[Nuba]Legendary Shaman Midrange
- Last updated May 26, 2014 (Live Patch 5435)
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Wild
- 17 Minions
- 12 Spells
- 1 Weapon
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 4560
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/18/2014 (Live Patch 5170)
- Nuba
- Deck Architect
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Battle Tag:
N/A
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Region:
US
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Total Deck Rating
647
Update 05/16/2014: Updating this list to the one I am currently using to grind to legend in Season 2!
The changes I made are meta changes, Bloodlust became a liability with the new meta and usually a dead card in your hand, so I took it out and put an Al'Akir instead because its a more realiable "finisher" on this specific scenario! I also had to remove The Black Knight to add an Acidic Swamp Ooze because I did not want to remove any other card, also TBK became a weaker card in this meta game compared to the old season one's meta!
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Hello everybody, this is a guide to my newest Legendary deck: The Shaman Midrange.
When I first made this deck, 2 days ago, I thought to make a deck fit for the meta, because 2 days ago there were no hunters rampaging the high ranks, in fact I did not think about hunters at all, my main focus was beating Zoo and Warrior, therefore the option to play Shaman seemed obvious for me
Thinking on this, I started developing a deck to actually beat the decks to beat Zoo, such as Warrior Control, Druids new variants (one of them, I proudly introduced to the meta myself: the ramp), and other decks.
So shaman was not that bad against those decks, but there was something lacking, I instantly took my old list from 3 months ago, and fixed it a bit.
Cards that did not make the cut and why:
Leeroy Jenkins: This card has the same function of Windfury: its a combo card. I did not like any combo cards in my deck because I thought of them to be clunky and not to work 100% of the times, I did not want that.
Wild Pyromancer: same thing about Leeroy and windfury, they are combo cards, I wasnt expecting to need combos to win vs Zoo, because shaman without the combos themselves is already strong enough to hold its ground against Zoo.
Al'Akir the Windlord: I never liked this card, 8 manas for a Force of Nature isnt something I would like to have in my deck, therefore I discarded this option without even thinking on it.
Doomhammer: well....
The funny factor, is that this deck is actually strong against this new variant of Hunter Control that is hovering the meta game.
Another tip, that I also did it myself, is as soon as you hit the Rank 3-2 range, switch The Black Knight for Cairne Bloodhoof because, unfortunently, from ranks 3 to 1, there is absolutely NO Druid or Zoo.
Basically? This is a standard Midrange Shaman, made to not play any combos so you can always trust on it, and have some small techs such as TBK, that in matches like Zoo are just a 3rd Fire Elemental(it will always kill something, sometimes even a shielded Doomguard which is delicious), and in matches like Druid theyre all-star.
Oh, and talking about this new "horrible" hunter meta, have you ever killed a Hunter as a shaman by FATIGUE? I have :D:D More than once actually :D
If you like it, dont forget to upvote it so more people see and the meta becomes more diverse!
PS: Oh, and if these words were not enough, here is a gameplay sample I took from my twitch while I was ranking up:
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Some tips:
Against control or midranges (that are not shaman) never EVER put your fire elementals close to either Flametongue or Defender of Argus, THEY ARE NOT FRIENDS!! they hate each other, unless you are going for the kill, doing that usually will make their, in the other hand useless, Big Game Hunter useful.
Against Hunters always think that your totems are situational, dont spam them. only cast them if you need that totem, because as many might have said before me: they buff UTH. Ofc you can start spamming those after your oponent casted both his UTHs, but before? dont.
Be calm, watch for your trades and your resources, dont feel afraid to Bloodlust down a threat your oponent has if you have no other answer to it, dont let that Ragnaros or that Ysera take control of the table just because you dont have Hex, and be careful whenever youre using your spells.
This is not a X-tard deck, so it will require your skill to be played, I think this is the biggest reason Shaman is one of the least played classes in the ladder and hunter is the most one.
Troll, I take it.
Priest - who the fuck runs priest?
paladin: easy match, even against control. hunter: their minions suck, how the hell are you suposed to get outtraded? most likely your plays are just wrong. mage: another easy match, "new frozen deck" you mean the old, nerfed, and almost never used, frozen giants deck? lol. the aggro is match is "ok". warlock: both matches are ok, as long as you know how to play them. Druid: you having problems with ramp as a shaman? are you serious? Shaman: its not 50-50, its skill vs skill. Sorry. Rogue: RNG on their combo centric decks affects all classes not only shaman. Warrior: another easy game, at least you know this.
This is a legendary-level deck, but its also a hard-difficult level deck to be played. Given you are not trolling, you are just not ready to play this deck as of yet, since anything can leave rank 15 if played well currently.
This Nuba guy might be right but isn't that sad that a ''legendary'' player being high and mighty and acting like a troll to bash people who have different opinion?
Or maybe he is not ready to post his voice on the internet for some reasons...
Liked the idea of putting Blood Knight. Gonna try it. Thanks.
Fricking loving Blood Knight. Works so well, especially since Argent Squire is being used often in this meta.
is that hearthable site a scam? Just paid 5 dollars to see what it was all about and I can't even log in to view any of the articles even though the money has been taken out of my account.
For anyone interested, the list I am currently using for THIS specific meta is:
- TBK, - Bloodlust, + Al'Akir, + Acidic Swamp Ooze!
I can beat everything but warrior with this :)
This deck takes a lot of thought. I really like it so far
you reckon I could swap bloodmage for leeroy?
Wonderfull, love it. Put in an imp-master, loving that 2 >:)
Think this deck is screaming for Leeroy Jenkins, especially by the presence of 2x Defender of Argus, giving you a big chance of attacking again with Leeroy and winning faster.
Is there a recommended way to play this against Handlocks? I'm getting eaten up by them on the ladder with this deck.
Why am I losing so much? I'm not understanding how to play this efficiently.
Just watch his video.
I went from 19 to 8 with this deck and am still winning.
"unfortunently, from ranks 3 to 1, there is absolutely NO Druid or Zoo."
Are you serious ? :( I spent all my dust on druid decks (( Not even token ? or ramp ?
I dropped to 10 with my druid, tried every druid deck on this site, got all the important cards/legendaries, cant get higher than 8 im going mad !
This article was written about a month ago, lol.
Just a question. Not being a asshole but why suggest "Bloodmage Thalnos should be replaced for Wild Pyromancer" when i think Kobold Geomancer would b like the same and its a 2/2 without the draw card on death?
P.S. Please Teach how to make it when u say the name of the card and when u hover your mouse over it, u can see the pic :X thanks alot :D
The answer is simple. Wild Pyromancer has more board control, also he's 3/2 for 2 mana. Kobold Geomancer only give you spell damage +1 '-'
You need to realize that the choice for WP is more for boad control, and how the focus is on ZooLocks, you can spend 6 damage in attacks or 2 damage in ALL minions with his spell wich is a great thing because you can kill almost all early game cards.
Love this deck - needed a shaman deck to do a quest and decided to run on ranked because I wasn't very high yet this season. Went 5-0 and finished the quest, decided to stick with it. Currently sitting on rank 9 after going 10-0.