Pogo Hopper Rogue , Good against many decks if ...
- Last updated Sep 6, 2018 (Boomsday)
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Wild
- 17 Minions
- 12 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Shuffle Rogue
- Crafting Cost: 7780
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 8/7/2018 (Boomsday)
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Battle Tag:
SLaGE#2909
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
96
22 votes in 16 hours!Well lets get straight to the guide then.
I added some replays for people the understand how this should work.
EDIT( 10 / 8 / 2018 ) : I changed -1 Sap , -1 Counterfeit Coin , -1 Coldlight oracle to ---> +1 Vanish , +1 Mistress Of Mixtures , +1 Shadowstep. The reason is , there is a serious amount of aggro decks right now and playing Coldlight Oracle simply just gives them free cards.Instead cards like mistress of mixtures and shadowstep allows you to combo up a little fast and stay alive.Don't even question the second Vanish :p
EDIT(06 / 9 / 2018 ) : Changed 1 mistress to Deathknight card Valeera the Hollow . Since the aggros are a little bit more less in high ranks , its making my win rate get more good.
Deck Strategy
This deck is a complete Pogo-Hopper deck.So if you guys dont know what is a Pogo-Hopper is its basically a more cancer Jade card.So with this deck what you need to do is stay alive as much as possible to the point where you have enough combo cards or enough cards to at least bother your opponent.
At early game this deck struggles a bit.Because of the lack of early drops and the fear of losing all your pogo hoppers you wont play much minion.That is why we have tech cards like Antique Healbot Brann Bronzebeard and Sonya Shadowdancer . You can use Brann Bronzebeard to heal up yourself for 16 with Antique Healbot or you can use it with Pogo-Hopper to make your Pogo's even more bigger than you can expect.Now to the Sonya , most of you can understand why we have sonya but let me explain it aswell. Sonya Shadowdancer is a card that allows you to replicate your cards when they die.So in early game you can make a cheeky but punishable play by playing some of your core cards.And the turn after you can use sonya to get them to your hand.With this you will have even more combo potential at late game.But never forget its a pretty punishable play and you can even lose the whole game by doing this.
In late game your combo should look like this.Around 8-9 mana you will play brann pogo pogo and lab recruiter.If your hand is a bit bad you can play only one pogo and Shadowcaster to get a 1 mana pogo for more combo potential later.With that combo that i mentioned you will have close to 6 pogos in your deck and a big pogo board. ( a 1/1 if you didn't played earlier and a 5/5 ). After this all you need to do is draw more pogos and play more pogos. Basically just swarm the board with huge minions.
As i mentioned in the second paragraph you can use sonya either in early game to get more combo potential or play him in late game and gain even more and more combo potential. And a quick tip , as far as i can say getting Brann Bronzebeard from Sonya Shadowdancer is giving you the biggest value.Because you can play 4 Pogo-Hoppers with a Brann in late game and even a Shadowcaster to duplicate more.So dont forget that aswell.
MULLİGAN
Right now the meta is filled with aggro decks and big mech decks.So you want your either draws or tech cards that will save you.As far as i can say :
Against Control Decks ( Warlock Warrior Mage ) : You need your draws such as Elven Minstrel and Coldlight Oracle . Elven Minstrel is so good when you go second because of the turn 3 2 minion draw , but also its your core combo drawer so you need him most of the time. And Coldlight Oracle is the best way to mess with your opponents hand and draw cards at the same time.So its important aswell.
Against Aggro Decks ( Not Mech Based! ) : Right now these decks are not that powerfull , because the mech meta is completely swarming the meta these not mech based decks are pretty weak.But still you need to be careful about them.As a rogue you dont have much abilities to not take any damage but live at the same time.So you need to be careful use your Fan of Knives and Backstab to weaken your opponent.At early game us your Mistress of Mixtures to heal and use Eviscerate 's to finish the weak minions.Or you can use your hero power aswell. And dont forget , you can always use the Brann , antique Healbot combo that i mentioned earlier to heal yourself for 16.
Against Aggro Decks ( Mech Based ) : To be honest this is your probably worst matchup.There is so much big deathrattle and stated minions so you are most likely struggling. But thats where Sap and Vilespine Slayer comes in.Cards like sap and Vanish is basically a mech destroyer.The reason is they are returning the minions to your opponents hand and they are loosing all the magnetic effects.So that magnetic mech is just getting destroyed when you use sap or vanish.Use your removals carefully, you dont want to die to a 15/20 deathrattle mech when he pops up on the board.
And against both of the aggro's you need your Giggling Inventor . That card is completely crazy i am telling you.
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Replacing the Cards
I dont think these cards can be replaced for anything.So if you dont have enough dust to create this deck.Just wait.But if you are desperately wanting to craft this deck i can say take out sonya and use either Gang Up or another Antique Healbot. If you dont have Brann , you can use Antique Healbot to replace him but i am warning you the deck really relies on these legendarys.So it wont be the same.If anyone think better replacement then let me now in the comments.I played this deck for 30 games at most so i dont have that much of knowledge on what to put out or put in.But i will edit this in the time.
By the time i was playing i found something that can lead to victory pretty easily.Try to get a 1 mana giggling inventor guys.And have a brann in your hand , with brann giggling inventor your board is litteraly impossible to pass.If your opponent doesnt have spells to crush your of course.With that you will protect your brann and the potential pogo hoppers you will play.Keep that in mind.
