17.6 Balance Updates - Many Nerfs planned for July 14th!
Blizzard just posted about some huge, widesweeping nerfs that are going to happen to the game next week, on July 14th.
Quote from BlizzardOn July 14, we’ll be releasing a patch that includes balance updates for several cards in Standard. Craftable cards listed below will be eligible for a full dust refund for two weeks after the 17.6 patch goes live.
Dragonqueen Alexstrasza
Old: Battlecry: If your deck has no duplicates, add 2 other random Dragons to your hand. They cost (0). → New: Battlecry: If your deck has no duplicates, add 2 other random Dragons to your hand. They cost (1).
Corsair Cache
Old: Draw a weapon. Give it +1/+1. → New: Draw a weapon. Give it +1 Durability.
Metamorphosis
Old: Swap your Hero Power to “Deal 5 damage.” After 2 uses, swap it back. → New: Swap your Hero Power to “Deal 4 damage.” After 2 uses, swap it back.
Kayn Sunfury
Old: 3 Attack, 5 Health → New: 3 Attack, 4 Health.
Warglaives of Azzinoth
Old: [Cost 5] → New: [Cost 6].
Dragoncaster
Old: [Cost 6] → New: [Cost 7].
Fungal Fortunes
Old: [Cost 2] → New: [Cost 3].
Galakrond, the Nightmare
Old: Battlecry: Draw 1 card. It costs (0). → New: Battlecry: Draw 1 card. It costs (1).
Galakrond, the Apocalypse (Rogue)
Old: Battlecry: Draw 2 cards. It costs (0). → New: Battlecry: Draw 2 cards. They cost (1).
Galakrond, Azeroth's End (Rogue)
Old: Battlecry: Draw 4 cards. It costs (0). → New: Battlecry: Draw 4 cards. They cost (1).
We have some Battlegrounds updates planned for the near future as well. Stay tuned!
Skipper need nerf
Rogue was barely holding on in Tier 2. This pointless nerf to their Galakrond will have them slipping to T3 or worse. Dumb move, Blizzard.
Risky Skipper did not need a nerf, so not sure what some of you are crying about in that regard.
The Dragonqueen nerf feels legit and right.
The Dragoncaster nerf feels.... too weak? Like maybe keep the cost the same but reduce the next spell by 2 or 3 mana? Reducing to 0 makes it almost feel like a legendary card.
That Rogue nerf when literaly no one was playing rogue in ladder ok...
DH will still be at least tier 1
And its after how many, 4? 5? nerfs in a row? What were they thinking releasing him at this state.
Funny how we are almost getting another expansion and Demon Hunter still need some nerfs.
It is BECAUSE we are getting a new expansion that all these cards are getting nerfed.
This is just so they set up for a new expansion people will actually want and need cards from.
Bold prediction - priest will take over the meta. And everyone will be unhappy
Not quite sure about the first part of your prediction, but the second part makes up for that!
The whole reason Priest is popular is because it deals incredible well with aggro and ''out randoms'' the current control decks with value. Midrange decks such as a well build Highlander Hunter, who probably doesn't have to tech half his deck to counter aggro anymore, take massive dumps on it. Priest will be in a fine spot. It was always boring to face one and that will never change, matches will still take a while, since all they do is heal and remove, but enough builds can eat it alive.
Bruh, my thinking exactly.
Now will move from hearthstone "wow" moments about people "discounting" the cost of shadowstep and preparation to, people outcrying because galakron increased the cost of those cards instead xD
How many times has DH been nerfed now? Great class, good design.
Kayn deserves less health but I'll take a weakness to Snipe and more removal scenarios.
Alex is a great nerf. Long overdue.
Galakrond Rogue can huff my shorts. 0-cost mana cheating was utterly broken. Looks like Vicious Syndicate was on the right track when they called it out for being bad for the game. Too bad they posted an hour before this nerf was announced.
Overall, there's nothing bad in here, especially since demon hunter is currently between 19-24% of the meta (depending on where in the ladder you are).
ffs
Nerfing mage lol where is the Risky Skipper nerf ?
Fuck you odd demon hunter in wild, now you will have to deal with spreading plague properly.
Really glad for the Galakrond Rogue and DQ Alex nerfs, and I wasn't expecting for even more Demon Hunter nerfs, but hey, I'll take it! lol
As always it took for blizzard almost 35 years to nerf dh. Nice job. Braindeads.
These are actually some cool nerfs. Interesting, if Demon Hunter will still be able to make his way out of this. RIP Rogue by the way.
Very good. I like these changes.