Shaman Only(LEGEND) to Legend(Bloodulust/Deathl...
- Last updated Aug 16, 2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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- 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 Simply way outdated and just garbage taunts even though people still swear by it.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!
He's one of the best hearthstone player and an accomplished one.
Now to your question: Yes, people still consider it an achievement.
Not doing so well. Lost 4 straight, overpowered by an aggro pally had full board until i finally drew a too little too late lightning, control warrior who just had an answer for all my early attempts of putting minions on board, zoo lock; outpaced me and bad rng deathlord summoned a archmage vs a tempo mage, I'll keep on trucking a bit, see if I figure this deck out.
*Edit; won 4 straight now.. but it's always close fights, I never take a commanding lead, I don't like RNG but congratz on getting legendary with this, cheers!
if you dont have one do anything to get it its a staple in ladder in any deck
I don't quite have all the cards necessary to make the full deck but even so, it seems like this deck doesn't have enough taunts or healing to stop hunter
Is 2 death lords and 2 shield of argus not enough? That's 16 damage of tank plus at least 3-6 each argus. I think that's more than enough to stop hunter.
Loot Hoarder for card draw or Kobold Geomancer for Spell Damage
i replaced him with a argent squire its a sticky early minion and its good against aggro and you still have a 1/1 if you use it with rockbitter weapon but thats just my opinion
Hi, nice deck! :)
I dont have Dr. Boom , what do you think could be a good replacement, I think a few options could be Loatheb, Piloted Sky Golem, Sunwalker, maybe second Piloted Shredder?. Thanks for help :P
Hey man What about Doomhammer can we replace it with one of the eggs ?
I switched out Dr. Boom for Kel'Thuzard. I personally dislike only having one 7+ target for bgh in my deck. It's been working fine, and allowing me to retain the usefulness of mana tide totem, high value minions, Flametounge totems. It's allowed me to make super efficient trades, refill my board, then proceed to bloodlust into a win.
Fun deck, feel like it cannot beat warriors at all though....which seems to be what I play against 70% of the time.
Great deck, works well against the aggro heavy meta, I got a nice winstreak, but I am having difficulty against druids. I can't catch up with them and of course Deathlords are working for their advantage.
What should be the gameplay strategy to be able to overcome them?
And for deck changes, I considered putting in an additional silence, but I am not sure which card to remove.
dont understand how you ppl like this deck, it's just bad
this deck cant get even rank 10 or less. It only depends on your VERY GOOD luck and VERY BAD luck of your opponent, not recommended
Im rank 9 now with this deck and have used it the past ten days. And have had little opposition. Ive been facing tempo mage aggro paladin and midrange hunter and I have a pretty good winrate against these. Control priest and control warrior are tough but all in all Im fairing pretty well with this deck. It is definitely not a low skill deck though.
This was pretty easy Rank 8 for me.
nope, this deck, like any zoo deck is really easy to play. It's midrange, just sorta tempo them out early then play your midrange
Beautiful :D
I found this deck just this evening and it carried me from 19 to 14 with only 1 loss all night. The deck is super versatile and has several paths to win which is very refreshing. I'm not completely sold on the deathlords yet. They've been hit or miss on usefulness so far but i dont know a good replacement for them and feel like my games played on the deck is still too low to fully understand what to slap in their place anyway.
All in all the deck is a lot of fun to play thanks for posting it.
Np man, just wanted to share to community and I am glad you had some fun with it!
I've been playing this deck for the last week or so and I really like it. I was surprised how well the death lords are, since even vs control the summoned card usually loses their battle cry. I did switch out neptulon for de boom. Just cuz I like him better. All in all a fantastic deck so far ( only rank 11 atm). Though takes a lot of skill to play.