Hearthstone: Trump Basic Teachings - 03 - Fearless Tapping (Warlock)

The Warlock Hero Power - Life Tap - is a great way to get card advantage by sacrificing your own health. Remember kids: life is a resource!
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► #1 Board Control: • Hearthstone: Trump Bas...
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► #4 Fearless Hitting: • Hearthstone: Trump Bas...
► #5 Favorable Trading: • Hearthstone: Trump Bas...
► #6 Card Advantage: • Hearthstone: Trump Bas...
► #7 When to Face: • Hearthstone: Trump Bas...
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[@MrIrocknusuck]

Trump is my favorite tapper on the internet.

[@Eddierewrwrwerw]

me to

[@RyZeZweis]

lol 69 likes

[@kartoffelmozart]

I think this video showcased the strengh of the tap pretty well. Even though he did only make two taps, the advantage he gained over his opponent with those taps was pretty significant. He showed of the Warlock's ability to maintain significant pressure in the late game without running out of Cards and with BOTH of his taps he drew into a solution that was better than the current solution he had. Excelent video, the Warlock definitely has the best Hero Ability!

[@SAVEmeFROMtheANTS]

Thank you so very much for these vids! I just started playing Hearthstone a few days ago. I have already played (and won) against 2 players with golden 'skins' and nearly all legendary rare cards. You took a game that is so complex and yet made it so simple to use. This is BY FAR the best 'beginner/basic' videos I have seen on a subject. You are a great teacher. Trump Senpai

[@ryanash778]

He used tap only twice in the game. So that wasn't the best example for how good life tap is. Of course that was partilly because his opponent used ineffective cards and he didn't need to tap until the very late game.

[@TheMysteryMushroom]

Yes, but the tapping brought a better solution. That was his point.

[@VitaminDGaming]

Yeah, I feel like Trump should've recorded multiple games with the same teachings and used the best take. I'm sure the point will still get across to any newbies watching, though.

[@MrViperSniper1]

Trust me Hindsite he recorded many many games but he kept winning without needing to life tap or he got beaten. The deck he was using didn't make it easy to show off life tap because he had lots of high cost minions like Ogre and Dread Infernal.

[@Couragethecowarddog]

The tap into soulfire was a perfect example though.

[@NotchJonson360]

Sean McDonald Yeah, I know this is series is designed for complete beginners with basic cards but I think he should have used a Zoo deck just to illustrate the point better, especially as Zoo is one of the first "web decks" that a beginner will construct.

[@0ion]

These are fantastic tips, Trump! Thanks for making these videos!

[@NewKingBrandon]

*faptastic

[@ADTR202]

This is a really good series you got. Helps a lot. and you do it really well, you explain everything so nicely with the little notes that pop up and how you explain everything you do. thanks alot. def subbing

[@029tailsfox]

I like this teachings! When I started playing, I never wanted to play warlock because losing health for a card seemed really odd to me. Now warlock is my main class to play because of the same reason.

[@josh100CH]

Thanks Trump, your teachings help me to find a better play style.

[@TheStruggleNRG]

trump you are the best man... keep up the good work...you have taught me so much about HS.. don't let the haters get you down... Love Ya Buddy!!

[@vanishy0urself]

Soulfire now costs 1 mana, but this still looks good!

[@PewPew_McPewster]

I'm so glad you guys stapled a Phyrexian Arena onto one of your Heroes. As a Black mage in MtG, this makes me SO happy.

[@DJROCKSTAZ]

Red/White Boros for me.

[@liivex5405]

thank you, Trump. you are such a great player/person!

[@get_chucked8831]

Teacher!!

[@grifos7962]

Man, if I just discovered those a bit ago... I have a decent deck now, but I had quite a bad time making my Warlock deck And of course the commentary is formidable

[@SondreSnurr]

I were really hoping for a little "bloopers" section at the end of this. It were hilarious on the stream.

[@ImAgrish]

Paladin or Priest please :)! Love your stream and all of your vids! keep up the good work Trump!

[@IronFreakV]

I remember when he was recording this on stream, took him many tries to get a good match!

