This definitely proves they are putting much more effort into balancing. All of these are straight up broken (except Grimoire of Service which seems interesting).

The answer is: They won’t.

But seriously, they have been releasing one hero per expansion so they are slowly spreading out the power level across the board. It still means that come rotation there will be a surge of hunter, shaman, and warrior decks. Hero cards have proved to be incredibly powerful.

(They also should be creating new legendary weapons each expansion too imo)

I would be terribly surprised if they didn’t nerf DK Rexar before rotation (I think making the discover pools 4 mana and below) and I could easily see tundra rhino as a HoF target. Charge has shown to be very design limiting.

I’m sorry why would you not have a <4 health minion on turn 4? You just pretty much told me it can be dealt with if you are lucky.

Rumble Run is the Fallout 76 of Team 5. Its too late to fix now. It was already ruined and now they’ve made it even worse.

As soon as opponent druid summoned tyrantus on turn 4 with that broken recruit card I knew that this solo mode was no good. Broken vs. possibly broken if lucky is just not fun at all.

I don’t think they can ever really push wild unless they lower the price of wild packs and/or allow wild pack purchases with gold. Its just not a format that is particularly favorable for F2P players.

I do think this would make a great new format. It gives veteran players new challenges for deckbuilding and a whole new meta.

(I seriously think they are just testing this for a new format. They want to see how it is received by the community)

This brawl is a ton of fun but the limits for this particular mix are pretty much panning out like I thought they would. All I’ve seen are mech decks: hunter, pally, and shaman so far.

I also noticed how valuable the magnetic mechanic has become not only because of mech dominance but because all of the silence cards are not found in any of these sets, which make magnetic targets (and mechs in general) high priority targets. Its such an interesting microcosm to the game and I really think this could make an excellent rotating new format for hearthstone.

aggro decks don’t need lifesteal. If you are getting hit enough to make any use of healing, you probably are playing the deck wrong.

Zilliax is a control card. This is an aggro deck. Taunt and windfury is enough for corpsetaker.

honestly, just getting rid of 5 mana beasts could balance the card. Make it only have buckets with 4 mana or below. Yes it doesn’t deal with scalehide or bloatbat but it wouldn’t ensure ridiculously powerful and big beasts every single time.

I completely agree with this. Once all the broken mammoth cards rotate we are in for an actual balanced game.

I find it hilarious how players whine about the weak power level of Raven and how it doesn’t change the meta but then also whine about the broken mammoth cards. You can’t have it both ways. Team 5 has done an exceptional job balancing this year (besides GI but that was corrected) and it will show more once the rotation hits.

Yeah sure everyone is playing hunter. idgaf because control priest has shown to be a HARD counter to all of those decks. The only time I’ve had trouble was when DK came out. The value generation on that card is insane and I would be really surprised if that card isn’t touched before rotation. If not, it will continue to limit beast design space.

But as a priest main I can handle this hunter craze until rotation.

@Scarecrow72 I don’t think you understand. When these nerfs happened last year, Raza, Patches, and others were nerfed in preparation for their rotation. They did not want their power level set in stone in the wild meta.

These nerfs are exactly what those were doing before, except that they happened ridiculously sooner than anyone could have predicted.

And the fact you think Kingsbane “isn’t that strong” in wild ENSURES me that you do not know what you are talking about.

I really think the ridiculous RNG is the thing that ruins it. This game has always been a game about rng, but when you low roll buckets of cards w/o synergy and go against opponents with optimized versions of the decks you are essentially trying to emulate, it just becomes frustrating and no fun.

I was also suspicious that the deck that beat me was always an option during the next run. Now that it has been proven, its really just a big ol’ f u and slap in the face.

They seriously missed the mark on this one.

Yeah I’m not saying it wasn’t needed! I am saying that it affects more than just shudderwock.

The card has always been overpowered, even at base stats. It will continue to be playable.

These nerfs are preparing for wild meta after rotation… of course they care about wild.

infinite shudderwock will still technically be a thing in wild with doppelgangster.

These are honestly devastating. The biggest one I think is saronite. It ruins all of the decks it goes in and not just shudderwock. zoo can’t hand buff, pally cant valnyr buff, it honestly has just become a deck filler taunt minion now.

Even better when you add Krag’wa to your deck. Now you have a hand full of infinite evolution.

LOL that’s some unfortunate rng mate!