The general gameplan of Battlegrounds keeps changing as the metagame evolves.
Currently, minions like the ones you are showing here are only useful to keep you alive until you find a minion that defines a strategy, then build around that. You should not be wasting gold to buff them, unless the buff minion happens to be the best to fill your board.
If you happen to pick up a pair on your way to tier4, you can keep it in hope of getting a triple, as long as it is not too weak. However you should not be rolling for triples unless the rest of your comp is perfect and there's nothing you would replace.
Once you find a minion like Mama Bear, Lil' Rag, Kalecgos etc, you can start replacing those generic minions with ones that fit that one card. That is how you get to the late game consistently.
this was posted well before the patch. i am aware of general strategy, but the game seems to lean more and more towards highrolling.
The general gameplan of Battlegrounds keeps changing as the metagame evolves.
Currently, minions like the ones you are showing here are only useful to keep you alive until you find a minion that defines a strategy, then build around that. You should not be wasting gold to buff them, unless the buff minion happens to be the best to fill your board.
If you happen to pick up a pair on your way to tier4, you can keep it in hope of getting a triple, as long as it is not too weak. However you should not be rolling for triples unless the rest of your comp is perfect and there's nothing you would replace.
Once you find a minion like Mama Bear, Lil' Rag, Kalecgos etc, you can start replacing those generic minions with ones that fit that one card. That is how you get to the late game consistently.
Try again. I’m not a great player, but I made it through both runs with only a single loss. (Leona vs. A-Sol. And contrary to what the article says, there is an option to continue your run after you lose.)
Because both sides get extra resources and a broken ability, it’s easy for either side to become unstoppable with a lucky open. But in the long run, you can play better than the AI does. In my Diana vs. A-Sol match, I was able to keep regenerating mana and kept the AI from ever sticking a minion.
Thanks for your advice. I already play Slay the Spire. This is the first thing I tried to find. Now I want to find a good CCG to play with my wife. Maybe later, someone else will join us. I think that we'll going take MTG, but I don't know which set to take so that we could play immediately. If I take two Plainwalker decks, then we'll have all things to play or also need to take starter or basic set? I didn't understand that.
You could look at a starter set, which comes with 2 pre-built decks. Seems to be a pretty good deal for newcomers. Here's a link.
If you're open to a digital CCG, there's Mythgard. The game has a few decks you can play from the get-go submitted by the community (there's two of them that rotate each week), and the game also has a 2v2 mode (though queue time were pretty long last I tried it).
Same here as OP, I quit too. Blizz cannot correct HS it's too messed up. The only way would be to be start over and release HS 2. Not holding my breath for this though but I am still checking the HS websites for any meaningful changes that could bring me to play again.
If you want a game with a similar gameplay loop to Hearthstone with none of the RNG BS and a fair monetisation, come play Mythgard.
Same here as OP, I quit too. Blizz cannot correct HS it's too messed up. The only way would be to be start over and release HS 2. Not holding my breath for this though but I am still checking the HS websites for any meaningful changes that could bring me to play again.
If you still want to play a card game, pick up Legends of Runeterra. You'll have a competitive deck in a week or less, and can find out if you like it within two weeks.
I'm a little over 4 months in, never spent money on cards, and have almost literally every card in the game already.
Thanks for your advice. I already play Slay the Spire. This is the first thing I tried to find. Now I want to find a good CCG to play with my wife. Maybe later, someone else will join us. I think that we'll going take MTG, but I don't know which set to take so that we could play immediately. If I take two Plainwalker decks, then we'll have all things to play or also need to take starter or basic set? I didn't understand that.
Update: I asked them about release time on twitter and they answered that they're plan is to start beta testing in the following weeks. They hope we'll participate and help them create a great game. :-)
Yes, KANSAS is right, it is Cruel Dinomancer. Well done, I'm looking forward to your riddle!
I don't think Expired Merchant needed to be mentioned, you got it anyway. The lines were referring to the flavor text, the infinite combo and Spiritsinger Umbra ("aunty").
It seems that i will gain more free stuff in one week of playing Runeterra than the amount of free stuff i got from HS in about three and a half years.
I am just over 4 months of playing Legends of Runeterra. My collection is almost literally complete. And I have enough resources to complete it, if I wanted to. I just don't value the 25 copies I don't have yet (yes, 25 missing copies across all of the cards in the entire game, at 3x each).
