I ended up taking punish out of one of my decks recently and was thinking to myself that maybe I could try using Cass a little bit. However I remembered how creep doesn’t work like it did when I first started playing and now I’m wondering if it’s even worth the trouble? It seems like creep is super gimmicky and I also don’t know if there’s a way to make a budget creep deck. I already have alot of the creep stuff anyways (most important being abyssal jug) and honestly I want to look into it so I don’t burn out on swarm.
Is creep still viable?
I think Creep is currently in a bad spot, because it is too slow for the current meta. If the game lasts long enough, there are already better control decks. Also, using Ooz is risky nowadays, given how prevalent Thunderhorn is.
I think Abyssian in general is not a good shape at the moment…
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it sucks tbh considering I remember abyssian creep used to be damn near unbeatable before they nerfed how creep works. I used to hate abyssian with a burning passion and now they’re kind of just a gimmicky mess. I almost regret choosing abyssian as my main but meh it’ll make me a better player. They really need to give abyssian some more toys to play with. I was thinking that they should make a new nuetral card set just for abyssian that play nicely with abyssian cards.
Actually, I played my fair share of Creep decks with success well after creep had been reworked. But the deck was abusing Kelaino, which was nerfed. Now Desolator can partially replace it, but Klaxon and Obliterate are a bit too slow to work in the current meta…
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I LOVE creep - it’s my main and the deck that really got me into duelyst. I have to say you might find it a bit controlly for your taste; the aim is to play beyond 5 turns 
The better creep decks are a) very expensive and b) about to disappear when the new patch hits as several of the key components will be rotated out. My take on this was that I don’t care as I’ll play it in a new (hopefully) mode that will launch when the next expansion drops…
Is it very good - not that good (although I am not the best pilot); as tsevech says, although I disagree with him re Ooz as all the minions I run either have opening gambits or effects that hit when they are dead…that being said, I have had the most fun ever playing it (both in narrow wins and narrow defeats) and there is no feeling in duellyst like blowing up your opponents entire board with obliterate and watching them cry…
p.s Abyssal Jug is ok as a budget but don’t rely on it - and EMP is your best friend in the world!!
p.p.s - drop me a line if you want some ideas for cheaper versions, or see DA’s lists…
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This is the one meta since this games full release that abyssian isn’t viable.
Even then aggro Cass is still stronk.
Creep died because the meta became too fast for them
Can you carry Creep to S-rank if your good with the deck? Sure.
Is it top tier right now? Probably not.
Is it worth dropping all the spirit on the Legends required for the deck given that half of them rotate out within the next 2 months? Certainly not.
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Aren’t most creep supports getting rotated out anyway? I don’t think it’s worth the effort discussing its viability, as it will either become completely unusable or be supported by new cards from future expansions.
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I mean any cass deck would do for me. i just figured since cass’ whole thing is creep that creep builds were all she was used for. I’m honestly just trying to find a use for these 3 punish I have no use for currently
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During RoTB Aggro Cass started to pick up some steam then in AB OT just got stronger, when it came into AB Aggro Cass was at it’s peak regularly ending games with 12+ attack spectral revenants and now it’s just a weaker version of that deck.
If you really want to you could try some sort of midrange Cass build. Like this for example. https://imgur.com/iTmpFWE
It’s kinda rotation proof and works decently in the current meta.
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Aggro cass sounds interesting. Although from the sounds of it there’s probably alot of epics and legendaries being thrown around which are not in my budget currently (I’m between jobs atm. Which is slang for I live in a basement and don’t pay rent and spend my time binging on CCG games) otherwise i’d have long since dropped a big ol bill on this game
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You can probably find an alternative for Desolator in the form of EMP.
huh, this doesn’t run thunderhorn, guess I need to find space for it.
P.S dancing Blades is still good.
So what’s the gameplan for aggro cass. Like how do you play it. I’m too used to abyssian being “swarm or creep pick one”
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go face, I would recommend adding 3x thunderhorn as well as that puts a must answer threat on board.
Aggro Cass is a deck that buffs big minions with an early-game Phantasm, and then rush the opponent with big stats and the occasional Desolator. I haven’t seen much of the deck since the Phantasm Revenant Tiger nerf, although it used to be quite powerful.
That would have been that strategy before phantasm nerf, but know it’s invalid.
What you do now is go face.
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Ghost Azalea is still pretty good when ran 2-3x, and catches people off guard. This is the deck that I used for a quick climb to Diamond in November, I’d expect that it still works just fine.
Original deckthread Casszalea (from rank 8 to 5 in 17 games)
But, indeed if you want to play ladder in the future better just wait and get whatever better creep support they create in the next expansion.
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I wonder if the current meta is too fast for that deck - I mean if you get to Turn 9 alive then you win - Variax’s bbs is insane for creep and the endgame is just a joke.
But wow you could have fun with this!!
The deck has good healing, lots of silly stuff you can do with Grincher and potential 8 mana OTK with double Azalea so it can win games that more traditional builds would most likely lose. That said, not like it’s tier 1 or anything but it should have a good chance against many of the decks out there, at least until high Diamond Variax is actually more of a “plan B” and not the main focus of the deck.
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