Patch 33.6.2 launches at this time with quite a lot of updates for Battlegrounds, together with the return of Anomalies and stability modifications to Heroes, Buddies, and extra.
Battlegrounds Updates
Dev Remark: Properly met!
We’re general fairly happy with the preliminary reception to the midseason shakeup. This patch’s minion changes primarily give attention to nerfing Quilboar whereas buffing Beasts, Undead, and Elementals. We additionally made a number of modifications to varied Buddies and Heroes primarily based on early efficiency knowledge to deliver them extra consistent with one another.
This patch additionally brings Anomalies again to the sport! There are six brand-new Anomalies that work together with the Buddy system in several methods. Along with these, we’ve curated 20 returning Anomalies to rejoin the pool. One Anomaly not returning this time is Secrets and techniques of Norgannon (often known as “The Tier 7 Anomaly”). We’ve chosen to carry it again till we’ve had an opportunity to regulate the Tier 7 minion pool.
This patch introduces a big rule change to Anomaly look charges: after you play with an Anomaly, it received’t seem once more for at the very least three video games. This could aid you expertise a greater diversity of Anomalies and maintain every sport feeling contemporary.
We don’t count on to make additional gameplay changes till someday after Throughout the Timeways launches, however we’ll be keeping track of the meta within the meantime. We hope you take pleasure in these updates and we’ll see you within the Tavern!
Anomalies Return
Anomalies are again in Battlegrounds! Anomalies are tavern-transforming results that apply to all gamers from the beginning of every sport.
New Anomalies
- Summoning Pact: After you improve the Tavern, cut back the price of your subsequent Buddy by (2).
- Spirit of Friendship: After you press your Buddy Button, additionally Uncover a Buddy.
- Third Nature: You possibly can press your Buddy Button a third time for a Golden Buddy. It prices half.
- Colourful Camaraderie: Buddies have all minion sorts.
- Accomplice in Crime: You don’t have any Buddy Button. On flip 4, select a Quest to get your Golden Buddy.
- Amicable Modification: The Value of your Buddy Button is 50% increased, however reduces by (1) after you purchase a card.
Returning Anomalies
- A Faire Reward: As an alternative of a minion, Triple Rewards Uncover a Tier 1 Darkmoon Prize. (Improves in 4 turns!)
- Viewers’s Alternative: Initially of every flip, one participant chooses a card for ALL gamers to get at finish of flip.
- Carry Residence the Bacon: Begin with two upgrading ‘Piggy Banks’. Break them open to achieve Gold!
- Carry within the Buddies: Buddies are within the Tavern.
- Persevering with Training: Initially of every flip, get an Evolving Scroll. Every flip, it transforms right into a Tavern spell from a Tier increased.
- Double Header: The primary time you purchase a card every flip, get an additional copy of it.
- Eleventh Hour: The primary time your hero takes deadly harm in fight, stop it and achieve 11 Gold subsequent flip as an alternative.
- Golden Arrow: Each 3 turns, get a Golden Arrow. (3 turns left!)
- Golganneth’s Tempest: Minions value 2 Gold. You can not Refresh the Tavern. It Refreshes itself after you purchase a card.
- Grapnel of the Titans: The primary minion you purchase every flip is free.
- Mimiron’s Clockwork Stadium: You can not improve the Tavern with Gold. It upgrades itself each 2 turns. (2 turns left!)
- Cash Match: Begin at 10 Gold.
- Overseer’s Orb: After you improve the Tavern, Refresh it with minions of your commonest kind.
- Path of the Treasure-Seeker: After you Refresh 5 occasions, discover the Golden Monkey! (5 left!)
- Perfected Alchemy: Begin with a Goldenizer.
- Planar Alignment: Initially of every flip, get a random minion of your commonest kind. (Unlocks on Flip 2.)
- Scout’s Honor: Begin with a Golden Affected person Scout in play.
- The Yogg-iseum: Initially of every flip, spin the SAME Wheel of Yogg-Saron.
- Treasure Hoard: On Flip [5/6/7/8/9], Uncover a Golden Tier [3/4/5/6/7] minion. ([4/5/6/7/8] turns left!)
- Up-Prizing: After you improve the Tavern, Uncover a Tier 1 Darkmoon Prize. (Improves in 3 turns!)
Minion Pool Modifications
Returning Minions
- Hawkstrider Herald
- Silithid Burrower
- Whelp Smuggler
Eliminated Minions
Minion and Spell Updates
Minion Modifications
Greymane’s Champion
- Previous: 6/6. After you play an even-Tier card, give your even-Tier minions +1/+1.
- New: 4/4. After you play an even-Tier card, give your even-Tier minions +2/+2.
Kalecgos, Arcane Facet
- Previous: After you set off a Battlecry, give your Dragons +1/+1.
- New: After you set off a Battlecry, give your Dragons +2/+2.
