This Tier is based on experience of 9 legend players who all play different decks.
Now first thing first there is no Tier S in Wild. Any deck in Wild has it huuge counter and even Jade Druid or Highlander Priest are not superrior here. There are going to be also included weaknesses of these decks.
Tier 1:
Highlander Priest:
Can run on Deathrattle,Spell,Inspire,Dragon or Elise package
The strongest Highlander deck in Wild right now. Raza And Shadowreaper combo is insane. Combined with Priests removal and Reno is almost impossible to kill him in late game in Control vs Control matchup. Jade killer. However it has 3 decks that beat him really good. and these are Mill Rogue,Midrange Paladin and Exodia Mage.
Jade Druid:
Yes. Ramp options combined with Ultimate Infestation and Spreading Plague are broken in Wild too. However it is not Tier S due to the power tools that have Control decks. Mill decks teching the Skulking Geist have pretty solid chance to beat him and aggrodecks such as Pirate Warrior are destroying him too.
Midrange Paladin:
Can run on Murloc,Handbuff or Silver Hand package.
Pretty solid deck with only weaknesses to Pirate Warrior and some Control decks.
Pirate Warrior
Ships Cannons are still powerfull. Even if it loses to a lot of Control decks,it still powerfull due to the fast games and positive winrates against any Combo,Midrange and Jade decks. Is Hardly Countered by Reno Mage and Highlander Priest(Priest have to add a tech cards)
Mill Rogue
Running on Nzoth Package or Death Knigh Valeera
A nightmare for any Control or Combo deck in Wild. However can be really hardly beaten by Aggro decks.
Reno Mage:
Running on Elemental/Nzoth package or Spell
A Death Knight Jaina really helped a Reno Mage. While still being able to wipe any aggro deck it has now tools to heal even in deep fatique. A huuge weakness of this deck is Highlander Priests,which are very popular now on wild ladder.
Tier 2:
Anyfin Paladin:
Strong combo deck that has problem only against another oriented combo deck.
Aggro Druid:
It is strong but not nearly as in Standart due to the better Control tools in wild. It doesnt have so strong burst options as Pirate Warrior. However with a good starting hand it is still pretty strong.
Exodia Mage:
This deck would be even in Tier 1 BUT. It just gets completely destroyed by any aggro or Mill decks.
Elemental Mage
Strong heal options and Elemental package provides this Mage deck not so bad options to be a solid deck. Still not enough to beat Highlander decks.
Dragon Priest:
Still pretty good. Still the Midrange type of deck that kills any Control or Jade. However struggles against Aggro and Combo.
Freeze Mage:
Hard and still playable but completely getting destroyed by any source of armor.
Renolock:
Runs on Demon,Nzoth,Leeroy or Demon/Nzoth package.
Once supperior deck in Wild is now still playable but have a lot of wekanesses like fatique which is improtant in Control Matchup. Guldan Death Knight is not enought to push this deck to Tier 1 once again.
Evolve Shaman:
Thrall Deathkinght which is added to this deck can cause some serious problems. However it is not that strong to be in Tier 1.
Big Priest:
What can I say? This deck is simply not in Tier 1 due to the same Roll the Dice as Aggro Druid.
Inner Combo Priest:
Strong. But Roll the Dice deck and that is his biggest weakness
Deathstalker Midrange Hunter:
While being able to be very agressive Rexxar can turn out into Control Hunter thanks to Highmannes and Death Knight Rexxar and turns out it is pretty powerfull. However none of his combos are unbelievably OP compared to Tier 1 decks.
Tier 3:
Handlock with Guldan DK:
With Death Knights coming to Hearthstone this deck have another one chance to live. Its still not strong compared to Tier 1 and 2 decks.
Control Shaman:
Still can pull up some crasy comboes with Keltuzad,Ressurecting options and Nzoth.
Malygos decks:
Rogues, and Shamans mostly can pull up some powerfull otk but it is not that consistent.
