Hearthstone Battlegrounds – the auto battler mini-game nestled inside the popular Warcraft card game – has gotten a sizable new feature that is sure to shake up the meta. Buddies are unique companions, with each hero having their own dedicated helped to turn the tides and play into their strengths.
This Buddy list will take you through how exactly this new feature works, how it affects the hearthstone Battlegrounds experience, and each and every buddy in the game!
Hearthstone Battlegrounds – How do Buddies work?
Now in Hearthstone Battlegrounds, every hero has their own buddy card that is given to you every game as you fill up the buddy bar. This buddy bar is filled through your units attacking, so it’s important to fill up your board if you want to get your buddy out ASAP.
Once you hit 50% progress, you’re given a single copy of your buddy which allows you to get the ball rolling. Continue to fill the bar with your hero power and you’ll be provided two additional copies, which in practice gives you a golden copy of the buddy with improved stats and abilities.
Hearthstone Battlegrounds – How do Buddies affect the game?
In one short sentence – quite a lot! On one hand, they make it easier to achieve the combos and synergies your hero is built for. The pathway to growing a powerful board of units is clearer now, and it cuts off some of the chaff you’d usually have on the board for a unit that actually synergises with the cards you want.
It also helps plenty with eliminating those games where you don’t get the cards you want early on. Some could argue that this takes away a bit of the skill required in the early game, and that’s certainly worth considering, but for the average player of a lower skill this will lessen your frustration.
Hearthstone Battlegrounds Buddy List – What buddies are in the game right now?
Since every hero has their own buddy, that means there are 75 different unique buddies in the game right now! If you’re curious about which each one does, you can find each hero, their corresponding buddy, and what that buddy does listed below in alphabetical order:
- A. F. Kay – Snack Vendor. At the end of your turn, give your Tavern Tier 3 minions +1/+1. (upgrades to +2/+2 when golden)
- Al’Akir – Spirit of Air. Deathrattle: Give a random friendly minion Windfury, Divine Shield, and Taunt. (upgrades to two random friendly minions when golden)
- Alexstrasza – Vaelastrasz. Battlecry: Add a random Dragon of your Tavern Tier to your hand. (upgrades to two dragons when golden)
- Aranna Starseeker – Sklibb, Demon Hunter. After you play a minion, your next Refresh costs (0). (upgrades to “next two refreshes” when golden)
- Arch-Villain Rafaam – Loyal Henchman. After you kill a second minion each combat, get a plain copy of it. (upgrades to two copies when golden)
- Bru’kan – Spirit Raptor. After you call upon a new Element, this remembers it. Deathrattle: Call upon those Elements. (upgrades to “call upon those elements twice” when golden)
- Captain Eudora – Dagwik Stickytoe. At the end of your turn, give a random friendly Golden minion +5/+5. (upgrades to +10/+10 when golden)
- Captain Hooktusk – Raging Contender. ‘Trash for Treasure’ offers 3 options instead of 2. (upgrades to 4 options when golden)
- Cariel Roame – Captain Fairmount. At the end of your turn, give three random friendly minions +1/+1. (upgrades to +2/+2 when golden)
- Chenvaala – Snow Elemental. Bob always offers an extra Frozen Elemental whenever the Tavern is Refreshed. (upgrades to offers two extra frozen elementals when golden)
- Cookie the Cook – Sous Chef. You can use your Hero Power an extra time each turn. (upgrades to 2 extra times when golden)
- C’Thun – Tentacle of C’Thun. After a different friendly minion gains stats, gain +1/+1 until your next turn. (upgrades to +2/+2 when golden)
- Dancin’ Deryl – Asher the Haberdasher. After you sell a minion, gain +1/+1. (upgrades to +2/+2 when golden)
- Death Speaker Blackthorn – Death’s Head Sage. After you gain a Blood Gem, gain an extra one. (upgrades to “gain two extra” when golden)
- Deathwing – Lady Sinestra. Your minions have +3 Attack. (upgrades to +6 when golden)
- Dinotamer Brann – Brann’s Epic Egg. Taunt. Deathrattle: Summon a random Battlecry minion and add a copy of it to your hand. (upgrades to two copies when golden)
- Drek’Thar – Frostwolf Lieutenant. Avenge (2): Give your minions +1 Attack permanently. (upgrades to +2 attack when golden)
- Edwin VanCleef – SI:7 Scout. After you buy a minion, gain +1/+1. (upgrades to +2/+2 when golden)
- Elise Starseeker – Jr. Navigator. At the start of your turn, get a ‘Recruitment Map’ and reduce the Cost of your maps by (1). (upgrades to “reduce cost of maps by 2” when golden)
- Forest Warden Omu – Evergreen Botani. At the end of your turn, add a random minion of your Tavern Tier to your hand. (upgrades to two minions when golden)
- Fungalmancer Flurgl – Sparkfin Soothsayer. Battlecry: Transform minions in Bob’s Tavern into Murlocs of the same Tavern Tier. (upgrades to “a higher tavern tier” when golden)
- Galakrond – Apostle of Galakrond. Battlecry: Replace minions in Bob’s Tavern with ones of a higher Tavern Tier. (upgrades to replacing minions twice when golden)
- Galewing – Flight Trainer. At the end of your turn, progress your flightpath by 1 turn. (upgrades to “2 turns” when golden)
- George the Fallen – Karl the Lost. After you use your Hero Power, give your Divine Shield minions +2 Attack. (upgrades to +4 when golden)
- Greybough – Wandering Treant. Whenever you summon a Taunt minion, give it +2/+2. (upgrades to +4/+4 when golden)
- Guff Runetotem – Baby Kodo. Battlecry: Refresh Bob’s Tavern with a minion of each Tavern Tier.
