Baron Rivendare Guide for the Curse of Naxxramas

Table of Contents

• 1. Health, Hero Power, Cards, Etc.
• 2. Video
• +3. Strategy and Deck Building
  • 3.1. Easy Heroic Druid Deck
  • 3.2. Easy Heroic Hunter Deck
  • 3.3. Easy Heroic Priest Deck
  • 3.4. Easy Heroic Warlock Deck

Baron Rivendare is the third and final boss of the Military Quarter, the third wing of the Curse of Naxxramas. Most of the information in this guide is aimed at Heroic mode, because the Normal mode of the boss can be defeated using basic decks (such as the ones we have here on Icy Veins).

	Normal	Heroic
Health	7	14
Hero Power	Unholy Shadow draws 2 cards and costs 5 mana. Rivendare rarely uses it.
Deck	1x Silence 2x Soulfire 1x Avenge 2x Corruption 2x Mortal Coil 2x Redemption 2x Repentance 2x Frostbolt 2x Shadow Word: Pain 2x Drain Life 2x Runeblade* 2x Shadow Bolt 1x Shadow Word: Death 2x Consecration 1x Mass Dispel 2x Mark of the Horsemen	1x Silence 2x Soulfire 1x Avenge 2x Corruption 2x Mortal Coil 2x Redemption 2x Repentance 2x Frostbolt 2x Shadow Word: Pain 2x Drain Life 2x Runeblade* 2x Shadow Bolt 1x Shadow Word: Death 2x Consecration 1x Mass Dispel 2x Mark of the Horsemen
Extra	Before you can damage Rivendare, you need to first kill Lady Blaumeux, Thane Korth'azz, and Sir Zeliek. These 1/7 minions are all initially on the board.	Lady Blaumeux, Thane Korth'azz, and Sir Zeliek are 2/7 minions.

We put up a video on Youtube to show you how to defeat Rivendare.

The 2 Runeblades he has in his deck are another important aspect of the fight. These 1/3 weapons gain +3 attack when the 3 Horsemen are dead. In Heroic mode, they become 2/3 weapons, with a +6 attack gain when the Horsemen are dead, and force you to finish off Rivendare as fast as you can, before he finishes you off.

When building a deck to beat Rivendare, you need to take into consideration the fact that his deck has no minions in it. This means that you can play powerful cards, such as Deathlord, without suffering from their Deathrattle effect.

Also, you should put heavy emphasis on spells and minions that will help you remove the Horsemen. Generally, spells and minions that would allow you to remove the Horsemen too early (Doomsayer and Equality, for example) do not work. All cards that allow you to remove a single minion work (Shadow Word: Pain, for example), as well as multi-minion removals that you can use later in the game (Brawl).

Finally, you need minions such as Acidic Swamp Ooze and Harrison Jones to deal with Runeblade.

To help you beat Rivendare, we created the four decks presented below. You can also get some inspiration from them to create decks for other classes.

Druid Cards	Neutral Cards
2x Innervate 2x Naturalize 2x Healing Touch 2x Bite 2x Keeper of the Grove 2x Poison Seeds 2x Swipe 2x Starfire	2x Shieldbearer 2x Acidic Swamp Ooze 2x Unstable Ghoul 2x Deathlord 2x Sen'jin Shieldmasta 2x Abomination 2x Sludge Belcher

Hunter Cards	Neutral Cards
2x Arcane Shot 2x Hunter's Mark 2x Tracking 2x Explosive Trap 2x Flare 2x Freezing Trap 2x Misdirection 2x Animal Companion 2x Deadly Shot 2x Eaglehorn Bow	2x Elven Archer 2x Stonetusk Boar 2x Acidic Swamp Ooze 2x Crazed Alchemist 2x Earthen Ring Farseer

Priest Cards	Neutral Cards
2x Northshire Cleric 2x Power Word: Shield 2x Lightwell 2x Mind Blast 2x Shadow Word: Pain 1x Mass Dispel 2x Holy Nova 2x Holy Fire	2x Acidic Swamp Ooze 2x Loot Hoarder 1x Lorewalker Cho 2x Deathlord 2x Earthen Ring Farseer 2x Sen'jin Shieldmasta 2x Sludge Belcher 1x Stampeding Kodo 1x Maexxna

Warlock Cards	Neutral Cards
2x Corruption 2x Power Overwhelming 2x Drain Life 2x Shadowflame 1x Siphon Soul	2x Shieldbearer 2x Voodoo Doctor 2x Acidic Swamp Ooze 2x Ancient Watcher 2x Nerubian Egg 2x Sunfury Protector 2x Deathlord 2x Earthen Ring Farseer 1x Defender of Argus 2x Void Terror 2x Molten Giant