A new expansion has been officially announced – it will drop in just a bit over 3 weeks, on November 14. It wasn’t really unexpected if you followed my ramblings in those weekly posts (I noted that the release schedule points towards an early expansion release a while now), but it’s good to finally have a specific date. We’ve already entered the reveal season, final cards will be shown at BlizzCon. I even got another opportunity to reveal a few cards myself! I’ve seen some complaints that the power level seems low so far, but that’s mostly due to how Blizzard is revealing cards right now. They’re starting with Neutrals, so we’re seeing a lot of basic cards and “pack fillers” first. The class cards are usually way more exciting. But I like it this way, because first they showcase all Neutrals, and then they go class by class. It means that e.g. after they show all Warlock cards early, we can already theorycraft with all of the information available. Class cards will start dropping on Monday, so we don’t have to wait long.
As for the current meta – well, again, it didn’t really change much. The last balance update happened ~25 days ago, so the meta had enough time to settle. Sure, we had The Jailer ban shortly after, but we already know that it didn’t change much. I was REALLY hoping for a balance patch this week, but we didn’t get anything in 27.6. Blizzard already gave a date – a new patch will drop next Thursday (patch notes should be ready early next week), which – by the way – is horrible timing given that Masters Tour: Fall Championship happens next weekend. As far as I know, players have to submit their decks the day of the patch, so they will have no opportunity to playtest anything, they will only rely on patch notes to decide whether deck X or Y will still be good.
I’d say that the only major “development” in the meta is a recent surge in the popularity of Secret Rogue. It has become the second most popular deck in Legend and fourth in Diamond. The shell of the deck is not new, similar builds were already played a while back. In fact, the deck doesn’t even run any TITANS cards, it was activated by Fall of Ulduar mini-set. Because what’s new is Yogg-Saron, Unleashed. Players have realized that the card works insanely well with both Shadowstep and Breakdance, giving Rogue an easy way to play it multiple times in a row. Prison Breaker is also a nice mid-game board clear in a class that usually struggled with those a bit. And Ghastly Gravedigger also gives some nice hand disruption – shuffling your opponent’s win con (like Yogg) back into their deck feels pretty good. Other than that, most of the popular/strong decks remain the same.
Because the meta is quite stale, players don’t really share many decks, that’s why this week’s compilation is a bit empty. And given that the patch drops on Thursday, I might not have enough decks to make a compilation by Sunday, but we’ll see.
Below is 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!
Hearthstone Standard Legend Decks of the Week
- 1Righteous Protector2
- 1Sanguine Soldier2
- 1Sinful Sous Chef2
- 2Blood Matriarch Liadrin1
- 2For Quel’Thalas!2
- 2Hand of A’dal2
- 2Kotori Lightblade1
- 2Order in the Court2
- 3Muster for Battle2
- 3Seal of Blood2
- 4Boogie Down2
- 4Buffet Biggun2
- 4Crusader Aura2
- 5Keeper’s Strength2
- 7The Countess1
- 10The Garden’s Grace2
- 1Righteous Protector2
- 1Sanguine Soldier2
- 1Sinful Sous Chef2
- 2Flash of Light1
- 2For Quel’Thalas!2
- 2Hand of A’dal2
- 2Kotori Lightblade1
- 2Order in the Court1
- 2Resistance Aura2
- 2Spotlight1
- 3Consecration2
- 3Hammer of Wrath2
- 3Seal of Blood2
- 4Boogie Down2
- 5Keeper’s Strength2
- 7The Countess1
- 10The Garden’s Grace2
Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week
- 0Aquatic Form2
- 0Forbidden Fruit1
- 1Biology Project2
- 1Floop’s Glorious Gloop1
- 1Jade Idol1
- 1Naturalize2
- 2Composting1
- 2Moonlit Guidance2
- 2Rake2
- 2Solar Eclipse2
- 3Frost Lotus Seedling2
- 4Branching Paths2
- 4Dew Process2
- 4Poison Seeds2
- 5Flipper Friends2
- 5Wildheart Guff1
- 6Spreading Plague1
- 7Scale of Onyxia1
- 10Eonar, the Life-Binder1
- 0Devouring Swarm1
- 0Serpentbloom1
- 1Awakening Tremors1
- 1Thornmantle Musician1
- 1Tracking1
- 1Trinket Tracker1
- 1Wound Prey1
- 2Barrel of Monkeys1
- 2Conjured Arrow1
- 2Hidden Meaning1
- 2Observer of Myths1
- 2Rat Trap1
- 2Selective Breeder1
- 2Titanforged Traps1
- 2ZOMBEEEES!!!1
- 3Acidmaw1
- 3Dreadscale1
- 6Aggramar, the Avenger1
- 6Beaststalker Tavish1
- 7Dinotamer Brann1
Hearthstone Twist Legend Decks of the Week
- 0Backstab2
- 0Preparation2
- 1Cold Blood2
- 1Jade Swarmer2
- 1Swashburglar2
- 2Eviscerate2
- 2Jade Shuriken2
- 2Sap2
- 3Edwin VanCleef1
- 4Jade Telegram2
- 5Sprint2
- 1Mistress of Mixtures1
- 2Doomsayer1
- 2Sunfury Protector1
- 2Youthful Brewmaster1
- 3Brann Bronzebeard1
- 3Deathlord1
- 3Timeline Accelerator1
- 4Kazakus1
- 4Refreshment Vendor1
- 4Twilight Drake1
- 5Antique Healbot1
- 5Emperor Thaurissan1
- 5Faceless Manipulator1
- 5Leeroy Jenkins1
- 5Mind Control Tech1
- 5Sludge Belcher1
- 6Cairne Bloodhoof1
- 6Reno Jackson1
- 6Sylvanas Windrunner1
- 8Sneed’s Old Shredder1
- 9Alexstrasza1
- 10N’Zoth, The Corruptor1
- 12Mountain Giant1