Animal Companion

How to get

Animal Companion x 2 are a reward for raising a hunter to level 2.

Golden Golden cards often add movement and visual effects, like with this golden Piloted Shredder "Golden" redirects here. For information on golden heroes, see Golden heroes. Golden cards are special, rarer versions of cards. Each card Animal Companion is a reward for raising a hunter The  Hunter is one of the nine classes in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, represented by Rexxar and Alleria Windrunner. Contents 1 Heroes 2 Background 3 Hero Power 4 Strategy and gameplay 5 Counters 5.1 Secrets to levels Each hero s level is displayed on the bottom-left of their portrait. The coloured bar shows their current experience. A video explaining levels in Hearthstone made by the Curse Gamepedia @@@#@@@YouTube(youtube.com)###@### Channel. A level is a 45 and 46.

Animal Companion is uncraftable The uncraftable quality Uncraftable (previously called soulbound) is a card quality found on certain cards. Uncraftable cards cannot be crafted or disenchanted. Uncraftable quality is mostly determined by card set, and in some cases differs and cannot be crafted Crafting mode, in Standard format mode The crafting system is an element of Hearthstone that allows players to directly create new cards. It can be accessed through the My Collection screen. Crafting consumes Arcane Dust or disenchanted.

Strategy

Animal Companion is a little bit tricky due to its unpredictability. If you know that you will be playing it on a turn, it is usually good to play it first, then play out the rest of your turn accordingly. All the beasts it can summon are useful, which makes it generally good for consolidating a lead.

Synergies

Info

Animal Companion

Set:	Basic The card set interface Card sets are categories into which collectible cards are divided, reflecting how they can be obtained, and determining whether they are eligible for use in Standard format. Card set does not
Type:	Spell
Class:	Hunter
Cost:	3
Abilities:	Summon
Tags:	Beast-generating, Random Yogg-Saron, arguably the most random card ever released Random effects are effects which include some degree of randomness or RNG (random number generation). Random effects introduce an element of chance into Hearthstone. They can be

Summon a random Beast Companion.

You could summon Misha, Leokk, or Huffer! Huffer is more trouble than he`s worth.

See this card on Hearthpwn

Animal Companion is a hunter The  Hunter is one of the nine classes in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, represented by Rexxar and Alleria Windrunner. Contents 1 Heroes 2 Background 3 Hero Power 4 Strategy and gameplay 5 Counters 5.1 Secrets spell Fireball, a simple mage spell. It costs 4 mana, dealing 6 damage to a chosen target. Spell cards are cards that can be played to trigger a one time effect or ability, described in the card, from the Basic The card set interface Card sets are categories into which collectible cards are divided, reflecting how they can be obtained, and determining whether they are eligible for use in Standard format. Card set does not set. It randomly summons one of three possible minions: Huffer Huffer Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Cost: 3 Attack: 4 Health: 2 Abilities: Charge ChargeSee this card on Hearthpwn data page] Huffer is an uncollectible hunter minion summoned by Animal Companion and , Leokk Leokk Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Tags: Area of effect, Ongoing effect Your other minions have +1 Attack.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Leokk is or Misha Misha Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Cost: 3 Attack: 4 Health: 4 Abilities: Taunt TauntSee this card on Hearthpwn data page] Misha is an uncollectible hunter minion summoned by Animal Companion and .

Videos

Strategy

Name	Attack	Health	Card text
Huffer Huffer Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Cost: 3 Attack: 4 Health: 2 Abilities: Charge ChargeSee this card on Hearthpwn data page] Huffer is an uncollectible hunter minion summoned by Animal Companion and	4	2	Charge For the card of the same name, see Charge (card) Charge is an ability allowing a minion to attack the same turn it is summoned. Charge is available to all classes, but is most strongly
Leokk Leokk Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Tags: Area of effect, Ongoing effect Your other minions have +1 Attack.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Leokk is	2	4	Other friendly minions have +1 Attack.
Misha Misha Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Cost: 3 Attack: 4 Health: 4 Abilities: Taunt TauntSee this card on Hearthpwn data page] Misha is an uncollectible hunter minion summoned by Animal Companion and	4	4	Taunt The shield-like Taunt visual effect Taunt is a minion ability which forces the opposing player to direct any melee attacks toward enemy targets with this ability. Minions with Taunt (commonly referred to as Taunts) serve

Animal Companion randomly summons Misha Misha Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Cost: 3 Attack: 4 Health: 4 Abilities: Taunt TauntSee this card on Hearthpwn data page] Misha is an uncollectible hunter minion summoned by Animal Companion and , Leokk Leokk Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Tags: Area of effect, Ongoing effect Your other minions have +1 Attack.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Leokk is or Huffer Huffer Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Cost: 3 Attack: 4 Health: 2 Abilities: Charge ChargeSee this card on Hearthpwn data page] Huffer is an uncollectible hunter minion summoned by Animal Companion and . Although you cannot choose or predict which minion will be summoned, all three are uncollectible Uncollectible cards are cards which although available in-game cannot be collected by players. While these cards are often playable and obtainable by players in the course of a match, they cannot be added to players and more mana-efficient than collectible 3-mana minions. Furthermore, they maintain their mana efficiency if "returned" to your hand, since each can be summoned back for 3 mana.

