How to get
Gorehowl can be obtained through Classic 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 card packs Card pack concept art Card packs are items that players can open to acquire cards for filling a player s collection. Only card packs for the current Standard format sets are available for purchase in the , through crafting 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 as an Arena A video explaining the Arena in Hearthstone made by the Curse Gamepedia @@@#@@@YouTube(youtube.com)###@### Channel. The Arena is a game mode where players compete against each other using specially constructed decks to earn substantial rewards. It reward. 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 Gorehowl can also be obtained through the Highest Rank Bonus chest The 25 numbered ranks in Ranked play. Ranked (also known as Ranked Play) is the serious side of Play mode, with players able to earn special ranks to reflect their prowess in battle this season. at the end of each Ranked The 25 numbered ranks in Ranked play. Ranked (also known as Ranked Play) is the serious side of Play mode, with players able to earn special ranks to reflect their prowess in battle this season. season The 25 numbered ranks in Ranked play. Ranked (also known as Ranked Play) is the serious side of Play mode, with players able to earn special ranks to reflect their prowess in battle this season. .
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Gorehowl | 400 | 100 |
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 Gorehowl | 1600 | 400 |
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Info
Attacking a minion costs 1 Attack instead of 1 Durability.
Grommash Hellscream`s famous axe. Somehow this ended up in Prince Malchezaar`s possession. Quite the mystery!
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Gorehowl is an epic Rarity is a rough measure of the quality and scarcity of a card. Cards of higher rarity are typically more powerful and more useful, but are harder to find and more expensive to craft. There warrior The Warrior is one of the nine classes in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, represented by Garrosh Hellscream and Magni Bronzebeard. Contents 1 Heroes 2 Overview 3 Background 4 Hero Power 5 Strategy and gameplay 6 weapon Garrosh Hellscream ready to attack using an equipped Fiery War Axe For the equip ability, see Equip Weapons are special cards which can be equipped by heroes. Each weapon has an Attack value and a card, from the Classic 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.
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Strategy
This card is best used to destroy minions. It is possible through the use of Upgrade! Upgrade! Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Warrior Rarity: Rare Cost: 1 Abilities: Equip Tags: Durability-related, Weapon-generating, Weapon-related If you have a weapon, give it +1/+1. Otherwise equip a 1/3 weapon.Easily worth 50 DKP.See this card and similar effects to increase its Durability thus making it a useful weapon against enemy heroes as well.
A common mistake is to overlook the text, which only works while "Attacking a minion". Attacking a hero with this weapon will cost 1 Durability as normal.
Gorehowl`s special ability presents various strategies for making the most of the weapon. The greatest total damage can be achieved through attacking only minions for at least the first 6 attacks, followed by a 7th attack to any target, resulting in 28 damage in total. This allows for superb board control Board control is an unofficial term usually referring to a player s ability to keep the opponent from building up minions on the battlefield, or "board". Control decks are named after this strategy, aiming to control , even removing large minions, but will likely incur a heavy cost in damage received in turn by the warrior. Decks focused on tanking such as C`Thun C Thun Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 10 Attack: 6 Health: 6 Abilities: Battlecry, Deal damage Tags: Attack-related, Random Battlecry: Deal damage equal to this minion s Attack randomly split among Warrior can help mitigate the damage incurred from attacking a powerful minion. Violet Illusionist Violet Illusionist Set: One Night in Karazhan Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 3 Attack: 4 Health: 3 Abilities: Immune Tags: Ongoing effect During your turn, your hero is Immune.She’s much more cheerful after losing the also combos well with Gorehowl by allowing you to trade with a minion without suffering any damage. Alternatively, it can be used a few times on minions, before dealing an attack of 3-5 damage to the enemy hero, sacrificing board clearing utility for face damage. This can be useful when there are no low Health minions to remove, or simply in order to allow another weapon to be equipped without wasting the remaining stats entirely.
