Heroic Archaedas SOTF Druid + VIDEO!
- Last updated Nov 20, 2015 (Explorers)
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Wild
- 12 Minions
- 18 Spells
- Deck Type: PvE Adventure
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Boss: Archaedas
- Crafting Cost: 2440
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 11/19/2015 (Explorers)
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This is the deck I beat Heroic Archaedas with on my first try (Super lucky)
Mulligans
Basically mulligan for Power of the Wild, Abusive Sergeant and Savage Roar
Other acceptable cards to keep in your opening hand are Lance Carrier, Dire Wolf Alpha and Mark of Nature
Gameplan
Go for huge bursts and don't worry too much about board control since he'll just use his Shattering Spree.
Using Soul of the Forest before Shattering Spree will give you a full board of 2/2s so you can Savage Roar to victory.
Only try to control the board if you're scared of getting bursted down by his spells.
Remember that Force of Nature doesn't proc Sacred Trial.
Card Explanation
Naturalize: Hard removal that can mill your opponent if he's not careful.
Mark of the Wild: +2/+2 is great both on statues and on your minions, gives you great trades and more power to get close to lethal range if needed.
Power of the Wild: The strongest card of the deck, +1/+1 across the board is ridiculous considering your board will have a ton of minions at all times.
Wrath: Great for cleaning up Pit Snake or just helping clear a Taunt.
Mark of Nature: You're mostly going to use this for the +4 Attack and not for the +4 Health/Taunt.
Savage Roar: I don't need to explain this card, but it's the burst you'll usually need to win the game.
Mounted Raptor: It's good to proc Sacred Trial since it gives you a 1-drop anyways.
Soul of the Forest: One of the most important cards of the deck. Gives you a full board of 2/2s if Archaedas is dumb enough to use Shattering Spree when you have some statues left.
Swipe: The fact that you can use this to do 4 damage to the face is great, and one of the main reasons I use this card.
Keeper of the Grove: Another all around card, can kill Dire Wolf Alpha and Silence Taunts/Buffs.
Force of Nature: Anyone who plays Druid knows that this card is excellent both for cleaning up the board or dealing a ton of damage to the face.
Ancient of Lore: Either you draw 2 cards or Heal for 5. Great all around card. Use it depending on your condition, also try not to proc Sacred Trial with this guy, the 5/5 body is extremely good.
Abusive Sergeant: This card is the one that won me the game several times against this boss, try to get it in your opening hand, but don't play it on turn 1. You can also use it to proc Sacred Trial
Dire Wolf Alpha: Great to set up between statues, gives you favorable trades if you take positioning into account (Which you should)
Lance Carrier: +2 Permanent attack buff. This card is great to buff Statues and to proc Sacred Trial, also the 1/2 body can help clear the Pit Snakes and it usually gets targetted by Shattering Spree.
Potential cards you could use:
Big Game Hunter: Instead of Naturalize, it gives you a 4/2 body and also removes Earth Elemental
Poison Seeds: This card could potentially avoid you a ton of damage from the Shattering Spree. You can also combo it with Starfall on Turn 9.
Starfall:See above, only use this card if you're using Poison Seeds.
Cenarius: Give all your minions +2/+2 is great since you're gonna get statues every turn anyways.
Doomsayer: Hard removal on the whole board, might eat a spell that would otherwise be aimed at your face.
Dark Iron Dwarf: Basically a more expensive Lance Carrier if you don't have it.
Ironbeak Owl: All around good card, the 2/1 body can be buffed with Power of the Wild and it can silence anything he decides to throw at you.
Cards with possible Synergy:
Master Swordsmith: Giving +1 attack to the statues is good, but kind of unreliable.
Sunfury Protector/Defender of Argus: Taunt-givers, Argus is better than Sunfury in this case.
Mind Control Tech: He'll generally have 4 or more minions, try and get that Earth Elemental. Kappa.
Enhance-o Mechano: Play this and Savage Roar and you might just win the game with Windfury, or stall it long enough with Taunt and Divine Shield.
Video guide without commentary now included! I took the Board Control approach this time.
I'm sorry my deck didn't work for you, and I'm sorry that you had bad luck.
Congrats on your victory and thanks for the useful criticism!
Yep I'm finding this to be the most inconsistent one, 4 times in a row lol
Video guide now up!
Sorry if my deck didn't work for you!
Good luck!
No worries, I applaud the effort! It worked for many others. I had an easier time with the featured Priest deck, though. Thanks!
Excellent thanks! First try!
Congrats on your win!
This deck made the fight ridiculously easy on my first try.
Glad it could help! Congrats on your win!
He did that on my attempt too. He also somehow considered that an Abusive Sergeant deserved a Shattering Spree too.
Congrats on your win!
Can you please make a video? I can't beat him with your deck
The video is kinda long, but I'll add a Fast Forward timestamp for the match. No commentary though, sorry.
EDIT: Video now up and embedded in the main post. Good luck!
Blizzard QA happened. First time I hear that happen.
Congrats on your win!
I won but a little different approach. At first I cared only about board control. Turn 4 Soul of the Forest give me chance to "turn" my statues into treemen and when I had 7 minions I get no more statues. So then I cared only to clear 1-2 minions per turn (one usually was 0/5 or something like 1/5 statue) and keep having 7 minions so his Shattering Spree would deal very small damage.
This deck is very solid and also has good comeback capability,
I had only 2 health and almost out of hope; 1 point of mana for naturalizing the Earth Elemental , and then on the same turn Power of the Wild + Savage Roar , if you have used Soul of the Forest 1 turn before of that, on full board of statues on your behalf, you can easily make 50 points or more damage on just 1 turn.
Thanks for the inspiration...
Congrats on your win!
Congrats on your win!
Great deck, beat him on my second attempt.
Congrats on your win!