Root class guide

Root Shardlings grew where shards fell into the hanging forests of the Green Reach. Fawns, stags, hares and moss creatures of green crystal. They are patient, and they are hard to beat, because they mend.

Root wins by lasting. Its Shardlings have some of the highest health in the game, and three keywords keep them alive: Regrow heals at the end of your turn, Bloom heals the neighbours, Thorns hurts whoever attacks. Its spells add health or give life back to you (Renewal, Verdant Tide). Root is slow to deal damage. It holds the lanes until the opponent runs out of answers, then its big Shardlings break through.

At a glance

How to play it

• Place your healers in the middle. Bloom heals the Shardlings in the neighbouring lanes, so a Bloom Shardling in lane 2 or 3 covers two friends.
• Make attacking expensive. Thorns punishes every attack, and Briar Patch and Snare Roots punish the attacker as well.
• Evolve instead of replacing. A damaged Barkfawn that becomes a Branchbearer keeps its damage, but it gets the higher health and Regrow keeps working.
• Do not wait too long to attack. Root heals well, but the opponent’s spells to your ward add up. Use the turns when the other side is empty.

Evolution lines

MosslingCost 1 · 1/2 · BaseCommonJump: you (the player) regain 2 life.→ThornbackCost 3 · 2/5 · Stage 2UncommonThorns 1: a Shardling that attacks it takes 1 damage.→GrovewardenCost 5 · 4/6 · Stage 3EpicThorns 2: a Shardling that attacks it takes 2 damage.

BudhareCost 1 · 1/2 · BaseCommonJump: you (the player) regain 1 life.→LeafhareCost 3 · 3/4 · Stage 2UncommonBloom 1: at the end of your turn, heals 1 on each friendly Shardling in a neighbouring lane.→BramblebuckCost 5 · 5/6 · Stage 3EpicBloom 1: at the end of your turn, heals 1 on neighbouring friends. Thorns 1: attackers take 1.

BarkfawnCost 2 · 1/4 · BaseCommonRegrow 1: heals 1 at the end of your turn.→BranchbearerCost 4 · 3/6 · Stage 2RareRegrow 1: heals 1 at the end of your turn.→ElderstagCost 6 · 5/7 · Stage 3LegendaryRegrow 2: heals 2 at the end of your turn.

PebbleshellCost 2 · 1/5 · BaseCommon→BarkshellCost 4 · 2/8 · Stage 2UncommonBloom 1: at the end of your turn, heals 1 on each friendly Shardling in a neighbouring lane.→EldershellCost 6 · 4/11 · Stage 3LegendaryBloom 2: at the end of your turn, heals 2 on neighbouring friends. Thorns 1: attackers take 1.

RootbadgerCost 2 · 2/3 · BaseCommonRegrow 1: heals 1 at the end of your turn.→OakbadgerCost 4 · 4/6 · Stage 2RareRegrow 2: heals 2 at the end of your turn.

Other Shardlings

PetalbeeCost 1 · 1/2 · ShardlingCommonBloom 1: at the end of your turn, heals 1 on each friendly Shardling in a neighbouring lane.FernspiderCost 2 · 2/3 · ShardlingCommonThorns 1: a Shardling that attacks it takes 1 damage.VineserpentCost 3 · 3/4 · ShardlingUncommonJump: you (the player) regain 2 life.SapcrawlerCost 4 · 3/7 · ShardlingUncommonJump: give +2 health to a friendly Shardling or +2 life to your ward.BurrowmoleCost 5 · 4/7 · ShardlingEpicRegrow 1: heals 1 at the end of your turn. Thorns 1: attackers take 1.

Spells and traps

Sap SurgeCost 1 · SpellCommonGive a friendly Shardling +2 health.Briar PatchCost 2 · TrapUncommonTrigger: an enemy Shardling attacks. It takes 3 damage.EntangleCost 2 · TrapUncommonTrigger: your opponent plays a Shardling. It cannot attack on its next turn.Snare RootsCost 2 · TrapUncommonTrigger: an enemy Shardling attacks. The attack is blocked and the attacker takes 1 damage.SunbloomCost 2 · SpellUncommonGive a friendly Shardling +1 attack and +3 health.OvergrowthCost 2 · SpellCommonGive a friendly Shardling +3 health.Thorn VolleyCost 2 · SpellCommon2 damage to an enemy lane (empty lane: enemy ward).Pollen CloudCost 3 · TrapRareTrigger: an enemy Shardling attacks. The attack is blocked and you (the player) regain 2 life.Wild GrowthCost 3 · SpellRareGive all your Shardlings +2 health.RenewalCost 3 · SpellUncommonYou (the player) regain 4 life. Draw 1 card.Verdant TideCost 4 · SpellRareYou (the player) regain 6 life.

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