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!!Duels heroes

An over-achiever, the Demon Hunter legendary ''Scholomance Academy'', and also the Demon Hunter hero in Duels. Her hero powers are:

A treant professor who wishes everything at Scholomance could grow. Omu is both the class's legendary of the set and the Druid hero in Duels. Her hero powers are:

The potions master. Slate is the Hunter legendary and also acts as the Hunter hero in Duels. His hero powers are:

A troll instructor of the arcane. She is the Mage legendary and acts as the Mage hero in Duels. Her hero powers are:

One of the Alliance heroes of the Second War who travelled through the Dark Portal, sacrificing himself to seal it from the other side. He was eventually inducted into the Army of Light, a force that destroyed the Burning Legion and is destined to defeat the Void Lords. [[ContinuitySnarl Also, somehow he's a professor at Scholomance.]] He acts as the Paladin hero in Duels. His hero powers are:

The wife of Lord Barov and a master of MindControl. Illucia is the Priest Legendary of the set, and she also acts as the Priest hero in Duels. Her hero powers are:

Lillian Voss is the daughter of Benedictus Voss, a high-ranking member of the Scarlet Crusade. She was sent to Scholomance to investigate the mysterious activity reported in the cellar. She would later be killed and resurrected as a Forsaken, awakening mysterious powers within her as she set out to rid the world of the corrupt Scarlet Crusade and hunt down the last of the mindless Scourge. Lillian, in her Infiltrator form, acts as the Rogue hero in Duels. Her hero powers are:

Serving as the Shaman legendary for the set, Fireheart also acts as the Shaman hero in Duels. Her hero powers are:

The professor of demonology. She is the Warlock legendary of ''Scholomance Academy'' and also acts as the Warlock hero in Duels mode. Her hero powers are:

A monstrous skeleton abomination created in the depths of Scholomance. ...Oh, and somehow he's the one that got picked to be the Warrior hero for Duels. His hero powers are:

The leader of the Stormpike Expedition and commander of the Alliance forces in Alterac Valley. When building a deck, Vanndar can choose to either be a Demon Hunter, Hunter, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, or Neutral hero based on which Signature Treasure he picks. His hero powers are:

The chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan and the commander of the Horde forces in Alterac Valley. When building a deck, Drek'thar can choose to either be a Druid, Mage, Shaman, Warlock, Warrior, or Neutral hero based on which Signature Treasure he picks. His hero powers are:

* InterfaceSpoiler: The patch that added Darius also added achievements for getting wins as Houndmaster Shaw and Tess Greymane, spoiling the fact that they're somewhere in production.

Once the noble prince of Lordaeron, Arthas encountered the undead Scourge and slowly fell into desperation. Being driven to darker and darker places, Arthas eventually traded his soul to wield the runeblade Frostmourne, unwittingly becoming a pawn of the Lich King. Now a death knight, Arthas uses his unholy powers to raise the dead, freeze his enemies, and drain their blood. Arthas uses a unique secondary resource for some cards called Corpses, which are gained whenever a friendly minion dies. His hero power, ''Ghoul Charge'', helps with this, summoning a 1/1 Ghoul with Charge that dies at the end of the turn.\\

* CastFromHitpoints: Obliterate is a 1 Blood Rune spell that destroys a minion for 2 mana but causes your hero to take damage equal to its health. This won't be a problem for Blood Death Knights with their plethora of healing, but it may be a riskier to splash into other decks.

