LOTI 305 : Barrens – Druid

Legend of the Innkeeper : A Hearthstone Podcast for Casual Players

Updates:

What did you do this week?

Quests? Ranked play? Fun Guaranteed with friends?

Espo:

Rank : Silver 9 Standard – Platinum 10 Wild

25% Barrens Gameplay Achievements

Level 70 in Tavern Pass

95 Gold, 265 Dust

Vastidious:

Rank : Gold 5 Standard – Platinum 5 Wild

37% Barrens Gameplay Achievements

Level 80 in Tavern Pass

1055 Gold, 6585 Dust

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News

• Alleria Windrunner Hero Set added to store for a limited time
  • $9.99 US
  • 1500 Gold
  • Comes with the Alleria Alternate Hero and Card Back
• Balance changes will be coming in 2 weeks. The changes haven’t had their final decision yet so no announced changes.
• Patch 20.2
  • Releases on May 4th
  • Battlegrounds:
    • Quillboar are being added as a new Battlegrounds minion type.
    • There will still be 5 minion types per Battleground game, but Quillboar will show up in every Battlegrounds match until the next major patch.
    • 17 new minions
    • 3 new Heroes
      • Death Speaker Blackthorn
        • Bloodhound (Passive) After you upgrade Bob’s Tavern, gain 2 Blood Gems
      • Vol’jin
        • Spirit Swap (Costs 0) Choose two minions. Swap their stats.
      • Xyrella
        • See the Light (Costs 2) Choose a minion in Bob’s Tavern to add to your hand. Set its stats to 2.
      • Rat King (Updated)
        • King of Quillboar (Passive) Whenever you buy a Quillboar, give it +2/+2. Swaps type each turn.
    • New Mechanic: Blood Gems
      • Spells that give a friendly minion +1/+1
      • Some Quillboar give you Blood Gems
      • Others have special interactions when Blood Gems are played
    • Favorite Coin skins now work in Battlegrounds
    • Battlegrounds ratings will reset to 0 when it launches
  • Diamond Ragnaros – Can be obtained by completing the Classic Legendary Collector 5/5 Achievement (Collect all 36 Classic Legendary Cards)
  • New Progression Achievement, Tavern Regular
    • Tracks total reward track levels earned on your account across all reward tracks from each expansion.
    • Completing each tier of this achievement will reward a choice from 1 of 10 new Hero skins
    • Each of these new Heroes will have their own VO and emotes
  • Battle-Ready Decks
    • Curated decks optimized from the most recent expansion.
    • You are able to add a complete deck list from the class of your choice to your collection permanently
    • Used data captured across hundreds of thousands of play sessions to ensure you are taking home a combat-worthy list.
    • $19.99 and only 1 per account
    • https://playhearthstone.com/en-gb/news/23665633
  • Book of Heroes Thrall
    • May 25th

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Espo Mode

Battle of Tol Barad

Rules:

Magical Creatures are escaping from Tol Barad! Play a minion and get a random spell of the same cot, but for free!

Rewards:

A Year of the Phoenix Card Pack for winning the Brawl once.

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Barrens: Druid

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NEXT WEEK: Paladin

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Outro

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