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!
No nerf to Armorsmith from warriors?
lol please tell me your not serious!
Salty aggro player detected..commence taunting
I agree with you.
Seems reasonable. Blizzard has gotten better at nerfs compared to how they were made in the *old days*. When they killed cards. Warsong commander. *sob*
Although... Metamorphosis cost could have been lowered to 4. It is supposed have a legendary *feel*.
It is because now they are collecting widespread data about cards. And don't try to guess what is looking OP based on few examples.
Depends how far your time machine took you. The announcement says 14th of July, so over here it's 4 more days.
So highlander hunter is still #1 then yeah?
RIP Demonhunter and Dragonqueen.
Meanwhile my Dust Wallet suddenly has just got a HUGE grin on his face, free Golden Metamorphosis, free Golden Dragonqueen... FREE DUST INDEED !! xD
Easy replacement for Highlander Hunter as well, just put King Krush in there.
Keep or DE golden kayn?(and craft normal version)
Dust, and wait for new OP cards in new Expansion (to attract buyers)
Kayn as 3-4 with Charge for 4 Mana is almost average card, nothing Special.
Never keep a nerfed card, always disenchant. You can always craft it back.
true that
Whoever Blizzard is hiring do their test play. They should be replaced. There are so many card that need to balance. Yet the one that is not reasonable are the one got hit by hammer. The only balance that makes sense here are Dragonqueen Alexstraza and Demon Hunter cards. The rest of the nerf just don't make sense or outright stupid. Good thing I stopped spending a single cent of this game.
I agree with many of the comments that the nerfs seem fine. Just looking for one more: could we get a Zepherus nerf up in here?
This is for every other class sir, boring is relative and yes it is stale you know why? Because there is nothing as close as Galakrond in the Rogue arsenal and will continue to be so nothing will change.
I’m talking specifically about Galakrond rogue. Every single rogue deck is based around this. It’s extremely stale, more than any other class at the moment.
When blizzard look at rogue and they see 99% of rogue decks are Galakrond for the last 8 months, then they know It’s time to change. Other classes have different mixtures. Show me a rogue deck that isn’t Galakrond? I’ve never seen one.
Most likely nerfes in preperation for the next expansion
i hope there be more heal sustain tough. right now its garbage and agro wins out alot versus most classes.
Dragonqueen could be still playable but not in current expansion untill average games run longer
Dragonqueen Alexstrasza is no longer playable. The whole point of her was the tempo gain. Not worth playing with 9 mana for only an 8/8. These highlander cards are supposed to be powerful as you're forced to build a deck specific to it.