Gorehowl can be a valuable asset for decks that make use of Pirates Pirates are a type of minion. The majority of Pirate cards fit a weapon theme and are most useful in decks that featureSpecial attraction a lot of weapons. Pirates are associated with the rogue and warrior . The very high Attack of this weapon gives Bloodsail Raider Bloodsail Raider Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Pirate Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Attack: 2 Health: 3 Abilities: Battlecry Tags: Weapon-related Battlecry: Gain Attack equal to the Attack of your weapon."I only plunder on days that a huge Attack boost and allows for 0-Mana Dread Corsairs Dread Corsair Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Pirate Rarity: Common Cost: 4 Attack: 3 Health: 3 Abilities: Modify cost, Taunt Tags: In-hand effect, Ongoing effect, Weapon-related Taunt. Costs (1) less per Attack of your weapon."Yarrrr" even after a few attacks. In particular, Bloodsail Cultist Bloodsail Cultist Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Subtype: Pirate Class: Warrior Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Attack: 3 Health: 4 Abilities: Battlecry Tags: Durability-related, Pirate-related, Weapon-related Battlecry: If you control another Pirate, give `s Battlecry essentially gives Warriors up to 2 additional Upgrades. Combine this with Captain Greenskin Captain Greenskin Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Pirate Rarity: Legendary Cost: 5 Attack: 5 Health: 4 Abilities: Battlecry Tags: Durability-related, Weapon-related Battlecry: Give your weapon +1/+1.He was this close to piloting a massive juggernaut into and this can result in up to a 12/6 weapon, allowing the user to deal huge face damage each turn and capable of destroying even Deathwing Deathwing Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Dragon Rarity: Legendary Cost: 10 Attack: 12 Health: 12 Abilities: Battlecry, Destroy, Discard Battlecry: Destroy all other minions and discard your hand.Once a noble dragon known as Neltharion, Deathwing in one blow.
Notes
- Although not explicitly stated in the cards text, Gorehowl has a triggered effect The lightning bolt icon, explicitly indicating a triggered effect Triggered effects are effects that activate in response to specific events. Triggered effects may belong to minions, weapons or spells (in the form of Secrets), as that grants temporary Immunity The immune effect from Bestial Wrath Immune is an ability that prevents a character from receiving damage from any source, and prevents the opponent from targeting it. Be that as it may, Immune does not prevent destroy, healing or to itself. More precisely, Gorehowl is coded as follows:
- When the equipping hero attacks a minion, Gorehowl triggers on the Attack Event, attaching to itself an Enchantment called "Bloodrage" which makes Gorehowl Immune The immune effect from Bestial Wrath Immune is an ability that prevents a character from receiving damage from any source, and prevents the opponent from targeting it. Be that as it may, Immune does not prevent destroy, healing or .
- During the Combat Phase, the "Bloodrage" Enchantment`s Immune effect prevents Gorehowl from losing Durability Sen jin Shieldmasta, a simple minion card. It has 3 Attack, 5 Health and a mana cost of 4. Attributes are key values which define a character or weapon s power, cost and survivability. Attributes of some (the same way Immune effects prevent characters from receiving damage).
- Gorehowl triggers on the After Attack Event, attaching to itself a "-1 Attack" Enchantment.
- Gorehowl`s Enchantment "Bloodrage" triggers on the After Attack Event too, detaching itself and thus ending Gorehowl`s temporary Immune The immune effect from Bestial Wrath Immune is an ability that prevents a character from receiving damage from any source, and prevents the opponent from targeting it. Be that as it may, Immune does not prevent destroy, healing or state.
