Hearthstone: Patchwerk Heroic Guide for Mages

We are unfortunately nearing the end of Hearthstone's new adventure mode, Curse of Naxxramas. This week marks the release of the 4th wing, Construct Quarter which consists of 4 unique boss encounters and Curse of Naxxramas will have opened all of its wings when the 5th and the last wing Frostwyrm Lair is released next week.

In classic World of Warcraft, Construct Quarter has always been my favourite wing with Thaddius and Patchwerk being among my favourite boss encounters so I was particularly excited by this wing, probably more than anyone else due to all these emotions and past experiences rushing in. Nothing beats getting one shot by Patchwerk even when you used every single potion and flask imaginable to a Tank...It really makes you feel insignificant and tiny! :)

Difficulty wise, Construct Quarter has been, unfortunately, the easiest wing among all the 4 released wings so far. Yes, there is a boss or two that will make it a bit challenging; however, the whole thing can be completed in a very short time provided you get the ideal starting hand.

So let's start our guide to Heroic Construct Quarter with the first boss, Patchwerk. Patchwerk is completely unique from all the other bosses in that he doesn't have any cards, he doesn't play any minions and he starts first. Patchwerk is currently the only encounter where we start the fight with the coin. I should also mention that Patchwerk is in a state of fatigue but he doesn't receive damage from it every turn as he doesn't draw any cards.

On normal mode Patchwerk has 30 health and his hero power destroys a minion for 4 mana. On heroic version his hero power completely remains the same and his health increases to 45. The main factor that gets affected by the change of difficulty is the weapon Patchwerk uses during the encounter.

On normal mode, Patchwerk's Hook Hits for 5 and it doesn't have Windfury affect. However, on heroic version his weapon hits for 4 but it has Windfury. Patchwerk NEVER trades with any minions unless they have Taunt so you will receive 8 damage to your hero every single turn. And in mid-game Patchwerk won't even trade with any Taunts as he will use his hero power to destroy it.

And this is where the magnificent class cards of Mage enter the picture. Mages have all the low cost and essential cards you will need in order to defeat Patchwerk. Patchwerk is the easiest boss in all of the wings so you have absolutely nothing to worry about here.

Let's take a look at the Mage deck I used to defeat Patchwerk on heroic.

You need to essentially get any low cost minion that does a lot of damage. For example Magma Rager is really effective in this fight so instead of Deathlord, you should opt for Magma Rager but it hardly really matters in this fight because the most powerful minion you play will end up getting destroyed by Patchwerk's hero power, so any 3 or higher mana cost minions will usually end up getting destroyed without even dealing any damage to him. So you can safely assume that Water Elemental and Deathlord are complete dead cards in this deck.

I don't have Ice Block so if you have them, for assurance you can get one or two. I only have Ice Barrier so I took two of them as they would buy me 2 extra turns. Mirror Image will also give you a turn provided you can play them in early game. Oozes are essential only in the starting hand. I also have Coldlight Oracle in deck because Patchwerk starts the fight in a fatigued state. So you have a chance to deal extra damage to him if you make him draw cards.

Mulligan: An Acidic Swamp Ooze in your starting hand will give you a big momentum and buy you a lot of time. Apart from that Mirror Images and at least one Frostbolt or Ice Lance will really stall Patchwerk and give you all the time you need to build your board.

Strategy: Coining out an Ooze is the dream start here. The mana cost of Patchwerk's weapon is 3 so if you coin out the Ooze on your first turn, Patchwerk will simply end the next turn without doing anything. In my hand I also had my second Ooze so when he used his weapon again on turn 3, I used the Ooze. So on his 4th turn, instead of destroying one of my minions, he had to use his weapon instead. So I actually bought myself a lot of time and had an extra minion on board.

Meanwhile you use your freeze spells like Ice Lance and Frostbolt if you don't have Mirror Image on hand to stall the game. Just keep attacking with your minions and at least try to freeze Patchwerk every other turn. There really isn't anything special to do here, he is just way too easy :)

Good luck and enjoy playing with Patchwerk! :)

PS, Heroic guides for the rest of the Construct Quarter bosses will be uploaded later.