Time is running out to get a full dust refund for the two cards that were nerfed in the patch that hit two weeks ago. The following cards are currently eligible for a full dust refund through September 14:
- Stealer of Souls - Now costs 6 mana (Up from 4). Now has 4 Attack (Up from 2).
- Flesh Giant - Now costs 10 mana (Up from 9).
If you missed the original comments from Blizzard on why these cards were nerfed, here's what they had to say.
Quote From Blizzard Dev Comment: While the winrate of decks including Stealer of Souls isn’t particularly high, the games where these decks win are often won in an extreme way. This change, like our philosophy in the first Stormwind balance patch, is aimed at slowing the down the speed of Stealer of Souls and softening those extremes. Note: Stealer of Souls will remain banned in Wild alongside this change.
Dev Comment: We’re moving Flesh Giant up another mana to further reduce the speed at which comes down in the average game. After monitoring the initial balance to change here, we believe it was a bit too soft and are adjusting Flesh Giant accordingly.
Comments
Thank you, I somehow forgot to do this until now!
Thanks for the reminder. I finally dusted my two SoS.
Nobody gonna mention how these nerfs actually buffed warlock's win rate in general? D6 warlock has technically been killed due to the SoS nerf, but quest handlock has risen in win rate 😓
How long can this go on?
In late August, Vicious Syndicate reported that Hand Warlock had a 53-54% win rate, depending on which slice of the meta you were looking at. Last Thursday, everything the tracked (high Diamond, legend, and top legend) had Hand Warlock at 52.X%, and it was the #2-#3 deck in all cases.
That’s a healthy position for a T1 deck. The nerf successfully bumped it down, and got rid of some cards that felt especially bad to lose against. It was a successful nerf.
I’m aware that things have continued to evolve since last Thursday’s report. In VS’s recent podcast, they said the new builds with Runed Mithril Rod are taking over. I’m not sure if the WR of those has edged up to an unhealthy level, but VS’ recommendation is to nerf Rod. Obviously, that wouldn’t have been a sensible nerf before now. Note that Vicious Syndicate isn’t calling for the quest to be nerfed either.
Don't forget: type in 'REFUND' while the gettin's good.
Thanks for the reminder! :O)