Balance Changes Are Live!
Yesterday's announced changes are now LIVE! It includes several Battlegrounds Balance changes as well as a notable change to Twin Slice in the normal game.
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We’re also excited to share that we’ll be rolling out a Battlegrounds balance patch tomorrow (June 18), along with a few bug fixes and a change to Twin Slice which you can read about below.
Card Update
Twin Slice
- Old: [Cost 0] Give your hero +1 Attack this turn. Add 'Second Slice' to your hand → New: [Cost 1] Give your hero +2 Attack this turn. Add ‘Second Slice’ to your hand.
Second Slice
- Old: [Cost 0] Give your hero +1 Attack this turn. → New: [Cost 1] Give your hero +2 Attack this turn.
Golden Twin Slice will be eligible for a full dust refund for two weeks after the 17.4.1 patch goes live.
Battlegrounds Updates
HEROES
Lord Jaraxxus
- Bloodfury
- Old: [Cost 2] → New: [Cost 1]
Reno Jackson
- Gonna Be Rich!
- Old: [Cost 3] → New: [Cost 2]
Millificient Manastorm
- Tinker
- Old: [Passive] Mechs in Bob's Tavern have +2 Attack. → New: [Passive] Mechs in Bob's Tavern have +1/+1.
Maiev Shadowsong
- Imprison
- Dormant minions no longer reduce the number of minions you see when refreshing Bob’s Tavern (Unless you’re at Tier 6 and have 2 Dormant minions in play, then it will reduce by 1).
MINIONS
Scavenging Hyena
- Old: [Tier 2, Beast] → New: [Tier 1, Beast]
Rabid Saurolisk
- Old: [Tier 1, Beast] 3 Attack, 1 Health → New: [Tier 2, Beast] 3 Attack, 2 Health.
Monstrous Macaw
- Old: [Tier 2, Beast] → New: [Tier 3, Beast]
Battlegrounds Bug Fixes
- Fixed two separate issues that caused the Hero Powers for Lady Vashj and Maiev Shadowsong to trigger unintended effects in the shop phase.
- Fixed an issue where the Deathrattle for Sneed's Old Shredder was not summoning newly added Legendary minions.
Buffed Jaraxxus seems OK. Won my first game with him with mediocre demons, without being able to find Wrathweaver in the early game. Managed a gold Juggler, but no Malganis, only one Void Daddy.
Probably DH Winrate dropped due to netdeckers who didn't adjust their decks.
This is a buff for all archetypes except for tempo DH and 90% of the DH players want to play the mindless tempo deck.
That is why so many think is a nerf.
I feel like this nerf gutted Demon Hunter, it indirectly makes alot of the cards the class plays much more lacklustre, Twin Slice was a crucial enabler for the class to function decently. Basically Glaivebound is 6 mana, Satyr Overseer 4 mana. Is Altruis and Warglaives even worth a slot anymore?
"This is not a nerf" - Meanwhile Demon Hunter winrate dropped by 2% in a couple of hours since nerf(standard).
Anyway game isn't balanced around wild. That's something you have to accept if you play that mode.
Twin Slice nerf = Buff... Nice try Bli$$ARD
Ah yes. 1 mana for 1 extra damage . Definitely a buff
Just played a few games with Twin Slice and Cobalt Spellkin in Wild Odd DH. This is not a nerf.
You're not prepared.
DH stands for Definite Humiliation
The second one should still be 0 cost for 1 attack imo.
Not sure why the -1s, this doesn't seem like a ridiculous idea.
wouldnt necessarily call twin slice a buff or nerf
it shouldve been a 1 mana card for sure though from the start
lets just say its kinda more balanced now
so, basically all the cards i was raging on about that need to be changed from dh are through now
the twin slice isnt all that important, but the hidden implications with a lot of dh cards (battlefiend, altruis, warglaives, adept, felfin, etc.)
what about quest fix??
They said fix is coming next week for that. No, it's not a joke, their actual statement.
link plz?
Don't blame small indie companies for having buggy games
If you don't believe him you can do your own searches and find your own link. Why should other people be expected to do the legwork because you don't trust them?
what was wrong with quests