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The subject of this article is part of the Galakrond's Awakening adventure.
Dragonslayer Skruk
Regular
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Set:Galakrond's AwakeningGalakrond's Awakening
Type:Hero
Class:HunterHunter
Health:200 Health
Artist:MAR Studio
Flavor text

Story
A dragonslayer is loose? Time-twisting Chromie will take him out.
Heroic
Can you defeat the Dragonslayer on your own?

External links

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For the minion card, see Dragonslayer Skruk (minion).

Dragonslayer Skruk is a boss encounter in Galakrond's Awakening adventure. It is the second encounter of Chapter 3 of Explorers campaign: Air Battle Over Dragonblight.

The boss for this encounter is Dragonslayer Skruk, while the hero the player controls in Story mode is Chromie, then Chronormu if the player dies the first time.

Boss Hero Power[]

Story Heroic
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Gronnic Strength
Auto-cast

Boss special cards[]

Story only

Card not foundCard not found

Heroic only

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Boss decks[]

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

Story Heroic
Class Card Quantity Class Card Quantity
Boss Dragonslayer's Greatbow 2 Boss Dragonslayer's Greatbow 2
Heartseeker 1 Heartseeker 1
Warrior Kobolds & CatacombsDrywhisker Armorer 2 Hunter Mean Streets of GadgetzanRat Pack 2
Knights of the Frozen ThroneForge of Souls 2 Mean Streets of GadgetzanDispatch Kodo 2
LegacyHeroic Strike 2 Warrior Knights of the Frozen ThroneForge of Souls 2
LegacySlam 1 The Grand TournamentBash 2
The Grand TournamentBash 2 Kobolds & CatacombsKobold Barbarian 2
Kobolds & CatacombsKobold Barbarian 2 LegacyArcanite Reaper 2
LegacyArcanite Reaper 1 Saviors of UldumArmored Goon 2
Saviors of UldumArmored Goon 2 LegacyGorehowl 1
Whispers of the Old GodsMalkorok 1 Neutral Saviors of UldumKobold Sandtrooper 2
Neutral Saviors of UldumKobold Sandtrooper 4 Kobolds & CatacombsRummaging Kobold 2
Kobolds & CatacombsDragonslayer 1 Mean Streets of GadgetzanSergeant Sally 1
Kobolds & CatacombsRummaging Kobold 2 Descent of DragonsDragonmaw Poacher 2
Descent of DragonsDragonmaw Poacher 2 The Grand TournamentFrigid Snobold 2
Kobolds & CatacombsKobold Monk 2 Kobolds & CatacombsKobold Monk 2
LegacyGruul 1 LegacyGruul 1

Story mode[]

Player's hero[]

Card not foundCard not found If the player dies the first time, the game restarts with a new hero, Chronormu: Card not foundCard not found

Player's special cards[]

From Hero Power

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Player's decks[]

Chromie Chronormu
Class Card Quantity Class Card Quantity
Paladin Whispers of the Old GodsDivine Strength 2 Druid Descent of DragonsBreath of Dreams 2
LegacyHumility 2 Mage Blackrock MountainDragon's Breath 2
Knights of the Frozen ThroneRighteous Protector 2 Rise of ShadowsKalecgos 1
Descent of DragonsSand Breath 2 Paladin Descent of DragonsSand Breath 2
The WitchwoodSound the Bells! 1 Descent of DragonsBronze Explorer 2
Saviors of UldumSubdue 2 Rise of ShadowsBronze Herald 1
Descent of DragonsBronze Explorer 2 The League of ExplorersKeeper of Uldaman 2
Rise of ShadowsBronze Herald 2 Descent of DragonsAmber Watcher 2
The Grand TournamentSeal of Champions 2 Blackrock MountainDragon Consort 2
The League of ExplorersKeeper of Uldaman 2 Priest Descent of DragonsBreath of the Infinite 2
Descent of DragonsNozdormu the Timeless 1 Descent of DragonsChronobreaker 2
Descent of DragonsAmber Watcher 1 Galakrond's AwakeningAeon Reaver 2
Blackrock MountainDragon Consort 2 Journey to Un'GoroFree From Amber 2
Priest Silence 1 Neutral LegacyYoung Priestess 2
LegacyInner Fire 1 LegacyBrightwing 1
The Boomsday ProjectExtra Arms 2 Knights of the Frozen ThroneCobalt Scalebane 1
Descent of DragonsChronobreaker 1 LegacyNozdormu 1
Galakrond's AwakeningAeon Reaver 2 LegacyYsera 1

Notes[]

Story mode
  • If the player dies as Chromie, the game automatically restarts with the new hero Chronormu and Dragonslayer Skruk's health remain unchanged, similarly to The WitchwoodAlternate Timeline used by The WitchwoodInfinite Toki.
Heroic mode
  • There is no special rule for this encounter.

Strategy[]

Story

Despite the threatening appearance of the fight, it won't be too difficult to defeat once you become Chronormu. The extra turn each turn will let you very rapidly outpace Skruk's hero power and board. All of your minions will effectively have Charge/Windfury, stomping over his deck. Just be sure to clear whatever minions he plays before focusing him down.

