Stonekeep's Articles
Celestalon Teasing Upcoming QoL Features
Team 5 has committed to working harder on the client itself and adding a lot of features they meant over the years but were too busy because they worked on something else all the time. Instead of new game modes etc. they are apparently going to focus on improving the current player experience. So far, […]
Top Standard & Wild Legend Decks – Voyage to the Sunken City Week 5 – May 2022
It’s been another week without any sight of balance changes, and so the meta remains virtually unchanged. There were some shifts here and there, but it’s frankly nothing worth discussing. Naga Aggro Demon Hunter is still, by far, the #1 deck in the game, with popularity reaching almost 40% in high Diamond (luckily it’s lower, […]
Iksar’s Twitter Q&A #43 Summary – Balance Changes, User-Generated Content, Dual-Class Cards, “Ultimate” Hero Skin, Multiple Favorite Skins and more!
Dean “Iksar” Ayala is an Interim Game Director on the Hearthstone team, and he’s been doing regular Q&A sessions on Twitter for quite some time now. People have been asking lots of questions about the game’s balance, design, specific cards, mechanics, and so on. Sadly, Twitter is kind of a mess when it comes to such […]
Hearthstone 23.2.1 Patch Notes – Arena Micro-adjustments & Bans, Bug Fixes
A new hotfix patch (server-side, no need to download anything) has dropped and it’s the update Arena players were waiting for. Not only does it come with micro-adjustments, reducing the appearance rate of overperforming cards in the strongest classes (and increasing it in the weakest), but also with multiple bans. Interestingly enough, […]
Battlegrounds Lobby Legends: Noblegarden Happens This Weekend
If you like the Hearthstone Battlegrounds game mode and want to watch the highest level of competition, you should definitely tune into this weekend’s Battlegrounds Lobby Legends: Noblegarden. It’s the second Lobby Legends tournament (and new ones will happen regularly every 1-2 months). Unlike the old Battlegrounds tournaments, this one is NOT […]
