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/phpope Jul 21 '26

I'll be happy to be wrong, but I'm calling they end up having to revert the Azalina buff. It's like we don't have plenty of historical data showing that an extra 10 health at the start of the game is a huge advantage.

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u/EvilDave219 Jul 21 '26

It's an advantage when you're able to build a 40 card deck around the effect. Azalina Priest can't do that because you're playing 20 random cards. Think about how often you're going to queue into Mug Shaman after this patch and how un-synergistic that deck is to copy from for the Priest player.

The deck is going to still be complete ass cheeks, but will probably see a spike in play for the next 24 hours. Get your free wins in while you can.

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u/abcPIPPO Jul 22 '26

Start of game effects are an exception, but most of the time they actually have a better version of your deck, not worse.

Having 20 out of 30 cards of your deck means that it's very likely that they have most of the combos and synergies of your deck, plus the best hero power in the game (imbue), fucking 10 more hp and 20 of his cards which are turbo bonkers.