36.4.2 Patch Notes — Season 14 — Hearthstone Battlegrounds
Visual changes from patch 36.2.2 to patch 36.4.2: 6 removed, 0 returning, 119 changed, 0 new. Plus 10 bug fixes and balance updates.
In our last balance patch, we made broad changes across every minion type. This time, we're focusing on the types at the top and bottom of the meta.
For Beasts, our nerf to Tasty Lobster landed a bit too hard, so we're increasing its base buff to +2/+1 and moving Hoarding Hyena to Tavern Tier 4 to help the archetype compete.
Self-damage Demons have also been underperforming, so we're making several buffs across the board, alongside a more experimental redesign to Eredar Escapist (which we'll be keeping a close eye on).
Quilboars have been among the weakest minion types this season, so we're increasing Blood Gem scaling to help them keep pace.
Finally, we're giving Dragons a couple of modest buffs through Fire-forged Evoker and Mighty Dragonbreath to strengthen their late-game potential.
On the nerf side, our focus is primarily on Elementals and Naga. While both tribes have been highly popular, their overall power level hasn't been dramatically out of line. Unleashed Mana Surge stood out as one of the strongest Tier 6 minions in the game and the clearest Elemental outlier, making it our target for this round of adjustments.
For Naga, Cagey Conjurer and Fauna Whisperer were the main offenders. Conjurer's change is fairly straightforward, but Fauna presented a trickier challenge. Based on previous metas, changing it to affect only one minion would likely have been too severe, so instead we're toning down Natural Blessing to reduce Fauna's early tempo spikes.
While these nerfs are relatively light, our goal is that, combined with the buffs to Beasts, Demons, Quilboars, and Dragons, more minion types will feel both competitive and viable.
We don't expect to make any major balance changes before the mid-season update, which we'll be sharing more about soon.
We'll see you in the Tavern!
Complete Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 14 patch notes for update 36.4.2. This Season 14 update includes 74 card changes across 7 categories: 6 removed, 0 returning, 119 changed, 0 new cards.
Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 14 brings major changes to the tavern including new minions, trinkets, and balance updates. Browse all Season 14 card changes below.
Removed Cards (6)
- Sanctify — Tier 5
Give your minions with Divine Shield +6 Attack.
- Blessing Portrait (Murloc)
Get a Natural Blessing. At the start of each turn, get another. Your Natural Blessings also affect minions in hand.
- Copper Coil (Mech)
Whenever you Magnetize a minion, give it +1/+1 and improve this.
- Cowrie Necklace (Naga)
Tavern spells that give stats cost (2) less.
- Deathwhisper Sticker (Undead)
After a friendly minion is Reborn, give your minions +2/+2.
- Coral Spear (Naga)
Whenever you cast a Spellcraft spell, cast Might of Stormwind.
Hero Armor Changes (27)
- Reno Jackson
- Armor: 16 → 12
- Duos Armor: 14 → 10
- Inge, the Iron Hymn
- Armor: 17 → 10
- Duos Armor: 15 → 8
- Cariel Roame
- Armor: 14 → 10
- Duos Armor: 14 → 8
- Alexstrasza
- Armor: 10 → 8
- Duos Armor: 8 → 6
- Zerek, Master Cloner
- Armor: 18 → 12
- Duos Armor: 16 → 10
- Vanndar Stormpike
- Armor: 12 → 10
- Duos Armor: 10 → 8
- Forest Lord Cenarius
- Armor: 16 → 13
- Duos Armor: 14 → 11
