GuyGrumpy realized he needed some editing practice, and wanted to make some announcements. So he walked through the recent Hearthstone balance changes 18.6.1 to the Duels and Battlegrounds Modes) and shared some information on what to look for next week, in the card review episodes. He also reminds you that he maintains a complete set of cards, and will be opening a complete set of Madness at the Darkmoon Faire cards on release day (November 17). After opening all of his cards, he will play with viewers — allowing anyone who wants to provide a deck code to play against him for two games!
BALANCE CHANGES
DUELS CHANGES
- Mr Bigglesworth removed – doesn’t seem like it was supposed to be there in the first place
- Party Portal reduced by 2 health
- -1 cost for Amalgamate, Spyglass, Wish, Pure Cold
- -1 cost for Rogue/Warlock/Warrior Hero Powers
- +1 cost for Canopic Jars, Summoning Ritual
- Crystal Gem extra crystal for 2 turns
- Deadly Weapons Treasure +1 durability to weapon
- Shaman Hero Power only summons a non-basic totem when overloaded (not one basic and one non-basic)
BATTLEGROUNDS CHANGES
- Battleground Heroes Changes
- Queen Wagtoggle – back to +2/+1 instead of +2/+0
- Curator – Amalgam 1/2
- Hooktusk – 1 mana, back to original ability
- Rat King – +2/+2 instead of +1/+2
- Rakanish – Effect becomes targeted
- George the fallen – HP now 2 mana
- Ysera – Always offers a dragon when tavern is refreshed
- Akazamzarak – now 1 cost instead of 2, effigy removed from pool
- Galakrond – Free, but doesn’t freeze
- Tess – Refresh with your last opponent’s warband instead of minions from it
- Elise – Map costs 2 instead of 3
- Barov – Refunds gold on ties
- Battleground Minion Changes
- Elementals no longer guaranteed to be in the pool!
- Wrath Weaver – becomes a 1/3
- Yo-ho-Ogre – becomes 2/5 instead of 2/8, tier 2 instead of 3
- Iron Sensei – tier 3
- Southsea Strongarm – 4/3 instead of 5/4, tier 3 instead of 4
- Ripsnarl Captain – 4/5 instead of 3/4
- Lightfang Enforcer – +2/+2 instead of +2/+1
- Gentle Djinni – Tier 6
- Lieutenant Garr – 5/1 instead of 8/1
- Lil’ Rag – 4/4 instead of 6/6
- Dread Admiral Eliza – give pirates +2/+1 instead of +1/+1
- Amalgadon doesn’t count itself any more
- Balance Change Patch Notes 18.6.1 can be found here:
https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23554838
IN OTHER NEWS
- 40-pack bundle Giveaway running at https://go.guygrumpy.com/madness-contest (or just enter below!)
- 60-pack bundle Giveaway for Guessing the Dust Total at https://go.guygrumpy.com/madness-guess
- Review Episodes to be released on November 17 – Bringing in Class Experts to talk about the classes!
- Come play with ALL the cards on Guygrumpy’s stream on November 17!
Music in this episode was commissioned from Shadeswiper (https://twitter.com/shadeswiper)
