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Valeera imo might be the best DK. Arcane Giant/vanish go hand in hand in the deck. Haven't found many other amazing plays outside of value ones like 2x mimic pod

I'd say just make his effect silenceble. I personally like loathebs place in the game. Sure he doesnt have a good hard counter because he IS the hard counter to what didn't have a hard counter before. (conceal gadgetztan, Fon/savage roar, mage ice lance combos, ect.)

Holy Fire exists to kill 4 damage minions imo.

yeah lots of RNG... From my experience drawing your injured blades & clerics early, and cabals at the right time is key. Also what you get off of thoughtsteal is massive. I wouldn't say I hate the matchup though it's one of my stronger ones. Smite is also surprisingly

I just felt the difference between the popular hunter decks was minimal since the "burn" variation isn't too common right now.

Surprising to see Zoo take second place so far. From experience if I don't get a terrible opening hand it's a pretty easy matchup.

I'm expecting to see Hunter take the top spot but i'm interested to see how the poll turns out. Personally, I hate facing handlock by far the most. Without silence drakes run all over you and they have five 8-8's to your two SW deaths and easy answers to most of your minions. Tempo rogue probably second.

Hunter bow used to be my favorite steal but since it doesnt work on enemy traps anymore no so much.

I'd say its more about specific cards.. Shadow Madness & dreadlord are very strong along with smite/pyromancer. Harrison Jones is also gaining a lot of popularity.

I've been testing out the "miracle" style deck and it's actually decent. auctioneer + pw:shield is money and I added in a silence and smites and stuff for cheap spells to cycle with. Despite not being able to combo with azure drake on board I went ahead and added them and anyway & rarely do they conflict with the combo. Acolyte of pain gets pretty good value as well since you can heal him and especially with shield he's gaurenteed to at least get 2 draws or bait out a big removal but a big issue with him is that you can be forced to mill cards. I'm also running velen and a mind blast as a second finisher but I am considering dropping it because you don't have lethal after alexstraza and I often don't need the damage but is useful for getting them down to 20 health for lethal the turn after.

Not too sure about the deck in the current meta but it's a blast to play and definitely a change of pace from your standard priest deck. I can make a deck list of what i'm currently running if anyone is interested.

Yeah I totally agree with your points. cutting baron was already on my mind and then I thought if chows would be really worth it considering 2-3s aren't  worth the card slots even if they do provide a 10 damage nuke late game. The mid game is so strong right now beefier minions are required. Shadow madness is amazing right now for controlling the board a bit.

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I'm sure you already know stashing cards for damage to the face is not unheard of, see Freeze Mage. But at the end of the day, Mage simply just does it better with all of its other AoE/stall options plus 2 extra turns with Ice Block. Priest doesn't have the plethora of options to stall/remove while you try to draw the combo. Not to mention there is a lack of flexibility with this as your main win condition while as Mages can alternate different combinations between Fireballs/Frostbolts/Ice Lances/Pyroblast/Hero power ping/Alex hit to the face.

I agree mages do it better but priests in their own right have a multitude of options to last with shadow words, holy fire, shadow madness, nova, cabals, & you still have one auch+CoH combo and hero power to keep you afloat. Loatheb and more specifically (not that I expect the card to be played a lot) Wailing Soul hard counters freeze mages stalling options outside of ice block. The flexibility is a big issue though, i've thought about adding in mind blast & velen but felt there were too many finishing cards and nothing in terms of board pressence. Thanks for the feedback though, i'll mess around with it some more before I go back to a traditional priest. I will say it's very fun having a big finisher as a priest compared to your standard "grind it out" style we've all become accustomed to. It reminds me of the old warsong decks warriors used to run with warsong+worgen+taskmaster for a 16 damage burst.

Hey guys,

I've been playing around with this combo and i've seen a couple decks include it but I think it deserves a full discussion. The combo in question is 2x Zombie Chow, 1x Baron Rivendare, 1x Auchenai Soulpriest, & 1x Circle of Healing resulting in 20 damage to the face that bypasses taunts. While 20 damage to the face (as a priest) will catch people totally off guard. you're denying yourself a board clear combo, running a couple cards which are dead cards unless you want to risk sacrificing the combo, (baron, chows.) and you need to draw all 5 cards for it to be effective (or minus baron or a chow for 10 damage to the face.) I've tested this combo since chows were released and i'd say i've hit it in about 33% of my games running a fairly standard priest deck.

I've actually been thinking about running a heavy card draw deck paired with alexstraza to make it more consistent but a big issue is that priests biggest draw potential comes from cleric & CoH, and that azure drakes will actually stop the combo from being playable (they make CoH hit for 5 killing your soulpriest.) I'm even considering auctioneer with power word shields and smites.

Is the combo worth the investment? Possible new priest deck centered around it? Discuss.

I agree but I generally hold back on playing her and only hero powering unless I have 2 in hand just because she often gets removed and there's nothing worse than her dying and drawing a CoH next turn.

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How is Spectral Knight a nightmare for Preists?

 

They have literally 3 cards that can target an enemy one that you would ever want to use on an enemy one; Holy Smite and Mind Control. The first does next to nothing to 6 health anyway and the second is 10 mana. Holy Fire dosen't get the job done anyway.

 

It's far more painful for Mages and Rouges than Preists.

I don't understand your statement. but Mages have freezes. Rogues have it bad but they can Deadly Poison weapon into him and Blade Fury . Priest has minimal options unless we have 4 damage on board + a holy nova.

I think with the Deathlord against zoo it's important you kill it on your turn instead of them killing it because if they get a Doomguard or Argent Commander it's a nightmare because they didn't even have to deal with the battlecry/high cost. at least if you get it killed on your turn you can react to it before they benefit from the charge.