“10 Fun Battlegrounds Facts” – Deathwing Nerf Likely Coming Soon, Millhouse “Could Use a Buff”

Iksar is at it again, tweeting even more! This time around he shared “10 fun Battlegrounds facts”. Most of them are just interesting tidbits (e.g. most picked Tier X minions, the big difference in Heroes power at different MMR etc.), but he also shared a few potential upcoming balance information.

• After Tirion was removed, Deathwing is now the #1 Hero in all regions across nearly all MMR levels. They’re testing him at +2 Attack internally and will likely nerf him “soon” (probably in the next scheduled patch).
• Millhouse Manastorm is the exact opposite – he’s the worst Hero in all regions across all MMR levels. Iksar said that “he could use a buff”, hinting that there might be one coming (and I completely agree, the idea behind Hero is pretty fun, but 2 mana rerolls are just too harsh).

You can check out the rest of fun facts below!

1. Murloc Tidehunter is the most picked Tier 1 Minion. Spawn of N’Zoth for Tier 2, Cobalt Guardian for Tier 3, Defender of Argus for Tier 4, Brann Bronzebeard for tier 5, and Ghastcoiler for Tier 6.

2. Dancin’ Deryl is the 2nd most played hero on the NA, EU, and Asia servers. He is the 11th most played hero on the Chinese server.

3. Reno Jackson is the 4th most picked hero, but has the 24th highest placement ranking among all heroes. Ragnaros is 23rd place and Pyramad is 25th.

4. Among 5k+ rated players, Jaraxxus has the 28th highest average placement. Among players with less than 5k rating, Jaraxxus is the 5th highest average placement. Among <5k rated players, he has the 2nd highest top 4 rate (69.5%), only behind Deathwing.

5. Among 5k+ rated players, The Great Akazamzarak has the 8th highest average placement. Among players with less than 5k rating, The Great Akazamzarak is the 20th highest average placement.

6. Lich Baz’hial has the 4th lowest average placement, but the 9th highest rate of 1st place finishes.

7. The least powerful hero in all regions at all levels is Millhouse Manastorm. He has the lowest average placement and lowest rate of top 4 and top 1. He could use a buff :).

8. Among 11k+ rated players. Nozdormu has the highest average placement.

9. Deathwing is the most powerful hero in all regions at all levels outside the very, very top rated players. We’re playtesting him internally at +2 attack and will likely nerf him to that soon ™.

10. The most powerful hero in all regions at all levels was Tirion. We playtested with his hero power at (2) mana and it felt like too big of a detriment. We also thought about changing the minion pool but opted to take some more time to playtest internally while we deactivate.

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