Starter Berserker Warrior

Guide by NudeWookie and Kovachut

Deck Overview

The current decklist resembles to a great extent our beloved Patron Warrior. Its main goal is to injure our minions, so that we draw a lot of cards with Battle Rage and Acolyte of Pain or just buff them to immeasurable sizes (via Inner Rage, Cruel Taskmaster and Rampage). Frothing Berserker synergizes nicely with Whirlwind effects and can become a monster, if left unanswered. Speaking of something becoming a monster, Bloodsworn Mercenary offers tremendous tempo if the player manages to enhance one of their key cards - Frothing Berserker, Restless Mummy (with the reborn effect still on), Kor'kron Elite or Reckless Rocketeer (if you are desperate for a finisher).

Mulligan Strategy

In order to have a very smooth gameplan, I recommend mulliganing like so:

• against aggro - find Eternium Rover, Woodcutter's Axe, Battle Rage / Frothing Berserker.
• against combo and control - find Temple Berserker, Battle Rage, Acolyte of Pain. Frothing Berserker is also a good choice, but only if you make sure he survives for at least 2 turns.

Matchups

Aggro. Since the deck doesn't run big AoEs like Warpath or Brawl, it's utterly important to find cheap things in the mulligan stage, so that you deny your opponent's board to go out of hand early on. Eternium Rover and Woodcutter's Axe are enough to slow down the enemy's aggression, until you play your bigger minions (Frothing Berserker, Restless Mummy) and establish board control. Once you do that, buff your minions with Rampage, copy them with Bloodsworn Mercenary and win from there. Consider how much damage you are able to inflict, how much damage you still need to inflict for the win and whether making a trade or two would be worth it. We don't play control warrior, so time is a luxury we can't afford.

Control. I will start by saying, that pushing the button without being damaged is strictly forbidden. Secondly, try to find your card drawing tools and cycle through your deck heavily. The best minions to find are Frothing Berserker, Bloodsworn Mercenary, Kor'kron Elite, Restless Mummy and the best spells being Inner Rage, Rampage. Buff them, copy them and smack them onto the opponent's face. If you are in a tough spot, i.e. the opponent shut down your aggression but there isn't a taunt on the board, play a charger and copy him. Depending on how many resources you invest in this play, you would inflict:

• 12 damage (Kor'kron Elite + Inner Rage + Bloodsworn Mercenary);
• 14 damage (Reckless Rocketeer + Inner Rage + Bloodsworn Mercenary);
• 14 damage (Kor'kron Elite + 2x Inner Rage + 2xRampage);
• 16 damage (Kor'kron Elite + 2x Inner Rage + Bloodsworn Mercenary);
• 18 damage (Kor'kron Elite + Inner Rage + Rampage + Bloodsworn Mercenary);
• 22 damage (Kor'kron Elite + 2x Inner Rage + Rampage + Bloodsworn Mercenary).

Improving the Deck - Card Swaps

If you have enough dust, I strongly recommend replacing both Redband Wasps with two Town Criers, in order to have a more smooth mid-game and to draw your good rush minions early on. Speaking of rush minions, Darius Crowley instead of a Candletaker will improve the rush package even more.

Reckless Rocketeer is kinda underwhelming. I suggest adding a Leeroy Jenkins instead.