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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Total Deck Rating
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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UPDATE 5/12/20 - I hit Legend for May a few days ago and was going through updating some of my outdated lists.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!
Hahahaha. Totally agree! Thank you for trying it out!
I am curious why not include [Reliquary of Souls]?
I started with this card in the list. Unfortunately, it clogs our deck sometimes when resurrected and reduces the efficiency overall. Hope this helps!
Lets try this out, i have 4534 wins with Priest and i play 99% Priest since Closed Beta, we'll see its performance or if i need to tweak it.
Start at Diamond 9 (0 stars)
First game against DH, deck lacks removal against big stuff, no Death or AoE-Death
https://hsreplay.net/replay/FUfQTPfwmkC6mCbtLoyqbi
I won, topdecked Mass-res fortunately against his Antaen and 2 Priestesses which kept respawning Catrina and Kharkuts, he conceded.
2:nd Game vs Face Hunter?
https://hsreplay.net/replay/MjuwduhDfGaSS4JLF6yoa2
I didnt have much of a problem against this, only thing i thought about was galakrond without invokes seemed strange, but it does give infinite value
3:rd Game vs Dragon Hunter
https://hsreplay.net/replay/uS4XrPWFyqWmccCPb5dvdk
Not much to say, conceded on turn 7 for no reason, annoyed playing against Priest i guess ? :D
4:th Game vs Highlander DH
https://hsreplay.net/replay/sior2meU3D2kzt8JyCRtF8
I made a big mistake with Shadow Madness in the beginning, havent used that spell in several years, didnt matter much in the end, he got lucky with Murozond from Alex.
5:th Game vs Weird mage
https://hsreplay.net/replay/H8c9dzgmZEyyUtbEo5bJRg
Fairly straightforward, try to survive the onslaught of spells.
6:th Game vs GalaDemon Warlock
https://hsreplay.net/replay/59D9CMzghV9WwiqZAbiQQF
This game was overflowing with Albatross, the rest is standard gameplay, can you count the albatrosses in the enemy deck ? :D
7:th Game vs Res-Priest
https://hsreplay.net/replay/wdcHTet4vHAdXLFEUXZQ4F
Another game filled with Albatross but i lost because he kept drawing better value than i did even with all the albatross.
8:th Game vs Big Hunter?
https://hsreplay.net/replay/XrCUVWBxLXkygrnndfwHQY
I think i might've focused to much on Albatross and put me at an early disadvantage, another game where there was no way to remove a big minion.
Conclusion, its a decent deck for those that can pilot a Priest-deck really well, could use Death or SW: Ruin
Ended Diamond 8 (0 stars) with 5-3 stats (62% WR)
Aggro decks are kicking my ass and I sincerely fucking hate this meta
What I love about this deck is how many crazy combos you can come up with. I just beat an aggro hunter with what basically turned into an aggro albatross match.
SAME. So many different styles of play all enveloped into 30 cards! Super whacky but strong. Thanks for your positivity <3
Nice deck bro hit legend with 24-8 today in about 4 hours 😁
Also I cut Catrina and put a skeletal dragon instead it really can stop DHs and other aggros + you get dragon synergy with spells from sethekk and a nice taunt to ressurect 😁😁
I actually just mentioned this change on stream! Good idea! Congratulations on legend! Much love!
I swapped out Catrina also. I feel she's too slow and not really needed in this deck.
God damn cancer deck! Can't wait for the nerf to albatros and the end of this geek deck!
I hope the deathrattle stays the same so I can plague your Highlanders. <3
Got diamond 5 easily. Currently on rank 4, will see how it goes. Thanks for the deck!
Yessss! Grats! Keep up the grind- if you can hit D5, you can hit Legend!
I hit legend for the first time with this deck after like 150 games, thank you!!!
yesssssss! That's what I like to hear. Glad it worked for you! Thank you so much for your comment!
fun deck for casual only. 0-10 in ranked, at diamond. lol
If you run 0-10, you are the problem, not the deck.
0-10 with this deck is nearly impossible to achieve unless you are making serious misplays. I go on major winning streaks at 8k legend with this deck. You should either practice more, don't play the deck, or watch the deck piloted by an experienced player before commenting misinformation. Best of luck to you.