We've got one of the largest non-expansion patches coming to Hearthstone next week and there is a ton of content to keep up with. If you missed any of our posts, this is our definitive place to learn about the new update.
- The official patch notes are coming out on January 20.
- Patch 22.2.0 releases on January 25.
All content that we link to in this post has been datamined. Datamined content is always subject to change - nothing is official until it releases in the game!
New Battlegrounds Updates in Hearthstone Patch 22.2.0
- Battlegrounds Buddies
- New minion cards that are unique to each hero.
- You earn your Buddy cards by filling up a new Buddy Meter UI element beside your hero.
- We're still waiting on the exact specifics of how this works.
- Click here to see all of the Buddy cards.
- Balance Change to Tavern Tier 5 (Costs 11 Gold now, no more skips)
- New Skins Coming for Battlegrounds Heroes to Celebrate Lunar New Year + Mount Themes
New Duels Updates in Hearthstone Patch 22.2.0
- Fresh Balance Changes for Oppressive Treasures.
- New Alterac Valley Heroes, New Allied Keyword, New Treasures.
New Constructed Updates in Hearthstone Patch 22.2.0
- Full Balance Changes for Wild and Standard Cards (8 changes, Rogues hit hard)
Comments
Definitely a chunky update to 4 games modes. I'm sure this will keep us busy till the mini-set launch
Lunar New Year is always Chinese themed, but this time around it feels like more Pandaria. Might it tease a Year of the Panda with a Pandaria Card set?
I think it is too soon for a new Class, so it might be too soon for Pandaria.
We’re also getting Pandaria themed BG board soon which is real suspicious. I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re diving into Pandaria even without the Monk class
I think Pandaria and Monks are too intertwined for that to be a stand alone. However they could make 2 Pandaria-themed expansions,we have already seen 2 Old God expansion and League.
There's a lot more to Pandaria than just monks though. Even the Shado-Pan has a rogue as its effective second-in-command (Taoshi), so you can do more or less whatever you like in Pandaria without monks being a necessary addition. Ideally they'd be there, but I'm not sure that is worth waiting years more for.
Hasn't Iksar already confirmed that we won't be seeing any new classes in 2022?