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Quote from Joshnorm »

I am in the same boat.  I flocked to Handlock just because its a blast to play but one thing I can say if you see a TON of Hunters (which we will see a flux due to Webspinner and them getting a lot of exposure from WEC last weekend) switch it to your other pocket deck (Druid ramp/token).  

One thing I would point out is when you get higher in the ranks and you see less Zoo more control (Taunt Druid/Mirror Match) switch up Hellfire for another Siphon Soul it helps a lot when you are facing down those high damaged absorbing Taunts.  And maybe switching out that Sunwalker for another "tech card" like Black Knight (if you have it)/BGH

Quote from LightsOutAce »

Last month I played Handlock to legend. I hit rank 5 around the 15th and hit legend the weekend after Naxx was released. The key to making it to legend with handlock is to realize that over a long enough time frame your good matchups will get you there. It took me 95 games from rank 5 to legend, winning 75% against Zoo and Druid (the two most common decks by far), slightly over 50% against Shaman and Miracle (also fairly popular), and getting stomped by Hunter and Paladin (a small fraction of the metagame at that level).

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Minion (21) 1x Leeroy Jenkins 1x Big Game Hunter 1x Faceless Manipulator 2x Molten Giant 2x Mountain Giant 2x Ancient Watcher 2x Defender of Argus 2x Nerubian Egg 2x Sunfury Protector 1x Sunwalker 2x Twilight Drake 2x Earthen Ring Farseer 1x Ironbeak Owl	Ability (9) 1x Shadowflame 2x Siphon Soul 2x Power Overwhelming 2x Hellfire 2x Soulfire
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I play tested the hunter midrange is it seemed pretty smooth. Was tough to handle by my opponents for the couple games I was using it. Albeit not in any way use to playing any hunter deck it was still fun. I would agree, a BK or a BGH will be handy, since I might be able to squeeze 1 spot (either sunkeeper or sludge) for them.

Hi LightsoutAce,

Yes I've been reading your guide as well as many others. Very nice.

Comments / comparison to my my decklist here:

+2 egg (not super convinced by these 2 cards in this deck right now, might be my small sample size, but did not work well on T2 drop or late game drop in the games I used them)

-1 owl (I started with 1 owl and added the 2nd one. Always happy to top deck this guy for the win, rarely has no use imo)

+1 Power overwhelming ( wish I had the slot for another, but I can see why you went for the 2nd one)

-2 Sludge ( I've read your comments about these guys in your thread, I'm really liking them, they work as the delay, not as the beat down. So i'm happy to keep 2 of them in my deck)

+1 Defender of Argus (I'm finding more and more situations where this guy sits in my hand. I recently sub him out for another shadow flame, still testing)

The main differences is the egg combination I feel. If 2x eggies can get me to legendary, i'd need to see how I can make them work for me ATM.

Thanks for the reply.

Quote from FinalFortune »

You kind of look like you're at a disadvantage by playing Mortal Coil over Nerubian Egg in Handlock, there really aren't a lot of 1 drops you can ping anymore like Young Priestess or Loot Hoarder anyway.

I mainly like it for the card draw, the 1 point dmg is not great like you said.
There are some staple 1 HP minions (sergeant) though so it comes in handle. Also to pick off the 4/4 eggies / drakes they are still useful.

@ Nigel_tea

Thanks for that information. Nice reality check for me, indeed it takes many hours at modest rates to hit legend!

Quote from Nigel_Tea »

Decklist looks fine IMO. Handlock is pretty terrible vs face hunter so I wouldn't worry about those games. It's a very tough win. Keep in mind if you hit rank 5 in the last week or two of the season that it is going to be much harder at the start of a season so it's not like you all the sudden lost a ton of skill or your deck is now garbage. If you are consistently beating zoo (more than 50%) then you probably don't need to do much.  Just keep playing with focus and think about every move and the alternative moves.  If you start having trouble with druid might try adding TBK. Always check for lethal!

Quote from yoQ »

About the Hunter matchup: Handlock generally has a really bad matchup against Hunter (especially Face Hunter but to a lesser degree also Midrange) due to the two hero ablitilies and game plans. You cant do much to improve this matchup without giving up parts of the handlock gameplan and effectively making a new deck...

Thanks for the replies here.
I guess i'll just swallow the hunter losses for now. Hopefully won't see too many of them in the popping up.

I agree some correlation between end of month and beginning of month rankings. Did not know it was THAT drastic -_-

How many wins would an average legendary player take to achieve legend ? Even though the games are fast, you still can't get through that many per hour, so should take them quite some time i'd imagine?

I play on NA if that makes a difference.

Thanks for the reply.

My alternative deck is zoo warlock with eggies and i'm juggling between ramp vs token druid.

However I consider my Handlock to be my main deck. Besides Hunter, I "believe" in the deck more then others.

Hi all,

What is the secret to getting to legendary rank? Sheer games played? Only managed to hit rank 5 last season with about 100 wins or so. I make some mistakes as well so I know I can improve on that front. I'm pretty filthy casual of a player as well, only lately ramping my play time :)

This season so far i'm getting beat up pretty good around rank 12, cannot progress thru after about 40 wins already....

I really enjoy handlock, and have made a bit of a personal challenge to get to legend (not really worth anything but a nice accomplishment).

Any critiques on my handlock? Its been updated for Aug 1st and new season.

Meta seems to be 50% zoo / 25% druid / 25% rest. I'm over 50% winning on zoo/druid, but lose a ton vs hunter both rush and midrange.

Tips/ Tricks ?

Thanks in advance!