Hearthstone 20.0 patch notes detail &lsquo;The Great Unnerfing&rsquo;
2 hours agoLast Updated: March 22, 2021
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Hearthstone’s 20.0 patch is about to reach on March 25, and as befits such a big, spherical patch quantity, it should be “a giant one.” The replace nerfs Nitroboost and makes a couple of modifications to Battlegrounds, and extra importantly it units the desk for the upcoming launch of the Basic Format that may use all 240 of the sport’s authentic playing cards, of their authentic 2014 incarnations. Unveiled in February, Basic Format is like World of Warcraft Basic for CCGs: It takes gamers again to the early days—particularly, the 1.0.0.5832 patch of June 2014—with all subsequent steadiness modifications undone. “Within the Basic format Warsong Commander can provide minions Cost, Holy Smite can go face, and Leeroy Jenkins will value 4 mana,” Blizzard mentioned on the time, which I think about is smart to individuals who play the sport. “If you wish to relive the old-school Hearthstone expertise, Basic would be the place for you!”
To make that occur, the patch will mirror your complete assortment of related Fundamental, Basic, and Corridor of Fame playing cards when it goes stay, then revert them and make them obtainable for deck constructing. Basic playing cards will seem in their very own part of your Assortment Supervisor, and you’ll develop your assortment additional with Basic packs, which can drop two variations of playing cards—one for Basic format and one for Legacy in Wild, with completely different stats the place relevant. Basic format leaderboards will go stay on March 30 with the launch of the Solid within the Barrens enlargement, which may even see the brand new Core Set exchange the Fundamental and Basic units in Commonplace. Playing cards making up the Core Set can be barely completely different than initially introduced:
88 playing cards coming back from Basic (54 class playing cards, 34 impartial playing cards). 52 playing cards coming back from Fundamental (41 class playing cards, 11 impartial playing cards). 55 playing cards coming back from Wild (36 class playing cards, 19 impartial playing cards). 4 playing cards coming back from Ashes of Outland (4 Demon Hunter Class playing cards). 4 playing cards coming back from Demon Hunter Provoke. 1 card coming back from Corridor of Fame (Shadowform). 31 new playing cards (20 Class playing cards, 11 Impartial playing cards). “After taking time to contemplate neighborhood suggestions, we’ve changed the beforehand introduced Core set variations of Stonetusk Boar and Bluegill Warrior with two model new minions—Emerald Skytalon and Redgill Razorjaw!” Blizzard mentioned. (Picture credit score: Blizzard)
Blizzard additionally up to date the Shaman Hero energy to exchange the Wrath of Air (Spell Injury) Totem with a brand new totem, Power Totem, which provides +1 Assault to a pleasant minion on the finish of your flip. (Picture credit score: Blizzard)
“The Great Unnerfing” will see the reversion of nerfs to 36 playing cards rotating to Wild. There can be 5 days between the rollout of the patch on March 25 and the set rotation on March 30, and Blizzard warned that “we’re anticipating the Commonplace meta to be very attention-grabbing this weekend.” Here is what’s altering:
Mage:
Mana Wrym – Outdated: [Costs 2] 1 Assault, 3 Well being. → New: [Costs 1] 1 Assault, 2 Well being
Wrym Weaver 0- Outdated: [Costs 5] 3 Assault, 6 Well being. Spellburt: Summon two 1/3 Mana Wryms. → New: [Costs 4] 3 Assault, 5 Well being. Spellburst: Summon two 1/2 Mana Wryms
Conjurer’s Calling – Outdated: [Costs 4] → New: [Costs 3]
Dragoncaster – Outdated: [Costs 7] → New: [Costs 6]
Hunter:
Hunter’s Mark – Outdated: [Costs 2] → New: [Costs 1]
Ravenous Buzzard – Outdated: [Costs 5] 3 Assault, 2 Well being → New: [Costs 2] 2 Assault, 1 Well being
Dinotamer Brann – Outdated: [Costs 8] → New: [Costs 7]
Warrior:
Cost – Outdated: [Costs 1] Give a pleasant minion Cost. It may well’t assault heroes this flip. → New: [Costs 3] Give a pleasant minion +2 Assault and Cost
