Hi all, the pirate warrior deck has a dismal win rate against druid in wild and I’d like to check how to beat it. In particular, a few cards cause issue:
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The card that summons a 4 mana minion from deck (summons vargoth + 5/10 taunt) on turn 4.
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Spreading plague which is turn 6.
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Vargoth + that card which lets you choose +6 armour twice
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Card which heals 5, draw 5.
I usually struggle to play cards, worried that they have spreading plague. But if I dont play aggressively, they will out armour my damage and in the long run, i cannot win.
Unless I win on turn 3, which is almost impossible with pirate warrior, I find that match up very hard. Any advice? Should I go aggressive or play cautious to avoid plague?
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Loatheb can work wonders, sometimes.
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Ah ok fabulous idea! Will try it, thanks! I think it’s also useful against mage.
Loatheb is a card you want to have. Also the current meta pirate warrior deck isn’t better than the OG pirate warrior deck IMO.
The reason is simple, the old pirate warrior deck has your opponent dead quicker 
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Thanks what does OG pirate stand for? I went to google and the results showed me a pally pirates deck.
I think the new pirate warrior is by far better than the old one.
You can have a better opening with a 1 drop, patches and two parachute brigands.
You have more cannons, better stated minions and much more card draw.
The old pirate warrior was running out of steam quite fast.
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Yes the new one is nice as it has no spells and therefore can’t trigger omy and counterspell and a few other secrets. Plus the card draws are nice.
It got me to legend but it’s very meta dependent. Against control, reno, taunts and Druids, it does poorly. Turn 6 reno usually means gg.
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Well, there is a card that destroys all armor (Platebreaker) so if you have a problem with that there is a tech option. But it sux in PW deck cause it’s just 5/5 for 5 mana otherwise (expensive ‘do nothing’ if oponent doesn’t have armor).
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Thanks thats true, but my real nemesis is that 4 mana summon vargoth + 5/10 taunt, or just the 5/10 taunt, and then a whole series of 1/5 for every pirate i have in play. Loetheb works better I think. Plus against other classes too.
Update: was trying, but realised my Loatheb is not that helpful against that 4 mana summon 5/10 taunt spell. Thats because he can cast it before my Loatheb. My only chance is if he doesnt draw it by turn 4.
This is what I meant: can anyone guide me how I could play differently to win this match, or is it a loss no matter how well I play?
https://hsreplay.net/replay/XfrCo7W3xtdUR9v3dKh4pD
And since I am requesting for help, this one is not druid but resurrect priest: any help will be welcome as I am meeting a wall of druids and priests at Diamond 1 to 3 that I cant get through.
Vs Priest: https://hsreplay.net/replay/dyw2UpRcLRFPDZkirYDeYT