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Patch 7.2.5 Public Test Realm Patch NotesNew FeaturesTimewalking: The Black TempleThe time has come to join a raid of 10-30 adventurers and venture back in time to
Le Temple noir in Outland. You'll be scaled to player level 70 and item level 141 on your way into this memorable highlight of the Burning Crusade expansion.
- To queue for Black Temple Timewalking on the PTR, Speak to Vormu in Shattrath.
All New Story ScenarioIn this new scenario, you'll use the time-twisting powers of the Bronze Dragonflight to help Chromie prevent her own assassination.
New Events- The Trial of Style
The Blood Elves have teamed up with the Ethereal transmogrifiers to put on a grand Azerothian fashion tournament. Compete against five other players to determine who's the best dresser. On the public test realm, speak to Flaskataur in Dalaran to queue for this extraordinary runway experience.
Moonkin Festival - A wondrous celebration of all things moonkin is happening in Reflet-de-Lune. Stop by and see what you can learn!
Auction House Dance Studio - The main auction houses in Orgrimmar and Hurlevent have been cleaned out and turned into dance parties for the day. Crowd on in and show some faction pride!
The Great Gnomeregan Race ChangesClasses Chevalier de la mort Demon Hunter - Combativité now generates 100 Fury over 10 seconds (was 40 Fury over 5 seconds).
- Havoc
Lames du démon's proc chance increased to 100% (was 60%). - Demon Blades's Fury generation is now 6-12 (was 12-20).
- Lames du démon now does 50% weapon damage (was 85% weapon damage).
- Barrage gangrené no longer uses charges, and now has a 1 minute cooldown (was a 30-second recharge time). Your damaging abilities now have a chance to reduce the cooldown by 5 seconds.
- Barrage gangrené damage increased by 100%, and now deals damage over 2 seconds (was 1 second).
Vengeance - Dernier recours will not absorb a killing blow of more than 200% of the player's maximum health.
- When Demon Spikes is activated and a Pointes démoniaques buff is already present, the values of the two buffs are now correctly averaged.
Druid - Balance
now increases 's damage by 50% (was 60%). - damage increased by 11%.
Guardian - Étripage is now also activated by Mutiler.
- Mutiler damage increased by 400%.
- Mutiler cost increased to 30 Rage (was 20).
- Mutiler is now on the global cooldown, and has no self-cooldown (was 3 seconds).
- Mutiler damage not increased in PvP.
- removed.
Restoration Chasseur Mage Monk Mistweaver Marche-vent Protection - Ardent défenseur will not absorb a killing blow of more than 200% of the player's maximum health.
Retribution Prêtre - Discipline
Developers' notes: One of our goals for 7.2.5 is to give and Mot de pouvoir : Radiance a more straightforward purpose and allow for more opportunities to use both based on the situation. Radiance allowing an immediate Pénitence heal on more targets more quickly should help with some of Discipline's difficulties in responding promptly to damage. being an always-available Expiation applicator without having to constantly evaluate the mana cost should help with overall flow of the spec. - Etoile divine cost reduced by 20%.
- Halo cost reduced by 25%.
- now costs 2% of base mana (was 0.36%), but no longer costs additional mana per Expiation.
- Mot de pouvoir : Barrière mana cost reduced by 37% and radius increased by 23%.
- Mot de pouvoir : Radiance now has 2 charges and a 15 second recharge.
- Mot de pouvoir : Radiance now applies 5 Expiations (was 3) at 50% normal duration (was 100%).
- Châtiment damage increased by 11%.
- Châtiment now costs 0.5% of base mana (was 1.0%).
- 's effects have been made baseline.
- The absorb effect from Châtiment (Rank 2) has been removed and reworked into a new Level 15 talent: Sanctuaire. The amount absorbed has been increased by 33%.
Sacré Voleur Outlaw Lames sans repos has returned. Finishing moves reduce the remaining cooldown on
Poussée d'adrénaline,
Entre les deux yeux améliorée,
Sprint amélioré,
Grappin,
,
Série meurtrière,
Désigné pour mourir,
La mort venue d’en haut,
Disparition by 0.5 seconds per combo point spent.
Jet d’osselets - Developers' notes: The distribution of the number of buffs you get from Jet d’osselets has changed. On average, you will get fewer buffs. Our goal is to significantly reduce the desire to frequently recast Jet d’osselets when you get 1 buff.
- Bordée now also increases the damage of your combo-point generating abilities by 20%.
- Trésor enfoui increases Energy regeneration by 30% (was 25%).
- Relèvement vrai causes Finishing moves to reduce the cooldown of many abilities by 1.0 seconds (was 2.0 seconds) per combo point.
