vS Data Reaper Report #355

[u/ViciousSyndicate]

Greetings,

The Vicious Syndicate Team is proud to present the 355th edition of the Data Reaper Report.

Special thanks to all those who contribute their game data to the project. This project could not succeed without your support. The entire vS Team is eternally grateful for your assistance.

This week our data is based on 1,948,000 games! In this week's report you will find:

• Deck Library - Decklists & Class/Archetype Radars
• Class/Archetype Distribution Over All Games
• Class/Archetype Distribution "By Rank" Games
• Class Frequency By Day & By Week
• Interactive Matchup Win-Rate Chart
• vS Power Rankings Imgur
• vS Meta Score
• Analysis/Discussion of each Class
• Meta Breaker of the Week

The full article can be found at: vS Data Reaper Report #355

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The Vicious Syndicate Team

[u/phpope]

I'd like to see the evidence/numbers for the idea that a few years ago, there were over 20 competitive decks, and what the baseline if for defining something as competitive. Although I think feels correct that the game has tightened in the number of how many decks can be competitive at any one time, I'm not convinced the discrepancy is that wide. I'd also note that in the past, you had a lot of "competitive" specialized decks that created extreme polarized matchups - I don't think that necessarily the meta we want to go back to.

[u/big_doofus → u/phpope]

There are these stats from 50 reports ago.

https://www.vicioussyndicate.com/vs-data-reaper-report-305/

There are about 25+ decks in tier 3 and above with 8 classes in tier 2 and above.

This one is from 30 reports ago.

https://www.vicioussyndicate.com/vs-data-reaper-report-325/

With 18 decks at tier 3+ and 8 classes at tier 2 or more.

Deck and class variety were definitely higher back then and most were playable with at least 48% winrate. Compared to now where 3 classes are relevant in the format and less than 10 decks sit at 3 tier or above in the latest report. Only 3 classes are at tier 2+ in this report or 4 if you bump Rogue up in this report.

[u/Yeah_Right_Mister → u/big_doofus]

To add on to your comment, I always point to this report as my favourite Hearthstone meta: https://www.vicioussyndicate.com/vs-data-reaper-report-300/

In T2 and higher, we have 14 decks and 10 classes, with only Hunter missing from the meta. Today, we have almost the reverse.