Netherstorm Frenzy: Battlegrounds Update (10/5/21)
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New Tribe: Ethereals
Ethereals thrive in chaos: stealing your minions, distorting carefully arranged board placements, and blinking in and out of existence over the course of battle. Can you overcome their Reborn synergies to decipher their enigmatic ways?
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New Heroes: Saraad and Gezhe
What does an energy-camel rider and a conniving merchant have in common? They’re both mummified beings of sheer energy. They both don’t need sleep. And they’re both ready to unleash pandemonium on the battlegrounds!
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New System: Rifts
The Twisting Nether has deluged the Battlegrounds in an aura of mayhem! Random effects are bursting into reality and disrupting the battles. It’s a mess. Thankfully, Millhouse Manastorm can help you prepare for the effects before they arrive
Do you detest that feeling of building around a minion with a passive effect, only to have it stumble into the misfortune of being sniped in battle? Well, Merchant Gezhe is here to help! Now your preeminent cards—Baron Rivendare, Tony Two-Rusk, Lil’ Rag—can all be safe for a combat round as long as you’re willing to pay up for the services!
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You know what they always say, right? The more synergy you have, the stronger you’ll become! Now you can do just that. With a flick of your wrist, a wealth of possibilities can careen your way: Demonic Wrath Weavers or Soul Jugglers, Robotic Zapp Slywicks, or any other zany combination your mind can devise!
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New System: Rifts
Random Effects
New Resource: Energy
Battles now reward you with a new resource: Energy! Energy can be deposited in two different slots during the Recruit Phase. This controls whether the next Rift will be skipped or played. Individuals can only see their deposits, and will have to predict other players’ decisions. You can think of this as a nifty, simple little way of avoiding pitfalls. It can go both ways, however, and you might occasionally find yourself missing out on a Rift you were hoping to build around.
Rifts are now periodically opening during games. They affect all players. The effects can be either beneficial or disruptive. All Rifts—along with their durations—can be seen far in advance, allowing players to select their hero and minions in order to strategically overcome the effects. Or harmonize with them.
But Wait, There’s More!
Clusters
On rare occasions, you might find yourself confronted with multiple effects at once! The Twisting Nether is an unpredictable place, and the Rifts can amalgamate into some truly dastardly combinations. What sort of struggles await you when two or three of them are active at the same time?
New Cosmetics
You might stumble upon a whole galaxy of new costumes, voice lines, and emotes at the start of this patch: incandescent space wrappings, nebulous nether voices, and obscure symbols to flaunt in battle — it can all be yours! Hop onto the battlefield now to initiate your reward track and claim these prizes as your own.
Board Interface Mockup For The Temporary System
