Hearthstone Duels combines a large variety of sets with a multitude of playable characters and Passive Treasures. Such an overabundance of variances makes it so that the balance may shift rapidly, with new strategies emerging and countering others every time new synergies are discovered - what looks strong today might appear obsolete after just a few days! For this reason, players are asked to adapt to a rather changing environment, and they never fail to come up with fresh and interesting takes!
With this being said, below you'll find a handful of 12-win decks achieved with multiple classes: while some of them represent well-known archetypes, other are successful experimentations of off-meta strategies, which may give you the inspiration you need to build one yourself. Have fun!
In case you missed them, we have published other collections of 12-win Duels starting decks to take inspiration from!
Disclaimer: Some decks in this article were collected from Firestone. You can find out more about Firestone and install the app here!
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Chrome575's 12 Wins Deathrattle Elise
Deathrattle Elise, but with less of a focus on Deathrattles in order to slot in Hadronox for some spicy Taunt shenanigans. If you love large and resilient boards, this is as good as it gets.
Passive Treasures Chosen
- First pool - Rocket Backpack
- Second pool - Elixir of Vigor
Fliboce's 12 Wins Murloc Finley
Knights of the Frozen Throne being added to Core didn't shake up Murloc Finley: in the end, only Brrrloc (and maybe Ice Fishing) has potential to make the cut, as our Fliboce showed us by hitting 12 wins with the starting deck you see below.
In case you're wondering, Plague of Murlocs made the cut not because it's broken, but because it's very useful in order to break out of the Mal'Ganis/The Jailer combo.
Passive Treasures Chosen
- First pool - Cannibalism
- Second pool - Cookie's Ladle
Firestone - 12 Wins Secret Hunter
Same old Secret Hunter, but with a very remarkable twist. With this archetype, you've always had problems when you weren't able to close the match in the mid-game: as the game drags on, your Secrets become less effective, lowering your chances to win the game.
Deathstalker Rexxar, a 1-card deck, is perfect to sustain you in case things will take a while.
Passive Treasures Chosen
- First pool - Mysterious Tome
- Second pool - Khadgar's Scrying Orb
AgentCroque's 12 Wins Miracle Priest
What do you think about The Sunwell? Have you played it in Constructed? Well, in case you wanna have some Duels runs with it, AgentCroque suggests you to include it in Miracle Priest.
Quote From AgentCroque Hooray! Another 12er to report… Mind Tether is back, and while strong it also feels like a mostly fair hardcore control Deck. Used Shadow Word: Void and the Mind Tether HP. The Sunwell feels like a second Signature in this, it's so good. List and more below
Probably cut Priestess Valishj in favor of Spirit Lash or sth similar. This run was incredibly strong thanks to the nutty combo of Divine Illumination and Khadgar's Scrying Orb - DI is top Tier, always Pick! If you miss it, Focus on value in buckets or in Pool 2.
I had to Pick some weird buckets, like the King Mukla + double banana Minion one, but that actually worked out well thanks to scrying orb. 0 mana bananas that do 1 face damage are pretty neat! Buffed my minions removed theirs, went face with buffed minions. Very fun Deck! Try it!
Passive Treasures Chosen
- First pool - Divine Illumination
- Second pool - Khadgar's Scrying Orb
Firestone - 12 Wins Miracle Rogue
Finally, Miracle Rogue is doing wonders in Standard: with the Passive Location, Location, Location! guaranteeing Sinstone Graveyard at the start of each game, we are sure you'll be able to replicate that success in Duels!
Passive Treasures Chosen
- First pool - Location, Location, Location!
- Second pool - Hagatha's Embrace
Do you enjoy Duels? What are you playing right now? Let us know in the comments below!
Comments
On a final note, I am really dissatisfied with where the Duels mode is right now: there are many issues which, instead of being solved, got simply ignored. I think the last time I really enjoyed the mode was after the Deadmines Mini-Set, which is a hell of a long time ago.
At this point, I don't even know what to expect from the upcoming Duels-focused reveal: I just hope it won't come down to "here's Tess/Shaw/both and see you in 4 months", because that would be unbearable.
I don’t play much of Duels, but it feels like they expanded the number of play modes but not the number of resources that each team is given. Arena, Duels, and Mercs all feel like they are an afterthought to BGs and Standard these days.