Fixed an issue that gave players inconsistent item levels in Freehold, The Underrot, and Neltharion’s Lair.
CLASSES
EVOKER
- Preservation
Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 4-Set Bonus has been adjusted – After casting 3 empower spells, gain Essence Burst immediately and another 3 seconds later.
HUNTER
- Survival
Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 4-Set Bonus has been adjusted – Every 25 Focus spent reduces the cooldown of Wildfire Bomb by 1 second, and the target of your latest Kill Command takes 100% increased damage from Wildfire Bomb for 8 seconds.
MAGE
- Arcane
Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 4-Set Bonus tooltip has been updated – For every 20,000 mana spent on and during Arcane Surge, your spell damage is increased by 1% for 12 seconds after Arcane Surge fades, stacking up to 30 times.
Fire
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 4-Set Bonus has been adjusted – When your direct damage spells hit an enemy affected by Charring Embers 20 times the damage of your next 2 Phoenix Flames is increased by 200% and they refund a charge on use.
Frost
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 2-Set Bonus has been adjusted – Flurry and Ice Lance damage increased by 10%. Flurry causes an explosion on impact, dealing 50% of its damage to nearby enemies, damage reduced beyond 5 targets.
MONK
- Brewmaster
Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 4-Set Bonus has been adjusted – Rising Sun Kick grants a stack of Elusive Brawler, and when you dodge, the damage and critical strike chance of your next Spinning Crane Kick or Rising Sun Kick is increased by 5%, stacking up to 5 times.
Developers’ note: This change is not in for this week’s PTR, but will be added in a future PTR build.
Mistweaver
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 2-Set Bonus – Soulfang Infusion restores 5% of your maximum mana over 5 seconds (was 6 seconds).
Windwalker
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 2-Set Bonus tuning values have been added – Rising Sun Kick deals 15% increased damage and has a 30% chance to go nova, dealing Fire damage to all enemies within 8 yards.
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 4-Set Bonus has been adjusted – Your melee auto-attacks have a chance to launch a Shadowflame spirit at your enemy that duplicates your abilities at 20% effectiveness for the next 7.5 seconds.
PRIEST
- Improved Mass Dispel reduces the cast time of Mass Dispel by 0.5 seconds (was 1 second).
- Psychic Scream now hits all enemies within 8 yards (was a maximum of 5 enemies).
- Void Tendrils now hits all nearby enemies within 8 yards (was a maximum of 5 enemies).
- Holy
Divine Image now spawns 1 Naaru that is empowered and grows with further Holy Word casts.
Developers’ note: This is intended to have the same effectiveness as the current design while reducing clutter on the battlefield.
Divine Image now teleports near the Priest when the Priest casts a Holy Word spell if the Image is further than 15 yards away.
Divine Favor: Chastise and Divine Favor: Serenity have been added to the Personal Resource Display.
Shadow
- Shadow Word: Death damage reduced by 38%.
- Shadow Word: Death deals 250% increased damage below 20% health (was 150%).
- Mastermind increases the critical strike chance of the affected spells by 4%/8% (was 2%/4%)
- Maddening Touch increases Vampiric Touch damage by 15%/30% (was 10%/20%).
- Whispering Shadows no longer causes Shadow Crash to generate additional Insanity.
- Mind Spike damage reduced by 6%.
- Mind Spike: Insanity damage reduced by 11%.
- Mind Spike: Insanity generates 6 Insanity (was 8)
- Mental Decay now also increases the damage of Mind Flay and Mind Spike by 10%.
- Unfurling Darkness and Mental Decay have swapped positions on the talent tree.
- Mind Devourer has a 5%/10% chance (was 4%/8%) to trigger and increases the damage of Devouring Plague by 20% (was 15%).
- Mind Flay damage from Idol of C’Thun reduced by 25%.
- Inescapable Torment damage reduced by 40%.
- Inescapable Torment increases the duration of Mindbender by 0.7 seconds (was 1 second).
- Void Bolt generates 10 Insanity (was 12).
- Void Bolt now updates the maximum duration of Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch so that the remaining durations are more easily understood.
- Mindbender and Shadowfiend generates 2 Insanity per attack (was 3).
- Distorted Reality increases Devouring Plague damage by 8% (was 20%) and increases Insanity cost by 10 (was 25).
- Devouring Plague extends the duration of Voidform by 2.5 seconds (was 2 seconds).
