Control-Goya|3-Legend (85%Winrate)
- Last updated Mar 25, 2017 (Aggro Downfall)
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Wild
- 10 Minions
- 20 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Control Shaman
- Crafting Cost: 14720
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 3/20/2017 (Aggro Downfall)
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Hi!
Having a winrate over 70% always seems silly. Having a winrate of 85% is only possible because of small sample size and luck.
Now that you know that, here are screenshots from my Track-o-Bot for some proof:
1: http://i.imgur.com/Qfr50qn.png
2: http://i.imgur.com/OZ9oUjE.png
I recommand any new players to this deck to check out Lothar's vods as he is playing this deck from rank 17-Legend on his stream, will be gold for mulligan and play advice! :)
https://www.twitch.tv/lotharhs/videos/all
A few days ago I got this deck idea from my friend Zorkthar, he got it from watching Tyler? And so on. This decks charm is its chance of creating insane high roll situations using cards as Barnes, Madam Goya and Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound.
The version I first saw of it used 2x Thing from Below, but I switched them to 1x Sunwalker and 1x Cairne Bloodhoof.
I wanted to increase the chance of rolling into a high value drop and not have too many "simple" drops that could hit our Barnes-Goya-Y'shaarj, rage unbound.
If we take a fast look at the deck we can see that we have a lot of AoE removal, mixed in with healing and card draw. So this deck goal is to survive until Mid-Late game, then we start to steamroll or just auto win on hitting an insane highroll!
Fun cards+combinations to think about:
Ancestral Spirit: Extremly strong in this kind of deck, but weak to cards like Hex and Sap, remember to play around those cards when you can.
Devolve: You probably already thought about this, but this is a great card to counter Finja's! Also to mess up Rogues hitting big Edwins or concealing Questing Adv / Gadgetzan, Finja, the Flying Star.
Lava Shock: Insanely good card to plan board clears around or Earth Elemental turns, use it and abuse it!
Far Sight: Card draw + cheaper minions or free spells, can be used for crazy tempo plays. Tho we have Lightning bolt / Devolve / Portal, which usually feel like a dead draw, but it's just 6/30 of our cards.
Barnes: You can be greedy and wait with Barnes until turn 6 to combo what ever he draws with a Ancestral Spirit!
Madam Goya: Try to have 1x totem alive at turn 5 to combo with her at turn 6, otherwise you will find yourself having to wait until turn 8.
*Note* Using Madam Goya on a totem can make your Y'Shaarj draw that totem later!
Y'Shaarj + Madam Goya: Can both draw you White Eyes 10/10 deathrattle with taunt The Storm Guardian
Hope you enjoy this deck and can have some fun in the meta before expansion hits, this deck isn't for everyone as it's very different to play.
Lothar played my version on stream today, he faced what is standard in the meta; Shamans, Warrior, Jade Druids and so on.
If you want to see some gameplay and mulligan advice then check out his vod, it's time stamped at when he starts playing it, enjoy!
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/130176429?t=03h13m23s
https://twitter.com/RDeeHS - Follow me to find new messed up decks! :)
Hey!
Posts like this make me so happy to post decks :)
I am sorry to hear that your first impression of the deck was going 6-0, but hearing you talk about how it was worth it because finally HS felt fun again, that's what makes me happy!
Playing this deck it always feels like you have to wait for a long time and plan ahead, getting to eager usually results in a too big a loss of value.
At first me and my friends just called it High roll meme shaman, for good reason, but we noticed that it had a good enough chance of highroll to be consistent. If we put Elize in I feel like we lower the % of highroll too much :/ But I have been thinking of other cool cards like Chromagus, nice stats, awesome unique effect and helps out to create value + "draw". There is a lot of good spells to duplicate and insane minions to duplicate, so maybe he could work?
*Lightning bolt is so good vs aggro and as a smal removal, even late game as a smal face burst. I wouldn't replace it as we only have that + lava shock to use as target spells.
Hope this could help out! :)
Gl hf!
Hey thanks for the reply :)
Yeah I guess with Elise in the deck Madam Goya would have a little love triangle going on with her and Barnes, they already like each other too much :p
I feel like there's definitely potential for something else in here though.
Chromagus is a very interesting idea actually! I can think of some interesting synergies with him.
Will definitely have to give that a try.
Thanks for your feedback :) and for the deck list :D
So, I haven't be getting run over, I've been getting out mid-ranged. Everything I've faced in the five games I've played were go big / win late decks, three of which were jade druid. This deck just doesn't get anywhere. Also, Madam Goya and Barnes have a serious love affair going on. Didn't get anything but each other when playing them.
It's a good deck. But it's Asmodai's deck.
