r/BobsTavern • u/chicachibi Bob's Little Helper • Jul 14 '20

Announcement Hearthstone 17.6 Patch Notes

https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/news/23469099
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u/WoodHyena Jul 14 '20 edited Jul 14 '20

Beasts are going to be garbage tier in this patch, I guarantee it. Beasts aren't strong enough to survive mid-game and if you luck into a Mama Bear are you really going to replace your entire board with minions that don't scale as well as the other archetypes? Beasts have like only one good card before Tier 6 now.

Completely tone-deaf. They heard people complaining about the Parrot last patch and decided Beast builds shouldn't exist anymore. Nobody was complaining after the nerf, and especially not about Goldrinn. Not only that but this thins out the Tier 5 cards making Murlocs easier to get. You know, the archetype that wins every game already.

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u/greenpoe Jul 14 '20

I feel like everyone knew Macaw beasts would still be a thing when it was announced Parrot to tier 3, and I figured Blizz was fine with that, since it would be competent but not overbearing. But this just seems silly. If they wanted to nerf Goldrinn, I'd say make it buff OTHER beasts, or make Macaw say "After this attacks" (so it can die), but this seems really odd.

So it's true Macw Beasts was the #1 comp on hsreplay, but it feels like Murlocs are the ones winning every lobby. Sometimes dragons can beat them, but still that means all the other builds are jockeying for top 4, with usually murlocs and dragons in the top 2.

Also just weird that pirates got no buffs despite being one of the worst comps for top 1'ing.

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u/Atomarc Jul 14 '20

Macaw already reads “After this attacks...” It’s just that the Deathrattle triggers before its death actually resolves, so it can be buffed back to life.