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BP Ladder Optimizer #3: Salty and Nemesis Decks (Meta-Meta Report)

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Improvements

Welcome to the third issue of the BlizzPro Ladder Optimizer. We, Michael “Mad Daddy Gonz” McGonigle and I, are very grateful for the very good feedback you have given us. We have heard you, and this week we have implemented something new!

You are tired of playing just the best decks? In the spirit of the WellMet Podcast’s “Beat’ em, or Join ‘em,” we are proud to introduce two new categories:

  • Salty Decks: direct counters to the most frequently played decks
  • Nemesis necks: direct counters to the fastest laddering decks

Salty Decks should be used, if you encounter one deck over and over again and you are, well, very salty about it. This list is perfect to punish everyone who is responsible for your being salty. Choosing this deck might break your pocket-meta as the top three played decks in this week’s infographic account for over 50% of all decks.

Nemesis Decks are ideal for when a deck is very oppressive, as was the case with Razakus Priest (which forced BIG Druid into the meta); or if you are preparing for a tournament and expect the most powerful decks to be brought a lot. Taking for example Aggro Token Druid: it is a superficially weaker deck if you look at laddering speed, but in a meta with lots of Tempo Rogue it can work wonders. If you are in a rank range where you get a lot of the same matchup, either Nemesis or Salty decks can give you the right answer to your hand.

We hope these new categories will help you better understand the metagame and encourage you all not just to play the same most powerful decks, but also to play some off-meta decks, making the ladder more diverse in the process and your less frustrating.

Week 45 Meta Thoughts

This week, the changes were less drastic than last week’s. BIG Druid has taken over the position as the best laddering deck, overtaking Tempo rogue, though the differences in ladder speed between the two are negligible. More surprisingly, Zoolock has developed as a close third best laddering deck. BIG Druid has the higher winrate, but its matches take longer. This fact makes BIG Druid slightly better when laddering in ranks where there are still bonus stars to be won.

In the most played category, Zoolock fell to rank 4 while Jade Druid climbed up again to rank 2. The other two decks are unchanged from last week. We are already excited for next week’s report, where we will get to see if Marin the Fox can shake up the meta.

The Infographic

Decklists

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BIG Druid variations include exchanging one Innervate with Ysera (Twink’s) or both with Bright-Eyed Scout (Ombre’s).

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Martin "OtakuMZ" Z.

Real life physician and afterhour card battler. Martin "OtakuMZ" contributes to the Hearthstone team of BlizzPro since late 2015. Additionally, he contributes analytic articles for Hearthstone and Gwent as a member of Fade2Karma and in his collumn on the Gwentlemen site. He is best known for his infographics which can be accessed at a glance at https://www.facebook.com/hsinfographics and https://www.facebook.com/gwentinfographics


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