This is a thread to discuss the current (as of 1.27) most successful deck archetypes in the current meta and their interactions with each other. This is not a thread to post finished builds (though you are welcome to do so if it helps explain a certain archetype better), but more on strategic dicussions on certain deck types.
I'll start with the 2 current archetypes I've been employing with success (at ~245).
The first and my favorite one is the new Speedy Amber. It's very weapon light, so it might as well be Boris (and with the change coming to his ability it just might), since it only runs 4 JD. However the extra damage you get from those JD is IMO much better than killing a >5cc ally every 4 turns. It runs War Banners and a lone King's Pride. 4x Krys, since it's probably the center of the deck. A buffed Krys is game changing and transforms KP from a win more card into a turn it around card. It also uses the new and improved Crippling Blow and Retreat. The win condition against decks without mass removal is usually a buffed Sandworm, which is very hard to deal with.
Meta: It does well against pretty much everything, even Jericho, since it also runs Bad Santa as backup. To keep it versatile though card count is higher than 30, closer to 40, at least in my build. It might very well be the best 40 card deck though (even though I have no solid evidence to back up such a claim, just my gut instinct). However it loses to the well built weenie rush deck (fortunately there are no many of those in the wild), which leads us to...
The Well Built Weenie Deck: Let's face it, when we saw the upcoming 1.27 cards we all thought a Zaladar weenie deck would be unstopable. It turns out it didn't quite work out. Why you ask, it quickly runs out of cards and if you lose board control you can never recover it. Thus enter the well built version:
Instead of Zaladar, Lance or even Boris, it works with the most reliable drawing engine in the game: Majiya. Even though Blood Frenzy is way better as a draw engine a weenie deck is all about tempo. Wasting all of T2 casting your drawing engine when you could cast 2 allies instead is too much of a consesion. Plus the fact that even with 4 copies in a 30 card deck you still have less than 70% chance of getting it at T2 when going first. Which means that in 3 out of 10 games you'll be suffering from empty hand sindrome, which is not reliable enough for my taste. Majiya works everytime and given the speed of the deck even going second is fine. The extra card and SE are actually pretty good and your opponent is likely running a much slower deck anyway. Plus even after you lose board control you can finish off the game via direct damage. You just need to do enough damage on those first few turns.
What's in it: It uses Snakes, Steeds, Flayers. I haven't quite decided if Gargoyles are playable as I'm just testing it out, but so far they get sacked. 4x Fireball and 4x LS obviously and the fireballs go to the hero way more often in this build. Also plenty of Novas and Bloodlust. Bloodlust in particular works really well with the snakes and steeds. Most other weenie decks carry a few fatties, but so far I've found no need here. That's what DD is for. A few novas and fireballs to finish up the opposing hero after he wastes his resources killing your wennies. I see no need for Portal. Keep it strictly at 30 cards.
Meta: It's very strong in the 30 card environment, obviously it won't do as well at 40. Since I've just started testing it out I'm not quite sure of its weaknesses so I'm looking forward to your impressions.
A few other notable archetypes that still work are slightly faster Gwen, that uses Krys, which is still powerful and maybe Banebow with Shadow Knight though it's certainly not T1 (I think both of the above decks handily beat him, at least I'm sure Amber does). I don't think regular 1.26 Majiya works anymore, it's just too slow. When 1.27 began I saw a lot of lone Moonstalkers, you don't see it anymore because it doesn't work.
I'm looking forward to hear other successful archetypes in this meta that I don't have that much experience with (Jericho, etc.)
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