Hearthstone Guide: So besiegt ihr den Lichkönig!

We will tell you how to defeat the final boss of the current Hearthstone expansion – the Lich King Arthas.

The final wing of the Icecrown Citadel of Hearthstone has been open for a few days now, and more and more players are trying to take on the Lich King. However, he has a few really nasty tricks up his sleeve, making defeating the Master of the Frozen Throne not so easy after all.

Yet the solution to the puzzle is sometimes easier than one might think. Because the Lich King’s greatest weakness seems to be small, particularly annoying minions: Murlocs!

User redstringer has created a relatively simple deck that can defeat the Lich King before it even goes into the “hot phase” of the battle – that is, turn 7. At that point, he would actually equip Frostmourne and flood the board with trapped souls, while also becoming immune.

Lich King Guide: Murlocs are the bane of Arthas

The trick with the “The Lich King Boss Adventure – Murloc Mage” deck is old and not particularly creative – a ruthless overwhelming with a Murloc army. Because the Lich King has very few cards in his deck to prevent this early on.

The Murloc Oracle provides good service here, but all other “small” Murlocs can shine as well. If you need an effective finisher, you can rely on the Gentle Megasaur, which further mutates all Murlocs on the battlefield. A “+3 Attack” or “Windfury” can already take health points from the Lich King on turn 4.

How it all looks (with a nearly perfect starting hand) is shown in this video:

You can find the complete deck list for The Lich King Boss Adventure Murloc Mage here.

If you just want to copy the deck’s code into the game, use the following string.

Arthas as a Playable Hero – What Needs to Be Done?

To earn Prince Arthas as a playable hero, one must defeat the Lich King in a duel with all classes. This is difficult, as Arthas has a particularly nasty start for each class. The following abilities need to be cleverly countered:

• Druid: All minions costing 3 or less are destroyed in both decks and hands.
• Hunter: For each minion in the deck, the Hunter takes 2 damage at the start of the game.
• Mage: The hero’s health is set to 1.
• Paladin: Whenever a friendly minion dies, it resurrects on the side of the Lich King.
• Priest: Priests can no longer use emotes (Yes, really).
• Rogue: All spells in the player’s hand and deck are destroyed.
• Shaman: All of the player’s minions have the stats 1/1.
• Warlock: Each duplicate card in the deck deals 2 damage to the hero.
• Warrior: The Lich King gains 100 additional armor points.

Generally speaking, the Murloc strategy described above also works with almost all other classes. One can transfer the minions without worry. Only Hunters, Warriors, and Warlocks might encounter some problems.

Anyone who wants to take on the challenge and defeat the Lich King 9 times should bring plenty of time. Streamer Chakki took more than 3 hours to defeat Arthas with each class. So taking a look at his (very long) stream could be worthwhile if you want tips and tricks for the individual classes (the image appears after minute 9:00).

We also introduced you to 9 cool decks from “Knights of the Frozen Throne” with which you can celebrate some successes in ranked play.