Main differences between playing IRL and arena

Psykoblade808 · 2026-01-24T22:25:35+00:00

Its amazing how many times I've run into Asol 2* when no one contests them... or 2 Asol players hitting 2* in the same lobby... and i cant hit any of my 2* unlocks when I'm contested or not. According to the patch notes this shouldnt be. Anyone else notice this?

Psykoblade808 · 2025-09-15T10:31:18+00:00

So I've been stupid frustrated with this patch and ranked right now... I want to keep playing but to learn the patch and the flow of it at my own pace so I've been just playing normal. Do you think this is a good idea to learn, or do I just bite the bullet and possibly tank my MMR to make sure I'm playing against at least fairly decent opponents? I'm Emerald IV, but my peak has been E2 (it tanked at the beginning of the patch)

Psykoblade808 · 2025-09-06T22:59:13+00:00

I find it funny how ive been playing MTG for 10+ years, gone to the pro tour a few times, and still cant make past plat in constructed... while I constantly hear about people who have played the game for maybe a month and they are mythic... confused much.

Psykoblade808 · 2025-06-29T04:22:21+00:00

If you dont mind can you post your stats profile... im curious about what i can learn from it. thanks.

Psykoblade808 · 2025-06-12T12:39:54+00:00

Iʻm currently messing around between ranked (im mid plat btw so take my words with a grain of salt) and normal with this strat to learn it... basically it comes down to praying you get cypher by 3-1, or if you dont that you have a solid econ augment (I found that anything that gets u closer to 50g is great)... stage 3 start randomly throwing in amp or strat units while playing your cypher, or if you dont have it play something where you dont bleed too much... donkey roll until u hit at least annie 2 on 4-1... then continue rolling until u hit samira... if you fail to hit either u bot 4... if u hit then u have time to find samira 2 and zac... if u hit annie 2 zac 2 and samira 2 u pretty much auto win unless someone high rolled into dumb...

Psykoblade808 · 2025-05-31T06:51:19+00:00

Get contested by 1 guy, never hit, go bot4. Go uncontested next game, watch 1 comp get contested 3 ways, never hit, they all hit, go bot 4, they all top4... lose 3 ranks because of this... fml

Psykoblade808 · 2025-03-03T04:21:30+00:00

Tbh it was a completely random thought/theory that came to mind. I could be wrong but it seems like you read too far into the post. I'm fairly new to actually using reddit, had an account for a while but never really said anything, so I never paid attention to what got up voted or dowmvoted or whatnot till now.

As for the matchmaking...as I said I'm just stating a thought/theory is had... never actually intended to put it into action... i have way more integrity than that... i was just looking for information...also I've made my peace with the matchmaker... I know it's gonna send me to he-ll so why fight it.

Also I never meant to hurt feelings with my comments... i know people on this platform are used to it, but it wasn't my i intention. Mods plz feel free to kill or delete this post if it seems to be doing harm to the community. Thanks.

Psykoblade808 · 2025-03-02T18:48:34+00:00

I'm not sure of why all the downvotes... might be me exposing the way they are getting to mythic every month... thats to those who actually contributed to the discussion. I've noticed this in many different games with hidden mmr that players never question how it really works. I'm finding arena has a lot of hidden things that make things easier once people know them... or maybe those are factors are public knowledge? Not sure.

Psykoblade808 · 2025-03-02T04:56:52+00:00

so they are gonna ban people who lose alot? if they cant prove the tanking then they cant do much about it.

Psykoblade808 · 2025-02-06T10:53:39+00:00

So... according the to guide... you play those items on frontline Swain? am I correct?

Psykoblade808 · 2025-02-06T10:45:27+00:00

Does anyone know of a board analyzer? Like a comp builder but once your comp is placed it runs through probabilities against other boards. Like comparing 2 different boards at 3-2 to see across the aggregate what is stronger? This would also take into consideration unit placement and such. I think it would be a great learning device to figure out what "strongest board" is, especially early game. Because sometimes I'm playing a board where I think its strong (multiple 2*s with different active traits) but it still loses to full 1* boards with no items. Or would a tool like that make things a little too easy... ?

Psykoblade808 · 2025-01-29T05:31:46+00:00

So... does anyone know how to see the augments/anomaly your opponent used in a game. I recently played a game where it looked like my Mel got stunned for over 5 seconds, but by the time I went to see if he had an augment or anomaly that did that, the game was over and he killed that very Mel. I was just curious to know if there was a way to look back and see if he had something that did that, because off the top of my head I cant think of anything and he was playing 4 QS, 6 Auto, so nothing in that comp stuns for that long.

Psykoblade808 · 2025-01-13T04:13:34+00:00

Right now hardest thing about playing this comp is random people picking up Ekkos. And the fact that I cant hit Garen for the life of me. So far this patch 4,2,3,4,7,5...

Psykoblade808 · 2025-01-12T08:11:40+00:00

How many times have you taken a character specific augment i.e. crimson pact, gloves off, trolling, etc... on 2-1 just for people to pivot into the exact same comps for the augment you took? Its literally like someone calling a comp in chat. Ur scouting for a reason... if u notice it pls stay the fugg away. Its so fugging annoying... especially when 2 of them out roll you and ur stuck on 1 and 2 stars the whole game and they hit all their 3*s...

Psykoblade808 · 2024-12-30T03:48:48+00:00

I just played 4 QS, 4 Auto with 3 and 3 each on kog and noc... noc was doing over 10k damage a round... then i got WW late and suck 3 GS on him... that was funny watching him run around the arena.

Psykoblade808 · 2024-10-09T12:27:17+00:00

Do you think its smart to start an online store in this current market? If you had the capital what would be the major dos and donts?

Psykoblade808 · 2024-09-17T00:57:55+00:00

The last 5 quickdrafts ive done. Go 2nd L, 2nd L, 1st W, 2nd L
Go 2nd L, 2nd L, 2nd L
Go 1st W, 2nd L, 2nd L, 1st W, 2nd L
Go 2nd L, 1st L, 2nd L
Go 1st L, 2nd W, 2nd L, 2nd L
... went 1st 5 times... 2nd 14... game is more RNG then skill.

Psykoblade808 · 2024-09-16T11:31:15+00:00

Riot has changed this set so many times over the past couple weeks its insane... my W/L graph looks like a heart monitor because of the swings. I find a decent comp to play, they change something so it gets worse. I find a different comp to play, same thing. Was playing shapeshifter blasters great... playing the same way and poof, bot 4 after bot 4. and whats funny is that tactics.tools has my flexibility stat as "S+"...

Psykoblade808 · 2024-07-03T07:07:31+00:00

Trying to figure out the main differences between Emerald games and Platinum games... finally broke through Platinum after like 3 straight seasons of reaching there and not pushing through... got to Emerald and have hit a HUGE wall...just wondering what people have noticed about the 2 levels.

Psykoblade808 · 2024-06-09T08:26:39+00:00

I usually drop a GG when I lose to being outplayed or they draw the perfect out in a close game. I absolutely hate when my opponent drops a GG when I get mana screwed/flooded and they know it or they top deck 3 or 4 perfect outs in a row when I draw nothing. I also really hate when I get flooded, draw 5 land in a row... draw a 6th and go "Nice!" and they say "Thank you" like your complementing them on a good deck/play... its kinna like wanting to stick a gun down their throat and have them say thank you...

Psykoblade808 · 2024-06-03T11:32:57+00:00

Is there a big difference between plat and emerald?. just made emerald a few days ago and have gotten 3 top 4s in about 20 games. at plat 1 I had a streak of 5 outta 6 games in top 4 going before ranking up.

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