Season 5 Shield Maiden for Top 1000

With the new Season 5 update, I have gained 600 trophies using this deck and am now Top 1000. This deck excels when paired with a variety of gizmos. The main focus of this deck is having a 1-2⭐ Healing Ranger to keep your nearby allies, but most importantly, your Shield Maiden alive and reflecting damage to units. Pekka is a deadly unit that shreds the frontline tanks and allows your board to push its way forward. Swordsman, Valkyrie, and Barbarian are there to increase your damage output and provide counters to different decks you may face.
This Deck massively counters High damage backline decks and really tanky frontline decks.

Core Units & Upgrades needed ASAP:
• Healing Ranger
> Upgrades - 3⭐ Inspire

• Pekka
> Upgrades - 1⭐ Sharp + 3⭐ Heavy Blade

Secondary Units & Upgrades wanted:
• Valkyrie
> Upgrades - 1⭐ Frenzy

• Swordsman
> Upgrades - 3⭐ Fish scale + 2⭐ Big Fish

• Healing Ranger
> Upgrades - 2⭐ Extra Dose OR 1⭐ Strong Dose

• Barbarian
> Upgrades - 1⭐ Endless Rage + 2⭐ Critical

Best Gizmos Synergies:
• Elixer Collector
• Sauna
• War Toot
• Pancaker

How it works:
Shield Maiden serves as a distraction for all the enemy troops whilst the rest of your units cut down the rest. Healing Ranger ensures that the Shield Maiden doesn't go down and keeps activating her super even if your opponent has anti-heal minis. Pekka has such a high damage output that he is able to shut down key tanks or strong frontline units before they can make a large impact on the match.
Swordsman and Barbarian are key minis to unlocking your gizmos since they are the cheapest minis in your deck. They can serve as miner killers, cheap suicide minis, or as a disruption to enemy frontline minis with stuns or forcing supers early. With certain gizmos such as The Sauna, Training Camp, and War Toot, they can also become carries for your team.
Valkrie is a great mini that helps counter heal-based decks whilst providing large amounts of damage in the area around her. She can also be used as a tank and similar to Swordsman and Barbarian she can become a carry if needed.