mrgodai;42736 wrote:yeah rank lower than 10 is current very anti shaman on eu. controls with lots of aoe and removals . i cant climb out of it
yup i agree its the same in US too. suddenly a ton of controls. from the 30 games my lower ranked account played, about 60% of them are control. i dont have rag so i teched in a sylv for them do make awkward trades,
and i dont know if you want to take a risk, but i removed both lightning bolts for flamewreathed and fire elemental. holding a lot better against control while going even with other mid range.
the thing is most mid range shaman decks you play against you basically just need AOE + removal for thunderbluff. controls have plenty of removal so the moment your thunderbluff is removed you got nothing left.
not to mention usually with thunderbluff you spend mana hero powering. after its removed suddenly you realize you're out of steam and then its over. i had success with argent horserider in the higher ranks but lower ranks against control it really doesnt do anything. even if you gain board control and burst them down to 10, the moment they have an answer to thunder bluff they'll quickly turn it around again. ive lost plenty of games with the opponent with 5-8hp.
controls can turn around their early game deficit pretty easily with AOE, removals and taunts so it made me reconsider the argent, lightning bolt and opt for board control in the mid game rather than the early.
well its just a temporary measure until i climb out of the control group.
other than losing to the more uncommon pure aggro like face hunter and pirate warrior, going against control was no longer a disastrous match up while pretty unchanged against midrange. i played against a justicar priest that stole my sylv, flamewreathed, fire elementals etc etc. i was watching the bot play, i almost shed a tear.