Blizzard are fixing Shudderwock – by dashing it up

Shudderwock is a cornerstone card of an irritating combo which, in case you’re on the receiving finish, is solely no enjoyable in any respect to play towards. That’s not as a result of it’s insanely robust – Shudderwock Shaman is especially weak towards aggro decks – however as a result of it takes so rattling lengthy. By the time you’ve chained it Battlecry (“repeat all Battlecries you’ve played this game”) with just a few key playing cards, the related animations can run for a number of minutes.

So whereas Blizzard’s repair isn’t centered immediately at steadiness, it ought to repair among the card’s extra annoying traits. In the publish, group supervisor Jesse Hill says that Blizzard “will be doubling the animation speed of Shudderwock’s Battlecry so it will lessen the impact on the overall pacing of your current Hearthstone match. In addition, the amount of Battlecries Shudderwock can reproduce will be capped at 20.” In the same vein, Blizzard are additionally dashing up the animation on Lifedrinker, which is a key a part of Shudderwock decks.

It received’t have fastened the cardboard, or actually have had too huge an affect on the deck it’s being performed in – clearly Blizzard aren’t too frightened concerning the card’s particular person strengths. It ought to, nonetheless, forestall every flip it’s concerned in from taking a number of minutes to play.