Sizzling-Air Surveyor
- Previous: [Tier 4] 3/7.
- New: [Tier 5] 4/8.
Primeval Monstrosity
- Previous: 5/5. Stealth. Every time a pleasant Rally minion assaults, give a pleasant minion of every kind +3/+3 completely.
- New: 5/6. Stealth. Every time a pleasant Rally minion assaults, give a pleasant minion of every kind +3/+2 completely.
Goldrinn, the Nice Wolf
- Previous: 6/6. Deathrattle: For the remainder of this fight, your Beasts have +6/+6.
- New: 5/5. Deathrattle: For the remainder of this fight, your Beasts have +5/+5.
Charlga
- Previous: 4/4. On the finish of your flip, play a Blood Gem on all of your different minions.
- New: 3/3. On the finish of your flip, play 2 Blood Gems on all of your different minions.
Fearless Foodie
- Previous: [Tier 5] 3/5.
- New: [Tier 4] 2/4.
Oranomonos, the Wilted
- Previous: After a pleasant minion is Reborn, your Undead have +2 Assault this sport (wherever they’re).
- New: After a pleasant minion is Reborn, your Undead have +3 Assault this sport (wherever they’re).
Ultraviolet Ascendant
- Previous: 6/3. Begin of Fight: Give your different Elementals +2/+1. (Upgrades after you play an Elemental!)
- New: 5/2. Begin of Fight: Give your different Elementals +2/+2. (Upgrades after you play an Elemental!)
Sky Admiral Rogers
- Previous: 4/5. After you spend 9 Gold, get a random Bounty.
- New: 4/6. After you spend 10 Gold, get a random Bounty.
Grasp of Realities
- Previous: 6/6. Taunt. After a pleasant Elemental beneficial properties stats, achieve +1/+1.
- New: 5/5. Taunt. After a pleasant Elemental beneficial properties stats, achieve +2/+2.
Tavern Spell Modifications
Sanctify
- Previous: Give your minions with Divine Protect +7 Assault.
- New: Give your minions with Divine Protect +6 Assault.
Buddy Modifications
A. F. Kay – Snack Vendor
- Previous: [Tier 3] 4/4. On the finish of your flip, give this minion’s stats to a unique Tier 3 minion.
- New: [Tier 5] 6/6. On the finish of your flip, give this minion’s stats to a Tier 3 minion.
Jim Raynor – Tychus Findlay
- Previous: [Tier 5] 5/6. After you solid a Tavern spell, get a random Battlecruiser Improve.
- New: [Tier 4] 4/6. After you solid 2 Tavern spells, get a random Battlecruiser Improve. (2 left!)
Xyrella – Child Elekk
- Previous: [Tier 3] Everytime you play a minion with much less Assault than this, give it +2/+2 and enhance this.
- New: [Tier 4] Everytime you play a minion with much less Assault than this, give it +1/+1 and enhance this.
Dancin’ Deryl – Asher the Haberdasher
- Previous: After you promote a minion, achieve a +1/+1 hat that passes to a pleasant minion when bought.
- New: After you promote a minion, achieve two +1/+1 hats that go to a pleasant minion when bought.
Kerrigan – Damaged Horn
- Previous: [Tier 5] Battlecry: Uncover a Zerg minion and set its stats to six/6. It would not morph.
- New: [Tier 4] While you promote this, Uncover a Zerg minion and set its stats to six/6. It would not morph.
Greybough – Wandering Treant
- Previous: 2/7. Every time a pleasant Taunt minion is attacked, give your minions +1 Assault completely.
- New: 3/9. Every time a pleasant Taunt minion is attacked, give your minions +1/+1 completely.
Loh, the Dwelling Legend – Stoneshell Guardian
- Previous: 3/7. Begin of Fight: Copy your two left-most Rallies (besides Stoneshell Guardian).
- New: 4/7. Begin of Fight: Copy all pleasant Rallies (besides Stoneshell Guardian).
Rokara – Icesnarl the Mighty
- Previous: 5/2. After a pleasant minion kills an enemy, achieve +1 Well being completely.
- New: 6/2. After a pleasant minion kills an enemy, achieve +2 Well being completely.
Silas Darkmoon – Burth
- Previous: 5/6. After you Uncover a minion, give it +4/+4 and improve this by +1/+1.
- New: 6/7. After you Uncover a minion, give it +2/+2 and enhance this.
Skycap’n Kragg – Sharkbait
- Previous: [Tier 5] 4/2. Battlecry: Refresh your Hero Energy.
- New: [Tier 4] 4/3. While you promote this, Refresh your Hero Energy.
Y’Shaarj – Child Y’Shaarj
- Previous: [Tier 3] After you play a minion of your Tier, give your minions +1/+1.
- New: [Tier 4] After you summon a minion of your Tier, give your minions +1/+1.
