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Year of the Dragon: Arena Rotation #2 (June 3rd)
Second rotation in the Year of the Dragon happened on June 3rd and brought 4 new sets of cards to Arena!
How is the new rotation treating you? What classes you think are the top dogs right now? Did some jumped to the top or get knocked down? Or is it the same old same old? What cards do you like the most from current pool? And which drive you crazy? Tell us!
Current card pool for Arena:
- Basic
- Classic
- Goblins vs Gnomes
- The Grand Tournament
- One Night in Karazhan
- The Boomsday Project
- Rise of Shadows
Classes by win rate (source HSreplay, at the time of writing):
- Paladin (53,3%)
- Mage (52,4%)
- Rogue (51,7%)
- Druid (51,2%)
- Warlock (48,6%)
- Hunter (48,5%)
- Shaman (47,1%)
- Priest (45,4%)
- Warrior (39,2%)
Top 10 class cards that are being picked the most (+neutrals):
| Paladin | In % decks | Mage | In % decks | Rogue | In % decks | Druid | In % decks | Warlock | In % decks |
| Bronze Herald | 63,1% | Messenger Raven | 66,0% | Fan of Knives | 70,1% | Blessing of the Ancients | 53,8% | EVIL Genius | 56,7% |
| Seal of Champions | 54,9% | Firelands Portal | 63,0% | Swashburglar | 55,8% | Living Roots | 49,2% | Mortal Coil | 55,2% |
| Murloc Knight | 48,1% | Flamestrike | 44,3% | EVIL Miscreant | 38,4% | Wrath | 48,6% | Hellfire | 45,8% |
| Muster for Battle | 44,1% | Conjurer's Calling | 44,1% | Shado-Pan Rider | 34,8% | Swipe | 44,6% | Imp-losion | 45,0% |
| Silvermoon Portal | 43,6% | Flame Lance | 41,3% | Crazed Chemist | 32,7% | Savage Roar | 42,3% | Siphon Soul | 43,3% |
| Aldor Peacekeeper | 35,3% | Water Elemental | 33,1% | Backstab | 30,8% | Druid of the Claw | 41,7% | Flame Imp | 41,0% |
| Glow-Tron | 34,1% | Arcane Intellect | 32,6% | Tinker's Sharpsword Oil | 29,8% | Enchanted Raven | 40,6% | Shadow Bolt | 40,9% |
| Truesilver Champion | 31,9% | Frostbolt | 32,1% | Violet Haze | 29,7% | Acornbearer | 39,2% | Dread Infernal | 37,7% |
| Shielded Minibot | 31,1% | Magic Trick | 31,1% | Shiv | 29,4% | Starfire | 35,9% | Voidwalker | 35,9% |
| Hammer of Wrath | 27,3% | Flamecannon | 30,6% | Assassinate | 28,0% | Power of the Wild | 35,2% | Soulfire | 33,1% |
What can we see from the data collected so far, there is little to no AOEs, which shouldnt come as a surprise, since the current sets didnt introduce many, at least not in the common/rare slot.
Mage and priest, and to some extent rogue, have advantage from having good aoes in their basic/classic sets with high offering rates. Other classes are not so lucky. Early tempo is still the name of the game. Many classes that could play defensively and value decks in the last rotation, like Warlock for example, lost most of their control tools, so they are forced into aggro/tempo archetypes, which is further supported by the type of cards in the current pool.
Keep in mind that this is obviously a very early report, but should give you some idea about how Arena looks at the moment.
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Second rotation in the Year of the Dragon happened on June 3rd and brought 4 new sets of cards to Arena!
How is the new rotation treating you? What classes you think are the top dogs right now? Did some jumped to the top or get knocked down? Or is it the same old same old? What cards do you like the most from current pool? And which drive you crazy? Tell us!
Current card pool for Arena:
Classes by win rate (source HSreplay, at the time of writing):
Top 10 class cards that are being picked the most (+neutrals):
What can we see from the data collected so far, there is little to no AOEs, which shouldnt come as a surprise, since the current sets didnt introduce many, at least not in the common/rare slot.
Mage and priest, and to some extent rogue, have advantage from having good aoes in their basic/classic sets with high offering rates. Other classes are not so lucky. Early tempo is still the name of the game. Many classes that could play defensively and value decks in the last rotation, like Warlock for example, lost most of their control tools, so they are forced into aggro/tempo archetypes, which is further supported by the type of cards in the current pool.
Keep in mind that this is obviously a very early report, but should give you some idea about how Arena looks at the moment.
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I think we are back to the old mage dominion. I've encountered mostly mages after 3 wins with crazy decks. One opponent was litterally playing a constructed mech-mage. Firelands portal is giving me PTSD.
Paladins seem strong too due to murloc knight and muster.
I don't like this rotation, heavy draft and rng dependant.
So many mechs.
Yikes, Pala seems to be pretty OP as expected. Did 4 Pala runs, 3 of them went to 12. It's an extremely aggressive meta right now and trading is bad/inefficient most of the time with the amount of tokens and generally annoying minions in play. Removal is much worse atm and board clears easy to play around, so control doesn't seem to work reliably. Anything above 6/7 mana is too high of a penalty when drawn early.
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Yeah, that was the intention behind this rotation. Might want to pick those Wargears, i dont think iv been givin them enough credit myself, but i recall that they do get offered quite often, had at least 3 of them offered in last few runs. Will have to focus on them a bit more, they swing games hard.
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Yeah Wargear is insane and almost noone expects it, carried my mech hunter average deck to 7 wins. Mechs are out of control right now.
Going first is now more horrifying than ever in such a tempo mech meta.