Which deck wins the most?

[trevorJacobs]

Hello!

I'm interested in playing a new deck: specifically, i want to play whichever deck wins the most in QM.

Forget creativity, gamesmanship, interesting combos, good art, new cards - there's only one criteria: which deck has the highest win rate?

I fully understand that lots of other factors are important (player skill, shifting meta, luck etc.) but let's just assume these are equal across all decks.

So - what do you think wins the most games?

[4Ak]

imo Zaladar (probably Shard Rush)

[FDL]

That question is pretty much impossible to answer but I'll give you my personal experience:

For each Hero, I add my record with that Hero with my opponents' record with that Hero. Only Heroes involved in at least 10 non-mirror games are shown here.

Example: I'm 18-8 with Tala, but when facing Tala I'm 2-6, so the Tala player is 24-10 overall (70,6% winning percentage).

Rank Hero Win% # of games involved

1 Tala 70,6% 34
2 Lance 69,7% 33
3 Zhanna 62,5% 32
4 Moonstalker 61,9% 21
5 Baduruu 59,3% 27
6 Rothem 56,3% 16
7 Vess 51,3% 39
8 Gravebone 50,0% 20
9 Bloodfang 40,0% 10
10 Aramia 36,4% 11
11 Threbin 32,0% 25
12 Zaladar 31,6% 19 *
13 Garth 28,6% 14 *
14 Banebow 25,0% 12 *

*I haven't played a single game with these Heroes and I play decks that will beat them because they are quite prevalent.

A snapshot of my metagame in order to put these stats in perspective:

1 Zaladar 9,9%
2 Baduruu 8,3%
3 Garth 6,8%
4 Moonstalker 6,8%
5 Threbin 6,3%
6 Banebow 6,3%
7 Zhanna 4,7%
8 Praxix 4,7%
9 Bloodfang 4,7%
10 Tala 4,2%
11 Boris 3,6%
12 Gravebone 3,6%
13 Aramia 3,1%
14 Gwen 2,6%
15 Victor 2,6%
16 Jericho 2,6%
17 Vess 2,6%
18 Skervox 2,6%
19 Lance 2,1%
20 Majiya 2,1%
21 Elementalis 2,1%
22 Amber 1,6%
23 Loest 1,6%
24 Ythan 1,0%
25 Serena 1,0%
26 Logan 1,0%
27 Eladwen 0,5%
28 Ter 0,5%
29 Darkclaw 0,5%
30 Nishaven 0,0%
31 Rothem 0,0%
32 Raikka 0,0%

Note: these are a couple of weeks old, I'll update them when I get home.

[jtl2901]

Hmmm, that's tough. I agree probably Zal, maybe Victor. In my opinion the deck that wins the most is the one you play the best.

[trevorJacobs]

FDL - that looks compelling! I would not have picked Tala, Lance, Zhanna, Moonstalker, Baduruu, Rothem, and Vess to be the only ones to win more than 50% of games! No Zaladar or Victor?!

[trevorJacobs]

In my opinion the deck that wins the most is the one you play the best.

Not necessarily... I play my best with a Zaladar deck, but perhaps I would be even better with (say) Tala. Or whatever... Hence the question

[FDL]

FDL - that looks compelling! I would not have picked Tala, Lance, Zhanna, Moonstalker, Baduruu, Rothem, and Vess to be the only ones to win more than 50% of games! No Zaladar or Victor?!

Keep in mind that these stats are heavily influenced by my deck choices and proficiency with a given Hero.

Also, they come from a small sample.

Note: I only register games against opponents I think have a good deck, so games while climbing up the ladder are not in there - same for clearly experimental builds. Most games involve players rated 275 and above.

[trevorJacobs]

Keep in mind that these stats are heavily influenced by my deck choices and proficiency with a given Hero.

Also, they come from a small sample.

Note: I only register games against opponents I think have a good deck, so games while climbing up the ladder are not in there - same for clearly experimental builds. Most games involve players rated 275 and above.

Cool - understood. Still, very compelling for Tala

Anyone else think that Tala is the winner?

Could you provide more detail on the deck (not just ther hero?). Presumably it's Armoured Sandworm, Armoured Wisp... ?

[snipnigth]

imo Zaladar (probably Shard Rush)

I agree, lots of damage and fast, and with his ability and Mind Control he can clear the board easily, Zaladar op.

[FDL]

Could you provide more detail on the deck (not just ther hero?). Presumably it's Armoured Sandworm, Armoured Wisp... ?

Nope. Haste based.

I switched the Ritualists for Spirit Warden for those Undead decks.