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| Set: | 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  |
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| Type: | Hero A hero is a character in the Warcraft universe representing the player. In Hearthstone, this concept is expressed in three interrelated but distinct ways: Heroes are gameplay characters representing players or bosses within a match.  |
| Health: | 30 (Normal) 30 (Heroic) |
| Armor: | 15  (Heroic) |
Vaelastrasz is a good dragon, but Nefarian is making him evil against his will!
- For the Tavern Brawl The Tavern Brawl interface Tavern Brawl is one of Hearthstone s lighter game modes. A weekly event, a new Tavern Brawl begins each Wednesday (Thursday in Asian regions), ending the following Monday. Outside of these times,
card, see Vaelastrasz The subject of this article is part of the Tavern Brawl game mode. Vaelastrasz Set: Tavern Brawl Type: Minion Subtype: Dragon Rarity: Legendary Cost: 6 Attack: 7 Health: 7 Abilities: Modify cost Tags: Ongoing effect
Vaelastrasz the Corrupt 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 
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 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 
. It is the second encounter of the adventure`s fourth wing, Blackwing Lair "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 .
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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 and Heroic
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| Neutral | Goblin Sapper Goblin Sapper Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Tags: Hand-related, Ongoing effect Has +4 Attack while your opponent has 6 or more cards in hand.He’s not such  | 2 |
Twilight Drake Twilight Drake Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Dragon Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 4 Health: 1 Abilities: Battlecry Tags: Hand-related Battlecry: Gain +1 Health for each card in your hand.Twilight drakes feed on Mystical Energy.  | 2 | |
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  | 2 | |
Molten Giant Molten Giant Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Epic Cost: 25 Attack: 8 Health: 8 Abilities: Modify cost Tags: Health-related, In-hand effect, Ongoing effect Costs (1) less for each damage your hero has taken.He gets terrible  | 2 | |
Clockwork Giant Clockwork Giant Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Subtype: Mech Rarity: Epic Cost: 12 Attack: 8 Health: 8 Abilities: Modify cost Tags: Hand-related, In-hand effect, Ongoing effect Costs (1) less for each card in your  | 2 | |
| Druid | Naturalize Naturalize Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Druid Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Abilities: Destroy, Draw cards Destroy a minion. Your opponent draws 2 cards.Another one bites the dust.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Naturalize is  | 2 |
| Mage | Arcane Missiles Arcane Missiles Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Mage Cost: 1 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Random Deal 3 damage randomly split among all enemies.You d think you d be able to control your missiles a little better since  | 2 |
Dragon`s Breath Dragon s Breath Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 5 Abilities: Deal damage, Modify cost Tags: Death-related, In-hand effect, Ongoing effect Deal 4 damage. Costs (1) less for each minion that died  | 2 | |
| Rogue | Gang Up Gang Up Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Class: Rogue Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Copy, Generate, Shuffle into deck Choose a minion. Shuffle 3 copies of it into your deck.If you are thinking about visiting  | 2 |
| Warlock | Flame Imp Flame Imp Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Demon Class: Warlock Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Attack: 3 Health: 2 Abilities: Battlecry, Deal damage Battlecry: Deal 3 damage to your hero.Imps like being on fire. They just  | 2 |
Corruption Corruption Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Warlock Cost: 1 Abilities: Destroy Tags: Triggered effect Choose an enemy minion. At the start of your turn, destroy it.It starts with stealing a pen from work, and before  | 2 | |
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| Warrior | Inner Rage Inner Rage Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Warrior Rarity: Common Cost: 0 Abilities: Deal damage Deal 1 damage to a minion and give it +2 Attack.They re only smiling on the outside.See this card on Hearthpwn  | 2 |
| Boss | Burning Adrenaline The subject of this article is part of theBlackrock Mountain adventure. Burning Adrenaline Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Burning Adrenaline is a  | 4 |
Normal mode
Vaelastrasz`s Normal mode hero power Essence of the Red The subject of this article is part of theBlackrock Mountain adventure. Essence of the Red Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Hero Power Cost: 0 Hero Power Each player draws 2 cards.See this card on Hearthpwn data forces each player to draw two cards. He uses this to his advantage by milling The Fel Reaver has a strong negative milling effect Milling is a term used in Hearthstone to refer to a range of phenomena related to card draw. The term may refer to the rapid drawing 
