[EASY RANK 5] Midrange Hunter
- Last updated Sep 16, 2017 (Frozen Throne)
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Wild
- 19 Minions
- 9 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Midrange Hunter
- Crafting Cost: 1320
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 9/14/2017 (Frozen Throne)
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I was stuck at rank 11 for a while this month, than I decided to give the good old hunter a try and it went surpisingly good. In two days I climbed the ladder relatively easy and got rank 5. The deck went on a winning streak from rank 9 to 5 so I decided to share it with you, in case you are struggling to rank fast enough.
Unfortunately I got no tracker cause I mainly play on mobile, but I can assure you that i wrecked all kind of decks on my way to rank 5, if you want proof I can post a screenshot of my current rank or you can add me. Last encounters were almost all druids and some priests. Best matchups were mages and pirate warriors, 100% winrate against those two.
Mulligans
Be careful, cause sometimes you can overload your hand with 3-cost cards, always dig for your low cost minions
General:
Alleycat not more than one
Two-drops, especially [card]Scavenging Hyena[/card] if you have turn 1 Alleycat
On coin, a two drop followed by [card]Crackling Razormaw[/card] is a really good start
Specific:
[card]Golakka Crawler[/card] keep even two of those against Warrior, one against Druid and Shaman
[card]Deadly Shot[/card] against Druid (early Hydra for aggro, Doomsayer in some Jade lists), against Mage (Doomsayer)
[card]Eaglehorn Bow[/card]only if you already have 1-2 drops
Strategies
Get board control as soon as possible, try to play around boardclears a little. When you got decent board start pumping face damage. [card]Stitched Tracker[/card] and [card]Tracking [/card] are great late game cards, they are a bit clunky in the early stages of the game, so time those cards well. Scavenging Hyena+ Hounds combo is always good so try to make that work. If you have Bonemare in hand try to leave a sticky board on turn 6, or you could keep an alleycat and play the 2 cards on turn 8.
Against Druid try to not play too many small minions or they will punish you with Spreading Plague. Always think of the worst, play around turn 8 UI by making efficent trades with 5 health minions. An unanswered [card]Scavenging Hyena[/card] or [card]Tundra Rhino[/card] can win you games.
Against Priest play around Potion of Madness (the reason why I don't play Kindly Grandmother) and Dragonfire Potion (leave some sticky deathrattles on board). [card]Houndmaster[/card] on a 2-attack minion hurts them enough.
Against Mage, I only faced quest mages, always keep an answer to doomsayer in hand. Leave some space in you board to summon charge beasts (Huffer or Unleash the hounds). You want to go face as soon as possible, leave them at 1-2 health and then pop all those iceblocks with your heropower.
Against Warrior [card]Golakka Crawler[/card] is a must have. If you have 2 of them in hand, or if you already have good first and second turn options, try to save one golakka for high priority pirates (Southsea Captain, Naga Corsair or buffed pirates).
Good luck climbing bros!
P. P. S. English is not my native language so I don't speak it very well, I'm sorry about that
Here is a showcase video made by kiwiinbacon
can i add 2xCorridor Creeper instead of infeseted wolf ?
Yeah sure, the card is busted! Anyway now Aggro Hunter is doing fine on ladder, you can find some good lists here and there.
this deck looks very good and also fun to play, so finally i also get hunter wins! :D thumbs up for you! :)
As an experienced Hearthstone player, I will not recommend this deck.
GTFO with thsat shit deck. rank 5 my ass
I will try some more games otherwise I would change back to.this one .
I changed a few things I could come to 15 with it now a bit struggling with it.### Midrange Hunter
# Class: Hunter
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Mammoth
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# 2x (1) Alleycat
# 1x (1) Tracking
# 2x (2) Crackling Razormaw
# 1x (2) Golakka Crawler
# 1x (2) Loot Hoarder
# 2x (2) Scavenging Hyena
# 2x (3) Animal Companion
# 1x (3) Bearshark
# 1x (3) Deadly Shot
# 2x (3) Eaglehorn Bow
# 2x (3) Kill Command
# 2x (3) Stitched Tracker
# 2x (3) Unleash the Hounds
# 2x (4) Houndmaster
# 1x (4) Infested Wolf
# 1x (4) Spellbreaker
# 1x (5) Tundra Rhino
# 2x (6) Savannah Highmane
# 2x (7) Bonemare
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# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone
idk if its a good idea to replce tracking with hunters mark?
Tracking helps you finding the right card at the right moment, hunter's Mark is not so good cause you need to trade anyway
what do you think about DK in this deck ?
I already answered that question in the previous comments. It can help in some matchups and hinder you in others. If you want a card to sub out i would take out a bonemare
Decks like this are still garbage even against nerfed jade
Noob here. What's the use of Tracking? Can I replace it with Hungry Crabs?
Tracking is one of the best cards in the game (although the class it's in isn't as great). It basically allows 2 things:
1- Choosing (from your deck) the best card that fits your current requirements. Said card could mean, board control or face damage: a turn-table unleash the hounds or a game-winning kill command. That's why you don't often use Tracking on 1, but instead use it as the game moves on and you are low on cards.
2- Thinning out your deck. By choosing a specific card, you get rid of the other 2, by doing so your deck is going to put out better or more consistent draws (Hopefully; unless you get to choose between 2 Highmanes and a Bonemare; in which case RNGJesus).
Ahh, thanks for the explanation. I really thought it was a tempo card that just discarded key cards in your deck (lol).
I went from rank 8 to 5 with no losses. I peaked at rank 3. All I face is Tempo rogue and Evolve shaman. With an occasional priest. Any advice on how to increase my odds of winning against rogue or shaman without playing something completely different?
Shaman is one of your worst matchup. I played solo Shaman last season and I loved seeing Hunter as I won every game against them. You have to get board control and keep their board clear. IF you can do that you have a small chance. But Dopplegangster \ Evolve on 6 is going to be where you lose every time as the only clear board clear might be the hunter DK but not likely.
Yo this deck is ridiculously solid. I just got back into the game, spent like 300 dust and crafted this. Went from rank 22 to rank 12 in a few hours and maxed my gold from wins for the day.
Priest is still a bitch but the deck is really good.
Well, it's a good deck, but i never learnt to play with hunter.
Nope, this deck is terrible. It relies heavily on the mulligan and there's no coming back if you have to skip your first turn.
Think whatever you want but playing this deck is basically flipping a coin. Yeah you can win 5 times in a row but you can also lose 5 times in a row.