19.2.1 Patch Notes - Edwin & Boggspine Nerfs - Battleground Change
Blizzard just announced some balance changes to both Constructed and Battlegrounds. Read all about it below!
Quote from BlizzardWe’ve got a small balance patch with a few big changes planned for release this Friday, January 8!
Standard Balance Updates
Edwin VanCleef
- Old: [Costs 3] → New: [Costs 4]
- Dev Comment: The last few weeks have been the best Edwin has ever performed as an individual card (the highest win rate card in multiple Rogue archetypes). Alongside cards like Foxy Fraud and Shadowstep, the frequency of early 8/8 or 10/10 Edwin VanCleefs reached a point we are no longer comfortable with. We want to evaluate how the rest of Rogue's kit performs without this very powerful iteration of Edwin. Cards like Foxy Fraud, Swindle, and Prize Plunderer are important pieces for future expansions and card interactions, so we'll be keeping close tabs on how they perform with the influx of new cards and Edwin's nerf.
Boggspine Knuckles
- Old: 4 Attack → New: 3 Attack
- Dev Comment: We're lowering the attack on Boggspine Knuckles in order to cut into the fluidity of Evolve Shaman, increasing the required investment of playing a 5-mana weapon without a free Dread Corsair, and reduce the overall damage output the deck is capable of over multiple weapon charges. This change lowers the amount of explosive plays available to Evolve Shaman and should create an overall healthier meta.
Edwin VanCleef and Boggspine Knuckles will be eligible for a full dust refund for 2 weeks after the 19.2.1 patch goes live.
Battlegrounds Balance Update
Elistra the Immortal
- Old: 7 Attack, 7 Health → New: 4 Attack, 4 Health
Bug Fixes
- Fixed a bug where Infinite Toki’s Temporal Tavern would not function correctly with the New Recruit Darkmoon Prize.
- Fixed a bug where Ysera’s Dream Portal, when used with the New Recruit Darkmoon Prize, would not offer a Dragon when Bob’s Tavern is full.
Also sorry this didn't get into the notes but: Yes Edwin will still rotate later this year and yes we will be reverting the nerf (along with others) at that time.
— Alec Dawson (@GW_Alec) January 8, 2021
We'll be looking at Wild more frequently throughout the year, setting some things up to help us do that better.
— Alec Dawson (@GW_Alec) January 8, 2021
Any card release has the chance to shift Wild to some degree, the upcoming mini-set being no different. There's some good stuff!
People said the same about Bloodsworn Mercrnary, yet her winrate went down.
If you think this doesn't make any difference you aren't paying attention. It's now impossible to play the weapon and Dread Corsairs on the same turn 3/4 and go off. Slowing things down by a turn has proven in the past to be devastating to most decks.
HAHAHAHA NERF NUMBER ONE MILLION
FUCK THIS UNBALANCED TRASH GAME
OMG THAT SHAMAN NERF IS INSANE!!!! IT'S GONNA PUT HIM IN THE DIRT!!!! WHY'D YOU HAVE TO KILL HIM LIKE THAT BLIZZARD?!?
Hoard pillager is more of a problem than bogspine.
What a useless BG nerf, seriously. The biggest problem in BGs is the highroll and the fkin damage you take in the early game. Yeah sure, change one minion. Jesus christ, those devs are amateurs. ALSO: the matching system in the game SUCKS. There are opponents which I face 3 times in a game while facing other opponents not a single time!
Maybe you should play at a time other than 4 am then my dude. I've only gotten the same opponent twice one single time, and I've played since beta.
He means in the in-game lobby, not across games.
The combats are random on battlegrounds, it is normal to face the same player a few times and nevet facing another one.
Ellistra is a problematic newer minion as it totally changes how the order works and it may leave the opponent unable to strategize and counter a composition, so it's a good nerf.
Boggspine can't get dropped on 3, 4, or 5 now with a 1 or 2 Dread Corsair followup. There's that, at least.
Disappointed in the Edwin nerf. Wish he'd been left alone, actually.
Don't play Bgs so no opinion on that, though from what I've heard so far from those that do, it is a welcome nerf but should also cause her to drop to 4 or 5 stars.
It also reduces the amount of face damage dealt by the weapon and makes trades more awkward.
The Brotherhood Shall Prevail!
Cut down in his prime, just like in WoW. RIP
"Laptops, all of you!"
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Finally the Edwin vanPrep nerf?!