With the announcement of the extension Brawl in badlands leading up to BlizzCon, it was difficult to know what to expect for Hearthstone. But Blizzard had a surprise in store, and it concerns the battlefields. For 2024, Battlegrounds is adding a new way to play with Duo mode. Join a partner in this tug-of-war, and work together to achieve victory.
Share everything, whatever it costs
In Battleground Duos mode, the rules change slightly from what we already know. The two linked players can thus exchange cards. A good way to force cooperation between players, making it easy to strengthen each other. As long as your partner decides not to hinder you. It will also not be necessary to invite a friend to participate, since a search system will allow two players to be associated for the duration of a game.
There are 4 teams of 2 who will face each other in Battlegrounds, but there is no question of forcing a player to have to wait for his duo if he loses his clashes. The partners have a shared life bar, and will therefore have to do everything possible to support each other. When a duo clashes, a player from each side sends their troop into battle. When a field is completely empty, it is the second player who takes over with his own army. And if one player dominates all the others, the damage will be much greater since the second player’s troop is still taken into account.
Review the basics and minions
Obviously, with the duets new faces are added so that the dynamic is different from the basic version. New servants will emerge for the occasion, as well as heroes and synergies. You will have to start from scratch to adapt to this new way of playing, in order to put teamwork at the center of this mode. This also results in the card sharing mechanics, but also a new ping system.
To ensure communication goes as smoothly as possible, each player can target a card and show it to their partner. It will thus be possible to say whether a card is interesting or not, subject to reflection, or whether you wish to send it to your partner. With this, decision-making will be simpler, and it will make it easier to save money to share a card. Because yes, sending a card to your duo costs 1 gold coin in Battlegrounds.