Stormwind (Heroic) Siege Guide

Heroic Innkeeper Allison is the fifth boss in Siege of Stormwind. She guards the Inn. The first-time reward for defeating Heroic Innkeeper Allison is a Golden Gryphon Rider skin. A repeatable reward of 150 Valor is available on the following cycles, one reward per cycle. Valor can be used to upgrade an army slot to Diamond (+4 levels).

Innkeeper Allison map (illustration is from the normal version):

Minis in Innkeeper Allison’s army

• Defias Bandits - Last Resort
• Footmen - Shield Bash
• Harvest Golem - Trojan Chickens
• Huntress - Darnassian Steel
• Mountaineer - Frenzied Spirit

For Heroic, Huntress has replaced Firehammer in Allison’s army.

Other minis and map mechanics

In Heroic, Allison starts the fight with additional troops: she has a Footman, a Mountaineer Dwarf, and a Priestess on the left side and a Royal Guard, an Arbalist, and a S.A.F.E. Pilot on the right side. These groups of minis respawn 20 seconds after the entire group has been killed.

Allison patrols the top edge of the map. Barrels will periodically roll down from the side she is on towards the Towers: if a Barrel scores a direct hit on a Tower, the Tower is destroyed and more enemies arrive. If Allison already controls the Tower, the Tower itself is unaffected, but the same minis will spawn regardless.

Barrels can be blocked by minis: if a Barrel hits minis with a total of at least 2400 Health, the Barrel is destroyed while destroying the minis. The Barrels that roll towards your base in the final phase have 4000 Health.

The Barrels on the right side summon two Fire Elementals and a Son of Flame from the fireplace if they connect with a Tower.

The Barrels on the left side summon Murloc Tidehunters and Angry Chickens alongside King Mukla style bananas that increase the level of the minis that touch them if they connect with a Tower. In Heroic, they can also summon Hogger with two Gnoll Brutes alongside the Chickens or Murk-Eye with even more Murlocs.

In Heroic, there are additional Barrels on a timer. They arrive every 40 seconds, alternating between left and right:

• 5:20 left
• 4:40 right
• 4:00 left
• 3:20 right
• 2:40 left
• 2:00 right
• And so on

When there are several minis close to Allison, she periodically summons one of the following minis to fight by her side: Gryphon Rider, Huntress, Safe Pilot, Pyromancer, or Worgen.

In the Heroic Allison encounter, there are four phases, instead of the three in the normal version.

At the start of each phase, Allison destroys all minis in a 20-range radius around her. This can be overcome with Cheat Death, if necessary. Allison also cleanses herself of any poison or burn effects.

At the start of phase 2, Allison will summon the Alliance Leaders to help her: Malfurion, Tirion, Jaina, Maiev, and a Royal Guard will spawn near Allison.

At the start of phase 3, Allison will summon two additional Barrels, one from each side.

At the start of phase 4, Allison will summon two additional Barrels, one from each side. Allison also becomes enraged and gains +75% movement speed and +20% damage. All further Barrels in phase 4 are duplicated: one goes for the Tower and another one goes for your base. The Barrel that goes for your base has 4000 Health instead of the usual 2400.

General strategy

Heroic Allison is a much slower fight than normal Allison. If you try to rush it, you will be overwhelmed by an army of Barrels that summons a huge army for Allison.

Carefully manage each phase transition. First, get rid of the Alliance Leaders before moving on to the next phase. Then, stabilize from the barrels before moving on to the next one. In the final phase, you only need to get one good push at Allison, so there is no need to hold on to both Towers.

Tanking the Barrels to prevent new spawns is useful. It is especially difficult to deal with the Fire Elementals and Sons of Flame from the right side, if you get multiple spawns of them at once. You need to put 2400 Health on a Barrel’s way to destroy it, which you can achieve with a Swole Troll, an army of Treants from Cenarius, or various other big tanks.