Secret Paladin:
Not so strong as it was but synergies in the deck provides him some viability.
Miracle Rogue:
Its not so strong as it was. Simply because aggro is more agrresive and control is more cotrol in wild.
Tempo Mage:
Sometimes strong and sometimes not. Another Roll the Dice deck
Quest Warrior:
Strong against aggro but most of the Control and Combo decks just destroy him.
This may be to much work but could you try to find a decklist for each? I'm interested in the Reno Mage and I dont know where to find a good decklist for it.
Yeah, Naga surely belong up there, but the deck is really new, so it's understandable that it is not there in the first post.
BTW, talking about Highlander priest, you write about N'Zoth, Dragon, Spell, Inspire variants all together, but I feel like they are quite different in power (my list with some comments about different configurations is in my signature).
I'd like to see more thoughts about it from pro players, but as far as I've seen playing them myself, it feels like the two best are the N'Zoth and Spell/Draw versions, by far.
- Dragon one has just too few Dragons to really make the tribe element consistent, and in the end they are not even so great anyway.
- Inspire is too reliant to having the combo out already. Without both Raza and Anduin, the inspire cards are just overall weak, even awful until you have at least one of the two combo pieces. And when you have the combo, why not going for some OTK or fast chain gun instead of just using Saraad or anything like that? Spawn of Shadows also needs you to be still high on HP, which means that Velen OTKs are usually far more reliable
- N'Zoth is very nice against aggro, due to higher amount of creatures, and taunt creatures in particular. An N'Zoth play also is enough to kill any aggro or midrange completely. But this list feels far weaker against control, as the DR creatures are really underwhelming against them, and don't help you get your combo sooner
- Spell/Draw version seems to me far more deadly than the above, especially if it includes some Velen OTK. Being able to do 40-50 damage OTKs is incredible, especially when you are able to draw into that in a reasonable time. Compared to N'Zoth version, however, is weaker to aggro, but far more powerful against control
Secret Paladin is not so strong? Dude go try beating that shit with anything other than priest.
This deck relies on curve so much that is inconsistent. It can have a good winrate if its in top deck mode but Decks from Tier 1 and 2 just wipe him even without full value. And no. Not even Nzoth and Deathrattles helps to win.
Yeah, Naga surely belong up there, but the deck is really new, so it's understandable that it is not there in the first post.
BTW, talking about Highlander priest, you write about N'Zoth, Dragon, Spell, Inspire variants all together, but I feel like they are quite different in power (my list with some comments about different configurations is in my signature).
I'd like to see more thoughts about it from pro players, but as far as I've seen playing them myself, it feels like the two best are the N'Zoth and Spell/Draw versions, by far.
- Dragon one has just too few Dragons to really make the tribe element consistent, and in the end they are not even so great anyway.
- Inspire is too reliant to having the combo out already. Without both Raza and Anduin, the inspire cards are just overall weak, even awful until you have at least one of the two combo pieces. And when you have the combo, why not going for some OTK or fast chain gun instead of just using Saraad or anything like that? Spawn of Shadows also needs you to be still high on HP, which means that Velen OTKs are usually far more reliable
- N'Zoth is very nice against aggro, due to higher amount of creatures, and taunt creatures in particular. An N'Zoth play also is enough to kill any aggro or midrange completely. But this list feels far weaker against control, as the DR creatures are really underwhelming against them, and don't help you get your combo sooner
- Spell/Draw version seems to me far more deadly than the above, especially if it includes some Velen OTK. Being able to do 40-50 damage OTKs is incredible, especially when you are able to draw into that in a reasonable time. Compared to N'Zoth version, however, is weaker to aggro, but far more powerful against control
Speaking of Highlander Priest,I find to be the strongest version Nzoth package due to the power on Nzoth and deathrattle minions. However I find the Inspire package and Dragon package powerfull too due to its another wincondition. Like in Spell/Draw version opponents dirty rat can just pull The Raza and it is gg. And dirty rat is a staple card in decks. I will send you mine version that im running and if you want to discuss Highlande Priets,feel free to write me :)
Actually think CW is stronger than quest warrior in wild. It's not good, but it seems more consistent and better versus the field. Only played to rank 5 though.
