The Best Wild Hearthstone Decks to Finish Your Late January Ladder Climb

The nerfs are here but did anything change? This weekend we are doing something different: we are taking a look at the best-performing Wild decks post-patch with the data of HSReplay and find out if Wild is still tormented by the same stuff than before.

DISCLAIMER: There's not a lot of Wild data yet post-patch so some strong decks might still be lurking under the radar.

Shadow Priest

Anduin - the new meta king? This deck is leading the pack in the Diamond-Legend ranks, and some similar lists are close by to suggest it's not just an anomaly. Some lists still run Irondeep Trogg, but otherwise the impact of Alterac Valley is nonexistent.

Wild Alterac Shadow Priest

Wild · Shadow Priest · by FrostyFeet · 4 years, 1 month ago

• 0 Raise Dead x 2
• 1 Leper Gnome x 2
• 1 Shadowbomber x 2
• 1 Tour Guide x 2
• 1 Undertaker x 2
• 2 Kobold Sandtrooper x 2
• 2 Mind Blast x 2
• 2 Shadow Visions x 2
• 2 Twilight Deceptor x 2
• 2 Voidtouched Attendant x 2
• 3 Shadowed Spirit x 2
• 4 Frenzied Felwing x 2
• 4 Lifedrinker x 2
• 5 Darkbishop Benedictus x 1
• 5 Leeroy Jenkins x 1
• 5 Spawn of Shadows x 2

6,760 Dust 961 0 Copy Deck Code

Pirate Warrior

Just a flesh wound, it seems. Despite the quest completion slowing down a bit, the winrate of Pirate Warriors has not tanked much. As it stands, the deck remains as one of the dominant forces of the format.

Wild Alterac Pirate Warrior

Wild · Pirate Warrior · by FrostyFeet · 4 years, 1 month ago

• 1 Bloodsail Corsair x 2
• 1 Bloodsail Deckhand x 2
• 1 N'Zoth's First Mate x 2
• 1 Patches the Pirate x 1
• 1 Raid the Docks x 1
• 1 Shiver Their Timbers! x 1
• 1 Sky Raider x 2
• 1 Small-Time Buccaneer x 2
• 1 Southsea Deckhand x 2
• 2 Fogsail Freebooter x 2
• 2 Harbor Scamp x 2
• 2 Parachute Brigand x 2
• 2 Ship's Cannon x 2
• 3 Ancharrr x 1
• 3 Defias Cannoneer x 2
• 3 Southsea Captain x 2
• 3 Stormwind Freebooter x 1
• 7 Mr. Smite x 1

7,500 Dust 756 0 Copy Deck Code

Combo Priest

Anduin isn't a one trick pony as this list makes it to top 3 lists (when excluding repeating archetypes) of the current stats. As there are no other combo lists to back this one's performance up, it's hard to say how viable the strategy actually is.

Wild Alterac Combo Priest

Wild · Combo Priest · by FrostyFeet · 4 years, 1 month ago

• 0 Raise Dead x 2
• 1 Gift of the Naaru x 2
• 1 Inner Fire x 2
• 1 Northshire Cleric x 2
• 1 Potion of Madness x 2
• 1 Power Word: Shield x 2
• 1 Renew x 2
• 1 Shadow Word: Devour x 2
• 1 Shard of the Naaru x 1
• 2 Bless x 2
• 2 Divine Spirit x 2
• 2 Nerub'ar Weblord x 2
• 2 Power Word: Feast x 2
• 2 Radiant Elemental x 2
• 3 Deathlord x 2
• 4 Drek'Thar x 1

4,480 Dust 1,496 1 Copy Deck Code

Mecha'thun Warlock

The archetype was already spotlighted by anchorm4n about a month ago in his Wednesday post, and now the stats are also suggesting it might be one of the decks to beat in this post-nerf meta.

