We've got a brand new event in Hearthstone's Mercenaries game mode and it's here only for a limited-time! This time, we'll venture into many dangerous Bounty zones with the aid of Yogg-Saron, fan favorite for its Constructed shenanigans and the third Old God that has come to pay us a visit.
Our journey won't be in search of just fame and success, but you'll be able to complete a set of 10 event Tasks, which will reward you coins for Yogg-Saron and many other goodies.
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The Old Gods continue their onslaught as Yogg-Saron turns its many maws towards Mercenaries. You will be able to take on MADNESS itself in this limited-time event, starting on June 30. The event will consist of 10 special Tasks centered around the Old God Yogg-Saron. Two new event Tasks can be unlocked on each of the first five days of the event, but you have until July 15 to complete all 10 Tasks. Completing all 10 Tasks will get you the Yogg-Saron Mercenary, a random Golden Yogg-Saron Portrait, the Diamond Yogg-Saron Portrait, and 700 Mercenary Coins! Naga, Casters, and a couple of Night Elves will be integral in this battle.
Here are all the tasks that are available during the Yogg-Saron Mercenaries event. Click any of the links below to visit our guide for the task.
- No Halftime
- Requirement: Complete Plaguemaw the Rotting Bounty with only 3 mercs.
- Reward: 75 Yogg-Saron coins.
- Camping
- Requirement: Complete Yeti Hunter Ranel Bounty with at least 2 Night Elves In Winterspring.
- Reward: 50 Yogg-Saron coins, 25 Elise Starseeker coins.
- Sacred Groove
- Requirement: Destroy Snowclaw in Winterspring without destroying any Frostbite Totems.
- Reward: Yogg-Saron Mercenary.
- Stay Cool
- Requirement: Complete Ahune the Frostlord Bounty without using any Fire abilities in Winterspring.
- Reward: 50 Yogg-Saron coins, 50 Lord Slitherspear coins.
- Shallow Waters
- Requirement: Complete Heroic Siren of the Deep Bounty with at least 2 Naga in Darkshore.
- Reward: 75 Fathom-Lord Karathress, 50 Zar'jira, the Sea Witch coins.
- Absolutely Smashed
- Requirement: Complete Heroic Coren Direbrew Bounty with only Casters in Blackrock Mountain.
- Reward: 50 Yogg-Saron coins, 50 random coins.
- Perfectly Calculated
- Requirement: Use Yogg-Saron's Oh My Yogg ability and win a fight.
- Reward: Golden Yogg-Saron portrait (random).
- Mountain Rescue
- Requirement: Complete Heroic Avalanchan battle with all your Mercs alive in Winterspring.
- Reward: 100 Yogg-Saron coins.
- Scuba Diving
- Requirement: Complete Heroic Coral Elemental Bounty with at least 3 Naga in The Sunken City.
- Reward: 75 Yogg-Saron coins, 50 Queen Azshara coins.
- One To Rule All
- Requirement: Heal and Deal 50 damage in one battle using Yogg-Saron.
- Reward: Diamond Yogg-Saron portrait.
As you can see, these tasks are quite the mixed bag: while some are fairly simple to complete, others require more than a bit of thinking (and luck: that one's always welcome) and planning ahead.
Moreover, certain tasks clearly state that you need Comps consisting of Mercenaries belonging to specific races in order for your progresses to count: while the Y'Shaarj event was about Humans and Pirates, this time you'll need the help of Naga and Night Elves!
Not all challenges might be as difficult as they seem at a glance: there are usually tips and tricks to be found to make everyone's lives easier. In this series of guides we'll take a look at how to complete each event Task, so that you'll be able to get your hands on all the rewards available. As of now, we'll focus our attention on the current task.
In case you missed them, if you click the banner below you'll have access to each of our task guides for this event.
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How to Complete the "No Halftime" Task from the Yogg-Saron Event
- Requirement: Complete Plaguemaw the Rotting Bounty with only 3 mercs.
- Game Mode: Normal
- Rewards: 75 Yogg-Saron coins.
- Difficulty: 1/5
As per tradition, the event starts with a rather easy task in No Halftime, asking us to complete a Barrens bounty with no more than three Mercenaries in your party. Moreover, we don't even have to complete the bounty in Heroic, as Normal mode will suffice!
Plaguemaw the Rotting will appear on the board as a 3/75 Caster with two 4/60 Ferocious Quilboars Fighters, resulting in a green/blue fight. It's worth noting that all the enemy units are below level 30 (level 17, to be precise), meaning that they will be very easy to deal with even if you don't run a maxed comp.
Plaguemaw will hide behind the Ferocious Quilboars with Sand Burrow 1, allowing the enemy Fighters to capitalize on Prickly Spikes 2 for extra damage. However, such scenario can be easily avoided by running a ranged-heavy comp.
Despite all we've just said, we want to stress on the fact that this bounty is really easy: we bet you can complete it by including 3 random Mercs in your comp without paying attention to synergies.
Suggested Comps
Here are a few Mercenaries parties you can use to complete the "No Halftime" task. If the task will allow multiple solutions, you'll be able to choose between at least an efficient and a budget comp, so that our suggestions will accommodate any kind of player out there. Moreover, in case any other content creator will provide interesting strategies, we'll make sure to list them below.
Out of Cards Recommendation #1 - Dragon Comp (Budget!)
Since you're up against Fighters and a Caster, we think that the Dragon comp is a cheap and efficient build.
To prove this comp of being fit for this task, we actually recorded a video showing you that you can pull this off with ease.
Here are a few tips for those unfamiliar with this strategy.
- The climb should be incredibly easy, especially since your three Mercs have really strong synergy.
- Once you get to the final boss, you want both Sinestra and Nefarian to focus on Plaguemaw the Rotting.
- In the meantime, you can use Yu'lon to take down a Ferocious Quilboar with Jade Gust 1.
- Alternatively, you can spam the recently buffed Jadeflame Buffet 1 (now it has no cooldown!) for insane resilience.
Out of Cards Recommendation #2 - Frost Comp (Budget!)
In case you're not particularly high on Dragons, here's another very cheap comp you can use for No Halftime.
To prove this comp of being fit for this task, we actually recorded a video showing you that you can pull this off with ease.
- Lokholar the Ice Lord is exceptionally good at dealing with the Ferocious Quilboars, thanks to Hail Storm 1.
- For the equipment we chose Frigid Winds 1, but Icy Focus 1 is as good as the former.
Other Resources
Our clever community members set up a forum thread to share your Mercenaries progression journey, and we have added an #mercenaries channel on our Discord server if you want to talk with others in real-time. If you need an assist, you can also respond to this guide and we'll do our best to help you out; the comments are also a great way to share your own comps that you've used to complete the task above.
Good luck taking on any of these Bounties for those sweet sweet coins or just for the sake of satisfying completion!
Comments
This comp worked like a charm. Thanks for the guide!
You're welcome!
Dang, they moved the free merc to the third task.