Season 9 Mechs, Neutrals, Spells Announcement! Hearthstone Battlegrounds

[@Raluid]

Its turn 3, not tier 3 on shudder, so not as bad.

[@SonGoku9001]

true, I guess the usual picky eater strat would be pretty bad now.

[@Heretic721]

Ooooo! I misread that! Reading comprehension FAIL! That is better!

[@Raluid]

@SonGoku9001 agreed, the picky strat leaves a bit to be desired now.

[@seilamano3974]

Dang, no more 9/9 picky eater turn 1

[@PL45VYR]

Hey Heretic! Awesome video as usual. Here’s some points/thoughts that I wanted to share: Baz’hial’s new HP is more suited for non-Buddy uses now. The old version of her HP was definitely more geared towards her Buddy. Shudder HP is on turn 3, not tier 3! Still a viable hero, just slowed down for most scenarios (particularly Demon lobbies). Marin changes are probably tied to minions leaving and metas changing. Seeing later in the video that Kaboom left tells me it, Turtle, Felblood, and Goose are probably all leaving together. Hopefully new Lesser Trinkets can make Marin’s appeal continue. Portal in a Bottle is a tragic loss. Boon of Beetles is falling back in line with an older iteration, which used to summon four 3/3’s. This version is definitely weaker, but at least smaller tokens are better for soaking up Divine Shields. Contracted Corpse moving up a tier bothers me. I hope there’s some better Deathrattle minions coming to the higher tiers this coming season. Motley gone? RIP Token Pirate madness. Some are happy about this change but I’ll miss the shenanigans quite dearly. Witchwing is FINALLY GONE!!!! RIP Phaerix though. I wonder if Nalaa rotating out might be in favor of the off-chance that Draenei enter the tavern as a new tribe in a future season? (even though Selfless Hero is back) I’ll note that Arid Atrocity’s Golems would be given an enchantment when they get summoned. Maybe the updated Atrocity summons a golem with the improvements as the base stats? Mechs taking a huge hit. Drone and Lasso were some real favorites of mine. Foe Reaper too? Looks like we have one less cleave minion available now. Beatboxer’s departure also saddens me… Lullabot in early game sounds nifty. Sure, less stats, but tier 1 scaling for Mechs is a huge win in my book! Automaton is back with a vengeance. Oh no. HOLY MECHEREL! WE’RE GETTING HOLY MECHEREL IN THE DUAL TRIBE BG ERA! I was wonder where this lad was at. New Mecha-Jaraxxus enchantment! Time to give all of my Demons some DIVINE SHIELD!!! (let’s hope Demons don’t have stat gain potential as crazy as the trinket meta…) Alarm-o-Bot looks UNBELIEVABLE. Now I understand why Foe Reaper left. Mechagnome Interpreter is like that one Magnetic trinket that gives stats when you Magnetize, except notably better. This one excites me. Arcanotron is boring, honestly. Agree with you on all fronts. Marquee Ticker is a throwback to that one Dragon we used to have at tier 6, which gave two Tavern spells at end of turn. Moving that kind of Tavern spell support to Mechs and making it available sooner sounds quite nice! Moonsteel Juggernaut looks fun. With it and Ticker, I wonder if End of Turn Mechs will become a meta??? Holo Rover’s art is making me miss our old friend Security Rover a lot… but hey, this new one is pretty much Lasso but for Magnetic builds! Dr. Boom’s Monster looks really, really fun. You can just spam these across your board, instead of letting a random Magnetic stick around for half the game… only to throw down Beatboxer and see your stats only shooting up in what ends up being one single place. Naga are getting announced soon, I hope they can fix how painfully bad Slitherspear is.

[@ryanscanlon2151]

Rip for reaper, my favorite card, windfury divine shield mega cleave was my favorite build

[@ryanscanlon2151]

The mutated lasher sound like it's gonna be pretty great for pirates and other minions that summon other tier 1 minions when they die

[@SomeSoelStice]

It’s great for any Token build. All tokens are tier 1, so it’s a mini-Goldrinn in action.

[@ryanscanlon2151]

@SomeSoelStice yeah that's what I meant to say but I couldn't find the word token when I wrote it

[@Psychonaut165]

How does saloon dancer compare to nala? It gives twice the buff but only to two minions…. Which sounds somewhat comparable as you’re not always all that likely to be hitting for more than 4 more minions with nala… It can hit neutral minions which is interesting, but you can’t really concentrate the stats like you can with nala. I’m guessing all in all it’s a worse version but still looks interesting.

[@Heretic721]

I think it is worse when compared to the buffs that Nala could give to more minions, but does have some interesting potential with it buffing Neutrals. It was lack luster the first time, but we will see!

[@icekapp7221]

Lasher is good for token heavy builds, which probably will exist.

[@jasonpirkle9119]

I would like to tell you I am very thankful for all the work that you put into your videos. You are very informative.

[@Heretic721]

Thank you! I love the Battlegrounds so it is super satisfying for me. I admit though it makes me even happier to keep seeing all the new people who like what I make. Hard to know sometimes what people like, and do not!

[@Jubjub456]

Thanks for the video. I actually really liked cord puller. Agreed on that tier 2 mech appearing to be really good.

[@blizz2748]

The 7/7 is a permanent buff for combat. Meaning dragons

[@Blattella]

definitely sad to see scrap scraper and utility drone gone -- they were the most fun part of mech builds to me.

