[RANK 1 LEGEND] Face Hunter
- Last updated Feb 9, 2018 (Patches Nerf)
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Wild
- 22 Minions
- 4 Spells
- 4 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Face Hunter
- Crafting Cost: 6280
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 1/5/2018 (Kobolds Patch)
- Senfglas
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Senfglas made it to number 1 legend on EU from rank 10 in 3 days on stream. He was undefeated from rank 10 to 5. This deck is insanely good against priests and cubelocks. All you gotta do is SMOrc, because everybody knows that the face is the place.
If you guys have any questions about the deck, mulligan's and replacement please ask in the comments section and leave an up vote as it greatly helps.
As promised, here is the deck guide. Sorry to keep you guys waiting for a couple of days.
+10 upvotes= Mulligan guide
The mulligan strategy in this deck is very simple: keep your one drops, except for patches and southsea deckhand; consider keeping southsea deckhand; keep crackling razormaw if you have a dire mole or an alleycat, otherwise only keep it if helps you curve out well; and always keep corridor creeper, only keep double corridor creeper if you go second or have a 1 drop or double 3 drop. NEVER SHOULD YOU EVER KEEP Patches the Pirate, Leeroy Jenkins OR Kill Command in your starting hands. Only time you keep Spellbreaker is if you have an insanely THICC curvy hand AND you are playing against control warlock. Only keep tundra rhino versus priests if you are on the coin and you have double corridor creeper. Only keep houndmaster with a good curve. Always try to get a good curve.
VS Druids:
Keep 1 drops like alleycat and diremole. Keep a corridor creeper, or two if you go second or have a good hand. Keep southsea captain and/or animal companion on coin or with a good hand. Keep crackling razormaw with a good curve. Keep Bittertide Hydra with a good hand or on the coin.
VS Hunters:
You can keep any one drop if it seems fitting. Keep crackling razormaw with a good curve. Keep southsea captain and or animal companion on the coin or on a good curve. Keep a corridor creeper or two, with a good hand or on the curve.
VS Mages:
Keep alleycat and diremole. Keep crackling razormaw. Keep a single corridor creeper, or two if on the coin or with a good curve. Keep candleshot with southsea captain. Keep southsea captain, eaglehorn bow or animal companion on the coin or with a good curve. If you draw all 3 in mulligan with coin, only keep 2 (always eaglehorn, though, unless if its captain plus candleshot).
VS Paladins:
Keep all one drops, except for patches and southsea deckhand. Only keep southsea deck hand with a good hand. Keep all corridor creepers. Keep 3 drops on coin, except for eaglehorn bow unless it's befitting your hand.
VS Priests:
Keep all one drops, except for candleshot unless you have a southsea deckhand. Keep one corridor creeper, or two with a good hand. Keep crackling razormaw. Keep double 3 drop on coin. Keep a bittertide hydra with a good hand or on the coin. Only keep tundra rhino if your on the coin and you have double corridor creeper.
VS Rogues:
Keep all one drops except for southsea deckhand. Keep double 3 drops on the coin. Keep a corridor creeper or two, with a good hand or on the coin.
VS Shamans:
Keep all one drops except for southsea deckhand. Keep double 3 drops on the coin. Keep a corridor creeper or two, with a good hand or the coin. Keep crackling razormaw with a good curve.
VS Warlocks:
Keep all one drops except for southsea deckhand, unless it curves out well. Keep crackling razormaw with a 1 drop. Keep double 3 drop on the coin. Keep spellbreaker only if you have an insane curve. Keep a corridor creeper or two, on the coin or with a good hand.
VS Warriors:
Keep all one drops except for candleshot and southsea deckhand, unless you have them together. Keep crackling razormaw. Keep double three drops on coin. Keep a corridor creeper or two, with a good hand or on the coin.
+20 upvotes= Matchups and replacements
This deck is absolutely NUTS against control decks such as Cubelock and Highlander Priests and it crushes all priest archetypes. It struggles against aggressive decks, on the other end. However, if piloted efficiently, it can be great against tempo and semi-aggressive decks too!
