23.0.3 Patch Notes - Balance Changes Constructed, Duels and BG & Bug Fixes
Patchnotes for today's Patch were just published and they contain Duels & BG Balance Changes on top of Constructed ones. Read about it below!
This Patch is now LIVE!
This hotfix came together a bit hot, so English patch notes are scheduled for 9am, other languages as we get them, patch itself likely in afternoon instead of 10am.
— Nicholas “DeckTech” Weiss (@hsdecktech) April 26, 2022
Quote from BlizzardPatch 23.0.3, launching today, provides balance updates to Standard, Wild, and Battlegrounds, as well as bug fixes and more!
Hearthstone Card Changes
Kazakusan
- Old: Battlecry: If all minions in your deck are Dragons, craft a custom deck of treasures. → New: Battlecry: If you played 4 other Dragons this game, craft a custom deck of treasures.
Miracle Growth
- Old: [Costs 7] → New: [Costs 8]
Secure the Supplies (the third portion of the Warrior Questline, Raid the Docks)
- Old: Play 2 Pirates. → New: Play 3 Pirates.
Pufferfist
- Old: 3 Attack, 4 Health → New: 3 Attack, 3 Health
Switcheroo
- Old: Draw 2 minions. Swap their stats. → New: Draw 2 minions. Swap their Health.
- Banned in Wild.
Kael’thas Sunstrider
- Old: Every third spell you cast each turn costs (0). → New: Every third spell you cast each turn costs (1).
The cards listed above, except for the uncraftable Kael’thas Sunstrider, will be eligible for full dust refunds until May 12.
Battlegrounds Changes
Hero and Buddy Changes
MechGyver (Ini Stormcoil’s Hero Power)
- Old: Passive: After 9 friendly minions die, get a random Mech. → New: Passive: After 12 friendly minions die, get a random Mech.
Aquarrior (Varden Dawngrasp’s Buddy)
- Old: [Tavern Tier 2] 3 Attack, 5 Health. → New: [Tavern Tier 3] 3 Attack, 6 Health.
Minion Changes
SI:Sefin
- Old: Avenge (3): Give a friendly Murloc Poisonous permanently. → New: Avenge (4): Give a friendly Murloc Poisonous permanently.
Coldlight Seer
- Old: [Tavern Tier 3] → New: [Tavern Tier 4]
Baby Krush
- Old: 7 Attack, 7 Health. Whenever this attacks, summon a 9/9 Devilsaur to attack the target first. → New: 6 Attack, 6 Health. Whenever this attacks, summon an 8/8 Devilsaur to attack the target first.
Duels Changes
Humble Blessings
- Old: [Costs 3] → New: [Costs 4]
Dev Comment: My bad.
Academic Research
- Old: Start of Game: Draw this. Gain 1 Mana Crystal. (Upgrades each time a friendly minion dies). → New: Gain 1 empty Mana Crystal. (Upgrades each time a friendly minion dies).
Valorous Display
- Old: [Costs 6] → New: [Costs 7]
Tempest’s Fury
- Old: [Costs 3] 2 Attack, 3 Durability → New: [Costs 4] 3 Attack, 3 Durability
Power Up! [Hero Power]
- Old: Give a minion Divine Shield & Windfury. → New: Give a minion Divine & Windfury. Overload: (1)
Scales of Justice
- Old: [Costs 5] → New: [Costs 6]
Ol’ Faithful
- Old: [Costs 3] → New: [Costs 4]
Bug Fixes and Game Improvements
- Cards like Twinbow Terrorcoil and Electra Stormsurge will now will now only work on spells that you cast from your hand, rather than spells cast by other cards you control, such as Nagalings or Cast When Drawn cards.
- Granted Lokholar the Ice Lord to players who should have been granted Lokholar with their free new/returning player deck selection.
- Updated Unstable Evolution’s text to represent that it now has the “Echo” keyword.
- Fixed bugs with the user interface for Bob’s Bazaar in Tombs of Terror, preventing progression.
i love how this comment was most voted.
humor always wins
poisonous murloc nerf changed nothing
Lovely Kazakusan change, trying some Dragon Control Warrior and Control Paladin, each with Dragon packages to see how they fare in the Meta.
Update for iOS in Europe is out.
oh they nerfed pirate warrior by making the game crash once you play nellie. good job blizzard xD
they have postponed it
Wdym? Srsly?
When is the fix going live? EU nothing yet… still the same s****y brocken decks.
Useless nerfs.
What can now beat Demon Hunter naga deck? Even before this it was strongest deck with some bad matchups against control warrior which is trash.
Control Warrior isn't trash lol the win rate with the deck was still decent with Kaza Druid prevalent and will be even better now.
nerfs not live yet??
Will come this afternoon as stated in the tweet above.
- fixed a bug where in "Ranked Mode" different ranks were displayed. For a more relaxed experience all players are now automatically "Legend 1"
What a new mode in which all super random cards like Yogg were banned and skill was more important that play time and luck.
yeah its called magic the gathering
LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROYYYY JEEEEEEEEEEENKINSSSSSSSS HERO SKIN!
When are you going to fix the bug with Colossal Warrior Nellie, the Great Thresher losing your turn?
They didn't even bother to fix the panda's negative mana to stable mana.
Next Year will be Mech Mage, Smite, and Windfury patch. Calling it.
So from this patch notes the bug, when someone plays Brann Bronzebeard and Queen Azshara that literally breaks the game is not going to get fixed??
It did cost me two whole turns after my opponent (!) played it last game...