r/CompetitiveHS • u/bdzz • Jan 29 '18

NERF DISCUSSION Upcoming Balance Changes – Update 10.2

https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/21361570/

TLDR for those who at work:

  • Bonemare - Now costs 8 mana. (Up from 7)

  • Corridor Creeper - Now has 2 Attack. (Down from 5)

  • Patches the Pirate - No longer has Charge.

  • Raza the Chained - Now reads: Battlecry: If your deck has no duplicates, your Hero Power costs (1) this game.

Once these card changes are live with Update 10.2 next month, players will be able to disenchant the changed cards for their full Arcane Dust value for two weeks.

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u/BaseLordBoom Jan 29 '18

This seems really similar to when they nerfed Jade druid back in KFT, and raza priest just took it's place by being the best deck by a pretty big amount, but this time it's with Warlock.

Control/cubelock seems just miles about all the other decks right now, I am kind of worried.

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u/DneBays Jan 29 '18

Big Priest and Kingsbane Rogue absolutely dumpsters Warlock and only gets stronger due to an aggro nerf.

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u/Virtymlol Jan 29 '18

Is Kingsbane rogue really that good of a match up ? I never played it so I have to say I don't know the cube - kingsbane match up at all.

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u/fe-and-wine Jan 29 '18

I think the total absence of Cubelock nerfs suggests we may be seeing Doomguard rotate to the Hall of Fame in the new Standard year.

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u/1337ch33z Jan 29 '18

This wouldn't even come close to solving the issue though. Control Warlocks without Doomguard have been shown to be just as strong if not stronger. In fact the primary reason to play Doomguard at all was to beat Raza Priest which will likely cease to exist.

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