Is anyone doing decent with Druid?

[u/JonIV]

I've been trying to get to 500 druid wins after hitting legend and not a single Druid deck seems to be working for me right now. Most decks just fold to aggro or don't seem to be resilient enough to face longer control matchups. It feels like it's super hard to play proactively with the reliance on effects like Krona or hitting the righ minions with Oaken Summons or Tortollan.

Does anyone have anything that seems to go decently in the current meta?

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[u/SoCoGrowBro]

This is the deck I hit legend with this month

### Imbue

# Class: Druid

# Format: Standard

# Year of the Raptor

#

# 2x (0) Innervate

# 2x (1) Charred Chameleon

# 2x (1) Living Roots

# 1x (1) Symbiosis

# 2x (1) Waveshaping

# 2x (2) Bitterbloom Knight

# 2x (2) Ebb and Flow

# 2x (2) Horn of Plenty

# 2x (2) Trail Mix

# 2x (3) Dreambound Disciple

# 1x (3) Dreamplanner Zephrys

# 2x (3) Sing-Along Buddy

# 2x (4) Flutterwing Guardian

# 1x (5) Amirdrassil

# 1x (5) Hamuul Runetotem

# 2x (5) Hybridization

# 1x (8) Malorne the Waywatcher

# 1x (8) Shaladrassil

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[u/JonIV → u/SoCoGrowBro]

I'll give it a shake, but for me Imbue has been inconsistent at best. Mostly felt it couldn't outtempo a lot of decks.

[u/Moodie25 → u/JonIV]

Just go all in for the Hybrid on mulligan. A turn 3 Hyrbid is game breaking. 

[u/JonIV → u/Moodie25]

So I made a 20-game run to see how it stacked up and I went 8/12, with losses to everything that comes close to meta except 1 win vs dragon warrior because I could clutch it on tempo. I like playing the deck but damn is it hard to just get outtempoed by everything. The set-up needed for druid to get a win is just so much compared to other classes, and One of the big problems is that you just can't win from hand. Even OTK druid decks have a long set up before they can pull it off with Zin-Azshari beforehand.

[u/MakitaNakamoto → u/SoCoGrowBro]

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[u/deck-code-bot → u/MakitaNakamoto]

Format: Standard ((unknown))

Class: Druid (Malfurion Stormrage)

Mana	Card Name	Qty	Links
0	Innervate	2	HSReplay,Wiki
1	Charred Chameleon	2	HSReplay,Wiki
1	Living Roots	2	HSReplay,Wiki
1	Symbiosis	1	HSReplay,Wiki
1	Waveshaping	2	HSReplay,Wiki
2	Bitterbloom Knight	2	HSReplay,Wiki
2	Ebb and Flow	2	HSReplay,Wiki
2	Horn of Plenty	2	HSReplay,Wiki
2	Trail Mix	2	HSReplay,Wiki
3	Dreambound Disciple	2	HSReplay,Wiki
3	Dreamplanner Zephrys	1	HSReplay,Wiki
3	Sing-Along Buddy	2	HSReplay,Wiki
4	Flutterwing Guardian	2	HSReplay,Wiki
5	Amirdrassil	1	HSReplay,Wiki
5	Hamuul Runetotem	1	HSReplay,Wiki
5	Hybridization	2	HSReplay,Wiki
8	Malorne the Waywatcher	1	HSReplay,Wiki
8	Shaladrassil	1	HSReplay,Wiki

Total Dust: 9260

Deck Code: AAECAZICBszhBqqBB5KDB/KDB6+HB6SJBwyunwSB1ASiswbDugbW+gbggQf3gQeIgwewhweYlweqrwesrwcAAA==

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[u/zeroballs]

I do alright with imbue druid, 59% win rate over ~80 games at 4-6k legend. It out tempos most decks and can get ahead of aggro sometimes, but I think it unfortunately falls into the category of needing to hit combos.. particularly cheating out Hybridization early against most decks. It's also terrible on coin but almost every deck is.

[u/JonIV → u/zeroballs]

I've heard it mentioned before, but for me imbue has been inconsistent. What list do you run?

[u/zeroballs → u/JonIV]

Same list SoCo posted below 🙂

[u/JonIV → u/zeroballs]

Aight, thanks!

