To use a cliche: keep calm and carry on. There is definitely still time to reach legend this month, but you might benefit from a mental shift to being OK whether you make it there or not, mostly to suppress nerves. Legend will still be around to reach next month anyway.
I don't want my experiences to hijack the thread, but you might find my own story from last Friday reassuring. I, like you, had just reached Diamond 3 for the first time, but I had the major difference that I was there largely by accident: I was only planning on completing the 'IT'S SO FLUFFY' achievement so I had made a deck to get good use out of Prize Plunderer. The deck list is below in case you're interested.
I ended up on a 9-win streak that took me to Diamond 1 3-stars (i.e. 1 win away from Legend), and because my primary goal was to make progress on an achievement I didn't focus too much on whether I was going to reach Legend or not. Of course once I was 1 win away I started taking it seriously and made a few misplays, losing the next 3 games. But I persevered, knowing if I got that far I can definitely make it over the final hurdle as long as I stayed calm, and I think it was about 10 games later I made it.
Importantly, I went from Diamond 5 to Legend in a single evening. Yes, I was very lucky with that win streak, but the point is you can definitely do it in the week left before the season ends. Plus, to reach Diamond 3 in the first place you need a positive win rate, so you know you have it in you to keep going.
Sadly I'm not much help with tips on playing match-ups because I don't really play meta decks (there's a good reason I hadn't reached Legend in 6.7 years of playing this game). Hopefully someone else can help with that side of things.
Great deck! Once I left the LK at 1 hp.. Than I modified the deck a little bit. I put 2 alleycats, a bear trap and a on the hunt because a haven't got Halazzi and rat trap.
Mulligan for a 1 drop beast and the hyena or a 1 drop beast a bear trap than hyena and if the RNGsus is with you you will be fine.
my deck code: AAEBAR8OjQHHA8MI0RTpqwLJ+AKghQOiigPkpAPlpAOfpQOipQOYqQODtgMIpAK1A4cEyQTeBNsJgQrquwIA
If you have the cards this deck works perfectly. I could do it on second try (I missplayed), finished on 5th try
I have almost everything, just missing 1 Psychmelon and U.I., which I replaced with other card draw. In the end it didn't matter because my opponent was AFK the entire game so I could just go through the motions by myself (I'm not sure if a bug meant they were unable to do anything, but the game didn't end like it normally would from a disconnect). It was therefore a hollow victory, but since I have never liked playing combo druid I will take that gladly.
Hi guys, for the first time i reached rank diamond 3 and i'm near legend. But i'm getting nervous, making missplays. Can i still make it or its already too late?
Do you have any tips? Also, i'm playing Pure Paladin, but i get smashed by the new secret mage.
The only solution to this “corrupted” business plan is to give them 1 star in store. It’s the only way that our voices can be heard.
oh wait. It’s happening. the score is now 3.9 on Playstore when I reply this. Internet magic. Do your things.
And you do realize brigading is actually against the EULA in all of the app market places right? You want to leave a 1 star review that's fine. Encouraging others to leave 1 star reviews just to satisfy your own agenda is not.
I don't deny that the rewards track rewards are underwhelming, but my life has many other higher priorities than getting riled up and vitrolic and acting like an entitled brat on reddit over a digital card game.
Because you're a sane human being who has reasonable expectations and not part of the reddit hivemind that is trying to brigade against a gaming software company?
There are many things in life to get upset over. Your gaming hobby that has a poor rewards system is not one of those things.
Just because you don't like the response or level of remediation given, doesn't mean they didn't respond. Hyperbolic statements and meme-spewing/brigading against Blizzard doesn't help the "reddit revolution". In fact, the over-reaction by people and constant meming about blizzard actually detract from the overall message that people are trying to send.
In short it makes the people who are unhappy look like a bunch of whiny entitled babies, instead of people who just want good value for their time and/or money.
I have a few cards already made that fit for this competition. Here are two of them:
High Justice Grimstone helps you tutor your old gods, or whatever other legendary you want. Expert Tracker is a sort of mini-The Curator. It gives shaman some much needed draw, without giving them a whole lot of card advantage. It doesn't really fit the theme or have much synergy with the old gods, but I think it is a pretty cool card.
