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(August Legend) Control Shaman

  • Last updated Aug 29, 2016 (Karazhan)
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  • 11 Minions
  • 19 Spells
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: Control Shaman
  • Crafting Cost: 11920
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 8/29/2016 (Karazhan)
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Got to legend with control/concede Shaman this season (rank 7 - legend exclusively the deck), it is a fun, one of the most diverse decks there are at the moment. You have a couple of win conditions, which you can decide to win a game with, there is no auto lose match up, you have the early board clears (Maelstrom Portal was a great addition for the deck) against fast decks and the best value and value protection game against slow decks

  • Out-heal Aggro and Freeze Mage (Hunter/Shaman): Double healing wave and Halazeal are hard to beat for ultra face decks

 

  • Out-taunt Aggro and Midrange (Beast Druid and Rogues): Ancestral Spirit on Earth Elemental, or a cheap Thing from Below with Ancestral Spirit plus Faceless

 

  • Out-clear Aggro and Midrange decks (Dragon Warrior, Zoo, Tempo Mage, Token Druid): A good early elemntal destruction followed by your value game is one of the best early come back mechanisms there is in Hearthstone

 

  • Out-value Control decks: In really slow match ups like C'Thun Warior, drawing lots of cards into Emperor/a good far sight, followed by Cairne into Ancestral into Faceless is pretty much not to beat (plus you have N'Zoth as further value thing)

 

  • Out-hex other N'ZOth decks (Paladin, Resurrect Priest): The strenght against other N'Zoth decks is that you can Hex-up their threats, which they can't, making you win the value game. (also applies to some extent for the priest match up, Hexing their turn 3 or 4 play should be an early gg)

 

  • Out-tempo with good far sight: An early good far sight gives you furthermore the chance to play a really fast game, there is basically no druid deck that can beat a turn 4/5 Earth Elemental/Sylvanas/Cairne with Ancestral Spirit (does not happen most of the time, but it is always a possibility)


Things to be aware of:

Trade-off between getting a lot of value but possibly dying early against using an early board clear and getting outsteamed the next turns is kind of a tricky decision

Sylvanas plus Shield Slam can be a dangerous thing against Control Warrior with your cairnes