Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs

Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs is the final boss in Chapter 1 of Tombs of Terror.

Decks
This boss has 30 cards for each of three phases. During the phase change, Vesh's deck is replaced by a new one and he draws five extra cards before his main deck. But if the battle continues after defeat in the second or third phase, Vesh won't have extra cards in the second or third phase respectively.

Strategy
As a plague lord, Vesh has 300 HP and if you die during his fight, the next time you encounter him he will have the remaining health from your last encounter. He starts a new phase every 100 HP he loses. Additionally, once he changes phase, he cannot heal back above that health (ie. once he reaches 2nd phase, cannot heal above 200).

Since you can damage Vesh through more battles, the best strategy is to create a solid board during his first phase, then use it to clean his board in phase 2 or, if you're taking too much damage, try to play more defensively to regain the board. In the last phase a huge board would be useless, so you should remove just the dangerous minions he summons in order to do the most damage you can until he or you die.

With Stolen Titan Secrets you can try to use it on an AoE Hero Power like Mur-nado, Fireshaper, Burst of Light or Massive Tentacles. Alternatively for Heroic, you can copy Ashes Anew and destroy your opponent's Murlocs, but unless you have plenty of Murlocs, this could help him more than harm him by buffing his Murlocs to help Vesh.

If you are using Reno and choose to copy Ashes Anew, you can use cards to steal from Vesh's deck, such as Reno's Crafty Lasso and Stone Fox Statue. If you are lucky enough to steal Megafin, you can easily take advantage of the Scaly Golems.

If you choose to unlock Chapter 2 first, you can use Sir Finley's Murloc deck to make better use of Vesh's Scaly Golems during phase 2. This can backfire as he can buff his Old Murk-Eye, so it can pay to keep a taunt minion up to prevent taking Face damage on the turn he plays it. If your Murlocs are still around for phase 3 this also let's him build up Mur-nado faster, though that's an inherent risk with Murlocs sneaking into decks. However, this is the best to copy Heroic Ashes Anew.

Mur-nado will not target Dormant minions.

Introduction

 * Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs
 * ''Come to stop us, have you?
 * ''We are the tide that will rend you asunder.
 * ''You will not stop us! You cannot contain the plagues!
 * We are not impressed with your "magic." (vs. Reno Jackson)
 * You are one of us... join usss... (vs. Sir Finley)
 * In all of your research, did you encounter that such as us? (vs. Elise Starseeker)
 * You thirst for adventure. We hunger for total destruction. (vs. Brann Bronzebeard)


 * Reno Jackson
 * ''Who's up for a fish-fry!?
 * Sir Finley
 * ''A plague of murlocs? Insufferable! Why not a garden party?
 * Elise Starseeker
 * ''This... being... is comprised of murlocs... don't let Finley get too close!
 * Brann Bronzebeard
 * ''A plague of murlocs... insidious!

Player's returning after defeat
 * Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs
 * ''Back for more? We will oblige...
 * ''Does the violence of a thousand waves not deter you?
 * ''Have you come to face our horde again?
 * ''We march onward to the end of Azeroth.
 * ''You have hurt us. We will obliterate you!
 * ''You return for more? We are impressed.

Battle
Emote Response
 * Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs
 * '' ... ahem.

Hero Power
 * Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs
 * Made of Murlocs
 * ''No matter. There are many more of us.
 * ''We are more than the sum of our scales.
 * ''You cull only the weak.
 * ''You cut through us. And we keep coming.
 * ''A vulgar display of power is required.
 * ''From stone we rise.
 * ''Our stone will grind your bones.
 * ''The tide marches on...
 * ''A storm of scales... we will tear you apart!
 * ''A whirlwind of fang and fin...
 * ''Mur-nadooooo!
 * ''Our powers are unbound, your end is nigh.
 * ''With wind and claw, we shall grind you to bits!
 * Reno Jackson
 * ''Is that... a Murloc-nado...? That is the scariest thing I have ever seen.
 * Reno Jackson
 * ''Is that... a Murloc-nado...? That is the scariest thing I have ever seen.

Idle
 * Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs
 * ''There are approximately 3,482 of us, if you were wondering.
 * ''Too scared to strike us?
 * ''We are ever-shifting. Ever-consuming.
 * ''We are more than a fish. We are more than a man.
 * ''We will consume all that lives.
 * ''What hope do you have against the plagues themselves?
 * ''You are fortunate we are first. We will grant you a quick demise.

Phase changing
 * Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs
 * Transition to Phase 2
 * ''We did not need them. We have other more suitable champions.
 * Transition to Phase 3
 * ''Flesh can be weak. We will crush yours.

Surprise! Murlocs! triggers
 * Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs
 * ''This city is ours...
 * ''We are everywhere...
 * ''You cannot escape us...

Boss cards
 * Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs
 * Murmy
 * ''We who have fallen will rise again.
 * Crushing Hand
 * ''We will crush you.
 * Fishflinger
 * ''We will feed you, then destroy you.
 * Call in the Finishers
 * ''You shall drown in our numbers.
 * Everyfin is Awesome
 * ''Empower that which binds us to this realm.
 * Tip the Scales
 * ''More of us to grind your bones...

Player's cards
 * Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs
 * Any Murloc card
 * ''We will assimilate that one.
 * Hungry Crab
 * ''Hahaha! WE are that which hungers!
 * Zephrys the Great
 * ''Not even you can stop us, Zephrys.
 * Plague of Murlocs
 * ''You cannot control us! We are the plague itself!
 * Any other Plague card
 * ''You would use the other's power? You are desperate...

Death
 * Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs
 * ''The others... will... succeed...

Defeat
 * Vesh, Plague Lord of Murlocs
 * ''The scales of time have tipped in our favor.
 * ''We CONSUME all.
 * ''With the tide, comes extinction.

Lore
Vesh is unique to Hearthstone. It is an entity with a body made entirely out of murlocs, bound together by mummy wraps. It refers to itself with the pronoun "we", as Vesh is not an individual being, but rather the minds of many different murlocs assimilated into a single, horrifying monster. This is likely as murloc decks tend to swarm the field with murlocs. Vesh is the embodiment of the Plague of Murlocs.

Patch changes

 * Saviors of Uldum logo.png Hotfix (2019-09-21): Fixed the issue causing Plague Lord presistent health fail to save.
 * Added.