Helka Grimtotem

Helka Grimtotem

Regular

Set:	Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
Type:	Hero
Class:	Warrior
Health:	30
Artist:	Lars Grant-West

Flavor text

Helka wants you to lead her new gladiator team! She's not at all interested in how you feel about this.

External links

Data page • Hearthpwn

The subject of this article is part of Book of Heroes.

Helka Grimtotem is the second boss in Rogue's Book of Heroes adventure.

Hero Power

Auto-cast

Summoned minions

Player's hero

Special cards

Boss

Player

Decks

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

Helka Grimtotem (26/30)			Valeera
Class	Card	Quantity	Class	Card	Quantity
Boss	Magatha Grimtotem	1	Boss	Hasty Blade	2
Warrior	Shield Slam	2		Arcane Wraith	2
	Spiked Wheel	2	Rogue	Backstab	2
	Sword and Board	2		Deadly Poison	2
	Whirlwind	1		Spymistress	2
	Bladestorm	2		Cold Blood	2
	Orgrimmar Aspirant	2		Eviscerate	2
	Shield Block	2		Patient Assassin	2
	Blood Razor	2		Swindle	2
Warrior, Paladin	Commencement	1		Hooked Scimitar	1
Neutral	Grimestreet Smuggler	2		Master of Disguise	2
	Tauren Warrior	2		Assassinate	2
	Backroom Bouncer	2		Shadow Sculptor	2
	Kodorider	2	Neutral	Sneaky Delinquent	2
	Sunwalker	1		Saboteur	3

Notes

• The player always gets Deadly Poison, Saboteur, Hasty Blade on mulligan.
  • These cards can be replaced with Swindle, Hooked Scimitar, Sneaky Delinquent. The replacement takes place from left to right (i.e., if the player replaced one card, he will receive Swindle regardless of whether Deadly Poison or Hasty Blade was replaced).
• The player's top twelve cards are arranged in the next order:
  • Card 1 - Backstab
  • Card 2 - Patient Assassin
  • Card 3 - Eviscerate
  • Card 4 - Arcane Wraith
  • Card 5 - Spymistress
  • Card 6 - Saboteur
  • Card 7 - Arcane Wraith
  • Card 8 - Assassinate
  • Card 9 - Shadow Sculptor
  • Card 10 - Deadly Poison
  • Card 11 - Backstab
  • Card 12 - Deadly Poison
    • Until all twelve cards above are drawn, Swindle draws the next cards in the deck instead of putting a spell and minion in hand.

Strategy

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Holding back your Stealthed 1-health minions (Patient Assassin and Spymistress) could be a mistake since Helka can just wipe them out using Whirlwind, so may as well have them attack ASAP.

The use of whirlwind may damage a gladiator Helka summons via "Fight's On" which actually protects them from taking 2 damage via Backstab.

Dialogue

Before match

Valeera (present)

Despite my doubts, Rehgar's instincts proved correct. We became a winning team, defying all expectations...

But soon after, I was sold to another gladiator trainer. Mostly I was just angry, yet... I think I missed the others.

All of their stupid banter had grown on me, though I hated to admit it. And I was ready to be free.

Introduction

Helka Grimtotem

Show me how well you fight on your own, blood elf.

Valeera

Don't make me laugh. I'm a champion, you know.

Emote Response

Helka Grimtotem

Why are you elves always so mouthy?

Hero Power

Helka Grimtotem

Face this!

Fight to the end!

Time for a new trainee!

Idle

Helka Grimtotem

Skilled assassins are always welcome among the Grimtotems.

Something is amiss. Do you regret being separated from your team?

There are not many blood elves here in Kalimdor. You are most unusual.

Boss' turn 4

Valeera

Is this what passes for a gladiator in Thunder Bluff?

Helka Grimtotem

Less talking and more fighting!

Turn 5

Valeera

There's no one here who could actually challenge me.

Helka Grimtotem

We shall see about that.

Turn 7

Helka Grimtotem

Rehgar vouched for you, but even I did not expect you to be so skillful.

Valeera

I have that effect on people.

Death

Valeera

Well, that was thrilling. I'm definitely going to stick around for more of this gladiator fighting business.

Helka Grimtotem

Really?

Valeera

No, I'm not. Bye now!

Defeat

Helka Grimtotem

I had such high hopes for you... What a pity.

Lore

This section uses content from Wowpedia.

Helka Grimtotem is the niece of Magatha Grimtotem. She is a gladiator mistress and bought Valeera Sanguinar from Rehgar Earthfury for 2000 gold after his team won at the Dire Maul tournament. Helka wanted Valeera to lead an all-female gladiator team consisting of an orc and a troll. However soon after they set out for an exhibition game on the Merchant Coast, Valeera escaped with the wyvern Bristlefur.

Trivia

• The artwork for this boss comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Servants of the Betrayer" series, for the card Warden Stormclaw.

Gallery

Helka Grimtotem, full art

Patch changes

• Patch 20.0.0.77662 (2021-03-25):
  • Hero Power now costs 4 (Up from 3).
  • Savage Combatant and Sideshow Spelleater are removed from the summoning pool.
• Patch 19.6.0.74257 (2021-02-19): Added.

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