Ridiculous Hat confirmed on Twitter that there'll be a balance change coming on the 16th of April, in the same patch that will add Battlegrounds Duos to the game. This change will not interfere with the Masters Tour, and doesn't replace the regular patch that will come 9-14 days after patch 29.2.
Quote From Ridiculous Hat A note from Design: The masters tour will be played on the current patch with no changes. However, on the 16th, the BG Duos patch will launch with a balance change for Demon Hunter. This is an extra change- we'll still have a normal patch window 9-14 days after 29.2 as usual.
User AirHater further asked if those changes are nerfs and if only Demon Hunter will be affected, which Hat confirmed.
Quote From Ridiculous Hat @RidiculousHat can you confirm that on 16th for standard there is gonna be nerfs Only for dh?
yep confirmed
What do you expect to get nerfed? Let us know in the comments below!
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Just take Magtheridon out of Window Shopper's pool. Maybe even specify that it can't discover any Legendary. Even make it a random Demon to increase the number of bad discovers.
The demon discover pool isn't the problem. The main problem is having a 3 mana 6/5 on turn 4 almost every game. Magtheridon is honestly just a win more card and only required against Token Hunter matchups.
Really? In this day and age, you think a 3-mana 6/5 is the biggest problem? In a time when people have been joking about the overblown uproar over a 4-mana 7/7 in days of yore?
No, I'm pretty sure it's the massive discounted demons with ridiculously powerful effects that come after Window Shopper ... twice. And then two more times.
Don't believe me? Play some DH and just hold on to the demons you get from Window Shopper. Never play them. See how far your 3-mana 6/5 actually takes you. (I guess you can't really do that anymore on turn 4, but still ... imagine it.)
We all know the main problem is the Umpire's Grasp + Window Shopper interaction so wouldn't be surprised if there's a nerf to 1 or both cards. I'm leaning more to the weapon nerf only though coz the problem with Window Shopper is the limited demon pool which should get resolved in the next expansion. The most likely nerf is increasing the mana by 1 or 2 coz we all know Blizzard loves their mana cheating even though that's the problem.
If they do end up nerfing both cards, it'll most likely just be a mana increase to slow down the combo by a turn or 2.
But I really want the Demonic Illidan skin, and still need 270 DH wins. There's no way I can play that many games before the 16th! I have a job and a family!
But seriously, the deck is nuts! The low number of demons for Window Shopper to discover makes it way to consistent. Could have it set the discovered demon to the same stats and reduce cost of it rather than setting to the same cost as the Shopper. Or maybe just discover a demon, reduce the cost by (x). That way you aren't getting things like (3) 6/5 or (1) 1/1 Mags, but could also avoid getting useless things like (1) 1/1 Mythical Terror or Illidari Inquisitor.
Would that be too harsh though? Maybe. Grasp could either go up in mana or only reduce cost by 1. Maybe just lose the cost reduction period! We shall see.
Curious to see if any other cards get hit, like Ball Hog.
The easiest change would probably be to hit Umpire's Grasp, either to 4 mana to lower the reduction to 1. Either way, that stops you from getting Window Shoppers on curve. I don't see a reasonable to nerf Window Shopper itself without making it a really crappy card when it isn't combo'd.
Yeah, after losing like 10 games in a row to DH, I switched to the dark side until someone else's deck could show me the counter or the nerfs would arrive... guess nerfs will come first.
Man, that handbuff windfury paladin before and turn 3 or 4 window shoppers now... crazy stuff.