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I used Dr.Boom and it was probably RNG, but was able to choose deathrattles trigger twice as my passive hero power. 

I essentially won on the strength of filling board with Boombots/bombs, Dr. Boom, and armor gain like crazy. 

Probably doesn't help much, but that's the strategy I used, and got it done in a shade under 35 minutes. 

Quote From anchorm4n

Some things make it look like it isn’t completely thought through, like they had not enough time to finish it before going live. Just my experience from a quick try out with all classes:

1) Warrior is way to easy

2) It took me 3 tries to beat the first boss with priest. It was so awkward, I just didn’t seem to find a win condition. After that, it was (too?) easy again.

3) It happened several times that I threatened lethal with my minions and instead of clearing them, the boss went face with his minions (while I was completely out of range for him to kill me).

What do you think?

All good points but I'm not sure the conclusion that it wasn't "thought through" is right. AI has always been tremendously stupid in HS solo content. 

WHY IS NIC CAGE NOT ON THE ARTWORK!?  This is a greater failure than when they renamed Fluffy Ice Dragon to be Cobalt Scalebane (long live fluffy)

OP

The general consensus for winning seems to be "playing small" when it comes to bucket choices. Take lower cost minions/spells so you have more options (especially vs. Garr!) and the ability to consistently start fast. None of the bosses have much in the way of recovery options, so taking the role of beatdown and running away with the game tends to work well. 

The Hand of Rafaam is very good. It doesn't seem exciting but if you can get multiple copies your run will be insanely easy (and fast for those golden cards!) so take it every time you see it. 

I have had great results with Hagatha's Embrace (passive +1/+1 to a minion in hand each turn), especially in Dr. Boom runs because you want to tap the HP and add bombs so the minions sit in your hand and get buffed. Wondrous Wand is (and always has been) awesome, as well. 

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Don't pick priest.  Shaman and rogue are on the easy side and warrior is a cakewalk

The priest starter list looks okay but those buckets are absolute trash.  The deck seems to get progressively worse and worse no matter what you do.  Making a fast deck with those buckets is next to impossible and without a fast deck you're going to struggle against Ragnaros, Gar and Valestraz

And on that note, I'll add a follow up to OP's question : "What's a consistent way to beat the brawl with priest?"

Priest is definitely the toughest. HP is irrelevant more often than not. I used the same strategy - pick smaller buckets & Hand of Rafaam - whenever possible. Amulet of Domination on a Flamewaker was a huge bonus, as was Wondrous Wand. 

Sure.  But that's a lot of cards.  I'm just talking about the here and now.  Like, who the hell thought that Banana Buffoon would be relevant when they printed Rastakhan's Rumble?

Wow I finished it but assumed the time was play time in brawl rather than from first starting the brawl... 

but are the bees beasts? I mean lifedrinker is a mosquito which is considered a beast in Hearthstone

Solid body, big effect for a 3 mana minion and great in aggro or midrange shaman. I'd give it a solid 5 stars. You could compare it to SI:7 Agent, slightly better in my opinion.

Worth pointing out the lack of synergy with Mountain Giant is a really big detraction.

EDIT: Oops - the guy above me said it too.

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• Must be from Rise of Shadows
• Must be Mage

2/5 are worth 3 mana, but has taunt and a specific card generation so 6 mana is OK, I guess (you can also combo with Conjurer's Calling).

Battlecry: YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
Death: Fly, your fools!

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• Must be a minion (Mage or Rogue);
• Must fit the description of the "Arcane Trickster" from DnD

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Hey something I just noticed, this bypasses taunts.  Have we ever seen a card that can do this, that ISN'T hard removal?

Swamp King Dred might fit your description

I consider this a t4 play and an insane one by the way. easily 4/5

Shamans are doing more lackeys than rogue maybe now?

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lol, good point. Double-standards showing off such a sexy muscular arm like that.

Right? That bicep is just too much for me. Puts Chris Redfield from RE5 to shame. 

Look at the amount of burn Shaman is piling up with the Quest: Lifedrinker, Wasp, Kobold Lackey, Fire Elemental, etc.

Infinite Primordial Glyph is pretty op... Cyclone mage is even more insane now... You can even try for fun double quest mage in wild...

lol, good point. Double-standards showing off such a sexy muscular arm like that.

Love this card, works great with the new Corrupt the Waters and EVIL Totem plus I really like how it doesn't say Deal 3 damage to a minion. I want more spells and battlecrys than can hit face again! 

Lackey shaman incoming...