Patch Notes Digest: 36.2.2 (248348 to 249896)

Patch Overview

This is a much larger pass than 36.2's launch tuning. Every tribe is touched, a dozen Dark Gift offering windows move, and the trinket economy gets another broad cost rebalance.

At a glance

By bucket:

Hero changes

• Inge, the Iron Hymn: Major Hymn now triggers twice per turn. Minor Hymn received the same change, though the official notes only mention Major Hymn.
• Nightmare Lord Xavius: 12 Armor -> 6 Armor.

Minion pool changes

Returning minions

• Felfire Conjurer
• Gentle Djinni — and reworked: Tier 5 4/5 -> Tier 6 5/6, now Battlecry and Deathrattle
• Tad

Removed minions

Both leave the pool entirely, so they no longer have reference pages.

• Flourishing Frostling
• Scourfin

Minion changes

Tier moves

The tier shuffles matter more than the stat tweaks — they change what you can hit and when.

Elemental

• Stone Age Slab: 5/10 -> 10/10, buy buff +10/+10 -> +20/+20
• Meteorite Crasher: 2/4 -> 4/4, sell scaling +2/+2 -> +4/+4
• En-Djinn Blazer: 4/4 -> 5/5, Tavern buff +7/+7 -> +10/+10
• Moat Custodian: 4/10 -> 5/10, Elemental bonus +1/+2 -> +2/+2
• Waveling: 6/1 -> 5/1, Tavern buff +3/+3 -> +4/+4
• Sand Swirler: 4/3 -> 3/2, extra Attack +1 -> +2
• Air Baller: Tier 5 7/7 -> Tier 4 6/6

Naga

• Torrential Ruiner: 3/3 -> 6/3, spell buff +3/+3 -> +2/+3
• Groundbreaker: 5/4 -> 6/4, gain +1/+1 -> +2/+2, threshold every 4 spells -> every 3
• Cagey Conjurer: 6/4 -> 5/3, now casts 2 random Tavern spells
• Thaumaturgist: 2/2 -> 1/2, threshold every 4 spells -> every 3
• Showy Cyclist: 4/3 -> 4/2, now buffs all your Naga +2/+1, threshold every 4 -> every 3
• Fleeing Fugitive: 3/2 -> 5/2
• Abyssal Bruiser: Tier 5 -> Tier 4

Demon

• Champion of Sargeras: 10/10 -> 8/8, Tavern buff +5/+5 -> +8/+8
• Eredar Escapist: 5/5 -> 6/6, threshold 4 damage -> 3, now casts Shiny Ring
• Tichondrius: 3/6 -> 3/3, Demon buff +3/+2 -> +3/+3
• Imp-lusionist: Tier 5 6/3 -> Tier 4 4/2, now gets one Methodical Madness
• Ashen Corruptor: Tier 5 6/6 -> Tier 4 5/6
• Devilish Distractor: Tier 4 3/6 -> Tier 5 4/7

Murloc

• Breakout Mastermind: 2/5 -> 5/5
• Primitive Painter: 2/7 -> 3/8, Murloc buff +2/+2 -> +3/+3
• Twilight Tidehunter: 3/6 -> 4/6, hand buff +6/+6 -> +8/+8
• Mama Mrrglton: 5/3 -> 4/2, Murloc Attack +2 -> +3
• Papa Mrrglton: 3/5 -> 2/4, Murloc Health +2 -> +3
• Very Hungry Winterfinner: 2/5 -> 2/6

Beast

• Ravaging Scorpid: 7/8 -> 6/7, Beetle scaling +3/+3 -> +5/+5
• Wolf Pup: 3/5 -> 3/6, Rally +4/+2 -> +4/+1
• Tasty Lobster: loses Taunt, Deathrattle now buffs one random Beast +1/+1
• Flittering Bat: 1/3 -> 1/4

Mech

• Spark Snapper: Tier 4 3/3 -> Tier 5 5/5, Satellite 3/3 -> 2/2
• Glambot: Tier 5 6/6 -> Tier 4 4/4, Satellite 6/6 -> 4/4
• Drone Duplicator: 4/4 -> 5/2, gains Divine Shield
• Rescue Bot: 5/1 -> 2/1

