Blizzard just posted images teasing the upcoming balance update for both Standard and Battlegrounds – and it’s BIG! We knew that it’s coming this week, but now we have a better timeline, as well as know which cards will get changed.
Until the full patch notes are released, we only know WHICH cards will get changed, not HOW! The patch notes are scheduled for tomorrow. Given that the notes usually drop an hour before the actual update, I would expect them at around 9 AM / 18:00 CET tomorrow. And then the update itself at 10 AM PT / 19:00 CET. Of course, things don’t always release according to the usual schedule, so it’s just an estimation.
For now, check out a full list of affected cards.
Standard
Nerfs
- Splish-Splash Whelp
- Desert Nestmatron
- Arcane Wyrm
- Staff of the Nine Frogs (Doctor Holli'dae)
- Keeper's Strength
- Prismatic Beam
Buffs
- Maw and Paw
- Corpse Bride
- Climactic Necrotic Explosion
- Invasive Shadeleaf
- Pip the Potent
- Ra-den
- Elise, Badlands Savior
- Shell Game
- Velarok Windblade
- The Azerite Scorpion (Legendary Excavate Treasure)
- Furnace Fuel
- Pop'gar the Putrid
- Slagmaw the Slumbering
- Khaz'goroth
- Horseshoe Slinger
- Barrel of Sludge
Ban
Battlegrounds
Battlegrounds also get quite a few changes, with 17 buffs, 21 nerfs, and 5 neutral changes/reworks. It’s really too long to list all of them. Check out the image below:
