Use your Hero power a couple of times so that you have Archmage’s Insight and some other powerful spells that can quickly give you an advantage in one turn. When you start, mulligan any cards with weak effects like Arcane Missiles, which deals 3 random damage. Those 6/6 Abyssals can overwhelm you, so you’ll want some strong spells to fight back. Archmage’s Insight costs 3 mana and makes all of your spells cost 0 mana for the rest of the turn. You both start with 30 armor. You can even get the 1 mana Astral Portal, which summons a random Legendary minion. He has special spells like Arcane Power, which gives you +5 spell damage for a turn, and Mysterious Rune, which puts 5 secrets in play for 3 mana. He has a premade deck and a Hero power that lets him draw three cards for just 2 mana. You play this game as Medivh (his younger version, not the portrait alternate for the regular Mage class). We opted to go with a Hunter deck since this is the class that best interacts and counters Rend's abilities, with cards like Explosive Trap and Unleash the Hounds.Join gaming leaders live this October 25-26 in San Francisco to examine the next big opportunities within the gaming industry. Fortunately, this lackeys are somewhat fragile, and can be easily eliminated with several cards. Strategy: Rend's abilities mean he can fill the board with minions in record time. As far as his resistance goes, Rend is not very strong (for a Boss), limited at getting by with 30 health points and 15 armour. Most of his skills allow him to invoke groups of enemies, most with reduced health. Every time he uses his current skill, it changes randomly. Rend is a peculiar boss, since he doesn't have one skill, but several. As for the enemy minions, try to leave some alive so the Boss won't use Twisting Nether, which destroys all the minions on the board.ĭeck (Mage): Mirror Image (2), Duplicate (2), Polymorph (1), Mogu'shan Warden (2), Sen'jin Shieldmasta (2), Booty Bay Bodyguard (2), Faceless Manipulator (2), Feugen (1), Frostwolf Warlod (2), Stalagg (1), Archmage (2), Boulderfist Ogre (2), Lords of the Arena (2), Core Hound (2), Stormwind Champion (2), War Golem (2), Kel'thuzad (1) You also need to be aware there's several cards Drakkisath can use to destroy Kel'Thuzad, so it's imperative that you duplicate him as soon as possible, either with Faceless Manipulator or the Mage's Duplicate. Incidentally, if you manage to get Kel'Thuzad and a minion with Taunt on the board at the same time, Drakkisath won't even try to attack the player's minions. His ability to resurrect any friendly lackey killed by the end of each turn is precious in this match. Strategy: Our strategy to defeat Drakkisath is based in a single card - Kel'Thuzad. And don't bother trying to gain mana crystals or otherwise reduce the price of your cards to zero, because it won't work. The problem is that Drakissath has two mana crystals and the player only one, for the entire match, and that means that while the player is limited to play a card per turn, Drakissath can play two cards each turn. This skill is passive, not active, and means that both the player's cards and Drakkisath's only cost one mana crystal each. His Intense Gaze ability is what makes this battle so unbalanced. At 50 health points and 30 armour, Drakkisath is a tough boss, but that's not what makes him dangerous. This battle with General Drakkisath can be quite frustrating. Use cards that require Omokk to draw more cards than he needs and use your weapons, spells and minions to clean up the board.ĭeck (Warrior): Execute (2), Shield Slam (2), Whirlwind (2), Cleave (2), Slam (2), Nerubian Egg (2), Shield Block (2), Big Game Hunter (1), Coldlight Oracle (2), Dancing Swords (2), Death's Bite (2), Mortal Strike (2), Kor'kron Elite (2), Arcanite Reaper (2), Brawl (1), Antique Healbot (2)

Your goal should be to clear the board from every minion Omokk summons, until he runs out of cards to play, and thus, loses the match. However, in our experience, the most effective method to defeat Omokk is with a heavy control deck. Strategy: It's very difficult to get into a minion battle with Omokk, due to his ability, although it is possible with some decks, particularly Paladin, Shaman and Druid.

His lackeys, mostly ogres, are dangerous, but fortunately can be countered relatively easily. However, his ability 'Me Smash', allows him to maintain a tremendous amount of control over the board, as he can destroy a player's minion each turn. This ugly ogre starts the battle with 30 points of health and 15 armour, and that's not that scary for a Boss.

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