So I've kinda been outta HS since The WItchwood expansion. Been really busy with work and a bad net connection for months. Finally got some time and decent wifi. Logged back into HS 2 expansions later and the meta has changed substantially. I lose basically all my matches. You can imagine how frustrating this is.
So let's just get down to it. I don't have much gold and I can't afford to buy packs with actually money. However, I've been an avid player since Naxxramas so I do have a pretty decent card collection.
I'm wondering if I can get some help with as many competitive decks I could build? All pre Boomsday Project ofcourse as I have none of those cards. I have some dust saved up so I could craft some of the cards I might need.
I just want to be able to complete enough quests untill I can buy about 20 packs for each outstanding expansion. If I can't make up for lost times before the next expansion I don't see a point to keep playing because I'll be too far behind to stay competitive.
So... Anybody willing to help a long time player looking to get back into the game? Drop deck lists and advice below.
What decks did / do you have? We can’t see your card collection, so we don’t have much of an idea where to start. Also, how much dust do you have saved?
Odd Paladin is probably the best and cheapest to go if you just want to win. If you'd like to have fun (and obviously you need more dust) Hunters, in general, are pretty strong. Both DKs provide either insane value or tempo.
I was playing mostly Highlander priest. But I was also running Keleseth Lock and Rogue. Mage and hunter sometimes. To be clear, I have most of the cards throughout all expansions and adventures up until Boomsday. Here's some screenshots of my standard legendaries and my dust.
To be honest, it doesn't look like you had many competitive decks available to you even during WW other than maybe taunt druid, cubelock and evenlock. All of those have been almost totally unchanged for the last two expansions and they should work just fine right now. Decks that don't contain many legendaries in the first place like zoo (is that what you're calling keleseth warlock?) are good too. You can play a f2p version of these just fine with no crafting required. Even imperfect versions should be good enough to reach legend
if you're looking to craft stuff:
You're 1x The Soularium away from the meta zoo list. That and Soul Infusion is the only new card they got from the last two expansions. The rest you should have from pre-WW
Missing The Lich King (rotating soon) for evenlock and taunt druid. Literally no new cards in these decks, they're powerful enough without help. For taunt druid, there is now a new beast/undertaker build but there's no evidence that it's stronger/weaker than the traditional build yet
You're missing Twig of the World Tree (rotating soon) and Flobbidinous Floop to make malygos druid. Unlike the other decks I mentioned here, twig is a must run in maly druid and can't be replaced. This deck existed in WW and since you don't have it, I assume you're not interested now. No new cards from the last expansion whatsoever
Lord Godfrey and Zilliax are in cubelock now. Note that the deck was nerfed mid-WW but is still competitive. Zilliax is also a great card to craft as it's used in many decks and packages
Funny you would mention you enjoy playing mage, hunter, rogue, warlock. These are basically the top classes right now but with the exception of warlock, you're very, very far from being able to build the decks that make the classes top tier as they are
Anyway, I wouldn't worry about missing the last two expansions much. There weren't very many impactful cards at all. The most relevant things are a few legendaries which you can just craft (the commons, rares and epics are mostly garbage). For most meta decks right now, you're missing more cards from before WW rather than after. Of course, this will probably change when Ungoro, KFT and K&C rotate next expansion
^this post should be very helpful, though I should add that Maly druid does have Floop and/or Dreampetal Florist from boomsday, and Godfrey isn't rotating soon.
Lich King would be a good craft for you I think, it's the only card you need for evenlock and taunt druid and both of those decks are good right now and generally always good. So if you want to play those that is the way to go.
Options could be Token Druid, Spiteful Priest or Control Priest and anti meta Control Warlock. Just search on this site, Hsreplay or hearthstonetopdecks for deck lists
^this post should be very helpful, though I should add that Maly druid does have Floop and/or Dreampetal Florist from boomsday, and Godfrey isn't rotating soon.
Lich King would be a good craft for you I think, it's the only card you need for evenlock and taunt druid and both of those decks are good right now and generally always good. So if you want to play those that is the way to go.
TY and fixed. I was having a particularly thrilling game beating up a kingsbane rogue with my Okay shaman while posting this so my mind wasn't all here
If I were you I would wait for Vicious Syndicate to release the Data Reaper from Rastakhan's Rumble. Check wich decks are the best and go from there.
I always DE'd every card that goes to wild since I don't play wild. And only play 3 classes wich are Warrior, Warlock and Shaman, so I have an abundance of dust.
^this post should be very helpful, though I should add that Maly druid does have Floop and/or Dreampetal Florist from boomsday, and Godfrey isn't rotating soon.
