In Hearthstone the community is criticizing the Druid – and the developers agree with them. A nerf is coming soon.
Those who have checked in since the release of Knights of the Frozen Throne in Hearthstone will primarily confront one class: Druids. They dominate the game, appear in many different variants, and all of them are so powerful that one has to create a complete “counter deck” just to have a chance.
A small indication that the Druid is too strong? At the HCT Europe Summer Playoffs tournament, a total of 77 players competed against each other. Each of them had a Druid deck. And each one was banned by the opponent because it was too powerful.
This also led to the game being referred to by many as “Druidstone” or “Hearthyawn” – because matches against Druids are boring. Many pros therefore refer to it as the “worst state that Hearthstone has ever been in.”
But Druids are not the only problem. Knights of the Frozen Throne has brought forth a whole series of decks against which playing is simply no fun. For instance, if one of the popular Highlander Priest decks manages to summon an Obsidian Statue with Barnes on turn 3 and resurrect it with full stats on turn 4, most opponents can already throw in the towel because they cannot recover from it.
Druid Nerf? Hearthstone head has ideas
At least in terms of the Druid, Blizzard is now showing some understanding. On Twitter, the Game Director of Hearthstone, Ben Brode, reveals that they are “considering options” to change the Druid. Even though Brode doesn’t phrase it clearly, it seems primarily to be about a nerf to Spreading Plague or the Evil Plague.
They plan to talk more about it this week and explain what changes are intended.
Once there are concrete details about the nerfs, we will inform you.
Or in other words: Those who still want to complete their 500 victories with the Druid should take advantage of the last few days.
Are you still playing in ranked mode? Or is the green plague bothering you so much that you prefer to play Arena or only against friends?
What exactly makes the Druid a jack of all trades right now, we explain in this article.
