Frozen Throne Mission guide - Upper Reaches

Decks and guides for beating every encounter in the Frozen Throne Mission content

Guide by John Bedford Contributor

Published on Aug. 10, 2017

Ahead of the release of Hearthstone's Whispers of the Old Gods, Blizzard decided to retire the Adventure format that had previously acted as a separator between the release of full-blooded card set expansions. If you weren't around for these single-player challenges, they allowed you to pay a fixed cost to unlock around 35 new cards over a number of weeks by beating various bosses drawn from the Warcraft universe.

Ahead of Un'Goro, we were promised that single-player content would return to the game in the form of Missions, which would be used to flesh out the story and origins of some of each expansion's signature cards. The new system didn't make the launch of Un'Goro, but we know they will now make their debut when Knights of the Frozen Throne is released this Thursday 10th August, when the doors of Icecrown Citadel open for brave adventurers...

In the second edition of our Icecrown Citadel Mission guide, we've got a quick breakdown of all of the confirmed information we have about this new single-player content. When we learn more we'll add the extra detail into our next update, and we'll be providing you with comprehensive guides to beating every encounter once the expansion is live as well!

Rise of the Knights of the Frozen Throne: Prologue and Lower Citadel

The first wing goes live on 10th August in the US, and 11th August in the Europe and Asia regions. For precise release times, check out our Icecrown Citadel launch times page.

You'll face the Lich King twice during the Mission release schedule - once at the beginning and once at the end!

Prologue Tips and Tricks

Trust us, you don't want this spoiled for you. Simply fire up the Prologue, follow the instructions and enjoy what happens. This is some of Blizzard's best Adventure (sorry, Mission) work yet and you just need to play through it for yourself - you can't fail!

Lower Citadel Tips and Tricks

Lord Marrowgar

Lord Marrowgar's hero power restores his health entirely, so what you really need here is some kind of one-turn-kill [OTK] deck. Consider using something like Combo Priest - the following deck list is pretty typical of the format:

Priest	Neutral
2 x Crystalline Oracle	2 x Deathlord
2 x Inner Fire	2 x Faceless Manipulator
2 x Mind Vision
2 x Northshire Cleric
2 x Power Word: Shield
2 x Convert
2 x Divine Spirit
2 x Lightwell
2 x Radiant Elemental
2 x Shadow Word: Pain
2 x Curious Glimmerroot
2 x Thoughtsteal
2 x Shifting Shade

Select and copy the long ID string below, then create a deck in Hearthstone to export this deck into your game.

Deck Import ID:

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Deathbringer Saurfang

Deathbringer Saurfang has 20 Health rather than 30 but can only be damaged by weapons. That means it's time to bust out the old favourite Pirate Warrior. Try the following Wild deck on for size:

Warrior	Neutral
2 x N'Zoth's First Mate	1 x Patches the Pirate
2 x Upgrade!	1 x Sir Finley Mrrgglton
2 x Fiery War Axe	2 x Southsea Deckhand
1 x Forge of Souls	2 x Bloodsail Raider
1 x Heroic Strike	1 x Golakka Crawler
2 x Bloodsail Cultist	2 x Ship's Cannon
2 x Frothing Berserker	2 x Dread Corsair
2 x Death's Bite
2 x Kor'kron Elite
2 x Arcanite Reaper
1 x Gorehowl

Select and copy the long ID string below, then create a deck in Hearthstone to export this deck into your game.

Deck Import ID:

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Lady Deathwhisper

Lady Deathwhisper has 30 Health and a whopping 90 points of Armor. You have a 30 / 5 stat minion called Valithria Dreamwalker, but it can only attack when it's not damaged. Unfortunately, the boss's hero power damages all minions until they have one point of health - this happens at the start of each turn.

