Had a friend over this weekend while working on a few of his computers. While reloading the OS and setting them up, I was playing HS while he was watching. He got to watch 2 arena runs I did and was basically amazed at how piss poor my luck with this game is. First arena run I get to choose between shaman, warlock, and priest. Chose the shaman obviously. I actually had an OK draft, something I consider decent. Was using as always the tier lists to help pick and had him help me decide between a few close choices. Even then, I didn't have that great of pick. Not one lightning storm offered. Not one feral wolf draw offered. I did get a decent amount of DD with lightning bolts, forked lightning, and lava bursts and some OK minions. Also have 3 rock biters and a couple of hexes. So I went with that. I had a decent amount of single clears with the deck at least. No epics, and only the minimum rares offered.
So first matchup, I went against a hunter that looked to have a purely constructed deck with 3 legendaries played. I was crushed to say the least. My friend was like WTF was that shit? I was basically saying, this is more normal for me than not. He didn't believe it. Next I went against a mage that also had basically what looked like a constructed secret deck. Throwing out mad scientists, arcanists, duplicates, counter spells, and then lots of DD. Again crushed. So I'm sitting at 2 losses in a row. Next one I went against some crappy cleric that I steam rolled. I went against a paladin that had a damn good deck, I just got lucky with a frost elemental that I was able to windfury and toss on 3 rock biters to smash him down in a turn. The paladin was at full health and I was down to 8, but managed to clear his side barely and get the frost elemental out without him clearing it on his turn or putting down a taunt. He did humility it though, but a 5/1 frost element pumped to a 14/1 with windfury is going to crush Took a lightning bolt to finish him
I was 2/2 and then went against up against what amounted to another handlock warlock setup. First turn was a wait, then a tap, tap, then a twilight drake. Then another twilight drake. Then an ancient watcher that he blows with shadowflame. Then a cairne. Then the elite tauren chieftan (yah that was a weird one). I got the deal 5 damage draw a card as my power cord allowing me to kill the chieftan while he got the fill the board with murlocs card. Then he black knights my taunter I put up. Then siphon souls my next two big drops. Then alexstraza's my health. I clear alex with a hex and proceed to finally pound on him a little. Which comes out molten giant one. Face manip on it with an argus defender. A molten again on the next turn with a seagiant.
All the while my friend is going HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!! As I said this is basically my second encounter with this bullshit of a fully made handlock deck in constructed arena. Needless to say, I was pounded down after that last play by the giants.
So I ended up 2/3 with that shaman deck. With only the cleric I played against having anything resembling an actual arena deck I tend to draft.
So next arena I did I have a choice between warlock, priest, and warrior. Yah the three most common I get to pick from on most of my arena runs. My friend was like wtf??? Unfortunately, my choices for this deck were shit. My rares were like mana addict, enraged chicken, and light warden first offering. Alarm-o-bot, Ancient Watcher, Coldlight oracle second offering. Coldlight oracle, mana addict, and Secret Keeper third offering. I'm not joking. I did get offered 2 siphon souls which was interesting. But those two, with a soul fire, and one shadow bolt were the only spells I was offered. Everything else was minions. Most of which was basically offerings like Wisp, Silverback, and Oasis Snapjaw. I got only a few "good" common cards like a raptor and spellbreaker. Everything else offered for commons were minions on the below average or bad category from the tier lists.
Suffice it to say I was crushed 0/3 with that warlock deck. I didn't stand a chance against anything.
However, with the pack I got from that run I did get finally my third ever legendary pull. Al'Akir the Windlord the shaman legendary.
So my luck mostly with this game is abysmal.