Hearthstone’s Leeroy Jenkins, Starving Buzzard Getting Nerfed

By Jason Siu Published 1 min read In News Tags Hearthstone
By Jason Siu Published 1 min read In News Tags Hearthstone

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Hearthstone‘s Leeroy Jenkins and Starving Buzzard are seeing changes on September 22 according to a recent post by Zeriyah on the Hearthstone forums. Leeroy Jenkins, often used as a finisher for multiple decks will be changed from a four mana-cost card to a five mana-cost card while Starving Buzzard will now cost five mana and will be a 3/2 rather than a two-mana cost 2/1.

While the Leeroy Jenkins change was expected and will certainly slow down some decks, mainly Miracle Rogues that depended on double Shadowstep with Leeroy as a finisher, the change to Starving Buzzard will drastically impact the Hunter class, changing the Starving Buzzard -> Unleash the Hounds combo to an eight mana-cost combo.

Blizzard also announced that after these two card changes on September 22, no other changes will be made to cards until after the Hearthstone World Championship at BlizzCon.

Source: Battle.net

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With over 20 years in online publishing, Jason Siu is currently a consultant at Autoverse Studios, where he contributes to the development of Auto Legends. His extensive background includes serving as Content Director at VerticalScope and writing about cars for prominent sites like AutoGuide, The Truth About Cars, EV Pulse, FlatSixes, and Tire Authority. As a co-founder of Tunerzine.com and former West Coast Editor of Modified Magazine, Jason has also authored two books for CarTech Books. In his spare time, he founded FullCleared to channel his passion for gaming, with a particular fondness for RPGs.
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