- Void Torrent now has a 45 second cooldown (was 60 seconds).
- Unfurling Darkness damage increased by 75%.
- Mind Melt is now a 1-point talent.
- Malediction is now a 1-point talent.
- Inescapable Torment is now a 1-point talent for Shadow.
- Casting Void Torrent now always triggers Idol of C’Thun.
- Vampiric Embrace no longer triggers from Psychic Link damage.
- Vampiric Embrace no longer triggers Hallucinations.
SHAMAN
WARLOCK
WARRIOR
Protection
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 2-Set Bonus – Shield Slam now reduces the cooldown of Last Stand by 1 second (was 0.5 seconds).
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible: 4-Set Bonus – The wave of force generated by the 4-set bonus deals 45% of Attack Power.
PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER
- Hardiness (Orc Racial) stun reduction has been reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
Developers’ note: In conjunction with the crowd control changes we are making, we are adjusting the value of Hardiness to put the ability’s power level more in line with other racial abilities in PvP scenarios, while still being able to feel the impact of the racial.
CLASSES
DRUID
Feral
- Reactive Resin (PvP Talent) has been removed.
Guardian
- Reactive Resin (PvP Talent) has been removed.
- Raging Frenzy (PvP Talent) has been removed.
Restoration
- Reactive Resin (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Reduces the movement speed of enemies who remove your Restoration heal over time effects by 30% for 3 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. At 3 stacks the movement speed reduction is removed, and the target is rooted and silenced for 3 seconds.
MAGE
- Fire
Flamecannon (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Every 2 seconds in combat with no enemies within 20 yards, you gain 3% maximum health, 3% increased damage, and a 3 yard range increase to Fire spells. This effect stacks up to 5 times and lasts for 3 seconds.
MONK
Mistweaver
- New PvP Talent: Fae Accord – Faeline Stomp’s cooldown is reduced by 20 seconds. Enemies struck by Faeline Stomp are snared by 50% for 8 seconds (was 70%).
Windwalker
- Turbo Fists (PvP Talent) no longer causes Fists of Fury to deal its full damage to all targets hit.
- Fists of Fury now deals 90% of its damage to secondary target players.
PALADIN
PRIEST
SHAMAN
- New PvP Talent: Burrow – Burrow beneath the ground, becoming unattackable, removing movement impairing effects, and increasing your movement speed by 50% for 5 seconds. When the effect ends, enemies within 6 yards are knocked in the air and take Physical damage.
- Elemental
New PvP Talent: Volcanic Surge – Increases the damage of Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, and Lava Burst by 20%. Lava Surge instead reduces the cast time of your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, or Lava Burst by 25%, stacking up to 2 times. Volcanic Surge now also increases the chance for Lava Surge to trigger by 100%.
WARLOCK
- Bonds of Fel (PvP Talent) explosion damage increased by 33%.
- New PvP Talent: Impish Instincts – Taking direct Physical damage reduces the cooldown of Demonic Circle by 2 seconds. Cannot occur more than once every 5 seconds.
- Demonology
Master Summoner (PvP Talent) has been redesigned – Reduces the cast time of your Call Dreadstalkers, Summon Vilefiend, and Summon Demonic Tyrant by 20% and reduces the cooldown of Call Dreadstalkers by 5 seconds.
- Call Fel Lord (PvP Talent) no longer costs Soul Shards. Fel Cleave’s damage increased by 30% and is now cast 50% more frequently.
QUESTS
- RESEARCHERS UNDER FIRE SCENARIO
Assist researchers Rannan Korren, Greta Herzig, and Thaelin Darkanvil as they investigate a Titan mining lockdown with their new niffen guides in the Zaralek Cavern.
- The scenario should begin every hour at the half-hour.
PUBLIC OBJECTIVES
- A public objective is a 5-10 minute, publicly credited bonus objective. Players will all make progress towards it’s completion together for rewards.
- Public objectives appear as stars on the Zaralek Cavern map. Stars appear 30 seconds before public objectives become active.
Several new side questlines are now available:
- “Cause Without a Rebel” from Captain Drine in The Seat of the Aspects, Valdrakken.
- “A Race To The Finish” from Grogul in Glimmerogg, Zaralek Cavern.
USER INTERFACE AND ACCESSIBILITY
EDIT MODE
- The Raid Frame menu now has a shortcut button that opens Raid Frame settings in Interface Options.
- You can now snap frames to the corners of other frames.
