Asmodeus - The Complete Guide For Hearthstone Player 2.0

ASMODEUS | THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR HEARTHSTONE PLAYER
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2015 Dariusz Myczak
THE COMPLETE GUIDE

FOR HEARTHSTONE PLAYER
-by Asmodeus
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Thank you, to everyone who contributes to Hearthstone and the gaming

community. Whether you're a big streamer and content creator or someone
who just helps other players by answering their questions on forums. You are
elevating gaming and e-sports to a higher level. And thank you reader for
picking up this e-book in an attempt to become a better player. I wish you the
best of luck.
- Asmodeus
Table of contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part I Beginner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1. Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2. Building your collection and earning gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3. Crafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4. Game fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
5. Hidden rules and exceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
6. Common mistakes and misconceptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
7. Building your first deck constructed play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8. Basic arena strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
9. Part I - Naxxramas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
9. Part II - Blackrock Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Part II Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
10. Tempo and value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
71
11. Synergy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
12. The correct order of actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
13. Foresight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
14. Finding the hidden play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
15. Tilt and decision-making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
16. Focus and mindset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
17. How to improve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
18. Tracking your results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Part III Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

19. The art of mulligan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
20. Reading and predicting the enemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
21. Deeper understanding of a card game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
22. Similarity to poker using poker resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
23. Calculating probability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
24. Deckbuilding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
25. Adjusting decks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
26. Innovating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Recommended resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Personal coaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
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Introduction
I view playing games at the highest level as a form of art. Players express
themselves through their playstyles and their gameplay paints a picture which is admired
by their fans all over the world. When you reach a high level of proficiency at a game, you
discover a completely new dimension. You can finally play around and still be successful.
You can start meta-gaming and outsmarting your enemies. This is what I most enjoy about
games and that's one of the reasons why I want to help other players get better.
I'm giving this e-book away to anyone who wants to become a better Hearthstone
player than they're currently, with the hope of adding just a little bit to the Hearthstone
community and elevating the average skill level of Hearthstone player-base just by a little
bit.
This e-book is designed to to help players of all levels become better at
Hearthstone. If you're a beginner it will speed up the initial learning curve by a lot. You
will learn how to avoid the most common mistakes and find some decks and advice that
you can follow step by step, right away. If you're an intermediate player you'll learn about
the most important concepts of the game and what is the difference between you and the
best players. More advanced players will find resources and methods of getting small
advantages and finding their strong points to maximize their wins.
Share this e-book with anyone new to Hearthstone to help them get a quick start to
the game without having to learn everything on their own. Remember that everyone in
Hearthstone starts from the same place. Have fun playing, learning and enjoy the rest of
this e-book!
-Asmodeus
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Part I
Beginner
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Chapter 1.
Getting started
"First came the chicken."
When you log in to Hearthstone for the first time, you'll be guided by the innkeeper
through the very basics and after playing a few matches against AI you'll be left on your
own to explore and discover what the game has to offer.
My first advice to you is read everything! It will save you a lot of time,
confusion and effort if you just read everything you encounter. When you see a new card,
take a while to read the text on it. Nobody wants to sit down and learn card descriptions
one by one. This is playtime, not school so spare yourself the effort and get to know every
card as soon as possible, one at a time. Before you know it, you'll be familiar with most
playable cards and ready to explore further.
Leveling and quests

In hearthstone there are 2 types of quests. Daily quests and unique quests which
you can complete only one time. For now we'll focus on the latter.
There are currently 9 playable classes in Hearthstone, each of them offers you a set
of basic cards which you can acquire simply by getting to level 10 with each class. This
should be the first thing you do. Once you complete the tutorial and unlock every class,
you'll be rewarded with 100 gold.
In chapter 7 you'll find decklists for decks that you can make with only basic cards
for each class.
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Next you can jump into practice mode and fight against the expert AI. Beating all of
the expert AI opponents will grant you another 100 gold. Focus on playing 1 class at a
time and become familiar with their cards and hero power. Once you hit lvl 10 with your
first class, you'll be rewarded with a pack of expert cards. Pick another class that you like
and one by one get them to lvl 10. Once you do that, you will unlock all basic cards and
get another 100 gold.
After you defeat every expert AI hero go to the Play mode to be matched against
real players of approximately your skill level. You will get more experience points by
playing against other people than by playing against AI and on top of that for every 3
victories in play mode you will receive 10 gold (maximum 100 per day). Your first game
in this mode will also grant you 1 pack of expert cards and first 3 games, regardless of
the result will give you 100 gold.
Additionally you can also earn a single Expert Pack by playing a game on other
devices, such as iPad (this can be done also through emulators on your computer so you
don't actually have to own the iPad)
This is all the "free" gold you're getting until you hit 100 and then 1000 wins in any
game mode, which will both reward you with an additional 300 gold each. Don't spend it
all on candy!
Read everything
Unlock all basic cards
Complete unique quests for gold
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Chapter 2.
Building your collection and earning gold
"One way or another I'm gonna get ya!"
Unless you're prepared to spend a fortune on card packs, building your collection
will take some time but many people have already proven that you can get access to every
competitive deck while going completely "free to play" on any account.
There are multiple ways of getting cards
All basic cards are earned by leveling each class to lvl 10

Expert packs - 100 gold each rewards you with 5 random expert cards from the
classic set or the appropriate expansion
Arena rewards you will get at minimum a random pack of cards after completing
an arena run
Soulbound cards they're awarded for completing quests and single player
adventures such as Naxxramas and Blackrock Mountain
Crafting cards you can craft all cards, except the soulbound ones
Everything mentioned above can be acquired with real money or the in-game
currency. The best use of your gold at the beginning of your Hearthstone journey is the
Arena entrance fee but in order to get the required 150 gold, you'll have to earn it from
play mode and quests first.
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How to get the most out of daily quests

Every day you'll receive a daily quest for completing which you'll earn either 40,
50, 60, or 100 gold. You can hold up to 3 quests at any given time. The basic strategy of
doing daily quests involves the ability to re-roll one quest per day. By pressing the red "x"
in the top right corner you'll be able to exchange that quest for a new, random one. Quests
that give 60 and 100 gold are more rare and thus you should never try to exchange them.
Always try to re-roll the 40 gold quests and if you get another 40 gold quest that involves
a class which you can avoid playing save it for the next day so that you can try to re-roll it
again in case your next daily quest will be the one with 60 or 100 gold reward, leaving you
with an option to save it and try to exchange the old one.
There is also a single quest which rewards you with an expert pack of cards for
spectating a friend win a game. If you still need cards from those packs it's essentially a
100 gold for a couple minutes of your time, which makes it very worthwhile.
Earning gold from play mode

Play mode often referred to as Constructed - is where you can test your skills with
custom made decks in either casual or ranked matches. For every 3 victories in this mode
you'll get 10 gold and you can repeat that 10 times giving you maximum of 100 each
day. It doesn't matter how many losses you get, you don't have to streak the wins so with
time you can always get your gold this way if you want to.
Gold spending strategy

Spending your hard earned gold. This is where most people fall into the instant
gratification trap. If you follow the advice in the next few paragraphs you can save
yourself a lot of time, that equates to a lot of money, simply by spending your gold
correctly and being patient.
First of all try to avoid buying card packs with gold. Especially in the beginning if
you buy a pack instead of an arena entrance fee, you deny yourself the opportunity to get
lucky but even more importantly, you deny yourself the opportunity to improve at arena.
Why is it so important? Because arena is the fastest way of earning gold and cards in
Hearthstone once you get good at it and the best way to get good at it, is to play it.
This applies mostly to beginners, if you're already a veteran with a bank of 5k gold,
you have my blessing to go on a pack shopping spree!
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An average win rate of 50% which equates to 3 wins in arena, rewards you with
almost the same amount of potential cards as 1,5 expert card packs. Anything extra is
simply a bonus. Arena is strictly more efficient way of spending your gold because you're
getting more value for your currency.
It may seem counter intuitive but waiting for more gold to enter the arena, instead
of buying packs, is going to get you cards much faster in the long run. At first your priority
is just to become more proficient at it but once you can average around 6 wins, with the
help of daily quests you can keep playing arena indefinitely and build a gold bank together
with your collection rapidly increasing in size.
As a beginner you won't get enough wins to play only arena but you can "cheat" it a
little bit by using multiple accounts. By playing on more than 1 server/account you'll get
more than 1 daily quest per day and alternating accounts will let you play more arena's,
since you'll get the 150 gold faster doing quests than grinding 30 wins in constructed. That
way you can get better at it faster and transition to playing only on your main account once
you can keep playing arena there. But it's just an option if you really want to maximize
your time in arena.
If your goal is to only play constructed and you're never planning on getting good at
arena then your options are either buying the packs for 100 gold each or spending real
money and buying as many as you need. Just know that taking the time to learn how to
play arena pays off, because grinding packs through arena can be more than 5 times as fast
as grinding packs through constructed by the same player once you can average about 6
wins. Ultimately it's your choice but those are the options.
If you're interested in more comprehensive analysis of arena vs pack cost check out
this spreadsheet: LINK
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Spending money on Hearthstone

How much you want to support Blizzard is completely up to you. Everything can be
obtained for gold but spending money will speed up the process significantly. Here are my
recommendations for you in regards to spending money on Hearthstone.
1. Naxxramas is currently the best use of your money. You know what you get, you
pay for a single player challenge, which is a lot of fun to complete and the quality
of rewards is very high. Definitely worth buying one way or the other.
2. Blackrock Mountain is second best. There is not as many great cards there but
you're getting guaranteed value and there are still some very strong pieces in it.
3. Arena entrance if you're planning to play this game for more than few weeks,
investing in your ability to become self sustaining arena player is much more
valuable than the short boost of cards, that's why I recommend buying arena over
card packs.
4. Expert card packs If you want the main bulk of important expert cards you're
likely going to have to invest a little bit in those packs.
Before you buy packs make sure you know in advance how many you'll be buying
because getting them in bulk is cheaper and you sometimes you can use a deal with
amazon or other promotions to do your pack shopping all at once and save a little bit of
money or simply get more packs for it.
Try to get 60 and 100 gold quests by re-rolling the 40g ones
Save gold for arena
Get a second account or alternate servers to get faster gold for arenas
Get the adventures before buying card packs
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Chapter 3.
Crafting
"I solemnly swear to uphold the dust and never disenchant a card without thinking"
The Argent Dust Oath
Crafting cards is one of the most rewarding features in Hearthstone. The more
patient you will be, the bigger the rewards and satisfaction. You can craft most cards using
arcane dust which you will get either from arena rewards or disenchanting other cards.
You can disenchant only the cards which you can also craft.
Cards that cannot be crafted include:
Golden promotion cards (such as golden Gelbin Mekkatorque)
Non-golden Naxxramas/Blackrock Mountain (and any future adventure) cards
Cards from the basic set
Soulbound quest rewards
Before you start crafting it's important to understand as much as you can about the
cards and the crafting process itself
He thought disenchanting Hogger was a good idea, until control warriors showed
that Hogger really is super powerful!
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The table below will show you the cost and reward for crafting and disenchanting a
card of each rarity type:
Rarity
Cost of Crafting
Reward for Disenchanting
Regular
Golden
Regular
Golden
Common
40
400
50
Rare
100
800
20
100
Epic
400
1600
100
400
Legendary
1600
3200
400
1600
An exception to these rules is applied whenever Blizzards decides to buff/nerf or

alter how any particular card works in any way. After a patch with these changes goes live
you can disenchant affected cards for full value. That means if you happen to have some
extra pyroblasts and that card is affected by a patch, you will have about 2 weeks from the
time the patch goes live, during which you can disenchant pyroblast and get 400 arcane
dust back because it's an epic card. This is why you can save extra cards and wait with
disenchanting them if you don't need to use the dust right away.
Which legendary to craft first?

