2 Warlock Changes Coming On Tuesday - "Mana Cost Adjustments"
Alec Dawson (team 5's lead designer) just announced on Twitter that next week on Tuesday we'll see 2 warlock balance changes as well as the time schedule for more balance changes next month.
Quote from Alec DawsonBalance schedule over next month:
8/31: 2 Warlock changes (upping mana, feels focused)
8/31 to 9/10: Evaluating meta
9/10: Decide if changes are needed
Later Sept: Decided changes go live (BGs included)
Alec's comment about Mindrender Illucia
Quote from Alec DawsonIllucia does have a bigger target on her back than before, but we shall see.
Big Battlegrounds update coming soon
Quote from Alec DawsonBalance after the big update. More info on that update quite soon!
Buffs for Warrior and Priest
Quote from Alec DawsonWe will definitely consider buffs for those decisions in September.
Very happy about this, very curious as to what they're gonna change though. Stealer of Souls is super gimmicky, handlock/zoo variants of the quest are much better, so i dont think they are hitting it. The quest then?? That would be the dream!
Judging by the comments in this thread surrounding Illucia, there’s very little understanding of her current power level in Aggro Priest. In that deck, she’s a 3-mana Time Warp without any setup. If you want to base your opinion on stats, instead of the constant crying over a low WR-card that touched you somewhere (Stealer), I recommend checking out her stats in Aggro Priest. It’s nuts.
exactly
I think it's a mix of hilarious and sad that we have reached a point where our nerf options involve something called "Aggro Priest". WTF guys.
Sure, I agree that Illucia can be pretty nuts in aggro priest. But i mean, it's hardly the biggest issue in standard right now.
3-mana Time Warp??!? What are you smoking? Does Illucia reset your mama crystals? Nope. Does Illucia make you opponent miss their turn entirely? Nope.
I have had Illucia played against me, most of the time Priest is dead anyway, haven't had problems with it, is it really that big problem in Standard?
And how they gonna nerf her? 4 mana 1/3? xD could just delete her entirely, raising her stats do nothing when she costs 4+.
I wouldn't panic yet. All they've said is that they're looking at her, more or less.
I hate her, just like any priest card. U try to play smart, generate high value cards (zephyr, kazakus, prime) and U are punished for it... Priest is a big kid who takes your toy and brake it...
"Does Illucia make your opponent miss their turn entirely?"
Literally exactly what she does. Unless you think sitting their with an option to throw down a 1-mana 1/4, pressing Hero Power and rubbing one off is a good way to spend your turn on 7 mana.
I know this an extreme suggestion, but I think Blizzard should seriously consider outright banning Stealer of Souls. It's already banned in Wild, and it's a card design that's going to be an issue as long as this card exists.
Illucia.. I... what? She isn't the problem? Why are you setting your targets on Illucia xD.
I don't even play Priest, and I know that is the only card that can actually stop combo decks, especially the worst of them all, warlock. It is THE card, ONLY 1 OF EM, and she is the problem? Oy mate.
Also, cost nerfs are not the solution. It's the mechanic of the quest and its interaction with Stealer of Souls . That is the problem. Maybe if Stealer of Souls cost 6/7, but I think it should just be banned/rotated out, as this card has affected both Wild and Standard metas.
lol at Priest keeps being the side victim as long as Warlock is still dominating.... non-Aggro Priest decks keeps being pushed closer to the dumpster over time...
Last patch nerfed Flesh Giant, which is part of many non-Aggro Priest decks, and now they are about to nerf Mindrender Illucia for the 2nd time..... while the card is important for Control Priest to deal with Combo decks...
Illucia steals the opponent a turn, wich is something big for aggro Priest when your opponent cannot clear the board, but if they target her priest has nothing more left ?
After wlocks nefrs, mage will be op
And then they nerf Mage and something else becomes OP and gets complained about. Nothing much to see here.
The quest themselves are clearly the issues but they refuse to nerf them for some reason. So instead of hitting the issues straight up, they continue to do these small and meaningless little changes when all they have to do is fix the core issue. Stealer, glare etc. werent issues before the quest came along, it just boggles my mind. Hopefully these changes are more meaningful.
New expansion basically, they won't change the quests until future expansions, when there are more OP cards coming....
I think they mean the Duels hero. Mind Tether and Shadow Word: Void are pretty strong.
At least I hope to god that's what they mean, Mindrender Illucia was our only shot against quest warlock
No, it's Illucia in standard. A few of the pro streamers call out for nerfs on Illucia pretyy much any chance they get on twitter. It's pretty pathetic actually.