What a week, huh? If you, for whatever reason, missed it, here’s a quick summary. Last week in 29.2 patch notes Blizzard put a small footnote about making some changes to Quests. Almost no one cared about it, because small adjustments to stuff happen all the time. But then when Patch 29.2 released on Tuesday, it turned out that those “small adjustments” aren’t really small and many Weekly Quests were 3x as hard to complete while only giving ~25% more XP on average (which, mind you, DOES NOT mean 25% more Gold – for players who will complete rewards track, that’s only like 8% extra Gold over the course of the expansion). The whole community rioted and Blizzard quickly walked back… but only partially. Requirements have been adjusted from 3x to 2x difficulty (more or less). As you can imagine, it’s not enough and players are still very, very angry.
The promise is that they will keep adjusting them, but the damage has been done and even if they turn out to be better than the original ones a few weeks or months from now, that’s probably too late. And don’t get me wrong, I still hope they change it, but the public perception and trust can’t be rebuilt that easily.
This whole Quest situation completely took away all the hype around Battlegrounds Duos, which is quite fun to play from what I’ve heard. We also had a Demon Hunter nerf – Umpire's Grasp went from 3 to 4 mana. And what do you know, Aggro Demon Hunter has now dropped to Tier 2. The biggest winners of the patch were decks that were pretty good but had a weak Demon Hunter matchup before. Small Beast/Token Hunter is now the best-performing deck outside of Legend. Zarimi Priest is also a big winner – it’s clearly Tier 1, I would even say it’s the best deck in the game right now if you master it. Warlock is also doing really good, and not just a single deck. Wheel was pretty okay before the patch and it’s still good now. The new Pain Warlock looks very promising. And, interestingly enough, Sludge Warlock has made a comeback.
As for the losers, besides Demon Hunter, I think that Warrior and Mage are two biggest ones. Both of them performed pretty well vs Aggro DH and the new meta is much worse for them, so their win rates have dropped. Reno Warrior is still doing okay, but Mage has dropped down to Tier 3. Rainbow DK is also a bit worse than it was before the patch because – again – it had a good Aggro DH matchup. It’s still a good deck but it has dropped by around 1-1.5%.
All of that said, the current meta was always temporary. Even before Patch 29.2 released, Blizzard said that the Demon Hunter nerf was only an “emergency answer” to the deck that dominated the meta. There’s an actual, full balance update coming soon. The earliest I would expect it is Thursday (April 26). And if not, then it should drop the week after on Tuesday (April 30) or Thursday (May 2). Even if it’s the latest date, it’s still only ~10 days from now, but I would lean towards one of the first two.
Below is a full list of the Legend decks from last week, sorted by the highest placement.
If you want to see all of the current top meta decks, go to our Hearthstone Meta Tier List post!
Hearthstone Standard Legend Decks of the Week
- 1Garrosh’s Gift1
- 1Shield Slam1
- 1Slam1
- 1Town Crier1
- 2Bash1
- 2Bladestorm1
- 2Blast Charge1
- 2Safety Goggles1
- 2Shield Block1
- 2Stoneskin Armorer1
- 3Bellowing Flames1
- 3Reinforced Plating1
- 3Steam Guardian1
- 4Craftsman’s Hammer1
- 6Sanitize1
- 7Badlands Brawler1
- 7Trial by Fire1
- 8Boomboss Tho’grun1
- 8Deepminer Brann1
- 8Inventor Boom1
- 1Runes of Darkness1
- 2Down with the Ship1
- 2Frost Strike1
- 2Hematurge1
- 2Necrotic Mortician1
- 3Chillfallen Baron1
- 3Rainbow Seamstress1
- 3Threads of Despair1
- 4Helya1
- 4Maw and Paw1
- 4Quartzite Crusher2
- 5Army of the Dead1
- 6Dr. Stitchensew1
- 6The Headless Horseman1
- 8The Primus1
- 10Climactic Necrotic Explosion1
- 25Reska, the Pit Boss1
- 1Runes of Darkness1
- 2Frost Strike1
- 2Hematurge1
- 3Acolyte of Death1