This is one of the most commonly asked questions on forums. Earning 1600 dust
takes some time, and it's an important decision because next chance to craft a legendary of
your choice may not happen for some time. There are a couple of factors that go into
crafting legendary cards.
Firstly do you have a main class? If there is a specific class which you enjoy
playing the most, you may want to invest in the class specific legendary. Not all classes
use their legendary card but when in doubt you can use the tier list below to see which of
the cards are worth saving for.
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Class Specific
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Archmage Antonidas
Edwin VanCleef
Grommash Hellscream
Lord Jaraxxus
Mal'Ganis
Tirion Fordring
Al'Akir The Windlord

Cenarius
Dreadscale
Eadric the Pure
Neptulon
Rhonin
Trade Prince Gallywix
Varian Wrynn
Vol'jin
Acidmaw
Anub'arak
Aviana
Bolvar Fordragon
Confessor Paletress
Flame Leviathan
Gahz'rilla
Iron Juggernaut
King Krush
Malorne
Prophet Velen
The Mistcaller
Wilfred Fizzlebang
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Secondly, we have to consider legendary cards that fit in most decks either because
of their versatility or sheer power. I ordered the neutral legendary cards so that you can see
which ones you should consider crafting first, and which ones are not worth it.
Neutral
God Tier
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Dr. Boom
Sylvanas Windrunner
Alexstrasza
Bloodmage Thalanos
Chillmaw
Harrison Jones
Justicar Trueheart
Ragnaros the Firelord
Ysera
Baron Geddon
Cairne Bloodhoof
Eydis Darkbane
Fjola Lightbane
Gormok the Impaler
King Mukla
Leeroy Jenkins
Malygos
Nexus Champion Saraad
Sneed's Old Shredder
The Black Knight
Troggzor the Earthinator
Blingtron 3000
Bolf Ramshield
Deathwing
Foe Reaper 4000
Gazlowe
Hogger
Onyxia
Skycap'n Kragg
Toshley
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Tier IV
Captain Greenskin
Elite Tauren Chieftain
Gelbin Mekkatorque
Gruul
Hemet Nesingwary
Icehowl
Illidan
Lorewalker Cho
Mekgineer Thermaplugg
Millhouse Manastorm
Mimiron's Head
Mogor the Ogre
Nat Pagle
Nozdormu
The Beast
The Skeleton Knight
Tinkmaster Overspark
How ironic that the most powerful of ogres Gruul sees much less play time than
a simple Boulderfist Ogre.
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Crafting decks
In the beginning you'll play around with the basic decks but they can only get you
to a certain point. After that, if you want to progress in constructed ranks you'll have to
build a stronger deck, using additional cards. Until you develop a strong sense of the
game, card interactions and the metagame it's best if you just copy a deck that's tested by
experienced players. Popular streamers and top pro players often keep their decks
available to the public and after every tournament, new decks are released for everyone to
copy and take advantage of the deckbuilding talent and expertise of pro players. You can
also find current, popular decklists on various websites (you'll find links to them at the end
of this e-book). There is often an option to sort the decks by the crafting cost so that you
can find something affordable for yourself. Be very careful when disenchanting cards, it
takes much more dust to craft them than the amount you get from disenchanting and it's a
very inefficient way of getting cards.
At the start it's best to stick with cheap aggro decks because you can craft them
fairly quickly and earning gold in play mode with them is faster. Aggro hunter and "Zoo"
warlock are examples of cheap aggro decks that are capable of reaching legend rank in the
hands of a skilled player.
Consult a list or an experienced player before you disenchant a card

Start crafting with the essential cards for your main deck
Craft cards starting from those which you're the least likely to get otherwise (craft
legendary first, epic second etc.)
Start by copying cheap aggro decks
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Chapter 4.
Game Fundamentals
"Mrrraggglhlhghghlgh"
Basic mechanics and win conditions

In Hearthstone, there are many ways to win the game, but the most basic of them is
winning through board control. This means, prioritizing putting as much power in play as
you safely can, and removing enemy minions from the board to limit his options. By
trading efficiently with enemy minions and using appropriate spells to remove enemy
threats you can create small advantages for yourself every turn, and when the enemy runs
out of answers or simply gets overwhelmed, your minions will easily finish him off.
Playing for board control means that you don't have to worry about your enemy HP
until you can kill him within 1-2 turns. You should focus on removing enemy minions,
even if that means dealing 6 damage to a 3 HP minion. Limiting the options of your enemy
and preventing him from utilizing various buffs is the safest way to the victory.
When you kill an enemy minion with your own, without losing it, you can force the
enemy to use another card in order to deal with your damaged creature. That way you gain
card advantage because he had to spend two cards in order to deal with your one.
The term drop relates to a creature that can be played on it's own for specific
mana cost. For example River Crocolisk is a 2-drop, and Chillwind Yeti is a 4-drop.
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Card advantage and drawing cards

Another way to win the game is to gain a significant card advantage. In later turns
of the game, when you have more mana available, you're able to play multiple cards each
turn and since you're naturally drawing only one card per turn you run the risk of running
out of cards.
Whenever a player is out of cards we call it a topdecking mode. Topdecking refers
to playing a card that you just got from the top of your deck.
Having some card draw mechanics in your deck is very important but too much of
it can mean that you sacrificed a lot of power for the ability to draw. Balancing the amount
of card draw in a deck comes with experience. You can also gain card advantage by
playing bigger minions, which are able to trade for two or more smaller minions played by
the enemy or you can play AOE (Area Of Effect) spells, that deal damage or kill multiple
minions at once, such as Flamestrike.
Alternative ways of winning the game

Other ways of winning the game include winning by having much more tempo than
your enemy. This simply means, that your deck can deal more damage and put more
power in play for the same amount of mana as your enemy has to pay for less damage or
minion stats. Decks that rely on tempo require significantly more draw power to work
properly.
The last method of winning a game which I will mention is winning by fatigue.
There are 2 ways to win by using the fatigue damage. On one hand you can stall the game
for so long, that both you and your enemy draw all 30 cards in your decks and through
preventing damage and healing yourself you can outlast the enemy while you both take the
fatigue damage.
On the other hand, you can force enemy to draw multiple cards with cards such as
Coldlight Oracle or the Naturalize spell, together with opponents draw cards, which he'll
be forced to play because you're filling his hand and he runs the risk of destroying cards
once he has the maximum of 10 that each player can hold. Forcing enemy to overdraw and
prematurely reach fatigue damage while discarding his cards is referred to as milling, and
decks that do this are called mill decks.
The sheer panic of your enemy when you force him to draw and destroy multiple
cards in one turn, makes for some very fun situations!
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Control the board to build up advantage

Trade efficiently with enemy creatures to save yours and gain card advantage
Always be aware of your card advantage or disadvantage
Remove enemy minions to limit his options
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Chapter 5.
Hidden rules and exceptions
"HA HAAAAAA! ...wait, that's not what i had in mind."
In this chapter you will learn about some not-so-obvious rules in Hearthstone. Often
the situation in game gets complicated with multiple trigger effects in play and sometimes
you can get lost in it all. Hearthstone takes the card descriptions very literally (in most
cases molten giant is one of the exceptions).
Why reading is important

For example let's take a look at the warrior epic card Gorehowl the 7/1 weapon.
Text on the card reads:
"Attacking a minion costs 1 Attack instead of 1 Durability."
so you go ahead and smack a couple of enemy minions down in the next two turns and on
the third one, when his board is empty, you hit him in the face. Oh no! Gorehowl
disappeared?! Many players are confused when they encounter this situation at first. Even
though the card text doesn't say that "ONLY attacking a minion costs 1 Attack" that rule is
still implied by the literal meaning of the card description.
This is the case with almost every card and ability in Hearthstone, so by reading carefully
you can avoid many, easily preventable mistakes.
Hidden rules
There are many rules in hearthstone which are not obvious to the new player and at
first it may seem random, or that something didn't work as intended but at this point,
Hearthstone went through so much testing that bug's are incredibly unlikely and there is
probably some hidden rule you might not be aware of. Here are some of the most
important ones:
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1. Deathrattle triggers after the combat happens in the order in which the minions
were played, one by one.
2. Playing a card, or a minion means playing it from your hand. Minions and effects
summoned by other means, do not count as "Played".
3. Battlecries work only when the minion is played from your hand.
4. Destroying a minion for example using Shadow Word: Pain on it, doesn't deal any
damage to the minion, so it doesn't trigger any effects that happen when damage is
dealt.
5. The maximum mana pool you can have is 10 if you're at 10 and want to play a
coin or innervate you have to spend some of your mana first.
6. You can have maximum of 7 minions on board at once, and when the board is full
you cannot play any more.
7. Secrets such as mirror entity are triggered after battlecries occur.
8. Secrets trigger in the order they were played.
9. Destroying divine shield does not count as dealing damage.
10. Spell damage affects every card that is a spell and deals damage, and it affects only
that.
You can find a very comprehensive list of hidden rules in the Advanced Rulebook
page of Hearthstone wiki.
Silence
Silence is one of the most confusing game mechanics for new players. The easiest
way you can look at it, is to think of silence simply as an eraser or a rubber. When you
hover over a minion you can see the description and various buffs or debuffs if they're
present. Silence removes all of that. The only thing that stays is the minion statistics such
as mana cost, attack, health and the minion type (Beast, Dragon etc.)
You can silence enemy buffs, taunts, divine shields, deathrattle and trigger effects
but you can also silence debuffs from your own creatures. Silencing a minion which has
been frozen, will remove the freeze effect and let you attack with it this turn, just make
sure that the minion doesn't have other beneficial effects because silence will remove all of
them. You can even silence minions after a player used Equality to restore their hp or
minions affected by Aldor Peacekeeper to bring back their attack power.
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Polymorph and hex turn minions into completely different creatures, they're not
counted as debuffs and thus you can't silence them to get your original minions back.
Silencing Ragnaros the Firelord will let the owner attack with him like with a
simple 8/8 giant, it can be sometimes used to finish the enemy off by avoiding the random
component of the card.
Card descriptions are simplified but almost always precise with their wording
Try to remember the order in which secrets were played
Remember the order in which minions with deathrattle were played
When silencing a creature remember that all effects are silenced, not only the ones
you want
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Chapter 6.
Common mistakes and misconceptions
"You can do everything with a shield... no, really."
Getting good at anything requires you to make a lot of mistakes. That is to be

expected and you should embrace it. The more mistakes you make, the more ways you
find of how not to do things. Every mistake that you notice is a big step towards becoming
a better player and reaching your goals. With the specific mistakes you'll have to deal
yourself or with personal coaching but right now I'll help you avoid some of the common,
big mistakes that could otherwise set you back if left unchecked.
Creating bad habits

Repeating the same thing for a long time will cause you to develop a habit of doing
it. Your job is to make sure you evaluate the way you play to find any bad habits you
might be creating. A good example of this would be drawing the cards first.
When you're planning out your turn and you decide that it will include drawing a card, you
should draw first in case the new card can help you make a better and more efficient play.
The key is to always act as if that was important, even when it isn't. By drawing first, even
if you hold the best possible answer in your hand, you're reinforcing a good habit and you
eliminate the chance of misplaying when it actually matters.
Draw first, ask questions later!
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Being VERY optimistic

