It is extremely dominant on all servers but it's not the weakest class. It was when the list you quote was formed but that's an old list and you can expect liquid to promote hunter at least a couple of places on their next power rank list.
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It is extremely dominant on all servers but it's not the weakest class. It was when the list you quote was formed but that's an old list and you can expect liquid to promote hunter at least a couple of places on their next power rank list.
Man of Honour
Article posted 5th Jan. The UTH change was recent, and has been the reason a majority of the ranked ladder seems to be riding on the hunter wave.
Associate
I use Paladin with Rush/Control, I'm rank 12 now but I think once I hit 10 I will start seeing more Legendary cards played against me.
Soldato
I agree, the article is out of date considering the OTK nature of UTH. It's not the weakest by a mile - it relies on a single trick but it's trick is stupidly strong and short of an argus or two, it's gg. Hell if you help them by flooding the board it can be over even earlier. I've only really had decent success with hyper aggro Rogue (with 2*6M taunts) and flood warlock if the opponent spends his explosive traps early. If people try to fill with freezing traps instead of mis-direct/explosive it's a bit easier but I expect everyone to have these in lower ranks.
Man of Honour
Temped to purchase that 40 pack of booster packs. £34.99 which is like paying for just a regular game (really having fun with HS so I'd pay for this if it wasn't F2P)
Is it a bad decision?
Only thing keeping my finger off the trigger is paying the money, opening all those packs and getting nothing noteworthy, then having buyers remorse. Feel like I need to buy it though as I'm a relatively new beta player and I don't have cards to compete with veterans.
Is it a bad decision?
Only thing keeping my finger off the trigger is paying the money, opening all those packs and getting nothing noteworthy, then having buyers remorse. Feel like I need to buy it though as I'm a relatively new beta player and I don't have cards to compete with veterans.
Associate
If you can afford it I think its perfectly legitimate, especially if you are just starting out with your card pool - the majority of the cards you get will be useful, there won't be many redundant ones.
When you have the majority of the card set its a different proposition, but in the beginning I think its fine.
Associate
UtH is strong against rush decks, less so against control and/or decks that focus on a few strong minions. That said, Shaman and Paladins to an extent kind of suffer...
No sympathy for Paladins though....stupid Truesilver champion!!
No sympathy for Paladins though....stupid Truesilver champion!!
Man of Honour
Sword of Justice is worse, being able to push out 2/2 buggers every turn so early is difficult to handle!
Not if you like the game and can afford it just don't be under the impression £35 is going to put you in a position to compete with 'veterans'. It will take a combo of time and money. £35 is the minimum. It's taken me over 3 months playing everyday and money to get the card collection.
On average you should get 2 Legendary's and 7/8 Epics from a 40 booster but you have to assume they won't be the better ones for the most part unless you get lucky. I've only had 1 Legendary from a 40 before but some have had 3 for example.
Man of Honour
Aha, yeah I'm not a mug. I'm not gonna expect to get to rank 1 on 40 packs. Just hoping to get past the rank 19-20 wall I seem to have hit where I'll win every other game (and lose mainly to expert cards and or legendaries)
Yeah 40 will fill out your Rares nicely and give you some usable epics. I haven't regretted spending money on the game at all. The game just carries on getting more interesting as your collection (and options) increase and once you have a grasp on how the meta evolves to counter itself the deck building becomes very strategic. The higher levels are still diverse enough in classes. They have done a great job with the balancing so far. I ******* love this game 
Soldato
bought 40 decks myself at the weekend, got 2 legendaries in the packs, not sure if they are decent or not?, got a Deathwing and Grommash. Also have the ETC from blizzcon
Was my first time purchasing decks so i only got about 300 dust from any duplicates, sadly i didnt get any of the cards i could really use atm like argus, pyromancer etc.
Ill prob go for another 40 pack at some stage, tbd i kinda enjoyed opening the packs
Most of my time im spending in arena atm as the ranked play really isnt appealing to me, maybe that will change once my skill improves at the moment.
