Shaman Only(LEGEND) to Legend(Bloodulust/Deathl...
- Last updated Aug 16, 2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Wild
- 20 Minions
- 10 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 4100
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 7/29/2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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10x legend player here who got very bored with meta and try-harding to get to legend.
I took the challenge of getting to legend with only shaman this season. I was stuck in rank 2 for a long time and fell from rank 1 to 4 many times. I played every single shaman deck you can imagine. Midrange, Violet Teacher, Mech, Yolo/Burst, Ancestral Healing(Black Knight/Injured Blademaster combo), Malygos, Murloc shaman and in the end the one with the highest (71%) win rate was a modified version of Hotform's Bloodlust Shaman. The main differences are that I swapped out the feral spirit's for deathlords. In my opinion, feral spirits are straight up garbage right now. Simply way outdated and just garbage taunts even though people still swear by it. Feral spirits are only good good against Control Warrior/Druid matchups and it's not worth having it in your deck for just those matchups.
Against eboladin, feral spirits get consecrated next turn or die to their board while reducing your tempo/mana next turn. Simply garbage.
Feral spirits also give more fuel to hunter's knife juggler+unleash combo. Or just die to their board/one bow charge, etc. It literally is not worth it. In fact Blizzard should remove overload all together to make it even viable for Shaman. However let's save that discussion for another story.
This deck gets really strong mid-game, so it is important to stop early aggression with two deathlords. If RNG does not love you, always mulligan for flametongue, haunted creeper, zombie chow so that you can start controlling the board. ((((Only applies to aggro))))
Sometimes against matchup's like control priest or control warrior, you do not want to mulligan for deathlords obviously or even if you have it in your hand, don't play it unless you are sure they don't have removal. As sometimes it will end your game right there if you don't have a hex to follow up their removal.
Okay as promised here is the Mulligan guide:
vs Aggro(Paladin/Hunter) : Deathlord, Deathlord, Deathlord, and another Deathlord.
Haunted Creeper, Flametongue, Zombie Chow, 1 Lightning Storm, Earth Shock, Rockbiter Weapon.Nerubian Egg is also good if you have either flametongue or rockbiter to help kill their minion.
vs Mage(Tempo/Mech) : Zombie Chow(Don't play it turn 1, save it for mirror entity), Haunted Creeper, Flametongue Totem, Rockbiter Weapon, Nerubian Egg. Early game/board control is very important in this matchup.
vs Warrior(Patron/Control): Piloted Shredder.Nerubian Egg, Haunted Creeper,Flametongue Totem. If you are facing lots of warrior, and less aggro on ladder, you can swap out a zombie chow for another Piloted Shredder. If you end up being unlucky and getting Deathlord in your hand, play it only when you have hex to follow up whatever comes out against Control Warrior. If Patron, you can yolo it early game and get one of their combo cards to remove instead of having deathlord up turn 8.
vs Priest : Piloted Shredder, Hex, Flametongue totem, Neurbian Egg, Crackle, Mana Tide Totem. A lot of priest lately have been playing Deathlords. This already is a hard matchup and deathlord is hard to remove for shamans. It feels bad hexing a deathlord but I found it good to use it early instead of letting them control the board. Some priests are not minion heavy early game and you can take advantage of that with mana tide. And whatever you do, do not mulligan for a deathlord obviously. Obviously if you end up playing deathlord, try to keep deathlord's attack 4 with flametongue next to him to avoid it getting dealt with and even hinder their plays.
vs Rogue: Piloted Shredder, Haunted Creeper, Nerubian Egg, Flametongue Totem, Deathlord.
