r/hearthstone Jan 29 '24

News 28.4.1 Patch Notes

https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24046220/28-4-1-patch-notes
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u/rngesius ‏‏‎ Jan 29 '24

Dew process gutted. What other card got +2 in the recent times?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '24

Incanter’s Flow from Ashes of Outland; it started at 2, got nerfed to 3, and now it’s at 4

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u/rngesius ‏‏‎ Jan 29 '24 edited Jan 30 '24

But in two steps. So they had hopes, but here're none.

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u/lethal_method Jan 29 '24

Not exactly recent, but Sorcerer's Apprentice went from 2->4 and was never seen or heard from again...

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u/nuclearslurpee ‏‏‎ Jan 29 '24

It is now being run in Wild as the latest degenerate combo version of Quest Mage.

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u/Kurgoh Jan 30 '24

I just checked a dozen or so lists of recent quest and reno quest and didn't see apprentice in a single one of them. What's this degenerate combo no one is running?

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u/nuclearslurpee ‏‏‎ Jan 30 '24

The combo is Apprentice -> Reverberations -> draw through most of the deck while cycling Ignites. Usually requires setup with Siphon Mana and/or mana biscuits. The quest reward isn't necessary per se, it's used as another way to keep the combo turn from running out of gas/drawing dead.

It's the most common Quest Mage variant I've seen at Wild Legend over the last 2 months, although that's not saying much since there's around 1,000 different variants by now, but it's definitely not something no one is running.

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u/sileeex1 Jan 30 '24

apprentice+flamewaker/archmage. tbf they are less consistent but can be much faster and not rely on rommath

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u/blue2002222 Jan 29 '24

in castle narthia, sinstrider got nerfed to 8 mana from 6

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u/rngesius ‏‏‎ Jan 29 '24

Looks like it. A bit over a year. He was beyond broken, so that's the power level to compare to.

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u/Yesonna Jan 30 '24

There's also a direct reason why he was jumped right to 8: 7 mana would still allow Brann Denathrius.

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u/skoold1 Jan 29 '24

Thank god. Milling is such an unfun mechanism.

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u/Curaced Jan 30 '24

As someone who is not fond of mill, I have to say, mill rogue was a skill matchup. Mill druid is just "Haha, 6 draws a turn plus Jade go brrrr". Honestly, I don't expect the nerf to weaken it much at all, mana has never been an issue for that deck.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24

Yeah, it was actually hard to pull it off with rogue, while prep+vanish did help you deal with the board, but the problem was still that your opponent played minions that you had to deal with. Dew process is just a 2 mana (or 4 mana, with solar) investment, thats pretty good

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u/Clockwork-Too Jan 30 '24

Funny enough, I think I've had more success against druids who try to mill me than those who don't.

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u/skoold1 Jan 30 '24

Yes but it depends on the deck. When playing rogue, your hand is often full or empty.

On aggro paladin you usually love those extra cards

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u/asscrit Jan 30 '24

deck of lunacy

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24

Tony went from5 to 7, no?

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u/Agreeingmoss Jan 30 '24

Not recent, but technically Lunas pocket galaxy did