Son of Durotan and former Warchief of the Horde, Thrall uses his elemental ties to call upon aid. Elements are fickle beings however, and will often demand mana be paid not only during the turn they are summoned, but also the turn after that. This grants him a large amount of versatility and burst potential, but his ability to draw and generate cards is limited. His hero power, ''Totemic Call'' reflects the volatility of elementals as well -- Thrall may summon a totem imbued with power, but even he does not know which totem the elements grant him.[[labelnote:Totems]]Stoneclaw Totem; a 0/2 Taunt, Strength Totem; a 0/2 that gives another random minion +1 Attack at the end of the turn, Healing Totem; a 0/2 that heals your other minions for 1 each turn, and Searing Totem; a 1/1 with no effects. In Classic mode and prior to 2021, Wrath of Air Totem is summoned instead of Strength Totem, a 0/2 with Spell Damage +1.[[/labelnote]]\\

* ZergRush: Shaman specializes in swarming the board quickly with small minions. Their Hero Power allows them to summon a Totem each turn, which in turn can be turned into threat by cards like Bloodlust (+3 Attack on all friendly minions this turn), favorable trading through buff or allows more swarming from cards like Things From Below (6 mana 5/5 Taunt minion that has its cost decrease by 1 for each Totem summons).

Before Death Knights were a class, the Lich King was a neutral Legendary in the ''Knights of the Frozen Throne'' expansion. He's an 8 mana 8/8 with Taunt that adds one of 8 different Death Knight cards[[note]]From lowest cost to highest cost, these include Death Coil (2 mana Shadow spell that deals 5 damage to an enemy or heals a friendly character for 5 health), Death Grip (2 mana Shadow spell that steals a minion from the opponent's deck and adds it to your hand), Obliterate (2 mana spell that destroys an enemy minion and deals damage equal to its health to your Hero), Death and Decay (3 mana Shadow Spell that deals 3 damage to all enemies), Anti-Magic Shell (4 mana Shadow spell that gives your minions +2/+2 and "can't be targeted by spells or Hero Powers"), Doom Pact (5 mana Shadow spell that destroys all minions and removes the top card of your deck for each destroyed), Army of the Dead (6 mana Shadow spell that removes the top 5 cards of your deck and summons any minions that were removed), and Frostmourne (7 mana 5/3 weapon that summons every minion it killed upon being destroyed)[[/note]] to the player's hand at the end of each turn. Additionally, the Lich King acted as the first and final bosses of ''Frozen Throne'''s solo adventure, and beating the latter version unlocked Arthas pre-corruption as a Paladin hero portrait. See [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftBosses Bosses]] for information on the ''Frozen Throne'' boss, and see [[Characters/HearthstoneHeroesOfWarcraftAlternateHeroes Alternate Heroes]] for information on the Paladin hero portrait.

* {{Counterspell}}: Available as a Secret that negates the next spell your opponent casts. Also the only card in the game that uses the "Counter" keyword.

* TrapMaster: The magical trap variant. Mages have by far the most secret spells in the game, making it harder to narrow down which one spell a particular secret is. So many, in fact, that it's possible to build a just-for-fun deck containing nothing ''but'' all the secrets plus cards that benefit them or are benefited by them. The Mage Class Challenge in ''Curse of Naxxramas'' does exactly this. Mage Secrets also tend to have the most powerful effects, like negating spells entirely or copying the opponent's minions, but are also the most expensive at 3 mana.

* FieldPowerEffect: Paladins have a set of Aura spells that grant an ongoing effect for a few turns after being cast, such as Crusader's Aura passively buffing your minions upon attacking and Resistance Aura increasing the costs of enemy spells.

* TrapMaster: One of the four classes to use Secrets. The Paladin flavour has them taking the place of their passive auras from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' (although Auras later did become their own card type). The "Secret Paladin" deck even dominated the meta for a while.

* FourIsDeath: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. He has two spells that instantly kill minions: Shadow Word: Death and Shadow Word: Pain. However, these spells work only for minions above or below 4 attack respectively. Minions with 4 attack are considered valuable because they can't be targeted by these spells without a buff or debuff effect. It wasn't until ''Rise of Shadows'' that Priests got a card that can destroy 4-attack minions (Forbidden Words).
* GlassCannon: Can become one of these by converting his hero power from restoring 2 HP to dealing 2 damage using Shadowform. He can also turn his healing spells into offensive ones using an Auchenai Priestess' effect. Normally Priests are known for having a StoneWall strategy, but a Shadowform strategy sacrifices this for cost-efficient damage output that forces Anduin to win a game earlier than he normally would. Taken to its extreme with the Shadowreaper Anduin Death Knight card, which gives him a 2 damage hero power that can be used multiple times a turn so long as you keep playing cards to refresh it.