I was never even remotely close to a complete collection in Hearthstone after playing it for 2+ years and spending money on it. In LoR I have an essentially complete collection without spending any money on cards at all. I actually did spend some money, but it was for cosmetics during a special event.
Add to this the fact that LoR also has better gameplay - it's kinda stunning that HS is still alive, honestly.
Edit - total side note about the artwork. If you right-click on any unit card, so it gets bigger, you will see a little eyeball icon under the card. Click that eyeball, and you will get a view of the full card artwork. Click again, and the text will disappear, giving you a complete, full image of that unit's art. And man, there is some really great card art in this game!
The game has some really cool level up animations for each champion and for some of their spells.
It isn't as complicated as i thought it would be but i'm still getting used to the whole blocking thing. HS was the first competitive card game i played so i got used to playing blockers (taunts) during my turn and praying that my opponent has no way of getting through them. It adds another layer of complexity because i need to determine which units to sacrifice, if i should block or just let damage get through to protect valuable units and i need to consider spells as well.
I don't know if the basic free decks are good enough for the PvP experience though.
The quality of animations and the amount of unique interactions between cards are amazing indeed.
You've already identified the deceptive simplicity of blocking: you definitely shouldn't aim to prevent all damage to your Nexus at the cost of your own board (=win condition). Another similar decision-making point is the timing of your attack: before you play anything to save room for spells or play more units and attack with full force (I'm personally bit of a sucker for insta-attacks). I love both aspects a lot.
I'm afraid the started decks (without any modifications at all) won't make it too far. Almost every deck is capable of winning games if played correctly but the power level of starters isn't the highest.
What is going to be a big factor is the variety of decks (a good balance between aggro, midrange, combo and control) and predictability of matchs. The excessive RNG in HS pisses me off a lot but it's also the thing that hooked me to the game in the first place since i really like games with random generation (mostly roguelikes/rogue-lites but games like Terraria as well).
All four strategies have viable decks in the current meta. Riot also constantly balances the cards to fix issues if there's any. There are some cards that have RNG in them but at least in my opinion the biggest RNG factor is the one that is inherent in all card games: drawing. If two decks have an equally good luck in that aspect, you can usually predict the winner of the match (assuming that both players also pilot the matchup correctly). Targon's Invoke Celestials are probably the biggest random generation aspect of the game currently.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Ouch, that was fast. Yes, it's The Boogeymonster.
Does anybody have any tips for writing good riddles? Mine are usually guessed pretty quickly.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
The Boogeymonster?
What You Need to Know about the New Runeterra Lab, Journey to the Peak
Thank you for this, it helped me clear it after a few tries!
Legends of Runeterra's Next Expansion, Monuments of Power, Arrives October 14
Here's hoping Shyvana is in the next group :)
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
A hidden monster, almost never seen
He likes to make small children scream
Eating people left and right
But although he looks it, he isn't much of a fright
Book of Heroes Datamined - The Hunter Adventures of Rexxar (Bosses, Decks, Voicelines)
Finally a Rexxar with an axe instead of a Bow.
A Wild Hearthstone Weekend Featuring Elemental Mage, Fatigue Warrior, Deathrattle Priest, and More!
I’d imagine it’s because the deck can cycle fast enough to activate it
Looking for help - extremely stuck at 6k
this was posted well before the patch. i am aware of general strategy, but the game seems to lean more and more towards highrolling.
A Wild Hearthstone Weekend Featuring Elemental Mage, Fatigue Warrior, Deathrattle Priest, and More!
Why is Zephrys the Great in a deck filled with duplicates?
Looking for help - extremely stuck at 6k
The general gameplan of Battlegrounds keeps changing as the metagame evolves.
Currently, minions like the ones you are showing here are only useful to keep you alive until you find a minion that defines a strategy, then build around that. You should not be wasting gold to buff them, unless the buff minion happens to be the best to fill your board.
If you happen to pick up a pair on your way to tier4, you can keep it in hope of getting a triple, as long as it is not too weak. However you should not be rolling for triples unless the rest of your comp is perfect and there's nothing you would replace.
Once you find a minion like Mama Bear, Lil' Rag, Kalecgos etc, you can start replacing those generic minions with ones that fit that one card. That is how you get to the late game consistently.
What You Need to Know about the New Runeterra Lab, Journey to the Peak
Try again. I’m not a great player, but I made it through both runs with only a single loss. (Leona vs. A-Sol. And contrary to what the article says, there is an option to continue your run after you lose.)
