[LEGEND] Patron warrior isn't dead
- Last updated Oct 26, 2015 (Warsong Nerf)
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Wild
- 16 Minions
- 10 Spells
- 4 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 5480
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 10/21/2015 (Warsong Nerf)
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Battle Tag:
Jacococo#2101
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Total Deck Rating
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Who am i? (None of your business )
So my name is Jaco, a 3x legend player (I know is not that much) that absolutely loves Grim Patron Im from spain, so sorry for my mistakes writing this guide
Wow, this deck just reached the frontpage! Thank you all guys, I really appreciate it, guide in coming! :D
Deck:
Since the nerf of Warsong Commander people has thought that patron warrior is dead, but I'm here to prove it's not, I got legend yesterday with this patron deck (no Warsong Commander nor Frothing Berserker)
It's a more control-ish version of the deck which runs cards like Grommash Hellscream and Dr. Boom
Legend proof:
¿How to play the deck?
I dont really have that much time right now, so I'll write a guide whenever I reach some likes in this deck :)
-10 likes: Mulligan guide
-50 likes: Deck guide
-100 likes: Video guide
Mulligan:
-Against combo druid: Since druid has a pretty bad way to deal with multiple patrons you wanna keep Fiery War Axe for a possible early Darnassus Aspirant, and you also want Death's Bite, Inner Rage and Grim Patron that way you can get 4 patrons at turn 5, which is usually a game winning play against druid.
-Against tempo mage: You want to always get a way to deal with an early Mana Wyrm so you probably want Fiery War Axe, you also want Acolyte of Pain and Armorsmith
Against face hunter: Fiery win axe, Unstable Ghoul and Armorsmith, you may also want to keep Slam to deal with Knife Juggler and Cruel Taskmaster to deal with Leper Gnome or Worgen Infiltrator
-Against handlock: You may want cards like Piloted Shredder, Death's Bite and Acolyte of Pain, you may probably want to keep Execute just if you are sure it's handlock, BUT DON'T EXECUTE THE FIRST THREAT HE PLAYS.
-Against secret paladin: You want Fiery War Axe or Slam, Unstable Ghoul or Whirlwind to deal with early aggresion
-Against warrior: You just want the same cards like against Druid with addition of Acolyte of Pain
Guide:
So here we go with a little guide on how to play the deck, as you know with the Warsong Commander nerf we wont be able to do 30+ dmg to face in one turn by charging Frothing Berserkers. So our main goal of the deck is to overwhelm your opponent with multiple patrons that it's impossible for him to deal with.
Early Game:
Pretty much like the old patron or control warrior, you just try to estabilize the board control with weapons and draw some cards. Depending on the match up you want to use your cards in one way or another, for example against face hunter is fine to Slam a knife juggler just to kill it, while against some other control matchup you may be wanting to use it as a card draw and Execute activator.
Mid Game:
Basically between turns 4 to 6 we want to get patrons on the board, Death's Bite turn 4, Grim Patron + Inner Rage turn 5, and just go face or a minion with the weapon to spawn 5 patrons and keep snowballing from that point. Patrons are basically your win condition, so try to play around AoE as much as you can afford.
You also want to keep dropping minions, since mid game is where this deck works better, you also have minions like Piloted Shredder if you cant combo patrons, its just up to you.
Late Game:
You just try to finish off the game with powerful cards like Dr. Boom and an enraged Grommash Hellscream and keep applying pressure with patrons.
Replacements:
Many of you have been asking about replacements, so there you go:
Harrison Jones: This card is actually pretty meta-dependant, so if you aren't facing that many weapon classes you may want to swap him with Loatheb or even a 2nd Sludge Belcher
Grommash Hellscream: Unfortunately there is no real replacement for grommash, he is a very powerful card with a unique effect, you may want to swap him with Ragnaros the Firelord but it will NEVER be the same, so my recommendation is you to craft it asap.
Emperor Thaurissan: While thaurissan is a card with a very powerful effect, its not really necessary as many of you have said on the comments, I just run it because I love the card and works great, but you can try swapping him with Sylvanas, it's up to you.
Thx so much for watching this deck, dont forget to spam "Heh, greetings" emote when playing the Grim Patron
Algun reemplazo para Grom? Gracias de antemano
Replacements for Grom?
probably not since it is the only real burst in the deck. Maybe Leeroy
Thoughts on using Alexstrasza?
been running kel' thuzad and he's not great, but fun as shit when he works
Any replacement for grommash?
Any replacement for Grim Patron?
Well you do that and you're left with a normal cw deck. Which is what this is anyway xD
any replacement for harrison?
gonna depend on what your facing. if its lots of weapons then Acidic Swamp Ooze if you need a powerful 5 drop Loatheb
This deck is unstoppable. Any idea when Blizzard will nerf patron?
Never, most likely. This deck is far from unstoppable. The changes they made to Warsong Commander in the last patch did a HUGE rebalance of warrior for Patron and Frothing Berserker decks.
NOW Patron actually requires a bit more thought and skill to play.
How is it unstopable? We Can now deal with the patrons and evt. frothing when it comes on board. Basicly The counter is board control. Something you could not have before, because of charge.
Patron Warrior is dead, you've got to believe it and accept it !...
It seems we are on the first stage of grief: denial. I know its tough dealing with the death of a close friend, but whats in the past is in the past and frankly theres no way to change that, but what we can do is work to change the future and create a new deck archetype thats just as wild and fun as patrons. Listen to me man, we'll do it. We'll do it for them.
Alrighty Deepak.
I thought Reynad made this deck?
Actually Xixo apparently may have started at rank 5 legend and just won two games with the patron. I'm not sure if that counts as Patron being a Top 10 Legend decklist or rather just a luck run...
Okay, because I saw Reynad playing this deck on stream the same day the patch was released.
It was ever so slightly different though.
This deck is a cool mix of patron and control warrior. Like it.
:D