HEX Update – Many Presents

Hi HEXers!

We’re nearing the end of 2015, this year went by quickly! We know everyone is wanting to hear more about PvE, but bear with us. There is a lot going on behind-the-scenes that we hope you will all enjoy when we can finally show it all!

Night of Bells 2015 and Flashback Tournaments

Night of Bells is back! It starts in a few days on Monday at 10AM Pacific, can read more about it here. We’re looking forward to playing with Uncle Sparklestaff and love the new Lithe Lyricist AA! Just by logging in during the event you get the Night of Bells sleeve! We’re also running Flashback tournaments again! This time you can enjoy 2-2-1! UPDATE: Night of Bells ends on Monday, January 4th at 10AM PST and Flashback tournaments now end on Tuesday, January 5th at 10AM PST.

And Uncle Sparklestaff comes with a couple of pieces of equipment that give him an added kick! You can get his card and equipment as rewards in the Arena.



VIP Starts Next Week!

Over the holiday break starting Friday, December 25th, the December VIP tournaments kick off. This month we’re featuring Constructed VIP tournaments.

Start times listed in CET below:

Friday: 19:00

Saturday: 04:00, 12:00, 20:00

Sunday: 03:00, 18:00

Start times listed in PST below:

Friday: 10:00 AM, 7:00 PM

Saturday: 3:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 6:00 PM

Sunday: 9:00 AM

Start times listed in EST below:

Friday: 1:00 PM, 10:00 PM

Saturday: 6:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 9:00 PM

Sunday: 12:00 PM

If you are not yet a HEX VIP and don’t want to miss out on these tournaments, you should definitely become one. Head to the in-game store and choose 1 month, 3 months, or 12 months. With your purchase, you get a pack per week of the current set plus tickets to allow entry into these events (tournament entry fees still apply). Players who sign up for the full year also get the exclusive Cerulean Mirror Knight Alternate Art sleeve! See the VIP FAQ for more information.

Don’t forget, in January the new VIP AA rewards become available!



Latest Brew and Style Points

Our resident article writers, Dinotropia and Wurtil, put together really great posts that have you looking at ways of building decks or discover some really interesting combos.

For two resources you can grab a random, non-resource card from your deck. And best of all that card is given -2 cost, thereby ensuring that the professor doesn’t mess with your curve. If you could have played the tutored card from your hand, you can play it after the professor’s lesson. Essentially, including 4 Infernal Professors in your deck means your effective deck size is only 56 cards. And as we all know, the smaller the deck, the better your odds are at drawing into your threats.

Read more about Dinotropia’s look at Infernal Professor!

And Wurtil really knows how to put the D in the Deck of Destiny!

Getting that deck just perfect is one of the big draws to a game like HEX where the target is constantly shifting and all of your personal creativity is required to keep up. However, designing decks by yourself is often too difficult a task to sustain for long periods of time. Your own ideas start to coalesce around the same core lines of thinking, and as a result you end up getting stumped due to the diminishing returns from leveraging just a single point of view. Thankfully between forums, twitch, and in game chat it is surprisingly easy to start up conversations around deck building. After all, you have a pretty sweet point of reference to kick off conversations with…

For the deck that Team Rated-Hex used in the last round of qualifiers, its origin necessitated a merging of ideas. My good friend Infam0usNe0 and I just so happened to be working on some Mono-Diamond solutions to the metagame at the same time, yet both came to the table with wildly different approaches. Read more about Wurtil’s Destiny Deck!

This Week’s PvE Spoiler!

It may not be much about PvE, and we’re one week closer, but here’s a spoiler!

That’s all for this week. Please leave any questions or comments in the forums, and don’t forget to Follow us on Twitter, Like us on Facebook, Follow us on Twitch, and register on our forums.

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