RenoLock, Somewhat in depth guide.
- Last updated May 3, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)
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Wild
- 22 Minions
- 7 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Renolock
- Crafting Cost: 17520
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/29/2020 (Second DH Nerfs)
- tchukki
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Battle Tag:
#11996
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Region:
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Total Deck Rating
39
Hi everyone! The obligatory I'm not a native English speaker/writer, so expect some grammar mistakes.
My name is tchukki, I'm a Wild Legend player and I'm playing Hearthstone since the open Beta. I mostly played warlock since the beginning with now over 3300+ ranked win with warlock.
So with this out of the way, here's my guide to RenoLock!
Card List:
Mistress of Mixtures - Nice Card - Nice early board presence and the healing can really make the difference. Can sometimes synergize with Defile or Lord Godfrey.
Corrupting Mist - Nice Card - One of the weakest card but, it saved my ass more than once and it's really good vs paladin.
Defile - Important Card - One of your best board clear in early and late game.
Doomsayer - Nice Card - Almost an important card, but not quite. This is a very powerful card against a lot of matchups. At worst it save you 7 HP and at best, completely destroy your opponent tempo.
Drain Soul - Nice Card - Darkbomb is probably better in most metas but right now, the one damage rarely make the difference while the 2 HP does. Feel free to swap out.
Gnomeferatu - Nice Card - The first card I would cut. BUT, it's one of the only win condition vs RazaPriest and the Brann Bronzebeard + Gnomeferatu + Zola the Gorgon + Gnomeferatu combo is nice to pull off
Kanrethad Ebonlocke - Nice Card - The card is cool but it rarely make the difference It's not bad, but feel free to swap out.
Zephrys the Great - Must Card - OP card. I don't have much to say, it literaly give you the PrefectCard™. This replaces weapon removals and silences while also providing extra counter against secrets with Flare and extra board clear.
Brann Bronzebeard - Important Card - Even though this deck doesn't run much battlecries, some are very powerful. Key combo are with Antique Healbot and Kazakus for spicy 10 mana spells.
Dark Skies - Must Card - I would say it's better than defile in most situation and can even be useful in the late game.
Zola the Gorgon - Important Card - Obviously good with Reno Jackson. Great with other battlecry cards as well.
Hellfire - Important Card - Classic AOE.
Kazakus - Must Card - You want to use Kazakus as a get out of jail free card. Some rules of thumb: 1-mana cost potions in early game against more aggressive, early game comps; 5-mana against mid-range/aggro decks while also providing cover (with armour or minions) and finally, 10-mana to turn the game around and effectively ruining the lives of CubeLock and ResurrectPriest.
Kezan Mystic - Nice Card - Right now it's one of the best card vs mage, secret or quest.
Voidcaller - Must Card - Cheating out big demons since summer of 2014 ♫♫
Antique Healbot - Important Card - Now more than ever, Healing face is important. Try to combine with Brann Bronzebeard or to trick your opponent into thinking you don't have Reno Jackson and restores 27HP the next turn.
Edit 1 - Loatheb - Nice Card - Right now it's useful to beat QuestMage or RazaPriest. Drop Loatheb and then, next turn, try to get lethal with Zephrys the Great.
Sludge Belcher - Important Card - Not that good anymore, but you need a critical mass of deathratle for N'Zoth, the Corruptor so don't swap it, Unless it's another deathrattle card.
Zilliax - Important Card - Just a good card on its own.
Emperor Thaurissan - Must Card - This card is crazy. Discounting 7-mana+ cards can help you be more efficient with them without worrying too much about the cost.
Khartut Defender - Must Card - The best deathrattle card in the game to resurrect with N'Zoth, the Corruptor since it will resurrect twice.
Reno Jackson - Must Card -We're gonna be rich!
Siphon Soul - Important Card - Some RenoLock player cut this, don't trust them. This card is awesome and the healing is more important than you think, especially these days with demon hunter.
Skulking Geist - Important Card - Fun card to play, annoying card to be against. Excellent in current meta. Here are some cards you will want to destroy with Geist: Consume Magic, Jade Idol, Living Roots, Ray of Frost, Evocation, Renew, Plague of Flames, Dark Pact and much more.
Lord Godfrey - Important Card - A board clear that also takes care of deathrattles. With a 4/4 body to boot, this card is an essential.
Enhanced Dreadlord - Must Card - Such an amazing addition. The main minion will respawn with N'Zoth, the Corruptor and both demons will respawn when putting Bloodreaver Gul'dan. Being a great demon also synergize well with Voidcaller, for obvious reasons.
Twisting Nether - Important Card - Nice board clear and the animation is cool.
Mal'Ganis - Must Card - The turtle himself. Try to play him with demons on board to burst your opponent.
Voidlord - Must Card - Nice defensive demon.
Bloodreaver Gul'dan - Must Card - Fill your board with OP demons and get an even OPier hero power.
