33.0.3 Patch Notes: Constructed & Battlegrounds Changes
Patch 33.0.3 is rolling out with updates for Hearthstone, Battlegrounds, and more!
Hearthstone Updates
Dev Comment: With the launch of The Lost City of Un’Goro last week, our primary goals for this patch are to infuse power into several of the new cards and to tone down some older decks and early outliers. We’re doing buffs earlier in this expansion cycle because we can see from the early data that many of the new cards are not meeting expectations—and that nerfs alone won’t result in the changes we want to see.
The power level of these cards has been lowered:
Loh the Living Legend
Old: [7 mana]
New: [9 mana]
Ball Hog
Old: Battlecry and Deathrattle: Deal 3 damage to the lowest health enemy.
New: Battlecry and Deathrattle: Deal 2 damage to the lowest health enemy.
Sock Puppet Slitherspear
Old: 1/3
New: 1/2
Everburning Phoenix
Old: 2/2. Deathrattle: Return this to your hand.
New: 3/2. Deathrattle: Return this to hand at end of turn.
Dev Comment: This is also now unbanned in Wild.
Aegis of Light
Old: [1 mana] Summon a random 1-Cost minion and give it Taunt. Imbue your Hero Power.
New: [2 mana] Summon a random 2-Cost minion and give it Taunt. Imbue your Hero Power.
Hot Spring Glider
Old: Your next Murloc costs (2) less.
New: Your next Murloc costs (1) less.
Brittlebone Buccaneer
Old: 1/4
New: 1/3
Guiding Figure
Old: [2 mana]
New: [3 mana]
Murmur
Old: Your Battlecry minions cost (1), but immediately die after being played.
New: Your first Battlecry minion each turn costs (1), but immediately dies after being played.
Brain Masseuse
Old: 2/4
New: 2/3
Wilted Shadow
Old: 7/7.
New: 6/7.
Braingill
Old: [2 mana] 2/1. Give all friendly Murlocs “Deathrattle: Draw a card.”
New: [3 mana] 3/2. Give your other Murlocs “Deathrattle: Draw a card.”
Menagerie Jug
Old: Battlecry: Give 3 random friendly minions of different minion types +3/+3.
New: Battlecry: Give 3 random friendly minions of different minion types +2/+2.
The above disenchantable cards will be eligible for full dust refunds for two weeks following Patch 33.0.3.
The power level of these cards has been raised:
Reach Equilibrium
Old: Quest: Cast 5 Holy spells Reward: Life’s Breath. Quest: Cast 5 Shadow spells. Reward: Death’s Touch.
New: Quest: Cast 4 Holy spells Reward: Life’s Breath. Quest: Cast 4 Shadow spells. Reward: Death’s Touch.
Reanimate the Terror
Old: Runes: Blood, Blood, Unholy. Quest: Spend 18 Corpses.
New: Runes: Blood, Unholy. Quest: Spend 15 Corpses.
Spirit of the Mountain
Old: Quest: Play 7 minions of unique types.
New: Quest: Play 6 minions of unique types.
Ashalon, Ridge Guardian (Shaman Quest Reward)
New: Now has Rush.
Shokk, Jungle Tyrant (Hunter Quest Reward)
Old: Get a random 8, 6, and 4-Attack Beast. Set their Costs to (2).
New: Discover any 8, 6, and 4-Attack Beast. Set their Costs to (2).
Titanographer Osk
Old: [7 mana] 7/7.
New: [6 mana] 6/6.
Master Dusk
Old: [5 mana] 5 armor.
New: [3 mana] 8 armor.
Opu the Unseen
New: Now has Stealth.
Underbrush Tracker
Old: [7 mana]
New: [6 mana]
Escape the Underfel
Old: Quest: Play 6 Temporary cards.
New: Quest: Play 5 Temporary cards.
Underfel Rift (Warlock Quest Reward)
Old: 5 mana
New: 3 mana
Entomologist Toru
Old: [9 mana]
New: [8 mana]
Gorishi Wasp
Old: [6 mana] 2/8.
New: [5 mana] 2/7. Now has Rush.
Unleash the Colossus
Old: Deal exactly 2 damage to an enemy on your turn, 15 times.
New: Deal exactly 2 damage to an enemy on your turn, 12 times.
Cloud Serpent
Old: [4 mana] 4/3.
New: [3 mana] 3/3.
Questing Assistant
Old: Battlecry: If you played a Quest this game, deal 2 damage.
