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 StarseekerLord 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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He has taunt and cannot easily get divine shield in a poison ruled meta.
Neat buff to rogue. Pretty hard on the early turns to get a combo with that cost.
Warlock on the other hand will still be garbage until they add more discard synergies. You just depend of the rewards right now, and that's not viable at all.
Now the question is, do these changes affect your current Duels run? Cause im using Deadly Weapons 101 and i’ll gladly hold off my run till tomorrow if it gets the buff mid run
I’m glad they’re both buffing and nerfing stuff in Duels, but there’s still a huge difference in power level between a lot of the treasures. Some win you games and define your deck while others are occasionally slightly convenient. At least they’re doing better with the Hero Powers since they’re daring to make them cost less that their class’s base one.
Why did they nerf the Demon Hunter treasure - I have not had any success with it - can't wait for another treasure to pick.
It's probably one of those things where it wasn't very consistent to get good results with it, but if you pulled it on 3 with the coin, then your opponent was likely staring at an insurmountable board 2 turns later.
So, I would guess nerfed for the high rolls it got, not for the average result.
A for the highrolls, makes sense. I often just had it sitting in my hands cause I went all in for soul shard and didn't want it to pull out 3 1/3 demons (happend consistently).
Thank God for those elemental nerfs and pirate buffs. Demons could still use more of a buff though
What does the Tess change do?
from what I understand it's 100% of your last opponent's minions
I think her change populates the tavern with the entire enemies warband instead of just some minions from it. Depending on your tier, you wouldn't get all of them. You'd only get as many as your tier allowed for.
I don't get the change to Amalgadon. Will it adapt less times now?
It doesn't count itself anymore and will therefore adapt 1 time less.
I assume it doesn't count itself now, which is pretty significant considering how it can interact with brann.
Amalgadon confuses me. Does it no longer count itself?
Some of these buffs are really good. I'm scared of that George buff, though.
Yes, Amalgadon should not count itself any longer
Yes it is confusing. And yes. George new Tier S Hero.
Amalgadon used to trigger off itself. Let's say you have a full board of Murlocs and play Amalgadon, he used to adapt twice (once from the murlocs, once from itself). Now he would only adapt once in that situation (only once for the murlocs). But they do still trigger off other Amalgadon's that were already on your board. So basically it got nerfed by having 1 less adapt in nearly all situations when played. Hope that clears it up a bit for you!