This is a very small patch, but it increases the speed of the Battlecry animations of Shudderwock and Lifedrinker. It also limits Shudderwock to a maximum of 20 Battlecries.
In this small update, we’re changing a pair of Battlecry animations and tuning Arena draft rates.
Read on for details!
- Doubled the speed of Shudderwock’s Battlecry animation.
- Shudderwock now reproduces a maximum of 20 Battlecries.
- Doubled the speed of Lifedrinker’s Battlecry animation.
Arena
- Updated the appearance rate of cards to improve class balance by win percentage. For example, Paladin had a higher than average win rate, and should now be closer to average.
Bug Fixes
- Corrected the art on the Soul Assimilation Monster Hunt card.
- [Android] Updating Hearthstone via the client no longer triggers a warning about installing an app from an unknown source.
looking forward to the next patch which will come in the late of May! bring shaman and warrior back to the ladder please!
Nerfing Shudderwock, doesnt give dust for a nerf.
It’s not a nerf. Only like %1 of Shudderwocks ever did more then 20 battlecries. Most Shudderwock decks have only 9-11 battlecry cards.
I only wish they would’ve sped up Spiteful Summoners’ animation, too. The reveilled card is shown like… for forever!?
No full dust refund?
Nope.
Honestly, I think Kripp promoted this card as a joke. It might be better in the future, but the witchwood rotation rolled shaman’s best class cards all the way to basic.
Strange, isn’t it? As it seems, Blizzard doesn’t count the cap as a nerf.