Can you show me your highlander priest deck list?I want to start wild this season,but idont have any card from wild,i started when un'goro launched so i miss a lot of op cards that rotate out,but i have a few amount of dust and im thinking about buying naxxaramas,if there is a lot of legendary on your deck can you tell me your priority list?So i can craft them one at a time.Also do you think naxxaramas is worth to buy?thx
Disagree about aggro druid, it should at least be low level tier 1, I finished quite high legend just playing that variant last season while not playing too many games and it felt very strong indeed. That said, the standard of Wild last season was of a very low quality.
Also, don't corrupt your mage with too many elementals. Just run the standard mage and use possibly Geddon or even Sindragosa for fun. Rag is good sometimes but against swarmy decks the heal for 8 will be insignificant. You could run both, but I wouldn't suggest it.
This season I have been playing Highlander Priest with Confessor Paletress and Emperor Thaurissan and by god it's fun and sometimes feels absolutely nuts. The best was flooding the board with:
Confessors, Rag, Emperor Thaurissan and Prophet Velen - too bad my opponent conceded after that.
Secret Paladin is not so strong? Dude go try beating that shit with anything other than priest.
This deck relies on curve so much that is inconsistent. It can have a good winrate if its in top deck mode but Decks from Tier 1 and 2 just wipe him even without full value. And no. Not even Nzoth and Deathrattles helps to win.
Top deck mode? The game is usually over by turn 7 - there is no top deck mode lol. I dunno what kind of shitty list did you try to play, mine is pretty consistent. I only struggled hard against a Reno Mage, cause you don't really tech against Mage with a ladder full of pirate and jade shit, which instantly lose the game the turn MC is played.
It would be cool if you guys would read the description and be a little bit more nicer(9 players with tracker made that list). (Im looking at you Dwarfeckiy). Yeah,Secret Paladin is shitty right now overall. If it would be good,people would hit legend in wild in it. But they dont. I didnt play him by myself. I was testing the Kabal decks and all Kabal decks shitted on him. End of the discussion ;)
This Tier is based on experience of 9 legend players who all play different decks.
Now first thing first there is no Tier S in Wild. Any deck in Wild has it huuge counter and even Jade Druid or Highlander Priest are not superrior here. There are going to be also included weaknesses of these decks.
Tier 1:
Highlander Priest:
Can run on Deathrattle,Spell,Inspire,Dragon or Elise package
The strongest Highlander deck in Wild right now. Raza And Shadowreaper combo is insane. Combined with Priests removal and Reno is almost impossible to kill him in late game in Control vs Control matchup. Jade killer. However it has 3 decks that beat him really good. and these are Mill Rogue,Midrange Paladin and Exodia Mage.
Jade Druid:
Yes. Ramp options combined with Ultimate Infestation and Spreading Plague are broken in Wild too. However it is not Tier S due to the power tools that have Control decks. Mill decks teching the Skulking Geist have pretty solid chance to beat him and aggrodecks such as Pirate Warrior are destroying him too.
Midrange Paladin:
Can run on Murloc,Handbuff or Silver Hand package.
Pretty solid deck with only weaknesses to Pirate Warrior and some Control decks.
Pirate Warrior
Ships Cannons are still powerfull. Even if it loses to a lot of Control decks,it still powerfull due to the fast games and positive winrates against any Combo,Midrange and Jade decks. Is Hardly Countered by Reno Mage and Highlander Priest(Priest have to add a tech cards)
Mill Rogue
Running on Nzoth Package or Death Knigh Valeera
A nightmare for any Control or Combo deck in Wild. However can be really hardly beaten by Aggro decks.
