[Legend] Mech Shaman 100% win rate from Rank 3 ...
- Last updated Jun 29, 2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Wild
- 20 Minions
- 7 Spells
- 3 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 3780
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 6/1/2015 (Blackrock Launch)
- iamdannywu
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Updates:
June 18 - Deck is still working. Just climb from rank 3 to 2 winning 6-1.
June 14 - If you are facing a lot of Hunters/Mages.
( - 1 earthshock, -1 harvest golem, +1 clockwork gnome, +1 Kezan)
June 8 - Added a card substitution section.
June 7 - Added a Video of Me explaining the deck.
June 6 - FYI - A lot of your recent questions had been answered in a previous comment post. Please refer to earlier comments, especially about Fel Reaver.
- I will try to create a video soon explaining the deck and replacements.
- Thank You ALL for all the UP Votes!!!!
June 5 - Additional comment added in Tips section.
June 4 - Added a video of my deck
June 3 - Thanks for all the up votes! I added a mulligan and tips section.
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Hi.
I know the title looks misleading but it's true. I had an insane win rate from rank 3 to Legend. I might have also been the luckiest guy but let me explain why this deck worked.
First, I would like to detail my background a little. I started playing last May and besides the first two months, always been consistently rank 5 or better. I didn't have the time or energy to grind it out to Legend. This season was the first time I've achieved Legend. I was actually not planning for Legend this season but the deck just worked extremely well and got me there.
I was using different decks to rank 4 and 3 this season when I saw a shift in meta where there were more midrange/tempo and control decks appearing to counter the amount of zoos and hunters. I decided switch to Mech Shaman to counter those decks. Mech Shaman's pressure and progressing board presence with beefy minions performs very well against most control decks (Warriors and Handlocks, etc.). It's also good against Mech Mage (faced one) since shaman Mechs out values theirs. The weakness to Mech shaman according to Tempostorm were Zoo and Hunters. I faced a few but were able to pull off wins against them. Against them, it's all about the start and if you can get your early 1 or 2 drops, you can win. Rockbiter is good if you have coin. My matches against Hunters were Very Close! Fel reaver/bursts helps A lot.
Questions you might have:
Why two earthshocks?
- Pros - Helps against Twilight Drakes, Taunts, Mad scientists, Eggs, even a leper gnome/loot hoarder.
- Cons - Sucks have have two in your hand. You can replace this card with another mech, flame tongue, or Ragnaros.
Why Fel Reaver?
- Fel Reaver is a great body for 5 mana. The discard/burning of cards is not a huge drawback since you will win the game most of the time without going through your entire deck. Even if your opponent have a removal for him such as bgh, hex, siphon soul, execute, they would have wasted their removal and you still have big dudes coming in such as fire elemental and dr. boom.
- Play Fel Reaver as soon as you can and hopefully on curve (turn 5 or 4 with mech warper). Try not to play two Reavers at once. You will fatigue fast in that way.
- Weaknesses - cheap taunts (mirror image, annoyatron), sludge belcher, aldor peacekeeper, and bgh.
General Mulligan:
- Mulligan for 1 or 2 drop minions or a nice curve such as 1 drop, 2 drop, then 3 drop minion.
I usually won't keep a 3 drop minion unless i have something to play on turn 1 and 2 or if I have coin.
Priority cards are Cog Master, Mechwarper, Annoy-o-tron in your starting hand then Whirling Zap-o-matic.
- Depending on the match up, there are situational cards I would keep in my starting hand such as Earth Shock, Powermace with coin, and Rockbiter Weapon(with coin).
Some Tips on how to play:
- You first 3 turns are very important. If you have coin, mechwarper and annoytron in your starting hand. Don't coin mechwarper on turn 1, instead play mechwarper, coin annoytron on turn 2. This way your opponents will have more difficulty removing your two minions on their turn. Find ways to protect your mech warper or at least use its discount.
- Annoy-o-tron is a great card to protect your mech warpers, whirling zap-o-matics, and big minions.
