[WoG] Elemental MidRange Shaman
- Last updated May 18, 2016 (Old Gods)
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Wild
- 20 Minions
- 8 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Midrange Shaman
- Crafting Cost: 6740
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 5/14/2016 (Old Gods)
- Arkimedess
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Battle Tag:
Arkimedes#1267
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Total Deck Rating
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Here's a interesting build I've playing around. I love some cards like Earth Elemental and unfortunatelly they got forgotten because others cards and silence/hard removal. Current I think it's good against aggro decks and others midrange decks. Just use Eternal Sentinel to solve the problem of Overload and get a good 7/8 Body with taunt.
The deck has many things and combos. Ragnaros for late game, and many cards for early/midrange game. So you like it, give a +1! Thanks for the support and let's make old cards playable again. :)
-Short Mulligan Guide:
Mulligan for your early game drops, such as Tunnel Trogg and Totem Golem and consider keeping Rockbiter Weapon against aggro. If you have the coin consider keeping Feral Spirit and Tuskarr Totemic or Lightning Storm against aggro decks.
Try to play your minions on curve, always paying attention to their overload. Use Eternal Sentinel smart to allow better on-curve plays.
-Replacements:
I think a good addition to the deck could be Elemental Destruction. The sinergy with our shaman legendary Hallazeal the Ascended is great, especially in matchs where you need life to survive, such as Freeze Mage or aggro. I don't have it, so I don't know how it goes. If you try, please tell me, so I can know how it works. :)
Elemental Destruction: You can try Flame Juggler in its place.
-Sample of the deck in action:
-After Hallazeal+AoE Combo:
Thanks for view! :)
I went ahead and synced my decks to HearthStats. You can follow that link to see my stats for this deck, and it's various iterations.
For the record, the differences between my latest tweak and yours is:
-1 Feral Spirit
-2 Azure Drake
-1 Doomhammer
-1 Ragnaros the Firelord
+1 Lightning Bolt
+1 Ancestral Knowledge
+1 Flametongue Totem
+1 Mana Tide Totem
+1 Bloodlust
I feel that Rag and Bloodlust are fairly interchangeable, so it could be a replacement suggestion. I haven't really been missing Doomhammer in this deck as much as I thought I would. The Lightning Bolt and Flametongue Totem help with board control, while I went Ancestral Knowledge/Mana Tide Totem for the potential for more card draw, which the deck needs to get to both the win condition (Bloodlust with a board) and comeback (Hallazeal the Ascended + Lightning Storm/Elemental Destruction).
So far, the matchup against Miracle Rogue and Midrange Hunter is highly favorable (66% and 80% winrate respectively), though Midrange Shaman is pretty unfavorable (33%).
The deck suffers a bit of a consistency problem; when it draws the dream it's golden, but it can flounder too. I'm still working out whether it's worth to keep Eternal Sentinel if you don't have any other 2-drop in your opening hand. That early game remains important in every Shaman deck these days.
So after more playtesting, I've found Bloodlust is a fantastic addition to this deck. It's a critical win condition, as before I often found I had a board mid to late game, but no burst potential. I'm also testing an extra Rockbiter Weapon, which is working out well too.
So far I've improved my matchup vs Paladin from 0-3 to 2-0, and 0-2 vs Rogue to 1-1. Not a huge sample size, but it's a start. I can gather more stats during the week.
It's nice to know! Thanks for test this. I like the Bloodlust ideia... So which cards do you think is better to "cut out" for this card? :)
Since I don't have Elemental Destruction, I'm using a Flame Juggler in its place, and it's working very good in the early game :)
Why Hammer of Twilight over second Doomhammer ?
It's not a aggro or face deck. It's most midrange and control, so I picked up Hammer of Twilight (The non-overload is good too). Also I think it's a nice and fun weapon to play with and the elemental it summons fits with our deck theme "Elemental Shaman" :)
But if you prefer can play a second Doomhammer in its place. Tell me how it goes :)
Nice deck! :)
Thanks! Glad you like :)
Really neat idea for a deck! I've played around with it in Casual and it did amazingly. Gonna try it out on ladder later (only at rank 12, haven't had much of a chance to ladder this month yet).
Hi! Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you're enjoying the deck. Current I'm playing with it at rank 5 on NA. It's going well :)
So after 20 games I had a 45% win rate with this deck on ladder. Part of that could be inexperience, but I took your advice and put in a single Elemental Destruction (swapped with Master of Evolution, which felt like a dead card most of the time). I only played 3 games with the new version, but I won all three, and twice I was saved by Hallazeal the Ascended + Elemental Destruction (once against a Bloodlust Shaman, the other against Reno Freeze Mage).
Despite the small sample size, I feel that change made the deck stronger, given those would have been losses without the reset + heal otherwise.
It looks cool! Thanks for test this. Your change with Master of Evolution is perfectly viable, because I too think it's a dead card many times. Maybe I'll replace it with more useful cards, like the Elemental Destruction, as you did. :)
The combo with Hallazeal the Ascended + Elemental Destruction looks really effective! Thanks once again. If you have more suggestions, just say. What was the most hard matchups to you?
Sorry for my english... It isn't my native language :)
Thanks for the reply! Your english is fine :)
Right now my weakest matchups are Rogue and Mage. I'm playtesting -1 Feral Spirit, -1 Lightning Storm in favor of +1 Bloodlust, +1 Rockbiter Weapon to give the deck some burst.
In the meantime, I'm curious about your mulligan choices. Currently I just look for Tunnel Trogg and Totem Golem, occasionally keeping a Rockbiter Weapon for early removal or Feral Spirit with coin. Have you had any success with other choices?