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[quote=extradelicious]damn searz you analyze stuff through and through[/quote]

[quote=sirell][quote=Searz] Gimme a holler and I'll copy-paste my post for beginners on what to think about (beyond the obvious) and a few almost free decks to play with. [/quote] Sure thing! I'm mostly running Priest and Paladin at the moment - mostly just levelling up things.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=sirell] Sure thing! I'm mostly running Priest and Paladin at the moment - mostly just levelling up things.[/quote] Here we go: [spoiler=A few tips for playing the game(click to show):] Manage your resources properly. Cards are resources. You're not just paying mana for a minion, you're paying a card(s) for it too. That is why cards like Wisp and Moonfire are terrible. Cards with card draw are a different matter of course, they're 'free' in terms of the card cost so to speak and only cost you mana. Minions on the field are resources you've put into play. Try to keep a hold of those resources as well as you can, even if that means sacrificing things like health. Try to use your Hero Power as often as you can(but prioritize minions where applicable ofc). If there's a good play you can make with it: DO IT. Using your hero power effectively and often is a good way to conserve cards. Try to avoid having more than 3 minions on the field to avoid getting fucked by AOE and [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/card=734/mind-control-tech]Mind Control Tech[/url]. Never buff a minion on a turn you're not attacking with it unless you absolutely have to. Always try to make favorable trades happen. You want to trade your 2/1 unit for his 3/2 unit, your 3/2 unit for his 4/3 unit and your 4/3 unit for his 5/4 unit and so on, because you're making him lose more stats than you do. For classes like Mages, Rogues and Druids you can also add one damage to the equation from your hero power. A 2/1 (likely cheap 1 cost unit) suddenly trades for a 4/3 unit (likely 3-4 cost). Sacrificing health, especially for favorable trades is not something you should be gun-shy of early on. Almost always focus on board advantage over damage to the enemy hero. I.e: try to kill of ALL enemy minions when you can do so effectively. In the case of the enemy having a favorable trade for your minion (when he can trade his 2/1 for your 3/2 for example) you should avoid making the trade As a general sequence of actions you should try to do this every turn: 1. Look at how much mana you have. 2. Look at what favorable plays/trades you can make and how much they cost. 3. Then think about how you can combo your remaining mana as efficiently as possible, to make use of all the mana you have(obviously without playing anything that is easily countered). Also try to make use of your hero power wherever you can in mid to lategame where you ususally have the mana to support using it. The ideal amount of mana left after every turn is 0. 4. When you're done planning all of the above put your thoughts/plan into play. [b]ALWAYS play cards with card draw(or random effects) first[/b], then make adjustments to the plan if you draw something useful. Then make the most important plays happen and then make the less important plays happen last, so that you minimize your chance of disaster in the case of errors in the calculations.[/spoiler] Here are a few super ghetto decks for new players. These are obviously far from optimal because of the hard card restraints, but they should be far better than any of the basic decks you start out with. The only cards you don't get for free that I include in these decks are the [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/card=251/loot-hoarder]Loot Hoarders[/url] and the [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/card=778/harvest-golem]Harvest Golems[/url]. Those are among the best neutral common cards in the game. They can be run in every single deck and are common in top-tier play right now(especially Harvest Golems, they're being ran in like 90% of all decks). Craft them. Craft them right now. (click the crafting button in "My Collection" and disenchant a card you're not using to get 100dust for two free common crafts) [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfI7Mnv7Mzt7MiS7zsY7MVd7Mdq7Mmh7Mcn7Mmf7zmU7Mbv7MaP7Mah7zd47MzV7zuc8q]Druid[/url]: mulligan (replace) all cards that cost more than 3 at the start of the game, unless you get an Innervate. Then you should keep 4 cost minions around (like Senjin Shieldmasta and Chillwind Yeti). Savage Roar gives your hero 2 attack too. [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfI7Mf67Mzq7Mnv7Mzt7MRm7MRL7zho7Mmr7Mdq7zrn7Mmf7MmU7MaP7zah7zbP7MrI8M]Paladin[/url]: remember to only buff units on the turn you can attack with them. [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfI7zkv7zsL7Mnv7Mzt7zsY7MVG7ziz7Mqd7Mdz7Mdq7zqA7Mmf7MmU7Mzh7MaP7zah7MoH8R]Mage[/url]: you can use your hero power on your Gurubashi Berserker to buff him. Try to keep your Kobold Geomancer for when you're casting a spell that deals damage. He increases damage dealt by the spell by 1 and that can have some pretty big effects when using for example Arcane Explosion. [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfI7Mnv7Mzt7zsY7MVd7Mdz7Mdq7Mrf7zmK7Mmf7Mj57MaA7MaP7MAo7MAa7Mah8V]Priest[/url]: Make sure to use your hero power on your minions a lot when applicable.[/quote]

[quote=drakon136][img]http://i.imgur.com/oEgkCJH.png?1[/img] I'm okay with this. Not the best legendary, but at least it isn't Millhouse.[/quote]

[quote=Searz]Ended an arena run at 5 after some really shitty luck and a few minor misplays. Opened the pack, got jack shit. Bought another with the remaining gold. Got a golden Ice Block, a golden Ice Lance an epic and a rare. Pretty satisfied. Not cards I'm probably gonna use, but if Mage ever gets back in favor that Ice Block will be nice and I can dust the spare epic. Oh lol, I have 3 golden Ice Lances now D: I have a lot of golden Mage cards. Too bad I never play Mage. I've got Ice Lance*3, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Vaporize, Ice Barrier and Ice Block.[/quote]

