However, Even Warlock does find itself particularly susceptible to the over-the-top, burn decks in the format, such as Shadow Priest and Overload Shaman. The nerfs took down one of its biggest problems in Odd-Questline Hunter, resulting in a robust, well-rounded matchup spread. Beast Druid boasts a wide range of favorable matchups but would rather avoid the freeze effects of Shaman or the plethora of board clears from Warlock.Įven Warlock is loving life outside the spotlight. Beast Druid utilizes Wild tools such as ‘BEEEES!!!!’ and Knight of the Wild to augment the standard-based strategy, resulting in a deck full of insanely powerful swing-turns. There is a lot to clean up within the archetype, which makes us think it can perform even better, but Divine-Spirit Priest is certainly here to stay.Īggro Druid decks in the format are taking a page out of Standard, with Beast Druid becoming the dominant strategy for the archetype. Sleeper no longer, DS Priest is boasting a strong win rate, thanks in large part to the deck’s absurd win rate against Questline Warrior. In our previous report, we mentioned Divine-Spirit Priest as another of the format’s sleeper Tier 1 decks. The deck is strong, but not nearly as strong as it may have looked in our previous report. However, if you look at the decks in the top two tiers of the Power Rankings, Warrior just doesn’t seem to match up well against many of them. It will continue to absolutely demolish many of the “janky” decks on ladder. Questline Warrior remains one of the best performing decks in the format. It has extremely dominant matchups against popular slower decks such as Ramp Druid, Questline Hunter, and Rod Warlock and has brutal matchups into aggressive decks such as Aggro Druid, Shadow Priest and Questline Warrior. To nobody’s surprise, Quest Rogue has a very polarized matchup spread. However, the meta seems to have aligned perfectly for Quest Rogue now, and it is boasting a Tier 1 win rate. Many players were worried when the nerf reversion to the Caverns Below was initially announced, and for the longest time, these concerns seemed to be without merit as Quest Rogue struggled to achieve anything in the format. The slight nerf that the questline received does not seem to have curbed many players’ desires to play the premiere aggressive deck in the format. Questline Pirate Warrior is the second most popular deck at legend and is by far and away the most popular deck outside of legend. Even Warlock continues to be a solid, if not exciting deck for laddering as its play rate continues to hover around 2% of the meta. There are a few decks under the Rod Warlock umbrella: Mecha’Thun, Owl, and Togwaggle/Agony decks, and it seems that people received the message, with combo Warlocks greatly increasing in play. In our last report, we mentioned that Mecha’thun Warlock seemed to be one of the biggest sleepers in the format, with a measly 1% play rate. Shadow Priest remains more popular within Diamond ranks. However, with the nerfs to Odd Hunter and Ignite Mage, we’ve seen a small, but notable rise in the number of Overload Shaman decks, which can breathe a little easier now that Ice Block isn’t everywhere.ĭivine-Spirit Inner Fire Priest is the new Priest hotness, barely overtaking Shadow Priest as the most popular archetype for the class at legend. Aggressive Druid decks are also gaining popularity, with the Wild version of Beast Druid picking up traction.įreeze Shaman remains extremely popular, as many expected. While this may be a factor, the strength of the deck is playing a role. One may think that Dragon Druid being the only “new” archetype spawning from the mini set has much to do with the popularity of the deck. This archetype captures all the Wildheart Guff, Oaken Summons, Spreading Plague variants of slower Druid decks, including the new Dragon Druid, utilising Kazakusan as its primary finisher. Druid is having a renaissance period in Wild, becoming the most popular class at legend, with most of it attributed to Ramp Druid variants.
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