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Hearthstone10 years agoRadoslav "Nydra" Kolev

Nerfs to Mage AoE incoming

Cone of Cold, Blizzard and Frost Nova will have their mana cost increased by one. The info comes in a blue post by Blizzard community manager Zhydaris.

The Mage freeze control has been running rampant in ranked play for two straight weeks now and enjoying competitive success as well. Reliant on the three aforementioned spells to hold opponents' minions and bay, the deck delayed the game until the later stages where it can finish the enemy with Alexstrasza, Pyroblast or a set of Mountain and Molten Giants.

The majority of the Hearthstone population that plays constructed saw the Mage control as frustrating to play against as it locked down most of the other decks completely and made for stale match-ups. To combat that and make board control more difficult, Blizzard are increasing the mana cost of all frost spells by one.

"We’ve been keeping an eye on Freeze mechanics for the past few months, and we’ve decided to make some changes to certain cards that utilize Freeze in this patch: Cone of Cold, Blizzard and Frost Nova. These cards are all having their mana costs increased by one. We understand that the Freeze mechanic can be frustrating to play against, and we’re trying to minimize the amount of frustrating mechanics in Hearthstone while at the same time making the control-themed Mage a viable play option. These changes should allow the opponent some additional time to be aggressive with their minions and well as slow the overall pacing of the control-based Mage play style while still keeping Freeze playable in many different types of decks."

Because of the change, CoC and Blizzard will be disenchantable for their crafting cost (40 and 100 dust, respectively) for two weeks after the patch goes live. There's no information on when the patch will go live but as it is connected with fixing some issues where players were unable to start a new Arena run, it will likely come with the next server maintenance.

?Source: Battle.net

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