Branch Snapper Mission Guide

This guide focuses on the Heroic Branch Snapper encounter in Ashenvale but also works for the normal version.

Minis in Branch Snapper’s army

• Dark Iron Miner - Gold Mine
• Darkspear Troll - Envenom (effectively no talent)
• Drake - Engulfing Flames
• Execute - Overpower
• Prowler - On the Prowl
• Pyromancer - Pyroblast
• Spiderlings - Envenom

Other minis and map mechanics

Branch Snapper summons three special Bog Beasts from the ponds every 30 seconds, starting at 3:00 (and then at 2:30, 2:00, 1:30, and so on).

Branch Snapper:

• 5200 health
• Resistant
• Aggro range 10
• Melee: 300 Physical damage, 2.5 seconds attack speed, can hit both ground and flying minis

Special Bog Beast:

• 3300 health - starts at 50% health (Normal: 1100 health)
• Resistant
• Restores 1 percent of its total health every 0.5 seconds (Heroic only)
• Melee: 165 Physical damage, 2.5 seconds attack speed, cannot hit flying minis at all

General strategy

The special Bog Beasts are powerful, but they are not bosses, so they can be stolen. This makes Banshee the main strategy for the encounter: build a cheap deck so that you can cycle to Banshees effectively, and use them to steal as many Bog Beasts as possible.

Start by attacking the right Meeting Stone and steal the Bog Beast that spawns there. Use this army to keep pushing to Branch Snapper through the right.

Meanwhile, the other two Bog Beasts will attack your base from the left. Steal the first one and use it to tank the other. This gives you the time you need to attack the boss. If the fight goes on longer, keep stealing more Bog Beasts and use them to tank for you.