Improve-o Mechano – Improve-o Medico
- Previous: [Tier 2] 2/2. After you purchase a minion, achieve +2/+2 for every Bonus Key phrase it has.
- New: [Tier 1] 3/3. After you purchase a minion, achieve +3/+3 for every Bonus Key phrase it has.
Ini Stormcoil – Sub Scrubber
- Previous: [Tier 5] After you play a Mech, achieve +2/+2.
- New: [Tier 4] After you play a Mech, achieve +3/+3.
Edwin VanCleef – SI:7 Scout
- Previous: [Tier 1] After you purchase a card, achieve +1/+1.
- New: [Tier 2] After you purchase a card, achieve +2/+2.
Kurtrus Ashfallen – Dwelling Nightmare
- Previous: [Tier 3] 6/4. After you purchase a card, minions within the Tavern have +2/+1 this flip.
- New: [Tier 2] 4/4. After you purchase a card, minions within the Tavern have +2/+2 this flip.
The next Buddies have Tier and stats modifications solely:
- Cariel Roame – Captain Fairmount: [Tier 4] → [Tier 2]
- Ysera – Valithria Dreamwalker: [Tier 4] → [Tier 2]
- Teron Gorefiend – Shadowy Assemble: [Tier 4] → [Tier 2]
- Rock Grasp Voone – Akali, Rock Rhino: [Tier 3] → [Tier 2]
- Shudderwock – Muckslinger: [Tier 5] → [Tier 3]
- Al’Akir – Spirit of Air: [Tier 3] → [Tier 1]
- The Nice Akazamzarak – Avenue Magician: [Tier 4] → [Tier 2]
- Alexstrasza – Vaelastrasz: [Tier 5] → [Tier 4]
- Mutanus the Devourer – Nightmare Ectoplasm: [Tier 2] → [Tier 1]
- Lich Baz’hial – Unearthed Underling: [Tier 4] → [Tier 2]
- Varden Dawngrasp – Varden’s Aquarrior: [Tier 3] → [Tier 1]
- Tae’thelan Bloodwatcher – Reliquary Attendant: [Tier 5] → [Tier 3]
- The Lich King – Arfus: [Tier 3] → [Tier 2]
- Dinotamer Brann – Brann’s Epic Egg: [Tier 3] → [Tier 2]
- Snake Eyes – Field Automobiles: [Tier 6] → [Tier 4]
- Inge, the Iron Hymn – Solemn Serenader: [Tier 3] → [Tier 2]
- Chenvaala – Snow Elemental: [Tier 4] → [Tier 2]
- Guff Runetotem – Child Kodo: [Tier 5] → [Tier 4]
- Kael’thas Sunstrider – Crimson Hand Centurion: [Tier 3] → [Tier 2]
- Forest Warden Omu – Evergreen Botani: [Tier 5] → [Tier 4]
- Fungalmancer Flurgl – Sparkfin Soothsayer: [Tier 3] → [Tier 2]
- Mr. Bigglesworth – Lil’ Ok.T.: [Tier 3] → [Tier 2]
- Cap’n Hoggarr – Shining Sailor: [Tier 4] → [Tier 3]
- Reno Jackson – Sr. Tomb Diver: [Tier 2] → [Tier 1]
- Zerek, Grasp Cloner – Mini-Zerek: [Tier 3] → [Tier 2]
- Cookie the Cook dinner – Sous Chef: [Tier 2] → [Tier 1]
- Tickatus – Ticket Collector: [Tier 5] → [Tier 4]
- Rakanishu – Lantern Tender: [Tier 5] → [Tier 4]
- Arch-Villain Rafaam – Loyal Henchman: [Tier 3] → [Tier 2]
- Forest Lord Cenarius – Malorne: [Tier 4] → [Tier 3]
- King Mukla – Loopy Monkey: [Tier 2] → [Tier 1]
- The Curator – Mishmash: [Tier 4] → [Tier 3]
- Tess Greymane – Hunter of Previous: [Tier 4] → [Tier 3]
- Drek’Thar – Frostwolf Lieutenant: [Tier 3] → [Tier 2]
- Grasp Nguyen – Lei Flamepaw: [Tier 5] → [Tier 4]
- Maiev Shadowsong – Shadow Warden: [Tier 3] → [Tier 2]
- Exarch Othaar – The Celestial Archive: [Tier 2] → [Tier 1]
- Commerce Prince Gallywix – Bilgewater Mogul: [Tier 3] → [Tier 4]
- Captain Eudora – Dagwik Stickytoe: [Tier 2] → [Tier 3]
- Scabbs Cutterbutter – Warden Thelwater: [Tier 3] → [Tier 4]
- Jandice Barov – Jandice’s Apprentice: [Tier 4] → [Tier 5]
- Vanndar Stormpike – Stormpike Lieutenant: [Tier 3] → [Tier 4]
- Patches the Pirate – Tuskarr Raider: [Tier 5] → [Tier 6]
- Sire Denathrius – Shady Aristocrat: [Tier 3] → [Tier 4]
- Onyxia – Many Whelps: [Tier 2] → [Tier 3]
- George the Fallen – Karl the Misplaced: [Tier 2] → [Tier 3]
- Marin the Supervisor – Unbelievable Bellhop: [Tier 5] → [Tier 6]
- Ragnaros the Firelord – Lucifron: [Tier 4] → [Tier 5]
- Millhouse Manastorm – Magnus Manastorm: [Tier 3] → [Tier 4]
- The Jailer – Mawsworn Soulkeeper: [Tier 3] → [Tier 4]
- Captain Hooktusk – Raging Contender: [Tier 5] → [Tier 6]
- Sindragosa – Thawed Champion: [Tier 5] → [Tier 6]
Gameplay Updates
- Useful Refreshes, from playing cards like Wondrous Wisdomball and Chromie, can now not supply the ‘Tier 7’ roll earlier than flip 7.
