Every curve you need to know in Battlegrounds

Learning all the different curves in Battlegrounds is immensely complex. While we try and include as many curves for each hero guide as we can think of, we previously didn’t have a great way to see all Battlegrounds strategies in one place. Recently Minder, a Battlegrounds community member, created a spreadsheet covering all the possible guides in Battlegrounds. It is a fantastic resource, and after some talking, Minder was happy to have us share this with all of you.

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The Standard curves of Battlegrounds

Made by Minder	Heros	Tribes	Three Gold	Four Gold	Five Gold	Six Gold	Seven Gold	Eight Gold	Nine Gold
Standard Curve	Any Hero when Weak	Any	Buy a Minion	Level to Tavern 2	Sell a minion, Buy 2 /// Roll 2 Times Buy one	Buy 2	Level to 3 & Buy 1	2/3 Rolls Buy 2 3 drops	Level Roll Buy
Fast Standard Curve	Any Hero when strong	Any	Buy a Minion	Level to Tavern 2	Sell a minion, Buy 2 /// Roll (up to) twice & Buy one	Buy 2	Level to Tavern 3 & Buy 1	Roll Level to Tavern 4

The Hero-curves

Three curves for C’thun

For C’thun, a powerful combination uses Jeweled Macaw with Selfless Hero (in the late game) when the Beast tribe is available. Besides that, Acolyte of C’thun and Micro Mummy are the best alternatives to starting with a Token for C’thun with any of the curves below. Curves two & three assume you don’t find a token or no tokens are available in the Battlegrounds lobby.

Credit to this section goes to Jkirek, from the Twitch channel Jkirek.

Hero: C’thun	Preferred Tribes	three Gold	Four Gold	Five Gold	Six Gold	Seven Gold	Eight Gold	Nine Gold	Ten Gold
Standard (Ideal)	Beasts & Shield Tribes (Dragons, Mechs, etc.) // Possible with Any	Reroll once and/or freeze Token. Use Hero Power (HP)	Buy Token, Sell token, HP	Level to Tavern Two, HP	Reroll, Buy a Minion, HP	Level to Tavern Three, HP	Roll (up to) three times. Buy one, HP – Or – Buy two Minions, HP	Roll once, Buy two minions, HP – Or – Roll (up to) three times, buy one minion, HP	Level to Tavern Four, Buy one, HP
No Token Start with Mech Tribe	Any (alongside Mechs)	Reroll, HP	HP, Roll (up to) twice	Buy a Minion, HP	Reroll, Buy a Minion, HP	Level to Tavern two, Buy a Minion, HP	Level to Tavern Three, HP	Level to Tavern Four, HP
No Token No C’Thun	Any, without Mech.	Reroll, HP	Level to Tavern Two	Buy a Minion, HP	Buy a Minion, HP	Roll (up to) twice, Buy, HP. – Or –	(7-Gold Alt.) Buy token, Sell, Buy, HP.	(7-Gold Alt.) Level to Tavern Three, HP

Battlegrounds Kurtrus Ashfallen Curves

Kurtrus Ashfallen follows one main strategy. The interesting possibility is at the first Ten-gold turn, where it is possible to replace most of your board with stronger units in one go. For more on Kurtrus Ashfallen, take a look at Mewwy’s recent guide.

	Tribes	Three gold	Four gold	Five gold	Six gold	Seven gold	Eight gold	Nine gold	Ten gold	Ten Gold Alt. (Jkirek)
Kurthus Ashfallen Curve	Any	Buy a Minion	Level to T2	Sell a minion, Buy two – Or – Reroll Twice & Buy one	Buy two	Level to T3 Buy one minion.	Sell Buy 3 Minions	Buy 3 Minions. Sell 3, Buy 1 Minion. (Hold one)	Level to T4	Buy two, Reroll, Sell three. Then, buy Two, Sell three, buy one.

The Toki (And Galakrond) Curve

	Hero	Required Tribe	Three gold	Four Gold	Five Gold	Six Gold	Seven Gold	Eight Gold	Nine Gold
The Toki Curve	Toki / Galakrond	Demons, Mechs. Anything with strong Tavern-Four units.	Buy a Minion	Level to T2	Reroll, HP, Buy the T3, or freeze and buy a regular Minion	Level to T3, HP, freeze	Buy 1, HP Buy 1	Roll 2, Buy 2 Minions	Level to 4

The Rafaam Curve

The Rafaam Curve was one of the first adjusted curve strategies in Battlegrounds. The key to success is to find the right balance between tempo and collecting pairs. Pairs are highly important, as you can fall far behind when leveling using the Rafaam curve without finding a Triple along the way.

	Hero	Required Tribe	Three gold	Four Gold	Five gold	Six gold	Seven gold	Eight gold
Rafaarm Curve	(Most) heroes with a one-cost HP.	Any	Buy a Minion	use Hero Power(HP), buy a Minion	Reroll, Buy a Minion, HP	Level to T2, buy Minion, HP	Level to T3, HP	Level to T4, HP

The Great Akazamzarak, or Scamzarak, finds its success through abusing its ability to generate Secrets and setting up pairs to stabilize at Tavern-Tier four.