- Sneed
- Armor: 20 → 15
- Duos Armor: 18 → 13
- Time Twister Chromie
- Armor: 12 → 14
- Duos Armor: 10 → 12
- Dancin' Deryl
- Armor: 16 → 18
- Duos Armor: 14 → 16
- Heistbaron Togwaggle
- Armor: 14 → 16
- Duos Armor: 12 → 14
- The Rat King
- Armor: 12 → 14
- Duos Armor: 10 → 12
- Patches the Pirate
- Armor: 18 → 19
- Duos Armor: 16 → 17
- Silas Darkmoon
- Armor: 14 → 16
- Duos Armor: 12 → 14
- E.T.C., Band Manager
- Armor: 14 → 16
- Duos Armor: 12 → 14
- Loh, the Living Legend
- Armor: 17 → 19
- Duos Armor: 15 → 17
- Tras'tath, Soul Parasite
- Armor: 10 → 15
- Duos Armor: 10 → 13
- Cap'n Hoggarr
- Armor: 12 → 14
- Duos Armor: 10 → 12
- Scabbs Cutterbutter
- Armor: 15 → 18
- Duos Armor: 13 → 16
- Xyrella
- Armor: 12 → 14
- Duos Armor: 10 → 12
- Snake Eyes
- Armor: 5 → 8
- Duos Armor: 2 → 6
- Y'Shaarj
- Armor: 18 → 20
- Duos Armor: 16 → 18
- Kurtrus Ashfallen
- Armor: 14 → 16
- Duos Armor: 12 → 14
- Infinite Toki
- Armor: 10 → 15
- Duos Armor: 8 → 13
- Kael'thas Sunstrider
- Armor: 16 → 18
- Duos Armor: 14 → 16
- Sindragosa
- Armor: 7 → 10
- Duos Armor: 5 → 8
- Maiev Shadowsong
- Armor: 17 → 18
- Duos Armor: 15 → 17
Changed Cards (26)
- Tasty Lobster — Tier 3 (Beast) — 2/1
- Attack: 1 → 2
- Text: Deathrattle: Give a random friendly Beast +1/+1. Improve your future Tasty Lobsters. → Deathrattle: Give a random friendly Beast +2/+1. Improve your future Tasty Lobsters.
- Hoarding Hyena — Tier 4 (Beast) — 4/6
- Tier: 5 → 4
- Attack: 5 → 4
- Goldrinn, the Great Wolf — Tier 5 (Beast) — 7/7
- Tier: 6 → 5
- Attack: 8 → 7
- Health: 8 → 7
- Text: Deathrattle: Your Beasts have +8/+8 until next turn. → Deathrattle: Your Beasts have +7/+7 until next turn.
- Lurking Leviathan — Tier 5 (Beast) — 3/9
- Health: 8 → 9
- Text: Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +2 Attack and improve this permanently. → Whenever you summon a Beast, give it +3 Attack and improve this permanently.
- Eredar Escapist — Tier 6 (Demon) — 6/8
- Health: 6 → 8
- Text: After your hero takes 3 damage, cast Shiny Ring. (3 left!) → After your hero takes 4 damage, get a copy of Corrupted Cupcakes. (4 left!)
- Soul Rewinder — Tier 2 (Demon) — 4/2
- Health: 1 → 2
- Text: After your hero takes damage, rewind it and give this +1 Health. → After your hero takes damage, rewind it and give this +2 Health.
- Ashen Corruptor — Tier 4 (Demon) — 6/6
- Attack: 5 → 6
- Text: After your hero takes damage, rewind it and give minions in the Tavern +1/+1 this turn. → After your hero takes damage, rewind it and give minions in the Tavern +2/+2 this turn.
- Tichondrius — Tier 5 (Demon) — 4/4
- Attack: 3 → 4
- Health: 3 → 4
- Text: After your hero takes damage, give your Demons +3/+3. → After your hero takes damage, give your Demons +4/+4.
- Malchezaar, Prince of Dance — Tier 3 (Demon) — 4/3
- Attack: 2 → 4
- Health: 1 → 3
- Devout Hellcaller — Tier 3 (Demon) — 4/4
- Attack: 2 → 4
- Health: 2 → 4
- Text: After another friendly Demon deals damage, gain +1/+2 permanently. → After another friendly Demon deals damage, gain +2/+2 permanently.
- Bronze Timewalker — Tier 4 (Dragon) — 4/5
- Attack: 2 → 4
- Health: 9 → 5
- Fire-forged Evoker — Tier 6 (Dragon) — 8/6
- Health: 5 → 6
- Text: Start of Combat: Give your Dragons +2/+1. Improves permanently after you cast a Tavern spell. → Start of Combat: Give your Dragons +2/+2. Improves permanently after you cast a Tavern spell.
