Renolock [S23] [Rank 1 Legend]
- Last updated Feb 26, 2016 (Explorers)
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Wild
- 22 Minions
- 8 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 7340
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 2/5/2016 (Explorers)
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Hello guys! I'm Lucky from Spain.
I want to share my favourite deck at the moment. It is a defensive Renolock which i used to get Rank 1 legend this month. Nothing flashy, it's just a good old idea with small tweaks which I've liked in the current meta.
Proof - http://imgur.com/NDjOv4p
These are my stats with the deck throughout the month - http://imgur.com/Dsj9Uqy
Although I've been playing it for a long time, getting a 65% winrate - 297 wins -158 losses.
So, I'd like to talk about mulligans. These are in my opinion the cards you want to keep in every matchup, somehow in order of importance:
Vs Secret Paladin (favored) - Doomsayer, Reno, Chow, Gang Boss, Hellfire, Demonwrath, MCT, Implosion, Bomb, Molten, Peddler.
Vs Druid (unfavored) - Drake, Chow, Doomsayer, Bomb, Gang Boss, Peddler, Reno, Shredder.
Vs Zoolock (slightly favored) - Reno, MCT, Chow, Hellfire, Gang Boss, Implosion, Bomb, Owl, Molten.
Vs Renolock (unfavored vs otk version) - Emperor, Drake, Shredder, Gang Boss, Owl, Chow, Peddler.
Vs Tempo Mage (slightly favored) - Reno, Chow, Bomb, Molten, Doomsayer, Hellfire, Gang Boss, Implosion, MCT, Peddler.
Vs Freeze Mage (even) - Owl, Emperor, Drake, Chow, Shredder, Loatheb, Peddler, Gang Boss.
Vs Control Warrior (favored) - Drake, Shredder, Loatheb, Emperor, Vendor.
Vs Aggro Shaman (slightly favored) - Reno, Doomsayer, Chow, Bomb, Gang Boss, Hellfire, Coil, Peddler.
Vs Rogue (slightly unfavored) - Drake, Reno, Loatheb, Chow, Gang Boss, Shredder, Emperor, Doomsayer.
Vs Priest (favored) - Drake, Doomsayer, Shredder, Bomb, Loatheb, Jaraxxus, Emperor, Owl.
Vs Face/Hybrid Hunter (slightly favored) - Reno, Chow, Coil, Doomsayer, Owl, Peddler, Gang Boss, Molten, Bomb.
So, that's all, folks. I hope you enjoy this deck as I do if you decide to give it a try.
Thanks for your attention!
Doomsayer is usually an amazing early drop against many decks like Secret Paladin, Face shaman, Hunter, Priest and sometimes Tempo Mage and Druid. Those decks often can't deal with Doomsayer early on, so that you're not only cleaning the board but also blocking his next turn, which is often game-changing for itself.
On the other hand, don't be afraid if your Doom gets killed, you'll be saving 7-8 health for 2 mana which is completely fine, plus the fact that the opponent usually will have to use a spell or something else to help in removing it, so the trade is even better. Later in the game, you might use it on empty board, or with small stuff on both sides just as preventive play. The opponent will want to remove it instead losing his entire turn and 7 health is always hard to deal with.
Substituted doomsayer and sunfury for power overwhelming (my favourite thing to use with sylvanas) and Brann, still only played 2 games and went 1-1. Was running the stalagg-feugen deck, but felt the needs to put in more aoe via Twisting Nether. Facing mostly zoolock/paladins (secret/mid), druids, freeze mages. Still figuring if this deck will be better then stalagg-feugen against current meta.
Solid and fun deck. Played 10 games at rank 5 so far, went 5-5. Lost twice vs anyfin pala and 3x vs zoo.
Fine change if you think you need the Ooze, but I don't feel it is necessary for ladder. Most of the time you're facing Zoolock/Tempo Mage/Druid/Paladin and Ooze doesn't help here, not even against Paladin.
how you deal anyfing paladin?
Anyfin Paladin is not what you want to see, fortunately it has fallen out of fashion lately.
That said, you want to pressure the Paladin, try to force an early equality, so that your taunts will be better later. Mulligan for strong minions if you know what he is, try to play a big Loatheb and save your taunts for when you need them. Sometimes you can fatigue him in this way.
Hopefully there will be good replacements for darkbomb and implosion when the new expansion comes out.
jaraxxus replacements?
Elise Starseeker is probably the closest thing. Not as reliable as Jaraxxus against Priest and control Warrior, but good choice all-around. You can also try Ragnaros if there's a lot of Druid and you're not particularly concerned about control decks.
Is this any better than strifecros list?
If you're using Brann you might as well just run Abusive Sergeant > Power Overwhelming, it does the same thing as PO for you in most cases but better.
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Demonwrath & Imp gang boss replacements? :C
I'd go with Brann and more early game stuff like Flame Juggler to make up for lacking Demonwrath. Soulfire is another good choice.