Hearthstone – 37.0.2 Patch Notes

What’s in this update

Patch 37.0.2 launches today with balance updates to Hearthstone, Arena, and Battlegrounds.

Watch our latest Dev Update video for more on these balance changes and what’s next for Hearthstone!

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HEARTHSTONE UPDATES

ARENA UPDATES

BATTLEGROUNDS UPDATES

BUG FIXES

Hearthstone Updates

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Dev Comment: Well met! We’ve been excited to see how much Reign of the Black Empire has shaken up the metagame. You’ve been experimenting with tons of new decks and archetypes, and the Old Gods have certainly made their presence known!

After using temporary bans to address a few early outliers, this balance patch gives us an opportunity to make more permanent changes and create more room for different strategies to succeed.

C’Thun, Eye of the Empire has emerged as the strongest of the four Old Gods, so we’re shifting some of its power away from the cards that activate its abilities early and into C’Thun itself. C’Thun will now quadruple its abilities instead of tripling them, making it an even juicier late-game payoff.

Warlock was one of the strongest users of C’Thun, so those changes should help rein it in. We’re also adjusting some of Warlock’s strongest strategies, including combos with M.O.T.H.E.R., Bat Mask, and Divergence, as well as its early-game board presence with Ritual of Summoning and Godfather Kazakus.
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