* ActionGirl: Valeera particularly stands out as the most active hero in direct combat, even more than the male ones! Specifically, while all heroes channel the spell cards in their decks, Rogues tend to actually attack with their hero much more than others due to having limitless weapons for 2 mana apiece. Only [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Garrosh Hellscream, Warchief of the Horde.]] even comes close, and even then, he hits harder but Valeera hits a lot more often.

* FragileSpeedster: Valeera will make many more attacks than the other attack-heavy heroes due to having infinite 1/2 weapons for 2 mana each as well as more class-specific weapons. However, unlike Malfurion or Garrosh, she cannot shield herself with armor, so she will take the full brunt of counterattack damage each time.

* {{Irony}}: It's frequently joked that Rogues are less secretive than Paladins[[note]]Rogues used to have no access to Secrets while the honorable Paladin class did[[/note]] and less thieving than Priests[[note]]Priests are able to copy and steal the opponent's cards, while Rogues can only generate cards from other classes[[/note]] while being better miracle workers than both.[[note]]Priests and Paladins are servants of the Holy Light, but the Rogue class is famous for its "Miracle Rogue" combo deck.[[/note]]

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* {{Combo}}: Before it was nerfed in April 2016, Force of Nature (create 3 2/2 Treants with charge) then Savage Roar (give all friendly characters +2 attack this turn) was so powerful it was referred to as "The Combo". Taking into account Malfurion himself, it dealt ''at the minimum'' 14 instant damage, more if other creatures were on the field. [[note]]The nerf changed Force of nature to summon 3 2/2 Treants ''without'' charge.[[/note]]
* DiscountCard: The reward of Druid quest, ''Jungle Giants'' is ''Barnabus the Stomper'', a minion whose Battlecry reduces the cost of all minions in your deck to ''0''.

* PurityPersonified: The "Pure Paladin" archetype (alternatively called No-Neutral Paladin or [[RepetitiveName Paladin Paladin]]), which uses a set of cards that gain powerful effects so long as there are no Neutral cards in your deck. You can get these powerhouse cards so long as you're willing to sacrifice a huge number of utility and tech cards to remain "pure". Flavour-wise, these cards are all [[PureIsNotGood Lightforged Draenei]].

* TrapMaster: One of the four classes to use Secrets. The Paladin flavour has them taking the place of their passive auras from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. The "Secret Paladin" deck even dominated the meta for a while.

* CrackShip: InUniverse. The Three Kingdom skin has her to be in the role of Diao Chan, with Garrosh in the role of Diao Chan's lover Lu Bu. This is despite Garrosh and Valeera never mtet, let alone on the same side in any material.

* DishingOutDirt: Oddly enough, this is usually averted. Very few Shaman cards make use of earth.

* GlassCannon: Gul'dan's cards have the best mana-cost-to-power ratio in the game, but come with varying drawbacks, such as causing him to lose health, cards, or board control, meaning he can lose options and survivability pretty quickly. Notably, varying Warlock decks involve exemplifying one of those drawbacks to greatly improve on others: a Giants Warlock is based around losing health quickly through minions and his hero power to both gain card advantage with said hero power and summon the powerful '''Molten Giant'''[[note]]8/8, initially costs 25 mana but costs 1 less per health lost.[[/note]] and '''Mountain Giant'''[[note]]8/8, initially costs 12 mana but costs 1 less per other card in hand.[[/note]] cards.
* GodzillaThreshold: Summoning Jaraxxus can be this for Warlocks, considering how Gul'dan has to ''die'' for it to happen. He becomes the hero and has 15 HP, making it a good desperation measure if you're already below that point.

** Gul'dan has access to Demons that are very good for their cost in Mana, but cost him in other ways like HP, discarding cards, or breaking a Mana crystal. As a result of having access to heavy-hitters earlier than he ought to, the general strategy of Warlocks is to rush them and dominate the match before an opponent can catch up.

