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Big Warrior deck list guide - Scholomance Academy - Hearthstone (August 2020)Our starter guide to playing the Big Warrior archetype in Scholomance Academy.

Our starter guide to playing the Big Warrior archetype in Scholomance Academy.

Big Warrior is aHearthstonedeck that aims to tower over its opponents with giant and bulky minions, many of which you will have summoned onto the board for a discount - or via bonus effects - to make them more surprising or imposing. In order to reach that point, survival is your goal for the early-to-mid-game, after which you can unleash your big minions onto the board.

Since the Year of the Dragon, the Big Warrior archetype hasn’t seen a whole lot of love. That all changed with Scholomance Academy though - now we’ve got a bunch of big minions to chuck onto the board and terrorise your enemies with.

In our guide to playing this deck in the new Scholomance Academy meta, we’ve got a solid deck list for you to start playing with during Scholomance. As we get a better idea of how the meta settles over the next few days, we’re going to be adding more words of advice to this guide, including Mulligan tips and more specific strategy insight.

Big Warrior deck list and strategy

This is the most popular version of Big Warrior currently seeing play in the Scholomance Academy meta. The deck may see further refinement over the course of the meta so we’ll update the list if so!

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General strategy

The name says it all, really. You want to play big minions and crush your opponent with them. As most of these chunky boys cost seven mana or more, however, you’ll be waiting a long time during a game until you can start to execute this game plan. For that reason, Big Warrior goes hard on the control and survival options so you can last until that point when you flip to aggression.

Mid game:Maintain control of the board as you enter the mid game too. Essentially, you’re copying the same strategy as the early game. You have a few more exciting removal tools at this stage, though.Bladestormis a great guaranteed removal spell as long as your board doesn’t exist, and you always have a coupleBrawls to guarantee an almost-complete board clear.Bulwarkof Azzinothis another solid option, as it negates 4 instances of damage, which can save you big time if your opponent has some big aggro minions.

Late game:You have the mana, so get your minions on board!Commencementis a great option for the cost of 7, giving a big boi from your deck Taunt and Divine Shield, and if you’re lucky enough to pullArchmage Vargothyou can double up on all these big spells. Once you hit 10 mana you start to get control -Dimensional Ripperwill get out your big minions two at a time, and you have all kinds of weapons likeRattlegore,Deathwing, Mad Aspect, andTroublemaker.

That said, be careful - your health might be low so focus on staying alive as well as going off on an absolute wild time. Aggro decks will try to finish you off, but if you can turn the corner and build your board, the game should be yours.

Big Warrior Mulligan guide

In order to get off to the best start with Big Warrior, these are the cards you’ll want to root around for in your opening hand:

Big Warrior tips, combos and synergies

Take a bit of time to familiarise yourself with all of the core combos in the current version of Big Warrior.

  • Your Hero Power can be used to boost up the strength ofShield Slam, but there’s further synergy here withShield Blockto find even more damage - necessary in the mid-game when your enemy will have bigger minions.

-Archmage Vargothis great with your big scary spells likeCommencementandDimensional Ripper, but it works nicely in a pinch with something likeShield Blocktoo.

  • RememberReaper’s Scythe’s Spellburst effect. It’ll only damage minions next to the one it attacks for a single turn after the effect is triggered, meaning you’ll want to save a spell for this to have the maximum board-clear potential.

  • If performing a little trading on the board will increase the chances of you getting a favourable result fromBrawlthen do so!

-Corsair Cachecan draw youBulwark of Azzinoth, giving it an extra Durability point and letting you survive one more instance of damage.

  • The total statline ofRattlegoreis 45/45, giving you a massive constant threat. However, if it’sSilenced, you don’t get the Deathrattle.

-Troublemaker’s two 3/3s summoned can go face, meaning if the enemy board is empty it’s a free 6 damage every turn.