Chromaggus (boss)
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Chromaggus is a boss in the Blackrock Mountain adventure. It is the third encounter of the adventure's fourth wing, Blackwing Lair.
Hero Power[edit | edit source]
| Normal | Heroic |
|---|---|
 | |
| Auto-cast | |
Special cards[edit | edit source]
- Normal and Heroic
- Normal
- Heroic
Decks[edit | edit source]
The below classes are listed purely for reference, and have no effect on the boss' use of the cards during the battle.
| Normal | Heroic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class | Card | Quantity | Class | Card | Quantity |
| Boss |  Chromatic Dragonkin
|
4 | Boss | Chromatic Dragonkin
|
4 |
| Flameheart
|
2 | Flameheart
|
3 | ||
| Druid |  Claw |
2 | Druid | Claw
|
2 |
| Savagery |
2 | Bite
|
2 | ||
| Bite |
2 | Swipe
|
2 | ||
| Swipe |
2 | Mage | Flamestrike
|
2 | |
| Mage | Dragon's Breath |
2 | Paladin | Dragon Consort
|
2 |
| Paladin | Dragon Consort |
2 | Neutral | Faerie Dragon
|
2 |
| Neutral | Faerie Dragon |
2 | Blackwing Technician
|
2 | |
| Wild Pyromancer |
2 | Hungry Dragon
|
2 | ||
| Blackwing Technician
|
2 | Twilight Drake
|
2 | ||
| Hungry Dragon
|
2 | Drakonid Crusher
|
2 | ||
| Twilight Drake
|
2 | Alexstrasza
|
1 | ||
| Drakonid Crusher
|
2 | Onyxia
|
1 | ||
| Ysera[1]
|
1 | ||||
Notes
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- Because Chromaggus's Hero Power is actually a trigger at the end of his turn,
Saboteur has no effect.[2]
Rewards[edit | edit source]
Dialogue[edit | edit source]
Before match
- Nefarian
- ▶️Chromaggus is one of my greatest achievements! Look at him!
Introduction
- Chromaggus
- ▶️Roar!
Emote Response
Boss' turn 1
- Nefarian
- ▶️I gave him two heads because I figured, hey, double the biting.
Boss' turn 3
- Nefarian
- ▶️I infused him with the powers of all the dragonflights. He's perfect.
Death
Unused[edit | edit source]
Lore[edit | edit source]
Blackrock Mountain
What's worse than a horrible mutant dragon monstrosity that uses magic? A horrible mutant dragon monstrosity that uses five types of magic, obviously! Chromaggus unleashes abilities ripped from the flesh of all five dragon flights. Don’t ask how he got those powers. Viscera are involved. Hey, we told you not to ask! You'll have to battle the chromatic horror before you can take on Lord Victor Nefarius.[3]
World of Warcraft
This section uses content from the Warcraft Wiki.Chromaggus is a two-headed dragon beast in Nefarian's service, who resides in Blackwing Lair, coming after Flamegor and before Nefarian. He drops the Tier 2 shoulders for all classes.
One of the most challenging aspects to Chromaggus is the randomness of his abilities. As the name suggests (the word chromatic is derived from "khroma", the Greek word for "color", suggesting Chromaggus takes his powers from dragonflights of all colors), Chromaggus shimmers in a variety of colors, which relate to his current abilities. These abilities are determined upon instance creation, and will only be reset with the instance timer.
Despite his canine appearance, he's actually a dragonkin. It is speculated that he was created by Nefarian experimenting on captured Core Hounds, such as The Beast found in Upper Blackrock Spire, possibly by feeding or injecting dragon blood from various dragons from all dragonflights.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
Rather than benefiting Chromaggus, an earlier version of this encounter had the boss' special cards punishing the player, such as increasing the cost of their minions. However, in testing the developers found this design to be "too stifling".[4]
Another prototype design for this encounter saw the player replaced by a Chromatic Dragonkin hero, whose hero power Mutation would cause them to discard a card from their hand.[4]
Gallery
Chromaggus, full art
Chromaggus in World of Warcraft
Patch changes
Patch 5.0.0.12574 (2016-04-24):
Patch 2.4.0.8311 (2015-03-31):
- Added.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ http://imgur.com/JBiRUbq Nozdormu was changed for Ysera. Tested in Patch 5.0.0.12574 (2016-05-04)
- ↑ https://gist.github.com/culinko/5d4cf0334eac955abb26 Tested in Patch 4.1.0.10956 (2015-12-04)
- ↑ Blackrock Mountain: Blackwing Lair – Now Open!. (2015-04-23).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 POLYGON.COM - HOW DOES BLIZZARD CREATE HEARTHSTONE'S INCREDIBLE BOSS ENCOUNTERS?. (2014-04-23).