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| Set: |  Legacy
Legacy |
|---|---|
| Type: | Minion |
| Minion type: | Elemental |
| Class: |  Mage |
| Rarity: | Free |
| Cost: | 4  |
| Attack: | 3  |
| Health: | 6  |
| Abilities: | Freeze |
| Wiki tags: | Damage-related, Triggered effect |
Don't summon a water elemental at a party. It'll dampen the mood.
Water Elemental is a mage minion card, from the Basic set.
How to get
Prior Year of the Gryphon's rotation on March 30, 2021:
- Two copies of Water Elemental were a reward for raising a mage to level 8.
- Two Golden copies of Water Elemental were a reward for raising a mage to levels 49 and 50.
Notes
- As usual, on-damage triggers like this one will not trigger if the damage is prevented (such as by Divine Shield, Ice Block or Immune effects).
Strategy
The Water Elemental has fantastic stats for a 4-cost minion, and comes with a powerful effect: it creates a Freeze effect on any character it damages, causing the target to miss their next opportunity to attack. This includes both minions and heroes, making the Water Elemental quite effective for preventing weapon-using classes from putting their weapons to good use.
Water Elemental is a solid pick for a basic or midrange mage deck, providing excellent value if played on turn 3 or 4, and usually able to trade for multiple cards.
Lore
Water Elementals are beings of concentrated water that mages have taken upon summoning from the Elemental Planes. They are then bound to the mage's will and can be controlled to attack foes and perform tasks.
In World of Warcraft, Water Elementals can be summoned by Frost mages as permanent pets. They assist the mage in combat by dealing damage to foes with their Waterbolt attack, as well as using their Freeze ability to root targets and open up combos with spells like Ice Lance.
Trivia
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "The Hunt for Illidan" series, for the card Water Elemental.
Artist
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Gallery
Water Elemental, full art
Patch changes
Patch 8.0.0.18336 (2017-04-04): Now an Elemental; previously no minion type. Rarity changed from Common to Free.- Patch 1.0.0.4944 (Open beta, 2014-03-11): Water Elemental now freezes armored heroes as intended.
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