Battlegrounds - Deathwing Nerf Coming and More
Dean "IksarHS" Ayala continued his twitter activity and posted about a host of Battlegrounds related topics. Most eye-catching among his statements was the fact Blizzard have been playtesting Deathwing at +2 attack on his hero power (currently +3) and will likely nerf him to that soon. He also mentions that Millhouse Manastorm needs a buff!
Read all Dean had to say below:
Quote from Blizzard10 Battlegrounds Fun Facts!
1. Murloc Tidehunter is the most picked Tier 1 Minion. Spawn of N'Zoth for Tier 2, Cobalt Guardian for Tier 3, Defender of Argus for Tier 4, Brann Bronzebeard for tier 5, and Ghastcoiler for Tier 6.
Quote from Blizzard2. Dancin' Deryl is the 2nd most played hero on the NA, EU, and Asia servers. He is the 11th most played hero on the Chinese server.
Quote from Blizzard3. Reno Jackson is the 4th most picked hero, but has the 24th highest placement ranking among all heroes. Ragnaros is 23rd place and Pyramad is 25th.
Quote from Blizzard4. Among 5k+ rated players, Jaraxxus has the 28th highest average placement. Among players with less than 5k rating, Jaraxxus is the 5th highest average placement. Among <5k rated players, he has the 2nd highest top 4 rate (69.5%), only behind Deathwing.
Quote from Blizzard5. Among 5k+ rated players, The Great Akazamzarak has the 8th highest average placement. Among players with less than 5k rating, The Great Akazamzarak is the 20th highest average placement.
Quote from Blizzard6. Lich Baz'hial has the 4th lowest average placement, but the 9th highest rate of 1st place finishes.
Quote from Blizzard7. The least powerful hero in all regions at all levels is Millhouse Manastorm. He has the lowest average placement and lowest rate of top 4 and top 1. He could use a buff :).
Quote from Blizzard8. Among 11k+ rated players. Nozdormu has the highest average placement.
Quote from Blizzard9. Deathwing is the most powerful hero in all regions at all levels outside the very, very top rated players. We're playtesting him internally at +2 attack and will likely nerf him to that soon (tm).
Quote from Blizzard10. The most powerful hero in all regions at all levels was Tirion. We playtested with his hero power at (2) mana and it felt like too big of a detriment. We also thought about changing the minion pool but opted to take some more time to playtest internally while we deactivate.
Millhouse can be a very stable hero with Hero Power: "The first minion you buy each turn costs 2 coins" - VOILA. Nothing game changing, but he becomes Tier 1 hero with nice hero power.
That would make him a slightly worse Nozdormu. Just let him start with 3 coins like everybody else and give him strong early game at a cost of weak late.
Make Jaraxxus power cost less if you played a demon that turn
I like this idea but i think he would just be another tirion.
A buff to Millhouse would be nice, I enjoy playing with him, but is hard to get top 4.
On the other hand, I like that DW nerf, I think that this game meta changed a lot because of him, now everyone is playing rats or tokens.
I hope they give us Tirion back :(.