Grobbulus was unlike the previous few heroes because it was not quickly evident what sort of deck I should use to defeat him. His hero power is to deal 2 dmg to all enemies, and a 2/2 slime is summoned for each enemy that was killed. Luckily for us, he always uses his hero ability at the beginning of the turn; otherwise he would be a lot tougher to defeat.

I eventually settled on a Grim Patron deck and it was pretty fun after you get the combo going. Here’s my deck:

• Execute x 2
• Whirlwind x 2
• Cleave x 2
• Revenge x 2
• Armorsmith x 2
• Unstalbe Ghoul x 2
• Bash x 2
• Earthen Ring Farseer
• Frothing Berserker x 2
• Death’s Bite x 2
• Axe Flinger x 2
• Maiden of the Lake x 2
• Mogu’shan Warden x 2
• Tournament Medic
• Antique Healbot x 2
• Grim Patron x 2

In my winning game, I played a Patron at turn 5 and another at turn 7. Along with an Armorsmith, it was pretty easy to win after that. Looking at my deck now, there are a lot of cards that were not necessary/helpful, but I didn’t play enough times to optimize it.

I’m sure these heroic heroes were much tougher after Naxxaramas came out, but the power creep makes it much more doable now.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: games, hearthstone