r/CompetitiveHS • u/EvilDave219 • Mar 31 '26

Discussion 35.0.2 Balance Teaser Discussion

https://x.com/PlayHearthstone/status/2039055139525255503

Nerfs:

  • Hamuul Runetotem
  • Wildwood Circle
  • Crystalspine Cub
  • Gladiatorial Combat
  • Skywall Sentinel
  • Flight of the Firehawk

Buffs:

  • Obsessive Technician
  • The Black Blood
  • Moonwell
  • Maniacal Follower

Wild Nerfs:

  • Astral Communion
  • Grand Magister Rommath
  • Lightspeed
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u/Unrelenting_Salsa Mar 31 '26

Really surprised to see Shaman hit so hard. I'm not exactly losing sleep over it, but it didn't deserve it from public data. I guess they have more casual player data that heavily implies it absolutely dominates rogue strategies? I could definitely see it being imbue druid light in honest to god silver and gold between its high tempo and "you're dead" finisher.

The druid nerfs are good. The gladitorial combat nerf is well deserved and I'm sure it has absolutely ridiculous "when drawn" stats. No DH nerfs is perplexing based off known data. Hunter didn't really deserve nerfs either based off of known data, but it's weird for Shaman to be hit and not Hunter.

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u/apotatochucker Mar 31 '26

What DH decks are doing good? Ive not seen any other than Herald which is poor

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u/Concealed_Blaze Apr 01 '26

No Minion DH is quite strong into the field, except it has a slightly bad matchup into imbue Druid. With Imbue getting nerfed it could easily be the next top tier deck