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[WoToG]S25 Legend Zoolock

  • Last updated Apr 29, 2016 (Old Gods)
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  • 26 Minions
  • 4 Spells
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: Zoolock
  • Crafting Cost: 5120
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 4/28/2016 (Old Gods)
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    finalmode#1567

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Hello again everyone! Please give an up vote if you genuinely liked this guide and found it helpful. ^_^ I also want to thank SDSMAT for helping in the construction of this list. 

 

Legend Proof

Video

http://plays.tv/video/5722f4f07e7b475ead/-finalmode-legend-climb-zoo

 

Match Ups

 Zoo 50/50: Here you want to press for board control. Try to make your trades as favorable as possible. You have to play the game of attrition and ideally you want them to have an empty board state where cards like Abusive Sergeant and Power Overwhelming are pretty much dead in hand. 

Aggro Shaman/Midrange Shaman 60/40: The aim of the game here is yet again board control. You want to answer cheap minions efficiently, forcing them into a corner where their bigger threats are used for trading instead of mindlessly going face. Dire Wolf Alpha and Defender of Argus placement are key as most of your minions can easily die to their removal. You also want to play around Lightning Storm. Try not to commit too much to the board if you can help it against the midrange version. Aggro shaman doesn't normally run any wrath, so they'll have a harder time answering all of your threats.

Druid 60/40: This match up is pretty good for Zoo because your early game is better than their's most of the time and they'll be stuck trying to play catch up. Just watch out for swipe because it can turn the game around quickly or if they are able to commit a lot of taunts early on with innervate. 

Miracle Rogue 70/30:  From my experience, this match up was amazing. Place minions in proper positions for Defender of Argus while avoiding Fan of Knives by keeping solid toughness minions on the board. If Darkshire Councilman lives long enough to go to combat, proper extensions can almost always end the game for your opponent. 

Deathrattle Rogue 40/60: This match up requires a lot of favorable trading. Treat it like the zoo match up. The sooner you keep the board clear, the better. If they see a solid spread, you'll find yourself having to do unfavorable trades to stem the bleeding. 

Hunter midrange/aggro 100/0: I didn't lose to any hunters playing this deck but I think I only ran into about 2 or 3 so the 100/0 rating is literally just based on my experience. It's probably more like 70/30 realistically but I was able to trade well with ease and they were just too far behind. Never saw explosive trap out of all of these games so that probably had a lot to do with my success, but always be mindful of it. 

Tempo Mage 60/40: Zoo is still a pretty bad match up for tempo mage. With Abusive Sergeant, it's usually pretty easy to deal with the few early game minions that they do have and they'll usually end up using a lot of their spells to try and control you board. Watch out for Flamewaker here and deal with it as soon as possible.

Priest 30/70: Hope for the best.

Control Warrior 35/55: Slightly better than priest but still tough.

Reno/Freeze Mage 30/70: Hope for the best.

Paladin ?: Didn't play any to make an assessment. 

 

Mulligans

You want to see your early game minions like Flame Imp, Possessed Villager, Voidwalker, Dark Peddler, Knife Juggler, Argent Squire, etc against pretty much everything.

On coin you want to see all of the above plus Darkshire Councilman or Imp Gang Boss.

 

Card Choices

Forbidden Ritual is amazing and has awesome synergy with Darkshire Councilman, Knife Juggler  and helps tremendously with dropping a free Sea Giant. Oh and can't forget Gormok the Impaler!

Darkshire Councilman Bruh....

Leeroy Jenkins I like this guy better than Doomguard because that 1 extra point can make all of the difference and I don't have to risk discarding cards I want to keep. 

Gormok the Impaler I feel like this guy is a lot easier to pull off in this version of zoo because of cards like Bilefin Tidehunter and Forbidden Ritual but a good replacement would be Dark Iron Dwarf if you just aren't feeling him. Personally I don't like trading minions if I don't have to.

Argent Squire I decided to do the one of for her instead of the second Bilefin Tidehunter since she makes for really good trading most times. 

Bilefine Tidehunter Nice little 2 for 1 value card. That taunt can be irritating for some decks and it has good synergy with the Darkshire Councilman.

 

Please leave feedback and let me know what you guys think! Sorry I wasn't able to use youtube to upload the video. My internet is so horrible I had to get a friend help me make a short video but it's better than nothing I suppose. :p Also feel free to add me finalmode#1567. I love having more play testing partners to swap ideas with. :D Love you guys. <3