Lich King would be a good craft for you I think, it's the only card you need for evenlock and taunt druid and both of those decks are good right now and generally always good. So if you want to play those that is the way to go.
TY and fixed. I was having a particularly thrilling game beating up a kingsbane rogue with my Okay shaman while posting this so my mind wasn't all here
you seem to have all the cards (except godfrey) for cubelock, that deck is still good, also you can play taunt druid.. (missing TLK though), in spell hunter you are missing rexxar (zuljon too, but he is not a must, just a very good card) you don't have baku which is the best legendary in the game atm
weird yo said you are up to date befor boomsday, but you are missing so many key popular cards
I would craft baku and Zilliax if I were you cause you mammoth collection seems so lacking I would rather invest on powerful cards for next rotation, and those 2 cards are guranteed being good.
^this post should be very helpful, though I should add that Maly druid does have Floop and/or Dreampetal Florist from boomsday, and Godfrey isn't rotating soon.
Lich King would be a good craft for you I think, it's the only card you need for evenlock and taunt druid and both of those decks are good right now and generally always good. So if you want to play those that is the way to go.
TY and fixed. I was having a particularly thrilling game beating up a kingsbane rogue with my Okay shaman while posting this so my mind wasn't all here
I assume you're looking for a kingsbane counter? I'm 6-0 vs the deck at rank 1 and legend so far. All you need to do is spam some oozes behind taunts in the midgame, run them out of removal and set up a divine shielded taunt each turn in the lategame to finish them off
Thank you for your advice. Was very honest and fair but something I can practically work with. I see you mention some cards that I may be missing to make the decks I will need. Is it too much to ask you to put together a small list of those cards that I can work towards crafting them?
To be honest, it doesn't look like you had many competitive decks available to you even during WW other than maybe taunt druid, cubelock and evenlock. All of those have been almost totally unchanged for the last two expansions and they should work just fine right now. Decks that don't contain many legendaries in the first place like zoo (is that what you're calling keleseth warlock?) are good too. You can play a f2p version of these just fine with no crafting required. Even imperfect versions should be good enough to reach legend
if you're looking to craft stuff:
You're 1x The Soularium away from the meta zoo list. That and Soul Infusion is the only new card they got from the last two expansions. The rest you should have from pre-WW
Missing The Lich King (rotating soon) for evenlock and taunt druid. Literally no new cards in these decks, they're powerful enough without help. For taunt druid, there is now a new beast/undertaker build but there's no evidence that it's stronger/weaker than the traditional build yet
You're missing Twig of the World Tree (rotating soon) and Flobbidinous Floop to make malygos druid. Unlike the other decks I mentioned here, twig is a must run in maly druid and can't be replaced. This deck existed in WW and since you don't have it, I assume you're not interested now. No new cards from the last expansion whatsoever
Lord Godfrey and Zilliax are in cubelock now. Note that the deck was nerfed mid-WW but is still competitive. Zilliax is also a great card to craft as it's used in many decks and packages
Funny you would mention you enjoy playing mage, hunter, rogue, warlock. These are basically the top classes right now but with the exception of warlock, you're very, very far from being able to build the decks that make the classes top tier as they are
Anyway, I wouldn't worry about missing the last two expansions much. There weren't very many impactful cards at all. The most relevant things are a few legendaries which you can just craft (the commons, rares and epics are mostly garbage). For most meta decks right now, you're missing more cards from before WW rather than after. Of course, this will probably change when Ungoro, KFT and K&C rotate next expansion
Thank you for your advice. Was very honest and fair but something I can practically work with. I see you mention some cards that I may be missing to make the decks I will need. Is it too much to ask you to put together a small list of those cards that I can work towards crafting them?
Thank you for your advice. Was very honest and fair but something I can practically work with. I see you mention some cards that I may be missing to make the decks I will need. Is it too much to ask you to put together a small list of those cards that I can work towards crafting them?
I mentioned exactly what you're missing for each deck in the post. Soularium, soul infusion for zoo; lich king for evenlock and taunt druid; etc. I only mentioned the cards from the last two expansions of any rarity or missing legendaries from expansions prior. I didn't mention any decks that you're missing many legendaries for as they wouldn't be practical. If you're looking for full lists, a quick search should get you all you need, this is a netdeck site, after all :P
Hey everyone.
So I've kinda been outta HS since The WItchwood expansion. Been really busy with work and a bad net connection for months. Finally got some time and decent wifi. Logged back into HS 2 expansions later and the meta has changed substantially. I lose basically all my matches. You can imagine how frustrating this is.