Reno Mage:
Running on Elemental/Nzoth package or Spell
A Death Knight Jaina really helped a Reno Mage. While still being able to wipe any aggro deck it has now tools to heal even in deep fatique. A huuge weakness of this deck is Highlander Priests,which are very popular now on wild ladder.
Tier 2:
Anyfin Paladin:
Strong combo deck that has problem only against another oriented combo deck.
Aggro Druid:
It is strong but not nearly as in Standart due to the better Control tools in wild. It doesnt have so strong burst options as Pirate Warrior. However with a good starting hand it is still pretty strong.
Exodia Mage:
This deck would be even in Tier 1 BUT. It just gets completely destroyed by any aggro or Mill decks.
Elemental Mage
Strong heal options and Elemental package provides this Mage deck not so bad options to be a solid deck. Still not enough to beat Highlander decks.
Dragon Priest:
Still pretty good. Still the Midrange type of deck that kills any Control or Jade. However struggles against Aggro and Combo.
Freeze Mage:
Hard and still playable but completely getting destroyed by any source of armor.
Renolock:
Runs on Demon,Nzoth,Leeroy or Demon/Nzoth package.
Once supperior deck in Wild is now still playable but have a lot of wekanesses like fatique which is improtant in Control Matchup. Guldan Death Knight is not enought to push this deck to Tier 1 once again.
Evolve Shaman:
Thrall Deathkinght which is added to this deck can cause some serious problems. However it is not that strong to be in Tier 1.
Big Priest:
What can I say? This deck is simply not in Tier 1 due to the same Roll the Dice as Aggro Druid.
Inner Combo Priest:
Strong. But Roll the Dice deck and that is his biggest weakness
Deathstalker Midrange Hunter:
While being able to be very agressive Rexxar can turn out into Control Hunter thanks to Highmannes and Death Knight Rexxar and turns out it is pretty powerfull. However none of his combos are unbelievably OP compared to Tier 1 decks.
Tier 3:
Handlock with Guldan DK:
With Death Knights coming to Hearthstone this deck have another one chance to live. Its still not strong compared to Tier 1 and 2 decks.
Control Shaman:
Still can pull up some crasy comboes with Keltuzad,Ressurecting options and Nzoth.
Malygos decks:
Rogues, and Shamans mostly can pull up some powerfull otk but it is not that consistent.
Secret Paladin:
Not so strong as it was but synergies in the deck provides him some viability.
Miracle Rogue:
Its not so strong as it was. Simply because aggro is more agrresive and control is more cotrol in wild.
Tempo Mage:
Sometimes strong and sometimes not. Another Roll the Dice deck
Quest Warrior:
Strong against aggro but most of the Control and Combo decks just destroy him.
Tier 4:
Avian/Kun Druid
Running on Cthun,Malygos or Quest
Mech Mage
Zoolock
Discardlock
Sorry but where have you found this list? The actual situation in wild is totally different based on Tempostorm.
Can you show me your highlander priest deck list?I want to start wild this season,but idont have any card from wild,i started when un'goro launched so i miss a lot of op cards that rotate out,but i have a few amount of dust and im thinking about buying naxxaramas,if there is a lot of legendary on your deck can you tell me your priority list?So i can craft them one at a time.Also do you think naxxaramas is worth to buy?thx
Check your PM. I've send you one of the Highlander Priest list. Also if you want to play Wild, not only you have to necesarrily buy Naxxramas,but also Legue of Explorers and Blackrock because of the powerfull legendaries.
This may be to much work but could you try to find a decklist for each? I'm interested in the Reno Mage and I dont know where to find a good decklist for it.
This Tier is based on experience of 9 legend players who all play different decks.
Now first thing first there is no Tier S in Wild. Any deck in Wild has it huuge counter and even Jade Druid or Highlander Priest are not superrior here. There are going to be also included weaknesses of these decks.