Pirate

• Private Investigator: 5/6 -> 2/4, gain 2 Gold -> 3 Gold
• Maritime Extortionist: 8/8 -> 7/7, Golden scaling +8/+8 -> +7/+7
• Enterprising Escapee: Tier 4 -> Tier 5

Quilboar

• Jailbird Juggernaut: Tier 5 2/7 -> Tier 7 6/15
• Sanguine Champion: Tier 7 18/3 -> Tier 6 9/3
• Sanguine Refiner: Tier 6 3/10 -> Tier 5 2/8
• Trench Fighter: Tier 4 6/6 -> Tier 3 3/3

Undead

• Drustfallen Butcher: 2/7 -> 2/9, Avenge (3) -> Avenge (4)
• Dustbone Devastator: 1/6 -> 2/6, Undead Attack +2 -> +1

Dragon and Neutral

• Runic Arcanist: 3/5 -> 2/4, now casts Shiny Ring twice
• Tyrael: 8/8 -> 10/10, sets stats to 50/50
• Motley Phalanx: 2/2 -> 3/3, Deathrattle +2/+2 -> +3/+3
• The Last One Standing: 12/12 -> 15/15, Rally +12/+12 -> +15/+15
• Treasure Parrot: damage threshold 40 -> 35

Spell changes

• Misplaced Tea Set: [2 Cost] +2/+2 -> [3 Cost] +4/+4
• Easterly Winds: Tavern buff +6/+6 -> +8/+8
• Mighty Dragonbreath: +1/+1 -> +2/+1 per repeat

Trinket pool changes

Removed from the Lesser pool

• Maxwell Sticker, Sacrificial Altar

Removed from the Greater pool

• Maxwell Sticker, Double Stitch Needle, Deathtouch Apple, Balladist Portrait, Lavish Cape

Lesser trinket cost increases

Lesser trinket cost decreases

Greater trinket cost increases

Greater trinket cost decreases

Trinket text changes

• Gold Mallet: end-of-turn buff +2/+2 -> +2/+1 (Lesser), +4/+4 -> +4/+2 (Greater)
• Booty Bay Brew: now buffs two friendly Pirates in both pools
• Warcry Totem: first two Battlecry minions each turn are now free rather than (2) cheaper
• Dragon Skull: +3/+3 -> +5/+5
• Mysterious Orb: Gain 8 Gold -> 10 Gold
• Mama Bear Sticker: summoned Beasts +5/+5 -> +6/+6
• Wolfhead Flail: all friendly Deathrattles -> your two left-most Deathrattles
• Maw Caster Portrait: 3-Gold Coin Pouch -> gain 2 Gold
• Lava Lamp: sell 5 minions -> sell 6 minions
• Sphere of Memory: 2 copies -> 3 copies
• Murky Sticker: +1/+1 -> +1/+2
• Escapee Portrait: Lockboxes open 2 turns sooner -> 1 turn sooner

Dark Gift changes

The offering windows moved more than the effects did. Several gifts are now much harder to reach early, and a few open up sooner.

Value changes

• Fortitude: +4/+4 -> +5/+5
• Incubation: +2/+2 -> +4/+4
• Offensive Stance: now also grants +10 Attack
• Defensive Stance: now also grants +10 Health
• Sharpened Sword: +2 Attack -> +3 Attack, cap 5 -> 6
• Toughened Shield: +2 Health -> +3 Health, cap 5 -> 6
• Steady Growth: now +2/+2 / +2/+3 / +3/+4
• Admiration: gains the Attack of the minion to the left, rather than its full stats
• Tarecgosa's Blessing: keeps Bonus Keywords and double stats gained in combat

Timing changes

Charisma restrictions

Toxicity can no longer be offered by Tras'tath's hero power, and Boom-in-a-Box is now banned from every Dark Gift.

Other changes

• Trinket appearance rates for new Trinkets are back to normal amounts.
• Turn timers slightly reduced in Solo mode.
• Lockbox-generating cards had "instead" restored to their text — Bilgewater Breakout and Locked-up Mutineer both changed.
• Timewarped Leapfrogger is now flagged as a Timewarp card, which the official notes do not mention.