![]() Shaman | Hunter | Warrior | Druid | Mage | Warlock| Rogue | Priest | Paladin It doesn’t feel like it when you grind your way up the ladder, but we’re deceptively close to a balanced game. There are many viable decks hovering around the 50% mark, and many other decks would be there as well if not for one archetype keeping them down. The Power Ranking table shows how balanced the Meta would be in a world where Midrange Shaman is not so potent.Many high level players are also beginning to shift away from it in the tournament scene. Overall, it is an archetype that is currently not well positioned in the Meta and is very susceptible to being countered. ![]() ![]() In addition, it also falters against decks that pack strong minions as well as burst damage, such as Spell Druid, Tempo Mage and Miracle Rogue. Its struggles against any Hunter deck that plays Savannah Highmane is well documented. Over the past few weeks, it lost its advantage against Midrange Shaman. Control Warrior is starting to collapse.We’ve noticed it’s also gone through a slight internal uptick in its performance, which is likely a result of the recent refinement it’s been going through. This offsets its struggles against Shaman and Warrior, and puts it at a strong overall position in the Meta. It has great matchups against many common opponents in the Meta: Tempo Mage, Hunter and Druid. As we’ve said earlier, up until very recently, Zoo Warlock has been the ladder sleeper hit deck.Hunter is still a very strong class, in a healthy position of being good without being oppressive. Face Hunter, like many other aggressive all-in decks, can catch people off guard when not accounted for, but when it starts becoming more common, the response from the opponent will usually be more effective. Hunter is starting to be kept in check, which we anticipated in some degree.With no ability of the Meta to correct itself effectively, we don’t expect this to change until an influx of cards, balance changes, or a combination of both, arrive. With the player base reluctant to counter Midrange Shaman with one of its worst matchups, Midrange Shaman, the archetype is continuing to grow in strength against the field and has once again crossed the 55% win rate mark.The numbers we report are the expected win rates of each archetype based on their matchups against the field, factoring in the frequency of all potential opponents on ladder at different rank groups over the past week. We now present the updated “vS Power Rankings” table for week # 25. The bottom line is that against the current matrix of opponents, Zoo still wins more often than it loses. We believe the archetype has been underrated for a while, with many players focused on its bad matchup against Shaman and Warrior rather than its good matchups against many other popular decks on ladder. Warlock has seen a surge in play on the back of recent ladder success with the Zoo archetype. ![]() Its Secret based archetypes are showing further growth and at this point, it’s well recognized that the class has a strong place in the Meta, with Face Hunter being one of the only decks in the game that can trade punches with Midrange Shaman and stay standing.
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