Alright well... this doesn't seem very good at all.
So after a pack one where I saw no good heroes I took Treant first in pack two. Early in pack three I was about even between green and black cards and took a Viper third/fourth. The rest of the draft skewed towards black cards and I saw no heroes I wanted to play. In pack five I could have taken Beastmaster fifth/sixth but I had no red cards I wanted to play.
I believe I got the Horn of the Alpha and Apotheosis Blade without giving anything up. I was hoping for a Payday or two but no luck. So for gold generation I have just the two Iron Fog Goldmines. I guess maybe the Debbis will accelerate things since they trade often? So what do I put in my item deck?
I have a number of biases about items. I think +HP items are very powerful and will often play five of them with at least three cheap ones. I think Leather Armor is unplayable and Chainmail doesn't do enough for 7 gold. I am afraid of getting roadblocked by expensive items that only show up when I can't afford them. In general, though, for most of the items I just don't know how good they are. For example, even though I've played Keenfolk Musket a number of times to slightly positive effect, I couldn't say when it warrants a place in my deck.
Here, with three Debbi's I'm starved for hitpoints. Luckily I have two Stonehall Cloaks, which I love. I've been playing Stonehall Plate more lately. I feel like it's not prohibitively expensive and though it isn't often a big difference maker the turn you play it, you can generally see which lanes are likely to be contested so you can start buffing a hero that will see some combat and benefit from it. I love Shield of Aquila, which I think is a powerful effect for its cost. I feel like there are lot of late games where we've traded two lanes and our heroes are converging on the last battleground and wind up shoulder-to-shoulder.
I don't think I can afford Apotheosis Blade or Horn of the Alpha. I've played Wingfall Hammer once off of the Secret Shop and it seemed underwhelming. Do I want Cloak of Carnage or Fur-Lined Mantle? I feel like I really want the security of hitpoints early, so I'm just going to play three basic Cloaks. I've been trying out Broadsword more and I think the results have been positive, so I'll play that. Lastly I'll just throw in a Short Sword. I don't like Blade of the Vigil much. I play it with Ursa, but maybe I need to start playing it with heroes that keep creeps around them like Treant and Enchantress to speed up dominating a lane?
Am I underestimating my buying power? Will I ever get over my fear of expensive items?
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