It's been almost 48 hours since the release of Knights of the Frozen Throne and Hearthstone players worldwide have been hard at work solving the meta and trying to figure out which deck will be able to break the ice. After more than 1,800,000 Ranked Standard games, over 500,000 Arena games and 190,000 Ranked Wild games it's time to take a look who is currently sitting on the throne and who is still trying to find their footing.
Ranked Standard
Druid and Paladin seem to be pulling out in front to an early lead with several new variations on Jade Druid where Ultimate Infestation seems to live up to its expected power level and late game heavy Murloc Paladin decks. The by far most popular deck this time around is J4CKIE's Deathknight Warlock, though the decks performance appears to be drastically dropping when approaching the single digit ranks.
Click any of the classes below to see the other high performing decks for that class.
| Player Class | Games Played | Winrate | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Druid | 567,612 | 54.00 | 15.33 |
| Hunter | 357,421 | 48.60 | 9.65 |
| Mage | 439,879 | 47.30 | 11.88 |
| Paladin | 400,756 | 52.62 | 10.82 |
| Priest | 533,480 | 50.31 | 14.41 |
| Rogue | 230,771 | 45.87 | 6.23 |
| Shaman | 392,772 | 51.79 | 10.61 |
| Warlock | 423,586 | 47.45 | 11.44 |
| Warrior | 354,510 | 48.41 | 9.57 |
Arena
Paladin and Rogue appear to be the driving forces in the Arena. Looking at the Arena Card Winrates, we can see some the reason for that: The top spots are not only populated by our might lord The Lich King but also Righteous Protector and Plague Scientist. Two of the most powerful low cost, common, cards of this set.
Click any of the classes below to see the other high performing arena cards for that class.
| Player Class | Games Played | Winrate | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Druid | 71,205 | 48.51 | 6.07 |
| Hunter | 88,671 | 47.67 | 7.57 |
| Mage | 267,646 | 49.94 | 22.85 |
| Paladin | 260,235 | 52.98 | 22.21 |
| Priest | 152,202 | 48.66 | 12.99 |
| Rogue | 143,339 | 52.56 | 12.23 |
| Shaman | 86,028 | 46.40 | 7.34 |
| Warlock | 68,408 | 49.74 | 5.84 |
| Warrior | 33,556 | 40.83 | 2.86 |
Note: Popularity is based on games played, not draft picks. This results in lower winrate classes having a naturally lower popularity.
Ranked Wild
Class performance in Wild looks very similar to Standard with the exception that Warlock and Warrior perform slightly better. We sadly don't have enough Wild data to be able to show you any decks yet, however, according to our Wild Card Winrates, Murloc Shaman seems like a very strong candidate currently.
| Player Class | Games Played | Winrate | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Druid | 39,279 | 51.18 | 10.17 |
| Hunter | 32,098 | 48.83 | 8.31 |
| Mage | 48,717 | 47.72 | 12.62 |
| Paladin | 44,285 | 52.07 | 11.47 |
| Priest | 67,086 | 49.83 | 17.38 |
| Rogue | 28,498 | 45.38 | 7.38 |
| Shaman | 36,942 | 51.89 | 9.57 |
| Warlock | 46,977 | 50.36 | 12.17 |
| Warrior | 42,050 | 51.02 | 10.89 |
We hope this was an informative first look into the new Knights of the Frozen Throne meta game. If you want to stay up to date you can find all the Hearthstone Class Winrates and more directly on our front page. Let us know what other stats you'd like to see in the comments or join us on Discord to share your thoughts.