Bloodsworn Mercenary – Outdated: 2 Assault, 2 Well being. → New: 3 Assault, 3 Well being
Scion of Damage – Outdated: [Costs 4] → New: [Costs 3]
Shaman:
Spirit Claws – Outdated: [Costs 2] → New: [Costs 1]
Flametongue Totem – Outdated: [Costs 3] 0 Assault, 3 Well being. → New: [Costs 2] 0 Assault, 2 Well being
Invocation of Frost – Outdated: [Costs 2] → New: [Costs 1]
Dragon’s Pack – Outdated: Summon two 2/3 Spirit Wolves with Taunt. Should you’ve Invoked twice, give them +2/+2. → New: Summon two 2/3 Spirit Wolves with Taunt. Should you’ve Invoked twice, give them +3/+3
Corrupt Elementalist – Outdated: [Costs 6] → New: [Costs 5]
Druid:
Keeper of the Grove – Outdated: 2 Assault, 2 Well being. → New: 2 Assault, 4 Well being
Historical of Lore – Outdated: Select One – Draw a card; or Restore 5 Well being. → New: Select One – Draw 2 playing cards; or Restore 5 Well being
Priest:
Energy Phrase: Protect – Outdated: [Costs 0] Give a minion +2 Well being. → New: [Costs 1] Give a minion +2 Well being. Draw a card
Rogue:
The Caverns Under – Outdated: Quest: Play 5 minions with the identical identify. Reward: Crystal Core (For the remainder of the sport, your minions are 4/4). → New: Quest: Play 4 minions with the identical identify. Reward: Crystal Core (For the remainder of the sport, your minions are 5/5)
Edwin VanCleef – Outdated: [Costs 4] → New: [Costs 3]
Blade Flurry – Outdated: [Costs 4] → New: [Costs 2]
Necrium Apothecary – Outdated: [Costs 5] → New: [Costs 4]
Galakrond, the Nightmare (Applies to upgraded variations) – Outdated: Draw 1 card. It value (1). → New: Draw 1 card. It value (0)
Paladin:
Warlock:
Impartial:
Undertaker – Outdated: Everytime you summon a minion with Deathrattle, achieve +1 Assault. → New: Everytime you summon a minion with Deathrattle, achieve +1/+1
Leper Gnome – Outdated: 1 Assault, 1 Well being → New: 2 Assault, 1 Well being
Knife Juggler – Outdated: 2 Assault, 2 Well being. → New: 3 Assault, 2 Well being
Frenzied Felwing – Outdated: 3 Assault, 2 Well being. → New: 3 Assault, 3 Well being
Dangerous Luck Albatross – Outdated: [Costs 4] → New: [Costs 3]
Saronite Chain Gang – Outdated: Battlecry: Summon one other Saronite Chain Gang. → New: Battlecry: Summon a replica of this minion
Arcane Golem – Outdated: 4 Assault, 4 Well being. → New: 4 Assault, 2 Well being. Cost
Bonemare – Outdated: [Costs 8] → New: [Costs 7]
Archivist Elysiana – Outdated: [Costs 9] → New: [Costs 8]
Dragonqueen Alexstrasza – Outdated: Battlecry: In case your deck has no duplicates, add 2 different random Dragons to your hand. They value (1). → New: Battlecry: In case your deck has no duplicates, add 2 different random Dragons to your hand. They value (0)
Magical Spell Faculties can be added to beforehand launched Spells in Commonplace and Wild by the patch, which Blizzard mentioned “will add synergies and a brand new layer of depth all through your assortment.” The replace may even make modifications to the Hearthstone Rewards Monitor forward of its first-ever refresh on March 30, which can double the variety of core reward ranges from 50 to 100, and halve the quantity of XP required to realize every new degree. When the patch goes stay, incomplete Insanity on the Darkmoon Faire Gameplay and Duels achievements will not grant Rewards Monitor XP—as an alternative, you will choose it up by means of new Solid within the Barrens Achievements. Blizzard can be making a gift of a Golden Basic Card Pack to everybody who logs in after the 20.0 replace goes stay, so that you’ll most likely need to choose that up too. Naturally, the replace may even make a variety of bug fixes and gameplay modifications—take a look at the complete record under, and the complete patch notes at playhearthstone.com . Elevated the variety of obtainable deck slots from 18 to 27. Moved the Seasonal Ranked Rewards Chest to the Deck Choice display screen. Moreover, the Seasonal Ranked Rewards for March will give Solid within the Barrens packs as an alternative of Insanity on the Darkmoon Faire packs. Added progress bars for every Achievement class within the Journal. Up to date the assured Weekly Quest Win 5 Video games of Ranked Play Mode to be re-rollable. Up to date