[LEGEND] Patron warrior isn't dead
- Last updated Oct 26, 2015 (Warsong Nerf)
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Wild
- 16 Minions
- 10 Spells
- 4 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 5480
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 10/21/2015 (Warsong Nerf)
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Battle Tag:
Jacococo#2101
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Total Deck Rating
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Who am i? (None of your business )
So my name is Jaco, a 3x legend player (I know is not that much) that absolutely loves Grim Patron Im from spain, so sorry for my mistakes writing this guide
Wow, this deck just reached the frontpage! Thank you all guys, I really appreciate it, guide in coming! :D
Deck:
Since the nerf of Warsong Commander people has thought that patron warrior is dead, but I'm here to prove it's not, I got legend yesterday with this patron deck (no Warsong Commander nor Frothing Berserker)
It's a more control-ish version of the deck which runs cards like Grommash Hellscream and Dr. Boom
Legend proof:
¿How to play the deck?
I dont really have that much time right now, so I'll write a guide whenever I reach some likes in this deck :)
-10 likes: Mulligan guide
-50 likes: Deck guide
-100 likes: Video guide
Mulligan:
-Against combo druid: Since druid has a pretty bad way to deal with multiple patrons you wanna keep Fiery War Axe for a possible early Darnassus Aspirant, and you also want Death's Bite, Inner Rage and Grim Patron that way you can get 4 patrons at turn 5, which is usually a game winning play against druid.
-Against tempo mage: You want to always get a way to deal with an early Mana Wyrm so you probably want Fiery War Axe, you also want Acolyte of Pain and Armorsmith
Against face hunter: Fiery win axe, Unstable Ghoul and Armorsmith, you may also want to keep Slam to deal with Knife Juggler and Cruel Taskmaster to deal with Leper Gnome or Worgen Infiltrator
-Against handlock: You may want cards like Piloted Shredder, Death's Bite and Acolyte of Pain, you may probably want to keep Execute just if you are sure it's handlock, BUT DON'T EXECUTE THE FIRST THREAT HE PLAYS.
-Against secret paladin: You want Fiery War Axe or Slam, Unstable Ghoul or Whirlwind to deal with early aggresion
-Against warrior: You just want the same cards like against Druid with addition of Acolyte of Pain
Guide:
So here we go with a little guide on how to play the deck, as you know with the Warsong Commander nerf we wont be able to do 30+ dmg to face in one turn by charging Frothing Berserkers. So our main goal of the deck is to overwhelm your opponent with multiple patrons that it's impossible for him to deal with.
Early Game:
Pretty much like the old patron or control warrior, you just try to estabilize the board control with weapons and draw some cards. Depending on the match up you want to use your cards in one way or another, for example against face hunter is fine to Slam a knife juggler just to kill it, while against some other control matchup you may be wanting to use it as a card draw and Execute activator.
Mid Game:
Basically between turns 4 to 6 we want to get patrons on the board, Death's Bite turn 4, Grim Patron + Inner Rage turn 5, and just go face or a minion with the weapon to spawn 5 patrons and keep snowballing from that point. Patrons are basically your win condition, so try to play around AoE as much as you can afford.
You also want to keep dropping minions, since mid game is where this deck works better, you also have minions like Piloted Shredder if you cant combo patrons, its just up to you.
Late Game:
You just try to finish off the game with powerful cards like Dr. Boom and an enraged Grommash Hellscream and keep applying pressure with patrons.
Replacements:
Many of you have been asking about replacements, so there you go:
Harrison Jones: This card is actually pretty meta-dependant, so if you aren't facing that many weapon classes you may want to swap him with Loatheb or even a 2nd Sludge Belcher
Grommash Hellscream: Unfortunately there is no real replacement for grommash, he is a very powerful card with a unique effect, you may want to swap him with Ragnaros the Firelord but it will NEVER be the same, so my recommendation is you to craft it asap.
Emperor Thaurissan: While thaurissan is a card with a very powerful effect, its not really necessary as many of you have said on the comments, I just run it because I love the card and works great, but you can try swapping him with Sylvanas, it's up to you.
Thx so much for watching this deck, dont forget to spam "Heh, greetings" emote when playing the Grim Patron
Thats hilarious!
Not to criticise, but saying "LEGEND" 2 days after the Warsong nerf doesn't exactly mean much.
I considered trying to see if Patron is still viable without Warsong Commander. Have you thought about using the Berserkers and Charge on one of them for a big burst. Charge cost the same mana as Warsong. You will not get charge with your Patrons, but one burst from a huge Berserker might get you to lethal.
I would call this more of a midranged Warrior
This deck is so much fun. It's like a newbie version of patron but still effective.
Well Played.
Great Deck!!! Thanks for keeping Patron Alive,
I was just wondering, are there any replacements for Harrison Jones?
I'm running another sludge until I hear of a better replacement. Working so far.
He, Greetings
I agree, I tried out both versions and found 60% of the time that Loatheb was more useful.
Anyway Thanks to both of you! :D
Replaced dread corsair with a shield slam and the two shredders with shield blocks, works wonders! I highly recommend it
Why do you say that? The synergy between shield slam and shield block is unreal! Piloted Shredders are so random and unreliable :/
Even Oil rogue runs shredders to slow down the aggression and do face/combo damage, and you want to run super defensive shieldblocks+shieldslam. Of course it prolongs your life for a few more turns, but without clearing the board you will still die to the opponent's minions. The win condition is not the same as before here, you want to flood the board. Minios like shredder will help you do that.
Interesting point, I will definitely take that into consideration. I thought adding those would help with survivability, but I just recently lost against a priest that received no damage cuz I was trying to defend myself from his minions more than dropping minions.
Played against this earlier, definitely lost something with the warsong nerf. I was playing as rouge, so once the patrons were dead, it was basically game over. (Oil Rogue isn't the worst deck in the world). I mean, RNGesus helped me out, Burgle was insane that game.
That's my boy! :D
finally this decklist. a friend of mine told me he has played against a patron warrior post warsong nerf and that it has cards like gromash and boom in it, but i wanted to see the entire decklist. and interesting deck for sure. i think i'll try it
The nerf came just when I was finnally enjoying my Patrons deck, so this update is really appreciated man. Thanks for keeping this great deck alive!! Im curious about some options like Revenge (against aggro), Crush or Commanding Shout... Id like to know your opinion about these and other alternatives. Im just missing Grommash Hellscream to play this deck exact deck (Im testing Sea Reaver right now). He, greetings!
Yeah you are definitly right, I should get that Grommash ASAP. Im waiting for the 50+ guide ;) Saludos desde Chile!
Horrible deck. Got pwned by every druid or mage
2. he/she played 1 mage and 1 druid and gave up on life when he/she didn't get instant results...