General Drakkisath


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Blackrock Mountain "Have you heard the rumblings? The mountain stirs once more. Beneath its crags, cliffs and rocks, there s evil in its core. Fire made flesh! Dragon s breath! Teeth and claw and flame! Calling any heroes out hearthstone adventure.

General Drakkisath is a boss Bosses are unique computer-controlled heroes encountered in adventures, the tutorial, and some Tavern Brawls. Each boss presents a unique encounter, featuring their own Hero Power and decks. Bosses use a combination of regular cards and hearthstone encounter found in the Blackrock Mountain "Have you heard the rumblings? The mountain stirs once more. Beneath its crags, cliffs and rocks, there s evil in its core. Fire made flesh! Dragon s breath! Teeth and claw and flame! Calling any heroes out hearthstone adventure Choosing an adventure Game formats Each Standard year, any adventures released prior to the previous calendar year are marked as Wild format. The adventures are removed from the Shop, and players will be unable to hearthstone . It is the second encounter of the adventure`s third wing Choosing an adventure Game formats Each Standard year, any adventures released prior to the previous calendar year are marked as Wild format. The adventures are removed from the Shop, and players will be unable to hearthstone , Blackrock Spire "Have you heard the rumblings? The mountain stirs once more. Beneath its crags, cliffs and rocks, there s evil in its core. Fire made flesh! Dragon s breath! Teeth and claw and flame! Calling any heroes out hearthstone .

Strategy

Drakkisath`s hero power Intense Gaze (Heroic) strongly affects battles fought against him, with all cards costing 1 mana and the player being limited to 1 mana crystal. This generally means the player will be limited to 1 card per turn, and also prevents the use of any hero power. Be that as it may, it also allows the player to play any card, on any turn.

This obviously encourages the creation of a deck featuring very powerful cards, with their cost irrelevant, matching Drakkisath`s own deck. Mind Control is also a very strong card for this encounter, as is Lightbomb, and Resurrect can act as a filler, allowing you to focus on a deck filled with only the most powerful minions. Steadily putting out high power minions like Ragnaros the Firelord, Dr. Boom, Boulderfist Ogre Boulderfist Ogre Set: Basic Type: Minion Cost: 6 Attack: 6 Health: 7 "ME HAVE GOOD STATS FOR THE COST"See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Boulderfist Ogre is a neutral minion card, from the Basic hearthstone and War Golem War Golem Set: Basic Type: Minion Cost: 7 Attack: 7 Health: 7 Golems are not afraid, but for some reason they still run when you cast Fear on them. Instinct, maybe? A desire to blend hearthstone is sufficient in Normal mode to defeat the General. Kel`Thuzad can be useful for trading (although Drakkisath`s removal means he may not last long) while Deathrattles can be useful for recovering from removal, but this is secondary to the importance of choosing high power minions, Attack being more important than Health.

Drakkisath alternates between playing powerful, high cost minions, and using removal like Twisting Nether Twisting Nether Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Warlock Rarity: Epic Cost: 8 Abilities: Destroy Tags: Area of effect Destroy all minions.The Twisting Nether is a formless place of magic and illusion and destroyed minions.See this hearthstone and Brawl Brawl Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Warrior Rarity: Epic Cost: 5 Abilities: Destroy Tags: Area of effect, Random Destroy all minions except one. (chosen randomly)Do you know the first rule of Brawl Club?See this card hearthstone to wipe the board. Drakkisath also has a few weapons, but will tend to use them to go face rather than trade, unless the minion is small enough to be destroyed outright.

An alternate strategy would be to run Majordomo Executus Majordomo Executus Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 9 Attack: 9 Health: 7 Abilities: Deathrattle, Replace, Replace Hero Power Tags: Hero Power-related Deathrattle: Replace your hero with Ragnaros, the Firelord.You thought Executus turned hearthstone in your deck (see #Work-arounds, below).

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Hero power

Normal Heroic
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Notes

Special cards

Drakkisath`s Command(14519).png

Deck

Note that the below classes are listed purely for reference, and have no effect on the boss` use of the cards in the encounter.