Wild Alterac Mecha'thun Warlock

Wild · Mecha'thun Warlock · by FrostyFeet · 4 years, 1 month ago

• 1 Armor Vendor x 2
• 1 Kobold Librarian x 2
• 1 Mistress of Mixtures x 2
• 1 Mortal Coil x 1
• 1 Plague of Flames x 2
• 1 The Soularium x 1
• 1 Touch of the Nathrezim x 2
• 1 Tour Guide x 2
• 2 Bloodmage Thalnos x 1
• 2 Defile x 2
• 2 Dirty Rat x 2
• 2 Drain Soul x 2
• 3 Backfire x 2
• 4 Tamsin's Phylactery x 1
• 5 Cataclysm x 1
• 5 Runed Mithril Rod x 2
• 5 Shadow Hunter Vol'jin x 1
• 6 Dreadlich Tamsin x 1
• 10 Mecha'thun x 1

10,520 Dust 923 0 Copy Deck Code

Mecha'thun/Linecracker Druid

The above deck's cousin is the next one on the list, although it would seem like the primary win condition here is the Linecracker Armor combo. The much-hyped C'Thun Druid which shares a lot of similarities with this list narrowly missed out on the "best Druid deck" spot.

Wild Alterac Mecha'thun/Linecracker Druid

Wild · Mecha'thun Druid · by FrostyFeet · 4 years, 1 month ago

• 1 Biology Project x 2
• 1 Floop's Glorious Gloop x 1
• 2 Earthen Scales x 2
• 2 Lunar Eclipse x 1
• 2 Moonlit Guidance x 2
• 2 Solar Eclipse x 2
• 3 BEEEES!!! x 2
• 3 Ferocious Howl x 2
• 3 Fungal Fortunes x 2
• 4 Archmage Vargoth x 1
• 4 Branching Paths x 2
• 4 Injured Marauder x 1
• 4 Oaken Summons x 2
• 4 Poison Seeds x 2
• 5 Wildheart Guff x 1
• 6 Spreading Plague x 2
• 7 Linecracker x 2
• 10 Mecha'thun x 1

9,360 Dust 1,738 0 Copy Deck Code

Quest Rogue

It returns! Quest Rogue is once again lifting its head above the surface with Ram Commander providing a backup option for Bloodsail Flybooter for the quest competion, as well as being a strong Rush token generator post-reward.

Wild Alterac Quest Rogue

Wild · Quest Rogue · by FrostyFeet · 4 years, 1 month ago

• 0 Preparation x 2
• 0 Shadowstep x 2
• 0 Target Dummy x 2
• 1 Blackwater Cutlass x 2
• 1 Bloodsail Flybooter x 2
• 1 Daring Escape x 2
• 1 SI:7 Extortion x 1
• 1 Southsea Deckhand x 2
• 1 Stonetusk Boar x 2
• 1 The Caverns Below x 1
• 2 Cult Neophyte x 1
• 2 Ram Commander x 2
• 2 Secret Passage x 2
• 2 Swindle x 2
• 2 Vicious Scalehide x 2
• 3 Raiding Party x 2
• 4 Cloak of Shadows x 1

3,960 Dust 943 0 Copy Deck Code

Menagerie Highlander Paladin

What was your budget again? If you got some nerf dust after the balance changes, it will be all gone if you choose to play this list. Although the deck almost seems like a 30 Legendary meme, I can promise that the stats do actually show a solid winrate in Diamond-Legend.

Wild Alterac Menagerie Highlander Paladin

Wild · Highlander Paladin · by FrostyFeet · 4 years, 1 month ago

• 1 Animated Broomstick x 1
• 1 Crystology x 1
• 2 City Tax x 1
• 2 Crystalsmith Kangor x 1
• 2 Cult Neophyte x 1
• 2 Dirty Rat x 1
• 2 Golakka Crawler x 1
• 2 Lightforged Blessing x 1
• 2 Redscale Dragontamer x 1
• 2 Sir Finley of the Sands x 1
• 2 Zephrys the Great x 1
• 3 Alliance Bannerman x 1
• 3 High Priest Thekal x 1
• 3 Living Dragonbreath x 1
• 3 Lord Barov x 1
• 3 Zola the Gorgon x 1
• 4 Blademaster Samuro x 1
• 4 Cariel Roame x 1
• 4 Nozdormu the Timeless x 1
• 5 Loatheb x 1
• 5 Zilliax x 1
• 6 Reno Jackson x 1
• 7 Mutanus the Devourer x 1
• 8 Lightforged Cariel x 1
• 8 Mo'arg Forgefiend x 1
• 8 Varian, King of Stormwind x 1
• 9 Dragonqueen Alexstrasza x 1
• 9 N'Zoth, God of the Deep x 1
• 10 Lokholar the Ice Lord x 1
• 20 Molten Giant x 1

30,180 Dust 1,816 0 Copy Deck Code

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