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Updates (Times in EDT)
7:18 PM: Leeroy's disenchant value will remain 1600 until October 6th.
6:24 PM: Patch is now live in Americas. Leeroy Jenkins can be disenchanted for full value, 1600 Arcane Dust. Roll out is a gradual process. Restarting your client may help get it sooner.
5:23 PM: Added information about BlizzCon NA Qualifier Spectator Tickets.
5:18 PM: The breaking news on the Battle.net launch states the card changes are live but they are not showing up in-game.

Patch 6485 Official Patch Notes

Hearthstone Patch 6485 is now live. Official Patch notes can be found below. Additionally, Hearthstone will be undergoing scheduled maintenance tomorrow from 1 AM PDT until 11 AM PDT. For datamined patch changes, check out our 6485 datamined changes patch post.

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Hearthstone Patch 1.2.0.6485 Patch Notes

Card Changes

• Leeroy Jenkins (Neutral) now costs 5 (up from 4)
  • Leeroy Jenkins created a strategy that revolved around trying to defeat your opponent in one turn without requiring any cards on the board. We like having a variety of deck types but taking 20+ damage in one turn is not very fun or interactive.
  • The amount of dust that you get from disenchanting Leeroy Jenkins has been temporarily increased such that it is equal to the amount of dust that it would have originally cost to craft it.
• Starving Buzzard (Hunter) now costs 5 (up from 2) and now has 3 Attack and 2 Health (up from 2 Attack and 1 Health)
  • The amount of cards Starving Buzzard allowed Hunter players to draw ultimately ended up being too excessive for its low cost. This change will allow the Hunter's opponent more time to react to both the Starving Buzzard and the cards drawn by its power.

Bug Fixes

• Hired gnomish engineers to improve the in-game chat bubbles to reduce clipping.
• Resolved various bugs and issues.

NA Qualifiers Spectator Tickets Now Available

Hearthstone and ESL have opened up spectator ticket purchases for the BlizzCon NA Qualifiers being held in New York on October 5th and 6th at the Hammerstein Ballroom. These tickets are free to anyone who wishes to attend. First 1,500 people to show up at the event each day and who RSVP'd through EventBrite will receive 3 packs of Hearthstone cards! Get your tickets here.

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Want to watch Hearthstone history unfold live? Reserve your tickets today for the Hearthstone Americas Qualifier Top 16 Finals at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, hosted by Electronic Sports League (ESL)!

This Week in Hearthstone

• The Hearthstone World Championships qualifier qualifiers concluded and is down to the final 16 players from both Americas and Europe.
• Amaz's Hearthstone Jeoparino #2 aired with Noxious, Kripparrian, and TidesOfTime.
• A Hearthstone patch snuck onto the servers and included the previously announced Leeroy Jenkins and Starving Buzzard nerfs.
• The patch was not pushed to live clients yet.
• The TeSPA card back now has a name and is called "Dalaran Flame".
• A "Coming Soon" card back is also in the client. No artwork or other details are available.
• Blizzard posted an article detailing the distribution of players on the Hearthstone Ladder. You're better than you think.
• World Cyber Arena groups were announced. The event starts on October 2nd and will take place in Yinchuan, China.

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