This spell can be used to obtain early board presence and apply pressure to your opponent, forcing him to deal with these early threats. Since these minions are all beasts, they also synergize with the various hunter The  Hunter is one of the nine classes in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, represented by Rexxar and Alleria Windrunner. Contents 1 Heroes 2 Background 3 Hero Power 4 Strategy and gameplay 5 Counters 5.1 Secrets cards that benefit from having beasts in your deck, such as Scavenging Hyena Scavenging Hyena Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Attack: 2 Health: 2 Tags: Beast-related, Death-related, Triggered effect Whenever a friendly Beast dies, gain +2/+1.Hyenas prefer the bones of kodos , Starving Buzzard Starving Buzzard Set: Basic Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Class: Hunter Cost: 5 Attack: 3 Health: 2 Abilities: Draw cards Tags: Beast-related, Summoning-related, Triggered effect Whenever you summon a Beast, draw a card.If you feed him, , Stablemaster Stablemaster Set: The Grand Tournament Type: Minion Class: Hunter Rarity: Epic Cost: 3 Attack: 4 Health: 2 Abilities: Battlecry, Immune Tags: Beast-related Battlecry: Give a friendly Beast Immune this turn.Takes way better care of her or even Ram Wrangler Ram Wrangler Set: The Grand Tournament Type: Minion Class: Hunter Rarity: Rare Cost: 5 Attack: 3 Health: 3 Abilities: Battlecry, Summon Tags: Beast-generating, Beast-related, Random Battlecry: If you have a Beast, summon a random Beast.Not .

Call of the Wild Call of the Wild Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Epic Cost: 9 Abilities: Summon Summon all 3 Animal Companions."Hello. Misha, Leokk and Huffer aren t here right now, but if provides an alternative means of summoning the companions.

Summoned minions

Notes

• Unlike effects like Totemic Call Totemic Call Type: Hero Power Class: Shaman Cost: 2 Abilities: Summon Tags: Random Hero Power Summon a random Totem.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Totemic Call is the shaman s basic Hero Power. Contents 1 , the companions are not mutually exclusive; it is possible for a player to play Animal Companion twice in a row, and summon two copies of the same companion.

• As with all summoning For information on summoning minions, see Minion#Summoning. Summon is an ability which summons one or more minions. Distinct from regular summoning, a minion generated by the summon ability does not consume or come from an spells, the minions summoned by this card are always placed at the far right of the battlefield. The player cannot control their placement, although they can choose to play other minions after playing this spell, allowing for some degree of control over positioning.
• Effects that trigger from spells being cast are activated before an animal companion is summoned. For instance, if you have six minions and one of them is a Violet Teacher Violet Teacher Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 3 Health: 5 Abilities: Summon Tags: Spell-related, Triggered effect Whenever you cast a spell, summon a 1/1 Violet Apprentice.If you don t pay attention, you , no companion will be summoned since the board would then be full.

Huffer

Huffer is a well-rounded card for early game play or later rounds, but with low Health it may not last very long. Use it as a pig-shaped missile.

Leokk

Leokk can be very useful due mostly to his aura The welling of light indicating an ongoing effect Ongoing effects are minion, weapon, and boss Hero Power abilities which grant special effects on an ongoing basis. Ongoing effects are often referred to as auras, particularly ; note that he buffs friendly minions even if they`re not Beasts Beasts are a type of minion especially associated with hunters, and to a lesser extent druids. Hunters have a variety of class-specific Beast minions as well as specific ability cards which benefit Beasts. Beasts are . Pairing Leokk with Snake Trap Snake Trap Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Epic Cost: 2 Abilities: Secret, Summon Tags: Beast-generating, Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When one of your minions is attacked, summon three 1/1 Snakes.Why did it have makes the latter a bigger threat. A good draw if you already have other minions on the board, or for use with Unleash the Hounds Unleash the Hounds Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Abilities: Charge, Summon Tags: Battlefield-related, Beast-generating For each enemy minion, summon a 1/1 Hound with Charge.You must read the name of this .

Misha

Misha`s low cost and high stats combined with Taunt make her well-rounded for early-game play. Her Taunt will buy you time to set up supporting cards, but her Attack will also let her contribute to board control.

Trivia

• If you play Animal Companion against the Kel`Thuzad         The subject of this article is part of the           Curse of Naxxramas adventure Kel Thuzad Set: Naxxramas Type: Hero Health: 30 (Normal)45 (Heroic) data page] For the minion card of the same name, see Kel Thuzad Kel Thuzad boss in the Curse of Naxxramas "Whispers of an ancient tomb… holding horrors in every room. Ghastly ghouls, poisons galore… but in the shadows lurks something more. Knights of death and abominations… cleaving your bits for new creations. And if by adventure, Mr. Bigglesworth         The subject of this article is part of the           Curse of Naxxramas adventure Mr. Bigglesworth Set: Naxxramas Type: Minion Subtype: Beast Rarity: Legendary Attack: 1 Health: 1 This is Kel Thuzad s kitty.See this card on Hearthpwn will be summoned instead.
• The phrase "Always Huffer" refers to the apparent ability of Face Hunter That s blood elf for "Go Face" Face Hunter is a type of aggro hunter deck which focuses on dealing damage directly to the enemy hero (or "face"). With a single-minded focus on hero damage, Face players to consistently get Huffer when playing Animal Companion (its Charge ability offering the best possible outcome for dealing face damage), often enabling unlikely lethals Lethal is a term used in Hearthstone to refer to damage sufficient to defeat the enemy hero, and win the game. "Having lethal" is used as a measure of imminent and unavoidable success, similar to .
• The quote "To my side" is only triggered when the player is playing Rexxar as the hunter hero. This quote will not be heard by players playing other heroes, including the alternate hunter hero Alleria Windrunner.

Gallery

Animal Companion, full art