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Elemental Shaman w/ Kazakus (Duel Spec)

  • Last updated Apr 3, 2021 (Forged in the Barrens)
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  • 19 Minions
  • 8 Spells
  • 3 Weapons
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: Elemental Shaman
  • Crafting Cost: 11520
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 3/30/2021 (Forged in the Barrens)
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First deck of the new expansion! Got me from Bronze 10 to Diamond 5 right after expansion hit. Here is the breakdown

UPDATE : Now that the meta has settled and I've pounded more games of this, it has 2 pretty rough matchups. Control/Healing Lock and Lunacy Mage (to a lesser extent Hero Power Mage). Deck runs out of gas and oppo is at a frustrating 8 health. I've removed Ras and 1 copy of Lilypad Lurker and included 1 Doomhammer and 1 natural Bloodmage to try and SMORC down those matchups a little quicker and draw to burn.

This deck runs both the Elemental AND Enhancement Class Packages (hence the Duel Spec flavor from Classic. It also includes Kazakus cuz Shaman 4 drops are Garbo

TLDR : Play this deck like an aggro/tempo deck, weaving in chip damage and using your resources to maintain/seize the board. Use Diligent Notetaker + Stormstrike or Serpentshrine Portal on 5 to keep up the pressure if you didnt draw Kazakus. Try and cheat out your big hitters w/ Lightning Bloom like Inara Stormcrash or Al'Akir the Windlord. Your aim is to kill them around turn 8 or 9. Keep up the pressure with Fire Elemental or break through taunts with Lilypad Lurker to close things out.

-----Detailed Breakdown-----

Enhancement Package - Your main source of pressure. Synergizes so well with the new Elemental package. Cagematch and Stormstrike are solid keeps in the mulligan. 

Elemental Package - Kindling into Arid is just an amazing start, so mulligan hard for them if you didn't get any of your good enhancement cards. Once you get good at navigating Marshspawn and your high-tempo spell removal, this deck does a GREAT job at hanging onto the board.   

The rest of the deck consists of spells to synergize with damage and Marshspawn, as well as Kazakus, Golem Shaper, Instructor Fireheart , and other just general good cards to either tempo quickly or get more value out of your duel spec deck!

This deck is a bit expensive to craft, so if your tight on dust I would recommend cutting the below cards and subbing with some cheaper options:

Replacements

I made this "budget" version of the deck with no Legendaries - https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1383549-cheap-elemental-shaman

And there you go! Let me know what you think