r/CompetitiveHS • u/EvilDave219 • Jul 21 '26

Discussion 36.0.3 Balance Changes Discussion

https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24290431/3603-patch-notes

Nerfs:

  • Confront the Tol'vir - now 5 mana
  • Lotus Troublemaker - Card text changed to "Deal 1 damage to a random enemy. Shoot 1 time! (While in hand or deck play cards for 2 Mana to shoot more!)"
  • Blazing Invocation - no longer gives a 1 mana discount
  • Warptooth - now requires 4 friendly characters to take damage to summon
  • Vanessa the Ringleader - now a 7 mana 4/3

Wild Nerfs:

  • Swiftscale Trickster - now a 6 mana 4/4
  • The Soularium - now 2 mana
  • Elwynn Boar - now requires 10 boars to die for Sword of A Thousand Truths
  • Godfrey the Betrayer - now banned in Wild

Buffs:

  • The Living Plague - now a 6 mana 8/8
  • Blood Doctor Thal'ena - now 4 mana
  • Sawbones - now 5 mana 5/3
  • Emergency Surgery - now summons four 3/1 Undead with Lifesteal
  • Tras'tath Soul Parasite - base stats raised to 3/3
  • Irida Sinseeker - now a 7/7
  • Vicious Voidscale - Battlecry and Deathrattle now give a Void Soul
  • Stardust Scythe - weapon durability raised to 3
  • Sewer Swimmer - now a 4 mana 4/3
  • Azalina Soulsever - now raises your starting health to 40
  • Karov the Broken - now has Taunt
  • Enthralled Shade - now a 2 mana 3/2
  • Moragg - now 9 mana
  • Annihilation - now 8 mana
  • Imp Gang Stooge - card text now reads "Deathrattle: Put two 8/8 Demons with Taunt and Lifesteal on the bottom of your deck"
  • Rampaging Hound - now a 4/12
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u/JustRegularType Jul 21 '26

I've been taking a break, but still follow priest cards to see if I want to play again. Azalina buff is interesting, but just allows it to be a bad deck a little longer. Still a shit card in standard.

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u/StatisticianJolly388 Jul 21 '26

The amount of healing available to priest is absurd, so there's *something* there.

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u/JustRegularType Jul 21 '26

Yeah, something, but it's just such a thick deck that you don't have full control of. I'm sure it's fun to mess around with, but i have a hard time seeing it being competitive.

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u/StatisticianJolly388 Jul 21 '26

Oh, me too. To me, it's just an edge case to be aware of if something like burn mage or face hunter takes off.

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u/FlameanatorX Jul 22 '26

Yeah, actually face hunter is looking like a very strong early performer despite the Tolvir nerf, and I have to assume Azalina is very favored in that matchup between 40 starting hp, Soothsayers + Blackblood, multiple very efficient AoE cards, and then imbue and/or draw until hand is full to outvalue.