This is a very common mistake and a reason why many players struggle to improve
while being stuck in a plateau. There is nothing wrong with being positive and optimistic,
what I'm talking about is always expecting favourable outcome and not looking at the
bigger picture.
This happens during deck building, drafting arena decks and during the game itself.
People get stuck at the first idea that pops into their head.
Hey man if I pick this Alarm-o Bot I could get like a really big creature or even a
legendary and get it on board for free, that would be crazy! Let's pick it.
That scenario is possible but it's so unlikely that it's absolutely not worth picking a card
like an Alarm-o Bot in arena. You have to look at all the possible options and try to judge
how likely it is that the one you're imagining is going to happen.
This is especially important for the new players who are overestimating combo's
and synergies. Before you gain a lot of experience with these cards and get a firm grasp on
what usually happens, you should try to stay very realistic and go with the choices that
seem the most solid and consistent.
Playing too fast

Even the best of the best are guilty of this sometimes. Rushing and making quick
decisions can only lead to bad things. There is often a hidden and marginally better play to
make and acting too fast may rob you of that opportunity.
The simplicity of Hearthstone is often misleading. It appears very easy and casual
and that's why the difference between the best and average players may sometimes be not
obvious. It's all about increasing your chances. Taking your time each turn ensures that.
Bonus tip: right click on the enemy portrait and squelch him at the start of each
game so that they don't bother you when you're thinking through your turn.
Not looking at the bigger picture and being impatient

This one is a dead giveaway to everyone, that they're dealing with a brand new
player. I'm talking about wasting spells and attacks to hit the enemy face and caring too
much about your own health.
Using weapons and hero powers to attack minions is one of the best ways to gain
card advantage and pull ahead in the game.
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New players often care too much about their health and the enemy health. Once you
learn the most common combinations of burst damage you'll be able to very precisely tell
when you're safe and when you should protect your health pool. Especially in arena, you
can easily go to 15hp while your enemy sits at 30hp and still be in a dominating lead
because of your board presence and card advantage. Don't waste your resources to damage
the enemy hero unless you'll be able to finish him in the next 1 or 2 turns with lethal
damage. Using any spells to damage enemy hero without having lethal in this or the next
turn is almost always a big mistake.
Think about the future turns and try to anticipate what can happen. It's better to use
spells to protect your minions because your minions can hit the enemy face multiple times,
while spells are gone after you cast them.
Lethal refers to having enough damage to kill the enemy hero right away
Trying to reinvent the wheel before learning the basics

This one applies probably the most to constructed play. Creating new decks is fun.
For me it is the most interesting aspect of the entire game but before you can create a deck
that is successful and works against other players, you have to make sure you know the
game itself and current metagame like the back of your hand.
The best way to experience and learn the game is to experiment and I encourage
you to do so, however when you'd like to move up in the ladder and your goal is to win
more, you should take advantage of all the great work that other Hearthstone players have
done for you.
You can always netdeck something that fits your style. Learning to play good decks
and getting to understand how they work is a very valuable experience because you can
see what works and what doesn't, very clearly.
Netdecking is simply copying decks from the internet. Some people look down upon
it, but that's beacuse they've lost to netdecking players too many times!
Always try to make optimal choices to create good habits

Take your time each turn
Hero health is just a resource, don't be afraid to use it
Stick with tried and tested strategy until you fully understand how it works
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Chapter 7.
Building your first deck constructed play
"I may be a novice, but I can still kick your butt!"
At the beginning of your Hearthstone journey, in order to earn your gold from daily
quests and victories in the play mode, you will need some starting decks. On the next page
you'll find a list of decks created entirely out of basic cards which are available to you
once you hit lvl 10 with that class.
Play mode, just like the name suggests should be a playground. Here you can try
things out and get familiar with cards, game mechanics and the flow of the game. Get
comfortable playing against all classes before you move to arena.
These basic decks will help you learn the fundamentals and gain some experience.
You will have an advantage over new players who are just starting and trying to play with
their own decks but it can only take you so far. When you face decks with legendary and
golden cards, don't get discouraged, everyone in Hearthstone was a beginner at first and
had to deal with strong competition. With time you'll develop your skills and your card
collection and you'll be able to take on the best decks in higher ranks.
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Once you get more cards that you'd like to put in your original decks you can
consult the arena tier list to see which cards are better than the ones you were using.
Become familiar with every class in play mode before you go into the Arena
Start with the basic decks from this chapter and upgrade them as you earn cards
Basic decks can take you only so far, but probably much further than you think
Stay positive, everyone in Hearthstone started from the same place
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Chapter 8.
Basic Arena strategy
Some day I'll be just like that popular streamer!

Arena is the true test for how strong your fundamentals are. Over time everyone
gets approximately the same luck during draft phase and the average win rate across many
games will reflect how well you can play the game. Before you jump into the arena make
sure you played the game long enough in constructed to not be surprised by what other
classes can do against you.
The Draft
Drafting is incredibly important in arena. There are many things to consider but the
first choice you'll be faced with is always picking one of three random classes. For
advanced players the strength of every class will be relatively close and classes like Rogue
or Hunter become stronger at the top level. You can perform well with all of them.
For beginners I recommend that you go either with a class that you have the most
experience with or use this simple tier list:
Tier 1:
Rogue
Paladin
Mage
Tier 2:
Shaman
Druid
Hunter
Tier 3:
Priest
Warlock
Warrior
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Drafting your arena deck

After choosing your class, you will be offered a choice between 3 semi random
cards until you create a full deck. When learning to play arena I recommend you consult
an arena tier list until you develop a strong sense for each card so that you can make the
best choice available to you. You will find links to arena tier lists at the end of this chapter.
The rules of drafting a good arena deck

Other than picking the best cards you also have to consider your mana curve. There
are different playstyles and many viable types of mana curve but here are some guidelines
for you:
You should have at least five or six 2-drops (you can count the 1 drops as well)
Good 3-drops are hard to get, when you have a hard choice, lean towards them. You
should have at least four 3-drops
There are some great 4-drops, you can be more picky about them.
Don't pick too many cards that cost 6+ mana, the peak of your mana curve should
be around 4 mana.
Be aware of how many picks you have left
Mana curve is the distribution of your cards mana cost across the deck. For
example - a lot of cheap cards makes for a low mana curve.
Every few picks you should take a look at how many cards you have left and how
your deck looks so far. Try to identify strong and weak points in it so that you can proceed
with the draft accordingly. It is important to have a plan and think about how you will try
to win the game. If your deck consists of many small minions you should get a little more
draw power when given the chance and if your deck seems very top heavy, with multiple
big creatures, you should look to fill your early game holes.
Around pick 15 and even more after 20 you should prioritize a little weaker cards in
order to balance your mana curve. Even legendary cards won't save you if you lose badly
the fight over board control in the first 4 turns.
Removal spells, such as Fireball and Swipe are very versatile, pick a lot of them.
On the other hand, situational removal, for example Shadow Word: Death, can sometimes
be a dead card in your hand. It's very important to have one or two of them but any more
will hurt you more than help.
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Just like with removal, you can consider every card in that sense. Minions and
spells which are versatile and good in every situation should take priority over niche and
situational cards that require special conditions to work well.
Good way to balance your deck is to have just enough draw, just enough removal,
just enough big threats and a lot of ways to win or stay even in the early game (turns 1-4).
The more experience you have playing arena, the easier it will be for you to identify these
thresholds.
Synergy in arena
Synergy and combos are very often overvalued by new players. Whenever you're
trying to build a deck around certain synergies, like Houndmaster or Mad Scientist, you
should look at what you already have in your deck, rather than trying to think about what
you can get in future picks. You can't predict what the draft will give you, that's why you
need to focus on the information that you already know. Look to the future but rely on the
deck that you already have. You can also expect specific mana cost minions more reliably
than spells.
Try to remember or better yet screenshot your decklist or use the deck tracker
before you jump to your first match in arena.
Arena draft tier lists

I recommend you start using Heartharena.com as soon as you can to assist you with
drafing your arena decks. It's developed by some of the best arena players out there. You
can use their tier list, overlay or website to consult on your card choices. It will be most
helpful for the new players and it's only a guideline but it will give you a basic idea about
the strength of each card, without having to play thousands of games and learn it from
your own experience.
Pick your best class

Focus on the highest value cards at the beginning of your draft
Around pick 15 start filling your mana curve
Constantly look at your deck and evaluate it
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Chapter 9.
Part One
Naxxramas
Bring it on Kel'Thuzad!
Curse of Naxxramas is the first adventure mode added to Hearthstone. It consists of

five wings, containing 15 bosses to defeat. Beating each boss rewards you with 2 copies of
a specific new card obtainable only from Naxxramas. Additionally after completing each
wing you will get a specific Naxxramas legendary card. There are also class challenges
with class specific cards as a reward.
You can buy each wing of the adventure for 700 gold or access them by spending
real money. If you're considering paying for anything in Hearthstone, buying the entire
Naxxramas adventure is definitely worth the money. You know beforehand which cards
you're going to get (there are 30 collectible cards to get) and they're used in almost every
competitive deck. It's a lot of fun to experiment and find creative ways of defeating the
bosses, especially in the heroic mode where the challenge becomes significantly harder.
In order to get all the cards you will have to complete the class challenges, which
give you a predetermined deck to fight one of the bosses from regular Naxxramas wings
and you'll have to defeat the bosses themselves in normal mode.
Heroic mode is completely optional and the reward for it is a themed card back. To
get the cards you'll have to beat each boss only in the normal mode. I've created a deck for
each of them to help you get started. I tested every single one of them in the Naxxramas
adventure and beat each boss on the first try (with just a bit of luck of course). The good
news is that you will need only basic cards to build these decks and with expert cards you
can improve them significantly to beat the heroic mode.
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Basic decks for each of the 15 Naxxramas bosses.
The Arachnid Quarter
Anub'Rekhan
Beating this boss should not be a problem.
The fight is very straightforward, just make sure
you're controlling the board, which should be easy
with the card choice of this deck. Play your
minions, kill his minions and once you get enough
of an advantage, squash that nasty bug.
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Grand Widow Faerlina

This deck deals very well with the Grand Widow.
We're playing warlock here, to avoid her hero
power doing too much damage. You can empty
your hand really fast, and as a warlock you will
not run out of card due to the Life Tap hero ability.
The minion choice emphasizes creatures with
more health so that you're guaranteed to have a
board after she launches her missiles. Simply
spend your cards as fast as you can and you will
win by overrunning her.
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Maexxna
Fight against Maexxna is a very interesting
one. There are many ways of beating her but the
easiest one is by using minions with battlecries,
charge and small token minions that will play
around her hero ability. On normal difficulty you
can fairly easily overrun her with low cost
minions and paladin hero power. Once she returns
a minion with battlecry or charge to your hand,
you'll be able to benefit from it again. Flooding
the board with small guys is better than playing
one large minion.
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The Plague Quarter
Noth the Plaguebringer

This boss can be tricky if you're not careful.
Your objective in this challange should be
to keep your minions alive, that's why priest
is the best choice here. You can heal your
minions up and increase their health to
avoid Noth's passive hero ability. Aoe
damage from deathrattles and your holy
nova will be enaugh to deal with his 1/1
skeletons that spawn eventually. Don't panic
when he destroys all your minions just
make sure to draw cards from your cleric
and you can catch up very easily.
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Heigan the Unclean

To defeat Heigan you can use the exact
same deck that you used for Noth the
Plaguebringer. Positioning your minions
correctly is very important in this fight.
Make sure to put creature with the most
health on the left side of your board. If you
manage to buff it with Power Word:Shield
or Divine Spirit you the game should be a
piece of cake from that point. You can
continue to heal the leftmost minion with
your hero power when you can and win
through board control.
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Loatheb
Playing against Loatheb can be very fun.
The finish is always very explosive due to
the spores which buff your creatures. Try to
flood the board as much as you can with
small minions and your hero ability. When
you manage to keep several minions on the
board you can use one of them, or
something like consecration to gain the
attack buff and finish loatheb in 1 turn so
don't worry about his health untill you fill
your side of the board with minions.
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The Military Quarter
Instructor Razuvious
This boss is all about preparation. If you
know what's waiting and you come with
correct deck, you can win without any
problems, otherwise Instructor can destroy
you in just a couple of hits. Make sure to
get your water elementals and oozes early,
they're the key to winning this battle. You
don't need to activate the crystal until after
you take 1 hit from his weapon, feel free to
develop your board by playing the early
minions. Once you can hit him with the
water elemental and prevent his weapon
from obliterating you, it's just a matter of
playing minion after minion and killing him
with them.
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Gothik the Harvester