both your cards and his own to use cards like Goblin Sapper Goblin Sapper Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Attack: 2 Health: 4 Tags: Hand-related, Ongoing effect Has +4 Attack while your opponent has 6 or more cards in hand.He’s not such , Twilight Drake Twilight Drake Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Dragon Rarity: Rare Cost: 4 Attack: 4 Health: 1 Abilities: Battlecry Tags: Hand-related Battlecry: Gain +1 Health for each card in your hand.Twilight drakes feed on Mystical Energy. , 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 , Molten Giant Molten Giant Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Epic Cost: 25 Attack: 8 Health: 8 Abilities: Modify cost Tags: Health-related, In-hand effect, Ongoing effect Costs (1) less for each damage your hero has taken.He gets terrible and Clockwork Giant Clockwork Giant Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Subtype: Mech Rarity: Epic Cost: 12 Attack: 8 Health: 8 Abilities: Modify cost Tags: Hand-related, In-hand effect, Ongoing effect Costs (1) less for each card in your , in which the cards in both hands and the number of minions died that turn matter. On top of that, he uses Naturalize Naturalize Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Druid Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Abilities: Destroy, Draw cards Destroy a minion. Your opponent draws 2 cards.Another one bites the dust.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Naturalize is to cause you to reach fatigue The message displayed upon attempting to draw a card after reaching Fatigue. Fatigue is a game mechanic that deals increasing damage to players who have already drawn all of the cards in their deck, whenever 
and Gang Up Gang Up Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Class: Rogue Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Copy, Generate, Shuffle into deck Choose a minion. Shuffle 3 copies of it into your deck.If you are thinking about visiting to re-stock his deck to prevent himself from reaching fatigue The message displayed upon attempting to draw a card after reaching Fatigue. Fatigue is a game mechanic that deals increasing damage to players who have already drawn all of the cards in their deck, whenever . He also combos with his spells to attempt to remove your smaller minions and at the same time create some small minions to stall till both hands are full.
A good class against this is warlock The Warlock is one of the nine classes in Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, represented by Gul dan. Heroes edit | edit source] Contents 1 Heroes 2 Background 3 Hero Power 3.1 Replacement Hero Powers 4 Strategy 
with low cost/effective Deathrattle A Loot Hoarder displaying the Deathrattle icon Deathrattle is an ability where the stated effect occurs when the minion or weapon is destroyed. Cards with Deathrattle appear with a skull and crossbones when in play. 
minions from 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 
, minions and spells with discard effects Discard effects are effects which cause the player to discard cards from their hand. Discarded cards are removed from the game, without activating Deathrattles. Discard effects are most commonly found on warlock cards. Discard effects 
. You will also need 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 
minions and powerful spell cards such as Hellfire Hellfire Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Warlock Cost: 4 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Area of effect Deal 3 damage to ALL characters.It s spells like these that make it hard for Warlocks to get decent help.See 
, Shadow Bolt Shadow Bolt Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Warlock Cost: 3 Abilities: Deal damage Deal 4 damage to a minion.It’s a Bolt. Its made out of Shadow. What more do you need to know!See this card 
, Corruption Corruption Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Warlock Cost: 1 Abilities: Destroy Tags: Triggered effect Choose an enemy minion. At the start of your turn, destroy it.It starts with stealing a pen from work, and before , Sacrificial Pact Sacrificial Pact Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Warlock Cost: 0 Abilities: Destroy, Restore Health Tags: Demon-related Destroy a Demon. Restore #5 Health to your hero.This is the reason that Demons never really become friends with 
and Soulfire Soulfire Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Warlock Cost: 1 Abilities: Deal damage, Discard Tags: Random Deal 4 damage. Discard a random card.Are you lighting a soul on fire? Or burning someone with your OWN soul? 
. Primarily, you want to focus on the Demon Demons are a type of minion. Almost all Demons are specific to the warlock class, and are often unusually powerful for their mana-cost, but come with a negative effect for playing them. For a list type to synergize with your spells. DO NOT include any card draw mechanisms else you will fatigue.
