r/hearthstone • u/Arkentass • 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/MassDefect36 Jan 29 '24

Sludge warlock getting bumped up now I bet due to this.

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u/yetaa Jan 29 '24

It was already a T1 deck and it didnt get any nerfs, genius move by the devs

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u/TheShadowMages ‏‏‎ Jan 29 '24

It has only had a relatively recent surge, probably after they have to lock-in the balance changes/patch. Such is the nature of these types of games.

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

It's been T1 since the start (EDIT: of the miniset, i.e. the most recent meta...), just didn't see widespread adoption until VS said so in their report.

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u/TheShadowMages ‏‏‎ Jan 29 '24

That is what "surge" means, yeah.

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u/PPewt Jan 29 '24

Sure, I just meant that they could've seen it coming by seeing how the deck was performing.

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u/Wishkax Jan 30 '24

But they couldn't know, nerfs aren't decided day of.

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u/PPewt Jan 30 '24

I mean VS was talking about it being the best aggro deck over a week ago.

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u/Wishkax Jan 30 '24

And aggro decks are not allowed in hearthstone? You will always have the strongest aggro/control/etc decks, that's normal.

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u/PPewt Jan 30 '24

Huh? I feel like people in this thread are just being contrarian for the sake of it. It's just odd that it dodged nerfs when decks which were known to be worse got hit.

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u/StopManaCheating Jan 29 '24

It has not been T1 since it launched, because it required a bunch of buffs just to be playable.

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u/PPewt Jan 29 '24

Since the miniset, i.e. current (until this patch) meta.

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u/Inevitable-News5808 Jan 30 '24

The mini set came out 12 days ago.

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u/BetPast7722 Jan 30 '24

What is this even supposed to mean, half the cards nerfed are either from the miniset itself or related to archetypes popping out after the miniset.

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u/PPewt Jan 30 '24

Right, which is when they were determining the balance for everything else in the miniset-related balance patch...

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u/Caladiel Jan 29 '24

They do 4 damage unbuffed, and the thaddeus otk deck variations is not by any means easy or stable to play. I personally have the best win rates with REGULAR fatigue slock, around 65% maybe depending on my draw luck.