In order to defeat Gothik you'll need to
utilize the token minions you get from
killing off his creatures. Playing a warlock
allows you to keep up with his hero power
drawing cards. Make sure to save buffs like
Shattered Sun Cleric for the Spectral
minions and once you buff them, use them
to trade with enemy minions to avoid taking
too much damage (but don't worry about
that damage too much, the fight will be over
before it matters).
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The Four Horsemen

The Four Horseman may seem scary but if
you manage to draw Shadow Word: Pain
and save the Acidic Swamp Ooze for later,
you will defeat them decisively. Priest is the
best class to tackle this boss while using
only basic cards. You can draw a lot of
cards and keep yourself alive untill you take
out the 1/7 minions and finish the remaining
Baron Rivendare. You can try to Mind
Vision early to get his Shadow Word:Pain
and make the fight even easier.
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The Construct Quarter
Patchwerk
Patchwerk is a very unique boss. He doesn't
have any cards except his giant hook. Just
like in the Instructor Razuvious encounter,
you will rely on mages ability to freeze,
mirror images and Acidic Swamp Ooze.
Pay attention to his mana costs and plan
your turns accordingly. Flooding the board
with small minions will play around his
hero ability and with this deck you should
have no problem beating him.
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Grobbulus
This hideous fellow will try to AOE your
creatures down, that's why priest is again
the right choice. Your holy nova should deal
with the slimes and echoing oozes, while
your beefy minions endure his hero power
miltiple times. Getting the Gurubashi
Berserker in play is a very quick way to
victory.
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Gluth
Gluth is one of the harder opponents in
Naxxramas. His weapon can become a
problem over time, so try to clear the board
when it's not equiped or when you can play
the Ooze afterwards. Pay attention to the
deathrattles and use them to your
advantage. You can heal yourself by killing
the zombie chow's and clear the board with
unstable ghouls after he uses his hero power
and you buff your minions with Stormwind
Champion.
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Thaddius
This encounter can be very fun and
unpredictable. You can take advantage of
the AOE buff auras from mnions like Raid
Leader and Stormwind Champion, because
your minions will gain stats permanently
after Thaddius uses his hero ability.
Remember when planning your next move
that each turn the health and attack of all
minions will change.
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Frostwyrm Lair
Sapphiron
The encounter with Sapphiron can last a
long time and even take you to fatigue, but
it's only due to Sapphiron freezing your
minions and the limitation of his hero
power that will let only 2 of your minions to
survive each turn. The fight is actually very
easy, it just takes a while to finish the
mighty frost-wyrm.
Try to keep 2 biggest minions that are
available to you on the board, one on each
side of the Frozen Champion. Keep healing
them and killing off Sapphiron's threats.
Once he runs out of cards you can just keep
healing and attack whenever your creatures
are not frozen.
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Kel'Thuzad
Definitely the most challanging boss in all
of Naxxramas (he would like me saying
that). The most important card against KT is
Flamestrike. You can survive a lot of his
Frost Blasts, just try to develop your board
and kill his armor once you'll have at least 7
mana and a flamestrike or Frost Nova
available. He will play a lot of minions at
the same time and you'll have to catch up by
using AOE. If you manage to successfuly
cast at least one flamestrike the final boss
should fall to the onslaught from your
bigger minions.
Whether you use gold or real money, Naxxramas is worth purchasing

You can unlock all cards just by beating the normal mode
Class challenges have their own fixed decks
To beat the normal mode you'll need only basic cards
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Chapter 9.
Part Two
Blackrock Mountain
Blackrock Mountain is the second adventure added to Hearthstone. Just like

Naxxramas, it consists of five wings, but this time you'll face 17 bosses. There are 31 new
cards to earn by defeating each boss in the normal mode and completing the class
challenges.
Again you can buy the wings separetely or purchase the whole adventure. The first
wing has the best rewards but there are great cards in later wings as well. The decks you'll
find below have been tested against all bosses in the normal mode of BRM and again, all
you need are the basic cards earned through advancing each class to level 10.
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Basic decks for each of the 17 BRM bosses.
Blackrock Depths
The Grim Guzzler

The first encounter is an easy one. We're
playing druid for the access to Innervate
and Wild Growth as well as the Ironbark
Protector. Try to mulligan for your spells
and throw the minions away. When you
have the advantage on the board, hit the
enemy face and let him deal with the
minions.
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Dark Iron Arena

In normal mode this is a very
straightforward fight and a very standard
mage deck will do well here. The enemy
doesn't have many early game cards and
you should be able to gain a big advantage
in the first few turns.
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Emperor Thaurissan
We're going to use priest class here to keep
Moira Bronzebeard alive. Control the
board, keep Moira alive and as your board
grows, you'll be able to kill the boss easily.
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Molten Core
Garr
The key to beating Garr is controlling the
turn at which his minions die. You can heal,
buff or damage them to keep their
deathrattle damage in check. Priest works
well here because you can draw the cards
while you heal your or enemy minions and
your Gurubashi Berserkers will stay alive
longer.
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Baron Geddon
The faster you defeat this boss, the easier
the fight. Mulligan for your 1 drop and
remember that you can kill off your own
minions to prevent Living Bomb from
exploding. Plan ahead so that you can
always spend all your mana and rush the
boss down.
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Ragnaros the Firelord

Ragnaros may seem difficult at first but
there is an easy method to beating him.
First, you need to build your board without
killing Majordomo. Leave him at around
18hp, so that he can play molten giants one
by one, and you can answer them with
Shadow Word: Death, your own minions or
Mind Control. After you get a huge board,
swing for the kill and within 1 or 2 turns
Ragnaros will fall.
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Blackrock Spire
Highlord Omokk
Smash! The best way to deal with Highlord
is rushing him down with a lot of small
creatures. His spells and abilities are not
mana efficient when he has to deal with
small minions, and this agressive warlock
deck makes short work of Omokk.
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General Drakkisath
For this boss, we're again stacking our deck
full of huge minions. Try to mulligan for the
Mind Control spell, as it very strong in a
format where you can use only 1 card each
turn. Mind Control allows you to both remove a minion, and put a minion on your
side of the board.
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Rend Blackhand
A basic mage deck does well in this
encounter. Spells like Arcane Explosion
help you against his hero ability and you'll
be able to develop your own board while
dealing with his. Closing the game out
quickly, before he gets a lot of value out of
his hero power, is a good idea.
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Blackwing Lair
Razorgore the Untamed

To beat Razorgore we're using the warrior
class here. Warrior offers an easy way to
clear the early eggs with Fiery War Axe and
Cleave, giving you the time to develop your
board. Slowly trade your minions and build
the advantage to finally start hitting the face
and finish the boss off.
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Vaelstrasz the Corrupt

For this fight, you can use any class you
want, the main rule is to use a lot of cheap
minions and try to rush the boss down. In
this encounter, Vaelstrasz has a lot of
removal, so playing big minions is
ineffective. Don't worry about discarding
cards, the game will be over before it
matters.
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Chromaggus
How fitting that Chromaggus fight is
tedious and takes a lot of time. Trade, heal,
remove his card from your hand. Rinse and
repeat until he runs out of cards and armor
gain. If you didn't make too many mistakes
you should have enough to kill the boss
after he runs out of steam (which takes a
while).
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Lord Victor Nefarius

This encounter is more fun than work, since
you'll get some help from an old friend. The
additional cards you get in this encounter
make the choice of deck pretty much
irrelevant, that's why i recommend standard
basic mage deck. Can't go wrong with that.
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The Hidden Laboratory
Omnotron
If you want to defeat this boss easily, you
should try to use the minions he spawns
with his hero ability, against him. For
example, when he first spawns arcanotron,
you can let him play a couple more
minions, and wipe them all with arcane
explosion. You can hover over his hero
power to see which minion he'll spawn
next.
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Maloriak
Maloriak will start the fight very
aggressively, but don't worry, you will take
over the control of the board soon enough.
You don't need to heal your hero, just keep
playing minions and taking favorable
trades. Eventually one of your high attack
minions will stick to the board and you'll be
able to destroy the boss swiftly.
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Atramedes
Atramedes is going to use a weapon, which
means that he'll lose some hp doing it and
that makes him easy to rush down. Playing
warlock gives us even more chances to
draw Acidic Swamp Ooze. Keep the
weapon in check with special cards you get
and oozes and the encounter should be
short and easy.
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Nefarian
The final boss. This fight consists of 3
stages. Playing mage will give us the option
to freeze onyxias weapon and flamestrike
comes very handy to recover at the
beginning of third phase in this encounter.
Nefarian quickly runs out of cards so just
deal with his threats and the last boss of
Blackrock Mountain will be defeated.
First wing of Blackrock Mountain has the best rewards

You can unlock all cards just by beating the normal mode
Class challenges have their own fixed decks
To beat the normal mode you'll need only basic cards
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Part II
Intermediate
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Chapter 10.
Tempo and value
Total Dominance?! Quest accepted!
Tempo
The understanding of tempo is incredibly important in Hearthstone. In the most
basic sense it refers to how much you can do with the same amount of mana as your
enemy. Playing faster, or having better tempo, means that you can put in play more
meaningful stats (health and attack) by using efficient minions or deal more damage by
using cheap spells.
Decks based on tempo rely on playing lots of cheap cards and dealing a lot of
damage, very quickly (for example aggro Hunter) or overrunning the enemy with a board
full of minions which are able to trade efficiently (such as Zoo Warlock). There are also
decks that use specific combinations of spells to gain a big tempo lead, or finish the game
right away (for example midrange druid or handlock)
The trade-off for playing faster decks is the fact that you would be spending cards
too fast to stay relevant for more than few turns. Because of that, decks that rely on tempo
require much more draw power.
Priest is able to recover its hand size by using the Northshire Cleric, and Zoo
Warlock supplements his natural draw with the hero ability Life Tap.
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Value
Value refers to how much a card can accomplish in terms of gaining card advantage
and in relation to its mana cost. For a simple example, let's take a look a 2/4 Gnomish
Inventor vs. 4/5 Chillwind Yeti. Both cards cost 4 mana, that's why it's easy to compare
them. Gnomish Inventor is a good card, it allows you to put a minion in play and draw a
card, however you would need three Gnomish Inventors to take out the Chillwind Yeti,
and he would kill all three of them in the process. In a vacuum, this situation would give 1
card advantage to the player who chose the Yeti and we can say that the Yeti has higher
value than Gnomish Inventor.
You can also compare the combined value of all the cards in your deck with your
enemies deck. If you're playing a ramp druid vs. an aggro deck consisting of small and
cheap creatures, you will probably need only 15 or 20 of your cards to kill off the entire 30
card deck of your enemy, because your cards have more value (the difficult part is
surviving long enough to draw and play them).
Hero power
Hero abilities are another way to gain value. By killing off a damaged creature with
your hero ability you can eliminate enemy card from play without spending any cards of
your own. Same with healing your injured minions. If you keep them healthy, they'll be
able to trade for more than 1 enemy minion and put your opponent at a card disadvantage.
Hero ability lets you gain value, at the cost of tempo.
Ramp Druid is a deck that uses mana gain mechanics in order to play many big
minions, turn after turn until the enemy has no answers to them and gets overwhelmed.
Choosing between tempo and value

