Druid Choose One cards now account for having the ‘Choose Both’ effect. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. He also thins your deck by one card, which makes it a fraction more of a chance to draw a useful card. You would much rather "spend your draw on" a more useful card, rather than the less useful Magma Rager. And late game it leads to you getting branns and lightfangs, as your first kill is typically the cleave buffers people leave. There is no reason not to run it in deck that runs pirates, it's free. lots of, maybe not all but I'm not checking each one individually. Whenever your hero takes damage on your turn, gain +2/+2. Hearthstone r/ hearthstone. Upcoming Events. I'm kind of new to the game and I don't stop seeing people telling that Patches is a good card. That about the corridor creeper. https://www.youtube.com/HearthstoneEsports, For fans of Blizzard Entertainment's digital card game, Hearthstone, type: "tournament" Full Arcane Dust refunds will be available for the following cards until December 19: Dev Comment: This change is targeted at a very popular deck in Wild that utilizes SN1P-SN4P along with the Echo mechanic to generate extremely large minions or near infinite damage. Battlecry thin your deck, destroy your opponents turn 1 play, secure a minion on the board other than this card. Give any* 1 drop in the game +1/+1 and it becomes an instantly op card and this is basically what happens when you drop a pirate with Patches in your deck. Turn 2 will probably always be minion+Hero power rather than upgrade, then upgrade plus Hero Power on 3 for very little tempo loss if you can sell back even one of those gained minions. This should be a huge advantage through the early turns and possible for even more power mid-game as you have the chance to snag valuable tier 5/6 cards. Echo can no longer cost 0! Why is that? Then there are the synergies with Southsea Captain, Corridor Creeper, and buff effects that can further increase the card's impact. Then I somehow earned THREE MORE MEGASAURS from stealing from opponents during the game. Hearthstone Grandmasters Americas 3d 19h 24m Divisional Play - Week 3 Day 1 . Next combat, add a plain copy of the first minion you kill to your hand. ** In our recent Reddit AMA, we spoke on a few balance updates we intend to make soon.We’re now ready to share the full details of these updates, which will be included in the 17.0.2 patch planned for early next week. Or (not all 1 mana sure) stuff like abusive sergeant and knife juggler. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. This change should put a stop to that interaction while having very limited impact on the average use case for Echo cards. Most people prefer two amalgams or two cobalts to a triple, even with the associated benefits. You are usually better off playing a 2-drop on turn 2 rather than hero powering to get rid of the Patches. Great breakdown of the card's value! "Spending your draw" is a good way to think about one resource in HStone. Sathrovarr seems to be unavailable for standard decks until DoD goes live again. Paying 2 mana to ping off Patches on turn 2 is far more costly than paying 2 mana on turn 10. It's really not. Additionally, it opens the door for very different early turns because you should always be hero powering. 2nd game with Rafaam I played FIVE GENTLE MEGASAURS in the same game. Only saw one Murloc Shaman. Fixed an issue with Curator, in the One Night in Karazhan Adventure, where Rush minions would forget to check if the opposing hero had Taunt when looking for valid targets. That's really all you need to know about why patches is good. Serious discussion about playing Hearthstone competitively. And similarly as the game progresses, you often find that your mana/attacks are better spent doing other things instead of dealing with the Patches. Subreddit Rules Subreddit Meta Discussion Blizzard Subreddits. I love the deck but whether it's good or not depends so much on the matchups you get. This change should've been made ages ago, as it limited design space a LOT. Why would you need to sell something to do that? Hearthstone Grandmasters EU 3d 15h 24m Divisional Play - Week 3 Day 1 . Fixed an issue where players could sometimes not recruit a minion during their first Recruit phase. At the end of your turn, give a friendly Mech, Beast, Murloc and Demon +2/+2. That's why the card is considered to be so strong - if you summon it using another pirate, it's basically the same as drawing a 0 mana 1/1 with text "Charge. Costs 1. That's kind of how it is playing quest druid. The end result is an advantage so significant that we see Patches as the 2nd most popular card in the game according to HSReplay. From the Battlegrounds lobby screen, advanced stats can be accessed by clicking “More”. Hearthstone Grandmasters APAC 3d 10h 24m Divisional Play - Week 3 Day 1 . Costs 0. This is an unofficial subreddit for the discussion of Battlegrounds, a new mode in Hearthstone featuring 8 - player autobattles and minions and heroes from Hearthstone and Warcraft Lore. Even is legendary. Honestly I’m the most happy that they nerfed so many of the very strong early game heroes and removed some of the awful ones. It's free, it does not cost you a card (in hand). That's what I was thinking, if you get a minion for 1 gold you would snowball like crazy. And I found a 2nd megasaur of my own for a total of FIVE MEGASAURS, going on a 12-game win streak to win it all with 30 health left. Most of my matches have been against Highlander hunter which is unfortunate as I was playing quest druid. → At the end of your turn, give a friendly Mech, Beast, Murloc and Demon +2/+1. Seems to me like if you buy and hero power on 2, you'd likely be upgrading, reloading and hero powering on 3, no? Copies of cards with the Echo keyword can no longer cost less than (1). That's why the card is considered to be so strong - if you summon it using another pirate, it's basically the same as drawing a 0 mana 1/1 with text "Charge. Remove a friendly minion to give adjacent minions +1/+1. Patches allows you to summon them without any of these costs - it's free without you having to draw the card and spend mana for it. