A new patch has arrived in Hearthstone and it directly concerns Battlegrounds! We already knew about the arrival of four new heroes since they were datamined, but we couldn't test them. It is now possible!
Brann, Elise, Finley, and Sindragosa are coming to replace King Mukla, Giantfin, Millificent Manastorm and Lich Baz'hial.
The four new Bosses and their hero powers
Bosses that are leaving Battlegrounds
In order to keep 24 heroes, it was necessary to say goodbye to four bosses. King Mukla, Giantfin, Millificent Manastorm and Lich Baz'hial leaves the game mode. So there are two solid heroes (Millificent and Mukla) and two rather weak heroes (Giantfin and Baz'hial) who leave the game mode.
Balance Changes
Several minions were moved from a tier of the tavern to another to bring a maximum of diversity. Murlocs and Demons are buffered, while the Mechs synergy is weakened.
Developer comments: We wanted to buff both Demons and Murlocs, so we moved those minions down a Tavern Tier. Junkbot was a bit too strong for Tavern Tier 4 and often made it so mech players never had a good reason to upgrade to Tavern Tier 5. With these changes, we think the minion types are closer together in power level.
- Primalfin Lookout: Tier 5 → Tier 4
- Voidlord: Tier 6 → Tier 5
- Junkbot: Tier 4 → Tier 5
- Coldlight Seer: Tier 3 → Tier 2
Ranked System Changes
We’ve made adjustments to the number of points given for first place. In the original system, you got 240 points for a first place on your first game, and 24 pts for a first place on your 150th (or later) game. Now, you will get 190 pts for a first place on your first game and 95 pts for a first place on your 150th (or later) game.
Bug Fixes
- Infested Wolf
The Triple version of Infested Wolf has been moved from Tavern Tier 2 to Tavern Tier 3, consistent with its base form.
- Rat Pack
The Triple version of Rat Pack has been moved from Tavern Tier 3 to Tavern Tier 2, consistent with its base form.
- Plant tokens spawned from Adapt effects are now Tavern Tier 1.
- Snake tokens spawned from Snake Trap are now Tavern Tier 1.
A patch is planned for early December, here is a brief overview:
- New balances are to be expected, both on heroes and servants. Their performance at stake will be the determining factor in these future changes.
- Hero rotations will continue. New ones will be added, and others deleted. Famous characters will join the game mode in December
- Two new minions will be included in the December update. King Bagurgle who had recently been revealed, and Floating Watcher
A Reddit user noticed that an advertisement for Hearthstone: Battlegrounds was showing a new Murloc minion! Accident or teasing — Lead Designer Mike Donais confirmed that King Bargugle will indeed soon join the game.