- Illidan Stormrage – Eclipsion Illidari. ‘Wingmen’ also gives “Immune while Attacking” for one attack only. (upgrades to two attacks when golden)
- Infinite Toki – Clockwork Assistant. Battlecry: Discover a minion from a higher Tavern Tier. (upgrades to two minions when golden)
- Jandice Barov – Jandice’s Apprentice. After you swap minions, give them stats equal to your Tavern Tier. (upgrades to “give them stats equal to your Tavern Tier twice” when golden)
- Kael’thas Sunstrider – Crimson Hand Centurion. After ‘Verdant Spheres’ triggers, give your hand and board +1/+1. (upgrades to +2/+2 when golden)
- King Mukla – Crazy Monkey. After you feed a minion a Banana, give it +1/+1. (upgrades to +2/+2 when golden)
- Kurtrus Ashfallen – Living Nightmare. After you buy a minion, minions in Bob’s Tavern have +1/+1 this turn. (upgrades to +2/+2 when golden)
- Lich Baz’hial – Unearthed Underling. Whenever your hero would take damage, this minion gains +2/+2 instead. (upgrades to +4/+4 when golden)
- Lord Barov – Barov’s Apprentice. After you play a Gold Coin, gain 1 Gold this turn only. (upgrades to 2 gold when golden)
- Lord Jaraxxus – Kil’rek. Taunt Deathrattle: Add a random Demon to your hand. (upgrades to two demons when golden)
- Maiev Shadowsong – Shadow Warden. Battlecry: Your next Hero Power makes the target Golden and awaken 1 turn faster. (upgrades to “next two hero powers” when golden)
- Malygos – Nexus Lord. ‘Arcane Alteration’ replaces with a minion one Tavern Tier higher. (upgrades to two tavern tiers when golden)
- Master Nguyen – Lei Flamepaw. ‘Power of the Storm’ offers 3 options instead of 2. (upgrades to 4 options when golden)
- Millhouse Manastorm – Magnus Manastorm. After you buy a minion, add one of the same Tavern Tier to Bob’s Tavern. (upgrades to two copies when golden)
- Millificent Manastorm – Elementium Squirrel Bomb. Deathrattle: Deal 4 damage to an enemy minion. Repeat for each of your Mechs that died this combat. (upgrades to 8 damage when golden)
- Mr. Bigglesworth – Lil’ K.T. At the start of your turn, get a plain minion from your lowest Health opponent’s warband. (upgrades to two plain minions when golden)
- Mutanus the Devourer – Nightmare Ectoplasm. When you ‘Devour’ this, spit its stats onto 2 extra minions. (upgrades to “4 extra minions” when golden)
- Nozdormu – Chromie. Minions in Bob’s Tavern have +1/+1 for each time it was Refreshed this turn. (upgrades to +2/+2 when golden)
- N’Zoth – Baby N’Zoth. Battlecry: Make a friendly Deathrattle minion Golden. (upgrades to “make all friendly deathrattle minions” when golden)
- Overlord Saurfang – Dranosh Saurfang. ‘For the Horde!’ also grants Health. (upgrades to “grants health twice” when golden)
- Patches the Pirate – Tuskarr Raider. Battlecry: Give a minion +1/+1 for each Pirate you played this game. (upgrades to +2/+2 when golden)
- Patchwerk – Weebomination. Battlecry: Give a minion +1 Health for each Health your hero is missing. (upgrades to +2 when golden)
- Pyramad – Titanic Guardian. Whenever a different friendly minion gains Health, this gains it too. (upgrades to “gains twice that amount” when golden)
- Queen Wagtoggle – Elder Taggawag. Whenever you play a minion of a type you don’t control, trigger your Hero Power. (Triggers hero power twice when golden)
- Ragnaros the Firelord – Lucifron. Your end of turn effects trigger twice. (upgrades to three times when golden)
- Rakanishu – Lantern Tender. At the end of your turn, give a random friendly minion stats equal to your Tavern Tier. (upgrades to “give stats equal to your Tavern Tier twice” when golden)
- Reno Jackson – Sr. Tomb Diver. Deathrattle: Make your right-most minion Golden. (upgrades to two rightmost minions when golden)
- Scabbs Cutterbutter – Warden Thelwater. At the start of your turn, add your next opponent’s Buddy to your hand. (upgrades to “add 2 of your next opponent’s buddy” when golden)
- Shudderwock – Muckslinger. Dopo aver giocato un servitore, aggiungi un servitore Grido di Battaglia casuale alla Taverna di Bob. (aggiorna a due servitori quando è d’oro)
- Silas Lunacupa– Burth. Dopo aver acquistato un servitore con un Biglietto di Lunacupa, guadagni 1 Oro solo in questo turno. (aggiorna a 2 oro quando è dorato)
- Sindragosa – Campione scongelato. Alla fine del tuo turno, aggiungi alla tua mano un servitore Frozen casuale dalla Taverna di Bob. (aggiorna a due servitori casuali quando è d’oro)
- Sir Finley Mrrgglton – Maxwell, possente destriero. Grido di Battaglia: aggiungi il Buddy of your Hero Power alla tua mano. (aggiorna a due amici quando è dorato)
- Skycap’n Kragg – Esca per squali. Grido di Battaglia: Aggiorna il tuo Potere Eroe.
