4.
We explained the rise of Elise Warrior in
MMR #4, and it remains viable in the face of all of the midrange board-contesting decks simply because they can’t kill the Warrior fast enough or efficiently enough in many cases. Control Warrior is most punished by decks that can out-tempo them at some point in the game - Tempo Mage in the mid-game, Renolock in the late game - or decks that can build a board without cards (
and Midrange Paladin, especially).