Hearthstone Arena 4: Practise Makes Perfect

[Gandariel]

Nic Cage-i mean Spectral Knight and Deathwing have my vote.

Also, Foe reaper is pretty good in Arena. I think I'd take it over Geddon, especially in paladin.

[heronbpv]

Just clarifying, Arathi Weaponsmith is the 4-mana 2/2 giva a 2/2 weapon Warrior card, not the 5-mana 4/6.
Also, any more votes would be much appreciated.

[Lethologica]

Just clarifying, Arathi Weaponsmith is the 4-mana 2/2 giva a 2/2 weapon Warrior card

3/3, surely.

[neriractor]

Two knights are better than one.

[Anarion]

Weapon smith. Remember, hit face. Make weapon, hit face, use it up, drop another weapon.

[heronbpv]

@Draft:
And with Anarion's vote, we got a draw. So I decided that face is the place and picked Weaponsmith...

Class: Class: Paladin/Mage/Warrior

Spoiler: Picks; Now with more bold

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01. Grim Patron/Revenge/Arcane Golem
02. Bolster/Thrallmar Farseer/Murloc Tinyfin
03. Ironfur Grizzly/Obsidian Destroyer/Fen Creeper
04. Murloc Tinyfin/Flesheating Ghoul/Burly Rockjaw Trogg
05. Cleave/Tinkertown Technician/Anubisath Sentinel
06. Hungry Dragon/Obisidian Destroyer #2/Ice Rager
07. Inner Rage/Bloodsail Raider/Death's Bite
08. Novice Engineer/Rampage/Mukla's Champion
09. Death's Bite #2/Cogmaster/Silver Hand Knight
10. Screwjank Clunker/Shield Maiden/Commanding Shout
11. North Sea Kraken/Fen Creeper/Earthen Ring Farseer
12. Fiery War Axe/Evil Heckler/Youthful Brewmaster
13. Cleave #2/Dire Wolf Alpha/Flesheating Ghoul
14. Screwjank Clunker/Frothing Berserker/Jeeves
15. Leper Gnome/Youthful Brewmaster/Cleave #3
16. Anubisath Sentinel/Stormwind Champion/Spectral Knight
17. Southsea Deckhand/Hungry Dragon #2/Jeweled Scarab
18. Leper Gnome/Bloodfen Raptor/Gurubashi Berserker
19. Flame Juggler/Pit Fighter/Ogre Brute
20. Sparring Partner/Questing Adventurer/Fencing Coach
21. Bloodfen Raptor #2/Volcaninc Drake/Raging Worgen
22. Stonetusk Boar/Gnomeregan Infantry/Slam
23. Battle Rage/Arcanite Reaper/Nightblade
24. Arcanite Reaper #2/Boulderfist Ogre/Refreshment Vendor
25. Kor'kron Elite/Flying Machine/Loot Hoarder
26. Spectral Knight #2/Murloc Tinyfin/Arathi Weaponsmith

Spoiler: Mana curve

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Current: Shieldbearer/Archmage/Frigid Snowbold

Dear lord...
Archmage?

[Anarion]

Unfortunate, but yeah, go with archmage. It's liable to stick around and do something for a turn, at least.

[Mando Knight]

Snobold has slightly more efficient stats/mana (2/6 for 4 instead of 4/7 for 6), but with your plethora of weapons 4 attack at 6 might be better than 2 attack at 4...

Either way, at least you have a handful of spells that deal damage, so the Spell Damage isn't totally wasted.

[heronbpv]

@Draft:
Archmage it is.

