Stonekeep's Articles
Twist Format Is On A Pause in April, Will Probably Return in May
Just a quick update for Twist enjoyers (I wonder if we have any of them here). Today, with the start of the April season, the mode is down again. Players will have to wait until (probably) May to play a new format. Last month was incredibly cool in theory, although sadly not from […]
Hearthstone 29.N0 Patch Notes – Shadowstep Changes, Boulderfist Ogre Hero, Battlegrounds Octuples, Jeff’s Priest Buffs, and More!
Blizzard just posted very serious and 100% real patch notes introducing some fundamental changes to how Hearthstone is played. And Priest buffs. I won’t spoil all the interesting and definitely genuine stuff, so be sure to read it in the patch notes below: This patch, coming when you least expect it, includes updates to […]
Top Standard & Wild Legend Decks – Whizbang’s Workshop (Week 2) – March 2024
Whizbang’s Workshop expansion has been out for nearly two weeks now. We’re also after our first balance update meant to address a few outliers, mostly Paladin. And while it DID address them, it introduced a new king in the form of Aggro Demon Hunter. Sadly those early balance updates are always hard to nail because […]
Bot Ban Update – Late March 2024
Three weeks after the last bot ban wave, Blizzard just announced another one. And it’s really big – in fact, it’s the largest ban wave so far. Nearly 600k bot accounts have been detected and punished. While Hearthstone always had some bots here and there (I remember some bot-heavy periods years ago), […]
Hearthstone 29.0.3 Patch Notes – Constructed & Battlegrounds Balance Changes, Bug Fixes
Blizzard just posted full notes for the patch 29.0.3 teased 2 days ago. The patch is scheduled to launch later today – if everything goes right, it should be in 1 hour (10 AM PT / 18:00 CET). It’s a mid-sized update, mostly focusing on Constructed nerfs after Whizbang’s Workshop release, but also containing some […]