N'Zoth, the Corruptor - Must Card - Another ''refill your board with OP minions'' card.
Matchup Guide:
Quest Mage: Find Skulking Geist and try to rush them. If you can't kill them fast enough, try to set up very hard to remove boards with taunt to be safe from Quest + Giants.
Secret Mage: Kezan Mystic, constant board clear and calculated risk. Pretty easy matchup, but if they run and play Aluneth, you need to Zephrys the Great into weapon removal.
Jade Druid: Skulking Geist, EZ.
RazaPriest: This is your only bad matchup. Try to discard their combo pieces or to kill them before their combo.
CubeLock: You need to transform their key cards with Kazakus or Zephrys the Great. Keep your Bloodreaver Gul'dan and N'Zoth, the Corruptor for when they play them.
Board reload aggros deck like DiscoLock or Paladin: Muligan for reno and every board clear. Kazakus 5mana potion into deal 4 dmgs to all minion and generate value on board.
Face Damage aggros deck like DemonHunter or Hunter: Muligan for every heal cards and Zephrys the Great.
Final Thoughts:
This deck is on a fine line between board clear/ healing/ resurrection and face burst. You can try to change some cards, but be careful, some ''Better cards'' like Dragonqueen Alexstrasza or Bad Luck Albatross make the deck less consistent and/or have negative synergies. RenoLock is a hard deck to pilote but is extremely powerful and capable of winning every matchup. In Wild the meta can shift frequently, so even though cards like Gluttonous Ooze are bad right now, it does not mean it will be in two weeks. Give this deck a try if you can and may the old gods be with you.
Edit 2 - Gluttonous Ooze is now pretty good right now. I didn't update the list because I would have to do it every week but keep in mind, RenoLock is made to be tweaked along the way to fit de meta, don't force yourself to play this exact list in a month if the meta has changed.
Take care all.
I'm missing like 7 legendaries...nor do i have the dust lol
I was struggling to get a win streak to move up... and this deck helped me. Thank you. The taunts provide a good defense against quest mage. The only deck I do seem to have trouble with is mecha’thun warlock.
I might add dirty rat to counter.
I also want to note that Kanrethad Ebonlocke has helped me against fatigue a few times. I’m going to keep him.
Just hit Legend (5th time) with your list. Easy-peasy. I kinda hate Corrupting Mist. It does its job but most of the times I find it very hard to play it properly. Perhaps Unstable Felbolt in its place?
I would personaly not run Unstable Felbolt but Demonwrath instead. Both are valid.
I like Demonwrath, thanks for the suggestion!
From Silver to Platinum 4 in 2 days.
Up-voted
ps: 2 hours later, I reached Diamond 10
Nice to hear!
Nm.
Why no dirty rat or deathlord to sink combos? Also no plague of flames aka one of the most insane value removals in the game and synergies well with deathrattles in this deck. Overall I understand why you didn’t place in DQA as she is slower but combos insanely well with brann or Zola after an emperor discount. Also thoughts on kelidan the breaker INSTEAD of siphon soul since it’s basically the same thing except possible upside to nuke the board instead of heal for 3?
Like I said at the bottom of my guide, I won't update my list every time I make a change because I change some cards every other day. With that said, here's my opinion on your questions.
This is a basic guide on my version of RenoLock 4 days ago. To be competitive and climb legend with this deck you NEED to swap things up to counter the state of meta. Maybe this exact list is the best possible list right now, maybe not. Feel free to tinker with what you believe is better cards and have fun. I hope I answered your questions.
а вместо кого положить сейчас прожорливая слизняк?
Автор кладёт вместо Siphon Soul
I'm at P5, so I can't drop down, so I will try this for awhile...BUT, so far I am 0-2. I really hate RNG, and I may not play this game much longer. HEAR ME BLIZZARD???? I started playing LoR and it is SO nice to have more control over what happens.
UPDATE #1: Why the heck is Dragonqueen not in your deck? I just lost to another Renolock because he played DQA after we both hit fatigue. GOT to put her in.......0-3 now.
Dragonqueen Alexstrasza is way to slow and is more value oriented. At lower ranks or in the early seasons it migh be good tho so try it! Past D5 with quest mages and cube lock it's useless.
okay, thanks.
Hey. Is it possible to push legend from bronze via this deck?
From Bronze without a multiplier probably not, the games are too long. With a multiplier of x6/x7 of course.
I would love to try this deck but only have cards for Rogue and Mage... I guess I would have to spend hundreds of euros to get these cards :( Also congrats on your high legend rank!
Thanks!
Other tech cards to consider: Eater of Secrets in place of Kezan Mystic for if the opponent has more than 1 secret in play.
Platebreaker if you see odd/control warriors. This card by itself can do 40+ damage
Expired Merchant to gain +1 N'zoth/ Bloodreaver