What is Hearthstone Mercenaries?

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What is Hearthstone Mercenaries?

Publish Date: October 26, 2021

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Earlier this month, Blizzard Entertainment released a brand new game mode inside Hearthstone. While it is very common to see different game types within Hearthstone come around once in a while, Hearthstone Mercenaries is a brand new adventure for players. Mercenaries is a whole different game, and players are hopping right in to try it out.

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Thought for the average player, Hearthstone Mercenaries can be a completely new experience. People come to Hearthstone to play a tactical, or sometimes hectic, collectible card game. Hearthstone Mercenaries on the other hand is nothing like the classic game audiences have come to love. So what exactly is Hearthstone Mercenaries?

A New Roguelike Experience

At its core, Hearthstone Mercenaries is a roguelike card game that brings elements from the classic Hearthstone mode. Roguelikes are a game type that pits players against waves of enemies. Players have to create a team of characters to do battle and collect loot. In this version, players can pick up to six cards to send into a dungeon in hopes to fight their way out.

Familiar characters, moves and synergies make their way into this new game to make the brand new mode a bit more friendly to all players.

Hearthstone Mercenaries puts a new spin on the genre by bringing in all of the classic Hearthstone themes. Characters like Grommash Hellscream, Anduin Wrynn, and Old Murk-Eye join the fray to collect bounties. Each character is one of three different roles – caster, protector and fighter. Each role has a strength and a weakness against one of the others.

It’s a rocks-papers-scissors type of circle, and crafting the perfecting team is vital to surviving the journey.