Avozu

Avozu is a boss that can be encountered initially in Chapter 1 of Tombs of Terror. After completing Chapter 1, this boss encounter will be available in any completed chapter.

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

Strategy
Avozu has the weakest hero power among the bosses of 7th level. Even though it's likely to kill minions, overall it doesn't allow full board control. The consequences can be avoided or reduced by First Aid Kit, Captured Flag, Titanic Ring or trades with enemy minions. It's also fully neutralized by Cloak of Invisibility passive, which will enable defeating Avozu even with a swarm deck of weak minions. Aggro decks without Cloak of Invisibility can still easily lose in this battle due to the advantage in boss' starting mana and the presence of higher-cost minions in his deck.

Normal deck is budget and slow deathrattle hunter with a small number of swarm and big beasts to bolster on the table. Despite the fact that there are only two deathrattle activators (Feign Death) and there is almost no synergy between minions, it is better not to leave the enemy board and carefully trade with any minion that Avozu plays, since it is difficult to safely rush into face due to the large amount of health at this level.

Heroic deck is a good likeness of Midrange Hunter with several synergies between the beasts, so it is still desirable to have a good board to immediately eliminate the boss' minions and not let him fight back by the hero power. Therefore, in addition to the Cloak of Invisibily and First Aid Kit, Glyph of Warding and Rocket Backpacks will perform well here.

Dialogue
Introduction
 * Avozu
 * ''Stay quiet. I'm hunting something.
 * Reno Jackson / Sir Finley / Elise Starseeker / Brann Bronzebeard
 * ''What?
 * Avozu
 * ''A human.
 * ''A murloc.
 * ''A night elf.
 * ''A dwarf.

Emote Response
 * Avozu
 * ''Displays of fear only enhance the chase.

Hero Power
 * Avozu
 * ''A test between predator and prey...
 * ''Every creature has vulnerabilities.
 * ''What doesn't kill it makes me stronger.
 * ''What will this reveal?

Idle
 * Avozu
 * ''I hunt the most dangerous game. Also: murlocs.
 * ''I talk to myself a lot. Talking to the prey is just weird.
 * ''Usually I hunt beasts, but I am open-minded.

Boss cards
 * Avozu
 * Desert Spear
 * ''A well placed spear should do it...
 * Hunter's Pack
 * ''Everything a hunter needs.
 * Kill Command
 * ''Destroy our quarry.
 * Wasteland Scorpid
 * ''My favorite pet...

Player's cards
 * Avozu
 * Desert Hare
 * ''Hah, not challenging enough.
 * Oasis Surger
 * ''My greatest fear... water!

Death
 * Avozu
 * ''(roar)

Defeat
 * Avozu
 * ''Another successful hunt.

Lore
Avozu is original to Hearthstone. He is a Tol'vir.


 * The tol'vir are a race of feline humanoids found in . They were originally stone constructs created by the s to maintain lore repositories and machinery surrounding that area, as well as the city of . They possess feline lower bodies and heads as well as human torsos, and are divided into three distinct tribes: the, the and the . Like many other , the tol'vir succumbed to the , though the Neferset later regained their stone forms due to a pact with .

Patch changes

 * Added.