All Balance Changes Coming to Hearthstone Battlegrounds - The Return of Grease Bot and Garr, Minion and Hero Updates, & More

With only some of the Constructed Hearthstone balance changes getting any sort of official confirmation from Team 5 over the past weekend - while Battlegrounds fans had to contend with a blanket of silence - swift players were still able to catch a number of relevant adjustments for their other favorite game mode before everything started crashing. We've already shared all that was spotted ahead of time - nevertheless, it was necessary to wait for today's patch notes in order to be able to verify any of these 'leaks'.

Now all that information is finally available to us, and we can confirm these listed 'spoilers' came to pass. But hold on, there is even more that we weren't fully aware of! The balance patch is already live - it's also 'data-only', with mobile clients able to start downloading straight away from within the game rather than having to wait for their storefront's approval.

You can find the exact Battlegrounds details below: 

Quote From Blizzard

Battlegrounds Updates

• Lich Baz’hial has been moved to Armor Tier 1
• Dancin’ Deryl, Deathwing, Elise Starseeker, Guff Runetotem, and Sneed have been moved to Armor Tier 2

Hero Changes

Lich Baz’hial

• Old: Take 2 damage and add a Gold coin to your hand. → New: Take 4 damage. Gain 2 Gold this turn only.

Guff Runetotem

• Old: Give a friendly minion of each Tavern Tier +3/+2. → New: Give a friendly minion of each Tavern Tier +2/+2.

Deathwing

• Old: Passive: Give ALL minions +2 Attack. → New: Passive: Give ALL minions +3 Attack.

Kael’thas Sunstrider

• Old: Every third minion you buy gets +2/+2. → New: Every third minion you play gets +2/+2.

Elise Starseeker

• Old: When you upgrade Bob’s Tavern get a ‘Recruitment Map’. → New: [Costs 1] Discover a minion from your Tavern Tier. Costs (1) more after each use.

Sneed

• Old: Give a minion: “Deathrattle: Summon a random minion from a lower Tavern Tier.” → New: Give a minion: “Deathrattle: Summon a random minion from a Tavern Tier lower.”

• Dev Comment: This is only a clarifying text change, not a functional change.

Minion Changes

• Lieutenant Garr and Grease Bot have been returned to the minion pool.

Grease Bot

• Old: Divine Shield. After a friendly minion loses Divine Shield, give it +3/+2 permanently. → New: After a friendly minion loses Divine Shield, give it +2/+2 permanently.

Lil’ Rag

• Old: [Tavern Tier 6] → New: [Tavern Tier 5]

Gentle Djinni

• Old: Taunt. Deathrattle: Summon another random Elemental and add a copy of it to your hand. → New: Taunt. Deathrattle: Add another random Elemental to your hand and summon a copy of it.

• Dev Comment: This means that you will now receive the copy of the Elemental in your hand, even if you can’t summon it.

Evolving Chromawing

• Old: 1 Attack, 1 Health. After you upgrade your Tavern Tier, gain +1/+1 for each friendly Dragon. →  New: 1 Attack, 4 Health. After you upgrade your Tavern Tier, gain +1 Attack for each friendly Dragon.

Great Deal (Darkmoon Prize)

• Old: Reduce the cost of upgrading Bob’s Tavern by (6). → New: Reduce the cost of upgrading Bob’s Tavern by (5).

How do you feel about any and all of these changes, is it good enough to nudge the Battlegrounds meta in a healthier direction until the major patch for the game mode gets released later this month?