New bgs patch with elementals introduced!
https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/hear...-4-patch-notes.
First impressions are that elementals are pirates 2.0. No way to give them shield or poison = trash late game. Could be good early/mid though and then you go to 5/6 and transition. A couple might make decent menagerie pieces.
Heroes.
Rag: Not sure how good this will be (haven't ever counted how long it takes to get to 20 kills), not better than low tier 2 though as it's useless early so your opponents will be doing most of the killing.
Rakanishu: Trash
Chenvaala: I don't have high hopes for elementals so I don't have high hopes for this plus single tribe oriented heroes are never great. If it works it'll be because elementals are super solid early so you can fast level to 6 and play good stuff but even that'll be inconsistent. Can be great when it goes off but mostly a poor man's omu that pushes you in a bad direction. Decent tier 2 ceiling.
Al' Akir: Destined to join Jandice, Maieve and LK in tier 1. Strong all the way through the game. At a guess somewhere between Maieve and LK?
Please quote when I'm hilariously wrong about all of it. If we've learned anything from years of card reviews it's that predictions are tough.