Have you tried playing Wild? I think the kind of deck you're looking for can be found there. As far as I'm aware, most control decks are highlander decks, so if you like playing those, you should be good to go. Highlander Priest can't really be called control anymore as it can already pull off it's game winning combo by turn 9. Highlander Mage needs 1 or 2 more cards like Volcanic Potion to truly be able to compete against the most agressive decks like Token Druid, but has a fair chance against the faster midrange decks assuming you teched accordingly.
And then there is Renolock. It wasn't very populair before Darkmoon Faire, but it was good place actually. It has enough early board clears and taunts to counter aggro, enough value to go late game and enough flexible deck slots to tech against the flavor of week. This list below is one I enjoyed playing a lot before Darkmoon Faire arrived, but I wouldn't surprised is something similar can still compete. I had an around 50% percent winrate with it in legend.
And if you don't like playing Highlander, I guess there's always Big Priest you can try, or Dead Man's Hand Warrior, Odd Warrior, or Cubelock. At least more options than in Standard. That's for sure.
Firstly, can't really see the argument where control decks are shunned because its inherently designed as a mobile game, where its audience have the attention span of a puppy on coke. Its the same flawed argument that aggro decks requires neither skill nor thought. If anything, aggro decks are even harder to play on mobile, since there's just more stuff to click on. An average control deck, in the same vein as control warrior, plays 1-2 cards per turn or just hero power. It is in fact even less skill testing for control when going up against an aggro deck, since there's really just very little you can do in the first few turns.
Now, let's tackle the meaty issue of why aggro decks are currently on the top, if it really is just too good, and if there's any other slower decks around;
- As have been highlighted by meisterz39, its still too early to judge the meta because aggro decks tend to be easier to build, more consistent, and most players are currently playing unoptimized builds, mostly trying out the 4 old gods in all varieties and shapes. Its still only week 2 after all. If we look at the Scholomance meta, week 1-2 are mostly filled with stealth rogues, weapon rogues, pure pally and face hunter. The meta ended with soul dhunter and libram pally on top, with highlander hunter, galakrond rogue, and bomb warrior on its heels; nearly all of them midrange/control decks.
- If you've been watching the pros in tournaments in the previous meta, none of the top players opted for aggro decks. And the reasoning is simple; its too predictable. Played at high level, we see secret rogue and control spell priest on the list, with only a small amount of highlander hunters in the mix. I won't be too surprised if none of the current aggro decks (bar highlander hunter) survive past the 6th week in this meta, as far as high legend is concerned
- There are slower decks around. I'm still playing my old scholomance control spell priest with only a small amount of darkmoon cards and I'm doing better than would be suggested by the stats (priest is currently at bottom tier of the list). I might experiment further with cthun later. But bottom line is that you can still play slower decks provided you build your deck to face up aggro decks.
Modified version for [Hearthstone Card (Thrall's Fury) Not Found]:
Changed the art & name & watermark to make it fits to the Festival part of MDF and Deleted the overload. This will give the minion you draw with that card a greenish light around it to tell you this card can trigger its battlecry twice.
Feels somehow OP now, probably change it to 3 mana or give it "overload:(1)"? And about the name, probably "Come And Play!" or something like that will be more flavorable? Hoping to hear more feedbacks.
Darkmoon Duel-fest is Today! Tune in to Blizzard's First Duels Tournament With a $200,000 Prize Pool
I used to love watching these events, even without Drops. After all of this uproar I´m not feeling that way anymore :(
Any tips to fulfill the C`Thun achievement?
Since the Launch, I've been hunting this achievement too.
I have no other tips other than keep playing and get lucky.
One day, you'll come across a priest match-up that won't concede before you drop down C'thun. Just like I did yesterday.
Standard Ladder - Legend. Control C'thun Warrior vs Resurrect Priest.
Quest Control
Looks like fun but had no luck - 1 victory, 4 defeats (in which I never got plot twist in hand).
Darkmoon Duel-fest is Today! Tune in to Blizzard's First Duels Tournament With a $200,000 Prize Pool
curious to see how are they gonna handle live chat
Legend help
To use a cliche: keep calm and carry on. There is definitely still time to reach legend this month, but you might benefit from a mental shift to being OK whether you make it there or not, mostly to suppress nerves. Legend will still be around to reach next month anyway.
I don't want my experiences to hijack the thread, but you might find my own story from last Friday reassuring. I, like you, had just reached Diamond 3 for the first time, but I had the major difference that I was there largely by accident: I was only planning on completing the 'IT'S SO FLUFFY' achievement so I had made a deck to get good use out of Prize Plunderer. The deck list is below in case you're interested.
