We now have information on today's Demon Hunter nerfs. They are working on getting the update out. Read on for all the details.
Quote From Kerfluffle Hey everyone,
Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be keeping an eye on the power level of Demon Hunter. Our goal is to make changes when necessary in order to get Demon Hunter to where we believe it should be. Today, we’ll be applying the following balance updates to a few Demon Hunter cards in a server-side patch (meaning you won’t have to download anything):
- Skull of Gul’dan – Mana cost increased from 5 to 6.
- Imprisoned Antaen – Mana cost increased from 5 to 6.
- Eye Beam – Outcast Mana cost increased from 0 to 1.
- Aldrachi Warblades – Durability decreased from 3 to 2.
We wanted to get these changes out the door today, and in doing so you will only see the new stats for these cards—displayed in both red and green—in matches, not in your Collection. The red and green numbers will return to white and the cards will be updated in your Collection with a data-only patch that we’re expecting to deploy before the end of the day tomorrow.
For Arena, we’re making changes today that will see Demon Hunter class card offering rates decreased until we’re able to properly address the class with more accurate micro-adjustments in a future patch. The following cards have had their offering rates reduced in Arena:
- Chaos Nova
- Coilfang Warlord
- Command the Illidari
- Flamereaper
- Furious Felfin
- Glaivebound Adept
- Illidari Felblade
- Immolation Aura
- Metamorphosis
- Netherwalker
- Nethrandamus
- Priestess of Fury
- Skull of Gul’dan
- Twin Slice
- Umberwing
Comments
I think skull will be nerfed again, the card is still too much.. they should've kept it at 5 but reduce the mana cheating to 1. or nerf it to 7... it's essentially wand.
anthen is probably a dead card now it's way too slow, they straight up killed the card this way.
eye beam is fair it's Penance with 1 mana discount when outcast but 1 mana more expensive when not, called this nerf and seems logical.
Warblades I think are more in line now.. not havving 3 turns of attack triggers is important.. since there aren't many ways to upgrade durability in the class (only captain greenskin..)
Still a class that runs a deck of 90% class cards is not really a good design.. neutral cards should complement the deck and not be a mistake to play..
Also I will mention it every time, Twin Slice should cost 1, the card is too much tempo AND flexibility AND attack triggers for free... it's too good.
I am able to dust for the full cost, but the values for the costs are not showing up yet. Is there something that went wrong with the nerf? When I see Skull of Gul'dan the cost is different when I play, but not when I add it to the deck.
Anyone else seeing this?
Skull and Antean are still 5 mana for me in collection and it says i can disenchant for full dust, and eye beam is 0 mana when outcast and i dont see note that i can disenchant it for full value.
Since it was a server-side patch and not an actual update, the nerfs only exist when you're in a match. They basically applied a permanent mana cost penalty / durability reduction instead of actually changing the cards. An actual patch should be coming out today.
as a man who is playing control shaman this is good news because demon hunters just rush me down and without means of board clear (Mainly due to bad card draw) i get steamrolled but with [Hearthstone Card (Imprisioned Antean) Not Found] and Eye Beam nerf hopefully this will slow down the amount of DH playing and also my chances of winning against them
in case you were wondering here is my deck
Well, good for Standard, maybe not enough.
But this kinda kills Odd DH.
For now, but over time DH will get more odd cards for people to give the archtype a try again.
Or you could always try Even DH for that 1 mana hero power ;P
Probably for the better
So uh...does anyone else have the issue that the cards are still unchanged in their collection, but when you click on them it says the were nerfed and you can get a full refund?
For the record, this was in the original announcement. When you PLAY the cards they'll show up with their new costs in green or red to signify the difference, but they will remain the same in your collection. I know that I was personally concerned that I'd somehow queue into an "unpatched" version against unnerfed decks, so dipped into Casual on my own DH and yep, there it was.
Seems they nerfed it just on the server side - as kind of hotfix.
As expected, they had hotfixes planned already. Won't be nearly enough, but it's a start.
I still believe Kael'thas is broken and will probably have to be reworked or else DH is going to become an OTK one trick if they have to nerf everything else
I think the nerfs are okay, for now, while the meta readjusts itself.
One of the biggest problem with dhunters was their incredible healing and tempo swings. So nerfing Eye Beam and Aldrachi Warblades might have more impact than meets the eye.
Also, skull nerf means it might be more difficult to chain draw cards off the Skull of Gul'dan.
Yeah, the winrate difference on HSReplay was insane in favour of DH. At the moment it still is 58.9% to 49.7% for Paladin on second place.
That was quick! I hope this makes for a more enjoyable experience for all. I'm loving the Pure Libram Paladin archetype, it really feels like a new class.
Went to bed earlier and had faced 7 dh in a row. Woke up now and played three games in a row without one and said man its like they nerfed it already. Came here and sure as poop here we are.
I think this was because of the quest - everybody had to play 3 times DH to get the packs.
I hope Blizzard nerf demon hunter as they did with shaman. I hate this class the powerlevel is insane in all archetypes.
Maybe try to use brains and counter it before whining. Trust me, it's more effective.
Finnaly someone with brains
yeah i am also not a fan of DH but i am even more not a fan of is a nerf after just a expansion is out
I thinkt they do it to fast and if they waited the counter would be there
its a new class ofcourse most people play it