Hearthstone – 36.4.2 Patch Notes

What’s in this update

Patch 36.4.2 releases today with balance updates for Hearthstone, Arena, and Battlegrounds.

Hearthstone Updates

Dev Comment: Well met! Since the launch of the new Class Sets, we've been happy to see a diverse meta and continued experimentation across a wide range of decks. As a result, this patch is fairly small and focused on addressing a few gameplay patterns that have stood out as problematic.

We'll continue monitoring how the meta develops, and we'll make additional adjustments if needed. Thanks for playing, experimenting, and sharing your feedback with us.

The Food Chain

• Dev Comment: We're making a unique adjustment to The Food Chain by changing Shokk's Discover pool. We wanted to remove Agamaggan as a Discover option because its ability to generate massive burst damage immediately after Shokk was played led to some of the deck's most frustrating outcomes. To accomplish this, we're increasing Agamaggan's Attack so it no longer qualifies for Shokk's Discover pool, while buffing Dread Leviathan and Seismopod so they do. These replacements tend to create slower, more defensive play patterns, reducing Shokk's most explosive outcomes while preserving the deck's identity. Overall, these changes are intended to be a net nerf to The Food Chain.

Agamaggan

• Old: 8/9.
• New: 9/9.

Dread Leviathan

• Old: 9/6.
• New: 8/8.

Seismopod

• Old: [9 mana] 9/9.
• New: [8 mana] 8/8.

Spiderling

• Old: 1/3.
• New: 1/2.

The Forbidden Sequence

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