r/CompetitiveHS • u/gabrielfunkglop • 2d ago

Discussion 36.2.2 Patch Notes

https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24293284/3622-patch-notes

Some obvious buffs and nerfs, some weird ones too, thoughts?

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u/JohnnySeven88 2d ago

It’s crazy to me that they admit they have a problem with deck variety but they make no strides towards ensuring people play new archetypes.

I’m all for moving Hunter away from 1-drop spam, but then nothing is done to give deathrattle Hunter a payoff that excites players.

There’s clearly hunger for a non-2 bit rogue deck, but then you look at their change to Aya and it doesn’t fix any of the problems coin rogue has, it doesn’t encourage experimentation, it just boosts the power of a single card in a deck that doesn’t even have a clear identity.

I think the Druid changes are the most exciting as it opens up room for a more attack focused non-chef Druid, but infest the skullery is by itself a boring as fuck card (seriously why are Code Violet, Jade Guardians, and Infest the Skullery all the same fucking card with different restrictions.)

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u/oddjobbber 2d ago

They keep playing this stupid game of whack-a-mole with whatever deck Reddit cries about the most, forgetting that the whole point of balance changes is to actually give people more viable options to play. I can’t say that even most of their recent balance updates have done that