Dies to Removal

With all the fast paladin decks about, I am here:

[deck]Hybrid Hunter[/deck]

[deck]Midrange Hunter[/deck]
Class (17)
1 Hunter's Mark
2 Webspinner
2 Freezing Trap
1 Glaivezooka
1 Quick Shot
2 Animal Companion
2 Eaglehorn Bow
2 Kill Command
2 Unleash the Hounds
2 Savannah Highmane

Neutral (13)
2 Haunted Creeper
1 Ironbeak Owl
2 Knife Juggler
2 Mad Scientist
2 Piloted Shredder
1 Loatheb
2 Sludge Belcher
1 Dr. Boom
[/deck]

Much better.

[deck]Midrange Hunter[/deck]
Class (19)
1 Hunter's Mark
2 Webspinner
2 Freezing Trap
1 Glaivezooka
1 Quick Shot
2 Animal Companion
2 Eaglehorn Bow
2 Kill Command
2 Unleash the Hounds
2 Houndmaster
2 Savannah Highmane

Neutral (13)
2 Haunted Creeper
1 Ironbeak Owl
2 Knife Juggler
2 Mad Scientist
2 Piloted Shredder
1 Loatheb
1 Dr. Boom
[/deck]

Trying out two Unleash and two Houndmaster, not liking it tbh.

Nice. I'm on the cusp of legend so back to midrange to beat all the control decks.

Started the season 15-4, made rank 8 in my first session tonight.

[deck]Hybrid Hunter[/deck]
Class (12)
1 Freezing Trap
2 Glaivezooka
1 Snake Trap
2 Quick Shot
2 Animal Companion
1 Eaglehorn Bow
2 Kill Command
1 Unleash the Hounds

Neutral (18)
2 Abusive Sergeant
2 Leper Gnome
2 Worgen Infiltrator
2 Haunted Creeper
1 Ironbeak Owl
2 Knife Juggler
2 Mad Scientist
2 Arcane Golem
2 Piloted Shredder
1 Loatheb
[/deck]

Strong reccomend. I beat SilentStorm tonight too!

[deck]Hybrid Hunter[/deck]

Update list (top 250 legend).

[deck]Midrange Hunter[/deck]
Class(16)
2 Webspinner
1 Glaivezooka
2 Freezing Trap
1 Quickshot
2 Animal Companion
2 Eaglehorn Bow
2 Kill Command
1 Unleash the Hounds
1 Houndmaster
2 Savannah Highmane

Neautral(14)
2 Haunted Creeper
1 Ironbeak Owl
2 Knife Juggler
2 Mad Scientist
2 Piloted Shredder
1 Loatheb
2 Sludge Belcher
1 Dr. Boom
1 Ragnaros the Firelord
[/deck]

Don't change the split of 1 Glaivezooka, 1 Quickshot (ie: don't run two copies of either), they're clunky in multiples. You can cut either of those singletons for a Snake Trap if you so desire.

I don't like two Unleash in the current legends meta, but if you're seeing a lot more small aggressive decks feel welcome to cut the Ragnaros (much worse in that environment) - Ragnaros is a control killer basically.

You can also switch out Webspinner for Abusive Sergeant or Leper Gnome if that's your preference, but I feel that makes Houndmaster unviable (I suppose that can also be switched out for a Snake Trap, a second Owl, a second Unleash or the first Hunter's Mark).

If you want to beat up on Control / Midrange, you can cut the Quickshot for Ragnaros too.

Yeah I know those feels.

Here's my midrange list, you may like some ideas there.

[deck]Midrange Hunter[/deck]
Class (16)
2 Webspinner
1 Glaivezooka
2 Freezing Trap
1 Quickshot
2 Animal Companion
2 Eaglehorn Bow
2 Kill Command
1 Unleash the Hounds
1 Houndmaster
2 Savannah Highmane

[/b]Neutral (14)[/b]
2 Haunted Creeper
2 Ironbeak Owl
2 Knife Juggler
2 Mad Scientist
2 Piloted Shredder
1 Loatheb
2 Sludge Belcher
1 Dr Boom
[/deck]

For your specific meta, i'd go down to 1 Owl and +1 Unleash the Hounds to really solidify your aggro matchups. If you don't like Webspinner, you can run Abusive Sergeants instead, a la Amaz at Dreamhack, so that's totally viable too!

Yeah it's tough, would you run a second Unleash?

I learned that I was trying too hard to control their board and losing too much damage in the process which resulted in coming up short on the race; you can't usually let 4-5 power creatures be swatting 1/1s, too much damage is wasted.

Yeah that's fair. I just hate a lot of the cards in midrange and like the tempo draws that hybrid gets; it's the most suited to me (over face and midrange), I'm just forever tinkering with my decks!

Cut dwarf and went back to Wolfrider. Infiltrator has been good but maybe I should just play Abusive and not mulligan them in my opener; maybe that's the lesson.

