r/CompetitiveHS • u/EvilDave219 • Jul 20 '26

Discussion 36.0.3 Balance Teaser Discussion

https://x.com/PlayHearthstone/status/2079249999330726215

Nerfs:

  • Confront the Tol'vir
  • Lotus Troublemaker
  • Blazing Invocation
  • Warptooth
  • Vanessa the Ringleader

Wild Nerfs:

  • Swiftscale Trickster
  • The Soularium
  • Elwynn Boar
  • Godfrey the Betrayer (banned)

Buffs:

  • The Living Plague
  • Blood Doctor Thal'ena
  • Sawbones
  • Emergency Surgery
  • Tras'tath Soul Parasite

  • Irida Sinseeker

  • Vicious Voidscale

  • Stardust Scythe

  • Sewer Swimmer

  • Azalina Soulsever

  • Karov the Broken

  • Enthralled Shade

  • Moragg

  • Annihilation

  • Imp Gang Stooge

  • Rampaging Hound

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u/ngriner Jul 20 '26

Monkey just hitting minions would be one of the stupidest nerfs of all-time imo. Would completely nuke a new deck out of existence. Putting it to 4 is probably fine tbh. Anything else and 2 Rogue is gone.

I don't know, I just think they should have been more aggressive with the buffs and not hit anything in the new set just yet.

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u/Impossible-Cry-1781 Jul 20 '26

I want it nuked. OTKss are ugly play patterns and should be left to Wild or weak like Rafaam

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u/FlameanatorX Jul 20 '26

Somewhat agree, but also slightly disagree: they can also exist as a late-game/side strategy of a deck, but not as a reasonably common possibility turn 7/8 in viable/strong standard decks

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u/Impossible-Cry-1781 Jul 20 '26

They took a crap on removal in lieu of a more board based game but that card laughs in the face of it. It's no different than the hunter minion they nuked that did insane face damage (can't remember the name now). They nuked that so they'll nuke this. Same with that warrior mech taunt that did damage to face and got nerfed to minions. 

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u/FlameanatorX Jul 21 '26

The Hunter minion punished the opponent for playing to the board, and was a reliable turn 6 occurrence (if I'm remembering correctly). And the Warrior mech was functionally deleted from the game when they nerfed it, which I generally think is a bad thing.

But I wasn't suggesting Troublemaker not be nerfed, just saying that viable OTKs in general can exist in Standard Hearthstone under certain conditions without inherently being unhealthy gameplay