Whoa! We've got some data in from Blizzard this evening with a definitive list of the best Standard deck archetypes in United in Stormwind for the first week. The data comes courtesy of Hearthstone Data Scientist, Tian Ding.
- This data comes from the top 1% of MMR active players in Standard Ranked play. (Source)
- The data showcases an overall winrate and winrates for both going first and going second - in most cases, going first is better.
- Celestalon added that a couple of metas ago, most decks it was the opposite. (Source)
- We do not know the deck populations, so it is possible some archetypes could be inflated.
- Celestalon pointed out that Auctioneer Quest Mage does not appear on the list due to a low sample size. (Source)
- Tian provided a couple of deck lists, the rest we've taken an educated guess.
We've taken the original image and converted it into a table.
| Cluster Name | Win % | 1st Turn Win % | 2nd Turn Win % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro Hunter | 57.8% | 60.4% | 55.2% |
| Elemental Shaman | 54.8% | 57.8% | 51.9% |
| Handbuff Paladin | 54.2% | 58.0% | 50.4% |
| Aggro Elemental Shaman | 53.6% | 57.1% | 50.2% |
| Rush Warrior | 53.4% | 57.4% | 49.1% |
| Questline Zoo Warlock | 52.5% | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| Spell Token Druid | 52.2% | 51.1% | 53.3% |
| Aggro Shadow Priest | 52.0% | 57.6% | 46.4% |
| Poison Rogue | 51.9% | 51.1% | 52.7% |
| Questline Shaman | 51.6% | 53.5% | 49.7% |
Got Lists?
Tian responded to a couple folks on Twitter with example lists, but since we don't have them all we can certainly try and figure out what the rest are thanks to HSReplay.net. We've gone through their data and picked out decks that are performing at the top for each of the archetypes. You can find all these decks below - click through to get deck codes if any of them interest you.
It is also worth pointing out that Aggro Elemental Shaman has Doomhammer, regular Elemental Shaman does not.
Blizzard Verified Best Standard Decks
HSReplay Best Standard Decks
What About Wild?
Quote From Tian Ding So from today's data, in Wild these decks are pretty good: Pirate Warrior (Aggro version), Odd Druid (with Questline), Odd Rogue, Questline-Giant Warlock, Aggro Paladin, Shadow-Aggro Priest.
"Pirate Warrior (Aggro version)" does that mean without the quest or is it the aggro version with the quest?
Without the quest. Something like this one: AAEBAQcGrwSRvALerQP+5wOO7QOV7QMM1AXuBvsPgrACiLAC3K0D3a0D6bADtd4DlfYDpooEr6AEAA==
Comments
Pretty sure this is still just across all ranks. Quest Mage requires way more game knowledge to properly pilot (aside from skillfully topdecking Flow on 2 ofc). Never mind, I can't read.
I'd be very surprised if Quest Mage doesn't end up getting nerfed in some way, even if it's just Flow (which is probably enough at this point unless they also want to make a full control meta happen.
Aggro Hunter is really predictable and easy to beat as long as you're not playing a combo deck without healing. It's fairly easy to outtempo once you get past the initial onslaught and any sort of burst healing shuts it down.