So I just went through the 25 beginner ranks. Started playing and losing at 24 after I was out of the newbie levels. Buuuut- I’ve since watched these videos one at a time. And I’ve copied the decks (and adjusted some cards I prefer) and have won each match since. I’m now sitting at 21 with a win streak. These videos are a great help! Thanks!
All the new cards!!! "ahahfggfgghlglglglgl" *drowns in cards* But seriously I really like them, especially that druid never ending legend and warlocks immune legend
What to expect? If you're talking about the meta game (popular decks being played currently) it changes all the time, it would have to be regular updates. Currently a lot of aggro/rush are dominating lower ranks (zoo, face hunter) and control is everywhere higher
I miss the classic neutrals actually seeing play. Future of Hearthstone, here! Nobody would even THINK of playing Boulderfist Ogre or Sen'jin Shieldmasta!
06:42 ...Trump makes some questionable observations about trades his opponent "should" have done. His opponent did make good trades against what was on the board and likely couldn't afford to play around Stormwind champ. Though the opponent did make some mistakes in earlier plays.
shinoobidan No, the opponent made the best play he could do with that card. If he used rockbiter on alakir (as trump says) and killed the fire ally and the ooze, Trump would have the same board, instead of having a 6/2 Fire ally he would have a 6/2 Frostwolf. But playing the rockbiter on the egg and damaging the fire ally gives him a 4/4 in the board
Varun Ponnusamy Savage roar I have found to be mostly only good with the force+savage combo as a bunch of burst. With shaman you have no card that does anything like force of nature so bloodlust in shaman is not comparable to savage in druid
More experienced players correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't it have been a better play at 6:04 to place the Nerubian Egg to the left of the Argus so the the snake totem isn't a free kill and the egg gets taunt and an attack value so that it can do some damage before dying and it would also create one more thing to clear out of the way before killing the Argus and hence get more value out of it?
Tall Knuckle he has some decent cards for rank 19 though, not to mention a heroic naxxramas card back. he obviously puts time into this and to make mistakes like that is frankly unexpected
At 5:30ish I would have hero powered and frost wolfd instead of playing the ooze, planning on using my 7 drop on turn 7 to take out the loothoarder if necessary. Is this incorrect thinking? Is the idea to make them trade instead of hit your face or always assume they will trade?
Trump Reassess what you said about al akir trading :) What he did was correct, your way would still leave a 6-2 frostwolf overload on your side + the egg not activated. =]
i love these old tutorials mostly because even though he's playing against people with stronger cards, because he's playing more favorable he wins with basic
Trump would you show this build against the paladin expert ai. I had problems with that one with my shaman so I tried your build and I won. However I tried again to see if it was a fluke and I lost the next 4.
Lower rank is better. You start at rank 25 and as you win, you get stars that will take you to a better rank, ultimately going for rank 1, and then legend rank.
at the end there, why did you play totem instead of chillwind yeti ? By your own lesson of mana efficiency, wouldnt that have been a better move ? its not like it had an ability to withold like the elemental
because he already had a board strong enough to deal with whatever his enemy summoned, so he should save his cards. If the opponent cleared the board with deathwing or elemental destruction the yeti would have done absolutely nothing, but in his hand he can use it later.
So would this mean if you had a 2/4 and a 2/1 on the board, and your opponent has a 1/1, you would exchange the 2/4 for the 1/1 and keep the 2/1 on board, and if it's mage have him waste 2 mana on a ping?
+Markus Raffa That is correct, yes. Whenever you have the choice of trading in a bigger minion (that would survive) instead of a small one (that would die), generally speaking keeping your minions alive is the priority so that you keep the maximum possible amount of damage on the field - because as we know, damage is control. As you say, a Mage can kill the 2/1 but has to use 2 mana to do it, meaning they can't play as big a minion against you - or if he chooses to play an on-curve minion he'll leave your guy alive, letting you potentially trade up.
Deaf...need captioning-may as well be russian or japanese for the access I have to it. The lessons that are captioned are great-does Trump even check these out any more???
at 4:00 I would've left the wolves alone and accepted a 3 for 1 trade by my opponent instead of wasting my rockbiter on half of a card and played the ooze instead which would have taken out the flametongue totem on the following turn
If I have a yeti and a river croc vs an opponent's yeti, should I run both my minions into his in order to kill it, leaving myself with a 4/1 yeti, or just hit face?
this people got own by trump using mostly basic cards. if they watch this video, they be like so embarrassed. plus, trump is also teaching us about the opponent should do a different trading.
if it works on your deck then go ahead, usually if a deck has just one copy of it is because it might be for certain situations so you don't want to run into it as often as the cards you have x2, which tend to be more consistent and you want to draw more often.
Think about every card: if it's good, you want it in your hand, so put 2 copies in your deck. If it is average, and you don't feel you need it to win, better take it out to make space for something better. Or, make a legendary only deck and be awesome. Really :-)
Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think that is the list for the basic shaman. Like, I know that they don't get an archer, the crocodile, stormwind champ or bloodfist ogre. So is that a basic deck that you can do at lv 0? Or is it just a mistake?
