Sweeping Patch 24.2.2 Changes Arrive for Hearthstone Duels - Nerfs Across Many Classes and Passive Treasures

Surprise! It's not just Constructed balance changes as it turns out. After the past few patch adjustments in Hearthstone Duels kept the meta more or less in the same state, we now have some essential changes that affect the viability of the current three strongest decks. In addition, several Passive Treasures that were responsible for particularly oppressive deck types have also been taken care of.

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Patch 24.2.2, a hotfix patch scheduled for September 9, includes the following updates and bug fixes.

Let's have a look at the exact balance changes:

All Hearthstone Duels Updates - Patch 24.2.2

The patch should be already available on both desktop and mobile clients! 

We've also added some of the images and info missing from the Blizzard's patch notes:

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Duels Updates 

Hero Power Updates

No Guts, No Glory (Rattlegore)

• Old: 1 Mana
• New: 2 Mana

 

War Commands (Drek'Thar)

• Old: 2 Mana
• New: 3 Mana

 

Dino Tracking (Brann Bronzebeard)

• Old: Passive Hero Power. At the start of your turn, Discover which card you draw.
• New: [2 Mana] Discover a card from your deck.

 

Frost Shards (Mozaki, Master Duelist)

• Old: 1 Mana
• New: 2 Mana

 

Signature Treasure Changes

Gift of the Heart (Drek'Thar)

• Old: [5 Mana] Gain 4 empty mana crystals. Allied: Druid.
• New: [6 Mana] Gain 3 empty mana crystals. Allied: Druid.

Traktamer Aelessa (Star Student Stelina / Professor Slate)

• Old: 2 Mana
• New: 3 Mana

Magister Unchained (Drek'Thar)

• Old: 2 Mana
• New: 3 Mana

Sr. Excavator (Brann Bronzebeard)

• Old: Draw 3 cards. Any minions you draw cost (4) less.
• New: Draw 2 cards. Any minions you draw cost (2) less.

Shadow Word: Void (Mindrender Illucia)

• Old: 4 Mana
• New: 5 Mana

Elemental Chaos (Drek'Thar)

• Old: 6 Mana
• New: 8 Mana

Green Tortollan Shell (Infiltrator Lilian)

• Old: 1 Mana
• New: 2 Mana

Safe Harbor (Darius Crowley)

• Old: 2 Mana
• New: 5 Mana

Scales of Justice (Sir Finley)

• Old: 6 Mana
• New: 8 Mana

Warden's Insight (Forest Warden Omu)

• Old: 3 Mana
• New: 4 Mana

Marvelous Mycelium (Forest Warden Omu)

• Old: Discover a Choose One card. It has both effects combined. Shuffle this card into your deck.
• New: Discover a Choose One card, then shuffle it into your deck. It has both effects combined. Repeat 3 times.

Passive Treasure Changes

Arctic Armor

• Old: Whenever you Freeze an enemy, gain 1 Armor.
• New: After the first time you Freeze an enemy each turn, gain 1 Armor.

Forgotten Depths

• Old: At the start of game, put 3 Colossal minions on the bottom of your deck. They cost (3) less.
• New: At the start of the game, put 2 Colossal minions on the bottom of your deck. They cost (3) less.

Wither the Weak

• Old: After you cast a Fel spell, deal 2 damage to the lowest-Health enemy.
• New: After you cast a Fel spell, deal 1 damage to the lowest-Health enemy.

Potion of Sparking

• Old: After a friendly Rush minion attacks an enemy minion, deal 1 damage to adjacent enemy minions.
• New: After a friendly Rush minion attacks an enemy minion, deal 1 damage to a random adjacent enemy minion.

Freeze Solid

• Old: Whenever damage is dealt to a Frozen enemy, double it.
• New: Whenever damage is dealt to a Frozen enemy, deal 1 more.

Glacial Downpour

• Old: At the end of your turn, summon a 3/6 Water Elemental if you’ve cast a Frost spell this turn.
• New: At the end of your turn, summon a 2/1 Ice Shard if you’ve cast a Frost spell this turn.

Special Delivery

• Old: After you play a Rush minion, summon a copy with 1 Health.
• New: After you play your first Rush minion in a turn, summon a copy with 1 Health.

Cookie's Ladle

• Moved from Pool 1 to Pool 2.

Oops, All Spells!

• Removed from all Passive treasure pools.

Party Replacement

• Removed from all Passive treasure pools.

What do you think about these Duels changes? Any strong class archetype or Treasure that got left out? Share your thoughts in the comments below!