19.4 Patch Notes - Battlegrounds, The Darkmoon Races Mini-Set, Duels Updates, Book of Heroes
Blizzard just announced what will be new in the 19.4 patch that will be released on January 21.
Quote from BlizzardThe 19.4 patch, releasing on January 21, includes the new Darkmoon Races Mini-Set, new Heroes and Minions for Battlegrounds, a Mid-Season Update for Duels, an Arena rotation, bug fixes, and more!
Battlegrounds Updates
NEW BATTLEGROUNDS HEROES
Tickatus
- Prize Wall [Passive]
- Every 4 turns, Discover a Darkmoon Prize.
Greybough
- Sprout It Out! [Passive]
- Give +1/+2 and Taunt to minions you summon during combat.
Players with Battlegrounds Perks will have early access to these new Heroes before they’re formally released on February 4.
NEW BATTLEGROUNDS MINIONS
Soul Devourer
- [Tier 3, Demon] 3 Attack, 3 Health
- Battlecry: Choose a friendly Demon. Remove it to gain its stats and 3 Gold.
Ring Matron
- [Tier 4, Demon] 6 Attack, 4 Health
- Taunt. Deathrattle: Summon two 3/2 Imps.
MINION POOL UPDATE
- Floating Watcher has been removed from the Battlegrounds Minion pool.
The Darkmoon Races Mini-Set
Hearthstone’s first ever Mini-Set, The Darkmoon Races, features 35 unique cards—4 Legendary, 1 Epic (x2), 14 Rare (x2), and 16 Common (x2) for a total of 66 new cards that draw on familiar card mechanics from throughout the Year of the Phoenix! Collectible Darkmoon Races Mini-Set cards can be found in Madness at the Darkmoon Faire card packs, and the entire set is available for purchase from the in-game or web shop for $14.99 or 2000 Gold. Read more about the Darkmoon Races Mini-Set here!
Duels Updates
The Duels Mid-Season Update will add 10 new Hero Powers, 25 new Signature Treasures (5 of which are Dual-Class), 4 new Passive Treasures, and 2 new Active Treasures on January 21! Heroic and Casual ratings will reset with the 19.4 patch, and new Achievements will become available for you to complete. Read more about the Duels Mid-Season Update here!
Dev Comment: There is a known issue where the countdown timer at the bottom of the Duels start screen is incorrect. Duels ratings will reset with the 19.4 patch on January 21.
Arena Rotation
When the 19.4 patch is released on January 21, the Arena will include cards from the following sets:
- Darkmoon Races Mini-Set
- Madness at the Darkmoon Faire
- Scholomance Academy
- Ashes of Outland
- Demon Hunter Initiate
- The Boomsday Project
- Journey to Un'goro
- One Night in Karazhan
- Basic
- Classic
Bug Fixes & Game Improvements
- Fixed a Battlegrounds bug where Argent Braggart would not retain stat buffs when tripled.
- Fixed a bug where Malevolent Strike would not discount itself when created by Deck of Lunacy.
- Fixed a bug where losing control of a minion immediately when it comes into play (such as playing Silas Darkmoon on an empty board) would not correctly Corrupt cards in hand.
- Fixed a bug where the ‘created by’ tag on generated cards was showing up as ‘UNKNOWN ENTITY’ when played.
- Fixed a bug where Glinda Crowskin would not grant Echo to cards modified by Deck of Chaos.
- Fixed a visual bug where transforming a Dormant minion could make it appear to retain buffs while Dormant.
- Fixed a visual bug where Corrupted minions appeared to respawn on the board after being destroyed.
- Fixed a visual bug where viewing progress for quests such as Open the Waygate would no longer highlight cards in hand that did not start in your deck.
- Fixed a visual bug where Zombeasts in play only displayed card text for the first beast selection when using the Build-A-Beast Hero Power.
- Passive Treasures offered between matches in Duels should now present more options that are better suited for the class you're playing.
Coming February 2 - Book of Heroes Anduin
Raised with the expectation he would follow in his father’s footsteps, Prince Anduin has instead forged his own way through the grace of the Light. He learned to wield holy magic as well as a sword, making him a unique figure among the royalty of Azeroth. Thus armed, Anduin has embarked on numerous adventures as far away as the storied realm of Pandaria and as close as the decaying ruins of Lordaeron.
Follow Anduin’s journey in the next installment of Hearthstone Book of Heroes, releasing on February 2! Defeating all 8 bosses in this linear adventure will reward 1 Priest Pack, containing only Priest cards from Standard!
i've been refreshing battle.net for an hour, no update here
I don't see it in the shop on blizzard online either, but it is available in the store in-game.
edit: It's been added to the online store.
19.4 Live now.
Probably one of the best values I've seen in a while. If the rest of the mini-sets are like this I will be ecstatic. My only question is will the option to buy with gold be around a while (I'm a bit short and on level 47) and is the impression of the cards so far positive? To me they look pretty fun and all solid, even the boring ones are playable.
Lots of new content I like it. Though still lots of bugs not addressed it seems...
I encountered a new on in Battlegrounds. Played Milificent Manastorm and after using the Darkmoon prize which gives you an additional minion in the tavern a Mech appeared without the buff from passive hero power
That portrait makes me wish that "thief priest" would get some support. A card or two the would incentivize playing a deck based on copying your opponent's cards.
U know that Anduin would be sick Rogue portrait.
Hopefully they also fixed the super long BG T5 timer.
Lovely. Now Discard Lock will get the Portal Quest and starting discard support minions with the new duels rotation.
Will unfinished arena runs be ended with the new patch?
its cuz hes young Anduin, just starting out. Hasnt grown into his current role yet........
Gotta admit tho, this Anduin skin looks pretty sick. Yeah, maybe not much like a Priest at all, but the colors and the pose make a great image of the character. Also, his face is covered, what more to ask for lmao
Corona-Style. That's why his nose and mouth are covered.
Cloud Strife with dual daggers as a Priest skin? Weird, but I'll take it!
Removed
Any info about free tickets for unfinished arena&duel runs?
I don't think those changes are a buff to Demons. The one that munches other demons for a "free" +3/+3 buff is cool and all, but a taunt demon that summons 2 things isn't a good synergy for battlegrounds as we've already seen with voidlord due to board space limiting the value, and tier 6 is still trash with no end game strategy possible.
It doesn't get +3/+3, it gets all of the stats of the demon it devours. So imagine you have a 1 star demon with loads of stats. Plop this down and now you have a 3 star demon.
And elementals still have multiple ways to get limitless and consistent stat buffs endgame.
With a +3/+3 buff, because those are the base stats of this. That's all it does. The golden one actually multiplies stats though.