Hearthstone Battlegrounds Update Coming Thursday - Loads of Hero and Minion Updates!

Published 5 years, 8 months ago by Fluxflashor

A Hearthstone Battlegrounds update is arriving tomorrow, Thursday, November 5, and it brings loads of changes to Heroes and Minions.

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Battlegrounds Hero Updates

Nefarian has been removed from the Battlegrounds Hero pool.

Queen Wagtoggle

Wax Warband

Old: Give a friendly minion of each type +2 Attack. → New: Give a friendly minion of each type +2/+1.

The Curator

Menagerist

Old: Start the game with a 1/1 Amalgam with all minion types. → New: Start the game with a 1/2 Amalgam with all minion types.

Hooktusk

Trash for Treasure

Old: [Cost 0] Remove a friendly minion. Get a random one from a Tavern Tier lower. → New: [Cost 1] Remove a friendly minion. Discover a random one from a Tavern Tier lower.

Rat King

A Tale of Kings

Old: Whenever you buy a minion of a specific type, give it +1/+2. Swaps type each turn. → New: Whenever you buy a minion of a specific type, give it +2/+2. Swaps type each turn.

Rakanishu

Tavern Lighting

Old: Give a random friendly minion stats equal to your Tavern Tier. → New: Give a friendly minion stats equal to your Tavern Tier (targeted).

George the Fallen

Boon of Light

Old: [Costs 3] → New: [Costs 2]

Ysera

Dream Portal

Old: At the start of your turn, add a Dragon to Bob's Tavern. → New: Bob always offers an extra Dragon whenever the Tavern is refreshed.

The Great Akazamzarak

Prestidigitation

Old: [Costs 2] → New: [Costs 1]

Effigy removed from Secret pool.

Galakrond

Galakrond’s Greed

Old: [Costs 1] → New: [Costs 0]

No longer Freezes.

Tess Greymane

Bob’s Burgles

Old: Refresh Bob’s Tavern with minions from your last opponent’s warband. → New: Refresh Bob’s Tavern with your last opponent’s warband.

Elise Starseeker

Lead Explorer

Recruitment Map now costs 2 (down from 3).

Lord Barov

Friendly Wager

Now gives your gold back on ties (1 gold refunded).

Battlegrounds Minion Updates

Elementals will no longer be a minion type in every match.

Wrath Weaver

Old: 1 Attack, 1 Health. → New: 1 Attack, 3 Health.

Yo-ho-Ogre

Old: [Tier 3] 2 Attack, 8 Health. → New: [Tier 2] 2 Attack, 5 Health.

Iron Sensei

Old: [Tier 4] → New: [Tier 3]

Southsea Strongarm

Old: [Tier 4] 5 Attack, 4 Health. → New: [Tier 3] 4 Attack, 3 Health.

Ripsnarl Captain

Old: 3 Attack, 4 Health. → New: 4 Attack, 5 Health.

Lightfang Enforcer

Old: At the end of your turn, give a friendly minion of each minion type +2/+1. → New: At the end of your turn, give a friendly minion of each minion type +2/+2.

Gentle Djinni

Old: [Tier 5] → New: [Tier 6]

Lieutenant Garr

Old: 8 Attack, 1 Health. → New: 5 Attack, 1 Health.

Lil’ Rag

Old: 6 Attack, 6 Health. → New: 4 Attack, 4 Health.

Dread Admiral Eliza

Old: Whenever a friendly Pirate attacks, give all friendly minions +1/+1. → New: Whenever a friendly Pirate attacks, give all friendly minions +2/+1.

Amalgadon

Old: Battlecry: For each different minion type you have, Adapt randomly. → New: Battlecry: For each different minion type you have among other minions, Adapt randomly.

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bardozan LV.7
5 years, 8 months ago
- Elementals will no longer be a minion type in every match.
Finally!
Sinth LV.4
5 years, 8 months ago

That's some very interesting balance changes! Iron Sensei moving from Tier 4 to Tier 3 is actually a big buff to Dancin' Deryl who can now remain on Tier 3 and also get a minion that constantly buffs their Mechs each turn.
thazud LV.6
5 years, 8 months ago

I think this patch speaks volumes for how terrible elementals were balanced compared to other tribes; Rag nerfed twice, Djinni nerfed and Gorr nerfed. This means that Nomi is the only high roll Elementals have in tier 5.
It is cool to see a mass buff to a lot of the other heroes. Rat King and Queen Togwaggle got big buffs; health buffs are always significant as it introduces a different kind of scaling.
All in all I think this patch might give other tribes a fighing chance! Good job Blizzard
GerritDeMan LV.7
5 years, 8 months ago