a number of loading tricks to mirror latest modifications. Up to date Area Rewards to now embody Solid within the Barrens packs and not embody Basic packs. Up to date Tavern Brawls to reward one Yr of the Phoenix pack as an alternative of a Basic pack. Up to date each new participant Legendary quest traces in order that a number of of the quests might be accomplished in Battlegrounds and can provide pack rewards from latest expansions as an alternative of Basic packs. Eliminated the returning participant missions in opposition to Malfurion, Tyrande, and Hakkar and up to date the Legendary quest line for returning gamers to reward a complete of 15 card packs from latest expansions. Up to date free decks for brand spanking new and returning gamers ( recipes can be found here ). *
Up to date Ebook of Heroes in order that finishing all Ebook of Heroes missions for a category will now unlock that class. Up to date the Demon Hunter class in order that it may be unlocked by taking part in in opposition to the category in Play mode or beating the category in Follow mode. Finishing the Demon Hunter prologue will nonetheless unlock the category however will now reward 1 Demon Hunter class pack for gamers which have but to finish it. Fastened a bug the place Wild playing cards wouldn’t seem within the Assortment with out having Demon Hunter unlocked. Fastened a bug the place Zephrys the Great wouldn’t provide Mass Dispel or Shadowflame when your board was full. Fastened a bug the place playing cards that focus on Deathrattle minions, reminiscent of Play Useless, would nonetheless work with Deathwarden in play. Fastened a bug the place minions buffed by Soul of the Murloc wouldn’t present a Deathrattle icon. Fastened a bug the place Khadgar wouldn’t copy Vectus’ Deathrattle results on Plagued Hatchling. Fastened a bug the place Sparkjoy Cheat casting a secret out of your hand would set off an opponent’s Counterspell and nonetheless put the key into play. It’ll now not set off Counterspell. Fastened a bug the place Shenanigans wouldn’t set off if the opponent’s first card drawn was a “Solid When Drawn” card. Fastened a bug the place Shadow Clone would set off regardless of having a full board. Fastened a bug the place taking part in Crystal Core and Humble Blessing in the identical match wouldn’t grant the persistent stat impact of whichever was performed second. Fastened a Battlegrounds bug the place minions that buff others wouldn’t visually replace all minions which can be spawned throughout fight. Fastened a Battlegrounds bug the place the Prize Wall Hero Energy wouldn’t present the right variety of turns left for gamers apart from Tickatus. Fastened a Battlegrounds bug the place secrets and techniques generated from Prestidigitation confirmed a Gold value regardless of not costing any Gold to solid. Fastened a Duels bug the place the win counter might present -1. Fastened a Duels bug the place duplicate card buckets might seem. Fastened a Duels bug the place your deck wouldn’t seem on the top of run display screen. Fastened a Duels bug the place the Deathstrider Treasure might trigger crashes when triggering a number of Deathrattles. Fastened a Duels bug the place the Soulcial Research Hero Energy might nonetheless seem as Coming Quickly. Fastened a Duels bug the place Prince Malchezaar’s begin of recreation impact wouldn’t activate if Prince Malchezaar was drawn from Small Pouches. Fastened a bug the place clicking the victory banner in Solo Adventures wouldn’t exit the match. Fastened a bug in Trial by Felfire the place the journey wouldn’t present as accomplished regardless of incomes its respective completion Achievement. Fastened a bug in Trial by Felfire the place the struggle with Gruul the Dragonkiller might lock the sport. Fastened a bug with Ebook of Heroes Valeera the place minions drawn by Varian Wrynn wouldn’t be positioned on the board regardless of having sufficient board house. Fastened a bug with Ebook of Heroes Valeera the place the AI would play Sleep with the Fishes for no worth. Fastened a visible bug with Ebook of Heroes Valeera the place minions in play initially of a match would seem able to assault through the Mulligan. Fastened a visible bug with Ebook of Heroes Valeera the place Rehgar Earthfury would seem unable to assault regardless of with the ability to assault. Fastened a visible bug with V-O7-TR-ON’s entrance animation. Fastened a visible bug the place Imprisoned Phoenix would briefly seem to provide its Spell Injury buff whereas Dormant. Fastened a visible bug the place components of the Zhuge Liang Anduin and Diao Chan Valeera Hero Skins weren’t showing animated. Tags