+recino2 Blizzard probably changed the default "basic shaman" deck since this video was created. In any case, yes, all the cards he shows at the start are ones you start with. (And the ones he adds in are ones you get for leveling up.)
Andrew Mignolet Perhaps consider cutting some of your spells for more monsters if you're finding that you aren't drawing your minions enough. It could also be a problem of you playing your minions in a way that your opponent can efficiently get rid of them while losing minimal minons themselves.
These videos are designed as general guides. While the exact decks aren't quite the same in the new metas, their main cards are basic ones and class basics, so not much should change. What this video is hoping to accomplish is give you an idea on favorable trading moreso than a good deck to start out with.
Trump, have you ever seen someone with your same battle tag? I fought someone named "Trump" today, but they were either terrible, or had the worst hand in the world. It was a handlock, I was playing murlock, he lost by turn 4, didn't even use any warleaders.
Hey, I've found my self going back to these videos multiple times and copying the decks. Here's a import of the base deck that trump made and the level 10 version of it for when you get to level 10 with the class in the reply. AAECAaoIBIUDxgTuBNkKDVrYAe8BgQK0AvAD4AT7BPEF/gWKB9AHlg0A To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone.
idc if he plays in tsm, at 8:07 he should've played totemic call instead of the murloc, he couldve gotten a taunt, so his 7/3 didnt die, or if he didnt get a taunt, he still couldve killed his 7/3 and played the murloc next turn
Wow I never realized that a basic Shaman was so weak! there are no AoE or Overload spells that are buffed by those magic totems and no Unbound Elementals either! I think favorable trading is the ONLY way to win with a basic Shaman.
I'm actually surprised but it works. I tried running the basic Paladin deck that Trump used in the last lesson and I won against some upgraded decks which included Legends and so.. o.0 play your cards right and them basic decks can really show some potential.
***** Well the basic cards tend to be just that: Basic. They _work_. The Yeti is boring as F but he just is a solid card. Legendaries are often cool but pretty situational.
This deck lacks the board clear spells. Heck, there's none. And good luck getting it on the classic card packs. Cuz I'm a F2P player myself and not even one shaman board clear spells I get from it.
Most of the cards he's playing, if not all, are from the "basic" set, meaning people get them from levelling up. These cards don't have gems in the middle, as they're not "rare" or "common" in a booster pack sense. As for why Naxx cards have gems in them, you got me there.
Gralof Gaming Well, since you can craft golden Naxx cards the rarer cards are more expensive to make with dust. But that's all I can think of, no big difference there...
please please put more effort into these teaching videos. take your time to analyze a play (for example, by pausing the gameplay footage and doing a voice over)! the opponent's turn 8 was horrible, everything was played in the wrong order and/or in the wrong position, the defender was hurting him more than helping him (the gnome dealt 1 less damage than before, his flametongue got taunt instead of the egg or an possible non taunt hero ability totem). but the only thing trump said about this turn was "i like flametongue totems" quite disappointed ps: yeah yeah I know you are not allowed to criticize anything on youtube, may google have mercy with my soul
It was more a lesson on how to trade favourably as a shaman on your own side, rather than how to identify mistakes your enemy's made - and he can only talk on so much. He was probably just talking away about whatever he felt was important, but in that area I'd say either the viewer will pick up on the mistakes - they wouldn't need to know it - or the viewer /wouldn't/ pick up on the mistakes made, and probably need a lot more training. Therefore best to focus on one specific thing, rather than trying to cover every single thing that happened in the match. Goal focusing. : D Win win!
He said he'd use gold cards when he has enough to make a full deck of them. I imagine the only reason his golden Cabal Shadow Priest is an exception is because the art for it looks amazing.
He won't DE a gold card, it's loss of value. He wouldn't craft a gold, it's also a loss of value. And he won't play a deck till it has all gold, including the hero to make all the cards the same. I imagine after he's got all the gold cards he will make a full gold deck.
He did a good job covering the 2x Raptor vs. Harvest Golem scenario. Remember that Trump is trying to focus on just one subject each time so he'll probably ignore other points unless he simply can't or if they're reminders of a previous lesson. My only criticism on this video is that he seemed to rush through speaking his mind in a few spots to the point where someone new to the game would have trouble following. Not for lack of knowledge of the game but because Trump was talking a bit fast. Overall still good lesson videos.
Silly Trump also makes a mistake at 7:35. If the enemy made the trades that Trump said were better, then Trump would still have a Frostwolf Warlord and a Searing Totem on his board, instead of just a Searing Totem. Silly, silly, Trump.
i just came to the realization that ive been playing since last october.... holy shit its been over a year lol.... GIMME HEARTHSTONE ON MY ANDROID PHONE PLS ( i believe they said early next year.... any specifics on which month yet? )
He didn't make a mistake about anything at 5:00. Trading the wolf for the Shieldmasta was the right play since if Trump lightning stormed and killed the taunt the Shieldmasta would get to hit something else.
Seems a shame to the level 19 player you knock the shit out of. Everyones worst nightmare. A top quality player, under a veil of low level. This is why it is so hard to level up!