Normal
Class Card Quantity
Mage Fireball Fireball Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Mage Cost: 4 Abilities: Deal damage Deal 6 damage.This spell is useful for burning things. If you re looking for spells that toast things, or just warm them a little, hearthstone 2
Flamestrike Flamestrike Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Mage Cost: 7 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Area of effect Deal 4 damage to all enemy minions.When the ground is on fire, you should not stop, drop, and roll.See hearthstone 2
Priest Mindgames Mindgames Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Priest Rarity: Epic Cost: 4 Abilities: Copy, Summon Tags: Random Put a copy of a random minion from your opponent s deck into the battlefield.Sometimes it feels like this is hearthstone 2
Warlock Twisting Nether Twisting Nether Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Warlock Rarity: Epic Cost: 8 Abilities: Destroy Tags: Area of effect Destroy all minions.The Twisting Nether is a formless place of magic and illusion and destroyed minions.See this hearthstone 2
Warrior Death`s Bite Death s Bite Set: Naxxramas Type: Weapon Class: Warrior Rarity: Common Cost: 4 Attack: 4 Durability: 2 Abilities: Deal damage, Deathrattle Tags: Area of effect Deathrattle: Deal 1 damage to all minions."Take a bite outta Death." hearthstone 2
Brawl Brawl Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Warrior Rarity: Epic Cost: 5 Abilities: Destroy Tags: Area of effect, Random Destroy all minions except one. (chosen randomly)Do you know the first rule of Brawl Club?See this card hearthstone 1
Neutral Antique Healbot Antique Healbot Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Subtype: Mech Rarity: Common Cost: 5 Attack: 3 Health: 3 Abilities: Battlecry, Restore Health Battlecry: Restore 8 Health to your hero.They don t make em like they used hearthstone 3
Leeroy Jenkins Leeroy Jenkins Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 5 Attack: 6 Health: 2 Abilities: Battlecry, Charge, Summon Tags: Dragon-generating Charge. Battlecry: Summon two 1/1 Whelps for your opponent.At least he has Angry Chicken.See this hearthstone 1
Boulderfist Ogre Boulderfist Ogre Set: Basic Type: Minion Cost: 6 Attack: 6 Health: 7 "ME HAVE GOOD STATS FOR THE COST"See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Boulderfist Ogre is a neutral minion card, from the Basic hearthstone 2
Drakonid Crusher Drakonid Crusher Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Minion Subtype: Dragon Rarity: Common Cost: 6 Attack: 6 Health: 6 Abilities: Battlecry Tags: Health-related Battlecry: If your opponent has 15 or less Health, gain +3/+3.Drakonids were created to hearthstone 2
Mogor the Ogre Mogor the Ogre Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 6 Attack: 7 Health: 6 Abilities: Forgetful Tags: Area of effect, Random, Triggered effect All minions have a 50% chance to attack the hearthstone 1
The Beast The Beast Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Rarity: Legendary Cost: 6 Attack: 9 Health: 7 Abilities: Deathrattle, Summon Deathrattle: Summon a 3/3 Finkle Einhorn for your opponent.He lives in Blackrock Mountain. He eats Gnomes. hearthstone 1
Volcanic Drake Volcanic Drake Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Minion Subtype: Dragon Rarity: Common Cost: 6 Attack: 6 Health: 4 Abilities: Modify cost Tags: Death-related, In-hand effect, Ongoing effect Costs (1) less for each minion that died this hearthstone 2
Core Hound Core Hound Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Cost: 7 Attack: 9 Health: 5 You don’t tame a Core Hound. You just train it to eat someone else before it eats you.See this card on hearthstone 2
Troggzor the Earthinator Troggzor the Earthinator Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 7 Attack: 6 Health: 6 Abilities: Summon Tags: Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever your opponent casts a spell, summon a Burly Rockjaw Trogg.He keeps hearthstone 1
War Golem War Golem Set: Basic Type: Minion Cost: 7 Attack: 7 Health: 7 Golems are not afraid, but for some reason they still run when you cast Fear on them. Instinct, maybe? A desire to blend hearthstone 2
Boss Drakkisath`s Command The subject of this article is part of theBlackrock Mountain adventure. Drakkisath s Command Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Cost: 1 Destroy a minion. Gain 10 Armor.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Drakkisath s Command is hearthstone 2
Heroic
Class Card Quantity
Mage Flamestrike Flamestrike Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Mage Cost: 7 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Area of effect Deal 4 damage to all enemy minions.When the ground is on fire, you should not stop, drop, and roll.See hearthstone 2
Priest Mindgames Mindgames Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Priest Rarity: Epic Cost: 4 Abilities: Copy, Summon Tags: Random Put a copy of a random minion from your opponent s deck into the battlefield.Sometimes it feels like this is hearthstone 2
Rogue Kidnapper Kidnapper Set: Classic Type: Minion Class: Rogue Rarity: Epic Cost: 6 Attack: 5 Health: 3 Abilities: Combo, Return to hand Combo: Return a minion to its owner s hand.He just wants people to see his vacation hearthstone 2
Ogre Ninja Ogre Ninja Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Class: Rogue Rarity: Rare Cost: 5 Attack: 6 Health: 6 Abilities: Forgetful, Stealth Tags: Random, Triggered effect Stealth 50% chance to attack the wrong enemy.He didn t have hearthstone 2
Sprint Sprint Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Rogue Cost: 7 Abilities: Draw cards Draw 4 cards.Rogues are not good joggers.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Sprint is a rogue spell card, from the Basic set. hearthstone * 2
Warlock Twisting Nether Twisting Nether Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Warlock Rarity: Epic Cost: 8 Abilities: Destroy Tags: Area of effect Destroy all minions.The Twisting Nether is a formless place of magic and illusion and destroyed minions.See this hearthstone 2
Neutral Boulderfist Ogre Boulderfist Ogre Set: Basic Type: Minion Cost: 6 Attack: 6 Health: 7 "ME HAVE GOOD STATS FOR THE COST"See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Boulderfist Ogre is a neutral minion card, from the Basic hearthstone 2
Core Hound Core Hound Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Cost: 7 Attack: 9 Health: 5 You don’t tame a Core Hound. You just train it to eat someone else before it eats you.See this card on hearthstone 2
Drakonid Crusher Drakonid Crusher Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Minion Subtype: Dragon Rarity: Common Cost: 6 Attack: 6 Health: 6 Abilities: Battlecry Tags: Health-related Battlecry: If your opponent has 15 or less Health, gain +3/+3.Drakonids were created to hearthstone 2
Force-Tank MAX 2
Hungry Dragon 2
Lord of the Arena 2
The Beast The Beast Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Rarity: Legendary Cost: 6 Attack: 9 Health: 7 Abilities: Deathrattle, Summon Deathrattle: Summon a 3/3 Finkle Einhorn for your opponent.He lives in Blackrock Mountain. He eats Gnomes. hearthstone 1
Troggzor the Earthinator Troggzor the Earthinator Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 7 Attack: 6 Health: 6 Abilities: Summon Tags: Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever your opponent casts a spell, summon a Burly Rockjaw Trogg.He keeps hearthstone 1
War Golem War Golem Set: Basic Type: Minion Cost: 7 Attack: 7 Health: 7 Golems are not afraid, but for some reason they still run when you cast Fear on them. Instinct, maybe? A desire to blend hearthstone 2
Boss Drakkisath`s Command The subject of this article is part of theBlackrock Mountain adventure. Drakkisath s Command Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Cost: 1 Destroy a minion. Gain 10 Armor.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Drakkisath s Command is hearthstone 2

