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Velen is an option but I have a hard time imagining what I'd cut to fit him in. The most obvious candidate would be a Smite, but they're so useful in slowing down the early rush and in comboing with Pyromancer (so I can take out SI:7 agents, for example...) that I'd be reluctant to lose one. Also, Velen is a BGH target and isn't castable in turns 1-6 and isn't especially useful in turns 7 or 8, either, since you basically have to have the mana for the hero power to make him pay off. If he can stay on the board for a turn or two, he turns you into a god, but that's the whole trick. I just think he's too demanding.

www.hearthpwn.com/decks/194519-oil-rogue
That's the version of OIl that I was running for a little while. I don't really like combo decks, for the most part, and while that's on the lesser end of the spectrum where actual "combo" is concerned, I've never been a real fan of the "big finish"-type decks. It's fun, but just not really my style.

www.heartharena.com/arena-run/zk26jb
This was a real heartbreaker today.

rocketkiwi wrote: www.heartharena.com/arena-run/zk26jb
This was a real heartbreaker today.

What the actual fuck happened? Your turn 3 is garbage, but your late game is hnnnnnnnngh. You have enough taunts to hold them off while you starting Thrmoplugging and Ragnarosing, no? Man, I am so sad for you.

Jackwraith wrote: www.hearthpwn.com/decks/194519-oil-rogue
That's the version of OIl that I was running for a little while. I don't really like combo decks, for the most part, and while that's on the lesser end of the spectrum where actual "combo" is concerned, I've never been a real fan of the "big finish"-type decks. It's fun, but just not really my style.

Yes! The Violet Teacher. NotSure, if you have that, put her in. Synergies for days on Turns 6/7/8, &c. Sometimes she just wins you the game. This one is not nearly as bursty as mine, not running Southseas--this is actually pushing into value town with that Belcher.

jeb wrote: ]What the actual fuck happened? Your turn 3 is garbage, but your late game is hnnnnnnnngh. You have enough taunts to hold them off while you starting Thrmoplugging and Ragnarosing, no? Man, I am so sad for you.

The decks I faced were just too fast. I traded, put down taunts, did board clear but by the time I got to the turns where I would have been effective, I was usually finished off by some kind of direct damage. I put down Thermaplugg and he produced three leper gnomes in one turn - and then I got lethaled.

I don't recall if I have Violet Teacher or not. I'll look. I saw it in the builds, but forgot to put it in. I think I used Shade of Naxxramas instead, which shows up in some builds and not others.

I'm also only running one SI:7 at the moment. Another Rare I didn't want to buy, because I usually rarely play Rogue.

I'm on call this weekend, so I'll be home, and probably play a bit.

Have a Pally deck in Arena that is sick as hell . I went on a 5-0 tear this morning, and sitting at 9-1 right now. The 9-0 match was against a Mage, and I needed to apply pressure. I was doing OK, but couldn't overcome 3x Flamestrike, 1x Blizzard, along with the other spells. I needed to play around a late game Duplicate and couldn't manage it, netting him two Ironfur Grizzlies that I was never going to get through.

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A 12-0 deck! With a 9-3 pilot. Oh well, it was cool while it lasted. I drafted another clearly inferior Paladin deck after and went 2-3, so back to normal. I am really shitty at aggro decks in Arena. Need to skew to tempo or control, because I just cannot get the timing down on aggro. I feel like I miss one tempo moment and I get obliterated. Still my best run ever. The 9-3 winnings: 150g, gold common, rare, and the pack (with a Legend in it, no less).

Set myself up with an incredibly annoying Priest deck this time. 3@ Shrinkmeister, 4@ Shadow Word:Pain. I hope you like the 2-drop beatdown!

In constructed, I am riding Beasts to rank 15 again. It's a solid deck and seems to have a chance against anything. I took out Ramp Druid and a MechPally just now to streak to 15.2.

Remember my 0-3 deck that was crazy? Well, I drafted a Paladin deck that has only two Hammer of Wrath for removal. No Equality, no weapons, no Consecrate. It's 4-1 so far, only losing to another Paladin who buffed a taunt minion out of the reach of my meager means.

