Venim Iceblade
Regular
| Set: |  Madness at the Darkmoon Faire |
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| Type: | Hero |
| Class: |  Mage |
| Health: | 40  |
| Artist: | James Ryman |
Flavor text
Arthas and Jaina were ambushed while investigating a new plague outside the city.
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Venim Iceblade is the sixth boss in Paladin's Book of Heroes adventure.
Contents
Hero Power[]
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- 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.
| Venim Iceblade | Uther Lightbringer | ||||
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| Class | Card | Quantity | Class | Card | Quantity |
| Death
Knight |
Death and Decay | 2 | Boss | Lordaeron Attendant | 2 |
| Iceblade | 4 | Libram of Wisdom | 2 | ||
| Boss | Skeletal Smith | 2 | Unbroken Faith | 2 | |
| Necroknight | 2 | Prince Arthas | 1 | ||
| Pure Cold | 2 | Radiant Lightspawn | 2 | ||
| Druid | Ultimate Infestation | 1 | Jaina Proudmoore | 1 | |
| Mage | Frostbolt | 2 | Paladin | Brazen Zealot | 2 |
| Arcane Intellect | 2 | Air Raid | 2 | ||
| Coldwraith | 2 | Subdue | 2 | ||
| Frost Nova | 2 | Paragon of Light | 2 | ||
| Neutral | Grim Necromancer | 2 | Blessing of Kings | 2 | |
| Wicked Skeleton | 2 | Consecration | 2 | ||
| Abomination | 1 | Quartermaster | 2 | ||
| Skelemancer | 2 | Stand Against Darkness | 2 | ||
| Spectral Knight | 2 | Libram of Hope | 2 | ||
| Paladin, Priest | Devout Pupil | 2 | |||
Notes[]
- Infection does not affect the Water Elemental, summoned by Jaina Proudmoore.
- The player always gets Prince Arthas on mulligan as the left-most card.
- The player always draws the cards on first eleven turns in next order:
- Turn 1 - Jaina Proudmoore
- Turn 2 - Lordaeron Attendant
- Turn 3 - Air Raid
- Turn 4 - Libram of Wisdom
- Turn 5 - Stand Against Darkness
- Turn 6 - Quartermaster
- Turn 7 - Devout Pupil
- Turn 9 - Radiant Lightspawn
- Turn 10 - Libram of Hope
- Turn 11 - Consecration
- If any of these cards were got on mulligan or drawn earlier using other cards, the player will draw a random card instead on respective turn. The cards above may be one of these randomly drawed cards; it leads to another random draw at turns 1-11 accordingly.
Strategy[]
Please add any available information to this section.Dialogue[]
Before match
- Uther Lightbringer (present)
- I was right. The orcs weren't a threat to us - something far worse was rising.
- It began when Jaina Proudmoore warned me that Arthas was under attack in the village of Hearthglen.
- I rushed to help him. What else could I do?
Introduction
- Uther Lightbringer
- For Lordaeron! For the king!
- Prince Arthas
- Uther, your timing couldn't have been better.
- Uther Lightbringer
- Don't celebrate yet, son. This battle is far from over!
Emote Response
- Venim Iceblade
- I see.
Hero Power
- Venim Iceblade
- All submit sooner or later.
- Mal'Ganis is watching...
- One by one, they turn.
Idle
- Venim Iceblade
- The master has great plans for young Arthas.
- We've infected all of the grain. There is no hope for you.
- You mustn't bother killing me. I've already been through that!
Turn 1
- Venim Iceblade
- You will freeze together!
Turn 4
- Uther Lightbringer
- What are these abominations?
- Prince Arthas
- The Scourge. They started this plague by infecting the villagers' grain. And all who perish join them.
- Uther Lightbringer
- We knew people were getting sick, but not the cause...
Turn 7
- Uther Lightbringer
- I'm surprised that you kept things together as long as you did.
- Prince Arthas
- Look, I did the best I could, Uther!
- Uther Lightbringer
- Now is not the time to be choking on pride! What we face here is only the beginning.
Death
- Prince Arthas
- We should strike at their leader! I'll go to Stratholme and kill Mal'Ganis myself if I have to!
- Uther Lightbringer
- Easy, lad. Brave as you are, you can't hope to defeat him all by yourself.
- Prince Arthas
- I'm going. With or without you.
Defeat
- Venim Iceblade
- Curious... he perished sooner than the master planned.
Lore[]
This section uses content from Wowpedia.- Venim Iceblade was a lich that fought during The Scourge of Lordaeron against the Alliance. Celebrated for a short time as a hero of the Scourge, his courage and skill in battle was only matched by his unconventional strategies, such as using Caravans in battle and surprise, overwhelming tactics.
- Venim Iceblade was the leader of a purple Undead Scourge base located near Hearthglen. One night he and Calis Wraithson decided to attack Hearthglen and all the nearby villages. They sent an Undead Caravan to the villages and undeads against Hearthglen. A devoted follower of the Cult of the Damned and one of the first to become a Lich, Venim began an aggressive campaign of Scourge domination with his ally and friend Calis Wraithson, eclipsing in their attack on Hearthglen.
- His powers of Necromancy were legendary, and he summoned many great skeleton and horrors terrifying many of the defenders of Hearthglen even before they attacked. He was confident in the Scourge's ability to destroy life and took great joy in unleashing them en masse with the intent of surprising or overwhelming the paltry human reistance.
- As Arthas and Jaina Proudmoore were investigating rumors of plague, they were attacked again and again by the forces of the Scourge posing as the personal army of the dreadlord Mal'Ganis. Kel'Thuzad helped play the part by telling Arthas that it was Mal'Ganis himself and not the Lich King behind the plague. Each attack, each town destroyed hit at Arthas' weakness, his pride. Arthas began to take his inability to protect his people from the Scourge personally, and soon became obsessed with killing the dreadlord.
- Meanwhile in Hearthglen Arthas arrived and killed the infected villagers, and then prepared the defense of the city. The time taken to destroy Hearthglen was frustrating Venim, who attacked from the north into the Town Centre, despite his powers and skill, he was struck down at the end of the battle and killed along his forces by Arthas Menethil, Uther the Lightbringer, the city defenders and the Knights of the Silver Hand.
Trivia[]
- The artwork for this boss comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Scourgewar" series, for the card Kel'Thuzad.
Gallery[]
  Venim Iceblade, full art |
Patch changes[]
Patch 19.0.0.65614 (2020-11-12): Added.
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| Jaina (Mage) |
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| Rexxar (Hunter) |
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| Garrosh (Warrior) |
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| Uther (Paladin) |
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| Anduin (Priest) |
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| Valeera (Rogue) |
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| Thrall (Shaman) |
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| Malfurion (Druid) |
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| Gul'dan (Warlock) |
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| Illidan (Demon Hunter) |
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