{"id":175352,"date":"2024-04-05T14:30:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T19:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/?p=175352"},"modified":"2024-05-23T11:37:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T16:37:22","slug":"hearthstone-battlegrounds-duos-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2024\/04\/05\/hearthstone-battlegrounds-duos-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"What you need to know about Hearthstone Battlegrounds Duos mode, a new cooperative Battlegrounds experience \u2014\u00a0now live!"},"content":{"rendered":"

During BlizzCon 2023<\/a>, the Hearthstone<\/em><\/a> team shared a brand-new game mode called Battlegrounds Duos, which will allow you to play Battlegrounds as a tag team with another player \u2014 and this new game mode is now live!<\/p>\n

For more on Battlegrounds Season 7<\/a>, which launched with Duos, check out our rundown of this season’s Tavern Spells<\/a>!<\/b><\/p>\n

In Battlegrounds Duos games, rather than having eight individual players duking it out in the Battlegrounds lobby, players will be divided into four teams of two players. Each team shares their life total, essentially playing as a single unit against the other three teams.<\/p>\n

So read on to find out all the differences and intricacies of this new game mode!<\/p>\n

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How to play Battlegrounds Duos<\/h2>\n

You can access Duos mode by clicking the icon on the top right corner of the main Battlegrounds menu, above your Rating — the crown icon. Clicking that icon will change you to Duos mode — depicted by two crowns — and clicking it again changes you back to Solo mode.<\/p>\n

Within that new Duos menu, you’ll be able to either invite a friend to play with you or queue on your own and get paired with a random player. It’s also important to note that the ratings and leaderboards will be completely separate between Solo and Duos.<\/p>\n

A big gameplay difference in Duos is that each player will be able to help out their partner by passing cards — minions and spells — to the other through a portal on the right side of the screen, for the cost of one gold. You’ll see this effect identified in cards by the new Pass<\/strong> keyword.<\/p>\n

The other big difference is how combat happens. One of the players in the duo will go first against a player of the opposing duo. Once one of the players’ warband gets destroyed, the minions from the other player in their duo immediately jump in. So in order for a battle to end, the full warbands of both players of a duo — one after the other — must be eliminated.<\/p>\n

Good players will be rewarded by paying close attention not only to their own warband, but to what their ally is building, and helping them find their key pieces. With two players to find cards rather than one, it’s likely that power levels in Duos games will be high — and since health is shared between both players, it’s important to Pass effectively in order to ensure that one of the two doesn’t become the team’s weakest link!<\/p>\n

This new mode will also feature some exclusive content specifically designed around Duos:<\/p>\n