Know the maps: Watchpoint Gibraltar
by JR Cook - 8 years ago show comments
Watchpoint Gibraltar is a payload map. Where are good defense points? How do you circumvent defensive walls? What heroes will shine on this map? Max@TotallyFutile has made an excellent guide showing you all the niches.
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Had a mage deck with no frostbolt, fireball, polymorph or flamestrike, managed to squeeze 6 wins out of it somehow lol
Good read. I especially love you’re closing point: ‘fun should still be on the todo list.’
I used to use the mercenary a lot in arena until he started getting frozen by mages, or dropped to one attack by paladins or put in front of a divine shielded or weak taunter. Good opponents will keep him alive but disabled ad long as possible and then its gg for you. You said not to take risks, he is too much of a risk for me.
No one can plan for Leerooooooooooy Jenkiiiiiiiiiiins, but sometimes the stars align! I was in arena when my enemy (whose board I had just wiped) dropped a Leeroy that would have charged and killed me…
… except that I had a knife juggler on the field. Yes the whelps that were summoned for me both activated knife juggler, and yes both knives hit Leeroy killing him instantly. After half laughing / half choking on a glass of water I felt genuinely sorry for my opponent.
It was pretty funny though.
Good read, but I probably will never play arena again. Wasted too much gold on it. I always get horrible randoms to create my deck from, and I always get up against people that seem like they are using their normal decks (Rogue aggro, Paladin divine shield, Priests with 2 Mind Controls). It is just not fun for me, and it is a waste of time. I also hate the dailys that force you to play another class, when I absolutely hate the other classes then the class I play. Hearthstone could be a fun game for me, but as of now, it is more annoying then fun.
arena is a waste of time and it sucks