Azurous Mission Guide

This guide focuses on the Heroic Azurous encounter in Winterspring, but also works for the normal version.

Minis in Azurous’s army

• Banshee - Soul Eruption
• Chain Lightning - Storm’s Reach
• Drake - Mother Drake
• Ghoul - Bone Shield
• Molten Giant - Threatening Presence
• Plague Farmer - Parting Gift
• Skeleton Party - Ritual of Rime

Other minis and map mechanics

Azurous spawns vast quantities of draconic minis that fly across the map from right to left. In normal, these spawns are Whelps, and in Heroic, they are Drakes with the Mother Drake talent. Unless constantly cleared, the map is soon littered with Whelp Eggs.

Azurous also guards a cache of Whelp Eggs that will respawn after a while if popped. Azurous’ cache of Whelp Eggs is actually a major liability for it because they are a wonderful target for Living Bombs.

General strategy

There are at least four ways to beat Azurous depending on your levels and the talents you have available:

• You can simply use ranged minis and push up the left side to take out Azurous. Optionally, you can include a Living Bomb for some additional damage if the push fails.
• You can take both Towers and send a Troll with the Big Bad Voodoo talent from the right Tower. Properly positioned, the Troll can solo Azurous.
• You can defend - I still like to take the left Tower - and beat Azurous with Living Bombs alone. There are two variants of this strategy because if you have the Blast Radius talent, your Living Bomb will also kill the Whelps that spawn from the Eggs. If you don’t have that talent, you need something in your army to handle the incoming Whelp wave.

Regardless of the strategy you choose, there are some things that can be helpful in the fight:

• You can usually mine the gold vein to the right at some point. Send your Kobold when there is an opening.
• The Molten Giants are often best handled by taking them with a Banshee.
• Taking the left Tower gives you a lot more time to plan your defenses against anything Azurous sends at you.