Your list looks like the standard drago priest, minus argus. (And techs v cultists)

Is lightbomb standard in dragon? I thought reynad's tgt launch list excluded those.

I like them--I'm sure you'll get some people who don't play around it because of that.

I use a lightbomb in the dragon build I use, as well as a mass dispel. Mass dispel has been putting in work against warlock and pallys which both seem plentiful. SWD seems always better than rend

1x Holy Smite
2x Northshire
2x Twilight Whelp
2x PW Shield

2x Wyrmrest Agent

1x Blackwing Tech
1x Dark Cultist
2x SW Death
1x Velens Chosen
1x Thoughtsteal

2x Twilight Guardian
1x Shadow Madness
1x Mass Dispel

2x Blackwing Corruptor
2x Holy Nova
1x Voljin

1x Sylvanas
1x Lightbomb

1x Confessor Paletress

1x Chromaggus
1x Nefarian

1x Ysera

It could use work. I have doubts about confessor, but she has worked nicely and really seems underrated.

Deck looks unreal greedy. Ysera, confessor, chromaggus, AND nefarion? Looks like you need to run mind control for the fivecta.

How is Dragon Priest even fun to people?

That deck and handlock puts me to sleep to play against.

As a priest I typically ran 1x BGH and 1x SWD, as I felt the 4-2 body is just too strong to pass up on for virtually the same effect and against many opponents I would hold onto the death for targets like boom etc, it was only really Sylvanas/Emp as 5 attack guys that BGH would miss out on. Can I ask why people run 2x SWD? Is it just the versatility?

turns out some people LIKE thinking and making decisions in a game

I love handlock -- I wish it were viable lol.

What thinking?

It's like handlock. You just respond with taunts before you can overpower your opponent. Inner fire requires thinking. Dragon is just responding to what's on board until your down to your last five cards. Boring gameplay and almost as mindless as aggro.

Combo decks that require you adding up damage and playing around stuff are the only real decks that are thoughtful in this game.

I have run into two "Healing" deck priests today. Not sure if it's a new thing or not.

The idea seemed to be Holy Champions and Light Wardens, the goal is to them to stick and then go off with like pyros and circle of healings and refreshment vendors and ****, they can get big fast.

Kind of one trick pony but dangerous.

handlock is the deck I used to get to legend last month, amnesia held #1 NA for the last 2.5 weeks with the demon version. Pretty sure it's viable.

seems to lose too much to midrange hunter, GP, and all forms of pally decks -- as well as good facehunter starts. I don't really see too many other decks in the meta, thus making it a bad deck. But I'm a bad player too

BAN

Handlock is super strong and always has been around but man it has a terrible matchup vs Paladins and Paladins are everywhere on the ladder nowadays.

midrange hunter and paladin are good against handlock but isnt handlock considered the best counter there is to grim patron?

There's no counter to GP. It's just a matter of the win condition changing from board control with the GPs to OTK with executes and frothings. BUt yeah, I can see why handlock would be better against GP than most decks

technically control and/or giant mage is the best counter to gp and it is considered a hard counter but yeah, handlock is pretty strong, you only lose if you brick all threats and they draw like god with some massive battle rage into emp turn.

I don't think the old midrange pally matchup is as bad as people think. haven't tried it against these new paladins though and I imagine that it got a lot tougher since they are more aggro than they used to be

Thread hasnt been updated in a while so i figured id weigh in on tgt and priest. Prefacing this with although i like to play every class (mage not so much) typically ill main a given class each month. September across na eu and asia it was priest for me for sure. Prob won 300ish games across all 3 servers give or take, and i used a control priest template. Screw dragon priest, (well, mainly bc i dont have any twilight guardians or chillmaw!) each server had its own flare/tech, and i wanted to discuss them.

Worth noting that even though priest absolutely dodnt get buffed in tgt relative to all 9 classes, when metas shift good can become bad and vica versa. Because of this (and thr strength of dragonpriest, so maybe they did get buffed!) i actually think priest is in a great spot - it has very advantageous matchups vs all paladins (i think it deals with secretadin v well) and its worst matchup, rogue, is basically long gone. I also believe it enjoys a positive match vs druid too but everything vs druid pretty much depends of they curve well or not.

So for starters:
I used fjola lightbane on asia. I opened her early there and didnt have all the late game cards like i do on na so made a more buff heavy deck and was determined to get value. (Its worth mentioning before ppl clamor that this sample isnt relevant bc vs weak competition i finished just shy of legend there, and actually goofed about the deadline bc the whole them being a day anead) Without eyedis this maybe wasnt great but she was worse than cultist in just about every situation. Cultists give value to other minions from time to time; its very rare the divine shield mattered, and i rarely could hold buffs for this specific effect.

