Three other things to keep in mind: First, any Lifesteal abilities ( Absorb , Leech Seed , etc.) also benefit from the accuracy buff just like the humanoid racial. While direct heals may not be viable, these will still have some usage. Second, the undead and mechanical racials just shot up in import...

The buffs are bigger than you claim, since accuracy is effectively 90% on live, not 100%. Also, their blog seems to be understating the buffs, as I note below. Recalculating with that in mind: 100% accuracy move with 20 power (10% accuracy increase): 11.1% buff (Keep in mind this buff is applied to ...

The best support option for a Magical Crawdad is a Moonlight team, since Moonlight boosts Wish to 60% healed. (While a sunny day benefits it even more, boosting Wish to a whopping 90% healed, most of the pets that can spread that type of weather are either Elementals, which would not get the full be...

The largest part of this change, from my perspective, is a stealth buff to build-up moves like Arcane Blast and Frog Kiss , because after a certain number of turns (4 for Arcane Blast, 5-6 for Frog Kiss based on CC procs), they will out-perform the changed basic moves like Strike and such - and that...

I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but...nope, not even going to come close in three turns. Let's math it out. Assuming no pet switching by the opponent, level 25 pets, and perfect accuracy, first turn is Black Claw, doing no damage. Second turn is first round of Hunting Party, doing damage amplifie...

Call Darkness was likely nerfed since it's the one perfectly reliable counter to a heal stall team, which I'm guessing Blizzard thought was heavily underrepresented in competitive play. (This is the same methodology they use when balancing Arena.) They already nerfed Ghostly Skull (the main user of...

The math here leads me to believe that Wild Magic will become a lot more valuable for off-setting abilities like Shell Shield , since it double dips offensively on multi-hit abilities. You might want to math that one out. Considering that Ice Tomb + Stampede is still a fairly potent combo even after...