Knowing tempo and value is one thing, but applying it in practice will take some
experience. In general, faster plays offer less value and gaining value, requires playing
slower and spending more mana.
For example if you're playing a priest and have 3 mana this turn, you can chose to
heal your damaged 2/3 River Crocolisk, so that he survives attacking enemy 2/2 Kobold
Geomancer, and that would be playing for value, but you can also suicide the damaged
River Crocolisk and play Dark Cultist, leaving you with 3/4 on the board, instead of 2/1.
That's playing for tempo. You sacrifice a card to put more stuff in play.
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If you have a significant card advantage over your enemy, you can afford to spend
your cards less efficiently. You're unlikely to lose by having less cards than your enemy, so
make sure you don't fall behind in tempo. Instead of saving your minions by using hero
power you can play more minions, to advance your position on the board and sacrifice
your weaker minions. Spending cards faster than your enemy will allow you to capitalize
on your card advantage.
On the other hand, when you have stronger board than your enemy, and you're not
in immediate danger of dying, but you're behind on cards, compared to your enemy, you
should utilize the tempo advantage (you already have more minions or stats in play than
your enemy so he needs to catch up) and make the most efficient trades possible. Try to
save your creatures, use your hero ability, but make sure to not overextend against possible
AOE.
Always evaluating your position in game with regards to tempo and value/card
advantage will let you pick the best play in any situation. With time and experience, you'll
be able to see it more clearly and make finer distinctions that allow for even more optimal
plays. In the current state of hearthstone, tempo is very important, and when you're in
doubt, you should probably chose the line of play that allows you to do more things and
play more stats for less mana.
Always try to be aware if you're ahead or behind on cards and board position
Hero ability provides value at the cost of tempo
Faster decks require more draw power
Identify your opponents deck, so that you know if value or tempo is more important
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Chapter 11.
Synergy
Any Blood Knights around?
Many players, including me, are initially attracted to Hearthstone, because of all the
cool combos and synergies. When the stars align, you can make some incredible plays.
You can even kill your enemy with a single attack from an Angry Chicken. The drawback
of any combo deck, is inconsistency. Combo decks are viable only due to their powerful
draw engines, which allow the player to draw so many cards that having the necessary
combo pieces is almost guaranteed.
In the beginnig try to rely on the expertise of seasoned players when it comes to
building decks based on synergy between specific cards or complicated combinations.
New players often overestimate how good these decks are, because they don't have any
kind of real refference. They don't know how likely it is to draw specific two, three or
even more cards. In order to know that, you need to play enaugh games for the luck factor
to even out across them all, that way you'll know what to expect on average.
Multiple small synergies vs. One huge combo

Unless you're drawing your entire deck, relying on combinations of cards that
require multiple pieces to work is not the best idea. You will be much better off including
in your deck cards that synergize with more than one other element of your deck. For
example a deck such as token druid, uses multiple cards that allow you to fill your board
with lots of weak minions, in order to capitalize on AOE buffs like Savage Roar or Power
of the Wild, but each of those cards have multiple uses, so that when you cannot pull off
your combo, you can use them on their own and get something out of them.
Token is usually a small minion summoned by other card
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Many ways to synergize

There are many game mechanics that alow you to create powerful decks, which
include strong synergy between the cards. A card like Mad Scientist, has very low value on
its own, that's why it's not the best pick in arena, but once you add multiple secrets to your
deck, he suddenly becomes one of the best cards in the game. This kind of synergy is
based around specific card mechanics. There are also minion type synergies such as
beasts, for hunters or demons for the warlock.
When adding a new card to your deck, take a look at the cards you alraedy have in
it, and ask yourself if the card that you want to add will make any of your other cards
stronger or weaker?
If it makes more than 3-4 cards stronger, then it will have a higher value than normally and
it's considered as having great synergy with the deck.
On the other hand, some cards can make your deck weaker. If you add a Nerub'ar
Weblord to your paladin deck filled with battlecries, it will prevent you from playing your
minions at the correct times while it's in play. Try to avoid anti-synergies like that as much
as you can.
Powerful, multiple card combos are unlikely to work, unless you can draw many
cards consistently
Multiple small synergies are better than one big combo
Use versatile cards that can synergize with more than 1 piece of your deck
When adding cards to your deck, check for cards that benefit or become worse by
adding that new card
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Chapter 12.
The correct order of actions
When it comes to loot DKP before age and beauty.
You already know from previous chapters, how important it is to cultivate good
habits and avoid creating bad ones. Even if the situation doesn't call for it, you should
exercise the correct way of playing, just to practice and make it automatic. That 5% of the
time, when it actually matters, will make the difference in your win-rate.
Here is a list you can use to make sure you're doing everything right when it's your
turn to act. You can develop your own mental checklist, but these are the general
guidelines you should try to use.
1. Make a mental list of all your options when your enemy takes his turn.
How much mana will you have next turn?
Which cards can you play?
Can you use your hero power together with some of them?
Are you likely to have lethal damage and finish the game?
Are you ahead or behind in cards?
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2. When it's your turn to act, sit back and don't touch the mouse. You have 75
seconds to make your move. In a game based around decision making, time is
your friend.
If you hover over the cards that you can play, your enemy can guess what's in your
hand.
Imagine the entire turn in your head before you start doing anything to make sure
you have enough mana
3. In most situations this is the order in which you should act during your turn.
Draw cards if you decided on doing it this turn they may change what you
ultimately do this turn
Roll the dice for example if you play shaman, getting a specific totem might
affect what you can do this turn, or hitting certain targets with Mad Bomber could
allow you to trade more efficiently.
Play minions with trigger effects first Questing Adventurer or Knife Juggler will
benefit from playing them before other minions.
Play the rest of your cards or use hero ability.
Attack enemy minions or the hero.
4. End the turn after you make sure there is nothing else you can or want to do.
If there is no possible plays, you'll hear the Job done. sound and the End Turn
button will turn green.
Practice always playing in the correct order

Use the time during your opponents turn to plan your next possible moves
Go through every card in your hand before you act
Don't hover over cards until you're ready to take the action, to conceal the
information from your enemy
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Chapter 13.
Foresight
Yarrrr! Blood and plunder! I hope you have insurance!
This ability alone is the difference between an average player and the top of the
ladder. Without it, most games would be determined purely by luck of the draw and which
deck counters which.
"Foresight - the ability to predict or the action of predicting what will happen or be
needed in the future."
Predicting your enemy

There are a lot of factors that go into predicting future plays of your opponent. If
you know the decklist of your enemy, you'll be able to count the cards and keep track of
what he already used (playing with a deck tracker helps immensely).
In situations such as playing against a new deck or in arena, you have to go with
tendencies and card popularity. Playing around the cards that are almost never played can
get you in more trouble than not playing around them, which is the exact opposite when it
comes to cards that are popular and expected to rest in your opponents hand.
The top players are able to observe the position in hand from which enemy cards
come into play and based on that, very accurately guess which cards does the enemy hold.
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Planning your future turns

This one is fairly easy in comparison but equally important. Using coin to play your
2 drop might seem like a great idea at first but if your hand has no other 2 or 3 drops
you're going to be stuck doing nothing while the enemy pumps out minions every turn and
catches up to you.
Planning your turns based on cards that you can see in your hand is one thing, but
planning your turns based on the probability of drawing specific cards takes much more
thought and experience. That's why, knowledge of your own deck is so important. It lets
you calculate the odds of drawing an early drop when you need it and with that
information you can make much better plays in the long run.
Ending turn with the best board state

It feels nice to make easy trades and blow minions up with spells but often if you
consider the situation carefully, you'll find a much better play that will set you up for
victory later on.
A hallmark of an excellent player is being able to stop yourself from making an
obvious play in favour of doing something less obvious that will benefit you later on.
Understanding tempo/value and card advantage lets you evaluate your position much
better and you're able to make the correct play because often it's worth to lose a card, just
to be able to put more power in play.
Knowing your deck and your outs

I mentioned this already, but it is worth a separate point. If you know your deck to a
card, you'll be much better equipped to make hard decisions. It is also important to keep
track of how many cards you've already played.
Have you ever been in a situation where you wonder whether you should trade or
try to draw removal but you're unsure about your chances to draw one or whether you
even have any left in your deck? How about going all in and wondering if you can draw
additional damage? Always try to keep track of the cards played by you and your enemy
on a piece of paper or by playing with a deck tracker.
This is the kind of knowledge that lets you make decisive plays and marginally win
games you could have lost otherwise.
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Taking smart risks

All of the above points come together in this one. A good example is the YOLO Tap
play made by Reynad. The odds were in his favour but the only way of knowing that was
keeping track of every card he used and knowing precisely what is left in his deck.
You need to know the chances of your enemy to win the game in the next turn and
your chances to draw a card that secures the win precisely in order to make something like
that work out for you most of the time.
Remember that even if it has a chance to fail, you should take the favourable odds.
If you play arcane missiles against a 2/1 Worgen Infiltrator and it misses 3 times, it's still a
good play. The result of 1 RNG roll is never an indicator of how correct the play was.
Keep that in mind.
There is a great depth to predicting your enemy, the draws, outcome of RNG rolls
and how it all interacts with the game that you're playing. It's one of the most important,
yet under-appreciated aspects of the game but it enables better players to win so
consistently.
RNG Random Number Generator refers simply to a randomized outcome, which is
outside of the players control.
To better predict the enemy take note of the most popular cards in arena and learn
the most popular ladder decklists
Always keep your next turns in mind when making a decision
Know the deck your playing, take a screenshot or use the deck tracker
Try to calculate or estimate the percentages of possible outcomes to predict what's
most likely to happen
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Chapter 14.
Finding the hidden play
Think first but then - charge forward!
Deceptive simplicity
On the basic level Hearthstone is a very simple game, this creates an illusion that
the game is simple in every aspect. This in turn causes many players to never find out
about the depth to which they can push their ability to make the best decisions.
Sometimes the mark of a superior player is playing the game slower instead of
faster. One of the Hearthstone pro players - Lifecoach - is often brought up when talking
about people who take a lot of time to make their turns but there is a reason why he's one
of the most consistent tournament performers in the world. There are many traps for
players who are easily satisfied with the first convenient play they see. Gaining small,
incremental advantages every few turns really makes the difference. There are many things
to look out for, when you're searching for the most optimal play.
Buffs and auras

Check for all the ways you can buff or alter your minions to find more efficient
trades, which will let you end the turn with a better board state.
Think about enemy buffs and auras. Sometimes you can remove enemy minion which
temporarily grants health or attack to other creatures such as Stormwind Champion,
which in turn can help you trade better and save some of your minions.
Dynamic mana cost

There are many minions and spells that allow you to play cards for reduced mana
cost or temporarily gain mana crystals (for example the Coin or Innervate). Plan out the
best sequence of actions to get the most out of them. If you want to attack and trade with
Sorcerer's Apprentice, make sure to cast any spells you need first.
Turn one Cairne Bloodhoof will seem like a great idea every time... until he gets
sapped!
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The routine trap

Sometimes it's easy to miss things that you're not used to. If you Thoughtsteal a
weapon as a priest, you may forget that you have it equipped because this is not something
you deal with on regular basis. You can miss a deathrattle that will spawn a minion and
activate your Knife Juggler, or a way to enrage your minion with the Stormpike
Commando battlecry.
With almost 700 playable cards it is impossible to know beforehand every
interaction between them. The more you play, the more you learn but knowing the general
principles of the game and being thoughtful will give you a big edge over your enemies
regardless of your experience.
Use every tool