Tier 1:
Highlander Priest:
Can run on Deathrattle,Spell,Inspire,Dragon or Elise package
The strongest Highlander deck in Wild right now. Raza And Shadowreaper combo is insane. Combined with Priests removal and Reno is almost impossible to kill him in late game in Control vs Control matchup. Jade killer. However it has 3 decks that beat him really good. and these are Mill Rogue,Midrange Paladin and Exodia Mage.
Jade Druid:
Yes. Ramp options combined with Ultimate Infestation and Spreading Plague are broken in Wild too. However it is not Tier S due to the power tools that have Control decks. Mill decks teching the Skulking Geist have pretty solid chance to beat him and aggrodecks such as Pirate Warrior are destroying him too.
Midrange Paladin:
Can run on Murloc,Handbuff or Silver Hand package.
Pretty solid deck with only weaknesses to Pirate Warrior and some Control decks.
Pirate Warrior
Ships Cannons are still powerfull. Even if it loses to a lot of Control decks,it still powerfull due to the fast games and positive winrates against any Combo,Midrange and Jade decks. Is Hardly Countered by Reno Mage and Highlander Priest(Priest have to add a tech cards)
Mill Rogue
Running on Nzoth Package or Death Knigh Valeera
A nightmare for any Control or Combo deck in Wild. However can be really hardly beaten by Aggro decks.
Reno Mage:
Running on Elemental/Nzoth package or Spell
A Death Knight Jaina really helped a Reno Mage. While still being able to wipe any aggro deck it has now tools to heal even in deep fatique. A huuge weakness of this deck is Highlander Priests,which are very popular now on wild ladder.
Tier 2:
Anyfin Paladin:
Strong combo deck that has problem only against another oriented combo deck.
Aggro Druid:
It is strong but not nearly as in Standart due to the better Control tools in wild. It doesnt have so strong burst options as Pirate Warrior. However with a good starting hand it is still pretty strong.
Exodia Mage:
This deck would be even in Tier 1 BUT. It just gets completely destroyed by any aggro or Mill decks.
Elemental Mage
Strong heal options and Elemental package provides this Mage deck not so bad options to be a solid deck. Still not enough to beat Highlander decks.
Dragon Priest:
Still pretty good. Still the Midrange type of deck that kills any Control or Jade. However struggles against Aggro and Combo.
Freeze Mage:
Hard and still playable but completely getting destroyed by any source of armor.
Renolock:
Runs on Demon,Nzoth,Leeroy or Demon/Nzoth package.
Once supperior deck in Wild is now still playable but have a lot of wekanesses like fatique which is improtant in Control Matchup. Guldan Death Knight is not enought to push this deck to Tier 1 once again.
Evolve Shaman:
Thrall Deathkinght which is added to this deck can cause some serious problems. However it is not that strong to be in Tier 1.
Big Priest:
What can I say? This deck is simply not in Tier 1 due to the same Roll the Dice as Aggro Druid.
Inner Combo Priest:
Strong. But Roll the Dice deck and that is his biggest weakness
Deathstalker Midrange Hunter:
While being able to be very agressive Rexxar can turn out into Control Hunter thanks to Highmannes and Death Knight Rexxar and turns out it is pretty powerfull. However none of his combos are unbelievably OP compared to Tier 1 decks.
Tier 3:
Handlock with Guldan DK:
With Death Knights coming to Hearthstone this deck have another one chance to live. Its still not strong compared to Tier 1 and 2 decks.
Control Shaman:
Still can pull up some crasy comboes with Keltuzad,Ressurecting options and Nzoth.
Malygos decks:
Rogues, and Shamans mostly can pull up some powerfull otk but it is not that consistent.
Secret Paladin:
Not so strong as it was but synergies in the deck provides him some viability.
Miracle Rogue:
Its not so strong as it was. Simply because aggro is more agrresive and control is more cotrol in wild.