I'm definitely excited to try out all these changes, but I'm a bit confused by some of the elemental nerfs. Djinni to 6 is a great change, but couldn't they have changed his stats back as well to compensate? Garr really wasn't strong at all and I actually expected them to put him in tier 5 while tuning down his stats/effect a bit. I also feel like lil rag didn't need the stat nerf at all but whatever.
Edit with some additional thoughts:
- I always thought this is how amalgadon should have worked, but I honestly wish they would remove it entirely. Often in the endgame matches it comes down to who has the most divine shield/poisonous amalgadons, which is not fun imo.
- I love that they unnerfed lightfang. Menagerie has always been one of my favorite builds in battlegrounds.
- Iron sensei often felt a bit too weak on tier 4 but I think it will be veeery strong on tier 3.
- A lot of these hero changes are both exciting and scary at the same time. The ones that seem the scariest to me are wagtoggle, rakanishu, george, and ysera.
Me0203 LV.7
5 years, 8 months ago

Wow. I've seen folks complaining about the power level of the new heroes. They really scrolled through and upped the power level of everything else to match, didn't they? I'm excited to try these changes out!
LostAngel1000 LV.5
5 years, 8 months ago

Soo anyone else confused by the Amalgadon change? As in what it means, as I am unsure if its just rewording the effect or something else

TentacularMoth LV.5
5 years, 8 months ago

I managed to work this one out after a minute of thinking about it, this has to be the most poorly worded HS card? I think just adding "your" as in "among your other minions" would help a bit.
GerritDeMan LV.7
5 years, 8 months ago

Quote From LostAngel1000
Soo anyone else confused by the Amalgadon change? As in what it means, as I am unsure if its just rewording the effect or something else
Now it won't count itself in the amount of times it will adapt, while it previously did.
Merlin1908 LV.3
5 years, 8 months ago

Amalgadon before this patch could count itself as a wildcard as it has all minion types. Now it will only consider other minions, reducing the number of adaptations it gets by one.

LostAngel1000 LV.5
5 years, 8 months ago

Ahhh Okay that makes sense. That is rough but good to put it at a less OP power level

NerdyMcNerd LV.7
5 years, 8 months ago

I think it means that it doesn't count itself as a minion type (all)

PopeNeia LV.10
5 years, 8 months ago

Wow. Who would guess Wagtoggle would become a good hero. Looks like all we’re doing is exchanging a Elemental meta for a Menagerie meta, but hey, at least the games will be different now. It also seemed fair to lower Amalgadon’s power while they were at it, so good on them. Eh, lets see how this shakes out, at least now they are looking at buffing old heroes (like a lot) to match up against the competition
Lundy LV.9
5 years, 8 months ago

Ysera will be nuts now, and I feel like players can probably get consistent top 4 at the very least with her.
Having an EXTRA minion in there tavern is great for options, and the fact it's a targeted tribe, and on EVERY refresh means frequent triples and faster Kalecgos/Razorgores.

I don't know if it will be enough to beat some of the other comps that form, but looks very strong to me.
Noxious LV.7
5 years, 8 months ago

So happy Lightfang Enforcer is back to its former glory!

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Skorpionex LV.7
5 years, 8 months ago

Some buffs, some nerfs, some unnerfs.
Finally Rakanishu will be useful, maybe even OP a little.
Wailor LV.9
5 years, 8 months ago

I like these changes overall, but I don't understand [Hearthstone Card (Liutenant Garr) Not Found]'s nerf. Sure, Elementals were OP, but that guy specifically always felt subpar.
FrostyFeet LV.19
5 years, 8 months ago

Wrath Weaver seems like a smart change since going with it will cost you health anyway, and currently you were also auto-losing the first rounds if you picked it.

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KANSAS LV.16
5 years, 8 months ago

All around some pretty good changes. I do still think Elementals are going to be everywhere wreaking havoc, but these are still good changes all the same. I think if they want to fix elementals they should do something about the windfury elemental, and also move Party Elemental up a tier

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sinti LV.17
5 years, 8 months ago

Wildfire Elemental is a pretty huge offender as well, in most cases acting as a semi-windfury; and golden version is basically Hydra.

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Nirast LV.13
5 years, 8 months ago

At least now there's a good chance to not see it.

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