Hunting Heroic Sapphiron
- Last updated Jul 2, 2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Wild
- 9 Minions
- 19 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: PvE Adventure
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Boss: Sapphiron
- Crafting Cost: 2420
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 8/20/2014 (Naxx Launch)
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Battle Tag:
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Hello!
I used this deck to defeat heroic Sapphiron, there is really not too much to it. On heroic, you have no Frozen Champion for your dudes to hide behind, which results in the boss wiping your board at the start of his every turn, so the only minions included in the deck are the parts of the Unleash combo, Mad Scientist to bring out more traps, Nerubian Egg is 4 damage for 2 mana against the boss, which is alright.
Use your hero power often, but do not let the boss overwhelm you on board. Mind the Skeletal Smith if you have or you are about to play your Eaglehorn Bow. When the enemy minions are becoming too much of a threat, you can abuse the Necroknight drawback to regain control - and to kill annoying minions such as the Spectral Knight. Hunter's Mark goes a long way in this regard.
Save your UtH combo cards - Starving Buzzard, Unleash the Hounds, Timber Wolf - for when you can get good value and good damage to the face. You should be aiming to gnaw at the boss for a bit with your hero power and bow, manage the board, then go for the kill in two large bursts over two turns - UtH + Wolf, UtH + Wolf + Leeroy, 2x Kill Command and such.
Misdirection felt like *the* MVP here - don't place it blindly if you have the choice. It can save you a ton of life and cripple their board, or at least get you closer to the kill range.
Another good thing about traps is that Sapphiron always plays his minions before he attacks, from what I've seen, so those Explosives will be juicy.
Mind that the boss also has Pure Cold in it's deck in addition to the less threatening Frostbolt and try not to get caught with your pants down when planning trap placement or trading your hounds.
If you have no Leeroy Jenkins, you can replace it with an Arcane Golem for example, it'll still be a viable deck! You can even run the Golem instead of the Explosive Shot if you are feeling kinky or just don't have this less-used rare.
Good luck, hopefully you find this decklist helpful on your way to the Naxx card back!
- Sisyfos
P.S. Contents of the Sapphiron Heroic deck, according to Beonitas. Thank you for the contribution!
For anyone wondering what to face in Sapphiron's Deck, here the Decklist (I brought him to Fatigue with a Weapon/Spell-Warrior, so the entire deck was seen):
3 x Mana Wyrm
3 x Faerie Dragon
2 x Frostbolt
3 x Loot Hoarder
2 x Dancing Swords
2 x Skeletal Smith
3 x Necroknight
2 x Azure Drake
2 x Pure Cold
3 x Spectral Knight
2 x Blizzard
Please upvote so that everybody knows!
PS: Maybe it could also be included in the Guide itself?!
P.P.S. A video of the deck in action by Kizaru1, thanks!
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Thank you all for the wonderful support, I didn't dare to imagine this would become so popular. It's great to see I've hopefully helped all you nice people, very motivating.
Thanks a bunch! Great guide
This was the most fun Heroic deck I've had the pleasure to play... Replaced Buzzards with Raid Leaders and kept Leeroy
Took me 3 attempts, I had the strategy all wrong. However, after watching your video, I got him the next match! Thanks for sharing the deck, and make sure to WATCH the video.
Im doing Heroic Sapphiron just now, and this deck seems outdated because all of the Buzzard / Leeroy nerfs, so i cant win sapphiron. any ideas for replacements?
I replaced both Buzzards with Raid Leader and Leeroy with Abomination. I won immediately after that.
Thanks for this deck! Since I don't like Tracking I replaced it with another Explosive Shot and King Krush. On my successful round, I actually "krushed" him ;-) If anyone is interested in seeing the final move, feel free to do so (Sorry, I was playing on the iPad in German):
Killed him first try, thanks so much. I tried freeze mage, priest, Warrior. Nothing else worked. :D
I don't have the second misdirection but i managed to finish him off, Thanks for a great deck!
It took a blessing from RNGesus, but when I finally beat him, it was an absolute melting. +1
Got it on my second try. Thanks for the great deck!
Made an account to share that i beat sapphiron first try with this deck, if you dont have leeroy like me, arcane golem works fine as well, as said in the guide. Just focus on maintaining board control with your removal/secrets and whittle away at his health with your hero power, weapons and the minions that stick on the board. Best of luck, and thanks again for the deck!
thank you so much man, with every other deck i couldn't even come close to beating him but this one worked on the first try
Beat it first try! I was down to one life, but I still swung it. Leeroy + Timber wolf + RtH + Hero Power... I felt defeated until I realized I barely won. You're a saint, my friend!
Gonna give it a try - just a little bummed that your video (P.P.S. A video of the deck in action by Kizaru1, thanks!) posted with this "hunter" deck is NOT the Hunter deck referenced, but a Mage - so it didn't help me figure out how to mulligan or see the flow of the combo's you talked about... but wth... gonna try it anyway. I'll respond with results later.
omfg ty so much.... took me i think 2 or 3 trys for the card draw.... but it took me over an HOUR with druid and mainly mage... which didn't get me anywhere.... you just gotta hit for the face and use the traps to hold off his dudes... and pray for UTH and timber wolf with buzzard to help wit card draw in the end... i won on my last draw but THANK YOU.... FUCK YOU SAPPHIRON!!!
1st time, thanks.
Excellent deck!! I won in my first try!! Thanks man :D
My first post has to be a big THANK YOU! Great deck! I was missing a couple of pieces with my own build but took down Sapphiron on my first try with this deck.
Holy poop. I beat him on second try with 1 hp left and a freezing trap up. I never thought I would kill this guy hahah thank you!.
Long and hard. Requires a lot of luck but it is doable.