Looking into 1 Freezing Trap, 1 Snake Trap in this meta.

Went 5-2 in my brief testing tonight, will report back with more data asap.

Trying out 2 Worgen Infiltrator, 2 Dark Iron Dwarf right now, plays interestingly.

Played this to 8-1 tonight and rank 13.

[deck]Hybrid Hunter[/deck]
Class (14)
2 Freezing Trap
2 Glaivezooka
2 Quick Shot
2 Animal Companion
1 Eaglehorn Bow
2 Kill Command
1 Unleash the Hounds
2 Savannah Highmane

Neutral (16)
2 Abusive Sergeant
2 Leper Gnome
2 Haunted Creeper
2 Ironbeak Owl
2 Knife Juggler
2 Mad Scientist
1 Wolf Rider
2 Piloted Shredder
1 Loatheb
[/deck]

All the little details you guys mentioned came up, so thanks for the feedback, was very helpful. I'm considering a Houndmaster in place of the Wolf Rider (both for curve and for power level), but the extra reach was nice.

This list with -1 Glaivezooka, +1 Eaglehorn Bow has been the best for me so far.

Your flex slots are the second Owl, the second Quickshot and the Wolfrider. You've got an enormous amount of freedom to tune for specific matchups, eg: Paladin Aggro, -1 Quickshot, -1 Wolfrider, +1 Unleash the Hounds, +1 Harrison Jones etc.

If you want help, let me know!

Yeah I agree.

I was a good MTG player too, once upon a time

I was 52% winrate two weeks ago, and I am up to 62% today.

Made legend at number 125 at a 62% winrate.

Pushing for legend tonight, I intend on writing some content about the deck and my experiences with the game in the near future.

Added!

Rank 1

Im zemanjaski 1145 if that helps.

Houndmaster isnt as good as Shieldmasta given the number of beasts you're running.

My flex slots are 1 Wolf Rider, 1 Shieldmasta right now, very happy with both. Rank 3 on NA.

Keep at it! Rogue is hard.

I just made rank 4 and beat Reckful on his stream

There's a huge amount of Hunter Aggro and Control Warrior on ladder at the moment - currently in the grind to legend as of right now (just hit r5).

Quite of bit of tech in for the meta.

[deck]Hybrid Hunter[/deck]
Class (14)
2 Freezing Trap
1 Glaivezooka
2 Quick Shot
2 Animal Companion
2 Eaglehorn Bow
2 Kill Command
1 Unleash the Hounds
2 Savannah Highmane

Neutral (16)
2 Abusive Sergeant
2 Leper Gnome
1 Acidic Swamp Ooze
2 Haunted Creeper
1 Ironbeak Owl
2 Knife Juggler
2 Mad Scientist
1 Kezan Mystic
2 Piloted Shredder
1 Loatheb
[/deck]

It's a bit too hit or miss for my liking, sonething like Harrison even would be more consistent.

Stranglethorn tiger / dark iron dwarf / defender of argus?

Down to rank 9 after two sessions this week. I'd like another four or 5 drop so that I curve out more consistently; having only three cards in that space is a bit light.

Houndmaster is the obvious target but I don't have enough beasts early in the curve for it to be reluae. Keen for input!

Played this to 8-1 tonight and rank 13.

[deck]Hybrid Hunter[/deck]
Class (14)
2 Freezing Trap
2 Glaivezooka
2 Quick Shot
2 Animal Companion
1 Eaglehorn Bow
2 Kill Command
1 Unleash the Hounds
2 Savannah Highmane

Neutral (16)
2 Abusive Sergeant
2 Leper Gnome
2 Haunted Creeper
2 Ironbeak Owl
2 Knife Juggler
2 Mad Scientist
1 Wolf Rider
2 Piloted Shredder
1 Loatheb
[/deck]

All the little details you guys mentioned came up, so thanks for the feedback, was very helpful. I'm considering a Houndmaster in place of the Wolf Rider (both for curve and for power level), but the extra reach was nice.

Yeah I don't like aggro decks without endgames.

Thanks for the feedback, il try 2 explosive, 1 freezing at the start of the season (to punish aggro), then switch later to two freezing.

I like -1 Mark, +1 Owl. Thanks!

Looking for some feedback on Hybrid Hunter for Season 16.

[deck]Hybrid Hunter[/deck]
Class (16)
1 Hunter's Mark
1 Explosive Trap
1 Freezing Trap
1 Glaivezooka
1 Snake Trap
2 Quick Shot
2 Animal Companion
2 Eaglehorn Bow
2 Kill Command
1 Unleash the Hounds
2 Savannah Highmane

Neutral (14)
2 Abusive Sergeant
2 Leper Gnome
2 Haunted Creeper
1 Ironbeak Owl
2 Knife Juggler
2 Mad Scientist
2 Piloted Shredder
1 Loatheb
[/deck]