I ended up on a 9-win streak that took me to Diamond 1 3-stars (i.e. 1 win away from Legend), and because my primary goal was to make progress on an achievement I didn't focus too much on whether I was going to reach Legend or not. Of course once I was 1 win away I started taking it seriously and made a few misplays, losing the next 3 games. But I persevered, knowing if I got that far I can definitely make it over the final hurdle as long as I stayed calm, and I think it was about 10 games later I made it.
Importantly, I went from Diamond 5 to Legend in a single evening. Yes, I was very lucky with that win streak, but the point is you can definitely do it in the week left before the season ends. Plus, to reach Diamond 3 in the first place you need a positive win rate, so you know you have it in you to keep going.
Sadly I'm not much help with tips on playing match-ups because I don't really play meta decks (there's a good reason I hadn't reached Legend in 6.7 years of playing this game). Hopefully someone else can help with that side of things.
Good luck!
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My deck:
Wild · Galakrond Rogue · by AngryShuckie · 5 years, 10 months ago
Runeterra 1.15 Patch Arrives This Week - Player Profiles, Snow-themed Cosmetics, Seasonal Tournaments, Turn Timer Updates
Very nice features.
Is control dying? Serious question...
It was and it was awful. I much prefer getting rolled over in 5 minutes than waiting 35 knowing you are going to lose.
Compensation Coming For Continued Issues With Hearthstone's New Weekly and Daily Quests
At least they have good stats for the cost
Is control dying? Serious question...
Last year, control warrior was absolute dominating
Kill Lich King w/Hunter
Great deck! Once I left the LK at 1 hp.. Than I modified the deck a little bit. I put 2 alleycats, a bear trap and a on the hunt because a haven't got Halazzi and rat trap.
Mulligan for a 1 drop beast and the hyena or a 1 drop beast a bear trap than hyena and if the RNGsus is with you you will be fine.
my deck code: AAEBAR8OjQHHA8MI0RTpqwLJ+AKghQOiigPkpAPlpAOfpQOipQOYqQODtgMIpAK1A4cEyQTeBNsJgQrquwIA
Thanks for this guide GoddammitDontShootMe!
Any tips to fulfill the C`Thun achievement?
I have almost everything, just missing 1 Psychmelon and U.I., which I replaced with other card draw. In the end it didn't matter because my opponent was AFK the entire game so I could just go through the motions by myself (I'm not sure if a bug meant they were unable to do anything, but the game didn't end like it normally would from a disconnect). It was therefore a hollow victory, but since I have never liked playing combo druid I will take that gladly.
Legend help
Hi guys, for the first time i reached rank diamond 3 and i'm near legend. But i'm getting nervous, making missplays. Can i still make it or its already too late?
Do you have any tips? Also, i'm playing Pure Paladin, but i get smashed by the new secret mage.
Dude Paladin!
I go to legend with this deck?
Compensation Coming For Continued Issues With Hearthstone's New Weekly and Daily Quests
And you do realize brigading is actually against the EULA in all of the app market places right? You want to leave a 1 star review that's fine. Encouraging others to leave 1 star reviews just to satisfy your own agenda is not.
I don't deny that the rewards track rewards are underwhelming, but my life has many other higher priorities than getting riled up and vitrolic and acting like an entitled brat on reddit over a digital card game.
Compensation Coming For Continued Issues With Hearthstone's New Weekly and Daily Quests
Because you're a sane human being who has reasonable expectations and not part of the reddit hivemind that is trying to brigade against a gaming software company?
There are many things in life to get upset over. Your gaming hobby that has a poor rewards system is not one of those things.
Compensation Coming For Continued Issues With Hearthstone's New Weekly and Daily Quests
I understand people are frustrated but they did respond:
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/hearthstone/t/rewards-track-update/45441
Just because you don't like the response or level of remediation given, doesn't mean they didn't respond. Hyperbolic statements and meme-spewing/brigading against Blizzard doesn't help the "reddit revolution". In fact, the over-reaction by people and constant meming about blizzard actually detract from the overall message that people are trying to send.
In short it makes the people who are unhappy look like a bunch of whiny entitled babies, instead of people who just want good value for their time and/or money.
Top Wild Hearthstone Decks From Week 1 of the Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
Woah, you're totally right. My mistake.
