
The change to Dragon’s Clutch makes Dragons feel like a completely new deck, and all the other buffs make the deck’s early draws a lot smoother. The deck definitely lived up to the expectations, showing a great win rate, all the while being the most popular archetype. With numerous buffs, Dragons was the most hyped-up archetype coming into the patch. Zoe Nami has been completely removed, and Dragons is by far the most prominent addition to the ladder environment.
The 2.18 balance patch has been very impactful on the meta. Click ‘Deck Guide’ to check out our most recent in-depth article about the archetype.
Click on ‘More Details’ to learn more about the deck and inspect a sample decklist. The order of decks within Tiers doesn’t matter (i.e., decks that share ‘Tier 2 Staple’ ranking are not arranged by power level within that rank). ‘Dark Horse’ – it is an underplayed or emerging deck, with a power level high enough to be placed on the Tier List. ‘Staple’ – this is a well-known archetype with a significant play rate and win rate. In addition to its Tier placement, each particular deck can have either one of these two labels:. Tiers represent the relative power of the decks and their suitability towards consistent ladder climb. My own experience/practice, as well as opinions of top players, are also taken into consideration, especially when it comes to experts of particular archetypes.
Stats are the main way to rank archetypes, find the best lists, and evaluate the matchups. Two main sources of info used to build this Tier List are Mobalytics stats, and opinions of high-level competitive community. How to read and use our Metagame Tier List