* WeakButSkilled: Warlock cards are less efficient than other class cards, often coming with major downsides or just having less impact per mana. They make up for this with an ''insane'' Hero Power, letting them stay fueled without the need to run much other card draw.

* SkillGateCharacter: Is an entire class of this. Most of the best Hunter cards are either Commons or Rares, Hunter has a very linear, one-dimensional gameplan and win condition while most of its card synergize really obviously with each others. Statistic shows that it had among the highest play-rates, and among the highest win-rates... from rank 20-6, with both tanks significantly from rank 5 or above.

** While Garrosh is also a villain in ''World of Warcraft'', it's mostly downplayed with his cards as he has access to plenty of Alliance characters and other good guys. Gul'dan really plays his villainy up, however. Not only are his [[PowerAtAPrice mechanics]] traditionally evil, aside from Wilfred Fizzlebang, every one of his minions can be considered a villain or evil entity. In pretty much every set where Warlocks are represented by a specific character, that character will almost always be a villain.

In ''The League of Explorers'', Brann was a 3 mana 2/4 who causes all Battlecries to trigger twice. His second incarnation, Dinotamer Brann, is a 7 mana 2/4 Hunter Legendary who summons King Krush[[note]]8/8 Beast with Charge[[/note]] if your deck has no duplicates.\\

* DropTheHammer: Has a Hammer of Justice spell in which he appears to throw a magic-imbued warhammer at something to deal three damage and draw a card.

* DropTheHammer: It's Thrall, the Doomhammer weapon is practically obligatory: Two damage, eight durability, and can attack twice per turn.

His alternate portraits include [[TheCorruption Corrupt Garrosh]], Garrosh of Might, Garrosh of Wrath, Nagrand Garrosh, [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Lü Bu Garrosh]], [[{{Pirate}} Pirate King Garrosh]], Forge-wrought Garrosh, [[NatureHero Garrosh the Wild]], Garrosh the Chained, and Goulash Garrosh.

* '''Outlander''' costs 1 mana and adds a random Fel Spell to her hand if she played an Outcast card this turn.

* '''Mind Tether''' costs 1 mana and causes her to deal 1 damage to the opponent after she casts a spell that turn.

* '''Vile Concoction''' gives a minion Poisonous and if Combo'd adds a random Concoction to her hand.\\

* '''Demon Blood''' gives a random Demon in her hand +2/+2 for 1 mana.

* '''No Guts, No Glory''' deals 1 damage to a minion. If it lives, it gets +2 Attack. If it dies, Rattlegore gains 2 Armor.

* '''Dino Tracking''' Discovers a Beast and gives it +1/+1. In the single-player version, it passively causes Brann to Discover cards from his deck instead of drawing them.\\

His alternate portraits include Arthas, Kingslayer, Arthas Menethil[[note]]This is a 3D animated portrait based on his appearance as a Death Knight in ''Warcraft III''[[/note]], and Death Metal King.\\

His alternate portraits include Demonic Illidan, Demonbane Illidan, Felravager Illidan, Skullbearer Illidan, [[VampiresAreRich Ember Court Illidan]], Infernal Armor Illidan, Illidan the Naughty, [[TheCorruption Sha Illidan]], [[BadlyBatteredBabysitter Sabertender Illidan]], Mrrgillidan, and Illhoof Illidan.

His alternate portraits include [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething King Anduin]], Anduin of Prophecy, Transcendance Anduin, [[CloakAndDagger SI:7 Anduin]], [[Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms Zhuge Liang Anduin]], [[PrinceCharming Prince Charming Anduin]], Holy Leviathan Anduin, Little Lion Anduin, [[BattleButler Butler Anduin]], Appetizer Anduin, and [[TeenIdol Teen Idol Anduin]].

His alternate portraits include [[FrontlineGeneral Warchief Thrall]], Earthfury Thrall, Ten Storm Thrall, [[GladiatorGames Thrall, Son of Durotan]], Alterac Thrall, Wolfrider Thrall, Frostwolf Thrall, [[ForcedTransformation Frog Prince Thrall]], Mechaconduit Thrall, Snowman Thrall, and Jade Serpent Thrall.

