Hearthpwn

 

Welcome to my Guide to Shaman for Beginners. We are going to talk through the Shaman Class, their Class specific cards and the Neutral Cards works well with shaman. This deck does not have a lot of Overload as the mana planning can be hard to control. Feel free to exchange some more Overload cards like Feral Spirit,Lightning Storm and Lava Burst into the deck when you feel you can control the mana. (This deck is capable to match against decks with legendary cards.)

 

Introduction 

Greetings friends, I am Impede Wave aka ACE in game. This is my First guide to in the budget series, i have played Hearthstone casually for 2 months, I haven't played a lot but i learn a lot from watching streams and tournaments (FightNights, SeatStoryCup). I will show everyone I have enough knowledge to build Decks and write guides.

 Other Low Budget deck from SoulBound Deck Building team

Priest : Blinding Light  - Lux_EU

Druid : Wild Wrath - Lux_EU

Rouge: Cloak-and-Dagger - Lux_EU

Pros 

• Shaman has one of the best board control with versatile cards to answer almost any threats.
• Hero Power give different Utilities  - Taunt or Spell Power or Minion Healing
• Cheap spells, hard removals, great buffs, sometimes with drawbacks.
• Windfury combine with Rockbiter weapon gives unreal burst.
• Totems can be very annoying to play against.
• Strong match ups against most of the classes.

 

Cons

•  Overload - Drawback from cheap spells, Borrow manas from next turn for flexible plays in sticky situations, 
• Hero power is a RNG type ability, can be inconsistent, 
• Hard to come back when board control is lost, no good basic/ common AoE spell.
• Managing mana  and planning when to use overload can be hard.
• Can be Vulnerable to Super aggressive decks. 

Shaman Cards

 

 

Possible shaman Combos

Dream Start for shaman - Turn 2 The Coin + Unbound Elemental Turn 3 Feral Spirit -  Protect the Unbound Elemental  and make it grow.

Totemic Might - can combine with Flametongue Totem or Mana Tide Totem to increase there effectiveness duration, as they are your opponent's primary target.

Ancestral Healing - combine with Chillwind Yeti, Injured Blademaster

 

Natural Cards that works well with Shaman

 

Possible Combos

Azure Drake + Wrath of Air Totem +2 Spell Damages into Lightning Bolt (Lightning Storm) / Lava Burst

(Any minions with Charge ) Reckless Rocketeer + Windfury + 1 or 2 x Rockbiter Weapon - Surprise damage

Suitable Card Substitutions

 Charge minions like Argent Commander /Leeroy Jenkins. combine with Windfury +  Rockbiter Weapon combo (+ Lava Burst for more damage.)

Lightning Storm -  AoE Board clear

Feral Spirit - Replace Sen'jin Shieldmasta

Mana Tide Totem / Nat Pagle - Card Draws

Gadgetzan Auctioneer - with low mana spells this guy can draw you a lot of cards.

Azure Drake/ Bloodmage Thalnos - combine with spell power totem for a lot of extra damage, plus  Bloodmage Thalnos  draw a card, maintain your tempo.

Match Ups - Will add match up later.

vs hunter - beware the frog from hex is  Beast type > Kill Command will do 5 damage.Argent Squire is a good minion to add into the deck against aggro,  since most charger are  1 health.

 

 

Updates

17/3/2014 Guide Created.

23/3/2014 Major update + release.

24/3/2014 Grammar checked and corrected.

30/3/2014 minor update.

12/4/2014 Graphic error, all image crush.

14/4/2014 Re-uploaded images