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Revision as of 12:46, 15 August 2020

Shield Slam full

Shields are usually defensive items. Usually.

Control Warrior is a type of control-oriented warrior deck, aiming to achieve victory through amassing huge amounts of Armor and clearing the opponent's board in the early and mid-game, and crushing the opponent with powerful minions in the late-game and outlast them as the game reaches fatigue.

Note that while Control Warrior could refer to any warrior deck that aims for late-game victory, the specific options open to warriors means such decks tend to gravitate toward a particular play-style, which is the focus of this page.

Deck type

Control Warrior decks most notably revolve around generating Armor. This is achieved through their Hero Power LegacyArmor Up!, as well as spells like LegacyShield Block, and minions like LegacyArmorsmith and The Boomsday ProjectEternium Rover. The Armor serves a double purpose - it protects them through the early and mid-game, provides breathing room when fishing for the right cards later on, and allows the use of LegacyShield Slam to devastating effect. With Armor totals of 50 not uncommon, this stack provides ample security against quick defeat from burst damage such as Tempo Mage. If the Control Warrior is allowed to gain high enough levels of Armor, they may even end up winning by Fatigue. The ultimate goal of the Control Warrior is to outlast the opponent through sheer amount of armor and wiping the opponent's board at the right time.

Control Warriors aim to survive the early game using weapons like Knights of the Frozen ThroneBlood Razor and The Boomsday ProjectSupercollider, board-wide AoE spells like The WitchwoodWarpath and Saviors of UldumPlague of Wrath, and small Taunt minions like Journey to Un'GoroStonehill Defender and Saviors of UldumFrightened Flunky.

Mid-game involves clearing the board and delaying the opponent, while seeking various synergistic combinations. Many Rush minions like The WitchwoodMilitia Commander, The WitchwoodDarius Crowley, and Saviors of UldumRestless Mummy aid in both removal and making sure their board always has something on board.

LegacyBrawl is another key Control Warrior card for wiping out their opponent's board. LegacyExecute is is also used. LegacyShield Slam is extremely effective and efficient once the warrior has a good stack of Armor, allowing them to take out the largest minions for only 1 mana.

Control Warrior often sometimes assembles small combo pieces to use them once their opponent runs out of steam to lead to a quicker victory. Some common cards for this purpose include LegacyGrommash Hellscream with LegacyCruel Taskmaster, LegacyYsera, and LegacyAlexstrasza.

The Boomsday Project gave Warrior invaluable cards to win the value game in long games, the cornerstone of the deck being The Boomsday ProjectDr. Boom, Mad Genius, where permanently giving Mech minions Rush, combined with value cards like The Boomsday ProjectOmega Assembly and minions with removal like The Boomsday ProjectDyn-o-matic, makes out-tempoing the Warrior much more difficult for the opponent, while also providing unpredictable but very powerful Hero Powers.

Once the late game is reached the Control Warrior is usually unbeatable by lighter decks, unless the warrior's combined Health and Armor level is low, the opponent has a game-ending combo, or capable of outvaluing them in the late game.

Common cards

The following cards are usually in the deck.

Core cards

The following cards are played in most or all versions of the deck:

Imprisoned Gan'arg
Shield Slam
Sword and Board
Frightened Flunky
Execute
Bladestorm
Coerce
Shield Block
Kargath Bladefist
Restless Mummy
Reaper's Scythe
Brawl
Plague of Wrath
Deathwing, Mad Aspect

Galakrond Warrior variant

Dragon Breeder
Ritual Chopper
Awaken!
Devoted Maniac
Scion of Ruin
Shield of Galakrond
Barista Lynchen
Kronx Dragonhoof
Galakrond, the Unbreakable

Optional cards

The following cards are played more than occasionally, but not always.

Into the Fray
Armorsmith
Vicious Scraphound
Slam
Battle Rage
Bloodsworn Mercenary
Bulwark of Azzinoth
Livewire Lance
Molten Breath
Omega Devastator
Proud Defender
Scrap Golem
Armagedillo
Bloodboil Brute
Chef Nomi
Siamat
Gorehowl
Tomb Warden
Grommash Hellscream
Twin Tyrant
Rattlegore
Archivist Elysiana

Wild cards

Wild iconThis section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

Wild cards that fit well into this deck type:

Town Crier
Eternium Rover
Omega Assembly
Cornered Sentry
Drywhisker Armorer
Revenge
Sleep with the Fishes
Warpath
Bash
Deathlord
Ravaging Ghoul
Reckless Flurry
Tar Creeper
Bloodhoof Brave
Blood Razor
Death's Bite
Alley Armorsmith
Direhorn Hatchling
Dyn-o-matic
Elise Starseeker
Elise the Trailblazer
Emberscale Drake
Shieldmaiden
Sludge Belcher
Supercollider
Zilliax
Justicar Trueheart
Sylvanas Windrunner
Ancient Shieldbearer
Security Rover
Dr
The Curator
Primordial Drake
Ragnaros the Firelord
The Lich King
Baku the Mooneater
N'Zoth, the Corruptor

Gallery

Control Warrior mirror match

Control Warrior mirror matches are some of the slowest and most protracted in all of Hearthstone. Note the high Armor and Health totals, the full hands, and the almost exhausted decks. Such matches are often decided through fatigue damage.

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