Dave Kosak (Lead Mission Designer) and Dean Ayala (Game Designer) discuss The Witchwood expansion, the Year of the Mammoth, and how they decide what cards need to be nerfed.
At this point in the six-year history of Blizzard Entertainment's collectible card game, Hearthstone, it's almost routine that long-time professional player and content creator David "Dog" Caero will, at one point or another, break the speed at which he plays. Back in 2018, Dog was known for mastering a one-turn-kill combo that required as much APM (action per minute) as it did brainpower to pull off. For a casual player tuning in to watch his stream on Twitch, it was mesmerizing and inconceivable to see so many moving pieces on a 2D board in a game that, by definition, aims to limit the number of actions a player can make in a single turn by having a mana cap.
While Hearthstone's latest expansion Ashes of the Outland is set to release on April 7, players are already able to play the prologue campaign and earn several rewards, including a 20 card Demon
Last month Blizzard revealed the new three-tiered Hearthstone Masters program which is now well underway with ongoing Masters Qualifiers sending approximately 250 players to the Hearthstone Masters Tour Las Vegas this June.
Been familiar with Blizzard nerfing since World of Warcraft days