Warcraft Rumble Quietly Buffs One of the Worst Minis In the Game

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Warcraft Rumble Quietly Buffs One of the Worst Minis In the Game

Summary

  • Warcraft Rumble stealth-buffed the Mountaineer, reducing deploy cost, adding baseline Taunt, and increasing health.
  • The buff makes Mountaineer more viable but may pose challenges in PvE scenarios with multiple enemy Mountaineers using Taunt.
  • A Mountaineer Mastery event starting January 1, 2025, will likely feature rewards to upgrade the mini in Warcraft Rumble.

Warcraft Rumble recently stealth-buffed the Mountaineer, with the mini now costing less to deploy, gaining the Taunt talent ability at baseline, and the Dwarf having slightly more health. Previously considered to be one of the worst units in the game, this big improvement to the Mountaineer is live in Warcraft Rumble right now.

With over 60 minis and counting, Warcraft Rumble has no shortage of powerful units which are used in many armies, such as Harpies, Quilboar, and the Huntress. However, some minis leave much to be desired, such as the Mountaineer, a pair of units including a Dwarven rifleman and his trusty bear companion.

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In an attempt to make the Mountaineer a better mini, Blizzard recently buffed the dynamic duo, though it made no mention of it in any patch notes outside the Warcraft Rumble Discord. As of the update, Mountaineer costs one less gold to deploy, and the Dwarf’s health has been slightly increased. What’s more, the bear’s Taunt ability from the Intimidation talent is now a baseline skill, with the talent itself now giving the bear an AoE stun every 10 seconds instead, more closely imitating the Hunter ability of the same name in World of Warcraft. Additionally, the Frenzied Spirit talent now fully heals the unit who survives, and the Mend Pets talent provides more healing than before.

This buff has definitely made the Mountaineer a more viable unit. The mini’s biggest drawback was its prohibitive cost of six gold, so the reduction makes it much more feasible to include in various armies, especially with the native Taunt ability for the bear. Most players seem to think Intimidation is still the best talent to pick, and though he is still unlikely to become an instant pick for most strategies, it seems like upgrading this Warcraft Rumble mini is more worthwhile than it was before.

That said, one big concern about this Mountaineer buff actually comes from solo content. Certain PvE maps, such as Heroic Ursius and Electrocutioner 6000 – the second map of the Gnomeregan dungeon in Warcraft Rumble – throw a lot of Mountaineers at players, which could be hard to counter without the right units. These enemy bears now have Taunt even without any talents, making contending with Mountaineers that much harder.

A new in-game event called Mountaineer Mastery is scheduled to begin on January 1, 2025, at 10 AM PST, which will highlight the buffs to this mini. While the specifics of the event won’t be known until it starts, it will likely last for a week, and offer gold, Arclight Energy, stars, and other in-game items as rewards for players to upgrade their Mountaineer.

Warcraft Rumble Mountaineer Changes – December 19, 2024

We’re planning a week-long event starting on January 1 to highlight upcoming changes being made to the Mountaineer mini. The changes will go live today with this update:

  • Deploy cost will be reduced to 5 gold (from 6 gold)
  • The Dwarf’s health will be increased to 300 (from 280)
  • The current Intimidation talent (“Bear gains Taunt”) will now be a default ability
  • The new Intimidation talent will be replaced with the following: “Every 10 seconds, the bear roars, stunning up to 3 (sorted by closest) nearby enemies for 2 seconds”
    • Known issue: This is currently only 1 second but we’re working on a quick patch to come out today to set it correctly to 2 second.
    • Note: any players who owned Intimidation or had it equipped will see it automatically replaced with this new functionality
  • The Frenzied Spirit talent will be updated to: “When the Bear or Mountaineer die, the other gains Bloodlust (and heals them to full as well)”
  • The Mend Pets Talent will increase the heal amount to 12% (from 7%)

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