- Due to the way Gorehowl is coded, if you propose to attack a minion, but the attack is cancelled due to the defender dying (an easy way is to be Misdirection Misdirection Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Abilities: Secret Tags: Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When a character attacks your hero, instead he attacks another random character.Sometimes it s as simple as putting redirected onto a minion, then the minion is mortally wounded by Explosive Trap Explosive Trap Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Hunter Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Deal damage, Secret Tags: Area of effect, Combat-related, Triggered effect Secret: When your hero is attacked, deal 2 damage to all enemies.It ), Gorehowl will continue to have "Bloodrage" attached and continue to be Immune The immune effect from Bestial Wrath Immune is an ability that prevents a character from receiving damage from any source, and prevents the opponent from targeting it. Be that as it may, Immune does not prevent destroy, healing or : thus, enemy Bloodsail Corsairs Bloodsail Corsair Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Pirate Rarity: Rare Cost: 1 Attack: 1 Health: 2 Abilities: Battlecry Tags: Durability-related, Weapon-related Battlecry: Remove 1 Durability from your opponent s weapon.Every pirate uses the same four digits will not reduce the Durability of the Immune Gorehowl (be that as it may, it can still be destroyed by effects such as Acidic Swamp Ooze Acidic Swamp Ooze Set: Basic Type: Minion Cost: 2 Attack: 3 Health: 2 Abilities: Battlecry, Destroy Tags: Weapon-related Battlecry: Destroy your opponent s weapon.Oozes love Flamenco. Don t ask.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Acidic Swamp ) and, if the equipping hero attacks the enemy hero, Gorehowl will not lose Durability (since it is Immune) nor Attack (since it is attacking a hero), although it will lose "Bloodrage" and thus its Immune state on the After Attack Event. This may be or may not be a bug.
- Through repeated use against minions, Gorehowl`s Attack can be reduced to 0: after reaching 0 Attack, Gorehowl is not destroyed, although usually it cannot be used to attack anymore.
- Be that as it may, it is possible to get a -1 or lower Attack Gorehowl by using effects like Heroic Strike Heroic Strike Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Warrior Cost: 2 Give your hero +4 Attack this turn.Really, if you re a hero, this is every strike.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Heroic Strike is a and Spiteful Smith Spiteful Smith Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 5 Attack: 4 Health: 6 Abilities: Enrage Tags: Weapon-related Enrage: Your weapon has +2 Attack.She ll craft you a sword, but you ll need to bring her 5 to continue to attack with Gorehowl after it reaches 0 Attack.
- Negative weapon`s Attack is displayed as 0. As usual, characters with 0 Attack cannot attack.
- If Spiteful Smith is buffing a negative-Attack Gorehowl, it buffs the negative value, not 0. For instance, a -1 Attack Gorehowl gains +2 Attack from Spiteful Smith and becomes 1 Attack.
- If you have a negative-Attack Gorehowl and buff your hero with Heroic Strike, the negative attack of the Gorehowl does not subtract from the hero buff. Even though it does not contribute to the attack, attacking the enemy hero this way will still cause Gorehowl to lose Durability.
- If resolving the Combat Preparation Phase caused your Gorehowl to have 0 Attack (for example because a friendly Spiteful Smith Spiteful Smith Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Common Cost: 5 Attack: 4 Health: 6 Abilities: Enrage Tags: Weapon-related Enrage: Your weapon has +2 Attack.She ll craft you a sword, but you ll need to bring her 5 died), you still perform the attack, dealing 0 damage but still losing Durability and becoming exhausted.
Trivia
- This card`s flavor text references Gorehowl`s appearance as an item in World of Warcraft, where it is obtainable as a drop from Prince Malchezaar, a boss in the Burning Crusade instance Karazhan. There is no known lore explanation for how Gorehowl came into his possession, although it has been theorized by some players that Malchezaar obtained it from an alternate universe, as his quotes boast that he has access to "all realities, all dimensions". Prince Malchezaar Prince Malchezaar Set: One Night in Karazhan Type: Minion Subtype: Demon Class: Neutral Rarity: Legendary Cost: 5 Attack: 5 Health: 6 Abilities: Generate, Shuffle into deck Tags: Class-related, Random, Rarity-related, Triggered effect When the game `s flavor text references this: He was super excited to acquire Gorehowl at a garage sale! Then super disappointed to find out it was a foam reproduction.
- Gorehowl`s World of Warcraft counterpart featuresSpecial attraction the flavor text "The axe of Grom Hellscream has sown terror across hundreds of battlefields."
- Prior to Patch 1.0.0.4944, Gorehowl featured the triggered effect The lightning bolt icon, explicitly indicating a triggered effect Triggered effects are effects that activate in response to specific events. Triggered effects may belong to minions, weapons or spells (in the form of Secrets), as lightning bolt icon. It is not known why it was removed.
- In 2015 Blizzard hired professional blacksmith Tony Swatton to forge a replica of Gorehowl.