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Balance Changes and Bug Fixes in Hearthstone

Patch19.4.1
Quick Take6 changes

Hearthstone update 19.4.1 brings balance changes and bug fixes.

  • Nerf: Hysteria now targets an enemy minion only (old: any minion).
  • Nerf: Outlander now costs 1 (old: passive) and gives +1 attack to left/right-most card.
  • Nerf: Death Games now triggers a random friendly minion's Deathrattle (old: any minion).
  • Updated: Bonecrusher now costs 8 and is a Beast (old: cost 6, no tribe).
  • Buff: Fractured Spirits costs 4 (old: 5); Royal Greatsword costs 5 (old: 6).
  • Fixed: Various bugs including collection sync, Arena loading, Duels animations, and more.
Balance Changes and Bug Fixes in Hearthstone

Standard Balance Updates

Hysteria

  • Old: Choose a minion. It attacks random minions until it dies. → New: Choose an enemy minion. It attacks random minions until it dies.

Hysteria will be eligible for a full dust refund for 2 weeks after the 19.4.1 patch goes live.

Duels Balance Updates

HERO POWER UPDATES

Outlander

  • Old: [Passive] After you play the left- or right-most card, gain 1 Attack this turn. → New: [Costs 1] After you play the left or right-most card in your hand, gain +1 Attack this turn.

Death Games

  • Old: Trigger a minion's Deathrattle. → New: Trigger a random friendly minion's Deathrattle.

SIGNATURE TREASURE UPDATES

Bonecrusher

  • Old: [Costs 6] → New: [Beast, Costs 8]
    • Dev Comment: Turns out Bonecrusher is a silly rabbit.

Fractured Spirits

  • Old: [Costs 5] → New: [Costs 4]

Royal Greatsword

  • Old: [Costs 6] → New: [Costs 5]

Herald of the Scaled Ones

  • Now has the Dragon tag.

TREASURE POOL UPDATES

  • Cannibalism has moved from Passive Treasure pool 1 to pool 2
  • Sandy Surprise has been removed from the Passive Treasures pool.

Miscellaneous Updates & Game Improvements

  • Fixed a bug where Collection Achievement progress could get out of sync with the current contents of your collection.
    • Dev Comment: You will still never lose credit for an Achievement once it's been completed.
  • Fixed a bug where Arena could fail to load for new players.
  • Fixed a Duels bug where the animation for Harvest Time! would play twice.
  • Fixed a Duels bug where Shadow Word: Void would summon minions based on the target minion's default Health rather than current Health remaining.
  • Fixed a visual bug where notifications would persist for the Journal after completed Achievements had been claimed.

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