Hearthstone Arena Balance Update Hotfix

Published 4 years, 9 months ago by

Blizzard has deployed a small Arena Balance Hotfix yesterday. Appearance of unspecified cards for best performing classes were tweaked to appear less to tone down their win-rate and the opposite done for worse performing classes.

Classes being toned down:

  • Demon Hunter
  • Paladin
  • Shaman
  • Warlock

Classes being buffed up:

  • Druid
  • Hunter
  • Mage
  • Priest
  • Rogue

If we look at a snapshot of today's stats from HSreplay, it does correlate with Blizzard's decision making process based on their overall win-rate.

Quote From Kerfluffle

Hey everyone,

We’re in the process of deploying a small server-side hotfix that will update the appearance rate of cards in Arena to ensure class balance remains close to the ideal 50% win-rate. Specifically, the win-rate of Demon Hunter, Paladin, Shaman, and Warlock should now be decreased. The win-rate of Druid, Hunter, Mage, Priest, and Rogue should now be increased. The win-rate of Warrior should be roughly the same as before.

Which cards do you think were the biggest offenders in your opinion? Tell us in the comments!

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Comments

  • The micro-macro adjustments nobody knows many details about, eh. Feels like DH is up there every time they are allowed to draft some decent class cards.

    • I wonder how much impact does the hero power have, i mean a 1-cost ping is a 1-cost ping, even tho you have to take some face damage.

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      • A lot, I would think. Pings used to be so premium in Arena, and paying just 1 mana will always be a huge advantage. Also unlike say Rogue, a class with heals, taunts, and greater reach just doesn't pay the same kind of tax while face tanking. 

  • Paladin is at 49.3% ????

  • Neat! It's good to know that they have an eye on Arena, still.