So playing against countless of jade Druids, I have come to this conclusion
1. You will have 0-5% Chance to win with Reno dragon & Reno-Inspire version. If you get strong initial tempo.
2. You will have 30-40% Chance to win with Dragon Priest.
These two are the only viable archetype of Priest & both of thme coming short against Jade Druid. I am seeking for a deck which won't feel so helpless against It.
You have to build a board quick if you are wanting to have a Silence Priest work. I ran that for a few weeks and it seemed that when you get you low cost minions in your mulligan, you are almost always better off.
Other than that... Run Miracle Rogue :D
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I'm actually currently working on a reno mage using INkmaster Solia, Pyroblast and Archmage Antonidas that aims at killing your opponent instead of trying to outvalue them.
Tho, the Medivh version might work as well but only if you draw well enough.
I absolutely did not have any Problems with Jade Druid as a Dragon priest. Tempo is crucial and with Shadow Word: Death , Blackwing Corruptor and Book Wyrm you have great tempo plays. Simultaneously netherspite historian and Drakonid Operative give you value. And Dragonfire Potion removes their board or weakens their big Jades in the lategame. Admitted, my Dragon priest is more on the lategame side (2 Bookwyrm, 2 Dragonfire potions and Ysera) and I regularly lose to pirate warrior, but Jade Druid seems not to be a problem for me. Whenever I could play a minion from turn 2 onwards, I never lost against them.
But then again, my own sample size is not that big and I didn't check the supposed matchup on Vicious Syndicate or Tempostorm...
Jade druid is by no means a great deck. It hard counters certain archetypes , but against decks like zoolock,dragon priest and hunter(yes) it has huge problems. Mid range jade shaman is a better all round deck than jade druid
Either you're playing dragon priest wrong or you're using a weird deck. Dragon priest is favored vs Jade Druid if you look at the stats
There's no data in Tempo Storm on this matchup because Jade druid is a tier 3 deck and they only do matchups for tier 1 and 2. Vicious Syndicate puts the matchup at 53 to 47 in favor of the priest... And personally, my jade druid's second worst matchup is priest
Aggro priest with lots of health buffs and Confuse. I was thinking about drafting a theorycraft deck using Mana Geode. Kabal Talonpriest is so sick and can facilitate neat confuse plays. Unexpected combos ftw
Is there a viable Warrior build, other than Pirate, to deal with Jade Druid? All of my Control Warrior decks are coming up short and getting pounded in late game.
Is there a viable Warrior build, other than Pirate, to deal with Jade Druid? All of my Control Warrior decks are coming up short and getting pounded in late game.
Basically, if you can tempo the Druid out, you will win. Druid doesn't have a good way of clearing the board besides minion combat. Make a tempo-Midrange deck and it should work. Try for instance Dragon (better) or Midrange (worse) warrior.
Not every class has a counter deck for other classes. Rogues, for example, have next to nothing they can do against face warrior or face hunter. That's just how life is. That being said, you can play silence priest with Eerie Statue, Ancient Watcher, Injured Blademaster, Divine Spirit and Inner Fire for cheap, big threats that druid can't deal with. I had a positive win rate against Jade Druid with my silence deck.
So playing against countless of jade Druids, I have come to this conclusion
1. You will have 0-5% Chance to win with Reno dragon & Reno-Inspire version. If you get strong initial tempo.
2. You will have 30-40% Chance to win with Dragon Priest.
These two are the only viable archetype of Priest & both of thme coming short against Jade Druid. I am seeking for a deck which won't feel so helpless against It.
after nerf cancer aggro meta changed to cancer 100/100 for 1 mana meta
I wonder how Resurrect or Silence Priest works out vs. Jade. They can develop a strong board quite quickly. They should also profit from the nerfs.
I'd for priest but Miracle Rogue does it more often than not
Midrange hunter, tempo mage, midrange shaman and tempo dragon warrior are good options.
Questing Adventurer miracle rogue should crush jade druids with a very nice winrate.
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You have to build a board quick if you are wanting to have a Silence Priest work. I ran that for a few weeks and it seemed that when you get you low cost minions in your mulligan, you are almost always better off.
Other than that... Run Miracle Rogue :D
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I'm actually currently working on a reno mage using INkmaster Solia, Pyroblast and Archmage Antonidas that aims at killing your opponent instead of trying to outvalue them.
Tho, the Medivh version might work as well but only if you draw well enough.
I tried having fun once. It was awful.
I absolutely did not have any Problems with Jade Druid as a Dragon priest. Tempo is crucial and with Shadow Word: Death , Blackwing Corruptor and Book Wyrm you have great tempo plays. Simultaneously netherspite historian and Drakonid Operative give you value. And Dragonfire Potion removes their board or weakens their big Jades in the lategame. Admitted, my Dragon priest is more on the lategame side (2 Bookwyrm, 2 Dragonfire potions and Ysera) and I regularly lose to pirate warrior, but Jade Druid seems not to be a problem for me. Whenever I could play a minion from turn 2 onwards, I never lost against them.
But then again, my own sample size is not that big and I didn't check the supposed matchup on Vicious Syndicate or Tempostorm...
Jade druid is by no means a great deck. It hard counters certain archetypes , but against decks like zoolock,dragon priest and hunter(yes) it has huge problems. Mid range jade shaman is a better all round deck than jade druid
Either you're playing dragon priest wrong or you're using a weird deck. Dragon priest is favored vs Jade Druid if you look at the stats
There's no data in Tempo Storm on this matchup because Jade druid is a tier 3 deck and they only do matchups for tier 1 and 2. Vicious Syndicate puts the matchup at 53 to 47 in favor of the priest... And personally, my jade druid's second worst matchup is priest
Legend with : S65 Freeze Mage, S57 Maly Gonk Druid, S57 "Okay" Shaman, S53 Boom-zooka Hunter, S53 Maly Tog Druid, S52 Wild Tog Druid ft.Blingtron, S50 Quest Rogue, S49 Dead Man's Warrior, S41 Wild Clown Fiesta Druid, S41 Hadronox Jade Druid, S40 Wild OTK Dragon Druid, S35 SMOrc Shaman, S33 Jade Druid, S22 Control Priest, S19 Control Priest
The deck in my description actually holds a 100% winrate against both RenoMage (~8 matches) and Jade Druids (>10 matches)
It ranked me very nicely last season. If you want to beat Druids, I would decks like these are the go-to
Aggro priest with lots of health buffs and Confuse. I was thinking about drafting a theorycraft deck using Mana Geode. Kabal Talonpriest is so sick and can facilitate neat confuse plays. Unexpected combos ftw
Three words: Evolve Jade Shaman.
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Zoolock
Try this
All cards are balanced, but some cards are more balanced than others.
everything is the same than pre nerf with the difference that pirate warrior is even more strong in the current meta today.
play the deck in my signature if you want to climb easy and fast.
Is there a viable Warrior build, other than Pirate, to deal with Jade Druid? All of my Control Warrior decks are coming up short and getting pounded in late game.
Not every class has a counter deck for other classes. Rogues, for example, have next to nothing they can do against face warrior or face hunter. That's just how life is. That being said, you can play silence priest with Eerie Statue, Ancient Watcher, Injured Blademaster, Divine Spirit and Inner Fire for cheap, big threats that druid can't deal with. I had a positive win rate against Jade Druid with my silence deck.