With the launch of Season 4 on May 9, a lot has changed in the Tavern. And to avoid giving the advantage to certain compositions, Battlegrounds patch 26.2.2 comes to balance the minions. A few heroes are also affected, but nothing that can give them new life.
Changes to heroes
- ETC, talent agent –
- Sign a new talentCost: 3 gold (Previously 4)
- Armor reduced to 10
- Master Nguyen –
More docile servants
- Servants up –
- Molten rock
- 3 ATK / 4 HP (Previously 2 ATK)
- Prosperous Frostling
- 0 ATK / 5 HP (Previously 4 VP)
- Hureglobe
- Tavern Level: 3 (Previously 4)
- cheerful duo
- 4 ATK / 4 HP (Previously 2 VP)
- At the end of the turn, every 2 turns you get an ungolden copy of the minion to the left of it
- Rattlesnake Rattlesnake
- 4 ATK / 3 HP (Previously 5 ATK)
- At the end of your turn, give Reincarnation to another friendly Beast (Previously single effect)
- Dancing barnblast
- 3 ATK / 2 HP (Previously 4 ATK)
- Elementals in Bob’s Tavern have +3 / +2 for the rest of the game (Previously +2 / +2)
- Electric synth
- Tavern Level: 4 (Previously 5)
- War cry : Gives +3 ATK to your other Dragons (Previously +4)
- thunder trumpeter
- Once you sell 5 Elementals, you get another random Elemental (Previously 6)
- rock’n’rock
- Once you’ve played an Elemental, give your minions +2 ATK. (Gives VPs next turn!) (Previously +1)
- Zapp Sneakbite
- 8 ATK / 16 HP (Previously 7 ATK / 10 HP)
- Molten rock
- Servitors nerfed –
- cheerful guitarist
- 1 ATK / 1 HP (Previously 2 ATK)
- clod razor
- At the end of your turn, give +1 ATK to your minions whose ATK is lower than this minion’s (Previously +2)
- reef riff
- 1 ATK / 2 HP (Previously 3 VP)
- Fin diver
- 3 ATK / 3 HP (Previously 6 ATK)
- radio star
- 2 ATK / 1 HP (Previously 3 ATK)
- It gives the banana
- Tavern Level: 4 (Previously 3)
- Peggy the Ironbones
- 4 ATK / 2 HP (Previously 6 ATK / 5 HP)
- General Drakkisath
- Tavern Level: 5 (Previously 4)
- troubled mothership
- Tavern Level: 5 (Previously 4)
- 4 ATK / 4 HP (Previously 2 ATK / 2 HP)
- mother bear
- 4 ATK / 4 HP (Previously 5 ATk / 5 HP)
- Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +4 / +4 (Previously +5 / +5)
- record changer
- 5 ATK / 4 HP (Previously 7 ATK / 6 HP)
- Kalecgos, Arcane Aspect
- 2 ATK / 10 HP (Previously 4 ATK / 12 HP)
- Nadina the Red
- 8 ATK / 4 HP (Previously 7 ATK)
- Deathrattle: Given divine shield to 3 allied Dragons (Previously all)
- cheerful guitarist
What impacts on Battlegrounds with patch 26.2.2?
Battlegrounds patch 26.2.2 gives a first balance to season 4 by strengthening certain archetypes. Elementals notably benefit from this update, but nothing that seems powerful enough to let them dominate. Compositing will however be more playable and should be a viable option.