I do know that my latest posts about nerfs sparked quite a controversy. Not everybody agreed. So maybe I got it all wrong. Didn't pick the right cards, made flawed assumptions. In order to fix this problem, I went straight to hsreplay and looked up the 5 most played cards for Standard and Wild at the moment. These are the top tier offenders. Therefore they need to be hit with the nerf hammer! Hopefully Blizzard listens to the protest of the masses and takes some inspiration from my vision:
Honarable mention: Darkglare
As everybody knows, Darkglare was hit with the latest patch, but this didn't stop his reign of terror on ladder. Maybe nothing will. Therefore I skipped the second nerf and went straight for the third:
Nr. 5 (Standard): Dwarven Sharpshooter
A Dire Mole with an upside .... case closed. Also absolutely not in line with Hunters Class Identity. Tried to fix both:
Nr. 4 (S): Scavenger's Ingenuity
The stats nerf didn't do nothing. Maybe we should instead limit the pool of tutor targets:
Nr. 3 (S): Intrepid Initiate
This one hit everyone by surprise, as it turns out, a 1-drop with Spellburst that gains stats is quiet powerful. But hey, we're learning:
Nr. 2 (S): Tour Guide
Well, this obviously has no excuses. Let's bring our little friend more in line with similar cards:
Nr. 1 (S): Voracious Reader
Well beyond broken, I had to nerf this by A LOT!! So much so that I also had to give some small bonuses, just to even out the immense drawbacks:
Nr. 5 (Wild): Dirty Rat
Aggro, Tempo and Control's worst nightmare, this minion is WAY overstated for it's cost. How are you supposed to get through this WALL?? A little stats adjustment is all it takes:
Top 4 (W): Kazakus
For once I think, this is fine. But maybe, just maybe it's another case of .... let's bring this more in line with similar cards:
Nr. 3 (W): Zilliax
Yes, it's finally time to talk about an ongoing problem no one dares to speak out about (and it's not Chillwind Yeti!!) .... good old fits-right-in-about-every-deck Zilliax!! This one I wasn't sure about. How can you nerf a card as powerful and iconic as this?? Luckily someone at Blizzard reached out to me and explained that they will nerf it soon. This is what the design team came up with:
Nr. 2 (W): Reno Jackson
Actually a well designed card. So only minor changes:
Nr. 1 (W): Zephrys the Great
Oh well .... this one really shouldn't change too much either. Wishing for the perfect card must not be touched. Nevertheless I do know a way to limit it's power:
So guys, these would be my preferred nerfs for Standard and Wild. But because this list unfortunatly didn't contain any Priest cards (Kazakus, Reno and Zephrys don't count) and I do hate Raza Priest as much as anyone, let's also DESTROY Shadowreaper Anduins Hero Power just for the heck of it:
p.s.: No more nerf Threads in the near future. I'm done. Hope you enjoyed this one :)
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