I’ve been tracking Knights of the Frozen Throne decks for the first couple days of the launch, so here’s a list of the best ones so far. A lot can change in the next few days, even J4CKIECHAN’s Control Warlock has started to show signs of weakness. It reminds me of when Trump played Handlock on the first day of Journey to Un’Goro and it looked like a good deck but ended up falling apart. I’m not saying Control Warlock is bad, it just remains to be seen whether or not it will stand the test of time.
What we’ve learned so far: Druid is really good, and Bonemare might actually see legitimate play in meta decks. The Lich King is a solid inclusion in most control or midrange decks.
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I’m going to keep this post updated when I find that a deck has made a big enough mark to be added to the list, so check back to find more of the best decks.
Update
I’ve cut a couple of decks from the list (Control Paladin & Tempo Warrior) and added decks that are pretty obviously good like Pirate Warrior & Aggro Token Druid. I’ve also added the new deck Big Priest which seems surprisingly good and super fun to play!
The Best Knights of the Frozen Throne Decks
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Paladin also seems like one of the best decks to counter Druid currently!
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don’t forget that it takes at least several years of playing this game to even be able to have 2 of these decks. One thing I all disliked about blizzard they make great games but they really hustle your money at every turn.
y’all are so serious about this shit it makes me laugh, probably skipping classes to discuss how awful control meta is.
still working on it. guess i wasnt born with a horseshoe up my keastor like all the pros were. bragging on twitter they “beat it in 2 hrs…”
took me 2 hour just to line up the Barnes combo for hunter.
bunch of RNG luck sacks.
Why the anger? geez…
No anger. its sad. They brag when its all rng but they act like its skill and its a far cry from any type of skill. Just a harsh cry for attention and its just sad.
Hey, I’m FTP and I’m wondering what DK to craft. I don’t really want any normal legendarys as I already crafted Lich King right at the start. I already have Valeera (solo adv), Malfurion(crafted) and Garrosh(packed)
Rn the main choice is btw Jaina, Anduin (I have Lyra but no Kazakus), Gul’dan and Thrall.
I didn’t want the paladin one cos i have none of the good paladin legends 🙁
Been playing Druid since the release and looking for a new deck to play. I really dk (get it?) which one to craft.
hi
Out of the four you mentioned, Shadowreaper Anduin is definitely the best bet if you have Raza. If you don’t have Raza, I’d probably go with Jaina.
I’m not sure what to craft. Which is better: mid Murloc Pala, highlander Priest, Miracle Rogue or control Warlock?
P.S. can u also suggest me which deck is better to climb, not fast but with fun? Thx
Midrange pala is really good and most of the cards are cards u never will regret making. Jade druid, token druid, pirate warrior, aggro druid, Murloc pala and kazakuz priest are the decks there is good climbing with
I’ve tried this deck I call ‘fatigue priest’ where I run the guy who shuffles the opponents deck into mine. It’s really fun and you win by them fatiguing. (You have more cards than them) I’m F2P and I feel very lost in what to craft, so mine as well wait and play fatigue priest until then >:D
ive made a steal priest deck which works somewhat like yours,just that it is built around using opponents cards against them. And I managed to climb to rank 10 with it! It is really a fun deck to use especially because of the new expansion,where many meta decks are expensive,so you are almost guaranteed to have at least a few duplicate legendary cards in your hand. This deck is generally quite cheap too,other than Archmage benedictus,the essential cards that you need would be thoughtsteal devour mind,shifting shade and crystalline oracle. You can include shadow vision to up the consistency. And ideally ,its best to have a dragon fire potion for board control during the process where you’re still ramping up stolen cards into your hand
Cool! I might give it a try
I’ve made a Control Warrior build, looking for constructive feedback to improve it. As of now I’ve played 12 games and won 10 of them, losing only to a Shaman with heavy early game and a Jade Druid.
