Balance update was released this Tuesday and… I’m honestly not sure what happened. Nerfs targeted Paladin, Mage and Rogue… but it looks like Paladin, Mage and Rogue are still good. Secret / Libram Paladin are still some of the best decks (and players are experimenting with other builds, like non-Secret Aggro or even Murloc Paladin). No Minion / Spell Mage just (mostly) cut the Deck of Lunacy. No more high-rolls, but gues what? The deck didn’t really NEED them in the first place. It’s still okay without them. Its power level clearly went down, but it’s still very much playable. And Rogue? New “Miracle” Rogue variants are popping left and right (Secret being the most popular one). They even run a nerfed Pen Flinger, because its synergy with Field Contact is just so good.
But we’re also seeing some interesting shifts. Face Hunter became the most popular deck out of nowhere and Rush Warrior is now slowly taking over Legend (and maybe rest of the ladder soon). The latter is probably more interesting, given how Warrior looked REALLY bad early into the expansion. People were memeing about the class getting handbuffs, which historically didn’t work that well… but it turns out that if you combine them with tons of Rush minions to win back the tempo, they’re pretty good.
Meta is in a pretty interesting spot right now. I still wouldn’t call it balanced, but it’s much better than 3-4 meta decks we’ve seen over and over before nerfs. Blizzard should give it some time to settle and them toss another balance update (possibly in 20.2, which should come late April / early May), shaking things up again. Then, unless there will still be some really problematic decks, I don’t expect any changes all the way until mini-set (late May – early June?)
Below, you will find a full list of the Legend decks from last week, sorted by the highest placement.
If you want to see all of the current top meta decks, go to our Hearthstone Meta Tier List post!
If you’re looking for the best Wild Format decks, check out our Wild Meta Tier List!
Hearthstone Standard Legend Decks of the Week
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- 1Aldor Attendant2
- 1First Day of School2
- 1Galloping Savior1
- 1Knight of Anointment2
- 1Oh My Yogg!2
- 1Reckoning1
- 2Hand of A’dal2
- 2Libram of Wisdom2
- 2Sword of the Fallen2
- 3Northwatch Commander2
- 4Cariel Roame1
- 5Aldor Truthseeker2
- 5Libram of Justice1
- 6Hammer of the Naaru1
- 7Lady Liadrin1
- 7Libram of Judgment1
- 9Libram of Hope2
Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week
- 1Kobold Librarian1
- 1Mortal Coil1
- 1Plague of Flames1
- 1Unstable Felbolt1
- 2Defile1
- 2Drain Soul1
- 3Backfire1
- 3Dark Skies1
- 3Sense Demons1
- 4Voidcaller1
- 6Tickatus1
- 7Lord Godfrey1
- 8Enhanced Dreadlord1
- 9Voidlord1
- 10Bloodreaver Gul’dan1
- 1Flare1
- 1Mystery Winner1
- 1Tracking1
- 2Cat Trick1
- 2Explosive Trap1
- 2Pressure Plate1
- 2Rat Trap1
- 2Selective Breeder1
- 2Snipe1
- 2Wandering Monster1
- 3Cloaked Huntress1
- 3Eaglehorn Bow1
- 3Petting Zoo1
- 3Stitched Tracker1
- 4Dragonbane1
- 4Flanking Strike1
- 4Marked Shot1
- 4Rinling’s Rifle1
- 5Lesser Emerald Spellstone1
- 6Deathstalker Rexxar1
- 6Wild Bloodstinger1
- 7Dinotamer Brann1
- 8Call of the Wild1
- 10Zul’jin1
I’m just happy the nerfs brought Rush Warrior to the top meta, such a nice and refreshing deck to play. Before the nerfs I didn’t really enjoy any deck tbh.
Paladin is still busted. Nerf did basically nothing to it.
Last ten matches I’ve played was all Warlock.
All the same deck.
The only variant is : Cthun yes or not