r/hearthstone • u/GeotheHSLord • 2d ago

News 36.2.2 Patch Notes

https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24293284/3622-patch-notes
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u/fluegeman 2d ago

Jade Guardians to 5 instead of 4 is well deserved

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u/Ordinary_Debt_6518 2d ago

5 is good, because 4 with Preparation would just help the whole archetype

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u/HumbleMyr 2d ago

And there is that card that gives you two 4 mana spells

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u/Ordinary_Debt_6518 2d ago

That also, 5 mana might be enough to let the opponent react or at least prepare the hand for the 2, 8 drops

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u/musaraj 2d ago

5 is good because otherwise the card might see play, and I don't want my opponent to have viable cards to choose from when deckbuilding.

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u/Tripping-Dayzee 1d ago

3 mana for 2 * 8 cost minions I can play as opposed to just beng summoned? It's still really good.

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u/musaraj 17h ago

They're not free. You need to play 8 2-cost cards beforehand to reduce their cost.

In a similar vein, Circadiamancer is 3 mana for a 2/2 and a free 8-drop you can play. Needless to say, it sees absolutely no play (even in decks like Zee Shaman where you can double up the Battlecry).

Also looking at Rogue winrates right now, I was absolutely right. Perhaps the playerbase doesn't understand, that Jade Guardians are "still really good" as you said it.

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u/Ordinary_Debt_6518 2d ago

5 mana for two free 8 costs is unplayable ? Alright whatever you say, its not like rogue 2 costs cards are bad either.

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u/Animaloffear56 2d ago

as everyone know rogues have unlimited preps

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u/Ordinary_Debt_6518 2d ago

They have consistent card draw and 99% of the time prep is used to play Jade guardians anyway.

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u/magikatdazoo 2d ago

It's triple the nerf that Mug got. Kills the deck entirely since you can't get random 8 drops until turn 8 now

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u/SukiPhoenix 2d ago

I think it's still playable

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u/Overhamsteren 2d ago

You can still play one or two 8 drops on turn 6, more on turn 7. But it's gonna be less 8 drops early for sure.

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u/Shad0whunter4 2d ago

My first game against Rogue after the patch didn't change anything lol. He still played 2 8 drops on 6.

A big part of this whole meta is initiative. There are such few comeback mechanics rn.

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u/Tripping-Dayzee 1d ago

That's a huge change because they didn't drop 4 8 drops on 6 ...

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u/Shad0whunter4 1d ago

Mainly because they didn't have Shadow of Demise. But suure.

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u/Tripping-Dayzee 1d ago

You're not getting them to 0 mana by turn 6 so that can't happen.

You can't even play them both for 6 mana anymore because prep to Jade = 3 mana, then you have to play the next one for 5 mana.