[@0rdon]

Best teacher ever

[@H4mmerfall]

The advanced lesson is that your life total is actually extremely important in a fast paced constructed format. Being at low life puts you in lethal range of your opponents combos, or simply their burn spells. This means that when you're close to being in range of such combos (e.g. 14 life against a druid, ~15 life against a hunter), you will have to do extremely inefficient trades in order to preserve your life above the lethal threshold, and these bad trades alone might be the reason you loose the game. So, in actuality, depending on the matchup, preserving your life total can be extremely important.

[@rulo4taciudad]

You are awesome men, I love your videos :D

[@folku]

thank you dude! very helpful

[@-Markus-]

Anyone else moving the mouse pointer over the clip to try and see card details!?

[@MrBalobba]

Great guide!

[@dominikkuharic1259]

Thank you Trump very helpful :)

[@VieneLea]

This series is great! Good job, Jens - it would be a lot worse series of videos if it wasn't for the stuff you add - like the amount of damage dealt etc :D

[@fofocasnoreddit]

watching this in the livestream was so funny

[@TheUnidosxlamusica1]

Why?

[@chickie508]

Leandro Bazan He had to redo this video about 6 times on stream to get it right.

[@TheUnidosxlamusica1]

Charles Pierce lol ok

[@fofocasnoreddit]

Yup

[@Efical]

Trump pls cut the fucking big drops!!! xD "you belive me that taping is a good thing?"

[@XanderednaX21]

The stream was glorious.

[@oldsmelly911]

I think a cool episode idea would be to teach about how to effectively use buffs, and about trading up and such. Would probably be best to use a paladin or druid for it I suppose.

[@ktosnieznany5543]

Excellent example.

[@nordicfatcheese]

I think of Life Tap as an Underground Connections that just costs 1 more health and mana to use but you always have it.

[@ColeVanErkelens]

Thank you so much for teaching me I went from a noob to rank 10

[@shadowmane55]

hey trump. I only started hearthstone like last week tuesday and these tutorials have really made me hit the ground running.. on like my third carp pack i even got an Al'Akir.. so im trying to main shaman right now as i've been getting alot of shaman cards from packs... i also love mage, its my most consistent.. i just play alot of minions that up spell damage and load on all the basic mage damage skills.. the burst is fun. Basically keep it up mayne.. im loving hearthstone and ur vids help. i also watched a 10-hour video of the blizzcon opening day... so watching the pros really helped lol. also.. can anyone answer this... In crafting.. if you want to focus on a certain constructed deck (shaman for me) would you advise de-crafting other rare cards like 'crazed alchemist' or something that might be useful in another deck just to focus on my main deck? or would it be best to keep rare cards just cause they are rare and when you need it later you will be sad? lol

[@coldrunfinalfantasy5545]

Loving this series! Has Trump given an indication of his release schedule for the rest of the videos?

[@ManFromTheFizz]

Trump, the stormwind champion is like the game winning kill, if you have board control!

[@ShepherdV]

Really Trump i likr your teaching Videos^^

[@RockHammerTV]

Thank you Trump. :)

[@iTzsimplefx7]

Watched tutorials first 2 games i play im losing hp but board control i end up winning sick videos :D

[@goodoldingus1889]

This was hilarious on stream

[@gregormohar2185]

5:45 "or some such" gold

[@trifarianboi3043]

And when that time comes... *summons random pandarian dude* Pandaria will be ours!!

[@NightChime]

Classic Handlock can also be a good example of a deck that fearlessly taps.

[@MlinarCoika]

Very true :) However "Trump Teachings" is a tutorial for new and inexperienced players, and most of the times they don't have flashy giants, shadowflame and what not. Having said that, I agree, new players would understand better if they saw handlock in action xD

[@dragonwithamonocle]

I was playing hunter against a warlock yesterday, and I was rushing the face and still managing to keep the board controlled, and got the warlock down to two life. He used his ability and died. That was a pretty hilarious victory.

[@proctor7029]

Switch the first letter of Fearless and Tapping XD

[@jarnozondag6347]

tearless fapping... -_-

[@julianharder1354]

this is gold

[@christopherrupp1102]

you saved my day with that joke xD

[@hishamjalal9078]

tearless fapping = masturbation session that you do not regret

[@benfinkel]

Question: When you show off the Zoo deck at the end you mention that usually it's a board control deck, not an aggro deck. Under what game conditions do you consider switching to a more aggressive approach?