The Great Akazamzarak	Hero	Required Tribes	Three gold	Four gold	Five Gold	Six Gold	Seven Gold	Eight Gold	Nine Gold
Scamzarak Curve	Scamzarak	Any	Buy a Minion	HP, buy a Minion	Reroll, buy a Minion, HP	Level to T2, buy Minion, HP	Buy two minions, HP	Level to T3, Buy one Minion	Level to T4, HP

The Yogg-Saron Curve

To succeed with the Yogg-Saron Curve, you need a token or another economy unit in the initial few rounds. The big weakness of these units is that without a Token or discount Pirate, your curve can’t keep up.

	Hero	Required Tribes	Three gold	Four gold	Five Gold	Six gold	Seven gold	Eight gold
Yogg Curve	Heroes with two-gold HP’s	Any	(optional reroll) Use HP to buy a Minion or buy economy if available.	Level to T2	HP, Buy one more	HP, Sell Token, Level to T3	Roll 2, Buy one, HP	Sell, HP, Level to T4
Yogg Curve (fast)	Heroes with two-gold HP’s	Any	(optional) reroll) Buy a Minion with HP (Tip: freeze an economy unit here if possible)	Buy econ Unit, sell one, HP	HP, Level to T2	Reroll, Buy one, HP. Or, buy two	HP, level to T3	Level to T4, HP

Captain Eudora – Three possible curves

	Required Tribe	Three gold	Four gold	Five gold	Six gold	Seven gold	Eight gold
Eudora Dig on turn one	Any	Buy Token, Sell, HP	Buy Minion, HP	Level to T2. Reroll, HP	Level to T3, sell one, HP	Level to T4, sell one, HP
Eudora Rafaarm Curve	Any	Buy a minion	HP, buy a minion	Reroll, buy one minion, HP	Level to T2 Buy Minions, HP	Level to T3, HP	Level to T4, HP
Suicide Curve	Pirates / Quillboar / Mechs	Buy Token	Buy Minion, HP	Level to T2 Roll HP	Level to T3, sell one, HP	Level to T4, sell, HP	Level to T5, HP

Curves with a goal in Battlegrounds

There are many game-specific curves you can consider when playing Battlegrounds. In the situations below, strong Tier-Three (T3) units refer to Dragons and Mechs. And the Tier-four (T4) units refer to Demons, Mechs, and Quilboar. For the Jeef curve, in particular, your starting units matter. With the Jeef curve, a common start is to pick up a pair of Acolyte of C’Thun or Micro Mummies.

For the Shinese Curve, you prefer heroes that increase consistency. Examples of consistent heroes include Reno Jackson, N’Zoth, Brann Bronzebeard, and Yogg-Saron.

	What hero	Tribes	Three gold	Four gold	Five gold	Six gold	Seven Gold	Eight Gold	Nine gold
The Shinese Curve	Any	Econ units. Beasts, Murloc, Pirate.	Buy a minion	Reroll, buy a minion.	Sell Token / weakest and buy two	Buy two minions	Upgrade to T2 & T3	Upgrade to T4
The Jeef Curve	Any that benefits of fast T3.	Any, Good T3 units required.	Buy a Minion	Roll Buy a Minion	Level to T2. (optional, sell token & upgrade Warband)	Level to T3	Reroll Buy two – or – Level to T4
3-on-3 (Level on eight)	Any hero if shops are bad	Any. Quilboar or strong T3 units preferred.	Buy a minion	Level to T2	Sell, Level to T3	Buy two minions	Reroll, buy two minions	Level to T4, and buy one minion.	Reroll (up to) three times & buy two.
3-on-3 (T4 on turn nine)	Any hero if shops are bad	Any. Quilboar or strong T3 units preferred.	Buy a Minion	Level to T2	Sell, Level to T3	Buy two Minions	Reroll (up to) once, buy two Minions	Reroll (up to) twice, and buy two minions	Level to T4, reroll (up to) twice and buy one.
4-on-4	Any Hero if shops are bad.	Any. Requires good T4 units.	Buy any Economy Unit	Level to T2	Sell, Level to T3	Sell, Level to T4	Reroll (up to) once, buy two minions.	Reroll (up to) twice, buy two Minions	Buy three minions – Or – reroll (up to) three times, Buy two Minions

Unusual Battlegrounds strategies

You find yourself with a token triple in the first or second round of your Battlegrounds game on rare occasions. When that happens, being prepared helps you improve your chances of winning the lobby.

	Heroes	Tribes Required	Three gold	Four gold	Five gold	Six gold
Sleepy Curve (Triple any token start)	Any	One or more token	Buy the Token	Level to T2	Sell the token, Level to T3	Buy two Tokens (Hold for a T5 or take a T4)

For more Battlegrounds resources, take a look at our Composition & hero tips cheat sheets.