Anyhow, I played this deck before it got popular and people didn't know how to play around it. Got easily from rank 5 to rank 1. Then I had a really bad run and went back to rank 3, and now I'm back to rank 5.
The deck is really fun to play, and a really good counter to pirate warrior and shamans. Only struggling against renolock and finja rogue (if you don't have devolve, you're gonna lose). Gonna stick with this deck until Un'Goro arrives.
Hey! I actually didn't know Asmo was first with this list. I just thought people took the old style of Crusher Sham and Nzoth Sham, then started experimenting with Y'shaarj instead of N'Zoth. Haven't seen anyone else play sunwalker or Cairne, but usually the standard core with 2x Thing from below. In the end I usually see it as people create specific techs, but most archetypes have already been made
Vs Rogue I think elem detruction is a great Finja / board killer if you dont have Devolve :)
i love this deck, its so much fun to play with and honestly idc about the win ratio since im enjoying what im playing.
Although.. there's 1 thing thats frustrating me and tilting me so hard that i had to make this comment.. my Y'Shaarj and my Barnes almost always summon Goya.. and when i play Goya she summons Barnes -_-... 9 out of 12 games so far this has happened to me, other than that i just love it lol.
oh yeah and, Y'Shaarj is almost always in my starting hand.. i cri evry tim.
pay to win deck...but fun..i admit it
Struggling with druids, mages, and face warriors.
everyone is struggling with face wars :/
Sad but true.
Good song.
This is Asmo's decklist.
Thank you very much! Awesome deck, and fun as hell to play . Went from 10 to 4 in a few hours
I hit legend with this deck yesterday - my first Standard legend! I had been at Rank 5; it consistently climbed from there, including a nice win streak at the 1-2 ranks. Overall fared pretty well against most any deck. I had the feeling the element of surprise was on my side, as most I played seemed to set up like they were playing an aggro shaman. Didn't have a mirror matchup.
My changes: -1 Lightning Bolt, -1 Devolve, -1 Far Sight, + 1 Sylvannas, +2 Flamewreathed Faceless. I was having some problems with control decks and needed some more big bodies out there. Worked very well. Sylvannas buffed with Ancestral Spirit is a nice counter to control. I toyed with taking out Goya as I wasn't getting a lot of value (seemed to always draw Barnes!), but the last three games on the climb she proved very useful. That card feels like a 5-drop, not a 6.
Of course, I was seeing a lot of aggro at the high ranks. This deck handles Pirate Warrior and Aggro Shaman very, very well if you play it right. Always keep a healing wave if you manage to draw one, as it's usually an automatic +14 health that can really stop aggro momentum. If you get a taunt out and buff with Ancestral Spirit vs. Pirate Warrior, it's gg. Shaman takes a bit more patience because of Hex, but still achievable. Didn't see many Rogues, but the ones I did were wins.
As for control decks, I was better than 50% against Jade Druids. Hold Hex for to get around Ancient of War. I saw quite a few Reno Mages and only remember losing to one. Again, Healing Wave proves to be a champ-- hold and use after your opponent drops Alexstrasza. The only poor matchup I had was Reno Warlock-- true toss up. I felt lucky each time I beat one, except for one game where Barnes dropped Y'Shaarj who dropped Ragnaros on turn 4. Auto-concede.
This is a pretty difficult deck to get the hang of. One other tip-- I always held on to Lava Shocks if drawn, as the deck is overload heavy.
Overall, win or lose this deck is just fun to play.
Hey! Congrats on your legend, feels good that the build is working out for some people! :)
Also cool too hear about your changes, creates a wider perspective of the build to others.
I'm trying out these changes, too, and I like them. The 2x Flamewreathed Faceless and Sylvanas Windrunner provide three more high value targets for Madam Goya, Barnes, and Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound. Barnes and Madam Goya seemed to like to pull each other from the deck too often before. ;-) I also noticed that Flamewreathed Faceless makes a good early drop, as it is a must-remove card for your opponent. Good for baiting out hard removal to protect the cards you really don't want killed/stolen.
Your changes are perfect for this deck. I felt like I was having a handful of games where I simply had too many spells in my hand and wasn't getting the mileage out of the minions that I wanted. The Facelesses are amazing. I've gotten so much value out of them by getting one out on curve, and backing it up with Ancestral Spirit whenever your opponent plans on trading into it or direct damage removing it. Thanks!
Perfect replacements, especially Flamewreathed Faceless. Drop that on turn 4 against Jade Druids and you can taste the salt.
Love this deck even if it doesn't have my boy Hallazeal the Ascended, but in all honesty I haven't missed him.
Looks great. I'm missing two staples, though. Damn, I want to put my golden Earth Elementals to work, though. I've been running a control shaman all season and it is very strong/viable. Only trouble I have is Jade Druid is a bit 50/50.
Cool list.