[@siderealmaple6027]

What cards do i take out for blood imp and Jaraxxus?(if blood imp is a card that is good when added)

[@samroks100]

This made the entire video make mr think trump was trying to sell life tap.

[@Fhfchtvjyvgyuijhbhdh]

What could I replace the Naxx cards with in a zoo deck?

[@NOVAxSHADE]

Thanks!

[@Antiork]

part 2 of the series was to spend all ur mana efficiently and in part 3, trump almoster never spend full mana in the first half of the video :D Nice teachings there xD This series in pretty nice, but i feel like part 3 example match wasnt that big of a showoff since u only tapped twice.

[@LinusAkaPano]

He played over 10 games trying to repeat the exact same things you heard him say in this video. He won against most of his opponent without the need for life tapping due to his deck running mostly high cost minions instead of being a zoo-like deck.

[@mushkingdomz5931]

Part two was showing how important it was to spend mana on curve as a Druid, not a warlock u silly :)

[@Antiork]

Mushkingdomz i never said so, u silly :)

[@mushkingdomz5931]

***** u mentioned how he didnt use all his mana every turn, this is because its more important to spend all ur mana as a druid than as a warlock, considering most types of decks both classes run

[@Aquilenne]

He said all the mana that made sense to spend. Usually if he didn't play all his mana, it was because he couldn't (1 mana remaining after playing the best cards for the situation and no 1 mana cards), or was holding onto situational reactive cards that he'd benefit more from holding on to. (e.g. hellfire). The point he was trying to make wasn't to mindlessly spend all your mana, but that if you have a way to do so, you should consider that play first, and then compare others to it, and only do something else if you know why you're making that.

[@Hemlocke3]

If nothing else, Trump is correct about the game being about board control, but you do have to watch your Health. Many classes have some way of dealing 10 damage in one turn and I personally find that when you hit that 10HP mark, that's the danger zone. 15 HP odd is where I stop tapping because I don't want to risk it. Especially if I'm ahead. Of course HP means diddly all when you're opponent is a Miracle Rogue or just Pyrox2/Fireballx2.

[@Schleicherfreund]

I quote: "What is safe? It depends on the match-up, but this is safe."

[@HououinKyouma42]

It's a little odd to pick a flat number to stop at, or more to the point, against most decks, 15 is probably too high unless you're ahead with options in hand. Reason being that you want to play the odds, if tapping helps you get lethal sooner, then giving your opponent earlier lethal didn't actually hurt you any. I'd only really stop at 15 against Druid, since Druids will combo for 14 fairly often. Frankly, against Paladin, I'd feel fine tapping down to 7, and wouldn't be too upset to tap to 5, just to make sure I had options in hand if I haven't seen both equalities yet (particularly if I have a taunt mechanic). Most times, if you aren't already holding next turn lethal, a difference of two life is minimal, so long as it reasonably gives your opponent 1 or less additional ways to win outright that aren't already near lethal (for example, at 15 against Jaina and don't have cards prepared for more than this full turn? TAP, since even though you're now dead to the two fireballs she might be holding and hero power, frankly the same was true at 15, it was just going to take longer without you reasonably drawing any more outs than you do now).

[@skylarl5545]

HououinKyouma42 agreed, you really learn "fearless tapping" if you play Handlock enough. The key is to know what kind of deck your opponent is playing, and what combo / how much damage is possible in the next turn.

[@sirhawkjames]

what is life but a sentence followed by a period of intense tendency to an ending?

[@JorgenVonStein]

I was hoping that you would go into some of the common burn combos from the various classes so that players would have an idea of when they would be entering the danger zone while tapping. If the situation is dire enough you can tap at 3 or more life but it would be a shame to drop games that were otherwise in the bag because of impatience.

[@TheDDG0]

i was against a paladin. he played sword of justice i think, which give a summoned minion +1/+1, and when i played swamp ooze, he just conceded :D:D:D:D:D this deck is op as hell :D

[@mrsoommy9162]

can't wait for paladin :]

[@asszudemi2647]

would it still be good to play soulfire? even though it costs 1 mana now?

