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Several Hearthstone Battlegrounds Buddies are getting balance changes. Here’s what you need to know for patch 22.4.3!
Hearthstone patch 22.4.3 launches on March 3 and features Standard and Battlegrounds updates.
Kazakusan and SI:7 Smuggler updates
A couple of cards have been adjusted in terms of power in Hearthstone patch 22.4.3. These include Kazakusan and SI:7 Smuggler.
According tothe developers, the adjustment to Kazakusan reduces the amount of focus that his treasure hoard has in terms of from-hand damage. By removing LOCUUUUSTS!!! From the discovery pool, players can have more back-and-forth even after playing Kazakusan.
As for SI:7 Smuggler, he gets an effect change because of improper wording. The new text now lets the game track the cost of the minion summoned while SI:7 Smuggler is in a player’s hand.
Players can get a full dust refund for Kazakusan and SI:7 Smuggler for two weeks afterHearthstone patch22.4.3 goes live.
Meanwhile, SI:7 Informant also gets a change in wording so that it only counts other SI:7 cards.
Trio format returns to Hearthstone this week in Grandmasters Last Call. How does the format work, and what are its “buckets”?
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Hearthstone Battlegrounds updates
As for HearthstoneBattlegrounds, players can get a Buddy Meter bonus after defeating Kel’Thuzad, who is a dead hero.
Tamsin Roame, aHearthstone Battlegroundshero in the game mode, also gets an update for Fragrant Phylactery.
SeveralBattlegrounds Buddies get adjustments as well with this Hearthstoneupdate. The Buddies include the following:
These updates can help balance overpowered strategies. Hearthstone game designer Dominic Calkosz weighed in on the Battlegrounds balance changes in patch 22.4.3 overon Twitter.
He highlighted the nerfs to Queen Wagtoggle, Lich Baz’hial, Vol’jin, Lord Barov, and Bru’kan. Meanwhile, Elise Starseeker and Tess Greymane arebuffed in Hearthstone patch22.4.3.