Heroic

Heroic Drakkisath is very punishing. Heroic Intense Gaze ensures an incredibly unfair playing field, with Drakkisath getting 2 cards each turn to counter your 1.

The main approach and strategy as outlined above remains the same - use high power minions to deal devastating damage. Kel`Thuzad in particular is extremely effective for allowing you to trade your minions with his, providing a way to break Drakkisath`s 2-for-1 advantage. Be that as it may, Drakkisath can use removal including Twisting Nether Twisting Nether Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Warlock Rarity: Epic Cost: 8 Abilities: Destroy Tags: Area of effect Destroy all minions.The Twisting Nether is a formless place of magic and illusion and destroyed minions.See this hearthstone to overturn any advantage.

Victory against Drakkisath is very tricky, and appears to be heavily dependent on RNG for both your card draw and his. In general, managing to establish a board advantage with 2-for-1 minions is the key to defeating him, but maintaining that advantage is difficult. Minions with more than 7 Health can usually survive 2 attacks, while 7 Attack is required to reliably trade with Drakkisath`s. Force-Tank MAX is a star player, while 8/8s like Mountain Giant, Nozdormu and Fel Reaver are solid staple minions for the deck. Ragnaros the Firelord can be hugely effective (with a little luck), while Kel`Thuzad may be the key to the whole encounter. Cards which generate other cards such as Dr. Boom and Illidan Stormrage can be useful for providing some additional targets or to remove divine shield from enemy Force-Tank MAXs, although this is a relatively minor advantage. Alexstrasza can be very effective in reducing his substantial Health, and is not banned from the match.

Be that as it may, regardless of your play, Drakkisath can and will use removal including Twisting Nether to reset the board, generally guaranteeing his subsequent victory. The right luck with his card draw is therefore a prerequisite to ensure you have even a fighting chance of finding the right cards to defeat him. Players intent on beating Drakkisath would therefore be well advised to restart the match unless they have a strong opening hand.

Note that to make the best use of Kel`Thuzad in a starting hand, another minion with comparibly low health like Core Hound Core Hound Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Cost: 7 Attack: 9 Health: 5 You don’t tame a Core Hound. You just train it to eat someone else before it eats you.See this card on hearthstone should be played in turn 1 so that it can be revived immediately in turn 2. Starting with a Force-Tank MAX even allows to delay the playing of Kel`Thuzad to turn 3. To save Kel`Thuzad from death by Twisting Nethers or Drakkisath`s Command The subject of this article is part of theBlackrock Mountain adventure. Drakkisath s Command Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Cost: 1 Destroy a minion. Gain 10 Armor.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Drakkisath s Command is hearthstone , a peculiar strategy can be deployed by mages, by having Duplicate and Counterspell in the deck (plus some other secrets maybe), and using ever-dying Mad Scientists to basically play one secret and one other card per turn.