If you are looking to defeat Skruk as Chromie for a challenge run, it can be done, albeit with some luck required. If you can get a Descent of DragonsBronze Explorer on the board and properly buffed before he casts Heartseeker, you can recover from the damage and swarm him with large Echoes.

Heroic

Because of Skruk's immense health pool and rapidly growing minions, it's impossible to fight this boss head-on. You will need to use decks with massive amounts of stall cards like LegacyFrost Nova and LegacyBlizzard, or plenty of hard removal. The best classes to fight Skruk are Rogue and Mage. Skruk almost exclusively plays a single minion each turn, so having enough sizable Taunt minions will also slow him down. Beware of his direct removal in the form of weapons, however.

Returning minions to Skruk's hand will remove all of their buffs, making LegacyVanish and LegacySap great stalling tools for a Rogue deck.

Since Skruk uses Dispatch Kodos alongside Heartseeker, it will be necessary to bring healing or armor gain. LegacyIce Block can prevent lethal damage.

Once Skruk has been properly stalled, you need to set up a win condition. Simple candidates are LegacyAlexstrasza and some direct damage spells to finish him, or a The Boomsday ProjectMecha'thun deck. See Mecha'thun's page for possible combos. Knights of the Frozen ThroneUther of the Ebon Blade is another option, although assembling The Four Horsemen is a lot more difficult.

Great way to defeat this boss is with Renathal Priest. As this class has very big amount of removal like Shadow Word: Death; Shadow Word: Ruin it; Lightbomb or Whirlpool, you can easily destroy all of his minions before you run out of them. Also you can pick every like effect like Mass Dispel to remove buffs from enemy minions. Plus using cards like Identity Theft or Psychic Conjurer can get you upgraded minions.

Rewards[]

Aeon Reaver

Dialogue[]

Story mode[]

Before encounter

Elise
That Gronn menace is downing our dragons! We need help!

Introduction

Chromie
Hmm. I don't remember how this one goes. That's… not good!

Turn 1 - boss

Dragonslayer Skruk
Your time tricks not gonna work on Skruk!
Chromie
We've got to stop this guy before he hurts too many dragons!

Turn 5

Chromie
I feel like something bad happens if we don’t stop him soon…

Chromie dies - Game reset with Chronormu

Chromie
Time, stop!
Chronormu
You won't mind if I take two turns, right?

Turn 2 with Chronormu

Chronormu
Feel the full power of a bronze dragon, you big bully!

Turn 6 onwards - boss with no Heartseeker in hand

Dragonslayer Skruk
Where...my arrow…is?

Boss cards

Dragonslayer Skruk
Heartseeker
No get out of this one, time whelp!
Big arrow here, goodbye dragon!

Unused dialogues

Chromie
Wowee. Let's take him more seriously this time.
Chromie the gnome couldn't beat him… but Chromie the dragon can!
Let's go back a few turns… ok, there. Time, resume!
Dragonslayer Skruk
I got a BIG surprise for pesky dragon like you.
Have Skruk said that before?

Dragonslayer Skruk[]

Dragonslayer Skruk full

Dragonslayer Skruk, full art

Introduction

Skruk freed. Sees dragons that need slaying. Busy day for Skruk.
Skruk no like gnomes! (vs. Hero SkinsNemsy Necrofizzle)

Hero Power

Dragonslayers… slay them!
Crush them, do not give them a chance!
Tear them from the skies!

Emote Response

Gronns like Skruk have one-track mind: dragon slaying!

Idle

Troll lady said dragons would be here. Troll lady very right.
Not going to sleep in ice ever again.
Skruk won first place in gronn archery contest.

Attacking

Crunch you!

Boss cards

Dragonslayer's Greatbow(Heroic)
Dragons will fall!
Big bow for big dragon hunting. Very good!

Player's cards

Any Dragon minion
So many dragons to crush… so little time!
Famous Dragon minion
Famous Dragon. Skruk kill!
LegacyGruul
Gruul!? Skruk your number one fan.
Galakrond's AwakeningThe Amazing Reno
You smell like dragon, hat-man.
The WitchwoodToki, Time-Tinker
Gnome seem… familiar?

Death

How...this… possible…

Chromie and Chronormu[]

Chromie (hero) full

Chromie, full art

Chronormu full

Chronormu, full art

Type Emote
Thanks Hey, thank you!
Well Played Ooh, that was a good one! I'll try to remember that.
Greetings Hi! Oh did I say that already?
Wow Now THAT was really impressive!
Oops Whoopsie. Was that meant to happen?
Threaten Your time is up!
Attack Hi-ya!
Concede This isn't working… time to try again!
Death My time's up!
Thinking [1] Hmm…
Thinking [2] What did I do here…
Thinking [3] How about … ok, no no no.
Almost out of cards I'm getting pretty low on cards.
Out of cards Oh no, do I always run out of cards here?
Running out of time I'm running out of time! Which is… ironic.
Error: Generic I can't do that.

Trivia[]

  • This is the first boss where the Heroic version is weaker than the regular, due to the significant change in mechanics between the two fights.

Patch changes[]

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