Hello there, I been playing Hooru Control for about 95% of my 750+ hours I have on record and I can finally say that this setup feels the strongest I ever tested. I went from Gold III - Diamond II with a less robust version of this deck (no Justiciar). I broke to Masters with this setup. Pre-Dusk Road, we were Tier 3-4 if anything, but how meta is been going so far, I am confident this is
Tier 1.
Update 1/2/2018 5:00pm, Added Aggro matchup
Meta this new season started with a lot of aggro, so get your Lighting Storm ready. I removed
Tax Collector as core, his ultimate can be a game changer for slower matches like other controls but right now a lot of aggro is taking place.
Core Cards: Strategize,
Harsh Rule,
Throne Warden,
Wisdom of the Elders,
Valkyrie Justiciar very underrated card,
Vanquish,
Rolant's Intervention.
Unseal, ]Sword of the Sky King
Sideboard:
I am evaluating Crest of Vengeance to scout which was kindly recommended by reddit user EternalAtWork, which can enable us to splash some
Slay and other tech as well. I'll comeback after some more testing with my findings and go more about the sideboard rationale.
You might be thinking, dude,
Valkyrie Justiciar dies to everything... Well, you are totally right. HOWEVER, worst case scenario they wasted a spell on her, best case scenario, you had on turn 5
Unseal or better yet,
Rolant's Intervention ready to seal the game. Regardless, one of the biggest weakness of Hooru Control (besides aggro) was not having an early game where the enemy could just stockpile answers to your late game threats. Now, with
Valkyrie Justiciar you can get to late game easier.
Situational Cards: Channel the Tempest - This card has lost a lot of its endgame potential due to easier ways of getting aegis from Cobalt Weystone which is quite often since many decks use primal as a second or third color. Moreover, with fast spells like
Unseal,
Backlash and
Eilyn's Choice you are going to have a hard time resolving your Tempest.
Type of matches
Aggro - Swap x4
Valkyrie Justiciar for x4
Auric Sentry. Bring x4
Lightning Storm. Swap x2
Rolant's Intervention for x2
Auric Runehammer.
Anyway, enjoy laddering, I will keep updating/tweaking this deck and posting many other potential cards
HOORU CONTROL FOR LIFE
Valkyrie Justiciar just seems weak, only delays the inevitable. Tax Collector is a vanilla 2/3 does nothing. Im probably using them wrong but 1-19 is too much.
Edit: sorry if this post looks offensive but i was a little bit tilted :). thanks for the deck.
What the plan against aggro, especially rakano and grenadin?
How do you use Tax collector and Valkyrie?
Edit: played some games with the new changes. With this version the valkiries are actually doing a better job. Jotun feast caller is a beast im thinking about including 3 or 4. There seems to be too many negate cards. I only played a few games tomorrow I will tell you more.