[@rolts101]

I have collected 700 gold and don't know if to buy packs or second wing of naxxramas?

[@cgoodm]

What are some good cards to add to the level 10 edition of the basic zoo deck? I don't have naxx and only have ~260 dust and basically no cards so I was thinking, doomgaurd or argus maybe HG. thoughts?

[@Plague_Doc22]

cgoodm I personally think Argus is a must have in Zoo. It not only adds more damage and health to guys to put them out of small aoe dmg spells like swipe but also forced the other player to hit a target they may have prefered not to hit that turn. I'm currently rank 3 and still find taunt givers an annoyance. The 4-4 Dwarf is also great ( forgot the name of it, Iron smth). And is only a common.

[@Befooks]

2 doomguards is pretty much mandatory in zoo due to the advantage of having extremely low, or zero cards in hand, which makes you able to play doomguard for little-to-no risk. It both serves as a finisher, and a big body that your opponents have to deal with on their next turn.

[@MajorWX2]

Blooper reel when?

[@jorieuw]

is soulfire still good now it 1 mana cost

[@cardquest2118]

The warlock hero power is much better than you think. It gets better as blizzard makes new cards. In addition to being fun, strong and centered around deck building, it is also the best hero power. Making warlock the best class overall

[@yariang0]

How does the zoo strategy play out when you suspect your opponent is running Force + Roar combo or otherwise makes your "safe" health level particularly high?

[@nonradiofriendlyape9348]

+Yarian Gomez Well, if you're facing alot of those druids, Zoo is just not the best deck to play it against...

[@Redemption373]

Any difference for deathrattle lock?

[@vesmolol9185]

A grand total of two taps? That maybe wasn't the best example :P

[@jokujunahi]

Man, I have really wanted to build warlock deck, but I don't want to play rush deck or the normal control deck. I would love to rather use demon deck, but I am not sure if I should focus my dust on it since I started the game about month ago and still lack many cards. Also I really love the look the demons, if that makes any sense. And everyone says demon deck is not viable at all, and what I have seen in the new expansion cards, there are nothing to make demons more viable.

[@dimant35ify]

The thing about an demonogist deck is that the cards dont interact with each other or with you. Yes you can say that they are overpower but the drawback will be to high for you to bring you back up... There are some videos where is played the demonogist deck and you can see why is not an valiable deck.

[@user-uq4gr5nl5o]

I'd tap that.

[@IncludesNuts]

ayyy. I get it.

[@mxmacaroon]

Trump should do a bonus episode with ek0p about proper BM.

[@PlasmaChroma]

I think this video could have been better. If you are going to make a video about tapping tactics specifically, showing more than 2 taps (4 life spent) could have been more educational. Real problem here is that using the basic deck doesn't really highlight what situations hand-lock tends to end up in. You mostly played on curve through the match.

[@ThePatenty]

you might not know, but these lessons are made for starters players, and this game did not last enough for him t show fearless tapping importance, but he show us with his words, that when the game lasts for a top deck situation, you have to tap without fear :D

[@PlasmaChroma]

Patenty MGMM I guess something that could have been more interesting for just one example would be playing vs mage and edging up to just outside of fireball lethal while using tapped cards to win the match. I was at least expecting something more along those lines.

[@logalogb]

Tap for the win ;)

[@kloaf1131]

whats better a zoolock or a handlock? win average I guess too lazy to look up

[@TheFireflyGrave]

That ancient protector really bailed Trump out. This video would have been hilarious if Trump had spent 10 minutes talking about 'fearless tapping' only to win the game without needing to.

[@jaxsonbateman]

Hearthstone is about life. The only way to lose at this point (besides conceding, of course) is to hit 0 or less life. What is more technically accurate from the viewpoint of this video is that, generally, paying life to draw cards will often increase your position in the game to the point where your opponent loses even more life than what you paid. Basically, in many cases the sheer card advantage gained as a result from paying 2 mana and 2 life will often lead to your opponent losing more than 2 life, and potentially more than 2 mana in trying to get things under control.

[@x46andtwo]

I hate using Warlock but now I will give it another try. I just suck at this game though.

