Coin Concede - Episode 409 TBD
Edelweiss* WickedGood* Magesa* Guest*
Intro (~10 min)
Welcome to Episode 409 of Coin Concede, a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to making the competitive side of the game more accessible to you.
It is Thursday, August 17th, 2023 in the evening!
Coming to you from Gnomeregan, Ohio, it's me, Edelweiss!
from Northrend, Massachusetts, we have WickedGood!
And from Teldrassil, California we have Magesa!
And from all around the world we have you, dear listeners.
Thanks for reviews
How's life and ladder? -
Edelweiss - HSReplay released lifetime stats: https://hsreplay.net/stats/mine/
Wickedgood - Curselock for reasons, Rainbow mage also for reasons
Magesa - School’s starting so my brain is not in the place for nature shaman; rainbow mage is fun and arcane secret hunter is a good exercise in the art of going face; got to be on Blizzlet yesterday, give it a listen as soon as it’s out!
News Highlights -
- Anomalies (patch notes has all the anomalies, probably highlight some but not read all)
- Tier 7 and new Tier 7 minions (halfway down under minion changes)
- New Hero Thorim, Cariel/Kurtrus changed, armor changes galore
- Minion changes: 14 new Tier 7 minions added, 32 other new minions added, 11 minions returning, 49 minions removed, 9 minions changed
- Wild and Twist:
- New special set - Caverns of Time
- Includes 34 new cards and buffs to 113 Wild cards
- (Note: paladin/priest changes were inaccurate in the table in the patch notes at first but have been fixed.)
- Wild updates
- State of the Wild podcast from today August 17th has more
- Twist official launch - Legacy (not Core/Classic) through Gadgetzan
- New In-Game Event: Battle of Ahn’Qiraj
- Wild Heroic tavern Brawl
- Duels
- Caverns of Time will be allowed for deckbuilding
- Some card pool changes
- Bug Fixes and Game Improvements
- Includes:
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where cards that reduce their own Cost were able to cost less than 2 when Razorscale was in play.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Titanforged Traps didn’t cast off “cast a random spell” effects. It now offers Hunter Secrets to classes that don’t have Secrets.
- [Hearthstone] Fixed a bug where Chameleos and Disguised K’thir did not count as copies for Harvester of Envy.
- [Battlegrounds] Zesty Shaker, Critter Wrangler, Tidemistress Athissa, and Kel’Thuzad’s Kitty (Hero Power) now use “When” or “Whenever” instead of “After” timing.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where giving a Divine Shield minion a temporary Divine Shield with Glowscale’s Spellcraft effect will then remove that minion’s original Divine Shield the next turn.
- [Battlegrounds] Fixed a bug where Dynamic Duo wouldn’t receive in-combat buffs from its effect.
- [Solo Content] Fixed a bug where the new/returning player Loaner Decks were not usable in Solo Adventures.
- [Cosmetics] Fixed a bug where the Sargeras Hero Skin was missing its hero tray.
- [Achievements] Fixed a bug where the TITANS achievements were missing the TITANS icon.
- [Achievements] Fixed a bug where the Hats on Hats on Hats achievement couldn’t be progressed. ← Sadly, Hat said he can’t take credit for this.
- [General] Added support for Android 13.
- If we want to do this: Regarding Unauthorized bots (they’re aware and acting on it but don’t want to say how): https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/hearthstone/t/regarding-unauthorized-bots/111820
- Voxy Saga
- Context video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFPgMuL1QiI
- “Blizzard” (Hat) trolling Voxy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkiDsSin3vM
Tournaments and the meta
- Solary Party recap - https://esports.gg/news/hearthstone/dizdemon-wins-solary-hearthstone-party-tournament/
- MT Preview - https://twitter.com/FenoHS/status/1691435430917410818
https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/23994433/the-masters-tour-summer-championship-is-here
Decksplanations
- Standard Balance Changes: 4 nerfs and 11 buffs
- Dev insights: https://twitter.com/AlecoGereco/status/1692221238276772027
- Aleco: “Hey all, today’s patch notes are huge, with lots of cool stuff coming—including Standard balance changes. We don’t often get this many changes in a major patch, but our timing allowed for it here, so we went for it. … We’ll keep an eye on the meta after these changes and make more adjustments if we need to. I’m also looking forward to seeing what you all do with those 113(!) Wild balance changes, the new Twist format, and the Caverns of Time!”
- Nerfs:
- Cards:
- Hollow Hound: 6 health to 4 health
- Costumed Singer: 2 attack to 1 attack
- Bioluminescence: 3 mana to 4 mana
- Thaddius: odd/even cards cost 1 to odd/even cards cost 4 less
- Aleco: “Generally, the meta is in a pretty good space with just a couple power and play experience outliers. Hunter has two really powerful decks that we wanted to shave down a little. Thaddius is more a play experience adjustment. Bio is a bit of both.”
- Buffs:
- Aleco: “We’re also making some buffs! Warrior didn’t land where we were hoping, so we’re giving it a bit more power so that there’s room to explore what it has to offer. We’re also adjusting a few other cards that we think had some room to be a bit stronger.”
- DK:
- Down with Ship: no longer requires minion to die in order to shuffle 2 plagues into the opponent’s deck. And goes face!!
- DH:
- Mythical Terror: 3 attack to 4 attack
- Druid:
- Frost Lotus Seeding: 4 armor unblossomed and 8 armor blossomed to 5 armor unblossomed and 10 mana blossomed
- Paladin:
- Disciple of Amitus: 6 mana 4/6 to 5 mana 4/5
- Tyr: 7 mana to 6 mana
- Priest:
- Astral Automaton: 1 health to 2 health
- Warlock:
- Felstring Harp: 2 mana to 1 mana
- Warrior:
- Bladestorm: 3 mana to 2 mana
- Stoneskin Armorer: 3 mana 3/4 to 2 mana 2/2
- Craftsman’s Hammer: from “whenever this attacks and kills a minion” to “whenever this attacks” (works with Odyn now)
- Trial by Fire: 7 mana to 6 mana
Outro (~5min) - Thanks and contact!
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Coin Concedes (Shout Outs):
RAIDS -
SUBS -
Edelweiss - Everyone who has sent me well wishes, gotten stuff from registry, or gotten us a meal on meal train.
WickedGood -
Magesa - Blizzlet! Brother for bday, friend who pointed out I was wrong this whole time on Spirit Island
Keep Calm and…
And if you see us on ladder…
“Coin Concede” WickedGood
“Coin Concede” Edelweiss
“Coin Concede” Magesa