

With the release of new expansions, the importance of Arena has become increasingly important for newer players because this will be their main method for building their card collection, as this is the most efficient and effective way to do so. If you’re part of the latter, then this guide is definitely for you! Importance of Arena for Beginners On the flip side, there are players who aren’t so good, but have a blast when brawling in the Arena. There are several players who are good in Arena, but don’t enjoy playing it. Ultimately, the decision on whether you want to invest your time into Arena is in your hands. The most important aspect of Arena that you should consider is whether you have fun or not because it would otherwise be too tiresome and tedious to consider playing Arena as a “job” or a “necessity” in order to build your card collection. Secondly, Arena takes a lot of time and effort, thus may not appeal to all consumers. Thus, it may be more beneficial to spend your initial set of gold on classic packs and gain more experience in casual before investing it into Arena, as diving straight into the game mode off the bat might yield disastrous results. Most people from the community agree that beginners should focus on building their collection from the classic packs before venturing into the newer expansions. First, you have to consider that Arena runs only give card packs from the latest expansion, which may or may not be useful to your circumstances. There are a few factors to consider when choosing between the two options. There has been a lot of opinions with regards to whether newer players should focus on buying packs with their gold or enter the Arena. This portion of the guide will serve as a disclaimer, and will walk you through the potential reasons why the Arena game mode might not be for everyone. As a “Free-to-Play” (F2P) player myself, I experienced this first hand, until I discovered the wonders of Arena! It is a frustrating experience for a beginner to lose a match simply because the opponent has better Rares, Epics, and Legendaries that the beginner’s deck is no match for.

It’s true in the sense that, if you want to build a sizable card collection for competitive ladder, it would be difficult for a beginner to collect the vast pool of expensive cards necessary to make a competitive ladder deck.

Hearthstone has a reputation of being a “Pay-to-Win” (P2W) game, and to be honest it’s sort of true. Though, there has been some recent changes to improve the new player experience, new expansions will always make it increasingly difficult for newer players to get started with the game. Hearthstone is not necessarily “beginner friendly”. They jump into Arena with no idea what they’re doing, thus they are utterly destroyed by some of the more experienced players, resulting in an uncomfortable and rough experience of the game mode, thus they refuse to touch the Arena game mode again. There seems to be a common trend that I see with many new players who are just starting out with Hearthstone. Overall, this Arena guide will provide you with the necessary information you need in becoming an Arena legend. The guide is dissected into several parts, and will walk you through the entire process of playing Arena, where each aspect is discussed in-depth. This guide is dedicated to help beginners with the basic fundamentals of Hearthstone Arena, with the goal of them being able to sustain themselves financially (becoming infinite in Arena) while being able to have an enjoyable experience.
