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Gavinmad

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I've never gotten 2 Fire Elementals in a Shaman draft. In like ~40 Shaman drafts, 5 of which got to 12 wins, half of which had zero Fire Elementals at all.
How the fuck? Fire elementals are probably the biggest thing that makes Shaman pop in arena.
 

Sithro

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Just started playing again today. Been using the base decks, trying to get them to level up. Cannot beat Malfurion, so I can't unlock him to play Adventure Mode.

Any tips for a guy who barely has anything above level 10?
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The Master

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Just started playing again today. Been using the base decks, trying to get them to level up. Cannot beat Malfurion, so I can't unlock him to play Adventure Mode.

Any tips for a guy who barely has anything above level 10?
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Use the Shaman base deck.

All the heroes are basically weak to certain other heroes. Just play their weakness. Mage beats Shaman. Shaman beats Druid. It is kind of like playing a Megaman, it is easier if you do the levels in the right order because you have the bosses weakness, right? Same deal.
 

Adebisi

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I'm running into a ton of mages lately playing all their secrets. Very annoying for a not-hunter.
 

Vandyn

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I'm pretty impressed with this deck. I was sure the curve was too low to do anything good with it. 4 Truesilvers and 3 Hammers, though. Missing card is an Avenge.
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The problem with Pally in arena is it is so dependent on Consecration and to a lesser extent, Truesilver. If you draw neither (which has happened quite a few times with me), you are going to struggle.
 

Gavinmad

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The problem with Pally in arena is it is so dependent on Consecration and to a lesser extent, Truesilver. If you draw neither (which has happened quite a few times with me), you are going to struggle.
Both of my 12 win pally runs were 0 consecrate. It's not that good a card.
 

Northerner

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I suppose it depends on your playstyle too. I never prioritize consecrates personally but truesilvers generally define how well the deck will do for me.
 

Amzin

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Consecrate in practice isn't as strong in arena as it should be because anyone half decent will try to play around it regardless. So if you have one or two it's as good as having a dozen really.
 

Ravishing

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currently sitting at 6-0 in arena with 1 consecrate but 2 truesilvers and 0 equality. Hopefully can get to 12, only done it 1x so far and it was with warrior, normally I hit a wall at 8-10 wins.
 

Ravishing

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Well this went well. 2nd time getting 12 wins. Only loss was to a Shaman where I had an unbelievably bad starting hand and I could never recover.

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Ravishing

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I think that deck is evidence that you can get to 12 wins with almost anything.
HA! Yea, it seemed like quite a mess but actually had a lot of synergy that just worked very well.
Decent healing + card draw but the main focus was creature buffs.
I could pump out a decent amount of minions for use with Frostwolf & Sword and I had 4 spells to buff attack and also a Stormwind Champ.
I had a lot of games end with a Blessed Champion'd Boulderfist Ogre or Blessed Champion'd Venture Co.
The continuous "buffed" units combined with a heavy dose of end-game minions just overwhelmed everyone.

The only loss was a shaman where I had 0 card draw, 0 heals, and 0 buffs and my starting hand was a 3,5,7 mana curve lol...
 

Gavinmad

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Gotta love having the game locked up against hunter until he hits a fucking 1 in 4 deadly shot on your tirion. fuck this game.
 

Caal

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Gotta love having the game locked up against hunter until he hits a fucking 1 in 4 deadly shot on your tirion. fuck this game.
I understand that you have to try to play around all the different ridiculous game swinging things hunters can do, but time and time again I end up losing to a hunter when I'm sure I'm way ahead. It's too funny finding the hunters who have deadly shot in their deck, and it being a soul crushing play.