The spawns from the left side are easier because the minis are small and can be dealt with using area-of-effect damage: a Living Bomb kills them all and can even retake the Tower too. You can often let the left Tower fall and just retake it after, especially if the boss has other minis there that can also be killed with the same Living Bomb.

In the last phase, the Barrels that go towards your base have 4000 Health. They deal a bunch of damage to the base, but if your base is in a good shape, just let them through to save your troops.

Heroic Highlord Bolvar is the sixth and final boss in Siege of Stormwind. He guards the throne room. The first-time reward for defeating Heroic Highlord Bolvar is a Golden Tirion Fordring skin. The repeatable reward is a Split Leader Star Tome that is available on the following cycles, one reward per cycle. Split Leader Star Tome includes 3 stars for owned and unowned Split Leaders.

Highlord Bolvar map (illustration is from the normal version):

Minis in Highlord Bolvar’s army

• Footmen - Shield Bash
• Gryphon Rider - Mighty Throw
• Holy Nova - Renew
• Worgen - Premeditation

Heroic Bolvar does not use Harpies and Prowler, unlike the normal one. There are only four minis in his deck, so he can rapidly play anything he wants.

Other minis and map mechanics

Bolvar summons a group of three Royal Guards, an Arbalist, and a Priestess (in Heroic) every 40 seconds (at 5:20, 4:40, 4:00, and so on). The first group spawns on the left, then the next one on the right, and so on. A Royal Guard is basically a beefier Footman with 1250 Health instead of 800.

Bolvar has two main attacks: a cleave melee sword swing and a ranged Avenger’s Shield that bounces to five additional targets (in Heroic, to three in normal).

When there are 7 or more enemies around Bolvar (within a radius of 6, so closer than most ranged minis), he casts Highlord’s Justice that stuns enemies in a radius of 10 for 5 seconds, deals 200 damage to them, and knocks them back.

At phase transitions, Bolvar casts Consecration around himself and around all Towers. Consecration lasts for 8 seconds and destroys any mini or Tower in a 12-range radius in one second. Bolvar also casts Divine Shield on himself, negating all damage for 5 seconds. Finally, Bolvar summons two Royal Guards and two Arbalists close to him at every phase change.

Because Consecration does not cover the entire map, it is possible for minis on the way from Towers towards Bolvar to survive it and attack him again even before the Towers are back up.

In Heroic, Bolvar has a rotating banner that buffs his troops right from the start. Only one banner is active at a time. The different banners are:

Banner of War (red):

• Bolvar’s minis gain Unstoppable and Bloodlust

Banner of Unity (blue):

• Bolvar’s Tank minis gain Taunt
• When a nearby friendly mini dies, others gain a level

Banner of Light (yellow):

• Bolvar’s minis gain Lifesteal and Resist

The banner changes every 45 seconds in this order, starting from War and then into Unity and Light.

Starting from phase 2, Bolvar summons reinforcements whenever the banner changes:

Banner of War (red):

• 6 Harpies and Malfurion

Banner of Unity (blue):

• 8 Footmen and Jaina

Banner of Light (yellow):

• 4 Royal Guards, 2 Arbalists, and Tirion

In phase 3, Bolvar gains Retribution aura and begins to reflect 80 damage on his attackers each time he is hit.

General strategy

You want to control the gold, which means controlling the Towers. Because Bolvar has an area-of-effect damage attack, it is most effective to tank him from one side and deal damage from the other. Controlling the Towers also helps with sending troops from two directions.

At phase change, you want to attack the Towers before they are fully rebuilt. Because Consecration destroys minis very quickly, this requires some careful timing or a Meat Wagon with the Range talent to outrange Consecration.

Banner of Light, the yellow one, is generally the most dangerous of Bolvar’s banners. With Lifesteal and Resist, it can become difficult to take out his troops. Depending on your levels, you may want to focus on defense for the duration of the Banner of Light, and push again when the banner changes.