New: Battlecry: If you played a Quest this game, deal 3 damage to an enemy minion.
Battlegrounds Updates
Dev Comment: Well met! Patch 33.0.3 marks our final major balance update of the season. While we’ve made targeted adjustments to individual Trinkets and Anomalies, the core focus this patch is on minion tuning. We’ve addressed standout cards like Shoalfin Mystic and Captain Sanders, aiming to bring them into healthier positions within the meta. At the same time, we’ve given a boost to underperformers such as Fauna Whisperer and Champion of Sargeras to make them more rewarding to play. We hope you’ve enjoyed this season and look forward to sharing what’s coming next very soon.
Anomaly Updates
Greater Pouches
Old: On Turns 6 and 9, buy a Greater Trinket. There are no Lesser Trinkets in this game.
New: On Turns 8 and 9, buy a Greater Trinket. There are no Lesser Trinkets in this game.
The appearance rate of Greater Pouches Anomaly has been reduced.
Trinket Updates
Marvelous Mushroom
Old: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1 Health. At the start of each turn, increase this by 1.
New: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1. At the start of each turn, improve this.
Minion Updates
Sinrunner Blanchy
Old: Tier 5. Reborn. This is Reborn with full Health and enchantments.
New: Tier 4. Reborn. This is Reborn with full Health and enchantments in combat.
Shoalfin Mystic
Old: 5/5. Battlecry: Your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +1/+1 this game.
New: 4/4. When you sell this, your Tavern spells that give stats grant an extra +2/+1 this game.
Fauna Whisperer
Old: 3/8. At the end of your turn, cast Natural Blessing on the minion to the left of this.
New: 4/9. At the end of your turn, cast Natural Blessing on adjacent minions.
Eternal Knight
Old: 5/1. Has +2/+1 for each friendly Eternal Knight that died this game (wherever this is).
New: 3/1. Has +3/+1 for each friendly Eternal Knight that died this game (wherever this is).
Moroes, Steward of Death
Old: 5/3. Reborn. Deathrattle: Give your Undead +3/+5.
New: 6/4. Reborn. Deathrattle: Give your Undead +4/+6.
Holo Rover
Old: Whenever this attacks, get a random Magnetic Mech.
New: Divine Shield. Whenever this attacks, get a random Magnetic Mech.
Shadowdancer
Old: Tier 4. 4/2.
New: Tier 5. 5/2.
Tardy Traveler
Old: Tier 5.
New: Tier 4.
Captain Sanders
Old: 7/7. Battlecry: Make a friendly minion Golden.
New: 10/10. Battlecry: Make a friendly Pirate Golden.
Bellowing Tyrant
Old: 3/2. Taunt. Has +3/+2 for each Beast you’ve summoned this game (wherever this is).
New: 4/3. Taunt. Has +4/+3 for each Beast you’ve summoned this game (wherever this is).
The Boommobile
Old: 20/20.
New: 30/30.
Champion of Sargeras
Old: 10/10. Minions in the Tavern have +10/+10.
New: 12/12. Battlecry and Deathrattle: Minions in the Tavern have +5/+5 this game.
Spell Updates
Channel the Devourer has been returned to the spell pool.
Blade of Ambition
Old: Cost 6. Choose a minion. Set its Attack and Health to match the highest in your warband.
New: Cost 7. Choose a friendly minion. Set its Attack and Health to match the highest in your warband.
Duos Updates
Guiding Candle is now banned in Duos.
Selfless Sightseer
Old: Tier 4. 5/2.
New: Tier 5. 6/2.
Arena Updates
Arena draft rates have been adjusted so that the following cards appear less frequently:
- Dozing Dragon
- Desert Nestratron
- Trogg Gemtosser
- Voronei Recruiter
These cards will appear more often:
- Brasswing
- Libram of Divinity
- Libram of Faith
- Camouflage Mount
- Patchwerk Pals
- Slagclaw
Rheastrasza and Dirdra, Rebel Captain have been removed from the draft pool. Razidir can no longer be randomly generated.
Bug Fixes and Game Improvements
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Dragons adjacent to Persistent Poet sometimes did not keep enchantments from combat
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Moroes, Steward of Death’s Deathrattle gave other minions the wrong attack number.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Golden Sinrunner Blanchy was not Reborn with full Health and enchantments in combat.
- [Hearthstone] Hamuul Runetotem’s effect can no longer be stacked if in your deck multiple times.
Source: PlayHearthstone
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