[quote=sirell][quote=Searz] Here we go: [spoiler=A few tips for playing the game(click to show):] Manage your resources properly. Cards are resources. You're not just paying mana for a minion, you're paying a card(s) for it too. That is why cards like Wisp and Moonfire are terrible. Cards with card draw are a different matter of course, they're 'free' in terms of the card cost so to speak and only cost you mana. Minions on the field are resources you've put into play. Try to keep a hold of those resources as well as you can, even if that means sacrificing things like health. Try to use your Hero Power as often as you can(but prioritize minions where applicable ofc). If there's a good play you can make with it: DO IT. Using your hero power effectively and often is a good way to conserve cards. Try to avoid having more than 3 minions on the field to avoid getting fucked by AOE and [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/card=734/mind-control-tech]Mind Control Tech[/url]. Never buff a minion on a turn you're not attacking with it unless you absolutely have to. Always try to make favorable trades happen. You want to trade your 2/1 unit for his 3/2 unit, your 3/2 unit for his 4/3 unit and your 4/3 unit for his 5/4 unit and so on, because you're making him lose more stats than you do. For classes like Mages, Rogues and Druids you can also add one damage to the equation from your hero power. A 2/1 (likely cheap 1 cost unit) suddenly trades for a 4/3 unit (likely 3-4 cost). Sacrificing health, especially for favorable trades is not something you should be gun-shy of early on. Almost always focus on board advantage over damage to the enemy hero. I.e: try to kill of ALL enemy minions when you can do so effectively. In the case of the enemy having a favorable trade for your minion (when he can trade his 2/1 for your 3/2 for example) you should avoid making the trade As a general sequence of actions you should try to do this every turn: 1. Look at how much mana you have. 2. Look at what favorable plays/trades you can make and how much they cost. 3. Then think about how you can combo your remaining mana as efficiently as possible, to make use of all the mana you have(obviously without playing anything that is easily countered). Also try to make use of your hero power wherever you can in mid to lategame where you ususally have the mana to support using it. The ideal amount of mana left after every turn is 0. 4. When you're done planning all of the above put your thoughts/plan into play. [b]ALWAYS play cards with card draw(or random effects) first[/b], then make adjustments to the plan if you draw something useful. Then make the most important plays happen and then make the less important plays happen last, so that you minimize your chance of disaster in the case of errors in the calculations.[/spoiler] Here are a few super ghetto decks for new players. These are obviously far from optimal because of the hard card restraints, but they should be far better than any of the basic decks you start out with. The only cards you don't get for free that I include in these decks are the [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/card=251/loot-hoarder]Loot Hoarders[/url] and the [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/card=778/harvest-golem]Harvest Golems[/url]. Those are among the best neutral common cards in the game. They can be run in every single deck and are common in top-tier play right now(especially Harvest Golems, they're being ran in like 90% of all decks). Craft them. Craft them right now. (click the crafting button in "My Collection" and disenchant a card you're not using to get 100dust for two free common crafts) [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfI7Mnv7Mzt7MiS7MsY7MVd7Mdq7Mmh7Mcn7Mmf7MmU7zbv7MaP7zah7zd47MzV7zuc8q]Druid[/url]: mulligan (replace) all cards that cost more than 3 at the start of the game, unless you get an Innervate. Then you should keep 4 cost minions around (like Senjin Shieldmasta and Chillwind Yeti). Savage Roar gives your hero 2 attack too. [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfI7Mf67Mzq7Mnv7Mzt7MRm7MRL7zho7Mmr7Mdq7zrn7Mmf7MmU7MaP7zah7zbP7MrI8M]Paladin[/url]: remember to only buff units on the turn you can attack with them. [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfI7zkv7zsL7Mnv7Mzt7MsY7MVG7ziz7Mqd7Mdz7Mdq7zqA7Mmf7MmU7Mzh7MaP7MoH8R]Mage[/url]: you can use your hero power on your Gurubashi Berserker to buff him. Try to keep your Kobold Geomancer for when you're casting a spell that deals damage. He increases damage dealt by the spell by 1 and that can have some pretty big effects when using for example Arcane Explosion. [url=http://www.hearthhead.com/deckbuilder#cMfI7Mnv7Mzt7MsY7MVd7Mdz7Mdq7Mrf7Mmf7Mj57MmU7MaA7MaP7MAo7MAa8V]Priest[/url]: this is probably the worst of the decks, but feel free to try it. Make sure to use your hero power on your minions a lot when applicable. [/quote] Cheers! I got Mage, Paladin and Priest to level 10, working on Rogue atm. Will try the Druid one afterwards.[/quote]

[quote=extradelicious]im actually a priest/paladin main, and i can tell you thats a world you'll probably regret... pick up like druid or something along with priest/pally or you'll have a hard time on the higher ranks[/quote]

[quote=Searz]^Priest, Mage and Hunter are the weakest classes in competitive play right now. Druid is probably the strongest, Warlock and Shaman trailing closely behind and Warrior and Paladin being in the middle.[/quote]

[quote=sirell]Yes, from what I've experienced, Druids seem to have really strong card sets, as well as a very annoying Hero ability.[/quote]

[quote=drakon136]I figured Warlock was just above Druid myself, but I'm pretty low-level so I wouldn't know for sure.[/quote]