The fine folks over at HSReplay released a great animation of how the meta has evolved over the past couple of weeks since the launch of Decent of Dragons.
Its fun to see how Highlander Mage was immediately replaced by Galakrond Shaman, we saw the rise of Deathrattle Rogue, and then Face Hunter getting popular out of nowhere. How do you feel about the current state of the meta since the patch hit?
If you're looking for some decks to play, be sure to check out all our community contributed decks! Here are some of our favourites, and some of the best!
Face Hunter
[Legend] Leprosy SMOrc Hunter
A Face Hunter Deck created by
NudeWookie. Last updated 5 years, 11 months ago
23
- 2x Hot Air Balloon
- 2x Leper Gnome
- 2x Mecharoo
- 2x Toxic Reinforcements
- 1x Tracking
- 2x Bomb Toss
- 2x Explosive Trap
- 2x Kobold Sandtrooper
- 1x Misdirection
- 2x Phase Stalker
- 2x Eaglehorn Bow
- 2x Kill Command
- 1x SN1P-SN4P
- 1x Spider Bomb
- 2x Unleash the Hounds
- 1x Dragonbane
- 2x Lifedrinker
- 1x Leeroy Jenkins
Kibler's Quest Priest
Kibler's Legend Quest Priest (66% WR)
A Quest Priest Deck created by
Fluxflashor. Last updated 5 years, 11 months ago
18
- 2x Forbidden Words
- 1x Activate the Obelisk
- 2x Penance
- 1x Seance
- 1x Shadow Word: Death
- 2x Breath of the Infinite
- 1x Archmage Vargoth
- 2x Mass Dispel
- 1x Psychopomp
- 2x Convincing Infiltrator
- 2x Mass Hysteria
- 2x Sandhoof Waterbearer
- 1x Zilliax
- 2x Khartut Defender
- 1x Catrina Muerte
- 2x Batterhead
- 2x Mass Resurrection
- 2x Plague of Death
- 1x Zerek's Cloning Gallery
Pirate Warrior
Descent of Dragons Pirate Warrior
A Pirate Warrior Deck created by
Fluxflashor. Last updated 5 years, 11 months ago
0
- 2x Sky Raider
- 2x Southsea Deckhand
- 2x Town Crier
- 2x Upgrade!
- 2x Bloodsail Raider
- 2x Parachute Brigand
- 1x Ancharrr
- 2x Livewire Lance
- 2x Skybarge
- 2x Dread Corsair
- 2x Hoard Pillager
- 2x Kor'kron Elite
- 2x Restless Mummy
- 2x Arcanite Reaper
- 1x Captain Greenskin
- 1x Faceless Corruptor
- 1x Leeroy Jenkins
Galakrond Zoolock
Descent of Dragons Galakrond Zoolock
A Zoolock Deck created by
Fluxflashor. Last updated 5 years, 11 months ago
0
- 2x Beaming Sidekick
- 2x Blazing Battlemage
- 2x Flame Imp
- 2x Grim Rally
- 2x Voidwalker
- 2x EVIL Genius
- 2x Knife Juggler
- 2x Scarab Egg
- 2x Dragonblight Cultist
- 2x Fiendish Rites
- 2x Veiled Worshipper
- 2x Faceless Corruptor
- 2x Shield of Galakrond
- 1x Kronx Dragonhoof
- 1x Galakrond, the Wretched
- 2x Sea Giant
Highlander Paladin
Our very own linkblade91 has a fun deck you should give a shot if you have the cards available. Outlast your opponent while building up a strong board and get that win!
Put Your Faith in Alexstrasza
A Highlander Paladin Deck created by
StormKnightSera. Last updated 5 years, 11 months ago
3
- 1x Sand Breath
- 1x Acidic Swamp Ooze
- 1x Cathedral Gargoyle
- 1x Equality
- 1x Firetree Witchdoctor
- 1x Flash of Light
- 1x Sir Finley of the Sands
- 1x Zephrys the Great
- 1x Bronze Explorer
- 1x Bronze Herald
- 1x Call to Adventure
- 1x Consecration
- 1x Dragonrider Talritha
- 1x Scalerider
- 1x Time Out!
- 1x Frizz Kindleroost
- 1x Nozdormu the Timeless
- 1x Spellbreaker
- 1x Truesilver Champion
- 1x Amber Watcher
- 1x Big Ol' Whelp
- 1x Shrink Ray
- 1x Zilliax
- 1x Evasive Wyrm
- 1x Countess Ashmore
- 1x Crowd Roaster
- 1x Evasive Drakonid
- 1x Tirion Fordring
- 1x Alexstrasza
- 1x Dragonqueen Alexstrasza
Comments
Fantastic. Now its time for some cool new combo decks to rise, Let's go, figure it out guys!!
That was a lot of fun to watch :D
What changed? nothing .. All I can see is old mech paladin and secret mage as always.
Great players.
I chuckled watching face hunter shoot up in 2 seconds and then slowly and steadily start to recoil.
Curious why galakrond warrior is so popular all of a sudden since it's not among the strongest decks.
generally the hero power helps a bit against face hunter matchups?
Depends on the variant. My midrange tempo warrior wrecked Shamans, but now they're dead it struggles to compete as it's not defensive enough to abuse aggro and absolutely cannot either outrace or outtank HW Paladin.
Galakrond warrior brought me to my first time legend with only 5-10 losses, so I'd say this deck is pretty good in this meta
Can you share a list? I've seen variants that include the leeroy+mercenary combo, but the list felt a bit clunky and draw dependent.
sure
I had no Problem beating face hunter and galakrond shaman. Just keep using your hero power until you overwhelm your opponent with Galakrond and burst them down. I mostly went face with the invoke cards but there are moments when it's right to hit minions.
It's also suprisingly easy to gain a good early game and curve out into the midgame.
That's a really cool animation. I think it's too soon for a meta report since it hasn't been a full week since the nerfs went live.
I honestly don't know what the meta is like anymore. A few days ago; I got the "play 2 Battlegrounds" quest, and I got hooked. I haven't even been keeping up on my daily's anymore.
I've found Galakrond Shaman to be a lot less potent after the Nerfs. It's still around but I've beaten it with HandLock and Highlander Din fairly regularly. Warrogue is tough to beat for sure, although again, because of my perchant for Control ish decks this Expansion I'm not finding them that hard to beat either.
Britney Spears Hunter though..... Errrgghhh.... 😬
Funny thing... according to the HS deck builder algorithm, Toxic Face Hunter is not the best Hunter.
Last night I was looking at what I’m missing that are good cards, crafted both copies of that side quest. Being lazy I chose auto-complete thinking it’d give me Toxic Hunter. It gave me straight up Mech Hunter with only a few new cards, like Dragonbane, which I also just recently opened. Played only a few games with it so far but got from 5 to 4 without a loss! Spawning Goblin Bombs helps with control matchups because clearing the board does damage, and the Venomizer + Missile Launcher keeps the board clear against aggro.
Been hard to find time to play lately, but the recent Galakrond Warrior list from Meta Breaker 9 article on this site, and now Mech Hunter have been big help on trying to push back up again.
So we are not getting a Meta Report this week? :c