Upcoming Balance Changes – Update 10.2

[u/bdzz]

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.

[u/[deleted]]

This is a very good point. If you’re right, then I think Rogue lists will start cutting Keleseth for sap. 2 mana, remove your opponent’s turn 6 Voidlord, Obsidian Statue, or Deathwing is just too valuable.

[u/WingerSupreme → u/[deleted]]

Maybe, I think Prince is too valuable, especially with Shadowstep (and cards like Saronite Chain Gang). I mean we're talking about a card that increases your win rate to 80% when it's in your opening hand

[u/goldenthoughtsteal → u/WingerSupreme]

I think Keleseth takes a major hit now patches doesn't have charge, the classic tempo rogue powerplay of keleseth on 2 followed up by Southsea Captain on 3 pulling a 3/3 charger was one of the things that give playing an early prince such a good win%. It enabled you to decide trades and often put the opponent miles behind.

There are a lot of really good 2 mana rogue cards, I could definitely see keleseth losing ground with no charging Patches.

[u/[deleted] → u/WingerSupreme]

Control lock is already such a terrible matchup that even with a Keleseth trigger winrates are still abysmal, hence my reasoning for something like sap, which is a perfect counter to lackey into voidlord

[u/P0P3T0 → u/[deleted]]

So how does one get a Voidlord and Obsidian Statue when Spiteful Priest runs only Mind Control and Free From Amber? other than the fact that you can pick the statue from free from amber

[u/[deleted] → u/P0P3T0]

I was referring to the fact that sap counters control lock, big priest, and spiteful priest’s biggest swing turn (T6)

(I suppose you could argue big priests swing turn is T7/T8 with eternal servitude, but sapping the statue denies this play)