Hear that sound? It’s the sound of thousands of Hearthstone players frantically adjusting their decks at once. That can only mean one thing - the latest balance changes for Hearthstone are now live.

As we reported last week, the changes affect two cards - Leeroy Jenkins and Starving Buzzard. Leeroy Jenkins - a powerful legendary card used by many as a finisher - has seen its cost increased to 5 mana, up from 4. Starving buzzard, meanwhile, has seen its cost increased from 2 mana to 5, though it’s had a minor stat boost to compensate.

In addition to the card changes, there are a couple of minor bug fixes, to resolve some issues experienced by players using the iPad version of the game.

The full patch notes are as follows:

CARD CHANGES

• Leeroy Jenkins (Neutral) now costs 5 (up from 4)
• Leeroy Jenkins created a strategy that revolved around trying to defeat your opponent in one turn without requiring any cards on the board. We like having a variety of deck types but taking 20+ damage in one turn is not very fun or interactive.
• The amount of dust that you get from disenchanting Leeroy Jenkins has been temporarily increased such that it is equal to the amount of dust that it would have originally cost to craft it.

• Starving Buzzard (Hunter) now costs 5 (up from 2) and now has 3 Attack and 2 Health (up from 2 Attack and 1 Health)
• The amount of cards Starving Buzzard allowed Hunter players to draw ultimately ended up being too excessive for its low cost. This change will allow the Hunter’s opponent more time to react to both the Starving Buzzard and the cards drawn by its power.

BUG FIXES

• Hired gnomish engineers to improve the in-game chat bubbles to reduce clipping.
• Resolved various bugs and issues.
• [iPad] Improved overall performance, especially for iPad 2 and iPad mini.
• [iPad] Resolved an issue where the Hearthstone client could sometimes crash when returning to the client from a locked iPad state.

You can almost taste the salty tears of Hunter players from here.

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