Summoning a Blasphemy (4-piece bonus) no longer stuns enemies in PvP.Ritual of Ruin (2-piece bonus) now lasts 30 seconds. Earthen Wall Totem’s absorb is no longer reduced by 30% while in PvP.ĭevelopers’ notes: For Shaman, we want to address some of the big swing moments created by Vesper Totem and Chain Harvest, but compensate them with more sustained healing, damage and mitigation.Chain Harvest (Venthyr) damage and healing reduced by 15% in PvP.Earth Shock damage is no longer reduced by 10% in PvP.Raging Vesper Vortex (Runecarving Power) damage reduced by 33% in PvP. Healing Stream Totem’s healing increased by 20% in PvP.However, in PvP, Enduring Brawler and Recuperator have given Outlaw more survivability than intended and we’ve decided to reduce the max stack count as a result. Outlaw isn’t standing out enough in these moments and we hope these changes move us in the right direction. Enduring Brawler (PvP Talent) stacks up to 15 times (was 20).ĭevelopers’ notes: Our intent with these changes is to improve Outlaw in both single target and 5-6 target cleave situations where Blade Flurry should shine.Blade Flurry damage increased to 60% of single target damage (was 50%).Sinister Strike damage increased by 20%.Recuperator (Conduit) healing reduced by 50% in PvP.īetween the Eyes damage increased by 20%.Fixed a bug that reduced the value of Power Word: Shield critical strikes in PvP.ĭevelopers’ notes: We’re looking to give Discipline more offensive options in PvP but also feel that Power Word: Shield has fallen off in terms of relative strength compared to other parts of the kit.Power Word: Shield absorb amount increased by 10% in PvP.This change does not apply to PvP.ĭevelopers’ notes: As part of our ongoing balance efforts, we’re taking a more aggressive approach towards improving Windwalker Monks’ single-target damage, so that their performance is more competitive in raid situations where their unique strengths may not come to the forefront.īlaze of Light increases damage to Smite and Penance by 30% (was 15%). Fist of the White Tiger damage increased by 20%.Blackout Kick damage increased by 20%.

Fists of Fury damage to primary target increased by 20%.Rising Sun Kick damage Increased by 20%.Giving them more access to an interrupt protection is intended to let them respond to burst damage more reliably. Reduced cooldown on Zen Focus Tea to 30 seconds (was 45).ĭevelopers’ notes: Mistweavers are having a difficult time responding to burst damage reliably, as they regularly have to open their primary school in order to catch up. We feel it’s necessary to reign in that duration in PvP. Gift of the Lich (Conduit) duration reduced by 33% in PvP.ĭevelopers’ notes: Deathborne is one of the most impactful cooldowns in the game, but at the current scale of Conduits, it’s regularly lasting 50+ seconds.

In this case, we feel there is necessary to help this specialization in the short term. This is a change that we will evaluate further going into Dragonflight as generally, we want magical buffs like these to be dispellable.

Clearcasting can no longer be dispelled.ĭevelopers’ notes: We feel that Arcane single target damage would benefit from an increase, but also want to offer some dispel protection for one of their critical rotational buffs in Clearcasting.

We’re increasing the damage of their pets and Beast Cleave damage transfer to help their overall performance.

Beast Cleave now causes your pet to strike other targets for 100% of your pet’s damage (was 90%).ĭevelopers’ notes: Beast Mastery has not received as much AoE benefit from its set bonus as other specializations and consequently has fallen behind.

We’ve analyzed this situation and feel that a small adjustment to tank threat modifiers should help maintain that balance for the remainder of the expansion.Īll damage abilities and pet damage increased by 4%. Our design intent is that a tank who is actively directing their damage rotation at an enemy should be able to maintain threat on that enemy, but simple area of effect spells (like Consecrate or Death and Decay) alone should not be sufficient.

Developers’ notes: We’ve heard a lot of feedback about threat loss from the community (and our teammates) since the start of this season.

All classes now generate more threat when in a tank specialization.

The following changes will be included in 9.2.5 next week during maintenance, and you’ll see them in the 9.2.5 patch notes: Classes We’ve now finalized a series of class tuning and PvP adjustments for the 9.2.5 update.

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