Righteous Protector (Battlegrounds)

Righteous Protector was a Tier 1 minion in the Battlegrounds game mode.

Strategy
While Righteous Protector had two strong keywords in Taunt and Divine Shield, which allowed it to absorb two attacks and could protect key minions until stronger Taunts became available, this was otherwise a poor minion in the early rounds and only got weaker from there since its lack of tribe synergy made it hard to buff and failed to enable any strategies. Alleycat and Murloc Tidehunter make better early game as they could also take two attacks, but the tokens they summon means you get 1 more gold from selling those minions in later rounds.

In the end game if the opponent had Zapp Slywick or Crackling Cyclone, Righteous Protector could be teched to take both of enemy attacks away from the other minions provided that the opponent was not Nefarian. Tirion Fordring could buff this card to decent stat totals if picked up early, making it somewhat useful as a main tank for his warband.

Patch changes

 * Removed from the pool of available minions.
 * Added.