Hearthstone Battlegrounds: Greater Trinket Tier List

This article will focus on Greater Trinkets in Hearthstone Battlegrounds in Season 8. We have already spoken about Lesser Trinkets in a separate article and we have described in detail builds and comps in HS BG season 8 as well. Be sure to check those two articles before proceeding to this one. That being said, let’s see how Greater Trinkets in Season 8 are ranked in our Tier list.

Table of Contents

S Tier

Elementium Chest

Elementium Chest is probably the best Greater Trinket around to use when playing Sky Pirates. What you can hope for is that in mid-game, while you have several key minions, you will get around 4-7 gold per turn. Later on, once you assemble your whole build, you will be getting 10+ on each turn. Since the whole comp is based on just few particular units that you need to find fast, gold is the most important thing – and Elementium Chest gives you exactly that.

Fridge Magnet

Unless you are playing an Automaton niche build, you will need those Magnetic minions and you will need a lot of them. Fridge Magnet is the best way to get them as this thing can scale really fast, really quick. Prioritize getting Reborns first and this Greater Trinket will soon be giving you at least 3 Magnetic minions each turn.

Jar o Gems

This one is simply the best when going for any kind of Quilboar comp. However, since this is a Greater Trinket, you will need to buff up those Blood Gems in some other way – Jar o’Gems is more of a combat trinket. It will allow you to renew Divine Shield on Tough Tusk several times during the fight.

Karazhan Chess Set

There is simply so many combinations with Karazhan Chess Set that this trinket had to be in our A-Tier. Automaton, Scam, Neutral, Amalgam are just some of the niche comps that you can go for with this one. Furthermore, even if you don’t have any specific minion, you can use Karazhan Chess Set as a contingency trinket in order to survive (by duplicating your two most powerful minions).

Felbat Portrait

Slamma Sticker

Slamma Sticker is a game-changer and the reason why it’s in our S-Tier list of HS Battlegrounds Greater Trinkets is the fact that it’s super easy to use and quiet efficent – even if you don’t have the complete beast comp, you will still benefit from this one.

A Tier

Twin Sky Lanterns

Similarly to Karazhan Set, Twin Sky Lanterns works well with Mech Automaton builds as well as several other niche comps. It is a good trinket to have if you have units for it – but taking it randomly without any preset comp is not a good idea.

Butcher’s Sickle

Butcher’s Sickle is overall a good trinket that will probably get you into top 4 combatants of Battlegrounds. The trick is to use it on higher Tier units to get the maximum value of it. Also, be sure to use it on units that have useful Deathrattles or Reborn if you want to duplicate a unit (you will be left the one without Reborn on the board though).

Windrunner Necklace

Although nerfed, Windrunner Neclkace is still one of the best Pirate trinkets to have. The value of it lies in the fact that most of your Sky Pirates will attack from the far left side (most of the time) and in mid-game it is good to pair with cleave.

Ironforge Anvil

Although the build is not that strong, it is super fun to play and you can check out Battlegrounds Guide for more info on it – the key on no-type comp lies in having Ironforge Anvil (if possible, double one) as your Greater Trinket. The value is obvious as you will triple your no-type minions in the begging of the turn so the most important thing is to be able to buff them up before that. Good luck!

Pagle’s Fishing Pod

There are plenty of useful Tier 7 Hearthstone Battlegrounds minions and Pagle’s Fishing Pod will get you some of those. If you are running Demons or any Deathrattle/Battlecry build, you can go for it. There are quiet a few options to consider here but overall, this trinket proved very useful.

Rivendare Portrait

This one is simple – Rivendare Portrait will get you Titus Rivendare and if you are just lacking him in your Deathrattle comp, you should go for it. Not much to discuss here as this trinket is pretty straightforward.

Bronzebeard Portrait

Bronzebeard Portrait is again, a simple Trinket to use and works fine with Murlocs and Dragons (if you have Calecgos). The problem with this one is that it can be rather slow if you don’t know how to use him properly so be careful with this one.

B Tier

Azerite Portrait

Generally speaking, Azerite Portrait works well if you already have one or two Living Azerites on the field and if you have some defenses up. The thing is, it will take some time for your Living Azerite to buff up the minions in the tavern and for you to triple the key ones, so sustain is the key with this one.

Mug of the Sire

The alternative Undead comp focusing on buffing up minions by not summoning and utilizing Titus at the same time works well with Mug of the Sire. Simply, you will get more stats from this mechanic but the main problem is the fact that it doesn’t boost your economy or discovery potential – you will still need to find key minions for this to work.

Spitescale Sushi Roll

Apart from the fact that Spitescale Sushi Roll is good for Tempo and to some degree for your Deep Blue spells, there is really not much use of this one. It is pricy and chances are that you will still need those key minions for your Naga comp to be completed.

