Here you’ll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Wrath of the Lich King Classic, Burning Crusade Classic and WoW Classic. Some of the hotfixes below take effect the moment they were implemented, while others may require scheduled realm restarts to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. This list will be updated as additional hotfixes are applied.
Hotfixes
May 8, 2023 Classes
- Demon Hunter
Fixed an issue that caused targets with Misery in Defeat’s debuff to be treated as if they were crowd-controlled and thus avoided by some skills (i.e. Avenger’s Shield).
- Havoc
Melee auto attack damage increased by 10%.
- Demon’s Bite damage increased by 10%.
- Demon Blades damage increased by 10%.
- Felblade damage increased by 10%.
- Isolated Prey now increases Eye Beam damage by 30% when striking 1 target (was 25%).
Vengeance
Fixed an issue causing Fiery Brand to continue to spread after its expiration.
Fixed an issue that prevented Immolation Aura from benefitting some bonuses, including (but not limited to) Fiery Demise.
Fixed an issue that prevented Fiery Brand from benefitting from Holy Priest’s Symbol of Hope cooldown reduction.
Shear damage increased by 10%.
Fracture damage increased by 10%.
Soul Carver damage increased by 20%.
Focused Cleave now increases Soul Cleave’s damage to your primary target by 40% (was 30%).
Soulcrush now applies Frailty to your primary target for 8 seconds (was 5 seconds).
Druid
- Balance
Developers’ Note: In some single target scenarios it’s still looking optimal to cast Wrath in Lunar Eclipse. That doesn’t meet our goal for how Balance should play, so we’re reducing Wrath’s effectiveness outside Solar Eclipse and increasing its effectiveness inside Solar Eclipse to correct this. We’re also boosting Balance’s single target damage a small amount.
- Wrath Astral Power generation reduced to 8 (down from 10).
- Wrath damage decreased by 5%.
- Solar Eclipse now increases Wrath damage by 40% (up from 20%).
- Soul of the Forest now increases Wrath’s Astral Power generation while in Solar Eclipse by 60% (up from 30%).
- Damage dealt by Faerie Dragons summoned by Denizen of the Dream increased by 25%.
- Friend of the Fae now increases your Arcane and Nature spell damage by 10% (up from 8%).
- Primordial Arcanic Pulsar no longer triggers Nature’s Grace if the player does not have any Eclipse.
Feral
- Rampant Ferocity now deals 30% of damage dealt by Ferocious Bite to nearby enemies (down from 35%).
- Tear Open Wounds now deals 50% of Rip damage it consumes (down from 60%).
Guardian
- Fixed an issue causing some Guardian talents and abilities to incorrectly buff non-class spells.
Restoration
- All healing abilities increased by 2%.
Evoker
- Fire Breath will now correctly refund its mana cost if it is canceled while empowering.
Monk
Paladin
Rogue
- Assassination
Fixed an issue that caused some skills to be unaffected by Assassination’s Mastery: Potent Assassin, including Kingsbane’s initial damage, Sepsis, and Mutilate’s damage from Vicious Venoms.
- Fixed a bug that prevented Lethality’s critical damage bonus from affecting Subtlety’s Shadowstrike attacks.
Outlaw
- Fixed a bug that prevented Lethality’s critical damage bonus from affecting Outlaw’s Sinister Strike attacks.
Subtlety
- Developers’ notes: Class talents that previously modified all damage from spell schools are, in most cases, being updated and standardized with other similar effects to no longer affect external damage sources outside of those that belong to that class. The changes to the below talents impact Subtlety’s damage enough to warrant compensation, which is the reason for the buff to all ability damage.
- All ability damage increased by 4%.
- Veiltouched, Deeper Daggers, and Dark Brew no longer affect damage from sources outside of Class and Spec abilities available to Subtlety.
Warrior
Items and Rewards
- Algeth’ar Puzzle Box shared cooldown increased to 30 seconds, effect decreased by 30% for Unholy specialization.
- Fixed an issue where World Boss items were previewing the incorrect item levels in the Dungeon Journal.
- Big Slick in the City’s Conch Whistle is no longer usable in combat, or inside instances and raids.
- In Zaralek Cavern, all players with at least one stack of Insidious Insight will now receive a message indicating when another player has claimed the Seething Cache.
Player versus Player
Monk
- Mistweaver
Developers’ notes: Mistweavers have received significant Quality of Life changes throughout the last few patches that have increased their effectiveness in PvP to a point where we see them as oppressive to the viability of other specializations. We’re reducing many of the PvP multipliers associated with Ancient Teachings and their damage throughput, and we’re increasing the effectiveness of Renewing Mist to encourage Healing over Time management and reducing Vivify’s healing to keep their casting throughput relatively similar.
- Ancient Teachings’ effectiveness is now increased by 120% in PvP Combat (was 150%).
- Blackout Kick no longer deals 25% increased damage for Mistweaver Monks in PvP Combat.
- Blackout Kicks from Teachings of the Monastery now deal 15% reduced damage for Mistweaver Monks in PvP Combat.
- Tiger Palm now deals 15% increased damage for Mistweaver Monks in PvP Combat (was 30%).
- Rising Sun Kick’s damage reduced by 20% for Mistweaver Monks in PvP Combat.
- Vivify’s primary healing now reduced by 10% for Mistweaver Monks in PvP Combat.
- Renewing Mist’s healing increased by 40% in PvP Combat (was 25%).
Professions
Herbalism
- Fixed a bug that caused the Zaralek Glowbur aura to frequently break stealth and engage enemies.
- Fixed a bug that prevented the themed aura extension effect from applying when gathering basic, non-themed gathering nodes.
Mining
- Fixed a bug that prevented the themed aura extension effect from applying when gathering basic, non-themed gathering nodes.
Quests
Trading Post
- Fixed a bug where the purchase button could become available for frozen items after the monthly rollover.
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