Top 67 Legend Tempo Warrior - full guide
- Last updated Nov 28, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)
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Wild
- 26 Minions
- 2 Spells
- 1 Weapon
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Tempo Warrior
- Crafting Cost: 11520
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 11/22/2017 (Marin's Treasure)
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Battle Tag:
Rami94#1340
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Region:
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Total Deck Rating
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Hello guys, my name is Rami, im an argentinian 22 year old guy who plays this game just for fun almost every day.
Sorry if my english is not that good. Also, this is my first guide so i don't even know how to post pictures yet. Therefore, any feedback will be very welcomed! I would love to see any suggestion about the post itself, and also the changes that you could make to improve the deck.
Edit 11-27: We made it to the deck of the week, thanks guys! :)
Edit 11-29: Added a few card explanations and replacements to deal with the worst matchup right now, Priest.
Based on what i just saw at HSReplay, there is a HUGE winrate difference between those who play the old version and the new one with second blood to ichor and spellbreaker. Try to always keep Blood to Ichor in your starting hand, that card seems to be doing wonders against Rogue
OK, lets start with the proof:
note: tried to upload the pic several times and nothing works... any help here?
EDIT: STILL DONT KNOW HOW TO DO IT... PLEASE GUYS!
I have a lot of pics about matchups and winrates that i also want to upload, and I just cant figure out how to do it.
0. Why warrior?
One of the main reasons is because I was just tired of allways playing with/ against the same 5 classes: Rogue, Mage, Priest, Druid and Warlock. Some people also go with Hunter, Shaman and Paladin. Poor Garrosh, he deserves some love too!
Also, there are some strong cards in warrior that makes this archetype viable, but we will talk about that later.
Finally, I think that the surprise factor helps a lot, because people don't know how to play against this deck... at least for now!
1. Play style
It depends a lot on the matchup, generally your goal is to take control of the board during the early game and snowball with cards like Frothing Berserker and the pirate package.
Just like any other tempo deck, your win condition is your board. It doesnt matter if you are at 30 hp or at 10: the moment your opponent takes control of the board, you lost.
There are some cards that helps to retake the board, but your chances to win after turn 10 are pretty low because you have no card draw at all.
Although, there is also a lot of burst potential with the DK and Grommash Hellscream to steal some wins from games that seems lost already.
2. Card choices
Blood To Ichor: Im even considering adding a second copy of this card to the deck. It helps you to trade with your Rusty Hook during the early game and also triggers your Grommash Hellscream. It also sinergyses well with Frothing Berserker and Bloodhoof Brave.
Edit: second copy added, and its one of the best performing cards in the deck.
Fiery War Axe: Fiery Win axe??? after the nerf? Yes please. this card kills Southsea Captain and SI:7 Agent at turn 3.
Ravaging Ghoul: Your opponent didnt kill your Frothing Berserker? BOOM! 13 damage to the face. It also clears some annoying pirates and shows who is in charge.
Pirate pack: why shouldnt I play this, now that almost no one plays the crab?
Prince Keleseth, Saronite Chain Gang, Cobalt Scalebane, Bonemare and Cairne Bloodhoof: Just meta stuff... everyone knows that these cards work even in priest now.
The Lich King: Late game option for topdeck mode.
Kor'kron Elite: great card for snowball and going face. I almost never play it early in the game
Spellbreaker: this is a great card in this meta, and replaces one of the Bloodhoofs. My thanks to Atramentar, who came up with this change!
Fire Fly: Best one drop in the game.
Tar Creeper: Great card against aggro decks, yet bad against priest and other slow decks like quest mage. This is just a tech card and must be replaced if necessary.
3. Mulligan guide
Always keep:
Going first: Fire Fly, N'Zoth's First Mate, Prince Keleseth and Southsea Captain
Going second: Fire Fly, N'Zoth's First Mate, Blood To Ichor, Prince Keleseth, Frothing Berserker and Southsea Captain
By class:
Druid: if you think its aggro, keep Fire Fly, N'Zoth's First Mate and Blood To Ichor. If you have those cards, consider keeping Ravaging Ghoul and Tar Creeper.
Against jade/ big druid, mulligan hard for Prince Keleseth and Frothing Berserker (going second). You can also keep Fire Fly OR N'Zoth's First Mate. If your hand is good, consider keeping Bonemare or Cairne Bloodhoof too.
Hunter: keep Blood To Ichor and Ravaging Ghoul, also Tar Creeper. If you have Fire Fly, never keep N'Zoth's First Mate, because of the crabs.
Mage: Fiery War Axe is great against all the early minions from mage. If its quest mage, keep the same cards as against jade druid.
Paladin: same as aggro druid.
Priest: Same as jade druid. Dont keep any anti aggro tool, if your hand is good, you can keep Cobalt Scalebane or Cairne Bloodhoof.
Rogue: same as aggro druid. Keep Fiery War Axe too, to kill their 3 drops.
Shaman: Always keep Blood To Ichor, Ravaging Ghoul and, if you go second, Frothing Berserker. Dont keep Tar Creeper
Warlock: Same as Rogue. Here is also key to get Tar Creeper
Warrior: ANOTHER WARRIOR!?! that never happened to me so far. Maybe with your help in a few days we will have something to write here :)
4. Card replacements
There are about 22 core cards in this deck, which I think that souldnt be removed:
Class cards:
Blood To Ichor, N'Zoth's First Mate, Frothing Berserker, Ravaging Ghoul, Kor'kron Elite, Grommash Hellscream and Scourgelord Garrosh
Neutral cards:
Fire Fly, Patches the Pirate, Prince Keleseth, Southsea Captain, Cobalt Scalebane and Bonemare
Tech cards against the Priest meta:
Tar Creeper: Great against aggro, not so good against priest. Replace one copy of it with Deathspeaker or Vicious Fledgling, in order to have a better chance to snowball.