Alliance Keychain

Alliance Keychain is good for one thing – Dragon tribe. The problem with this Greater Trinket is the fact that it’s highly RNG and a bit counterintuitive as you want your highest stat minion to die (probably Tarecgosa) and that is usually the only minion that can receive buffs apart from the ones adjected to the Poet. Good luck..

Enforcer Portrait

Although the build itself is not that strong, an all-type comp can scale pretty quicky if paired early with Drakkari Enchanter. Furthermore, if there are Mechs in play, you can put Divine Shield and Reborn on most of your units. Usually, this build won’t get you the first place but it will put you somewhere near the top.

Balladist Portrait

Balladist portrait has been buffed up and now it can be used very effectively in Pirate builds along with Brann and Murkeye. It will give you a nice tempo boost and has a good end-game potential – just be sure to find other key minions for it to work!

Tiger Carving

Tiger Carving is good for self-inflicting beasts – and that’s about it. The issue is the fact that this comp is not that effective now and a bit outdated so that’s why we put Tiger carving in the bottom part of our Great Trinket tier list in Hearthstone Battlegrounds.

Lorewalker Scroll

Simply put, your spells are stronger and your Naga units will scale with Lorewalker Scroll. However, this trinket doesn’t offer any kind of economy or discovery boost so you will need to use it carefully and preferably with a lesser trinket that can offer some sustain.

Essence of Dreams

Essence of Dreams is only good with Bran Bronzebeard and builds associated with him. If you are running Calegos dragons, Murlocs or some niche battlecry comp, you should grab Essence of Dreams.

Emerald Dreamwalker

Emerald Dreamcatcher is similarly to Alliance Keychain, highly dependable on how many Poets and Tarecgosa you have on the board. You want the attack of your highest minion to stay, not just to get a one time buff, so be sure to get the key minions before you take this Trinket.

Boom Controler

Due to it’s high cost, this trinket goes in the lower tier but it’s actually quiet useful if you go for Automaton based board. The trick here is to make Automaton die first so be sure not to leave any weak mech minions on your left side.

Blood Golem Sticker

Overall, this trinket is no good – if you are running Quilboars, you will need space for several key minions. Chances are that not all of them will be buffed up so you might end up summoning very weak minions from Blood Golem Sticker.

Belcher Portrait

Not great, not terrible either – that’s how we would summarize Belcher Portrait. You do get a good tempo with it and it will give you one of your key scam cards but apart from that, you are on your own. Skip, unless there is nothing better available.

Conductor Portrait

Conductor Portrait is a great Trinket if you have enough HP to survive couple of turns. The main issue is the fact that it’s super slow – you get some buffs, you get a lot of gold, but it will happen in the next turn. This, paired with the lack of sustain that Quilboars suffer from, can easily cost you the game.

Exquisite Dishware

Exquisite Dishware is one of those Greater Trinkets that can either be an S or an F tier. If you are committed to an all-type build this thing will give you minions, gold, key units and more and it will be an S-tier for you. If, on other hand, you have a regular tribe setup, Exguisite Dishware will be a total waste of money for you.

Fishy Sticker

On paper, Fishy Sticker looks great – but in reality it doesn’t really work good. The thing is, your Deathrattle minions will die first, right? Let’s say two of your Deathrattle minions die, that leaves you with 5 units left (if there is no Reborn on those two). Now you want your Fish to die – it has 20% chance of doing so. So.. if you are very lucky this will work fine. Usually it won’t.

Nether Pendant

Nether Pendant is great for self-inflicting Demons as it will upgrade the Tavern after few turns. However, due to the fact that it will take some time for this to work, this trinket is considered a slow one. You can go for it if you already have a solid Demon board.

Nomi Sticker

Nomi Sticker is great for Elemental shuffly-cycle-recycle mechanics but other than that, it’s completely useless. If you have a Recycling Wrath on the field, you can take this one; if not avoid it.

C Tier

Glowing Gauntlet

Glowing Gauntlet is a niche Greater Trinket in Battlegrounds that works fine with Bat and Elemental comps (and to some degree with Mechs). Other than that, it doesn’t really do much – it offers a nice tempo but unless you are set for one of those three comps, you should avoid it.

Nerglish Phrasebook

Nerglish Phrasebook is fine for Murloc based boards and especially if you already have Bassgil or other hand-scam tactics in place. The issue is the fact that you will still need your key minions that are on higher tier in order to utilize this Trinket to it’s full potential.

Book of Medivh

Book of Medivh is completely RNG type of Trinket and there really isn’t much to say about it apart from – good luck! Try to level up to tier 5 as soon as possible and hope you get discover tier 6 unit or Eyes of the Earthmother soon.

