Celestial Jasonzhou EU #1 Control Warrior Guide...
- Last updated May 23, 2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Wild
- 19 Minions
- 7 Spells
- 4 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 11800
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 5/23/2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Hey guys, my name is jasonzhou, a chinese player from Celestial League. I hope this Control Warrior guide will help you.
I am actually a player in the NA server and an ardent follower of Control Warrior.
I’ve achieved the Top 1 Legendary in the EU server on 21st, May. Before this, I’ve been in the top 5 of the NA server for about one week with this Warrior deck.
This is my account in the NA server. Recent days I’ve been engaging in team affairs so my rank has dropped a little.
Trend in ranked game of the China server, EU server and US server
Rank by suitability of Control Warrior: EU>NA>China.
My situation is:
EU: I spent 2 days climbing from Rank 15 to Legend Then in the third day I hit Legend #2 and in the fourth day I hit #1. Control Warrior has natural advantage over the dominant classes of the EU server including Face Hunters and Flamewaker Tempo Mages, so Control Warrior can be really powerful in the ranked plays. Meanwhile Zoolocks are not rare but now Zoolocks are not fast-pace so the situation won’t be too unfavorable for Control Warriors. Moreover, when playing against Patron Warriors, Emperor Thaurissan, Brawl and Harrison Jones are my sharp blades in my deck for terminating Patron Warriors.
NA: I spent 3 or 4 days climbing to the Legend. The circumstance in US server is quite confusing, but most popular decks are Hybrid Hunters (Midrange & Face), Ramp Druids, Zoolocks and Patron Warriors. I’ve also encountered other classes anyway. The circumstance is generally not bad for Control Warriors.
China: Things get quite clear when it comes to the China server. Zoolocks, Hunters and Patron Warriors are prevailing. Above Rank 5 Handlocks can be seen. In summary, Control Warriors still have chance to achieve Legendary or even Top 1 with such strength and stability. However, the terrible network lag has made my climb impossible.
About the deck
Dragon Warrior is also popular nowadays, but I think Dragon Warrior is rather a deteriorated version than improved version of Control Warrior, though it seems more novel and stronger than Control Warrior, it’s not as good in fact. The game is about suitability not novelty.
Compared with traditional Control Warriors, Dragon Warriors are manifested by greatly enhanced late-stage and more aggressive mid-game. However, Harrison Jones is still useful, and Blackwing Corruptor is not stable to use since there were only 3 dragons in the deck, you may can not trigger the battlecry at turn 5. (It is impossible for you tomulligan 3 cost-9 dragos) Harrison Jones (card draw and destroy weapon) and Emperor Thaurissan (accelerate your game) are better than Blackwing Corruptor. If it can deal 3 damage without holding dragons in your hand like Fire Elemental, I may use it. If you want to enhance late-stage, you can remove one Shield Block and add Nefarian. About Nefarian, I like this card but putting two 9-cost cards in one deck is not recommended. In most cases, playing a 9-cost card is very risky for a Control Warrior.
Two Brawls, Emperor Thaurissan and Harrison Jones are rather controversial. Though Brawl is very effective against Patrons and Zoolocks which are good at board swarming. But it is rather unnecessary and useless against Warriors and Druids. I win by control in most time, not by Brawl.
Emperor Thaurissan can effectively accelerate your game. With the help of Emperor Thaurissan, you can play a huge high-cost minion at the same time play a small minion, cast spells to eliminate enemy minions, or equip a weapon in one turn. It can also enable your Ysera and Alextrasza to come into play earlier. So in my opinion, Emperor Thaurissan is a necessity.
Harrison Jones, an important card engine that can grab the pace of the match, can be used in countering Patron Warriors, Handlocks, Oil Rogues and Paladins.
This is about how my deck evolves.
Match-ups
Control Warrior vs. Zoolock: Death’s Bite is a key to success when battling against Zoolock. If you can not entirely clear the board, don’t exhaust your Death’s Bite. Sludge Belcher is a better choice because it cannot be killed by an Imp-losion. Fiery Axe and low-cost minions can help you survive early game, then you can control the board by Death’s Bite and decrease mana cost by Emperor Thaurissan. Rational strategy can easily turn the tide, it will be the Zoolocks’ turn to struggle. When Warlocks play Void Caller, it’s better to kill it than let it die in the opponent’s turn because if Warlock kills it intentionally, it is more likely to put a larger demon into play.
