GIANT- Handlock
- Last updated Jun 24, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)
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Wild
- 19 Minions
- 11 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 8340
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 3/11/2014 (Beta Patch 4944)
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Hi, just wanted to share my Warlock giant build. Im not a hardcore player.
My rank usually 9-5 ( since season 1) .
From 5 onwards u need to adjust the build/ change classes sometimes according to the meta. And Grind.My most played heroes,Warlock, Paladin, shaman/druid.
Here are some short describtion my picks:
Core: x12
x2 Mountain Giant , x2 Molten Giant- core of this build, with life tap/more cards, both fit well in this deck.
x2 Twilight Drake- Same as . But u can replace 1 or both with other 4 drops like Chillwind Yetietc.- if u encounter lots of Shaman- Earth Shock
x2 Defender of Argus, x2 Sunfury Protector- its a must to protect u from dying.
Lord Jaraxxus, Alexstrasza- Both strong lategame cards. superb health gain.
If you dont have Alexstrasza, can replace it with Sylvanas Windrunner.
AOE, board clearing: x3-4
x2 Shadowflame, x2 Hellfire- I find both cards extreamely crucial. Hell fire deters most of aggro/1-3health creatures. You can cut hellfire to x1,
Shadow flame- gives extra AOE, paired with Defender argus/sunfury- 2 AOE, Farseer- 3 AOE, Ancient watcher 4AOE, Leeroy Jenkins- 6 AOE+ Charge.
Removal: x2-3
x2 Siphon Soul- explain itself. if u have problem removing opponent's big creature in games, consider addin more
eg- Big Game Hunter, Corruption [/card]( Latest patch- [card]Tinkmaster overspark no longer viable... too much of RNG)
Early - Mid control cards: x4-5-6
Drain Life, Shadow Bolt, Mortal Coil, Soulfire [/card]- Soulfire + leeroy + Power Overwhelming ( 18Burst damage + if you have 1 giant = 26 TOTAL to the FACE ! -if not taunted :))
x1[card]Leeroy Jenkins- Charge + 6AOE. u can replace with Magma rager/ or use ancient watcher only.
x1-2Earthen Ring Farseer- Heal + 3AOE. U can pick 1-2, situational.
x1-2Ancient Watcher- paired up with Taunt or Shadow flame 4AOE. U can pick 1-2, situational.
x1Faceless Manipulator
Other options:
1.Demonfire- usually used as a removal rather than buffing up my minions- Drain life/shadow bolt, mortal coil Just better.
2.Twisting Nether- just too much for its use. Leeroy + shadow flame just better without sacrificing ur minions.
Iron beak owl- To silence ur Ancient/Taunt. Sometimes for Ysera/tirion etc. Good for silencing, and as a finisher for Taunted minions. Ancient good for DEF prevent early rush with protector, and AOE blast if needed.
If you have spot for owl, put 1
3.Sen'jin Shieldmasta- replace Ancient watcher.
4. Mogu'shan Warden, Silverback Patriach - extra taunts for aggro.
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Strategy:
Druids- Mulligan for twillight drake/Mountain giants. Match should be ok, watch for big game hunter. swap board with big giants/minions.
Shaman- its just painful, Twillight drake -Earth shoked. Giant- Hexed. Keep Hellfire for Feral Spirit.
More ...later.
Please kindly put comment below... Thank you
Very interesting version. There are a lot of rush decks in ranked so theses extra senjin's taunts instead of iron break owlare goods against them.
I don't have Alexstrasza, what should I take to replace it ?
I can't decide between Thalnos or an extra mortal coin.
Thanks!
I really recommend to get Alexstrasza, cuz it can really be ur life saver. As most of the giant builds are, we are very prone to Aggro so extra taunts would be great - Mogu'shan Warden, Silverback Patriach, even an extra mortal coil. You can replace Alexstrasza with Sylvanas Windrunner.
I personally dont think that, Thalnos is needed for this, 1st- warlock has strong card drawing power, 2nd the extra Magic power boost would't giv u much edge as u have plenty of AOE board clearing. Taunt is the way to go. you can remove 1x Shadowflame for extra taunt if u want. :)
Trying this out now. Any chance for some footage later?
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Nop, sorry, no time in doing any footage/videos atm, busy working :(
Good deck very good late game. Big game hunter comes up big time.