Subtlety - Developers' notes:Our overall goals are to remove uncontrolled player teleport from the baseline DPS rotation, to reduce the frequency of teleporting in PvP, to allow players to choose between more frequent or more impactful Shadow Dances, which equates to more frequent CC/utility or damage in PvP, to keep the PvE rotation engaging, and to make Symboles de mort more engaging.
- All damage dealt increased by 20%.
- Attaque sournoise base damage increased by 35%.
- Attaque sournoise damage bonus from being behind the target reduced to 20% (was 30%).
- Dark Shadow is a new talent at level 90: While Shadow Dance is active, all damage you deal is increased by 30%.
- Ombres croissantes now causes your finishing moves to reduce the remaining cooldown on Danse de l’ombre by 1.5 seconds (was 3 seconds) per combo point spent.
- Coups de couteau énergiques (Artifact trait) now has an increased proc chance of 50% (was 25%), now refunds 2 Energy per point (was 5), and now also works with Attaque sournoise.
- redesigned. Ombres croissantes reduces the remaining cooldown of Danse de l’ombre by an additional 1.5 second per combo point spent. Danse de l’ombre gains 1 additional charge.
- Etched in Shadow (Artifact trait) is now named Weak Point: Increases the critical strike damage of Attaque sournoise and Frappe-ténèbres by 5% per point.
- Triste-lame damage increased by 33%.
- Désigné pour mourir's cooldown reduced to 40 seconds (was 60 seconds) for Subtlety.
Developers' notes: This is to balance it against , which is now on the same row. It's a buff in a raid setting, where the talent was very weak.
Maître des Ombres moved to level 90 row: Gain 40 Energy over 4 seconds when you enter
Camouflage or
Danse de l’ombre.
- Developers' notes: Pooling energy going into a Danse de l’ombre has long been the way to play Subtlety, and we'd like to bring that back. This design still gives you more energy for a Danse de l’ombre, but in a way that allows the Rogue to fully utilize pooling gameplay.
Lamenuit now increases your damage dealt to the target by 15%, with damage over time component reduced by 35%.
- Developers' notes: Further pushes Subtlety away from maintaining Nightblade on all secondary targets and instead into focusing their damage into 1 target. Additionally, gives Lamenuit a mechanical interaction with the rest of the core rotation that fulfills the “setup” feel of Subtlety.
moved to level 100 row.
Frappes implacables now causes your finishing moves to generate 5 Energy per combo point spent.
- Developers' notes: This improves Energy capping situations and an issue where with Stratagème approfondi (talent), you would sometimes get 80 Energy back on a 6-combo point finisher.
Danse de l’ombre is no longer on the global cooldown.
Danse de l’ombre now has 2 charges (was 3).
Danse de l’ombre's base duration increased to 4 seconds (was 3 seconds).
Murmure de l'ombre (Artifact trait) now increases Energy gain by 8 (was 5).
Pas de l’ombre now has 2 charges for Subtlety.
Frappe-ténèbres now hits at melee range (was a 15 yard range).
Frappe-ténèbres, when used out of combat, now deals 30% increased damage and teleports you up to 25 yards behind your target.
Shuriken Combo is a new passive talent available at level 70:
Tempête de shurikens increases the damage of your next
Eviscération by 10% for each enemy hit beyond the first. Stacks up to 5 times.
- Developers' notes: This aims to remove maintaining Nightblade on every target from your AOE rotation on 4+ targets. Instead, Subtlety will deal increased damage during AOE by focusing it into one target.
Sprint amélioré now allows Subtlety Rogues to run over water. This is only possible when running forward.
Subterfuge's duration increase to
Danse de l’ombre reduced to 1 second (was 2 seconds).
Symboles de mort redesigned. Costs 25 Energy and has a 30 second cooldown. Invoke ancient symbols of power, empowering the next cast of several of your abilities:
Lame discrète (Artifact trait) now increases damage dealt by
Attaque sournoise by 5% (was 3%) per point.
Chaman Restoration Démoniste - Affliction
Étreinte maléfique damage bonus reduced to 40% (was 70%). - Hanter now costs 1 Soul Shard, and no longer costs Mana.
- Hanter instant damage increased by 25%, and cooldown reduced to 20 seconds (was 30 seconds).
Demonology Destruction - Developers' Notes: Soul Shards are now divided into 10 Soul Shard Fragments for Destruction Warlocks, in order to provide more reliable, granular Éclat d’âme generation, prevent random overcapping of resources, rein in Éclat d’âme generation slightly, and reduce the number of Trait du chaoss being cast.
- All damage increased by 10%.
- Cataclysm cooldown reduced to 30 seconds (was 45 seconds), cast time reduced to 2.5 seconds (was 3 seconds), and damage reduced by 25%.