Control Warrior vs. Druid: Druids have natural advantage over Warriors, they have more mana in one turn, and Innervate enables them to put over-sized minions. The key point is grabbing the pace of match. After a Druid uses Wild Growth, firstly you shall make full use of all you mana crystal, play minions and not rush to draw cards. Secondly you shall interrupt your opponent’s perfect use of mana. For example, if you play Acolyte of Pain in Turn 3, your opponent may change his strategy from playing a Piloted Shredder to playing a Keeper of Groove to silence your Acolyte; in Turn 6 or 7, your opponent is likely to play Emperor Thaurissan and Ancient of Lore, you can play Harrison Jones, then he has to kill Harrison by Swipe, or leave it for you to finish off his minions.
Moreover, you can induce a Druid to play Swipe by elaborately make your minions destroyable by Swipe at Turn 5 or 6. So that your opponent won’t have sufficient mana for Sludge Belcher, Claw Druid or Sylvanas. When you have Acolyte of Pain and Sylvanas in hand, play Acolyte first, because if Acolyte has consumed his silence cards, Sylvanas is likely to gain more for you or even reverse the match.
Prepare your Dr. Boom for Big Game Hunter! Even so Dr. Boom may still cost your opponent 7 mana to clean up (BGH + hero power + Wraith).
In turn 8, Death’s Bite has better to be saved, just kill enemies by Shield Slam and Execute to make preparation for your Ysera.
Control Warrior vs. Handlock: Never inflict any damage in early game in order to prevent the opponent from playing Molten Giant. As Control Warrior deck is stronger than Jarax Warlock, Warrior can easily win when both decks are used up. So when facing a Jarax Warlock, I prefer a dilatory strategy and wait for my powerful minions and draw-card cards.
1. Death’s Bite can cooperate with Acolyte of Pain for drawing more cards.
2. Weapons can be used instead of spells in early games so as to preserve the spells for late stage.
3. Kill the giants by minions and weapons.
4. When your life is running low, try to make your opponents believe that you have lethal in hand, then they may switch from attack to setting taunts.
Sylvanas, Brawl and Ysera are your winning weapons. Sludge Belcher is better than Dr. Boom when your opponent’s life is around 20 because Sludge Belcher can deal less damage and prohibit Molten Giants.
Control Warrior vs. Flamewaker Tempo Mage: In my opinion, Control Warrior has definite advantage over Flamewaker Mage. Usually in two turns you can judge what kind of Mage your opponent is. When facing Flamewaker Mage, you need to save an Armorsmith, or some other small minions for Mirror Entity. Flamewaker Mage is not a fast-paced deck, your weapons are effective enough in grabbing pace of match. Armorsmith, Ironbeak Owl and Cruel Taskmaster can trigger Mirror Entity with lower price. But Acolyte is not recommended for Mirror Entity, I’d rather give my opponent a 5 or 6 cost minion than a draw-card minion. If early stage game is carefully arranged, big 7-9 cost minions can hold the board for you, all you need to care about are opponent’s Dr. Boom, Ragnaros and Antonidas.
Control Warrior vs. Hunters: When countering Face Hunter, gaining armor every turn is greatly beneficial. This can provide more flexibility to Shield Slam. If your life is still high enough to stay safe, Shieldmaiden can be played at Turn 8. One or two minions should be preserved on board to eliminate enemies.
For Mid-range or Hybrid Hunters, pace is more important. Sylvanas can counter Savannah Highmane, small minions can be used to trigger Freezing Trap.
Control Warrior vs. Patron Warrior: Try to have Harrison, Brawl, Thaurisson, weapons and draw-cards (Acolyte and Shield Block) in your beginning hand. Harrison should be preserved for your opponent’s Death’s Bite. Brawl should not be provoked unless you are losing control of the board. If your Emperor Thaurisson can come into board before your opponent, your opponent won’t likely play Emperor Thaurisson at Turn 6. If he does play Emperor Thaurisson, your Alextrasza, Ysera and Grommash Hellscream can be played earlier and obtain the lethal. But for Patron Warriors, they only have two lethal combos.
