Sun Raider Phaerix Boss Guide
Welcome to our Sun Raider Phaerix boss guide for the League of Explorers adventure. Below you can find more information on this fight including tips to fight against the boss, successful deck lists, and the rewards!
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Boss Overview
Sun Raider Phaerix is the second boss in the Temple of Orsis wing of the The League of Explorers adventure.
This fight has a unique mechanic which states the controller of the Rod of the Sun is immune. You're going to have to kill the rod in order to start attacking him. It is assumed you could completely remove the rod from play via silence and then by killing it.
On Heroic difficulty, his hero power, Blessings of the Sun, instead states that only he becomes immune when he controls it, so its no longer possible for you to gain any benefit from it. Additionally, there is a buff called Heroic Mode, which it looks like the Rod itself gets if Phaerix is in control of it which grants in +3/+3.
- Normal: Tol'vir Hoplite
- Heroic: Tol'vir Hoplite
Pro Tips and Strategy
- The Rod when its on his side of the field makes him immune. If you can get it onto your side of the field and silence it, he can't ever go immune again.
- There's a cheese tactic which relies on obtaining the staff on your side, silencing it, and placing a taunt minion up. The AI doesn't know how to react.
- Use the priest deck below, and just win with Shadow Word: Pain, Silence, and Deathlord.
Winning Deck Lists
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Ability (20)
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Rewards
Defeating Sun Raider Phaerix for the first time will reward you with cards!
Once the regular version of the card(s) is unlocked, you can craft the golden versions.
The League of Explorers Bosses
We've got boss guides for all the other The League of Explorers bosses! Click on their portraits below to learn more about their fights.
- Temple of Orsis - Wing 1
- Uldaman - Wing 2
- The Ruined City - Wing 3
- Hall of Explorers - Wing 4
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Posted Jun 23, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)Finally made it with this deck, which is a slightly variation from Zelgraz's deck below.
Good luck!
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Posted Feb 3, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)Won in fatigue, good deck 2nd try :)
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Posted Apr 24, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)-
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Posted Jul 25, 2016 (Old Gods)I just got extremely lucky and beat him on heroic in 5 turns using a Priest deck. It was pretty much a perfect topdeck draw sequence :D
Turn 1> Nothing End Turn
Enemy> Attacked with Rod dealing 3 damage to me
Turn 2> 1x Shadow Word: Pain - Killed and took control of the Rod
Enemy> Used The Coin and Summoned Tol'vir Hoplite
Turn 3> 2x Power Word: Shield on the Rod making it 0/9 Drew and played 1x Goldshire Footman
Enemy> Summoned another Tol'vir Hoplite and attacked the footman with the first one, killing it
Turn 4> 1x Divine Spirit 1x Inner Fire Attack using the Rod (now 18/18) for 18 Dam
Enemy> Summoned a weapon and attacked the Rod along with 2x Tol'vir Hoplite which both died and dealt 10 damage to each of us.
Turn 5> Attacked using the Rod for another 18 Dam FTW!
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Posted Dec 7, 2015 (Explorers)Looks like the cheese tactic no longer works. He attacks exactly the same no matter how you do it.
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Posted Dec 5, 2015 (Explorers)I was doing the warlock class challenge and right before I killed this guy I got disconnected; I did't even know that could happen against bosses.
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Posted Dec 3, 2015 (Explorers)-
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Posted Jul 13, 2016 (Old Gods)Thank you for this - I kept trying the gimmick deck but never got the right draws. After 20+ tries I gave up and this worked on the 2nd try. Lesson learned - screw gimmicks.
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Posted Nov 14, 2015 (Explorers)One thing to add, Djinni of Zephyrs really shines in a priest buff deck. Also light wells and power word glory(which also works for the Djinni), easily overwhelms the guys damage output.
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Posted Nov 13, 2015 (Explorers)Use the standard Divine Spirit + Inner fire combo. Works for most cases.
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/367318-heroics-phaerix-deathlord-priest
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Posted Nov 13, 2015 (Explorers)I had the rod return to my hand and ended the game easily with rogue
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Posted Nov 13, 2015 (Explorers)Pretty sure the bug has been fixed now, so the exploit deck isn't relevant any more. :)
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Posted Nov 12, 2015 (Explorers)Another strat that I used to deal with the staff on heroic is to steal it (either by killing it or by using a card like Shadow Madness) and then bounce it into your hand via a Panda (Youthful Brewmaster is likely best cause it's cheap). The AI will never replace it and you never have to worry about it again. Makes the rest of the fight SUPER easy.
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Posted Nov 12, 2015 (Explorers)Doomsayer make the staff disappear.
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Posted Nov 12, 2015 (Explorers)Beat him first try with secret pally
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Posted Nov 12, 2015 (Explorers)In Heroic mode, just Silence the staff in the beginning.
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Posted Nov 12, 2015 (Explorers)As with Zinaar, the Goblin Blastmage plusFlamewaker deck works very well against Phaerix.
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Posted Nov 12, 2015 (Explorers)I changed the staff into a sheep and played game as regular, pretty easy.
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Posted Nov 11, 2015 (Warsong Nerf)In case you didn't notice, he has 4 legs 0.0
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Posted Nov 11, 2015 (Warsong Nerf)Centaur