Since we have spoken about the best Beast builds in Hearthstone Battlegrounds guide, here we will focus on each minion separately. The tricky part with beasts is that, unlike some other tribes like Demons, not all units have a clear synergy with one another.
This Hearthstone Battlegrounds Beast Tribe overview is up-to-date with the latest Season 10 patch
There are two ways to play Beasts, but Season 10 has been all about Beetles so far. We will go over all the new minions and explain how they work in detail.
Tier 1 Beast Minions
Manasaber
Manasaber is a niche tier 1 Beast minion. Getting him on turn 1 is not really the best idea because, although he does have high attack, his Deathrattle won’t do anything on it’s own. It’s fine to get him later on, if you have Humming Bird or need summons for other reasons but on turn 1, you should skip him. Manasaber has it’s uses in early game but generally speaking, this minion is not to be used and sold after few turns since his potential is not high.
Buzzing Vermin
Buzzing Vermin is an old minion in Season 10 of HS BG. It summons a Beetle and it is good to use through the game, mostly because of it’s Taunt ability. The thing is, on it’s own, this minion won’t do much later on but if you commit yourself to a full beetle comp, it can become pretty strong.
Alleycat
Alleycat is basically an economy minion – it’s strength lies in it’s Battlecry ability. With it, you get two 1/1 minions which you will probably sell soon. It is good to play it on turns 3 (after upgrading) as an economy minion but overall, Alleycat doesn’t have any synergy with any of the beast comps.
Tier 2 Beast Minions
Humming Bird
Another niche Beast minion is the Humming Bird. Although its card text doesn’t seem so strong, early on he is really a force to be reckoned with. The trick is to have either Buzzing Vermin, Manasaber, and perhaps a cheap Taunt Tavern Spell on one of them. In this way, all your summons will have an additional 2 attack buff which is really powerful early on. Just be sure to organize your board in a way that all your summons happen first and Humming Bird dies last if possible.
Forest Rover
This is one of the key minions in Beast tribe. Forest Rover is one of the minions that you can buff with Rylak and Brann (or Titus) and further increase the power of your Beetles. Those Beetles will be your main power source so Forest Rover should be taken if you are ready to commit to beetlemania.
Hungry Snapjaw
Hungry Snapjaw is a returning minion to Battlegrounds and not really a good one honestly. Sure, it can provide some tempo in the beginning but after a while, it falls off as it doesn’t really work with the rest of the beast tribe. Getting +1 Health is nice but usually, this minion ends up being 5/15 and sold off somewhere around turn 8.
Sharptooth Snapper
Sharptooth Snapper is overall a great tempo minion. Even later on in the game, this minion can be useful (especially if you are playing some kind of summon beast comp). Keep in mind that his ability will work even if your board is full.
Tier 3 Beast Minions
Monstrous Macaw
Monstrous Macaw, although a tier 3 minion, is actually a late-game unit. You don’t really need him early on except for some niche Deathrattle effects; however, later, combined with Titus, Rylak, and Rover (or just Skitterer and Titus), this minion is a true beast. Not only that, but it has been buffed in one of the previous patches and now his card text allows you to choose (most of the time) which Deathrattle you want to trigger.
Sprightly Scarab
Sprightly Scarab is the easiest minion to use – this Beast will give permanent Reborn to one of your other beast units and you will sell it afterwards. The Taunt option is also there, but there are spells that are far cheaper to use.
Tier 4 Beast Minions
Cave Hydra
Cave Hydra is a very niche minion that highly depends on what kind of trinkets you take. With regular beast minions, this one has no synergy at all – there are simply no ways to buff this minion enough in order for it to be effective. However, there are various trinkets that we can use in order to do that.
Gentle Stag
Gentle Stag is basically a support minion that only has one use – to buff Silky Shimmermoth if you have it on the board. The other uses are pretty non existent because the buff is not strong enough for something like Cave Hydra to focus on.
Valiant Tiger
Similarly to Gentle Stag, Valiant Tiger also pretty much is only used to buff Silky Shimmermoth (and Beetles in that way). There are no other synergies with this minion and the rest of the tribe besides that one.
Turquoise Skitterier
By far, Turquiose Skitterer is one of the most useful minion in Beast tribe. The reason is that it has not only one, but two useful Deathrattle abilities: It summons and buffs your Beetles. What’s even better is the fact that it buffs their defense mostly (unlike Forest Rover). As you can imagine, this works great with Titus, Scarab and Macaw. Pretty easy to use but very effective, especially in lower ranks.
Rylak Metalhead
Rylak Metalhead is one of the best minions in Hearthstone Battlegrounds, period. There are so many usages of this unit that we could write an entire article on this topic. Basically, every Battlecry minion can be paired with Rylak, especially Demons, Quilboars, and Undeads. From season 9, Rylak is useful in Beast comps as well – it can trigger Forest Rover’s Battlecry ability and buff the Beetles (focusing on Attack).
Tier 5 Beast Minions
Silithid Burrower
Silithid Burrower is another niche minion that pretty much is to be stayed out of unless you can get it early on and pair with a Battlegrounds Trinket that his Deathrattle effect can stack with. It can also be used to buff Silky Shimmermoth although it’s not that effective as some other options are.
Sinrunner Blanchy
Sinnrunner Blanchy is mostly used in Undead comps although in theory you can use it with beasts as well. The thing is, there aren’t many options to buff your Beasts effectively and Sinrunner is only useful if it has high stats. Try it with Undeads and see how it goes.
Runed Progenitor
Runed Progenitor is a minion that Buffs and summons your Beetles – but the usage of it is limited. The reason is that it gets really clunky with all the beetle-buffing minions (Rylak, Brann, Titus, Skitterer, Forest Rover) on the board and usually you won’t have a place for all of these minions. In case that you can get it early on, you should go for it. Later, with Titus and Brann, Runed Progenitor kind of falls off because his ability doesn’t work with either of them.
Tier 6 Beast Minions
Hawkstridder Herald
One of the best minions in the entre game is Hawkstridder Herald. There are so many uses of this minion that we could dedicate an entire article on it. Undeads, Beasts, Quilboar, Spell comps and many other use it effectively. Basically, if your board focuses on Deathrattle effects and you have Titus on it, Hawkstridder is a must have.
Silky Shimmermoth
Silky Shimmermoth is a new minion in Season 10 of HS BG. There are so many ways to use this thing – but the core is the same: you need to somehow buff it up and once you do, your Beetles become stronger. The easiest way is to use spells; there are Deathrattle Beast minions that can do the same. Having Brann is also an option.
Indomitable Mount
Indomitable Mount is now a niche minion that can be only played with certain trinkets – and that’s where it’s usefulness ends up pretty much. He will summon random Beasts so the only usefulness is if you have something that can buff up your summons.
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