Duels Content Update - Duels Ratings Reset, New Treasures, Balance Changes, Banned Cards & More

 

Duels Content Update - Duels Ratings Reset, New Treasures, Balance Changes, Banned Cards & More

Blizzard just published one more article related only to Duels. These changes will go live with Patch 20.0 on Thursday 25th of March.

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Duels Content Update

The 20.0 patch includes a big update for Duels! When the patch hits on March 25, Duels ratings for Casual and Heroic will reset, and the pool of eligible cards you can use to build your 15-card starter deck will be updated as follows:

What’s more, Forged in the Barrens cards can be found in card buckets offered between matches in Duels before the expansion unlocks on March 30!

New Passive Treasures

The following Passive Treasures can now be found between matches in a Duels run:

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Duels Balance Updates

Watermarks on cards pictured below are not final. 

Frost Shards
  • Old:   [Costs 2] Deal 1 damage. Add a 1/1 Ice Shard that Freezes to your hand. 
  • New: [Costs 1] Deal 1 damage. Add a 2/1 Ice Shard that Freezes to your hand.

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Ice Shard
  • Old:   [Costs 1] Attack 1, Health 1.
  • New: [Costs 2] Attack 2, Health 1.

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Dark Arts
  • Old:   Look at up to 4 cards in your hand and discard 1. Then, draw 1 card.
  • New: Look at up to 3 cards in your hand and discard 1. Then, draw 1 card.

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Favored Racer
  • Old:              Battlecry: Cast 1 random blessing on this minion. (Improves during run)
  • New: Rush. Battlecry: Cast 1 random blessing on this minion. (Improves during run)

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Tempest’s Fury
  • Old:   Attack 2, Durability 2.
  • New: Attack 2, Durability 3.

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Connections
  • Old:   At the start of your turn, add a 1/1 Informant                 to your hand.
  • New: At the start of your turn, add a random 1-Cost minion to your hand.

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Deathstrider
  • Now has the Beast tag.

Banned Cards

We’re banning several cards from Duels in 20.0 for deckbuilding specifically, and then excluding a few more from card buckets. As you may have noticed, Self-Sharpening Sword has been banned in Duels since the mode launched. In the 20.0 patch, Self-Sharpening Sword will be unbanned from Deckbuilding, will become Discoverable, and can now show up in the Group Learning bucket.

Unbanned from Deckbuilding and Card Buckets:

Banned from Deckbuilding:

Banned from Card Buckets:

Duels General Updates

We’ve made a few miscellaneous updates to Duels outside of the balance changes listed above. You might notice we’ve updated the general game flow to offer Passive/Active Treasures, adjust Health values, and offer card buckets at new intervals throughout a Duels run. Also, Spell Schools have been added to several Signature Treasures!

We’ve also added six new buckets of cards that will appear between matches:

Lastly, we’ve updated the unlock criteria for all Signature Treasures and Hero Powers to now count duplicates in your Collection, and no longer require unique cards.

The 20.0 patch notes were published today! Check out the blog to get the full list of changes coming to the Tavern on March 25, before Forged in the Barrens launches on March 30!

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Forged in the Barrens Card List & Expansion Guide

Learn more and see all the cards in our dedicated Card List.

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