#Hearthstone meta decks update#

Secret Paladin and Aggro Paladin are kind of sharing the same purpose at the moment, although we suspect they'll diverge a little once the meta gets under way. Dragon Mage - Dragon Mage deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) Control Mage - Control Mage deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) Freeze Mage - Freeze Mage deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) Tempo Mage - Tempo Mage deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) Hand Mage - Hand Mage deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) Spell Damage Mage - Spell Damage Mage deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) You might also want to have a mess around with a revived version of Freeze Mage. Let's see how things go in the next couple of weeks. We hope to see Elemental Mage make a appearance in the meta too, but we've hoped for that before and been left a little bit disappointed once the launch fanfare ends. Once the community's settled on a name and formulation for this, we'll single out one article. Spell Damage Mage has been tipped for greatness by a few well-known decksmiths this week, but a Summoner / Dragon / Hand Mage seems likely too. Mage is in a bit of a strange spot at the moment. Malygos Hunter - Malygos Hunter deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) Midrange Hunter - Midrange Hunter deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) Beast Hunter - Beast Hunter deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) Mech Hunter - Mech Hunter deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) Spell Hunter - Spell Hunter deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) We've highlighted Malygos Hunter here, but don't craft this one until the new meta starts settling. As soon as that happens, we'll drop in guides for getting started with each one. We suspect there are more Hunter decks to be “solved” in the week or so ahead of us. Spell Hunter will also likely make a return to the competitive meta, having had a period away from it since the start of the year. It looks as though Deathrattle - or Mech - Hunter is going absolutely nowhere for the foreseeable future. Malygos Druid - Malygos Druid deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) Token Druid - Token Druid deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) Heal Druid - Heal Druid deck list guide (Rise of Shadows) We're also seeing early experiments with Malygos Druid, but let's see if Jepetto's enough to make that stick.

Otherwise Token - perhaps in pure Treant form - is likely to feature in the early days of the meta as well.

Heal Druid is perhaps the most interesting option of all, with plenty of restoration synergies featuring in the new card set. Has Druid had enough time on the naughty step for Blizzard to allow them access to a dominating meta deck once more? We'll see, but there are some new and revived archetypes that should see some level of competitive play. Again, all of these will be dramatically tweaked and refined throughout the launch window, so check back regularly on any favourites: Druid Decks With that out of the way, here's our round-up of the best Rise of Shadows decks. Wherever possible, experiment with budget decks until the first couple of weeks have passed ( UPDATE: Our Budget Rise of Shadows Decks page is now live and contains cheap lists for every hero).Use these deck lists as starting points in the early weeks, and let the much-improved in-game deck builder fill in any blanks from your collection.Be extremely conservative when it comes to crafting expensive new cards, particularly those that empower an archetype that's yet to prove itself in the competitive meta.Expect not only the archetypes contained in this round-up to change over time, but the exact deck lists will also change considerably.įor that reason, the usual advice about new expansions goes double with a new rotation: To help you navigate the early stages of the new meta, we've put together a guide outlining the best theorycrafted decks for Rise of Shadows. This can leave us all facing a bit of a quandry about where to start with such a dramatically overhauled meta, and it's true that it will take a while for things to settle down. Some old archetypes are off to Wild, of course, now that their key cards have been rotated out of Standard, and there's a lot of new stuff to parse in the new meta.

#Hearthstone meta decks update#

Rise of Shadows update has just gone live in Hearthstone, and with it comes another massive collection of cards to weave into new - and revived - decks.