Hearthstone 20.0 patch notes detail &lsquo;The Great Unnerfing&rsquo;

June 29, 2017 4:24 PM
Above: The Crystal Core is the reward for The Caverns Below quest -- and it's getting nerfed. Image Credit: Jason Wilson/GamesBeat
Blizzard Entertainment announced Wednesday that it would make a change to one of the most controversial cards in Hearthstone: The Caverns Below , the Rogue Quest card from the Journey to Un’Goro set. The studio felt players were achieving the quest too quickly, earning a powerful reward that was impacting the card game’s balance. In the release, the Team 5 development group (which works on Hearthstone) said that “The Caverns Below is uniquely powerful versus several slower, control-oriented decks and played often enough that it’s pushing those decks out of play. This change should help expand the deck options available to players both now and after the release of the next expansion.”
I asked principal game designer Mike Donais to further explain why they made the change, which will require players to play a minion with the same name five times, not four as it does now. I noted that for almost every other class quest, players had to play six or seven cards — with the exception being the Druid’s Jungle Giants, which requires that you play five cards that with 5 or more attack (and these are usually mana-rich cards to play, so it’s harder to pull off). “We felt that increasing the number of times you needed to play a minion with the same name by one was enough of a change,” Donais said. “With this change, people won’t complete the quest more often, and if they do complete it, it will come later in the game so the opponent has more time to react to it.”
But I asked what’s really the difference between a skilled player (or one drawing well) pulling off the quest on Turn 5 or Turn 6 instead of Turn 4 or Turn 5. Donais said that the change alone will result in fewer players exploring The Caverns Below. “I think you will find that after the change there are a lot less people running Quest Rogue. The ones who are doing it is because they love the playstyle or because they are specifically trying to counter slow control decks,” he said. While the Caverns Below quest is annoying, it’s not that hard to handle when you’re playing against it. The best option is to just kill your opponent before they complete the quest — since they’re focusing on bouncing minions from the board and back to their hand, they often don’t have the flexibility to answer your plays. Above: Sulfuras is the reward for the Warrior’s Fire Plume quest. Image Credit: Blizzard Entertainment
But the one quest that I’ve seen draw hate not just from amateurs but the professional scene is the Warrior’s Fire Plume’s Heart quest, where you play seven minions with Taunt (a sort of shield effect for your minions and hero) to get Sulfuras, which gives you “DIE, INSECT!” as your hero power — you get Ragnaros the Firelord’s 8-damage fireball. The issue is that Ragnaros rotated out of the Standard side of Hearthstone, but this quest brings his power back. It’s frustrating to play against, and when you take the Warrior’s capability to clear the board of opposing minions, it can feel overpowered. But Donais said that they got more negative feedback about the Rogue’s Caverns Below quest. “We have seen more feedback on the Rogue quest from various sources in the community and from many different types of players. If other quest decks or really any decks cause big problems, then we will also address those as needed,” Donais said. “Right now the meta is very balanced, so we are very happy with how Un’Goro is doing.”
