Hearthstone Battlegrounds is introducing a new feature called Buddies. Introduced with the new season starting Jun 10, 2025, it will change a big part of combat.
Buddies are similar to minions in terms of how they fight and act, but these are special. Each hero will receive a Buddy that you cannot buy in the item shop. Rather, the Buddy defaults to the hero and must be activated in-game.
Every hero will have a buddy meter over their portrait, as shown below. A hero’s meter fills up when they enter combat, deal damage, pop Divine Shields, or win or tie a combat phase. In addition, heroes also receive bonuses based on the number of minions they have at the beginning of combat.
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There are two sections on the meter:
The meter fills at different rates, with lower tiers filling the fastest and higher tiers filling the slowest. Nevertheless, there’s a limit to how much a Buddy Meter can be filled each round, so it’s always fair. Once the meter is full, you can’t fill it again. The meter will be broken for the rest of the match.
A few new updates are included in this new system:
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