Patch 17.4 - Pirates in Battlegrounds, New Heroes, Shifting Minion Pools, Adventure!
Blizzard has just announced Shifting Minion Pools and Pirates in Battlegrounds as well as the Felfire Festival and other changes. New small BG changes added.
Quote from BlizzardThe Felfire Festival is nearly here! The festivities begin on June 9 with the release of patch 17.4, which welcomes a salty new crew of minions to the Battlegrounds—Pirates! On June 17, the Trial by Felfire Solo Adventure will unlock, followed by Trial by Felfire Challenges on June 24. Beyond that, we’ve got some special Tavern Brawls and legendary quests lined up to mark the occasion.
Check out the full Felfire Festival announcement here!
Battlegrounds Shifting Minion Pools
At the start of each game of Battlegrounds, five of the six currently available minion types (Beasts, Demons, Dragons, Mechs, Murlocs, and now Pirates) will form the recruitment pool for that game. The active minion types will be displayed while you’re selecting a Hero—you can also check anytime during the Recruit phase by hovering over Bartender Bob’s deck. To keep things fair, Heroes designed with synergies around specific minion types will sit out if their corresponding minion type is unavailable.
Pirates will always be available in the minion pool until they join the rest of the shifting minion pool in a future update.
Battlegrounds Hero Pool Updates
Players with Battlegrounds Perks will have early access to the following new heroes before they’re formally released on June 23.
NEW HEROES
Captain Eudora
Buried Treasure [Cost 1]
- Dig for a Golden minion! (4 Digs Left)
Skycap'n Kragg
Piggybank [Cost 0]
- Gain 1 Gold this turn. Increases each turn. (Once per game)
Captain Hooktusk
Trash for Treasure [Cost 0]
- Remove a friendly minion. Discover one from a lower Tavern Tier.
RETURNING & UPDATED HEROES
Queen Wagtoggle [NEWLY ADDED TO PATCH NOTES]
- Updated to include Pirates.
Patches the Pirate
Pirate Parrrrty! [Cost 4]
- Get a Pirate. After you buy a Pirate, your next Hero Power costs (1) less.
REMOVED
- Professor Putricide has been removed from the hero pool.
- Holy Mackerel has been removed from the minion pool.
New Battlegrounds Minions
UPDATED MINION [NEWLY ADDED TO PATCH NOTES]
Lightfang Enforcer
- Updated to include Pirates.
Trial by Felfire Solo Adventure & Challenges
Follow the story of Aranna Starseeker (Elise Starseeker’s crafty younger sister) as she embarks on a thrilling journey of self-discovery, assembling a motley crew of outcasts and teaming up with Illidan to take on the mad architect of the Rusted Legion itself: MECHA-JARAXXUS! All five chapters of this Solo Adventure will be available for free on June 17. Complete the Trial by Felfire and you’ll also earn the Rusted Legion Card Back!
Before the adventure unlocks, Aranna Starseeker will enter Battlegrounds on June 16 as an early-access Hero for players with Battlegrounds Perks to try out before she formally joins the fray on June 30!
Aranna Starseeker
Demon Hunter Training [Passive]
- After you Refresh 7 times, always see 7 minions in Bob's Tavern.Finally, Trial by Felfire Challenges will unlock on June 24, where players will create a deck and battle Outland’s baddest bosses!
Face off against the likes of Doom Lord Kazzak, Supremus, and Mother Shahraz in a gauntlet of iconic raid bosses from the Burning Crusade! Complete all challenges to earn Golden Kael’thas Sunstrider!
Legendary Quest Line
Starting on June 17 there will be a new Legendary quest unlocking weekly with pack rewards!
- June 17, 9:00 a.m. PT: Complete Chapter 1 in the Trial by Felfire adventure and earn 1 Ashes of Outland pack, 1 Year of the Dragon pack, and 1 Rise of Shadows pack.
- June 24, 9:00 a.m. PT: Play 4 Trial by Felfire Challenge games and earn 1 Ashes of Outland pack, 1 Year of the Dragon pack, and 1 Saviors of Uldum pack.
- July 1, 9:00 a.m. PT: Play 4 Tavern Brawl games and earn 1 Ashes of Outland pack, 1 Year of the Dragon pack, and 1 Descent of Dragons pack.
Game Improvements and Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug on mobile where your opponent’s mana crystals would be displayed in the side bar during their turn.
- Fixed a bug where Zephrys the Great would not offer Windspeaker in the case where Windfury on an un-targetable minion was highly valuable.
they should just make arena f2p and remove the rewards. people who play arena a lot dont care that much about rewards
People would Continually retire decks to get insane drafts though^
Twin Tyrant says hello!
I miss the old arena. I tried to get into it ever since they changed core stuff but no avail. Yesterday i got my ass kicked for 3-3 and 4-3 respectively. Lost both times cuz of that 4/10 dude that gets +2 each time it gets demaged.
Legendary quest line... with zero legendary :)) hmmm
Will we be able to disenchant the golden Kaelthas Sunstrider?
No
What? Then it’s literally useless since everyone already has Kael'Thas in their collection
Free things usually useless are, that's why they are free.
About time to see a proper battlegrounds update, but sadly ranked will remain unchanged.
Ranked saw a lot of changes and there is still two expansions to come! I think we've seen a lot from Blizzard this year and a lot of effort has gone into this game this year!
I though this is not what pve content will be. Because pve content should be related to Illidan actually. Maybe we will see it later? Otherwise BG changes are excellent.
Not when they can still milk Elise Starseeker dry
Aranna Starseeker play plan:
1-Waste turn 1 and 2 on refreshes
2-Go for those T1 god builds until midgame
3-Upgrade to T2 and go Pogos
4-Enjoy 15k rating
I don't have the tavern pass, I don't think I can enjoy the experience with only two heroes. I prefer the Ragnaros event because it doubled the gold.
I wanted new cards to change the meta. I don't want to wait two months to play a new meta.
So what does the Treasure Chest do?
https://twitter.com/Chakki_HS/status/1270062102846124032
"Treasure Chest = summon a random golden minion.
Eudora hero power gives a random golden minion from your Tavern tier or below after 4 uses."
When arena rotation???
5 free adventure chapters for everyone. I don't want to see a complaint about Blizzard being greedy ever again.
Bro move, Blizz. Cheers.