At last, I suggest that players can try to play your opponents’ decks, knowing your opponents makes a better Warrior, you will know how to make your opponents struggle in a game. Control Warrior takes much longer time for each game but each win signifies your ability of controlling the game.
Warriors, unsheathe your weapons and win all fights!
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stuck in rank 4 with this deck
its very HARD climb to climb with CW in this meta
Not really. Control warrior is pretty strong and able to destroy almost any deck if play correctly. He is the king of all control decks.
You can replaced harrison with the ooze or loatheb which fits in the 5 mana spot. Alextrasza is a key card and your win condition along with grommash. The strategy is to control the board until u can start slammig your big guys on the board: dr boom, ragnaros, sylvanas, baron geddon and the alexstrasza to drop your opponet from 30 to 15 and finishing off with grommash+ an anctivator like cruel taskmaster or whirlwind or deathbite's deathrattle. Ysera is used as a second win condition in the heavy controp matchup which usually ends up almost in fatigue, like control priest, handlock and the mirrior matchup. I
Jasonzhou , it's very nice that you have put so much effort into sharing and explaining strategies. I'm looking forward more decks from you.
Again, my gratitude.
should i change something for 2x bgh there's handlock everywhere
Changed Alexstrasza for Chromaggus working like a charm.
Do people really care about opponent's hp right now? Alex is very rarely useful right now and holds almost no value as a minion with a BGH attack range. BGH bait for 9 mana? Nah.
Chromaggus is such a powerful card for card grind warrior with so much combos with 2x Acolyte of Pain and 2x Shield Block and 6/8 body is just simply perfect for mid-late game.
Hey, I really love playing this deck. I have a great win rate and am having so much fun while climbing the ladder. Thank you for sharing! :)
I was curious if you think that Baron Geddon has a place in this deck in the current meta, and if so what might you remove to make room for him? Any input is much appreciated :)
You can play baron geddon, he is alright and pretty strong against zoo. I play double brawl because of the patrons and midrange paladins and shamans
Would you say Grommash is essential to this deck and if not what can he be replaced with?
Grom wins me lot's of games with this deck, and you should think about crafting him if you like playing warrior. However, I think Ragnaros might be the best replacement, as it also offers a large burst of damage the turn he is played.
I play a list just like this, only 2 cards are different. I use 1x Whirlwind and Baron Geddon instead of Ironbeak Owl and Harrison Jones. The aoe has been valuable. Are you guys winning aggro and tempo match ups with this exact list ? Should I switch to these cards ?
Replaced 1x Shield Block with 1x Baron Geddon cause theres still a lot of cancer on the ladder and this deck has no Whirlwind or Revenge.
Upd: After playing with this deck for a while now, I should say that its really hard to play with it right now. Priest reks it, shaman reks it. Not viable righ now sadly as Ctrl Warrior is one of my favorite decks.
Sure Shaman, and Priest counter it. But Shaman and Priest are two of the worst decks out there right now. So this being a deck that can fly under the radar as not op enough to be popular to justify a priest or shaman pick, then no one is going to play those shitty decks because the pay out just isnt worth it for them. Destroying 1 every 9 games on ladder doesnt seem like a very good deal to me. So yeah, you'll run into a few Shammy's and AdnyPoos on the ladder, but that's a super rare occurrence, so it's worth playing the deck.
Thoughts on Gorehowl in this deck? Or do you think it's too slow in the current meta
@Goonie11 - Then you're playing it incorrectly, because this is a very solid deck. Even against aggro.
Or perhaps you need to think for yourself and make a couple of tech substitutions to fit your meta -- and not just blindly copy netdecks and expect them to instantly work for you?
I see you commenting "this deck sucks at rank 20" in every single featured deck. Buy a friend.
I replaced an Abusive Sergeant with Brawl and have had great success with this deck. Brawl has saved me many times since I am often unable to play many minions during the early stages of the game. One thing I might do is replace Harrison Jones with The Black Knight as I haven't been able to utilize its battlecry often.
I do not have Harrison Jones. Can I replace it with The Black Knight? Or are there any other things to put instead of Harrison?
Loatheb is probably a better choice. Not just because its such a good card, but also because whenever possible you want to preserve or even lower your mana curve. Never raise your curve without very good reason.
Pretty standard control warrior, was wondering if Alex is worth crafting, or if she will eventually be taken out of control warrior