So this just happened
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Needless to say I won that one 
mana, coin mirror image. I didnât draw frost bolt until way later.
Blindknagg, maybe he missed? lol
His other target was a 2/2 argent protector.
Going to attempt arena for the first time tonight. Any general tips so I donât fall flat on my face immediately?
For a short and sweet tier list try this one
If youâre interested he goes into detail on most every card at the bottom of the article.
Thanks. I actually have that site bookmarked but forgot about it.
Do as much reading as you can on arena. Trumps/antigravitys arena tiers are useful.
Try to have cards that get you an early tempo advantage. Weapons are huge here, as are all potential 2 for 1âs
Good 4/5/6 drop minions will win you way more games than you would think.
Donât trade with an even mana cost or downwards unless not trading would put you in a potentially terrible situation. Go to the face.
Half the arena field is Mage. Itâs okay to get hit by flamestrike if you have cards in hand and your opponentâs board is weak/nonexistent. Sometimes baiting a flamestrike is even the correct play. Minions with mana costs 4+ that live through flamestrike are better than those that donât. Sometimes youâll be in a situation where if they have the strike youâll lose, but if they donât and you try to trade youâll probably lose too. In these situations I go for the face and pray if I think itâs a 50/50 chance they have it.
Creating situations where your minions have 1 health left is very strong in a lot of situations. If your opponent has to choose between dropping a scarlet crusader or hero powering your guy, itâs great for you. From my experience here most players are unable to resist doing this even when simply dropping the minion would put them ahead on board, and can lead to a spiral of inefficient plays where they waste mana each turn or leave themselves more vulnerable to a board wipe.
You will lose games where you do everything right even if your opponent misplays.
You will win games where you make a lot of mistakes.
Worgen Infiltrator is 10x as good as he looks.
Played a priest who had 4 pyromancers⌠in ranked
Well my first arena run is going well. I didnât get any legs/epics, but 5x wrath and 3x swipe is absolutely dominating my control of the board. Sadly, I wonât have time to finish the run until next week.
Thanks for the link and advice again! It really helped me make some good decisions in the draft and in game.
I would also like to add that I am winning games because of terrible decisions my opponents are making.
HOLY FUCK 5x WRATH 3x SWIPE. NOTHING WILL LIVE.
Warrior face rushed me in arena, I managed to stabalize and get him into top deck mode. 1 turn away from lethal
TOP DECKS DEATHWING.
The karma is real this was at 1-0 Iâll probably post a compilation of all the crazy shit that happened at 1-2 wins on my games lately.
*opponent has imp master on turn 3, I got a jungle panther down -> opponent plays knife juggler, mirror images. rip panther. Died from face rush :lol:
Havenât been beat down this consistently in months. *atleast I got out of the 3 win range this time.
That exact situation happened at least twice in my 4 games (vs 2x mage, shaman, druid). They used hero power to take out that 1 hp, enabling me to gain strangling board control on my next turn.
I think my biggest issue is when to go for face and when to trade. Iâm getting bailed out of those decisions by having so much wrath/swipe with my current deck, itâs definitely a crutch.
Broken-ass card incoming:
Really? And itâs a common card on top of that.
All the Lepor Gnomes and Water Elementals y_y
Cairne is going to be extra godlike this coming miini expansion.
HmmâŚI could use that card to my advantage with my discard deck.
Oh my god, there is no reason why I wouldnât run two duplicate in any control deck. Duplicate into Doomsayer for the ultimate safety play, since if they kill your Doomsayer, you can double up the next turn.
Oh lord, Freeze mage is back on the table :@
Iâd duplicate Murlocs just because.