If you want to replace Leeroy Jenkins, I'd recommend a reckless racketeer because of they share a similar purpose. If you don't have patches, I'd cut 2x Southsea deckhand and 2x Southsea Captain with it, because the only reason pirates are played in all tempo/aggro/face decks is Patches. You can substitute the pirate package for 2x knife juggler, 2x unleash the hounds and 1x wolfrider. If you want to replace the Bittertide hydras, I'd recommend cutting 1x Tundra Rhino and 1x spellbreaker alongside it to be able to add 2x knife juggler and 2x unleash the hounds.
+50 upvotes= Video
As promised, here is a great video of the deck by Kiwiinbacon which showcases some really cool plays and the potential and powerlevel of the deck itself. If you haven't already seen the video I'd suggest that you check it out, as Kiwiinbacon makes some great plays and gives explanations to every play he makes. Great thanks to Kiwiinbacon for making the video, and if you enjoyed watching make sure to check out his channel and subscribe for even more awesome content!
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=naJGmQQWiOE
Link to his youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ArNKE0vzsClKov3CKBG1A
Our cool friend games4dayz also took his time to make a cool video for you guys. Be sure to check it out and subscribe to his channel if you enjoyed the video.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZn3GBB0mDU
Link to channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg1mE6dmJKyXYSjyahsRjVQ
Here is another great deck spotlight by KadakHS that contains interesting footage of certain scenarios in which you may have to make an odd play. Checkout the video and subscribe to his channel for more awesome content.
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8MWfmnxaLE
Link to his channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh3e-X9yI7aLXwq1k_11_hA
To perform better against aggro, you can remove 2x bittertide hydra, 1x spellbreaker and 1x tundra rhino for 2x knife juggler and 2x unleash the Hounds, but only at the cost of making your control match ups slightly worst. Some Highlander priests now run a single copy of greater healing potion in addition to the binding heal due to the sudden rise of face hunters once again, so you might have to manage your resources slightly more efficiently against them.
If you have any questions about the mulligans, matchups or anything about the deck feel free to ask away in the comments section. If you miss playing the good ol' Miracoli, Don't forget to check out my new top 50 legend miracle rogue list that absolutely crushes priests, druids and warlocks: http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1018657-top-50-legend-miracle-rogue. Here is another cool variation on tempo rogue that Rage used to get Rank 1 Legend: http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1021439-rank-1-legend-rages-tempo-rogue . And if you enjoy crushing those aggro players, make sure to check out this zoolock list: http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1028099-top-3-legend-enders-zoolock. If you're looking for something unique and refreshing, check out my guide on Combo Priest: http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1028200-rank-1-2-legend-combo-dragon-priest. Be sure to check these decks out, as they are great against the current meta and good for laddering.
Special thanks to KadakHS, Kiwiinbacon and games4dayz for making videos of the deck doing what its meant to do!
Post-Patches nerf decks:
Ender's [Top 10 Murlocadin]: https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1035183-top-6-7-legends-enders-murlocadin.
Post-Patches nerf decks:
Ender's [Top 10 Murlocadin]: https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1035183-top-6-7-legends-enders-murlocadin.
Muzzy's Top 150 Legend Zoolock: https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1035199-top-150-legend-muzzys-zoolock.
This deck is just a shell that you tech as you please. Bittertide Hydra is a tech against priest, so if you see a lot of them a craft might be a good idea, or another strong minion (Savannah Highmane as mentioned, though it is slightly weaker with this gameplan).
But if your meta is more aggro (paladins, rogues, hunters), you can cut the hydras all together (and probably one silence). Cards to consider according to your meta: Unleash the Hounds, Knife Juggler, Golakka Crawler, Dire Wolf Alpha. And because it is fun to play this in 2018: Wolfrider.
I don't have Leeroy so I subbed in Cobalt Scalebane, the deck still works great but, is there a better substitution for Leeroy?
