In something like ~45 arena runs with Shaman, half of my decks have had zero Fire Elementals. The Shaman decks you run into at 6+ wins usually have more than one, that part is true, but they are already way ahead on win rate.
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Vandyn
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I just think it's incredibly random. I think I've done at least 6 arena drafts now where I haven't gotten one legendary. In fact out of those six there's probably only been 2-3 where I got an epic. I think the RNG pisses me off more when it comes to things like mulligan and initial card draw. Where I can mulligan a card and I shit you not 50% of the time I get that same card right back in turn one.Alright, Hearthstone has officially beaten me.
Call me when draft rarities are normalized.
Sir Funk
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The problem is exactly that it is incredibly random. There needs to be some massaging and tuning SOMEWHERE. At this point in the game, arena is just too random and annoying most of the time and constructed suffers from too small of a card pool to have enough diversity to make it fun.
My latest draft gave me the option for 8 Flametongue Totems. I chose 4 of them because I was forced to and then chose 6 of them because Fuck It. It's pretty funny and effective so far...
My latest draft gave me the option for 8 Flametongue Totems. I chose 4 of them because I was forced to and then chose 6 of them because Fuck It. It's pretty funny and effective so far...
Ravishing
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I was really happy with this draft... and Im really really sad I only went 4-3 with it. I expected great things here. So much synergy with all the cards. Lost to 2 shaman and a paladin. Basically lost whenever I couldnt draw any early game cards, even with a full mulligan and still getting stuck with a hand full of 4-5 mana cards. Happened all 3 losses. I couldn't wrest back board control due to lack of clears. The games were still VERY close and MAYBE with a couple different decisions on my part I could have turned the losses into wins, but yea... QQ
Mures
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So I guess you lost this game? Did he have heroic/mortal strike and rag hit you or did he have a heal? Unless he had a heal or taunt in hand he is dead. 8 damage from arcanist + ac + hero power, even if he armors up and rag hits your arcanist you'd still have 5 damage for the win.Alright, Hearthstone has officially beaten me.
Call me when draft rarities are normalized.
That deck doesn't look like it has enough 2 drops, as in things that you would play on turn 2. Having 2 Cruel Taskmasters is great, but you would never play it on 2 if your opponent has a minion out with 2+ hp. You need at a minimum 5 things you'd play on 2 to have good odds of drawing somethng after mulligans:Starting Hand Odds: How Many Two-Drops is Enough? | iHearthU.com - Hearthstone News, Articles, Guides Community
Ravishing
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i agree, i mean.. if it was constructed I would definitely have more 2s... arena doesn't always lend itself to having the best options though. I believe I took as many good low mana cards as were available, but I guess there could have been a few alternatives I passed up.. oh well!
You have a lot of strong neutrals that synergize really well with your hero power, you have 2 fire elementals. That is an exceptional draft.
Ravishing
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I just played shaman and never was offered a single fire elemental, no legendary, was never offered any of those good neutrals (juggler/faerie/ooze/bomber/golem)... It was shit all the way around and I went 3-3 to prove it
I was really hoping to load up on some fire elementals but not a single 1. Best I could do was 2 ogres,2 hex, 2 earthshock.. and other random crap
I was really hoping to load up on some fire elementals but not a single 1. Best I could do was 2 ogres,2 hex, 2 earthshock.. and other random crap
Gavinmad
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It's great that you've been lucky lately, but shaman is really a middle of the pack hero in arena. It's not unusual to get 0-1 hexes and fire elementals, and you can't rely on getting that vital lightning storm. The other classes with good sweeps have them as commons instead of rares.
Arbitrary
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I played like a bitch and lost like a bitch.
I do feel better though. The only thing all of my losses have in common is me.
Gilgamel
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That is not a great draft. It's a good one. Two commons is not abnormal, it's pretty much par for the course. It's like getting two swipes. It happens at least half the time. Lightning storm and earth elemental(and I guess Deathwing if you think it's actually good) are the only abnormal pieces. I'm playing at least three bad cards. If you think that is an amazing deck you don't draft a lot. Shaman is just easier to cobble together a good deck with because it has a lot of mass removal, fire eles, and hexes that are all common.
Mures
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Ahhh...yeah, definitely should have went for face when he has card advantage and rag + gorehowl vs your arcanist on the board. You may have still lost, but it definitely gives you your best chance of winning.
LiquidDeath
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So this might be my best draft ever. I even had to take some below-average cards, but it still is working out great so far. Only loss in 11 matches was to a shaman who killed me when I had lethal next turn. I've had several matches where I'm at 12 or less health when I win.
Unshown cards are Abusive Sergeant, Worgen Infiltrator, Equality, Argent Protector, and Bloodsail Raider.
