I had to skip another week last Sunday because the patch was released just a few days earlier and the meta has changed. A bit. Pure Paladin, the main nerf target, is still a good deck, but it’s no longer dominating. Other best decks remain more or less the same – Big Beast Hunter and Totem Shaman are the other two Tier 1 decks. Demon Hunter is also dominating, especially in high Legend. While it’s “only” high Tier 2 at Diamond ranks, Spell and Outcast builds are probably the two strongest builds in Top 1k Legend. And finally, we have the same Enrage Warrior build that has been strong ever since the Audiopocalypse mini-set’s release.
As for what changed – as a result of the update, we do have some new decks. For example, Shaman is now dabbling in Evolve mechanics again. The deck itself is no longer as oppressive as it once was, but it’s actually a really solid build. Another surprising one is Big Undead Druid – a deck that popped up after Pure Paladin got less popular. It’s definitely better than one might expect, it’s not dominating the meta in any way, but you can realistically climb with it to Legend and do pretty well on your way. And finally – Secret Mage is viable in Standard. Or should I say “viable-ish” – it’s sitting on the edge of 50% win rate, but that’s still pretty okay. It’s not as good as its Wild counterpart, but if you have missed that deck in Standard, you should give it a spin. Other than that, the meta remains basically the same as before the patch. Sure, some decks went up or down by 1% or something, but no other big changes.
However, some big changes are on the horizon. A brand new game mode was announced earlier this week – Twist. It’s a rotating format, with available expansions and rules changing every month (or a couple of months). The first format will be “New Age”, which is frankly a bit boring to begin with. It’s Ashes of Outlands onwards, so most of the meta are expansions that are currently in Standard or those that just rotated out of it less than 3 months ago (2021 sets – including the infamous United in Questlin… I mean Stormwind). The only “fresh” sets are 2020 expansions that were out of Standard for over a year now. We’ll see how people like that. While I’m not the most excited for the first format, I love the idea of rotating Constructed mode in general. It was on my list of ideas for YEARS and I always wanted to see it in Hearthstone. I just hope that they make the next format less familiar. Anyway, I plan to add some Twist theorycraftings tomorrow (Monday) in preparation for launch on Tuesday. After it’s out, I will focus on it at least for the first few days (but I will still try to post some Standard/Wild builds if you aren’t interested in Twist).
Also, while we don’t have any official information on that matter, I suspect that Blizzard will announce a new expansion on Tuesday. Adding Twist will require a major patch – that would be Patch 26.6. And X.6 patches are always when Blizzard announced new Hearthstone expansions. I’m not a betting man, but if I was, my money would be on Tuesday expansion reveal.
Below is a full list of the Legend decks from last week, sorted by the highest placement.
If you want to see all of the current top meta decks, go to our Hearthstone Meta Tier List post!
Hearthstone Standard Legend Decks of the Week
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
15,060
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 17,200
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 8,400
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 10,200
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 11,640
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 8,100
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 9,240
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 17,800
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 17,620
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 18,820
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 12,000
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 11,280
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 13,960
- 1Crimson Clergy2
- 1Fan Club2
- 1Flash Heal2
- 1Shard of the Naaru2
- 1The Light! It Burns!2
- 2Power Chord: Synchronize2
- 2Thrive in the Shadows2
- 3Cathedral of Atonement2
- 3Handmaiden2
- 3Love Everlasting1
- 4Cannibalize2
- 5Clean the Scene2
- 6Harmonic Pop2
- 6Lightbomb2
- 6Sister Svalna1
- 7Blackwater Behemoth1
- 8Whirlpool2
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 12,120
- 0Aquatic Form2
- 0Innervate2
- 2Attorney-at-Maw2
- 2Rake2
- 2Wild Growth2
- 3Hedge Maze2
- 4Widowbloom Seedsman2
- 5Death Blossom Whomper2
- 5Nourish2
- 7Colaque1
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 11,160
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 12,000
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 10,140
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 16,200
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 9,880
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 8,400
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 15,600
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 12,480
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 11,160
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 8,100
- Format: wolf
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 6,420
Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 10,260
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 9,660
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 18,720
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 33,160
- 1Crystology1
- 1Flight of the Bronze1
- 1Knight of Anointment1
- 1Righteous Protector1
- 2City Tax1
- 2Crystalsmith Kangor1
- 2Dance Floor1
- 2Equality1
- 2Great Hall1
- 2Order in the Court1
- 2Redscale Dragontamer1
- 2Ring of Courage1
- 2Sir Finley of the Sands1
- 3Underlight Angling Rod1
- 4Nozdormu the Timeless1
- 7Anachronos1
- 7The Leviathan1
- 8Lightforged Cariel1
- 1Sir Finley, Sea Guide1
- 2Astalor Bloodsworn1
- 2Cold Feet1
- 2Crabrider1
- 2Dirty Rat1
- 2Zephrys the Great1
- 3Bunker Sergeant1
- 3Forensic Duster1
- 3Lord Barov1
- 3Prince Renathal1
- 4Blademaster Samuro1
- 4E.T.C., Band Manager1
- 4School Teacher1
- 4Speaker Stomper1
- 5Kobold Stickyfinger1
- 5Magatha, Bane of Music1
- 6Bolf Ramshield1
- 6Horn of the Windlord1
- 6Reno Jackson1
- 7Tony, King of Piracy1
- 8Varian, King of Stormwind1
- 10The Jailer1
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 5,520
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 6,680
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 8,440
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 10,260
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 7,680
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Posted By:
- 21,420
- 0Aquatic Form1
- 0Pounce1
- 1Biology Project1
- 1Floop’s Glorious Gloop1
- 1Lost in the Park1
- 1Secure the Deck1
- 2Harmonic Mood1
- 2Moonlit Guidance1
- 2Rake1
- 3Ferocious Howl1
- 3Moontouched Amulet1
- 4Branching Paths1
- 4Flobbidinous Floop1
- 4Park Panther1
- 4Poison Seeds1
- 4Spread the Word1
- 4Widowbloom Seedsman1
- 4Wing Commander Mulverick1
- 5Elise the Enlightened1
- 5Flipper Friends1
- 5Wildheart Guff1
- 7Malfurion the Pestilent1
- 7Scale of Onyxia1
- 8Anub’Rekhan1
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 7,080
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 10,620
- Format: wild
- Season: season-111
- Player:
- 5,280