- Unleashed Mana Surge — Tier 6 (Elemental) — 6/9
- Health: 5 → 9
- Text: After you play an Elemental, give your Elementals +4/+4. → After you play an Elemental, give your Elementals +2/+3.
- Utility Drone — Tier 6 (Mech) — 4/5
- Health: 6 → 5
- Text: At the end of your turn, give your minions +4/+4 for each Magnetization they have. → At the end of your turn, give your minions +4/+5 for each Magnetization they have.
- Sanguine Champion — Tier 6 (Quilboar) — 9/4
- Health: 3 → 4
- Text: Battlecry and Deathrattle: Your Blood Gems give an extra +1/+1 this game. → Battlecry and Deathrattle: Your Blood Gems give an extra +2/+1 this game.
- Sanguine Refiner — Tier 5 (Quilboar) — 3/8
- Attack: 2 → 3
- Text: Rally: Your Blood Gems give an extra +1/+1 this game. → Rally: Your Blood Gems give an extra +1/+2 this game.
- Prodigious Tusker — Tier 2 (Quilboar) — 2/5
- Attack: 1 → 2
- Health: 3 → 5
- Fearless Foodie — Tier 3 (Quilboar) — 2/4
- Tier: 4 → 3
- Jailbird Juggernaut — Tier 7 (Quilboar) — 6/15
- Text: Rally: Summon a Golem with stats equal to this minion's Blood Gems to attack the target first. (0/0) → Rally: Summon a Golem with this minion's stats to attack the target first.
- Private Investigator — Tier 3 (Pirate) — 5/6
- Attack: 2 → 5
- Health: 4 → 6
- Text: Activate (1): Gain 3 Gold next turn. → Activate (1): Gain 2 Gold next turn.
- Cagey Conjurer — Tier 4 (Naga) — 5/3
- Tier: 3 → 4
- Forsaken Weaver — Tier 6 (Undead) — 3/8
- Health: 10 → 8
- Text: After you cast a Tavern spell, your Undead have +2 Attack this game (wherever they are). → After you cast a Tavern spell, your Undead have +3 Attack this game (wherever they are).
- Drustfallen Butcher — Tier 5 (Undead) — 2/7
- Health: 9 → 7
- Text: Avenge (4): Get a Butchering. → Avenge (3): Get a Butchering.
- Tyrael — Tier 6 — 10/10
- Text: Activate (2): Set another minion's stats to 50/50. → Activate (1): Set another minion's stats to 50/50.
- Mighty Dragonbreath — Tier 4
- Text: Give your minions +2/+1. Repeat for your Dragons. Repeat for your minions with Divine Shield. → Give your minions +3/+2. Repeat for your Dragons. Repeat for your minions with Divine Shield.
- Natural Blessing — Tier 4
- Cost: 4 → 2
- Text: Choose a minion. Give all minions that share a type with it +3/+3. → Choose a minion. Give all minions that share a type with it +2/+1.
Changed Lesser Trinkets (7)
- Archaic Scroll (Naga)
- Text: After you cast 7 spells, get a random Naga. (7 left!) → After you cast 8 spells, get a random Naga. (8 left!)
- Bubble Crown (Naga)
- Text: Once you cast 12 spells, your Tavern spells give an extra +4/+4. (12 left!) → Once you cast 14 spells, your Tavern spells give an extra +4/+4. (14 left!)
- Gold Mallet (Pirate)
- Text: At the end of your turn, give your minions +2/+1. (Improved by Golden minions you've played this game!) → At the end of your turn, give your minions +1/+1. (Improved by Golden minions you've played this game!)
- Rune of Transmutation (Naga)
- Text: After you cast 15 spells, replace this with a random Greater Naga Trinket. (15 left!) → After you cast 18 spells, replace this with a random Greater Naga Trinket. (18 left!)
