With big changes coming to the meta today let’s do a little theorycraft here and see if we can determine what the post patch meta will be like. Assuming the nerfs are what we think they are - Boom and Hydration ressurecting (different) minions, Chia drake to 4 hp, concierge not less than (1), lamplighter to 4, and ticking/pylon zilliax only reducing cost by your own minions (and not the opponents board) what are we left with?
The way I see it, we have handbuff and showdown/aggro paladin as forerunners, that new evolve shaman with its blowout turn on 5, pain lock, and raindbow DK as the major standout decks to beat. Elemental decks go away and unless the buffs are really massive (I don’t think they look that big tbh) we’re left with mainly these 4. There’s also zarimi and overheal priest but so few people care about aggressive priest lists they don’t get the traction they deserve. And of those decks the one that stands out as the class EVERYONE and their mamma wants to play, while also being a significant power performer is rainbow DK.
Rainbow DK is downright oppressive into anything that wants to develop a board. Horizons edge on 4 and eliza goreblade basically lock out your opponent from developing stats for the rest of the game, and if that wasn’t enough, they’re followed up by reska (two or three …or four… and sometimes more times). There are very few decks that can get under rainbow DK, and once eliza goreblade drops its also super difficult to go over it. Paladin probably has an edge because handbuff is bonkers and showdown cheese wins games, but other than that what else can contest it? So I’m anticipating a LOT more DK after today. You’ll be seeing Arthas’s face in spades for the next month or two.
Oh yeah, and also the return of dragon druid and warrior shifting to reno decks. Control warrior dies out and reno warrior takes its place. That’s my new meta predictions. A lot of DK, paladin, reno warrior and dragon druid.