Thresher

Overview
The Thresher is a fast, fragile Robot minion. It uses its giant saw blade to deal high damage to enemies.

Special Ability
The Thresher's special ability is Runaway Blade. When killed the Thresher has a chance to unbolt its blade. The blade will fly across the remainder of the map, damaging everything in its path.

This ability unlocks at two stars. It has an 8% chance of happening when the Thresher dies. At three stars, this becomes a 13% chance. At four stars, this becomes a 18% chance. At five stars, this becomes a 25% chance.

Strategy
The Thresher can do massive amounts of damage to enemies, but is very fragile. Its long arms allow it to stay behind the front lines by a small amount. It is not far enough to protect it from many forms of area damage. Units that deal area damage are a great choice to counter the Thresher.

Rushing a Thresher can be an effective way to deal damage to your opponent or put pressure on them, especially if they have expensive cards. The Thresher only costs 125 Mana.

The Thresher also a good choice to intercept other fast, fragile units like the Peasant.