Not entirely sure about that. Usually Priest is good at generating spells via Scorpid, Renew and Palm Reading, but without Soul Mirror being in your deck there's a chance that some value decks can just push you off the board.
If you're running a Xyrella build you might be able to do without Mirror, but since kazakus is just much better I feel like Mirror might be necessary if you want to improve your matchup spread.
If you're just trying to dunk on aggro decks (that aren't Spell Mage) you probably don't need Mirror.
I decided to go ahead and play a couple of matches with this priest version found on Vicious Syndicate. i believe its the same one that YourPrivateNightmare was talking about:
It really has that control feel, tho you do get some major spells from discovery interactions. what ive found by playing it was already the obvious one: its main value is Kazakus, incredible to card in the deck cause in conjuction with the other spells u try to keep the board in check while making your own stand on it with the golems. the deck snowballs if u can get an early kazakus into raise dead. getting mankrik early too is good cause apotheosis on the 3/10 is game winning vs aggro decks.
skip the warlock matches altho they might have some trouble at first dealing with an early kazakus but i havent played that matchup so im assuming in general its still horrible match for the priest.
Kaladin, soul mirror is not required at all, specially cause u can discover it, but u might lose some matches where otherwise you wouldnt. give it a spin.
oh ok, sadly i only play on EU. was curious to see some of the matches. well good luck, i did enjoy the priest deck, i recommend trying it out without soul mirror and see how u like it and then craft the card if u like the style of the deck and have a nice winrate
oh ok, sadly i only play on EU. was curious to see some of the matches. well good luck, i did enjoy the priest deck, i recommend trying it out without soul mirror and see how u like it and then craft the card if u like the style of the deck and have a nice winrate
first matchup was the mirror and 5 mankirks was pretty hilarious
edit: although I have to say fuck tickatus. w/o the 2nd most broken card in the game making your opponent play with 2/3 of a full deck, control warlock would be garbage.
update: control priest is 100% hot garbage, as it only beats meta decks, and loses to a bunch of new iterations of aggro, such as murloc paladin, handbuff druid, and "always draws the absolute nuts" hunter.
just fyi u kind sound as if the decks play themselves. its sounds as if we pick a car and we sit in the passenger seat. no deck is auto lose or auto win. some are stronger than others and it kinda depends on the meta u face, the decks u mentioned i havent seen lately, and today aparently my opponents decided to just run nerfed lunacy mage
been playing priest since gvg, i know it doesn't play itself.
but you shouldn't be losing 90% with it either. the meta has changed, need a new deck. priest gets crushed because people hate it, but for some reason find paladin fun and rewarding.
so, aggro face hunter then? im getting my ass kicked while playing near perfect priest games.
edit: 41 games with "control" priest, 39% wr. terrible deck against all 5 versions of paladin, both versions of druid, both versions of DH, playing 20 cards against warlock sucks, barely contends with rush warrior, is abysmal against aggro face hunter.....what does this even beat?
Control priest. As always priest is the sleeper class, in few weeks we are gonna see priest winrate spike. Control priest beats easily dh, pala and hunter and warrior. Only bad matchup is warlock but who plays warlock.
7/10 opponents are gonna rage quit against this deck, it's hilarious.
control priest is just god awful for me, and I'm a long time priest player. IMO it seems like D5 zero stars is a big clusterfuck of random decks that people try out because they dont care to hit legend and are just trying things out because of the floor, and the real pre-legend meta begins at D4.
For me, it didn't play like a true OTK deck but rather a chip them down early and then do 16 - 20 damage via Leoroxx deck (or the reverse with Leoroxx setting up a Piercing Shot and Quick Shot finish the next turn). It didn't feel overly strong, but still might be worth trying out as a change of pace.
As with any deck, there was a learning curve in deciding when/what to discover and how to prioritize the mulligan (definitely want Freezing Trap vs Rush Warrior and Pack Runner vs Paladin). I also wasn't sold on Zixor or the remaining copy of Ingenuity so there's room to personalize and someone in the comments suggested 2x Imprisoned Felmaw which makes sense based on my experience with the deck.
I'm not a fan of grinding the ladder, but if I play any more I'll be trying out this Legend Egg Hunter list that looks pretty fun. However, I'm cautiously optimistic about its competitive viability as it looks like the OP farmed Warlocks during his climb and those have been less common for me atm (would've loved to run into it more as OTK Hunter farmed them too!).
Deathrattle Demon Hunter has been doing surprisingly well for me. I've had a 56% win rate over 32 games, and I've been 6-1 since I traded the watch post package with Chaos Strikes and Burning Blade Acolytes. It's also fun to play, especially when you can string along deathrattle minions with Razorfen Beastmaster and Razorboar.
i told you rush warrior isnt as straight forward as it seems. thats why i said u might enjoy it cause its not just playing green cards every turn. u need to sometimes time properly your plays and hold onto your cards for a big swing turn. other times just take the board early and keep pressure.
if you want to win with ur brain turned off just play the most popular version of paladin found on HS replay.
is it absolutely required that i have soul mirror
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Not entirely sure about that. Usually Priest is good at generating spells via Scorpid, Renew and Palm Reading, but without Soul Mirror being in your deck there's a chance that some value decks can just push you off the board.
If you're running a Xyrella build you might be able to do without Mirror, but since kazakus is just much better I feel like Mirror might be necessary if you want to improve your matchup spread.
If you're just trying to dunk on aggro decks (that aren't Spell Mage) you probably don't need Mirror.
I tried having fun once.
It was awful.