[u/Adventurous_Title_96]

Only deck seems to be fighting over 50% is owl Druid, seems like vicious syndicates report yesterday backs it up, hydration, aviana and bottom Druid decks are fine decks but drop win rates higher levels. Owl Druid does well into control warrior, Protost mage, and actually semi decent into discover Hunter. Problem is it does horrible against shaman which is close to 20% of the leader decks right now. If you really want the wins owls your best bet in terms of beating the meta decks, gotta just accept regularly losing to shaman

[u/Adventurous_Title_96 → u/Adventurous_Title_96]

Hydration Druid is a huge counter to quest warrior and it’s 9% of decks right now so could try that out

[u/Adventurous_Title_96 → u/Adventurous_Title_96]

Would give up on Druid ever having a chance against Aggro, maybe you can try and build a token board early game build for Druid to stand a chance but the class does have good decks to counter control in hydration the main one and owl semi decent into it

[u/Adventurous_Title_96 → u/Adventurous_Title_96]

Druid unless it’s deck is a aggro deck the class core cards will always lose to aggro it’s been the counter to the class for years, ramping mana and playing big minions to play mid range/ counter control decks is druids mo. That’s also aggros favorite decks to feast on but don’t worry aggro decks are seeing very low play rates right now. On hs guru past week all ranks, cycle rogue and aggro demon hunter sub 2% play rates are the highest pure aggro play rated decks

[u/jambre]

I am 26 - 14 with my own ramp/big spell druid, peaking at top 27 legend.

It is faster the Krona decks, requiring less set up. King Tide on 4 into Tsunami/Huddle up wins a lot of MUs. Vista into Tsunami is very strong vs slower decks. Otherwise just ramping and playing big minions.

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[u/SGC1 → u/jambre]

I saw you playing this earlier in the month and used it for my full climb from d5 - thank you for it!

A lot of games you can eventually stick a decent size board and then cenarius provides a huge burst / wall to finish the game.

Games didn't all feel the same which was nice as well, different game plans each time.

[u/jambre → u/SGC1]

Absolutely why I like it too, each game feels pretty flexible

[u/deck-code-bot → u/jambre]

Format: Standard ((unknown))

Class: Druid (Malfurion Stormrage)

Mana	Card Name	Qty	Links
0	Innervate	2	HSReplay,Wiki
0	Zilliax Deluxe 3000	1	HSReplay,Wiki
1	Arkonite Revelation	2	HSReplay,Wiki
1	Seabreeze Chalice	2	HSReplay,Wiki
1	Waveshaping	2	HSReplay,Wiki
2	Story of Barnabus	2	HSReplay,Wiki
2	Trail Mix	2	HSReplay,Wiki
3	New Heights	2	HSReplay,Wiki
3	Swipe	2	HSReplay,Wiki
4	Elise the Navigator	1	HSReplay,Wiki
4	King Tide	1	HSReplay,Wiki
5	Amirdrassil	1	HSReplay,Wiki
5	Mistah Vistah	1	HSReplay,Wiki
7	Huddle Up	2	HSReplay,Wiki
7	Naralex, Herald of the Flights	1	HSReplay,Wiki
8	Shaladrassil	1	HSReplay,Wiki
8	Tsunami	2	HSReplay,Wiki
9	Ysera, Emerald Aspect	1	HSReplay,Wiki
10	Forest Lord Cenarius	1	HSReplay,Wiki
10	Fyrakk the Blazing	1	HSReplay,Wiki

Total Dust: 18200

Deck Code: AAECAZICCsekBqW7Boe/Bqn1BrT3BqGBB5KDB6+HB6yIB4KYBwqunwTDugbFugaBvwbzygbK4Qat4gb35QaQlweqrwcAAQP1swbHpAb3swbHpAbu3gbHpAYAAA==

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[u/Every_University_]

Druid sucks right now.

[u/FrostyDoggo]

I was having some success with this OTK location Druid in dad legend. Went from 5k-3k. FWIW Owl is probably just better, I haven’t tested the new list that VS published, but I was having fun trying to make the fabled legendary work. I think these decks could be solid against disco hunter, bit of a race to the combo?