I find that any shortcomings in my game can be compensated by the rng of arena drafts. Playing against people with prebuilt decks just sees me hitting a wall, the same people i have a decent chance of beating in arena.
Was my first time purchasing decks so i only got about 300 dust from any duplicates, sadly i didnt get any of the cards i could really use atm like argus, pyromancer etc.
Ill prob go for another 40 pack at some stage, tbd i kinda enjoyed opening the packs
Most of my time im spending in arena atm as the ranked play really isnt appealing to me, maybe that will change once my skill improves at the moment.
I find that any shortcomings in my game can be compensated by the rng of arena drafts. Playing against people with prebuilt decks just sees me hitting a wall, the same people i have a decent chance of beating in arena.
Soldato
Deathwing is fairly average due to battlecry I'd say but Grommash can be strong (and if you save an inner rage, hurts like hell). You get any good epics? Sometimes these open up different playstyles too like giants decks.
Soldato
not sure whats a good epic really got the following epics from my packs
Aincent of War
Spellbender
Avenging Wrath
Shadowform
Preparation
Patient Assassin
Kidnapper
Barwl
and an epic hungry crab
Aincent of War
Spellbender
Avenging Wrath
Shadowform
Preparation
Patient Assassin
Kidnapper
Barwl
and an epic hungry crab
bought 40 decks myself at the weekend, got 2 legendaries in the packs, not sure if they are decent or not?, got a Deathwing and Grommash. Also have the ETC from blizzcon
Was my first time purchasing decks so i only got about 300 dust from any duplicates, sadly i didnt get any of the cards i could really use atm like argus, pyromancer etc.
Ill prob go for another 40 pack at some stage, tbd i kinda enjoyed opening the packs
Most of my time im spending in arena atm as the ranked play really isnt appealing to me, maybe that will change once my skill improves at the moment.
I find that any shortcomings in my game can be compensated by the rng of arena drafts. Playing against people with prebuilt decks just sees me hitting a wall, the same people i have a decent chance of beating in arena.
Why buy packs then? :| seems a bit weird
and isn't argus only 40 dust to make? I remember crafting mine
Soldato
because the reason why ranked isnt appealing is because i dont have the range of cards required to make competitive decks with arena i can still earn new cards and gold with the rng to hopefully build better decks to succeed in ranked.
BTW for people interested the game is now in open beta in the US so good money is on it being released in europe tomorrow
http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/12440010
http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/
with arena i can still earn new cards and gold with the rng to hopefully build better decks to succeed in ranked.BTW for people interested the game is now in open beta in the US so good money is on it being released in europe tomorrow
http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/12440010
http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/
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Associate
Yeah from what I've seen its US only at this point, still closed in the EU or at least I haven't seen any info saying EU yet.
Soldato
2nd Arena game last night, went 3-3 which is better than my 0-3 first try! ROFL.
R19 in ranked now, trying to get to 15 by the end of the weekend.
R19 in ranked now, trying to get to 15 by the end of the weekend.
Man of Honour
I drafted a truly amazing Rogue deck yesterday in arena. Three SI:7's, two assasinates, three backstabs, two assassins blades, would have been total control.
But JK, I disconnect 3 games in a row and end 0-3. Figure server is having issues so wait a few hours, try arena again, also get Rogue again. Deck not as good this time sadly, but winnable. Winning first game, disconnect. 0-1.
Not sure if it's the beta having issues or just my connection -_-
I wish there was a timer like in SC2 or WC3.
But JK, I disconnect 3 games in a row and end 0-3. Figure server is having issues so wait a few hours, try arena again, also get Rogue again. Deck not as good this time sadly, but winnable. Winning first game, disconnect. 0-1.
Not sure if it's the beta having issues or just my connection -_-
I wish there was a timer like in SC2 or WC3.