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Edwin looks great late game as you often have turns where you’re constantly buying and selling minions for the buffs. Shapeshifted Druid cards now retain their pre-transformed cost. When you say "Charge. If you get stuck with something like putricide it’s basically like starting the game with 20hp as you get steamrolled in the early game. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, protec, but also attac. Fixed an issue where minions summoned from Deathrattle effects would sometimes not appear in the correct position. Rafaam will be tier S for sure. It's also a deck thinner if you put it in a deck like Miracle Rogue. Patches for desktop clients are downloaded automatically from the Battle.net launcher prior to launching the game, and players are required to update to each new patch in order to launch Hearthstone. Thank god. The upgrade should cost 3 and the hero power 1, right? We won’t spoil too much, but we hope you’re ready to battle E.V.I.L. Buffs made to C'thun while it is still in the deck (and not from Ritual cards) now count towards all "If your C'thun as at least 10 attack..." effects. New patches for Hearthstone are released regularly, fixing bugs and adding new cards, card backs and game features. Fixed a bug where Earth Shock was incorrectly offered as removal against targets that were reduced to 1 health by Shrink Ray or Equality. Give a minion +1/+1 for each minion you’ve bought this turn. Works as early game tempo gain and removal. Please read our rules before posting. Fixed an issue where shapeshifted Druid cards had a last known in-hand cost equal to 0, which triggered Darklight Torch when looking at even cost cards. ), *Please note the above image features the Golden version stats and card text, Battlecry and Deathrattle: Give your other Murlocs +2/+2. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the CompetitiveHS community. (or good) and collect 35 new cards!More details on Galakrond’s Awakening will be coming soon. The answer is almost without a doubt "yes." The damage itself was calculated correctly but the visual indication of spell damage was missing. Press J to jump to the feed. Is that worth? The Dalaran Heist - Chapter 4 2d 18h 24m . but most importantly: netdec. It's just a 1/1. Fixed an issue where the client was not considering cards that read a value from a variable rather than the card text when determining spell damage. i was really looking forward to spamming my OTK deck now that evolve shaman was gone. Or did you mean upgrade + sell + buy? Also very cool of Blizzard to refund full dust for legendaries indirectly effected by this. Fixed a bug where weapons would sometimes be offered as a removal option against Stealthed minions. +1/+1 on any early game pirate you want, plus the extra upside of getting a free ping that can easily secure the early board and lets you snowball from there. More details on Galakrond’s Awakening will be coming soon. Imagine if you had a Magma Rager in your deck. Adjusted how Zephrys values enemy Deathrattles. 19.9k Members thats so frustrating. Many decks run Southsea Captain just because of how insane it is to get a 3/3 and a 2/2 charge for 3 mana. " That was one of the biggest balance patches in HS history, and it did change a lot of decks’ power level significantly (zoo, rogue’s power) -- but at the same time, there are also a lot of decks/classes that haven't changed too much. Available now on PC, Mac, iPad, and iOS and Android mobile phones. It sounds like you would put too much trust in that card. Don't see it mentioned, but it looks like Sathrovarr is apparently unavailable for standard decks until DoD goes live again. Battlecry: Draw a card.". Costs 1. Fixed a bug where Starfall could be offered as removal against a single minion. It basically gives the first pirate you play razorfen hunter's ability, with the obvious excptions that it has charge and buffs and is buffed by pirate synergy stuff. Press J to jump to the feed. During the Doom in the Tomb event, 23 cards from Wild were released to be playable in Standard. https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/23239986/hearthstone-update-december-5-descent-of-dragons. ... help Reddit App Reddit coins Reddit premium Reddit … description: "Divisional Play - Week 8 Day 2", type: "tournament" I think someone new to the game might still wonder why a 1/1 charge minion is so impactful, even considering all the costs that are being circumvented. Battlecry: Draw a card", Don't forget "starts in your opening hand". Shadow Reflections generated by Valeera the Hollow now function properly if discarded and then created by Soulwarden. Patches allows you to summon them without any of these costs - it's free without you having to draw the card and spend mana for it.