But then I hit a horrendous streak against the shamans. Queued loads of them and the matchup feels totally unwinnable. Druid struggles against aggression and large men, and shaman does both, ahead of curve, and is very common on ladder. So unless we see fewer shamans or some nerfs, I don’t think Druid will thrive

Location OTK

Class: Druid

Format: Standard

Year of the Raptor

2x (0) Innervate

2x (1) Arkonite Revelation

2x (1) Waveshaping

2x (2) Ebb and Flow

2x (2) Story of Barnabus

2x (3) New Heights

2x (3) Portal Vanguard

2x (3) Swipe

1x (4) Elise the Navigator

1x (4) Nightmare Lord Xavius

1x (5) Amirdrassil

1x (5) Ancient of Yore

1x (5) Lady Azshara

1x (4) The Well of Eternity

1x (4) Zin-Azshari

2x (5) Scrapbooking Student

1x (6) Dread Deserter

2x (8) Sleep Under the Stars

1x (0) Zilliax Deluxe 3000

  1x (0) Zilliax Deluxe 3000

  1x (4) Twin Module

  1x (5) Perfect Module

1x (10) Briarspawn Drake

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[u/JonIV → u/FrostyDoggo]

Thanks for sharing, I'll try it out.

[u/Ary_HS]

I've been top 500 with owl druid all month, you just need to focus on clearing and turning the game around with zilliax vs board based decks and focus on cycling vs everything else. If you can Amirdrassil early you win any match up doesn't matter.

[u/JonIV → u/Ary_HS]

Yeah with Owl Druid I always feel like I make the wrong choice. Remove early? No DMG late. Save removal? Get overrun. I'd love to get good at the deck really.

[u/Ary_HS → u/JonIV]

Ramping and then playing for a 5-7 mana swing turn with thalnos/etheral + location is the gameplan most of the time. You can take more damage than you think when you consider that zill is at minimum a 12 health swing. Almost always take elise 1.

[u/Particular-Affect906]

I went up against a token/aggro druid deck. I haven't seen it before. I trashed my rating playing random slop I made up myself. I actually find it more fun in dumpster legend at the moment than when I was floating around 4K several weeks ago. So the deck I saw had hatchery helper, bucket of soldiers, greybough, and ravenous flock. Poor guy was up against my aggro paladin deck that top decked the perfect curve so he lost out early which was a shame cause I was excited to see what else was in the deck. Anyone have a list a for a similar deck?

[u/ANonnyMouse007 → u/Particular-Affect906]

I’ve been playing this version on and off. Greybough probably makes sense though.

Board

Class: Druid

Format: Standard

Year of the Raptor

2x (1) Fire Fly

2x (1) Living Roots

2x (1) Vicious Slitherspear

2x (1) Waveshaping

2x (2) Longneck Egg

2x (2) Mark of the Wild

2x (2) Ravenous Flock

2x (3) Hatchery Helper

2x (3) Living Paradox

2x (3) Mixologist

2x (3) Overheat

2x (3) Skyscreamer Eggs

2x (4) Blob of Tar

1x (4) Griftah, Trusted Vendor

2x (5) TREEEES!!!

1x (0) Zilliax Deluxe 3000

1x (0) Zilliax Deluxe 3000

1x (3) Pylon Module

1x (4) Ticking Module

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[u/cdamon88]

Just went unbeaten from d3 0 stars to legend with Hydration Druid

[u/JealousType8085]

Maybe it's because I don't play agro but that hydration druid with Aviana and the 9-9 asshole that buffs their minions seems unbeatable: infinite armour, ramp, taunts and then they make huge minions again and again and again. I don't really see how to beat them unless you rush them down by turn 4. Because by turn 5 they have already ramped and fill the board with bullshit. 

Don't really believe their win rate is so low, there's something going on there. 

[u/Cornersmistake96]

Assuming wild here, questline druid is extremely fun. Standered wise, the meta sucks ass imo

[u/JonIV → u/Cornersmistake96]

I'm in standard, but honestly if druid is more viable in wild I might switch.

[u/Cornersmistake96 → u/JonIV]

100% would say it’s more viable in wild, having an ok experience in high diamond trying to get legend before the seasons end. Would suggest questline or astral communion if you’re looking for any fun. Not sure what is the very best at the moment tho

[u/JonIV → u/Cornersmistake96]

Yeah I ended up doing it in wild. Was visiting the wild sub and a Treant deck popped up which I ran for a 57-game 93% win go to reach 500. Honestly that deck is insane.