[@Blattella]

ughhhh but ancestral automaton is still around? i hate that damn thing, never liked playing with it let alone against it

[@TrixyTrixter]

Mutated lasher works with all tokens since those are all tier 1.

[@tinofaygo]

So Mutated Lasher and Tarecgosa I think could work decently together. Or other dragons by poets. But...That's about it. Also...The Holo Rover if you are tier 6 could give you Dr. Boom's Monster since it is a Magnetic...That's wild.

[@nightsxgames]

Lasher - Tokens are tier 1 - so it buffs all token summons - so could be great for token summon generating builds (undead / pirate / beast / mech) Reminds me of the tier 5 pirate that adds attack.

[@ivailonetzov6662]

do we continue with trinkets ?

[@Heretic721]

Nope on December 3rd they leave with the new patch.

[@SapereAude625]

I'm pretty sure atrocity will now summon more 7/7 golem for each tribe instead of buffing them

[@brogicus]

I like how you just throw a random divine shield onto the frantic alarm o bot

[@nightsxgames]

Wondering if atrocity is changed from just stats to more like Adapt where it gains effects instead of just stats. But the effects can include stats.

[@Heretic721]

It could, but the problem is it does not say. Odd wording choice.

[@nightsxgames]

@@Heretic721 agreed, especially since there's already a name for the effect. "Improve" is so vague. (and honestly overused it seems this patch)

[@rasmusforchhammer9557]

The alarm-o-bot doesnt have divine shield atleast

[@21th_sentry_under_mushrooms]

12:11 silver-handed recrcruit be like : Wake the fuck up Brann... we have a tavern to burn 😎

[@alonkob2127]

I think you might have accidentally thought Frantic Alarm-o-Bot has devine shield?

[@Heretic721]

I did somehow! Only a couple of people have noticed... shhhh!

[@mitchlacasse361]

wait, can those Moonsteel Satellites triple?

[@Heretic721]

Yes it does.

[@mitchlacasse361]

@Heretic721 i can see some shenanigans happening with that

[@CarltonBank]

Where does hearthstone tell you which heroes are banned from which lobbies?

[@Heretic721]

No where at all. I have been asking for it for ages, but other then random posts on Twitter, Reddit, and Discords there is no official information on bans I have ever seen.

[@CarltonBank]

@@Heretic721i see thank you

[@Chris-rh2mh]

I was really looking for Free Travel Winner to get the boot. I'm tired of seeing two of them, side-by-side, in the shop on turn 3 or 4. The card is situational, appears in every game due to being neutral, and often relies on combat RNG to bring value. If you correctly estimate your strength, you MIGHT be rewarded. If you overestimate your strength, you WILL be punished every combat until you are forced to sell iit.

[@Psychonaut165]

I never play that card unless I’m paying attention and someone disconnected. Feels good when you get the freebie 😂

[@Heretic721]

Free Travel is a card I really do not like, but meh at least now when everyone starts 3 on 3 again it is great if you have 2 in the shop!

[@planetfour]

I feel like arid golem is going to gain ds taunt and/or wf now

[@seilamano3974]

Mecharell with grease bot will be EVEN STUPIDIER

[@Boris_vian]

Atrocity will no longer work with Baron/Moira

[@ignacioperez5479]

Both ritual and plunder were from my favourite spells so im sad for them. Stimulant... I cant Even remember if i used it once NOO!!! everyone but glasses... Bye bye phaerix, you wont be missed by me Naala was an interesting card, will be missed Atrocity is probably just a... Wait a moment. Maybe now it counts all as, well, every tribe? Lasher on token builds will be interesting, since every token is tier 1 The bomb, drone, scrap scraper, lass-o-matic, foe reaper and beatboxer... That hurts. A lot. A LOT. Macharel and the new mechademon are interesting Frantic is interesting. I like the design idea The interpreter is.... Curious. Im not sure if it will be good, but i will give it a try Arcanotron is... Meh by itself. Marqee is what makes it interesting Juggernaut is TOO interesting, i like the idea Rover is much better than scrap scraper, but doesnt have the charisma With all the mechs, monster looks really strong

[@ndro_gyny]

They put Keanu Reeves in the game. They put Keanu Reeves in the game. They put Keanu Reeves into the game.

[@Heretic721]

Now the question is... what is his voice line!?

[@andrewosiris9643]

This is a comment to please the algorithm!

[@Jamjoker]

Sooo. Mechs only have 1 Teir 6 minion that kinda sucks....

[@Heretic721]

Dr. Boom's Monster AND how can you forget MECHA JARAXXUS!? Oh yeah.. easily!

[@davidalvarezgarcia3784]

top ;)

[@brendondavid7349]

I don't know how you think Time Management is a good spell. 4 gold give a minion +4+4 next turn is horrible.

[@Heretic721]

It is not give a minion +4/+4. It is "At the start of your next turn, give YOUR minions +4/+4." Its all of them.

[@brendondavid7349]

@ then I am truly blind 😅

[@derockgonecrazy]

Yeah, this game is probably dead

[@ILikeMarioVA-11HALL-A]

YESSSS NO MORE BEATBOXER sorry but it was such a boring comp 😭 giving divine shield to demons feels insane

[@errtuhots3789]

heretic review video kzbin.info/www/bejne/roC0dXWcnraZgrs : I like the RNG of it; heretic actually playing : I hate the RNG of it

[@Heretic721]

I always love RNG cards when I see them. Then the result happens, and now I am done with them. Its a never ending war in my head. That is why I cast the buddy spell so much!