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KaC Overload Crusher Shaman

  • Last updated Dec 6, 2017 (Kobolds Patch)
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  • 14 Minions
  • 16 Spells
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: Control Shaman
  • Crafting Cost: 11740
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 11/4/2017 (Triggered)
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  • Battle Tag:

    WhatAChamp

  • Region:

    US

  • Total Deck Rating

    514

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This deck is designed to imitate the style used in Crusher's original archetype. Essentially, you're using swing cards and combos to put down huge threats that your opponent will have difficulty dealing with. The deck is very slow early on but has huge value potential.

Although you could probably make a standard variant for the deck, I would rather not as Elemental Destruction and Emperor Thaurissan are ridiculously good in this deck. ED helps you clear massive boards and then drop double Snowfury Giant. You could even follow it up with a Lava Shock to negate the downside of being overloaded. Emperor lets you make plays like White Eyes + Greater Sapphire Spellstone which net you absurd amounts of value.

There's a lot of thinking that has to be done when you play this deck as it is very combo-based. You need to decide when to overload, when to totem for reduced Thing from Below, when to put minions down just for pressure with no combo, etc. But ultimately it's really rewarding. The win condition for the deck is always going to be pressure from big minions. So you need to set up plays so that you can Spirit EchoGreater Sapphire Spellstone, and Ancestral Spirit your minions.

This deck gets hurt by silence effects and absolutely violated by Devolve and Sylvanas Windrunner. If you suspect your opponent is running any of these, you need to bait them out instead of playing White Eyes with double Ancestral Spirit. The hardest part of piloting this deck is learning when to fake out your opponent and when to go all in. Most of the time, you will not want to overcommit as it can be extremely punishing.

The Darkness has been added to the deck to help the Reno Priest matchup. It's more of a tech card so don't feel like you have to craft it.

 

Cards for subbing

My testing has shown this to be the best setup for now but some other cards might be useful as well depending on the meta. I'll classify them as such.

Anti-aggro: Maelstrom Portal, Drakkari DefenderDoomsayerVolcanoAncestral Healing, Tar Creeper, Healing Wave

Anti-control/combo: HexDirty Rat

Extra pressure: Flamewreathed Faceless, Totem Golem

Extra value:  Faceless ManipulatorStonehill DefenderFinders Keepers