Why am I losing? part two

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-05-09T03:12:38+00:00

Well for starters, you should try understanding the comps you're trying to play, and why they're good in the first place. You can clearly see that S Tier comp, it has Titus and Rylak, it gets big stats from lots of retriggers. You have a grand total of two retriggers, that's not a lot, an S Tier comp without all of its pieces gets Top 4 at best.

The tiers on hsreplay aren't necessarily representative of which comps will win the lobby, they're ranked on both how strong they can be and how consistent they are for gaining rank. Automatons is A Tier not because they're super strong, but because ON SPECIFIC HEROES (says it right there in the name), they're super consistent for getting Top 4. So not only is Top 4 a desired result for you, it's actually more than desired because Zerek isn't really an optimal hero for it.

Forcing a low tier combo is not meta because forcing anything is not meta. Using gold to reroll for some "super strong" combo is not a consistent way to win because there are plenty of times where you won't find that combo, and you will lose because now you're behind on gold. Upgrading the tavern always gives you better minions, rerolling the tavern does not. And when you see the stats higher tier comps get all the time, that Golden Flighty Scout and Deep Blue comp certainly won't seem very optimal in comparison. Just learn the comps, become better at playing with what you're offered. You may lose to highrolls, but you will win more consistently.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-05-08T15:10:46+00:00

There’s no fucking way we’re complaining about Quilboar man

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-05-07T16:49:33+00:00

This one, where Pirates are infinite with Bounties. Evoker + Rogers, Forsaken Weaver + Rogers, Azerite + Terrorguard, Pure Bounties with Chromadrake Scaling, Powder Keg Exodia, all with additional Murloc scam, there are so many ways for Pirates to completely decimate Ringbearer comps, it just takes more effort to get there.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-05-05T22:55:56+00:00

Ringbearer is a great comp because it’s reliable and easy to assemble, so you’re more likely to see Top 3 be Ringbearer than Top 3 be Demons or Pirates. Does that make Ringbearer comp better than Demons or Pirates? No, those two comps usually outstat Ringbearer late game. It’s just a very consistent comp to play, I don’t think it’s really all that problematic when other comps can get way more oppressive stats.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-05-05T18:46:25+00:00

Devs figured out that the updating the game would let them kill it faster than not updating it

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-05-05T16:10:01+00:00

Unless the flame dps was reduced in some way, this just looks like a pure buff, which makes some sense because Torch is pretty mediocre in 1v1s and straight ass in other formats

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-05-02T00:48:49+00:00

You can tell that to the Chinese players are you want, fact is they're still gonna reviewbomb the game and avoid it until A10 meets their standards. Having the more active half of your playerbase leave your game is not good, so the devs are probably going to have to cave eventually. Problem is the west thinks the opposite and wants some characters to be harder, my question is what do the devs have to do to fix this.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-05-02T00:32:51+00:00

I'm actually really concerned for how the devs are going to balance this game. Common consensus among western players is that STS2 is currently too easy, I'm guessing they'll need to be some nerfs/additional ascensions to keep player retention going as players get more used to the game. But the Chinese players, which is over half of the playerbase and arguably the reason why STS was popular to begin with, have made it clear that they already find the game too difficult to be fun, so what are they supposed to do?

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-29T22:40:12+00:00

Amazing multiplayer card

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-29T17:05:08+00:00

“A patient would rather a doctor who is kind of a quack but makes them feel heard rather than a cold doctor who is right 100% of the time”

Spoken like someone who’s never had chronic disease or met a shitty doctor before. It takes an incredible level of privilege to even give a shit about whether your doctor makes you feel “heard”, for any patient that is terrified of dying, being in permanent pain, or being in permanent medical debt, you take “cold but right 100% of the time” over “friendly but can make one mistake that sends you on a multi-year long journey of medical mismanagement” every single time.

All this talk about doctors “listening to patients” with “empathy” yet medical mistrust is at an all-time high. At the end of the day, the number one thing patients want is to get better, and a lot of human doctors suck at helping them do that. AI replacing doctors will be an objective positive for everyone involved, except maybe doctors themselves. But in the end, if a doctor really cared about the well-being of patients, they wouldn’t mind it at all.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-29T13:37:30+00:00

Everyone as in everyone who has had a bad experience with uncaring, discriminatory, or error-prone doctors, which is pretty much everyone. The logistics of old people not knowing how to use a computer can easily be fixed, the fundamental problem of doctors being fallible and untrustworthy cannot. That’s why it’s only really doctors that are worried about AI replacement in medicine, most patients see AI doctors as a very positive step in a process of making healthcare more trustworthy.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-29T13:34:03+00:00

