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Top Standard & Wild Legend Decks – March of the Lich King Week 7 – January 2023

By: Stonekeep - - Updated:

My hopes of a Constructed balance update coming alongside the big Battlegrounds patch (25.2) were shattered. Sadly we didn’t see any nerfs or buffs at all. Now we know that there’s another patch planned for next week – probably Tuesday, but it’s yet to be revealed. Patch notes also aren’t known ahead of time, but it’s quite easy to guess that Rogue and Demon Hunter will be the main nerf candidates, while Warrior and Priest need the most help in a form of buffs.

There were no real meta developments this week. Rogue (Thief/Miracle) and Demon Hunter (Questline) still make up for almost 70% of the high Legend meta. While some decks like Shockspitter Hunter and (quite surprisingly) Ramp Druid managed to push through a bit, their popularity sits in ~5% range. That leaves ~20% for all of the other classes/decks combined. As you can imagine, that’s the definition of an unhealthy meta and one of the least balanced ones we’ve seen in a LONG time. And I mean LONG time – it’s been at least a few expansions since the last time two classes dominated that hard. I’ve already mentioned last week or maybe the week before that such a stale high Legend meta makes my job much more difficult too. If people play the same two-three decks over and over again, they don’t even share them – because why bother if they’ve already been shared hundreds of times.

Of course, things are better in lower ranks. Rogue is still problematic – but it’s mostly Thief and not Miracle like in high Legend. Demon Hunter is also nowhere to be seen at lower ranks. Maybe it’s because Questline DH and Miracle Rogue are the more difficult decks to play properly, and those don’t tend to get that much traction in lower ranks? Or maybe because combo/burn heavy decks are historically less popular among lower ranked players? It might also be a reason why Blood Death Knight is still more popular overall than Frost despite being a few win rate % lower.

Truth to be told, if the meta at all ranks was as bad as in high Legend, players would quit en masse – I haven’t been playing Hearthstone this week outside of doing daily/weekly Quests (and a few Battlegrounds matches) because the meta in higher Legend is absolutely insufferable (I’m only around Top 500 right now and it’s horrible). But even if it’s not THAT bad, it’s definitely stale – no real developments for the last few weeks means that many players already got bored of it.

I think that waiting until almost the end of January with a balance update was a huge, huge mistake. Pushing even a smaller one with a few card changes early in the month, before Patch 25.2, to make a few shifts in the meta and prompt trying out new things would go a long way. I’m glad that they will look into it next year and will try to do something earlier,

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

Shockspitter Hunter – #3 Legend (McBanterFace) – March of the Lich King

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XL Armor Ramp Druid – #13 Legend (Casie) – March of the Lich King

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Phylactery Warlock – #16 Legend (derpinox) – March of the Lich King

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Concoction Miracle Rogue – #17 Legend (ChaboDennis) – March of the Lich King

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Concoction Miracle Rogue – #38 Legend (fishou) – March of the Lich King

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Shockspitter Hunter – #42 Legend (McBanterFace) – March of the Lich King

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Svalna Priest – #50 Legend (Norwis) – March of the Lich King

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Questline Scythe Demon Hunter – #50 Legend (VitorioRadke) – March of the Lich King

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Control Warrior – #70 Legend (l3bjorge) – March of the Lich King

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Questline Scythe Demon Hunter – #73 Legend (Feno) – March of the Lich King

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Charge Control Warrior – #100 Legend (Virtuozz777) – March of the Lich King

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Control Paladin – #104 Legend (Bankyugi) – March of the Lich King

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XL Control Priest – #212 Legend (Theo) – March of the Lich King

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XL Blood Control Death Knight – #241 Legend (고스트) – March of the Lich King

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Concoction Miracle Rogue – #356 Legend (ChoiJaeWoong) – March of the Lich King

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Evolve Shaman – #452 Legend (Ekrow) – March of the Lich King

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Frost/Blood Death Knight – #473 Legend (Arctic) – March of the Lich King

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Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week

Secret Mage – #1 Legend (Ashrta) – Wild S106

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Discard Warlock – #1 Legend (氟化银) – Wild S106

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Edwin Rogue – #2 Legend (Corbett) – Wild S106

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Reno Priest – #5 Legend (Memnarch) – Wild S106

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Even Warlock – #9 Legend (DocDelight) – Wild S106

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Reno Frost Death Knight – #9 Legend (TheUnburnt) – Wild S106

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Shudderwock Shaman – #28 Legend (WaluigiThyme) – Wild S106

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Mill Jade Druid – #50 Legend (SiNF3RN0) – Wild S106

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APM Togwaggle Druid – #52 Legend (Haeil) – Wild S106

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Holy Wrath Paladin – #57 Legend (TomCarter) – Wild S106

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Big Priest – #310 Legend (はてやす) – Wild S106

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Even Unholy Death Knight – #312 Legend (NathanJessop) – Wild S106

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Edwin Rogue – #338 Legend (hoshun) – Wild S106

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Big Shaman – #356 Legend (UnholyEntity) – Wild S106

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Aggro Paladin – #378 Legend (punch) – Wild S106

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Stonekeep

A Hearthstone player and writer from Poland, Stonekeep has been in a love-hate relationship with Hearthstone since Closed Beta. Over that time, he has achieved many high Legend climbs and infinite Arena runs. He's the current admin of Hearthstone Top Decks.

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