Rogue is also a very good class against Vaelastrasz. Gang Up Gang Up Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Class: Rogue Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Copy, Generate, Shuffle into deck Choose a minion. Shuffle 3 copies of it into your deck.If you are thinking about visiting can be used against him on his Clockwork Giant Clockwork Giant Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Minion Subtype: Mech Rarity: Epic Cost: 12 Attack: 8 Health: 8 Abilities: Modify cost Tags: Hand-related, In-hand effect, Ongoing effect Costs (1) less for each card in your and your Preparation, Backstab, Sap, Assassinate and Vanish are more efficient than his. If you have Mountain Giants of your own, all the better.
Heroic mode
Beatable using mage, use a deck with low-cost spells. Key cards are Sorcerer`s Apprentice, Mirror Image, Flamewaker and 0-mana cost minions.
Generally you want to play Mana Wyrm or Leper Gnome on turn 1, and Sorcerer`s Apprentice + Mirror Image + Arcane Missiles Arcane Missiles Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Mage Cost: 1 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Random Deal 3 damage randomly split among all enemies.You d think you d be able to control your missiles a little better since or 0-mana minion on turn 2. Then depending on the situation, try to keep Sorcerer`s Apprentices and Flamewakers alive (if possible) and go for the face. Using this strategy, the boss is not able to utilize his desired tactic well and you should be able to overpower him. Fireball + fatigue damage (great if his full hand forces him to discard Gang Up Gang Up Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Class: Rogue Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Copy, Generate, Shuffle into deck Choose a minion. Shuffle 3 copies of it into your deck.If you are thinking about visiting ) are usually enough to finish him. Use Frost Novas after you lose your Taunts to prevent him from hitting your hero.
Another class that deals with Vaelastrasz very well is hunter. A fleet of low cost minions (0-2 mana) ensure pressure and damage. Explosive Trap and Hunter`s Mark are cheap ways to clear Vaelastrasz`s board, and Unleash the Hounds can deal lots of damage in short time.
- Guides and decklists
- Hearthpwn.com - Blackwing Lair Heroic Boss Guides - Razorgore, Vaelastrasz, Chromaggus, Lord Nefarius
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Encounter selection
- Nefarian
- See how easily I can corrupt even this giant red dragon?
Vaelastrasz the Corrupt
- Vaelastrasz The subject of this article is part of the Tavern Brawl game mode. Vaelastrasz Set: Tavern Brawl Type: Minion Subtype: Dragon Rarity: Legendary Cost: 6 Attack: 7 Health: 7 Abilities: Modify cost Tags: Ongoing effect
- Introduction
- Flee! Before I lose control...
- Turn 1
- It`s too late. Nefarian`s corruption has taken hold.
- Vaelastrasz`s turn 1
- The fury of Blackrock courses through my veins!
- Emote response
- You should have fled while you could, mortal.
- Burning Adrenaline The subject of this article is part of theBlackrock Mountain adventure. Burning Adrenaline Set: Blackrock Mountain Type: Spell Deal 2 damage to the enemy hero.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Burning Adrenaline is a
- Aaaah! Destruction!
- Player summons Alexstrasza
- Help me. Lifebinder! Help!
- Player defeat
- Forgive me friend. I have failed.
- Death
- At last. The agony ends.
Victory
- Nefarian
- Hah! You`ve killed one of the good guys. Does this make you sad?
Blackrock Mountain
Vaelastrasz was once one of the good guys - a happy-go-lucky red dragon. Victor Nefarius used dark magic to corrupt him, forcing the ferocious red dragon to serve the Lord of Blackwing Lair against his will.
World of Warcraft
- "Ah, the heroes, you are persistent aren`t you? Your ally here attempted to match his power against mine - and paid the price. Now he shall serve me...by slaughtering you. Get up little red wyrm...and destroy them!" - Lord Victor Nefarius
From Wowpedia:
Vaelastrasz is a member of the Dragonqueen Alexstrasza`s red dragonflight who fought against - and became enslaved by - the vile Nefarian, son of Deathwing, master of the black and chromatic dragonflights. He resides in Nefarian`s citadel of Blackwing Lair "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 and is the second boss of the raid, after Razorgore the Untamed.
Vaelastrasz is a red dragon. He is also known as Vaelan when he is in human form. He is initially a friendly NPC to the player, but eventually becomes a foe. In the WoW story, Vaelastrasz (commonly referred to as Vael) has sworn to hunt Nefarian and the black dragonflight until the end of his days.
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 Vaelastrasz the Corrupt, full art |  Vaelastrasz in World of Warcraft |
