Professor Putricide (boss)


 * For the card of the same name, see Professor Putricide.
 * For the Battlegrounds hero, see Professor Putricide (Battlegrounds).

Professor Putricide is a boss found in the Knights of the Frozen Throne mission. He is the second boss of the mission's Upper Reaches wing and fifth boss of the mission overall.

The encounter is in three phases, just like the World of Warcraft boss encounter. Each phase will have a different Hero Power

Starts at 30HP with 15 armor. Every time you destroy that 15 armour he "evolves" and goes to the next phase.


 * 1st Phase: Passive hero power allows all Secrets to cost 0 mana...and he will play a lot of them.
 * 2nd Phase: Passive hero power allows all Weapons to cost 1 mana. He will also summon Festergut.
 * 3rd Phase: Passive hero power makes all Cards cost 5 mana. He will also summon Rotface.

Deck
The below classes are listed purely for reference, and have no effect on the boss' use of the cards during the battle.

Strategy
Use these cards:

Phase one

 * Putricide's deck has 11 secrets, keep track of them.
 * Open with Secretkeeper; do not attack or trigger any of the secrets until turn 4.
 * On turn 4 eat all the secrets with Eater of Secrets, then attack.
 * If he has 1 or 2 secrets, take them with Kezan Mystic; you can also pair it with Brann Bronzebeard.
 * Playing Cloaked Huntress during this time is counter-intuitive due to the card's effect being completely unnecessary because of Putricide's Hero Power.
 * The phase ends once he runs out of armor; at this moment Festergut will be summoned on his side on the board. Make sure that you can kill it before you take all Putricide's armor.

Phase two

 * Putricide regains an additional 15 armor.
 * He only has 3 weapons in his deck; get rid of them with cards like Harrison Jones, Gluttonous Ooze or Acidic Swamp Ooze
 * You can also add one or two high-cost weapons to your deck to equip them during this phase.
 * Once he runs out of armor this time, Rotface will be summoned; you need to remove it with one hit or better yet steal it.

Phase three

 * Time to bring out the big guns.
 * The only three cards that costs more than 5 in his deck are The Boogeymonster and two copies of weapon Tentacles; the remaining cards cost less than 5, so he won't really make much use of his last hero power.
 * Since we've been dealing with his armor so far, Alexstrasza is a good card to start with.
 * Remember to bring some powerful board clears with you.

Boss completion
As the second boss of Upper Reaches, defeating Professor Putricide unlocks the third and final boss, Sindragosa.

Dialogue
Before match
 * The Lich King
 * ''Professor Putricide is my card draw engine. But all he draws is "Gas". I really dislike him.

Introduction
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''Good news, everyone! I've fixed the poison slime pipes.

Emote Response
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''That's not very nice.

Growing Ooze
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''Great news, everyone! The slime is flowing again!

Equipping a weapon
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''I didn't know I even HAD one of these.
 * ''Oh, my.
 * ''So dangerous. So delightful!
 * ''Where did that come from?
 * ''Yes, that'll do.

Phase 2
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''Tentacles! Oh my – they do have a mind of their own don’t they?

Festergut dies
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''Oh Festergut, you were always my favorite... next to Rotface.

Phase 3
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''Hmmm, interesting.

Rotface dies
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''Not Rotface! What did he ever do to you!?

Player's cards
 * Professor Putricide
 * Ooze
 * ''Oooh, ooze!
 * Mad Scientist
 * ''Have you been poaching my staff?
 * Cloaked Huntress during Phase 1
 * ''Well, that seems superfluous.
 * Eater of Secrets
 * ''No! My secrets! My life's work!
 * Professor Putricide
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''Wah? There's that guy that I am!
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''Good news... me!
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''That's not good news at all you be-tentacled doppelganger!
 * Ethereal
 * ''Never trust an ethereal. You can't see their faces!
 * Power Word: Tentacles
 * ''Can I get one of those?
 * Tentacles for Arms
 * ''That is a stylish choice of weapon.
 * Mysterious Challenger
 * ''Nobody's more mysterious than me!
 * Aviana during Phase 3
 * ''Your science is better than my science!
 * Rotface
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''Rotface! How could you!?
 * Rotface
 * ''Rotface have NEEDS.
 * The Lich King
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''Oh my, I didn't expect to see you here.
 * The Lich King
 * ''I'm a very hands-on manager.
 * Becoming Jaraxxus or a death knight
 * ''Waaahh? Did you just change your hair?

Death
 * Professor Putricide
 * ''Bad news, everyone...
 * The Lich King
 * ''Putricide, that was pathetic. You belong in a Hunter deck, not my citadel.

Defeat
 * The Lich King
 * ''Putricide, your deck is disgusting. I've underestimated you.

Lore

 * "Good news, everyone! I think I've perfected a plague that will destroy all life on Azeroth!"


 *  is the genius behind the development of all forms of blight, plague, ooze, scourge, and death delivery. He is the final boss in the  section of, the first Icecrown wing to be unlocked. In order to reach his laboratory, players must first defeat  and .

Patch changes

 * Added.