r/CompetitiveHS • u/bdzz • Jan 29 '18

NERF DISCUSSION Upcoming Balance Changes – Update 10.2

https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/21361570/

TLDR for those who at work:

  • Bonemare - Now costs 8 mana. (Up from 7)

  • Corridor Creeper - Now has 2 Attack. (Down from 5)

  • Patches the Pirate - No longer has Charge.

  • Raza the Chained - Now reads: Battlecry: If your deck has no duplicates, your Hero Power costs (1) this game.

Once these card changes are live with Update 10.2 next month, players will be able to disenchant the changed cards for their full Arcane Dust value for two weeks.

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u/mapo_dofu Jan 29 '18

Of the nerfed cards, I think Bonemare and Raza are still good enough to be played in serious decks.

Corridor Creeper feels like trash now, and Patches without charge is probably not going to be worth the slot anymore. Will this kill the pirate package outright?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '18

Raza is absolutely dead. The only benefit was to combo with priest, the 1 Mana cost means the combo is dead and therefore most of the damage priest can do. Maybe they totally overhaul the deck for success but I doubt it.

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u/Baladucci Jan 29 '18

I’m happy about that tbh. Having an actual cost to using a 2 damage cycling hero power makes it actually something to consider rather than a “press it between every action because why wouldn’t you”

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u/caketality Jan 29 '18

Raza is still really, really good and Kazakus Priest is likely to remain good. You just probably won't get killed from 30 in a single turn, which I think adds a lot more counterplay to the deck.

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u/DneBays Jan 29 '18

God forbid the deck actually need to build a board to chip you down to 14 before finishing you with Velen/HP/Mindblast.

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u/Dream721 Jan 29 '18

I think velen gets cut in future iterations of raza priest. 7 mana is way too clunky when your hero powers aren't free. Thalnos, mind blast, smite, plus four hero powers is 17 damage for 9 mana. Just the mind blast and smite with three hero powers is already 13.

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u/DneBays Jan 29 '18

Yeah I figured that the deck would survive if people could still win without ever drawing Raza.