26.2 Patch Notes

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Patch 26.2 launches Battlegrounds Season 4, where E.T.C.’s taking an exciting new show to Bob’s Tavern!

Are you ready to put the “band” in your warband?! Battlegrounds Season 4 is headlined by the new Rock Master Voone Hero, the new Venomous keyword, and a massive minion remix to Battlegrounds!

Rock Master Voone

Rock Master Voone will be available in all lobbies for two weeks after Patch 26.2.

Lady Vashj (Relics of the Deep)

Lich Baz’hial (Graveyard Shift)

Shudderwock

N’Zoth

Mutanus

Vol’jin

All Armor Tiers at the launch of Patch 26.2 will be as follows:

* Some Heroes have high winrate disparities between lower-MMR and higher-MMR players. To account for this, some heroes are given an alternative Armor value, depending on the average play level of the lobby you’re in. Any hero that only lists one Armor amount has that same Armor at all levels of play.

Poisonous has been removed from Battlegrounds. A new Battlegrounds keyword, Venomous, will take its place! Venomous is like Poisonous except that only the first minion that is damaged by a Venomous minion each combat is instantly destroyed.

Mega-Windfury has also been removed from Battlegrounds. Now, when a Windfury minion is tripled, it will still have Windfury. This change is to make Windfury more in line with other keywords and to open up more design space in the future.

Finally, you can now Magnetize to your Mechs even if you have a full board (this change applies to all Modes, not just Battlegrounds). This change was made to make Mech games smoother by removing negative play experiences; it also lets us focus more on Magnetic with this update.

Mistake [Tier 1, All]

Incorporeal Corporal [Tier 1, Undead]

Southsea Busker [Tier 1, Pirate]

Manasaber [Tier 1, Beast]

Upbeat Frontdrake [Tier