[@Heatranoveryou]

Missed a chance to point out that clearing the minions prevents him from getting to attack with cards like mark of the wild.

[@AdmiralAwesome42]

Whatre those two counters under his rank and name?

[@Joaovedana]

Que inveja desses 1650 pó :o

[@wordoftheday23]

These guides still good on 2017? just started playing Hearthstone

[@dominikkuharic1259]

They are :)

[@ignacioporte6137]

can you put the subtitle plis i don´t understand very much english by hearing

[@XmortoxX1990]

Aaaahh the good old times when SouFire cost 0, still good at one mana but back the it could be a bot broken.

[@stormauror2642]

always remember! LIFE IS A RESOURCE xD

[@veiregor]

I have ti buy every wing separately in naxx or I get all of them for 750.and info me about the cards and when u get them plz.ty

[@DoctorDanieI]

You can pay Cash to unlock all of the Naxx or you can use gold to unlock them one by one.

[@kobaanni.424]

gold one by one, and u get card as soon as u beat the boss ( if the boss is a boos that drops it), and if u click on the chest near the quaters, it tells u what cards u will get if u play that quarter, too bad you have to unlock each one seperately unless u use 25$ (may have tax) and get all at once. i have none unlocked btw :(, saving gold for gvg as i heard it will drop gvg cards in arena.

[@ManFromTheFizz]

Pro hearthstone came be summarized in two things: 1. Card Advantage 2. Card Value

[@angelatzw1503]

Your a boss

[@ThePolishDerp]

Does this deck still work with current meta?

[@jayblade2000]

Can anyone tell me if I can make a good Druid or Hunter deck from the free cards you get at Lvl 1? I don't really know much about the starting cards, or free packs or anything. but want to get into Hearthstone

[@coreydale-miller2065]

www.icy-veins.com/hearthstone/basic-druid-deck

[@coreydale-miller2065]

www.icy-veins.com/hearthstone/basic-hunter-deck

[@granmemo]

How do you reset your rank to 21 ? O:

[@flamingfurball2]

how can you not mention Handlock when talking about tapping

[@joshuamdevore]

Probably because these are intended for new players and there's no way they would have the cards for handlock unless they dropped a lot of cash.

[@CorpseFyre987412]

exham Even then, handlock's possibly one of the hardest decks to master so they'd probably end up going "this deck's a load of wank" when they play their ancient watchers on curve and realise they do nothing XD

[@1shinystare]

He actually did many times when trying to get the recording this cut was just one of the ones he didn't mention it in.

[@FutureStoics]

hey how come your soulfire cost 0 and mine cost 1 mana??

[@zada4a]

The good old days when you play river crockolisk |:D

[@cordellmaniac]

Can you still play with this deck as a beginner?

[@79Shotinthedark]

Fearlessly taps (twice)

[@michaelbowman6684]

2:20 what about warrior?

[@Jmaccxx]

Jens, you should of really told Trump to move that new mic away from his speakers or turn them down, tut tut!

[@cairnsaiden]

My soul fires cost 1 mana instead of 0. Is it still a good card to put into the basic deck?

[@epicrifftor2]

I think it was an update because 0 mana was OP, but you should still put it in your deck

[@cairnsaiden]

epicrifftor2 sick. Thanks!

[@Threadward]

Is soulfire still good now it costs one? (Please excuse me if I'm being an idiot)

[@MitruMesre]

Yes

[@tychovandongen6893]

mind if i roll weeeeddd

[@-dubios-]

+tycho van dongen img03.deviantart.net/8ae8/i/2014/109/1/f/mind_if_i_roll_weed__by_rjg_art-d7f76ic.png

[@hishamjalal9078]

go ahead bruh

[@afsmopomsafafo]

With power of life tap AND FRIEND SHIPPPPP

[@ar0n65]

One of the most popular decks in the current meta is zoolock... Kappa

[@michaelbowman6684]

11:18 where is the Zombie chow?

[@Jasonandjason]

well i learnt a thing or two from you, i shall now skoobscrib.

[@sunlizard13]

Is this still relevant given the current meta?

[@fullmetal1408]

Fearlessly tapping = Tapping twice Kappa