Grim Patron decks, bringing a new meaning to the term OTK?

[FobManX]

I played a few of these decks today and stomped them. I just don't see it being viable at all in end game play unless someone comes up with something really creative.

[Jester Joe]

I played a few of these decks today and stomped them. I just don't see it being viable at all in end game play unless someone comes up with something really creative.

It's so fun though. Someone had me down to like, 5 while they had full and I won due to Grim Patron.

[Waynhim]

I played a few of these decks today and stomped them. I just don't see it being viable at all in end game play unless someone comes up with something really creative.

Personally I predict that Axe Flinger shenanigans will enhance this deck to the point where it may shift the meta.

[The Stormbringer]

I went up against someone with a Grim Patron deck. Shut him down because he didn't have enough extra self-damage and I had loads of silence to screw over his charge-givers. Felt good.

[Deleted]

It's funny looking back at this thread and seeing the amount of people calling Patron Warrior nothing more than a "Gimmicky deck" and today's meta is swarming with Patron Warriors with the deck even ranking as the number 1 deck in Liquidhearth's "deck of the week" after receiving the number 1 spot by all pros in the panel. How times change !

I guess the only thing allowing this deck to shine is the fact that the meta is dominated by aggro decks. If the meta shifts and Control decks become predominant Grim Patron will most likely disappear (Handlock and Control Warrior have a very favourable match-up against Patron decks).

[Lotus Victoria]

Nerf this to a 4/3

[Deleted]

Nerf this to a 4/3

Nerf to 7/3, make it vulnerable to BGH.

[Mrbleedinggums]

Buff it to a 5/1 with Battlecry: Gain mega-windfury + 50 attack + charge

Cannot attack.

[Dilbon]

Does Nozdormu work against patron shenanigans?

[Raiju]

It's funny looking back at this thread and seeing the amount of people calling Patron Warrior nothing more than a "Gimmicky deck" and today's meta is swarming with Patron Warriors with the deck even ranking as the number 1 deck in Liquidhearth's "deck of the week" after receiving the number 1 spot by all pros in the panel. How times change !

I guess the only thing allowing this deck to shine is the fact that the meta is dominated by aggro decks. If the meta shifts and Control decks become predominant Grim Patron will most likely disappear (Handlock and Control Warrior have a very favourable match-up against Patron decks).

"This deck is good because people are prioritizing more popular decks to counter right now"

Makes a deck weak, don't you think? The only reason people aren't countering the shit out of it is because they're more worried about other decks.

[Deleted]

"This deck is good because people are prioritizing more popular decks to counter right now"

Makes a deck weak, don't you think? The only reason people aren't countering the shit out of it is because they're more worried about other decks.

If it was up to me I would keep things exactly how they are. Patron Warriors keep Zoo and Face Hunter in check and people like me with Control Warrior/Handlock keep Patron Warrior in check. I would still prefer a heavy control meta (I want to build greedy decks and not worry about losing the game by turn 4) but I guess we can't have everything so I guess I will take what is offered to me.

[Runeshear]

Im loving the OTK deck from icy veins site. Definitely a fun deck.

[Arrowstormen]

If it was up to me I would keep things exactly how they are. Patron Warriors keep Zoo and Face Hunter in check and people like me with Control Warrior/Handlock keep Patron Warrior in check. I would still prefer a heavy control meta (I want to build greedy decks and not worry about losing the game by turn 4) but I guess we can't have everything so I guess I will take what is offered to me.

Control decks are expensive as fuck to make, so I doubt we'll ever see a control-heavy meta.

I love the Patron deck, I always wanted to play an enrage warrior, but it never really worked, and I didn't have the cards to run a control warrior, so the entire class was pretty much not viable to me.

[Deleted]

If it was up to me I would keep things exactly how they are. Patron Warriors keep Zoo and Face Hunter in check and people like me with Control Warrior/Handlock keep Patron Warrior in check. I would still prefer a heavy control meta (I want to build greedy decks and not worry about losing the game by turn 4) but I guess we can't have everything so I guess I will take what is offered to me.

We had the exact same situation(and classes) when Miracle Rogue was the thing, and Miracle Rogue had to be nerfed for the Meta to push itself forward.

[Raiju]

We had the exact same situation(and classes) when Miracle Rogue was the thing, and Miracle Rogue had to be nerfed for the Meta to push itself forward.

"forward", in both cases.

@Arrowstormen we'll see a control heavy meta the moment control dominates.

[Rennadrel]

If it was up to me I would keep things exactly how they are. Patron Warriors keep Zoo and Face Hunter in check and people like me with Control Warrior/Handlock keep Patron Warrior in check. I would still prefer a heavy control meta (I want to build greedy decks and not worry about losing the game by turn 4) but I guess we can't have everything so I guess I will take what is offered to me.

Beating Grim Patron decks is all a matter of not letting the opponent proc it's effect, because that is what screws you over. I have countered several Grim Patron decks in recent weeks with a Mage deck without many problems. If I see one, I kill it with fire so it can't spawn more. Using any Mage spell that kills it in one hit is the ideal way to do it, or with minions that can 1 shot it.

[Twoddle]

What's OTK?

[Runeshear]

What's OTK?

One Turn Kill

[Rennadrel]

It isn't a hard deck to counter because so much of it is based on how quickly you get the right cards. Once you have a field of Grim Patrons though, you are screwed. The cards have to line up tight to OTK someone without dying before you play all your cards.

[Mormolyce]

P.S. Isn't that the actual meaning of OTK?