#2 Legend NA Renolock Guide
- Last updated Feb 23, 2016 (Explorers)
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Wild
- 23 Minions
- 7 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 6840
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 2/23/2016 (Explorers)
- aaronkohzq
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Total Deck Rating
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Decklist: http://imgur.com/HEvp3ee http://imgur.com/6aIfH7w
Infographic: https://imgur.com/a5SAqrw
Proof: http://imgur.com/Nizdy7g http://imgur.com/zenF7ZM
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/475t2h/2_legend_na_renolock_guide/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/CompetitiveHS/comments/475r3m/2_legend_na_renolock_guide/
Hey guys, I'm Aaron from team ManaSurge, and this is my first time posting on Hearthpwn. I’m here to share my decklist as many people have been asking me for it and are curious about what I have been playing on ladder. I've used this deck to finish at #13 legend NA for the month of January and am currently sitting at #2 legend for almost a week now. I've also used this deck to achieve a 3rd place finish at WCA 2015 in December. Credit to Stancifka for making the original list, I've added Loatheb and Dark Peddler to improve the consistency of the deck against Druid, however I'd still suggest not playing this deck when there are alot of druids on ladder.
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Mulligan Guide
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Combo Druid: Bad matchup
You really want to curve out with minions and flood the board making it difficult for druid to recover the board.
Mulligan for:
Zombie Chow
Dark Peddler
Earthen Ring Farseer
Imp Gang Boss
Mind Control Tech
Piloted Shredder
Twilight drake
Feugen
Loatheb
Sludge Belcher
Emperor Thaurissan
Sylvanas Windrunner
Mulligan aggressively for 1-4 mana minions, only keep 5 and 6 mana minions if you already have 3 and 4 mana minions.
If you don’t have any 1-3 mana minions to keep, and there’s Hellfire, keep it as it can be good sometimes if Druid plays something like Shade into Shredder or Aspirant into Shredder.
If you notice that the Druid keeps 2-3 cards, you can consider keeping Mortal Coil for Living Roots if you are going 2nd and Dark Bomb for Aspirant, however many Druids have cut Aspirant from their lists.
Tempo Mage: Very good matchup.
Mulligan for:
Zombie Chow
Dark Bomb
Ironbeak Owl
Dark Peddler
Earthen Ring Farseer
Imp Gang Boss
Mind Control Tech
Hellfire
Twilight Drake
Loatheb
Reno Jackson
Freeze Mage: Good matchup.
Mulligan for:
Ironbeak Owl
Spellbreaker
Twilight Drake
Feugen
Stalagg
It's probably alright to keep 1-3 mana minions, but try to mulligan for the high priority cards.
Save silence for Frost Nova Doomsayer. If you can get Feugen and Stalagg both on the board at the same time, Frost Nova Doomsayer will give you 2 Thaddius.
Secret Paladin: Very good matchup.
Mulligan for:
Mortal Coil
Zombie Chow
Dark Bomb
Dark Peddler
Ironbeak Owl
Demonwrath
Earthern Ring Farseer
Imp Gang Boss
Mind Control Tech
Hellfire
Reno Jackson
Control Priest: Very good matchup.
Mulligan for:
Pilotted Shredder
Twilight Drake
Feugen
Loatheb
Emperor Thaurissan
Lord Jaraxxus
Keep Emperor Thaurissan if you already have 4 and 5 drops.
Also always keep Jaraxxus, the only way to lose against a Priest is if Deathlord pulls out Jaraxxus.
Tap as greedily as you can without getting punished, play Emperor when you have Jaraxxus in hand preferably. Do not play Sylvanas and the 2nd half of Feugen/Stalagg on the board, only use them in conjunction with Shadowflame to play around Entomb. Save taunts and outvalue priest in the late game with Jaraxxus.
Aggro Shaman: Slightly favored matchup even without Acidic Swarm Ooze.
Mulligan for:
Mortal Coil
Zombie Chow
Dark Bomb
Dark Peddler
Earthern Ring Farseer
Imp Gang Boss
Mind Control Tech
Hellfire
Healbot
Reno Jackson
Mulligan aggressively for early game and heals.
Zoo: Good matchup
Mulligan for:
Mortal Coil
Zombie Chow
Dark Bomb
Dark Peddler
Ironbeak Owl
Earthern Ring Farseer
Imp Gang Boss
Mind Control Tech
Hellfire
Twilight Drake
Reno Jackson
Patron Warrior: Very good matchup.
Mulligan for:
Dark Bomb
Ironbeak Owl
Spellbreaker
Hellfire
Pilotted Shredder
Twilight Drake
Mulligan aggressively for Hellfire. Keep Darkbomb, Ironbeak Owl, Spellbreaker for Acolyte of Pain. Keep Loatheb and Feugen if you already have Hellfire, a 4mana minion and a Silence/Dark bomb for Acolyte of Pain.
Control Warrior: Very good matchup usually as most people are playing Control Warrior incorrectly on ladder. But otherwise I don’t think it’s that good of a matchup against a top tier control warrior.
Mulligan for:
Pilotted Shredder
Twilight Drake
Feugen
Loatheb
Emperor Thaurissan
Keep Emperor Thaurissan if you already have a 4 and 5 mana minion. Tap as greedily as you can, play Emperor when you have Jaraxxus in hand preferably. Save taunts as much as possible for after you play Jaraxxus.
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Special thanks to Axure and Bjorn for the infographic!
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yay! 6/12
improvement! 10/14
thanx for guide, any replacement for demonwrath?
Thx for this deck !!!
My first Legendary month :D
I change Spellbreaker for Refreshmente Vendor, i think is better for agroo decks.
Really want to play Renolock but I am missing a few of the cards in this decklist. Namely: Demonwrath, Twisting Nether, Lord Jaraxxus, Mind Control Tech, and Sylvanas Windrunner. Is this deck viable without those cards or no?
I would say no - Jarraxus,twisting and demonwrath are core cards in this deck
MC tech and sylvanas are replaceable in my opinion
I just replaced Sylvanas for Elise because its pretty hard vs. Fatique Warriors
10-2 so far on Rank 7 atm
the best part of this deck is that u eat every single cancerdin for breakfast
Hey i want to make this deck but i don'town jaraxxus this may be a dumb question but its the only card i dont own and cant craft.
Can you write a mulligan guide for OTK paladin as well. I faced 4 of them in a row on ladder and brought my rank down back to 13.
Same
V interesting deck I'll be sure to check it out.
What do you think of playing clockwork gnome and or mechanical yeti for spare parts return to hand is crazy with reno and stealth with thaurisan
I don't think its worth it to include it in the deck just for the spare part, the spare part you get is random too anyways.
HI Aaron, i was playing renocombo lock which is very good and fun to play but with the combo i am pretty sure you loose important anti-aggro cards which is too common in the meta right now. YOurs is not as fragile as the combo lock and running an extra superminion 11-11 for the late game after the BgH passed away is very good. Are you gonna Stream by the way? thx Aaron for the deck
Yea, drop me a follow! Indeed it's better than Renocombolock vs aggro decks.
Nah, just took alot of time to write this guide, learning to format it on Reddit and responding to every question.
How are you winning games with slow cards like Sylvanas, siphorn and Jax when the meta is 85% aggro? I have a faster renolock list than you and can't get above rank 8. I have made legendary with renolock once before but this meta is broken aggro. I will try your deck, but from previous experience, those three cards are useless in the majority of matchups.
I really like to use explosive sheep against mirror image, muster for battle, implosions + with hellfire or demonwrath is a good aoe (sometimes I play it and use mortal coil on it to draw and kill stuff). But in this list I dont know what to replace for it