Reverted Nerfs Announced - Neutrals
A selection of Nerfed cards will see their nerfs reverted later this month and before Forged in the Barrens goes live. Blizzard announced the Neutral cards this time.
The Changes:
- Undertaker Now gains +1/+1 again.
- Arcane Golem Now has a 4/2 statline and the Keyword Charge again.
- Leper Gnome Now has a 2/1 statline again.
- Knife Juggler Now has a 3/2 statline again.
- Bonemare Now costs 7 Mana again.
- Saronite Chain Gang Now summons a copy again.
- Archivist Elysiana Now costs 8 Mana again.
- Dragonqueen Alexstrasza Now generates 0 Cost Dragons again, but still can't generate herself.
- Bad Luck Albatross Now costs 3 Mana again.
- Frenzied Felwing Now has a 3/3 statline again.
Quote from Alec Dawson20.0 nerf reverts. Neutrals.
Undertaker (gets +1/+1)
Arcane Golem (4/2 w/ Charge)
Leper Gnome (2/1)
Knife Juggler (3/2)
Bonemare (7 mana)
Saronite Chain Gang (summons copy)
Archivist Elysiana (8 mana)
DQA (0 mana dragons, can't get self)
Albatross (3 mana)
Frenzied Felwing (3/3)
When these were nerfed originally it seemed to be the right decision for the sake of game balance. They felt "fixed". Reverting them feels weird. I just can't excited about exploiting broken cards again.
The game is very old now, lets at least see how broken they are now. Hearthstone is from 2014.
Blizzard's policy of "if everything is broken, then nothing is broken." ; )
The game has considerably powercrept since then. None of these cards feel particularly broken in today's meta. I don't think cards like un-nerfed undertaker or knife juggler would even make the cut in standard Zoolock, so it's unlikely they will see any play in Wild.
the power creep is in such a state that perhaps they're not longer broken.
Dont forget about face hunter .. with quest and some duplicate secrets.. we gonna be sick of it soon enough
Face hunter is meme tier and gets wrecked by many decks currently, so they needed some of these changes to even have a chance
Wild is already full of aggro. We'll have to wait and see if face hunter is on par with secret mage, odd rogue, pirate warrior, etc
when we get undertaker and knifus in standard. we will talk again