dont commit yet, with new expansion out, whatever decks there is out there is practically gonna be less relevant. time to adapt to new meta. u have to create new decks that revolves around joust and inspire now.

i kinda like playing with my 'spiderwoman' deck. its rogue class using anubarak + beneath the ground to ambush opponent with countless nerubians. also uses burgle as thoughtsteal 2.0, lol. i once burgled a paladin legendary, eadric the pure. lol.

welcome to the club, gratz

im really luvin the Dreadlock deck. crafted both dread steeds just to play this deck and been having good win rates so far. won tempo mages, hunters, and ramp druids. will continue and see how far it can take me.

it doesnt give charge to any minions anymore.....

no, otherwise your opponent's charge minions have +1 attack too.

secret pally is easy to counter with classic zoo lock.... killed 8 in a row (and 2 other tempo mages) to rank up from 8-5 last week.

if u r already using top tier decks but still cant climb consistently, only reason i can think of is you are still inexperience in trading and playing your turns.

what do i mean? well, knowing your match ups well is key. For instance, you dont want to play muster for battle on turn 3 against druid, cos you play into swipe. You have to anticipate drboom on turn 7 from opponent when u playing ur turn 6. Think worst case scenarios that could happen and how u could deal with it if it does happen. Watch more pro's streams and study how they play and trade. Decks like handlock requires alot of experience to play and is considered an advanced deck for advanced players. Even face hunter requires some skills even though most will not agree. Yes, the turns are very straight forward sometimes but u should know when to flood board, how to conserve minions, when to burst, when to trade/face, or else u lose tempo and run out of juice. Learn from your mistakes and understand why u lost a game, how could u have done it differently to prevent the defeat, etc.... in short, u need more experience. Using top tier decks doesnt mean insta win if you play without strategy. Mulligan phase is especially important. Knowing what to keep and what to fish for is key for different match ups.

yes, in casinostone, er, i mean hearthstone, u could get very unlucky sometimes (I've always thought im the unluckiest person who play hearthstone and that RnGesus hates me, lol!). But think again, this meant u've also could've gotten very lucky at certain times too and climbed a few ranks maybe with a hot streak and bonus stars. In a game of randomness, chances, and probability, the numbers will usually check out in the average in the long term. And remember this also happens to other players whom you played against too. so the difference in who being the better player comes down to experience really. A player who knows what he's doing surely will have more winrates compared to another player otherwise.

this is called adapting to the meta. previously(last week or so), there were lots of secret paladin players on the ladder. so i use the classic priest with pyromancer combos to counter them since it's good against aggros. but there were also a lot of control warriors and control paladins at the time. so i didn't do so well against control. then i switched to aggro classic zoo lock since i figured it definitely trumps paladin in the minions department and still stand a chance against control if i race them. sure enough, i climbed from 8 to 5 (which was my target) without losing a single game. i still remember i took down 2 tempo mages and 8 secret paladins in a row. so does that answer ur question?

1st, you will nvr know what player u will run into, but play long enough and u'll know what type of deck ppl are using around ur rank range, so use the best deck u have that can win them. this 'pattern' u mention is random, but sometimes, u will feel like it's rigged. lol... just deal with it.

secondly, y ppl have more than 1 setup is exactly what i explained above, to counter the meta. if lots of ppl playing warriors, control pally, try switching something out for a harrison jones for instance.

third, experience players, like u said are experienced players. sticking to one deck or not depends on what motivations they are after. these players had reached legend rank at one point and doing it again will probably mean nothing much to them anymore. that said, some of them like to challenge themselves to hit legend again using only 1 type of deck. while some like to rush it and use whatever deck that gives them the most wins in shortest time possible.

Different ppl have different card collection, therefore, play different decks. theoretically speaking, secret pally deck is one of the best decks in the current meta. now imagine these players start at rank 18(lets say), and manage to climb consistently up till rank 10-5, what's left in the rank 20-10 range? probably not much secret pally rite? thats what i meant. u tend to see a huge variety of decks being played in the 20-15 range, given not many players there have complete card collection. then you'd start to see more refined decks like the ones u can find in hearthpwn in the 15-10 range. finally, 5-legend range is like the toughest since every victory is a grind, no bonus stars for win streaks, so u'd find more ppl using control decks like handlock, warrior, etc....

"didn't the same people who beat me and go higher use the same deck on their new rank?"
- how would u know? they couldve switched? what makes u think they stick to only 1 deck?

"or does each rank range has their favorable/best deck type?"
- yes and no. pay attention to what ppl are playing and figure out what r the best ways to counter them. sticking to just one deck will not get u far since ppl will start figuring out ways to counter your deck soon. thus, meta keeps changing.

"Let me ask this, I'm currently rank 10, my winrate is 58%, I use the same deck since rank 14. Do you know my deck type?"
- how would i know? lol.... whats ur point of this question? that ppl can figure out ur deck?

do u watch any pro players stream on twitch? if u do, u'd find them never ever sticking to one single deck in a single season, ever. to them, playing the same thing is boring. they like to find new ways to counter the decks ppl play....

time to farm em golds!

haih, i got reno'ed by a warrior while i was doing my daily quest in normal mode with my mage.... got him to 2hp, my damn flamewaker nvr lucky...... then boom, 30hp... lol.....

been stuck at rank 2 for days.... sigh, wont be hitting legend this season... not enough time to grind.... next season bah...

my initial goal for each season is to hit r5 for the loot chest... from r5 to legend is just an insane grind.... if u lucky, u can achieve it in less than a week, otherwise, it could take u hundreds of games... lol.... but the meta is so diversified now, it's hard to climb if u only stick to one deck.

reach r5 in day 3! 28 days left to go legend. No excuses this time! Ganbateh!!!

is it really that good in dragon priest? what card do u replace it with?

i still think entomb doesnt fit in the dragon archetype. i'd rather use a 3 mana death for removal. i can only imagine entomb good for 4 att minions like ysera or an argus-ed jaraxxus on board. even then i have shrink + cabal for those shenanigans. best case scenario entomb a sylvannas, i think.

8 mana but the minion get stolen and played on ur board immediately... entomb is 6 + X mana (usually another 6 at least?) of that card which u need to play on ur turn.

does anyone here plays Duelyst?