Quest Big Spell
Crystology makes the berserker better than Shotbot.
Achievement Tips/Strategies Sharing
A tip for Not So Lonely, you can play the outcast cards whether they activate the effect or not.
Grim Tutor - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
I have a few cards already made that fit for this competition. Here are two of them:
High Justice Grimstone helps you tutor your old gods, or whatever other legendary you want. Expert Tracker is a sort of mini-The Curator. It gives shaman some much needed draw, without giving them a whole lot of card advantage. It doesn't really fit the theme or have much synergy with the old gods, but I think it is a pretty cool card.
Any tips to fulfill the C`Thun achievement?
If you have the cards this deck works perfectly. I could do it on second try (I missplayed), finished on 5th try
Is control dying? Serious question...
Have you tried playing Wild? I think the kind of deck you're looking for can be found there. As far as I'm aware, most control decks are highlander decks, so if you like playing those, you should be good to go. Highlander Priest can't really be called control anymore as it can already pull off it's game winning combo by turn 9. Highlander Mage needs 1 or 2 more cards like Volcanic Potion to truly be able to compete against the most agressive decks like Token Druid, but has a fair chance against the faster midrange decks assuming you teched accordingly.
And then there is Renolock. It wasn't very populair before Darkmoon Faire, but it was good place actually. It has enough early board clears and taunts to counter aggro, enough value to go late game and enough flexible deck slots to tech against the flavor of week. This list below is one I enjoyed playing a lot before Darkmoon Faire arrived, but I wouldn't surprised is something similar can still compete. I had an around 50% percent winrate with it in legend.
Wild · Highlander Warlock · by Tumbleweedovski · 5 years, 10 months ago
And if you don't like playing Highlander, I guess there's always Big Priest you can try, or Dead Man's Hand Warrior, Odd Warrior, or Cubelock. At least more options than in Standard. That's for sure.
Is control dying? Serious question...
Firstly, can't really see the argument where control decks are shunned because its inherently designed as a mobile game, where its audience have the attention span of a puppy on coke. Its the same flawed argument that aggro decks requires neither skill nor thought. If anything, aggro decks are even harder to play on mobile, since there's just more stuff to click on. An average control deck, in the same vein as control warrior, plays 1-2 cards per turn or just hero power. It is in fact even less skill testing for control when going up against an aggro deck, since there's really just very little you can do in the first few turns.
Now, let's tackle the meaty issue of why aggro decks are currently on the top, if it really is just too good, and if there's any other slower decks around;
- As have been highlighted by meisterz39, its still too early to judge the meta because aggro decks tend to be easier to build, more consistent, and most players are currently playing unoptimized builds, mostly trying out the 4 old gods in all varieties and shapes. Its still only week 2 after all. If we look at the Scholomance meta, week 1-2 are mostly filled with stealth rogues, weapon rogues, pure pally and face hunter. The meta ended with soul dhunter and libram pally on top, with highlander hunter, galakrond rogue, and bomb warrior on its heels; nearly all of them midrange/control decks.
- If you've been watching the pros in tournaments in the previous meta, none of the top players opted for aggro decks. And the reasoning is simple; its too predictable. Played at high level, we see secret rogue and control spell priest on the list, with only a small amount of highlander hunters in the mix. I won't be too surprised if none of the current aggro decks (bar highlander hunter) survive past the 6th week in this meta, as far as high legend is concerned
- There are slower decks around. I'm still playing my old scholomance control spell priest with only a small amount of darkmoon cards and I'm doing better than would be suggested by the stats (priest is currently at bottom tier of the list). I might experiment further with cthun later. But bottom line is that you can still play slower decks provided you build your deck to face up aggro decks.
Are games with a hero in the brawl no longer valid for daily quests?
"Play 3 Games"
Battlegrounds do not count.
Not surprised anymore.
Grim Tutor - Card Design Competition Discussion Thread
Modified version for [Hearthstone Card (Thrall's Fury) Not Found]:
Changed the art & name & watermark to make it fits to the Festival part of MDF and Deleted the overload. This will give the minion you draw with that card a greenish light around it to tell you this card can trigger its battlecry twice.
Feels somehow OP now, probably change it to 3 mana or give it "overload:(1)"? And about the name, probably "Come And Play!" or something like that will be more flavorable? Hoping to hear more feedbacks.
Feedbacks later today.