So its basically this!Let me know if you guys want more information on anything.And thanks for trying!
https://hsreplay.net/replay/bWk95p4rkhicESgNtQYyXV -> Against a dude paladin ( odd )
https://hsreplay.net/replay/EcezB2pb3jJpqk35FXqWoW -> Against a mech warrior.
https://hsreplay.net/replay/uwhiyyz7gjCTbXNPz8KK6i -> And i believe this is the dream xD
Yeah , sonya giggling inventor combo against aggro decks are just humiliating xD.
I can't manage to win properly against Kabal Reno decks.(So far 3-8 against them at rank 4 in Wild EU) It looks like they know what is going on and can disrupt your hand with Rat by fishing for your Coldlight. Once its done Its simply gg since their Kazakus potions are always Mass Polymorph and their DKs,N'Zoths are hard to deal with. Any tips on improving the matchup? Maybe second Coldlight instead of 1 Fan of Knives to have back up Mill plan?
Otherwise really fun deck. I love the panicking of Mill Rogues and Mill Druids since they can't deal with such a large
JadedudesCute MechaBunnies.Honestly i've been trying to find a way to Kabal Reno deck aswell.So far the best way to win against them is playing Brann and coldlight to burn some of their important cards.Or lure out some of their board clears.I dont play much ranked but right now i am 2-1 against them.What i can say to improve not much.Maybe the coldlight oracle change can work but then you will be so open against aggro decks.So that can hurt.Other things i can say is try to lure them to use their potions by playing your pogos slowly.Since they dont want to use mass polymorph for 2 pogo's and really dont have enough resources to clear them they will sooner or later use their polymorph. And always try to put the game to the point where your opponent doesnt have much resource.Use your vanish in the best spot where you earn a lot of time by putting garbage to your opponents hand and also (potentially) burn your opponents cards by playing coldlight.Try to go for a Shadowcaster -> Brann since its giving you a TON of value.And always have a backup Vilespine for the taunts.Feel free to use your gang up on any big minion he plays. Such as Voidlords , Lich Kings and etc. Even tho they are slowing your deck sometimes playing them with 1 pogo hopper makes things so much worse for your opponent.
As far as i know these are the tips i use to win against Reno/kabal decks. I cant say its a perfect solution but it works.For replacements i got not much idea.When i was doing this deck i couldnt even find place for some good cards that i wanted to put.
I hope you can have more good games in the future,just pray for some RNG and you will be good xD
Thank you for deep analyzed answer! I'm looking forward to more decks that you will be building. The more of us Wild deckbuilders will be here, the better xD
At this moment Aggro Paladin knew...
Playing my own modified version (with Valeera, Shadowsteps, 2x Vanish+Prep and some tech) with a lot of success. Giggling Inventor is so insane I can't describe it. "Hello, Hello" is the worst nightmare of both decks with huge minions and aggro. Scenarios like in this picture happen really frequently which makes Pogohoppers really jobless.
Wanted to say thank you to deck creator for giving me idea of including that little gnome.
Glad you loved it.Thanks for trying it out aswell ^^.I started to use shadow step and 2 vanish aswell yesterday , but i didnt edited the site since i wasnt so sure about it.But with this comment i think i can change it a bit.Using Valeera is perfect too , but sometimes it felts so slow to play.Still great idea :D.
Have fun !
I've won a few matches just by going mill. It's been a fun deck to play, will definitely keep it on my decklist for a while!
Replaced 1 shadowcaster with zola, since i dont wanna spend 400 dust lol. This deck is soooooo good, it stomps jade and control warrior, i just finished a game vs odd paladin i just shuffled and sonyad giggling inventors non stop til he fatigued LOL so fun! Won 6 games and havent lost yet
Glad you loved it man! Thanks for trying it out.Yeah the giggling inventor swarm is pretty fun and powerful :D
Meme deck. VS Hunter Aggro Never win, vs cubelock never win, vs renolock never win.
You are doing something wrong i believe. i won against all 3 of them.You just need to time things correctly being greedy and popping pogo hoppers on the board wont give you anything.Its not that easy deck. I am not saying its a perfect deck yeah it is kind of a meme deck , but its a powerful meme deck.
Well i am ( in my wild account ) playing in rank 17. So this deck is viable in low ranks if thats what you are saying . :p
About the cards you mentioned , shadowcaster is one of the core cards of this deck having 1 mana pogo hoppers means a lot. Sonya is also doing the same thing so yes they are pretty strong .
Oh in that case its viable without Sonya , but Shadowcaster is pretty good. Still the changes you made would still work probably.Have fun ^^
At rank 5 in wild I see a lot of mill rogues. They don't really know what to do. Vanishing the pogo's only helps me. I got a 21/21 25/25 and 29/29 pogo on board (Brann Bronzebeard MVP!) when my last opponent conceded. Don't know about legendworthiness of the deck, but it sure is fun.
Yeah , i dont know about its legendworthiness aswell. But as far as i can see this deck can crush control decks and have a decent amount of winrate against aggros.So lets hope for the best
And thanks for trying it out ^^
looks good lets go try it
Which one is more importante ? Brann Bronzebeard or Sonya Shadowdancer ?
I dont have much dust for crafting D:
I would say Brann , sonya is also pretty good but Brann makes the whole big boards and huge replications with lab recruiter.
Bran is used in so many other decks, all the Reno decks (Priest, Warlock, Mage), all the Mill decks (Rogue, Druid), Jade decks (Rogue, Shaman), Control Warrior, and a lot more. Being a neutral card, it's much more versatile and is pretty important if you're planning on playing Wild.
+13 already guide plz :p