I used justicar on eu since i opened him early there. He was so so so good mid month i changed my mind about crafting varian on na to justicar and i have no regrets. I know people love him in midrange pally (even tho thats out of style due to secretadin) and he has shined in fatigue and control warrior, but i actually think hes best as a priest card. A full heal on a blademaster is massive; he is a super comeback vs aggro; and finally the reach with auchenai is very very real. Major thumbs up.

I didnt open paletress on any server and was ok not using her. I know shes queen of rng but if push came to shove i would still rather use ysera over her. There are specific or lucky situations shes great but i dont like the rng unless its clearly a good bet.

I think thats it for discussion of tgt legendaries. I dont want to rehash old topics like teching in harrison or loatheb etc, except that in the more silence heavy meta and more token based decks i found slyvanas lacking. I have her on asia so rode it out there but actually removed her from my na deck. Was really weird bc shes won of my favorite cards.

As far as the blaise tgt cards, i tried flash heal across all 3 servers at varying times. Since i often cut to 1 Naaru, it was clunky and excessive. The ping was nice vs specifically shieldmaidens but not getting a lightwarden was actually a really big deal. Theyre worth trying since its slightly more reach or spot heal vs aggro and if naaru was not a card id def play one, but its a confusingly similar yet weaker card to naaru.

I did not try power word glory, convert, or the epic that reduces mana cost. They seemed terrible and i suspect, given no one has had success with them, this strikes true. In a super super buff heavy deck pwg could could worl, in a super troll deck maybe convert earns a spot, and in an odd emperor type deck maybe the 3/3, but none draw consideration in control.

I played a lot with holy champion. I ended up running 1 copy in eu and asia and thought it was a nice compliment to 2 auchenais. Its quite solid to slam on 4 and presents a minor won condition on its own. I cut from 2 on eu bc i found 4 4 drops excessive but maybe you could convince me a 2nd copy is ok. This card would often get instant silenced bc ppl feared it - and i did have a few circle of healing super lethals, much like patron. Basically im happy with this card and find it good enough.

I know the main hs thread talked about confuse and maybe it being good enough but i didnt open it on eu or asia and didnt have the cohones to try on na. I suspect its too weak in a non gimmick deck. Spawn of shadows is an aggro card and never drew consideration and finally wyrmrest is great... For dragon priest.

I think thats all the class cards. Of the common non legends...

Injured kvaldir was scrapped nearly immediately. Chows are better 98% of the time, so the only archetype id consider them is a rez priest deck. Sample size was small here but they flatout didnt pull their weight. Sad bc injured blademaster is sooo good.

Tournament medic makes sense in an inner fire deck. In the very beginning i tried it on eu bc the cancer is max over there and it wasnt good enough. Mind you it wasnt bad but it was too slow when you need to stabilize immediately, and too ineffective in the ither matchups. The only exception was when i was able to velens it, but it was much like a deathlord in that situation.

I think those were the only nuetrals i tried.

Good writeup bobbo. It's good to know that cultists are better than the 3-drop legendaries. I won't worry about crafting them. I really love holy champion, I'm running 2 in my control list I netdecked from Zetalot. I find that aggro decks will spend resources to remove it so it's kind of like a pseudo senjin with upside. I found dragon priest to be quite boring to play. It's a solid deck but there are very few interesting decisions when piloting it. I'm glad straight control is playable again.

This is my priest list I most enjoy playing these days. Generally wrecks all aggro and is a lot of fun to play:


+ Emperor + Ysera

I win a lot of priest mirrors and do surprisingly well against control warriors as well.

My single greatest game of hearthstone was played with this deck against a pure Handlock. ~38 perfect turns with many of them being highly counter-intuitive for my only win against a handlock.

Would like to find a spot for a 2nd shrinkmeister, but the deck is kind of perfect as is, maybe cut 1 power word: shield.

Have to admit i dont get that list at all

I have a good record vs handlock, its a real cool matchup. Lightbomb is huge of course but mainly the key is denying moltens. Same as vs echo mage.

so is the key just going to fatigue with priest against HL? or comboing them? i normally lose against HL as priest.

Give it a go Bobbo Particularly nice for crushing all of the aggro ladder-rushers at the beginning of the season.

handlock has been a big favorite vs priest forever

i know that's why i was asking bobbo how he beats HL with priest. denying moltens means sitting back but priests normally don't have combos to burst HL down. if he throws down jaraxxus it's even more fun although moltens are unavailable.