World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 8 | Page 15

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pull off: Warriors can use Cruel

some sort of passive effect that

silenced, it will be very rare that

Taskmaster to buff this guy up

deals damage at the start or end

he dies in one hit. It’s unusual

and spawn another minion-

of players’ turns, so unless you

that a Warrior would receive such

generating machine, Priests

build some way to replicate that

an aggressive card; considering

can use cards like Power Word:

into your deck, you’ll likely be

how the only deck archetype for

Shield, and Velen’s Chosen to

looking at five wasted mana.

the class in the meta right now is
a control deck (which is also just

increase this Dwarf’s health,
essentially making the stream

Another card we know will

about the only control deck you

of new patrons infinite. But

appear is the Warrior class

see being played competitively). I

unfortunately, by turn 5, when this

exclusive, the Axe Flinger. A

hope that with this adventure, we

card will be played, your opponent

4-mana minion, he has 2 attack

see an increase in the number of

will most likely have a way to

and 5 health, and whenever he

deck types in the meta, especially

deal 3 damage, whether that’s

takes damage, he deals 2 damage

since there are several cards

via Frostbolt or just a regular

to the enemy hero. I like Axe

which we either do not see played

minion. Remember that the Grim

Flinger more than Grim Patron,

or are just about automatically

Patron has to survive the damage

if for the sole reason that Axe

included in any deck.

to spawn another. It’s rumored

Flinger has more health, and is

that the majority of the boards

therefore almost guaranteed to

in Blackrock Mountain will have

proc at least twice. Unless he’s

Players will be able to take
their decks into Blackrock
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