Always look for alternative ways of dealing with your in-game situation.
Impressive and effective plays are not obvious and that's why they're impressive. They're
difficult to spot so make sure you go over every card you have in your hand, even if it
seems obvious what you'll do next.
Don't be satisfied when you find a good play, always try to look for something even
better
Keep in mind all the changes that will happen when you take each action during
your turn
Watch out of unusual mechanics you don't normally interact with
Pay special attention to dynamic effects such as buffs, debuffs and battlecries
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Chapter 15.
Tilt and decision making
I've got the revenge in my sights!
Decision making is everything in Hearthstone. If you can't think clearly, your

opponent has a big advantage. Some players use this to their benefit by trying to make the
enemy impatient or frustrated through abusing emotes. For that reason I recommend that
you squelch the enemy player at the beginning of each match.
Greetings + Squelch is a very powerful and underrated combo in Hearthstone!
Tilt
Being on tilt means that you make poor plays, which you know are wrong, but the
emotions interfere with your ability to stay focused and think clearly. Nobody is immune
to tilt, even the best and the most calm of players will sometimes be affected by it.
The most common cause of tilt is having specific expectations that don't come true.
If you play a card with randomized effect, when you're 80% favourite and lose the roll few
times in a row, you might get frustrated, because you expected the outcome to be different.
That's why understanding probability and statistics helps a lot when it comes to expecting
specific outcomes. Make sure you understand how random effects work and remind
yourself and everyone gets just as unlucky, and has their share of so called bad beats.
Keep your head up, and try to keep making good decisions despite the bad luck.
Losing streaks
Another way of becoming frustrated because of your expectations is simply losing
many games in a row. If you're focused on winning each particular game, you may become
angry when you don't reach that goal over and over again. The simplest way to deal with
it, is focusing on how you play, instead of the end result.
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You should be satisfied as long as you played to the best of your ability. Don't try to
control things which are outside of your reach, instead, focus on things that you can
influence directly. Focus on the decisions you make, and always try to look for ways you
can improve. If you set improvement and making better decisions as your goal, you'll stop
worrying about losing games and in turn, it will be easier for you to win! I'll explain more
about outcome dependence and process orientation in the next chapter.
Simple remedy
Everyone will tell you this when you're on tilt take a break. People often ask:
What should I do when I'm on a losing streak?
First of all, stop the streak instead of extending it. Playing more and trying to chase the
loses never works. If you can record your gameplay, it can be very helpful to watch the
lest few games or better yet, let someone else watch it, so that they can look at it with a
fresh eye.
Take a look at your surroundings. Is there something bugging you? Is someone
bothering you, or is there some unfinished tasks waiting for you and making you
distracted? Deal with these issues first so that you can come back to play when you're
calm and collected and actually enjoy the game while having some fun playing.
Staying healthy through good nutrition and regular exercise WILL make you play
better!
Try to notice the triggers for your frustration. Knowing yourself helps just as much
as knowing the game.
Staying in good physical shape reduces your tendency to go on tilt
Record your games or let someone watch you play when you're not sure why you're
losing
Taking a break always helps when you're on a losing streak
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Chapter 16.
Focus and mindset
I have the right mindset! And I have the left mindset!
In order to succeed at anything you need two things. Clear and compelling vision or
goal, and focus. You cannot hit a target that you can't see, that's why having a specific,
measurable goals is incredibly important.
Why do you play the game?

Do you just want to have fun for a while? Maybe you like the competition? Or
maybe you want to test your skills? Whatever it is, pick something to strive for.
In previous chapter about tilt, I've mentioned how focus can help you prevent
frustration. If your goal is to collect every Hearthstone card available, surely a couple
losses won't stop you from doing that. If you picked something like increasing your
average arena win rate to 7 wins, then one or two bad runs will not make you frustrated if
you can look at the bigger picture and realize that there will be plenty more of lucky and
unlucky runs, and what matters is that you just play a little better each time.
Once you have picked a goal for yourself you'll be able to direct your attention
toward it and make some real progress and progress is what makes people happy. Being in
a better mood will make playing more enjoyable, and you'll be able to learn more, improve
faster and reach your goal that much quicker.
Having a bigger goal also makes each little loss insignificant so you don't get
frustrated by them as much. There is something to be learned from each loss, thus each
defeat, brings you closer to your goal. That allows you to view losing as something
perfectly normal, and even benefit from it.
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Focus
In order to stay on top of your form with regards to decision making you have to
feel well.
After each game, take a short break, you can reflect on the game or do something
unrelated for a while
Stay hydrated and eat!
You play better when you're well rested
Daily exercise will help with bringing more oxygen to your brain that's a good
thing!
These are the obvious things you can do, but often overlooked when players
wonder why they sometimes play better and sometimes worse.
Dividing your attention

Many people, including me, like to watch streams, read, browse internet etc. while
playing the game. Not giving your full attention to the game, will harm your win-rates. It's
fine if you do that while grinding 10 more gold from the play mode or finishing some
daily quests, but when it matters, when you try to squeeze that last few wins in arena to get
the required number of wins you're better off muting or shutting down the distractions and
focusing on the game at hand.
With all that focusing don't forget to have fun!
Pick a specific, measurable goal for yourself in Hearthstone

Take care of your body and brain, and your body and brain will take care of your
Hearthstone results
Focus single-mindedly on the game you're playing if you want to maximize your
wins
Don't put too much pressure on yourself, you will improve faster if you're having
fun
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Chapter 17.
How to improve
Train to become a knight, not just a better squire.
Nobody is cut from a different cloth

If you want to be successful at something find out what the best people in that field
do, copy it, and do what they did until you get the same results. Doesn't matter if you're a
genius or you graduated from the part of the class that made the top 50%... possible.
Successful players simply do the right things in the right situations, based on specific rules
and the important part is that everyone can learn it.
Most pro players keep their decks public and thanks to streaming you can see
exactly how they're played. You can use this to your advantage, and instead of being lost,
just walk the path that has already been proven to lead to success.
If someone else can do it you can do it
Dealing with plateaus

Learning occurs in plateaus. You get a big boost when you learn something new,
and then you plateau. And then you discover another big thing, and plateau again. But
each plateau is higher then the previous one.
It's on the plateaus that people give up and stop trying to improve like they were
before. What you need to understand is that plateau is a perfectly normal part of the
learning process. During the plateau phase you don't see any changes so in order to
improve you need to have the confidence that you're still moving towards your goal.
Focusing on incremental improvement will get you through these periods.
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Plateaus and setbacks are only temporary.
Learning from streams

Whenever you're watching a Hearthstone stream, there is a very simple way you
can improve without much effort. If the streamer is a good player, you can try to make the
decissions each turn, before he does it. That way you'll be able to compare your line of
play with his. If what you would do, was different from what the streamer did, notice what
was better about his play.
Did he clear the board without losing as many minions as you did?
Did he save an important spell?
Did he play around a swing card, like Consecration?
After some time, you'll find that you can often make the exact same decission as the player
you're watching, this is a good sign that you're improving.
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How to make your luck

Another thing that keeps people from improving is confusing luck and chance.
People get discouraged when they get unlucky and they think they have no control over
anything that happens in the game. Whether you get a set of legendaries or 4 wisps and
ancient watcher in a pack is out of your control but:
If you learn more about the popular decks and how they play out your
probabilities of winning are greater.
If you keep learning about tiny advantages you can get with your deck your
probabilities of winning are greater.
It's not just luck anymore. If you trace it back you'll find out that there are certain things,
just the smallest changes, that affected many of your wins or losses. Ignore the luck and
improve your chances!
Make everything fun

Each time you don't make fun of yourself you leave the job to someone else. Even
if you play the most boring deck in the world you can make the game enjoyable. Imagine
your opponents face when you're top deckin' and wreckin' him.
Try to come up with the craziest scenarios that could happen if either you or your
enemy get insanely lucky, i'm sure you've seen plenty of those happening on various
streams or youtube clips. Never make a big deal out of your losses, and it will be much
easier to learn from them.
The more fun you have, the less affected you are when you lose and that protects
you from tilting and going on huge losing streaks. Learning and improving is necessary to
win more and there is no better way to learn than by playing and having fun.
Copy the things that great players do and try to understand why they do them
Instead of giving up - be motivated by plateaus and challenge yourself to raise
above them
Try to make decisions and choices together with the player you're watching during
the stream and compare them
Try to get as many small advantages as you can they accumulate over time and
help you win more games
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Chapter 18.
Tracking your results
This Alterac Valley battle is going on since yesterday, has either side made any
progress?
The tips and advice I'm going to give you next, apply not only to hearthstone but to
virtually any activity that can be measured and tracked over time. Whether it's for other
games, like League of legends, StarCraft 2 or real life activities such as working out.
Why you need to track your results

First let me show you why tracking your results with software or on paper is
essential and cannot be replaced by anything else.
As humans we live in sort of a medium reality. Because of the way we evolved we
can't remember very small details or overlook large periods of time, those skills were not
critically useful to our ancestors.
Just try to recall your last 5 games of hearthstone. Can you tell precisely which
decks you've faced, how many times you started first and how many times you've had the
coin? How many of your last 50 games were against mages? 5, 7, or 15?
It's futile to try and remember all of that and it can hurt us more than help us if we'll
try to do it by feeling, because almost every time we'll get it wrong due to various biases
and psychological tendencies that can't be circumvented.
So now that you know the "why", let's get to "what" and "how".
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Tracking software
First step is to chose 1 method of tracking and stick with it. It's important to use 1
method of tracking consistently because the more data you can gather, the more accurate it
becomes. You can simply write everything down in a word file or on paper but it would be
a huge waste of time considering there are already plenty of tools you can use.
Hearthstone Deck Tracker is what I use and recommend, it captures the results
automatically and lets me overview them any way i want. Feel free to check out any
number of those tools and pick one that suits you the best.
You'll find more links in recommended resources section at the end of this e-book.
What to look for

Once you start tracking your games, you can notice all sorts of things. You'll want
to use some kind of charts if available. The ability to sort your win rates by dates, class,
decks and opponents is very helpful.
One of the biggest benefits of tracking your win rates against specific opponents is
ability to re-evaluate your decks. You can clearly see which classes are the most
problematic for your main deck and what you need to adjust for. Maybe you suddenly find
out that your win rate against rogues and mages is surprisingly low and it pulls your
overall performance down? Time to add Loatheb to your deck!
You can see day by day how the metagame changes by checking out how popular
other classes are and thanks to that you can pick the most optimal deck and win more
games.
Sometimes the games can be so similar that it all becomes a blur and before you
know, you've lost 10 games to a single deck that you keep meeting over and over again. If
you have tracking software, now all it takes is one glance at your performance against
different classes and you can right away identify the problem, and deal with it.
It's very important to find the biggest, nastiest hole in your play or deck choice and
fix it first, before even looking at something else. This will help you improve much faster
than if you were just grinding games without a clue about your biggest sticking points.
Without a coach or a friend watching you play, it's almost impossible to find those holes in
your play by yourself but tracking software can assist you in that task.
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Remember, that it's not always the deck that needs changing. Sometimes your
playstyle needs to be adjusted. Maybe you have some bad habits or tendencies that make
you lose more against certain decks. Now you can see which decks are the hardest for you
to beat and what you should focus on.
Another interesting tip if you notice your win rate with and without The Coin you
can see how well you're using it. The percentages should be around 50/50, so if you're
losing significantly more games when you go as the second player, you can look at
improving your usage of coin and gain additional edge to win more games that way.
Unless you're not human, you can't track your results accurately in your head
Find the best tracking method for you and stick to it
Regularly check your win percentages against each class to find the biggest
weakness that you can fix
Make sure to gather a lot of data, the more data you have, the more accurate it
becomes
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Part III
Advanced
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Chapter 19.
The art of mulligan
Nobody wants to see me in their starting hand...
Mulligan is one of the most overlooked parts of the game. You can win or lose
matches right then and there if you mulligan incorrectly. Basic strategy is to throw away
cards which can't be played in the early turns to ensure smooth mana curve and have
something to play on each turn. Mulligan is more important than you think... even if you
already think that.
Knowing your deck

