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Quote from strscr96 >>

You simply don't get it.
First, I saw the nerf to Equality, but i said they hardly touched Paladin and that is true. And if you refer to that, what did this nerf do to paladin? Yeah it now has the top 3 meta decks, it was really hurt by the nerf.
Secondly, paladin was pre nerf as good as hunter, if not better and is now clearly number 1, look at the facts if you write something like that. And paladin is the number 1 class now, you can't argue that.

Paladn isn't the "number 1 class." It is simply in a favourable meta because Hunter is the most played class and Priest follows (with Bingo Priest being the most popular archetype, which all aggressive Paladin decks demolish). If Paladin becomes the most popular deck because of this, people will start playing more Warrior and Warlock and its win rate will drop considerably. That is how meta cycles work. Paladin decks happen to be strong against the current popular decks. Right now there isn't enough Paladin on ladder to dissuade people from these trends, so it will continue to have good win rates for a while.

Paladin has good matchups against Hunter, which is the most popular class in the game. 2 of the top 3 Paladin builds are also strong against Priest, which is the second most popular class in the game. All other classes are around or below half the popularity of Hunter and Priest, so naturally Paladins have an inflated win rate in this meta. The decks are not broken, they're really average in fact, its just a good field for them right now.