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Many warlock cards are stronger than average at the cost of the user's health; the Floating Watcher can turn that into a powerful board presence. Ways to trigger its effect include [[Life Tap]], [[Flame Imp]], [[Pit Lord]], [[Hellfire]] and [[Dread Infernal]]. [[Drain Life]] can also trigger its effect if the player cast it on his own hero, since it does 2 damage and then restores 2. This can be a situational solution for better board control, or finishing the game. |
Many warlock cards are stronger than average at the cost of the user's health; the Floating Watcher can turn that into a powerful board presence. Ways to trigger its effect include [[Life Tap]], [[Flame Imp]], [[Pit Lord]], [[Hellfire]] and [[Dread Infernal]]. [[Drain Life]] can also trigger its effect if the player cast it on his own hero, since it does 2 damage and then restores 2. This can be a situational solution for better board control, or finishing the game. |
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Mages who obtain this card (such as through [[Unstable Portal]]) can use [[Fireblast]] on their own hero during their turn to buff Floating Watcher. |
Mages who obtain this card (such as through [[Unstable Portal]]) can use [[Fireblast]] on their own hero during their turn to buff Floating Watcher. |
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| Set: | Battlegrounds |
|---|---|
| Type: | Minion |
| Minion type: | Demon |
| Class: |  Warlock |
| Rarity: |  Common |
| Cost: | 5  |
| Attack: | 8  |
| Health: | 8  |
| Wiki tags: | Triggered effect |
Floating Watcher is a common warlock minion card, from the Goblins vs Gnomes set.
How to get
Floating Watcher can be obtained through Goblins vs Gnomes card packs, or through crafting.
| Card | Crafting cost | Disenchanting |
|---|---|---|
| Floating Watcher | 40 | 5 |
| Golden Floating Watcher | 400 | 50 |
Notes
- Floating Watcher can be triggered multiple times within the same turn, producing multiple stacking buffs.[1]
- Floating Watcher is only triggered when the hero is actually damaged. For example, damage dealt to hero while immune due to
Mal'Ganis will not trigger the Watcher.[2] However, Armor damage counts as damage.[3] - It is impossible for Floating Watcher to be destroyed by
Explosive Trap unless the controlling hero is immune, or the hunter has Spell Damage active. This is because the Explosive Trap deals damage to both the Watcher and the hero, and the latter damage will trigger the Watcher's effect, increasing its Health by 2. Thus, even if the Watcher's Health is lowered to 0 by the Explosive Trap's damage, the Watcher's triggered effect will result in its Health immediately being increased by 2. Since the game does not resolve deaths until all simultaneous effects have taken place, the Watcher will not die from this sequence of events.[4]
Strategy
Many warlock cards are stronger than average at the cost of the user's health; the Floating Watcher can turn that into a powerful board presence. Ways to trigger its effect include Life Tap, Flame Imp, Pit Lord, Hellfire and Dread Infernal. Drain Life can also trigger its effect if the player cast it on his own hero, since it does 2 damage and then restores 2. This can be a situational solution for better board control, or finishing the game.
With Floating Watcher on the field, killing an enemy Leper Gnome and activating its Deathrattle still deals damage to the hero, but it does provide a buff to the Watcher.
Mages who obtain this card (such as through Unstable Portal) can use Fireblast on their own hero during their turn to buff Floating Watcher.
Quotes
- Summon
- I see everything.
- Effect triggering
- YES!
Lore
The Floating Watcher is a member of the Observer race.
This section uses content from Wowpedia.- Observers, also known as floating eyes, are an intelligent race of floating eyeball squids native to the Great Dark Beyond.
Artist
Gallery
Floating Watcher, full art
Patch changes
Patch 2.0.0.7234 (2014-12-04): Added.
References
- ↑ Zeriyah on Twitter. (2014-12-03).
- ↑ Zeriyah on Twitter. (2014-12-03).
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GbKPLvUHZk&t=0m45s Tested in Patch 3.1.0.10357 (2015-09-29)
- ↑ Ben Brode on Twitter. (2014-12-11).