LEGEND - Veilbatross Priest
- Last updated Jul 16, 2020 (Pre-Expansion Nerfs)
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Wild
- 11 Minions
- 18 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Resurrect Priest
- Crafting Cost: 6900
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/9/2020 (Outland Release)
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Battle Tag:
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Total Deck Rating
385
I HAVE OFFICIALLY REACHED LEGEND WITH THIS LIST! COME SAY HELLO AT TWITCH.TV/POIMLOK. The inclusion of Albatross prevents non-duplicate decks from using Zeph and Straza and can also ruin the draw of any deck if you copy it enough! It's extremely strong right now! If you have any questions, post them in my Twitch chat when I am live (twitch.tv/poimlok) and I would be happy to answer them! If you would like to friend me through battle.net or Hearthstone, my tag is: Poimlok#11231 [NA]
UPDATE 5/12/20 - I hit Legend for May a few days ago and was going through updating some of my outdated lists. I have recently updated this list to what I am currently running in the meta. Teron Gorefiend creates some seriously whacky plays, especially when you copy him!
UPDATE 5/7/20 - Currently at Rank Diamond 3 post-reset. Piloting a list similar to this without albatross tonight as a test. Will update within 24 hours and post pictures and videos with results!
UPDATE 4/19- Removed an embalming for Breath. Breath slows DH more efficiently and romps a newly popular murloc paladin list! [4/19] Also helps slightly in rogue matchup. Helps against lock board flood, including carpet lock. And helps to slow Totem shaman.
I have now been told by 20+ people they have reached legend with this list.
I would like to mention that I started this climb from the lowest rank possible for a returning player (I believe that was Bronze 10) and have reached LEGEND!
At the time of writing this, I am the only person I've seen running two copies of Sethekk Veilweaver....
My question to you is.... WHY?! The card is absolutely insane.
A few quick tips....
1. Be patient with your spells- take your time every turn and seriously evaluate the turn. You can make some nutty plays if you take your time.
2. SHADOW MADNESS IS BROKEN. You will find yourself taking some lock, druid, and other crazy Primes that you shouldn't even be able to use. It also demolishes aggro and now that it costs 3 mana, it's so damn strong. You'll even find yourself getting the attack reducing priest spell off Sethekk and you can steal some mean stuff from other players.
3. Try to play several turns in advance and keep your dead minion pool to only the cards you want resurrected. Sometimes, this is inevitable. In some matchups, you won't even need to resurrect. A lot of your matchups will be reactionary and defensive.
4. Sometimes it's the right play to drop a Veilweaver on turn 2. But other times.... you should save him for a turn where you can drop 3-5 spells in a single shot with him on the board. He will repopulate your hand with priest spells faster than you think... and getting multiple copies of Soul Mirror from him pretty much gives you an auto-win.
5. This deck is not easy to play by any means. I am a legend player and I'm not sure how well a less-experienced player would be able to see the smart / patient plays.
6. Always remember that MAIVE, the 3/5 DH LEGENDARY, and Galakrond Lock running STRAZA WILL CATCH YOU OFF GUARD. It sounds silly but you need to always make sure you are well out of lethal range because these cards will catch you off guard and make you lose if you aren't expecting them.
7. DO NOT USE BOARD CLEARS UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THIS IS IMPERATIVE.
Mulligan:
Most of the time you want to keep Smite, Penance, Sethekk Veilweaver, Holy Nova, Convincing Infiltrator (control), VARGOTH, Shadow Madness, Albatross
VARGOTH WINS GAMES. In a control matchup, you keep him every single time. In an aggro matchup, you keep him if you have one of the above cards for the early game!
Against aggro you should definitely keep Shadow Madness and Holy Nova
If you have questions message me, any suggestions appreciated and welcomed! Stay positive as Blizzard adds changes to DH so we don't discourage them from adding DKs and Monks! <3
Side note! - I am hosting a tournament on Friday, 4/23 at 9:30pm EST for followers/subs. First come first serve. 6 spots are left. No entry fee. Classic and Basic sets ONLY. No DH. NO HoF. Message me if you would like to participate. I will gift the winner of the tournament 15 packs from the set of his/her choice! More details at Twitch.tv/poimlok.
Check out this playthrough by Tommy Wave! Thanks for piloting!
Most players run x2 Breath of the Infinite over Shadow Madness and Apotheosis. HS Replay shows these cards have low winrates (Especially Apotheosis), probably because they are hard to play. Please extend your guide to explain how to use them correctly.
This deck abuses Sethekk Veilweaver for crazy value turns so minion targeting spells are favoured.
