So the third week of Naxxramas has come and gone, bringing with it the third wing in the five-week release schedule for the single-player Hearthstone expansion. And the first one that wasn’t troubled in some way by server or purchasing issues, so that’s a plus. The Military quarter once again offers three bosses to battle: Instructor Razuvious, Gothik the Harvester and the Four Horsemen/Baron Rivendare. All three have some pretty unique battles for you to play through and win.

Razuvious has a hero ability for 2 mana-cost called Unbalancing Strike to attack for 3 damage, has 40 HP and starts with two Understudies, 0/7 minions with Taunt. However you also have an extra Mind Control Crystal card, for 1 mana cost. Take my advice: play it. Also, beware his Massive Runeblade which can strike your Hero for twice the damage, which is usually 10 damage at once.

Gothik has 30 HP, a 2 mana-cost Hero Power called Harvest that allows him to draw a card and plays a lot of ‘Unrelenting’ minions. If you must kill them, be warned: they will come back to your side of the field as Spectral versions (each with 0 attack) who will each cause 1 damage to your Hero at the start of your turn. A good way to deal with them is to make them Taunts or give them some attack to force them to break themselves and die.

The Four Horsemen are really just Baron Rivendare as Hero with the other three Horsemen as minions on the field at the start of battle. All four have just 7 HP (including Rivendare), with the three minion Horsemen all have just 1 attack and Rivendare’s hero power lets him draw 2 cards for a mighty 5 mana. The catch however is that although they’re the only three minions Rivendare has, the 3 minion Horsemen make him immune until they’re dead or Silenced. My tip is to use as much Silence and Taunt as you can and be ready to slam Rivendare once you can get at him.

The two Class Challenges this time are Shaman and Warlock and both are also pretty challenging, if not quite as random and insane as last week’s Hunter challenge was. Both are perfectly beatable though with a little quick thinking, careful planning and as always with Hearthstone; a little luck of the draw.

Overall this week lacked the pure joy that I got from the Plague Quarter last week, but I still immensely enjoyed the time I spent playing and beating each boss and Class Challenge this week. Especially figuring out the ‘proper’ way to handle each boss (and then using my Hunter deck anyway). As always, can’t wait for the next wing and the chance to win some lovely new cards.