You want sticky minions against this matchup. Try to bait them to waste their blade flurry early so that once two are gone, you can go all in on the board. Don't over-commit your board unless their flurries are gone/no cards in hand. You can also mulligan for a mana tide and have them waste removal on it, if that is the game you want to play against this matchup. Deathlord is not a big factor if it gets killed early game since they have to use a lot of removal and at worst a Loatheb/Piloted Shredder pops out.
vs Warlock(Handlock/Zoo) : I tend to mulligan as if it is zoo, but the card that counters both decks tends to be Earth Shock for Drake/Nerubian Egg value. Haunted Creeper, Nerubian Egg, Flametongue Totem, Piloted Shredder, Rockbiter Weapon, Lightning Storm.
vs Shaman(Mech/Mid-Range) : DEATHLORDS. Most opponents don't expect this and it is amazing as a totem killer, early board control if they don't hex it. Neurbian Egg, Flametongue Totem, Haunted Creeper, Rockbiter Weapon, and ZOMBIE CHOW. And possibly Lightning Storm.
vs Druid(Ramp) : Piloted Shredder, Haunted Creeper, Flametongue Totem, Nerubian Egg.
Optional Cards: Swap in Zombie Chow for another Piloted Shredder if you need more pressure, and facing less aggro. Loatheb, Argent Squire, Abusive Sergeant, Healbot if when your rushing aggro, that extra 8 heal would have won you the game and you are unlucky and cant draw your zombie chow, 2 deathlords, lightning storms(or facing lots of Freeze mage). If you guys have any other things to add, please comment below. Always open to making it better.
Hardest Matchup: Priest, but thankfully there is not many priests on ladder at the moment. 60% of the priests I face on ladder, tended to have deathlord on turn 3 and if you don't have a hex in your hand or board to kill it, they tend to start to take huge control. Not only that but shadow word pain for our deathlords, or even stealing our deathlord with Cabal/Thoughtsteal sucks.
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http://imgur.com/axtQFJG Beating Reynad with it quickly after
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P.S. Ever since sharing this decklist with Hotform on stream and posting it on Hearthpwn : Hotform, JustSaiyan, and Gaara have added double deathlords to their Shaman list. =] If you find anymore streamers adopting double deathlords let me know!
Is this deck still working? I really would like to use it!
Please i love this deck, make a tgt update plzzz
Was struggling vs druid and then I topdecked bloodlust and won. Glorious irony.
This deck is amazing. Thank you so much for it, i just zoomed from rank 18 to 16 in 4 games. I can't thank you enough. although i replaced bloodmage thalnos with Ragnaros. works so well.
Feral Spirit - I don't know how you could possibly have a bad opinion about this card. If played turn 3 or 4, there's almost a 100 percent chance you're left with a doggy on board. Just as well, with Argus right after, your board is going to scale with you.
And if your opponent uses something like equality or consecrate...count that as a plus. He wasted valuable removal on your 1 or 2 mana drops.
You have to have a 1 or 2 mana board affecting card in your hand to play this. The overload price is just far too steep.
haven't considered Deathlord before, thank you!
Great deck! I've always struggled to play shaman, but found this deck easy to pick up. Twice been slammed by pally but otherwise really strong with good control elements. Fun!
What are the damage spells used for? to face or to kill off minions?
I'm doing very well with this deck. Thanks for sharing. The only hard match here is aggro hunter, any other is always good and balanced.
I don't know man ..against agro - like zoo, it can't hold on - against control is it to slow and can't counter big minions....I gues I don't know a more on right card draw depended deck
well maybe its too complicated for you try playing face hunter you might be able to handle it
this deck is so bad how did it even get 300+
This deck is awesome! Getting a mana tide totem behind a deathlord can be game winning and bloodlust is satisfying finisher.
Horrible shit
I don't have bloodmage, do you think it's better to have kobold geomancer's spell damage or loot hoarder's card draw?
bad, just bad. Trying to play shaman in this meta is just a waste of time. Other decks are just too strong in comparison.
You cant replace that card, its the center of this deck
What do you guys thinking of subbing out one Azure Drake and including Harrison to clear weapons from hunter and warrior since, we all know, these 2 classes make up 75% of the current meta (other 25 is mage)
Very good deck, though due to budget restraints had to swap Bloodmage Thalnos and Dr. Boom with an Antique Healbot and Chromaggus due to budget restraints. The star of the show with this deck would have to be Bloodlust as many players do not expect a shaman to do 20+ damage with a bunch of weaklings.
Hi I like this deck, but im having a few problems against control warrior and sometimes vs aggro pala because of equality, any suggest? Sry for my bad english im french xD