Can you tie in Hearthstone?

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I'm curious about some of the hearthstone rules, specifically about when the game is considered a tie.

So, for example, what happens in the following scenarios?

If a warlock plays hellfire when both heroes are at 3hp or less.
If your opponent has 5hp, and you have 3hp. You play a leper gnome, and then hellfire.

So, what happens in such occasions? A tie? Both opponents lose? or what else?

Agreed with Ken, if only because the answer to that question answers this question. — Waterseas, Mar 24 '15 at 18:30
@GarretJ That is a seperate question, something along the lines of triggers resolving when one player has already died. Would recommend searching for/asking that as a seperate question. — Waterseas, Mar 25 '15 at 15:37

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 24 '15 at 17:24

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Yes, a game can be a tie. This happens if both players are reduced to 0 health at the same time. It can also happen if the game lasts beyond a certain number of turns- 50 if I recall correctly- which is extremely rare as both players would need to survive the fatigue.

Certain server errors can disconnect both players simultaneously, which also causes a tie.

A tie is displayed as a loss to both players but isn't actually counted as a loss. This means that neither player will lose any rank and this will not count towards their three losses in arena.

answered Mar 24 '15 at 17:24

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@Shaeldon Stack Exchange is a wonderful site: http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/172544/what-happens-in-arena-if-both-players-die-simultaneously – Waterseas Mar 24 '15 at 18:29
Tis entirely possible this question should be marked as a duplicate of that question, due to the fact that the top answer to that question answers all of this one. – Waterseas Mar 24 '15 at 18:29
@Waterseas agree, flagged – Shaeldon Mar 24 '15 at 18:31
An example of a 50-turn game is where both players play Mal'Ganis to gain immunity and keep passing. – aebabis Mar 24 '15 at 18:52
@Waterseas Agreed, but I think the question title of that question should be changed so it's not arena-specific. – Comic Sans Seraphim Mar 24 '15 at 19:37

Shaeldon · Answer 2 · 2015-03-24T18:28:26.560

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Yes you can.

I was unable to found an official source but i'll leave you this Link from a good source.

When you do tie, it is shown as a loss for both players but does not count as one.

edited Mar 24 '15 at 18:28

answered Mar 24 '15 at 15:36

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+1 can confirm, died from goblin bombs at the same time as my opponent and we both lost. – Reaces Mar 24 '15 at 16:05
To be fair, this answer doesn't answer all the questions. – Waterseas Mar 24 '15 at 16:10
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This is not entirely correct- see my answer. – Comic Sans Seraphim Mar 24 '15 at 17:25
Ties appear as losses for both players, but are not actually losses (they don't affect your rank nor Arena loss count). – ken.ganong Mar 24 '15 at 17:41
@Tjd To be fair, they are two parts of the same question. – Waterseas Mar 24 '15 at 18:28

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 24 '15 at 19:53

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Similar to a tie a player can die and come back to life in a single action. Example: Paladin with 2 HP and TrueSilver Champion weapon equipped attacks a minion that does 3 damage. For a moment the paladin will appear to go to -1HP and then the heal from the sword will bring it back up to 1 HP.

answered Mar 24 '15 at 19:53

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That's actually incorrect. The heal effect of the sword goes off first at the beginning of the attack bringing the Paladin to 4 HP. Then running into the minion that does 3 will bring him down to 1. If it was the other way around he would simply lose because his health was below zero. Order of operations matter in this game. – Sorean Mar 24 '15 at 22:02

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