Janos - [Legend #1] (UPDATED) SpellShaman
- Last updated Oct 13, 2016 (Yogg Nerf)
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Wild
- 18 Minions
- 10 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Midrange Shaman
- Crafting Cost: 8120
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 9/22/2016 (Karazhan)
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Total Deck Rating
1101
SELLOUT: If you would like to ask any questions that haven't been answered in the guide already, then check out my stream where I will play this deck a lot and other decks i post to Hearthpwn. If I'm not online you can leave a follow, then you know next time I will be streaming. Thanks a lot! :D - https://twitch.tv/nrjanos
Introductions:
Hey my IGN is Janos, and I play for the danish team - Copenhagen Flames. Some of you might remember me from my other guides on Hearthpwn ( https://goo.gl/FWWq5b ), and furthermore I have been legend 27x times. I've won some danish tournaments, and also some online tournaments. In my last guide I mentioned how I'd like to expand my collection of Hearthstone guides, and this is now my third one. I intend to publish a monthly guide from here on out, so stay in touch! Guides will be published around the 20th each month.
Winrate/Matchups:
This is my winrate 22.-24. September and i'm atm top 10# legend with the deck.
HOW TO MULLIGAN AGAINST ALL 9 CLASSES:
The mulligan in this deck is actually easy and almost similar vs all classes.
I have called the most important cards 'Key Cards' to make it easier to understand, but the Key Cards are some you need to KEEP
[ Warrior: ]
Key Cards
- Spirit Claws
- Tunnel Trogg
- Totem Golem
Keep if you start with Tunnel Trogg
- Lightning Bolt (If you have The Coin or another 1-drop)
- Feral Spirit (Only if you have The Coin and a 1-drop)
Other
- Bloodmage Thalnos (Keep if you start with Spirit Claws)
[ Hunter: ]
Key Cards
- Spirit Claws
- Tunnel Trogg
- Totem Golem
Keep if you start with Tunnel Trogg
- Lightning Bolt (If you have The Coin or another 1-drop)
- Feral Spirit (Only if you have The Coin and a 1-drop)
- Tuskarr Totemic (Only if you have The Coin and can curve out)
Other
- Bloodmage Thalnos (Keep if you start with Spirit Claws)
[ Warlock: ]
Key Cards
- Spirit Claws
- Tunnel Trogg
- Totem Golem
Keep if you start with Tunnel Trogg
- Lightning Bolt (If you have The Coin or another 1-drop)
- Feral Spirit (Only if you have The Coin and a 1-drop)
- Tuskarr Totemic (Only if you have The Coin and can curve out)
Other
- Bloodmage Thalnos (Keep if you start with Spirit Claws)
- Lightning Storm (Keep if you start with 1 Key Card)
[ Paladin: ]
Key Cards
- Spirit Claws
- Tunnel Trogg
- Totem Golem
Keep if you start with Tunnel Trogg
- Lightning Bolt (If you have The Coin or another 1-drop)
- Feral Spirit (Only if you have The Coin and a 1-drop)
- Tuskarr Totemic (Only if you have The Coin and can curve out)
- Hex (Only if you have The Coin and a good hand - good vs doomsayer)
Other
- Bloodmage Thalnos (Keep if you start with Spirit Claws)
[ Mage: ]
Key Cards
- Spirit Claws
- Tunnel Trogg
- Totem Golem
Keep if you start with Tunnel Trogg
- Lightning Bolt
- Feral Spirit (Only if you have The Coin and a 1-drop)
- Tuskarr Totemic (Only if you have The Coin and can curve out)
Other
- Bloodmage Thalnos (Keep if you start with Spirit Claws)
[ Druid: ]
Key Cards
- Spirit Claws
- Tunnel Trogg
- Totem Golem
Keep if you start with Tunnel Trogg
- Lightning Bolt
- Feral Spirit (Only if you have The Coin and a 1-drop)
- Tuskarr Totemic (Only if you have The Coin and can curve out)
Other
- Bloodmage Thalnos (Keep if you start with Spirit Claws)
[ Shaman: ]
Key Cards
- Spirit Claws
- Tunnel Trogg
- Totem Golem
Keep if you start with Tunnel Trogg
- Lightning Bolt (If you have The Coin or another 1-drop)
- Feral Spirit (Only if you have The Coin and a 1-drop)
- Tuskarr Totemic (Only if you have The Coin and can curve out)
Other
- Bloodmage Thalnos (Keep if you start with Spirit Claws)
[ Rogue: ]
Key Cards
- Spirit Claws
- Tunnel Trogg
- Totem Golem
Keep if you start with Tunnel Trogg
- Lightning Bolt
- Feral Spirit (Only if you have The Coin and a 1-drop)
- Tuskarr Totemic (Only if you have The Coin and can curve out)
Other
- Bloodmage Thalnos (Keep if you start with Spirit Claws)
[ Priest: (Priest in 2016 EleGiggle) ]
Key Cards
- Spirit Claws
- Tunnel Trogg
- Totem Golem
Keep if you start with Tunnel Trogg
- Lightning Bolt
- Feral Spirit (Only if you have The Coin and a 1-drop)
- Tuskarr Totemic (Only if you have The Coin and can curve out)
- Hex (Only if you have The Coin and a good hand - good vs resurrect)
Other
- Bloodmage Thalnos (Keep if you start with Spirit Claws)
STRATEGY:
Against aggro: You have to play as defensive as possible, you really just want to get the board in order to survive. In this matchup you often don't need to get full value of your cards. Normally a card like Hex is really good at clearing a big minion, but in this matchup you sometimes have to use it on just a 3/2 in order to survive.