I decided to go ahead and play a couple of matches with this priest version found on Vicious Syndicate. i believe its the same one that YourPrivateNightmare was talking about:
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It really has that control feel, tho you do get some major spells from discovery interactions. what ive found by playing it was already the obvious one: its main value is Kazakus, incredible to card in the deck cause in conjuction with the other spells u try to keep the board in check while making your own stand on it with the golems. the deck snowballs if u can get an early kazakus into raise dead. getting mankrik early too is good cause apotheosis on the 3/10 is game winning vs aggro decks.
skip the warlock matches altho they might have some trouble at first dealing with an early kazakus but i havent played that matchup so im assuming in general its still horrible match for the priest.
Kaladin, soul mirror is not required at all, specially cause u can discover it, but u might lose some matches where otherwise you wouldnt. give it a spin.
Btw whats your server? NA or EU?
NA. SilentStorm#192428
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oh ok, sadly i only play on EU. was curious to see some of the matches. well good luck, i did enjoy the priest deck, i recommend trying it out without soul mirror and see how u like it and then craft the card if u like the style of the deck and have a nice winrate
first matchup was the mirror and 5 mankirks was pretty hilarious
edit: although I have to say fuck tickatus. w/o the 2nd most broken card in the game making your opponent play with 2/3 of a full deck, control warlock would be garbage.
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update: control priest is 100% hot garbage, as it only beats meta decks, and loses to a bunch of new iterations of aggro, such as murloc paladin, handbuff druid, and "always draws the absolute nuts" hunter.
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why are you guys not talking about cthun druid? it absolutely DEMOLISHES control priest.
try again, need a different deck.
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just fyi u kind sound as if the decks play themselves. its sounds as if we pick a car and we sit in the passenger seat. no deck is auto lose or auto win. some are stronger than others and it kinda depends on the meta u face, the decks u mentioned i havent seen lately, and today aparently my opponents decided to just run nerfed lunacy mage
been playing priest since gvg, i know it doesn't play itself.
but you shouldn't be losing 90% with it either. the meta has changed, need a new deck. priest gets crushed because people hate it, but for some reason find paladin fun and rewarding.
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"its not a new meta" but ive ONLY faced different decks ive not seen that hard counter priest, all day.
began the day at rank 2 1 star, currently at rank 5 zero stars
'not a new meta' and ive just got to play through it.
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so, aggro face hunter then? im getting my ass kicked while playing near perfect priest games.
edit: 41 games with "control" priest, 39% wr. terrible deck against all 5 versions of paladin, both versions of druid, both versions of DH, playing 20 cards against warlock sucks, barely contends with rush warrior, is abysmal against aggro face hunter.....what does this even beat?
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Control priest. As always priest is the sleeper class, in few weeks we are gonna see priest winrate spike. Control priest beats easily dh, pala and hunter and warrior. Only bad matchup is warlock but who plays warlock.
7/10 opponents are gonna rage quit against this deck, it's hilarious.
its a harder deck to pilot than others so im not seeing it being that much used on the way to legend. on legend maybe it spikes in popularity yes.
so far the decks that worked the best for me was face hunter until diamond 5 and rush warrior from d5 to legend.
might reluctantly give rush warrior a try.
control priest is just god awful for me, and I'm a long time priest player. IMO it seems like D5 zero stars is a big clusterfuck of random decks that people try out because they dont care to hit legend and are just trying things out because of the floor, and the real pre-legend meta begins at D4.
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I finally gave OTK Hunter a try and piloted it from D10 to D5 using this list and making the recommended changes - subbed Scrap Shot and 1 Scavenger's Ingenuity for 2 copies of Kolkar Pack Runner.
For me, it didn't play like a true OTK deck but rather a chip them down early and then do 16 - 20 damage via Leoroxx deck (or the reverse with Leoroxx setting up a Piercing Shot and Quick Shot finish the next turn). It didn't feel overly strong, but still might be worth trying out as a change of pace.
As with any deck, there was a learning curve in deciding when/what to discover and how to prioritize the mulligan (definitely want Freezing Trap vs Rush Warrior and Pack Runner vs Paladin). I also wasn't sold on Zixor or the remaining copy of Ingenuity so there's room to personalize and someone in the comments suggested 2x Imprisoned Felmaw which makes sense based on my experience with the deck.
I'm not a fan of grinding the ladder, but if I play any more I'll be trying out this Legend Egg Hunter list that looks pretty fun. However, I'm cautiously optimistic about its competitive viability as it looks like the OP farmed Warlocks during his climb and those have been less common for me atm (would've loved to run into it more as OTK Hunter farmed them too!).
Deathrattle Demon Hunter has been doing surprisingly well for me. I've had a 56% win rate over 32 games, and I've been 6-1 since I traded the watch post package with Chaos Strikes and Burning Blade Acolytes. It's also fun to play, especially when you can string along deathrattle minions with Razorfen Beastmaster and Razorboar.
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how do i play rush warrior, is there a guide somewhere, im losing quite a bit with it
edit: this deck seems ridiculously bad. can someone recommend me an actually good deck? thanks.
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do you guys lose after 10 minutes of playing or concede immediately if you queue into warlock with rush warrior?
im not sure which is the better play.
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i told you rush warrior isnt as straight forward as it seems. thats why i said u might enjoy it cause its not just playing green cards every turn. u need to sometimes time properly your plays and hold onto your cards for a big swing turn. other times just take the board early and keep pressure.
if you want to win with ur brain turned off just play the most popular version of paladin found on HS replay.