Dragon Warrior [LEGEND 79% Winrate]
- Last updated Mar 26, 2017 (Aggro Downfall)
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Wild
- 26 Minions
- 2 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Dragon Warrior
- Crafting Cost: 8120
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 3/16/2017 (Aggro Downfall)
- Synpoozy
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Battle Tag:
Syn#1690
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Region:
US
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Total Deck Rating
354
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DECK STATS
(Complete stats from rank 4)
(Stats from strictly rank 3 to Legend+)
ABOUT ME
I'm a multi-time Legend player and a 2800+ Gladiator Holy Paladin in WoW. Recently returned (in January) to Hearthstone after a giant break (about 2 years I think, stopped a bit after BrM was released and patron warrior was destroying everybody). I'll be streaming a lot of Hearthstone, Wow, and other card games such as Faeria and TES:L so if you're interested in that, check my stream out at http://twitch.tv/synpoo
VOD OF RANK 3 TO LEGEND
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/129022662
GENERAL TIPS
- Dragon warrior is basically the definition of "curvestone". Focus on using mana efficiently.
- Faerie Dragon is primarily in the deck as a low-cost activator, try to avoid playing it on curve unless you really need the pressure.
- Against aggro decks you should be aiming to clear the board instead of developing and focus on starving them of resources. You can out value them easily.
MULLIGAN/MATCHUP GUIDE
GENERAL
Fiery War Axe, N'Zoth's First Mate, Sir Finley Mrrgglton. Alexstrasza's Champion are always instant keeps. Keep Southsea Deckhand if you have no 1-drop (NFM), and keep Twilight Guardian when on the coin or if you have a good curve (2 and 3 drop in hand). If you have two Alexstrasza's Champion in hand, keep a dragon as well. Keep one 3-drop off the coin, keep two on the coin.
About Sir Finley Mrrgglton:
Mage/Hunter > Druid > Everything else
Warlock depends, most of the time you shouldn't take it against aggro decks, it's almost always the pick against control though.
DRUID
Favoured: Look to keep a 3-drop, either Frothing Berserker or a Fierce Monkey, even Ravaging Ghoul works well against turn 1 Living Roots if you don't have the NFM to counter it. Look to out-tempo them and keep jamming minions onto the board and force them to keep removing minions. Look for valuable trades but when their jades start ramping really high you have to go face, you'll never win the value war late-game against druid. Holding a weapon charge to get through Ancient of War with Execute is very important here.
RENOMAGE
Favoured: They aren't able to deal with the constant amount of threats coming out of your hand. Keep flooding the board while playing around key AoE like Volcanic Potion. Setup a post-reno board, and you should be able to win very easily even after Reno Jackson hits. Drakonid Crusher is MVP here for baiting removal in preparation Ragnaros the Firelord. Go face a lot.
Didn't play a single tempo mage so I can't give tips against that.
PRIEST
Slightly Unfavoured: Pretty hard to out value them. Play around Kabal Talonpriest in the early game and Dragonfire Potion as best as possible. Hit face a lot when it gets to the mid-late game.
ROGUE
Slightly Favoured: Decent matchup for us as rogue runs little taunts (occasionally 1 Defender of Argus) and no heal. Play around Backstab and look to use Execute on a big Edwin VanCleef. Miracle feels a bit harder than Aggro rogue does just because Sap becomes a problem, and we have no way of interacting with Conceal.
SHAMAN
Favoured: Keep a 3 drop and look to coin it on turn 2 to play around Jade Lightning. Maelstrom Portal is ineffective against our minions most of the time so be wary of getting blown out by Lightning Storm. Flood the board after they used one AoE. Blackwing Corruptor is a valuable card for dealing with Flametongue Totem protected by taunts.
RENOLOCK
Favoured: The only effective AoE in the early-mid game they have is Shadowflame, Hellfire / Abyssal Enforcer and Demonwrath don't deal with our mid-game threats. Play around Shadowflame as much as possible while setting up lethal and activating your Drakonid Crusher.
WARRIOR
Favoured: Ravaging Ghoul absolutely crushes pirate warrior. A lot of the time it's correct to hold your 1-drop pirate to clear their 1 health pirates with ghoul instead. Remove pirates at all cost and then stabilize behind a wall of taunts; they'll never get through the plethora of taunt minions in this deck.
ENJOY! <3
Hey guys!
I decided to try out going for legend once again in this season. I have been playing a different version of dragon warrior this season and it worked out for me quite good so I decided to try out another one :)
I made a video of climbing through the ladder, in the first game I am versus a aggro jade shaman with no best opening hand but I managed to do it anyway. Second game is versus aggressive zoo / discard / demon warlock with interesting inclusion of pit lord heh. Not easy match as well, but I won anyway even with a small missplay with frothing.
I hope you can enjoy the video! If you want to support me somehow consider subscribing to my channel or liking the video! Thanks =)
See you!
God, I'll miss this deck.
Love this deck! Went from 20 to 19 and a half so far. see you at legend boys.
holy shit that progress is insane
easy to climb
How to beat zoolock with this?
I'm using Acidic Swamp Ooze instead of Faerie Dragon, it saved me some games against pirates, and didn't really miss the dragon synergy.
I HAVE THE ETERNAL MONGEKYOU SHARINGAN!
Signed up just to thank this deck! First time legend, never easy, made some changes
version 1: - southsea deck hand, - faerie dragon, + slam, + deathwing
version 2: - slam, + book wyrm
Definitely a good deck in this meta. Hit first time legend with it. Thanks for the deck. =)
Thank you, Syn! I finally did it with this deck. First time legend.
great deck! thanks!
WOW IT IS GREAT DECK
Really nice deck. I hit rank 5 with dragon priest. i wanted a fast deck that wasn't so curvestone that is dragon priest. this deck is a little curvy but a lot more versatile. thanks for sharing!
I've jumped between fairie dragon and deathwing. Deathwing has won me some games for sure. But fairie is good for druids i think, idk.
Either way, anyone have some advice for facing druids. I'm 25% against them. I'm up at rank 2 now, and its almost a guaranteed loss for me, aside from the games where i draw poorly, even when i curve out im still getting wrecked. I'm doing really well against renolock, pirate warrior and dragon priest. Lets be real, I only ever see those 4 decks anyways, 4th being jade druid, because pally and hunter and mage (according to my play history). Anyways, let me know how you guys deal with druids.
Got to legend with your deck matie!
Fantastic Deck. Climbed from 18-5 playing semi casually for the last week. Didn't track the winrate but it felt like around 65-70%. I think teching in Deathwing is an absolute must in this meta. I took out one of the ravaging ghouls for it and it definitely won me 3-5 games. It's critical tech to squeeze out extra wins against jade decks, especially druid. If you aren't able to rush them down early, you can wipe a huge board of jades right after they stabilize and if they aren't holding or already used mulch (or hex) they usually concede. Playing a N'Zoth's first mate on turn 1 probably increases the win percentage by 15-20% and also hides the deck type making ppl think it's pirate warrior.
fine for me heh
have been running the same decklist for Some time now, but cut out the ghouls, ragnaros, 1 monkey and the southsee for the Murloc Package.you miss Some AOE but you have much more burst potential. Not new but recommended! :-)
Thx op got legend for the first time today in wild with a 68% :DDD
Hello! I made an account just to comment. I had over 500 games this month with a variety of decks, got to rank 1 three times before falling back down to 3-4. This is the deck that I was finally able to break into legend for the first time with! 65% winrate from low 3 to legend. 31-17 total. I did replace the faerie with Deathwing however, just personal preference and it actually was the winning factor in two games.