Against control: You have to play as slow as possible. You should seek to outvalue your opponent. In this matchup you will need to get full value of your cards and always be aware of using your Thunder Bluff Valiant in a smart way.
Against midrange: You have to fight hard for the board in this matchup, and with your 4 AOE clears and a lot of summon minions, this deck is really good to get board control. Sometimes when you get 'the nuts' with Tunnel + Totem Golem etc then you can play it aggressive instead.
CARD REPLACEMENTS:
First I want to stress that I really don't recommend replacing any single card in this deck, but these are the replacements you can make if you're forced to.
If you're missing any other cards than those listed below, I strongly suggest for you to venture out and find another deck, because the possibilities of this deck and the ranks you're able to reach with it are very diminished when you're missing too many vital cards. I expect for you to have cards from adventures.
- [ Bloodmage Thalnos ]
It's a really good card in this deck, because it works great with Spirit Claws and with all the damage spells in this deck and the card draw is a really nice. If you don't have this card I suggest you replace it with the good old:
[ Kobold Geomancer ]
- [ Barnes ]
I don't know why, but for some reason a lot of people don't think Barnes is good enough in this deck, but i think it's great in this deck and you need a 4-drop. You can get Thunder, Mana Tide, Flametongue, Bloodmage & Trogg is decent too. Any Totem you get will reduce Thing from Below. Azure Drake can be good if you have Spirit Claws equipped or a damage spell in your hand. So the only 2 really bad card you can get is Tuskarr and Thing From Below, (2/9 chance) But it's still 4/5 stats for 4 mana which is decent. If you're one of the guys who don't like Barnes or just don't have the card, I suggest you replace it with:
[ Flamewreathed Faceless ]
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don't bother trying to grind with this deck on ladder. there are 5 decks ATLEAST that will stomp you over and over again, and you will face atleast one of these decks 3 out of 5 games you play. zoo warlock (you will only win if you draw all 4 board clears + get lucky on spell totem), any type of control priest, and literally every mage deck except for maybe mana wyrm. the chances of you getting a shit mulligan + never drawing board clears literally makes you bash your head against the wall trying to play this. IMO, try and go for the expensive ass broken meta decks like freeze mage, mallygos druid/shaman. (oh yeah and i forgot, without harrison jones + luck a secret hunter is 100% loss).
just got to rank 4 with this build. i -1 mana tide totem for a +1 blood lust. works better for doing lethal.
PS: win rate against mages in current meta is the lowest for me. around 40-50% win rate :[
not to mention the loads of freeze mages with instant topdecking EVERY TUUUURRRRNNNN!!!!! man this is so frustrating
its so hard to ladder this month... lots of tempo mages
i was never comfortable playing shaman, but this deck has gotten me to warm up to the class. Awesome build :]
Harrison for me is worth it since most of my opponents tend to have weapons, so i appreciate being able to counter that. It really hurts them :]
Hi. I want to say my thanks for this deck. At last i took LEGEND rank with it. Only add bloodlust instead mana totem. Most headache i had with mages 10-13.With warriors 14-8. My win rate 63%.
maybe you suck at this game...
claw, then kill bat. next turn totem and pray for spell power so you can nuke their minion dead. next turn you can use trogg + totem. More efficient on curve :X
i have no idea how people are getting so high ranked with this. how are you ever beating priests or mages? literally 50% of decks i see are some form of priest or freeze mage, and you literally have ZERO shot against either match up. would -1 mana tide totem and +1 Eater of Secrets work?
100% win rate from rank 11 to 6 so far, and going up.
15 to 4 in a week, probably strongest mid shaman deck these days. I did some changes : - 1 Mana tide , - 1 Trogg, + 1 Bloodlust, + 1 Secret Keeper - Works perfect against freeze mages and secret hunters.
Thanks for sharing the deck. Justhit legendary for the first time.
Did a few swaps, i took out one mana tide totem, and replaced it with bloodlust and sometimes fire elemental.
I had 60% winrate from 5-legend. The only real trouble i had was with tempo mage wich i only had 36% win against?! any tips?
Thanks again!
Hey. I just wanted to say I got legend for the first time. I have been using this deck since rank 6. It was hard and tough, but in the end I managed to do it :) Thank you very much, I am super excited right now and going out to drink :D I just swapped Barnes for one bloodlust, I don't see Barnes as much value here. Wish you all luck with this deck :)
Edit: oh, and one mana tide totem for one fire elemental
TBH he has no real replacement. Fire elemental or some big tempo legendary, I'd say.
How important is Tunnel Trog? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Okay, but I think to destroy the weapon is not the main goal of Harrison Jones , I think more important draw cards. Maybe Ancestral Knowledge or Mana Tide Totem ?
And What can you say about a possible replacement Harrison Jones for Al'Akir the Windlord?
It sounds like you're trying to put down Harrison because you don't have it. Harrison is good because it's a tech card that has a body that's relevant; it's a better ooze. If you replace it, I'd say replace it with a mana tide or ooze, I'd prefer ooze because of the style of deck.
I really have to say, thank you. i had 21 win IN A ROW. Not joking. Thank you so much, i am rank 5 right now but i'll get legend soon i think.
this deck gets completely crushed by most warrior armor decks if you don't get super lucky early on draws.
hi, I like this deck, want to try, but I do not have Harrison Jones . Any replacement?