sunfury Protector is particularly close as it usually ends up being a River Crocolisk with minor upside. Paladin has many combos with Equality including Consecration, Avenging Wrath, and the hero ability. Maybe around pick 20 if your deck is all fat and you need 2-drops you could pick the Protector, but otherwise you should take the card with higher upside.

Pick 4 I think I like Archmage more than the 1/7. Paladin decks end up with a ton of 4-drops, and at least Archmage works with Consecration which is something.

Pick 16 you needed to take Bloodfen Raptor over the Ogre. You had only a single 2-drop at this point, and that's just not acceptable this late into the draft. Ogre is a better card, but you have to sacrifice a little quality sometimes to fix your curve.

Pick 17 I think Priestess is straight up awful; Taunt is a better ability than gaining 4 life, and it's on a cheaper creature, making the Bodyguard almost strictly better (though still not great).

Pick 26 this time I would've taken the Ogre. Acolyte doesn't really do anything in your deck. Even though this is the opposite of what I was saying before, in this case we're talking about a 1/3 for 3 which really provides no board presence at all, so it doesn't really help you curve out despite its low cost.

Pick 30 seems kind of insane. I guess you identified your lack of 2-drops, but Crazed Alchemist is more of a spell than 2-drop, since a 2/2 on turn 2 is very mediocre. Argent Commander is hard to pass up, but if you were worried about your curve (which is reasonable), I would've gone for the Imp Master instead.

On February 14 2014 00:21 Cel.erity wrote:
I don't track my winrate, but I manage 12 wins ~25-30% of the time, so take that for what it's worth.

On February 14 2014 01:17 Hairy wrote:

Maybe you should start tracking your winrate, because claiming 12 wins 25-30% of the time is akin to claiming you're the best arena player of all time ever. Let's get the wet finger out of the air, please.

EDIT: the advice given was pretty solid though.

On February 14 2014 02:27 Cel.erity wrote:


Not really. The best players average about 10 wins per arena, and my average is slightly below that. Also Paladin carries my highest winrate. Anyway, it seems fairly standard practice to share my background with a person who may not know me so that they can decide whether my advice is worth listening to or not.

On February 14 2014 02:54 Hairy wrote:
I think most people would agree that Trump is an exceptional arena player.... what do you think his average wins might be? 10 wins? 11 wins, perhaps? You may be surprised to see that his stats indicate he actually averages 7.3 wins overall, and reaches 12 wins 12% of the time.

On February 14 2014 11:58 calgar wrote:
Keep preaching the truth man!

On February 14 2014 00:21 Cel.erity wrote:


(FYI I play Paladin almost every time I have the option in Arena; I don't track my winrate, but I manage 12 wins ~25-30% of the time, so take that for what it's worth.)