18.6.1 Patch Notes - Battlegrounds & Duels Changes
Blizzard just posted a huge list of changes coming to Duels and Battlegrounds tomorrow!
Quote from BlizzardWe’re planning to release a sizable balance patch for Duels and Battlegrounds tomorrow! You can read the full details below.
Duels Balance Updates
- Ratings change dialog at the end of a run will now be more impressed with your number of wins.
Active Treasures
Party Portal
- Mr. Bigglesworth has been removed from the active Treasures pool.
- Dev Comment: Mr. Bigglesworth was a very bad kitty and snuck into the pool, he has now been removed and is being dried off.
- Old: 6 Health
- New: 4 Health
Amalgamate
- Old: [Costs 1]
- New: [Costs 0]
Spyglass
- Old: [Costs 2]
- New: [Costs 1]
Canopic Jars
- Old: [Costs 4]
- New: [Costs 5]
Wish
- Old: [Costs 11]
- New: [Costs 10]
Pure Cold
- Old: [Costs 6]
- New: [Costs 5]
Passive Treasures
Crystal Gem
- Old: On your first turn you have 2 Mana Crystals.
- New: On your first two turns you have 1 extra Mana Crystal.
Demon Hunter
Summoning Ritual
- Old: [Costs 4]
- New: [Costs 5]
Rogue
Deadly Weapons 101
- Old: Give your weapon +2/+1. Combo: Also give it Poisonous.
- New: Give your weapon +2/+2. Combo: Also give it Poisonous.
Roguish Maneuvers
- Old: [Costs 2]
- New: [Costs 1]
Shaman
Totemic Power
- Old: Summon a random Totem. If you’re Overloaded, summon a non-basic Totem as well.
- New: Summon a random Totem. If you’re Overloaded, summon a non-basic Totem instead.
Warlock
Dark Arts
- Old: [Costs 2]
- New: [Costs 1]
Warrior
No Guts, No Glory
- Old: [Costs 2]
- New: [Costs 1]
Battlegrounds Hero Updates
Queen Wagtoggle
- Nefarian has been removed from the Battlegrounds Hero pool.
- Wax Warband
- Old: Give a friendly minion of each type +2 Attack.
- New: Give a friendly minion of each type +2/+1.
The Curator
- Menagerist
- Old: Start the game with a 1/1 Amalgam with all minion types.
- New: Start the game with a 1/2 Amalgam with all minion types.
Hooktusk
- Trash for Treasure
- Old: [Cost 0] Remove a friendly minion. Get a random one from a Tavern Tier lower.
- New: [Cost 1] Remove a friendly minion. Discover a random one from a Tavern Tier lower.
Rat King
- A Tale of Kings
- Old: Whenever you buy a minion of a specific type, give it +1/+2. Swaps type each turn.
- New: Whenever you buy a minion of a specific type, give it +2/+2. Swaps type each turn.
Rakanishu
- Tavern Lighting
- Old: Give a random friendly minion stats equal to your Tavern Tier.
- New: Give a friendly minion stats equal to your Tavern Tier (targeted).
George the Fallen
- Boon of Light
- Old: [Costs 3]
- New: [Costs 2]
Ysera
- Dream Portal
- Old: At the start of your turn, add a Dragon to Bob's Tavern.
- New: Bob always offers an extra Dragon whenever the Tavern is refreshed.
The Great Akazamzarak
- Prestidigitation
- Old: [Costs 2]
- New: [Costs 1]
- Effigy removed from the Secret pool.
Galakrond
- Galakrond’s Greed
- Old: [Costs 1]
- New: [Costs 0]
- No longer Freezes.
Tess Greymane
- Bob’s Burgles
- Old: Refresh Bob’s Tavern with minions from your last opponent’s Warband.
- New: Refresh Bob’s Tavern with your last opponent’s Warband.
Elise Starseeker
Lord Barov
- Lead Explorer
- Recruitment Map now costs 2 (down from 3).
- Friendly Wager
- Now gives your gold back on ties (1 gold refunded).
Battlegrounds Minion Updates
Wrath Weaver
- Elementals will no longer be a minion type in every match.
- Old: 1 Attack, 1 Health.
- New: 1 Attack, 3 Health.
Yo-ho-Ogre
- Old: [Tier 3] 2 Attack, 8 Health.
- New: [Tier 2] 2 Attack, 5 Health.
Iron Sensei
- Old: [Tier 4]
- New: [Tier 3]
Southsea Strongarm
- Old: [Tier 4] 5 Attack, 4 Health.
- New: [Tier 3] 4 Attack, 3 Health.
Ripsnarl Captain
- Old: 3 Attack, 4 Health.