We recommend a Wild Priest deck with loads of healing, protection, and the ability to remove your minion's attack limitation through Silence:

Priest	Neutral
2 x Circle of Healing	2 x Annoy-o-Tron
2 x Silence	2 x Bilefin Tidehunter
2 x Binding Heal	2 x Earthen Ring Farseer
2 x Flash Heal	2 x Stonehill Defender
2 x Northshire Cleric
2 x Power Word: Shield
2 x Lightwell
2 x Shadow Word: Pain
2 x Shadow Word: Death
2 x Darkshire Alchemist
2 x Holy Nova

Select and copy the long ID string below, then create a deck in Hearthstone to export this deck into your game.

Deck Import ID:

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Battle for Icecrown Citadel: Upper Reaches

The second wing - Upper Reaches - is now live! Metabomb is technically on holiday right now, but we wanted to at least jump in and highlight some decks that are proving popular for the latest challenges. When we're back at the start of next week we'll flesh out our advice for actually beating these bosses.

Blood Queen Lana'thel

Paladin	Neutral
1 x Blessing of Might	2 x Elven Archer
2 x Blessing of Kings	2 x Stonetusk Boar
2 x Consecration	2 x Voodoo Doctor
2 x Hammer of Wrath	2 x Bluegill Warrior
2 x Truesilver Champion	2 x Bluegill Warrior
	2 x Murloc Tidehunter
	1 x Ironfur Grizzly
	2 x Magma Rager
	2 x Razorfen Hunter
	2 x Wolfrider
	2 x Stormwind Knight
	2 x Reckless Rocketeer

Select and copy the long ID string below, then create a deck in Hearthstone to export this deck into your game.

Deck Import ID:

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Professor Putricide

Mage	Neutral
2 x Mana Wyrm	1 x Gluttonous Ooze
2 x Arcanologist	2 x Eater of Secrets
2 x Frostbolt
2 x Medivh's Valet
2 x Primordial Glyph
2 x Counterspell
2 x Duplicate
2 x Mirror Entity
2 x Vaporize
2 x Ethereal Arcanist
2 x Fireball
1 x Polymorph
2 x Kabal Crystal Runner
1 x Meteor
1 x Pyroblast

Select and copy the long ID string below, then create a deck in Hearthstone to export this deck into your game.

Deck Import ID:

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Sindragosa

Warrior	Neutral
2 x Armorsmith	2 x Beckoner of Evil
2 x Fiery War Axe	2 x Disciple of C'Thun
2 x Mountainfire Armor	2 x Twilight Elder
2 x Alley Armorsmith	2 x C'Thun's Chosen
2 x Arcanite Reaper	2 x Crazed Worshipper
2 x Shieldmaiden	2 x Skeram Cultist
2 x Ancient Shieldbearer	1 x Twin Emperor Vek'lor
	2 x Doomcaller
	1 x C'Thun

Select and copy the long ID string below, then create a deck in Hearthstone to export this deck into your game.

Deck Import ID:

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Showdown with the Lich King: The Frozen Throne

The final wing of the Icecrown Citadel is now open and the final boss awaits you in the form of The Lich King himself.

Because a significant part of the challenge here is to beat the boss with all nine heroes, we've put together a separate Icecrown Citadel Lich King boss guide page with deck lists for beating him with every character - expect many updates to that guide over time.

Icecrown Citadel Mission FAQ

Here's an overview of what's been confirmed by Blizzard so far:

All of the Mission content will be provided to all players completely free of charge.
You will have to beat eight separate Missions in order to finish Icecrown Citadel.
These Missions are spread across three different wings. It's yet to be confirmed whether all three will be available at launch, or whether the release of each one will be staggered like the old Adventures were.
Each time you beat a wing you'll receive a Knights of the Frozen Throne card pack for free.
When you've cleared all but the final Missions, you'll have to face off against the Lich King himself.
The Lich King will alter the tactics he uses to match the hero you choose to play as when you tackle this final challenge.
Your reward for beating the Lich King is a randomly selected Legendary Hero Card. These new cards allow you to transform your hero into an alternative Death Knight character with a new hero power.