- Stormcoil Sticker (Mech)
- Cost: 0 → 1
- Text: After 8 friendly minions die, get a random Mech. (8 left!) → After 6 friendly minions die, get a random Mech. (6 left!)
- Lionfish Portrait (Beast)
- Text: Get a Lurking Lionfish. Whenever a friendly Beast attacks, give it +2/+2. → Get a Lurking Lionfish. Whenever a friendly Beast attacks, give it +4/+2.
- Nomi Sticker (Elemental)
- Text: After you play an Elemental, give Elementals in the Tavern +2/+2 this game. → After you play an Elemental, give Elementals in the Tavern +3/+2 this game.
Lesser Trinket Cost Changes (4)
- Cost increased by 1: Warcry Totem, Splinter of Aurum, Demonic Bloodletter, Herding Horn, Wand of Divination, Floating Candle Set, Sellemental Portrait, War Drum, Chromatic Tear.
- Cost increased by 2: Ominous Stone.
- Cost reduced by 1: Bleeding Heart, Kaleidoscope, Jailer Sticker, Glowing Gauntlet, Minion Bait, Pilgrimp Sticker, Lucky Tabby, Putricide Sticker, Fish Portrait, Holy Mallet, Dragon Skull, Automaton Portrait.
- Cost reduced by 2: Ophidian Staff, Spell-powered Wrench, Scraper Sticker, Emergency Gearblade, Comfy Coffin.
Changed Greater Trinkets (8)
- Lava Lamp (Elemental)
- Text: After you sell 6 minions, get a random Elemental. (6 left!) → After you sell 7 minions, get a random Elemental. (7 left!)
- Nazjatar Postcard (Naga)
- Cost: 7 → 2
- Text: After you play a Naga, get a random Spellcraft spell. → After you play 2 Naga, get a random Spellcraft spell. (2 left!)
- Baller Portrait (Elemental)
- Cost: 6 → 5
- Text: Get a Temperature Shift. After you play 10 Elementals, repeat this. (10 left!) → Get a Temperature Shift. After you play 11 Elementals, repeat this. (11 left!)
- All-Purpose Kibble (Beast)
- Cost: 0 → 2
- Text: Whenever a friendly Beast attacks, give it +2 Attack and permanently improve this. → Whenever a friendly Beast attacks, give it +3 Attack and permanently improve this.
- Inductive Gyroblade (Mech)
- Text: At the end of your turn, get a 8/8 Magnetic Satellite. (Improved by each Tavern spell you've cast this turn!) → At the end of your turn, get a 12/12 Magnetic Satellite. (Improved by each Tavern spell you've cast this turn!)
- Miniature Ship (Pirate)
- Text: After you cast a Tavern spell, give your Pirates +2/+2. → After you cast a Tavern spell, give your Pirates +3/+3.
- Trusty Crowbar (Pirate)
- Text: Whenever you get a Pirate, give your left-most minion +12/+12. → Whenever you get a Pirate, give your left-most minion +16/+16.
- Thaumaturgist Portrait (Naga)
- Text: Get a Thaumaturgist. Your Thaumaturgists' Spellcrafts are permanent. → Get 2 Thaumaturgists. Your Thaumaturgists' Spellcrafts are permanent.
Greater Trinket Cost Changes (6)
- Cost increased by 1: Dramaloc Sticker, Groundbreaker Portrait, Bassgill Portrait, Ghastly Sticker, Escapee Portrait.
- Cost increased by 2: Myrmidon Sticker, Multilayered Shield, Recycling Sticker.
- Cost increased by 3: Honeycomb Ring.
- Cost reduced by 1: Pocket Cyclone, Pagle's Fishing Rod, Privateer Portrait, Dalaran Cheese Wheel, Lightfeather Sticker, Insurrectionist's Blade, Wolfhead Flail, Jailer Sticker, Herald Sticker, Quilligraphy Set.
- Cost reduced by 2: Booty Bay Brew, Reinforced Shield.
- Cost reduced by 3: Fancy Spellbook, Fridge Magnet, Ironforge Anvil.
