Usually they dont do any standard changes in the bg updates, but they will be nerfing dh this time around.
The actual main balance patch will be 2 weeks later
This is just getting ridiculous.
We got a patch 10 days ago, weāll get another one in about 2 weeks, and another one in 2 weeks after that?
Are there even safe crafts at this point. Everything is a possible target with so many changes.
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So whatās going to happen with Wheel Warlock?
This sorta just feels like Showdown in the Badlands, Episode 2 where weāre just going to have a race to the bottom. How long until itās just Brann Highlander Warrior, Plague DK, and Rainbow DK at Tier 1 again?
Boomboss Warrior is already taking hold of top Legend againā¦Plague DK still dunks on Brannā¦
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Exactly my concerns. They effectively need a complete reset of the meta by nerfing EVERYTHING.
At the very least nerf the crap out of the stuff that dominated last rotation like rainbow DK and Brann, as well as plagues because well rainbow DK is plague DK now.
plague ? that deck is terrible why would you want it nerfed ? it even loses to rainbow mage
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Because itās going to result in a bipolar meta with Brann warrior countering everything and plague DK (whichever form you like) countering Brann.
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Somebody wasnāt paying attention in the Badlands metaā¦
Plague DK reached tier 1 because Brann is insanely strong and everything else got nerfed.
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The only thing potentially busted about DH is getting a 3 (or 1) mana mag and mabye the 3 mana inquisitor. Everything else about the deck is fine and its just one of the many decent performing aggro decks in the history of hearthstone. Warlock can still put out at least 2 6/6s on turn 4 as well so the minion stats canāt be the problem.
I really hope they dont overnerf it like they did with paladin but I have little faith.
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I miss when set rotations were power resets, and not just a spring board for stronger things.
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Great. So 10 days until DH nerfs (who even plays DH anymore xDD itās yesterday news xDD) and then 2 more weeks of shamanizing, at least
Whatever have I done to God for him to punish me like thisā¦???
Coming up, Warrior, shaman and plague DK meta. So much better lol.
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So itās a cost change not a card change. Almost guarantees the weapon or demon have increased cost.
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Significant probability of changing the cost reduction on the weapon from 2 to 1. But yeah, itās going to be relatively simple.
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I could see that as well. It does pretty much the same thing delaying the overall effectiveness by a turn.
I have all the cards needed to build the DH deck except for the 4 epic cards. Should I go ahead and craft them still or should i hold off since they might just kill the deck. The other only viable deck i have is Plague DK and that deck is on page 3 of the HSReplay deck (sorted by win rate) - so itās rather underpowered. The top are dominated by DH, spell token hunter and wheel warlocks.
i think that was what a lot of players wanted. I am neutral but either way, some people will be unhappy.
Nah, monā¦ How about something like this:
Well, thereās still Aggro Hunter, though, butā¦
Brann ā yes, perhaps, but whatās wrong with Rainbow DK? Itās decent (about 50-50, perhaps) against, ironically, Aggro DH, Odyn Warrior, but weak against so much stuff: singleton Warrior (!), Wheel Warlock, even Sif Mage etc.
Exactly my sentiment (for example: Anyone tired of third turn 6/5's - #17 by SparkyElf-2852 , Returning to Standard now? - #21 by SparkyElf-2852).
Tough to say: if they nerf the weapon, you might be out of luck.
That deck does have some ābuilding blocksā, such as The Primus, Helya, Pit Boss Reska, for more competitive DK decks at the moment, so you might consider saving up your resources in order to build a better DK deck ā provided itād be āplayableā.
And nothing for hunter lmaoā¦ only thing keeping it in check is nothing right now lmao
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Hunter is op but on the ladder for 1 token hunter there is 3 agroo demon hunter. So that is why token hunter doesnāt get any attention.
Also hunter overall doesnāt see much play in this meta. They will not nerf it.
Iām currently making the most of playing DH before the nerfs.
IMO, its Umpireās Grasp that needs to be nerfed. A 5 mana 6/5 Window Shopper getting a 5 mana 6/5 is mostly (see below) not OP. However, a 3 mana 6/5 Shopper getting a 3 mana 6/5 demon is OP. Window Shopper gives a double discount, multiplying any mana cheating from Umpireās Grasp (or anything else).
So, I would say the mana discount on Umpireās Grasp needs to go. TBH, a 3 mana 3/3 with deathrattle: draw a demon is probably good enoughā¦ assuming the deck has plenty of demons. But cutting it to 2 mana and 2/2 would probably be better.
I say Shopperās effect is āmostly not OPā, but of course that depends on the available pool of demons, which means it does potentially ālimit design spaceā by allowing high cost demons to be effectively mana cheated, albeit at smaller stats.
However, it seems obvious that Magtheridon Unleashed was designed with this card in mind, so its not ālimiting design spaceā that muchā¦ MU is designed to be a high roll for Window Shopper. Remember that at the moment, there are 11 demons that can be discovered by WS, but we just lost 3 sets to rotation, and as more sets are released this year, the demon poll will be diluted.
Anyhooā¦ Demon Hunter has other ways to reduce mana costs, and Window Shopper will always get double value from any such reduction. I guess nerfing WS to 6 mana AND nerfing UG to a 1 mana discount would also be good.
Soā¦ Iām hoping they do nerf Window Shopper as well. I pulled a golden copy, so an (almost) free legendary would be very nice. Maybe nerf its stats to 5/5 if it stays at 5 mana, or buff it to 6/6 if it is nerfed to 6 mana 
So:
Either: Nerf Umpireās Grasp mana cheat by 2
Or: Nerf UG mana cheat by 1, and Window Shopper cost by 1.
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