#3 Legend Non-Barnes Hunter
- Last updated Mar 26, 2018 (Patches Nerf)
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Wild
- 13 Minions
- 14 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Secrets Hunter
- Crafting Cost: 4120
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 3/20/2018 (Patches Nerf)
- Pymbette
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Battle Tag:
Pymbette #1203
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Region:
US
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Total Deck Rating
107
Do you love Rexxar, but hate Barnes? Do you hate Paladins overrunning your board with their Murlocs and Dudes? This is your deck then. I climbed from 2400 to 25 in one day with this deck, and felt like a fresh deck for once. (Update hit rank 3 legend)
(Edit. Put back in Alleycat instead of second Secretkeeper seems less clunky)
Mulligan Guide:
Priest: Most common class on ladder right now so let's start. Duskbreaker can be soul crushing against anything with 3 or less health, so we want to look for cards that allow us to get past it.
Going first: Keep 1 drops (but only one and not Tracking), if you have a Beast one drop keep Crackling Razormaw as well. If you have Secret Keeper, keep Freezing Trap, and Snake Trap. Always keep Cloaked Huntress. If you have a turn 1 and 2 play, keep Eaglehorn Bow.
Going second: Keep 1 drops, Dire Mole and Secret Keeper are the best (if both, choose one based on whether you have Secrets in hand or Razormaw/Houndmaster) and keep Crackling Razormaw. If you have Secret Keeper keep any Secrets. If you have a one drop beast keep Houndmaster. If you have a 1 drop keep Eaglehorn Bow [/card] and [card]Cat Trick, and of course keep Cloaked Huntress.
Mage: Very pivotal match-up sometimes you win sometimes you lose.
Going first: Keep Dire Mole, Secret Keeper, keep Crackling Razormaw unless you have a Cat Trick or Secret Keeper + any secret. If you have Secret Keeper, keep Cat Trick, Venomstrike Trap, and Snake Trap. If you have a 1 drop and a Secret keep Lesser Emerald Spellstone, and Eaglehorn Bow.
Going Second: Same as first, but keep Eaglehorn Bow, and don't keep Crackling Razormaw unless you have a 1 drop Beast.
Paladin: Best matchup by far, free win against Murloc, EZ win against Dude. Snake Trap is the best card against Paladin so playing it on a board that your opponent needs to trade into will win you the game a lot of the time.
(Side-note Hungry Crab is super good against Murlocs obviously, so if you don't know which Paladin it is, it's worth the risk of assuming it's Murloc and holding Hungry Crab accordingly)
Going First: Snake Trap is godtier! Keep any 1 drops (up to 2), if you have a Beast 1 drop keep Crackling Razormaw as well. If you have Secret Keeper, keep Venomstrike Trap, and Cat Trick. If you have a 1 & 2 drop, keep Unleash the Hounds. Cloaked Huntress again is amazing.
Going Second: Snake trap! Keep any 1 drops (up to 2), if you have a Beast 1 drop keep Crackling Razormaw as well. If you have Secret Keeper, keep Venomstrike Trap. If you have a 1 drop and a Secret keep Lesser Emerald Spellstone. Cloaked Huntress MonkaS.
Warlock: (Assuming they are a Control/Cube warlock and not zoo). This matchup seems very random and 100% dependent on whether they have Possesed Lackey on 5, and you have a Spellbreaker to answer it.
Going First: Keep 1 Spellbreaker. Keep Dire Mole, Secret Keeper[/card, keep [card]Crackling Razormaw. If you have Secret Keeper, keep Venomstrike Trap, Snake Trap and Freezing Trap. KEEP CLOAKED HUNTRESS!
Going Second: Spell Breaker!!! Keep Dire Mole, Secret Keeper, if you have a Beast 1 drop keep Crackling Razormaw as well. Keep Cat Trick and if you have Secret Keeper, keep Venomstrike Trap, Snake Trap and Freezing Trap. Lastly Cloaked Huntress.
These are the primary classes I played against, I don't have enough experience against the others to say what's good so I'm sorry, will update as I play more.
In general the greatest strength of this deck is using the right secrets to push a ton of face damage, so set up situations where your opponent has to activate those secrets. Don't be afraid of value trades, this deck will get there with the damage eventually.
1: Play around Duskbreaker and Hellfire by having minions that survive them. If possible don't play Lesser Emerald Spellstone until you've seen one of these boardclears.
