The Lurker Below
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| Set: | Ashes of Outland |
|---|---|
| Type: | Minion |
| Minion type: | Beast |
| Class: | Shaman |
| Rarity: | Legendary |
| Cost: | 6 
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| Attack: | 6 
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| Health: | 5 
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| Abilities: | Battlecry, Deal damage, Recurring |
| Tags: | Positional effect, Random, Targeted |
| Artist: | Mike Sass |
Battlecry: Deal 3 damage to an enemy minion. If it dies, repeat on one of its neighbors.
"Throw it back! THROW IT BACK!"
The Lurker Below is a legendary shaman minion card, from the Ashes of Outland set.
How to get[edit | edit source]
The Lurker Below can be obtained through Ashes of Outland card packs, through crafting, or as an Arena reward.
| Card | Crafting cost | Disenchanting |
|---|---|---|
| The Lurker Below | 1600 | 400 |
| Golden The Lurker Below | 3200 | 1600 |
Notes[edit | edit source]
- With doubled Battlecries, The Lurker Below deals 6 damage to the initial target and 3 to all others. However if the initial target is mortally wounded after the first hit, the Battlecry will not trigger twice.
- If a neighbor of any minion that The Lurker Below kills is Dormant, it will ignore it and skip to the one next to it.
- The Lurker Below's Battlecry continues until it deals a non-lethal damage to a minion. Therefore it can switch directions if a minion that is killed by it summons a token after taking damage (Dragon Egg or Bomb Wrangler). It also possible to set up a direction switch if minions that were mortally wounded by The Lurker Below, gained health afterwards (6 Tiny Knight of Evil with 3 health and a Howlfiend).
Strategy[edit | edit source]
The Lurker Below is nearly identical to Fire Elemental, trading the ability to deal face damage for potential to hit more enemy minions. It can provide a full clear against smaller boards like Treant Druid or Galakrond Warlock, and can be used alongside Heart of Vir'naal to significantly impact larger boards.
Lurker Below works as a good finisher for other board clears. It can often clean up anything left behind after a Lightning Storm or Lightning Breath.
Sounds[edit | edit source]
- Summon
- Attack
- ▶️<attack sound>
- Death
- ▶️<death sound>
Lore[edit | edit source]
The Lurker Below is a kraken boss in the Serpentshrine Cavern raid. The only way to summon it is by fishing from a Strange Pool and thereby calling the kraken to the surface of the water.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
Patch changes[edit | edit source]
Patch 17.2.1.48313 (2020-05-18): Now has 5 Health (Up from 3).- Patch 17.0.2.45932 (2020-04-20): Is now a Beast (previously: no minion type).
- Patch 17.0.0.44222 (2020-03-26): Added.
