How much burst damage can a miracle rogue do in one turn?
Miracle rogue is still a popular deck, and after playing against two consecutively just now I was wondering just how much burst damage they can do in one round? I was reasonably sure in the second game that I was still in the safe range of health, but I didn't know exactly. I tried to think of the possible combos, and while I know the obvious shadow-stepped Leeroy, I'm not sure I can get all of them right as I have never played this kind of rogue.
So how much damage can a miracle rogue do in one damage, with how many cards and at how much mana? I'm not so much interested in a theoretical, but unlikely maximum, as in the combos that I can realistically expect to face in an actual game.
Best Answer
This article has done the maths for Rogue and the other classes, too.
The Rogue class was somehow more limited in this exercise by the card limit than by mana costs. In any case, Leeroy Jenkins (4 mana) played with two Cold Blood (1 mana each), 2 Shadowstep (0 mana each, but 2 mana to return Leeroy Jenkins to the field each time), 2 Preparation (0 mana), and 2 Eviscerate (0 mana after Preparation) yields 34 damage. In arena, the most miracle of Miracle Rogue decks could deal 91 damage (assuming the opponent lives that long) with Gadgetzan Auctioneer (4 mana), 2 Kobold Geomancer (2 mana each), a Bloodmage Thalnos (2 mana), and 13 pairs of Preparation and Eviscerate.
Likelihood of happening in an actual game: the second combination is obviously impossible, while the first seems unlikely given that it takes nine cards to pull off. Then again, never underestimate a Rogue.
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