The purpose of these cards is just as Asher has said- Sethekk Veilweaver abuse. You need to take your time with these cards. The lifesteal from Apotheosis is extremely valuable in aggro matchups, especially if any of your minions survive. This means using it even on silly minions, (E.G. a 3/1 Pomp) sometimes simply for life and efficient trading. Shadow madness ROMPS DH my dude. Yeah, breath does too. But what happens when you're running double breath against spell decks? Or Big Druid? It becomes a dead card. I'd personally rather have the ability to buff one of my sticky minions and give me life. Also, not many people realize but... Soul Mirror + Apotheosis is INSANE. Unbelievably powerful. Vargoth synergizes better with both madness AND apotheosis as well. I really hope this helps! If you have any other questions please don't hesitate to come watch me pilot the deck or add me to ask me questions! Thanks so much for dropping by and leaving your thoughts! <3 twitch.tv/poimlok
Thanks alot for you both
deleteme
Hey Awesome Deck, im a beginner. With a little bit more playing i will get that more better.
I put [card]Reliquary of Souls[/card] in my personal. And i put a Skeleton Dragon
Thanks
I'm so happy to hear you're enjoying the list! Practice makes perfect. Keep it up and if you have any questions please feel free to add me and I can help with any questions. Or post your question in my twitch chat at twitch.tv/poimlok
Thanks so much for leaving a comment!
First time I log in and vote, essentially to thank for this really fun deck and also for the great reactions of the author who is answering to almost every comment !
Thank you so much for leaving me such a kind comment! I'm glad you are enjoying the list! Much love!
how does this deck fare against Big druid?
If you can start your hand with Alba, Sethekk, or Convincing, usually fairly well. Soul Mirror + Mass resurrection ruins big druid. On the other hand, if you get a terrible hand or never see or discover Soul Mirror, could certainly be trouble. Smart mulligans will win this matchup though! Thanks for commenting!
Played one game against big druid so far, convincing and ressurect combos carried. I also managed to pull Mind Control from Sethekk which was pretty fun. Overall the game lasted for about 20 minutes and the guy just gave up. Felt amazing. The soul mirror interraction from the previous comment sounds fun, however I personally run Plague. I try to take it easy with the fast crafts being a FTP player, and I also think Plague is levels better in some situations.
Being a priest player myself i appreciate the attempt at making a fresh new deck. However this is not a new archetype for priests but just an alternative version of rez priest. Priest mirror against rez priest is not enjoyable. Players who play non rez priest decks do not enjoy playing against this deck. It's an overused archetype that just stalls games out till fatigue or concede. Noone wants to play 30-40 minute matches every game. This isn't the only deck doing that as also spell mage also plays out that way and is also terrible to qeue up against. It would be nice to see a new archetype form in priest that can win consistently without this type of strategy. I think Sethekk veilweaver is very promising and a shining star in making this happen along with psyche split and soul mirror. Thank you for your time and efforts with making this deck and i hope to see new and fresh priest deck ideas.
Hey Bel! I think you've popped into my stream a few times, if I'm not mistaken. I wanna thank you for doing so and giving it an actual thought before commenting. I think your logic is rational- this is essentially an alternate, updated version of res priest. You are correct. I also hope to see some new style of priest develop over the coming days / weeks given the new year set rotation and new expansion. Thanks so much for your feedback and maybe I'll catch you sometime again in the future! Much love!
Pretty good deck, sitting in platinum @ 75% WR (6-2) was sitting 57% (13-10) with your old version.. Some really fun combos, enjoying it a lot so far, getting a hang of the deck. Thanks for sharing. My two latest wins with it. Cheers.
https://hsreplay.net/replay/B4SpxTkWDmaGxBKhtHxwdX
https://hsreplay.net/replay/B5JTURjCmQouL9rPhpb5B8
Glad you are enjoying it! Thanks so much for giving it a shot!! It definitely takes a ton of practice. Keep up the climb!!
You were disgustingly lucky, wow
Reach legend with this deck -1 Embalming ,+1 Galakrond the unspeakable. smacked all DH and galakrond warlock , for the warlock always keep albratoss, use your boardclear when they atleast have 5+ minions, keep soul mirror, don't use veilweaver unless you are out of gas, don't resurrect unless they have atleast 1 big minion, always use galakrond after they clear the board, keep your renew and apotheosis till they play alex.
Hell yes! Glad you hit legend with it! Congrats! Hopefully I'll be joining you in the coming days! I'll give your changes a whirl tonight on my stream! Thank you so much for trying it out!
Sweet deck, love the addition of Albatross and Veilweaver has to be respected. Played a few games with the list, check them out;
Thanks to Poimlok for sharing and innovating the deck. Stay wavy!