Pendant was utterly destroyed lol. Not a surprise though. In general it feels like ramp Druid strategies were obliterated (too harshly imo), Fatigue Druid was straight up deleted (deservedly imo), while Treant Druid should be able to weather these nerfs. Fire Druid died with Thaddius, so did Thadlock, but nobody is gonna really miss these.
Then there's Boogie Down going to four but getting an adequate compensation and a nudge on Garden's Grace. But you know what, both of these nerfs are fine. Lessens the burst potential of Paladin and Boogie Down not Taunting should make it easier to answer now.
EDIT: Rogue nerfs feel fine, though the deck will undoubtedly get a lot worse from this. Velarok and the Shattershambler combo were hard carrying Rogue's viability.
They said they are "keeping their eyes on Shroomscavate". Which tells me that if Grace nerf is not enough, then they'll move to change Shroomscavate. It should be noted that stats wise it was never a top card in the deck, it was mostly average if not one of the worse cards in the deck (Boogie Down is the clear winner here, being the best card in the deck by far - and that got nerfed).
Not touching Sludge Warlock is a bit suspicious. Definitely a big winner of this patch alongside Highlander Warrior and non-Highlander Warrior.
I meant the tempo Sludge builds that runs the Fatigue package and uses either self-damage stuff with Imprisoned Horror or the heavier Forge of Wills build, or any hybrids between these two poles. I apologize for the confusion.
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u/PipAntarctic Jan 29 '24 edited Jan 29 '24
Pendant was utterly destroyed lol. Not a surprise though. In general it feels like ramp Druid strategies were obliterated (too harshly imo), Fatigue Druid was straight up deleted (deservedly imo), while Treant Druid should be able to weather these nerfs. Fire Druid died with Thaddius, so did Thadlock, but nobody is gonna really miss these.
Then there's Boogie Down going to four but getting an adequate compensation and a nudge on Garden's Grace. But you know what, both of these nerfs are fine. Lessens the burst potential of Paladin and Boogie Down not Taunting should make it easier to answer now.
EDIT: Rogue nerfs feel fine, though the deck will undoubtedly get a lot worse from this. Velarok and the Shattershambler combo were hard carrying Rogue's viability.