Battlegrounds updates have arrived! We've got almost a week to enjoy the gamemode before Descent of Dragons hits next week, so let's see what has changed!
Quick Notes
- Two new minions have been added, with none removed.
- Three new heroes have been added, with Millificent Manastorm and Lich Baz’hial returning to the rotation.
- Patches the Pirate, Bartendotron, Pyramad, Professor Putricide, Trade Prince Gallywix have left Battlegrounds.
- Lightfang Enforcer now gives out +2/+1 buffs, down from +2/+2.
- Lich Baz’hial has received a buff.
- Millificent Manastorm, Patchwerk, A. F. Kay, The Rat King, and The Great Akazamzarak have all received nerfs.
- The initial version of stats has arrived! Share your stats on our forums!
Official Notes
Quote From Blizzard
- Edwin Vancleef
- Sharpen Blades
- Costs 1. Give a minion +1/+1 for each minion you’ve bought this turn.
- Sylvanas Windrunner
- Banshee’s Blessing
- Costs 0. Remove a friendly minion to give adjacent minions +1/+1.
- Arch-Villain Rafaam
- I’ll Take That!
- Costs 1. Next combat, add a plain copy of the first minion you kill to your hand. (Note: this is an unbuffed, non-golden copy.)
Heroes leaving:
- Patches the Pirate
- Bartendotron
- Pyramad
- Professor Putricide
- Trade Prince Gallywix
Heroes returning:
- Millificent Manastorm
- Lich Baz’hial
New Minions:
- King Bagurgle
- Floating Watcher
Balance Changes
- Minions
- Lightfang Enforcer
- At the end of your turn, give a friendly Mech, Beast, Murloc and Demon +2/+2. → At the end of your turn, give a friendly Mech, Beast, Murloc and Demon +2/+1.
- Heroes
- Millificent Manastorm
- Tinker
- All Mechs in Bob's Tavern get +1/+1. → All Mechs in Bob's Tavern get +1 Attack.
- Patchwerk
- All Patched Up
- Starts at 60 Health. → Starts at 50 Health.
- A. F. Kay
- Procrastinate
- Skip your first 2 turns. Start with a minion from Tavern Tier 3 and Tavern Tier 4. → Start with two minions from Tavern Tier 3.
- The Rat King
- King of Beasts
- Whenever you Hire a Beast give it +1/+2. Swaps type each turn. → Whenever you Hire a Beast give it +1/+1. Swaps type each turn.
- Lich Baz’hial
- Graveyard Shift
- Get a Coin and take 3 damage. → Get a Coin and take 2 damage.
- The Great Akazamzarak
- Prestidigitation
- Will now be harder to get Ice Block consecutively.
- Removed Hand of Salvation as a possible secret.
Advanced Stats v1
Advanced Stats are now live for players who own 10 or more Descent of Dragons Card Packs, which will retroactively include data from matches played since November 5. From the Battlegrounds lobby screen, advanced stats can be accessed by clicking “More”. We’ll be continuing to add more features and stats with future updates!
A Note on Performance:
With this update, players on low-end devices may experience degraded performance. We’re continuing our efforts to address this issue and optimize Hearthstone Battlegrounds – and we’ll have more to share soon.
Comments
Weirdly, this patch moved Sathrovarr to wild, so even though I still have my free copy, I can't play him.
Rafaam seems reallllly good. Got first place on my first try with him. Not only are you stealing stuff early for tempo but late-game you're potentially stealing really powerful buffing units. It... was fun :D
I guess he values Zapp pretty highly then, to steal Lightfangs etc?
Will miss bartendotron. Will not miss getting cheesed by lightfang enforcers, although I still reckon they'll be pretty powerful
I haven't played since the patch, but reading Rafaam's battlecry it sounds really good: a better than average minion for just one gold. Often the first thing you kill is a Nightmare Amalgam, since those are good low-tier minions that can easily be given taunt.
They said in one of the posts that because Amalgam needs a bit more work they will nerf Amalgam in January.
Even if it's nerfed, it's probably still useful to have an increased chance of getting an Amalgam early. It's the only thing The Curator gets and that's considered a good hero pick. And if Rafaam gets multiple, buffs can be merged when it goes gold.
Anyone else unable to log in since this update? I get the "playfull sprites" message
First Junkbot leaves Tier 4, now AFKay can't even get a card from Tier 4? Double-tap to the knees! I will miss you, Cobalt Guardian + Security Rover combos.
Hey you can get double cobalt now, or Cobalt + Menace (and magnetize menace on minibot or mecharoo), so not all is lost
One correction, Millificent Manastorm was nerfed wasn't she?
Yep, just updated that now!