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Elemental Shaman deck list guide - United in Stormwind - Hearthstone (July 2021)Our guide to playing the supercharged Elemental Shaman in the Barrens meta.
Our guide to playing the supercharged Elemental Shaman in the Barrens meta.
Elemental Shaman is aHearthstonedeck that’s not historically been the best, but it is now roaring though the ranks.
To help you get started with this new take on an old favourite, we’ve put together a starter guide which contains the latest competitive deck list, Mulligan advice, and a closer look at the combos contained in the deck.
This is one of the most powerful and iterated decks in the current meta for a reason and you will soon know why!
UPDATE - United in Stormwind
Elemental Shaman hasn’t always been the most meta of decks but right now it is performing exceptionally well. We’ll go deep on the cards that are key to it, and the combos you’ll want to utilise.
Elemental Shaman deck list and strategy
Although Elemental Shaman is on the fringes of the meta right now, this is the version of the deck that’s seeing the most competitive play this month:
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The rest of this guide refers to pre-United in Stormwind cards. It will be updated in the future if the decklist changes.
Elemental Shaman Mulligan guide
The current elemental Shaman deck list performs best, like most decks, if it hits a really nice curve. The early game is important to setting up synergies that will domino throughout your future turns. Here are the cars you want to look out for on an opening hand:
It’s worth highlighting there are two trap cards that you might be tempted to keep but you are better off mulliganing.
Elemental Shaman tips, combos and synergies
This deck is all about early synergy building and letting your late-game finishers do their work. Here are some tips and combos you likely will want to utilise.
For turn 1, if you haveKindling ElementalandWailing Vaporin your hand, you have two options. You can playKindling Elementalfirst and then also dropWailing Vaporfor free. The other option is to playWailing Vaporfirst and wait a turn to playKindling Elementalto giveWailing Vapormore power. This is especially powerful if you also have aCagematch CustodianorMenacing Nimbusin hand as you will be able to play it on the same turn. Just decide if you’d rather have a more explosive turn one or turn two.
As stated above,Instructor Fireheartis a three-drop, but is much better as a finisher. Saving her for turn 10 or so will let you cascade three to four spells to help you close out the game.
Stacking several spells in your hand for later use is a very strong finishing move. Because the curve is so nice on the deck, you often can save a lot of removal for later on. You can often find later in the game that you have double-digit damage available to you for very cheap to close out a game.
Whack-Gnoll Hammer’s ability to do three damage instantly as well as beef up your minions on the board is very, very strong. It’s a very good turn three play.
-Don’t sleep onArid Stormer. If you can activate its Battlecry, its Rush andWindfuryability make him very versatile. It can be used for instant minion removal or you can use Whack-A-Gnoll or a Strength totem to add extra attack damage to it. This allows you to do ever-increasing damage with theWindfuryability.
Elemental Shaman card choices and substitutions
For a deck with such an exceptionally high win rate, Elemental Shaman is surprisingly cheap. It utilises a lot of common cards making this viable for a lot of players. However, the counter side is that its core is so synergistic, there isn’t a lot of room to mess with the early game.
That said, later on in the game, where most of the expensive cards live, you thankfully mix and match a decent amount. There is room for variation when it comes to the finishers in the deck.