Because both sides get extra resources and a broken ability, it’s easy for either side to become unstoppable with a lucky open. But in the long run, you can play better than the AI does. In my Diana vs. A-Sol match, I was able to keep regenerating mana and kept the AI from ever sticking a minion.
CCG IRL
Is it available to play Mythgard offline with other people? Cause I can't play online games if you don't read it.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PENGUIN? - Top 100 EU Legend
Just read an article about that archetype which stated that Savage Roar is a key card. Did you try that out? Might be great with Gidra.
Lots of little disconnects?
I'm having similar Issues. Delays, random Disconnections and Matches not loading.
Quest Trading - Play A Friend!
DONE THX
CCG IRL
You could look at a starter set, which comes with 2 pre-built decks. Seems to be a pretty good deal for newcomers. Here's a link.
If you're open to a digital CCG, there's Mythgard. The game has a few decks you can play from the get-go submitted by the community (there's two of them that rotate each week), and the game also has a 2v2 mode (though queue time were pretty long last I tried it).
I'm quitting Hearthstone (again, but for real this time)
If you want a game with a similar gameplay loop to Hearthstone with none of the RNG BS and a fair monetisation, come play Mythgard.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Only for those who maybe don't know this combo.
I'm quitting Hearthstone (again, but for real this time)
If you still want to play a card game, pick up Legends of Runeterra. You'll have a competitive deck in a week or less, and can find out if you like it within two weeks.
I'm a little over 4 months in, never spent money on cards, and have almost literally every card in the game already.
CCG IRL
Thanks for your advice. I already play Slay the Spire. This is the first thing I tried to find. Now I want to find a good CCG to play with my wife. Maybe later, someone else will join us. I think that we'll going take MTG, but I don't know which set to take so that we could play immediately. If I take two Plainwalker decks, then we'll have all things to play or also need to take starter or basic set? I didn't understand that.
Upcoming CCG - Rise of the Overlords
Update: I asked them about release time on twitter and they answered that they're plan is to start beta testing in the following weeks. They hope we'll participate and help them create a great game. :-)
CCG IRL
There's a Dragon Ball card game?! Oh. My. God.
[Game] Card Treasure Hunt (The Resurrection Attempt)
Yes, KANSAS is right, it is Cruel Dinomancer. Well done, I'm looking forward to your riddle!
I don't think Expired Merchant needed to be mentioned, you got it anyway. The lines were referring to the flavor text, the infinite combo and Spiritsinger Umbra ("aunty").
I finally decided to test Runeterra
I am just over 4 months of playing Legends of Runeterra. My collection is almost literally complete. And I have enough resources to complete it, if I wanted to. I just don't value the 25 copies I don't have yet (yes, 25 missing copies across all of the cards in the entire game, at 3x each).
I was never even remotely close to a complete collection in Hearthstone after playing it for 2+ years and spending money on it. In LoR I have an essentially complete collection without spending any money on cards at all. I actually did spend some money, but it was for cosmetics during a special event.
Add to this the fact that LoR also has better gameplay - it's kinda stunning that HS is still alive, honestly.
Edit - total side note about the artwork. If you right-click on any unit card, so it gets bigger, you will see a little eyeball icon under the card. Click that eyeball, and you will get a view of the full card artwork. Click again, and the text will disappear, giving you a complete, full image of that unit's art. And man, there is some really great card art in this game!
I finally decided to test Runeterra
First of all, welcome to Runeterra!
The quality of animations and the amount of unique interactions between cards are amazing indeed.
You've already identified the deceptive simplicity of blocking: you definitely shouldn't aim to prevent all damage to your Nexus at the cost of your own board (=win condition). Another similar decision-making point is the timing of your attack: before you play anything to save room for spells or play more units and attack with full force (I'm personally bit of a sucker for insta-attacks). I love both aspects a lot.
I'm afraid the started decks (without any modifications at all) won't make it too far. Almost every deck is capable of winning games if played correctly but the power level of starters isn't the highest.
All four strategies have viable decks in the current meta. Riot also constantly balances the cards to fix issues if there's any. There are some cards that have RNG in them but at least in my opinion the biggest RNG factor is the one that is inherent in all card games: drawing. If two decks have an equally good luck in that aspect, you can usually predict the winner of the match (assuming that both players also pilot the matchup correctly). Targon's Invoke Celestials are probably the biggest random generation aspect of the game currently.