2: Don't waste secrets by throwing them onto the board (i.e. Freezing Trap into a 1/1)
3: There isn't a lot of healing so whenever you hero power someone, they usually lose that health forever. Maximize those hero powers so you can eventually burn them out with Kill Command
4: If all else fails, win the value game with Deathstalker Rexxar, and his Zombeasts. (When Tracking, unless you would have lethal, never throw away this card).
Here's a video by kiwiinbacon playing the deck at legend.
This deck gets run over by warlock, gonna have to pass.
I just want to say thanks again for this deck. I finally made it to Legend my first time, and I've played since the game release.
I went 41-20 with this deck from Rank 5 to Legend. (67% win rate)
Best deck ever!
Well, I think you can get away with replacing Cat Trick, but I'm afraid Cloaked Huntress can't be replaced.
Well, I'm kinda mad due to that this card includes karazhan cards, And they're going to be wild really soon! I only just found this deck and I'm just mortally wounded!!! I'm sorry but there are a few cards I'm missing a few cards and I can't even craft them. And I can't find a decent deck this is the only one yet and it's going to be wild soon, BAH
Will this deck work without cloaked huntress and deathatalker rexxar? I have basically everything else, but dont feel like crafting these two.
I don't personally know if Huntress is replaceable, but I recommend that you consider Face Hunter and Spell Hunter as alternative decks.
Spell Hunter feels similar to Secrets Hunter. If you don't have the Barnes combo for it, you can replace it with two "To My Side!"
The creator of this deck seems to be combining Face Hunter and Secrets Hunter. That's why I recommended Face Hunter as an alternative. You can replace the Kindly Grandmother in Face Hunter if you decide that deck.
Good deck, made my final push to legend with a 26-16 record.
However, I'm not sure about the Crab. I replaced him with Leeroy and went 3-0 against murloc paladins anyway.
2nd Alleycat is a good replacement for the Crab. Scavenging Hyena as a replacement for Snake trap, if you're running 2x Alleycat.
any alternatives to snake trap? or are they too useful v paladin?
Good deck, very strong against all current metadecks...I'm 28-12 with it on EU, between ranks 5 and 1, kinda late start this season :D (currently rank 1)
EDIT: I just want to add, I lost to every Spiteful Priest - the matchup feels very one-sided...maybe I'm missplaying, but it's really hard to win I think
"Do you love Rexxar?" No.
"Do you hate Barnes?" Not really.
This is the deck for me.
Guys, I tried secret mage, cubelock, control lock and even spiteful priest... i didnt have a decent winrate and had a losing winstreak from rank 1 to 3. But after using this deck, I reached Legend from rank 3 in few hours. This deck really counters alot of meta decks right now. I really recommend guys! Thanks for the deck Pymbette
with secret mages you should have good winrate. Locks are pain in the ass and spiteful priests are not something special! You must take board control fast.
From rank 9 to 5 easily for me!
Upvote and thanks for this list! Hit legend yesterday with this after grinding most of the season with spell hunter, barnes/spells and kathrena/secrets decks and this deck def. felt the most consistent of the bunch. As always, biggest challenge was Warlock but this deck feels stronger against Priest and Pally for sure. Most games were won with turn 1 Secretkeeper and follow-up w/ Huntress/traps.
I all too often find myself with a super awkward hand full of secret keeper & cloaked huntress, but no secrets. Just Kill Command and Houndmaster, but no beasts.
Well I droped from 2 to 5 and probably lose chance to reach legend this month...this deck just don't work for me.I lose to secret mage ,big mage and warlock very easy they out run if u don't have a complete perfect draw ,true deck is rly good against paladins but that is it. I love idea of deck but I am very disappointed with results.I have better results with simple face hunter then this deck,maybe I have just bad luck in matchups and draw but this is my opinion.
a nice break from spell only hunter, next expansion spell hunter is coming ! ;)
I am so happy this is working so great for me at the moment, quite glad to see a hunter deck being played in a non scumbag way and it is working very well to boot! the guide explains quite well how to play in certain situations which is awesome and Boy do i love me some good old deathstalker rexxar action!
I made a video showcasing the deck in action, hopefully you all enjoy it!
"Non-Barnes hunter" lol
I might just try it then! It's like a "non-scumbag" hunter haha
This deck is not great. Not sure what people are on about. I have been playing it at rank 4 and it just loses to everything. Just not strong. I had more luck with large hunter without barnes as well. Good luck play this thing in the teens rank. Just a bit sad the reviews are so skewed. Just wanted to let people know this is not as good as everyone said. Maybe play more games before you review?