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Do’s and Don’ts in PvP

So I’m a misthead. For those of you unfamiliar with that name, it means two things. First, it means I do things without thinking too much about them. Planning is overrated, you can worry about the consequences later. Second, it means I forget things. Memories are overrated too! Reality is just a social construct! 

It’s easy to claim things are overrated, especially when they really aren’t. So just know, you do need to plan in PvP. You need a strategy in order to know where you’re headed. You also have to remember things: how many reshuffles you’ve used, what school your opponent is and what kind of spells they could use.

This is a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do kind of article. I make a lot of silly mistakes in PvP. It occasionally costs me matches. I say it keeps things interesting, but if you’re sensitive to losses, interesting is not THAT interesting. The following are all things I have actually done. Even the stun block thing, yes.

 

1.

DO: Check what school your opponent is through the menu chat options. Knowing what school you’re fighting should have a huge impact on how you play.

DON’T: Check what school your opponent is, then forget, then check again, then forget again, then check again. That’s what mistheads do.

 

2.

DO: Keep an eye on your opponent’s pips. Since people cloak stun blocks, it’s important to know whether they used pips for their cloaked spell. If their spell used pips, it’s most probably a dispel. If it didn’t, it’s either a weakness or an infection. Knowing this could prevent a major pip loss due to fizzling!

DON’T: Forget that you are dispelled. It’s all good and well to know that they used pips for their cloaked spell, but if you forget about it 2 rounds later, you’re going to fizzle that high pip attack spell and suffer the consequences.

 

3.

DO: Put Stun Blocks on yourself. This is especially important when facing Myth, Ice and Storm. Think about it: the stun from Medusa lasts two rounds, that could totally cast you the match. So make sure you discard aggressively in search of those Stun Blocks at the beginning of the match!

DON’T: Accidentally put Stun Blocks on your living puppet. It’s a great conversation starter though, if you want to get a laugh out of your opponent!

 

4.

DO: Use your school bubble! Most bubbles cost two pips, which at times can feel like a lot, but don’t forget that compared to a blade, a bubble is much more permanent. Plus, you might make your opponent dig for a bubble too, which might make them discard things they really need.

DON’T: Use your school bubble when your opponent has a mastery amulet of your school. Say you’re a Myth and your opponent is a Life with a Myth amulet. Do you really want to give them a boost when they try to attack you with a Myth spell? I do this on purpose sometimes just to speed up matches though!

 

5.

DO: Always keep one Reshuffle in your hand. I don’t care if you’re sure that you have more in your deck! Keep one in your hand so you can be sure that you will have one when you need it. Discarding your last reshuffle is a sad sad way to lose a match.

DON’T: Discard your last Reshuffle when you’re sure you’ve won. Nothing’s ever sure! Even if you need to dig for that attack that will kill your opponent, discarding your last reshuffle is a pretty bad idea. People survive in the most amazing ways possible. If they crit heal themselves, you’ll need to restart, which would be impossible if you’re out of reshuffles.

 

6.

DO: Remember to fill up your side deck after every match so you won’t end up in a battle without vital TCs. Do double check before you accept your next match. You might also want to take a screenshot of your full side deck, so you don’t have to rack your brain over which TC is missing from it.

DON’T: Sign up to the queue and then port to a friend’s match without first checking your TC. You won’t be able to see them inside your friend’s Arena, so you can’t make sure everything is set.

 

7.

DO: Panic! At least for me, panicking makes me more focused and more prepared to take calculated risks. Accept that PvP is scary. Maybe I’m alone in this, but it’s rare that the panic in my head feels so good as in PvP.

DON’T: Panic! If panicking makes you unable to focus or unnecessarily defensive, remember that it’s just one match. Dying is not the end of the world. As Kevin the Noob once put it: YARN, You Always Respawn Closeby”. In PvP that’s not even true, but the sentiment is still the same. Plus, you look adorable with your head spinning like that!

 

8.

DO: Dig for Triage or Shift when you’re facing a school that likes DoTs like Burning Rampage, Skeletal Dragon or Basilisk. Especially from first, it’s very satisfying to use Shift on a big DoT. And when second, it’s still worth a try. Maybe it won’t remove anything, when you predict wrong, but at least you tried!

DON’T: Dig SO far that you’ll have to reshuffle 3 turns into the match. They’re not going to Rampage right away, so focus on keeping them too busy to do that. Kill their minion, get your own minion out, put up your bubble, put weaknesses on them. Meanwhile, discard what you don’t need, but don’t go too heavy on the TC.

 

9.

DO: Learn what the most typical way to play a certain school is at a certain level by watching other people of that level PvP. You can learn a lot by paying attention to how others play. Knowing what is typical for a certain school and level will help you predict better what they will be doing to you when you face them.

DON’T: Assume too much about your opponent’s play style before you see what they really do. While there are always the stereotypical turtle Lifes and Lore spammers, not everyone fits into those categories. I recently lost a match because I assumed my Balance-with-Life-mastery opponent was a turtle when he disregarded all healing and just went all damage on me with Life spells.

 

10.

DO: Accept the compliment graciously when people call you a noob! Noobs unite! Always say “gg” at the end of a match, no matter what the match was like. You tell people “good night” when they go to bed even when you don’t care if their night is good, so say “good game” at the end of a match. I think it’s just polite.

DON’T: Lose your temper when you lose due to RNG; be it pip fails, deck fails or lucky crits. Don’t call your opponent names. Come on, do I really need to tell you this?

 

Share your own good advice in the comments!

 

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