* '''Outlander''' can be activated for 1 mana to make it so she gains +1 Attack every time she plays her left or rightmost card in hand that turn.
* '''Illidari Strike''' costs 1 mana and targets an enemy minion, summoning two 1/1 Illidari with Rush to attack it.\\

* {{Nerf}}: Outlander used to be fully passive, but provided too much chip damage alongside the combo potential.

* '''Wyrm Bolt''' deals 1 damage and summons a 1/2 Mana Wyrm if it kills a minion, which gains +1 Attack after you cast a spell.

* '''Connections''' costs 1 mana and adds a random 1-cost minion to her hand.
* '''Vile Concoction''' gives a minion Poisonous and if Combo'd also gives +1/+1 and Stealth.\\

As a card, Fireheart is a 3 mana 3/3 that Discovers a spell that costs at least 1 mana. If you cast the spell that turn, her Battlecry triggers again.

* '''Bruising''' forces a friendly minion to attack a random enemy minion for 1 mana.

* '''Starseeker''' passively adds a Moonfire to her hand after casting three spells on the same turn, which is a 0-mana spell that deals 1 damage.

* '''Dino Tracking''' Discovers a Beast and gives it +1 Attack. In the single-player version, it passively causes Brann to Discover cards from his deck instead of drawing them.\\

Alternate Brann skins for Hunter appear in constructed mode, including Bakin' Brann.

* '''Scourging''' Discovers an Undead minion for 1 mana.\\

Alternate Scarlet skins appear in constructed, including Ghoul Queen Scarlet.

* CrackShip: InUniverse. The Three Kingdom skin has her to be in the role of Diao Chan, with Garrosh in the role of Diao Chan's lover Lu Bu. This is despite Garrosh and Valeera never met, let alone on the same side in any material.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Being the titular character and the only playable hero in the Brawl "Valeera's Bag of Burgled Spell", which feature her casting spells from different classes with each spells summon a random minion with the same cost.

* {{Telepathy}}: A few cards copy cards from your opponent's deck or hand and adds them to your hand. Among these are Mind Vision[[note]]1 mana, copy a card from your opponent's hand[[/note]], Thoughtsteal[[note]]2 mana, copy two cards from your opponent's deck[[/note]], Drakonid Operative[[note]]5 mana 5/6 Dragon, if you're holding a dragon, Discover a card from your opponent's deck[[/note]], and Psionic Probe[[note]]1 mana, Copy a spell from your opponent's deck and add it to you hand[[/note]].

His alternate portraits include Shadow Gul'dan, Felheart Gul'dan, Nemesis Gul'dan, Shadowmoon Gul'dan, House of Rituals Gul'dan, Fel Colossus Gul'dan, Mogu'shan Gul'dan, and Hatcher Gul'dan.

* '''Roguish Maneuvers''' costs 1 mana and equips a 1/2 Dagger, or a 2/2 Dagger if Combo'd.

* '''Arcane Craftiness''' costs 3 mana and fires two random missiles at enemies that deal 1 damage each, and repeats if a minion dies.\\

* '''Spread Shot''' deals 1 damage to any target and an additional damage to the enemy hero.

* '''Dino Tracking''' Discovers a Beast. In the single-player version, it passively causes Brann to Discover cards from his deck instead of drawing them.\\

Her alternate portraits include Fire Mage Jaina, Arcanist Jaina, Netherwind Jaina, Apprentice Jaina, Archmage Jaina, Kul Tiran Jaina, Scholar Jaina, [[LittleRedFightingHood Red Riding Hood Jaina]], [[{{Magitek}} Arcane Sentinel Jaina]], [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Frost Fairy Jaina]], Red Crane Jaina, Festival Jaina, Jaina Proudmurgle, and [[HotWitch Witch Jaina]].

