Top 20 NA Legend: Zoo Gang
- Last updated Apr 13, 2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Wild
- 27 Minions
- 3 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 1320
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/10/2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Hello, everybody this is the zoo list I used to climb to legend for the first time. Basically it's classic zoo with Imp Gang Boss in place of harvest golem. The deck is favored against Druids and other aggro decks (including the dreaded face hunter) because you can more or less out tempo em'.
Standard Mull is one drops and 2 drops minus Owl and egg unless you have abusive with it . Imp gang is okay to keep if you curve into it.
Warriors: Standard mull keep. don't keep egg even with abusive. Keep Imp gang
Shaman: Keep imp Gang
Rouge: Don't keep egg or abusive
Paladin: Standard Mull. Haunted creeper and abusive are extra important in this match up.
Hunter: Standard mull + Keep Owl, Impgang, and keep egg even if you do not have abusive. Keep argus if you have coin and like the rest of your hand. Creeper and Void walker is extra important.
Druid: Standard mull
Warlock: Standard Mull keep owl, Egg + abusive combo is extra potent in the mirror
Mage: Standard Mull
Priest: Standard mull + Power overwhelming to deal with Deathlord and buffed creatures/ Your 3/2s are extra important to deal with Cleric.
Deck seems pretty good, but I am not sure about clockwork gnome. But anyway we have a dozen of possible replacements over it. I.e. I choose hellfire to have a board reverse over the mirror match + can help against paladins retarded muster.
With 8 demons in this deck, what about 2 Voidcallers instead of the Dark Iron Dwarf?
im with you on this one. void caller seems alot stronger than dark iron in this deck. often times you cant get a double doom guard or a a late game flame imp out of your hand and this is a way to do it. also the value that a void caller gives you is absolutely insane in almost any situation
also usable as a scare tactic, opponent might fear mal'ganis (since a lot of people are running demonlocks in zoo format atm
Is this the new cancer?! I've seen this or similar a lot lately (R5-8). It looks like a well balanced and efficient deck. +1 from me! But I've always wondered why Zoo decks don't run a Leeroy instead of 1xDoomguard. I just seem to recall myself when I ran Zoo some while ago that 2xDoomguards often got me in a bit of awkard situations too many times, which could have been avoided if one of my cards was a Leeroy instead.
The main reason that Leeroy is not substituted for one of the Doomguards is because Leeroy doesn't trade efficiently and gives your opponent minions which will actually help them trade for your Leeroy and other minions. Maintaining board control by making efficient trades is key in zoo.
bgh is going to be seen in every deck until dr balanced is nerfed, so running a deck with only 1 bgh target is ill advised
Zoo, hunter, rogue, priest, shaman, and most mage decks don't use BGH. The only decks running BGH were decks using a BGH pre-GvG.
If you have it, Bane of Doom is a good replacement for a 5 mana card. Loatheb is good and has nice stats, but with so much Zoo in the ladder right now (at least in my meta, rank 4), its battlecry isn't so great anymore, while Bane of Doom can win you the game by itself. And even when you don't pull of a great demon, it allows you to finish a minion and put a body in the field, or even to go for lethal.
Another replacement could be Sea Giant. I'm seeing it a lot in zoo decks right now.
Or save up the gold.
Harrison Jones can be usful to prevent Bladeflurrys so i would take him... otherwise i dont know, Loatheb is a pretty unique card. Also if you don't have him, any 5 drop can be good, for example [card]Stampeding Kodo[/card]
Can't really replace Loatheb because of his unique bcry effect. A well placed Loatheb prevents your board from being wiped and helps you snowball for the win.
Although ''cheatz'' is abrupt and ignorant in his approach it takes a week to save up for the first quarter of naxxramas, so in 2 weeks you can earn belchers, egg, creepers and loatheb +more... much more value than opening 14 packs as they are all top quality cards.
From what it sounded like, he didn't realize you could obtain the legendary through the adventure. Thus I suggested that he buy the adventure, (with $ or Gold). Adventure are the most bang for your buck, (real money --> cards). You've done a good job at explaining the details of this, and flaming me at the same time...thanks for your community service. Abrupt? Sure, I used 3 words. Ignorant? Please.....the worst thing about these forums is people asking for replacements to cards that have unique effects which are not duplicated on any other cards. If anything, its ignorant to think there is anything that could replace lothab for what he does.
Ignorant as you made the assumption he/she didn't know how to obtain loatheb and so would be able to just spend money on buying the adventure
when perhaps, and more likely, she/he was just a free to play player who preffered to spend their hard earned gold on packs in the hope of getting lucky enough to get a great card there rather than saving up and going for the better value for 700 coin option that is the expansion quests.
Abrupt because as you say you used three words and were overly direct. Even if you said ''why'' at the start of the sentence it becomes majorly less offensive to people who might take it ''the wrong way'' i say that with sarcasm as it may have been said with no malice when you put it but to read it comes across condescending.
Although you make a good point on the more annoying parts to these forums i'd actually say that the worst thing is seeing condescending people like you talk down to more inexperienced or younger players. Remember hearthstone is a game played by all from six years old to the OAPs.
I'm using a very similar version (only changes are: -2 Leper Gnome, -1 Clockwork Gnome; +2 Argent Squire, +1 Hellfire) and I'm having great results with it (went from rank 10 to 5). Just some advice that I learned after playing a lot with zoo: most of the match-ups it's about efficient trading, but not against druids. With them, you just have to go face (except for some extremely efficient trading), while playing around Swipe, and that way you maximize your chances to win.
+1
Argent Squire is really great 1 drop, also, she has good synergy with Defender of Argus
Yeah, and with Abusive Sergeant and Dark Iron Dwarf too. You can make some very efficient trades with those. Besides, I prefer its stickiness over the rush of the gnomes, as (except against druids, as I've already mentioned) you always win the match by developing a board that your opponent can't deal with, not by rushing for face.
i agree. it's more consistent, but not everyone have a Leeroy. i bet many disenchanted theirs after the nerf..
Leeroy doesn't have 7 hp.