Standout Rise of Shadows Decks From (Up to) Day 3
By Stonekeep -
Rise of the Shadows is out for 3 days now, which is usually enough time for the first real meta to start forming. Of course, it's safe to say that only a part of the potentially viable decks were tested and discovered so far. Some of the currently popular decks will fall off, while others will take their place.
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I've spent most of the last 24 hours watching pro players and adding their decks to the site, so I have a quite good idea of what's commonly played, which decks get to high Legend most often and what builds already look promising. Below, I'll list some of the lists that already caught my attention. Just like every new expansion, remember that the early meta is very chaotic and it might look completely different in a few days. Decks are chosen based on my ladder experience, watching the steamers & pros, talking with other high ranked players and early statistics from sites like HSReplay.net or Vicious Syndicate.
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Before we proceed to the new list, let's do a quick comparison to the Day 1 one. Control Bomb Warrior, Tempo Rogue, Zoo Warlock and Deathrattle Mech Hunter were on the list and are still there.
Control Shaman was dropped from the list in favor of Murloc Shaman, which I feel performs better now. If anything, I would put Big Shaman as the 2nd best Shaman deck right now, but I want to keep this list a bit shorter (I will do a longer one a week after expansion).
Malygos Hunter was dropped in favor of Midrange Hunter. I find Malygos Hunter a really cute and cool deck, but once people have started playing better decks, and especially once faster, board flood decks like Token Druid became more popular, it didn’t stand a chance. It might change if those decks fall out of meta, but I doubt that will happen.
And finally, two decks that I think are still pretty good, but not amazing - Handlock and Resurrect Priest. Both are performing okay now, and if I made a longer list, they would probably be there. But since I wanted to keep it under 10 decks for now, they just didn't make the cut.
On the other hand, I've added (on top of Murloc Shaman & Midrange Hunter I've mentioned above) a Token Druid deck, which was notably missing from the Day 1 list (I just wasn't sure about it at the time, but it turned out to be better than I expected), a regular Control Warrior (it wasn't as popular on Day 1, where Bomb version was dominating) and an extra deck - Dragon Mage (which I'm not sure about yet, that's why I've labeled it as "extra").
These decks are only example lists - meta is adjusting very quickly and more optimized builds might be out at the time you're reading it!
Control Warrior – Rise of Shadows – #1 Legend (Theo)
Format: standardSeason: Season 61Player: Theo
10,560
Warrior Cards (22)
Control Bomb Warrior – Rise of Shadows – #1 Legend (posesi)
Format: standardSeason: Season 61Player: Posesi11,760
Tempo Rogue – Rise of Shadows – #1 Legend (LambySeries)
Format: standardSeason: Season 61Player: Lambyseries5,900
Token Druid – Rise of Shadows – #30 Legend (FreddyB)
Format: standardSeason: Season 61Player: FreddyB7,520
Druid Cards (26)
Neutral Cards (4)
Mech Zoo Warlock – Rise of Shadows – #12 Legend (wabeka)
Format: standardSeason: Season 61Player: wabeka6,560
Midrange Hunter – Rise of Shadows – #1 Legend (Fled)
Format: standardSeason: Season 61Player: Fled1,880
Deathrattle Mech Hunter – Rise of Shadows – #15 Legend (Feno)
Format: standardSeason: Season 61Player: Feno8,660
Murloc Shaman – Rise of Shadows – #37 Legend (Kat)
Format: standardSeason: Season 61Player: Kat4,380
Shaman Cards (14)
Extra: Dragon Mage – Rise of Shadows – #63 Legend (Apxvoid)
Format: standardSeason: Season 61Player: Apxvoid11,120
9 Comments
nicodiangelo
re: Murloc Shaman
I've noticed that there's two variations running around: Aggro murloc and control murloc. Hagatha certainly fits into the control variation (see: Trump's deck) but like you mentioned, has no place in aggro because the idea is to close the game asap. Kat's version, which you're using here, is a particularly weird one because it's only using Hagatha as a late game value generator, and it's very possible for Shaman to win off her back thanks to the sheer value her hero power generates and to the amount of minions the deck has. Otherwise, the aggro variation doesn't really run any card higher than 4 mana besides Bloodlust.
Control version - I haven't really tried since I'm more interested in the aggro version, but runs Swampqueen, as well as Hagatha and Scheme for obv maintaining board control and using the spare mana to build up a murloc board (not too hard considering murloc cards are incredibly cheap - also See: Scargil.)
I'm a bit uncertain about Kat's version, if it's the absolute Best version to feature here to showcase Murloc shaman, I feel like either Trump's control or any other aggro (preferred) is a better choice to showcase.
pennynewmoon
I've been really enjoying a deck similar to this mage list. I've been risking it and running a few blizzards instead of power of creation tho.. maybe I need to change that. i also moved away from the dragon package and put in a few taunts and sunreaver mages. I feel like I'm doing better with that instead of the dragons, but I'm probs wrong haha. Super fun tho!
Vincent
Warrior DK Dr. boom is OP now after the other DK’s rotated out.
fareh
Abssolutely, and Hagatha too, the only difference being that shaman is not that good/played...
I think they need to continue adding DKs to the clases missing one right now to make things even,,,
Percival
Mechanical Whelp, followed by Khadgar and Conjurer's Calling is like Power of Creation with two 7/7 Dragon Mechs thrown in.
SlapLaB
That midrange hunter is only 1860 dust! O_o
Stonekeep
Midrange Hunter was always cheap! Before rotation, DK Rexxar pumped the Dust cost up a bit, but now that it's gone, you can play it without any Legendaries.
Shurchil
I hate Murloc Shaman and all Hunter iterations as well as Zoolock soooo much. I have always been prefering the slower control kind of decks so I went with Dragon Bomb Warrior and the Summoner Mage this expansion. Beside that I play Tempo and Thief Rogue and what can I say? I get destroyed by Murlocs, Beasts and Demons all day long. I am not a legend player and I am horrible in arena but my constructed play is not the worst and still I cant manage to win games beyond rank 14.
Guess we have to wait that the meta settles and Blizz starts nerfing those disgusting decks. Untill then I am off to play something else I guess. :/
Shurchil
Edit: I wanted to ask what do you guys think about Barista Lynchen in the Dragon Mage deck? I really like the flavor and play of Barista and I think she can be viable because of the value she can generate but I am not sure where to put her in yet. I use her in Bomb Warrior and it cant be worse. I am always looking to include her in more decks tho.
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