* '''Harvest Time!''' destroys a minion for 3 mana and summons two 2/2 Treants for its owner.\\

* AttackAttackAttack: Harvest Time supports aggressive token Druid builds, especially ones that use Deathrattle minions that can be triggered by the hero power while also getting two Treants.

* {{Nerf}}: Harvest Time was originally 2 mana, but it was too strong as a board flooder, Deathrattle trigger, or even late-game removal.

* '''Mind Tether''' passively deals 1 damage to the opponent after she casts a spell.

* '''Promote''' is a 1-mana hero power that gives a minion +1/+1 and either Stealth, Poisonous, Rush, Windfury, Taunt, or Divine Shield at random.

* {{Nerf}}: On launch, Battle Tactics was one of the most broken hero powers ''ever'', since it reduced the cost of every minion in hand rather than just two. The neutral and 4+ cost were not big enough restrictions for such an insane ramp, and Vanndar could easily flood the board with massive legendaries that cost 2 mana very early in the game.

* '''Warmaster's Frenzy''' costs 1 mana and deals 1 damage to all minions, granting him +1 Attack that turn for each Honorable Kill it gets.

* '''Dino Tracking''' Discovers a card from Brann's deck. In the single-player version, it passively causes Brann to Discover cards from his deck instead of drawing them.\\

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* '''Power Up!''' gives a minion Divine Shield and Windfury but Overloads for 1.

* '''Lichborne Might''' costs 1 mana and gives a friendly minion +3/+3 but destroys it at the end of the turn.

* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: His Sabertender skin humourously shows him looking worn down while covered in nightsaber cubs, apparently taking place in an alternate universe where his punishment was to be the Sentinels' catsitter for ten thousand years.

* {{Combo}}: Before it was nerfed in April 2016, Force of Nature (create 3 2/2 Treants with charge) then Savage Roar (give all friendly characters +2 attack this turn) was so powerful it was refered to as "The Combo". Taking into account Malfurion himself, it dealt ''at the minimum'' 14 instant damage, more if other creatures were on the field. [[note]]The nerf changed Force of nature to summon 3 2/2 Treants ''without'' charge.[[/note]]

** In general; while every class has access to random effects, Mage tends to have the most random cards, between random card generation; Discover [Pick one of three random choices]; cards which target randomly [Such as Arcane Missiles] and topping off with cards such as Puzzxle-Box of Yogg-Saron. The only class which can compete with Mage in terms of sheer levels of RNG is Preist.

* HerdHittingAttack: A ''lack'' of these is one of Paladin's main weaknesses. They do have a couple cards, like Consecration, Avenging Wrath, and City Tax, but none are very efficient unless combined with a mass HPToOne effect. However, the neutral Wild Pyromancer is often considered an honourary Paladin card thanks to its effect dealing 1 damage to all minions after you cast a spell, which helps Control Paladin decks shore up this major weakness.

** In general; next to Mage, Preist tends to have the most access to random effects. While his signture is copying cards that the enemy has [at random]; there are also cards like Lyra the Sunshard and his version of Galakrond which can generate massive amounts of random Preist spells.

* AscendedExtra: Valeera is a rather minor character (even in the comics, Broll often overshadowed her) with only a cameo in [=WoW=]. This is particularly noticable compared to the other Heroes of Hearthstone who are all large parts of the story with major roles in the games. According to blue [[https://twitter.com/bdbrode/status/418777463636783105 comments on Twitter]], this was to add a Blood Elf Hero, while the original option, Garona, would've been another orc. This also led to a joke among the player base that she is obviously the best rogue, because ''you've never heard of her''.

Lillian Voss is the daughter of Benedictus Voss, a high-ranking member of the Scarlet Crusade. She was sent to Scholomance to investigate the mysterious activaity reported in the cellar. She would later be killed and resurrected as a Forsaken, awakening mysterious powers within her as she set out to rid the world of the corrupt Scarlet Crusade and hunt down the last of the mindless Scourge. Lillian, in her Infiltrator form, acts as the Rogue hero in Duels. Her hero powers are: