[Rank 5 to Legend] Keleseth Zoolock
- Last updated Sep 23, 2017 (Evergreen Nerfs)
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Wild
- 27 Minions
- 2 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Zoolock
- Crafting Cost: 7300
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 9/20/2017 (Evergreen Nerfs)
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Battle Tag:
Vicc3 #2116
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
26
First time i got legend. This deck took me from rank 5 to legend in one day with around a 60% Winrate. If there is any interest in the deck i can add mulligans and some basic strategies.
Since there was some attention for the deck ill add some mulligans and some strategies!
Given cards to keep in your starthand is: Flame Imp, Keleseth, and atleast one Bloodsail Corsair. Another card worth mentioning is Darkshire Councilman which is a great card to keep in your starthand against non aggro like, jade druid and various control. Ill go through the matchups shortly for different classes.
Druid: Mostly control/jadedruids but could also be aggro, I usually keep Darkshire Councilman or Sea Giant but mulligan for Flame Imp and 1-drops.
Hunter: Really agressive and you need to take control as early as possible to win, Mulligan for 1-drops, keep 2 Bloodsail Corsair if you have them.
Mage: Usually exodia mage, you need to put pressure on the mage for him to use removal and not draw cards. This is a matchup you should win 70-75 %. Be careful of turn 4 or 5 doomsayer/frostnova.
Paladin: Almost always Murloc, keep good 1-drops and control the board.
Priest: Mulligan pretty hard for Prince Keleseth and Flame Imp, you need to push damage quick. Scalebane and Dreadlord are great because of 4 attack and the other one is a dragon (Dragonfire potion). Also tap more than usual to keep tempo.
Rouge: Right now mostly Kelesethzoo with Shadowstep, hard to outvalue, go for valuetrades or face.
Shaman: Not that many Shamans on rank 5 - 1 but almost always evolve, make good trades and mulligan for good 1-drops.
Warlock: Usually mirrormatch, 1-drops and Darkshire Councilman is great.
Warrior: Pirates most of the time, you should win most matches, mulligan for Bloodsail Corsair and early tempo. Dead mans warrior you just tempo as face as you can.
Unwilling Sacrifice - Is a great card against doomsayers and big cards such as Hydra or big taunts.
Abyssal Enforcer - Is great for tempo or against other zoo or minionbased heavy decks for temposwings.
Sea Giant - Great for tempo against control and is justified to keep against slow decks.
Druid: 50/50
Hunter: 50/50
Mage: 70/30
Paladin: 55/45
Priest: 45/55
Rouge: 55/45
Shaman: 60/40
Warlock: 60/40
Warrior: 65/35
As many before me I swapped Sea Giant for Bonemare. Went 18-4 från rank 12 to rank 5. Really consistent Zoolock imo.
No chance against Rogue or Hunter
Low chance against Priest or Druid
Decent chance against the rest
Only playable with turn 2 Keleseth
So far the only deck that even remotely works budget hunter, it dominates the low ranks and it's the cheapest deck I ever made.
I don't have patches and don't plan to craft a card that is about to rotate out. So, here is my non-pirate version of new zoo. I have had a lot of success and have gone 8-1 so far. Try out it out if you're in the same situation.
Here: New Zoo (No Pirates) [8-1]
I don't have patches and don't plan to craft a card that is about to rotate out. So, here is my non-pirate version of new zoo. I have had a lot of success and have gone 8-1 so far. Try out it out if you're in the same situation.
Here: New Zoo (No Pirates) [8-1]
In a meta full of priests I don't really like possessed villager. You probably get 2 for 1'd and leave them with a free 1/1. I've been having pretty good success with a more traditional Kel-Zoo build on ladder. I do think Warlock is viable and decent tier right now while remaining relatively under the radar for now.
any replacement for sea giants ?
I love this deck. It works very well in the current meta
It deserves to be one of the top Warlock decks right now.
Made a small change - Abyssal Enforcer × 1 , + Bonemane x1 . Didn't like the 3 damage aoe for this deck. More taunt helps more the 3 damage to everything.
Mulligan for prince and 1 cost minions. Go face when possible. This is a somewhat rush deck. You dont want to go late late game with this, you will lose
Great deck, thanks. I was using similar one, but without bloodreaver, bane and sacrifice, using black knight instead. Keleseth made zoo great again!
Please do a mulligan and strategy guide please! Thanks!
Is it possible to replace Gul'Dan?
Bloodreaver Gul'dan isn't necessary but it's there so you stand a chance if you don't blow them up on the early-mid game but it definitely helps. If you wanna take him out I suppose its best to go all in with the aggro and add Doomguard or Leeroy Jenkins maybe? In which case you may as well replace the demons if you want too. Maybe add silence
Thank you. I'm using a deck similar do this, but its not that good, i'm stack on 4-5 rank. I guess I'll just copy ur deck, can u explain about cards? Which cards do u keep, which u "X"? if u can a lil bit more details, I would appreciate. Thanks in advance :)
Yeah, i'm kinda doin it. Tar Creepr vs Hunter, Pala.. Works pretty fine. But yeah, I guess its worth buyng Gul'dan. Thanks for advices.
Thank you! :) Btw. are you sure this deck doesn't need Bonemare?
Look, too many Druids, Priests, Rogues. You have to finish the game asap, even vs hunters, in turn 7 u gotta have Bonemare or something, thats my biggest problem. This is a lil bit more late game deck, than the standard Zoo > Mid range. 2x Sea, 2x Bone, 2x Cobalt. I have a lil better winrate with another deck, pretty similar, but w/o Gul'Dan. Befoer 2-3 days, i've started see'ing only rogues, druids, priests and the only way to win them is early game, its pretty hard tbh. So yeah, maybe in the next exp, when they buff Warlocks, and release new Demons, it will be better, Gul'Dans deck. Now its pretty hard to play Lock to legend, esp Zoo/Late. But this deck is awesome tbh, no lies. Pretty funny, ive hit first rank 3 with this deck, with my old deck i couldn't reach. But i got back to R5 with this deck, and then again R4 with my deck.. Constantly rank 4-5.. But definitely Bonemare changes the game, totally.
P.S. Sorry for my english.
Yep, u are right. Gul'Dan remake your board, thats how i got to rank3, after 1,5 years, big pause. It was so hard. But now on rank3, roges rogues, i rly can't make a board, even with a great start. Probably thats just a Warlock class, not the deck. Im stack on R4. It's pretty hard even with a great hand. And yes, it's easier to beat Druids than Priests/Rogues. Atleast for me, atm. You are right about these things, the only way to win is to outthink them, as u said..