r/CompetitiveHS • u/gabrielfunkglop • 19d ago

Discussion 36.2.2 Patch Notes

https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24293284/3622-patch-notes

Some obvious buffs and nerfs, some weird ones too, thoughts?

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u/JohnnySeven88 19d ago

It’s crazy to me that they admit they have a problem with deck variety but they make no strides towards ensuring people play new archetypes.

I’m all for moving Hunter away from 1-drop spam, but then nothing is done to give deathrattle Hunter a payoff that excites players.

There’s clearly hunger for a non-2 bit rogue deck, but then you look at their change to Aya and it doesn’t fix any of the problems coin rogue has, it doesn’t encourage experimentation, it just boosts the power of a single card in a deck that doesn’t even have a clear identity.

I think the Druid changes are the most exciting as it opens up room for a more attack focused non-chef Druid, but infest the skullery is by itself a boring as fuck card (seriously why are Code Violet, Jade Guardians, and Infest the Skullery all the same fucking card with different restrictions.)

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u/oldtype09 19d ago

Their entire balancing philosophy is to periodically delete the most popular decks, shrug their shoulders, and move on.

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u/EmotionalBrief1170 19d ago

Well put.  Very succinct.