Wardruid Loti (boss)


 * ''For the minion card of the same name, see Wardruid Loti

Wardruid Loti is a boss that can be encountered during the Rumble Run, if the player has not chosen one of the Druid Shrines.

Decks

 * Direhorn Stomper appears on challenge 5 only

Encounter
Introduction
 * Wardruid Loti
 * ''Live wild or die lost.

Emote Response
 * Wardruid Loti
 * Greetings - We smelled you coming.
 * Well Played - Naturally.
 * Thanks - The inner animal brings out the best in us.
 * Threaten - Let's finish dis. My pack is hungry.
 * Oops - A wild misjudgment.
 * Wow - It's all instinct.
 * Sorry - You should be.

Shrine is destroyed
 * Wardruid Loti
 * ''I will not forget that.
 * ''The circle of life...
 * ''You hate what you can't understand.

Shrine is restored
 * Wardruid Loti
 * ''My spirit never shatters.
 * ''Nature adapts.
 * ''We are a force of nature!

Destroys a shrine of Player
 * Wardruid Loti
 * Broken like your spirit.
 * All show, no bite. (vs. Mage)
 * Your shrine is a mere scratching post. (vs. Paladin)
 * Primal instincts are immortal. (vs. Priest)
 * Looks like you never got your land legs. (vs. Rogue)
 * You hunt flies. I hunt fools like you. (vs. Shaman)

Effect of Shrines
 * Bonds of Balance
 * ''Gonk's power grows.
 * ''For Gonk's glory!
 * Gonk's Mark
 * ''Gonk will crush you!
 * Gonk's Armament
 * ''Gonk grants me power!
 * ''I will NOT stop!
 * ''Survival of de fittest... and fastest.

Boss cards
 * Spirit of the Raptor
 * ''Raptors! To my aid!
 * Mark of the Loa
 * ''A win-win.
 * Gonk, the Raptor
 * ''Tremble before Gonk!

Player's cards
 * Cornered Sentry
 * ''Never too many raptors.
 * Hakkar, the Soulflayer
 * ''Raptari, forgive me...

Death
 * Wardruid Loti
 * ''My spirit runs free...

Defeat
 * Wardruid Loti
 * ''No force in this world can tame me.

Lore

 * '' is a member of the and the high priestess of Gonk. She is married to, the high priest of.


 * ''Beloved by the youth of, Wardruid Loti earned her place on the Zanchuli Council through the demands of the next generation of warriors and hunters. Some credit the decision of Gonk to allow the the worship of many , not just himself. This progressive movement, championed in voice by Loti, aided in the resurgence of druidism as a cultural mainstay of Zandalar.

In Hearthstone lore, Loti serves as the champion of Gonk's Raptors, the druid team in Rastakhan's Rumble.
 * Loti keeps her distance from the other Rumble competitors, preferring the company of her dinosaur loa Gonk and other scaled companions. Druids will discover that she’s a master of shapeshifting and claw-to-hand combat.


 * Rikkar thought Gonk and Wardruid Loti were examples of inspiring contrast. Gonk was one of the oldest loa, and Loti one of the younger competitors in the Rumble (not to mention an advisor to King Rastakhan! And one of the most talented shapeshifters in the world!), but the two of them joined forces to open the door for young Zandalari trolls to become Druids. Loti was the inspiring leader to a pack of howling, dinosaur-jumping lunatics. Maybe he could use that!

Strategy
Challenges 3 - 5 (5 will be hard)


 * Early game boss plays: tends to play swarm Treants/Wisps with Living Roots, Landscaping, Wispering Woods until 5 mana.
 * Late game boss plays: Big Beasts with Direhorn Stomper (challenge 5 only), Stampeding Roar, Ironhide Direhorn, Tyrantus, Charged Devilsaur, Oondasta.C
 * Careful at 5 mana where boss can play Direhorn Stomper and summon Tyrantus or Oondasta, which gives huge tempo.

Challenges 6-8 (7 and 8 will be hard)


 * Early game boss plays: pretty passive when shrine is down.
 * Late game boss plays: boss will play armor cards when shrine is up. Boss is also almost immune to fatigue with Astral Tiger and Malorne.
 * Careful at 5 mana where boss can play Direhorn Stomper and summon Malorne and The Fan Favorite, which gives huge tempo.
 * Boss can and will use Keeper of the Grove to silence (and kill) your shrine.
 * Boss lacks good board wipes, but can also flood the board with overkills and summons by having extra mana from Gonk's Armament and card draws from Succoring Skyscreamer.
 * Unless the boss is very stressed (due to low health or your large board presence), she will save her armor cards to use when the shrine is up. Then, she can go from 0 minions to full board.

Patch changes

 * Added.