It’s official – balance update is coming next week. Interestingly, on top of five nerfs, it will also contain ten buffs. It made me actually excited for the patch – of course, nerfs are always great to have and they are the best balance tool. It’s easier to nerf one problematic deck than buff 9 decks that are too weak, for example. But in this case, we have some decks (or even classes – like Shaman and Demon Hunter) that are underperforming even when compared to average. Just nerfing Paladin and what have you won’t suddenly bring them into the meta and make them viable. However, buffing a few key cards here and there might produce a very balance and fun meta. I, for one, would love more diversity. I’ve been enjoying Forged in the Barrens so far, but diversity is the thing it lacks most.
As for the current meta, there’s not much to be said. It’s been stagnant since last week, and the small shifts are not really worth covering. There are probably 4-5 builds that are dominating the ladder and I don’t see that changing until the patch. We don’t have exact card changes, nor the patch date yet, but my guess would be the regular Tuesday. Let’s hope for some juicy meta changes and possibly new decks popping up.
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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- 1Athletic Studies2
- 1Shield Slam1
- 1Stage Dive2
- 2Bladestorm2
- 2Minefield2
- 3War Cache2
- 4Kargath Bladefist1
- 4Outrider’s Axe2
- 4Rancor2
- 4Sword Eater2
- 5Brawl1
Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week
- 1Cloning Device1
- 1Potion of Madness1
- 1Renew1
- 2Insight1
- 2Penance1
- 2Seance1
- 2Shadow Visions1
- 2Shadow Word: Death1
- 2Spirit Lash1
- 2Thoughtsteal1
- 3Breath of the Infinite1
- 3Devouring Plague1
- 3Madame Lazul1
- 3Mindrender Illucia1
- 3Palm Reading1
- 4Shadow Word: Horror1
- 4Xyrella1
- 5Mass Hysteria1
- 5Raza the Chained1
- 7Psychic Scream1
- 8Shadowreaper Anduin1
- 0Raise Dead1
- 1Wave of Apathy1
- 2Dirty Rat1
- 2Zephrys the Great1
- 4Hysteria1
- 4Kazakus1
- 5Loatheb1
- 5Taelan Fordring1
- 6Reno Jackson1
- 2Defile2
- 2Drain Soul2
- 2Expired Merchant1
- 3Dark Skies2
- 3Sense Demons2
- 4Voidcaller2
- 6Tickatus1
- 8Enhanced Dreadlord1
- 9Mal’Ganis1
- 9Voidlord2
- 10Bloodreaver Gul’dan1
Not really related to this article, but I play off meta decks, some kind of Menagerie Warrior to be precise. I’ve been wondering if there was a good neutral beast to raise with N’Zoth. I already have decent candidates in the Dragon, Mech, Pirate and Quilboar departments, and Totem is irrelevant, but Beast is missing. If anyone has a suggestion in that regard, feel free to share.
I would probably go for Moonfang or Lake Thresher, but I don’t know if that works out.
Darkmoon Rabbit for the memes
Unironically excellent to resummon :’)
Absolutely garbage to put in deck unfortunately
I think that I’d go for Venomous Scorpid. While it’s not very powerful to raise, it still gives you a Poisonous minion opponent needs to kill before playing anything big, and it’s just a good card in general.
But if you want something specifically for N’Zoth, I think that I’d go for Fleethoof Pearltusk – as long as you have some ways to Corrupt it, of course. N’Zoth is best when it has immediate impact, and 8/8 with Rush is exactly that. If you don’t have enough 6+ cards to Corrupt it, probably Moonfang or Lake Thresher then.
Alternatively, if you play a lot of Priests and you struggle against them, I’d go for Educated Elekk I think. This way you can easily draw more resources and tempo out without having to worry about losing fatigue matchup, since it will shuffle extra cards into your deck.
Thanks for your suggestions! I had considered both of those options, especially Fleethoof. The great thing with Warrior specifically is that they can discount it to 4 with Athletic Studies, which makes it a lot easier to corrupt (Brawl, Mor’shan Elite, Ringmaster Whatley all cost 5, Tent Trasher does too, etc.) and a pretty good candidate overall. Scorpid is the weaker option of the two for N’Zoth but it’s better on its own, so both work. I actually combine N’Zoth and Saurfang in that deck, since two of the best Frenzy cards are a Quilboar and a Pirate respectively and great options to resummon, so usually I don’t get to fatigue anyway, if they survive these two big boards it’s usually game over.