Hey there! New member here, and currently looking to getting into what seems to be an amazing game, but I just wanted to know real quick: are there any codex or spec combinations that see a lot more use, or that are more favored to play as than others?
The best place to check the meta is tournament threads. Look at the last 6 or 7 tournaments. Note the latest tournie was a bit wierd, and harder to see what decks did well or were chosen more frequently. It also had illegal deck options, by design.
Actually, the banned decks in that tournament would be a good starting point for the very reason of them being excellent decks that are legal in most tournaments.
As said above, the last tournament (XCAPS19) allowed technically illegal decks and in-match spec counterpicks, and two tournaments before that (XCAFS18) some of the stronger decks were banned, so the metaâs been a bit different recently. The easiest thing to do is to go to the thread for XCAFS18 and see what was banned and why.
In addition to those bans, itâs common to take a monocolour deck and swap a spec out for Finesse. Using the Neutral starter avoids any multicolour cost penalties, Riverâs spells are pretty efficient, and Nimble Fencers are good in pretty much any deck.
Hello @fdsfgs71 !
I 100% agree with zhavier and FrozenSorm. What is more, keep in mind that these tournaments doesnât have prize of any kind and that the competition really takes place after the deck choices.
Tell me if Iâm wrong but there is IMO a consensus on these ideas :
black starter is definitely defining meta
competitive decks have some kind of hand management (at least to counter thieving imp)
competitive decks have a way to deal with Vandy and Garth cause theyâre really bulky heroes
Blood and Peace have good Tech II units and Anarchy has a terrifying Tech III unit
Rook + birds is a good opening and boosting birds with Finesse or Growth spells is nice
here comes my tier-list (Iâm not as good as most players there, open to debate, and listing only two specs each time)
Tier 1 : Demonology+Necromancy
Tier 2 : Past+Peace, Strength+Growth, Necromancy+Blood
But maybe the synergy with starters is even more relevant. My convinction is that the banlist is a huge improvement to Codex.
Oh and by the way in 5 players FFA the tier-list is almost inversed with Law, Disease and Fire going from 2nd, 3rd and 4th worst specs to 2nd, 3rd and 4rth best specs. But bottom Bashing stays at bottom and best Necromancy stays best.