In this case, it did look like the deck was trending towards being very powerful as it was getting refined, but we needed to make an adjustment no matter what. That’s not the bar we want for Standard, regardless of the deck’s overall winrate. In this case, the Mini-Set provided a critical mass of effects that allowed for a deck that used Auctioneer to consistently draw through its entire deck and OTK as early as turn 5. For a long time, Auctioneer has been a card that only popped up in Standard when it was up to no good. Spitelash Siren and Gadgetzan Auctioneer are also combined power and sentiment issues, but mostly focused on the higher end of the ladder. Coppertail Snoop is an adjustment to a powerful deck and a negative play experience, by taking away some of Mech Rogue’s burst and snowball potential.

Movement of Pride is an adjustment to take away the negative play experience of cheating out a super-early Sargeras. Hunter also has one of the strongest decks in the format, and we’d expect it to get even stronger after the other changes we’re making in this patch, so we’re making a small adjustment to bring its power down a little as well. Now that the Mini-Set has landed, Warrior is looking like one of the most standout classes, so we’re making those adjustments.

When we buffed Warrior in our last balance patch, we did so knowing that they’d get more powerful tools in the Mini-Set, but we wanted to make sure that the deck hit, so we erred on the side of over-buffing it, knowing that we’d have the option to make a small correction back down if we needed.

Patch 27.4.2 is a data-only balance patch, launching today, with the updates across modes.ĭev Comment: We have a lot of card changes in this patch, and a lot to share about why these changes are being made.įor the Standard-focused changes, we’re addressing both power outliers and play experience outliers in this patch.

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