Class: Class: Paladin/Mage/Warrior

Spoiler: Picks; Now with more bold

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01. Grim Patron/Revenge/Arcane Golem
02. Bolster/Thrallmar Farseer/Murloc Tinyfin
03. Ironfur Grizzly/Obsidian Destroyer/Fen Creeper
04. Murloc Tinyfin/Flesheating Ghoul/Burly Rockjaw Trogg
05. Cleave/Tinkertown Technician/Anubisath Sentinel
06. Hungry Dragon/Obisidian Destroyer #2/Ice Rager
07. Inner Rage/Bloodsail Raider/Death's Bite
08. Novice Engineer/Rampage/Mukla's Champion
09. Death's Bite #2/Cogmaster/Silver Hand Knight
10. Screwjank Clunker/Shield Maiden/Commanding Shout
11. North Sea Kraken/Fen Creeper/Earthen Ring Farseer
12. Fiery War Axe/Evil Heckler/Youthful Brewmaster
13. Cleave #2/Dire Wolf Alpha/Flesheating Ghoul
14. Screwjank Clunker/Frothing Berserker/Jeeves
15. Leper Gnome/Youthful Brewmaster/Cleave #3
16. Anubisath Sentinel/Stormwind Champion/Spectral Knight
17. Southsea Deckhand/Hungry Dragon #2/Jeweled Scarab
18. Leper Gnome/Bloodfen Raptor/Gurubashi Berserker
19. Flame Juggler/Pit Fighter/Ogre Brute
20. Sparring Partner/Questing Adventurer/Fencing Coach
21. Bloodfen Raptor #2/Volcaninc Drake/Raging Worgen
22. Stonetusk Boar/Gnomeregan Infantry/Slam
23. Battle Rage/Arcanite Reaper/Nightblade
24. Arcanite Reaper #2/Boulderfist Ogre/Refreshment Vendor
25. Kor'kron Elite/Flying Machine/Loot Hoarder
26. Spectral Knight #2/Murloc Tinyfin/Arathi Weaponsmith
27. Shieldbearer/Archmage/Frigid Snowbold

Spoiler: Mana curve

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Current: Argent Horserider/Murloc Tinyfin/Fossilized Devilsaur

RNGesus is telling me to pick Tinyfin, that's for sure!
Should I be heretic and get a Horserider instead? :p

[PsyBomb]

Bring the Cavalry!

[Lethologica]

i'd rather ride a silver horse
than ride a horse while silver
but you do you, mister 'i have protection from god'

[Mando Knight]

Don't worry love, the Horserider's good.

It's also an extra aggro tool for an aggro deck.

[Hamste]

Foereaper might have been the best pick but deathwing has style.

Any bets on how many wins.

Class: Druid/Mage/Paladin

Spoiler: Deck so far

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1. Aldor Peacekeeper/Secret Keeper/Deathlord
2.Faerie Dragon/stormwind knight/young dragonhawk
3. River Crocolisk/Noble Sacrifice/Archmage
4.Ogre Magi/Frigid Snobold/Murloc Tide Hunter
5. Sacred Trial/Humility/Worgen Infiltrator
6. Murloc Raider/Chillwind Yeti/Shield Bearer
7. Unstable Ghoul/Archmage/Spiteful Smith
8. Silverback Patriarch/Antique Heal Bot/Evil Heckler
9.Kobold Geomancer/Mechwarper/Salty Dog
10. Nerubian Egg/Anyfin can happen/Angry chicken
11. Blackwing Corruptor/Stormwind Champion/Acolyte of pain
12. Frostwolf Grunt/Sacred Trial/Seal of Champions
13. Truesilver Champion/Gorilla Bot A-3/Evil Heckler
14. Shielded Mini-bot/Maiden of the Lake/True Silver Champion
15. Gnomish Inventor/Iron Beak Owl/Nightblade
16. Dragonkin Sorcerer/Chillwind Yeti/Gorilla Bot A-3
17. Competitive Spirit/Ancient Mage/Light's Champion
18. Cult Master/ Gorilla Bot A-3/Blessing of might
19. Consecration/Oasis Snapjaw/Light's Justice
20. Garrison Commander/Junkbot/Bloodknight
21. Magma Rager/Evil Heckler/Worgen Infiltrator
22. Wisp/Frostwolf Warlord/Guardian of Kings
23. Fossilized Devilsaur/Piloted Shredder/Refreshment Vendor
24. Eye for an eye/Gorubashi Berserker/Dancing Swords
25. Razorfen hunter/Blessing of Might/Cog Master
26. Stormwind Knight/Lord of the Arena/Seal of champions
27. Klvadir Raider/Ironfur Grizzly/Archmage
28. Bloodsail Raider/Seal of Light/Ironfur Grizzly
29. Tournament Attendee/Blackwing Tech/Clockwork Gnome
30. Foereaper/Baron Geddon/Deathwing

Soft Removal: 1
Spell power: 1
Weapon Synergy: 1
Taunt: 1
Temporary Buffs: 1
Buff:2
Silence:1
AoE:2
Healing:1

Types:
Mech:3
Dragon:2
Beast:3 (1 coming from a summon)
Pirate:1

Curve
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[Lethologica]

I ROLLED A 4!!!