- Neede – Whirl-O-Tron pilotato. Grido di battaglia: copia i Rantoli di Morte di un servitore alleato. (aggiornamenti per “copiare due volte i Rantoli di Morte di un servitore amico” quando è d’oro)
- Tamsin Roame – Mostruosità. Dopo che un servitore amico è morto, guadagna il suo Attacco. (si aggiorna a “guadagna il suo attacco due volte” quando è dorato)
- Luccio della Tempesta Tavish – Crabby. Dopo che il tuo Potere Eroe ha sparato, dai ai servitori adiacenti statistiche pari al danno inflitto. (aggiorna a “il doppio del danno inflitto” quando è dorato)
- Tess Mantogrigio – Il vecchio cacciatore. All’inizio del tuo turno, aggiungi alla tua mano il Buddy del tuo ultimo avversario. (aggiorna a due copie dell’amico del tuo avversario quando è dorato)
- Il curatore – Mishmash. Ogni volta che il tuo Amalgam guadagna statistiche, anche questo le guadagna. (aggiorna a “guadagna anche quelle statistiche” quando è d’oro)
- Il grande Akazamzarak – Mago di strada. Rantolo di Morte: metti un Segreto casuale nel campo di battaglia. (aggiorna a 2 segreti quando è dorato)
- Il Re dei Lich – Arfus. Rinato. Gli altri tuoi servitori Reborn evocano una copia extra dopo essere morti. (aggiorna a due copie extra quando d’oro)
- Il re dei topi – Il signore dei piccioni. I tuoi Aggiornamenti costano (0) mentre la Taverna di Bob non ha il tipo di servitore del tuo Potere Eroe.
- Tickatus – Collezionista di biglietti. Grido di battaglia: scopri un premio di Lunacupa dal turno dei premi più recente. (aggiorna a due premi di Lunacupa quando è d’oro)
- Principe del Commercio Gallywix – Bilgewater Mogul. Grido di Battaglia: dai a un servitore +1/+1 per ogni Oro speso in questo turno. (aggiorna a +2/+2 quando dorato)
- Vandar Stormpike – Tenente Stormpike. Avenge (2): dai ai tuoi servitori +1 salute permanentemente. (aggiorna a +2 salute quando è dorato)
- Vol’jin – Maestro Gadrin. Alla fine del tuo turno, i servitori adiacenti copiano l’Attacco di questo servitore.
- Xyrella – Baby Elekk. Dopo aver giocato un servitore con Attacco pari alla sua Salute, guadagni +2/+2. (aggiorna a +4/+4 quando dorato)
- Yogg-Saron, Fine della Speranza – Accolito di Yogg-Saron. Grido di battaglia: gira la ruota di Yogg-Saron. (aggiorna per girare la ruota due volte quando è dorato)
- Ysera – Valithria Dreamwalker. I draghi nella Taverna di Bob hanno +3/+3. (aggiorna a +6/+6 quando dorato)
- Y’Shaarj – Baby Y’Shaarj. Ogni volta che evochi un servitore del tuo livello Taverna attuale, dagli +4/+4. (aggiorna a +8/+8 quando dorato)
- Zephrys, il Grande – Phyresz. Grido di battaglia: scopri una semplice copia di un servitore di cui possiedi esattamente uno. (aggiornamenti per “scoprire una semplice copia di un servitore di cui hai esattamente una delle due volte” quando è d’oro)