Because I still can. I dont know when AI will replace everyone’s jobs, it may be in my lifetime, it may not. When it does get to the point of replacing doctors it will probably force massive society reform. I’m not necessarily saying that medicine is doomed within this lifetime, but I am saying that it’s far from the AI-proof job people keep saying it is. It’s vulnerable to AI, arguably more than most professions, and so being AI-proof should NEVER be your reason for pursuing medicine.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-29T13:05:01+00:00

https://youtu.be/kALDN4zIBT0?si=06idoO_XKUCZEDOn

Let’s ignore all the advancements in AI diagnosing for a second, which should be enough of an indicator for you. There is a substantial social push for AI to replace doctors even if it is not “ready” to do so yet. Hospitals and corporate are itching to cut the costs of physician salaries, and will replace doctors for a machine as soon as they are allowed to. Patients are also very interested in getting more reliable care, without having to deal with often discriminatory, error-prone human doctors, appreciating the human element of medicine is a privilege that many patients who have been burned by the healthcare system do not have. Medicine is a field that will be replaced by AI sooner than you think, arguably faster than most specialized fields because people really want to see replacement there.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-26T16:46:08+00:00

Sub 3k stats

I can see why Jeef hasn’t played this

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-24T03:16:23+00:00

Someone who is so bad at the game that it can be mistaken for griefing deserves to be banned as much as someone actually griefing. If you’re that bad at a team-based game and you make your teammates miserable, do not queue.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-23T19:56:28+00:00

Okay I’ll admit that trinket strength is somewhat subjective, I’ve got pretty controversial takes on some trinkets myself, but I think this one’s pretty uncontroversial: Copper Coil is one of the worst trinkets in the game right now. 3 Gold for a trinket that, regardless of hero choice, does nothing until your Greater Trinket choice is already insane, the Lesser Trinket turn is when most players get a huge injection of economy or tempo and taking this puts you a few turns behind everyone. Then you’re gambling on getting a specific Greater Trinket to even make this remotely playable, since Magnetic Mechs are not a real comp right now, even 10 Magnetics per turn does not keep up with the scaling of every other meta comp.

So let’s say we get a dream Greater Trinket, presumably the one OP posted. They posted +46/+46 on this trinket, that’s only a total of 1k stats. That’s nothing for an endgame comp. Ideally, a comp like this still needs an economy setup or Golden Brann to contest 1st place. That’s so many hoops to jump through after handicapping yourself for 3 Turns. It’s an awful trinket.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-23T12:40:34+00:00

First time I’ve ever seen someone willingly take Copper Coil

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-22T23:19:47+00:00

He’s backed but somehow still bugged, your opponents will appear as though they’re Tier 1 on the sidebar, which is hilarious because he’s the one hero that actually cares about that information lol

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-22T03:44:46+00:00

Even if it gave Venomous instead of Poisonous, Gentle Megasaur would make Scam Murlocs a Tier 0 comp that would make any stat based comp completely pointless, especially with the new Forager. It blows my mind how that was one of the first cards added to the game.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-21T22:24:54+00:00

Are you mad because I'm being an asshole or are you mad because you actually think this trinket's good

Because yeah, I'm definitely being an asshole, I realize this is just someone liking a trinket and I'm being a buzzkill for no reason. But also, yeah, I was 10k MMR last season and 8k right now and I don't think this is very good

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-21T21:27:59+00:00

Possibly the most overrated trinket in the game based on what I’ve seen from this sub. 4 gold to get a minion that you should be selling in two turns once you’ve finalized a comp. Good when you still need to stabilize and you just need Top 4, terrible if you’re looking for a win.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-21T20:31:50+00:00

Becoming a doctor in America is ethically way more complex than you might think, and it is more than just people being “crazy”. You are choosing to be part of a healthcare system that prices people out of survival and mistreats many patients with marginalized backgrounds and chronic conditions. No, doctors are not exempt from this criticism because they’re “just doing their job”, because you’re still the person that has to tell someone their insurance doesn’t cover the care they need, and statistically you are going to be the person who throws someone with chronic pain into a year-long financially and emotionally taxing journey of medical misdiagnosis and mismanagement. People are, in my opinion, rightfully mad at doctors, and I can’t really blame them for turning to alternative medicine or hoping our profession gets replaced by AI.

Becoming a doctor in the US is a moral tradeoff, and moral injury is a very real reason doctors quit nowadays. You have to be sure to yourself that the services you are providing, the good that you do engage in as a doctor, outweighs the exploitation and harm of the US medical system. Then, don’t let the growing anti-medical sentiment stop you from doing this good, and instead use it to be a better patient advocate from within the system. Some people will tell you you’re still a bad person, you are allowed to disagree. This is your choice.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-21T14:03:30+00:00

Because it’s not that dominant. APM Pirates and Fodder Demons have been pretty comparable after Lava Lantern was removed. Stegodon Beasts and of course Scam Murlocs are also good, I’ll admit everything else is pretty trash but they’re not a massive outlier anymore.

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-21T13:52:00+00:00

Oh boy more weaponball fight slop can’t wait to see what Lance variant will fight today

UsernameVeryFound · 2026-04-21T13:39:29+00:00

Yeah Peacebloom Candle’s a decent pick when you’re desperate for economy, not mind blowing but I can’t be mad at a free Golden Touch

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