Death Knight

The Death Knight is the first and only Hearthstone class designed by Aetaris, represented by Arthas Menethil.

Overview
Masters of cold and death, Death Knights excels at brutally and efficiently gaining and keeping board control. It uses cards like Frost Presence to disable enemies, and cards like Army of the Dead to kill them.

The Death Knight's weaknesses include spells and minions with Charge; anything that can't be disabled or crushed. The Death Knight class does not have any Secrets, and only two defensive spells, and can fairly easily be destroyed if the opponent gets a chance to go on the offensive.

Background
Main Article: Death Knight

''When the Lich King’s control of his death knights was broken, his former champions sought revenge for the horrors committed under his command. After their vengeance was won, the death knights found themselves without a cause and without a home. One by one they trickled into the land of the living in search of a new purpose.''

''Frost sharpens their strikes; blood fortifies their bodies; and undeath allows them to erupt in unholy rage in the heat of battle. A thousand atrocities are etched in the eyes of every death knight, and foes who gaze into them too long will feel the warmth pulled from their bodies, replaced with cold steel.''

Hero Power
Main Article: Remorseless Winter Remorseless Winter is a powerful offensive Hero Power, designed to work well with the Death Knight's powerful arsenal of devastating  Freeze abilities. While the Hero Power can at times be game-winningly powerful, it will often be a two-edged sword that damages the Death Knight and his minions. Remorseless Winter is a weaker version of the Death Knight spell Shatter.

Leveling Rewards
As a hero reaches various levels they are awarded new cards, with each class having its own rewards. All cards awarded by gaining levels are soulbound, and cannot be crafted or disenchanted.

Levels up to 10 award new basic class cards, while levels after this award only golden versions of existing cards.

All Death Knights start with the following class cards.