- Dev Remark: The following modifications had been made to stop unintended interactions that may trigger infinite stat achieve loops.
- Sinestra is now not triggered by Wrathscale Rogue.
- Whelp Smuggler is now not triggered by Wrathscale Rogue.
- Titanic Guardian is now not triggered by Grasp of Realities.
Hero Updates
Armor Modifications
- A. F. Kay now has 15 Armor and 13 in Duos
- Al’Akir now has 13 Armor and 10 in Duos
- Cariel Roame has 16 Armor and 13 in Duos
- Dinotamer Brann has 15 Armor and 12 in Duos
- Kerrigan, Queen of Blades has 16 Armor and 14 in Duos
- Queen Wagtoggle has 10 Armor and eight Armor
- Rokara has 18 Armor and 16 in Duos
- Sneed has 17 Armor and 13 in Duos
- Yogg-Saron, Hope’s Finish has 8 Armor and 5 in Duos
- Ysera has 17 Armor and 15 in Duos
Hero Modifications
Yogg-Saron, Hope’s Finish
- Previous: Puzzle Field [Passive]: Initially of your flip, you solid a random Tavern spell.
- New: Puzzle Field [Passive]: Initially of your flip, you solid a random Tavern spell. (Unlocks on Flip 3.)
Lord Jaraxxus
- Previous: Bloodfury [Passive]: After pleasant minions deal 100 harm, open a portal to the Twisting Nether. (100 left!)
- New: Bloodfury [Passive]: After pleasant minions deal 150 harm, open a portal to the Twisting Nether. (150 left!)
Cariel Roame
- Previous: Conviction [2 Gold]
- New: Conviction [1 Gold]
Sneed
- Previous: Pilot the Shredder [Passive]: Begin the sport with a 2/1 Shredder that summons the highest-Well being minion out of your hand.
- New: Pilot the Shredder [Passive]: Begin the sport with a 2/1 Shredder that summons a minion out of your hand and offers it Divine Protect.
- Previous: Sneed’s New Shredder: Deathrattle: Summon the highest-Well being minion out of your hand for this fight solely.
- New: Sneed’s New Shredder: Deathrattle: Summon the highest-Well being minion out of your hand and provides it Divine Protect for this fight.
- Previous: Sneed’s New Shredder: Deathrattle: Summon the two highest-Well being minions out of your hand for this fight solely.
- New: Sneed’s New Shredder: Deathrattle: Summon the two highest-Well being minions out of your hand and provides them Divine Protect for this fight.
Tamsin Roame
- Previous: Aromatic Phylactery: Begin of Fight: Give your lowest-Assault minion “Deathrattle: Give your different minions this minion’s Assault.”
- New: Aromatic Phylactery [Passive]: Begin of Fight: Give your lowest-Assault minion “Deathrattle: Give your different minions this minion’s stats.”
Thorim, Stormlord
- Previous: Select Your Champion [Passive]: Initially of the sport, Uncover a Tier 7 minion to get after you spend 65 Gold.
- New: Select Your Champion [Passive]: Initially of the sport, Uncover a Tier 7 minion to get after you spend 60 Gold.
Overlord Saurfang
- Previous: For the Horde! [Passive]: Minions within the Tavern have +1/+1. Improves after you purchase 5 minions. (5 left!)
- New: For the Horde! [Passive]: Minions within the Tavern have +1/+1. Improves after you purchase 4 minions. (4 left!)
Tune In for Battlegrounds Behind the Scenes
Be part of Battlegrounds designer Mitchell Loewen for a particular episode of the Blizzlet podcast as he dives into the return of Anomalies and the way forward for Buddies in Hearthstone Battlegrounds. Tune in October 10 at 7:30 p.m. PDT!
