Rank 5 Priest for Non-PROS
- Last updated Jul 6, 2016 (Old Gods)
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Wild
- 20 Minions
- 10 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: C'Thun Priest
- Crafting Cost: 5520
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 5/23/2016 (Old Gods)
- shock191919
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Hello everyone!
I'm Shock19. Pleased to meet you! Let me apologize in advance: English is not my native language.. but i'm gonna try, allright?
So, we made it to deck spotlight, and i don't think anyone could have described this deck in a better way. So i'm just gonna copy-paste the description from the hearthpwn editors themselves, and answer the main question: What is this deck all about?
* Build up your C'Thun, get some cool stuff from Museum Curator;
* Soak up damage you've taken viaTwilight Darkmender or protect via Twin Emperor Vek'lor;
* If they aren't dead, build your board again via N'Zoth, the Corruptor!
If you are a really good player this probably will feel underwhelming to you; But if you are an average player like me, looking for that Rank 5 chest, you've got to the right place!
Lots of players are commenting they are reaching Rank 5 with this list, and i'm very proud of that! Keep it going guys!
Videos i made on the Deck:
Guide video with Strategy talk:
(There are also more videos on our youtube channel! Drop by if you liked those above!)
Also, kiwiinbacon was kind enough to make a video showcasing the deck! Here it is:
Update: We also got Khristophesaurus absolutely wrecking with the deck at Rank 2!
Deck updates in the long run (after testing + community suggestions):
-1 Holy Nova; +1 Shadow Word: Pain;
-1 Twilight Elder; +1 Brann Bronzebeard
-2 Hooded Acolyte;+2 Shifting Shade
Possible tech for shamans / weapon classes: Including Harrison Jones works fine (suggested by tevildo & others)!
--- Mulligan & Strategy Tips ---
Oh, and here is a very basic Mulligan Guide & Some Class-Specific tips against aggro decks & mirror matches as requested! I'll do a complete one as soon as i get more free time in my hands!
Against Priest: Look for Museum Curator, Beckoner of Evil, Shadow Word: Pain, Northshire Cleric, Power Word: Shield. Twilight Elder can be kept with coin.
* Usually, don't drop Nortshire Cleric @ turn1. Save if until you can draw some cards out of her. You don't desperately need board presence on the start since this is a rather slow match.
* Normally save SW:Pain for cards like Auchenai & Cleric. Using it on minions like Beckoner of Evil and such is usually a waste.
* Saving PW:Shield to play before trading is 1000% better then just playing it to buff a minion that can't attack yet.
* When you get a good board presence (and that ofter happens when you drop the Twins, usually switch to face. Priests does not have good options to remove 4 attack minions (obviously) and the Twins are golden to force him into bad trades. Take that opportunity to start dropping big threats and push for lethal. I've won MANY games @ turns 8/9 in mirror matches.
Shamans/Zoo/Hunters/Other Aggro Decks: Look for Museum Curator, Beckoner of Evil, Shadow Word: Pain. It's not wrong to keep a copy of Excavated Evil. Also keep Disciple of C'Thun. If you have two C'thun buffing minions, Twilight Darkmender is also a good keep!
* Try to use the Museum Curator to guarantee you have a drop for every turn. It's ok to pass on a Sylvannas for a weak minion to correct your curve in case of a bad mulligan.
* Normally save SW:Pain for important cards like Flametongue totem, Mana Tide totem, Totem golem, Trogg, Imp Gang Boss, Leokk.Carrion Grub HAVE to be removed ASAP! If a hunter gets to buff him with Houndmaster we are at sadtown. Don't waste SW:Pain on things like Spirit Wolves, Flame juggler and less threatening minions just for tempo. It is your key to bypass taunts and kill minions with a lot of health.
* At start focus on having board presence. Don't focus much on card draw and using hero power to heal yourself. It's ok to fall down to like 20 hp if you can heal minions to dominate the board.
* Don't be trying to extract +10 healing from Twilight Darkmender everytime. This is a huge mistake. Board presence is KING! It's perfectly fine a T5 with Twilight Darkmender to heal for +4 and board presence. I can't stress this enough: If you don't have other STRONG minion to play, don't save the Darkmenders for healing. Just play her for board presence. Remember they will have to deal with her, wich saves you time, and the late game is absolutely yours.
* Other mistake you should avoid is deciding to heal a Beckoner of Evil instead of playing a Twilight Elder. Develop your board at all times. Take advantage of drawing well. This is NOT a control matchup. Save the healing for when you run out of good options to play!
* Don't be too sad if you lose to a hunter who had both copies of Call of The Wild @ turn 8 + 9. It's just such a strong card lol. Most of the time you can only handle that much pressure if you draw Twin Emperor before he plays CotW.
Well guys that is it for today. I really hope i have helped a bit with those matches. If you want any more info be sure to post on the comments and i'll update this guide asap!
Thanks again for the amazing feedback! It's been awesome!
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bloody hearthstone, fucken ben - thanks
pretty consistent deck. However, i've seemed to get trampled by dragon priests (ones with ysera and nzoth)
Yeah Dragon Priest is a HUGE problem for us. Unfortunately.
Warrior matchup is actually good. But im right now working on a totally new deck to improve winrate against aggro and midrange. I dont think its that easy to solve the aggro swarm meta, but we can try.
Lol dw bro, I dropped from rank 15 to rank 20 playing this deck
I played 13 games within the last hour starting at rank 16 and went 10-3.
PRetty nice! Keep it up man!
I've been actually trying a new version with 2x excavated and 2x auch + circle to improve that matchups. Still no big enough sample size to say if its working tho.
Please do update us on that deck. Just looking at the decklist i dont even want to try it because it doesnt run combo and pyro, you wont have a chance against zoo and shaman, and theyre everything you see on ladder nowadays
I'll post it once i get a reasonable rank with it. I'm right now sitting at rank 13 and climbing, but i still feel like i need a bigger sample (sometimes you get great winstreaks and i that inflates your winrate, but you've got to know that it's not sustainable).
And contrary to your own belief, i'm not here to post "decks with clickbait titles to get all the votes", i actually want to help people climb the ladder.
But i'm sure posting as soon as i get time to play more games. Don't worry.
Wish you all the best.
can i put a Cairne bloodhoof on this deck? which card should i delete or?
He is not really needed as we already have enough value, but its a good card. Remove a C'thun's chosen!
More testing... Over 50 games with this deck, still at a 40% win rate with this deck, dropped down to rank 18 with 0 stars.
This deck get crushed by Zoo, shaman, aggro pally, etc
Aggro is a problem indeed, but 40% winrate is kinda low @ rank 18. Sorry about that it happened to you tho.
Deck is also getting crushed by freeze mage, you have 0 chance. Down to almost rank 20 now.
And before you say im bad at hearthstone I was legend before back when I used to play
Obrigado rapaz, esse deck e' show! Jogo Priest bastante, e finalmente encontrei o deck que tem balanca nesse meta. Gostei!
Que bom que gostou! Abraços!!
hey man can you add me to watch me play a game or two? thanks
sent you btag on pm!
Just played a Reno Control Rogue. He played a Reno when I had him down at about 10 health, He shadow stepped it right away (2 renos), Next time I knocked him down low I used my second Excavated Evil, but unfortunately he drew the first one i had played and still got his reno off, and then Shadow-caster with Brann to it the next turn. (4 renos). I was able to hold out to the fatigue phase though, clear his board and my last card was Twighlight Darkmender, I returned to full health and won :D (Only did what... 150 damage to the poor chap)