[Anarion]

Any bets on how many wins.

I think you can get 5 with that setup.

[Hamste]

First game I won using literally every card in my deck. Thankfully, the opponent didn't have an answer to deathwing and I won. 1-0

Second game I went first with an opening hand of Deathwing, Nerubian egg and consecration...Then somehow top decked my way to 6 turn lethal (Involving him breaking the Nerubian for no apparent reason and bloodknight getting a shielded mini-bots shield) 2-0

Third game I beat my opponent with the raider on turn 9. 3-0

Kvaldir Raider single handedly won the game in my the fourth match against a mage. Played it turn 5 on an empty board and it almost died when it became a 10/1. However, I managed to get a reversing switch for a 1/10 and by the end he was a 7/something. I had deathwing in hand as back up if he did solve it. 4-0

Game 5 was just a complete curb stomp with me out tempoing the opposing rogue. 5-0

Game 6 played against a warlock. They had the AoE to deal with my board and a siphon ready for my Deathwing so I lost. 5-1

Game 7 My paladin opponent did nothing playing 2 cards before dying. 6-1

Game 8 I just murdered my mage opponent. I won with deathwing but I had Cult Master in hand and minions on board so I was probably going to win anyways. 7-1

Game 9 Warlock mowed me down with AoE. Four board clears in the deck and eventually he just won (2 of the board clears were kind of mediocre though). 7-2

Game 10 I played vs a paladin. Their cards were simply out classed 8-2

Game 11 Rogue had me right up until I played deathwing with the egg out and they had no answer. 9-2

Game 12 Played against mage. It was a stomping with Guribashi Berserker doing work. 10-2

Game 13 Played against paladin. Was so close to winning but I couldn't deal with stand against darkness and then they played a quarter master. It went downhill from there.

I got 10 wins...so Anarion wins with a guess of 5.

I got a OG pack, 275 gold and and 70 dust.

[Anarion]

Kvaldir Raider single handedly won the game in my the fourth match against a mage.

You're welcome.

I got 10 wins...so Anarion wins with a guess of 5.

I got a OG pack, 275 gold and and 70 dust.

Congrats on a really good one. I think that's our best run in a good while. I am naught but a quiet observer, though, so Lethologica gets the next draft if he wants it.

[neriractor]

could I start a third draft or is the limit two?

[Lethologica]

Three is probably the effective limit. Go for it.

[neriractor]

great, let´s start by picking a class:

hunter/mage/druid

[Lethologica]

speak for the trees
be the lorax of azeroth

[Anarion]

I think Mage has gone down in the rankings with the new set, but I'm interested to see how it does. So, I vote mage.

[Hamste]

I vote mage.

[neriractor]

class:

mage/druid/hunter

1: alarm-o-bot/kirin-tor mage/lil´ exorcist

Spoiler: picks

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[Anarion]

Kirin "I'm the only card that isn't terrible" Tor

[thirsting]

Kirin Tor Mage, Lil'Exorcist just doesn't trigger often enough.

[Gandariel]

I kinda like Lil'Exorcist, actually.

[neriractor]

@draft: that was almost an autopick but I wanted to hear your opinions.

class:

mage/druid/hunter

2: Shatter/Ironforge Rifleman/grotesque dragonhawk

Spoiler: picks

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1: alarm-o-bot/kirin-tor mage/lil´ exorcist

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[Mando Knight]

Grotesque Dragonhawk is 5 dust masquerading as a card, Shatter needs a lot of freeze in order to be reliable, and Ironforge Rifleman is just a reminder that Disciple of C'Thun isn't available in Arena...

I think the Rifleman is the best pick here.

[Anarion]

Hmm, I don't know what the odds are of picking up water elementals anymore (which are the best cards with shatter).

All the cards are awful and we don't know what you need since its second pick.

Shatter: strongest with synergy
Rifleman: least terrible stats
Dragon hawk: best late game top deck.

I agree with rifleman, in the face of the unknown. Random ping can always be useful.