[71% WR 5 - Legend] Mech Token Shaman
- Last updated Jun 7, 2019 (Rise of the Mech)
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Wild
- 26 Minions
- 4 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Aggro Shaman
- Crafting Cost: 3700
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 5/23/2019 (RoS Rogue Nerfs)
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Intro:
Greetings, fellow summoners! I present to you the latest and greatest aggro Shaman deck featuring: Mechs! Bloodlust has always been one of my favorite cards, for not only its awesome effect but for the animation and nostalgia from the original Warcraft games so I wanted to make a deck that centers around that. Naturally, a lot of the best token generating cards we have these days are mechs like Microtech Controller, Harvest Golem, Explodinator and Replicating Menace so I figured going the mech theme would be perfect! One of the reasons this deck works so well is because after rotation into Year of the Dragon a lot of classes lost their early removal spells so it's much easier to stick those early wide boards. If you like winning on turn 5, or just winning in general then keep reading! Full write up below :)
General Strategy:
Board control is extremely import because most of your damage is going to come from your Bloodlust win condition or with a big Sea Giant or Wargear. Using your early minions like Mecharoo, Sludge Slurper, Hench-Clan Hogsteed, Feral Spirit, etc, allows you to gain board control pretty easily and then you can flood the board with Microtech Controller, Explodinator, Replicating Menace, etc to setup for a big Bloodlust.
Because we don't have any card draw in this deck we have to be extremely cautious about potential board clears. This means not over extending a bunch of 1-2 health minions on turn 4 against Warrior because of Warpath or having some deathrattle minions going into turn 5 because of Brawl, not leaving a lot of 1 health minions on turn 4 vs Druid because ofSwipe, etc. Sometimes, depending on the hand we are given we have no choice but to flood the board with fragile minions and hope our opponent doesn't have the removal to clear our board, but when given the option a lot of times I would put down a Harvest Golem over Microtech Controller, for example going into those turns that my opponent might have board clear. You don't ALWAYS need to Bloodlust on 5, so sometimes making those boards of 2-3 minions with deathrattles are better to make it more awkward for your opponent to have to deal with. Going wide and using Bloodlust is not our only win condition either since we can push a lot of damage by just magnetizing our mechs like Replicating Menace, Wargear and Zilliax for some "charge" damage.
Mulligans:
*The most important thing with an aggressive deck like this is the curve. Ideally you want to have a 1-drop on turn 1, 2-drop on turn 2, 3-drop on turn 3, etc.*
Mecharoo, Sludge Slurper, Dire Wolf Alpha, Hench-Clan Hogsteed, Knife Juggler, Feral Spirit, Harvest Golem, Microtech Controller
Exceptions -
- Can keep Explodinator or Replicating Menace if you're on the coin and you have a good 1 and 2 cost minion.
- Can keep Replicating Menace or Wargear against Warrior if you have at least 2 other 1-3 cost minions (Mechs and deathrattle minions are tough for Warrior to deal with)
- Can toss Dire Wolf Alpha and Knife Juggler against Rogue if you already have a couple good 1-3 drops and going second (2 health is easy for Rogue to kill)(when going first it's still important to have a 1-drop on turn 1, 2-drop on turn 2, 3-drop on 3, etc)
- Harvest Golem/ Feral Spirit > Microtech Controller if offered both (however, if going second you can keep both if you have a Mecharoo to coin one out on 2 then curve the other on 3)
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I hope you like this deck and, as always, if you have any questions or have a suggestion please comment below (I respond to all comments)!
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Good luck! Let me know how it goes :)
Now i'm 3-3 .
Its not a dificult deck do play. I lost against 2 control shaman, tempo rogue.
I think a can go to rank 10 with this deck!
I will make a video on my youtube channel playing this deck on ladder!!
I don’t think there’s much demand for rank 19 hearthstone content.
that's the idea! make videos for beginners players like me!
Very excited to go home and try this deck today, will report back!!
Awesome!! Yes, I'm curious to see how it goes for you :). Good luck!
Having some trouble against warrior, mostly due to the rush factor late game. Any suggestions?
Warrior is definitely harder but still winnable. Honestly, a big factor if you win or lose is if they get lucky and play turn 1 Eternium Rover. But you always have to watch out for their biggest board clears such as Warpath, Dynomatic on turn 5, Brawl on turn 5, etc. I would suggest not overextending too much unless you have a Soul of the Murloc or some deathrattle minions on board so you don't get punished too much by a board clear. Oftentimes, your mechs like Harvest Golem, Replicating Menace and Wargear are your best minions vs Warrior as well because Dynomatic doesn't clear them, Brawl doesn't get a full clear and makes it tough for Warpath to clear.
Is the deck any good against hunters? Rn on EU im meeting only hunters in ranked.
VERY good against Hunters! I have a 16-6 win rate vs Hunters in total
5 rank
2 win 5 loss :(
sorry to hear! what matchups are you struggling against, and how did your opponents end up beating you? I'd love to help!
Upvote for novel factor. Wondering if going hyper-aggressive with Lava Burst or Leeroy Jenkins would work?
Thank you for the upvote! I don't think that Lava Burst or Leeroy Jenkins would particularly work here because they are mostly used as finishers and we already have a reliable finisher with Bloodlust. And with Leeroy Jenkins costing 5, we most likely won't be able to combo it with Bloodlust so its an either/or scenario and we can push more damage with Bloodlust. With an aggressive deck like this with no card draw we really can't afford any 'dead' cards in hand since we have to make use of the few cards we draw so I think those 2 cards would just add to that 'dead' card pool sitting in our hand until we could use them.
Great thoughts tho! I enjoy any discussion :)
I’ve took a wargear out and added the storm bringer I’ll see how that goes especially with the card buff
Well that definitely seems like fun! Keep me posted with that change :)
Very nice idea man! Classic Bloodlust shaman! /cheers
Thanks!! Bloodlust will always be one of my favorites :)