Hearthstone's next big patch will add 75 'Buddies' to Battlegrounds and nerf a bunch of cards
Like seemingly much of the Hearthstone playerbase, I consider myself a Battlegrounds main these days. So the big patch that follows a new card set has become the more exciting drop to me. Blizzard has even taken to giving Battlegrounds its own pre-release cycle with content creators doing exclusive reveals. The thrust of those this week has been the announcement of Battlegrounds «Buddies», which will go live with patch 22.2 on Tuesday, January 25.
Buddies are a new mechanic, and every hero will have its own Buddy card which can't be acquired from the shop. Instead, you get your Buddy by filling up a meter, which is done by performing specific actions (popping Divine Shields, for example) over the course of a game. Once the meter is half full you receive your first Buddy. Completely fill the meter, and you'll get another two Buddies, creating a golden version if you still have the first Buddy in hand.
Blizzard explains: «After both sections have been filled, the Buddy Meter breaks and is no longer available for the rest of the match (regardless of whether you tripled your Buddy or sold any copies off along the way).» It sounds weird, but it's actually pretty simple. RDU breaks it down in the video below.
Because each buddy is unique to its Hero, it means 75 new minions are being added to the game. As you'd expect, the Buddies' abilities synergise very specifically with the play style of the Hero they accompany. So, for instance, King Mukla's Buddy is Crazy Monkey, a 4/4 with text that reads: «After you feed a minion a Banana, give it +1/+1.»
There's a gallery of–so help me god–every single one of the Buddies below. Check out the captions to see which Hero each Buddy belongs to. I think it's safe to say they're going
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