- New: 4 Attack, 5 Health.
Lightfang Enforcer
- Old: At the end of your turn, give a friendly minion of each minion type +2/+1.
- New: At the end of your turn, give a friendly minion of each minion type +2/+2.
Gentle Djinni
- Old: [Tier 5]
- New: [Tier 6]
Lieutenant Garr
- Old: 8 Attack, 1 Health.
- New: 5 Attack, 1 Health.
Lil’ Rag
- Old: 6 Attack, 6 Health.
- New: 4 Attack, 4 Health.
Dread Admiral Eliza
- Old: Whenever a friendly Pirate attacks, give all friendly minions +1/+1.
- New: Whenever a friendly Pirate attacks, give all friendly minions +2/+1.
Amalgadon
- Old: Battlecry: For each different minion type you have, Adapt randomly.
- New: Battlecry: For each different minion type you have among other minions, Adapt randomly.
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Posted Nov 5, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)Do we know when the patch will go Live... Maybe its allready live??
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Posted Nov 5, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)I'm afraid Amalgadon nerf works in favor of elementals since other tribes often relied on it to get poison/divine shield to stand any chance against their late game.
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Posted Nov 5, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)Uh oh! Blizzard accidentally made the abysmally terrible Summoning Ritual 5 mana now, rather than 3.
What a mistake! /kek
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Posted Nov 5, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)With all this power creep they are going to have to increase the max health of all heroes. People are already dying to quickly.
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Posted Nov 4, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)Can anyone explain this?
Tess Greymane
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Posted Nov 4, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)My understanding is that you will refresh all minions of your last opponent even if the minions number is larger than bob's Tavern minion limit, is this correct?
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Posted Nov 4, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)Instead of random minions from your opponents board up to your normal number of cards in the tavern, you will get a copy of their board in the tavern.
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Posted Nov 5, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)AFAIK it will now always display ALL the minions your last opp had, regardless of how many there were.
(Before it was capped at the standard number for the Tier you are on)
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Posted Nov 4, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)So their solution to power creep and broken heroes is to power creep more heroes.
Pirates and demons are still hot garbage. Nothing has changed.
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Posted Nov 4, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)Junkbot seems very weak at tier 5 now, consider Hyena is at Tier 1 now.
Of course Mechs have magnetics to include microbots, and divine shields so can't be directly compared to beasts, but still it's a very different meta from when Junkbot was at 4.
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Posted Nov 4, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)Too bad they won't fix the core mechanics of battlegrounds...
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Posted Nov 4, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)Queen Wagtoggle looks better now than Jaraxus. It's easier to find 5 minion of different types and buff them +2 +1 every turn than to find only demons and buff them for +1 +1. Also, demons don't have divine shields nor cleave.
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Posted Nov 4, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)Dafuq? They buffed George and removed Nef in same go? That's madness...
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Posted Nov 4, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)I don't think I've had a single game with both George and Nefarian in the past 300 games I played since like July. George will be considerably stronger after the change, but it's not like he'll suddenly become meta.
Nefarian has been super week after like 1-2 months from the game's release. He used to be a high-risk high-reward type of hero, very weak in the early game but the strongest hero in the game if you managed to survive to the late game, but lately he had no chance to get to the lategame in the first place without a ridiculous highroll, and even if he did there were some heroes who were better at that too. There's also a bit less focus on divine shields than there used to be, and there's better counters to it too. Why would you play Nefarian when you can just replace your buff slot with a Ghoul right before the (final?) match and get all the benefits as well as another effect from your hero power?
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Posted Nov 5, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)I was surprised too, but George won't be OP because of that. I'm pretty sure they will put Nefarian back after they figured out how to make him stronger without making him too powerful. Making the HP cost 0 for example would be too strong, especially in the early game.
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Posted Nov 7, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)With elementals I have found it pretty easy carrying Nef to the late game. The main difference between Nefs hero power and ghoul is that the later counters your own divine shields and/or spores. I'm also finding myself in multiple games of stat fiesta where people run 2 spores in final comp just to counter giant taunts everyone almost always have. Also spending 20 gold over 2 turns is not cool trying and failing to find t2 minion when you can just HP and forget about it.
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Posted Nov 4, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)I'd love to see Nefarian get something of a "Ragnaros" treatment. Make the hero power free, but it doesn't turn on for a little while, since it'd be so busted in the early game.
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Posted Nov 4, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)Unless I'm misunderstanding something, Galakrond got terribly nerfed, right? His highroll potential is simply gone.
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Posted Nov 4, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)Wait how? It's a little iffy because you have to freeze the whole board now which isn't great but I don't know why the hughroll potential is diminished?