There isn't really a good replacement because of its burst potential. U can try reckless racketeer but it won't be good because of hwo expensive it is. I've played a ton of games were I had exact lethal by turn 5/7 against priests and druids and that 1 damage makes all difference in the world alongside the mana cost which allows u to deal 8 on 7. Scalebane is also a decent sub but then ud slightly have to care more about ur board.
U can also cut 1x leeroy, 1x spellbreaker, 1x hydra and 1x tundra rhino for 2x knife juggler and 2x unleash the Hounds. I like this chnage more than just replacing leeroy because it gives u an insane edge over aggro which is fairly frequent at the moment.
I think that's smarter because the more I play the more I've found the Cobalt Scalebane to be a letdown compared to what leeroy could be. Thanks for the input!
Oh boy I remember when people hated this strategy so much they quit playing...
Some new cards came and passed and then in 2018... here we go again
Play the green card and attack the face!
Any ideas with what to replace Corridor Creaper? This shit is in every deck in current meta and I don't have a single one!!!!
Craft'em because they're so OP!!! Well worth the dust! :)
Craft it. It is the best gift blizzard gave to aggro and tempo decks this expansion.
But if you're really on a low budget, cut two tundra rhinos and add 2 knife jugglers and 2 unleash the Hounds if you face more aggro than control. If not then add one reckless racketeers and one Bearshark.
"This shit is in every deck in the meta"
The exact reason why you should craft 2. They're gonna be here for a long time.
Ahh, no wonder yesterday it was like 75% of the opponents I played were hunters. That seemed weird at the time.
https://imgur.com/a/CevXK Here are my stats for this deck. Overall i'm impressed from rank 12 to rank 6 it was rather fast and easy climb.
Congrats dude happy that the list helped u climb. Gl in your climb.
Eeeeeh this deck is bad. Senfglas was most likely facing only super slow ramping/drawing decks like priest warlock or druid. Rogue shits on this, and vs pala you can at best go 50/50. Getting much better results with jade druid or highlander. Too bad, because games last forever and I was looking for something faster to rank up with. Gl to everybody trying this though.
You claim that the deck is bad and that Senfglas got legend just cuz he high rolled and only faced slow ramping decks when a lot of pros, such as feno, mryagut and zalae, have gotten legend the past couple of days with his list. He is also currently rank 4 in NA with the exact same list. He got there from rank 25 in 2 days. I'd presume that there are a lot of aggro paladins and tempo rogues in the rank 20 dumpster, as I myself do not know which gives me another reason to ask you: are you sure that the deck itself is bad when many people have found great success with it in the current meta or is it just that you misplay hard enough to loose all your games to tempo rogues and aggro paladins? The fact that you didn't even bother to read what I wrote in the guide, about substituting knife jugglers and unleash the Hounds in if you are only facing aggro, which only takes place in low ranks or the last day of the season, shows that you just copied the deck code after seeing that it was face hunter thinking that your too good to make any misplays.
P.S: I just got top 20 legend with it myself after having to face a wall of aggro from 10 to 5, yet I got past that wall with only 4 losses.
Maybe Keleseth could fit in this deck (only two 2-drop), so the other razormaw could be replaced by Tracking (good to find Kelesth) or a Wolfrider.
I don't think Prince Keleseth would be a nice tech-in simply because the +1/+1 stats wouldn't be very usefull in this deck. You already have an amazing burst potentiall.
2x Crackling Razormaw are insane in this deck, especially when you have this many beasts. The reason why Prince Keleseth isn't in this list over the two Crackling Razormaws, other than their insane gap in powerlevel and synergy with the deck in comparison to that of Keleseth's, is that it doesn't do much in this deck and doesn't fit the decks game plane as it does in zoolock or tempo rogue. Unless your playing egg hunter, I don't see why you'd ever want to play keleseth over Crackling Razormaw in 95% of hunter builds.
list is not updated, he runs juggler and 2x unleash now