2x Shield Slam
1x Acidic Swamp Ooze
2x Armorsmith
1x Dead Man’s Hand
2x Execute
1x Fiery War Axe
1x Sleep with the Fishes
2x Acolyte of Pain
2x Ravaging Ghoul
2x Shield Block
2x Blood Razer
2x Alley Armorsmith
2x Brawl
1x Sudden Genesis
1x Cairne Bloodhoof
1x Gorehoul
1x Hogger, Doom of Elwynn
1x Gromash Hellscream
1x Rotface
1x Scourgelord Garrosh
1x The Lich King
Why no skulking gheists to deal with one of your main nemesises, Jade Druids?
I’ve considered it, but I haven’t been facing too many Jade Druids to playtest it. I actually took out Cairne for a second Fiery War Axe since I often face more Midrange Decks rather than Control Decks.
What deck i can use to hit legend?
If u want a super fast easy climb pirate warrior. But if u want to actually have fun with the game then id say play midrange or jade druid. Unlike what this list says, and many other ppl would back me up, but jade druid is the deck ti beat rn
Don´t play Druid, at least if you dont´t want to be like everyone else! When I was climbing the ladder, up to rank Legend, I played against sooooo many druids, I would say 3/4 of my plays, it´s a plague, even more than before… I used to play Druid before it becomes that popular with Jade and now I totally gave up the class, got sick of it…. Go with shaman evolve, it´s a lot more fun as you don´t know what will come up with your evolve! Sometimes it can be infuriating like when you evolve a T1 and it becomes a dommsayer :/ But it´s part of the fun! Or yeah, you could try the other toxic play which is pirate warrior!
trying to play rogue any ideas and help with lilian voss
I think Miracle is your best shot for a competitive Rogue Deck. If you want to use Voss though, I suggest a deck that abuses coins. Throw in Burgly Bully. If you’re playing Wild, try out Tomb Pillager.
Not sure about Lillian Voss but Miracle Rogue is strong. I’m playing the Malygos version (no KoFT cards) and it got me to rank 4 atm.
I think “Razakus” priest ant taunt-tonen druid are the best decks out there now. Control warlock and evolve shaman as easy nr 2’s. Jade gets so hard countered by geist, and the retarded pirates can’t get through the taunts 🙂 Thats my opinion.
Sadly, geist doesnt hard counter jade. Even tho it eliminates the infinite jade you will still have to deal with 8/8s and obviously ultimate infestation. And the loss of tempo from playing a 6 mana 4/6 is so bad you wouldnt even make it long enough for the battlecry to matter. Btw this isnt just my opinion, its yhe opinion of every pro player there is. (Ps. DK priest i think may be abe to pull it off, but idk yet, i havent scienced enough)
I was about to finish Pirate Warrior when the expansion was released. Its only missing patches and I have done some changes, but I invested a lot of dust in the deck (I dont invest money). Should I complete it or should I build a new deck around the new meta?
yes complete it, Pirate warrior will stay a teir 1 deck.
Pirate Warrior isn’t going anywhere so it’s safe to complete it. Patches also appears in many others decks.
Personally, I’m very satisfied about these “damn control decks”. I damn hated those aggro decks,,, and now they are all dead!!!
(Anyways, what about the control mage in the Un’ goro meta? Are they all gone? i mean, do i really nead the frost lich jaina?)
Too bad Pirate Warrior’s still around and kicking ass. Seriously, it’s the first three days of the expansion and losers keep playing that god-awful deck like there’s no tomorow.
Rly? I met it like 2 or 3 times since new expansion, and won every game against that
Maybe because some dont invest any money inthe game.
I’m FTP, and of course my only (possibly) tier 1 deck is Pirate Warrior.
I look at tier 1 deck lists like the Control Priest that runs 9 legendaries (and only one comes from an Adventure) – there is no way. In fact, that becomes a barrier to even consider buying in, because you’re buying into a combination of random luck (maybe I’ll pull the exact legendary I need?!) or tremendous amounts of dusted cards (40 dust from a typical pack). And likely next week the meta will change, and you may want a whole different set of legendaries. And if I quit? Blizzard keeps the cards and the $$$…
Nah. Been there, done that with MtG back in the day — but at least I *own* those old cards and their value has grown. A lot.