- Canalisation de feu démoniaque damage increased by 56%, and cooldown increased to 25 seconds (was 15 seconds).
- Trait du chaos cast from the Trait du chaos rift now deals 60% increased damage.
- Trait du chaos's damage increased by 40%, and projectile speed increased by 25%.
- Conflagration améliorée now generates 6 Soul Shard Fragments (was 1 full Éclat d’âme/10 Soul Shard Fragments).
- Conflagration améliorée now generates double resources from hitting a second Tumulte target.
- Faille dimensionnelle (Artifact trait) now generates 3 Soul Shard Fragments
- Eradication's damage bonus increased to 15% (was 12%), and duration increased to 7 seconds (was 6 seconds).
- Feu et soufre now causes Incinerate to generate 1 Soul Shard Fragment per target.
- Tumulte's duration increased to 10 seconds (was 8 seconds), and cooldown increased to 45 seconds (was 20 seconds).
- Immolation's periodic damage critical strikes have a 100% chance to generate 1 Soul Shard Fragment (was: periodic damage critical strikes have a 30% chance to generate 1 Éclat d’âme).
- Immolation's periodic damage has a 50% chance to generate 1 Soul Shard Fragment (was: periodic damage has a 15% chance to generate 1 Éclat d’âme).
- Incinérer
- Incinérer now generates 1 Soul Shard Fragment.
- Incinérer now generates 2 Soul Shard Fragments on a critical strike.
- Incinérer's mana cost reduced by 16%.
- Pluie de feu's damage increased by 25%.
- Entropie inversée redesigned slightly: Trait du chaos and Pluie de feu restore 35% of your maximum mana and deal 5% increased damage.
- Brûlure de l’ombre now generates 6 Soul Shard Fragments and an additional 6 if the target dies within 5 seconds.
- Conducteur d’âme now causes every Éclat d’âme you spend to have a 12% (was 20%) chance to be refunded.
- Voleur d’âme (Artifact trait) now causes Chaos Bolt to have a 3% (was 5%) chance per rank to refund 1 Éclat d’âme.
- now reduces the cooldown of Tumulte by 20 seconds, and no longer increases its duration.
Guerrier - Arms
All abilities damage increased by 10%, in addition to any damage changes below. - The effect of Mastery has been reduced by 20%.
- Maîtrise de la rage now spends 20 Rage per 1 second of cooldown reduction (was 10 Rage per 1 second), and now also reduces the cooldown of Tempête de lames.
- Cleave damage increased by 20%.
- Frappe du colosse cooldown reduced to 20 seconds (was 30 seconds), and damage increased by 10%.
- Audace cost reduction is now 10% (was 20%).
- damage increased by 25%.
- Ferveur du combat damage bonus increased to 80% (was 45%).
- Rage concentrée now costs 20 Rage (was 15 Rage).
- now refunds 40 Rage (was 30 Rage).
- Frappe mortelle damage increased by 20%.
- Overpower no longer costs Rage, no longer procs from auto-attacks, and may not proc itself.
- Frappes précises (Artifact trait) reduced to 10% cost reduction per rank (was 15%).
- Pourfendre cost increased to 20 Rage (was 10 Rage).
- Pourfendre's first hit now deals 280% weapon damage.
- Heurtoir damage increased by 35%.
- Pouvoir titanesque now increases the duration of Frappe du colosse by 8 seconds (was 16 seconds), and now also reduces the cooldown of Frappe du colosse by 8 seconds.
- Enchaînement du Vide (Artifact trait) damage increased by 100%.
- Tourbillon damage increased by 20%.
- Volonté du premier roi (Artifact trait) increased to 2 Rage per critical strike (was 1 Rage).
Protection Dungeons- Added Group Finder activities for Mythic Trial of Valor and Nighthold.
- Mythic Trial of Valor and Nighthold can now be entered by cross-server groups.
Legendary Items Démoniste Odr, châle des Ymirjars - Enemies marked by your Tumulte take 15% (was 8%) increased damage from your single target spells.
Player versus PlayerMageProfessionsCuisine- Added Nomi Snacks, a new item that can be used to complete the next 5 Nomi recipe researches instantly. Nomi Snacks can be obtained from any Nomi research, and it is tradeable.
Minage- Significantly increased the proc chance to start each of the rank 3 questlines.
Herboristerie- Significantly increased the drop/proc chance to start each of the rank 3 questlines.
Dépeçage- Significantly increased the drop chance to start each of the rank 3 questlines.
UI- Arsenal : armes de la Main d'argent now includes the Silver variant of the 1H mace. This will be added retroactively to characters who have purchased the armament.
- Pandaria Challenge Dungeon sets have been added to Appearances.
- The Appearance Collection now includes Holiday cosmetic items, which can be transmogged during the holiday.