God damn it.

Constructed I've been mechmaging it because my collection is puny.
Most memorable recent match went down like this:

I went first.
My Turn 2: Mechwarper
My Turn 3: Arcane Nullifier
My Turn 4: Mechwarper + Snowchugger + Junkbot
My Turn 5: Clockwork Giant, trade the Mechwarpers + Snowchugger
My Turn 6: Frostbolt to face + Cone of Cold to minions
Their Turn 6: Concede

There was also a fun one against a Paladin where I got an Antonidas out of an Unstable Portal. Not as cool as Prophet Velen, but close.

rocketkiwi wrote: Remember my 0-3 deck that was crazy? Well, I drafted a Paladin deck that has only two Hammer of Wrath for removal. No Equality, no weapons, no Consecrate. It's 4-1 so far, only losing to another Paladin who buffed a taunt minion out of the reach of my meager means.

Pally without removal can be aggressive as hell. If you can curve out you can be unstoppable.

I have a 5-2 Priest deck going right now . I lost my 3-0 game on a missed lethal! Ugh, I am terrible. Legit lost at 3-1 though, a Shaman that curved out and just obliterated me. It was pretty funny. The deck is really solid--only two legit turds in it. A Salty Dog and Neru'bar Weblord--and that one was a misclick--it was supposed to be Velen's Chosen #3!

I am averaging only 43 gold per Arena run, so i need to improve juuust a smidge to make it worth it from a pack farming perspective.

//EDIT: Deck finished 9-3 with 160 gold, bringing my average to 55.

In constructed, I am working a few decks. I finally found a Priest build I am happy with. Like Druid, I lack a lot of the cards needed to make the traditional versions of these decks viable, viz, Cabal Shadow Priests, Light of the Naarus, Wild Pyromancers, Lightbombs, even a second Auchenai. Someone posted a deck that inspired me to try out The ChOozen--putting Velen's Chosen on Echoing Ooze. It's hilarious! They become 3/6 bodies with +1 Spell Damage. Holy Nova becomes a better, cheaper Flamestrike. Holy Smite is a juiced Lightning Bolt with no Overload. The original build pairs this idea with Prophet Velen for ridiculous finishes with Mind Blast, but I don't have that guy, so it's just Kel-Thuzad into Mekgineer Thermoplugg (!?) into Mind Control on turns 8/9/10.

I built a Mech Mage deck and it's just nuts. It's so nuts I don't even think it's fun. Goblin Blastmage is just grotesque. The other stuff I can handle as the opponent, but that Blastmage is too much. I can't believe it's a 5/4 with that ability. Shoot everything and hey, kill a yeti or something next turn too. Sounds like 4 mana. Sure.

Sounds like Kiwi got the God draw. Those are always fun.

Seriously, the number of times I've gotten Legendaries off of Portal is ridiculous. I've gotten Grommash three times, Velen once, Al'Akir once, Nozdormu, etc., etc. It's just crazy. Of course, I've also gotten the free Deckhand. Woo.

Blastmage is OK. It's really effective and kind of makes MechMage what it is, but it's not OTT. I've had plenty dropped against me that either didn't have a Mech and the player was just trying to stay on curve or that dealt out 1 damage each to my 3 minions, accomplishing nothing. There's a half-size version (Flamewaker) coming in Blackrock that doesn't require a Mech, so you'll be seeing plenty of that next month.

I'm still tooling around with Shadow Priest and Control Hunter variations. Still not playing as much as I'd like.

Got the Naxxramas Heroic cardback. I am actually proud of this. Some of these are BALLS hard if you don't have awesome Priest cards. Finally got Sapphiron with a Warrior and Kel'Thuzad with a Paladin. Still needed a little RNG (had a board-clearing Brawl with the Warrior via NecroKnight and topdecked an Owl to make Abomination not awful for me).

Can't wait for Blackrock Mountain to make Arena easier again. A whole bunch of folks get in there when the new cards come out and some of them are terrible at Arena.