I play ftp for 2 years and in the previous expansion i had all of the tier 1 decks. This is the 1st expansion ever when i bought a prelaunch packets. In my opinion It is possible to complete all of the tier 1 decks.
You have to be patient, since your dust isnt infinite, buy new cards very wisely and play play play 😉
:::plays against 5 pirate warriors in a row:::
Yep, that control meta is awful.
Pirate warrior is easy to make. Half these control decks have 4+ legendaries. You dont even need Patches (he helps) for alot of these aggro decks. Zoolock is even cheaper and very strong too.
This the worst is the god damn warlock deck… they draw so many cards and have so much healing and board control there is very little you can do to stand up against it :/
Sadly I dont think warlock in KOT will be nearly as strong as Renolock was.
Warlock is finally good after last expansion being worthless
should i get highlander priest or control pally ican only get one
Even though its hard to wait I would try to wait so you can get a sense of which one you like more and so you can see which is better
I would go Highlander priest, Control Paladin is super strong and counters Kolento’s Druid deck that’s currently retarded strong, Highlander priest has lots of legendaries and can be very consistent, but realistically it’s up to you, you can wait like the person said above me, or just craft whatever, I think Paladin is super fun to play but Control Paladin imo is super weird, but still quite Strong, But Priest remains super strong in all metas, especially control. So it’s up to you, but I would go with Highlander priest, or even a less expensive Control priest Varient, Im not a super big fan of Highlander decks, although I did go from rank 20-7 with Highlander priest last season.
What about mage DK?
I have seen a lot of those elementals mage deck. It seems to be very good late game. Anyone has a good deck with her? Got Lich king and Jaina DK with a few secrets and some elementals… running pretty good.
Well from what I’ve seen the deck works best with little to no Elemental package. Pretty much like the Ungoro Controle Burn Mage just with Jaina instead of the burn and the Lich King added in. Medivh and Sindragosa do both work quite well … although I’d give Sin the edge since you don’t play that many high cost spells anymore. Secretwise I’d just stick to Block and 1 Barrier. Countetspell is extremly good atm. U could even try no barrier double CS.
Jaina DK isn’t nearly the best DK being rated as near if not the worse since it plays into the elemental package, something mage isnt great at currently. I would wait to see if a different mage archetype or deck comes along or craft a different DK for a class you play.
This meta is already settin up to be garbage. Only three playable classes now in high tier. Each one targets late game and were all givin easy tools to counter aggro. Bout as diverse as a friggin Coldplay concert -_-
Control Meta FTW 1!!
Control meta is what made face hunter and other cancers viable. It’s not a healthy meta for diversity
It’s the meta we wanted, so it’s the meta we got.
Welp then enjoy only four playable decks then at most
Aggro Meta is any better, you will see 4 or 5 tier 1 decks anyway, most players only play whats meta and nothing else. Id rather see a meta that punishs misplays in the long term than a aggro meta that doesn’t punish misplays as badly.
You are absolutely right. This meta is getting terrible. I really hope it doesn’t stay like this…
Ya sadly blizzard makes the same balance issues in an endless cycle :/ but weapon rogue is decent and a lot of fun
It’s funny how you complain about meta decks comparing them to a deck that’s competitive only around rank20…weapon rogue…
its funny how wrong u are….i have 8 decks right now and i just hit legend playing a mix of all of them with with high win rates
Mhm I’m sure
Yeah, sure you did…. 😉
I did the same, mix of decks, testing cards along the way. Its sad to see players complain about diversity when they just arent very good – get gud, then you’ll find the game diverse x
Hush boi. Never learned statistics
Not gonna lie, it just depends on the type of player you are, I played aggro for a long time, then switched to control when UN’goro dorpped and hated the state of the game due to Aggro being so strong, but now that it’s swapped back to giving control some good STRONG cards, the game is much easier and feels much funner for me now, so maybe you’re just trying the wrong decks? 🙂
Would you rather GSG meta? Where u either played aggro shaman/warrior(more than half the ladder), or a deck specifically tailored to counter those decks (renolock or mage) with a few dragon priests here and there
4/7 deck has Bonemare
Nice common Bliz FeelsBadMan
would you rather it be an epic everybody had to craft or get torn to shreds on ladder?
