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Iksar AMA Roundup #14
by hsdecktech - 4 years ago show comments
It’s that time of the week yet again: Dean “Iksar” Ayala has taken to Twitter for an informal AMA about everything Hearthstone. As always, you can find the entire thread on Dean’s twitter, but we’re also summarizing it for you here, for ease of reading: Dean was not personally involved in “Nozdormu Day,” the effort, started yesterday, to encourage players to put Nozdormu in all their decks on the 15th of each month (because Nozdormu gives 15-second turns). However, he is a fan of it and has begun brainstorming ways to make it a bigger hit going forward, including possible […]
Hearthstone Announces Crossroads Inn-vitational
by hsdecktech - 4 years ago show comments
This morning, Hearthstone announced its next Inn-vitational tournament, scheduled for next week, April 21! As with prior Inn-vitationals, the event is an invite-only event featuring several (in this case, 20) of the biggest content creators in the Hearthstone space, competing with special rules to highlight the latest content. This time, players must run at least 10 Forged in the Barrens cards in each of their decks; there is also a third round where all players must run Nozdormu in their decks for some *speed* Hearthstone! Check out all the details in the official announcement:
Patch 20.0.2 Now Live!
by hsdecktech - 4 years ago show comments
Patch 20.0.2, announced yesterday, is now live on PC. It is also live on mobile devices, though there do appear to be some issues where not the entire patch is active, for whatever reason. So, for now, you will need to play on PC if you want to play with the nerfs, for instance. We will update this post when we learn more. Update: The issues with mobile appear to have been fixed, so the entire patch is now live across all devices!
Patch 20.0.2 Announced, Goes Live Tomorrow with Nerfs and More
by hsdecktech - 4 years ago show comments
Patch 20.0.2 was announced today after nerfs were promised last week. However, the Patch was a pre-scheduled patch with content for Constructed, Duels, and Battlegrounds, instead of an emergency patch containing just the Constructed nerfs. In terms of Constructed nerfs, six cards are being changed: Deck of Lunacy, Sword of the Fallen, Jandice Barov, Pen Flinger, Far Watch Post (the 2-mana one), and Mor’shan Watch Post (the 3-mana one). These nerfs are designed to target the three strongest classes in the early Barrens meta: Mage (Spell/Lunacy Mage), Paladin (both Aggro Secret and Librams), and Rogue (almost all variants of which […]
Iksar AMA Roundup #13
by hsdecktech - 4 years ago show comments
Iksar is back with another Twitter AMA. You know the drill by now, you can check out everything on his twitter thread, but we’ve picked out all our favorite highlights here, if you don’t want to deal with all that: They plan to leave Classic Mode as it is for at least one expansion cycle. They will then evaluate to see if people want them to add Naxx in. They have not made any set plans about this yet. They are going to see how their upcoming balance changes affect Wild mode and then re-evaluate. They expect the balance changes […]
Hearthstone Esports Suspends Zalae Amidst Allegations of Abuse
by hsdecktech - 4 years ago show comments
This morning, right before the first weekend of streamed Grandmasters play, Hearthstone Esports announced that they had reconsidered the situation regarding domestic abuse allegations against Paul “Zalae” Nemeth, and decided to suspend him from all esports events for an unspecified length of time. It is unclear at this point if the suspension is for the duration of an investigation into the allegations or if a specified length has already been determined. There is also not yet any official announcement on what will happen to Zalae’s Grandmasters spot. We will update this post when we learn more. Update: Zalae has been […]
Meet the Mercenaries
by hsdecktech - 4 years ago show comments
This afternoon, Blizzard launched an extensive blog post sharing the lore backgrounds of all 10 of the Mercenaries from the Forged in the Barrens expansion and Book of Mercenaries single-player content (the first chapter of which also launched today). The lengthy post shares lots of great details and original art about all the mercenaries, who are poised to be the main characters for this Hearthstone year. This is a lot of supplemental content to get to better know and love the characters of Hearthstone lore, so it’s a great piece for those of us who love the story side of […]
Balance Patch Coming Early Next Week
by hsdecktech - 4 years ago show comments
If you’ve been playing Standard since the launch of Forged in the Barrens, you would be excused if you were, perhaps, not having the most fun you’ve ever had in the game. After the usual couple days of nonsense, the meta solidified into one dominated by two classes: Paladin and Mage. According to a recent post by a prominent data analysis site, those two classes combined for over 50% of the meta from Diamond to Legend! They were also the only two classes with positive winrates in that same range. YIKES! Luckily, Team 5 knew early on that there was […]
Pack Drops Return for Hearthstone Esports
by hsdecktech - 4 years ago show comments
This morning, Hearthstone announced the return of pack drops to celebrate the return of Hearthstone Grandmasters this weekend! Of important note, these are not Twitch Drops, but, for the first time, Youtube Drops (because Grandmasters is still airing on Youtube)! That means you will need to link your Youtube account to your Blizzard account in order to collect your packs. On top of that, the drops will continue throughout the esports year. The announcement notes that drops continue throughout Grandmasters season 1, Grandmasters season 2, the next five Masters Tours, and the World Championships this year! Check out all the […]
Iksar AMA Roundup #12
by hsdecktech - 4 years ago show comments
Dean “Iksar” Ayala returned this week with another twitter AMA. This one, the twelfth in the series, is the first such AMA after this week’s Patch 20.0, which rotated Standard and brought the Core Set, Forged in the Barrens, and an entire new mode to the game! As always, you can read the entire thread on his twitter, or you can enjoy our summary here: There were lots of questions about nerfs (to various modes), and Dean’s answer is that there would probably be some changes coming, at least to constructed, but that they will be meeting early next week […]