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| Set: |  Classic |
|---|---|
| Type: | Spell |
| Class: |  Druid |
| Rarity: | Free |
| Cost: | 4  |
| Abilities: | Deal damage |
| Wiki tags: | Area of effect |
When a bear rears back and extends his arms, he's about to Swipe! ... or hug.
Swipe is a basic druid spell card.
How to get
Prior Year of the Gryphon's rotation on March 30, 2021:
- Two copies of Swipe were a reward for raising a druid to level 8.
- Two Golden copies of Swipe were a reward for raising a druid to levels 47 and 48.
Notes
- Each point of Spell Damage will improve Swipe by causing it to deal one extra point to each target. For example, with 1 Spell Damage, Swipe will deal 5 damage to its target, and 2 damage to all other enemies.
- Swipe deals all its damage before any on-damage triggered effects are activated. However, enemy minions are damaged in the following order: the target minion, then all other enemy characters in reverse order of play.[1]
Strategy
Swipe is a powerful single-target removal card that also acts as an AoE removal card for weaker or weakened minions.
It is also known for making druid extremely strong in the early game and a solid opponent against shamans (because of the fragile nature of the totems), priests (because of their weak early game) and murloc decks (because their health pool is very low).
Note that it affects all enemies, not just minions. This can make it useful for dealing a little extra damage to the enemy hero themselves, especially with some Spell Damage. It also provides you with the option of casting the spell on the enemy hero, which can be a desirable option for end-game nuking or when the spell's AoE damage is sufficient to destroy any minions.