He’s right you know.
The “Hall of Fame” or whatever they call it was created so that the Bonemare scenario wouldn’t happen, like Azure Drake, Ragnaros etc. which were in 4/7 decks.
Does that mean some of the other decks, such as Reynad’s Death Knight Control Paladin and Titan’s Lich King Dragon Warrior are no longer considered as viable as the decks listed here?
control paladin is the only complete deck i have with the new frozen thron cards and the dk. It works still great for me around rank 10 . Streamers just didnt play control paladin yet .
No I wouldn’t count any decks out yet. It’s still too early after the new expansion to definitely say what works and what doesn’t. Try the decks out for yourself, see how you do, and make a determination yourself about what you feel is good and not good.
I clarified the post further above, but I didn’t see much of Control Paladin in the second day. Titan’s deck is hard to evaluate because he’s really the only one playing it. Those are likely still good decks, but I’ve only added ones I’m fairly convinced are good. I will be updating this post more soon!
Where is the Hunter decks? I think that’s the OP-est DK.
Lol, yeah right. You were joking… right? O_o
Im 20-1 with hunter it is very very good m8
Do you mind sharing the list and what ranks are playing at? I have tried every hunter list and still the hunter dk hero power sucks imho. It should have costed zero mana.
I don’t think Deathstalker Rexxar sucks. It’s definately not one of the top DK, but it he serves its purpose. It’s a much-needed AoE that Hunter decks really lack.
I feel people don’t realize it, but you’re not supposed to swing your DK with the firt opportunity. Rexxar is a very risky DK. You need to use him to reclaim the battlefield.
The trick with Rexxar is to not get too greedy. Go for low minion picks. Charge and poison are the key words you’re looking for. The problem comes when you just spent 2 mana and pick a minion that cost 10.
its powerful enough that the hero power is as much of a win condition as his normal one. And thats saying something. dropping high value bomb after high value bomb every turn without even expending any cards is crazy
every time i play or see a dk hunter their hand is full in a deck with no card draw.
its insane enough that even tho control hunter has no viable support its just being put in average midrange decks
Hunter’s DK is probably the weakest… and I got him from prologue 🙁
Hunter DK is imo the best of all DK’s, it’s the hunter class that is lacking.
yup dead on sad to say.
funny thing is if they had made that toxic arrow not require the minion to survive. toxic arrow+ exploding bloat bat is a 6 mana destroy all enemy minions which is literally what hunter needed to push a viable slow archtype, but they couldnt get that shit right.
that combo is about as good as pyro plague scientist
The Hunter DK has the best entry though. I love playing it, destroying the opponent’s board then emoting “Start running prey!”. I usually end up losing the game, but it’s still fun to do.
I’ve been running a Secret Hunter build lately. It’s tricky, but it’s been working roughly.
Basically you need to do big Tempo plays and prevent your opponent from reclaiming the field with your Secrets, then at some point you start focusing completely on aggresively hitting your opponent’s face.
If your opponent somehow reclaimed the field play Rexxar for AoE and start building your Zombeast focusing on either low-cost Charge minions or Taunts to stall until you draw your Kill Command. DO NOT use Kill Command on a minion.
Definately not Tier 1 material, but it’s fun and can work. The deck runs few minions, so there’s a unique draw mechanic with Stiched Tracker and Barnes that allows you to play whatever minion you want whenever you want.
cool