Tempo Mage:
Sometimes strong and sometimes not. Another Roll the Dice deck
Quest Warrior:
Strong against aggro but most of the Control and Combo decks just destroy him.
Tier 4:
Avian/Kun Druid
Running on Cthun,Malygos or Quest
Mech Mage
Zoolock
Discardlock
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This may be to much work but could you try to find a decklist for each? I'm interested in the Reno Mage and I dont know where to find a good decklist for it.
Hunter tier 2. LMAO.
It's fun but it's fucking crap.
I dont have a lot of time lately so I would need a help with it. If you are looking for Reno Mage check out this list or just mine in the descrpition:
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I'd put all decks with the Naga Sea Witch + Giants interaction tier 1 too.
Yeah, Naga surely belong up there, but the deck is really new, so it's understandable that it is not there in the first post.
BTW, talking about Highlander priest, you write about N'Zoth, Dragon, Spell, Inspire variants all together, but I feel like they are quite different in power (my list with some comments about different configurations is in my signature).
I'd like to see more thoughts about it from pro players, but as far as I've seen playing them myself, it feels like the two best are the N'Zoth and Spell/Draw versions, by far.
- Dragon one has just too few Dragons to really make the tribe element consistent, and in the end they are not even so great anyway.
- Inspire is too reliant to having the combo out already. Without both Raza and Anduin, the inspire cards are just overall weak, even awful until you have at least one of the two combo pieces. And when you have the combo, why not going for some OTK or fast chain gun instead of just using Saraad or anything like that? Spawn of Shadows also needs you to be still high on HP, which means that Velen OTKs are usually far more reliable
- N'Zoth is very nice against aggro, due to higher amount of creatures, and taunt creatures in particular. An N'Zoth play also is enough to kill any aggro or midrange completely. But this list feels far weaker against control, as the DR creatures are really underwhelming against them, and don't help you get your combo sooner
- Spell/Draw version seems to me far more deadly than the above, especially if it includes some Velen OTK. Being able to do 40-50 damage OTKs is incredible, especially when you are able to draw into that in a reasonable time. Compared to N'Zoth version, however, is weaker to aggro, but far more powerful against control
My Wild Cutlass Thief, a rogue deck focused on Spectral Cutlass. Just reached #176 Legend with a 62% win rate from rank 5.
Secret Paladin is not so strong? Dude go try beating that shit with anything other than priest.
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Actually think CW is stronger than quest warrior in wild. It's not good, but it seems more consistent and better versus the field. Only played to rank 5 though.
Can you show me your highlander priest deck list?I want to start wild this season,but idont have any card from wild,i started when un'goro launched so i miss a lot of op cards that rotate out,but i have a few amount of dust and im thinking about buying naxxaramas,if there is a lot of legendary on your deck can you tell me your priority list?So i can craft them one at a time.Also do you think naxxaramas is worth to buy?thx
Disagree about aggro druid, it should at least be low level tier 1, I finished quite high legend just playing that variant last season while not playing too many games and it felt very strong indeed. That said, the standard of Wild last season was of a very low quality.
Also, don't corrupt your mage with too many elementals. Just run the standard mage and use possibly Geddon or even Sindragosa for fun. Rag is good sometimes but against swarmy decks the heal for 8 will be insignificant. You could run both, but I wouldn't suggest it.
This season I have been playing Highlander Priest with Confessor Paletress and Emperor Thaurissan and by god it's fun and sometimes feels absolutely nuts. The best was flooding the board with:
Confessors, Rag, Emperor Thaurissan and Prophet Velen - too bad my opponent conceded after that.
It would be cool if you guys would read the description and be a little bit more nicer(9 players with tracker made that list). (Im looking at you Dwarfeckiy). Yeah,Secret Paladin is shitty right now overall. If it would be good,people would hit legend in wild in it. But they dont. I didnt play him by myself. I was testing the Kabal decks and all Kabal decks shitted on him. End of the discussion ;)
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