Hearthstone Battlegrounds Guide

Hearthstone Battlegrounds is a unique game mode that adds a Hearthstone twist to the Autobattler game genre. Autobattler games, sometime referred to as 'auto-chess', soared in popularity in early 2019, originally as mod of Valve's Dota 2 game. Shortly after, official spin-off Autobattler games were released based off of Valve's Dota 2 and Riot's League of Legends.

Autobattler games see players spend time purchasing, upgrading, and positioning units before they are sent off to battle. Battles take place automatically as each player is paired to face off against a random one of their many opponents in a round robin type system. After the battles reach their conclusion, the losers will receive a calculated amount of damage and all players will return to the previous phase. These two phases of the game continue until only one player has any health remaining.

For detailed information about the actions and mechanics present in a Hearthstone Battlegrounds game, please refer to our dedicated page.

Hearthstone Battlegrounds contains many special minions that are not present in Constructed or Arena play. For a detailed break down of all of these cards, and strategies on how to use them, please refer to our Special Minions page.

Hearthstone Battlegrounds contains a broad selection of minions that are separated into different tiers that are valued very differently to Mana Costs used in normal Hearthstone games. For a full list of minion available at each Tavern Tier, an tips on the strongest choices, check out to our dedicated Minion Tier List Page.

There are many moving parts within each game of Hearthstone Battlegrounds that makes every game different from the last. This makes it impossible to consistently use the same strategy each game. However, there are a lot of recurring themes to consider each game. Our dedicated Strategy Tips breaks down the details to help you improve.

As a separate game mode, Hearthstone Battlegrounds has its own meta game within it. This leads to some Heroes being stronger, and more popular than others as a result. To account for this we have devised a complete tier list to account for each Hero in the game in the current balance patch to aid your decision making when it comes to choosing which Hero to play.

There are a range of spells available to use within Hearthstone Battlegrounds. It is important to understand what spells can potentially be available at each point in the game to gain a better understanding of both your own and your opponent's board potential. For an in-depth break down of the spells availabe, check out our dedicated Spell Tier list.