Devour Sticker

Devour Sticker is a Greater Trinket that can be used with Nagas or niche builds. However, more often than not, players will choose this trinket for it’s low cost and instant usefulness (to get rid of a buffed up lower-tier minion). Consider other options if there are any.

Bob’s Tip Jar

There is no need to explain how Bob’s Tip Jar works – you will get the gold and if you already have a nice board and you just need to refresh and look for other minions, go for it.

Jarred Frostling

Jarred Frostling is one of those very late-game trinkets. It won’t do much in mid-game as your Frostlings will be pretty weak at this point but should you survive long enough and play enough Elementals, Jarred Frostling can scale quiet a bit.

Peacebloom Candle

Peacbloom Candle is very similar to Book of Medivh in terms of how and what it does – you will get semi-random spells (the ones that you can find) and should you get a good one, it will be great for you. Most of the time, this will be a tempo Trinket and you should use it as such.

Quilligraphy Set

Quilligraphy Set is yet another very late-game trinket that is risky to go for – if you survive long enough to see many of your Quilboars die, you will get your gems nicely buffed. However, keep in mind that this is like playing with fire – you will be very weak in mid-game so be sure to get some defenses up.

Tinyfin Onesie

Tinyfin Onesie is another Murloc exclusive trinket that can be used for scam-comps. However, chances are that you will not have a very strong minion in hand when you take this Greater Trinket so keep in mind that it will work, but it will take some time to see the results.

D Tier

Great Boar Sticker

Another nerfed trinket is the Great Boar Sticker and this one is really heavily nerfed. Now, unless other trinkets are high cost and totally useless for your Quilboar board, you shouldn’t go for this one. It simply doesn’t offer enough value.

Glowscale Portrait

Glowscale Portrait is a strange trinket – you can use it in two ways. You can either give your units Divine Shield with it (works well with Demons and Quilboars) but most often, players just use it to buff up Zesty Shaker. So.. it’s fine but it won’t really give you much value.

Artisanal Urn

Artisanal Urn is great for the mid-game tempo; that being said, later on, this trinket doesn’t have a great value. It’s okey to have it as it will for sure provide a lot of sustain and survivability but there are other options that are better for your Undead minions to go for.

Booty Bay Brew

Booty Bay Brew is problematic in terms of it’s randomness – you will get some stat buffs but those stats will be scattered all across your board and there is no way for you to control this. Also, this Greater Trinket works only with stat-based Pirate builds and is completely useless with Sky Pirates.

Charging Staff

Simply put, charging Staff gives you attack on 3-4 of your Mech or Dragon minions and it works fine if you have Drakkari Enchanter on the field. If not, it simply doesn’t bring much in terms of value to the board.

Comfy Coffin

Comfy Coffin is a slow, undead exclusive trinket that should be taken only if there are no better options. The issue is that Comfy Coffin doesn’t give much value to mid-game and is plain awful for late-game. Surely there are other options to go for.

Darnassus Pie

Another Elemental exclusive trinket is Darnassus Pie. It will give you a good boost to your minions in Tavern but you will need Recycling Wrath and a good economy to use it’s full potential.

Reinforced Shield

Reinforced Shield is again, another Mech exclusive Trinket that doesn’t really offer much unless you have a very specific comp. It works fine with some units such as Automaton but you should stay away from it if you are running a Deflect-o-bot based board as it won’t do much (and it can ruin your comp completely).

F Tier

Bronze Timepiece

Bronze Timepiece just doesn’t work well mainly because it focuses on Dragon based comps and is highly unpredicatable. Personally I have never seen anyone using this thing and actually winning the game.

Colorful Compass

Colorful Compass is just plain awful as it’s completely RNG and to be frank, a bit “lazy”. Sure, if you get two Zesty Shakers it can be useful but usually it won’t do much except give you random Naga units.

Fancy Spellbook

There is nothing Fancy about this – you will get 1-3 random spells each turn and you can just pray that those spells are useful because if they are not, you wasted your Greater Trinket on this Spellbook.

Dragonwing Glider

Dragonwing Glider is fine if you have Calegos, golden Brann, good economy and several Divine Shield Dragon units on the board. It will work like a charm – but if you don’t have that and you usually won’t, it’s not going to do much except give random minions attack.

Feral Talisman

Simply put, Feral Talisman just doesn’t give enough stats to be picked. It will give you some mid-game tempo but that’s about it – it can work with some Undead comps but usually you should stay away from it.

Shaman Prayer Book

Shaman Prayer book is in F tier of our list because this thing will only work if you are running a full Bran based Murloc or Dragon build. Unless you have Bran at this point, you should not pick it as it is highly risky and will probably fail.

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