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Arena #8 (Cont)
{Hunter}

Game 9: Vs Rogue. I went Second. Pretty solid opener. Maybe best I've had with this deck so far with lots of options on turn 1, 2, 3, and 4. Good ability to seize tempo using the coin, which I did. This is particularly good against Rogue. He played a lot better than my previous opponents but did still walk into a few secrets. They're just really tough to deal with in Arena. I had a hard time finding the perfect time to switch from board control to face damage in this match. He played the mid game out really well, but I did manage to come out ahead. Close game. A good opponent really makes a difference. Win.

Game 10: Vs Hunter. I went First. However, I drew all three drops even after mulligan. Ohhhh this is not good. He had alleycat on 1. I did not draw a 2 drop by turn 2. Ohhhhhh this is realllyyyy not good. I was stuck making off tempo plays every turn, his deck quality seemed good, he did not make any misplays. The outcome here should be obvious. Loss.

Game 11: Vs Paladin. I went First. Had a solid opening curve. Good, I'm going to need all the help I can get. This has historically been the weakest match for my Hunter decks and at 8-2 I have to imagine I'm dealing with a high quality deck and/or a skilled player. If I'm lucky it's A but not B, he'll make some misplays or fail to curve out, and I can maybe win. If not, this run is probably over. Smuggler's Run into Grimestreet Outfitter. Yeah, I'm fucked. He coins out a 7/7 Cobalt Scalebane on TURN 4. The only reason I'm not dead immediately is because I have control of the board already and boom o clock ready for 5 damage out of hand. He highrolls a Volatile Elemental but I still feel like I'm in control of the board. I manage to rush him down after seeing less than half of his deck. I definitely did not want to see the other half. Another classic game where I was on the verge of losing every step of the way even though I felt like I was ahead. Win.

Game 12: Vs Paladin. I went First. Uh oh. Don't know if lightning is going to strike twice here. My opening curve was a lot weaker. Run straight into a Flappy Bird where he freezes my only minion on board so I can't stop it. Silvermoon Portal on it, highrolls PYROS. Gets Divine Shield for the option so I can't kill it the following turn. Sunwalker the following turn to protect it. This is not even a case of me not getting lucky. This is just my opponent being so insanely lucky there's absolutely nothing I could have done. Loss.

Final Result: 9-3

Just disgusting ending there. Overall a good run, though. One thing I'm liking about this current arena is the variety of opponents. This might just be because of the new expansion and maybe people will figure out the meta soon but I hope not. It's a lot better than just fighting Mages nonstop.

Prizes:
1 Pack
170 Gold
1 Card
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