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"Hearthstone: Battlegrounds" Is Getting A Few New Changes

Published Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:40:52 -0600

by Gavin Sheehan

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Blizzard announced today that they're adding a few new changes to Hearthstone: Battlegrounds, including new heroes and balance updates. As you can see from the shots below, the new challengers include Sindragosa, Elise Starseeker, Brann Bronzebeard, and Sir Finley Mrrgglton. But that comes with four more leaving, and a change in the ranking system. We have some of the more important details below, but you can read the full update here.

"Hearthstone: Battlegrounds" Is Getting A Few New Changes — Credit: Blizzard

Heroes Leaving the Battlegrounds

To make way for new challengers, the Heroes below have left Hearthstone Battlegrounds for the time being. We may see them return in a future update.

King Mukla

Giantfin

Millificent Manastorm

Lich Baz'hial

Balance Updates

Minions:

Primalfin Lookout

Moved from Tavern Tier 5 to Tavern Tier 4

Voidlord

Moved from Tavern Tier 6 to Tavern Tier 5

Junkbot

Moved from Tavern Tier 4 to Tavern Tier 5

Coldlight Seer

Moved from Tavern Tier 3 to Tavern Tier 2

Developer comments: We wanted to buff both Demons and Murlocs, so we moved those minions down a Tavern Tier. Junkbot was a bit too strong for Tavern Tier 4 and often made it so mech players never had a good reason to upgrade to Tavern Tier 5. With these changes, we think the minion types are closer together in power level.

Ranking System

We've made adjustments to the number of points given for first place. In the original system, you got 240 points for a first place on your first game, and 24 pts for a first place on your 150^th (or later) game. Now, you will get 190 pts for a first place on your first game and 95 pts for a first place on your 150^th (or later) game.