Grand Widow Faerlina

Grand Widow Faerlina is a boss found in the Curse of Naxxramas adventure. She is the second boss of the adventure's first wing, the Arachnid Quarter.

Hero Power

Normal	Heroic

Special cards

Decks

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

Grand Widow Faerlina, full art

Normal and Heroic

Class	Card	Quantity
Boss	Deathcharger	2
	Worshipper (Heroic)	5
	Necroknight	2
Priest	Dark Cultist	2
Warlock	Hellfire	2
Warrior	Inner Rage	2
	Battle Rage	2
	Rampage	2
Neutral	Abusive Sergeant	2
	Undertaker	2
	Nerubian Egg	2
	Acolyte of Pain	2
	Dancing Swords	2
	Cult Master	1

Tips

• To reduce the damage of Faerlina's Hero Power, the player should try to use up the cards in their hand as much as they can. Constructing a deck composed of low-cost cards can help with this.
• Alternatively, this fight can be thought of as a DPS race - burn her down before her Hero Power overwhelms you.
• Zoo-type decks are effective against Faerlina. These decks work by playing swarms of low-cost minions and cheap Taunt cards early on to overwhelm your opponent, thus keeping the count of cards in your hand perpetually low. It is recommended to also include removal to deal with Worshippers, Necroknights, and Dancing Swords should they become a problem.
• Hunter is fairly useful against her, with a lot of low-cost cards and constant DPS from the Hero Power. However, avoid draw combos such as Starving Buzzard.

Guides and decklists

• Hearthpwn.com - The Arachnid Quarter Heroic Boss Deck Guides
• Hearthhead.com - Decks for Defeating Grand Widow Faerlina

Rewards

Dialogue

Grand Widow Faerlina in World of Warcraft

Before match

Kel'Thuzad

Faerlina is training acolytes to worship me. Her job is VERY IMPORTANT; do not disturb her!

Introduction

Grand Widow Faerlina

My acolytes serve me without question!

Emote Response

Grand Widow Faerlina

Hahahaha!

Hero Power

Grand Widow Faerlina

Kneel before me, worm!

Worshipper

Grand Widow Faerlina

Slay them in the Master's name!

Worshipper destroyed

Grand Widow Faerlina

You have failed!

Death

Grand Widow Faerlina

The master will avenge me!

Kel'Thuzad

Faerlina means nothing. The Spider Queen will dispatch you EASILY.

Lore

Once one of the high-ranking members of the Cult of the Damned under Kel'Thuzad, in death she breeds and takes care of the seemingly endless amount of arachnids that swarm from the depths of the citadel. A master of poisons, she has a keen understanding of what makes mortals suffer.

In World of Warcraft

"The Grand Widow Faerlina, a botanist in life, breeder and caretaker of arachnids in death, she oversees the spider wing, developing the most potent of poisons for the Lich King."

- Commander Eligor Dawnbringer

Trivia

• During October/November 2014, Grand Widow Faerlina was the deadliest Naxxramas boss in Normal mode.
• The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Naxxramas Raid Deck" series, for the card Grand Widow Faerlina.

Gallery

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  Grand Widow Faerlina in the Curse of Naxxramas promotional art