- 3Chillfallen Baron1
- 3Crop Rotation1
- 3Eulogizer1
- 3Rainbow Seamstress1
- 3Threads of Despair1
- 4Helya1
- 4Maw and Paw1
- 4Quartzite Crusher1
- 4Sickly Grimewalker1
- 5Army of the Dead1
- 5Corpse Bride1
- 6The Headless Horseman1
- 8The Primus1
- 10Climactic Necrotic Explosion1
- 25Reska, the Pit Boss1
Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week
- 1Psychic Conjurer1
- 1Shadow Word: Devour1
- 1Ship’s Chirurgeon1
- 1Twilight Whelp1
- 1Voidtouched Attendant1
- 2Papercraft Angel1
- 2Serena Bloodfeather1
- 3Benevolent Banker1
- 3Cathedral of Atonement1
- 4Duskbreaker1
- 4Najak Hexxen1
- 5Darkbishop Benedictus1
- 5Raza the Chained1
- 5Raza the Resealed1
- 5Spawn of Shadows1
- 5Timewinder Zarimi1
- 7Aman’Thul1
- 0Serpentbloom1
- 1Awakening Tremors1
- 1Flare1
- 1Sneaky Snakes1
- 1Thornmantle Musician1
- 1Trinket Tracker1
- 1Wolpertinger1
- 2K9-0tron1
- 2Messenger Buzzard1
- 2Observer of Myths1
- 2Patchwork Pals1
- 2Selective Breeder1
- 2Spirit Poacher1
- 2Starving Buzzard1
- 3Acidmaw1
- 3Diving Gryphon1
- 3Dreadscale1
- 3Silver Serpent1
- 3Unleash the Hounds1
- 3Wild Spirits1
- 4Stonebound Gargon1
- 4Theldurin the Lost1
- 5Ara’lon1
- 5Tundra Rhino1
- 6Aggramar, the Avenger1
- 6Beaststalker Tavish1
- 6Hope of Quel’Thalas1
- 1Cold Storage1
- 1Schooling1
- 1Thrall’s Gift1
- 2Bolner Hammerbeak1
- 2Cactus Cutter1
- 2Devolve1
- 2Ice Fishing1
- 2Pebbly Page1
- 2Sleetbreaker1
- 3Brilliant Macaw1
- 3Elemental Destruction1
- 3Fairy Tale Forest1
- 3Framester1
- 3Lightning Storm1
- 3Primal Dungeoneer1
- 4Baking Soda Volcano1
- 5Doctor Holli’dae1
- 6Golganneth, the Thunderer1
- 6Grumble, Worldshaker1
- 6Snowfall Guardian1
- 9Shudderwock1
- 1Sir Finley, Sea Guide1
- 2Cult Neophyte1
- 2Dirty Rat1
- 2Gold Panner1
- 2Needlerock Totem1
- 2Zephrys the Great1
- 3Prince Renathal1
- 3Razorscale1
- 3Rustrot Viper1
- 3Twin-fin Fin Twin1
- 4Blademaster Okani1
- 4E.T.C., Band Manager1
- 4Lorekeeper Polkelt1
- 4Speaker Stomper1
- 5Boompistol Bully1
- 5Loatheb1
- 6Reno Jackson1
- 7Mutanus the Devourer1
- 10Reno, Lone Ranger1
- 0Counterfeit Coin2
- 0Preparation2
- 0Shadow of Demise1
- 0Shadowstep2
- 1Blackwater Cutlass2
- 1Dig for Treasure2
- 1Door of Shadows2
- 1Gone Fishin’2
- 1Prize Plunderer2
- 2Secret Passage2
- 2Swindle2
- 3Bargain Bin Buccaneer2
- 3Raiding Party2
- 5Sandbox Scoundrel1
- 5Shadowcaster1
- 7Pirate Admiral Hooktusk1
- 8Shadowcrafter Scabbs1
- 1Arcane Artificer1
- 1Evocation1
- 1First Flame1
- 1Open the Waygate1
- 2Ancient Mysteries1
- 2Conjure Mana Biscuit1
- 2Heat Wave1
- 2Infinitize the Maxitude1
- 2Primordial Glyph1
- 2Prismatic Elemental1
- 2Rewind1
- 2Stargazing1
- 2Vast Wisdom1
- 3Frost Nova1
- 3Ice Block1
- 3Objection!1
- 3Solid Alibi1
- 4Commander Sivara1
- 4Fire Sale1
- 4Varden Dawngrasp1
- 4Volume Up1
- 6Grey Sage Parrot1
- 7Magister Dawngrasp1
- 8Kalecgos1
- 9Grand Magister Rommath1
- 10The Galactic Projection Orb1
- 0Raise Dead2
- 1Animated Broomstick2
- 1Crystallizer2
- 1Soulfreeze2
- 1Tour Guide1
- 2Dirty Rat1
- 3Prince Renathal1
- 5Loatheb1
- 10Flesh Giant2
- 22Molten Giant2
- 0Aquatic Form2
- 1Floop’s Glorious Gloop1
- 1Naturalize2
- 2Breath of Dreams2
- 2Invigorate1
- 2Moonlit Guidance2
- 2Solar Eclipse2
- 3Splish-Splash Whelp2
- 4Branching Paths2
- 4Desert Nestmatron2
- 4Dew Process2
- 4Flobbidinous Floop1
- 4Poison Seeds2
- 5Wildheart Guff1
- 7Scale of Onyxia2
- 9Fye, the Setting Sun1
- 10Eonar, the Life-Binder1
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It doesn’t really belong here, but my weekly quests for this week aren’t adjusted – they’re still ‘triple the fun’… 🙁
They will complete at the new values, ranked wins at 10/15, for example, because they have been changed server-side. There should be a client patch that will show the correct values in the store too.
Hi,
I’m not sure where else to write this but when searching decks on this website for a specific card, looking for decks with “Blood of the Ancient One” instead returns decks that contain “Sketchy Information”