But I've stalled out at rank 11. I'm pretty sure I've got a winning record against Jade Druid and a decent record against Tempo Rogue. But my wins against priest (especially big priest) seem pretty few and far between.
From the list I show above, I've taken out the glacial shards, forbidden ritual and 1 fire fly, and experimented teching in saronite chain gangs and defenders of argus (for more staying power and consistency against druid and rogue) and spellbreakers (hoping to disarm n'zoth's and obsidian statues from big priest).
Anyone have advice on how they're dealing with big priest and razakus priests with their zoolock decks?
I'm not seeing much big priest, so not sure what to say there. Big Druid seems to be just better than it. Vs Razakus, generally I just don't play around the board clears... Most decks don't go all out (circle, auchenai, pint, holy, dragon, so often given enough momentum ( and with luck Guldangerous,) you just win. if you play around that stuff, you can't outrun their healing. My rate is above 50% vs Razakus. In otherwords, Confirmation Bias tells us to play around the board clears of Razakus, but statistically that's just not a good idea. Sorry I couldn't give advice about big priest.
I've faced quite a big of these OP priest using zoo and to be honest..it's a match up that is only winable if they dont' have the AOE...there's just no way to play around dragonfire, pint-size + horror, potion, pain & death, shadow vision and the DK
Try putting the 5 mana 5/5 dragon...that is one of their supposedly weaknesses
This is the list I am using and I believe it is the best list in the current meta. Reached legend with it couple of days ago.
It is not zoolock, but more midrange demon lock. Compared to the regular Zoolock list posted by Excella here, it is much better against Highlander Priests and Jade Druids, who are a big part of the meta on the higher ranks. It is slower than regular zoolock, so it is slightly worse against more aggressive decks like Tempo Rogue. But what it makes better against priest and druid is the fact it does not go wide on board, but goes bigger, with all the buff effects. So you can easily play around things like MC Tech and Spreading Plague and stay out of reach of priest AoEs while escalating your board.
Anyone have any tips on specific deck builds, tech choices, mulligans or strategies for beating Big Priest and Razakus decks with Zoolock?
I've been trying various builds (a good framework here: https://hsreplay.net/archetypes/134/zoolock)
But seem to do best / enjoy this deck most (https://disguisedtoast.com/decklists/3201-r22-legend-zoo-warlock)
But I've stalled out at rank 11. I'm pretty sure I've got a winning record against Jade Druid and a decent record against Tempo Rogue. But my wins against priest (especially big priest) seem pretty few and far between.
From the list I show above, I've taken out the glacial shards, forbidden ritual and 1 fire fly, and experimented teching in saronite chain gangs and defenders of argus (for more staying power and consistency against druid and rogue) and spellbreakers (hoping to disarm n'zoth's and obsidian statues from big priest).
Anyone have advice on how they're dealing with big priest and razakus priests with their zoolock decks?
I'm not seeing much big priest, so not sure what to say there. Big Druid seems to be just better than it. Vs Razakus, generally I just don't play around the board clears... Most decks don't go all out (circle, auchenai, pint, holy, dragon, so often given enough momentum ( and with luck Guldangerous,) you just win. if you play around that stuff, you can't outrun their healing. My rate is above 50% vs Razakus. In otherwords, Confirmation Bias tells us to play around the board clears of Razakus, but statistically that's just not a good idea. Sorry I couldn't give advice about big priest.
This seems to be the list that has the highest winrate of zoolocks and also the most played whenever I face them in ladder.
If you really want spellbreaker you can cut the mortal coil.
I've faced quite a big of these OP priest using zoo and to be honest..it's a match up that is only winable if they dont' have the AOE...there's just no way to play around dragonfire, pint-size + horror, potion, pain & death, shadow vision and the DK
Try putting the 5 mana 5/5 dragon...that is one of their supposedly weaknesses
70% Win VS. Priests
Midrange Demon Lock
This is the list I am using and I believe it is the best list in the current meta. Reached legend with it couple of days ago.
It is not zoolock, but more midrange demon lock. Compared to the regular Zoolock list posted by Excella here, it is much better against Highlander Priests and Jade Druids, who are a big part of the meta on the higher ranks. It is slower than regular zoolock, so it is slightly worse against more aggressive decks like Tempo Rogue. But what it makes better against priest and druid is the fact it does not go wide on board, but goes bigger, with all the buff effects. So you can easily play around things like MC Tech and Spreading Plague and stay out of reach of priest AoEs while escalating your board.
Think that is VERY tough matchup. I've met zoo as razapriest and not drawing raza / dk isn't even that big of a deal.
Think your best bet is just to go balls to the wall and gamble, you can't afford to play around stuff.