Went back to the basics this month. Promised myself that I would just play one deck that I'm good at until I hit legend since TGT is coming out soon anyway. I was pretty sad I missed legend by one win last season, and promised myself I'm not going to miss that opportunity this month.
I've had my best winrate ever too, which is funny...don't fix what's not broken! Played some today and I'm at Rank 5, 5 stars without putting in any long sessions (I haven't even played since Wednesday too).
I have only 4 losses this month, which is absolutely crazy to me. I've definitely been on the good side of variance, but I've also become more and more of an expert with midrange pally.
One thing that is different in this deck is that it runs two silences...which has been absolutely amazing for this meta. I used to run 2 chows, one owl, but I decided to switch that up. The tempo you get from silencing mad scientists, creepers, eggs, wyrms, wakers, buffed minibots, taunts to push lethal, etc...this can't be understated. It also helps on turn ten playing lay on hands while silencing a threat...the owl has just saved my a$$ so much that I think running two is right.
I've also been watching a lot of Xzirez's and Strifecro's VODS on their Midrange Pally play. They both feel two quartermasters is right, and I think I agree with them...unless your pally deck leans more to control with bigger threats...otherwise, midrange should run double quartermaster. And after watching so much of their games, I think most people make a ton of mistakes with not getting value with QM...thinking a few turns ahead, utilizing deathrattle/divine shields effectively, coupled with Hero powering fairly often...leads to baiting out AOE and getting value out of QM.
Ragnaros is something that isn't standard in midrange pally. But I love him, and I know how to manipulate the board so I have a Plan A and Plan B target most of the time...it's also unexpected burst...which Midrange pally often lacks. Having a BGH target post Boom is nice; just like having sylvanas and Tirion give pally multiple silence targets.
I also decided to run Loatheb instead of Harrison. There isn't enough GP Warrior and Rogue on Ladder to justify running it, and the other matchups are already favored for me. I've played enough GP warrior too to understand my win condition is more about bursting them down before their turn 7/8 combo...and QM does that...Also, Loatheb is almost always good, and acts as a stall mechanic to protect my board as I wait to draw into QM...He's just so good.
Anyway, try pally right now. I think it's a great class right now to grind with before TGT comes out and shakes things up. The fact aggro pally is so rampant right now too, makes midrange pally that much stronger...people mulligan and play against you early as if they are queued against face pally...so just one more thing you got going for you.
Last edited by KremePuff; 08-08-2015 at 02:22 PM.