So let's just get down to it. I don't have much gold and I can't afford to buy packs with actually money. However, I've been an avid player since Naxxramas so I do have a pretty decent card collection.
I'm wondering if I can get some help with as many competitive decks I could build? All pre Boomsday Project ofcourse as I have none of those cards. I have some dust saved up so I could craft some of the cards I might need.
I just want to be able to complete enough quests untill I can buy about 20 packs for each outstanding expansion. If I can't make up for lost times before the next expansion I don't see a point to keep playing because I'll be too far behind to stay competitive.
So... Anybody willing to help a long time player looking to get back into the game? Drop deck lists and advice below.
Thanks much!
What decks did / do you have? We can’t see your card collection, so we don’t have much of an idea where to start. Also, how much dust do you have saved?
Odd Paladin is probably the best and cheapest to go if you just want to win. If you'd like to have fun (and obviously you need more dust) Hunters, in general, are pretty strong. Both DKs provide either insane value or tempo.
Always expect the unexpectable!
I was playing mostly Highlander priest. But I was also running Keleseth Lock and Rogue. Mage and hunter sometimes. To be clear, I have most of the cards throughout all expansions and adventures up until Boomsday. Here's some screenshots of my standard legendaries and my dust.
The rest of the legendaries.
To be honest, it doesn't look like you had many competitive decks available to you even during WW other than maybe taunt druid, cubelock and evenlock. All of those have been almost totally unchanged for the last two expansions and they should work just fine right now. Decks that don't contain many legendaries in the first place like zoo (is that what you're calling keleseth warlock?) are good too. You can play a f2p version of these just fine with no crafting required. Even imperfect versions should be good enough to reach legend
if you're looking to craft stuff:
Funny you would mention you enjoy playing mage, hunter, rogue, warlock. These are basically the top classes right now but with the exception of warlock, you're very, very far from being able to build the decks that make the classes top tier as they are
Anyway, I wouldn't worry about missing the last two expansions much. There weren't very many impactful cards at all. The most relevant things are a few legendaries which you can just craft (the commons, rares and epics are mostly garbage). For most meta decks right now, you're missing more cards from before WW rather than after. Of course, this will probably change when Ungoro, KFT and K&C rotate next expansion
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
^this post should be very helpful, though I should add that Maly druid does have Floop and/or Dreampetal Florist from boomsday, and Godfrey isn't rotating soon.
Lich King would be a good craft for you I think, it's the only card you need for evenlock and taunt druid and both of those decks are good right now and generally always good. So if you want to play those that is the way to go.
Options could be Token Druid, Spiteful Priest or Control Priest and anti meta Control Warlock. Just search on this site, Hsreplay or hearthstonetopdecks for deck lists
TY and fixed. I was having a particularly thrilling game beating up a kingsbane rogue with my Okay shaman while posting this so my mind wasn't all here
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
If I were you I would wait for Vicious Syndicate to release the Data Reaper from Rastakhan's Rumble. Check wich decks are the best and go from there.
I always DE'd every card that goes to wild since I don't play wild. And only play 3 classes wich are Warrior, Warlock and Shaman, so I have an abundance of dust.
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Okay Shaman?
you seem to have all the cards (except godfrey) for cubelock, that deck is still good, also you can play taunt druid.. (missing TLK though), in spell hunter you are missing rexxar (zuljon too, but he is not a must, just a very good card) you don't have baku which is the best legendary in the game atm
weird yo said you are up to date befor boomsday, but you are missing so many key popular cards
I would craft baku and Zilliax if I were you cause you mammoth collection seems so lacking I would rather invest on powerful cards for next rotation, and those 2 cards are guranteed being good.
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
Thank you for your advice. Was very honest and fair but something I can practically work with. I see you mention some cards that I may be missing to make the decks I will need. Is it too much to ask you to put together a small list of those cards that I can work towards crafting them?
Thank you for your advice. Was very honest and fair but something I can practically work with. I see you mention some cards that I may be missing to make the decks I will need. Is it too much to ask you to put together a small list of those cards that I can work towards crafting them?
I mentioned exactly what you're missing for each deck in the post. Soularium, soul infusion for zoo; lich king for evenlock and taunt druid; etc. I only mentioned the cards from the last two expansions of any rarity or missing legendaries from expansions prior. I didn't mention any decks that you're missing many legendaries for as they wouldn't be practical. If you're looking for full lists, a quick search should get you all you need, this is a netdeck site, after all :P
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