Friend duel crashing

i have been playing with a friend with no issues until now and we BOTH crash whenever we select our decks and start loading the duel. We tried 4 times and all 4 times crashed. Devices used are ipad 2 and Xiaomi Redmi 5 plus.

However when we try playing with random people, we don’t crash

Hello Onions,

I’m sorry to hear you and your friend have been experiencing crashes while playing the game. Please follow the steps listed on our Troubleshooting Hearthstone Crashes on Mobile Devices support article, and ask your friend to do the same.