Work-arounds

One cheap work-around to the encounter is to include Majordomo Executus Majordomo Executus Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 9 Attack: 9 Health: 7 Abilities: Deathrattle, Replace, Replace Hero Power Tags: Hero Power-related Deathrattle: Replace your hero with Ragnaros, the Firelord.You thought Executus turned hearthstone in your deck. If Drakkisath uses Mindgames Mindgames Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Priest Rarity: Epic Cost: 4 Abilities: Copy, Summon Tags: Random Put a copy of a random minion from your opponent s deck into the battlefield.Sometimes it feels like this is hearthstone and draws Executus, you can destroy the minion in order to transform Drakkisath into Ragnaros. This has several effects: it reduces his 50 Health and 30 Armor to only 8 Health (no Armor); and it replaces Intense Gaze with DIE, INSECT!, thus removing the special restrictions from the encounter. In many cases, the player will be able to deal 8 damage to the boss either that same turn or the next, providing an easy solution to what is otherwise a very difficult encounter.

Guides and decklists
  • Heartpwn.com - Blackrock Spire Heroic Boss Guides - Omokk, Drakkisath, Rend Blackhand

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Bugs

General Drakkisath will sometimes use Drakkisath`s Command The subject of this article is part of theBlackrock Mountain adventure. Drakkisath s Command Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Cost: 1 Destroy a minion. Gain 10 Armor.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Drakkisath s Command is hearthstone on his own Kidnapper Kidnapper Set: Classic Type: Minion Class: Rogue Rarity: Epic Cost: 6 Attack: 5 Health: 3 Abilities: Combo, Return to hand Combo: Return a minion to its owner s hand.He just wants people to see his vacation hearthstone .

Rewards

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Dialogue

NB: The order of the following dialogue is partly speculated, based on the content of the strings.

Encounter selection

Nefarian
Did you take a wrong turn? The Back button is at the bottom of your screen.

General Drakkisath

General Drakkisath
Introduction
What are you doing here?
Drakkisath`s turn 1
Lord Nefarius! I thought this was the one who took care of Ragnaros for us.
Nefarian
Drakkisath`s turn 1
Yes, Drakkisath. Adventurer - you are still on the wrong side of the mountain!
Drakkisath`s turn 3
Look. Go play some ranked mode. This adventure is not for you.
General Drakkisath
Turn 1 (alternative)
Are you here to help me destroy the mortals of this world?
Emote response
Why?! Tell me why! Please, I liked you.
Drakkisath`s Command The subject of this article is part of theBlackrock Mountain adventure. Drakkisath s Command Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Cost: 1 Destroy a minion. Gain 10 Armor.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Drakkisath s Command is hearthstone
I will protect the Spire.
Death
Rrh. Aah! Noooooo!

Victory

Nefarian
I am starting to get annoyed.

Blackrock Mountain

This dragonkin general leads Nefarian⃢₀ₙs armies within Blackrock to inflict corporal punishment on the minions of Ragnaros. Ragnaros might also be a bad guy, but sometimes it turns out that the enemy of your enemy is still kind of a jerk. Don⃢₀ₙt listen to that colonel of doubt: Drakkisath might be anti-Firelord, but in private he⃢₀ₙs still pro-evil.

World of Warcraft

From Wowpedia:

General Drakkisath was the dragonspawn ruler of the armies of Nefarian, son of Deathwing. From the pinnacle of Blackrock Spire "Have you heard the rumblings? The mountain stirs once more. Beneath its crags, cliffs and rocks, there s evil in its core. Fire made flesh! Dragon s breath! Teeth and claw and flame! Calling any heroes out hearthstone , he oversaw his forces in their war to drive out the Dark Iron dwarves from the bowels of Blackrock Mountain "Have you heard the rumblings? The mountain stirs once more. Beneath its crags, cliffs and rocks, there s evil in its core. Fire made flesh! Dragon s breath! Teeth and claw and flame! Calling any heroes out hearthstone .

Dungeon Journal

A cunning and ruthless strategist, Drakkisath commands Nefarian`s armies in the war with Ragnaros. After securing victories against the Dark Irons, General Drakkisath`s forces are positioned to drive the dwarves out of Blackrock Mountain once and for all.

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General Drakkisath, full art
General Drakkisath in World of Warcraft