Welcome to the Advanced Guides! Here you will find a wide range of articles and topics that will elevate your Hearthstone skills further! These are articles mostly focuses on the concepts and fundamentals, so while they may not be up to date with the latest cards or the meta, the concept and fundamentals does not change!!
If you need a refresher, you can also head over to the Beginner Guides section. You can also check out a complete list of guides under the Ranked & Legend category and the Advanced guides category.
General Fundamentals and Strategy
A Closer Look: How to Use the Coin Properly by SHP
Patience and Practice, Keys to Being Better in Hearthstone by HalfbrokeChris
5 Tips on How to Improve Your Laddering Experience by Stonekeep
Hearthstone Deck Tracker or How to Make Your Life Easier by Stonekeep
Planning to Win by Modorra
Hearthstone Mastery: Goals and Game Plan by Luís Magalhães
Legend Tips: The Science of Optimizing Mulligans by Spark
Consistency in Hearthstone: The Why and How by Modded
Hearthstone Fundamentals: Tempo by CynthiaCrescent
Hearthstone Fundamentals: Card Advantage by CynthiaCrescent
The Dynamic of Hero Power – Part 1 by CynthiaCrescent
Mana Matters: Understanding 1 Drops by Dreadmaker
Advanced Guide: Understand Card Slots as a Resource by Dreakmaker
For more advanced guides, check out the advanced category.
Decision Making/Planning
- Planning to Win by Modorra
- Best Plays & Game Plans: A Guide to Improving Your Decision Making by Mats
- Fundamental Hearthstone Strategy: A Guide for Decision Making by Mats
- Deep Dive: The Art of Planning by CowPimp
- Into the Hearthstone Mind: The Four Stages of Competence by katy
Concepts and Mechanics
- Concepts Explained: Synergy by Smashthings
- Understanding Threat Value in Hearthstone by Newton
- Understanding the Meaning of Random by DarkRugia
- Hearthstone Theory: Resources Part 1 by Falathar
- Hearthstone Theory: Resources Part 2 by Falathar
- Hearthstone Guide: Stat Budget Explanation by Ajay
Hitting Legend and Climbing Ladder
Visit our Legend and Ranked page for guides related to this topic!
Deck Building
How to Build Synergistic Decks? by Spark
Building Innovative Decks: A Step-by-Step Guide by Smashthings
Deck Building Theory Part 1: The Basics by Blackacre
Deck Building Theory Part 2: Resource Superiority by Blackacre
Deck Building Theory Part 3: Tempo & Core Archtypes by Blackacre
Counter The Net Deck II: Deck Building 101 – The Way of the Aggro by Killswitch
Deck Construction Series: Breathing New Life into Stagnant Net Decking by Killswitch
Top Ten Tips for Better Deck Building by louwilliam
For more deck building guides, check out the Deck Building category.
Tournament and Competitive Play
Ben Nagy’s Big Picture – Why does Blizzard Focus on Tournament Play? by Ben Nagy
Ben Nagy’s Big Picture – Are Nerfs Really Necessary? by Ben Nagy
What Next?
Here are more readings for you with a centralized theme:
How to Reach Legend
Features a collection of Legend guides and how to beat the Hearthstone Meta/Rank.
In-depth Turn Analysis
A series on analyzing and breaking it down a single turn of a game. Highly recommended reading!
Mastering the ‘X’ Deck Guides
Extensively in-depth deck guides where we show you how to master a popular deck on the ladder!
Monthly Legend Meta Decks
See whichs decks are popular on the ladder and which are rising to the top!
Weekly Legends Video Series
A Premium exclusive on Hearthstone Players. Featuring not only a Legend guide but also videos of it in action!
Mastering the Arena
You haven’t experienced the full range of emotions offered by Hearthstone till you stepped into the Arena. Learn how to draft 6x Fireball or 4x Truesilver Champion!
