Descent of Dragons Balance Changes Announced - Battlegrounds Changes too!
Blizzard just announced the Balance Changes coming tomorrow, it includes some Shaman changes we have been waiting for, but also some changes to Battlegrounds! Read all about it below!
Quote from BlizzardHey everyone!
The 16.0.5 balance update for Hearthstone will be going live tomorrow. Below are the included changes, and as always, we’ll be evaluating the results of these changes over the coming weeks and look forward to your feedback!
Corrupt Elementalist
Now costs 6 Mana (up from 5).
Sludge Slurper
Now has 1 Attack (down from 2).
Faceless Corruptor
Now has 4 Attack (down from 5).
Mogu Fleshshaper
Now costs 9 Mana (up from 7).
*Once these changes are live, players will be able to disenchant the adjusted cards for their full Arcane Dust value for two weeks.
Battlegrounds:
The Boogeymonster
Moved from Tavern Tier 5 to Tavern Tier 4 .
Mechano-Egg
Moved from Tavern Tier 5 to Tavern Tier 4.
The Beast
Moved from Tavern Tier 4 to Tavern Tier 3 .
Coldlight Seer
Moved from Tavern Tier 2 to Tavern Tier 3 .
Primalfin Lookout (changed last week)
Moved from Tavern Tier 4 to Tavern Tier 5 .
Nightmare Amalgam
Has been removed from the pool of available minions.
Brann Bronzebeard
Has been removed from the pool of available heroes.
Bartendotron
Has been added to the pool of available heroes.
yep. and they haven't adressed face hunter either. face hunter doesn't care if rogue has a 7/7 on turn 5, because rogue is dead on turn 6.
i mean rouge for suppressed by shaman so people don't have any problem with them yet
cya’all in april!
i'm pretty sure these are the most irrelevant nerfs these devs ever put out.
Finally people will stop bitching about Sludge Slurper. Oh wait...
I don't think people realize how powerful a 2/1 1-drop was in maintaining early board control: it is able to contend with a lot of 2-drops as well as provide the extra value of a lackey. Running any 1 mana, 1/3 is the start to an effective counter against Shaman right now. One of the reasons aggro hunter does well is because of Dwarven Sharpshooter. Aggro warrior with Crystallizer was also a effective counter. So this nerf will allow a lot more aggro decks to be a counter to shaman overall without the 1/3 1-drop requirement.
Just because people don't bitch about it, doesn't mean it's not a problem...
I think you're neglecting the "overload 1" drawback.
these changes change nothing...
corrupt elementalist is even better now, with the transform lackey you get a 7 mana minion out of it... (i always play him if I have the transform lackey or mutate in hand)
Mogu fleshshaper has a less better effect when transforming him in a 10 mana minion, but still some 10 mana minions are very very strong...
Faceless corruptor is nerfed with 2 mana (the only card hurt realy well with the nerfs)
And sludge slurper... does anyone play him purely for the stats? he activates the quest 2x which is very strong... if it was a 0/1 it would still be included in decks...
To counter your points:
- Sure, Corrupt Elementalist and Mogu Fleshshaper transform into stronger stuff now. However, it's also more expensive to play them in the first place, so it's not strictly better.
- Corruptor isn't nerfed by mana, but by attack... Which is still a pretty good nerf.
- Sludge Slurper wasn't purely played for its stats, but they were actually pretty important for a turn 1 play.... It could deal with quite a number of 2-drops, as well as put some pressure on control in the early game. As a 1/1 it's roughly equivalent to E.V.I.L Cable Rat. As a 0/1 it wouldn't be played unless people REALLY needed more battlecries and lackeys.
Wow those nerfs are so bad . Its almost nothing .. they didnt hurt Galak shaman at all it will still be god tier deck they just dont want to accept that they fucked up .. i just wish they listened to the community more since they always do most random nerfs they could create polls or something .. the saddest thing is that we are gonna suffer till next expansion now since they made a nerf they wont make another one for so long as usual.. see ya next expansion
If faceless corruptor was a legendary no one would surprise. Its that broken. If they only removed rush from it and shaman galakrond everything would be fine.
Also Shudderwock will ruin every good battlecry till the end. Just cap it to 5 battlecry or at least make 10 mana.
this is the very first exp. i cant enjoy since classic HS. Every time im like "WoW, thats a cool Deck" i get fkn destroyed turn 5 by braindead copy+pasta shamanplayers.
These nerfs will not change much, because the big problem is Galadick and Shudderpleb. Was so hyped for the nerfs and now this :I
What kind of Paladin are you playing? Shirvallah?
Why didn’t they even TOUCH Shaman Galakrond? I mean, the nerf to Corrupt Elementalist is kind of a nerf to him, but it is the actual card that is completely OP. The Hero Power should summon a 1/1 with Rush and they should nerf the Battlecry as well...
1\1 with rush is weaker than common mage's hero power...
3500 dust when the nerfs go live.
I think you have some problems with maths...
I actually do suck at math, that much is true. It seems you suck at keeping duplicates, so i guess things balance out nicely in the end.
But ... It's only four cards, having two copies of each gives a total of 800 dust
Are all your copies golden? Or do you have more than two copies of each?
my man, you never disenchant your duplicates when the new expansion hits. nerfs are always around the corner within the first month.