LOTI – Legend of the Innkeeper – “Constructing your first Rogue Deck”

Intro:

Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper. I’m Vastidious, I’m Ariannwyn and I’m Espo. We’re glad you could join us for our 34th episode.

This week we are talking about… How to construct your first Rogue deck.

Updates:

What did you do this week?

Top 3 of the week – (common, rare, epic – Rogue)

Vastidious – [Eviscerate], [Perdition’s Blade], [Preparation]

Ariannwyn – [Goblin Auto-Barber], [Ogre Ninja], [Preparation]

Espo – [Goblin Auto-Barber], [Iron Sensei], [Cogmaster’s Wrench]

Patreons – [Eviscerate], [SI:7 Agent], [Preparation]

News

1. MagicAmy leaves TempoStorm

https://tempostorm.com/articles/tempostorm-parts-ways-with-hyerim-magicamy-lee

Getting Better

Constructing your first Rogue Deck

To unlock the Rogue, known as “Valeera Sanguinar,” you must first defeat the Innkeeper’s Rogue deck in practice mode. To do this you much go into Solo Adventures from the main menu, click on Practice, choose Normal or Expert, pick the deck you’ll be playing and then challenge the Innkeeper with his Rogue deck.

Once leveled up to 10 you will unlock all of the basic Rogue class cards. Now you’re ready to construct your first Rogue deck for fun and maybe profit. (Fun is guaranteed, profit on the other hand is not guaranteed.

I’m going to go with our listeners and suggest that you create some [Eviscerate]s, [SI:7 Agent]’s, and a [Preparation] or two. You also want to make a few changes from the original deck that the game starts you out with. I’ll list the changes here…

2x [Elven Archer]\ —-> 2x [Eviscerate]

[Bluegill Warrior] —–> [Kobold Geomancer]

[Acidic Swamp Ooze] —-> [Shiv]

2x [River Crocolisk] ——> 2x [Fan of Knives]

2x [Razorfen Hunter]’s —-> 2x [SI:7 Agent]

[Assassinate] —-> [Preparation]

[Frostwolf Warlord] —-> [Assassin’s Blade]

[Stormwind Champion] —-> [Assassin’s Blade]

Here are some tips for playing this deck:

Mulligan (what cards do I keep if I go first/second w-the coin)

If you are going first try to get a [Deadly Poison] or [Backstab] and a [Bloodfen Raptor] or [Acidic Swamp Ooze]. You’ll want to begin aggressively. Why not [Kobold Geomancer], he’s a 2-drop? The [Kobold Geomancer] is in this deck to boost your spell power and should be played in the same turn as the spell.

If you are going second (with the coin) try for everything mentioned above, but remember that [SI:7 Agent]s are extremely powerful early game removal when combo’d with the coin.

Of course, you also need to keep in mind the class you’re going against. Example; Right now the Paladin spell [Muster for Battle] is very powerful, but with a simple [Fan of Knives] you can easily remove those 1,1 recruits. With this knowledge of the class you’re playing against, you can keep cards the you know will counter their powerful cards.

Playing this deck

Keeping the [Backstab] and the [Deadly Poison] early will allow you to remove your opponents minions while playing your own 2 and 3 cost minions. This will gain you board presence and hopefully keep the board clear for when you play the 4 cost minions and begin your onslaught.

In the mid and late game you’ll draw into the [Eviscerate], [Assassin’s Blade] and [Assassinate] for removal. This will give you room to go to face (attack the opposing hero) or trade correctly with your [Boulderfist Ogre] and [Stormwind Champion].

There is no “finishing combo” with this deck. Just keeping pressure on the opposing hero and attacking with your lar...