Knowing your deck is crucial for the mulligan phase. In constructed you should
always know which cards you keep and which cards you replace in certain matchups. It's
so important, that many deck guides on the internet have a specific section explaining the
exact way to mulligan for every popular matchup. The more you play with one deck, the
better you become at choosing the right cards to keep or throw away.
Try to remember what you have kept and what you replaced so that you can see
how that worked out for you during the game. You will notice, often something that seems
like a good idea on paper, doesn't work out at all because of the game flow, different
tempo or something else entirely that you couldn't account for.
Knowing the matchups

Second thing you'll want to know is the exact decklist for each popular deck. You
have to know your enemy in order to keep the best cards in your hand. If you're playing
against an aggressive and tempo based deck, you have to be very strict and keep only the
low mana cost cards, throwing away anything that is too slow to keep up. If you face
slower decks, like a priest or paladin, you can get much more greedy and save the high
value cards, that are important in this specific matchup.
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Arena mulligan
In arena, early game is incredibly important. The first 3-4 turns, will often dictate
how the game goes, that's why you need to know precisely how many minions you have,
that you can play on each of the early turns. If your deck lacks in the early game, you
should generally keep anything that costs 3 or less mana. If you have a lot of early game,
and you're offered some of your best cards for the midgame you can keep some of them.
Going first or second

There is a distinct difference between having or not having the coin. Having a coin
and one more card to work with, makes the mulligan more flexible, but also more
complicated. If you're going first, you usually don't want to keep double 2-drops or 3drops, while with the coin you can play one of them a turn earlier and get the guaranteed
early game play. Going first you also don't want to keep cards that cost 4 or more mana,
unless they belong to the game-changing category described below. Always think about
the first 4 turns and what possibly you can get from your deck if you choose to replace any
of your cards.
Game changing cards

In certain matchups or in some arena decks, there are cards that can give you a big
mid game advantage, and help you catch up to the faster decks. These include AOE spells,
weapons, the handlock 4-drops etc. If you have very limited number of these cards, it's
often good to keep them in your hand.
A good example would be an arena paladin deck. If you have only one consecration
and average or below average early game, you should keep it, but if your deck has more
AOE or an early game that's very robust, you can throw it away in order to get a very
smooth opening.
Mulligan is incredibly important, prioritize improving in this area

The better you know your opponents and your own decklists the easier it will be for
you to mulligan correctly
Identify the crucial and game-changing cards that you should almost always keep in
specific matchups
Try to plan your first 4 turns based on which cards you keep and which cards you
can get from mulliganing
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Chapter 20.
Reading and predicting the enemy
Will he uproot or will he not?
Experienced players are able to guess fairly accurately what cards the enemy is
holding. Often when you play, you can name the card that the enemy is about to play
before its revealed based on how fast he reached for it. If he did it fast it's most likely the
most obvious response to the current situation.
Know your enemy

You have to be able to put yourself in the shoes of your enemy. For example if
you've played a couple of early game minions with 2hp and the paladin on his turn 4
instantly tries to play a card, but then decides against it and instead plays a minion to
match your board, you should expect that he might be holding a consecration and trying to
make you commit to the board more.
During each game, keep track of the board position and ask yourself these
questions:
What would be the best card my enemy could have to respond here?
Is this a good time for my enemy to AOE?
If my enemy had removal, would he use it on one of my minions now?
Keep track of the possible scenarios during the game and when it's time to commit
to the board either with a big threat or multiple minions, you'll know if your enemy is
likely to have a response to it, based on his previous actions.
If you already played a big creature and he had to run his smaller minions into it,
putting you in the lead, that means, he probably doesn't have the appropriate removal and
you're safe to play the next big threat.
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The player matters

Reading your enemy works best against players who know what they're doing and
there are two kinds of players that are very hard to read
1. Beginners who didn't learn how to play correctly yet
2. The absolutely best players, but they won't bluff you unless they also know
you're a good player capable of making strong reads.
In the case of beginners you should just play safe and solid style and you'll make up for
any surprises caused by their unusual play.
Don't try to bluff a fish!
Playing around swing cards

Swing cards are the cards which allow for the player with disadvantage to punish
the enemy for overextending on the board and take the lead. They usually involve AOE
damage or some form of Mind Control.
Playing around swing cards is especially important in arena because in order to
counter them you need to have an appropriate swing card of your own. In constructed,
decks are much more resilient to them, because you can play minions with deathrattles to
be less vulnerable against AOE damage and you know exactly how much damage you'll be
able to output during the game, so that you can punish the enemy for using his entire turn
on dealing with the board.
There are two major things you can do to know when you should play around these
cards. Firstly, like I mentioned before, keep track of the board situation and enemy mana,
to see if there are good turns for him to use the card you're trying to dodge. Secondly, keep
track of the position of cards in his hand.
Card position in hand

When you look at your opponents hand, the cards are ordered just like a mirror
image of your hand. New drawn cards are put on the far right side and the position of
cards cannot be changed unless they're played and somehow returned to hand, but even
then you'll know exactly which card in your enemies deck is the one returned.
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With that in mind, if you see that your enemy is playing cards only from the right
side of his deck, you can safely guess that on the left side of his hand are either situational
cards, for which there was no good turn yet, or cards with larger mana cost than your
enemy had available up to this point.
If you notice someone holding on to one card for the entire game, it's likely to be a
late game finisher card something like Pyroblast or Mind Control.
Keep track of the board situation for both sides to see if your enemy has
opportunities to play important removal or AOE
Unless you're playing against someone that you know is a top player, they will
likely do the most obvious plays
Keep track of the positioning of enemy cards as much as you can
Pay attention to enemy hovering over his cards, they're usually an obvious reaction
to what just happened in the game
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Chapter 21.
Deeper understanding of a card game
I sea a giant
Take what you can get

The advice in this e-book is designed to help you figure out everything that might
be helpful for you to get better at the game and win more. Try to approach the game from
many different angles, to find your strong points.
Everybody is different, you'll be able to take advantage of some things better and
some things not so well. Take what you can get and play into your strengths. Always look
for things that make you play better or worse, regardless of what they are.
Small advantages
Like I mentioned before, Hearthstone is deceptively complicated, even though it
seems very simple on the surface. Once you get to higher level of play, it stops being about
finding a good play to make, and starts to be about avoiding mistakes and making
marginally more optimal decisions.
When everyone is playing well, you have to gain small advantages and accumulate
them to win the game. They won't win you every game because of the significant factor of
randomness, but over time, that one small thing that you learned to do, can give you 0.1%
better win-rate. Find ten ways to get small advantages and that's 1% higher win-rate, and if
you keep it up for a while, soon you'll learn enough to boost your winrates across all
matchups by a few percent, and that's enough to turn a losing player into a winning player
who can climb the ladder easily.
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Everything matters
From how well you eat and sleep to the specific ways you play the game,
everything can give you an advantage. These are the things that you don't notice. These are
the things that you'd like to know when you go on a losing streak and have no idea why it
happened. It's very hard to look at yourself and what you do in a a very broad spectrum. If
you can do something better, to increase your chances of winning the game, there is no
reason not to do it. After each game, ask yourself two questions:
1. What have in done well?
2. What could I do better?
You can learn something new from each game, regardless of the result. If you keep
asking yourself these two questions after every game, you'll be on the fast track to
improvement.
Taking from the outside

Playing other games might give you a new perspective on Hearthstone, especially
playing other card games and games where decision making is critical. Players coming
from poker or other TCG's have an advantage over those with no prior experience, because
many of the general rules are universal between those games. Once you understand the
important ideas about optimizing your decision making, probability and statistics as well
as psychology tied to the game, you'll need to work only on the specifics of the game.
TCG Trading Card Game
Use everything you can to your advantage

A lot of small, tiny and seemingly insignificant decisions accumulated together are
the real difference between the average Joe and a Hearthstone pro
Playing other games and looking at the bigger picture of how they work can help
you understanding Hearthstone better
Keep going back to basics and try to look at them in order to stay open-minded and
find better ways to win the game
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Chapter 22.
Similarity to poker using poker resources
Don't try to coin me, your dirty gambling money has no power over me.
Hearthstone may be a very popular game, but it's not as popular as poker has been
throughout history. Poker games have been around for much longer and they've been
studied extensively. With money on the line, people went to great lengths to find every
possible way of getting an advantage, that's why learning from poker can help you
immensely.
Similar but not the same

Keep in mind that despite all the similarities and common rules, these are different
games. In hearthstone you'll want to play safer because every match ends with a winner
and a loser, while poker can be treated as a never-ending game where your job is to
maximize the value. In that sense, Hearthstone has more in common with Magic The
Gathering.
Key concepts from poker that apply to other card games such as Hearthstone
1. Psychology
2. Optimizing the decision-making process
3. Tilt
4. Probability
5. Statistics
We already went over some of those aspects, and in the next chapter I'll talk about
probability, but first...
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Statistics
Statistics can get very complicated but all you need to know are just the basics.
You need to know that data or outcomes will vary a lot in small numbers, and the more
data you collect and the more outcomes you observe, the more accurate the distribution
will be. Which means that when you're trying a new card, deck or a strategy you'll need to
try it more than a couple of times to see whether or not it works.
Just because something you did gave you a positive result that doesn't mean it's
the right play. Think what would happen if you made the same play 10 000 times? Would
you win most of the time? It works both ways, so don't get discouraged when something
doesn't work. With large amounts of randomness in Hearthstone, you have to be patient
and see more than just few examples to learn what works best.
At the end of this book you'll find some recommended resources to learn more
about it.
Looking at the game like a pro

A very helpful way of looking at the game, in order to judge your odds and chances
is to perceive random elements of the game, as their average outcome over time. You can
think of Boom Bot as a minion that deals 1-4 damage from deathrattle but you can also
look at him as a minion that deals 2.5 damage from the deathrattle. The Implosion spell
will do 2-4 damage but you should use it as if it did 3 damage, because that's the average
result you'll get. If the stakes are bigger - let's say you have to finish off an important
minion and you need the 4 damage - then you can go with more risk and play it anyway if
you have no other options. Knowing the chances of random outcomes and what's the
average outcome will help you choosing the right play.
Take some time to study the basics of poker if you haven't already
Many aspects from poker overlap with other games, especially games focused on
decision making that involve random elements
Remember that not everything is the same in both games
Check out the recommended resources at the end of this e-book to learn more
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Chapter 23.
Calculating probability
Is it hot in here or is it just me?
Calculating probability for Hearthstone can be very simple or nearly impossible. It

depends on what you're trying to calculate.
RNG based cards

Cards with random effects are the most frequent subject of complaints from players
who happen to get unlucky, but paradoxically, out of all random things in Hearthstone,
they're the easiest to predict and manipulate. RNG cards usually work by hitting a random
target. Some cards, like mad bomber, can hit any character, while cards like Knife juggler
can only hit enemy characters. To calculate the probability, first determine the number to
targets that can be hit, and then count the number of favourable outcomes.
For example - with a knife juggler, if there are 2 minions on board on the enemy
side, that means there are 3 targets you can hit, which gives you ~33% chance to hit any of
them. If you'd like to increase your chances to hit a particular minion, see if you can
remove other creatures first and reduce the number of possible outcomes.
If you reduce the number of outcomes, while having the same number of favourable
scenarios, you will increase your chances of hitting what you want.
Try to remember the most common numbers so that you don't have to calculate
them every time. For example, if you play the Mad Bomber against 1 minion on the board
the chances of killing it are:
1 hp minion ~ 70%
2 hp minion ~ 26%
3 hp minion ~ 4%
For more complicated situations you can use this random attack calculator made by
raffy: LINK
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Your chance to draw

