Hearthstone Shaman Face Aggro LoE Deck

[Guest Bednish]

So, I used this deck list as a base... but I took out the very, VERY brittle parts and made it a full blown Overload deck.  So far in Ranked constructed play I'm 15-1, and the one loss was a bit of bad luck draw and a bit of total brain freeze bad play on my part... the game was winnable, I thoroughly blew it.  Anyway, here's the deck list:

 

Shaman:

2x Earth Shock (for those annoying Taunts)

2x Lightning Bolt (light-medium removal)

2x Tunnel Trog (stompy)

2x Ancestral Knowledge (buff Trog and reload)

2x Crackle (splashy medium-big removal)

2x Lava Shock (little removal plus unlock)

2x Totem Golem (big body on a little mana card)

2x Feral Spirit (taunts of your own that buff Trog?  Cha-ching!)

2x Lava Burst (fixed big removal)

1x Lightning Storm (AOE removal, something this deck lacked)

1x Mana Tide Totem (even if it's a one and done, it gets you a card and it ties up one of the enemies removal resources)

1x Doomhammer (windfury weapon-whomp removal)

 

Standard:

2x Abusive Sergeant (quickie buff... useful for totems to pop enemy annoyances)

1x Srr Mrrgl (I may remove this... the totems get enemy attention and Wrath of Air makes all the pure dps spells that much nastier) - I'm looking at Unbound Elemental or Windspeaker as the likely replacements.  Giving a buffed Trog Windfury seems like it's all kinds of sick and wrong.

2x Lance Carrier (instant buff that stays... better than Sarge)

2x Loot Hoarder (Trade + Draw = win)

1x Big Game Hunter (staple for stompy removal)

1x Leeroy Jenkins (I like the charge finisher)

 

Thoughts?

What about Rockbiter Weapon? Gonna try switching the Carriers for them. Also changing the BGH to leper gnome, will test

[Guest Shinnigami]

i don't normally post on this as im looking for ideas but this deck is so sick i had to i did put in a blood mage substitute but other then that love it ! 

[gkamvysis 1]

What about elemental destruction?

[positiv2 953]

What about elemental destruction?

Does the opposite of what you want. You want to establish a board and use that to quickly kill your opponent.

[gkamvysis 1]

Yes, but some people use it, maybe as a plan b if you fail to establish the board cause those minions can't stay a lot on board, or to make the game last longer when needed.

[gkamvysis 1]

combined with lava shock maybe

[positiv2 953]

If you fall behind, you lose most of the time anyway. No need for board clear, especially not when you have the option of Storm.

You don't have the resources to play the long game. If you often face decks that require you to do so, it's time to switch decks.

[Guest leathergloves]

Weakness against deck that floods the board like Implosion, muster for battle and taunts (deathlord, dragon priest, warrior's fierce monkey). If you clear it, you slow down your face damage. If you don't, they will defender of argus or quarter master, since there is no lightning storm.

[Sottle 221]

Elemental Destruction is actually a valid option in this deck. The theory is that you reset any board back to neutral, and then you're more likely to draw damage every turn than your opponent, putting you at an advantage. It's really good if you're coming up against a lot of Druid.

[positiv2 953]

Could you give me some more information when to play Elemental Destruction? It has been pretty much a failure for me so far (staying in hand or losing the match even harder after playing it).

[batanete 28]

Could you give me some more information when to play Elemental Destruction? It has been pretty much a failure for me so far (staying in hand or losing the match even harder after playing it).

I personally dislike the card, but I would say it works best when you can use lava shoch in the same turn, and you don't expect your opponent to just play another million minions on the following turn anyway(ie when their hand is nearly empty).

[Guest DNAmodifier]

I replaced the 2 flame jugglers by 1 elemental destruction and by 1 lightning storm. The 2 argent horse riders by 1 fireguard destroyer and 1 earth elemental. I also replaced 1 abusive sergent by a flame tongue .

So far I like it. Any comments?

[batanete 28]

Just thought i'd mention i'm not much of a fan of flametongue myself, so i'm only running one along with one abusive(which I also find too situational to be a 2 of)

Edited April 9, 2016 by batanete

[Guest someannoyingguy]

What would be a decdnt replacement for Sir Finley until I unlock LOE's third wing?

[positiv2 953]

1 hour ago, Guest someannoyingguy said:

What would be a decdnt replacement for Sir Finley until I unlock LOE's third wing?

Lightning Bolt or Bloodmage Thalnos. 

[Guest thesameannoyingguy]

4 hours ago, positiv2 said:

Lightning Bolt or Bloodmage Thalnos. 

Thanks a lot!

[L3GH05T5 0]

Hey, could you talk about general anti-meta tech like Blood Knight and Kezan Mystic? Like appropriate swap-outs for such cards.

 

Also, have you looked at Charged Hammer? Seems like a good tech card, cuz it gives you an amped Mage Hero Power. And then is Unbound Elemental too slow for what this deck is aimed at accomplishing?

Sorry if any of this is repeat content...40 comments is a lot to go through lol

[positiv2 953]

@L3GH05T5Charged Hammer is too weak on its own, and when you don't draw Doomhammer to replace the weapon, it takes too long to activate. Also, Sir Finley Mrrgglton is good enough as a hero power replacer, and when you draw him after you change your hero power, he becomes a denied draw.
Unbound Elemental can be used as a budget swap, but is too weak for its mana cost. When you compare it with a 2-drop Totem Golem or 4-drop Flamewreathed Faceless, you can see than his stats for mana ratio is very weak compared to cards played turn before and after.