Dragonslayer Skruk


 * ''For the minion card, see Dragonslayer Skruk (minion).

Dragonslayer Skruk is a boss encounter in Galakrond's Awakening adventure. It is the second encounter of Chapter 3 of Explorers campaign: Air Battle Over Dragonblight.

The boss for this encounter is Dragonslayer Skruk, while the hero the player controls in Story mode is Chromie, then Chronormu if the player dies the first time.

Boss special cards

 * Story only


 * Heroic only

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

Player's hero
If the player dies the first time, the game restarts with a new hero, Chronormu:

Player's special cards

 * From Hero Power

Strategy
Despite the threatening appearance of the fight, it won't be too difficult to defeat once you become Chronormu. The extra turn each turn will let you very rapidly outpace Skruk's hero power and board. All of your minions will effectively have Charge/Windfury, stomping over his deck. Just be sure to clear whatever minions he plays before focusing him down.
 * Story

If you are looking to defeat Skruk as Chromie for a challenge run, it can be done, albeit with some luck required. If you can get a Bronze Explorer on the board and properly buffed before he casts Heartseeker, you can recover from the damage and swarm him with large Echoes.

Because of Skruk's immense health pool and rapidly growing minions, it's impossible to fight this boss head-on. You will need to use decks with massive amounts of stall cards like Frost Nova and Blizzard, or plenty of hard removal. The best classes to fight Skruk are Rogue and Mage. Skruk almost exclusively plays a single minion each turn, so having enough sizable Taunt minions will also slow him down. Beware of his direct removal in the form of weapons, however.
 * Heroic

Returning minions to Skruk's hand will remove all of their buffs, making Vanish and Sap great stalling tools for a Rogue deck.

Since Skruk uses Dispatch Kodos alongside Heartseeker, it will be necessary to bring healing or armor gain. Ice Block can prevent lethal damage.

Once Skruk has been properly stalled, you need to set up a win condition. Simple candidates are Alexstrasza and some direct damage spells to finish him, or a Mecha'thun deck. See Mecha'thun's page for possible combos. Uther of the Ebon Blade is another option, although assembling The Four Horsemen is a lot more difficult.

Story mode
Before encounter
 * Elise
 * ''That Gronn menace is downing our dragons! We need help!

Introduction
 * Chromie
 * ''Hmm. I don't remember how this one goes. That's… not good!

Turn 1 - boss
 * Dragonslayer Skruk
 * ''Your time tricks not gonna work on Skruk!
 * Chromie
 * ''We've got to stop this guy before he hurts too many dragons!

Turn 5
 * Chromie
 * ''I feel like something bad happens if we don’t stop him soon…

Chromie dies - Game reset with Chronormu
 * Chromie
 * ''Time, stop!
 * Chronormu
 * ''You won't mind if I take two turns, right?

Turn 2 with Chronormu
 * Chronormu
 * ''Feel the full power of a bronze dragon, you big bully!

Turn 6 onwards - boss with no Heartseeker in hand
 * Dragonslayer Skruk
 * ''Where...my arrow…is?

Boss cards
 * Dragonslayer Skruk
 * Heartseeker
 * ''No get out of this one, time whelp!
 * ''Big arrow here, goodbye dragon!

Unused dialogues
 * Chromie
 * ''Wowee. Let's take him more seriously this time.
 * ''Chromie the gnome couldn't beat him… but Chromie the dragon can!
 * ''Let's go back a few turns… ok, there. Time, resume!
 * Dragonslayer Skruk
 * ''I got a BIG surprise for pesky dragon like you.
 * ''Have Skruk said that before?

Dragonslayer Skruk
Introduction
 * ''Skruk freed. Sees dragons that need slaying. Busy day for Skruk.
 * Skruk no like gnomes! (vs. Nemsy Necrofizzle)

Hero Power
 * ''Dragonslayers… slay them!
 * ''Crush them, do not give them a chance!
 * ''Tear them from the skies!

Emote Response
 * ''Gronns like Skruk have one-track mind: dragon slaying!

Idle
 * ''Troll lady said dragons would be here. Troll lady very right.
 * ''Not going to sleep in ice ever again.
 * ''Skruk won first place in gronn archery contest.

Attacking
 * ''Crunch you!

Boss cards
 * Dragonslayer's Greatbow(Heroic)
 * ''Dragons will fall!
 * ''Big bow for big dragon hunting. Very good!

Player's cards
 * Any Dragon minion
 * ''So many dragons to crush… so little time!
 * Famous Dragon minion
 * ''Famous Dragon. Skruk kill!
 * Gruul
 * ''Gruul!? Skruk your number one fan.
 * The Amazing Reno
 * ''You smell like dragon, hat-man.
 * Toki, Time-Tinker
 * ''Gnome seem… familiar?

Death
 * ''How...this… possible…

Trivia

 * This is the first boss where the Heroic version is weaker than the regular, due to the significant change in mechanics between the two fights.

Patch changes

 * Added.