- You want to play your minions on curve and do not hold back unless you suspect an AOE clear. This is an aggressive deck, you want to be playing minions every turn. If they do stabilize, you still have burst that can win you the game such as crackle, lava burst, rockbiter, doomhammer.
Combos - Rockbiter with doomhammer (10 damage). Rockbiter with whirling zapomatic (12 damage).
- Depending on the match up, you will need to control the board in the early turns, This is not an all face deck. Once you control the board, your big minions will do their job and can kill the opponent in two/three turns. *Don't use Fel Reaver to trade or attack their minions unless you need to prevent lethal, 90% of the time, he attacks FACE.*
- Power mace is a great weapon to gain tempo, it usually clears two enemy minions and can give your mechs a buff.
Additional comment added June 5th
- I just watched my friend play this deck and now I understand why some people are having trouble with it. The Early Turns are extremely Important! Sometimes they play themselves because of your starting cards, but there's definitely some decision making for optimal plays and what to trade and how. These are the tough decisions when you don't have an optimal starting hand. It can win or lose you the game by turn 4. Unfortunately, I can't elaborate more since it's depending on the match up and what minions your opponent have on board. As stated above, this is not an All Face Deck. You need to control the board in the early turns.
Substitutions:
Fel Reaver - Fireguard Destroyer, Mech Yeti
1 Earth Shock - Clockwork Gnome, flame tongue totem, Hex, Kezan Mystic
Doomhammer - Sorry, non replaceable. Too much burst potential
*New* Here's My Video Explaining the deck.
Here's a video of a Hearthpwn member playing my deck on ladder.
WOW! Made it to Deck of the Week Twice! Thanks Everyone!
If you want a more detail match up guide, please like/thumbs up or click on the Plus button.
Thanks for reading. Feel free to ask questions below.
Hey Guys,
I would like to share the deck I've been playing the past few days from rank 5 to 3. It has a good win rate and doing exceptionally well against Shamans as I like to crush them. Check it out for a change in pace and comment/question there. Thanks!
New Deck. High Win rate against Meta. Check it out :)
No healbots? I would just stick a healing wave in there just in case. Saves me from a lot of games :)
at the end of my turn he destroyed all minions. SADNESS. I don't have warpers so I put in alarm bot and it worked like a charm.
Replace Fail Reaver and make your life even easier with climbing.
You have to build a complete different deck without Fel Reaver. THis is one way. Another popular way would be a burst mech shaman.
Here is the list i published a few minutes ago.
This is a version without Fel Reaver (I don't like this card) with more spells that can burst your opponent down. It's updated for TGT and works well versus Midrange Druid, Handlock and Patron.
Still running this deck in the current meta and it's fantastic. Fel Reavers are the MVPs of this deck. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Aggro pally = loss in about 5 or 6 turns if your lucky
Hi! I wonder what card can I replace boom with
Prolly a bloodlust, i always keep 1 blood lust, for that suprise burst of damage when the opponent is attempting to race face. since i dont have a dr boom
I have Sneeds old shredder, so I put that in. Silence target, but whatever
Sup , id love to play thison my f2p acc. any replacement for loatheb??
hey man, another mech yeti is a perfect replacement for loatheb if you dont have him :p
i don't have Doomhammer and 2x Fel Reaver it is worth it to craft them (i mean is this deck still valid) ?
yes they are, on top of that you can still use fel reaver in mech mage as well!
Really nice deck, i would recommend to change 1 Earthshock with Windfury (shaman spell), It will help to produce a lot more damage from fel reaver :)
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Fun, fast deck. Shouldn't have a negative win rate unless you are playing bad. You either win by turn 6-7 or you have lost.
I threw in [card]Mimiron's Head[/card] for so comedy, until i get to rank 8 or so.
Great grinding deck if you looking for shaman wins.
Cheers Fossbyflop
This decks because it lacks card draw losses to every class and makes you lose cards instantly would not recommend waste of time