A chance for you to draw a specific card is also a fairly simple thing to calculate
When calculating your chance to draw a single specific card, all you have to do is take a
look at the number of remaining cards in your deck and know how many of them are what
you're looking for.
If you have 15 cards left in your deck, and you'd like to draw either a fireball or a
polymorph, both of which you have 1 copy of, remaining in the deck, then your chances
are 2 in 15. To translate a fraction like that simply divide first number by the second one
and multiply the result by 100. In this case that's 13.3% to draw either the fireball or
polymorph.
Chance for your enemy to draw

Determining the chance for your enemy to have or draw a specific card is more
complicated because you have to take into account the Monty Hall effect. It means that if
you'd like to know whether or not your enemy has a specific card, it matters what your
enemy is likely to do with that card.
Let's say we're trying to determine if out enemy has at least one of his two
flamestrikes after drawing 15 cards from his deck. Normally you'd assume that it's the
same as with your chance to draw, but you have to take into account that some cards can't
be played before you get enough mana and other cards will be purposefully saved by your
enemy so that he's selecting other cards to play before it, and skewing the probability.
The best way to deal with this is to try and bait out the card from your enemy first.
If you notice that there is a clear position where your enemy could play the card you're
trying to guess and the card is not played, you can assume it's not in his hand and
calculating the chances of him getting it from the top of your deck goes exactly the same
as calculating your own chance to draw cards.
More about the Monty Hall problem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem
RNG cards are not so random, you can often control your chances to get the desired
effect
Use the calculator before you learn to quickly approximate the probabilities
When taking a risk try to see if you can calculate the probability first
Cards kept by your enemy in his hand are over time more and more likely to be
situational removal and end game finishers
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Chapter 24.
Deckbuilding
I am The Black Knight, sent by Lich King himself... putt me in your deck, pretty please?
Copying successful decks is good

Successful decks are successful for a reason they've been tested by a lot of people
and they're proven to work against current metagame.
The important thing when copying a deck is paying attention to any advice, the
author of the deck might provide. Sometimes the strength of a deck lies not only in the
cards, but in how they are played. Always try to learn why and how the deck works.
Tournament decks are often not well suited for ladder, so make sure to copy decks
which are made for the ladder
Synergy
Synergy between cards is often the premise behind the deck, but it's also often
overvalued. If you want to build a deck around a certain combo, remember that the more
cards required for the combo the harder it is to pull off.
The best combo decks either have lots of synergies so that you can use any of the
many combinations that are within the deck, or they draw nearly the entire deck, to
guarantee getting the essential combo pieces.
Using multiple cards that synergize with the core of the deck is usually a better way
to build the deck than having super powerful combos that can be rarely pulled off.
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Win condition
Every deck has to have a win condition. Sometimes it's not obvious, like for
example in control paladin or priest. In their case, the win condition is having more value
in their cards than the enemy, thus, if they survive to draw most of their deck, their cards
will simply beat the entire deck of their enemy.
In aggro decks like tempo mage or hunter, the win is achieved by dealing enough
damage to kill the enemy before they can take control of the board and finishing off with
burst damage from burn spells like kill command and fireball. Always make sure you
understand the win condition of your deck, so that you know the correct playstyle in each
matchup.
Tempo vs Draw power

Faster decks will require more draw power, while slower decks sacrifice it for more
value cards. Your mana curve should be a good indicator of how much draw you need.
Decks like zoo can afford to have very low mana curve, because of warlock hero
power that compensates for spending cards very fast, on the other hand if your mana curve
peaks later and shows many late game cards, you'll need less draw. This is a hard balance
to find and that's where testing and adjusting comes in. Play some games with your deck
and notice the ways you lose in order to know what to change.
Use what works

When building a new deck, see if there are any similar decks already established
and borrow ideas from them. If your idea is just to use 3-4 cool cards that have great
synergy, you can attach them to the core of another deck which already works well with
the cards you'd like to use. Some ideas are universal and will work in almost any deck. For
example, it doesn't matter what mage deck you're building, you're probably going to want
a mad scientist in it, because of how strong and versatile the card can be.
When copying a deck, make sure it's well suited for ladder
Make sure you understand the win condition of your deck
Include cards that synergize and support your win condition
Adjust the amount of draw to the mana curve of your deck
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Chapter 25.
Adjusting decks
Wanna practice with me?
Testing and adjusting

Perhaps the most important part of deckbuilding. This is where you test the deck
against the reality of the game. Every time you're playing a new deck, try to take a note of
how you win and lose especially how you lose the games.
Did you run out of cards before you could take enemy hp low enough?
Did the enemy overwhelm you with a bunch of small minions?
Were you stuck with multiple copies of high cost cards at the start of the game?
Whatever it is, try to find out which scenario happens the most often and adjust for
that first. Always try to keep in mind your win condition and make changes that support it.
Testing your deck is very important because of how complex the game can be.
Something that seems like a good idea on paper - may never work out in real game. When
I first started to play Hearthstone, I thought I'll be able to just out heal everyone with my
defensive priest deck and win the game by fatigue, but I didn't have the right idea about
just how much damage other decks can deal, and my plan couldn't work. I had to then
change my deck and make it work against what actually happens on ladder.
Countering the meta

Very crucial point. Adding or taking out 1 card can make immense difference in
your win rate if you understand the current metagame. You'll want to adjust your deck, but
this time it's not about how your deck works, but how the decks that you face work. Cards
like Harrison Jones, Big Game Hunter, Loatheb. They're all specific counters that can be
used to give you additional edge over popular decks at the moment.
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Check your statistics for each matchup to know what your deck is weak against and
consider adding cards that will help you overcome it. Sometimes a Zombie chow or
healbot is all you need to swing your matchup against hunter from 49% to 54% and
suddenly you're happy to see hunters, because you know you can climb while facing this
matchup.
Sharing the deck so that other players can review it

There is a reason why Hearthstone pros practice and build decks in teams. It is
always valuable to have your deck reviewed by other players. Maybe they'll notice
something obvious that you missed by accident, or maybe they'll find a way to beat the
deck that gave you the most trouble.
Share your deck and listen to the input from other players. They may be right or
wrong, but its always worth listening, just to get second opinion.
Constantly improving and keeping an open mind.

The metagame is constantly shifting. If everyone starts running The Black Knight,
people will use less taunts, and that will prompt everyone to stop using The Black Knight.
It goes in circles and your job is to always be mindful of that decks you're facing and what
are the popular cards.
Performing well with any deck, requires that you're not just passively grinding
games, but paying attention to what your competition does. There are always holes in their
decks and playstyles that can be abused. Look for that and be open minded. Always look
for ways to improve your deck and yourself as a player.
Always test the decks. A great idea in theory might not work so well in practice
Pay attention to the decks that beat yours, what do they have in common?
Track against which classes you're playing the most, and change your deck to boost
your chances against them
Always keep evolving your deck and keep an eye for things to improve
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Chapter 26.
Innovating
Why are you still reading?!
Everyone can be creative. Have you ever had this experience - where you had a
cool idea, and then weeks, months or even years later you see someone who made that
idea into a real thing? The great secret to being innovative is asking questions and not
taking anything for granted. If you're able to take a step back and go to the basics of the
game, you can find many unexplored paths to the victory.
During the time when I played StarCraft 2 I was able to stay ahead of everyone else
in my league by innovating completely different style of playing, it was so much better
than the standard way of playing that I could take on and beat Master and Grand Master
players who had much better mechanics and more experience than me, and a couple
months later I saw more people using these builds.
Hearthstone is still a young game and many classes are not yet fully explored in
constructed play. With new cards being added frequently this is the best time to be
creative.
Nobody gets it right the first time

To explore new ways of playing the game and make new decks you'll have to fail.
Failing is simply finding what doesn't work and the more you do it, the more you learn.
More feedback and experience will naturally steer your in the right direction so don't be
afraid to experiment.
Imagine that you're playing the game for the first time. Notice the most basic truths
about the game. How about: the player that gets to play more cards, often wins? Find a
way to play a lot of cards by gaining mana or using cheap cards that draw more cards. Or
maybe you notice that Piloted Shredder is one of the most prolific minions. Almost every
deck is using it! What ideas does that give you? Can you build a deck with some minions
or spells that counter it? Or maybe there is a deck that would greatly benefit from putting
adding the Shredder but nobody has done it yet because it would seem weird?
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Look for ideas everywhere

Every card and hero can be an inspiration for the new deck. At the very beginning
nobody knew what's best, so everyone experimented, asked questions, looked for synergy
between cards and identified the crucial elements which every deck needs to have, after
many bad decks someone stumbled upon something that worked very well, shared it with
others, received good feedback and the deck became a popular and well established way to
play the game. This process is never over, even if the degree to which you can change
standard way of playing might not be as significant.
Have you seen interesting ways to beat the solo adventure bosses? How about
putting those ideas into decks that can work into real players? Check out the game and
card statistics which can be found of various websites. Maybe you can make a deck using
the list of cards that share the highest winrates in the game with just a couple adjustments
for the mana curve and draw power?
It's fun
Innovating and trying to make things work can bring you a lot of joy, especially
when you find something that works. That's why I always encourage people to experiment,
because the more fun you're having, the faster you learn. It's very satisfying to reach the
legend rank, especially for the first time, but even more satisfying is getting to legend with
your own deck!
No matter who you are, you can be creative

The better you are at the game, the faster you can develop a new working strategy
Remember about the core elements of the game when trying to innovate
Keep experimenting and share your ideas
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Recommended resources
Arena tier lists for drafting in arena:

heartharena.com/tierlist
For learning arena I recommend you check out the Arena Coop series and
Heartharena:
heartharena.com
youtube.com/adwcta
For poker related matters check out:
forumserver.twoplustwo.com
The Monty Hall problem:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem
For tracking your stats:
/Hearthstone-Deck-Tracker
hearthstonetracker.com
hearthstats.net
arenamastery.com
Other related websites:
http://www.hearthhead.com/
http://www.hearthpwn.com/
http://www.liquidhearth.com/
http://tempostorm.com/
http://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone
http://www.reddit.com/r/competitivehs
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Personal Coaching
I hope you enjoyed this e-book and I wish you good luck on your way to reach any
goals that you may have set up for yourself. If you'd like a little shortcut to get there, I'm
offering personal coaching for both - arena and constructed in Hearthstone.
During almost a year of helping other players reach their goals, Ive learned quite a
lot myself by observing when people make the biggest progress. That is why I wanted to
let you know about all available options, so you can take advantage of them.
Coaching is done through skype but there are a couple ways we approach it. One of
them, is using screen sharing or the spectator mode to give you advice while you play, and
help you understand the important decisions. Afterwards I will usually review the crucial
points of the game and well focus on improving the biggest mistakes.
Another way involves recorded footage of your gameplay. The advantage of using
VoDs of your previous games is that you can focus 100% on improving, without the
distraction of playing and I get to see your natural playstyle, which lets us choose the best
approach to your improvement.
The optimal way for you to benefit from coaching is a mix of both methods, so if
you want to get the most out of it, I recommend you consider recording some games and
during our session well take a look at the situations that gave you the most trouble.
I recommend the coaching for you regardless of your skill level. Whether youre
new to the game and want an accelerated start to catch up with the competition or a
seasoned player who hit a plateau and wants to push for higher ranks or better scores in
arena. I've worked with people brand new to Hearthstone as well as legend players.
It's also a great way to ask all the questions that are very specific and relate to you,
that you can't find answers to on the internet. I like to stay in touch with everyone I coach
by adding them on Battle.net so that they can ask questions and I can see them climbing
the ranks afterwards.
You can always find up to date information about my coaching rates and availability on
my BLOG or simply contact me through coaching.asmodeus@gmail.com
Have a great day!

Asmodeus
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