Quest Druid’s ascension to the top of the meta has been ruthlessly upended by the rise of Combo Priest. Quest Druid has good matchups into Warrior, Shaman, and Hunter, but is consistently frustrated by Priest’s early blow out potential. It’s interesting to note how difficult this matchup remains despite the nerf to Extra Arms, which is no longer a significant factor.

Builds of Quest Druid have homogenized, and the two lists we’re featuring are only two cards different, strictly emphasizing small nuances in your options:

1 - Phaoris, Nomi and Elise are your late-game win conditions. Don’t get baited by a random and obscure success story with Malygos. The Goose ain’t it, chief.

2 - You normally run 2 of them. Running all 3 is clunky and unnecessary.

3 - Phaoris is the only wincon that can be run alone to success, without the other 2, making for a faster build that runs less dead cards against aggressive decks.

4 - Elise significantly boosts your slower matchups and works best with Nomi for that purpose (but she can work with Phaoris too). She’s generally gotten stronger over the past week since Control Warrior has risen while several aggressive decks have declined.

5 - Thalnos is excellent against Priest and faster matchups. Power of the Wild is good when you’re the aggressor and you run Phaoris.