Just how balanced is it? I saw a couple of different new deck styles, like Jade Elemental Rogue and Elemental Token Druid, make Legend rank within the last week. It’s rare that, this late in an set’s meta, that new decks pop up. “The meta is usually really fun when a set first comes out as new decks are popping up and lots of experimentation is happening. Having that still happen this far into the expansion is awesome to see,” Donais said. “I was happy to see the mage quest, Open the Waygate, show up in the Seatstory cup last weekend and win some matches. Hopefully, as new cards are released in future expansions, people will go back to the quest cards and experiment with them more using those new cards.”
Now, if only my C’Thun Elemental Rogue would only crack Rank 14. …
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Hearthstone’s top game designer explains Quest Rogue change

June 28, 2017 10:13 AM
Above: The Crystal Core is the reward for The Caverns Below quest -- and it's getting nerfed. Image Credit: Jason Wilson/GamesBeat
Hearthstone’s Quest Rogue players might actually want to find a cave to hide in after hearing the news of Blizzard Entertainment’s changes to the controversial The Cavern Below card. The publisher of the market-leading digital card game said it’s weakening one of the most-talked about cards from Journey of Un’Goro: The Caverns Below. It will now require you to play five minions, not four, to get the big reward of the quest: The Crystal Core, which gives all your minions 5 attack and 5 health, even if they normally have less. It’s among the most hated cards in the Un’Goro expansion, since it didn’t take long for pros and other top players to crack how easy it is to pull off the quest (even me, who stinks at Rogue and has barely played Quest Rogue, got it off in four and five turns while playing a couple of matches for this article). Blizzard sent GamesBeat and other outlets a statement on why it’s making the change. Since the release of Journey to Un’Goro, Hearthstone has enjoyed a wider variety of competitively viable classes and decks than ever before. We’ve been monitoring overall gameplay, and we’ve decided that — even though everything is varied and many decks are viable — change to The Caverns Below is still warranted. The Caverns Below is uniquely powerful versus several slower, control-oriented decks and played often enough that it’s pushing those decks out of play. This change should help expand the deck options available to players both now and after the release of the next expansion. Above: How easy is it to get the Crystal Core reward? I was able to profit from it on Turn 5. TURN 5!!! Image Credit: Jason Wilson/GamesBeat
Alex “Raven” Baguley, a professional Hearthstone esports caster who works many of Blizzard’s top events, had a smart take on the change, likening it to the Warlock quest that puts a portal on your board and spits out a pair of 3/2 imps each turn. I am surprised they went for this vs making it a minion that acts like the warlock portal. Take a board slot and cant be prepped
— G2 Raven (@RavenCasts) June 28, 2017
Blizzard also said it was holding a developer livestream, with a question-and-answer session, at 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 30, with Hearthstone game director Ben Brode and principal game designer Mike Donais (a veteran game maker who worked on Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons ) to discuss the state of the Un’Goro expansion and game balance. Hearthstone has made a few other recent announcements: Blizzard is changing how packs work to prevent giving you from opening duplicate Legendary cards (the ultimate in the “feels bad department”), and it signed a new deal to give exclusive esports streaming rights for 20 events  of Hearthstone and its other games to Twitch. The PC Gaming channel is presented by Intel®'s Game Dev program. Subscribe to the PC Gaming channel
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