Shapeshift


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Strategy

Shapeshift offers Druid a method to remove low health minions such as Silver Hand Recruits or various Murlocs. Compared to vert similar Fireblast it has few downsides as your hero is exposed to damage when attacking minion, also Taunt affects hero`s attacks. On the other hand in lategame when both players are pretty much topdecking using Shapeshift against enemy hero creates Hit Point difference of two between the heroes.

Synergies

Name Rarity Class Type Subtype Cost Atk HP Effect
Claw Free Druid Spell General 1 Give your hero +2 Attack this turn and 2 Armor.
Bite Rare Druid Spell General 4 Give your hero +4 Attack this turn and 4 Armor.
Savage Roar Free Druid Spell General 3 Give your characters 2 Attack this turn.
Savage Roar Free Druid Spell General 3 Give your characters +2 Attack this turn.


Strategy

This Hero Power offers a combination of offensive and defensive benefits.

Shapeshift grants heroes a temporary point of Attack, allowing them to directly attack enemies, essentially granting them a weak 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 hearthstone until the end of the turn. This is most useful for finishing off enemy minions Bloodfen Raptor, a simple minion card. A Beast-type minion, it has 3 Attack, 2 Health and a mana cost of 2. Minions are persistent creatures on the battlefield that will fight for their hero. Minion hearthstone , trading Health (or Armor) for 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 , often in combination with friendly minions or spells. It can also be used to simply chip away at enemy heroes 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. hearthstone . Shapeshift can also supplement the power of other Attack power sources to increase killing power for the single attack allowed that turn. This Attack power is usually from spells but can also include equipped weapons, since Shapeshift is not itself a weapon - although it is extremely rare for a druid to have one.

Since Armor stays and can stack, this Hero Power also acts as a 1 point heal Healing is the restoration of Health to a damaged character. Healing a character will increase their Health by the stated amount, up to but not beyond their current maximum Health. Healing effects or Restore Health hearthstone (or more accurately a pre-emptive shield) for your hero. This can slowly build up protection from future attacks, or absorb some of the damage taken when hitting a minion.

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Against other Hero Powers

Shapeshift is a hybrid of offense and defense, and excels at neither; it also exposes druids to damage by forcing them to attack minions directly. Be that as it may, it is one of the three "deal one damage" powers, enabling some card-efficient Sometimes, you’ll find yourself in a position where you can easily play your whole hand while your opponent is still holding on to close to the maximum of 10 cards. Unless you can win the board control and discouraging opponents from playing 1-Health minions.

Hero Powers can be compared "one on one" assuming a clear board state and no other cards involved, although this is mostly academic since cards drawn and played tend to have a much larger effect on the game than any player`s Power.

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Shapeshift, full art