(Any better idea would be welcomed. Already tried Grimy Gadgeteer, doesnt work for me)
Saronite Chain Gang: Replace a copy of it with Bittertide Hydra
Possible changes for the most expensive cards:
Cairne Bloodhoof: this card is great in this deck, but if you dont have it, dont craft it this close to a new expansion! There are no good 6 mana minions for that slot, maybe The Black Knight. So try playing Bittertide Hydra or Direhorn Hatchling. Another cheap option would be Sunwalker, which is clearly worse than Cairne but has the same role.
Scourgelord Garrosh: this is not a cheap deck guys, Im sorry! this card must not be replaced, otherwise the consistency of this deck will fall a lot. BTW: this is such a fun card to play... craft it guys, totally worth it!
Grommash Hellscream: first of all, Leeroy Jenkins is NOT a good replacement of this card. Gromm gives you a great body and sometimes playing it without having lethal is the best option. Leeroy is a situational card which might get stuck in your hand the whole game. Try playing any other late game threat like Ysera
The Lich King: Same as Gromm. Try another late game option. If your meta is full of aggro, try second Fiery War Axe instead.
Patches the Pirate and Prince Keleseth: sorry guys, these cards are the core of the deck, and the whole meta right now.
Deathspeaker: this is a great, cheap replacement if you dont have a second copy of Southsea Captain
Skulking Geist: this card does not belong to this deck! you are fighting for tempo, and playing this turn 6 against rogue might insta-lose the game. Your goal against druid is to win before they can catch up. You just cant win late game against them, and burning their jade idols doesnt matter at that point.
Acolyte of Pain: Not worth it in my opinion. This deck has a great curve, you wont run out of steam before turn 9-10, so there is no need to play any card draw.
Im reading all the comments, if there is any other card suggestion i will write about them later.
5. Community Videos
Ok, my new Russian friend Okeansky have just made a review of this deck in his language, and here it is:
If anyone else makes a video and wants it to be posted here, just tell me in the comments! :)
Ok this is all what i have to write this time. Thanks again for helping me to make it to the frontpage and for all your feedback!
Please feel free to share with me and everyone in the comments section any questions or suggestions
Thanks for reading, and have fun!
Any updates to this deck with the release of KnC?
For the pictures you need to open the image itself in an new tab and use that url. For your example its this one "https://i.imgur.com/uCo1D3F.png":
Don’t have scourgelord and I’m still just fine. 6-0 with it. Looked it up to do the warrior dominance quest and finished it fast. Thank you.
I added another blod to ichor and the deathspeaker instead of capt number two. I didn’t read the write up and first and had the 3/4 pirate in and she was okay
So far, I'm 50-50 with this deck. It's not BAD. It's not great either.
If your opponent is a priest, you might as well just leave. That wouldn't usually be a big deal except right now 50% of every deck is a priest deck.
Yep, doesn't work in this meta unless you get lucky and never go up against a priest.
i have already written the card replacements section to deal with a Priest meta. try to make those card changes
Wow, this deck looks sweet! I won't be playing it cuz I'm missing 50% of the legendary, but hopefully it will help #makewarriorgreatagain
What about a version of this deck running curator?
Too many 7 drops, plus the only beast worth playing is golakka crawler, which is not a good idea since you're running keleseth. There are also no good murlocs to add to the deck.
Make Warrior Great Again!
This deck is pretty dope. Been going through a lot of Warrior decks since it's my favorite class. I won 23 games and lost 4. Thank you <3
This deck is insane!!! <3
Thank you so much for this deck. Today, the last day of the season, i just wanted to play some more "casual" ranked, but using only this deck, i managed to get from rank 10 to rank 5 for the first time with only 2 loses on the way :) Dont get me wrong, im playing the game for like 3 years, i am just more of a casual player. Also, i was using Ysera instead of Gromm and she won me an uncountable number of games. The value against the priests is just insane.
Imo, the deck works even better than the Tempo rogue, as you can come back even if youre possibly losing the board control thanks to Scourgelord, and overall you get better board management thanks to the Warrior's weapons. Once more, thanks a lot for the deck and for the golden epic ^^ Try the deck out people, its absolutely nuts if you know the very basics of proper trading.
I'm hovering around Rank 7 and just having a tough time winning with this deck to complete a Daily Warrior Quest. I'm currently 0-4. Not gonna blame the deck. Maybe it's me. Been playing since Beta. I'm not a pro and usually only play for 30 mins a day if that. Good luck luck trying to out tempo Rogues or winning against Priest when they've wiped your board for the 3rd time and started killing you with your own cards.
very nice tempo deck, love it a lot, this deck similar to one I used to go legend before
here my 2 games vs evolve shaman and keleseth rogue. enjoy :) love the burst from this deck. you can use my video if you want for some showcase :) (that's my 2 best games with this deck lol)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovGlvzmak-A&feature=youtu.be
Thanks for the deck. I found it on hsreplay and so far I've done 20-4. No lie. Crazy good deck!!!
HI!
Just created an account to thank you for the deck, just got my first legend!
The deck worked great against all tempo deck, and have a very decent chance vs priest and druid :)
I didn't expect an off meta class such as warrior would get me to legend.
CHEERS!
Ignore this post
My last 12 matches
My average game lasts 8.2 mins, with 8.4 turns.
Your average game here lasts 5.7 mins, with 7.7 turns. Maybe you have to think a little bit more before making your play.
(Im only considering those games with 10 turns or less)