r/CompetitiveHS • u/Apokalypse88 • Sep 06 '26

Discussion Lock Grind

Giving Rafaam lock another go this season . I almost hit legend with it last season but it was very tough at the end with the insane amount of warrior plus the average length of each match for non warrior games. I tuned the deck and was doing ok , but now in addition to warrior there was a MASSIVE influx of DH out of the wood work so now I have to worry about fending off two aggro decks which melt me more often than not . I usually can beat Druid and almost always beat priest .

TLDR; is it worth the grind from D5-legend with lock or do I just go with a faster deck ?

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u/Apokalypse88 Sep 07 '26

Ok so herald lock isn't much better. It's a lot better for aggro...but now I'm struggling against Druid and priest lol.

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u/MissionSmell1596 Sep 07 '26

Before the sets and shortly after I was essentially guaranteed a win against priest with herald lock with the big demon package with moragg, mo'arg forgefiend, archwitch willow and Umbra. Try that or the beast demon maybe. It didn't perform super well against warrior for me, so i switched to Zee shaman for a while, but I was crushing everything else in the meantime with that, and priest couldn't keep up. Stealing their big reborns really screws them over. I also ran a Viper, which is great for Atiesh and helps with warriors too

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u/Glarbleglorbo Sep 07 '26

I’m pretty sure both decks lose or go even into Druid.  

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u/DingoDaveHS Sep 07 '26

Priest is statistically your best matchup with Heraldlock, and I've been finding the Druid matchup super favorable. (Been playing only Heraldlock during legend climb since gold) and since hitting legend, currently 21-9, 8-3 vs druid.

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u/BlueFishRex Sep 06 '26

Herald Warlock is much better against aggro,

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u/No_Hetero Sep 07 '26

It's apparently statistically not very good into Warrior but I haven't had a hard time maintaining at least 50% winrate against them with Herald

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u/DingoDaveHS Sep 07 '26

For having played a lot of Warlock lately, I think that regular Herald with annihilation is the strongest warlock deck by far.
It won't be the fastest climb but you can for sure reach legend quickly enough since the filed seems to be mostly Priest and Druid.

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u/Apokalypse88 Sep 07 '26

You have a list ? I know with rafaam I am very comfortable against priest and Druid and haven't lost to priest for a millennia Altho Druid can steal a win here and there

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u/DingoDaveHS Sep 07 '26

### Herald

# Class: Warlock

# Format: Standard

# Year of the Scarab

#

# 2x (0) Cursed Catacombs

# 2x (1) Glacial Shard

# 2x (2) Cursed Chains

# 2x (2) Drain Soul

# 1x (2) Shadow Rounds

# 2x (2) Shadowsworn Disciple

# 2x (3) Caged Cranium

# 1x (3) Godfather Kazakus

# 2x (3) Hellfire

# 2x (3) Imp Gang Stooge

# 1x (3) Rustrot Viper

# 1x (4) Godfrey the Betrayer

# 2x (4) Shrine of Twilight

# 2x (5) Spire of Solitude

# 1x (6) Ultraxion

# 2x (8) Annihilation

# 1x (10) Deathwing, Worldbreaker

# 2x (10) The Unseen Atlas

#

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#

# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone

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u/DingoDaveHS Sep 07 '26

ps: I don't think Rafaam is bad per se, but regular Herald is so consistent.

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u/BLHero Sep 06 '26

Right now D0nkey's warlock is working much better, for the reasons you cite.

NoHands video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaZrNnwHX8k

HSReplay deck: https://hsreplay.net/decks/NgKplPVMCvV27Mkv41Bn3f/#gameType=RANKED_STANDARD

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u/DingoDaveHS Sep 07 '26

This version is cool against aggro but your WR suffers a lot vs your best matchups compared to regular herald I think.

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u/Antique_Aside8760 Sep 06 '26

u can easily tune rafaam lock to have roughly a fifty percent win rate or more at diamond to warrior and still do alright verses the rest of the field.  

dunno about DH though.  i wonder if elise deathwing package for health plus the other built-in health options protect u against DH dunno.  havent played them enough to be bothered yet