[Legend in 7 days - may 2016] Wotog - Midrange/...
- Last updated May 25, 2016 (Old Gods)
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Wild
- 22 Minions
- 8 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Midrange Shaman
- Crafting Cost: 3020
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 5/8/2016 (Old Gods)
- Drag0nspirit
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Battle Tag:
Drag0nspirit#2819
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EU
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Total Deck Rating
131
Hey guys, I reached legend the fastest I have in a month so far, being legend the 07.05.2016. After trying the loyan bloodlust deck, I felt like it was losing steam too often againt control matchups so I went for the slower midrange control version removing all the win-more cards (Bloodlust, Cult Master) and having a bit less early drops, which are awesome on the first 3 turns but sucks to top deck when your hand is quite empty in the mid-end game.
Legend proof:
http://i.imgur.com/LaiUp6o.png
I posted a legend shaman deck before Wotog came out and people were pleasingly quite interested. If it's the same for this one and I get about 20 thumbs up i'll write some tips for how to pilote this deck too!
Tips:
This deck's priority is board control and value. You almost always want to go for favorable trades (no face smorc unless you get a really op start). You always play flametongue to trade your small creatures and token into ennemy's bigger minions, never play it to hit face (unless it triggers lethal next turn or something in a tight situation).
You can play thunderbluff valiant on turn 5 if you have nothing better to play vs a tempo/aggro opponent; keep it for turn 7 or more in a control match up.
Mulligan like aggro shaman for your 1, 2 and maybe 3 drops minions
Vs control warrior, it's an easy win (90% winrate). Spam your hero power, play barely enough for him to want to brawl, but not too much to lose a lot of value.
Vs other control match ups, delevop board, spam hero power, create a board hard to clear (1 big minion and many small tokens so he can't clear everything at once, put taunts vs weapons with health above damage weapon, etc...)
Vs zoo, adding to your 1-2 drops, you may keep lightning storm. That works against most of the aggro match ups.
If you have any other questions on how to pilote the deck, feel free to ask.
What is the best replacement for Al'Akir the Windlord without Ragnaros the Firelord ?
Dear TS. Like Vanc stated , is it ok to replace Al Akir with Ragnaros (don't have Al Akir and will need to dust allmost all of my cards which I don't use in any deck yet but which are nice to craft it)?
Yes you can do that.
thx!
Replace -1 [card]Al'Akir the Windlord[/card] +1 Ragnaros the Firelord
Good tech for the current meta. Lots of warriors and other weapon classes.
Both remplacements are ok. Do as you feel.
Like the man stated above, is it ok to replace Al Akir with Ragnaros (don't have Al Akir and will need to dust allmost all of my cards which I don't use in any deck yet but which are nice to craft it)?
You're welcome. :)
Can you tell me what this does better than a deck like this? http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/471381-jimmysan-s-top500-12-0-streak
Thats what i've been playing and i've been climbing like crazy. Unfortunately im stuck now at rank 10 with it.
That deck is a lot more greedy and is based on getting a lot of value out of every card, theres synergy everywhere and it has a lot more strength in the late game (it seems)
Just trying to evaluate wether to craft the thunder bluffs and make this deck. A thing that was a problem with the deck i was playing is that it's early game is pretty situational and theres not a lot of it. So you often rely on trying to clear the board and come back strong in the lategame which i picture this deck does better because it can get on board early and stay there.
It's as you've said. My deck is stronger in the early game and has enough greedy elements to for instance beat control warrior, that's why I came up with this list. I also don't like to use weapons with control/midrange shaman because you can't afford to use health as a ressource unlike warrior who can armor up after killing something with a weapon.
Just try both, keep the winrate track and see which one is better.
Trying the deck at the moment :) I really enjoyed hammer of twilight in the old list, it also gives you a minion, what to replace?
6-1 from 8 to 5 thanks a lot!
2 drakes and 2 thunderbluff valiants in my list for the 5drop spot.
Did this exact deck get you to legend? I'm gonna craft everything if it really got you to legend.
Yes, I went to legend with this exact list :)
Argus, thunderbluff valiant or al'akir.
Is there any room for Hallazeal the Ascended in this deck? I've been having a lot of fun with this card.
You can replace a thing from below but I wouldn't recommend it. I think hallazeal works the best in a control deck with a lot of spells but those are less competitive.
if I were you I'd make 2 decks, one with her for fun with all the cards you like and this one.
1 more squire and a 2nd Flame Juggler maybe?