Rakanishu (hero)


 * ''For other representations of Rakanishu, see Rakanishu (disambiguation).

Rakanishu is a hero that the player can pick in The Dalaran Heist. He represents the Mage class.

Strategy
Representing the Mage class, Rakanishu has the most synergy with spells and Freeze out of any hero in The Dalaran Heist. His card pool supports plenty of Mage playstyles like Elementals, Freeze, big spells, spell generation and random minion summoning. His alternate Hero Powers include Burning Wit, which can allow him to play more expensive cards sooner, and Frostburn, which functions like Ice Lance and gives you a chance to stall high-priority enemies.

Rakanishu also has plenty of Hero Power support cards, such as Garrison Commander, Spirit of the Dragonhawk, Daring Fire-Eater, Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk and various Inspire cards. Most of the Hero Power support cards released in the Rastakhan's Rumble set were made for Fireblast (but they also work with Frostburn), so they are unable to take any effect with Burning Wit. However, it can still trigger Inspire and is very effective when used multiple times such as with Garrison Commander and Auctionmaster Beardo. The Stargazing treasure is very effective when paired with Burning Wit, since you can get a 0-mana cost reduction Hero Power that can be used twice per turn. This combination can be further exploited with Coldarra Drake, which allows Burning Wit to have unlimited uses on each turn, easily winning you the game.

Patch changes

 * Added.