Dragon Hunter [D4-Legend 66% WR]
- Last updated May 4, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)
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Wild
- 17 Minions
- 11 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Dragon Hunter
- Crafting Cost: 1980
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/24/2020 (Second DH Nerfs)
- Encrypcion
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Decided to post this list as it was my first time getting to legend in hearthstone. I used pretty much the basic dragon hunter list. It is a very good deck when piloted properly and can win games very quickly. I did make one change that seemed to help out the deck. I swapped 1x Imprisoned Felmaw for 1x Pack Tactics. This was a change made since a lot of people were playing around explosive trap so having this definitely messed with some opponents and lead to a win.
Mulligans
Our ideal keeps should be
Without Coin - 1 drop, 2 drop, 3 drop
With Coin - 1 drop , 1 or 2 drop , 2 drop , 3 drop
1 drop keeps - Dwarven Sharpshooter, Blazing Battlemage, Tracking
Never keep Stonetusk Boar as we want to fetch him from the deck using Scavenger's Ingenuity.
2 drop keeps - Corrosive Breath, Imprisoned Felmaw, Phase Stalker, Scavenger's Ingenuity, Faerie Dragon
Don't keep any secrets as it benefits us more to get them out of our deck with Phase Stalker.
3 drop keeps - Primordial Explorer, Stormhammer
Don't keep Kill Command since this is more of a face spell to be used later so in most game we want to mulligan it and use more effective removal like Corrosive Breath (deals damage to board and face).
As far as Rotnest Drake and Evasive Feywing go these are far too slow for an opening hand and we should mulligan them.
Example Hands
Without Coin - Blazing Battlemage, Corrosive Breath, Stormhammer, Faerie Dragon
With Coin - Dwarven Sharpshooter, Imprisoned Felmaw, Stormhammer, Primordial Explorer or Faerie Dragon
Coin gives us a lot of accelerated plays that can help us push more damage.
Some Examples are -
Example 1 - Turn 1 - Blazing Battlemage, Coin, Blazing Battlemage
4 points of power on board on turn 1 is pretty hard for most decks to deal with.
Example 2 - Turn 1 - Coin, Imprisoned Felmaw
One of my favorite turn ones. Sets up a very effective turn 3 for us.
Example 3 - Turn 2 - Coin, Stormhammer (attack) Turn 3 - Primordial Explorer
Getting out Stormhammer and getting in damage or clearing any threats let us set up our cards for the coming turns. Primordial Explorer is best used with this example since it discovers another dragon.
Tips and Tricks
Corrosive Breath - You can target your own minion and it will still deal three damage to the enemy hero when you are holding a dragon.
Primordial Explorer - Some advice I will give is really take some time and think of what dragon you really need for state of the game. If its turn 6, your opponents at 10 life and you have the choice to grab Ysera or some more cost effective dragon. Take the cost effective one. Just because it is a strong dragon doesn't mean that we need it to win the game.
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Thanks for viewing my decklist, I wish you best of the luck on the legend grind.
I don't have Rotnest Drake could I supplement with two legendaries or epics? maybe Zixor, Apex Predator and Veranus? thoughts?
Rotnest is required, you should sell either old wild cards you dont use or cards from another class you dont intend to play. *Edit* Just realized rotnest is from a dungeon reward, you gotta do it with gold or something.
Having said that, neither zixor nor veranus are suitable replacements in this deck. Veranus might see play if the meta goes heavy taunt again, zixor is best in a beast buff deck.
I replaced it with a Scalerider
can u somebody tell me why i cant craft rotnest drake please? :(
https://imgur.com/a/eodKYZF
You need to complete the solo adventure Galakrong Awakening. Cant remember at which part you receive the rotnest drake. Click the chests at the different parts to figure out which one to complete for the card.
Story mode Galakrond's Awakening -> League of Explorers -> unlock Chapter 3.
and is there any replacement for rotnest drake until i will have gold?
how to deal against DH with this? they dont proc your explosive, they just play Priestress on 5 and wait
I have no Stormhammers. Is there any good replacement for these weapons?
You could try eaglehorn bow since there are a couple secrets in the deck, it could have some good synergy there.
I'd agree eaglehorn is the best replacement, but stormhammer can carry some games. After playing 40ish games with the deck stormhammer feels like a centerpiece.
Thank you for this crazy deck ! I love it.
30-13 so far (70% WR) in Europe, went from Plat 4 to Diamond 5 and I hope to continue climbing with it.
100% WR against DH (9 wins) and 83% against rogue (5-1). 0-3 against paladins though and 0-2 against warlock.
Update: 57-33 now (20-13 in current season). 86% against DH and 67% against rogues.
Still a great deck !
great cheap deck. i just came back for the expansion and was stuck at silver 6. i was hoping for reward tier silver 5 before month end. I played 8-10 games, haven't lost a single one and im now sitting at gold 10. now to see how high I can go.
Hi, i just hit legend today for the first time using this deck from rank 5, i had 84% win rate, 18/3, from rank 2 to legend only facing demon hunters, thank you very much!
Dragon hunter is a good deck
Hi! Looks like a good deck! Do you think it's possible to effectively replace the Rotnest Drakes with not a high budget?
Budget would typically replace a legendary and at most an epic or two, not rares... This deck would be nothing without Rotnest Drakes.
Rotnest Drake is one of the most powerful cards in the game. There's simply no replacing them.
Hey man @Encrypion,
first time commenter -
only using this deck i made Legend within half a day from diamond 10 - thank you so much
(i have not tracked my winrate)
Greetings - Loxtus
very good deck, I went from diamond 5 to legend with 61% winrate, I just replaced Imprisoned Felmaw by Flare because 30% of rogue , thanks :)